Students can receive either an Associate in Arts or an Associate in Science degree from Jefferson State.
The associate in arts and associate in science degrees are the basic degrees awarded to students completing a planned university-parallel program designed to meet the requirements of the first two years of a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. Students must print and retain the Alabama Transfers articulation guide for their major along with the transfer institution’s Area V courses. This information is available from the appropriate academic division, Enrollment Services, and our home page. All associate in arts and associate in science degrees will contain the following General Education Core requirements. Since not all courses will satisfy these requirements in all programs, courses should be chosen from a Alabama Transfers articulation guide, approved degree plan or Degree Works audit to ensure they meet the requirements. The Alabama Transfers articulation guide, degree plan or Degree Works audit will also indicate the courses needed in addition to the General Education Core to complete the degree.
Note: Courses satisfying Areas I-IV are noted in the “Course Descriptions” and “University Parallel” sections of the Catalog and Student Handbook. All students receiving the Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree will complete ORI 101 unless the student transfers in 12 or more hours.
AREA I: WRITTEN COMPOSITION I AND II………..6
AREA II: HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS…………….12
- Literature**……………………………………………………..3
- Arts…………………………………………………………………..3
- Remaining semester hours to be selected from Humanities and/or Fine Art….6
(Humanities and arts disciplines include but are not limited to area/ethnic studies, art and art history, foreign languages, music and music history, philosophy, ethics, religious studies, speech, theater and dance.)
AREA III: NATURAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS…….11
- Mathematics at the Precalculus Algebra or Finite Math Level……..3
- Natural Sciences (laboratory)……………………………………8
In addition to mathematics, disciplines in the natural sciences include: astronomy, biological sciences, chemistry, geology, physical geography, earth science, physics, and physical science.
AREA IV: HISTORY, SOCIAL, AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES…….12
- History**…………………………………………………………………..3
- Other disciplines in the Social and Behavioral Sciences……..9
No more than six hours of History may be completed for Area IV. (Social and behavioral sciences include, but are not limited to: anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology.)
AREAS I-IV: MINIMUM GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS…….41
AREA V: PRE-PROFESSIONAL, PRE-MAJOR, AND ELECTIVE COURSES………..**19 – 23
Courses appropriate to the degree requirements and major of the individual student and electives. See your advisor, Degree Works Audit, or see Area V on the transfer institution’s website.
AREA I-V: GENERAL STUDIES CURRICULA………. **60 – 64
Students completing courses that have been approved for the General Studies Curriculum and are appropriate to their major and/or degree program may transfer these courses with credit applicable to their degree program among Alabama’s public two-year and four-year colleges and universities.
**Must complete a six-semester hour sequence either in literature or in history. The sequence in Area II and IV in literature or history needs to follow the sequence requirements according to the student’s major and transfer plans.
