Austin Community College

FY 2000 Degree Plan

The Associate of Arts degree in History is intended to provide students with the first two years of United States History and Western Civilization, in addition to a broad selection of liberal arts courses transferable to a four­year institution.

Semester I

	ENGL	1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
	HIST	1301	1,3,4,5	United States History I OR
	HIST	2381	1,3,4,5	U.S. History I - African-American Emphasis OR
	HIST	2380	1,3,4,5	U.S. History I - Mexican-American Emphasis OR
	HIST	2301	1,3,4,5	History of Texas OR
	HIST	2341		Studies in U.S. History1	3
	MATH	1332	2,4,6	Topics in Mathematics OR	3
	FRLG			Foreign Language2	3-5
				Elective5	3
					------- 15-17

Semester II

+	ENGL	1302	1,3,4,5	English Composition II	3
+	HIST	1302	1,3,4,5	United States History II OR
	HIS	1643		U.S. History II - African-American Emphasis OR
	HIS	1663		U.S. History II - Mexican-American Emphasis OR
	HIST	2301	1,3,4,5	History of Texas OR
	HIST	2341		Studies in U.S. History	3
				Science3	3-4
	FRLG			Foreign Language (should be in the same language as above)2	3-5
				General Elective5	3
					------- 15-18

Semester III

	HIST	2311		Western Civilization I OR
	HIST	2331		Latin American History I: The Colonial Experience OR
	HIS	2653		East Asian History I	3
	GOVT	2305	1,3,4,5	United States Government	3
	ENGL	2322	1,3,4,5	British Literature I OR
+	ENGL	2323	1,3,4,5	British Literature II OR
+	ENGL	2327	1,3,4,5	American Literature I OR
+	ENGL	2328	1,3,4,5	American Literature II OR
+	ENG	2713		Introduction to Literature I	3
				Humanities/Fine Arts4	3
				General Elective6	3-6
					------- 15-18

Semester IV

+	HIST	2312		Western Civilization II OR
	HIST	2332		Latin American History II: The National Experience OR
	HIS	2663		East Asian History II	3
	GOVT	2306	1,3,4,5	Texas State and Local Government	3
				General Elective	3
				General Elective4	3
	SPCH	1315	1,2,4,5	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
					------- 15
				TOTALS	------- 60-68

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions
⁰ Students who plan to transfer and continue their study of history at a four-year institutuion should refer to the catalog of the institution to which they plan to transfer and consult with a fulltime ACC history instructor. To satisfy the legislative requirement, a student must take 6 hours of Amerrican History with a grade of C or better. Students may select from HIST 1301, HIST 2381, HIST 2380, HIST 1302, HIS 1643, HIS 1663, HIST 2301, or HIST 2341. Courses may be taken in any order. You may take HIST 1302, (or its equivalents) before HIST 1301, (or its equivalent).
¹ HIST 2301 may be taken only once but HIST 2341 may be repeated for credit when the topic varies.
² Foreign language hours must be taken in the same language.
³ Science-selected from natural sciences in Group 5 of the General Education Core Courses.
⁴ Humanities selected from Humanities in the Core Curriculum
⁵ General Electives: Although these courses may be selected from any program, students planning to transfer to a four­year institution are advised to choose electives from Arts and Sciences courses applicable to their four­year degree. Students are encouraged to satisfy the Speech, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral section of the Core Curriculum.
⁶ General Electives: If students are beginning the study of a foreign language in their first year of college, it is recommended they continue this foreign language through the fourth semester level.
⁷ History majors must take 6 hours of either the Western Civilization sequence or the Latim American sequence or the East Asian sequence.