ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE
STATISTICS
Course Selection Guide
Updated Fall Semester 2015
This template has been developed by referencing the 2014 Baccalaureate Degree plans or the native
student plans posted on the websites ECU, 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)
ECU
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
ECU
NCSU
UNC-CH
UNCG
Any
COM 231
ART 114
COM 231
Any
Any
ENG231
or 232
ENG 231
or 232
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
ECU
NCSU
UNC-CH
UNCG
HIS 111
or 131
Any
COM 231
Any
Any
Any
ECO 251
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
ECU
MAT 271
MAT 272
NCSU
MAT 271
MAT 272
Natural Science (8 SHC)—Two courses taken in a sequence 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
ECU
Any
Sequence
Any
Sequence
NCSU
Any
Sequence
Any
Sequence
UNC-CH
Any
Sequence
Any
Sequence
UNCG
PHY 251
PHY 252
Statistics
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
ECU
NCSU
UNC-CH
Foreign Language (3 SHC): Choose from American Sign
Language, Arabic, French, German, or Spanish.
FL 112*
FL 112 Must be taken with accompanying lab. Foreign
required by
FL 212
FL 211
Language must be at 112 level or higher for Durham
DTech
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
ECU
NCSU
UNC-CH
UNCG
MAT 273
MAT 273
MAT 273
MAT 273
Any
Any
CIS 115
CSC 151
MAT 152
CIS 115
MAT 285
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.)
ECU
ACA 122
NCSU
ACA 122
UNC-CH
ACA 122
UNCG
ACA 122
ECU
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
SHC requirement.
ECU
NCSU
HEA 110
PED 110
PED 110
UNC-CH
ECO 252
MAT 152
PED 110
PHI 215 or 240
UGETC S/BS
UNCG
CSC 151
UGETC S/BS
To graduate from Durham Tech, 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 CSC
151.