Austin Community College

FY 2006 Degree Plan

The Associate of Arts degree provides students with the first two years of Liberal Arts education with an emphasis on English.

Semester I

	ENGL	1301		English Composition I	3
	HIST	1301		United States History I	3
				Foreign Language1	5
	SPCH	1311		Introduction to Speech Communication OR	3
	SPCH	1315		Fundamentals of Public Speaking
	COSC	1300		Introduction to Computing OR	3
	COSC	1301		Personal Computing OR
				Elective2
					------- 17

Semester II

+	ENGL	1302		English Composition II	3
	HIST	1302		United States History II	3
+				Foreign Language1	5
				Communications3	3
+				Natural Science4	3-4
					------- 17-18

Semester III

	GOVT	2305		United States Government	3
+				Literature Course5	3
+				Mathematics4	3
+				Natural Science4	3-4
				Social and Behavioral Science4	3
					------- 15-16

Semester IV

	GOVT	2306		Texas State and Local Government	3
+				Literature Course5	3
				Visual and Performing Arts4	3
				Elective2	3
					------- 12
				TOTALS	------- 61-63

¹ Foreign language hours must be in the same language.
² Students are encouraged to take courses that would satisfy the requirements of the Core Curriculum from the Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Social and Behavioral Sciences sections.
³ The second semester communications course must be chosen from the following: COMM 1307, COMM 2311, SPCH 1318, ENGL 2311.
⁴ Select from the appropriate section of the Core Curriculum Course List.
⁵ The literature course must be chosen from the following: ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328, ENGL 2332, ENGL 2333, ENGL 2342.