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Degrees and Certificates
Campus: Trinidad & Valley
Program Code: AA_AA
CIP Code: 24.0101
Semester One (13 Credit Hours)
- ENG 1021 – English Composition I: GT-CO1 (3 credits)
- MAT 1240 – Mathematics for Liberal Arts: GT-MA1 (4 credits)
- SC1 – Physical and Life Sciences GT Pathways Course with Lab (3-4 credits)
- SS1, SS2, SS3 – Social and Behavioral Sciences GT Pathways Course (3 credits)
Semester Two (16 Credit Hours)
- ENG 1022 – English Composition II: GT-CO2 (3 credits)
- SC1 – Physical and Life Sciences GT Pathways Course (4 credits)
- AH1, AH2 – Arts and Humanities GT Pathways Course (3 credits)
- SS1, SS2, SS3 – Social and Behavioral Sciences GT Pathways Course (3 credits)
- AH3, AH4 – Arts and Humanities GT Pathways Course** (3 credits)
Semester Three (15 Credit Hours)
- AH1, 2, 3, 4 or So/Beh Sci, or HIS – Arts/Hum or So & Beh Sci/or History GT Pathways
- Elective – Social and Behavioral Sciences GT Pathways Elective
Choose one: (3 credits)
- COM 1150 – Public Speaking
- COM 1250 – Interpersonal Communication: GT-SS3
Choose one: (3 credits)
- HIS 1310 – Western Civilization:Antiquity-1650: GT-HI1
- HIS 1320 – Western Civilization: 1650-Present: GT-HI1
- HIS 1110 – The World: Antiquity-1500: GT-HI1
- HIS 1120 – The World: 1500-Present: GT-HI1
- HIS 1210 – US History to Reconstruction: GT- HI1
- HIS 1220 – US History since the Civil War:GT-HI1
Semester Four (16 Credit Hours)
- Elective – Elective - Misc. (3 credits)
- Elective – Arts and Humanities GT Pathways Elective (3 credits)
- Elective* – Elective - Misc. (3 credits)
- Elective* – Elective - Misc. (3 credits)
- Elective* – Elective - Misc. (3 credits)
- Elective* – Elective - Misc. (1-3 credits)
** Arts and Humanities must be taken from at least two different areas.
Total Program Credits: 60
COM 1850 Career Communication
COM 1150 Public Speaking
COM 1250 Interpersonal Communication: GT-SS3
COM 2020 Intercultural Communication: GT-SS3
ENG 1020 Technical Writing I: GT-CO1
ENG 2021 Creative Writing I: GT-AHI
ART 1110 Art Appreciation: GT-AH1
ART 1111 Art History Ancient to Medieval GT-AH1
ART 1112 Art History Renaissance to 1900: GT-AH1
ART 1113 Art History 1900 to Present:GT-AH1
ENG 2021 Creative Writing I: GT-AH1
HUM 1015 World Mythology: GT-AH2
HUM 1021 Humanities: Early Civilization: GT-AH2
HUM 1022 Humanities: Medieval-Modern: GT-AH2
HUM 1023 Humanities: Modern World: GT-AH2
LIT 1015 Introduction to Literature I: GT-AH2
LIT 2001 World Literature to 1600: GT-AH2
LIT 2002 World Literature After 1600: GT-AH2
LIT 2005 Race. Ethnicity, and Culture in U.S. Literature: GT-AH2
LIT 2011 American Literature to Civil War: GT-AH2
LIT 2012 American Literature After Civil War: GT-AH2
LIT 2021 British Literature to 1770: GT-AH2
LIT 2022 British Literature Since 1770: GT-AH2
LIT 2055 Children`s Literature: GT-AH2
LIT 2059 Survey-African American Literature: GT-AH2
MUS 1020 Music Appreciation: GT-AH1
MUS 1021 Music History Medieval thru Classical: GT-AH1
MUS 1022 Music History Early Romantic Period to the Present: GT-AH1
MUS 1025 History of Jazz: GT-AH1
PHI 1011 Intro to Philosophy: GT-AH3
PHI 1012 Ethics: GT-AH3
PHI 1013 Logic: GT-AH3
PHI 1014 Comparative Religions: GT-AH3
PHI 2005 Business Ethics: GT-AH3
PHI 2014 Philosophy of Religion: GT-AH3
PHI 2020 Philosophy of Death and Dying: GT-AH3
SPA 2011 Spanish Language III: GT-AH4
SPA 2012 Spanish Language IV: GT-AH4
THE 1005 Theatre Appreciation: GT-AH1
THE 1008 Theatre Script Analysis: GT-AH1
THE 2011 Development of Theatre Greek-Renaissance: GT-AH1
THE 2012 Development of Theatre Restoration to Modern: GT-AH1
THE 2015 Playwriting: GT-AH1
AGY 2140 Introductory Soil Science: GT-SC1
AST 1110 Planetary Astronomy with Lab: GT- SC1
AST 1120 Stellar Astronomy with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 1004 Biology:A Human Approach: GT-SC1
BIO 1005 Science of Biology with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 1111 General College Biology I with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 1112 General College Biology II with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 2101 Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 2102 Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 2104 Microbiology with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 2120 General Zoology with Lab: GT-SC1
BIO 2121 Botany with Lab: GT- SC1
CHE 1011 Intro to Chemistry I with Lab: GT-SC1
CHE 1012Intro to Chemistry II with Lab: GT-SC1
CHE 1111 General College Chemistry I with Lab: GT-SC1
CHE 1112 General College Chemistry II with Lab: GT-SC1
ENV 1010 Natural Disasters: GT-SC2
ENV 1111 Environmental Science with Lab: GT-SC1
GEO 1011 Physical Geography: Landforms with Lab: GT-SC1
GEY 1111 Physical Geology with Lab: GT-SC1
GEY 1112 Historical Geology with Lab: GT-SC1
PHY 1105 Conceptual Physics with Lab: GT-SC1
PHY 1111 Physics Algebra-Based I with Lab: GT-SC1
PHY 1112 Physics Algebra-Based II with Lab: GT-SC1
PHY 2111 Physics Calculus-Based I with Lab: GT-SC1
PHY 2112 Physics Calculus-Based II with Lab:GT- SC1
SCI 1105 Science in Society: GT-SC2
AGE 2045 Agriculture Economics: GT-SS1
AGR 2106 World Interdependence-Population and Food: GT-SS3
ANT 1001 Cultural Anthropology: GT-SS3
ANT 1003 Introduction to Archaeology: GT-SS3
ANT 1004 Archaeology Laboratory: GT-SS3
ANT 1006 Physical Anthropology Laboratory: GT-SS3
ANT 1208 Archaeology of World Rock Art: GT-SS3
ANT 2125 Anthropology of Religion GT:SS3
COM 1250 Interpersonal Communication: GT-SS3
COM 1250 Interpersonal Communication: GT-SS3
COM 2020 Intercultural Communication: GT-SS3
COM 2020 Intercultural Communication: GT-SS3
CRJ 1010 Intro to Criminal Justice: GT-SS3
ECO 2001 Principles of Macroeconomics: GT-SS1
ECO 2002 Principles of Microeconomics: GT-SS1
GEO 1005 World Regional Geography: GT-SS2
GEO 1006 Human Geography: GT-SS2
PSC 1011 American Government: GT-SS1
PSC 2020 Introduction to Political Science: GT-SS1
PSY 1001 General Psychology I: GT-SS3
PSY 1002 General Psychology II : GT-SS3
PSY 2221 Social Psychology: GT-SS3
PSY 2222 Psychology of Death and Dying: GT-SS3
PSY 2331 Positive Psychology-GT: SS3
PSY 2440 Human Growth and Developmnt: GT-SS3
PSY 2441 Child Development: GT-SS3
PSY 2552 Abnormal Psychology: GT-SS3
SOC 1001 Introduction to Sociology I : GT-SS3
SOC 1002 Introductory to Sociology II: GT-SS3
SOC 2005 Sociology Of Family Dynamics: GT-SS3
SOC 2016 Sociology of Gender: GT-SS3
SOC 2031 Sociology of Deviant Behavior: GT-SS3
SOC 2037 Sociology of Death and Dying: GT:SS3
Miscellaneous:
CIS 1180 Intro to PC Applications
HPE 1000 Intro to Physical Ed. & Sport
HPE 1001 Intro to Coaching
HPE 2000 Perspectives in PE & Sport
HPE 2001 Sports Law
HPE 2031 Care & Prevention of Athletic Injury
HPR 1170 Anatomical Kinesiology
HWE 1050 Human Nutrition
HWE 1061 Fitness and Wellness
PED 1001 Conditioning Lab
PED 1002 Weight Training I
PED 1010 Weight Training II
PED 2037 Varsity Sports
REC 1001 Recreation-Principles & Practice
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