Associate in Arts (AA) - General Transfer

Note: Some General Education Requirements may be met by Major Area courses.

• Communication Skills [C]—10 credits minimum
  To fulfill the communications requirement for the AA general transfer degree, students must:
  • Take ENGL 101 or ENGL 111 at 5 credits; AND
    EITHER
  • Take another 5-credit English composition course (ENGL 102, 113 [fall 2006 or after], or 211).
    OR
  • Take another 3-credit English composition course (ENGL 110, 113 [fall 2005 – fall 2006], 115, or ENGL 212/BUS 211); AND take a 3-credit or 5-credit communication studies course (CMST 101, 201, or 211).
• Quantitative Skills [Q]—5 credits
  Complete a minimum of five (5) credits of coursework 100 level or above with an Intermediate Algebra prerequisite. Examples of disciplines allowed are listed below:
  BUS
  CSE
  ENSC 135 – Only
  MATH
  
• Health & Physical Education [HE, PE, HP]—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 258 or 266

Complete a minimum of forty-five (45) credits from the distribution list on page B9.
Note: Some distribution requirements may be met by Major Area courses.

• Humanities [HA, HB]—15 credits
  Select courses from at least three (3) subject areas for a minimum of fifteen (15) credits.
• Social Sciences [SS]—15 credits
  Select courses from at least three (3) subject areas for a minimum of fifteen (15) credits.
• Natural Sciences [NS]—15 credits
  Select courses from at least two (2) subject areas for a minimum of fifteen (15) credits. May include no more than ten (10) credits from one (1) subject area and shall include at least one (1) lab science. MATH and CTEC courses do not fulfill this requirement, except MATH 135.

Complete a total of twenty-eight (28) credits, from courses numbered 100 and above.

• Specified Electives
  [C, Q, HE, HA, HB, HP, PE, SE, SS, NS]—13 credits
  A maximum of two (2) credits in PE Activity can apply towards this area. Courses coded as HP count as one (1) credit of PE Activity.
• General Electives [GE]—15 credits
  The remaining elective credits can be selected from coursework identified in the Specified Elective section, or from any other 100-level vocational course. However, the vocational courses may not transfer to a senior institution.

Note: Some transfer curriculums specify electives as requirements. Coursework in ENL, ESL or FLPC can not apply to the AA degree program.