(a) An applicable and appropriate nonremedial mathematics course is:
(1) An Arkansas Course Transfer System mathematics course with the "MATH" prefix;
(2) Applied mathematics; or
(3) A nonremedial mathematics course that satisfies the mathematics component of the associate of applied science degree and has been approved by the:
(A) State-supported institution of higher education offering the associate of applied science degree through the academic review process; and
(B) Department of Higher Education.
(b) Beginning July 2011, state-supported institutions of higher education shall require a college-level nonremedial mathematics course for an associate of applied science degree.