This is a new award effective Fall 2009.

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE WITH AN EMPHASIS IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
Available at Cedar Valley and El Centro Colleges

Degree Code: AA.PHIL/RELI

This degree plan is designed to meet the needs of students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university. Students planning to continue their Philosophy and Religion studies as a transfer student should check specific requirements at the transfer institution. This is a general plan and may not satisfy all the requirements of a specific transfer four-year college/institution.

In order to be eligible to receive this AA degree, a student must:

1. Complete a minimum of 63 credit hours including all the required courses listed;
2. Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301, either Speech 1311 or 1315, and the selected college-level mathematics course;
3. Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C");
4. Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standards and course prerequisites; and
5. Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

This degree may be taken through a combination of on-campus and distance education offerings, or, if planned correctly, the degree may be completed entirely through distance education. Receiving institutions are not required to accept a grade below "C" in transfer.

Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor.

Select each of the following:
Humanities 1315
Cultural Studies 2370

Select one of the following:
English 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, 2333

INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS
Select the following:
Physical Education 1164

Select one from the following:
Take any 3 credit hour Computer Science course with the prefix of COSC
OR
Take BCIS 1405

Select each of the following (six hours):
Philosophy 1301 and 2303

Select one of the following Philosophy/Religion Emphasis Tracks (nine hours):

I. Social Values Track
Select each of the following:
PHIL 2306 Ethics
PHIL 2307 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy

Select one of the following:
RELI 2321 Contemporary Religious Problems or
RELI 1304 Major World Religion

II. Worldview Studies Track
Select each of the following:
RELI 1304 Major World Religion and
RELI 2321 Contemporary Religious Problems

Select one of the following courses:
PHIL 2306 Ethics or
PHIL 2318 Contemporary Philosophy or
RELI 1316 Religion in American Culture or
RELI 1317 The History and Literature of the Bible

III. History of Ideas Track
Select each of the following:
PHIL 2316 History of Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 2317 History of Modern Philosophy
PHIL 2318 Contemporary Philosophy