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Maricopa Community Colleges (MCCCD) General Education Curriculum 2017-2018 65 Historical Awareness [H] The Historical Awareness Area option in the requirements aims to develop a knowledge of the past that can be useful in shaping the present and future. Because historical forces and traditions have created modern life and lie just beneath its surface, historical awareness is an aid in the analysis of present-day problems. Also, because the historical past is a source of social and national identity, historical study can produce intercultural understanding by tracing cultural differences to their origins. Even the remote past may have instructive analogies for the present. The Historical Awareness Area consists of courses that are historical in method and content. In this area, the term "history" designates a sequence of past events or a narrative whose intent or effect is to represent such a sequence. The requirement presumes that these are human events and that history includes all that has been felt, thought, imagined, said, and done by human beings. History is present in the languages, art, music, literature, philosophy, religion, and the natural sciences, as well as in the social science traditionally called history. ASSOCIATE IN GENERAL STUDIES (AGS) DEGREE Description The Maricopa County Community College District Associate in General Studies (AGS) degree is recommended for stu- dents whose educational goals require flexibility. The AGS allows students to choose any elective courses numbered 100 or above to complete the degree. Therefore, this degree may be less appropriate for students who intend to transfer to a baccalaureate-granting institution. Students who demonstrate skills comparable to those in Critical Reading and/or Mathematics and/or Computer Usage may substitute acceptable elective courses to satisfy the total credits required for the degree. Academic Policies That Govern the Associate in General Studies Degree: • Requires a minimum of 60 semester credits in courses numbered 100 and above. • AGS degree requirements follow with the use of a diagonal character (/) between course numbers to signify options. An asterisk (*) following the course number defines requirements with an effective begin term of spring; • Requires grades as listed for specific areas such as the General Education Core where a minimum grade of "C" is required. Courses applied to other areas may be completed with a minimum grade of "D"; • Uses the following policies for course(s ) satisfying multiple program areas; 1. A course can simultaneously satisfy one Core area and one Distribution area. Courses that meet this criterion are bold print and underscored in the Core areas and Distribution areas. 2. A course cannot satisfy more than one Core area, even if it is approved for more than one Core area. 3. A course cannot satisfy more than one Distribution area, even if it is approved for more than one Distribution area. • Follows the graduation policies within the general catalog; • Includes both courses and their modular equivalents; either the course or the modular equivalents will satisfy the Associate in General Studies; • Accepts one of the courses that is cross-referenced with other courses; Degree Requirements GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (16 CREDITS - GRADE OF "C" OR BETTER) First-Year Composition (6 credits) ENG English [101/107] & [102/108] Oral Communication (3 credits) COM Communication 100/100AA &100AB & 100AC/110/110AA & 110AB & 110AC/225/230 Critical Reading (3 credits) CRE Critical Reading 101/Equivalent as indicated by assessment Mathematics (3 credits) MAT Mathematics112/120/121/122/122AA/122AB/ 122AC/140/141/142/150/151/151AA/151AB/151AC/ 151AD/152/172/182/187/206/212/213/220/221/230/231/240/241/256/257/261/262/276/277/ Equivalent course/Satisfactory completion of a higher level Mathematics course.