Associate of Applied Science Degree (AAS) General Education Requirements

AAS degrees require a minimum of 14 credits of general education requirements as outlined below. Students must complete a minimum of 63 credits, including the general education requirements, to graduate with an AAS degree. Unless specified by program, individual courses can meet multiple degree requirements. In this circumstance, extra courses are required to meet the total number of credits required to graduate.

Note Some academic programs may recommend different courses for general education. Recommendations are not requirements, but faculty have decided that such recommendations may aid the student in the future, especially when transferring. Check specific program descriptions provided in this catalog.

Core Skills

Composition (EN) 1 course

• ENGL 1010 Intro to Writing (EN)  

Quantitative Studies (QS) 1 course

• Quantitative Studies (QS)
     

Note In selecting Quantitative Studies (QS) courses to fulfill general education for an AAS, students must follow requirements of their program of study in this catalog.

Communication (CM) 1 course

• Communication (CM)
    

Note In selecting Communication (CM) courses to fulfill general education for an AAS, students must follow requirements of the program of study in this catalog.

Human Relations (HR) 1 course

• Human Relations (HR)
     

Note In selecting Human Relations (HR) courses to fulfill general education for an AAS, students must follow requirements of the program of study in this catalog.

Institutional Requirements

Distribution Areas: 1 or 2 courses

Students must take one or two courses from the list of General Education Distribution Areas.

• Fine Arts (FA)
     
• Humanities (HU)
     
• Life Sciences (LS)
     
• Physical Science (PS)
     
• Social Science (SS)
     

Note In selecting Distribution courses to fulfill general education for an AAS, students must follow requirements of the program of study in this catalog.