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 are 8 weeks in length. For full UMGC course information, see our course schedule and catalog.
GEM Requirements
- 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
- (3 Credits, SPCH 100)
GEM Requirements
- 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
- (3 Credits, WRTG 111)
- (3 Credits, WRTG 112)
- (3 Credits, WRTG 291)
GEM Requirements
- 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
- (3 Credits, MATH 105)
- (3 Credits, MATH 107)
- (3 Credits, MATH 115)
- (4 Credits, MATH 140)
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
GEM Requirements
- 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.
Eligible UMGC Courses
- (3 Credits, ANTH 102)
- (3 Credits, BEHS 210)
- (3 Credits, ECON 201)
- (3 Credits, ECON 203)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 100)
- (3 Credits, GVPT 170)
- (3 Credits, HIST 157)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 100)
- (3 Credits, SOCY 100)
GEM Requirements
- Courses in fine arts (criticism, appreciation, or historical significance), foreign language, literature, philosophy, and religion are acceptable.
Eligible UMGC Courses
- (3 Credits, ENGL 240)
- (3 Credits, GERM 111)
- (3 Credits, JAPN 111)
- (3 Credits, MUSC 210)
- (3 Credits, PHIL 100)
- (3 Credits, PHIL 110)
- (3 Credits, PHIL 140)
- (3 Credits, SPAN 111)
Contact Military Advising
- E-mail: military.advisor@umgc.edu
- Phone: 877-275-8682
- Live phone support is available Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET.
Contact Military Portals Team
- E-mail: militaryportals@umgc.edu
- Phone: 240-684-2574
