Complete eighteen (18) units from the following and the Associate in Arts graduation requirements as outlined in the Graduation Requirements section of the catalog. If a student chooses this degree option, a plan must be developed with a counselor and placed on file prior to petitioning for graduation.

Review Graduation Requirements and General Education. 

All coursework must be 100 level or above.

Course List Units

Course	Title	Units
Required Courses
Select 18 units from the following:		18
ANTH A100	Cultural Anthropology (or above)
ART A100/A100H	Survey of Western Art from Prehistory Through Gothic
ART A101/A101H	Survey of Western Art from Renaissance to Modern
ART A102	Survey of Modern and Contemporary Art History
ART A108	Women in Art
ASTR A100	Introduction to Astronomy (or above)
BIOL A100	Principles of Biology (or above)
CHEM A100	Principles of Chemistry (or above)
CMST A100	Interpersonal Communication (or above)
DANC A200	Appreciation Of Dance
ECON A100	Economics: General Concepts (or above)
ETHS A100	Contemporary Ethnic America (or above)
ESEC A100	Introduction to Environmental Science (or above)
ENGL A100	Academic Reading and Writing (or above)
FILM A100	History and Appreciation of the Cinema
FILM A104	The Great Directors of the Cinema
CHIN, FREN, GRMN, ITAL, JAPN, PORT, SPAN, VIET	A180 or above
GNDR A100	Introduction to Gender Studies (or above)
GEOG A100	World Regional Geography (or above)
HIST A101	Afro-American History (or above)
HUM A100	Introduction to the Humanities (or above)
MRSC A100	Oceanography (or above)
MUS A100	History and Appreciation of Western Classical Music
MUS A105	Music from Bach Up to Rock
MUS A180	Theory 1
PHIL A100	Introduction to Philosophy (or above)
PHOT A101	Photography and Society
PHOT A130	History and Appreciation of Photography
PSYC A100	Introduction to Psychology (or above)
RLST A100	Introduction to Religious Studies (or above)
SOC A100	Introduction to Sociology (or above)
THEA A100	Introduction to Theatre
THEA A101	Introduction to History and Literature of the Theatre
THEA A105	Drama and Acting
Program Major Units		18
OCC AA General Education and Multicultural Requirements 1,2,3		Up to 27
Degree-applicable electives to satisfy unit requirement		Varies
Total Minimum Degree Units - OCC AA GE		60

¹

Some program major units may also meet GE requirements.

²

Cal-GETC pattern (up to 34 units) may be substituted.

³

Multicultural Requirement may be met with a General Education or Major course.

Program Sequence

These sequences at Orange Coast College are curriculum maps for students to finish all requirements for the certificate. There may be advisories, prerequisites, or time requirements that students need to consider before following these maps. Students are advised to meet with an Orange Coast College Counselor for alternate sequencing.

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Semester 1		Units
OCC AA GE AREA 1A - CHOOSE ONE		3-4
OCC AA GE AREA 2 - CHOOSE ONE		3-5
ELECTIVE (DEGREE APPLICABLE) 1		6
	Units	12-15
Semester 2
OCC AA GE AREA 1B - CHOOSE ONE		3
OCC AA GE AREA 3 - CHOOSE ONE		3
OCC AA GE AREA 4 - CHOOSE ONE		3
ELECTIVE (DEGREE APPLICABLE) 1		6
	Units	15
Summer
ELECTIVE (DEGREE APPLICABLE) 1		6
	Units	6
Year 2
Semester 1
OCC AA GE AREA 5 - CHOOSE ONE		3
OCC AA GE AREA 6 - CHOOSE ONE		3
AA Global/Multicultural Requirement - CHOOSE ONE 2		3
ELECTIVE (DEGREE APPLICABLE) 1		3
	Units	12
Semester 2
RESTRICTED ELECTIVE - CHOOSE (See Requirements) or ELECTIVE (DEGREE APPLICABLE) 3		3-18
OCC AA GE AREA 7E THEORY - CHOOSE ONE 4		2-4
OCC AA GE AREA 7E ACTIVITY - CHOOSE ONE 4		1-4
ELECTIVE (DEGREE APPLICABLE) 1		9
	Units	15-35
	Total Units	60-83

¹

VARIES TO REACH MINIMUM 60 DEGREE APPLICABLE UNITS

²

OCC AA Global/ Multicultural required if not already taken in other GE areas, refer to AA Graduation Requirement webpage

³

Several Major Restricted Elective courses also satisfy OCC AA GE Areas. At least a total of eighteen (18) are required.

⁴

OCC AA GE AREA 7E requires a minimum of 3 units to include one course from 7E- Theory/non-activty and one course from 7E- Activity