The Associate of General Studies degree addresses the needs of students who are not seeking an Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree or the specific program requirements of an Associate of Applied Science degree. This degree allows you to combine a broad core of basic courses with a program of study that may be tailored to your academic or professional goals.
You may wish to use this degree to enhance your employment, to fulfill the requirements of a specific four-year college program, or to meet the special expectations of agency-sponsored students.
To qualify for the Associate of General Studies degree, you must meet the requirements listed below.
Note: The courses listed here are a subset of online courses offered that meet degree requirements. Courses shown but not linked are not offered online. To see the full list which includes face-to-face classes, go here.
| Requirements | Credits | Online Courses which satisfy requirements |
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| Complete a minimum of 90 credit hours. These must include the following: | A maximum of 36 credit hours in professional-technical courses may be applied toward the 90 credit hours required for the degree. All collegiate courses must be numbered 100 or above. | |
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(with a grade C or better) |
6 | WR121 and one additional course from WR122, 123, 227, 241, 242, 243 or BA214 |
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Math (with a grade C or better) |
4 | MTH095 or above |
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(with a grade C or better) |
3 | SP100 or above |
| Computer Studies | 3 |
The following approved list of courses allows a student to meet the college's computer literacy competency requirement. CA100* Microcomputer Basics 3 credits CIS120* Computer Information Science I or higher 4 credits CIS101* Introduction to Microcomputer Applications or higher 3 credits DRF165* CAD System Administration 3 credits CAM160* Programming CNC Mills 3 credits |
| Physical Education or Health** | 3 | Any three-credit health course with an HE prefix; HPE295; or three terms PE185 classes (one credit each). |
| Arts and Letters/Humanities | 9 | Choose courses from Art, American Sign Language, English, Film Arts, French, German, Humanities, Journalism, Japanese, Music Performance, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Speech, Spanish, Theater Arts, Writing. |
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Social Science (Courses must be chosen from at least two disciplines.) |
12 | Choose courses from Anthropology, Chicano/Latino Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Science, Women's Studies. |
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Science (Courses must include a laboratory.) |
8 | Choose courses from Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, General Science, Physics, Zoology. |
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Electives: Additional courses to bring the total number of credits to 90. |
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| Earn a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or above in all work to be applied toward the degree. | ||
| Complete a minimum of 30 credit hours at Chemeketa. | ||
Notes:
*Indicates a course prerequisite or requirement related to the course.
**A maximum of 12 credit hours of physical education (PE185) may be applied toward the degree.