Associate in Arts
An Associate in Arts degree provides a firm academic foundation for students who want to work on the first part of a four-year degree before transferring to a 4-year college or university.
In order to complete the Associate in Arts degree at Alamance Community College, students must earn 60 hours of college credit in the categories listed in the table. All students must complete at least 31 hours from the Universal General Education Transfer Component list of courses.
As part of their degree, students are required to complete two English composition courses, one literature course, one general education history course, one math course, one general education science course, and one academic transition course. The literature course should be chosen from ENG 231, ENG 232, ENG 241, ENG 242, or ENG 273*. Students may not take both BIO 110 and BIO 111 or CHM 131/131A and CHM 151 for credit toward this degree.
Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC)
In order to complete the Associate in Arts degree at Alamance Community College, students must earn 60 hours of college credit in the categories listed in the table.
In order to complete the Associate in Engineering degree at Alamance Community College, students must earn 60 hours of college credit in the categories listed in the table.
All students must complete 42 general education hours, an academic transition course, and 17 hours of other general education courses or pre-major electives.
The degree plan includes required general education and prerequisite courses that are acceptable to all state-funded Bachelor of Engineering programs. See the College’s web site for a list of courses in the curriculum. Students who follow the degree progression plan will meet the entrance requirements at all of the North Carolina public Bachelor of Science Engineering programs. Associate in Engineering graduates may then apply to any of these programs without taking additional, and sometimes duplicative, courses. Admission to Engineering programs is highly competitive and admission is not guaranteed.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the transfer of credits under the AE to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Articulation Agreement, community college graduates must obtain a grade of “C” or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| English Composition (6 semester hours required) |
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| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 |
| ENG 112 | Writing/Research in the Disciplines | 3 |
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Humanities/Fine Arts/Communications (6 semester hours required from at least 2 subject areas) |
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| HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS | ||
| Choose One: | ||
| ENG 231 | American Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 232 | American Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 241 | British Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 242 | British Literature II | 3 |
| PHI 215 | Philosophical Issues | 3 |
| PHI 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| *REL 110 | World Religions | 3 |
| Choose One: | ||
| ART 111 | Art Appreciation | 3 |
| ART 114 | Art History I | 3 |
| ART 115 | Art History II | 3 |
| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| MUS 110 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
| MUS 112 | Introduction to Jazz | 3 |
*REL 110 is not a UGETC course, but accepted at universities in the engineering program
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 semester hours required, including ECO 251) |
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| ECO 251 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Choose One: | ||
| HIS 111 | World Civilizations I | 3 |
| HIS 112 | World Civilizations II | 3 |
| HIS 131 | American History I | 3 |
| HIS 132 | American History II | 3 |
| POL 120 | American Government | 3 |
| PSY 150 | General Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Natural Sciences (12 semester hours required) |
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| CHM 151 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| PHY 251 | General Physics I | 4 |
| PHY 252 | General Physics II | 4 |
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Mathematics (12 semesters hours required) |
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| MAT 271 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MAT 272 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MAT 273 | Calculus III | 4 |
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Other General Education (3-4 semester hours required) |
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| BIO 111 | General Biology | 4 |
| CHM 152 | General Chemistry II | 4 |
| COM 110 | Introduction to Communication | 3 |
| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| ECO 252 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| GEL 111 | Geology | 4 |
| PHI 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| Total Universal General Education Transfer Component | 45-46 | |||
Other Required Hours (14-15 semester hours)
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| ACA 122 | College Transfer Success (Required) | 1 |
| EGR 150 | Introduction to Engineering | 2 |
Additional General Education and Pre-Major Electives
| Course# | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Additional General Education and Pre-Major Electives (15 semester hours required) |
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| CHOOSE ONE: | ||
| BIO 111 | General Biology | 4 |
| CHM 152 | General Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHM 251 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHM 252 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
| COM 110 | Introduction to Communication | 3 |
| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| CSC 134 | C++ Programming | 3 |
| CSC 151 | JAVA Programming | 3 |
| DFT 170 | Engineering Graphics | 3 |
| ECO 252 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| EGR 210 | Intro to Electrical/ Computer Engineering Lab | 2 |
| EGR 220 | Engineering Statics | 3 |
| EGR 225 | Engineering Dynamics | 3 |
| EGR 228 | Introduction to Solid Mechanics | 3 |
| GEL 111 | Geology | 4 |
| MAT 285 | Differential Equations | 3 |
| PED 110 | Fit and Well for Life | 2 |
| Total Additional Hours Required | 14-15 |
| Total Hours Needed for Associate in Engineering Degree | 60-61 | |||