Community College of the Air Force General Education Mobile Program (GEM)

Kent State University is a proud partner in the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) General Education Mobile (GEM) program. As part of the GEM program, active duty airmen and guardians are able to take up to 15 credits toward their CCAF Associate of Applied Science degree general education requirements at Kent State University.

All courses listed below are offered in an entirely online format, so airmen and guardians can take classes no matter where they are stationed, as long as there is a reliable internet connection. As a regionally accredited institution, your classes are also eligible to transfer to other colleges and universities.

Kent State University’s GEM Plan

CCAF requires courses from 5 general education areas which are applicable toward your CCAF degree:

  • Oral Communication*
  • Written Communication*
  • Mathematics
  • Social Sciences
  • Humanities

Kent State offers the following classes online, which are applicable toward your CCAF degree.

CCAF GEM AREA

SUBJ

NUM

TITLE

SH

Kent Core
Attribute

Oral Communication

COMM

15000

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION

3

KADL

Written Communication

ENG

11011

COLLEGE WRITING

3

KCMP

ENG

21011

RESEARCH WRITING

3

KCMP

Humanities

CLAS

21404

THE GREEK ACHIEVEMENT

3

KHUM

 

CLAS

21405

THE ROMAN ACHIEVEMENT

3

KHUM

 

ENG

21054

INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE

3

KHUM

 

ENG

22071

STORIES THAT BUILT THE WORLD: HEROES, QUESTS AND LEGENDS

3

KHUM

 

ENG

22072

STORIES TO SAVE THE WORLD: LITERATURE AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY

3

KHUM

 

ENG

22073

MAJOR MODERN WRITERS: BRITISH AND UNITED STATES

3

KHUM

 

PHIL

11001

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

3

KHUM

 

PHIL

21001

INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

3

KHUM

 

REL

11020

INTRODUCTION WORLD RELIGIONS

3

KHUM

Mathematics

MATH

10041

INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS

4

KMCR

MATH

10775

ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS PLUS

4

KMCR

MATH

11009

MODELING ALGEBRA

4

KMCR

MATH

11010

ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS

3

KMCR

MATH

11012

INTUITIVE CALCULUS

3

KMCR

MATH

11022

TRIGONOMETRY

3

KMCR

MATH

12002

ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS I

5

KMCR

Social Science

ANTH

18210

GLOBAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

3

KSS

ECON

22060

PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

3

KSS

ECON

22061

PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

3

KSS

GEOG

17063

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

3

KSS

GEOG

17064

GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

3

KSS

POL

10100

AMERICAN POLITICS

3

KSS

PSYC

11762

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

KSS

SOC

12050

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

KSS

SOC

22778

SOCIAL PROBLEMS

3

KSS

 

*Note: CCAF AAS students enrolled in the 2017-2024 CCAF General Catalog have two options to complete the 6 semester hours (SH) communications requirement:

  • Option 1 - complete 3SH of written communication and 3SH of oral communication courses.
  • Option 2 - complete 6SH of non-duplicative written communication courses.

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Kent State University is also a proud partner in the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) Associate to Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU-ABC). As part of the AU-ABC program, DAF members with associate in applied science degrees from CCAF can apply their credit toward Kent State University’s Bachelor of Technical and Applied Studies (BTAS), maximizing the application of military career education and training.

Contact Josh Rider, Director and VA Certifying Official in the Center for Adult and Veteran Services, with questions about Kent State University, Veteran and Military services, or the GEM program at jrider@kent.edu or 330-672-7933.