Associate in General Studies

This degree is a specialized transfer degree, individually designed to meet the requirements for certain majors at specific colleges and universities. It DOES NOT meet the requirements of the Intercollege Relations Commission (ICRC), the organization that assists with transfer agreements. In order to plan this degree program, it is required to know both the major and the inended transfer college or university. Students are required to work with their faculty adviser in conjunction with the graduation office.

Core Competencies

Critical Thinking

Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and summarize complex information, create an argument that acknowledges multiple perspectives, and use reasoning and evidence to draw conclusions.

Quantitative Reasoning

Students will demonstrate the ability to apply numerical, logical, and analytical techniques to analyze, evaluate, and explain quantitative information.

Effective Communication

Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate ideas through written, oral, and/or visual formats by utilizing their own voice to address various audiences and consider the perspectives of others.

Information & Visual Literacy

Students will demonstrate the ability to interpret, evaluate, synthesize, and organize selected textual, visual, or electronic resources for a given situation, maintaining strict adherence to legal and ethical guidelines governing information access.

Community & Social Responsibility

Students will demonstrate the ability to interact productively and equitably with others in diverse local, national, and global communities; address social justice issues based on awareness of historical and contemporary systemic inequalities; proactively engage in their physical and mental health.

Globalism

Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate how environmental, relational and cultural processes and interactions impact the world, people’s lives, and their own views.

Associate in General Studies Requirements

The Associate in General Studies (AGS) gives students the opportunity to design their own educational programs. This degree was developed as a non-transfer degree so students could have more flexibility in selecting courses to best fit their interests, interdisciplinary studies or emphasize particular areas of study in order to transfer to an institution out-of-state.

The fact that the AGS is not designed as a transfer degree does not mean an AGS graduate cannot transfer to a four-year college or university. However, students should be aware that their transcripts will be subjected to a course-by-course analysis to determine how many courses will be accepted by the four-year institution.

General Requirements

Students seeking this degree must have prior approval from an Instructional Dean or the Vice President of Academic Affairs and must design their AGS programs under the supervision of an advisor.