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. For a course to be eligible for transfer, the student must receive a “C” or better. 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. Note that certain courses may have prerequisite requirements that will increase the total credit-hour requirements.

Note: For a course to be eligible for transfer, the student must receive a “C” or better. Acceptance of a transfer course is determined by the receiving institution.

A. Freshman Composition: 6

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

B. Mathematics: 3-4

Choose one course from the following:

MAT 142 - College Mathematics Credits: (3)
MAT 151 - College Algebra Credits: (4)
Any quantitative course that requires MAT 151 as a prerequisite

C. Arts and Humanities: 6

Choose two courses with different prefixes from the following:

ART 130 - World Art History I Credits: (3)
ART 230 - World Art History II Credits: (3)
EDU 200 - Children’s Literature Credits: (3)
ENG 137 - Introduction to Literature Credits: (3)
ENG 233 - English Literature I Credits: (3)
ENG 234 - English Literature II Credits: (3)
ENG 235 - American Literature I Credits: (3)
ENG 236 - American Literature II Credits: (3)
HUM 150 - Introduction to the Humanities I - Prehistory to the Middle Ages Credits: (3)
HUM 151 - Introduction to the Humanities II - Renaissance to the Present Credits: (3)
HUM 250 - Introduction to Cinema Credits: (3)
MUS 101 - Appreciation and Literature of Music Credits: (3)
PHI 101 - Introduction to Philosophy Credits: (3)
PHI 205 - Comparative World Religions Credits: (3)

D. Social and Behavioral Sciences: 6

Choose two courses with different prefixes from the following:

AJS 225 - Criminology Credits: (3)
ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology Credits: (3)
BUS 206 - Microeconomics Credits: (3)
BUS 207 - Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
GHY 240 - World Regional Geography Credits: (3)
HIS 131 - History of the United States I Credits: (3)
HIS 132 - History of the United States II Credits: (3)
HIS 135 - Western Civilization I Credits: (3)
HIS 136 - Western Civilization II Credits: (3)
HIS 137 - Twentieth Century World History Credits: (3)
POS 120 - American National Government Credits: (3)
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: (3)
SOC 131 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: (3)
SOC 136 - Marriage and Family Credits: (3)
SOC 140 - Race and Ethnic Relations Credits: (3)

E. Physical and Biological Sciences: 8-10

Choose two courses from the following:

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

AJS 245 - Ethics In Criminal Justice Credits: (3)
ASL 101 - American Sign Language I Credits: (4)
CIS 110 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems Credits: (3)
COM 100 - Introduction to Communication Credits: (3)
COM 121 - Interpersonal Communication Credits: (3)
COM 151 - Public Speaking Credits: (3)
EDU 214 - Cultural Diversity In Education Credits: (3)
HIS 234 - History of the Indians of North America Credits: (3)
HIS 281 - Latin American History Credits: (3)
PHI 151 - Ethics Credits: (3)
PHI 205 - Comparative World Religions Credits: (3)
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I Credits: (4)