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Apr 03, 2025
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PVCC 2019-2020 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Minimum Requirements for Associate Degrees
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Minimum Number of Semester Hour Credits |
| General Education: |
(1) AA |
(2) AS |
(3) AA&S |
(4) AFA |
(5) AAA / AAS |
| Communication(a) |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
3-6 |
| Humanities / Fine Arts |
6 |
6 |
6 |
3-9(b) |
3-6 |
| Foreign Language (Intermediate Level) |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Social / Behavioral Sciences |
9 |
9(a) |
9 |
3-9 |
3-6 |
| Natural Sciences |
7-8 |
7-8 |
7-8 |
4 |
0 |
| Mathematics |
3-6 |
3-6 |
3-6 |
3 |
0 |
| Total for General Education = |
34-41 |
31-35 |
31-35 |
19-28 |
15 |
| As specified above, degree programs must contain a minimum of 15 semester hours of general education as defined by SACSCOC. |
| Other Requirements for Associate Degrees: |
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| Personal Development |
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| Personal development constitutes one of the seven elements of general education required for degree completion by the VCCS. However, not all courses that satisfy this degree requirement will also satisfy the fulfillment of the general education component specified in SACSCOC guidelines. |
1-2 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
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1-2 |
Major field courses and electives (columns 1-4)
Career/technical courses (column 5) |
14-22 |
20-28 |
20-28 |
34-43 |
43-53 |
| Total for Degree = |
60-63 |
60-63 |
60-63 |
60-63 |
60-69 |
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Notes: (a) Only 6 semester hours of social/behavioral sciences are required for engineering majors who plan to transfer to a baccalaureate degree engineering program that requires 6 or fewer hours in this category, provided that the college/university publishes such requirements in its transfer guide. (b) One course in humanities/fine arts for the Fine Arts major must be a literature course. |
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