The Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) is a block of 35 or
more credits that, when completed, can be transferred to another
Arizona public community college or university without losing any
credits. Arizona community college students with AGEC-A, AGEC-B, or
AGEC-S certificates are guaranteed admission to Arizona public
universities. Only TOCC transfer degrees, which include an AGEC
block, can transfer to a four-year college.
TOCC’s General Studies degree is an Associate of Applied Science
degree (the AAS-AGS), which is not designed to transfer. An AAS-AGS
may transfer is if the student also completes an AGEC-A, AGEC-B, or
AGEC-S certificate. To maximize academic options, TOCC recommends
that all students seek to complete an AGEC-A certificate alongside
any direct employment degree or certificate.
In specific workforce programs, such as early childhood education or
construction, Arizona universities have developed a procedure for
accepting AAS degrees for credit upon entrance into a B.A.S. or
Bachelor’s of Applied Science program. This option is not available
to AAS-AGS students. A student should contact advisors at four-year
colleges when attempting to transfer without an AGEC certificate.
Specific courses may transfer, while others will not.
TOCC currently offers AGEC-A, AGEC-B, and AGEC-S, corresponding to
Liberal Arts, Business, and Science. The Associate degrees in these
fields are composed of the transfer certificate and additional
transfer-level coursework. For more information on the Arizona
statewide transfer system, visit the Arizona Statewide Transfer
System website at the following location:
http://www.aztransfer.com/home.
Categorical &
Special Requirements
TOCC adheres to statewide agreements regulating the AGEC
requirements. The requirements are defined in terms of “Categorical
Requirements” for categories of study such as the Arts, Humanities,
and Science, and in terms of “Special Requirements” covering
academic skills and perspectives, namely, Intensive Writing (I),
Cultural Awareness (C), and Global Diversity (G). For details, click
here for AGEC Tables for Transfer Programs. Similar information for
direct employment programs is here:
General Education Tables for
Direct Employment Programs.
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