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General Education Mobile (GEM)

Pierce College at JBLM is proud to be a GEM-certified school to support the completion of your Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) degree.  Our GEM courses are preapproved to meet CCAF Associate of Applied Science general education degree requirements.

Getting Started

  1. Attend your installation’s TA briefing
  2. Apply for tuition assistance (Note: You must apply no later than 7 days prior to the course start date.)
  3. Select Pierce College as your GEM institution when completing the Air Force Tuition Assistance (TA) request process.
  4. Select classes from the quarterly schedule.
  5. Register for GEM-approved courses (after TA approval).
  6. Purchase required course materials.
  7. Access your course on the start date

GEM Approved Courses

Distribution Area Course Number Course Title
ORAL COMMUNICATION CMST& 101

CMST& 220		 Introduction to Communications

Public Speaking
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ENGL& 101

ENGL& 102

ENGL 107		 English Composition I

Composition II: Argumentation and Research

Composition III: Writing About Literature
MATHEMATICS MATH& 107

MATH& 141

MATH& 146		 Math in Society

Precalculus I

Introduction to Statistics
SOCIAL SCIENCE ECON& 201

ECON& 202

GEOG 100

HIST& 128

POLS& 101

POLS& 202

PSYC& 100

PSYC& 200

SOC& 101

SOC 235		 Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

Intro to Geography

World Civilizations III

Introduction to Political Science

American Government

General Psychology

Lifespan Psychology

Introduction to Sociology

Race and Ethnicity
HUMANITIES ART& 100

ART 142

ENGL 210

ENGL 239

HUM& 101

HUM 106

PHIL 150

RUSS& 121

SPAN& 121

SPAN& 122		 Art Appreciation

History of Art-Contemporary

Multicultural American Literature

World Literature

Introduction to Humanities

Ethnic Thought and Culture

Intro to Ethics

Russian I

Spanish I

Spanish II

Term Length

Courses at Pierce College JBLM are 9 weeks long. Classes through the other campuses are typically 11 weeks with a shorter 7–8 week summer term.

Cost

Tuition and fees vary slightly depending on campus. You can calculate the cost of your courses on the Tuition and Fees page.

Online Academic Support

A variety of student support services can be accessed through our Student Support Center.

GEM Point of Contacts

For registration questions, please contact Andrea Vonderscheer.

For advising questions, please contact Ronald Burleson.