Associate of Arts in General Studies - Catalog

General Studies (AA)

Associate of Arts

The Associate of Arts in General Studies degree provides students knowledge in many academic disciplines and allows students to customizable the degree with required general education courses that transfer to bachelor's degree programs at four-year colleges and universities.

Institutional Requirements	Credit Hours
IDS 110 Student Success	2
IDS 115 Career Exploration	1
Total Hours for Institutional Requirements	3
Written Communications	6
ENG 110 Writing I	3
ENG 210 Writing II: Academic Writing OR ENG 221 Writing II: Writing for the Professions	3
Oral Communications	3
COM 115 Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
Mathematical Sciences	3
MTH 130 Contemporary Mathematics OR MTH 136 Pre-Calculus I: Algebra OR Completion of a course that uses MTH 130 or MTH 136 as a prerequisite	3
Social/Behavioral Science - Civics	6
PLS 101 American Democracy and Citizenship	3
HST 121 Survey of US History to 1877 OR HST 122 Survey of US History Since 1877	3
Social/Behavioral Science - Choose any course from below:	3
ANT 125 Exploring Our Human Ancestry ANT 226 Cultural Anthropology CFD 155 Principles of Human Development ECO 101 Economics of Social Issues ECO 155 Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 165 Principles of Microeconomics GRY 100 World Regional Geography HST 103 World History to 1600 C.E. HST 104 World History Since 1600 C.E. PLS 205 Comparative Government: Countries and Culture PLS 232 International Relations PSY 121 Introductory Psychology SOC 150 Principles of Sociology
Humanities/Fine Arts - Choose three courses from at least two disciplines.	9
ART 115 Drawing I ART 200 Art in Context ENG 200 Great Books and Instant Classics ENG 203 Creative Writing: Poetry ENG 215 Creative Writing: Short Story ENG 236 Minorities in Literature ENG 240 Survey of World Literature I ENG 241 Survey of World Literature II ENG 250 Survey of American Literature I ENG 251 Survey of American Literature I MED 274 Understanding Film MUS 239 Introduction to World Music MUS 241 The Language of Music PHI 110 Introduction to Philosophy PHI 115 Introduction to Ethics REL 100 Religion and Human Culture SPN 101 Elementary Spanish I SPN 102 Elementary Spanish II THE 101 Introduction to Theatre and Drama Arts
Natural Science - Students must choose one life science course and one physical science course and one lab component. (Courses with ^† have a lab component.)	7
Life Sciences BIO 100^† Biological Science for Educators BIO 101 Biological Concepts BIO 111^† Understanding Biological Systems Through Inquiry (lab) BIO 121^† General Biology I BMS 110^† Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences ENV 105^† Environmental Science Physical Sciences CHM 116 Fundamentals of Chemistry CHM 117^† Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab CHM 160 General Chemistry I CHM 161^† General Chemistry I Laboratory GLG 110^† Principles of Geology GRY 142^† Introductory Physical Geography PHY 100^† Survey of Physics with Laboratory PHY 101^† Physics by Inquiry for Educators PHY 102 Survey of Physics PHY 123^† Introduction to Physics I PHY 203^† Foundations of Physics I
Total CORE 42 Requirements Students should choose additional hours to reach 42, CORE 42 hours.	42

Electives
Students should complete additional courses to total a minimum of 60 total credit hours.

General Studies (AA) Degree	Credit Hours
Total Hours Required	60

† lab component