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YAVAPAI COLLEGE CATALOG • 2015/16
DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE INFORMATION
The Associate of Arts degree requires completion of 60 credit hours. This degree is designed to enable a student to transfer to a baccalaureate- granting institution.
Associate of Arts Degree
The Associate of Arts degree requires completion of 60 credit hours. This degree is designed to enable a student to transfer to a baccalaureate-granting institution. Students following this de- gree program will complete university-parallel requirements in general education that will fulfill all lower division general education requirements at the Arizona universities. The AA degree will allow students with declared majors to fulfill their lower division major requirements at Yavapai College and is also appropriate for the liberal arts major and the transfer-oriented student who is undecided about either major area of study or the transfer institution.
Thirty-five hours of coursework are concentrated in general education. At Yavapai Col- lege the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC-A) is embedded in the Associate of Arts degree. In most instances, a student can fulfill all lower division general education and major requirements of the public universities in Arizona through completion of this degree.
The core curriculum consists of three parts: (A) Foundation Studies include critical literacy, precise writing, qualitative thinking, and the process of analysis and synthesis that underlie logical reason- ing; (B) Core Studies focus on the conceptual frameworks through which a thinker, a culture, or an academic discipline may approach an issue; (C) Area Studies link foundation skills in thinking and communicating and the core emphasis on conceptual frameworks to the content of academic disciplines.
Arizona General Education (AGEC) special requirements incorporate additional university require- ments in Intensive Writing/Critical Inquiry (IWR), Ethnic/Race/Gender (ERG) Awareness, and Global/International and Historical (GIH) Awareness areas. Upon completion of all 35 credit hours (including the special requirements) of the AGEC with a grade of “C” or higher, the student will receive recognition of completion on their Yavapai College transcript.
Three credit hours of communication coursework are required for this degree. Twenty-two credit hours of coursework in this degree are in major and elective studies (accepted prefixes listed below).
Students preparing to transfer to an upper-division baccalaureate degree program should contact an academic advisor in the major field of study at the transfer institution in addition to meeting regularly with an academic advisor at Yavapai College. Regular advisement is important to build an educational plan and ensure applicability of general education, elective, and major courses. Students intending to transfer to one of the Arizona public universities can obtain specific informa- tion on transferability of courses at www.aztransfer.com and curriculum transfer guides available from advisors. Transfer guides are also available from each university’s web site.
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