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Purpose: The curriculum is designed for persons who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree. This curriculum is designed to prepare students to major in one of the following fields: mathematics, mathematics education, statistics, operations research, applied mathematics or computer science.
Recommended Preparation: Satisfactory completion of the following high school units or equivalent as a minimum: 4 units of English, 4 units of college preparatory mathematics, 1 unit of laboratory science, 1 unit of social science.
| Credits | ||||||
| First Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| CSC | 110 | Introduction to Computing | 3 | |||
| ENG | 111 | College Composition I | 3 | |||
| 1 HIS | Elective | 3 | ||||
| MTH | 173 | Calc. with Analytic Geometry I | 5 | |||
| 2 ___ | Social Science Elective | 3 | ||||
| STD | Elective | 1 | ||||
| ENG | 112 | College Composition II | 3 | |||
| MTH | 174 | Calc. with Analytic Geometry II | 5 | |||
| 2 ___ | Social Science Elective | 3 | ||||
| CSC | 130 | Scientific Programming or | ||||
| MTH 286 Discrete Mathematics | 3-4 | |||||
| Total Credits/Semester | 18 | 14-15 | ||||
| Credits | ||||||
| Second Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| 3 ___ | Humanities Elective | 3 | ||||
| MTH | 277 | Vector Calculus | 4 | |||
| 4 MTH | Elective | 3 | ||||
| 5 ___ | Natural Science/Lab Elective | 4 | ||||
| 6 PED | 116 | Lifetime Fitness & Wellness | 1 | |||
| 4 MTH | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 6 PED | /RPK | 1 | ||||
| 3 ___ | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | ||||
| 5 ___ | Natural Science/Lab Elective | 4 | ||||
| SPD | 110 | Intro. to Speech Communication | 3 | |||
| Total Credits/Semester | 15 | 15 | ||||
Total credits for the A.S. Degree in Science with a Specialization in Mathematics = 62.
Twenty of these credits must be taken in MTH courses for transfer to a four-year institution with a major in Science.
1 HIS 101, 102, or 122 recommended. Although not required, students are encouraged to take a two-semester sequence in history, depending on the requirements of the institution to which transfer is intended.
2 Social science electives may be selected from one of the following disciplines: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology).
3 Humanities/Fine Arts electives may be selected from ART, ENG, HUM, MUS, PHI, REL, SPD, or foreign languages.
4 Math electives should be chosen carefully from 200-level courses and after investigation of requirements of the institution to which transfer is intended.
5 Science courses (with laboratories) may be selected from the following: BIO 101-102, CHM 111-112, PHY 201-202, PHY 241-242, PHY 243, GOL 105-106, or any 200-level biology, chemistry, geology, or physics course.
6 The PED requirement may be met by one of the following options: PED 116, 2 cr.; PED 220, 2 cr.; PED 116, 1 cr. plus a PED activities course, 1 cr.; or PED 116, 1 cr. plus RPK 205, 207, 208, 216, or 225. PED 116 is offered as both a 1-credit and a 2-credit course.
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