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Every Texas public college and university is required by Texas law to have a core curriculum that, if completed at one institution, will transfer and take the place of the core at the receiving institution. In addition, the core is the basis of the Associate in Arts or Associate in Sciences degrees. If you complete the core of 48 hours, you need only an additional 13 hours in order to receive a degree.

 The DCCCD core of 48 credit hours is composed of the following courses:
COMMUNICATIONS—9 credit hours
  • English 1301: A grade of C or better must be earned
  • English 1302
  • Speech 1311* or Speech 1315*
  • Any foreign language course 1311 or higher
    *Students must select Speech 1311 or 1315 if seeking an AA or AS degree. You must earn a grade of C or better if you select Speech 1311 or 1315.

MATHEMATICS—3 credit hours
    (Select one course)
  • Math 1314, 1324, 1332, 1333, 1342, 1348, 1414, 2412 or higher level. A grade of C or better must be earned in the selected college-level math course.


LAB SCIENCES—8 credit hours
    (Select two courses)
  • Biology 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409;
  • Chemistry 1405, 1407, 1411, 1412;
  • Geology 1401, 1403, 1404, 1445;
  • Physics 1401, 1402, 1405, 1407, 1411, 1412, 1415, 1417, 2425, 2426.

    Students may not use the following combinations to meet this requirement:
  • Biology 1406 and 1408;
  • Chemistry 1405 and 1411;
  • Physics 1401 and 1405;
  • Physics 1401 and 2425; or
  • Physics 1405 and 2425.
   SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES—15 credit hours
  • History 1301, 1302
  • English 1302
  • Government 2301, 2302
    Select one course from the following:
  • Anthropology 2346, 2351;
  • Economics 1303, 2301, 2302, 2311;
  • Psychology 2301, 2314, 2316;
  • Sociology 1301, 1306, 2319


HUMANITIES/VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS—9 credit hours     Select one course from each of the three groupings:

    Category I
  • Arts 1301, 1303, 1304
  • Dance 2303
  • Drama 1310, 2366
  • Humanities 1301
  • Music 1306, 1308, 1309

    Category II
  • English 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332 2333

    Category III
  • Cultural Studies 2370
  • History 2321, 2322, 2380, 2381
  • Philosophy 1301, 2306, 2307, 2316, 2317
  • Religion 1304


OTHER—4 credit hours
  • Physical Education 1164 and
  • Any 3-4 hour course with the prefix of COSC, or BCIS 1405