Degree Program - General Education Requirements<br />for the Associate in Applied Science Degree

General Education Requirements
for the Associate in Applied Science Degree

(College Policy 6Hx23-4.32)

I. GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

* To provide students with an enhanced world view in light of an increasingly globalized economy, students must include at least one of the following courses as part of the general education requirements for the Associate in Applied Science degree:

Satisfies
Communications #2

	LIT 2110	World Literature I or LIT 2110H
	LIT 2120	World Literature II or LIT 2120H
	HUM 2270	Humanities (East-West Synthesis) or HUM 2270H
	REL 2300	World Religions
	WOH 2040	The Twentieth Century or WOH 2040H
	WOH 2040	The Twentieth Century or WOH 2040H
	INR 2002	International Relations or INR 2002H
	INR 2002	International Relations or INR 2002H

Satisfies
Humanities/Fine Arts #2

Satisfies
Social & Behavioral Sciences #2

Does Not Satisfy
AAS General Education Req

II. GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE
The general education requirements for the Associate in Applied Science degree consist of a minimum of 18 semester hours of credit. The minimum area requirements for the 18 hours are as follows:

COMMUNICATIONS - (6-9 credits)

Complete either 1, 2 and 3 OR 1 and 3 below:
1. Choose one: (3 credits)
ENC 1101	Composition I or ENC 1121H
NOTE: ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H must be completed within the first 24 semester hours of coursework.
And, if required by program
2. Choose one: (3 credits)
ENC 1102	Composition II or ENC 1122H
AML 2010	American Literature I or AML 2010H
AML 2020	American Literature II or AML 2020H
ENL 2012	British Literature I or ENL 2012H
ENL 2022	British Literature II
LIT 2110	World Literature I or LIT 2110H
LIT 2120	World Literature II or LIT 2120H
NOTE: ENC 1102 or its equivalent course from the list above must be completed within the first 36 semester hours of coursework.
3. Choose one: (3 credits)
SPC 1017	Introduction to Speech Communication or SPC 1017H
SPC 1065	Business and Professional Speaking
SPC 1608	Public Speaking or SPC 1608H

HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS - (3 credits)

*Stu
dem

Choose one:
ARH 2050	Art History I
ARH 2051	Art History II
HUM 2210	Western Humanities I (Ancient through Renaissance) or HUM 2210H
HUM 2233	Western Humanities II (Baroque to the Present) or HUM 2233H
HUM 2270	Humanities (East-West Synthesis) or HUM 2270H
MUH 1110	Introduction to Music
ORI 2000	Oral Interpretation of Literature
PHI 1010	Introduction to Philosophy or PHI 1010H
REL 2300	World Religions
HUM 2250	Humanities (Western Man) or HUM 2250H

¹Students who received credit for HUM 2250 cannot also receive credit for HUM 2210 or HUM 2233.
²For students who completed HUM 2250 prior to Session I, 1996-97.

MATHEMATICS - (3 credits)

Any college-level course with MAC, MAP, MAS, MAT, MGF, MTG or STA prefix

NATURAL SCIENCES (no minimum credit hours required for general education for the A.A.S degree)

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - (3 credits)

Choose one:

AMH 1091	African-American History
AMH 2010	History of the United States I
AMH 2020	History of the United States II
ANT 2000	Introduction to Anthropology
ANT 2410	Cultural Anthropology
ECO 2000	Introduction to Economics
ECO 2013	Principles of Macroeconomics or ECO 2013H
EUH 1000	Development of Western Civilization I
EUH 1001	Development of Western Civilization II
POS 2041	American National Government or POS 2050H
POS 2112	State and Local Government
PSY 1012	General Psychology or PSY 1020H
SYG 2000	Introductory Sociology
SYG 2010	Social Problems
WOH 2040	The Twentieth Century or WOH 2040H

ETHICS - (3 credits)

Choose one:

PHI 1600	Studies in Applied Ethics or PHI 1602H
PHI 1631	Studies in Professional Ethics
PHI 2635	Health Care Ethics Applied
PHI 2649	Applied Ethics in Public Safety Professions

COMPUTER/INFORMATION LITERACY COMPETENCY (no minimum credit hours required). Computer/information literacy competency may be demonstrated by completing one of the following:

1. Passing a college approved Basic Computer/Information Skills Competency Test.
2. Successful completion of at least one of the following:

a. CGS 1060 Basic Computer and Information Literacy

b. CGS 1100 Microcomputer Applications (as revised in 2002) OR
(LIS 1002, CGS 1510 AND OST 1741)

c. EME 2040 Introduction to Educational Technology (as revised in 2002),
preferred for Education majors

d. DEH 3730, DEH 3813, DEH 3814 and DEH 4607.

Programs may limit the options available under Mathematics, Humanities/Fine Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

05-19-2009, Effective 20091 0415

General Education Requirementsfor the Associate in Applied Science Degree

General Education Requirements
for the Associate in Applied Science Degree