Associate in General Education Program Requirements

Day or Evening Program - Associate Degree

General Education Core – 15 SHC total
Note: Courses may have prerequisites or corequisites; see your advisor for more information.

English Composition – 6 SHC

Humanities/Fine Arts – 3 SHC
Students may select courses from the following discipline areas: art, foreign languages, interdisciplinary humanities, literature, music, philosophy, and religion.

Social/Behavioral Sciences – 3 SHC
Students may select courses from the following discipline areas: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Natural Sciences/Mathematics – 3 SHC
Natural Sciences
Students may select courses from the following discipline areas: biology or chemistry.
or
Mathematics
Students may select courses from the following discipline areas: calculus, college algebra, computer science, statistics, and trigonometry.

Other Required Hours/Electives – 49-50 SHC
Other required hours include additional general education and professional courses. A maximum of 7 semester hour credits in health, physical education, college orientation, and/or study skills may be included as other required hours. Students may select courses from the Course Descriptions.

Note: All degree graduates of Montgomery Community College must demonstrate competency in the basic use of computers. To satisfy this requirement, students may utilize one of the following three options.

• Provide evidence of computer courses taken in high school or at another college;
• Take a computer course at MCC; or
• Take the MCC Computer Competency Test.

Total Semester Hours Required for Associate in General Education (AGE) Degree: 64/65