General Education Module - Associates in Arts

English (6.0 Credits)

ENGL 1113 (required with a grade of “C” or better) and one of the following courses to meet 6.0 credit requirement.

ENGL 1113 - Freshman Composition

Plus 3.0 additional hours from the following:

Communications (3.0 Credits)

A communications course that is related to public speaking or interpersonal communications.

COMM 1113 - Public Speaking

History (6.0 Credits)

Two history courses are required. However, a course may not be used here and as a humanities course at the same time. Some follow-on schools have specific history requirements that should be checked prior to enrolling in a history course. Cadet may use the history courses here for general education and the history concentration at the same time. Not all courses are offered each semester.

Humanities or Modern Language (6.0 credits)

In the AA degree a student may elect to take a year of a foreign language (8 credits) or a specific humanities course or a combination of the two to meet this requirement. A student must take 6.0 - 8.0 credits in humanities. A course used in another core area cannot be used here to meet the requirement, e.g. an advanced English can be used in the English GenEd core, but then not here in humanities, or only the third history (2 History GenEd) may be used as a humanities GenEd core.

This requirement may be met by a language course:

Or a literature course:

or a specific fine arts, humanities or philosophy course:

or a history (survey) course:

Mathematics (3.0 credits)

Any mathematics course above and including Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics (MATH 1073). College Algebra (MATH 1113) is the standard college course for mathematics.

Social Science (6.0 credits)

Courses designated as non-history social science courses, Courses listed are the most common courses offered, but other social science courses are available.

Military Science/Leadership (2.0 to 12.0 credits)

Cadets may take military science at NMMI. A contract cadet will take a maximum of 12.0 class hours of MS and 4.0 credits of physical activity. Cadets may take MS 1 and 2 to prepare for ROTC at a 4-year school. Effective Fall 2014, students may take one semester of LEAD 1103 (Introduction to Leadership) or MSL each semester to satisfy the Leadership graduation requirement.

NOTE: Fall 2014 returning cadets are exempt from the Leadership requirement.

Non-Contract Military Science Courses

Contract Military Science Courses

Courses leading to a commission in the US Army

Leadership Course

LEAD 1103 - Introduction to Leadership

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