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2024-2025 Arapahoe Community College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Arapahoe Community College Catalog

Geography Transfer Major, AA


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CIP 450701 (DGEO)

The purpose of a statewide articulation agreement is to identify the courses a student at a Colorado public community college must complete as part of an AA/AS degree to be guaranteed to be able to complete the designated baccalaureate degree program at public four-year colleges and universities as designated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) transfer agreement.

For more information about this transfer degree please refer to the Colorado Department of Higher Education website.

Program Requirements


General Education Courses (31 credit hours)


Written Communication (6 credit hours)


  • A GT Pathways-approved CO1 course (GT-CO1) and a GT Pathways-approved CO2 course (GT-CO2)
    OR
  • A GT Pathways-approved CO2 course (GT-CO2) and a GT Pathways-approved CO3 course (GT-CO3)

Mathematics (3 credit hours)


Arts and Humanities (6 credit hours)


  • GT - Two GT Pathways Arts and Humanities courses (GT-AH1, GT-AH2, GT-AH3, GT-AH4)

History (3 credit hours)


Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)


  • GT - Two GT Pathways  Social and Behavioral Science courses (GT-SS1 OR GT-SS3)

Natural and Physical Sciences (7 credit hours)


  • GT - Two GT Pathways Natural & Physical Science courses (GT-SC1, GT-SC2), one must be with a laboratory (GT-SC1)

Additional Required Courses (14 credit hours)


Please Note: If these credits are not required for the major at a receiving 4-year institution, they will be applied to the Bachelor’s degree as elective credit towards graduation. Please check with the receiving institution to determine in which way these courses will be applied.

Electives* (15 credit hours)


*Maximum of 6 (six) credits may be in GEO or GIS prefix. (Number of elective credits may vary according to receiving institution.  You are advised to contact an advisor at the receiving institution.)

Elective credit must be completed from the following lists of approved prefixes or courses to bring the total credit hours to 60. The Number of Elective Credits may vary according to the receiving institution. You are advised to contact an advisor at the receiving institution. Maximum of 6 credits may be in GEO or GIS prefix.

Guaranteed Transfer


Any course in the following prefixes


  • Any course in the following prefixes except Special Topics, Independent Study, Capstone, and Internships:
    ANT, ART, BIO (1000 OR above), CHE, ECO, HIS, HUM, LIT, MUS, PED, PHI, PHY (1105 OR above), POS, PSY, SOC.

Note(s):


Any additional courses taken in the discipline covered by this agreement might not count toward the requirements of the major at the receiving institution.

Total: 60 credit hours


No course substitutions will be allowed within this degree. All courses required for this degree must be completed with a “C” or better to be considered for transfer to another Colorado institution. Transferability of courses to colleges or universities outside of Colorado is determined by the receiving institution.

Graduation Requirements


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