Associate in General Studies

The Associate in General Studies Degree (AGS) requires completion of 60 credit hours with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 and is an individualized degree that meets the needs and interests of the student. This degree allows for the combination of both transfer and career courses. While not intended to be a transfer degree, the A.G.S. degree recognizes completion of two years of college.

General Education Requirements for A.G.S. Degree

General Education Requirements for A.G.S. Degree

The General Education requirements for this degree can be met by successful completion of the courses or subjects approved in the Additional Area of Concentration below.

Curriculum Area	Minimum Credit Hours	Minimum # of Courses
Communications	6	2
Computers	3	1
Health & Wellness	1	1
Humanities/Fine Arts*	1	1
Mathematics	3	1
Science	3	1
Social Sciences	3	1
Total	20	8

*All Humanities/Fine Arts courses listed for either the AA or AS degree will meet requirement.

Additional Area of Concentration

The student pursuing this degree will be required to take twelve (12) additional credit hours beyond the minimum of eight (8) courses in General Education. These twelve additional credit hours must be taken from one of the following curriculum areas and must be college level credit.

Curriculum Area	Prefix of Courses
Agriculture	AGR, HRT
Business	ACT, BUL, BUS, ECN, FIN, MGT, MKT
Communication	ENG (Communication Courses), JRN, SPH
Computers	CSC, CSD, CSI, CSM, CSN, CSO, CSP, CSS, CSW
English	ENG, LIT
Education	ECE, EDC
Fine Arts/Graphic Design	ART, FLM, GDT, MUP, MUS, THE
Foreign Languages	FEN, GER, ITL, SPN
Health & Wellness	ALH (except ALH-1002), CMA, DLA, DLH, HPE, ECE 1005, EMS, EMT, NUR, THM
Humanities	FLM (except FLM-2009), GEN, HFA, HIS-1000, HIS-1001, HIS-1006, HON, LIB, LIT, PHL, RED-1008, SFC
Industrial Technology	ATO, CAD, CNC, DFT, ELE, ELT, GNT, HVC, IMT, MET, RBA, SLR, WED, WLD, WND, WSP, WWT
Mathematics	BUS-1230, ECE-1205, ECN-2004, MTH
Science	BIO, CHM, GEG (except GEG-1003, GEG-1004), GEL, PHY, PSC, TAM
Social Science & Public Service	ALH-1002, ANT, CRJ, ECN (except ECN-2004), GEG-1003, GEG-1004, HIS (except HIS-1000, HIS-1001, HIS-1006), HOS, HSR, PSI, PSY, SOC, SWK

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