| Associate in arts (A10100) Degree Requirements |
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| minimum credit hours required for degree: | 64 | ||||
| I. General Education core | 44 | ||||
| Title | Class | Lab | Work Exp/Clinical | Credits | |
| A. Composition | 6 | ||||
| ENG111 | Expository Writing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG112 | Argument-Based Research | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Humanities/Fine Arts | 12 | ||||
| Select four courses from three disciplines. Two literature courses (ENG prefix) are required . | |||||
| ART111 | Art Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ART114 | Art History Survey I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ART115 | Art History Survey II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DRA111 | Theatre Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DRA112 | Literature of the Theatre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG131 | Introduction to Literature | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG231 | American Literature I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG232 | American Literature II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG233 | Major American Writers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG241 | British Literature I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG242 | British Literature II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FRE111 | Elementary French I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FRE112 | Elementary French II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FRE211 | Intermediate French I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FRE212 | Intermediate French II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM121 | The Nature of America | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM122 | Southern Culture | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM150 | American Women's Studies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HUM160 | Introduction to Film | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MUS110 | Music Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PHI210 | History of Philosophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PHI230 | Introduction to Logic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| REL110 | World Religions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| REL211 | Introduction to Old Testament | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| REL212 | Introduction to New Testament | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SPA111 | Elementary Spanish I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SPA112 | Elementary Spanish II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SPA211 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SPA212 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Note: Students who plan to transfer to an institution requiring a foreign language should take the necessary foreign language courses for Core and Elective credit. | |||||
| C. Social and Behavioral Sciences | 12 | ||||
| Select four courses from at least three disciplines. At least one history (HIS prefix) is required. | |||||
| ANT210 | General Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ANT220 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ECO251 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ECO252 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GEO111 | World Regional Geography | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GEO112 | Cultural Geography | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HIS121 | Western Civilization I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HIS122 | Western Civilization II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HIS131 | American History I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HIS132 | American History II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| POL120 | American Government | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| POL210 | Comparative Government | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| POL220 | International Relations | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY150 | General Psychology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY239 | Psychology of Personality | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY241 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | 0 |
0 | 3 |
| PSY281 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC213 | Sociology of the Family | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC220 | Social Problems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC225 | Social Diversity | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Natural Sciences | 8 | ||||
| Select two courses, including accompanying laboratory work. | |||||
| BIO110 | Principles of Biology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BIO111 | General Biology I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BIO112 | General Biology II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BIO120 | Introductory Botany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BIO130 | Introductory Zoology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BIO140 | Environmental Biology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BIO140A | Environmental Biology | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| CHM151 | General Chemistry I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| CHM152 | General Chemistry II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| GEL111 | Introductory Geology | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| PHY110 | Conceptual Physics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PHY110A | Conceptual Physics Lab | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PHY151 | College Physics I | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| PHY152 | College Physics II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| PHY251 | General Physics I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| PHY252 | General Physics II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| [Note: Students will receive credit for only one course in any of the following pairs of courses: BIO 110 or BIO 111, PHY 110 or PHY 151, PHY 110 or PHY 251, PHY 151 or PHY 251, PHY 152 or PHY 252] | |||||
| E. Mathematics | 6 | ||||
| Select two courses. | |||||
| MAT151 | Statistics I* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT 161 | College Alegebra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT165 | Finite Mathematics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT171 | Precalculus Algebra* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT172 | Precalculus Trigonometry* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT263 | Brief Calculus* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT271 | Calculus I* | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| MAT272 | Calculus II* | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| MAT273 | CalculusIII* | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| [Note: Students will receive credit for only one course in either of the following pairs of courses: MAT 161 or MAT 171, MAT 263 or MAT 271] | |||||
| II. Other required hours | 20 | ||||
| A. COM231 | Public Speaking | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| B. To complete the A.A. degree, eighteen hours should be selected from courses listed in General Education Core or from the Elective Courses list. To complete the A.S. degree, at least fourteen hours of the eighteen hours required must be selected from the mathematics and science disciplines. Courses approved for the A.S. degree include those listed in the General Education Core in Mathematics (starred courses only) and Natural Sciences, and starred courses in the Elective Courses list. | |||||
| Elective Courses | |||||
| ACA122 | College Transfer Success | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ACC120 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| ACC121 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| ART131 | Drawing I | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| ART240 | Painting I | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| BIO168 | Anatomy & Physiology I* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BIO169 | Anatomy & Physiology II* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BIO175 | General Microbiology* | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| BIO275 | Microbiology* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| CHM251 | Organic Chemistry I* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| CHM252 | Organic Chemistry II* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| CIS110 | Introduction to Computers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| CIS115 | Intro to Prog. & Logic | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| COM110 | Introduction to Communication | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| COM120 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| CSC134 | C++ Programming* | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| DRA122 | Oral Interpretation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| EDU116 | Introduction to Education | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| ENG125 | Creative Writing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HEA110 | Personal Health/Wellness | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| HEA112 | First Aid and CPR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| HIS221 | African-American History | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT151A | Statistics I Lab* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MAT171A | Precalculus Algebra Lab* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MAT172A | Precalculus Trigonometry Lab* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PED110 | Fitness & Wellness for Life | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| PED115 | Step Aerobics I | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| PED130 | Tennis-Beginning | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PED139 | Bowling-Beginning | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PED143 | Volleyball-Beginning | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PED152 | Swimming-Beginning | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PSY243 | Child Psychology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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