Political Science Statewide Articulation Agreement, A.A. (2 years)

Communication: 6 credits

• ENG 121 - English Composition I [CO1] Credits: 3

• AND

• ENG 122 - English Composition II [CO2] Credits: 3

Arts & Humanities: 6 credits

Select two Arts  & Humanities courses.

Political Science: 12 credits

• POS 105 - Intro Political Science [SS1] Credits: 3
• POS 111 - American Government [SS1] Credits: 3
• POS 205 - International Relations [SS1] Credits: 3
• POS 225 - Comparative Government [SS1] Credits: 3

History: 3 credits

Select one History Course.

• HIS 101 - Western Civ: Antiquity-1650 [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 102 - Western Civ:1650-Present [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 111 - The World Antiquity-1500 [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 112 - The World: 1500-Present [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 121 - US History to Reconst. [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 122 - US Hist. Since Civil War [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 208 - American Indian History [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 225 - Colorado History [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 236 - U. S. History Since 1945 [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 244 - History of Latin America [HI1] Credits: 3
• HIS 247 - 20th Century World Hist. [HI1] Credits: 3

Economics: 6 credits

• ECO 201 - Prin of Macroeconomics [SS1] Credits: 3
• ECO 202 - Prin of Microeconomics [SS1] Credits: 3

Mathematics: 3 credits

Select one Mathematics course.

• MAT 120 - Math for Liberal Arts [MA1] Credits: 4
• MAT 121 - College Algebra [MA1] Credits: 4
• MAT 122 - College Trigonometry [MA1] Credits: 3
• MAT 125 - Survey of Calculus [MA1] Credits: 4
• MAT 135 - Intro to Statistics [MA1] Credits: 3
• MAT 201 - Calculus I [MA1] Credits: 5
• MAT 202 - Calculus II [MA1] Credits: 5
• MAT 203 - Calculus III [MA1] Credits: 4
• MAT 215 - Discrete Mathematics [MA1] Credits: 4
• MAT 265 - Differential Equations [MA1] Credits: 3

Physical & Life Sciences: 8 credits

Select two courses. Students may choose an entire full-year sequence (e.g. CHE 111, 112) or a combination of courses. All course prerequisites for science courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.

• AST 101 - Astronomy I w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4
• AST 102 - Astronomy II w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4
• BIO 105 - Science of Biology w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4

• (Credit will not be given for both BIO 105 and BIO 111)

• BIO 111 - Gen College Biol I w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5
• BIO 112 - Gen College Bio II w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5
• BIO 201 - Human Anatomy/Phys I w/Lab:SC1 Credits: 4
• BIO 202 - Human Anatomy/Phys II/Lab: SC1 Credits: 4
• BIO 204 - Microbiology w/ Lab [SC1] Credits: 4
• CHE 101 - Intro to Chemistry I w/Lab:SC1 Credits: 5

• (Credit will not be given for both CHE 101 and CHE 111)

• CHE 102 - Intro to Chemistry II /Lab:SC1 Credits: 5
• CHE 105 - Chemistry in Context /Lab: SC1 Credits: 5
• CHE 111 - Gen College Chem I w/Lab: SC1 Credits: 5
• CHE 112 - Gen College Chem II w/Lab: SC1 Credits: 5
• ENV 101 - Environmental Sci w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4
• GEY 111 - Physical Geology w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4
• GEY 135 - Environmental Geology w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4
• PHY 105 - Conceptual Physics w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4

• (Credit will not be given for both PHY 105 and PHY 111)

• PHY 111 - Phys: Alg-Based I w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5
• PHY 112 - Phys: Alg-Based II w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5
• PHY 211 - Phys: Calc-Based I w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5
• PHY 212 - Phys: Calc-Base II w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5
• *  SCI 155 - Integrated Sci I w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4
• *  SCI 156 - Integrated Sci II w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 4

Electives: 16 credits

Students must take an additional 16 credits of electives. Electives may be chosen from the general education curriculum, other arts and science courses and specific Career and Technical courses (see Approved Degree Electives). A maximum of 3 credits of Physical Education courses are allowed in the A.A. degree electives.

Please Note: Additional Political Science (POS) courses beyond the 4 courses (12 credit hours) identified above may not count toward the Political Science major at the receiving 4-year institution. Students should first consult with the institution to which they are considering transferring to assure additional courses will count toward the major.

Total Credits for A.A. Degree: 60