Jul 02, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

General Studies, A.G.S.


The Associate in General Studies introduces students to the creative and critical thinking skills to meet their professional and personal goals. In addition to core components of the General Education Program, students completing an Associate in General Studies work with their academic advisors to choose additional coursework to develop an individualized degree focused on their interests and preparing them to:

  1. Communicate clearly and effectively in both written and oral forms.
  2. Explain situations that involve their roles as responsible citizens, environmental stewards, and ethical people.
  3. Identify diverse aspects of the human experience especially as presented in creative works.
  4. Apply scientific principles and mathematical models to answer questions. 

General Education Core Courses and Ethical Reasoning Courses (18-20 sem. hrs.)


Select one course from the cores of six of the eight General Education Goal areas; or, select one course from the cores of five of the General Education goal areas, and one course from the Ethical Reasoning area of General Education. For the Reasoning in the Natural Sciences goal area, you can either complete BIOL/CHEM/ENVS 105  or a lecture-laboratory combination from the course list. A list of the general education core courses and Ethical Reasoning courses can be found here .

Electives (31-33 sem. hrs)


In consultation with your academic adviser, select 31-33 additional semester hours of courses. These courses should be selected from across academic subjects.

Total Semester Hours: 60