Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC - A)

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Associate of Arts (AGEC - A)

General Education Core Requirements

AGEC-A is a 35 semester-credit* lower division general education curriculum block that fulfills the lower division general education requirements of liberal arts majors (e.g., social science, fine arts, humanities). The block will transfer without loss of credit from any Arizona public community or tribal college to any other Arizona public community or tribal college or ASU, NAU, or UA, and is for students who intend to transfer into liberal arts majors.

*For the purpose of meeting the AGEC First-year English composition requirement, a student will complete English Composition I and II (SUN ENGL 1101 and SUN ENGL 1102). An exception is made for ASU’s ENG 105, NAU’s ENG 105, and UA’s ENGL 109H, where that single course will meet this composition requirement, which in turn may impact the number of required credit hours needed to complete MCC program requirements. Minimum credit requirements are listed below.

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 111 - Design I Credits: 3
ART 112 - Design II Credits: 3
ART 130 - World Art History I Credits: 3
ART 171 - Ceramics I Credits: 3
ART 175 - Sculpture 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 138 - Creative Writing I 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:

ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3
BUS 206 - Microeconomics Credits: 3
BUS 207 - Macroeconomics 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
POS 120 - American National Government Credits: 3
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
PSY 135 - Human Sexuality Credits: 3
SOC 131 - Introduction to Sociology 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
BIO 201 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab Credits: 4
BIO 202 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab Credits: 4
BIO 205 - Microbiology 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 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: 6-8

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.

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
PHI 151 - Ethics Credits: 3
PHI 205 - Comparative World Religions Credits: 3
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I Credits: 4