The Associate in Arts degree is recommended for students who plan to transfer to four-year colleges or universities to pursue programs of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Community college graduates who have earned 64 semester hours of academic credit in approved transfer courses with a grade of "C" or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale will receive at least 64 semester hours of academic credit upon admission to a UNC-System university through the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement. Courses may also transfer through transfer agreements with independent colleges and universities.

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (44 Semester Hours Credit)
The General Education Core includes study in the areas of humanities and the fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, and English composition. Within the core, students receive opportunities to achieve competence in reading, writing, communicating, demonstrating mathematical skills, understanding science concepts, and using computers. Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution.

English Composition (6 SHC)

• ENG 111 and one of the following: ENG 112, ENG 114

Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
Select four courses from at least three of the following discipline areas. At least one course must be a literature course. One 3 SHC speech/communication course may be substituted for one 3 SHC humanities/fine arts course except literature.

• Art (ART 111, 114, 115)
• Foreign Languages (FRE 111, 112, 211, 212; SPA 111, 112, 211, 212)
• Interdisciplinary Humanities (HUM 110, 115, 120, 122, 130, 150, 160, 161, 211, 212, 220)
• Literature (ENG 131, 231, 232, 241, 242, 261, 262)
• Music (MUS 110, 113)
• Philosophy (PHI 215, 240)
• Religion (REL 110, 111, 112, 211, 212, 221)
• Speech/Communication (COM 110, 120, 231)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
Select four courses from at least three of the following discipline areas. At least one course must be a history course.

• Anthropology (ANT 210, 220, 240)
• Economics (ECO 151, 251, 252)
• Geography (GEO 111)
• History (HIS 111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 132)
• Political Science (POL 120, 220)
• Psychology (PSY 150, 237, 241, 281)
• Sociology (SOC 210, 213, 220)

Natural Sciences (8 SHC)
Select two courses, including accompanying laboratory work, from the biological and physical science disciplines.

• Astronomy (AST 111 [class] and 111A [lab])
• Biology (BIO 110, 111, 112, 120, 130, 140 [class] and 140A [lab])
• Chemistry (CHM 151, 152)
• Physics (PHY 110 [class] and 110A [lab], 151, 152, 251, 252)

Mathematics (6 SHC)
Select at least one course in introductory mathematics; the other course may be selected from other quantitative subjects such as computer science and statistics.

• Mathematics (MAT 140; 171 or 175; 172 or 175; 263; 271; 272; 273)
• Other Quantitative Subjects (Statistics – MAT 151; Computer Science – CIS 110, 115)

OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20-21 SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT)

• ACA 115 Success & Study Skills (1 SHC)
• Physical Education (2 SHC) activity courses are required at Sandhills Community College. Select two courses from the following activity courses (PED 110 is not an activity course.): PED 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 169, 170, 173, 174, 181, 186, 212, 215, 217, 260, 262
• Choose another 18 hours from any of the courses listed in the general education core not already used, courses required for transfer under one of the pre-major agreements, or any course approved under the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement.

Total Semester Hours (64-65 Semester Hours Credit)