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Associate in General Education
Students wishing to complete a four-year bachelor’s degree from any of the 16 schools in the University of North Carolina system or from private schools in America have two transfer options.
The Associate in Arts and the Associate in Science degrees ensure students transfer as juniors with 65 hours of transferable credit, which includes the 44-hour general education core. These two degrees parallel the freshmen and sophomore years at a four-year university.
As a second option, students may complete the 44-hour general education (diploma) and transfer as sophomores. All courses in the degree programs and the 44-hour core are designed to give students a solid, well-rounded foundation in the arts and the sciences before going on to four-year institutions where they will take the remainder of their course work to complete their bachelor’s degree.
Students must earn a grade of C or better on all course work and have an overall GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. Although the general education core and the degree programs meet the state’s general education requirements, students must meet the transfer institution’s physical education and foreign language requirements, which may vary from institution to institution.
Program Information
Use the links to the right to move straight to each degree offered in this program. Clicking on a class title will bring up a description of that class.
The Associate in General Education (AGE) curriculum is designed for individuals wishing to broaden their education, with emphasis on personal interest, growth and development. The two-year General Education program provides students opportunities to study English, literature, fine arts, philosophy, social science, science and mathematics at the college level. All courses in the program are college-level courses. Many of the courses are equivalent to college transfer courses; however, the program is not principally designed for college transfer. List of transfer courses are available in the Arts and General Education office and on the HCC Website. The number of required courses in this degree program is kept to a minimum in order to allow a student and his or her academic advisor to design a personal program of study that meets the student’s specific educational goals. Courses may be taken in any sequence as long as prerequisites are met. The AGE program must be comprised of courses from the college’s approved programs of study.
More information about the Associate in General Education degree can be found in our catalog's Programs of Study listing.
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