Program: Associate of General Studies - Arapahoe Community College - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 24, 2025

2023-2024 Arapahoe Community College Catalog

Admission Requirements

Admission to Arapahoe Community College

Program Requirements

General Education Courses (33 credit hours)

Written Communications (6 credit hours)

Please select two of the following ENG courses:

ENG 1021 - English Composition I: GT-CO1 3 Credits OR
ENG 1022 - English Composition II: GT-CO2 3 Credits OR
ENG 1031 - Technical Writing I: GT-CO1 3 Credits AND
Please select one of the following COM courses:

Oral Communications (3 credit hours)

COM 1150 - Public Speaking 3 Credits OR
COM 1250 - Interpersonal Communication:GT-SS3 3 Credits OR
COM 2250 - Organizational Communication 3 Credits

Arts and Humanities (9 credit hours)

ART 1110 - Art Appreciation: GT-AH1 3 Credits
ART 1111 - Art History I Ancient to Medieval: GT-AH1 3 Credits
ART 1112 - Art History II Renaissance to Modern: GT-AH1 3 Credits
ART 1201 - Drawing I 3 Credits
ART 1307 - Watercolor I 3 Credits
ART 1604 - Jewelry and Metalwork I 3 Credits
ART 1402 - Darkroom Photography I 3 Credits
ART 1301 - Painting I 3 Credits
ART 1703 - Ceramics I 3 Credits
ART 1113 - Art History-1900 to Present: GT-AH1 3 Credits
ASL 1121 - American Sign Language I 5 Credits
ASL 1122 - American Sign Language II 5 Credits
COM 1150 - Public Speaking 3 Credits
COM 1250 - Interpersonal Communication:GT-SS3 3 Credits
COM 2250 - Organizational Communication 3 Credits
FOL - ARA, CHI, FRE, GER, JPN, SPA, 111-112 5 Credits
FOL - FRE, JPN, SPA 211 (GT-AH4) 3 Credits
FOL - FRE, JPN, SPA 212 (GT-AH4) 3 Credits
HUM 1015 - World Mythology: GT-AH2 3 Credits
HUM 1021 - Humanities: Early Civilization: GT-AH2 3 Credits
HUM 1022 - Humanities: Medieval – Modern: GT-AH2 3 Credits
HUM 1023 - Humanities: The Modern World: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 1015 - Introduction to Literature: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2001 - World Literature to 1600: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2002 - World Literature After 1600: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2005 - Ethnic Literature: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2011 - American Literature to the Civil War: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2012 - American Literature after the Civil War: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2021 - British Literature to 1770: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2022 - British Literature Since 1770: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2025 - Introduction to Shakespeare: GT-AH2 3 Credits
LIT 2055 - Children’s Literature: GT-AH2 3 Credits
MUS 1000 - Music Theory Fundamentals I 3 Credits
MUS 1020 - Music Appreciation: GT-AH1 3 Credits
MUS 1021 - Music History Medival thru Classical: GT-AH1 3 Credits
MUS 1022 - Music History Early Romantic Period to the Present: GT-AH1 3 Credits
MUS 1023 - Survey of World Music: GT-AH1 3 Credits
MUS 1025 - History of Jazz: GT-AH1 3 Credits
PHI 1011 - Introduction to Philosophy: GT-AH3 3 Credits
PHI 1012 - Ethics: GT-AH3 3 Credits
PHI 1013 - Logic: GT-AH3 3 Credits
PHI 1014 - Comparative Religions: GT-AH3 3 Credits
PHI 2014 - Philosophy of Religion: GT-AH3 3 Credits
THE 1005 - Theatre Appreciation: GT-AH1 3 Credits
THE 2011 - Development of Theatre - Greek Renaissance: GT-AH1 3 Credits
THE 2012 - Development of Theatre Restoration to Modern: GT-AH1 3 Credits

History (3 credit hours)

HIS 1310 - Western Civilization Antiquity-1650: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 1320 - Western Civilization: 1650-Present: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 1110 - the World: Antiquity-1500: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 1120 - the World: 1500-Present: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 1210 - US History to Reconstruction: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 1220 - US History since the Civil War: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 2115 - American Indian History GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 2135 - Colorado History: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 2145 - US History since 1945: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 2015 - 20th Century World History: GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 2300 - The Middle Ages GT-HI1 3 Credits
HIS 2120 - US Foreign Relations History: GT-HI1 3 Credits

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)

ANT 1001 - Cultural Anthropology: GT-SS3 3 Credits
ANT 1003 - Introduction to Archeology: GT-SS3 3 Credits
ANT 2115 - Native Peoples of North America: GT-SS3 3 Credits
CRJ 1010 - Intro to Criminal Justice GT: SS3 3 Credits
ECO 1001 - Economics of Social Issues: GT-SS1 3 Credits
ECO 1005 - Introduction to Economics 3 Credits
ECO 2001 - Principles of Macroeconomics: GT-SS1 3 Credits
ECO 2002 - Principles of Microeconomics: GT-SS1 3 Credits
GEO 1005 - World Regional Geography: GT-SS2 3 Credits
GEO 1006 - Human Geography: GT-SS2 3 Credits
JOU 1005 - Introduction to Mass Media: GT-SS3 3 Credits
PSC 2020 - Introduction to Political Science: GT-SS1 3 Credits
PSC 1011 - American Government: GT-SS1 3 Credits
PSC 1025 - American State & Local Government GT-SS1 3 Credits
PSC 2005 - International Relations: GT-SS1 3 Credits
PSC 2025 - Comparative Government: GT-SS1 3 Credits
PSY 1001 - General Psychology I: GT-SS3 3 Credits
PSY 1002 - General Psychology II: GT-SS3 3 Credits
PSY 1016 - Stress Management 3 Credits
PSY 2105 - Psychology of Gender: GT-SS3 3 Credits
PSY 2221 - Social Psychology: GT-SS3 3 Credits
PSY 2440 - Human Growth and Development: GT-SS3 3 Credits
PSY 2441 - Child Development: GT-SS3 3 Credits
PSY 2552 - Abnormal Psychology GT-SS3 3 Credits
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology I: GT-SS3 3 Credits
SOC 1002 - Introduction to Sociology II: GT-SS3 3 Credits
SOC 2005 - Sociology of Family Dynamics: GT-SS3 3 Credits
SOC 215 - Contemporary Social Problems (GT-SS3) 3 Credits
SOC 2020 - Sociology of Religion: GT-SS3 3 Credits

Natural and Physical Sciences (3 credit hours)

ANT 1005 - Biological Anthropology with Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
AST 1110 - Planetary Astronomy with Lab: SC1 4 Credits
AST 1120 - Stellar Astronomy with Lab: SC1 4 Credits
BIO 1005 - Science of Biology: GT-SC1 4 Credits
BIO 1111 - General College Biology with Lab: GT-SC1 5 Credits
BIO 1112 - General College Biology II with Lab: GTSC1 5 Credits
BIO 1015 - Human Genetics 3 Credits
BIO 2101 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
BIO 2102 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
BIO 2104 - Microbiology with Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
BIO 2121 - Botany: GT-SC1 5 Credits
CHE 1011 - Introduction to Chemistry I with Lab: GTSC1 5 Credits
CHE 102 - Introduction to Chemistry II (GT-SC1) 5 Credits
CHE 1111 - General College Chemistry I: GT-SC1 5 Credits
CHE 1112 - General College Chemistry II: GT-SC1 5 Credits
CIS 1015 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3 Credits
CIS 1018 - Introduction to PC Applications 3 Credits
CSC 150 - Visual Basic Programming 3 Credits
CSC 1060 - Computer Science I (Language) 4 Credits
CSC 1061 - Computer Science II (Language) 4 Credits
ENV 1111 - Environmental Science w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
ENV 1010 - Natural Disasters: GT-SC2 3 Credits
GEO 1011 - Physical Geography: Landforms w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
GEO 1012 - Physical Geography - Weather, Climate and Ecosystems w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
GEY 1111 - Physical Geology w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
GEY 1112 - Historical Geology w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
GEY 1135 - Environmental Geology w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
MET 1050 - General Meteorology w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
PHY 1105 - Conceptual Physics w/Lab: GT-SC1 4 Credits
PHY 1111 - Physics: Algebra-Based I: With Lab: GTSC1 5 Credits
PHY 1112 - Physics: Algebra-Based II with Lab: GTSC1 5 Credits
PHY 2111 - Physics: Calculus-Based I with Lab: GTSC1 5 Credits
PHY 2112 - Physics: Calculus-Based II With Lab: GTSCI 5 Credits
SCI 1055 - Integrated Science I-Physics and Chemistry: GT-SC1 4 Credits
SCI 1056 - Integrated Science II-Earth and Life Science: GT-SC1 4 Credits

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

MAT 1240 - Mathematics for Liberal Arts: GT-MA1 4 Credits
MAT 1340 - College Algebra: GT-MA1 4 Credits
MAT 1420 - College Trigonometry: GT-MA1 3 Credits
MAT 1320 - Finite Mathematics: GT-MA1 4 Credits
MAT 1400 - Survey of Calculus: GT-MA1 4 Credits
MAT 1260 - Introduction to Statistics: GT-MA1 3 Credits
MAT 1220 - Integrated Math I: GT-MA1 3 Credits
MAT 1230 - Integrated Math II: GT-MA1 3 Credits
MAT 2410 - Calculus I: GT-MA1 5 Credits
MAT 2420 - Calculus II: GT-MA1 5 Credits
MAT 2560 - Differential Equations: GT-MA1 3 Credits

Elective Courses (27 credit hours)

Selected from any credit-bearing course numbered at 100 or above that is offered by the College.

MAT 1240 OR above
ENG 1021 OR above
Foreign Language must be numbered 111-112, 211-212, ASL 1121 -ASL 1123 , SPA 1014 , GER 1001 .

Total: 60 credit hours

Graduation Requirements

Apply for graduation online at www.arapahoe.edu/graduation.