The Associate in General Education degree is designed primarily for those students who desire only two years of college-level study or who wish to have more freedom of choice in a college degree program. Students who decide to continue their studies at a senior institution may receive transfer credit for many of the courses taken at Sandhills. Acceptance for transfer credit will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis by the receiving institution. The SCC-UNC System Course Equivalencies page lists course equivalencies at each of the sixteen universities in the UNC System. The tabs at the bottom of the new page connect to a list for individual colleges.

The Associate in General Education degree requires a minimum of 64 semester hours credit. Courses for the Associate in General Education degree must include 6 semester hours credit in English composition and one course from each of the other disciplinary areas listed below. Beyond these basic requirements, the student may elect curriculum courses acceptable for all other degrees offered by the college.

Students who have received or who are candidates to receive other associate degrees are not eligible to be awarded an Associate in General Education degree.

English/Composition (6 SHC)
Select ENG 111 and one additional of the following: ENG 112, ENG 114

Humanities/Fine Arts(3 SHC)
Select one course from the approved general education core in the following areas: 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, 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(3 SHC)
Select one course from the approved general education core in the following areas: anthropology (ANT), economics (ECO), geography (GEO), history (HIS), political science (POL), psychology (PSY), and sociology (SOC).

• Anthropology (ANT 210)
• 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/Mathematics (3 SHC)
Select one course from the approved general education core in the following areas:

• Astronomy (AST 111, 111A)
• Biology (BIO 111, 112)
• Botany (BIO 120)
• Chemistry (CHM 151, 152)
• Computer Science (CIS 110, 115)
• Geology (GEL 120)
• Mathematics (MAT 140, 151, 263, 171, 175, 172 or 175, 271; 272; 273)
• Physics (PHY 110, 110A, 151, 152, 251, 252)
• Zoology (BIO 130)

• ACA 115 Success and Study Skills (1 SHC)
• A maximum of 7 SHC in health, physical education, college orientation, and/or study skills may be included as other required hours.

Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in Program: 64-65