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Maricopa Community Colleges (MCCCD) General Education Curriculum 2017-2018 60 ARIZONA GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM (AGEC) - A, B, S Description The Maricopa County Community College District Arizona General Education Curriculum (MCCCD AGEC) is a 35-38 semester-credit general education certificate that fulfills lower-division general education requirements for students planning to transfer to any Arizona public community college or university. Generally, the MCCCD AGEC transfers as a block without loss of credit. In most cases, all courses used to satisfy the MCCCD AGEC will apply to graduation requirements of the university major for which the AGEC was designed. For students planning to pursue an associate degree or transfer to an Arizona public community college or university, the AGEC A is a component of the MCCCD Associate in Arts, the AGEC B is a component of the MCCCD Associate in Busi- ness, and the AGEC S is a component of the MCCCD Associate in Science. Purpose of the ACECs There are three types of MCCCD AGECs. They are the AGEC A, the AGEC B, and the AGEC S. Designed to articulate with different academic majors, their requirements vary accordingly. Additional information on academic majors at the Arizo- na public universities can be accessed via the following website: www.aztransfer.com 1. The AGEC A is designed to satisfy requirements in many liberal arts majors as well as other majors that articulate with the Associate in Arts (e.g., social sciences, fine arts, humanities). AGEC A requires a minimum of college mathematics or college algebra to satisfy the Mathematics [MA] requirement. AGEC A Mathematics requirement is less stringent than the AGEC B and AGEC S. AGEC A and AGEC B Natural Sciences requirements are less stringent than AGEC S. 2. The AGEC B is designed to satisfy requirements in business majors that articulate with the Associate in Business. AGEC B requires a minimum of brief calculus to satisfy the Mathematics [MA] requirement. 3. The AGEC S is designed to satisfy requirements in majors with more prescriptive mathematics and mathemat- ics-based science requirements. AGEC S articulates with the Associate in Science. AGEC S requires a minimum of the first course in a calculus sequence to satisfy the Mathematics [MA] requirement, and a minimum of eight credits of either university chemistry, university physics or general biology to satisfy the Natural Sciences [SQ/SG] requirement. In addition, students must select six to eight additional credits of math and/or science appropriate to the major. Academic Policies that Govern the AGEC A, B, S: • Requires 35-38 semester credits in courses numbered 100 and above to be completed with a grade of "C" or better. Credit units transferred from outside of the district need to be at a grade of "C" or better. A grade of "C" equals 2.0 on a 4.0 grading scale or equivalent. On an exception basis, P-grades may be allowed in the AGEC for credit trans- ferred if documentation collected by the community college indicates that the P-grade issued was the only option for the student and the P-grade is a "C" or better. The P-grade exception does not apply to credits awarded by AGEC granting/receiving institutions; • Credit received through prior learning assessment or credit by evaluation is transferable within the Maricopa Com- munity Colleges but is not necessarily transferable to other colleges and universities. No more than 20 semester credit hours may be applied toward AGEC; • Uses the following policies to help students complete the required Core and Awareness Areas without exceeding the 35-38 semester credits 1. Courses can satisfy a Core area and one or two Awareness areas simultaneously. 2. A course cannot be used to satisfy more than one Core area requirement in the AGEC A and B. 3. A course can be used to satisfy the L and SB or L and HU requirements simultaneously in the Core area for the AGEC S. • Follows the general education policy below: General Education Designations (example: (FYC), [SB], [HU], etc.) Effective fall 2000 the course evaluation and/or the general education designation as listed in the Arizona CEG (Course Equivalency Guide) within the AZ Transfer is valid for the term in which the student is awarded credit on the transcript. A course evaluation and/or general education designation may be subject to change. Given that curricu- lum is dynamic at both MCCCD and the institutions to which MCCCD students transfer, students have the option to petition for course evaluations and/or general education designations.