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Online Associate in Arts Degree

The Online Associate in Arts (AA) Degree provides the courses of study equivalent to those offered to freshman and sophomore level students attending any four-year college/university. If students receive the AA from DMACC, this degree, in most cases, will meet the lower division requirements of four-year colleges/universities and will admit them to the junior status level. The degree requirements consist of both their general education requirements and elective courses to be used in preparation for a major area of study.

The DMACC Advising and counseling staff can assist students with the transfer process.

AA Degree Requirements:

  • Maintain a 2.0 grade point average on all work applicable to the AA Degree
  • Earn a minimum of 1/3 of the semester credit hours applicable to the degree being pursued at DMACC
  • No more than 43 transfer semester credit hours may be applied toward the degree
    Complete the final 10 semester credit hours enrolled at DMACC
  • Complete a minimum of 64 semester credit hours
  • Include at least 48 semester credit hours of core courses.
  • Include at least 16 semester credit hours of elective credit.
    • Students may include 16 semester credit hours of vocational/technical credit

Online Courses Available:

Communications - 9 credits

Course Number Course Name
Credits
ENG105 Composition I
3
ENG106 Composition II
3
ENG108* Comp II: Technical Writing (Web Based Course)
3

Note: Students who intend to transfer to a four-year institution are advised to take ENG105 and ENG106.

***Speech Requirement: Speech is not currently available online at DMACC. Click here for a list of online speech classes through other educational institutions.

Social and Behavioral Science - 9 credits
Students must complete at least 3 courses. Each course must be from a distinct discipline, reflected by the course acronym.

Course Number Course Name
Credits
ANT105 Cultural Anthropology
3
ECN120 Principles of Macroeconomics
3
ECN130 Principles of Microeconomics
3
GEO111 Intro to Geography
3
GEO124 Third World
3
HIS112 Western Civilization: Ancient to Early Modern
4
HIS113 Western Civilization: Early Modern to Present
4
HIS150 U.S. History to 1877
4
HIS153 U.S. History Since 1877
4
POL111 American National Government
3
POL121 International Relations
3
POL171 Introduction to Public Administration
3
PSY111 General Psychology
3
PSY121 Developmental Psychology
3
PSY241 Abnormal Psychology
3
PSY251 Social Psychology
3
PSY261 Human Sexuality
3
SOC110 Intro. to Sociology
3
SOC115 Social Issues
3
SOC120 Marriage and Family
3

Mathematics and Sciences - 9 Credits
(students must take one math and one science with lab)

Course Number Course Name
Credits
BIO156 Human Biology Web-Blended
(Requires some face-to-face contact)
3
CHM105 Survey of Chemistry Web-Blended
(Requires some face-to-face contact)
3
ENV115 Environmental Science
3
ENV116 Environmental Science Lab
1
MAT141 Finite Math
4
MAT157 Statistics
4
MAT166 Calculus for Business & Social Sciences
4

Humanities - 9 credits

Course Number Course Name
Credits
HIS112 Western Civilization: Ancient to Early Modern
4
HIS113 Western Civilization: Early Modern to Present
4
HUM116 Encounters in Humanities
3
LIT101 Intro. to Literature
3
LIT166 Science Fiction
3
LIT180 Mythology
3
LIT193 Humor in Literature
3
MUS100 Music Appreciation
3
PHI101 Introduction to Philosophy
3
PHI105 Ethical Problems
3
PHI110 Introduction to Logic
3
REL101 Comparative Religions
3

Distributed Requirements - 12 credits
Choose from the courses listed above.

Electives - 16 credits
See other courses available

Please note that new courses are added each semester.