2001-2002 - Cochise College

DEGREES & PROGRAMSDegrees& ProgramsARIZONA TRANSFER OEGREESCochise College oilers the first two years ofa lour-year ~ogram lor students 'Nho wish toearn a bachelor's degree. Transfer degree programsInclude the Associate 0 1 Arts, Associate01 Science and Associate 01 Business. Thesedegrees transler as a block of 64 credits to allAflzona public univerSitieS. Students can enteruniversities as juniors alter completing an associatedegree The Arizona General EducationCurriculum (AGEC) block of 35 credits fulfi~s thelower-dIVlSlon general educaho n requIrementsat all Arizona public community colleges anduniverSIties.The Associate of Ar1s degree Is desIgnedlex students planning a transfer degree in liberalarts, social science ex line arts. If you are seek­Ing a unIVersity buSIness or computer infexmatlOnsystems degree, you Should complete theASSOCiate 01 Business I! you are interested InnatUf8l,physical 0(" life sciences, you should c0mpletethe ASSOCiate 01 Science " you plan totransfer to another college or university. youshould meet WIth an advisor or counselor in theStud&nt Development Center.ARIZONA TRA NSFER AGREEMENTSA statewide agreement between A rizonapubliC comrnur'IIty colleges and I..I!"'oM:trstbeS guaranteesstudents two ways to transfer. uSIng anassociate degree or an AGEC general educationblockTRANSFERRING THE ASSOCIATEDEGREEThe AA. ABus and AS degrees Will transferas blOCks 0 1 64 cre~liIs meeting univerSity admissionrequirements and granting the communitycollege student junior status.TRANSFERRING THE AGEe BLOCKThe Anzona General Education Curriculum(AGEC) Will transfer as a 35-credit general educatIOnblock that fulfills the univerSity lower divIsiongeneral educallon requIrements 8t anyArizona public community college or univerSity.The AGEC block may be com pleted independentof the transfer degree. The block has threeforms. the AGEC-A, AGEC-B and the AGEC-S.By complellng an AGEC at Cochise College,s student IS g uaranteed all admISSions reqUirements are waNed at all ArIzona puo lic unrverSItiesWhile Arizona residents need to have am inimum 01 a 20 grade point average in thelfAGEC. nonreSidents are requ,red to have a minimumcumuletlve grade point average of 2 5 foradmiSSions."you do not complete an AGEC at CochiseCollege and WIsh to 1fIilnsfer to an Anzona pubheur"lIverslty, you WIll need to m eet all universityadmissions requlrem&nts and complete universitygeneral studies requirements which may bedlflerent Irom Cochise CoIlege's general educationrequirements The College urges studentsto transler only atter h8Vlng completed an AGECor associate degree to ensure a seamless pro-­cess.50