Catalog 2020-2021

Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree (Major Code: AF53)

Credential: Associate of Applied Science
Campus Location: Athens

Curriculum Outline

General Education

Total Credit Hours:21

Area I: Language Arts and Communications

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

AND

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3

OR

ENGL 1105Workplace and Technical Communications

3

OR

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

Total Credit Hours:6

 

 

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Students must choose two of the following courses:
ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3

ECON 2106Microeconomics

3

HIST 1111World History I

3

HIST 1112World History II

3

HIST 2111U.S. History I

3

HIST 2112U.S. History II

3

POLS 1101American Government

3

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Total Credit Hours:6

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Students must choose one math course from the following.
Total Credit Hours:6-7
Mathematics
Students must choose from one of the following courses:
MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose 3 or more hours from the Area III courses below:
BIOL 1111Biology I

3

BIOL 1111LBiology I Lab

1

BIOL 1112Biology II

3

BIOL 1112LBiology II Lab

1

BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3

BIOL 2113LAnatomy and Physiology I Lab

1

BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3

BIOL 2114LAnatomy and Physiology II Lab

1

BIOL 2117Introductory Microbiology

3

BIOL 2117LIntroductory Microbiology Lab

1

CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1211LChemistry I Lab

1

CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1212LChemistry II Lab

1

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

3

MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours:3-4

Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts

Students must choose from one of the following courses:
ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3

ENGL 2110World Literature

3

ENGL 2130American Literature

3

ENGL 2310English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700

3

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3

MUSC 2040History of Popular Music

3

Total Credit Hours:3

College Requirement

FSSE 1000First Semester Seminar

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Interdisciplinary Studies Major

Students must choose from the following interdisciplinary areas of concentration:

  • Business and Education
  • Life Sciences
  • Technical, Engineering, and Manufacturing

 

Students should work with a faculty advisor to strategically select courses to design a program that suits a specific career path.