MCCCD Program Description

AGEC-S

Major: 8003 Catalog Year: 2024-2025 Effective Term: 2024 Fall Last Admit Term: 9999 Award Type: AGEC-S CIP Code: 30.1801	Program Availability: CG EM GC GW MC PC PV RS SC SM Field of Interest: Instructional Council: N/A Total Credits: *36-52 GPA: 2.00**
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Description: Designed to satisfy General Education requirements in majors with more prescriptive mathematics and mathematics-based science requirements such as many in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics that articulate with an Associate in Science degree. 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.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Prerequisites
None

Program Prerequisites
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Required Courses
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Restricted Electives
	Credits: N/A

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

Awareness Areas			Credits: 0-6
These requirements may be shared with other AGEC requirements. See the AGEC matrix on aztransfer.com for course designations.

MCCCD Additional Requirements

Oral Communication (COM)			Credits:

General Electives
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+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: May 28, 2024

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.

Computer/Statistics/Quantitative Applications [CS]			Credits:

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)

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

MCCCD Additional Requirements			Credits:

Critical Reading (CRE)			Credits: