Sample COSC BS General Studies - History Plan

= Information = Charter Oak State College is a bit different than other schools because they allow students to fullfill more than one requirement with a single class. Students must still have a total of 120 credits in order to obtain a degree but the way that these credits are counted can be a bit difficult to understand. The result is that, unlike other schools where the General Education requirements are more or less identical for each degree, some Charter Oak degrees may have different optimal general education requirements than others.

Students should feel free to disregard the suggestions for the General Education requirements listed below and to chart their own path. However, the suggestions have been made with the degree requirements in mind in addition to the school-wide requirement to bring in at least 24 RA credits.

= General Education =

Communication
The communication requirement consists of 9 credits: 6 written and 3 oral communication credits.

Written communication

Mix and match providers, as desired, to meet requirement

Oral communication

Pick one

Information Literacy
3 credit course, must be taken at COSC

Non-US History or Culture, Global Understanding, Social/Behavioral Science
Three general education requirements are met with this one exam.

Literature and Fine Art
This requirement meets both the literature requirement and the global understanding requirement.

Natural Sciences
= AOS/Concentration =

US History
6 credits required, 3 credits already met with general education requirements.

Western History
6 credits required

Non-Western History
6 credits required, 3 credits already met with general education requirements

History Electives
15 credits required, at least 12 of these should be UL.

Some of the options from Sterling College may overlap with courses from Study.com. Choose wisely.

= Electives =

After following the above plan, you should have 60 credits. If you have taken the Business Ethics UExcel, you will have at least 21 out of 30 required UL credits. If you did not take the Business Ethics UExcel, you may only have 18 UL credits. You should also have your RA credit requirements met. You should also have 60 liberal arts credits, fulfilling that requirement.

Bring in the following classes from Sophia to complete your degree:

Choose sufficient UL credits to bring your UL credit total to 27 (the capstone counts as UL credit). If desired, choose further UL history electives from above instead of the suggestions below.

If you have met your UL and RA credit requirement and are still somehow lacking in credits, choose ANY LL course(s) from SDC to bring total credits to 120. Your degree is now done.