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Associate Degree Breadth Requirements 2024-2025

Breadth requirements are designed to introduce students to the variety of means through which people comprehend the modern world. Those who receive associate degrees must possess in common certain basic principles, concepts and methodologies unique to and shared by the various fields of study. College-educated persons must be able to use this knowledge when evaluating and appreciating the physical environment, the culture, and the society in which they live. Most importantly, this education should lead to a better self understanding. A student may use the same course to fulfill an AA/AS major requirement and associate degree breadth requirement. To complete the associate breadth requirement, students must select courses that fulfill the unit requirements of the following areas:

Area A - Language and Rationality - (6 Units Total)

Courses in language and rationality are those which develop for the student the principles and applications of language toward logical thought, clear and precise expression and critical evaluation of communication in whatever symbol system the student uses. (Select one course from each area.)

(A1) English Composition - (3 units)

  • ENGL-01A

(A2) Communication and Analytical Thinking - (3 units)

  • ACTG-04A

  • ARTD-07

  • COMM-01, 01H, 02, 04, 05, 30

  • CPSC-07

  • ENGL-01C, 02, 13, 13H

  • MATH-C, 02, 02H, 02S, 03, 03S, 04A, 04AS, 04B, 04C, 06, 07, 08, 10, 10S, 11, 15, 15S, 20A, 20AS, 20B, 20BS, 22, 22S, 24, 24S, 25, 25S, 26, 26S, 27, 61, 62

  • PHIL-10, 12, 13, 13H

  • PSYC-05

Area B - Natural Sciences - (3 Units Total)

Courses in the natural sciences are those which examine the physical universe, its life forms, and its natural phenomena.

(B) Natural Sciences - (3 units)

  • AGAS-01

  • AGPS-01, 05

  • ANTH-01

  • ARCH-01

  • ASTR-01, 01L

  • BIOL-01, 02, 04A, 04B, 06, 09, 16, 18, 20, 32, 32L

  • CHEM-02A, 02B, 04A, 04B

  • ELCT-30

  • GEOG-01, 15

  • GEOL-01, 02, 03

  • PHSC-01, 01L, 02, 02L

  • PHYS-02A, 02B, 04A, 04B, 04C, 10

  • PSYC-15

Area C - Humanities - (3 Units Total)

Courses in the humanities are those which concentrate on the study of cultural activities and artistic expressions of human beings.

(C) Humanities - (3 units)

  • ART-01, 02, 03, 06, 10, 12A, 15, 24A, 31

  • ARTD-07, 08, 40A, 40B, 41A, 41B, 42A, 42B, 45B, 47

  • ASLG-01, 02, 03

  • ENGL-01B, 04A, 04B, 05, 06A, 06B, 07, 08, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18*, 19*

  • ETHN-01*, 11*, 15*, 18*, 19*

  • FREN-01, 02, 03, 04

  • GERN-01, 02, 03, 04

  • HMNG-01, 02

  • HUM-01, 01H, 02, 02H, 15*, 21

  • JPNS-01A, 01B, 02

  • MUSA-21B, 25A, 27A

  • MUSE-44, 45

  • MUSG-10, 12, 13, 14, 15

  • MUST-01, 02

  • PHIL-01, 01H, 02, 03, 04, 05, 15

  • PHOT-10A, 10B, 11A, 33, 35, 36

  • SPAN-01, 02, 03, 04, 10, 11

  • THTR-01, 04, 10, 14, 31

Area D - Social & Behavioral Science - (6 Units Total)

Courses in the social and behavioral sciences are those which focus on people as members of society. (Select one course from area D1 and one course from area D2.)

(D1) Social and Behavioral Sciences - (3 units)

  • AGAB-05

  • AGRI-10

  • ANTH-02, 10, 12

  • CRIM-01

  • ECON-01, 02

  • ETHN-05*, 12*

  • GEOG-02, 12

  • NUTR-12

  • PSYC-01A, 01AH, 15, 25

  • SOC-01, 02, 03, 04, 05*, 06

(D2) History and Political Sciences - (3 units)

  • ETHN-07*, 20*, 22*, 23*

  • HIST-03A, 03B, 04A, 04B, 05, 07, 09A, 09B, 10, 17A, 17AH, 17B, 17BH, 19, 20*, 22*, 23*, 29

  • POSC-01, 01H, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07*

Area E - Lifelong Understanding & Self-Development (5 Units Total)

Courses in lifelong understanding and self-development are those which equip human beings for lifelong learning by providing them with the skills necessary to function as independent adults in contemporary society and foster an understanding of themselves as integrated physiological and psychological entities. (Select one course from each area.)

(E1) Integrated Organism - (3 units)

  • AGEH-01

  • AOM-30

  • ARTD-47

  • AUTO-04

  • BUS-35

  • CLDV-01, 02, 09, 38

  • CPSC-01

  • GUID-30, 48

  • HLTH-10, 15

  • KINE-01, 03, 04

  • LRNR-30

  • MGMT-50A, 50B, 50C, 50D, 50F, 50G, 50H, 50I, 50J, 50L, 50N, 50P, 50S, 50T, 50U, 51C, 51F, 51G, 52C, 52D

  • NUTR-10, 46

  • PSYC-09. 22, 23, 36, 37, 40

  • REGN-34

(E2) Activity - (2 units)

  • ATHL-01A, 01B, 01D, 01F, 01G, 01I, 01J, 01K, 01L, 02A, 02B, 02D, 02F, 02G, 02I, 02K, 03, 13

  • KINE-06, 09, 12A, 12B, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24A, 24B, 24C, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42

*Designates ethnic studies courses which expose students to, develop an understanding of, and examine cultures that are different from the dominant culture of the United States. In addition, these courses teach an appreciation and knowledge of ethnic contributions to the society of the United State.