Personal/Public Service Degree

The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Personal/Public Services provides you with a general education core that will serve as a foundation for further advanced study in your program of choice and/or for employment. The program allows you to upgrade present knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for further education and/or job acquisition.

The Personal/Public Services Degree Program requires a minimum of 93 quarter-credit hours to include a minimum of 36 credit hours in general education and 57 credit hours in occupational preparation as specified in the curriculum outline below.

Program Admission Requirements:

Present high school diploma or GED scores.
Be at least 17 years old.
Meet minimum test scores.

Curriculum Outline:

General Core Courses (36 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
SCT 100	Introduction to Microcomputers	3
ENG 1101	Composition and Rhetoric	5
EMP 1000A	Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development	2
HUM 1101	Introduction to Humanities	5
SPC 1101	Fundamentals of Speech	5
PSY 1101	Introductory Psychology	5
MAT 1111	College Algebra	5
EMP 1000B	Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development	1
	Elective	5

Fundamental Occupational Courses (57 Credit Hours)
(Must be from an appropriate diploma program)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
	(Must be taught by an instructor credentialed to teach in a degree program)	57

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Last updated: April 16, 2009.