AS-CCELED - AS Core Curriculum with a concentration in Elementary Education

Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College offers the Associate of Science in Core Curriculum. This degree provides students with the benefits of a broad general education, and prepares them for further study in many disciplines at ABAC or at other colleges and universities.

To earn an Associate of Science in Core Curriculum , students must successfully complete 42 credits in Core Curriculum IMPACTS (Areas A-E) of ABAC’s University System of Georgia approved Core Curriculum, and 18 credits in Major Courses (Area F) as prescribed by the student’s advising pathway. Additionally, students must complete ABAC’s Physical Education (PE) Requirement (PHED 1100, and 1 credit of PE activity course credit [unless exempt as defined in the Physical Education (PE) Requirements policy of this Catalog]).

ABAC offers the advising pathways which students can follow within the Core Curriculum to optimally position themselves for transfer into a bachelor’s degree program at ABAC or another institution.

The Associate of Science in Core Curriculum requires 60 semester credit hours plus course and one PE activity course for a total of 63 semester credit hours.

• Students should follow their advisor’s recommendations for appropriate selections in Core Curriculum IMPACTS: Communicating in Writing (Area A1 - Communication Outcomes), IMPACTS: Mathematics and Quantitative Skills  (Area A2 - Quantitative Outcomes), and IMPACTS: Technology, Mathematics & Sciences (Area D - Natural Science, Mathematics, and Technology).

• Credit toward graduation not allowed for the following combinations of science courses:

  • Principles of Biology and non-Science Biology courses (see Biology Course Descriptions for specifics),

  • Principles of Chemistry and non-Science Chemistry courses (see Chemistry Course Descriptions  for specifics), and

  • Principles of Physics and non-Science Physics courses (see Physics Course Descriptions for specifics).

• The maximum number of hours that will be awarded for credit for completion of internships is 9 credit hours.

• When a course is authorized in multiple areas of a degree program, students completing the course to meet requirements of one area must take a different course in the subsequent area(s) to meet the requirements of the subsequent area(s) (i.e., No course can be counted multiple times in a degree program).

• A baccalaureate degree program requires at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall. Upper division is defined as 3000- and 4000-level courses.