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81 Maricopa County Community College District General Education Curriculum 2019-2020 Maricopa Community Colleges (MCCCD) 2019-2020 Associate in Science (AS) Degree 2 Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation, June 25, 2019 Pending Governing Board Approval, August 27, 2019 Requirements Credits I. Program Prerequisites............................................................................................................. Program prerequisites vary by type of Associate in Science degree, and are not required for the non-major-specific version of the degree. Refer to the Program (Degree) Search at curriculum.maricopa.edu for specific courses and credit minimums required for major- specific pathways within the degree. Number varies II. Required Courses.................................................................................................................... Required (major-specific) courses vary by type of Associate in Arts degree, and are not required for the non-major-specific version of the degree. Refer to the Program (Degree) Search at curriculum.maricopa.edu for specific courses and credit minimums required for major-specific pathways within the degree. Number varies III. Restricted Electives............................................................................................................... Restricted electives vary by type of Associate in Arts degree, and are not required for the non-major-specific version of the degree. Refer to the Program (Degree) Search at curriculum.maricopa.edu for specific courses and credit minimums required for major- specific pathways within the degree. Number varies IV. Arizona General Education Curriculum—Science (AGEC-S)......................................... The AGEC-S requires a minimum of 36 credits, however, prerequisite/required/restricted elective courses may also meet AGEC-S requirements and credits count once toward the total for the degree. Therefore, the AGEC-S may be met with fewer than 36 credits as long as all requirements listed in this section (IV) 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]................................................................................. ENG101 OR ENG107....................................................................................... AND ENG102 OR ENG108............................................................................. 2. Literacy and Critical Inquiry [L].............................................................................. Students are strongly encouraged to choose an [L] course that also has [HU] or [SB] designation or to use CRE101 or COM225 from the Maricopa Additional Requirements Area to satisfy the [L] requirement. It may also have been approved to satisfy one or more Awareness Areas ([C], [G], [H]). (AGEC designations are subject to change. See AGEC matrix for each course's value(s) in the semester it is taken.) 3. Mathematical Applications [MA]............................................................................. Requires the first semester of calculus courses designed for scientists and engineers (MAT220 or MAT221) or any other [MA] designated course for which Calculus I is a pre-requisite. 4. Humanities, Arts and Design [HU].......................................................................... For the AGEC-S, a single course with both [HU] and [L] designations may satisfy both Areas. Note that 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(s). (AGEC designations are subject to change. See AGEC matrix for each course's value(s) in the semester it is taken.) 5. Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB].............................................................................. For the AGEC-S, a single course with both [SB] and [L] designations may satisfy both Areas. Note that 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(s). up to 56 6 (3) (3) 0-3 (0 only if shared with HU or SB) 4-5 6 6