Austin Community College

FY 2001 Degree Plan

The General Studies program is designed for students desiring a liberal arts education and those who are planning to transfer to a four­year institution to major in a liberal arts or education field.

Semester I

		1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
	HIST	1301	1,3,4,5	United States History I OR	3
	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
	HDP	1603		Effective Learning: Strategies for College Success OR	3
	CREX	1309		Career Exploration/Planning
				Science1	4
				Oral Communication4	3
					------- 16

Semester II

	ENGL	1302	1,3,4,5	English Composition II	3
+	HIST	1302	1,3,4,5	United States History II OR	3
	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
	COSC	1301		Personal Computing	3
				Science Elective1	4
				Elective2	3-4
					------- 16-17

Semester III

	GOVT	2305	1,3,4,5	United States Government	3
	FRLG			Foreign Language	4-5
	MATH			Math3	3
	PSYC	2301	2	Introduction to Psychology OR	3
	SOCI	1301	1,2,3,4,5,6	Introduction to Sociology
				Elective2	3-4
					------- 16-18

Semester IV

	GOVT	2306	1,3,4,5	Texas State and Local Government	3
	FRLG			Foreign Language (must be same language as above)	4-5
	HUMA	1301		Introduction to Humanities	3
				Unrestricted Elective	3
					------- 13-14
				TOTALS	------- 61-65

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions
¹ Science - to be selected from BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS, or PSC.
² Electives for this program may be taken from any program or course area. Students are encouraged to use electives to satisfy the requirements of the Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts section of the Core Curriculum.
³ Please select from the Math section of the General Education Course list.
⁴ Please choose from the Oral Communication section of the General Education Course list.

The General Studies in Science program is designed for student's desiring to pursue a flexible plan in the area of mathematics, science, and computer science. Students planning to transfer to a four-year college or university are encouraged to obtain information about the course requirements for at least possible two majors of interest from their from their four-year college or university and choose their courses appropriately. Students who do not choose their courses very carefully should expect to spend an additional five or six semesters in order to complete a bachelor's degree with a specific science major.

Semester I

				Science Elective1	4
	MATH	1316	2,4,6	Trigonometry2	3
+	HIST	1301	1,3,4,5	United States History I3	3
	ENGL	1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
				General Elective4	3
					------- 16

Semester II

				Science Elective1	4
	MATH	2412		Precalculus: Functions and Graphs2	4
+	ENGL	1302	1,3,4,5	English Composition II	3
				General Elective4	3
					------- 14

Semester III

+	COSC	1300		Introduction to Computing OR	3
				Science Elective1
	MATH	2413	2,4,6	Calculus I2	4
+	GOVT	2305	1,3,4,5	United States Government	3
	HIST	1302	1,3,4,5	United States History II3	3
				General Elective4	3
					------- 16

Semester IV

	COSC	1320		C++ Programming OR	3
				Science Elective1
+	GOVT	2306	1,3,4,5	Texas State and Local Government	3
				Oral Proficiency Elective5	3
				Humanities Elective6	3
				General Elective4	3
					------- 15
				TOTALS	------- 61

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions
¹ The science courses must include a two semester sequence of four-hour courses in BIOL, GEOL, CHEM, or PHYS. The remaining science courses may be from any of BIOL, GEOL, CHEM, PHYS, or PSC.
² Three math courses must be chosen from among MATH 1316, MATH 1764, MATH 2413, MATH 2414, and MATH 2415. Students should consult with a mathematics advisor to determine where they should begin their mathematics study. They may need to take one or more courses prior to taking these, such as MATD 0390 or MATH 1314. Students are encouraged to begin higher in the mathematics sequence if they meet the prerequisites. Students who will need to take more than one semester of calculus for their four-year degree are very strongly encouraged to take all calculus courses at the same school in order to avoid changing textbooks in the middle of the sequence.
³ Either HIST 2380 or HIST 2381 may be substituted for HIST 1301. Either HIS 1643 or HIS 1663 may be substituted for HIST 1302.
⁴ Students are encouraged to choose electives to complete the Core Curriculum requirements. These include one additional Humanities course, one Visual/ Performing Arts course, and one additional Social and Behavioral Science course. Also, most four-year degree plans in science require some foreign language courses which students are encouraged to take in the first two years.
⁵ The Oral Proficiency requirement may be met by SPCH 1311, SPCH 1315, SPCH 1318 or other way approved by the Academic Council. If it is met in some way besides taking a course, then a general elective is substituted for the Oral Proficiency elective.
⁶ Please select from the Humanities section of the Core Curriculum Course list.