General Education Requirements
The ASC general education requirements are listed below. Courses may be completed with ASC or accepted in transfer. Please check with your advisor for confirmation of specific requirements or transferability from another college.
Please note: Courses listed with an * are not available via distance degree delivery but may be transferred from another accredited school or completed on campus.
Curriculum Effective Fall 2007
Technology Proficiency: All A.A. candidates must demonstrate baseline technological proficiency prior to graduation. The requirement may be met by scoring 70% or higher on the ASC Technology Proficiency Examination, transferring an equivalent course for BUS 120- Business Computer Applications I or CSCI 100- Essentials of Information Technology, or completing either of these courses with a grade of C or better.
Writing Assessment: You must submit a portfolio of your writing by mid semester of the semester prior to graduation. Check with the Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs office for requirements.
Area I - Communications (6 semester hours)
ENG 101 Communication Arts I (3)
ENG 102 Communication Arts II (3)
Area II - Arts & Humanities (9 semester hours)
AR 103 Art Appreciation (3)
ENG 203 Major Themes in Literature (3)
*MUS 100 Introduction to Music Literature (3)
*THTR 180 Introduction to Theatre (3)
PHIL 202 Ethics (3)
PHIL 201 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
Area III - Mathematics (3 semester hours)
MATH 104 Finite Mathematics (3)
*MATH 150 Liberal Arts Mathematics (3)
*MATH 106 College Algebra (3)
Area IV - Social & Behavior Sciences (9 semester hours)
(At least one course, but not more than 2 must be Western Civilization or U.S. History courses.)
HGP 110 Development of Civilization (3)
HGP 111 Development of Civilization (3)
HIST 202 American History to 1865 (3)
HIST 203 American History 1865 to Present (3)
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology (3)
SOC 201 The Sociological Imagination (3)
*ECON 201 Economics & Today's Society (3)
Area V - Physical and Natural Sciences (7 semester hours)
GEOL 111 Physical Geology with Lab (4)
ENV 101 Intro to Environmental Science with Lab (4)
*SCI 155 Integrated Science I (formerly SCI 101-102) (4)
*SCI 156 Integrated Science II (formerly SCI 103-104) (4)
*BIOL 203 General Biology with Lab (5)
*CHEM 111 Introductory Chemistry with Lab (5)
*CHEM 131 General Chemistry with Lab (5)
*PHYS 221-222 College Physics with Lab (5)
*PHYS 230-231 General Physics (Calculus) with Lab (5)
Area VI - Public Speaking (3 semester hours)
*SPCH 100 Speech Fundamentals (3)
