Associate in Applied Science (AAS)

The Associate in Applied Science degree is designed for students who wish to complete a program with a specific professional- technical career objective. See page B4 for academic residency requirement. Students are required to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 to receive this degree.

Note: Some General Education Requirements may be met by specific requirements of the program.

• Communication Skills—6 credits
  Select one (1) from List One and an additional course from either List One or List Two, depending on program requirements.
  

  List One		List Two
  BTEC 107		CMST 101
  ENGL 098		CMST 201
  ENGL 099		CMST 211
  ENGL 101 or 111
  ENGL 102
  ENGL 211
  ENGL 212 or BUS 211
  PTWR 099

  
  
• Health & Physical Education—3 credits
  Complete three (3) credits from either Option One or Option Two.
  
  Option One
  Complete two (2) credits of Health from the list below AND one (1) credit of any college-level PE Activity course:
  • HLTH 100, 101, 103, 104, 206, 207, 210, 278
  • PE Activity
  
  
  Option Two
  Complete three (3) credits from one (1) of the courses listed below:
  
  • HPE 220, 258 or 266
  
  
• Computational Skills—3 credits
  Complete three (3) credits from one of the following options:
  • ENSC 135 or any MATH course numbered 030 or higher, except MATH 096.
  • CSE 121, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224. CTEC 121, 123, 140, 141, 142, 143, 224, 240, 241, 242, 281, 282
  • A placement test score qualifying the student for entry into MATH 090 will satisfy this requirement.
  
  
• Human Relations—3 credits
  Complete three (3) credits from the list below:
  • Communication Studies (CMST) 201, 211 or 212
  • Human Development (HDEV) 105, 123 or 155
  • Any Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC) course
  • Addiction Counselor Education (ACED) 201
  
  
• Humanities—3 credits
  Complete three (3) credits from the list below:
  
  • Any Art (ART) course numbered 100 or above
  • Communication Studies (CMST) 120, 216 or 220
  • Any English (ENGL) course except ENGL 097, 098, 099, 101, 102, 103, 111, 211 or 212
  • Any Foreign Language course
  • Any Humanities (HUM) course
  • Music (MUS) 105, 125, 128, 131, 132, 133, 135, 141, 142, 143, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184 or 185
  • Any Philosophy course
  • Any Theatre (THEA) course
  • Women’s Studies (WS) 101, 201 or 210
  
  
• Social Science—3 credits
  Complete three (3) credits from any of following departments:
  
  

  ACED 101, 102	History
  Anthropology	Political Science
  Economics	Psychology
  Forensic Science	Sociolgy
  Geography	Women’s Studies

  
  
• Sciences—3 credits
  Complete three (3) credits from any of following departments (Note the restriction on Agriculture and Anthropology):
  
  

  Agriculture 175	Environmental Science
  Anthropology 101	Geology
  Astronomy	Meteorology
  Biology	Nutrition
  Chemistry (except CHEM 050)	Physical Science
  	Physics

Students must complete the courses listed in their career plan, plus electives as needed to meet the ninety (90) credit requirement. Most occupational programs require more than fifty-nine (59) credits of specific requirements.