Austin Community College

FY 2005 Degree Plan

The Associate of Arts degree in geography is intended to provide students with the first two years of geography and an introduction to field work in geography, in addition to a broad selection of liberal arts courses transferable to a four­year institution.

Semester I

	GEOG	1303		World and Regional Geography	3
				Foreign Language1	5
	ENGL	1301		English Composition I	3
	HIST	1301		United States History I2	3
	ANTH	2351		Cultural Anthropology3	3
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Semester II

	GEOG	1302		Introduction to Cultural Geography	3
+				Foreign Language1	5
+	ENGL	1302		English Composition II	3
	HIST	1302		United States History II4	3
+	MATH	1314		College Algebra	3
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Semester III

	GEOG	1301		Introduction to Physical Geography	3
	GOVT	2305		United States Government	3
+				Humanities5	3
	BIOL	2206		Environmental Biology Lecture6	2
+	BIOL	2106		Environmental Biology Lab6	1
				Visual and Performing Arts7	3
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Semester IV

	GOVT	2306		Texas State and Local Government	3
	GEOL	1305		Environmental Geology8	3
	GEOG	1410		Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	4
+				Humanities5	3
	SPCH	1311		Introduction to Speech Communication9	3
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				TOTALS	------- 65

¹ Foreign language hours must all be in the same language. Spanish is recommended.
² HIST 2381, HIST 2380, HIST 2301, or HIST 2341 may be substituted for HIST 1301.
³ You may substitute SOCI 1301 for this course.
⁴ HIS 1643, HIS 1663, HIST 2301, or HIST 2341 may be substituted for HIST 1302.
⁵ Select from Humanities in the Core Curriculum Course List.
⁶ BIOL 2206 is to be taken with BIOL 2106 or the student may also substitute a course from Natural Science section of the Core Curriculum Course list.
⁷ Select from Visual and Performing Arts in the Core Curriculum Course List.
⁸ Students may substitute a course from Natural Sciences in the Core Curriculum Course List.
⁹ SPCH 1315 may be substituted for SPCH 1311.