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Associate of Arts Degree

Associate of Arts Degree

Program Description

The Associate of Arts (AA) degree program of study is intended to encourage exploration of academic options, provide a strong general education component, and prepare students to initiate upper-division work in baccalaureate programs or prepare for employment. A minimum of 61 credit hours are required for completion of an associate degree. Courses can only be used once in this program.

Required Courses

Communications – 9 credits

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • ENGL 110

    College Composition I

    3

  • ENGL 120

    College Composition II

    3

  • COMM 110

    Fundamentals of Public Speaking

    3

Arts and Humanities – 12 credits – 6 credits required Native Language

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • LANG 121

    Chippewa/Cree Language I

    3

  • And

  • LANG 122

    Chippewa/Cree Language II

    3

  • Or

  • LANG 125

    Ojibwa Language I

    3

  • And

  • LANG 126

    Ojibwa Language II

    3

  • Use any AHU, ART, ENGL (other than ENGL 110 & ENGL 120), FREN, HUMM, LANG, MUSC, PHIL, SPAN, VART

Social Sciences – 12 credits required

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • ECON Options

  • HIST Options:

    (HIST 118, HIST 251, HIST 252, HIST 261, HIST 262, HIST 296)
    **American Indian History category required 3 Credits

  • POLS Options

  • SOCI Options

  • PSYC Options

Health and Wellness – 2 credits

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • HPER Options

  • NUTR Options

Math, Science and Engineering – 8 credits
One Laboratory Science courses are required – 4 credits (Can include BIOL 111)

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • ASTR Options

  • BIOL Options

  • CHEM Options

  • GEOG Options

  • PHYS Options

One Math course required - 4 credits

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • MATH 103

    College Algebra

    4

Technology – 3 credits

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • CSCI 101

    Introduction to Computers

    3

First Year Experience

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • SOCI 105

    First Year Experience

    2

Transitions – Graduation and Beyond

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • SOCI 120

    Transitions -Graduation and Beyond

    1

Elective Courses – 12 credits

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • Use Any:

    AHU, ANTH, ART, ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, CJ, ECON, ENGL (other than ENGL 110 & ENGL 120), ENGR, FREN, GEOG, GEOL, HIST, HUMM, LANG, MATH, MUSC, NRM, PHIL, PHYS, POLS, PSYC (higher that PSYC 111), SOCI, SPAN, SWK, VART

Total Credit Hours: 61
*Academic Skills Courses (ASC) below 100 or MATH 100 & Math 102 will not fulfill General Education requirements and cannot be included in the semester hours required for an Associate of Arts degree.

Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 (“C” average).

Complete the Graduation Application for an Associate of Arts degree. See TMCC Academic Calendar for Due date.