This program is designed for students wanting to complete the first two years of a bachelor's degree at the community college and transfer to a college or university to complete a BA degree.
The Associate of Arts (AA) Degree provides students with both breadth and depth of knowledge in Liberal Arts as well as Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students may tailor this general Associate of Arts (AA) Degree to prepare for specific transfer options.
The Associate of Arts (AA) degree is a 2-year, 60-credit degree program for students who want to transfer to a four-year college or university to pursue a four-year degree in arts, humanities, communication, or social sciences. The AA degree also includes courses in math and sciences. As a transfer degree, the AA includes Guaranteed Transfer
(GT) courses as well as elective classes. Students who want to transfer to a specific four-year degree program, such as Communication, History, or Fine Arts, should follow the program pathway for that specific AA degree. This is known as ‘choosing a major.’ Students who do not choose a specific AA degree pathway will be awarded a general AA degree. The Associate of Arts degree is a two-year degree featuring courses from a variety of subject areas, including English, Communication, Arts, Math, science, and Social Science. Students wishing to transfer to a four-year university should choose an AA degree with a specific concentration, such as English, Education, History, Psychology, Spanish. An AA degree without a concentrated subject area may not transfer to a four-year university program, or it may require that additional courses be taken at the four-year level. Speak to an advisor to declare your program.
Upon admittance to MCC, all students entering any one of the college’s degree programs or those entering ENG 1021, or any college-level math will be required to take the assessment/placement test.
Alternatively, if taken with the last 5 years, documentation of assessment/placement test scores from another two-year Colorado college or ACT® scores of reading 17, English 18, and math 23 will meet the assessment requirement.
- Minimum grade of "C" for each course
- Minimum cumulative MCC GPA of 2.0 to graduate
- Remedial/Developmental level courses do not apply.
- 15 credits in this program must be taken at MCC
Course Requirements
None.
Written Communication
Take these two courses:
Computer Science
Select one course:
Oral Communication
Select one course:
History
Select one course:
Mathematics
Select one course:
Note: Credits over 3 may be applied to Electives
Natural and Physical Sciences
Select two courses:
Note: Credits over 7 may be applied to Electives
Arts and Humanities
Select two courses, from two different AH areas:
Arts and Expression: GT-AH1
Literature and Humanities: GT-AH2
Ways of Thinking: GT-AH3
World Languages: GT-AH4
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Select two courses:
Economic or Political Systems: GT-SS1
Human Behavior/Social Frameworks: GT-SS3
Student Option
Select one course, 3 credits, from any of these areas:
A.A. Electives
Select 20 credits
Choose form the Associate of Arts (A.A.) approved electives list