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 60 credits, including General Education requirements, to graduate with an AAS degree.  Unless specified by the 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

Written Communication (WC): 1 course

• ENGL 1010 Introduction to College Writing (WC)  

Quantitative Studies (QS): 1 course

• Quantitative Studies (QS)
     

Communication (CM): 1 course

• Communication (CM)
    

Human Relations (HR): 1 course

• Human Relations (HR)
     

Breadth Areas: 1 or 2 courses

Students must take courses from either one or two of the following General Education Breadth Areas based on program requirements:

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