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• GPH+++ Any GPH Physical Geography course(s)
• HIS+++ Any HIS History course(s)
• MAT+++ Any MAT Mathematics course(s) 140 or higher (except MAT256 and MAT257)
• MHL+++ Any MHL Music: History/Literature course(s)
• MTC+++ Any MTC Music: Theory/Composition course(s)
• POS+++ Any POS Political Science course(s)
• THE+++ Any THE Theatre course(s)
• THF+++ Any THF Theatre and Film course(s)
• THP+++ Any THP Theatre Performance/Production course(s)
• Any Foreign Language course(s)
• Any Natural Science course(s)
III. Arizona General Education Curriculum--Arts (AGEC-A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-44
The AGEC-A requires a minimum of 35 credits, however, prerequisite/required/restricted elective courses may also meet
AGEC-A requirements and credits count once toward the total for the degree. Therefore, the AGEC-A may be met with
fewer than 35 credits as long as all requirements listed in this section (III) are completed.
A. Core Areas: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Some courses may be met by Required Courses or Restricted Electives. Some of these courses also have Awareness
Areas designations and can be used to satisfy [C], [G] and/or [H] requirement(s) as well as their respective Core Area,
Required Course(s) or Restricted Elective(s). AGEC designations are subject to change. Courses may meet more than
one requirement but are only counted once toward the total credits for the degree.See AGEC matrix for each course's
value(s) in the semester it is taken.
1. First-Year Composition (FYC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ENG101 OR ENG107 AND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3)
ENG102 OR ENG108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3)
2. Literacy and Critical Inquiry [L]-COM225 Public Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Mathematical Applications [MA] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Requires a course in college mathematics (MAT140, MAT141, MAT142, MAT145, MAT146) or college algebra (MAT150,
MAT151, MAT152, MAT155, MAT156) or pre calculus (MAT187) or any other [MA] designated course for which college . . .
algebra is a pre-requisite.(Note that MAT256, MAT257, MAT182, and MAT206 are excluded)
4. Computer/Statistics/Quantitative Applications [CS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
BPC110 Computer Usage and Applications OR
CIS105 Survey of Computer Information Systems
5. Humanities, Arts and Design [HU] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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NOTE that some of these courses also have Awareness Areas designations (see section 2 below) and can be used
to satisfy [G] and/or [H] requirement as well as [HU]. (AGEC designations are subject to change. See AGEC matrix for each course's
value(s) in the semester it is taken.)
1) Select one of the following ARH, DAH, MHL or THE courses (3)
• ARH100 Introduction to Art OR
• ARH100 Introduction to Art OR
• ARH101 Prehistoric through Gothic Art OR
• ARH102 Renaissance through Contemporary Art OR
• DAH100 Introduction to Dance OR
• DAH201 World Dance Studies OR
• DAH250 Dance in Popular Culture OR
• MHL140 Survey of Music History OR
