Cochise College General Education Courses - Transfer Degrees
Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC)
Arizona public community colleges and universities have agreed upon a common structure for transfer of general education curriculum. The Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) block fulfills the lower-division general education requirements at all Arizona public community colleges and universities. Arizona residents who complete only an AGEC need to have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 and a grade of C or better in each AGEC course for assured admission into an Arizona public university, while Arizona residents who complete an associate degree need to have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for assured admission.
The AGEC block at Cochise College consists of 35-39 credits.
The three types of AGECs are:
AGEC-A |
meets the general education requirements for arts and liberal arts majors in the Associate of Arts (AA) degrees and in the Associate of Arts Elementary Education (AAEE) degree. |
AGEC-B |
meets the general education requirements for business and information systems majors in the Associate of Business (ABUS) degrees. |
AGEC-S |
meets the general education requirements for math and science majors in the Associate of Science (AS) degrees. |
Coursework should be chosen from the appropriate AGEC course list to meet specific degree requirements.
General education requirements are:
Composition |
6 credits |
Mathematics |
3-5 credits |
Laboratory sciences |
8 credits |
Arts |
3 credits |
Humanities |
3 credits |
Social and behavioral sciences |
6 credits |
Technology literacy (AGEC-B only) |
3 credits |
AGEC-A: general education electives |
4-6 credits |
AGEC-B: general education electives |
1-3 credits |
AGEC-S: additional mathematics and/or laboratory sciences |
6-8 credits |
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS |
35-39 CREDITS |
The following applies to all Cochise College AGEC blocks:
- All courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.
- Six credits of coursework must be completed to fulfill the intensive writing requirement.
- The cultural and historical or global awareness requirements are satisfied by completing the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral science portion of the AGEC.
- A minimum of eight credits in the AGEC component of any transfer degree must be completed in residency at Cochise College.
- A maximum of 20 credits of the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) certificate may be satisfied by prior learning coursework.
- Placement testing is required and prerequisites may apply.
AA, AAEE, ABUS, and AS Degrees
COMPOSITION 6 CREDITS
MATHEMATICS 3-5 CREDITS
AGEC-A
AGEC-B
AGEC-S
LABORATORY SCIENCES 8 CREDITS
AGEC-A or AGEC-B
AGEC-S
ARTS 3 CREDITS
HUMANITIES 3 CREDITS
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 6 CREDITS
TECHNOLOGY LITERACY 3 CREDITS
AGEC-B
CIS 120 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3 |
GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES
ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS AND/OR LABORATORY SCIENCES