DCB catalog 2022-24

66 Career/Technical Curricula General Education AAS Degree Students who graduate with an Associate of Applied Science Degree must earn 16 credits in general education. Listed on pages 80-82 are the academic areas in which students must earn general education credit and the courses which satisfy requirements in each area. DIGITAL LITERACY REQUIREMENT – All associate degrees offered by Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) require students to meet the digital literacy standard as identified in SBHE Policy 461. Students may accomplish this requirement through any of the following instructional methods: successful completion of one of the courses outlined in the DCB Digital Literacy policy, or successful completion of a non-credit self- paced module, or successful completion of an approved course through the Dakota Digital Academy, or successful completion of this requirement at another North Dakota University System (NDUS) institution. The general education coursework for the AAS Degree programs is included in the curriculum outlines that follow. An exception is the course UNIV 105 First Year Experience. This course is not listed in any of the outlines but is a requirement for all new fall semester freshmen — including students enrolled in the on-campus certificate of completion programs. Communications – 3 credits (choose from the following) ENGL 110 College Composition I – 3 COMM 110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking – 3 Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science – 3 credits (choose from the following) ART 101 Introduction to Studio Art – 3 ART 110 Introduction to Visual Arts – 3 ART 210 Art History – 3 ART 211 Art History II – 3 ENGL 211 Intro to Creative Writing – 3 ENGL 220 Introduction to Literature – 3 ENGL 221 Introduction to Drama – 3 ENGL 225 Introduction to Film – 3 ENGL 236 Women in Literature - 3 ENGL 238 Children’s Literature – 3 ENGL 242 World Literature II – 3 ENGL 261 American Literature I – 3 ENGL 262 American Literature II – 3 ENGL 278 Alternative Literature - 3 WS 110 Intro to Women’s Studies -3 FREN 101 First Year French I – 4 FREN 102 First Year French II – 4 HUM 101 Introduction to Humanities I – 3 HUM 102 Introduction to Humanities II – 3 PHOT 180 Photography I – 3 THEA 201 Theatre Practicum – 1 Social Science ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics – 3 ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics – 3 HIST 101 Western Civilization I – 3 HIST 102 Western Civilization II – 3 HIST 103 U.S. History to 1877 – 3 HIST 104 U.S. History Since 1877 – 3 HIST 211 World Civilization to 1500 – 3 HIST 212 World Civilization Since 1500 – 3 HIST 220 North Dakota History – 3 HIST 224 American Studies I - 3