ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE DEGREE
Glendale Community College shall confer the degree
of Associate of Arts or Associate of Science upon a student who has
satisfactorily completed all the requirements for graduation. A student may
receive only one A.S. and one A.A. degree.
The Associate degree is granted to persons who file
a Petition for Graduation in the Office of Admissions and Records, who are
not on academic probation, and who have completed a minimum of 12 of the
last 18 semester units of the required college curriculum of 60 degree
applicable semester units at Glendale Community College. The completion of
the required 60 semester units must include all of the following:
| MAJOR |
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A major leading to a
well-defined objective. When a course(s) required for a specific major
is also on the list of approved general education courses, the course(s)
may be used to satisfy both major and general education requirements.
The requirement for the Associate in Science degree may be met by
completing an approved Glendale Community College
Certificate
Programs of 24 semester units or more. |
| AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS |
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2. |
Knowledge of American Institutions is required.
Courses which satisfy this requirement include Political Science 101, 105, 151***; Social
Science 125-126**, 132***. |
| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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3. |
Knowledge of State and Local Government is
required. Courses which satisfy this requirement include Political Science 106, 151***;
Social Science 125-126**, 132***. |
| U.S. HISTORY |
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4. |
Knowledge of American History is required.
Courses which satisfy this requirement include Economics 111/History
116;
History 110, 111 (CD), 117, 118, 150, 151; Social Science 125-126**, 131. |
| MATHEMATICS |
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5. |
Satisfactory evidence of proficiency in
mathematics must be given. Proficiency may be demonstrated by completion with a
grade of
"C" or better in Mathematics 101, 115, 119-120, 140, 201,
219-220 or Technical Education 143,
or an equivalent course taken at any accredited college. |
| HEALTH |
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6. |
Knowledge of community and personal hygiene must
be demonstrated. Health 104, 106; Psychology 111(CD)* or equivalent will satisfy this requirement. |
| PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
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7. |
Two semester units of
physical education activity classes and/or dance activity classes must
be completed unless exempted by established policy. Consult the catalog
for a list of the exemptions. |
| FIRST AID |
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8. |
Knowledge of community first-aid and CPR must be
demonstrated. Courses which satisfy this requirement include Health 101, 102 or 109. |
| CULTURAL DIVERSITY |
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9. |
One course in Cultural Diversity is required.
Courses which satisfy this requirement have been marked by (CD) and appear throughout the
graduation requirements. The requirement may be satisfied by completing any one of the
graduation requirements with a course marked (CD) or by completing Child Development 156. |
| GENERAL EDUCATION |
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10 |
Eighteen (18) semester units of general education
including at least one course in each of the following areas: |
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Natural Science: At
least one course (3 semester units) must be selected: |
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Anthropology 101, 111; Astronomy 102, 103, 110,
110H, 120; Aviation and Transportation 122; Biology 101, 101H, 102,
102H, 103, 103H, 112, 115, 118, 120, 121, 122,
123, 125, 125H, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 135, 137, 138, 139, 145, 146; Chemistry 101,
101H, 102, 102H, 103, 105, 106, 107, 110, 114, 115, 120, 121, 143; Geography 101, 111; Geology 101,
101H, 102, 103, 104, 105, 111, 111H, 112, 120; Oceanography 115, 116; Paleontology 101; Physics 101,
101H, 102, 102H, 103, 103H, 105, 106, 110; Physical Science 131; Technical Education 145. |
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Social Science. At least one course (3 semester
units) must be selected: |
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Anthropology 102,
102H, 103, 104, 105; Business Administration 110; Economics 101, 102,
102H, 105; Ethnic Studies 101(CD),
102(CD), 110(CD), 111(CD), 120(CD), 121(CD),122(CD), 123(CD),124(CD), 125(CD), 132(CD), 164(CD); Geography 102,
103, 105, 106, 110, 114; History 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114,
115(CD), 119, 120, 121, 122, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136; Mass Communications 101; Political
Science 102, 103, 103H, 109, 110, 111; Psychology 101, 101H, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110,
111(CD)*, 113(CD), 114, 115, 131, 150; Social Science 101, 124, 127(CD),
134, 136; Sociology 101, 102, 104, 105, 131; Speech 108. |
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c. |
Humanities: At least two courses
(6 semester units)—one from each of the two areas below must be selected: |
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Interdisciplinary Humanities—3 semester units required: |
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Humanities 101(CD), 102(CD), 105(CD), 105H(CD),
106, 110, 111, 115(CD),
117, 120, 125(CD), 130, 135(CD). |
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2. |
Arts, Foreign Language, Literature and Philosophy—3
semester units required: |
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Armenian 101, 102, 103, 104, 115, 116, 125, 126, 127; Art 101, 101H,
102, 102H, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116,
118, 120, 121, 125, 199; Chinese 101, 102, 103, 104; Dance 100, 102; Egyptian
Hieroglyphs 101, 102; English 102*, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116,
117, 121, 122, 123, 124(CD), 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 141(CD), 142(CD); French 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,
121, 124, 125, 126; German 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106; Italian 101, 102, 103,
104; Japanese 101, 102, 103, 104; Korean 101, 102, 103, 115, 116; Linguistics 101; Music 101, 102, 110, 120, 121,
122, 125, 126, 127,
128(CD); Philosophy 101, 112, 113(CD), 114(CD), 116, 118(CD), 119, 120, 121, 122; Russian 101,
102; Spanish 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 115, 124, 125, 126; Speech 106,
Theatre Arts 101, 102, 107. |
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d. |
Language and Rationality: At
least two courses (6 semester units) from Language and Rationality must be selected. |
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English Composition—3 semester units required: |
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Evidence of proficiency in written English is required. This
requirement may be fulfilled with a grade of "C" or better
in one of the following: English 101, 101H, 120, 131; English as a Second Language 151 or Business
Administration 106. |
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2. |
Communication and Analytical Thinking—3 semester units
required: |
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Accounting 101, 102, 105, 106; Business Administration 120,
125; Computer Applications and Business Office Technologies 102, 105; Computer Science/Information Systems 101, 110, 120,
125, 130, 135, 137, 139, 140, 150, 156, 165, 172, 180; English 102*, 102H, 104, 118; English as a Second
Language 133, 141; Journalism 102, 107; Mathematics 100, 101, 102, 103,
103H, 104, 104H, 105, 105H, 107, 107H, 108, 108H, 110, 111, 112, 115, 119, 120, 128, 130, 135, 136, 138,
139, 140, 148,
201, 219, 220;
Philosophy 117, 123; Speech 100, 101,
103, 104, 105, 107, 111; Technical Education 143. |
NOTE: Graduation requirements 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 can be satisfied by
examination. See a counselor for details.
*Courses designated with an asterisk may be counted in one area only.
**These courses satisfy requirements 2, 3, and 4.
***This course satisfies 2 and 3.
Glendale Community College 2008-2009 Catalog
Important Notice: In the event of a discrepancy between the information
presented above and the online and/or print versions of the GCC Catalog,
please contact a counselor or the office of Admissions and Records.
06/2008
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