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ACADEMIC DIVISION
Dr. Linda North, Dean of Academics Area IV: History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences 12 Credit Hours
• *Must complete a minimum of 3 semester hours in History.
The Academic Division at Southern Union State Community College offers the Associate in HIS 101 and/or HIS 102 OR HIS 201 and/or HIS 202
Science (A.S.) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees. Students may also earn • Must complete a minimum of 6 semester hours from among other disci-
Certificates in some curriculum areas. Academic Division departments include Business, plines in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Choose from the follow-
Child Development, Fine Arts, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Science, ing courses: ECO 231, 232, GEO 100, POL 211, PSY 200, 210, or SOC
Wellness, including Health and Physical Education, and Therapeutic Massage. The SUSCC 200
Learning Resource Centers and Adult Education are also part of the Academic Division.
Area I-IV: General Education Requirements 41-42 Credit Hours
Since the College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools, the College’s academic courses, dependent upon an individual’s Area V: Pre-Professional, Pre-Major,
program of study, are transferable to other colleges and universities. All academic courses and Elective Courses **19-23 Credit Hours
are taught by fully qualified instructors with a low student to teacher ratio.
• Courses appropriate to the degree requirements and major of the indi-
Through an articulation agreement between Alabama two- and four-year colleges and vidual student and electives.
universities, two-year college students completing a planned university parallel program
in Areas I - IV of the Associate in Science degree plus Area V courses that are appropriate Students completing courses that have been approved for the General Studies Curriculum
to their major and/or degree program are guaranteed junior status upon transferring to the and are appropriate to their major and/or degree program may transfer these courses with
upper division college. credit applicable to their degree program among Alabama’s two-year and four-year colleges
ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE and universities. (See an academic advisor or Internet http://stars.troy.edu)
General Education Core
Area I-V: General Studies Curricula **60-64 Credit Hours
Area I: Written Composition I and II 6 Credit Hours
• ENG 101 and ENG 102 (A minimum grade of “C” is required.) Maximum Program Semester Credit Hours 64 Credit Hours

Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts 12 Credit Hours *Must complete a 6 semester hour sequence either in Literature or in History.
• *Must complete a minimum of 3 semester hours in Literature. The sequence in Area II and IV in Literature or History needs to follow the sequence
ENG 271 and/or ENG 272 requirements according to the students’ major and transfer plans.
• Must complete 3 semester hours in the Fine Arts.
ART 100, MUS 101, THR 120 or THR 126 **Respective programs of study for baccalaureate degrees at Alabama Public Universities
• The remaining six (6) semester hours to be selected from the following: range from 120-128 semester credit hours in length. Dependent upon the total hours allo-
ART 100, ENG 271, ENG 272, GRN 101, GRN 102, HUM 101, cated for the bachelor’s degrees, institutions in The Alabama Community College System
MUS 101, REL 151, REL 152, SPA 101, SPA 102, SPH 106, SPH 107, are authorized to provide only 50 percent of that total (60-64).
THR 120, THR 126, SPH 106, SPH 107, and IDS 102.
NOTE: The courses that are approved as part of the Alabama General Studies Cur-
Area III: Natural Science and Mathematics 11-12 Credit Hours riculum for Areas I - IV are denoted with an * in the Course Descriptions section of this
• Must complete a minimum of 3 semester hours in Mathematics at Catalog. Division Academic
the Precalculus Algebra (MTH 112) or Finite Math (MTH 110)
level or higher. These requirements are now effective for all students entering Southern Union.
• Must complete 8 semester hours in the Natural Sciences which must
include laboratory experience. Choose from the following courses:
AST 220, BIO 101*, 102, or BIO 1O3*, 104, CHM 104*, 111*, 112,
PHS 111,112, PHY 201,202, OR PHY 213, 214
*Note: BIO 101 and BIO 103 or CHM 104 and CHM 111 can not be
taken together to fulfill the science requirements of Area III.