Associate Degree Requirements
The associate degree requires students to:
- Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours of prescribed and elective college credit. See the academic programs section of this catalog for the specific requirements of your program. A prescribed program is not required for the Associate of Arts in University Studies.
- Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all work at the University.
- Complete at least 15 institutional credit hours at Morehead State University. Testing credit is not accepted as institutional hours.
- Complete the following 19 credit hours of general education requirements, including a one-credit hour FYS: First Year Seminar:
General Education Courses - Associate Degree
First Year Seminar
| FYS 101 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 1 |
Writing I (100-level)
| ENG 100 | Writing I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Writing II (200-level)
| ENG 200 | Writing II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Oral Communications (100-level)
| COMS 108 | Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Math Reasoning (100-level)
Choose one of the following:
Level 2 Knowledge (SBS)
Level 3 Global Cultures - Art & Humanities (HUM)
| ART 263 | World Arts | 3 |
| COMS 250 | Introduction to Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMS 290 | Conflict and Communication | 3 |
| FRN 101 | Beginning French I | 3 |
| IST 101 | Introduction to International Studies | 3 |
| IST 250 | International Culture and Diversity | 3 |
| PHIL 106 | Beginning Logic | 3 |
| POLS 110 | Introduction to Political Theory | 3 |
| SPA 101 | Spanish Language and Culture I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 19