Local General Education for Associate Degree

Clovis Community College General Education and Graduation Requirements for the Associate Degree 2021-2022

The following requirements listed on this worksheet are necessary for students completing an associate degree AA or AS who do not intend to transfer to a CSU or UC.

General Education (19 units minimum)

Area A: Natural Sciences

(one course, three units minimum)

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
*ANTHRO 1	Biological Anthropology	3
BIOL 2(L)	Environmental Science	4
BIOL 3(L)	Introduction to Life Science	4
BIOL 5(L)	Human Biology	4
BIOL 10	Introduction to Life Science Lecture	3
BIOL 11A(L)	Biology For Science Majors I	5
BIOL 11B(L)	Biology For Science Majors II	5
BIOL 20(L)	Human Anatomy	4
BIOL 25(L)	Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 22(L)	Human Physiology	5
BIOL 31(L)	Microbiology	5
BIOL 122	Introduction to Concepts of Human Anatomy	3
CHEM 1A(L)	General Chemistry	5
CHEM 1B(L)	General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis	5
CHEM 3A(L)	Introduction to General Chemistry	4
CHEM 3B(L)	Introductory Organic and Biological Chemistry	4
CHEM 8	Elementary Organic Chemistry	3
CHEM 10(L)	Elementary Chemistry	4
CHEM 28A	Organic Chemistry I	3
CHEM 28B	Organic Chemistry II	3
FN 40	Nutrition	3
FSAP 1	Introduction to Food Microbiology	3
GEOG 1	Physical Geography	3
GEOG 5	Physical Geography: Environmental Conditions	3
GEOG 9	Physical Geography: Land Formations	3
GEOG 15	Introduction To Weather And Climate	3
GEOL 1(L)	Physical Geology	4
GEOL 2W(L)	Historical Geology with Lab	4
GEOL 9(L)	Introduction to Earth Science	4
PHYS 2A(L)	General Physics I	4
PHYS 2B(L)	GENERAL PHYSICS II	4
PHYS 4A(L)	Physics for Scientists and Engineers	4
PHYS 4B(L)	Physics for Scientists and Engineers	4
PHYS 4C(L)	Physics for Scientists and Engineers	4
PHYS 10	Conceptual Physics	4
PSY 36	Introduction To Biological Psychology	3
SCI 1A	Introductory Chemical & Physical Science	4

Area B: Social and Behavioral Sciences

(one course, three units minimum)

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
*ANTHRO 1	Biological Anthropology	3
ANTHRO 2	Cultural Anthropology	3
ANTHRO 3	Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory	3
ANTHRO 4	Introduction to Archaeology	3
BA 33	Human Relations in Business	3
ECE 2	Child Growth and Development	3
ECE 4	Child, Family, and Community	3
**ECE 14	Lifespan Development	3
COMM 10	Intercultural Communication	3
CRIM 5	Community Relations	6
CRIM 13	The Constitution and Your Individual Rights	3
ECON 1A	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON 1B	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEOG 2	Cultural Geography	3
GEOG 6	World Regional Geography	3
GEOG 20	California Geography	3
*HIST 1	Western Civilization to 1648	3
*HIST 2	Western Civilization from 1648	3
*HIST 11	History of the United States to 1877	3
HIST 12 or HIST 12H	History of the United States Since 1865 or Honors History of the United States Since 1865	3
*HIST 20	World History I, to 1600	3
*HIST 23	World History II, Since 1500	3
*HIST 31	A Survey of the History of Africa	3
*HIST 33	A Survey of Latin America History	3
HIST 35	A Survey of The History of East Asia	3
JOURN 1	Introduction to Mass Communication	3
POLSCI 3	Introduction to Political Theory and Thought	3
POLSCI 5	Comparative Government	3
POLSCI 24	International Relations	3
PSY 2 or PSY 2H	General Psychology or Honors General Psychology	3
PSY 5	Social Psychology	3
PSY 16	Abnormal Psychology	3
PSY 25	Human Sexuality	3
**PSY 38	Lifespan Development	3
PSY 45	Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology	3
SOC 1A	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOC 1B	Critical Thinking About Social Problems	3
SOC 2	American Minority Groups	3
SOC 3	Introduction to Social Justice Studies	3
SOC 11	Sociology of Gender Studies	3
SOC 32	Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce: Family and Interpersonal Relationships	3

Area C: Humanities

(one course, three units minimum)

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
ANTHRO 13	Anthropology og Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion	4
ASL 1	Beginning American Sign Language	4
ASL 2	High-beginning American Sign Language	4
ASL 3	Intermediate American Sign Language	4
ASL 4	High-intermediate American Sign Language	4
ART 1	Art Basics: 2/3 Dimensional Design	3
ART 2	Art Appreciation	3
ART 3	Two-Dimensional Design	3
ART 4	Three-Dimensional Design	3
ART 5	Art History I	3
ART 6 or ART 6H	Art History II or Honors Art History II	3
ART 7	Beginning Drawing	3
ART 8	Beginning Figure Drawing	3
ART 9	Beginning Painting Oil and Acrylic	3
ART 10	Beginning Ceramics	3
ART 11	Beginning Sculpture	3
ART 13	Beginning Watercolor	3
ART 17	Intermediate Drawing	3
ART 19	Intermediate Painting Oil and Acrylic	3
ART 23	Intermediate Watercolor Painting	3
ART 26	Arts of Africa, Oceania, Indigenous North America, and the Pre-Columbia	3
ART 53	Color Theory	3
ART 54	Introduction to Graphic Design	3
CHIN 1	Beginning Chinese	4
CHIN 2	High-beginning Chinese	4
COMM 12	Oral Interpretation Of Literature	3
COMM 15	Computer Mediated Communication	3
ENGL 1B or ENGL 1BH	Introduction to the Study of Literature or Honors Introduction to the Study of Literature	3
ENGL 15A	Creative writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 15B	Creative writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 15E	Creative writing: Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 15F	Screenwriting	3
ENGL 41	Themes in Literature	3
ENGL 43A	American Literature: Origins Through Reconstruction (1877)	3
ENGL 43B	American Literature: 1877 to Present	3
ENGL 44A	World Literature to the Renaissance	3
ENGL 44B	World Literature Since the Renaissance	3
ENGL 46A	British Literature to 1800	3
ENGL 46B	British Literature from 1800 to the Present	3
ENGL 47	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 49	LatinX Literature	3
FILM 1	Introduction to Film Studies	3
FILM 2A	History of Cinema 1895-1960	3
FILM 2B	History of Cinema: 1960 to Present	3
FRENCH 1	Beginning French	5
FRENCH 2	High-beginning French	5
FRENCH 3	Intermediate French	5
FRENCH 4	High-intermediate French	5
GERMAN 1	Beginning German	4
GERMAN 2	High-Beginning German	4
GERMAN 3	Intermediate German	4
GERMAN 4	High-Intermediate German	4
*HIST 1	Western Civilization to 1648	3
*HIST 2	Western Civilization from 1648	3
*HIST 11	History of the United States to 1877	3
HIST 12 or HIST 12H	History of the United States since 1865 or Honors History of the United States Since 1865	3
*HIST 20	World History I, TO 1600	3
*HIST 23	World History II, Since 1500	3
*HIST 31	A Survey of the History of Africa	3
*HIST 33	A Survey of Latin America History	3
LING 10	Introduction to Language	3
LING 11	Introduction to Language for Teachers	3
MUS 3	Music Fundamentals	3
MUS 12	Music Appreciation	3
MUS 16	Jazz History and Appreciation	3
MUS 16A	Hip Hop Music & Culture	3
MUS 23	Western & World Percussion	3
PHIL 1	Introduction to Philosophy	3
PHIL 1C or PHIL 1CH	Ethics or Honors Ethics	3
PHIL 1D	World Religions	3
PHIL 3	Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy	3
PHIL 3A	History Of Ancient Philosophy	3
PHOTO 1	Basics of Digital Photography	3
SPAN 1	Beginning Spanish	5
SPAN 2	High-Beginning Spanish	5
SPAN 3	Intermediate Spanish	5
SPAN 3NS	Spanish for Spanish Speakers	4
SPAN 4	High-Intermediate Spanish	5
SPAN 4NS	Spanish for Spanish Speakers	4
SPAN 15	Practical Spanish Conversation, Low-Intermediate Level	3
SPAN 16	Practical Spanish Conversation, High-Intermediate Level	3

Area D: Language and Rationality

(one course each from DI and DII, six-semester unit minimum)

DI: English Composition:

(One course required) Grade “C” or better or “P” required.

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
ENGL 1A or ENGL 1AH	Reading and Composition or Honors Reading and Composition	4

DII: Communication/Analytical Thinking:

(One course required)

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
COMM 1 or COMM 1H	Public Speaking or Honors Public Speaking	3
COMM 2	Interpersonal Communication	3
COMM 4	Persuasion	3
COMM 8	Group Communication	3
COMM 25	Argumentation	3
CSCI 1	Critical Thinking And Computer Science	3
ENGL 3 or ENGL 3H	Critical Reading And Writing or Honors Critical Reading And Writing	3
CSCI 26	Discrete Mathematics For Computer Science	4
BA 39	Finite Mathematics For Business	3
MATH 3A	College Algebra	4
MATH 4A	Trigonometry	4
MATH 4B	Precalculus	4
MATH 5A	Math Analysis I (1)	5
MATH 5B	Math Analysis II (2)	4
MATH 6	Math Analysis III (3)	5
MATH 10A	Structure And Concepts In Mathematics I (1)	3
MATH 10B	Structure And Concepts In Mathematics II (2)	3
MATH 11	Elementary Statistics	4
MATH 17	Differential Equations And Linear Algebra	5
MATH 45	Contemporary Mathematics	3
MATH 103	Intermediate Algebra	5
PHIL 2	Critical Reasoning And Analytic Writing	3
PHIL 4	Introduction To Logic	3
PHIL 6	Symbolic Logic	3
SOC 1B	Critical Thinking About Social Problems	3
STAT 7	Elementary Statistics	4

Competence Requirements: English (reading and writing) and Mathematics, (mathematics)

Competence in reading and writing and mathematics is demonstrated by completing one course from each sub-area below.

Area DI: English (reading and writing):

(One course required) Grade “C” or better or “P” required.

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
ENGL 1A or ENGL 1AH	Reading and Composition or Honors Reading and Composition	4

Area DII: Mathematics (mathematics):

(One course required) Grade “C” or better or “P” required.

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
CSCI 26	Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science	3
BA 39	Finite Mathematics for Business	3
MATH 3A	College Algebra	4
MATH 4A	Trigonometry	4
MATH 4B	Precalculus	4
MATH 5A	Math Analysis I (1)	5
MATH 5B	Math Analysis II (2)	4
MATH 6	Math Analysis III (3)	5
MATH 10A	Structure and Concepts in Mathematics I (1)	3
MATH 10B	Structure and Concepts in Mathematics II (2)	3
MATH 11	Elementary Statistics	4
MATH 17	Differential Equations and Linear Algebra	5
MATH 45	Contemporary Mathematics	3
MATH 103	Intermediate Algebra	3
STAT 7	Elementary Statistics	4

Area E: Lifetime Skills Requirements

(5 Units): one course each from EI and EII

EI: Complete at least one physical activity course from the following:

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
DANCE 9	Dance Conditioning	1
DANCE 10	Modern Dance	1
DANCE 12A	Ballet	1
DANCE 14	Beginning Jazz Dance	1
DANCE 15	Intermediate Jazz Dance Technique	1
DANCE 28	Intermediate Modern Dance Technique	1
PE 2	Aerobics (dance, step, or water aerobics)	1
PE 6	Fitness and Health	1
PE 7	Golf	1
PE 8	Martial Arts/Self Defense	1
PE 12	Beginning Swim for Fitness	1
PE 12B	Intermediate Swim for Fitness	1
PE 14	Volleyball	1
PE 15	Weight Training	1
PE 15B	Advanced Weight Training	1
PE 16	Fitness Walking	1
PE 18	Floor Exercises	1
PE 19	Weight Training & Aerobics	1
PE 19B	Advanced Weight Training & Aerobics	1
PE 29	Yoga	1
PE 32B	Competitive Cross-Country	3
PE 32C	Off-Season Conditioning for Cross-Country	1
PE 36B	Competitive Soccer	3
PE 36C	Off-Season Conditioning for Soccer	1
PE 43B	Competitive Swimming & Diving	3
PE 43C	Off-Season Conditioning for Swimming	1
PE 45	Performance Training and Conditioning Techniques for Intercollegiate Athletics	1
PE 49	Weight Training for Collegiate Athletes	1
PE 49A	Beginning Circuit Training	1
PE 71	Soccer	1

**see notes below regarding exceptions

EII: Complete a transferable course(s) to complete Area E 5-unit requirement.

Transferable courses are any course numbered 1-99 (Example: Health 1, Engl 1A, Math 11)
***Students who completed Basic Training will receive 5 units total (JST or DD214) see note below.

Area F: Government and American Institutions

(3 units)

Completion of one of the following courses on the principles of national, state, and local government, including the study of American institutions and ideals

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
POLSCI 2 or POLSCI 2H	American Government or Honors American Government	3
POLSCI 110	American Institutions	3

Area G: Communication

(one course, three units minimum, grade "C" or better or “P” required.)

Courses listed may satisfy Area DII

Select from the following:
Course	Course Description	Units
COMM 1 or COMM 1H	Public Speaking or Honors Public Speaking	3
COMM 2	Interpersonal Communication	3
COMM 4	Persuasion	3
COMM 8	Group Communication	3
COMM 25	Argumentation	3

Additional Information

Notes:

*General Education Areas(s) A-D may include courses that satisfy more than one of these areas. A course marked with an asterisk (*) may be used only one time to satisfy one AREA within AREA(s) A-D. Title 5 § 55063

However, a course that appears in Areas A-D may satisfy a requirement identified as satisfying a Competency Requirement, and/or Areas E-G unless stated otherwise.
- For example, ENGL 1A counts for AREA DI, English Composition as well as the Writing & Reading Competency.
Classes may double count toward multiple local degrees offered through Clovis Community College.
Information regarding local degrees offerings is available:
- College Catalog
- On campus in Student Services, # AC2133
- Online college website Clovis Community College Programs/Majors

** Exceptions will be considered for P.O.S.T. program candidates, Basic Fire Academy graduates, or who submit a physician’s statement certifying that they are not physically able to participate in physical activity classes.

*** Veterans or Active Duty Reservist. Clovis Community College will grant course credit to a Veteran or Active Duty Reservist student who has completed basic military training verified by form DD-214 (Separation Document), Joint Services Transcripts, or other official forms submitted to the Veterans Counselor. The documentation must delineate completion of basic military training or credit earned in a military school.

P/NP Pass/No Pass: is an option instead of traditional letter grade (A, B, C, D, or F). Some courses are graded on a Pass/No Pass basis or when a student elects this grading option, the grade of P, Pass, will be assigned the course with a grade equivalent of A, B, C, and credit will be awarded for the unit value of the course. CCC 2021-2022 Catalog

Faculty Advisor(s): McArron

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