Associate of Arts in General Studies
Level: Associate
Language: English
Category:
General Arts
Description
University of Phoenix offers an Associate of Arts degree in General Studies (AAGS) to meet the needs of adult students who want to complete a general AA degree before entering into the professional programs.The Associate of Arts curriculum provides a solid foundation and overview within the academic disciplines of communication arts, social sciences, mathematics, life sciences, and the humanities. Instruction focuses on the development of skills on communication, critical thinking, and computation, and fosters a philosophical orientation that enables students to function as productive members of society. The completion of an AA degree also represents an important milestone for many students as they pursue their educational goals.This foundation provides students with the perspectives necessary for meaningful self-examination of personal and social values, as well as enhanced ability to understand and cope with social, technological, professional, and cultural change. The AAGS program is a lower division degree program designed to provide a liberal arts education for the working adult learner in a non-traditional format.Sixty credits are required for the AAGS degree. The distribution is as follows:General Education Credits: 36Communication Arts: 6 credits Humanities: 6 credits Social Science: 6 credits Mathematics: 6 credits Science / Technology: 6 credits Additional Liberal Arts: 6 credits Open Electives: 24 creditsAll students are required to satisfy University of Phoenix's English, math, and critical thinking proficiencies. Proficiency may be demonstrated by successful completion of courses COMM/215, MTH/209, and PHL/251. Proficiency may also be demonstrated with passing scores on University of Phoenix English, math, and / or critical thinking assessment and / or CLEP exams. All students must earn the minimum credit subtotal in the communication arts, math, and humanities general education areas regardless of the methods of proficiency demonstration chosen.Students entering with fewer than 24 transferable credits must complete the introductory course sequence (ICS).
Recent Reviews
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July 9, 2009
While I worked my fanny off to maintain a high GPA while working full-time, the cost of my AA in Accounting is out of whack with what I can do with the degree. I found the on-line environemnt has its perks as well as its drawbacks. In the end, I ...
Shocked!!
February 9, 2009
My degree is in progress (Bachelors in Psychology), and I have to say that I was skeptical at first about UOP. But once classes began, ALL my skepticism was erased! This is HARD WORK!! There is NO WAY that this is a "diploma mill".. if it were, how would there ...
Add to "High raters are liars"
January 28, 2009
I rushed into school to beat an enrollment deadline, I was whisked through the financial aid and later received a bank loan for edu with some magical powers of UOP. Just look for the listing with the title high raters...liars.. I did not receive anything that was helpful, explanatory as ...
WOW
October 23, 2008
Wow, I cannot believe all of the great reviews that University of Phoenix has. It is WAY over priced for the level of education you are actually receiving. The instructors are awful but for those rare few. The learning teams are rediculous and one of the major reasons that I ...
Unbelievable
May 10, 2008
I have had experience enrolling in an online college only to barely get out with my finances still intact. I have a friend who lives in phoenix who decided her and her husband should do UOP classes online. They went 2/3 the way through and found out their grants were ...
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Marilene April 24, 2009 at 7:14 p.m.
I just signed up for UofP to get my AA to start in accounting and move up to the next level after this is completed. I've been doing all this for over 25 years so I thought I might as well get a degree in it. I start this Monday 4-27-09. I just got laid off and while looking for a new job in the legal field thought I would get some extra education. Now I'm reading all this stuff about U of P and you guys are scaring me. I have no money to pay for schooling. Before I applied I read that they are one of the least expensive online schools. Someone write something good so I can feel better, please :-(.
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Angela July 9, 2009 at 12:38 a.m.
I will have completed my AA in Accounting from Axia College of the University of Phoenix on 7/26/2009. I have taken all 60 credits from UOPx in an on-line format. Initially I signed on to the BS in Business Admin with a focus on Information Systems to begin in August 2009.
Then I looked closer at the courses. For me, five classes in the bachelor program I had already taken as an Axia student. These courses had slightly different course numbers, however when I reviewed the course content, these bachelor classes were almost verbatim of my Axia courses. So I asked my enrollment advisor what was up...NO answer. It has been over four weeks and I have heard nothing from my advisor even after two follow-up emails. Trying to disengage myself and my financial aid from the the bachelor program is proving difficult.
That's when I began looking at other degree completion programs. I am seeing none of my classes (except Algebra) that begin with a (1) are transferring. So it looks like I will have to re-take 18 credits and then some to qualify for admission into the programs I am looking at.
I am distressed that my credits will not transfer as I felt the course content was difficult...especially Religion and Philosophy. However, the difference in cost between UOP and other schools appears to be significant. Even having to take additional classes at another school will still not cost as much as UOPx AND I have the added benefit of at least learning something new instead of paying for a rehash.
Since I plan on obtaining my Masters, I do not much care where I received my AA even though my AA will end up costing me 2x more than my bachelor.
Too bad the price is so high at UOP. I agree with the assessments of many who have posted here. A few of my instructors were excellent...the majority were ok...and some totally sucked. I did not enjoy spending time with student's that posted as if they were texting from a cell phone and struggled trying to meet the discussion requirements when many of the other students could not write a complete sentence.
I defend when challenged the on-line learning environment and the skill-set required to excel in such a program. My advice is to research research research...UOPx taught me very well how to do this task on-line.
A note to Marilene - look at not-for-profit schools. Many established colleges and universities are now offering on-line degree programs. Check out State schools. Nebraska has a few that are no less snubbed than UOPX. However, the costs for attending are WAY less and the degree program content look (on the surface at least) quite engaging and challenging.
Jim August 31, 2009 at 5:40 p.m.
Don't believe the hype. My company pays UOP's VERY HIGH PRICES, so i enjoyed the classes and was cruising right along. Then, the first time I had a problem with a professor, I got absolutely no help. UOP doesnt care about you or your education. They simply want your money. They have absolutely NO customer service, your counselers change once a month so you have to introduce yourself to someone new every set of classes you take.
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Maria February 11, 2009 at 5:12 a.m.
WOW is all I can say they basically lied to me about everything just to get me to attend. Now that I am almost done I have found out all the sneaky lies they told me.