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2012-2013 Catalog 71Technical/Major Requirements, continuedpl s 221/222Cooperative Experience I/IINOTE: PL S 221 and 222 are restricted to PL Smajors. A maximum of 6 credits of PL S 221 and222 may be applied toward a degree.pl s 231 Law of Commerce for the Paralegal 3pl s 274 Legal Research and Writing for the Paralegal I 3pl s 275 Tort and Insurance Law for the Paralegal 3pl s 278 Litigation for the Paralegal 3pl s 279 Legal Research and Writing for the Paralegal II 3Approved PL S elective(s) 3–5Pre-BusinessAssociate Degree: Pre-Business(575) 527-7640NOTE: The DACC Pre-Business program is also described in the NMSU UndergraduateCatalog.The associate of pre-business degree is roughly equivalent to the first 66 credithours of any bachelor’s degree program offered through the College of BusinessAdministration and Economics at NMSU. The DACC associate-degree programincludes the general education requirements and lower-division business core.Associate of Pre-Business (66 credits)This program is administered by NMSU College of Business.Core Requirements—Area I: Communications10 credits1engl 111g Rhetoric and Composition 41engl 203g Business and Professional Communication 31comm 253g Public Speaking3or1comm 265g Principles of Human CommunicationCore Requirements—Area II: Mathematics12 credits1math 120 Intermediate Algebra 31math 121g College Algebra 31, 2math 142g Calculus for the Biological and Management 3Sciences I2a st 251g Statistics for Business and the BehavioralSciences3or2stat 251g Statistics for Business and the BehavioralSciencesCore Requirements—Area III: Laboratory SciencesSelect two courses, each appearing on different lines:ASTR 105G or 110GBIOL 101G+GL or 111G+GLCHEM 110G or 111GGEOG 111G or GEOL 111GPHYS 110G or 211G+GL2–68 credits3Core Requirements—AREA IV: Social/Behavioral Sciences 6–9 creditsNOTE: A total of 15 combined credits from Areas IV and V are required, with at least9 credits in one of the two areas.2, 4econ 251g* Principles of Macroeconomics (3) 32, 4econ 252g* Principles of Microeconomics (3)psy 201G* Introduction to Psychology, or other approvedsocial/behavioral science course (3)83Core Requirements—AREA V: Humanities and Fine Arts 6–9 creditsNOTE: Choose courses totaling 6 to 9 credits from the following:ART 101G, 110G; ENGL 244G; HIST 101G, 102G, 201G, 202G;MUS 101G, 201G; PHIL 101G, 136G, 211G, 223G; THTR 101GBusiness Core, Lower Division6–912 creditsacct 251 Managerial Accounting 3acct 252 Financial Accounting 3bcis 110 Introduction to Computerized Information 3Systemsor c s 110 Computer Literacybusa 111 Business in a Global Society 3Approved ElectivesSufficient to complete 66 creditsElectives chosen in consultation with advisor or satellite center director. Inmost cases, a maximum of eight applied credits (i.e., credit for technicalcourses) may be counted toward this degree.NOTES1 Grade of C or better required.2 Majors in economics must have a final grade of C or better in ECON 251G,ECON 252G, and A ST 251G or STAT 251G or equivalent, and MATH 142G.3 Courses listed are taught at DACC. See these categories listed under “NewMexico Common Core” in the section titled, “Transfer Among New MexicoInstitutions of Higher Education,” in the front of this Catalog for a comprehensivelist.4 Should not be taken until sophomore year.Public HealthAssociate of Applied Science Degree(575) 527-7670The associate of applied science degree in public health provides the initialcourse work to prepare students for a career in public health. Publichealth is an exciting area of practice which takes a population-based focusto health. Individuals in this field interpret community data to determinehealth needs and intervention priorities. In addition to needs assessment,they work with community leaders to plan, implement, and evaluate communityhealth education interventions such as smoking cessation, chronicand infectious disease awareness campaigns, vaccination programs,and family planning and prenatal care initiatives. This program is idealfor those who like to work with the public, yet who also like to take thebroader view of how to promote the health of communities and groupsof citizens.The associate degree program fully articulates with the bachelor of communityhealth degree program offered at the main NMSU campus in theDepartment of Health Science, which also offers the master of publichealth in community health education at the graduate level. The coursesin this associate of applied science in public health curriculum at DACCwill meet the majority of NMSU’s general education degree requirementsand are designed to give students a full overview of what public health andcommunity health education practice is all about. There are no specialadmissions criteria for this program, but prospective majors are advisedto arrange an initial degree advising session with the faculty of DACC’s