Austin Community College

New Degree Plan

Approved 12/01/00

This program is designed so that students receiving an Associate of Arts degree in economics at ACC will be prepared to take junior and senior level courses at any four year college or university.¹ All the courses in this degree plan must be taken and passed in order to earn an A.A. in Economics. The order, given below, in which these course should be taken is just a suggestion. Students may take the courses in any order they want to except for those courses that require a course  prerequisite (+). The economics department also suggests that ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics - be taken before ECON 2301- Principles of Macroeconomics.

Semester I

	ENGL	1301	English Composition I	3
	HIST	1301	United States History I	3
	GOVT	2305	United States Government	3
	COSC	1300	Introduction to Computing2	3
	FRLG		Foreign Language I3	5
				------- 17

Semester II

+	ENGL	1302	English Composition II	3
	HIST	1302	United States History II	3
	GOVT	2306	Texas State and Local Government	3
+	MATH	1324	Mathematics for Business and Economics	3
	FRLG		Foreign Language II3	5
				------- 17

Semester III

	SPCH	1311	Introduction to Speech Communications4	3
	ECON	2302	Principles of Microeconomics5	3
+	HUMA		Humanities6	3
+	MATH	1425	Business Calculus and Applications I	4
			Natural Sciences7	3-4
				------- 16-17

Semester IV

	ECON	2301	Principles of Macroeconomics5	3
+	HUMA		Humanities6	3
+	MATH	1426	Business Calculus and Applications II	4
			Natural Sciences7	3-4
			Visual and Performing Arts8	3
				------- 16-17
			TOTALS	------- 66-68

+ Prerequisites: See Course Descriptions
¹ Most four year college or university degree plans will require four semesters of a foreign language.
² COSC 1301 Personal Computing may be substituted for COSC 1300.
³ All foreign language hours must be in the same language.
   Select a foreign language from the Communications section of the Core Curriculum Course list.
⁴ SPCH 1315 may be substituted for SPCH 1311.
⁵ ECON 2301 can be taken first and ECON 2302 may be taken second.
⁶ Select from the Humanities section of the Core Curriculum Course list. You are encouraged to seriously consider finishing your third and fourth semester   of foreign language with these hours.
⁷ Select from the Natural Sciences section of the Core Curriculum Course list.
⁸ Select from the Visual and Performing Arts section of the Core Curriculum Course list.