Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Minimum Requirements for Associate Degrees

		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		4	4-8	4-8	4	0-6
Mathematics		3	3-6	3-6	3	0-6
Total for General Education =		30-31	30-38	30-38	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:

Student Development		1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2	1-2
Major field courses and electives (columns 1-4) Career/technical courses (column 5)		27-32	20-32	20-32	34-43	43-53
Total for Degree =		60-63	60-63	60-63	60-63	60-69
	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.