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Associate in Applied Science Degree Requirements
The general education requirements for the Associate in Applied Science degree are listed below. The specific requirements for each career-education curriculum are listed on the pages that follow that section of the catalog.
Note: Students may be required to enroll in COL 102◊ as a condition for admission or re-admission to certain programs at the college.
Communications
(six semester hours total are required for graduation; department choice of RHT 101◊ and RHT 102◊ or RHT 101◊ and SPE 101◊ option)
| RHT 101 ◊ # Freshman Rhetoric & Composition I | | 3 credits |
| AND | | |
| RHT 102 ◊ # Freshman Rhetoric & Composition II | | 3 credits |
| OR | | |
| RHT 101 ◊ # Freshman Rhetoric & Composition I | | 3 credits |
| AND | | |
| SPE 101 ◊ # Principles of Effective Speaking | | 3 credits |
Note: Grade of "C" or higher is an IAI requirement for RHT 101◊ and RHT 102◊.
Social and Behavioral Sciences or Humanities or Fine Arts
(six semester hours total are required for graduation; department choice whether courses are taken from each discipline or two courses from the same discipline)
| ANT 101 ◊ Introduction to Anthropology | | 3 credits |
| ANT 102 ◊ Introduction to Biological Anthropology | | 3 credits |
| ANT 103 ◊ Cultural Anthropology | | 3 credits |
| ANT 105 ◊ Digging Into Archaeology | | 3 credits |
| ECE 110 ◊ Early Child Development | | 3 credits |
| ECO 100 ◊ Principles of Economics | | 3 credits |
| ECO 102 ◊ Macroeconomics | | 3 credits |
| ECO 103 ◊ Microeconomics | | 3 credits |
| ECO 105 ◊ Consumer Economics | | 3 credits |
| GEO 104 ◊ Contemporary World Cultures | | 3 credits |
| GEO 105 ◊ Economic Geography | | 3 credits |
| GEO 106 ◊ Regional Geography of Africa and Asia | | 3 credits |
| HIS 121 ◊ History of Western Civilization to 1700 | | 3 credits |
| HIS 122 ◊ History of Western Civilization from 1700 to the Present | | 3 credits |
| HIS 141 ◊ World History to 1500 | | 3 credits |
| HIS 142 ◊ World History From 1500 | | 3 credits |
| HIS 151 ◊ History of the United States to 1877 | | 3 credits |
| HIS 152 ◊ History of the United States Since 1877 | | 3 credits |
| HIS 156 ◊ African History | | 3 credits |
| HIS 171 ◊ History of Latin America I | | 3 credits |
| HIS 172 ◊ History of Latin America II | | 3 credits |
| HIS 191 ◊ History of Asia and the Pacific I | | 3 credits |
| HIS 192 ◊ History of Asia and the Pacific II | | 3 credits |
| PSC 120 ◊ Principles of Political Science | | 3 credits |
| PSC 150 ◊ American National Politics | | 3 credits |
| PSC 151 ◊ American State and Urban Politics | | 3 credits |
| PSC 184 ◊ Global Politics | | 3 credits |
| PSY 100 ◊ Introduction to Psychology | | 3 credits |
| PSY 201 ◊ # Introduction to Social Psychology | | 3 credits |
| PSY 216 ◊ # Child Psychology | | 3 credits |
| PSY 222 ◊ # Adolescent Psychology | | 3 credits |
| PSY 228 ◊ # Psychology of Adulthood and Aging | | 3 credits |
| SOC 100 ◊ Introduction to Sociology | | 3 credits |
| SOC 120 ◊ Marriage, Family and Relationships | | 3 credits |
| SOC 131 ◊ Social Problems | | 3 credits |
| SOC 225 ◊ # Racial and Cultural Minorities | | 3 credits |
| SSC 190 ◊ Contemporary Society | | 3 credits |
Humanities or Fine Arts
(department may specify which discipline the course is taken from or may specify a specific course)
| ARC 210 ◊ # History of Architecture I | | 3 credits |
| ART 110 ◊ Looking at Art | | 3 credits |
| ART 111 ◊ Ancient to Medieval Art | | 3 credits |
| ART 112 ◊ Renaissance to Modern Art | | 3 credits |
| ART 114 ◊ Survey of Asian Art | | 3 credits |
| (any CHN, ITL, SPN course) | | 2-4 credits |
| HUM 104 ◊ Humanities Through the Arts | | 3 credits |
| HUM 151 ◊ Great Books of the West I | | 3 credits |
| HUM 152 ◊ Great Books of the West II | | 3 credits |
| HUM 155 ◊ Contemporary Popular Culture | | 3 credits |
| HUM 165 ◊ Introduction to the Latino and Latin American Studies | | 3 credits |
| HUM 170 ◊ # Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | | 3 credits |
| HUM 296 ◊ Special Topics in Humanities | | 1 - 4 credits |
| PHL 113 ◊ Environmental Ethics | | 3 credits |
| LIT 101 ◊ # Introduction to Poetry | | 3 credits |
| LIT 103 ◊ # Introduction to Fiction | | 3 credits |
| LIT 105 ◊ # World Literature | | 3 credits |
| LIT 170 ◊ # Introduction to Children's Literature | | 3 credits |
| LIT 231 ◊ # Introduction to Shakespeare | | 3 credits |
| MCM 151 ◊ Cinema Appreciation | | 3 credits |
| MCM 152 ◊ Cinema History | | 3 credits |
| MUS 110 ◊ Listening to Music | | 3 credits |
| MUS 215 ◊ # Introduction to Music History | | 3 credits |
| MUS 216 ◊ Music in America | | 3 credits |
| SPE 130 ◊ Introduction to Theatre | | 3 credits |
| VIC 160 ◊ History of Photography | | 3 credits |
Physical or Life Sciences or Mathematics
(three semester hours total are required for graduation; review specific program requirements for the curriculum selected)
Graduation Requirements:
| Total semester hours required in general education toward the AAS degree |
15 |
| Total semester hours in program core courses and electives required toward the AAS degree |
45 |
| Total semester hours required toward the AAS degree |
60 |