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Associate of Arts - Suggested Courses


The first two years of the program can be taken at a Florida Community College. An ASSOCIATE OF ARTS degree is a pre-requisite for entry to the program. The student may take either the following courses or other courses. The student must meet all Gordon Rule, CLAST, and foreign language requirements.

Composition I
This course introduces students to the principal elements of writing clearly, efficiently and effectively. ENC 1101 also focuses on writing logical arguments, building research skills, and developing critical thinking through reading, writing and discussion..

Composition II
Introduces students to writing techniques and forms of argument in a broad range of disciplines. For their major writing assignment in this course, students will write an extensively researched and well-documented research paper, learning professional and academic writing conventions and developing their critical thinking skills..

Effective Speaking
Theory and practice in presenting public speeches; determination of communication purpose(s) and adaptation of organization, evidence, language and other message characteristics for designated audiences..
Satisfies 9 hours of communications

College Algebra
Entry-level algebra for college students.

Statistics
Graphical and numerical descriptive measures. Simple linear regression. Basic probability concepts, random variables, sampling distributions, central limit theorem. Large and small sample confidence intervals and significance tests for parameters associated with a single population and for comparison of two populations. Use of statistical computer software and computer applets to analyze data and explore new concepts

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Business & Economics Statistics
This course demonstrates how to apply selected statistical techniques to a wide variety of problems and situations arising in the areas of business, economics, finance and management. Three contact hours.
Satisfies 6 hours of math

Western Civilization I (international/diversity also)
An introduction to western civilization. Treats the early cultures in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the Minoan-Mycenaean society, Greece, the Hellenistic period and the Roman Empire to the Barbarian invasions.

Principles of Sociology
Introduction to sociology as a social science and analysis of American society. Culture, socialization, deviance, bureaucracy, population, urbanization, social stratification, minorities and other topics

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General Psychology
Designed to provide a broad, general introduction to the field of psychology, this course is the prerequisite for advanced courses in psychology. Emphasis is on psychology as a research enterprise. Students are required to participate as subjects in psychological research or write a paper on a psychological research article
Satisfies 6 hours of Behavioral/Social Sciences

Humanities (international/diversity also)
The creative ideas and the accomplishments of various cultures in art, architecture, drama, music, literature, philosophy, and history.

Ethics
The study of ideas and their logical structure, including, arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, history of philosophy, and applications to the theoretical foundations and methods of other disciplines.
Satisfies 6 hours of humanities

General Biological Science
Courses that generally describe life forms, including the structure, function, reproduction, growth, heredity, evolution, behavior, and distribution of living organisms. Lab included.

Intro to Meteorology
Short term and long term chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere and resulting weather and climate patterns on local, regional, and global scales.
Satisfies 6 hours of natural science

State & Local Government
Political science as a discipline and its methods. Also, the study of the political institutions, processes, and behaviors at the national, state and local levels with emphasis on American politics.

(Foreign language requirement and computer literacy requirements to be met separately)

 

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