Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC - A)

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Associate of Arts (AGEC- A) General Education Core Requirements

The AGEC-A, a minimum block of 35 credit hours of lower-division general education course work, may be completed at any state of Arizona community college. The approved courses will fulfill lower-division, general education requirements at any state of Arizona university or community college. Students will be required to fulfill the course prerequisites, major requirements, and upper-division requirements specified by each university. This block of courses represents only the general education portion of a degree. See specific programs of study for total credit-hour requirements.

A. Freshman Composition: 6

ENG 101 - English Composition I (3)
ENG 102 - English Composition II (3)

B. Mathematics: 3 - 4

MAT 142 - College Mathematics (3) [MAT 151* College Algebra or a quantitative course that requires MAT 151 as a prerequisite.]

C. Arts and Humanities: 6

(Choose two courses with different prefixes)

ART 130 - World Art History I (3)
ART 230 - World Art History II (3)
ENG 137 - Introduction to Literature (3)
ENG 233 - English Literature I (3)
ENG 234 - English Literature II (3)
ENG 235 - American Literature I (3)
ENG 236 - American Literature II (3)
HUM 150 - Introduction to the Humanities I-Prehistory to the Middle Ages (3)
HUM 151 - Introduction to the Humanities II - Renaissance to the Present (3)
HUM 250 - Introduction to Cinema (3)
MUS 101 - Appreciation and Literature of Music (3)
PHI 101 - Introduction to Philosophy (3)
PHI 205 - Comparative World Religions (3)

D. Social and Behavioral Sciences: 6

(Choose two courses with different prefixes)

ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology (3)
BUS 206 - Microeconomics (3)
BUS 207 - Macroeconomics (3)
GHY 240 - World Regional Geography (3)
HIS 131 - History of the United States I (3)
HIS 132 - History of the United States II (3)
HIS 135 - Western Civilization I (3)
HIS 136 - Western Civilization II (3)
HIS 137 - Twentieth Century World History (3)
POS 120 - American National Government (3)
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3)
SOC 131 - Introductory Sociology (3)
SOC 136 - Marriage and Family (3)
SOC 140 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)

E. Physical and Biological Sciences: 8 - 10

(Choose two courses)

AST 101 - Introductory Astronomy (4)
BIO 100 - Biology Concepts (4)
BIO 181 - General Biology (Majors) I (4)
BIO 182 - General Biology (Majors) II (4)
CHM 130 - Fundamental Chemistry (4)
CHM 151 - General Chemistry I (4)
CHM 152 - General Chemistry II (4)
ENV 101 - Environmental Science (4)
GHY 212 - Introduction to Meteorology (4)
GLG 101 - Physical Geology (4)
GLG 102 - Historical Geology (4)
GLG 110 - Environmental Geology/Natural Disasters (4)
GLG 140 - Introduction to Oceanography (4)
PHY 107 - Conceptual Physics (4)
PHY 111 - General Physics I (4)
PHY 112 - General Physics II (4)
PHY 115 - University Physics I (5)
PHY 116 - University Physics II (5)

F. Options: 6 - 7

Choose two courses (with different prefixes) from Section F (below), OR choose one course from Section F and one course from Section C, D, or E (identical prefixes are accepted), OR choose one course each from Sections C, D, and/or E for a total of two courses.

COM 121 - Interpersonal Communications (3)
COM 151 - Public Speaking (3)
CIS 110 - Intro to Computer Info Systems (3)
PHI 151 - Ethics (3)
EDU 214 - Cultural Diversity In Education (3)
HIS 234 - History of Indians of North America (3)
HIS 281 - Latin American History (3)
PHI 205 - Comparative World Religions (3)
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I (4)
ASL 101 - American Sign Language I (4)

Total Minimum Hours Credit: 35 - 39

Note:

**Please note that courses may have prerequisite requirements.