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Associate of Arts Degree Core
Degree and Certificate Requirements
2008-09 Catalog

Students completing any guaranteed Transfer Course are guaranteed acceptance of the course at any public four-year college or university in Colorado.

The new State Guaranteed Transfer Courses and the new Colorado Community College General Education requirements have been incorporated into the degree. Students who complete a 60 credit hour A.A. degree with appropriate course requirements and grades of “C” or better may be able to complete a Baccalaureate degree in 60 additional credits after transferring to a four-year public institution. Consult your ACC Advisor about Colorado’s 60 + 60 plans.

NOTE: This guarantee excludes majors in Education, Business, Engineering, and Nursing.

General Education Core

I. Communications (9 Credit Hours)
ENG 121 English Composition I 3 credits
ENG 122 English Composition II 3 credits
SPE 115 Public Speaking OR  
COM 125 Interpersonal Communication 3 credits
II. Art and Humanities (9 Credit Hours)
Select three courses with no more than two courses from any one category:
Art
ART 110 Art Appreciation 3 credits
ART 111 Art History I 3 credits
ART 112 Art History II 3 credits
MUS 120 Music Appreciation 3 credits
MUS 121 Introduction to Music History I 3 credits
MUS 122 Introduction to Music History II 3 credits
THE 105 Introduction to Theater Arts 3 credits
THE 211 Development of Theatre I 3 credits
THE 212 Development of Theatre II 3 credits
Literature & Humanities
HUM 121 Early Civilizations 3 credits
HUM 122 From Medieval to Modern 3 credits
HUM 123 The Modern World 3 credits
LIT 115 Introduction to Literature 3 credits
LIT 201 Masterpieces of Literature I 3 credits
LIT 202 Masterpieces of Literature II 3 credits
LIT 205 Ethnic Literature 3 credits
LIT 211 Survey of American Literature I 3 credits
LIT 212 Survey of American Literature II 3 credits
LIT 221 Survey of British Literature I 3 credits
LIT 222 Survey of British Literature II 3 credits
Ways of Thinking
PHI 111 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits
PHI 112 Ethics 3 credits
PHI 113 Logic 3 credits

Foreign Language

FRE 211 French III 3 credits
FRE 212 French IV 3 credits
SPA 211 Spanish III 3 credits
SPA 212 Spanish IV 3 credits
JPN 211 Japanese III 3 credits
JPN 212 Japanese IV 3 credits
III. Mathematics (3 Credit Hours)
MAT 120 Mathematics for Liberal Arts 4 credits
MAT 121 College Algebra 4 credits
MAT 122 College Trigonometry 3 credits
MAT 123 Finite Mathematics 4 credits
MAT 125 Survey of Calculus 4 credits
MAT 135 Introduction to Statistics 3 credits
MAT 201 Calculus I 5 credits
MAT 202 Calculus II 5 credits
IV. Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 Credit Hours)
Select three courses, one of which must be History, with no more than two courses from any one category.

Economic and Political Systems

ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credits
ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits
POS 105 Introduction to Political Science 3 credits
POS 111 American Government 3 credits
Human Behavior and Social Systems
ANT 101 Cultural Anthropology 3 credits
ANT 111 Physical Anthropology 3 credits
PSY 101 General Psychology I 3 credits
PSY 102 General Psychology II 3 credits
PSY 235 Human Growth and Development 3 credits
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology I 3 credits
SOC 102 Introduction to Sociology II 3 credits
Geography
GEO 105 World Regional Geography 3 credits
GEO 106 Human Geography 3 credits
History
HIS 101 Western Civilization I 3 credits
HIS 102 Western Civilization II 3 credits
HIS 201 U.S. History I 3 credits
HIS 202 U.S. History II 3 credits
HIS 247 Contemporary World History 3 credits
V. Physical and Life Science (8 credit hours)
Select two courses. (Credits over 8 will be applied to the electives category.)
AST 101 Astronomy I 4 credits
AST 102 Astronomy II 4 credits
BIO 105 Science of Biology 4 credits
BIO 111 General College Biology I with Lab 5 credits
BIO 112 General College Biology II with Lab 5 credits
BIO 201 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credits
BIO 202 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credits
BIO 204 Microbiology 4 credits
CHE 101 Introduction to Chemistry I with Lab 5 credits
CHE 102 Introduction to Chemistry II with Lab 5 credits
CHE 111 General College Chemistry I with Lab 5 credits
CHE 112 General College Chemistry II with Lab 5 credits
GEY 111 Physical Geology 4 credits
GEY 121 Historical Geology 4 credits
MET 150 General Meteorology 4 credits
PHY 105 Conceptual Physics 4 credits
PHY 111 Physics: Algebra-Based I with Lab 5 credits
PHY 112 Physics: Algebra-Based II with Lab 5 credits
PHY 211 Physics: Calculus-Based I with Lab 5 credits
PHY 212 Physics: Calculus-Based II with Lab 5 credits
VI. Electives (22 credit hours)
Courses from the following list must be selected to bring the total credit hours to 60. Please note that in some disciplines only certain courses apply.

ACC (121, 122 only), ANT, ASL (121, 122 only) AST, ART, BIO (100 or above), BUS (115, 216, 217 only), CHE, CIS (only the following: 115, 118), COM, CSC (160, 161, 225, 230 only), ECO, ECE (101, 102, 111, 205, 220, 226, 285 only), EDU, ENG (131 or above), GEO, GEY, HIS, HON, HUM, HWE (108, 124 only), JOU, LIT, MME, MAT (MAT 120 or higher), MET MUS, PED, PHI, PHR, PHY (PHY 105 or above), POS, PSY, SCI (155, 156), SOC, SPA 114, THE and any foreign language numbered 111-112, 211-212.

Total 60 Credit Hours

*Not all Independent Study or Special Topics may apply.

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