General Studies / Associate of Arts

This program, which allows you to take courses for personal growth or for transfer to a four-year program, allows a great deal of flexibility in choosing courses. In this way, you can work with an advisor to put together a degree major which may not be offered by Northern, thus establishing a solid foundation of courses for transfer to a four-year institution.

General Education (35 hrs) Completed In Progress

Communications (9 hrs)

• ENG 111 English Composition I (3)
• SPCH 130 Public Speaking (3)

Choose one of the following two courses:

• ENG 112 English Composition II (3)
• ENG 116 Technical Writing (3)

Mathematics (3 hrs)

• MATH 150 College Algebra (3)

Laboratory Science (8 hrs)

Choose two survey courses (with labs) from the following list:

• ASTR 110/L Introduction to Astronomy w/lab (4)
• BIOL 110/L Survey of Modern Biology w/lab (4)
• CHEM 110/L Introduction to Chemistry w/lab (4)
• ES 112 Environmental Science w/lab (4)
• GEOL 101/L Physical Geology w/Lab (4)
• GEOL 102/L Historical Geology w/Lab (4)
• PHYS 110/L Introduction to Physics w/Lab (4)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (6-9 hrs) *

You must select survey courses from at least two different discipline areas from the following list:

• ANTH 101/l Physical Anthropology w/Lab (4)
• ANTH 102 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (3)
• ANTH 111 Language and Culture (3)
• ANTH 207 Cultures of New Mexico (3)
• ECON 200 Macroeconomics (3)
• ECON 201 Microeconomics (3)
• GEOG 111 World Geography (3)
• PSCI 110 The Political World (3)
• PSCI 200 American Politics (3)
• PSY 105 General Psychology (3)
• SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3)
• SOC 220 Social Problems (3)
• SOC 225 Marriage and the Family (3)

Humanities and Fine Arts (6-9 hrs) *

You must select survey courses from at least two different discipline areas from the following list:

• ART 105 Introduction to Art (3)
• ART 107 History of Art (3)
• ENG Lit. courses numbered 260-298
• HIST 101 Western Civilization I (3)
• HIST 102 Western Civilization II (3)
• HIST 161 History of the U.S. to 1877 (3)
• HIST 162 History of the U.S. from 1877 (3)
• HIST 260 History of New Mexico (3)
• HUM 101 Humanities I (3)
• HUM 102 Humanities II (3)
• MUS 105 Music Appreciation (3)
• PHIL 110 Introduction to Philosophical Problems (3)
• PHIL 220 Ethics (3)
• THE 120 Introduction to Theatre I (3)
• THE 130 History of Theatre (3)
• THE 220 Introduction to Theatre II (3)
• THE 225 Creative Drama Techniques for the Classroom K-12 (3
• THE 238 Teatro Chicano (3)

You must complete at least 15 crs between these two areas, maintaining at least two disciplines in each area.

Health, Physical Education & Recreation (2 hr)

• Elective (2)

Program Requirements (27 hrs)

General Education Electives (24)*

Must be taken from the following discipline areas and must include at least 3 crs Fine Arts (Lecture Only):

• Communications
• Mathematics
• Fine Arts (lecture only)
• Laboratory Sciences
• Humanities
• Social/Behavioral Sciences
• Electives (from any discipline (3)

Total Credit Hours: 64