General Studies, AA

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The Associate of Arts degree provides general academic courses and electives for students who plan to transfer to a college or university. Because of the various transfer requirements at colleges and universities, and to ensure enrollment in appropriate courses, students should verify course transferability and degree applicability with a Collin College academic advisor and/or visit TransferU at: http://www.collin.edu/transferu/index.html.

To earn an Associate of Arts (AA) degree with no field of study, complete the 42 credit hour General Education Core, 18 credit hours of general studies electives and any other Associate of Arts (AA) degree requirements. Check with your transfer institution before registering for general studies electives to make sure your courses will be degree applicable to your bachelor’s degree at the transfer institution.

First Year

First Semester

Second Semester

Second Year

First Semester

GEN ED - Language, Philosophy & Culture course
GEN ED - Government course
GEN ED - Life and Physical Sciences course with lab
ELECTIVE - Elective ¹ (3 SCH)
ELECTIVE - Elective ¹ (3 SCH)

Second Semester

GEN ED - Government course
GEN ED - Social and Behavioral Sciences course
ELECTIVE - Elective ¹ (3 SCH)
ELECTIVE - Elective ¹ (3 SCH)
GEN ED - Life and Physical Sciences course with lab

Total Credit Hours: 60

1. For an AA Degree, a minimum of 18 credit hours of degree requirements and general studies electives must be completed. General studies electives may be drawn from any college-level credit course.

2. Any core course not already utilized to fulfill a component area, or EDUC 1100 , EDUC 1300 , KINE 1164 , KINE 1304 , KINE 1338 may fulfill the last hour of core needed. If student earns more than 42 core credit hours, the extra hours may be applied to degree requirements.

The underlined GEN ED courses note required core components for the AA degree. If no class is specified, student has option to choose from that component. Students should consult with an advisor on best options for their chosen field and what is required by their chosen transfer institution.