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Earth/Space Education Option

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Academic CredentialAssociate in Arts (AA)
Total Credit Hours60
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwaySocial, Behavioral, Education
AdvisorJohn Phillips, PhD
Professor
850.769.1551, ext 2827
jpphillips@gulfcoast.edu

Senior Administrative AssistantMs. Jody Walton
210 Social Sciences Building
850.872.3825
jwalton1@gulfcoast.edu
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Earth/Space Education Option, A.A.

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
+*ENC 1102English Composition II3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
+*MAC 1140Precalculus Algebra3 credit hours
+*MAC 1114Plane Trigonometry3 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
OCE 1001Fundamentals of Oceanography3 credit hours
  Biological Science (See General Education Requirements) 3 credit hours
Social Sciences Area
•PSY 2012General Psychology3 credit hours
  OR
•SYG 2000Principles of Sociology3 credit hours
EUH 1000Western Civilization I3 credit hours
  OR
EUH 1001Western Civilization II3 credit hours
•POS 2041Amer National Government3 credit hours
Additional Common Prerequisites
EDF 1005Intro Teaching Profession3 credit hours
EDF 2085Intro Diversity for Educators3 credit hours
EME 2040Intro Technology for Teachers3 credit hours
SPC 1608Intro to Public Speaking3 credit hours
GLY 1010Physical Geology3 credit hours
  GLY 1010L 1 credit hours
  Science Elective 2 or 3 credit hours
  •+*BSC2010, Biology for Science Majors I, 3 crs. BSC2010L, Biology for Science Majors I Lab, 1 cr.+* BSC2011, Biology for Science Majors II, 3 crs. BSC2011L, Biology for Science Majors II Lab, 1 cr.
  or
  •+*CHM1045, General Chemistry, 3 crs. CHM1045L, General Chemistry Lab, 1 cr.+* CHM 1046, Chemistry with Qual. Analysis, 3 crs. CHM1046L, Chemistry with Qual. Anal. Lab, 1 cr. 7 or 8 credit hours
  or
  •+*PHY2053, College Physics I, 3 crs.+ PHY2053L, College Physics I Lab, 1 cr.+* PHY2054, College Physics II, 3 crs. PHY2054L, College Physics II Lab, 1 cr.
  (If students do not take the BSC2010 sequence above, then they must take BSC1005 or approved biology to meet the biology requirement for the A.A.)
Electives
Total Degree Hours60


• General Education Core. Students must complete at least one identified core course in each area of study—Communications, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences—as part of the general education course requirements.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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