Austin Community College

FY 2002 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

	GOG	2433	1,3,4,5	World/Regional Geography	3
	FRLG		1,3,4,5	Foreign Language1	5
	ENGL	1301	1,3,4,5	English Composition I	3
	HIST	1301	1,3,4,5	United States History I2	3
	ANTH	2351	1,3,4,5	Cultural Anthropology3	3
					------- 17

Semester II

	GEOG	1302	1,3,4,5	Introduction to Cultural Geography	3
	FRLG		1,3,4,5	Foreign Language1	5
	ENGL	1302	1,3,4,5	English Composition II	3
	HIST	1302	1,3,4,5	United States History II4	3
	MATH	1314	1,3,4,5	College Algebra	3
					------- 17

Semester III

	GEOG	1301	1,3,4,5	Introduction to Physical Geography	3
	GOVT	2305	1,3,4,5	United States Government	3
	HUMA		1,3,4,5	Humanities Elective5	3
	BIOL	2206	1,3,4,5	Environmental Biology Lecture6	2
	BIOL	2106	1,3,4,5	Environmental Biology Lab6	1
			1,3,4,5	Visual and Performing Arts7	3
					------- 15

Semester IV

	GOVT	2306	1,3,4,5	Texas State and Local Government	3
	GEOL	1305	1,3,4,5	Environmental Geology8	3
	GEOG	1410	1,3,4,5	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	4
	HUMA		1,3,4,5	Humanities5	3
	SPCH	1311	1,3,4,5	Introduction to Speech Communication9	3
					------- 16
				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 HIST 1643, HIST 1663, HIST 2301, or HIST 2341 may be substituted for HIST 1302.
⁵ Select from the Humanities section of the Core Curriculum Course list.
⁶ BIOL 2206 is to be taken with BIOL 2106, or the student may also substitute a course from the Natural Sciences section of the Core Curriculum Course list.
⁷ Select from the Visual and Performing Arts section of the Core Curriculum Course list.
⁸ Students may substitute a course from the Natural Sciences section of the Core Curriculum Course list.
⁹ SPCH 1315 may be substituted for SPCH 1311.