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Associate in Arts Degree

The Associate in Arts (AA) is a two-year liberal arts degree offering 13 tracks or emphases.

The AA degree is not prerequisite to the BA or BS degrees, but it can provide helpful guidance in course selection for students who plan to pursue specific fields of study at other institutions.

A student must attend the College for at least three terms and have a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better to receive the Associate in Arts degree.

Total Credit Requirement: 62 credits

Core Skill Requirements: one course in Public Presentation (PP), Information Literacy (IL), and Quantitative Reasoning (QR)

Emphasis-Specific Requirements

Art Emphasis

Biological Sciences Emphasis

Education Emphasis

English Emphasis

History Emphasis

Language Emphasis

Mathematical Sciences Emphasis

Philosophy Emphasis

Physical Education Emphasis

Physical Sciences Emphasis

Psychology Emphasis

Religion Emphasis

Social Science Emphasis

Artistic Emphasis

• Fine Arts, Music, or Theater* (at least three credits at 200-level) 6 credits
• Art history 3 credits

*Aesthetic requirement replaces " Fine Arts, Music, Theater or Literature" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

Biological Sciences Emphasis

• Biology* (incl. 120 and 121) (at least three credits at 200-level biology) 11 credits
• Physical Science or Math 3 credits

*Science requirements replace "Science (not computer science)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

Education Emphasis

• Education 9 credits

English Emphasis

• Additional Literature or Writing* 6 credits

*beyond requirements "Writing 101 and 202" and "Fine Arts, Music, Theater or Literature" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above

History Emphasis

• History* (at least three credits at 200-level) 9 credits

*History requirement replaces "History or Social Science (may not overlap Moral/Civil)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

Language Emphasis

• 200 level in one language 6 credits

Mathematical Sciences Emphasis

• Calculus (Math 150 and 151) 8 credits
• 200-level Math or Comp Sci 3 credits

Philosophy Emphasis

• Moral Course* 3 credits
• Civil Course* 3 credits
• 200-level Philosophy+ 3 credits
• Additional Religion 3 credits

*Philosophical requirements replace "Moral or Civil course" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

+May overlap Moral or Civil requirement.

Physical Education Emphasis

• Physical Education* (includes PE 101, PE 120, and 3 credits at 200-level) 6 credits
• Biology+ (Bio 120 and Bio 121) 8 credits
• Psychology or Education** 3 credits

*Physical education requirement replaces "Physical Education" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

+Biology requirement replaces "Science (not computer science)" in the  Core Perspective Requirements table above.

**May overlap "History or Social Science (may not overlap Moral/Civil)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

Physical Sciences Emphasis

• Calculus (Math 150) 4 credits
• Physical Science* 8 credits
• Additional Sci or Comp Sci* (at least 3 science credits at 200-level) 3 credits

*Science requirements replace "Science (not computer science)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

Psychology Emphasis

• Psychology* 9 credits

*Psychology requirement replaces "History or Social Science (may not overlap Moral/Civil)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

Religion Emphasis

• Religious Doctrine* 6 credits
• Scripture* 3 credits
• World Religions* 3 credits
• Additional Religion* (at least 6 religion credits at 200-level) 3 credits
• Moral Course+ 3 credits
• Civil Course+ 3 credits

*Religion requirements replace "Religion (including service and religion internships)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

+Philosophy requirements replace "Moral or Civil course" and may overlap "History or Social Science (may not overlap Moral/Civil)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.

Social Science Emphasis

• Social Sciences* (at least 3 credits at 200-level) 9 credits

*Social Science requirement replaces "History or Social Science (may not overlap Moral/Civil)" in the Core Perspective Requirements table above.