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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)

The Communications requirement varies by curriculum.

CourseCategoryCredits
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)

Anthropology:

CourseCategoryCredits
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

ANT 150 Cultural Contexts

3 credits

Education:

CourseCategoryCredits
ECE 110 Early Child Development

3 credits

Economics:

CourseCategoryCredits
ECO 100 Principles of Economics

3 credits

ECO 102 Macroeconomics

3 credits

ECO 103 Microeconomics

3 credits

ECO 105 Consumer Economics

3 credits

Geography:

CourseCategoryCredits
GEO 104 Contemporary World Cultures

3 credits

GEO 105 Economic Geography

3 credits

GEO 106 Regional Geography of Africa and Asia

3 credits

History:

CourseCategoryCredits
HIS 121 History of Western Civilization I

3 credits

HIS 122 History of Western Civilization II

3 credits

HIS 141 World History I

3 credits

HIS 142 World History II

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 192 History of Asia and the Pacific II

3 credits

Political Science:

CourseCategoryCredits
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

Psychology:

CourseCategoryCredits
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 & Aging

3 credits

Sociology:

CourseCategoryCredits
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology

3 credits

SOC 120 # Social Patterns of Courtship & Marriage

3 credits

SOC 131 Social Problems

3 credits

SOC 225 # Racial & Cultural Minorities

3 credits

Social Science:

CourseCategoryCredits
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)

Architecture:

CourseCategoryCredits
ARC 210 # History of Architecture I

3 credits

Art:

CourseCategoryCredits
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

English:

CourseCategoryCredits
ENG 101 # Introduction to Poetry

3 credits

ENG 102 # Introduction to Drama

3 credits

ENG 103 # Introduction to Fiction

3 credits

ENG 105 # World Literature

3 credits

ENG 113 # Classic American Authors Pre-Civil War

3 credits

ENG 114 # Classic American Authors Civil War to the Present

3 credits

ENG 170 # Introduction to Children's Literature

3 credits

ENG 231 # Introduction to Shakespeare

3 credits

Foreign Language:

CourseCategoryCredits
(any CHN, ITL, SPN course)

2-4 credits

Humanities:

CourseCategoryCredits
HUM 101 The Popular Arts

3 credits

HUM 102 Mass Media and Culture

3 credits

HUM 104 Humanities Through the Arts

3 credits

HUM 120 Humanities: The Worker in America

1 credit

HUM 124 Professional Ethics

1 credit

HUM 125 The Individual & Technology

1 credit

HUM 126 Modern Business Ethics

1 credit

HUM 151 Great Books of the West I

3 credits

HUM 152 Great Books of the West II

3 credits

HUM 165 Introduction to the Latin American Experience

3 credits

HUM 170 # Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

3 credits

HUM 296 Special Topics in Humanities

1 - 4 credits

IDS 101 The Arts in Western Culture I

3 credits

IDS 102 The Arts in Western Culture II

3 credits

PHL 113 Environmental Ethics

3 credits

Mass Communication:

CourseCategoryCredits
MCM 150 Film History and Appreciation

3 credits

MCM 151 Cinema Appreciation

3 credits

MCM 152 Cinema History

3 credits

Music:

CourseCategoryCredits
MUS 110 Listening to Music

3 credits

MUS 215 # Introduction to Music History

3 credits

MUS 216 Music in America

3 credits

Philosophy:

CourseCategoryCredits
PHL 101 Introduction to Philosophy

3 credits

PHL 102 Logic

3 credits

PHL 103 Ethics

3 credits

PHL 105 World Religions

3 credits

PHL 106 Biomedical Ethics

3 credits

Speech:

CourseCategoryCredits
SPE 130 Introduction to Theatre

3 credits

Visual Communication:

CourseCategoryCredits
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