Policies & Procedures Manual

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Policy No: 413.1

Policy Contact: Vice President for Instruction

Policy Title: REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES

East Central Community College grants three associate degrees - The Associate of Arts, The Associate of Science, and The Associate of Applied Science. Students who plan to transfer to senior institutions should take note that substitution in the specified courses of Categories I and II below may be made with the approval of the Vice President for Instruction in order to meet senior college requirements.

I. To graduate from the College with the degree of Associate of Arts, a student must:

1. Earn a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit to include the 35 semester hours listed in the Academic Core curriculum, and no more than four semester hours of activity courses (physical education, band, choir, and varsity sports); 2. Earn an average of two quality points for each semester hour attempted; when a course is repeated, repeated, only the highest grade recorded will count for quality point purposes; if the student withdraws from the repeated course, the previous grade will count for quality point purposes); 3. Complete at least 25 percent of the credit hours required for the Associate of Arts degree at East Central Community College; 1. Earn a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit to include the 35 semester hours listed in the Academic in the Core Curriculum, sixteen or more semester hours of laboratory science, and no more than four semester hours of activity courses physical education, band, choir, and varsity sports); 2. Earn an average of two quality points for each semester hour attempted; (when a course is repeated only the highest grade recorded will count for quality point purposes; if the student withdraws from the repeated course, the previous grade will count for quality point purposes); 3. Complete at least 25 percent of the credit hours required for the Associate of Science degree at East Central Community College; 1. Earn a minimum of 60-61 semester hours of credit to include the 15/16 semester hours listed in the Technical Core Curriculum, all technical courses in the specified program of study as listed in Chapter 5, “Program of Study” in the College Catalog, an adequate number of approved technical courses to complete 60-61 semester hours, and no more than four semester hours of activity courses (physical education, band, choir, and varsity sports) and ; 2. Earn an average of two quality points for each semester hour attempted; (when a course is repeated, only the highest grade recorded counts for quality point purposes; if the student withdraws from the repeated course, the previous grade will count for quality point purposes); Complete at least 25 percent of the credit hours required for the Associate of Applied Science degree at East Central Community College; IV. To graduate from the College with a second associate degree, which must be different from the first, a student must: III. To graduate from the College with the degree of Associate of Applied Science, a student must: II. To graduate from the College with the degree of Associate of Science, a student must: