General Academic Plan - Associate’s Degree

General Academic Plan (A.A.) degree

The A.A. degree in liberal studies consists of liberal education requirements and elective/concentration courses. The elective/concentration courses should be chosen from courses that will be applied toward the student’s future bachelor’s degree major or from an academic field that interests the student. Students may not transfer into the A.A. program with more than 45 semester hours of credit. The A.A. degree is available to Undergraduate School students and students dual-enrolled with Brenau Academy.

General graduation requirements:

Students must:

Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0
Satisfy a 15 hour residency requirement with Brenau. Experiential, challenge and CLEP credit do not count toward the residency requirement.
Accumulate a minimum of 60 hours of academic credit (63 hours if the student took three hours of developmental coursework or 66 hours with six hours of developmental coursework). Students and advisers can track cumulative hours by reviewing the student’s transcript via CampusWEB.

Note: The Liberal Education section lists the individual courses that will satisfy the A.A. degree requirements.

Introductory Pre-requisite Courses:
	Course #	Title	*Hours*
	AS 110	Skills for Professional Transition	2
		(Note Academy Students will take AS 100 in place of AS 110)	1

World Understanding:
		Historical Perspective	3
		World Understanding Elective	6
		(less than 400 level)

Science and Analytic Curiosity:
		Fine Arts or Literature	3
	HS 105	Health Lifestyle Habits	3
		Note: Academy students will take the following in place of HS 105: One hour of Women’s Health (WH) One hour of Lifetime Fitness (LF) or Leisure Sports (LS) One hour of either WH/LF/or LS for a total of three hours.	3
		Artistic and Creative Imagination Elective	3
		(less than 400 level)

Communication & Language Fluency:
	EH 101	Written Communication	3
	EH 102	Reading and Research Writing	3
		Speaking	3
		Modern Language	3
		Communication elective	3
		(less than 400 level)

Elective Concentration:			10 - 17

Total **			60 - 66

** As noted above, the number of developmental courses taken at Brenau will affect the number of hours the student must have to meet minimum cumulative hour graduation requirements.