Associate of Arts in Colorado Plateau Studies: Science

The Associate of Arts in Colorado Plateau Studies degree is designed for transfer to all Arizonapublic universities. This is an inter-disciplinary degree that includes courses from the Arts, Humanities, and  Sciences in its core. The degree is not only inter-disciplinary in its curriculum but may also be adapted to give students an emphasis in one of three academic areas: Arts and Culture, Science, and Business. The emphasis in Arts and Culture meets the requirements for the AGEC-A; and the emphasis in Science meets the AGEC-S. Students interested in meeting the requirements for one of the emphasis areas should see their advisor for details.  Students completing this degree will transfer 60-64 credits to all Arizona public universities.

Program Goals:        

  • To give students an inter-disciplinary overview of the people, arts and ecology of the Colorado Plateau
  • Transfer to academically relevant university degree programs
  • Professional and occupational preparation and workforce development
  • New levels of qualified, educated personnel in the regional workplace
  • To give students the opportunity for collaboration with public and private entities, organizations, and agencies (i.e., The Museum of Northern Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Grand Canyon Trust, National Park Service, Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association, local artists and scientists, Utates Geological Survey, etc.
 

Program Requirements
Minimum credit hours required: 60
 

AGEC-A Requirements
37 - 39 credit hours

  
 

Prefix/Number/Title           

Credit Hours

1. Composition (6)

ENG 101 College Composition I
E NG 102 College Composition II  

3
3
     

2. Mathematics (3-5)

MAT 220 Calculus & Analytical Geometry I r a higher course selected from the approved AGEC courses in the Mathematics category

5
     

3. Arts/Humanities (9)

ART 103 Native American Art
ART 221 Art History of the Southwest
ENG 238 Literature of the Southwest        

3
3
3
     

4. Social/Behavioral (9)

ANT 110 Exploring Archeology
HIS 238 Navajo History
SOC 142 Race and Ethnic Relations

3
3
3
     

5. Physical/Biological Sciences (8- 10)  

BIO 181 Unity of Life I: Life of the Cell  &
BIO 182 Unity of Life II: Multi–cellular Organisms

or

CHM 151 General Chemistry I &
CHM 152 General Chemistry II

or

PHY 161 – University Physics I &
PHY 262 – University Physics II

4
4

 

5
5

 

4
4
     
 

Degree Core Requirements
20 credit hours
     
 

CPS 100 Overview of the Colorado Plateau

3
 

BIO 109 Natural History of the Southwest

4

GLG 232 Geology of the Colorado Plateau

4
 

ENG 220 Writers on the Colorado Plateau

3
 

ANT 230 People’s of the Southwest

3
 

CPS 290 Capstone Seminar

3
     

Electives
3 – 6  credit hours

    
 

ART 201/202 Art History I/II

  
 

ENG 270/271/272 Creative Writing

  
 

HUM 241/242 Humanities I/II

  
 

ENG 229 Native American Literature

  
 

HUM 237 Mexican Arts and Ideas

  
 

ANT 101 Intro. to Physical Anthropology

  
 

ANT 102 Intro. to Cultural Anthropology

  
 

ANT 110 Exploring Archeology

  
 

HIS 131/132 U. S. History I/II

  
 

SOC 101 Intro. To Sociology

  
 

BIO 105 Environmental Biology

  
 

ENV 111 Local Environmental Issues

  
 

ENV 112 Regional Environmental Issues  & Ethics

  
 

GLG 101 Physical Geography

  
 

GLG102 Historical Geology

  
 

GLG 111 Geology of Northern Arizona

  
 

GLG 112 Geology of the Grand Canyon

  
 

PHY 253 Archeo-Astronomy