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
AST 180 | Introduction to Astronomy** | 4 |
BIO 100 | General Biology (for non-majors)** | 4 |
BIO 105 | Environmental Biology** | 4 |
BIO 156 | Introductory Biology for Allied Health** | 4 |
BIO 160 | Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology** | 4 |
BIO 181 | General Biology I (for majors)*** | 4 |
BIO 182 | General Biology II** | 4 |
BIO 201 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I*** | 4 |
BIO 202 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II*** | 4 |
BIO 205 | Microbiology*** | 4 |
BIO 226 | Ecology* | 4 |
CHM 130 | Fundamental Chemistry*** | 4 |
CHM 138 | Chemistry for Allied Health** | 4 |
CHM 151 | General Chemistry I*** | 4 |
CHM 152 | General Chemistry II*** | 4 |
CHM 235 | General Organic Chemistry I** | 4 |
CHM 236 | General Organic Chemistry II** | 4 |
FOR 105 | Forensic Science: Physical Evidence* | 4 |
GEO 101 | Physical Geography** | 4 |
GLG 101 | Introduction to Geology I (Physical)*** | 4 |
GLG 102 | Introduction to Geology II (Historical)*** | 4 |
PHY 111 | General Physics I** | 4 |
PHY 112 | General Physics II** | 4 |
PHY 230 | Physics with Calculus I** | 4 |
PHY 231 | Physics with Calculus II** | 4 |
AGEC-S
ARTS 3 CREDITS
HUMANITIES 3 CREDITS
ART 107 | Survey of World Art: Prehistoric - Gothic** | 3 |
ART 108 | Survey of World Art: Renaissance to the Twentieth Century** | 3 |
ASL 101 | American Sign Language I* | 4 |
ASL 102 | American Sign Language II* | 4 |
ASL 201 | American Sign Language III* | 4 |
ASL 202 | American Sign Language IV* | 4 |
COM 102 | Essentials of Communication** | 3 |
COM 110 | Public Speaking* | 3 |
ENG 220 | British Literature I** | 3 |
ENG 221 | British Literature II** | 3 |
ENG 222 | Introduction to Shakespeare** | 3 |
ENG 224 | American Literature I** | 3 |
ENG 225 | American Literature II** | 3 |
ENG 228 | Mythology and Folklore** | 3 |
ENG 230 | Literature of the Southwest** | 3 |
ENG 231 | Native American Literature** | 3 |
ENG 255 | Introduction to the English Language** | 3 |
ENG 260 | Irish Literature** | 3 |
ENG 265 | Major American Writers* | 3 |
ENG 273 | Women and Literature** | 3 |
HON 260 | The Human Quest for Utopia** | 3 |
HUM 101 | Humanities in Contemporary Life* | 3 |
HUM 110 | Introduction to Film* | 3 |
HUM 115 | Cultural Heritage of the Southwest* | 3 |
HUM 116 | Middle Eastern Humanities* | 3 |
HUM 200 | Film History** | 3 |
HUM 205 | Cultural Studies through the Humanities I** | 3 |
HUM 206 | Cultural Studies through the Humanities II** | 3 |
HUM 210 | Foreign Film Classics* | 3 |
JRN 101 | Introduction to Mass Communications | 3 |
JRN 102 | Essentials of News Writing* | 3 |
MUS 101 | Introduction to Music | 3 |
MUS 232 | Music Theory III** | 3 |
MUS 233 | Music Theory IV** | 3 |
PHI 111 | Introduction to Western Philosophy*** | 3 |
PHI 113 | Introduction to Logic*** | 3 |
PHI 130 | Introduction to Ethics*** | 3 |
PHI 201 | Introduction to Eastern Philosophy** | 3 |
PHI 202 | Philosophy of Religion** | 3 |
SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I** | 4 |
SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II** | 4 |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish I** | 4 |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish II** | 4 |
THE 103/HUM 111 | Introduction to Theatre Arts** | 3 |
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 6 CREDITS
AJS 101 | Introduction to Administration of Justice** | 3 |
ANT 101 | Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution** | 4 |
ANT 102 | Exploring Cultural Diversity* | 3 |
ANT 110 | Buried Cities and Lost Civilizations* | 3 |
ANT 286 | Historic Native Peoples of North America* | 3 |
ANT 287 | Ancient North American Civilizations** | 3 |
COM 204 | Elements of Intercultural Communication** | 3 |
ECE 150 | Introduction to Early Childhood Care and Education* | 3 |
ECN 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics*** | 3 |
ECN 202 | Principles of Microeconomics*** | 3 |
EDU 201 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
EDU 226 | Cultural Diversity in Education* | 3 |
GEO 121 | World Regional Geography* | 3 |
HIS 110 | History of the United States 1607-1877** | 3 |
HIS 111 | History of the United States Since 1877** | 3 |
HIS 201 | History of Women in the United States* | 3 |
HIS 229 | History of Mexico I** | 3 |
HIS 230 | History of Mexico II** | 3 |
HIS 243 | Western Civilization I** | 3 |
HIS 244 | Western Civilization II** | 3 |
POS 110 | American National Government** | 3 |
POS 220 | Federal and Arizona Constitutions** | 3 |
POS 230 | World Politics*** | 3 |
POS 240 | Comparative Politics** | 3 |
PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology** | 3 |
PSY 210 | Social Psychology** | 3 |
PSY 231/SOC 230 | Human Sexuality* | 3 |
PSY 240 | Developmental Psychology** | 3 |
PSY 250 | Introduction to Statistics*** | 4 |
PSY 270 | Abnormal Psychology** | 3 |
PSY 290 | Research Methods*** | 3 |
SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology** | 3 |
SOC 215 | Race and Ethnicity*** | 3 |
SOC 202 | Social Problems*** | 3 |
SOC 212 | Sociology of Gender** | 3 |
SOC 230/PSY 231 | Human Sexuality* | 3 |
TECHNOLOGY LITERACY 3 CREDITS
AGEC-B
CIS 120 | Introduction to Information Systems** | 3 |
GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES
ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS AND/OR LABORATORY SCIENCES