South Louisiana Community College

The Associate Degree in General Studies is a transfer program. It is designed to provide the flexibility needed to meet the needs of students who have a variety of backgrounds and interests. This program appeals to students who have identified distinct careers but find no matching curricula available and to those who need to explore interests and test their potential for satisfactory performance in selected areas of a curriculum. Students, in conjunction with an advisor, can design a unique program by selecting courses from among several different disciplines while fulfilling the basic degree requirements of the College.

Objectives

· To enable students to acquire the general education competencies expected of an Associate of General Studies graduate

· To provide the coursework that will allow students to transfer with minimal or no loss of credit to a variety of baccalaureate degree programs offered by public senior institutions in the State

· To enable students to develop unique career goals and marketable skills for the workplace in the chosen field

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students completing the Associate of General Studies Degree will

· Demonstrate competence in written and verbal communication skills, quantitative reasoning and critical thinking

· Be able to use information technology in their personal and professional lives

· Grasp the knowledge and skills delivered through the content of concentration area courses

· Acquire the analytical and critical skills needed to connect core knowledge and skills to discipline-specific information at a higher level of study

Specific Degree Requirements

Students wishing to earn an Associate of General Studies Degree from South Louisiana Community College must

· Earn a grade of “C” or higher in each of the following General Education courses:

English 1010, English 1020, and MATH 1100

· Complete one Concentration Area (18 hours; chosen from one of five areas)

· Earn 9 of the 18 hours in the Concentration Area in residence at SLCC

· Earn a grade of “C” or higher in each course in the chosen Concentration Area

· Complete six hours in each of three Enrichment Blocks (18 hours; chosen from three of five blocks)

· Earn a minimum of 18 hours toward the degree in residence at SLCC

· Earn 12 of the last 18 hours of the degree program in residence at SLCC

· Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on all courses applied to the degree as well as an adjusted SLCC cumulative grade point average of 2.0

Curriculum Structure†

General Education Requirements (33 hours)

English (6 hours)

Mathematics (6 hours)

Natural Science (6 hours)

Social/Behavioral Science* (6 hours)

Speech Elective (3 hours)

Arts Elective (3 hours)

Computer Literacy Elective†† (3 hours)

*3 hours must be at the sophomore level

††The computer literacy requirement may also be satisfied through credit exams or through another course or courses in the degree program.

Concentration (18 hours chosen from one of the five blocks)

Applied Science (EMTP, HIM, ITEC, MCIS)

Arts and Humanities (ARTS, CMCN, ENGL, FREN, HIST, MUSC, SPAN, SPCH, THEA,)

Business Studies (ACCT, ECON, GBUS, HIM, MCIS)

Liberal Arts (CJUS, CMCN, ENGL, FREN

GEOG, HIST, HLTH, MUSC, PHED, POLI, PSYC, SOCI, SPAN, THEA, ARTS)

PreK-3 – See degree plan following the General

Studies degree plan

Social/Behavioral Science (CDYC, CJUS, ECON (Survey Courses), GEOG, HLTH, PHED, POLI, PREK, PSYC, SOCI)

Enrichment Electives (18 hours, six hours each from three of five blocks)

Block 1 – Arts and Humanities (ARTS, CMCN, ENGL, HIST, MUSC, SPCH, THEA)

Block 2 – Natural Sciences (BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, MATH, PHSC, PHYS)

Block 3 – Social/Behavioral Sciences (CDYC, CJUS, ECON (Survey Courses), GEOG, HLTH, PHED, POLI, PREK, PSYC, SOCI)

Block 4 – Applied Sciences (EMTP, HIM, ITEC, MCIS)

Block 5 – Business Studies (ACCT, ECON, GBUS, HIM, MCIS)

†Students who plan to transfer after completion of the degree should discuss their plans with an advisor from the college of intended transfer to assure transferability of credits.

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