General Education - Associate of Science

Courses that Fulfill the Requirements for the AS Degree in Science

  1. All BRCC requirements and electives must be selected from the courses listed below. Any course taken that is not listed will not count toward graduation requirements unless students complete and have approved in advance a “Program Adjustment Form.”
  2. Please Note: BRCC’s degree requirements do not necessarily fulfill the general education requirements of the college to which you wish to transfer unless there is a specific articulation agreement to that effect. Currently BRCC has such agreements for its graduates with many state-assisted and some private four-year colleges and universities. Many of the courses listed below do not transfer to every four-year college or university. It is the student’s responsibility to
    1. Check with a BRCC counselor or advisor,
    2. Consult the transfer guides of four-year colleges and universities,
    3. Look up transfer requirements on the college website and/or
    4. Check directly with the four-year institution to which one intends to transfer, in order to determine if particular courses transfer.
  3. Students are responsible for ensuring that prerequisites have been met before registering for any course. Consult the course descriptions in this document for further information.

Required General Education Courses

English

Code Title Credit Hours
ENG 111College Composition I3
ENG 112College Composition II3

History and Social And Behavioral Sciences

Code Title Credit Hours
History
HIS 101Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE3
HIS 102Western Civilizations Post 1600 CE3
HIS 111World Civilizations Pre-1500 CE3
HIS 112World Civilizations Post-1500 CE3
HIS 121United States History to 18773
HIS 122United States History Since 18653
Social and Behavioral Sciences
ECO 150Economic Essentials: Theory and Application a3
ECO 201Principles of Macroeconomics (Macroeconomics) a3
ECO 202Principles of Microeconomics (Microeconomics) a3
GEO 210People & Land: An Introduction to Cultural Geography3
GEO 220World Regional Geography3
PLS 135U.S. Government & Politics3
PSY 200Principles of Psychology3
PSY 230Developmental Psychology3
SOC 200Introduction to Sociology3
SOC 268Social Problems3
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Students may not receive credit towards graduation requirements for both ECO 150 and ECO 201 or ECO 150 and ECO 202.

Literature/Humanities/Fine Arts

Code Title Credit Hours
ART 100Art Appreciation3
ART 101History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic3
ART 102History of Art: Renaissance to Modern3
CST 130Introduction to the Theatre3
CST 151Film Appreciation I3
ENG 225Reading Literature: Culture and Ideas3
ENG 245British Literature3
ENG 246American Literature3
ENG 250Children's Literature3
ENG 255World Literature3
ENG 258African American Literature3
ENG 275Women in Literature3
HUM 210Introduction to Women and Gender Studies3
HUM 216Introduction to Non-Western Cultures3
HUM 220Introduction to African American Studies3
MUS 121Music in Society3
PHI 100Introduction to Philosophy3
PHI 220Ethics and Society3
REL 100Introduction To Study of Religion3
REL 230Religions of The World3

Science with Laboratory

Code Title Credit Hours
BIO 101General Biology I4
BIO 102General Biology II4
CHM 111General Chemistry I4
CHM 112General Chemistry II4
GOL 105Physical Geology4
GOL 110Earth Science4
PHY 201General College Physics I4
PHY 202General College Physics II4
PHY 241University Physics I4
PHY 242University Physics II4