Associate Degree

Core Curriculum Requirements
27-28 Total Credit Hours

Interdisciplinary Studies (3 credit hours)

IDS 100 Foundations Seminar (3 credit hours)

Required for first-time traditional students
Required for traditional transfer students with 0-27 hours
First-time adult students and adult transfers with 0-27 credit hours may take IDS 100 or an IDS 200-300 level course.

IDS 200-300-level course (3 credit hours)

Adult students and all transfer students with 28 or more transfer credits may opt to substitute an IDS 200-300 level course for IDS 100.

Discipline-Specific Core (18-19 credit hours; required for all students)

•	Humanities — Core Codes C, L, A, MU — 6 credit hours
		Writing (ENG 101) (3 credit hours) (Must be taken within first 42 credit hours.)	Code C
	Choose one (3 credit hours): Codes A, MU, L, or C
		Art, Music, Literature (ENG), or Speech (COM 100)
•	History and Social Sciences — Core Codes H, S — 6 credit hours
	Choose two different disciplines (6 credit hours total):
		History (3 credit hours)	Code H
		Economics (3 credit hours)	Code S
		Psychology (3 credit hours)	Code S
		Sociology (3 credit hours)	Code S
•	Natural Sciences and Mathematics — Core Code N, MA — 3-4 credit hours
		Biology + lab or Geology + lab or Chemistry + lab or Physics + lab (4 credit hours) OR	Code N
		Mathematics (3 credit hours)	Code MA
•	Religious Studies and Philosophy — Core Code R, P, or E — 3 credit hours
	Choose one (3 credit hours):
		REL, PHI, ETH:REL, or ETH:PHI

Liberal Arts & Sciences Electives Outside the Student’s Major (6 credit hours)

Courses for the Liberal Arts & Sciences Electives may include courses coded A, C, E, H, IDS 200-300 level, L, LAS, MA, MU, N, P, R, S, or transfer equivalents. Cognate courses with these codes may be counted as Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives. Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives in the Mount's curriculum CANNOT be taken for a Pass/Fail grade.
Courses with a core code, which are being applied toward a second major or a minor, may be used as Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives, even if the courses are from the student's major department.