General education, as distinguished from professional or vocational education, provides a broad-based educational experience. General education courses promote those skills, understandings, attitudes, and values which will equip students for effective, responsible, productive living. The General Education program is structured so that all degrees require a core of courses with each of the following areas represented: Fine Arts/Humanities, Social/Behavioral Sciences, Natural Sciences/Mathematics. The courses required for the AA, AS, and AAT degrees constitute the core curriculum as required by the State of Texas.

General Education Competencies

Completion of a degree program at Amarillo College will demonstrate student competence in reading, writing, oral communication, fundamental mathematical skills, and the basic use of computer as specified below:

• Mathematical Skills:  Students will analyze and solve mathematical problems using computational skills.
• Application of Skills (Analytical Thinking, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving): Students will analyze problems, acquire and evaluate information, organize concepts, and construct solutions.
• Communication Skills (Reading, Writing, Speaking, Non-Verbal): Students will evaluate, analyze, and communicate effectively through written, verbal and non-verbal expression.
• Technological Literacy: Students will deomonstrate competency in using relevant technology.
• Aesthetic Awareness:  Students will demonstrate an awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities and the aesthetic principles that guide these works.
• Ethics, Integrity, & Diversity: Students will identify standards promoting academic, professional, and civic reponsibility within a culturally diverse society.

General Education Requirements Chart