Associate Degree Requirements
The associate degree requires students to:
- Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours of prescribed and elective college credit. See the academic programs section of this catalog for the specific requirements of your program. A prescribed program is not required for the Associate of Arts in University Studies.
- Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all work at the University.
- Complete at least 21 credit hours at Morehead State University, including one semester preceding graduation.
- Complete the three-credit-hour FYS 101: First Year Seminar course during the first academic year if the student begins as a freshman or transfers to MSU with less than 24 credit hours.
- For students with 24 or more transfer credit hours, the FYS 101 requirement is waived but the student must complete an additional course in social and behavioral sciences to meet general education requirements.
- Complete 21 credit hours of general education requirements as follows:
General Education Courses - Associate Degree
First Year Seminar
| FYS 101 | First Year Seminar | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Writing I (100-level)
| ENG 100 | Writing I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Writing II (200-level)
| ENG 200 | Writing II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Oral Communications (100-level)
| COMS 108 | Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Math Reasoning (100-level)
Choose one of the following:
Level 2 Knowledge (SBS)
Level 3 Global Cultures - Art & Humanities (HUM)
| ART 263 | World Arts | 3 |
| COMS 250 | Introduction to Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMS 290 | Conflict and Communication | 3 |
| FRN 101 | Beginning French I | 3 |
| IST 101 | Introduction to International Studies | 3 |
| IST 250 | International Culture and Diversity | 3 |
| PHIL 106 | Beginning Logic | 3 |
| POLS 110 | Introduction to Political Theory | 3 |
| SPA 101 | Spanish Language and Culture I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 21