Aims Community College Academic Catalog 2026-2027

May 14, 2026

Aims Community College Academic Catalog 2026-2027

Liberal Arts - A.G.S. (2 years)

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Associate of General Studies in Liberal Arts

Degree Code: AGSLAGS

The Associate of General Studies (A.G.S.) degree is awarded to students who complete a flexible program designed to combine workplace skills development with coursework in the arts and sciences. The A.G.S. degree may transfer to a four-year institution if an established articulation agreement exists. Otherwise, the degree is not intended for transfer.

Liberal Arts is the designated major for the A.G.S. degree. Some A.G.S. programs include pre-professional areas of study that allow students to tailor coursework toward a specific occupation or field. Students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university should consult with an academic advisor and confirm transfer policies directly with the receiving institution, as many professional or technical courses included in the A.G.S. degree may not transfer.

General Requirements for the A.G.S. Degree

A minimum of sixty (60) semester credit hours in approved coursework are required for graduation.
GPA requirements for graduation are a minimum of 2.0 in coursework applicable to the A.G.S. degree.
Fifteen (15) semester credit hours applicable to the degree and completed prior to graduation must be earned at Aims Community College.
Courses numbered below 1000 (developmental or remedial) may not be applied toward completion of the A.G.S. degree.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses may be applied when aligned with the student’s educational and career objectives.

Degree Requirements for the Associate of General Studies Liberal Arts

General Education Requirements

Communication

Select one of the following:

COM 1150 Public Speaking Credits: 3
COM 1250 Interpersonal Communication: GT-SS3 Credits: 3

Select one of the following:

ENG 1021 English Composition I: GT-CO1 Credits: 3
ENG 1031 Technical Writing I: GT-CO1 Credits: 3

Total Communication Credits: 6

Mathematics

Select one of the following:

MAT 1140 Career Math Credits: 3
Any higher-level mathematics course

Note: Credits beyond three (3) will be applied toward the Electives category.

Total Mathematics Credits: 3

Arts and Humanities (GT-AH)

Select one GT Pathways Arts and Humanities (GT-AH) courses from the categories listed below:

GT-AH1 (Arts and Expression)

ART 1110 - Art Appreciation: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
ART 1111 - Art History Ancient to Medieval: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
ART 1112 - Art History Renaissance to 1900: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
ART 1113 - Art History 1900 to Present: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
COM 1300 - Communication and Popular Culture: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
ENG 2021 - Creative Writing I: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
MUS 1020 - Music Appreciation: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
MUS 1021 - Music History Medieval thru Classical: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
MUS 1022 - Music History Early Romantic Period to the Present: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
MUS 1023 - Survey of World Music: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
MUS 1025 - History of Jazz: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
THE 1005 - Theater Appreciation: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
THE 2011 - Development of Theatre Greek-Renaissance: GT-AH1 Credits: 3
THE 2012 - Development of Theatre Restoration to Modern: GT-AH1 Credits: 3

GT-AH2 (Literature and Humanities)

HUM 1003 - Introduction to Film Art: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
HUM 1015 - World Mythology: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
HUM 1021 - Humanities: Early Civilization: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
HUM 1022 - Humanities: Medieval-Modern: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
HUM 1023 - Humanities: Modern World: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 1015 - Introduction to Literature I: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2001 - World Literature to 1600: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2002 - World Literature After 1600: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2005 - Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in U.S. Literature: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2011 - American Literature to Civil War: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2012 - American Literature After the Civil War: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2021 - British Literature to 1770: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2022 - British Literature Since 1770: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2025 - Introduction to Shakespeare: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2040 - Queer Literature: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2046 - Literature of Women: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2055 - Children’s Literature: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2058 - Latinx Literature: GT-AH2 Credits: 3
LIT 2059 - Survey of African American Literature: GT-AH2 Credits: 3

GT-AH3 (Ways of Thinking)

PHI 1011 - Introduction to Philosophy: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 1012 - Ethics: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 1013 - Logic: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 1014 - Comparative Religions: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 1016 - World Religions-East: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 1042 - New Testament: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 2005 - Business Ethics: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 2013 - Symbolic Logic: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 2014 - Philosophy of Religion: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 2018 - Environmental Ethics: GT-AH3 Credits: 3
PHI 2020 - Philosophy-Death & Dying: GT-AH3 Credits: 3

GT-AH4 (World Languages - Intermediate/2000-level required)

ASL 2221 - American Sign Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
ASL 2222 - American Sign Language V: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
FRE 1011 - French Language I: GT-AH4 Credits: 5
FRE 1012 - French Language II: GT-AH4 Credits: 5
FRE 2011 - French Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
FRE 2012 - French Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
GER 1011 - German Language I: GT-AH4 Credits: 5
GER 1012 - German Language II: GT-AH4 Credits: 5
GER 2011 - German Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
GER 2012 - German Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
ITA 2011 - Italian Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
ITA 2012 - Italian Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
JPN 2011 - Japanese Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
JPN 2012 - Japanese Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
RUS 2011 - Russian Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
RUS 2012 - Russian Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
SPA 1011 - Spanish Language I: GT-AH4 Credits: 5
SPA 1012 - Spanish Language II: GT-AH4 Credits: 5
SPA 2011 - Spanish Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
SPA 2012 - Spanish Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3
SPA 2061 - Spanish Language for Heritage and Intermediate-Mid Speakers: GT-AH4 Credits: 3

Total Arts and Humanities Credits: 3

Social and Behavioral Sciences (GT-SS)

Select two GT Pathways Social and Behavioral Sciences (GT-SS) course from the categories listed below:

GT-SS1 (Economic or Political Systems)

AGE 1102 - Agriculture Economics: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
ECO 1001 - Economics of Social Issues: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
ECO 2001 - Principles of Macroeconomics: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
ECO 2002 - Principles of Microeconomics: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
PSC 1011 - American Government: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
PSC 1025 - American State and Local Government: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
PSC 1050 - Current Political Issues: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
PSC 2005 - International Relations: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
PSC 2020 - Introduction to Political Science: GT-SS1 Credits: 3
PSC 2025 - Comparative Government: GT-SS1 Credits: 3

GT-SS2 (Geography)

GEO 1005 - World Regional Geography: GT-SS2 Credits: 3
GEO 1006 - Human Geography: GT-SS2 Credits: 3

GT-SS3 (Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks)

AGR 2160 - World Interdependence - Population and Food: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
ANT 1001 - Cultural Anthropology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
ANT 1003 - Introduction to Archaeology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
ANT 1208 - Archaeology of World Rock Art: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
ANT 2115 - Native Peoples of North America: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
ANT 2130 - Sex, Gender, and Culture: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
ANT 2550 - Medical Anthropology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
COM 1250 - Interpersonal Communication: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
COM 2220 - Group Communication: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
COM 2300 - Intercultural Communication: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
CRJ 1010 - Introduction to Criminal Justice: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
ETH 2000 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
JOU 1005 - Introduction to Mass Media: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PBH 2015 - Introduction to Public Health: GT-SS3 Credits: 4
PSY 1001 - General Psychology I: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 1002 - General Psychology II: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2105 - Psychology of Gender: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2107 - Human Sexuality: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2221 - Social Psychology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2222 - Psychology of Death and Dying: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2331 - Positive Psychology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2333 - Health Psychology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2440 - Human Growth and Development: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2441 - Child Development: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2552 - Psychopathology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
PSY 2771 - Psychology of Personality: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology I: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 1002 - Introduction to Sociology II: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 2005 - Sociology of Family Dynamics: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 2007 - Environmental Sociology: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 2015 - Contemporary Social Problems: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 2016 - Sociology of Gender: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 2018 - Sociology of Diversity: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 2031 - The Sociology of Deviant Behavior: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
SOC 2037 - Sociology of Death and Dying: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
WST 2000 - Introduction to Women’s Studies: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
WST 2100 - Women and Social Action: GT-SS3 Credits: 3
WST 2200 - Goddesses and Women In The Ancient World: GT-SS3 Credits: 3

Total Social and Behavioral Sciences Credits: 6

Natural and Physical Sciences (GT-SC)

Select one GT Pathways Natural and Physical Sciences courses from the GT-SC1 category:

GT-SC1 (Natural and Physical Sciences lecture course with required lab)

AGY 2140 - Introductory Soil Science: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
ANT 1005 - Biological Anthropology with Laboratory: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
ANT 2315 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
AST 1110 - Astronomy with Lab: Planetary Systems: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
AST 1120 - Astronomy with Lab: Stars and Galaxies: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
BIO 1005 - Science of Biology with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
BIO 1111 - GenBio I: Molecular & Cellular Biology w/Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
BIO 1112 - GenBio II: Ecology&Organismic Biology w/Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
BIO 2101 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
BIO 2102 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
BIO 2104 - Microbiology with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
BIO 2121 - Botany with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
CHE 1005 - Chemistry in Context with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
CHE 1011 - Introduction to Chemistry I with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
CHE 1012 - Introduction to Chemistry II with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
CHE 1111 - General College Chemistry I with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
CHE 1112 - General College Chemistry II with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
ENV 1111 - Environmental Science with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
GEO 1011 - Physical Geography: Landforms with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
GEO 1012 - Physical Geography-Weather, Climate and Ecosystems w/Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
GEY 1111 - Physical Geology with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
GEY 1112 - Historical Geology w/Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
GEY 1135 - Environmental Geology with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
MET 1050 - General Meteorology with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
PHY 1105 - Conceptual Physics with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
PHY 1111 - Physics: Algebra-Based I with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
PHY 1112 - Physics: Algebra-Based II with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
PHY 2111 - Physics: Calculus-Based I with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
PHY 2112 - Physics: Calculus-Based II with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5
SCI 1055 - Integrated Science I - Physics and Chemistry with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4
SCI 1056 - Integrated Science II - Earth and Life Science with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4

Total Natural and Physical Sciences Credits: 4

Professional (CTE) Courses

The course prefixes below are provided to help students identify courses that may fulfill requirements in the Professional Courses or Career and Technical Education (CTE) category. Students should consult an academic advisor, department chair, program director, or faculty member associated with the relevant prefix for additional guidance.

Note: Any CTE credits earned beyond the required ten (10) credits will be applied toward the Electives category.

CTE Courses

Code	Program Name / Course	Code	Program Name / Course
AAA	Advancing Academic Achievement	ELT	Electronics
ACC	Accounting	EMS	Emergency Medical Services
ACT	Automotive Collision Technology	ENY	Energy Technology
AEC	Architecture Engineering/Construction Management	FST	Fire Science Technology
AGB	Agriculture Business	FVM	Film and Video Media
AGE	Agriculture Economics	GIS	Geographic Information Systems
AGP	Agriculture Production	HLT	Horticulture
AGR	Agriculture	HPE	Human Performance and Exercise
AGY	Agriculture Crops and Soils	HPR	Health Professional
AME	Agriculture Mechanics	HWE	Health and Wellness
ART	1003 - 3D Design	JOU	Journalism
ART	1075 - Special Topics	LEA	Law Enforcement Academy
ART	1401 - Digital Photography I	MAN	Management
ART	2407 - Landscape Photography	MAP	Medical Assisting Professional
ASC	Animal Science	MAR	Marketing
ASE	Automotive Service Technology	MGD	Multimedia Graphic Design
AVT	Aviation Technology	MOT	Medical Office Technology
BTE	Business Technology	MTE	Manufacturing Technology
BUS	Business	NRE	Natural Resources
CAD	Computer Aided Drafting	NUA	Nursing Assistant
CAR	Carpentry	NUR	Nursing
CIS	Computer Information Systems	PET	Petroleum Technology
CNG	Computer and Networking Technology	PRO	Process Technology
COM	1001 - Employment Strategies	REE	Real Estate
CSC	Computer Science	RTE	Radiologic Technology
CWB	Computer Web Based	RTV	Radio and Television
DPM	Diesel Power Mechanics	SPI	Sterile Processing Technology
ECE	1511 - Early Childhood Education Leadership Development	STE	Surgical Technology
EDU	2341 - Multicultural Education	UAS	Unmanned Aircraft Systems
EGG	Engineering	UPH	Upholstery
EGT	Engineering Graphic Technology	WEL	Welding

Total Professional Credits: 10

Electives

Students must complete an additional 28 credits from the Approved Electives list.

Note: These credits may also be satisfied by completing approved Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses.

Liberal Arts - A.G.S. (2 years)

General Requirements for the A.G.S. Degree

Degree Requirements for the Associate of General Studies Liberal Arts

General Education Requirements

Communication

Total Communication Credits: 6

Mathematics

Total Mathematics Credits: 3

Arts and Humanities (GT-AH)

GT-AH1 (Arts and Expression)

GT-AH2 (Literature and Humanities)

GT-AH3 (Ways of Thinking)

GT-AH4 (World Languages - Intermediate/2000-level required)

Total Arts and Humanities Credits: 3

Social and Behavioral Sciences (GT-SS)

GT-SS1 (Economic or Political Systems)

GT-SS2 (Geography)

GT-SS3 (Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks)

Total Social and Behavioral Sciences Credits: 6

Natural and Physical Sciences (GT-SC)

GT-SC1 (Natural and Physical Sciences lecture course with required lab)

Total Natural and Physical Sciences Credits: 4

Professional (CTE) Courses

CTE Courses

Total Professional Credits: 10

Electives

Total Elective Credits: 28

Total A.G.S. Degree Credits: 60