Degree Requirements

A.S. Program Core Curriculum

Programs must require at least one course to meet each outcome, with the total of all three outcomes meeting the 24 hour HEPC guidelines.

Outcome 1: Academic Foundations

Students will be able to communicate their ideas clearly and effectively or use appropriate symbolic manipulation skills and problem-solving methods.

**These will be courses from the University Core that meet the following outcomes: First Year Seminar, Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Mathematics.

Outcome 2: Disciplinary Connections

Students will be able to apply concepts from and demonstrate basic proficiency with the content of academic disciplines related to their own field of study.

**These will be courses from the University Core that meet the outcomes not listed above.

Outcome 3: Professional Education

Students will be able to demonstrate and apply the basic techniques and theories of their field of study.

**These will be courses that the faculty of each program designate as introductory courses in the field. They do not need to be courses currently in the University core.

Outcome 1: Academic Foundations

• COMM 2202 - Introduction to Communication in the World of Work Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 1101 - Written English I Credit Hours: 3-4
• ENGL 1103 - Technical Report Writing Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 1510 - Applied Technical Mathematics I Credit Hours: 3

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• MATH 1530 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 1520 - Applied Technical Mathematics II Credit Hours: 3

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• MATH 1540 - Trigonometry Credit Hours: 3

Outcome 2: Disciplinary Connections

• PHYS 1101 - Introduction to Physics I Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 1102 - Introduction to Physics II Credit Hours: 4

Outcome 3: Professional Foundations

• ELEC 1100 - Circuit Analysis I Credit Hours: 3

Degree Total = 60 Credit Hours