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General Education for the A.A., A.S. or A.A.S. Degrees College Requirements for Every Degree:
Students learn to write clearly focused, logically organized and effectively developed essays in a variety of genres and for different audiences. The first course emphasizes the interpretation of ideas from readings and the incorporation of those ideas into one's own writing, the development of ideas in essay form, and an understanding of how language communicates facts, ideas and attitudes. The second course emphasizes the critical examination of texts typically encountered in college for the purpose of generating and supporting ideas further explored in writing and related research.
College Requirements for Every Degree except Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant and Maritime Technology:
Health of body and mind should be a life-long goal. This is more readily achieved by knowing which factors can cause mental and physical illnesses, and how lifestyle, perceptions and decisions can help prevent them. Guidelines and criteria for good mental, emotional and physical health, and opportunities for personal assessment, are presented. Distribution Requirements:
The arts are the expression of humankind's values and experiences. They hold up a mirror and allow us to see reality from a different perspective. Becoming conversant in a visual or performing art encourages life-long enjoyment of the arts and helps preserve the arts for future generations.
Understanding economics leads to the successful management of limited resources, financial and business success, as well as a greater understanding of social issues. The study of history seeks to understand the past, which provides insights into human behavior and present conditions. Political science examines how we govern and make public policy, and the affects of power and social values on these.
Anthropology studies the ways human beings meet their biological and social needs in different cultures. Sociology analyzes how cultural, political and economic factors shape and are shaped by individual and collective human behavior. Psychology studies behavior and states of consciousness, such as sensation, emotion and cognition. These behavioral sciences help uncover the secrets of human nature.
Biology is the science that studies living organisms. Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space and change through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning. Computer science is concerned with the theory and methods of computing and processing data electronically. The physical sciences, such as physics, chemistry, and earth and planetary science, analyze the nature and properties of energy and nonliving matter. Science and mathematics help solve problems from those of personal health to those beyond the universe as we know it; they seek to define and redefine what is possible. [1] Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education:
Eligibility Requirements and Standards for Accreditation." Middle
States Commission on Higher Education, 2002. 37. [2] Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 38. [3] For the A.A., students elect to take 3 credits less in any one group for a total of 6 credits for that one group. Except for Group III, the 6 credits should still be in two disciplines. [4] For the A.S. and A.A.S. degrees, students select three basic courses from Groups I - IV. A requirement for the major that is a basic course in one of these disciplines also satisfies this distribution requirement. However, studio courses in art, music or theatre will not satisfy this requirement for A.S. or A.A.S. degrees. [5] For the A.S. and A.A.S. degrees, students select three courses from Groups I - IV. A requirement for the major that is a basic course in one of these disciplines also satisfies this distribution requirement. [6] Community Health, Fine Arts, Mental Health, Performing Arts: 6 credits; Speech Communication: 7-8 credits; Education Studies: 12 credits; Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering Science, Mathematics and Physics: 24 credits. |
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