General Education Requirements
General Education for Bachelor Degrees
The BAS-LMO and BSN-NURB degrees require 15 credits of upper-division general education coursework:
ENG 379 Professional Writing in the Workplace | 3 credits |
PHI 330 Professional Ethics | 3 credits |
PSY 350 Applied Statistics | 3 credits |
PSY 390 Applied Research Methods | 3 credits |
PSY 395 Psychology of Resilience | 3 credits |
Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC)
Arizona public community colleges and universities have agreed upon a common structure for transfer of general education curriculum. The Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) block fulfills the lower-division general education requirements at all Arizona public community colleges and universities. Arizona residents who complete only an AGEC need to have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 and a grade of C or better in each AGEC course for assured admission into an Arizona public university, while Arizona residents who complete an associate degree need to have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for assured admission.
The AGEC block at Cochise College consists of a minimum of 35 credits and is embedded within the AA, AAEE, ABUS, AS, and AGS degrees:
Written Communication | 6 credits |
Quantitative Reasoning | 3-5 credits |
Natural Sciences | 8 credits |
Arts | 3 credits |
Humanities | 3 credits |
Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6 credits |
Oral Communication or Quantitative Reasoning/Natural Sciences Option | 3-4 credits |
Institutions in the Americas | 3 credits |
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | 35-39 CREDITS |
General Education for AAS Degrees
General education requirements vary per AAS degree program and include a minimum of 15 credits:
Written Communication | 3-6 credits |
Quantitative Reasoning | 3-5 credits |
Natural Sciences | 0-4 credits |
Liberal Arts* | 3-6 credits |
Oral Communication or Quantitative Reasoning/Natural Sciences Option | 0-3 credits |
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | 15-19 CREDITS |
Additional General Education Requirements
Only approved general education courses may meet categorical requirements.
All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
A minimum of eight credits in the AGEC must be completed in residency at Cochise College.
A maximum of 20 credits of the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) certificate may be satisfied by prior learning coursework.
Placement testing is required and prerequisites may apply.