General Studies AA: Integrated Studies Area of Concentration (INTG Core): 611D

: 611D

General Studies focuses on developing knowledge and skills across traditional disciplinary boundaries resulting in an interdisciplinary cornerstone for academic and career pursuits. A General Studies major allows you to develop a path for transfer into a variety of majors or that will enhance your career competitiveness and further your academic and personal goals. General Studies has flexible program requirements within core areas that encourage you to synthesize knowledge and approaches on inquiry from various disciplines allowing you to bring creative, multi-disciplinary problem-solving, and critical thinking approaches to a range of modern problems.

The General Studies degree is a flexible curriculum that fosters intentional exploration of academic and career goals through academic coursework and supportive advising. Using interdisciplinary application of practical and intellectual skills through General Education courses and your selected core area of focus, the General Studies program creates a flexible, integrated framework for you to engage in complex problems related your chosen focus of study while promoting specific disciplinary content and skills. The General Studies program promotes personal responsibility and civic engagement by providing an academic framework in which you will explore contemporary and enduring questions, integrate learning across disciplines, and develop knowledge, skills, and motivation to frame issues and questions presented in the academic experience in the context of a broader community. This program can be completed either on campus or online.

In the Integrated Studies area, you will build a degree with courses selected from two of the three General Studies core areas. Through this major, you will be able to create an individualized path where you can integrate knowledge and skills across a broader range of academic disciplines beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. This major accommodates student goals surrounding transfer, the pursuit of individual interests, or building the foundation for a major and a minor upon transfer. Additionally, this major will allow you to develop communication, interdisciplinary problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork and leadership skills along with the multi-disciplinary perspective that will allow you to grow in your chosen career and academic path.

If you are unsure of what path to pursue at Montgomery College, you may select Integrated Studies so that you begin your coursework meeting General Education requirements, and so that you can explore and develop career and academic goals.

In this program, students will develop an intentional academic plan that reflects personal, academic, and career goals from two of the following three cores, selecting from the discipline areas or individual courses listed for each of the two cores:

Studies in Humanities, Arts, Communication and Languages (HACL) Art (ARTT) Dance (DANC) English (ENGL) Film (FILM) Global Humanities (GHUM) History (HIST) Linguistics (LING) Music (MUSC) Philosophy (PHIL) Speech (COMM) Theater (THET) World Languages (ARAB, ASLP, CHIN, FREN, GERM, HIND, ITAL, JAPN, KORA, LATN, RUSS, PORT, SPAN)

Studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Astronomy (ASTR) Biology (BIOL) Chemistry (CHEM) Computer Science (CMSC) Data Science (DATA) Electrical Engineering (ENEE) Engineering Science (ENES) Geology (GEOL) Mathematics (MATH) Meteorology (AOSC) Networking (NWIT) Nutrition (NUTR) Physical Science (PSCI) Physics (PHYS)

Studies in Social Science, Administration and Health (SSAH) Anthropology (ANTH) Applied Geography (GEOG) Criminal Justice (CCJS) Economics (ECON) Health (HLTH) History (HIST) Homeland Security (HMLS) Hospitality Management (HMGT) Physical Education (PHED) (students are limited to two PHED courses #100-199) Political Science (POLI) Psychology (PSYC) Sociology (SOCY) Women’s and Gender Studies (WMST and GNDS)

Students may elect to take any of the following individual courses from their selected cores as part of their INTG core requirements to enhance their selected academic focus:

Graphic Design (GDES 116 )  Interior Design (IDES 101 ) Integrated Studies (ISTD 173 ) Photography (PHOT 161 ) Television and Radio (TVRA 134 )

Architecture Technology (ARCH 101 ) Biotechnology (BIOT 110 ) Computer Application (CMAP 120 ) Environmental Horticulture and Sustainable Agribusiness (HORT 100 )

Accounting (ACCT 221 , ACCT 222 ) Behavioral Health (BEHE 100 ) Business (BSAD 101 , BSAD 210 ) Education (EDUC 101 , EDUC 102 , EDUC 119 ) Emergency Management (EMGT 101 , EMGT 206 ) Health Information Management (HINM 115 , HINM 116 ) Management (MGMT 101 , MGMT 140 , MGMT 201 , MGMT 211 )

General Degree Requirements

In order to complete this degree, students must

1. complete of a minimum of 60 credit hours including:

• 3 credits for ENGL 101  if needed for ENGL 102 /ENGL 103 , or select an elective.

• 31 credit hours of General Education program requirements.

  • Two General Education institutional requirement (GEIR) courses are required from the following General Education courses: COMM, HLTH, or one ARTD or HUMD. Students may only take one course from ARTD or HUMD to fulfill General Education institutional requirements.

  • One global and cultural perspectives (GCP) designated courses as part of the General Education program.

• 18 credit hours (9 credit hours in each of the two selected cores), with one core having a minimum of 3 credit hours at the 200 level.

• up to 8 elective credit hours as needed to complete 60 credit hours.

   2. complete a minimum of 15 credit hours at the 200 level.

   3. have a 2.0 GPA or higher:

• ENGL 102  or ENGL 103  must have a grade of C or better to graduate.