ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (AAS) CORE CURRICULUM

The Associate of Applied Science is an occupationally oriented degree. Its primary purpose is to prepare students for entry into a particular occupation upon completion of the degree. Descriptions of WCJC's AAS degrees, along with required degree plans, are listed alphabetically. All AAS degree programs are comprised of between 60 – 72 semester credit hours, and must contain a minimum of fifteen semester credit hours of general education courses, including one course from each of the following areas:

Math/Natural Science: Any college-level MATH course. Any laboratory science

course. Note: If taking GEOL 1303, GEOL 1103 must be taken. If taking GEOL

1304, GEOL 1104 must be taken.

Social/Behavioral Science: ANTH 2346; ANTH 2351; CRIJ 1307; ECON 2301 or

2302; GEOG 1303; GOVT 2301 or 2302; HIST 1301 or 1302 or 2301 or 2311 or

2312; PSYC 2301 or 2306 or 2314 or 2315; SOCI 1301 or 1306 or 2306 or 2319.

Humanities or Performing/Visual Arts: Any ARTS course(s); any DRAM

course(s); ENGL 2322 or 2323 or 2327 or 2332 or 2333 or 2340; HIST 2311 or

2312; HUMA 1301; HUMA 2323; any MUSI course(s); PHIL 1301; SPAN 1411 or

1412 or 2311 or 2312.

Note: A course cannot count toward more than one general education requirement.

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General Education Electives: The remaining general education courses must be academic transfer courses of collegiate level and general in nature, not geared to a specific occupation.

AAS College-level Competencies: Six basic intellectual competencies (reading, writing, speaking, listening, critical thinking, and computer literacy) noted by the Texas Higher education Coordinating Board (CoBoard) are deemed essential to the learning process. These competencies are integrated into the instruction methods of the courses within the general education core for AAS degrees at WCJC.

Applicants for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree must:

A. Satisfy all conditions for admission.

B. Pass all three sections of the THEA test or satisfy the basic skills

requirement in an way prescribed by the Texas Higher Education

Coordinating Board.

C. Successfully complete all coursework according to program deadlines.

D. Complete no more than forty percent (40%) of required course work via

distance learning delivery methods.

E. Complete at least twenty-four semester hours, including nine of the last

fifteen hours, at Wharton County Junior College.

F. Meet all financial obligations to the college.

 

Programs and courses within programs are subject to deletion or change without

notice by action of the Board of Trustees of Wharton County Junior College.