American Century University - USA

Undergraduate Studies

ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

Associate programs of study are career ladder programs. The student gets credit for ALL courses taken in the program if he/she decides to pursue Bachelor Degree upon completion of the Associate Degree program of study.

ACU’s General Education Requirements have been designed with the following objectives:

1. To ensure that students have adequate basic skills in communication, which supports all aspects of college level study, irrespective of major
2. To increase students’ awareness of the cultural, artistic, social and scientific traditions
3. To overcome narrowness of focus and contribute to students’ capacity to understand a range of complex issues in an increasingly interdependent world
4. To enhance students’ problem‐solving capacities and foster the clarification of personal values
5. To put students in touch with intellectual, scientific, and artistic achievements that transcend the everyday pragmatism emphasized in the College’s professional curricula.

The Associate Degree requirements are as follows:

• CREDITS Seven (7) General Education Courses = 28 Credits (with all Associate Degree programs ofstudy)
• General Education Courses include: CSC 100, College Success Course, PD 100, Professional
• Development, ECO 101, Economics, ENG 101, HIS 101, PSY 101‐ Psychology, SOC 101 – Sociology.