Requirements for the Associate of Arts Degree:

• Communications: 9 credits

ENG 121 English Composition I

GT-CO1

3

ENG 122 English Composition II

GT-CO2

3

‡ COM 115 Public Speaking

3

or

 

‡ COM 125 Interpersonal Communication

3

Note: ‡ This requirement is a Colorado Community College System requirement and is in addition to the State Guaranteed General Education Transfer Courses.

• Arts and Humanities: 9 credits

Select three courses, with no more than two courses from any GT category:

Arts • GT-AH1

ART 110 Art Appreciation

GT-AH1

3

ART 111 Art History: Ancient to Medieval

GT-AH1

3

ART 112 Art History : Renaissance to Modern

GT-AH1

3

ART 207 Art 1900 to the Present

GT-AH1

3

DAN 125 History of Dance I

GT-AH1

3

MUS 120 Music Appreciation

GT-AH1

3

MUS 121 Music History I

GT-AH1

3

MUS 122 Music History II

GT-AH1

3

MUS 123 Survey of World Music

GT-AH1

3

THE 105 Theatre Appreciation

GT-AH1

3

THE 211 Development of Theatre I

GT-AH1

3

THE 212 Development of Theatre II

GT-AH1

3

Literature and Humanities • GT-AH2

HUM 115 World Mythology

GT-AH2

3

HUM 121 Humanities: Early Civilization

GT-AH2

3

HUM 122 Humanities: Medieval to Modern

GT-AH2

3

HUM 123 Humanities: The Modern World

GT-AH2

3

LIT 115 Introduction to Literature I

GT-AH2

3

LIT 201 Masterpieces of Literature I

GT-AH2

3

LIT 202 Masterpieces of Literature II

GT-AH2

3

LIT 205 Ethnic Literature

GT-AH2

3

LIT 211 Survey of American Literature I

GT-AH2

3

LIT 212 Survey of American Literature II

GT-AH2

3

LIT 221 Survey of British Literature I

GT-AH2

3

LIT 222 Survey of British Literature II

GT-AH2

3

LIT 225 Introduction to Shakespeare

GT-AH2

3

LIT 268 Celtic Literature

GT-AH2

3

Ways of Thinking • GT-AH3

PHI 111 Introduction to Philosophy

GT-AH3

3

PHI 112 Ethics

GT-AH3

3

PHI 113 Logic

GT-AH3

3

PHI 114 Comparative Religions

GT-AH3

3

PHI 214 Philosophy of Religion

GT-AH3

3

Foreign Languages • GT-AH4

FRE 211 French Language III

GT-AH4

3

FRE 212 French Language IV

GT-AH4

3

GER 211 German Language III

GT-AH4

3

GER 212 German Language IV

GT-AH4

3

ITA 211 Italian Language III

GT-AH4

3

ITA 212 Italian Language IV

GT-AH4

3

JPN 211 Japanese Language III

GT-AH4

3

JPN 212 Japanese Language IV

GT-AH4

3

RUS 211 Russian Language III

GT-AH4

3

RUS 212 Russian Language IV

GT-AH4

3

SPA 211 Spanish Language III

GT-AH4

3

SPA 212 Spanish Language IV

GT-AH4

3

• Mathematics: 3-5 credits

Select one from the following:

MAT 120 Mathematics for the Liberal Arts (A.A. Degree only)

GT-MA1

4

MAT 121 College Algebra

GT-MA1

4

MAT 122 College Trigonometry

GT-MA1

3

MAT 123 Finite Mathematics (A.A. Degree only)

GT-MA1

4

MAT 125 Survey of Calculus

GT-MA1

4

MAT 135 Introduction to Statistics

(A.A. Degree only)

GT-MA1

3

MAT 155 Integrated Mathematics I (A.A. Degree only) Students must also complete MAT 156 to meet the total MA1 requirement for the A.A. Degree.

GT-MA1

3

MAT 156 Integrated Mathematics II (A.A. Degree only) Students must also complete MAT 155 to meet the total MA1 requirement for the A.A. Degree.

GT-MA1

3

MAT 166 Pre-Calculus

GT-MA1

5

MAT 201 Calculus I

GT-MA1

5

MAT 202 Calculus II

GT-MA1

5

MAT 203 Calculus III

GT-MA1

4

MAT 204 Calculus III with Engineering Applications

GT-MA1

5

MAT 255 Linear Algebra

GT-MA1

3

MAT 265 Differential Equations

GT-MA1

3

• Social and Behavioral Sciences: 9 credits

Select three courses, one of which must be a History course from GT-HI1, with no more than two courses from any GT category:

History • GT-HI1

HIS 101 Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1650

GT-HI1

3

HIS 102 Western Civilization: 1650 to Present

GT-HI1

3

HIS 111 The World: Antiquity to 1500

GT-HI1

3

HIS 112 The World: 1500 to Present

GT-HI1

3

HIS 201 U.S. History to the Reconstruction

GT-HI1

3

HIS 202 U.S. History since the Civil War

GT-HI1

3

HIS 236 U.S. History Since 1945

GT-HI1

3

HIS 247 20th Century World History

GT-HI1

3

HIS 249 History of Islamic Civilization

GT-HI1

3

Economics and Political Systems • GT-SS1

ECO 101 Economics of Social Issues

GT- SS1

3

ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics

GT- SS1

3

ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics

GT- SS1

3

ECO 245 Environmental Economics

GT-SS1

3

POS 105 Introduction to Political Science

GT-SS1

3

POS 111 American Government

GT-SS1

3

POS 205 International Relations

GT-SS1

3

POS 225 Comparative Government

GT-SS1

3

Geography • GT-SS2

GEO 105 World Regional Geography

GT-SS2

3

GEO 106 Human Geography

GT-SS2

3

Human Behavior, Cultural, or Social Frameworks • GT-SS3

ANT 101 Cultural Anthropology

GT-SS3

3

ANT 107 Introduction to Archaeology

GT-SS3

3

ANT 111 Physical Anthropology

GT-SS3

3

ANT 215 Indians of North America

GT-SS3

3

ETH 200 Introduction to Ethnic Studies

GT-SS3

3

JOU 105 Introduction to Mass Media

GT-SS3

3

PSY 101 General Psychology I

GT-SS3

3

PSY 102 General Psychology II

GT-SS3

3

PSY 205 Psychology of Gender

GT-SS3

3

PSY 217 Human Sexuality

GT-SS3

3

PSY 226 Social Psychology

GT-SS3

3

PSY 227 Psychology of Death and Dying

GT-SS3

3

PSY 235 Human Growth and Development

GT-SS3

3

PSY 238 Child Development

GT-SS3

3

PSY 249 Abnormal Psychology

GT-SS3

3

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology I

GT-SS3

3

SOC 102 Introduction to Sociology II

GT-SS3

3

SOC 205 Sociology of Family Dynamics

GT-SS3

3

SOC 215 Contemporary Social Problems

GT-SS3

3

SOC 216 Sociology of Gender

GT-SS3

3

SOC 220 Sociology of Religion

GT-SS3

3

SOC 231 Sociology of Deviant Behavior

GT-SS3

3

WST 200 Introduction to Women's Studies

GT-SS3

3

• Physical and Life Sciences: 8 credits

Select two courses: (Credits over eight will be applied to the electives category)

AST 101 Astronomy I

GT-SC1

4

AST 102 Astronomy II

GT-SC1

4

*BIO 105 Science of Biology (A.A. Degree only)

GT-SC1

4

BIO 111 General College Biology I with Lab

GT-SC1

5

BIO 112 General College Biology II with Lab

GT-SC1

5

BIO 201 Human Anatomy and Physiology I

GT-SC1

4

BIO 202 Human Anatomy and Physiology II

GT-SC1

4

BIO 204 Microbiology

GT-SC1

4

BIO 221 Botany

GT-SC1

5

*CHE 101 Introduction to Chemistry I

(A.A. Degree only)

GT-SC1

5

*CHE 102 Introduction to Chemistry II

(A.A. Degree only)

GT-SC1

5

*CHE 105 Chemistry in Context

(A.A. Degree only)

GT-SC1

5

CHE 111 General College Chemistry I

GT-SC1

5

CHE 112 General College Chemistry II

GT-SC1

5

ENV 101 Environmental Science

GT-SC1

4

GEO 111 Physical Geography

GT-SC1

4

GEY 111 Physical Geology

GT-SC1

4

GEY 121 Historical Geology

GT-SC1

4

MET 150 General Meteorology

GT-SC1

4

*PHY 105 Conceptual Physics (A.A. Degree only)

GT-SC1

4

PHY 111 Physics: Algebra-Based I with Lab

GT-SC1

5

PHY 112 Physics: Algebra-Based II with Lab

GT-SC1

5

PHY 211 Physics: Calculus-Based I with Lab

GT-SC1

5

PHY 212 Physics: Calculus-Based II with Lab

GT-SC1

5

*SCI 155 Integrated Science I (A.A. Degree only) Students must also complete SCI 156 to meet the total SC1 requirement for the A.A. Degree.

GT-SC1

4

*SCI 156 Integrated Science II (A.A. Degree only) Students must also complete SCI 155 to meet the total SC1 requirement for the A.A. Degree.

GT-SC1

4

State Guaranteed General Education Courses

35-37 Credits

COM 115 or COM 125 (Colorado Community College System Requirement)

3 Credits

Electives (Selected from the A.A. Degree Approved Electives List).

20-22 Credits

Total Required Credits for A.A. Degree

60 Credits

Note: This guarantee excludes areas of concentration in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Business, Engineering, Nursing and some pre-professional degrees.

* The Colorado Guaranteed Transfer Program for General Education and the Colorado Community College System General Education requirements have been incorporated into this degree. Completion of the degree with a grade of "C" or better in every course guarantees that the student can transfer to any Colorado public four-year institution AND complete any liberal arts or science baccalaureate degree in an additional 60 credits.