Get the courses you need to complete GEM requirements for your CCAF associate degree.
Choose one course from each of the five categories listed below to complete your Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) associate's degree GEM requirements.
UMGC guarantees that at least one course from each category will be offered online during each session, making it possible to takes courses every session to fulfill your GEM requirements. Many of the GEM courses will be offered on-site as well. Please check with your local UMGC Europe program coordinator or Air Force education counselor for more information on course applicability.
Approved Courses
In the GEM program, you will choose one course from each of the five categories listed below to complete your CCAF associate degree. These UMGC courses vary in length but most are 7 or 8 week courses. For full UMGC course information, see our schedule of classes and catalog.
This is a speech requirement; these courses prepare students to organize oral presentations to persuade, debate, argue, or inform in a clear, concise, and logical manner; emphasis must be on content and delivery; group and interpersonal communication courses are not acceptable.
Eligible UMGC Courses
- SPCH 100
This is an English composition requirement; applicable communication courses must satisfy the delivering institution's writing and composition requirement for graduation; business communication and technical writing courses are not acceptable; higher-level writing and composition courses may be applied as a program elective.
Eligible UMGC Courses
- WRTG 111
- WRTG 112
- WRTG 291
This is an intermediate algebra or a college-level mathematics course that satisfies the delivering institution's mathematics requirement for graduation; courses such as accounting, business mathematics, computer mathematics, statistics (taught outside the mathematics department), history of mathematics, and mathematics for elementary and secondary teachers are not applicable; three semester hours of mathematics are required for graduation; however, if an acceptable mathematics course is applied as a technical or program elective, a natural science course may be substituted for mathematics.
Eligible UMGC Courses
- MATH 105
- MATH 107
- MATH 115
- MATH 140
- STAT 200
Courses from the following disciplines are acceptable: anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, government, history, political science, psychology, and sociology designed to impart knowledge, develop skills, and identify goals concerning elements and institutions of human society.
At least one course from the selection below will be offered online every session:
Eligible UMGC Courses
- ANTH 102
- BEHS 210
- ECON 201
- ECON 203
- GVPT 100
- GVPT 170
- HIST 157
- SOCY 100
- PSYC 100
Courses in fine arts (criticism, appreciation, or historical significance), foreign language, literature, philosophy, and religion are acceptable.
Eligible UMGC Courses
- ENGL 240
- GERM 111
- JAPN 111
- MUSC 210
- PHIL 100
- PHIL 110
- PHIL 140
- SPAN 111
* Please note: The above list does not preclude you from taking other courses that may apply. You may take any course - online or on-site - in the required subject areas as long as it is approved by an education counselor.
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