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YAVAPAI COLLEGE CATALOG • 2015/16
ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
The Associate of Arts in Fine Arts degree requires completion of 64 credit hours.
At Yavapai College the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC-A) is embedded in the Associate of Arts in Fine Arts degree. In most instances, a student can fulfill all lower division general education and major requirements of the public universities in Arizona through completion of this degree.
Associate of Arts in Fine Arts Degree
The Associate of Arts in Fine Arts degree requires completion of 64 credit hours. This degree is designed to enable a student to transfer to a baccalaureate-granting institution. Students fol- lowing this degree program will complete university-parallel requirements in general education that will fulfill all lower division general education requirements at the Arizona universities. The AAFA degree will also allow students as declared fine arts (art and music) majors to fulfill their lower division major requirements at Yavapai College. This degree outline provides the list of fine arts core requirement courses.
Thirty-five hours of coursework are concentrated in general education. At Yavapai College the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC-A) is embedded in the Associate of Arts in Fine Arts degree. In most instances, a student can fulfill all lower division general education and major requirements of the public universities in Arizona through completion of this degree. The core curriculum consists of three parts: (A) Foundation Studies include critical literacy, precise writing, qualitative thinking, and the process of analysis and synthesis that underlie logical reasoning; (B) Core Studies focus on the conceptual frameworks through which a thinker, a culture, or an academic discipline may approach an issue; (C) Area Studies link foundation skills in thinking and communicating and the core emphasis on conceptual frameworks to the content of academic disciplines.
Arizona General Education (AGEC) special requirements incorporate additional university require- ments in Intensive Writing/Critical Inquiry (IWR), Ethnic/Race/Gender (ERG) Awareness, and Global/International and Historical (GIH) Awareness areas. Upon completion of all 35 credit hours (including the special requirements) of the AGEC with a grade of “C” or higher, the student will receive recognition of completion on their Yavapai College transcript.
Three credit hours of communication coursework are required for this degree. Twenty-six credit hours of coursework in this degree are in major and elective studies divided into Art and Music Concentrations. This aspect of the degree affords the student an opportunity to begin work on a major area of study.
Students preparing to transfer to an upper-division baccalaureate degree program should contact an advisor in the major field of study at the transfer institution in addition to meeting regularly with a faculty advisor and/or Academic Advisor at Yavapai College. Regular advisement is important to build an educational plan and ensure transferability of general education, elective, and major courses. Students intending to transfer to one of the Arizona public universities can obtain specific information on transferability of courses from the Course Equivalency Guide and curriculum transfer guides available from academic advisors. Transfer guides are also available from each university’s web site.
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