ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Course Selection Guide
Updated Fall 2015
This template has been developed by referencing the 2014 Baccalaureate Degree plans or the native
student plans posted on the websites of NC Agricultural and Technical U., NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, and
UNC Greensboro. You, the student, should decide on your major, then look at the requirements at the
university of your choice. Students who successfully complete this course of study with an AS degree will
have satisfied the General Education requirements at every public university in North Carolina as well as
the private colleges which are signatories of the 2014 Comprehensive Articulation Agreement. Students
who transfer without the AA or AS degree must complete the General Education core requirements at the
receiving institution.
General Education – 45 SHC (“Semester Hours of Credit”)
Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) Courses (31-32 SHC):
UGETC courses are courses which are guaranteed to fulfill a general education component at every
public university in North Carolina and at the private colleges that are signatories to the 2014
Comprehensive Articulation Agreement. The courses listed here are courses suggested or required by
the four universities listed above. All courses listed below are UGETC courses.
English Composition (6 SHC)
Durham Tech / UGETC Requirement
ENG 111 Writing & Inquiry (3 SHC)
ENG 112 Writing/Research in the Disciplines (3 SHC)
NCA&T
ENG 111
ENG 112
NCSU
ENG 111
ENG 112
UNC-CH
ENG 111
ENG 112
UNCG
ENG 111
ENG 112
Humanities/Fine Arts (H/FA) (6 SHC)—Select two courses from separate disciplines
Durham Tech / UGETC Requirement
One course (3 SHC) selected from
ART 111, 114, 115; COM 231; MUS 110, 112
One course (3 SHC) selected from
ENG 231, 232, 241, 242; PHI 215, 240
NCA&T
NCSU
UNC-CH
UNCG
Any
Any
ART 114
COM 231
Any
Any
ENG 231
or 232
Any
Social and Behavioral Sciences (S/BS) (6 SHC)—Select two courses from separate disciplines
Durham Tech / UGETC Requirement
One course (3 SHC) selected from
HIS 111, 112, 131, or 132
One course (3 SHC) selected from
ECO 251, 252; POL 120; PSY 150, or SOC 210
NCA&T
NCSU
UNC-CH
UNCG
HIS 111
or 131
Any
Any
Any
Any
ECO 251
or 252
Any
Any
UNC-CH
MAT 271
MAT 272
UNCG
MAT 271
MAT 272
Mathematics (8 SHC)—Two courses selected from MAT 171, 172, 263, 271, 272
Durham Tech / UGETC Requirement
First Course
Second Course
NCA&T
MAT 271
MAT 272
NCSU
MAT 271
MAT 272
Natural Science (8 SHC)—Two courses selected from BIO 111 and 112; CHM 151 and 152; PHY 151
and 152; or PHY 251 and PHY 252
Durham Tech / UGETC Requirement
First Course in Sequence
Second Course in Sequence
NCA&T
Any
Any
NCSU
PHY 251
PHY 252
UNC-CH
PHY 251
PHY 252*
UNCG
PHY 251
PHY 252
*The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement requires two science courses in a sequence to earn the AS degree.
Durham Tech suggests the second course in this sequence be PHY 252, though it is not required by UNC-CH for
this major.
Computer Science
Additional General Education Transfer Hours (15 SHC): These courses are recommended
by the four universities listed, but are not universally accepted into the General Education Core at every
public university in the state.
Foreign Language (3 SHC)
Durham Tech Gen Ed Requirement
NCA&T
NCSU
UNC-CH
Foreign Language (3 SHC): Choose from American Sign
Language, Arabic, French, German, or Spanish.
FL 112
FL 112*
required by required by
FL 112 Must be taken with accompanying lab. Foreign
FL 211
DTech
DTech
Language must be at 112 level or higher for Durham Tech
requirements. See Foreign Language requirement, below.
*NCSU does not require FL for this major IF two years of FL were successfully completed in high school.
UNCG
FL 212
Additional Mathematics/Science Courses (12 SHC)
Durham Tech Gen Ed Requirement
First Course
Second Course
Third Course
NCA&T
NCSU
CIS 115
CHM 151
MAT 285
CSC 151
MAT 273
CIS 115
UNC-CH
Any Core
Science
MAT 273
CIS 115
UNCG
BIO 111
MAT 273
CIS 115
Other Required Hours (15 SHC): Student should consult with his/her advisor. The listings here
vary, based on the requirements of the selected university and the student’s intended major.
College Transfer Success Course (1 SHC)
Durham Tech Requirement
ACA 122 (This course should be taken in the student’s first semester.)
NCA&T
ACA 122
NCSU
ACA 122
UNC-CH
ACA 122
UNCG
ACA 122
NCA&T
NCSU
UNC-CH
UNCG
As
Needed
As
Needed
As
Needed
As
Needed
Foreign Language (4-8 SHC)
Durham Tech Requirement
FL 111/181, 112/182– (4-8 SHC): If student has not met the
prerequisite for the 211-level of Arabic, French, German, or
Spanish. (Prerequisite for FL 111 is DRE 098.)
Additional Major Course(s)
Durham Tech Requirement
Additional college level course(s) to
complete the 15 semester hour
credit (SHC) requirement.
NCA&T
BIO 111 or CHM 151
COM 120
MAT 152
NCSU
CSC 151
EGR 15
UNC-CH
UNCG
PED 110
PHI 115 or 240
UGETC SS
CSC 151
FL 211
To graduate, all students must demonstrate computer competency. That competency may be demonstrated by
a satisfactory score on the computer competency test or by completing CIS 110 or CIS 115.