General Studies, AA (Hybrid/Hyderabad)

Program Information

The Associate of Arts (AA) in General Studies provides a well-rounded foundation of knowledge designed to prepare students for employability and/or further academic work. Students can focus their skill set by choosing between two emphases specifically designed to support their professional goals.

The AA program is taught by practicing professionals, with a curriculum that integrates the liberal arts with knowledge of management principles, leadership strategies and organizational theory. Coursework emphasizes practical business applications, while providing a strong educational foundation for lifelong learning. Students develop the capacity to think critically and creatively in preparation for a successful future in business or management.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the Associate of Arts in General Studies will be able to:

Communication: Communicate effectively to general and specialized audiences through structured written, oral and visual presentations.
Critical thinking: Identify, categorize, and analyze problems and issues, and draw warranted conclusions.
Quantitative fluency: Perform accurate calculations using symbolic operations, and provide accurate interpretations and explanations of data.
Information literacy: Correctly identify, categorize, evaluate, and cite multiple resources to create projects, papers, or performances.
Ethical reasoning: Describe ethical issues and apply ethical principles or frameworks in judgment and decision-making.
Applied learning: Describe and analyze relationships between academic learning and problems outside the classroom.
Broad integrative knowledge: Explore, connect, and apply concepts and methods across multiple fields of study.
Lifelong learning: Examine connections between academic learning and professional goals and demonstrate attitudes such as curiosity, self-awareness, adaptability, and motivation.

Admissions Requirements

Have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (C) or better. The GPA includes all grades received, including those for classes that have been repeated.
- An applicant whose GPA is slightly below 2.0 may still be conditionally admitted but must submit a resume/CV and personal statement demonstrating how they can be successful in an advanced university degree program to be considered.
Satisfy the English Language Proficiency Admission Requirement .
Submit official transcripts of all accredited college coursework.
- Applicants may be admitted with “subject to documentation” status based on the submission of unofficial transcripts. See Subject to Documentation status for more information.
Submit an application.

Requirements for the Associate of Arts in General Studies

The degree requires completion of 60 units as follows: 30 units of general education, 9 units of foundation, 3 units of capstone, and 18 units of elective courses. Each course listed carries three semester units of credit, unless otherwise noted.

A cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 (“C” grade) or higher is required in all courses taken at Golden Gate University. Prerequisites to a course, if any, are listed in the course descriptions.

Students enrolled in this program may not audit any of the courses required for this program.

General Education - 30 units

Lifelong Learning and Self Development - 3 units

UGP 10 Gateway to Success 3 unit(s)

Communication and Critical Thinking - 12 units

Emphasis Courses - 18 units

Business Emphasis

ACCTG 1A Introductory Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
ACCTG 1B Introductory Managerial Accounting 3 unit(s)
ECON 2 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 unit(s)
FI 100 Financial Management 3 unit(s)
ITM 125 Management Information Systems 3 unit(s)
MKT 100 Principles of Marketing 3 unit(s)

Computing Emphasis

CS 70 Computer Science I 3 unit(s)
CS 71 Computer Science II 3 unit(s)
DATA 50 Introduction to Business & Data Analytics 3 unit(s)
DATA 101 Data Visualization for Business 3 unit(s)
DATA 102 Business Intelligence & Data Mining 3 unit(s)
DATA 110 Introduction to Python Programming for Machine Learning 3 unit(s)
Note: Although students have a choice between the two emphases above, the emphasis chosen will not appear on the student’s transcript nor diploma upon graduation.