Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements
Written Communication
| ENG 121 | English Composition I | 3 |
| ENG 122 | English Composition II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
*Students may complete ENG 122 and a gtPathways approved CO3 course to fulfill the required six (6) credits of written communication required; GT-CO3 courses include HIS 265.
Mathematics
Select one gtPathways Mathematics course (GT-MA1), prefer MAT 120: Mathematics for the Liberal Arts.
- Credits over 3 will be applied to the electives section.
Arts and Humanities
Select three gtPathways Arts & Humanities courses (GT-AH1, GT-AH2, GT-AH3, GT-AH4)
History
| HIS 101 | Western Civilization: Antiquity-1650 | 3 |
| | or | |
| HIS 111 | The World: Antiquity-1500 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
*Students planning to transfer to University of Colorado Boulder must take either
HIS 101 or
HIS 102 to fulfill this requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Select two gtPathways Social and Behavioral Sciences courses (GT-SS1, GT-SS2, or GT-SS3)
Natural and Physical Sciences
Select two gtPathways Natural & Physical Sciences courses (GT-SC1, GT-SC2); one course must be with required laboratory GT-SC1).
- Credits over 7 will be applied to the electives section.
Additional Required Courses
Select one communication course listed below:
| HIS 121 | U.S. History to Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIS 122 | U.S. History Since the Civil War | 3 |
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| COM 115 | Public Speaking | 3 |
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| COM 125 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
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| HIS 102 | Western Civilization: 1650-Present | 3 |
| | or | |
| HIS 112 | The World: 1500-Present | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
*Students planning to transfer to University of Colorado Boulder must take either HIS 101 or HIS 102 to fulfill this requirement.
Additional required gtPathway courses
Select one gtPathways History course in (GT-HI1).
Electives*
- Select 11 credits from the Approved Elective List or log into eWOLF to see elective requirements in DegreeCheck.
- Selection of elective credits should be done with a Front Range advisor and your intended transfer institution.
* Students planning to transfer to CSU-Ft. Collins are advised to complete at least two semesters of one college-level foreign language.
Participating Colorado Public Four-Year Institutions of Higher Education
- Adams State University* [B.A. History, Anthropology, & Political Science: History]
- Colorado Mesa University* [B.A. History; History or Secondary Education concentrations]
- Colorado State University-Ft Collins [B.A. History; General History concentration]
- Colorado State University-Pueblo [B.A. History; General emphasis; B.S. History; General emphasis]
- Fort Lewis College [B.A. History; United States Option]
- Metropolitan State University of Denver [B.A. History]
- University of Colorado Boulder [B.A. History]
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs [B.A. History]
- University of Colorado Denver [B.A. History]
- University of Northern Colorado [B.A. History; Liberal Arts emphasis]
- Western State Colorado University [B.A. History]
The receiving institutions listed above in this agreement will accept all applicable credits earned within ten years of transfer to the receiving institution. Credits earned more than ten years earlier will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Please view the official agreement here.
*Adams State University and Colorado Mesa University also offer two-year degrees; they are participating in this agreement as both two-year and four-year degree-granting institutions.