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Global Economics - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

An Arts and Sciences Area of Study

Application Code 143

For curriculum information, contact the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division—Room ST-149—443-518-1620.

This curriculum is designed as a guide to students planning to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, emphasizing international economics and policy studies. Geography, history, political science, pre-law, etc. students are advised to check the requirements of the institution to which they intend to transfer.

General Education Core

Students enrolled in transfer patterns must take a minimum of 30 credits in General Education. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.

Composition

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGL-121College Composition

3 credits

Humanities, Arts and Literature

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Humanities Core Course

-Arts Core Course

-Literature Core Course

9-11

One Humanities Core Course (3 credits), plus one Arts Core Course (3 credits), plus one Literature Core Course (3 credits) satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement, OR a World Language Sequence (8 credits), plus another Humanities, Arts, and Literature Core (3 credits) in a second discipline other than a world language satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement.

Social Sciences

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Courses

6

One History Core Course is required and may be taken as either a Social and Behavioral Sciences Core or a Humanities Core. No more than 6 credits may be taken in History to meet Humanities Core and Social and Behavioral Sciences Core requirements.

Science

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Science Core Courses

7-8

must include one course with lab

Mathematics

Course NumberTitleCredits
-Mathematics Core Course

3-5

Interdisciplinary

Course NumberTitleCredits
Interdisciplinary -Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues Core Course

2-3

Required Courses Related to Major

Required Courses

Course NumberTitleCredits
ECON-101Principles of Economics (Macro)

3 credits

ECON-102Principles of Economics (Micro)

3 credits

ECON-205Fundamentals of International Economics

3 credits

History Electives – Select 6 credits from the following (3 credits each):

Course NumberTitleCredits
HIST-112American History Since 1877

3 credits

HIST-123Western Civilization and the Modern World

3 credits

HIST-201Europe in the Twentieth Century

3 credits

HIST-221American History Since 1945

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:6

Humanities Electives – Select 6 credits from the following (3 credits each):

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGL-226World Literature I

3 credits

ENGL-227World Literature II

3 credits

FINE-102Arts, Cultures and Ideas

3 credits

SPCH-105Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:6

Electives – Select 9 credits from the following (3 credits each):

Course NumberTitleCredits
ANTH-105Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

3 credits

ECON-201Money and Banking

3 credits

GEOG-102Elements of Cultural Geography

3 credits

GEOG-201Economic Geography

3

POLI-201Comparative Government

3 credits

PSYC-101General Psychology

3 credits

SOCI-101Introduction to Sociology

3 credits

SOCI-102Social Problems

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:9

Total Credit Hours: 60-66