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Welcome!

• Welcome to The Arizona General Education
  Curriculum (AGEC) Power Point Presentation. We
  will present
• What an AGEC is.
• What an AGEC looks like.
• Why Complete an AGEC?,
• Why Complete a Transfer Degree?,
• What if You dont Complete an AGEC?,
• When isnt an AGEC Necessary?
• Some Tips for Transfer Students.
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Arizona General Education Curriculum
AGEC
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What is AGEC?

• AGEC stands for Arizona General Education
  Curriculum.
• AGEC is a 35 hour block of lower division,
  general education curriculum that fulfills the
  lower division general education requirements at
  any AZ public community college or university.
• The purpose of AGEC is to provide AZ Community
  College students with the opportunity to build a
  general education curriculum that, when
  completed, is transferable to another AZ
  community college or university without loss of
  credit.
• AGEC is the best way to make your credits count
  for most transfer degrees

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What IS AGEC?

• AGEC is a statewide agreement between NAU, ASU, U
  of A, and all AZ public community colleges.
• A completed AGEC will transfer as a block to meet
  lower division general education requirements at
  any of the AZ public universities or other AZ
  community colleges.
• Transfer students who wish to earn the associate
  degree must then meet additional CCC
  requirements.
• To earn the bachelors degree, students
  transferring the AGEC must still meet course
  prerequisites, major, requirements, and upper
  division requirements at their chosen university.
• There are three forms of AGEC, AGEC-A, AGEC-B,and
  AGEC-S.

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What IS AGEC?

• AGEC-A is a 35-credit lower division general
  education curriculum block that fulfills the
  lower division general education requirements of
  liberal arts majors (e.g. Fine Arts/ visual Arts,
  Psychology, Sociology).
• AGEC-B is a 35 credit lower division general
  education curriculum block that fulfills the
  lower division general education requirements of
  business majors (e.g. Business Administration,
  Computer Information Systems).
• AGEC-S is a 35-credit lower division general
  education curriculum block that fulfills the
  lower division general education requirements of
  majors with more stringent mathematics and
  mathematics-based Science requirements (e.g.
  Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

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What is AGEC?

• AGEC-A, AGEC-B, and AGEC-S can be completed
  separately or as part of an Associate degree at
  CCC and must include specific special
  requirements that will be presented later. The
  college certifies completion of the AGEC on the
  official transcript

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements

• The following slide summarizes the minimum
  General Education Core Curriculum required for
  degrees at CCC that transfer to AZ public
  universities. The General Education Core for the
  Associate of Arts (AGEC-A), Associate of
  Business (AGEC-B), and Associate of Science
  (AGEC-S) at CCC are designed for that purpose.
  

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements

• English Composition (6 hr.)
• Mathematics (3 hr.)
• Arts and Humanities (6 hr.)
• Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 hr.)
• Physical and Biological Sciences (8 hr.)
• Options (6 hr.)
• Total minimum credit hours (35 hr.)

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
The next few slides present the General Education
Core Curriculum areas (i.e. Arts and Humanities)
and the courses that can be used within these
areas.
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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
English Composition 6 credit hours

• ENG 101 College Composition I (3)
• ENG 102 College Composition II (3)

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
Mathematics 3 credit hours

• MAT 142 Application of College Algebra (3)
• MAT 151 College Algebra (4)
• MAT 187 Precalculus (5)
• MAT 212 Business Calculus (3)
• MAT 220 Calculus Analytic Geometry I (5)
• MAT 230 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (5)
• MAT 240 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III (5)
• MAT 262 Differential Equations (3)

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
Arts and Humanities 6 credit hours - Courses
from 2 or more disciplines must be selected to
meet the requirement.

• ART 100 Art Apprec. (3)
• ART 103 Native Amer. (3)
• ART 201 Art History I (3)
• ART 201 Art History II (3)
• ART 221 Art of the SW (3)
• ENG 236 Intro Amer (3)
• ENG 237 Women in Lit (3)
• ENG 238 Lit of SW (3)
• ENG 272 Create Writ NF(3)
• HUM 235 Amer Arts (3)
• HUM 241 Humanities I (3)
• HUM 242 Humanities II (3)

• MUS 100 Music Apprec (3)
• MUS 145 Jazz Hist and Lit (3)
• PHI 101 Intro to Philosophy (3)
• PHI 105 Intro to Ethics (3)
• REL 201 Comparative Relig (3)
• THR 101 Intro to Theatre (3)

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
Social and Behavioral Sciences 6 credit hours -
Courses from 2 or more disciplines must be
selected to meet the requirement.

• AJS 101 Int to AJS (3)
• AJS 230 Deviance
• AJS 280 Criminology (3)
• ANT 102 Intro to Cult Anthro (3)
• ANT 110 Exploring Archeology (3)
• ANT 210 People of theWorld (3)
• ANT 230 People of SW (3)
• BUS 203 Bus Law (3)
• BUS 214 Leg,,Eth,Reg Isu (3)
• ECN 204 Macroeco Prin (3)
• ECN 205 Microeco Prin (3)
• GEO 133 World/Reg Geo(3)
• HIS 131 US History I (3)
• HIS 132 US History II (3)
• HIS 136 Women in Amer His (3)
• HIS 201 West Civ to 1660 (3)

• HIS 202 West Civ from 1660 (3)
• HIS 250 Asian Civ thr 1644 (3)
• HIS 251 Asian Civ from 1645 (3)
• POS 101 Intro tp Politics (3)
• POS 110 Amer Nat Gov (3)
• POS 120 Intro to World Politics (3)
• POS 220 AZ and Nat Const (3)
• POS 233 Global Env Policy (3)
• PSY 101 Int to Psychology (3)
• PSY 227 Personality Theory (3)
• PSY 236 Psychology of Women (3)
• PSY 240 Devel Psychology (3)
• PSY 250 Social Psychology (3)
• SOC 101 Intro to Sociology (3)
• SOC 132 Social Problems (3)
• SOC142 Race and Ethnic Relat (3)
• SOC 210 Soc of Gender (3)

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
Physical and Biological Sciences 8 credit hours

• BIO 100 Biology Concepts (4)
• BIO 105 Environmental Bio (4)
• BIO 160 Int Human A P (4)
• BIO 253 Biotech Soc (4)
• BIO 181 Unity of Life I (4)
• BIO 182 Unity of Life II (4)
• BIO 201 Human A P I (4)
• BIO 202 Human A P II (4)
• BIO 205 Microbiology (4)
• CHM 130 Fund Chemistry (4)
• CHM 151 General Chem I (5)
• CHM 152 General Chem II (5)

• GEO 131 Intro to Phys Geo (4)
• GLG 101 Physical Geology (4)
• GLG 102 Historical Geology (4)
• PHY 111 College Physics I (4)
• PHY 112 College Physics II (4)
• PHY 161 University Physics I (4)
• PHY 180 Intro to Astronomy (4)
• PHY 253 Archaeoastronomy (4)
• PHY 262 University Physics II (4)

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CCC General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
Options 6 credit hours - Courses May be selected
from any of the previously listed categories or
from the following

• ASL 101 American Sign Lang I (4)
• ASL 102 American Sign Lang II (4)
• ASL 201 American Sing Lang III (4)
• ASL 202 American Sing Lang IV (4)
• CIS 120 Into to Computer Info Sys (3)
• FRE 101 Beg French I (4)
• FRE 102 Beg French II (4)
• FRE 201 Int French I (4)
• FRE 202 Int French II (4)
• GER 101 Beg German I (4)
• GER 102 Beg German II (4)

• MAT 160 Intro to Statistics (3)
• NAV 101 Beg Navajo I (4)
• NAV 102 Beg Navajo II (4)
• SPA 101 Beg Spanish I (4)
• SPA 102 Beg Spanish II (4)
• SPA 201 Inter Spanish I (4)
• SPA 202 Inter Spanish II (4)
• SPC 100 Fund Spch Com (3)

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Special Requirements
Students planning to transfer a completed
AGEC must meet the following additional
Special Requirements Intensive
Writing/Critical Inquiry, Ethnic/ Race/ Gender
Awareness, and Contemporary Global/International
Awareness or Historical Awareness. These
requirements may be met within the 35 hours of
General Education Core Curriculum by choosing 1
course from the upcoming lists. Be aware
that a course can fulfill more that one Special
Requirement. A minimum of two courses must be
taken to fulfill AGEC Special Requirements.
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Intensive Writing /Critical Inquiry
This requirement must be completed at CCC.
BIO 105 Environmental Biology (4) ECN 204
Macroeconomic Principles (3) ENG 272 Creative
Writing Nonfiction (3) HUM 241 Humanities I
(3) HUM 242 Humanities II (3) POS 220 Arizona and
National Constitution (3) PSY 227 Personality
Theory (3) PSY 250 Social Psychology (3) SOC 210
Sociology of Gender (3) ENG 102 is a pre- or
co-requisite for these courses
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Ethnic/ Race/ Gender Awareness
ANT 102 Intro to cult Anthro (3) ANT 210
Peoples of theWorld (3) ANT 230 Peoples of
Southwest (3) ART 103 Nat Amer Art SW (3) ART 221
Art of the SW (3) ENG 236 Intro to Amer Short St
(3) ENG 237 Women in Literature (3) ENG 238 Lit
of the SW (3) HIS 131 US History I (3) HIS 132 US
History II (3) HIS 136 Women in Amer His (3) HIS
201 West Civ to 1660 (3) HIS 202 West Civ from
1660 (3)
HIS 250 Asian Civ thr 1644 (3)
HIS 251 Asian Civ from 1645 (3) PHI
105 Intro to Ethics (3) PHY 253
Arastronomy (4) PSY 101 Intro to Psych
(3) PSY 236 Psych of Women (3)
PSY 240 Dev Psychology (3) PSY
250 Social Psychology (3) SOC 101
Into to Sociology (3) SOC 132 Social
Problems (3) SOC 142 Race Eth Relat
(3) SOC 210 Soc of Gender (3)
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Contemporary Global/ International Awareness or
Historical Awareness
ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
(3) ANT 210 Peoples of theWorld (3) ANT 230
Peoples of Southwest (3) ART 201 Art History I
(3) ART 202 Art History II (3) ART 221 Art of the
SW (3) BIO 105 Env Biology (4) GEO 133 World /
Regional Geo (3) HIS 131 United States History I
(3) HIS 132 United States History II (3) HIS 136
Women in Amer History (3) HIS 201 Western Civ to
1660 (3) HIS 202 Western Civ from 1660 (3)
HIS 250 Asian Civ thr 1644 (3) HIS 251 Asian Civ
from 1645 (3) HUM 242 Humanities II (3) PHI 101
Introduction to Philosophy (3) REL 201
Comparative Religions (3) PHY 253
Archaeoastronomy (4) POS 120 Introduction to
World Politics (3) PSY 250 Social Psychology
(3) POS 233 Global Env Politics (3)
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Why complete an AGEC?

• A completed AGEC waives all admission
  requirements at AZs three public universities.
• This means that you are unconditionally admitted
  to the AZ public. university of your choice (but
  not into a specific program) after completing an
  AGEC.
• AGEC satisfies ALL lower division liberal studies
  requirements at all AZ public universities.
• For most majors, a completed AGEC along with
  other appropriate (i.e. electives and common
  major) transferable courses, allows you to enter
  AZ universities with junior standing (see an
  advisor for more info)

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Why Complete an AGEC?

• Save by completing all of your lower division
  liberal studies at CCC! Our tuition rates are (on
  the average) about 1/3 the cost of the AZ public
  universities.
• Our classes are generally smaller than freshman
  /sophomore liberal studies courses at the
  universities.
• CLEP and high school concurrent enrollment
  credits can also count toward an AGEC and will
  transfer to an AZ public university.

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What If You dont Complete an AGEC?

• If you do not complete an AGEC, you will need to
  meet standard university requirements.
• If you do not complete an AGEC you will need to
  complete liberal studies requirements which may
  not be the same as CCCs general education
  requirements.
• If you do not complete an AGEC, your general
  education courses will be evaluated one by one
  using the Course Equivalency Guide (CEG) instead
  of being transferred as a general education
  block, satisfying ALL lower division general
  education requirements.

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When isnt an AGEC Necessary?

• Some university majors require you to take very
  specific courses from the beginning of your
  college education. See an advisor, regarding
  these majors, to discuss an academic plan.
• Remember, AGEC stands for Arizona General
  Education Curriculum. If you are planning to
  transfer to an institution outside of AZ, none of
  the guarantees previously mentioned apply. You
  will need to contact the out of state institution
  to see how your coursework will transfer.

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Why Complete a Transfer Degree

• ALL CCC transfer degrees contain an AGEC. So
  transfer degrees give you an AGEC and more.
• You may be able to transfer into the university
  as a junior (see an advisor for more
  information).
• You will have an associate degree, making you
  more competitive in the job market.

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Tips for Transfer Students

• Explore your career interest to help you decide
  on a major early.
• Remember, AZ public universities use only 64
  transferable credit hours toward your
  baccalaureate degree.
• See an advisor as soon as possible. The earlier
  you develop an education plan with an advisor,
  the less of a chance you have of losing credits
  after transferring to an AZ public university.
  Dont wait until you almost graduate to see an
  advisor.

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Conclusion

• In this presentation, you have looked at the
  following
• What an AGEC is.
• What an AGEC looks like.
• Why Complete an AGEC?,
• Why Complete a Transfer Degree?,
• What if You dont Complete an AGEC?,
• When isnt an AGEC Necessary?

You are ready to take the first step toward
completing the Arizona General Education
Curriculum (AGEC)!