Many students attend SCC to complete general studies courses and then transfer to a state university. Often students don't know that there is a definition for general studies called the AGEC; Arizona General Education Curriculum.
The AGEC is a 35 credit hour academic certificate designed to transfer to all the public universities in Arizona. When the AGEC is completed, and indicated on your transcript, it transfers as a block; every credit used in the AGEC will definitely transfer. You will not have to worry that a class will be rejected. Also, completion of the AGEC guarantees your general admission to any of the public state universities. Specific colleges or majors may have additional requirements for admission. For example architecture and graphic design students must submit a portfolio to be admitted to the College of Design at ASU. You must request that the AGEC certificate be posted on your transcript prior to sending your transcript to a university; it is not automatically granted. If you need to apply to a university while you are finishing your last semester of AGEC courses "AGEC in Progress" may be placed on your transcript by the Admissions and Records Office. It is important that you request this before your transcript is sent so that you receive the benefits of having the AGEC completed.
There are three different types of AGEC based on your transfer intent:
AGEC-A is the most general and is for students who are pursuing a major which matches the AGEC-A or are undecided about their major but know they want to transfer.
AGEC-B is for students who are planning to major in business or computer information systems.
AGEC-S is for science and some engineering majors.
The only differences in these three types are the math and science requirements:
AGEC-A
AGEC-B
AGEC-S
Mathematics Requirement
MAT141 College Mathematics or higher
MAT212 Brief Calculus or higher
MAT220 Calculus or higher
Science Requirement
Any science courses that meets the SQ and SG requirements
Any science courses that meets the SQ and SG requirements
Must complete a sequence of courses with the corresponding lab: CHM151 and CHM152 or PHY115 and PHY116 or PHY121 and PHY131 or BIO181 and BIO182
We will explain what we mean by SQ and SG in the next section.
Key Points:
AGEC is how general education is defined in Arizona.
The AGEC is an academic certificate of 35 credit hours.
The AGEC transfers as a block without loss of credit.
You must request that the AGEC be indicated on your transcript.
Completing the AGEC guarantees your general admission to any Arizona public university but not to specific colleges or majors.
There are 3 AGECs which vary in their math and science requirements.
