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Associate in Arts Degree
The associate in arts core is designed to give students breadth of knowledge in the liberal arts, promote critical thinking that is fundamental to higher education and allow students to take specific courses in a discipline. Students working toward the associate in arts degree will take essential core requirements that will allow them to transfer to a senior college. Tyler Junior College offers the associate in arts degree to students completing the general graduation requirements for all degrees, the associate in arts degree core requirements, and those courses required for one of the concentrations.
Concentrations for associate in arts degrees are listed below.

Fields of Study
Concentration Areas
Business Administration
Engineering
Music

Agriculture/Forestry/Horticulture
Health and Kinesiology/Athletic Training
Industrial Technology
Sciences
University Studies

Core Certificate: Students who complete the core curriculum may receive a certificate of completion.

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Fields of Study

Business Administration
1. Must see advisor for transfer degree plan.
2. Complete general graduation and core requirements.
3. Complete these specific requirements in the Field of Study for Business Administration:
Accounting (8 credit hours), ACCT 2401 & 2402
Economics (6 credit hours) ECON 2301*, 2302
Mathematics (3 credit hours) MATH 1325*
Information Systems (4 credit hours) BCIS 1405*
Speech (3 credit hours) SPCH 1315* or 1321*
Approved electives to complete 60 hours—BUSI 1301, MATH 1314* and 1324*
*Included in Core.
Students should check senior college requirements.


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Engineering

The engineering program at Tyler Junior College is designed to meet the needs of the first two years of a four- or five-year engineering degree program.

First Year
Semester I
ENGL 1301 Composition and Rhetoric*
HIST 1301 History of the US*
CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I*
MATH 2313 Calculus I with Analytical Geometry*
ENGR 1304 Engineering Design Graphics*~
ENGR 1101 Introduction to Engineering*~
Summer Session I
GOVT 2305 American Government*
ECON 2301 Principles I Macroeconomics*
Semester II
ENGL 1302 Composition and Rhetoric*
OR
ENGL 2311 Technical Report Writing†*
HIST 1302 History of the US*
CHEM 1412 General Chemistry II‡
MATH 2314 Calculus II with Analytical Geometry*
PHYS 2425 Mechanics*
Summer Session I
GOVT 2305 American Government*
ECON 2301 Principles I Macroeconomics*
 
Second Year
Semester III
MATH 2315 Calculus III/Analytical Geometry*
ENGR 2301 Engineering Mechanics I (Statics)*
ENGR 2304 Composition for Engineers**
PHYS 2426 Electricity and Magnetism*
SPCH 1321 Business & Professional Speaking*
Semester IV
GOVT 2306 American State Government*
MATH 2316 Calculus IV/Analytical Geometry*
MATH 2320 Differential Equations
ENGR 2302 Engineering Mech II (Dynamics)*
ENGR XXXX Circuits

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Music
First Year
Semester I
MUSI 1311
MUSI 1116
Ensemble
Applied Concentration*
Class Piano Secondary**
MUSI 1308 or 1309
HIST 1301
Semester II
MUSI 1312
MUSI 1117
Ensemble
Applied Concentration*
Class Piano Secondary
MATH 1314
HIST 1302 or 2301
SPCH 1315 or 1321
Second Year
Semester III
MUSI 2311
MUSI 2116
Ensemble
Applied Concentration*
Applied Secondary**
ENGL 1301
GOVT 2305
BCIS 1301
Semester IV
MUSI 2312
MUSI 2118
Ensemble
Applied Concentration*
Applied Secondary
ENGL 1302 or 2311
GOVT 2306

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Concentration Areas

Agriculture/Forestry/Horticulture

1. Complete general graduation and core requirements.
2. Complete these specific requirements:
Forestry (9 credit hours) FORE 1301, 1314, 2309
Horticulture (10 credit hours)
Agriculture (10 credit hours)
Biology* (8 credit hours)
Additional Mathematics (3 credit hours)
Electives to total 60 hours. Students should check with the faculty advisor in the biology program to complete a degree plan for transferability.
Included in Core. Students should check senior college requirements.

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Health and Kinesiology/Athletic Training

1. Enrollment in the Athletic Training program is limited. Students should contact the Head Athletic Trainer for application information.
2. Complete general graduation and core requirements.
3. Complete these specific requirements:
Psychology* (3 credit hours) PSYC 2301
Mathematics* (3 credit hours) MATH 1314 or 1342 recommended
Nutrition (3 credit hours) HECO 1322
Health and Kinesiology (9 credit hours) 9 hours of HLTH and/or KINE theory courses
Included in Core.

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Industrial Technology

(Options in Industrial Technology, Industrial Safety, Industrial Distribution, Trades and Industries Education, Technical Professions Education or Technology Education)

Industrial Technology focuses on supervision, administration, and other leadership positions in industrial production.

Industrial Safety emphasizes the field of loss management and the procedures for controlling the industrial environment through safety principles, practices and laws.

Industrial Distribution stresses required skills in purchasing, selling, installing, servicing, storing, and transporting industrial products.

Trades and Industries Education stresses technical knowledge and related industrial information for the purpose of teaching.

Technical Professions Education encompasses a wide variety of post-secondary technical programs which require a high degree of technical information.

Tyler Junior College and The University of Texas at Tyler have articulated this program for the most efficient transfer into the above listed option in the Technology Department at UTT. Students should consult with their faculty advisor at UTT, the Engineering Technology department chair at TJC or the Applied Studies academic advisor at TJC regarding specific degree plans.

 

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Sciences

(Majors in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology,
Meteorology, Physics, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dental, Pre-Occupational Therapy,
Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Physician Assistant, Pre-Veterinary
Medicine and Pre-BSN)
1. Must see science advisor for transfer degree plan.
2. Complete general education and core requirements.
3. Complete these specific requirements:*
Chemistry** (8 credit hours) CHEM 1411, 1412
Additional Laboratory Science (8 credit hours)
Additional Mathematics (3 credit hours)
Electives to total 60 hours.

* Students should check senior college requirements. Course substitutions may be available depending on major and/or transfer degree requirements. See academic advisor.
** Included in Core.

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University Studies

(Majors in Art, Behavioral Sciences, Computer Science, Construction Science, Health/Kinesiology, Home Economics, Journalism, Liberal Arts, Mathematics and Speech/Theatre)
1. Complete general graduation and core requirements.
2. Complete electives to total 60 credit hours based on the student’s intended degree at the receiving institution. Students should check senior college requirements from an academic advisor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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