General Education Requirements

Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC)

AGEC-S		Credits: 36*-52
The Arizona public community colleges and universities have agreed upon a common structure for a general education core. This core provides students attending any Arizona public community college with the opportunity to build and fulfill a general education program that is transferable to any other public university or community or tribal college without loss of credit. This common core is called the Arizona General Education Curriculum or AGEC. The AGEC is composed of 35 to 37 credit hours of lower-division general education coursework in which a student may prepare for transfer. The AGEC has three forms: AGEC-A (for Liberal Arts Majors), AGEC-B (for Business Majors) and AGEC-S (for Science and Math-Based Majors). A detailed description of each AGEC is available at AZTransfer . Completion of the appropriate AGEC fulfills lower-division general studies requirements of the baccalaureate degrees at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and University of Arizona. Completion of any AGEC from an Arizona community college guarantees admission to the university provided that a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher has been achieved. AGEC completion, however, does not guarantee admission to any specific university program. Students completing the AGEC are still required to fulfill lower-division program requirements and prerequisites within their college at the university and within major and minor areas of study. To complete a degree program most efficiently, students should select courses that concurrently satisfy AGEC and major requirements. The AGEC does not replace articulation agreements developed to enhance the transfer process between specific institutions, nor does the AGEC eliminate the possibility that students who have identified the university they plan to attend and a major area of study will follow transfer guides provided by the state universities. Refer to the Maricopa Community College Academic Policies and Statewide AGEC Policies for additional details.
First-Year Composition [FYC]		Credits: 6*
ENG101	First-Year Composition (3) OR
ENG107	First-Year Composition for ESL (3) AND
ENG102	First-Year Composition (3) OR
ENG108	First-Year Composition for ESL (3) 6*
*FYC may be met with fewer than 6 credits if student has transfer credit from ASU, NAU or UAZ for a single course that meets FYC in full.
Literacy and Critical Inquiry [L]		Credits: 0-3**
Recommend selecting a course that satisfies [L] Literacy and Critical Inquiry and [SB] Social-Behavioral Sciences or [L] Literacy and Critical Inquiry and [HU] Humanities, Arts & Design or [L] Literacy and Critical Inquiry and (COM) Oral Communications or [L] Literacy and Critical Inquiry and CRE101 requirements simultaneously.
**0 credits only if shared with [HU] or [SB]
Mathematics [MA]		Credits: 4-5
MAT220	Calculus with Analytic Geometry I (5) OR
MAT221	Calculus with Analytic Geometry I (4) OR
Higher approved general education course in the Mathematical Applications [MA] area for which MAT22+ is a prerequisite. (4-5)		4-5
Humanities, Arts and Design [HU]		Credits: 6
Any approved general education courses in the Humanities, Arts and Design [HU] area.		6
Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]		Credits: 6
Any approved general education courses in the Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] area.		6
Natural Sciences [SG]/[SQ]		Credits: 8-10
Students must complete eight to ten (8-10) credits of General Chemistry, University Physics, General Biology for Majors, or Geology.
CHM150	General Chemistry I (4) OR
CHM151	General Chemistry I (3) AND
CHM151LL	General Chemistry I Laboratory (1) OR
CHM150AA	General Chemistry I (5) OR
CHM151AA	General Chemistry I (4)
AND
CHM152	General Chemistry II (3) AND
CHM152LL	General Chemistry II Laboratory (1) OR
CHM152AA	General Chemistry II (4)	8-9
OR
PHY115	University Physics I (5) OR
PHY121	University Physics I: Mechanics (4)
AND
PHY116	University Physics II (5) OR
PHY131	University Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism (4)	8-10
OR
BIO181++	General Biology (Majors) I (4) AND
BIO182++	General Biology (Majors) II (4)	8
OR
GLG101	Introduction to Geology I - Physical Lecture (3) AND
GLG103	Introduction to Geology I - Physical Laboratory (1) OR
GLG101IN	Introduction to Geology I - Physical (4)
AND
GLG102	Introduction to Geology II - Historical Lecture (3) AND
GLG104	Introduction to Geology II - Historial Laboratory (1) OR
GLG102IN	Introduction to Geology II - Historical (4)	8
Subject Options		Credits: 6-10
Refer to transfer resources, including academic advisement and transfer guides, to select six to ten (6-10) additional math and/or science credits that meet requirements for selected major. Select Mathematics (MAT) course(s) above Calculus I and/or Computer Science (CSC) course(s) and/or Science courses from the following disciplines: Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Geography, Physics, Zoology (MCCCD prefixes AST, BIO, CHM, ECE, EEE, ENV, GLG, GPH, and/or PHY)
Awareness Areas		Credits: 0-6
These requirements may be shared with other AGEC requirements. See the AGEC matrix on aztransfer.com for course designations.
Cultural Diversity in the US [C]		Credits: 0-3
Any approved general education course in the Cultural Diversity in the U.S. [C] area.		0-3
Historical/Global Awareness [H]/[G]		Credits: 0-3
Any approved general education course in the Historical [H] or Global [G] area.		0-3

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The Maricopa County Community College District Arizona General Education Curriculum (MCCCD AGEC) is a general education certificate that fulfills lower-division general education requirements for students planning to transfer to any Arizona public community college or university. Generally, the MCCCD AGEC transfers as a block without loss of credit. In most cases, all courses used to satisfy the MCCCD AGEC will apply to graduation requirements of the university major for which the AGEC was designed.

As described below, the AGECs are a component of most MCCCD associate degrees and comparable degrees at other Arizona public community colleges. The AGEC-A defines the general education requirements in the Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Arts, Elementary Education (AAEE), and the Associate in Arts, Fine Arts (AAFA) degrees. The AGEC-B defines the general education requirements in the Associate in Business-General Requirements (ABUS-GR) and Associate in Business-Special Requirements (ABUS-SR) degrees. The AGEC-S defines the general education requirements in the Associate in Science (AS) degree.

As described in more detail below, all AGECs require designated courses in First Year Composition [FYC], Literacy and Critical Inquiry [L], Mathematical Studies [MA], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB], Humanities, Design and Fine Arts [HU], and Natural Science [SQ/SG]. Students must satisfy two Awareness areas as well: Cultural Diversity in the U.S. and either Global Awareness or Historical Awareness. In addition, the AGEC-A and AGEC-B require a Computer/Statistics/Quantitative Applications course [CS] that is not required for students pursuing the AGEC-S.

Purpose of the AGECs

AGECs were designed to articulate with different academic majors at the state universities, and their particular requirements vary accordingly. In some major-specific pathways, students are allowed to choose from a broad list of courses to satisfy the AGECrequirements, and for others the courses are more restricted or even specified. Additional information on academic majors at the Arizona public universities can be accessed via the following website: aztransfer.com/tools

The AGEC-S is designed to satisfy requirements in majors with more prescriptive mathematics and mathematics-based science requirements such as many in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics. AGEC-S requires a minimum of the first course in a calculus sequence to satisfy the Mathematics [MA] requirement, and a minimum of eight (8) credits of either university chemistry, university physics, general biology for majors, or physical and historical geology to satisfy the Natural Sciences [SQ/SG] requirement. In addition, students must select six (6)- to ten (10) additional credits of Subject Options composed of math and/or science appropriate to their major.

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