Associate in Science
A10400
The Associate in Science degree shall be granted for a planned program of study consisting of a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit (SHC) of college transfer courses. Within the degree program, the institution shall include opportunities for the achievement of competence in reading, writing, oral communication, fundamental mathematical skills, and the basic computer use.
Courses are approved for transfer through the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA). The CAA enables North Carolina community college graduates of two-year associate in science programs who are admitted to constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina to transfer with junior status.
Community college graduates must obtain a grade of “C” or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale in order to transfer with a junior status. Courses may also transfer through bilateral agreements between institutions.
Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution.
Universal General Education Transfer Component: 34 semester hours credit
English Composition (6 semester hours credit)
Required
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ENG 112 | Writing/Research in the Disc | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS/FINE ARTS (6 semester hours credit)
Select one course from each set below. Courses must come from two different disciplines/prefixes.
Communication/Fine Arts
Select 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ENG 231 | American Literature I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 232 | American Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 241 | British Literature I | 3 | FA, SU |
| ENG 242 | British Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
Fine Arts
Select 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
| ART 111 | Art Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 114 | Art History Survey I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 115 | Art History Survey II | 3 | SP |
| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ENG 231 | American Literature I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 232 | American Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 241 | British Literature I | 3 | FA, SU |
| ENG 242 | British Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
| MUS 110 | Music Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP |
| PHI 215 | Philosophical Issues | 3 | FA, SP |
| PHI 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
Social/Behavioral Science (6 semester hours credit)
History
Select 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
Social Behavioral Science
Select 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
| ECO 251 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | FA, SU |
| ECO 252 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | SP, SU |
| POL 120 | American Government | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PSY 150 | General Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SOC 210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
Natural Science (8 semester hours credit)
Select one of the following groups of courses
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 112 | General Biology II | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
Group 5
Mathematics (8 semester hours credit)
Select 8 semester hours credit from the following courses
Additional General Education 11 semester hours credit
Natural Science/Math (8 semester hours credit)
Select 8 semester hours credit from the following. One course may not be used to satisfy two program requirements.
| AST 151 | General Astronomy I | 3 | FA |
| AST 151A | General Astronomy I Lab | 1 | FA |
| AST 152 | General Astronomy II | 3 | SP |
| AST 152A | General Astronomy II Lab | 1 | SP |
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 112 | General Biology II | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 120 | Introductory Botany | 4 | |
| BIO 130 | Introductory Zoology | 4 | |
| CHM 151 | General Chemistry I | 4 | FA, SP |
| CHM 152 | General Chemistry II | 4 | SP, SU |
| GEL 111 | Geology | 4 | |
| MAT 152 | Statistical Methods I | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| MAT 171 | Precalculus Algebra | 4 | FA, SP |
| MAT 172 | Precalculus Trigonometry | 4 | SP, SU |
| MAT 263 | Brief Calculus | 4 | SP |
| MAT 271 | Calculus I | 4 | FA |
| MAT 272 | Calculus II | 4 | |
| MAT 273 | Calculus III | 4 | |
| PHY 151 | College Physics I | 4 | FA |
| PHY 152 | College Physics II | 4 | SP |
| PHY 251 | General Physics I | 4 | FA |
| PHY 252 | General Physics II | 4 | SP |
Humanities/Social Science
Select 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
| ART 111 | Art Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 114 | Art History Survey I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 115 | Art History Survey II | 3 | SP |
| ASL 111 | Elementary ASL I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ASL 112 | Elementary ASL II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ASL 211 | Intermediate ASL I | 3 | SP |
| ASL 212 | Intermediate ASL II | 3 | FA |
| DRA 111 | Theatre Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| DRA 112 | Literature of the Theatre | 3 | FA |
| DRA 122 | Oral Interpretation | 3 | FA, SP |
| DRA 126 | Storytelling | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ECO 251 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | FA, SU |
| ECO 252 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | SP, SU |
| ENG 231 | American Literature I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 232 | American Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 241 | British Literature I | 3 | FA, SU |
| ENG 242 | British Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 251 | Western World Literature I | 3 | |
| ENG 252 | Western World Literature II | 3 | |
| GEO 111 | World Regional Geography | 3 | |
| HIS 111 | World Civilizations I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| HIS 112 | World Civilizations II | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| HIS 131 | American History I | 3 | FA |
| HIS 132 | American History II | 3 | SP |
| HUM 110 | Technology and Society | 3 | |
| HUM 120 | Cultural Studies | 3 | |
| HUM 160 | Introduction to Film | 3 | FA, SP |
| MUS 110 | Music Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP |
| MUS 112 | Introduction to Jazz | 3 | |
| PHI 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| POL 120 | American Government | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PSY 150 | General Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PSY 241 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PSY 281 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| REL 110 | World Religions | 3 | FA, SP |
| REL 212 | Introduction to New Testament | 3 | FA, SP |
| SOC 210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SOC 213 | Sociology of the Family | 3 | FA |
| SOC 220 | Social Problems | 3 | SP |
| SPA 111 | Elementary Spanish I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SPA 112 | Elementary Spanish II | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SPA 211 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 | FA, SP |
| SPA 212 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 | |
Other Required Hours (15 semester hours credit)
Select course(s) which are classified as pre-major, elective or general education courses within the CAA. Students should select these courses based on their intended major and transfer university.
Required Courses (1 semester hours credit)
| ACA 122 | College Transfer Success | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
Natural Science/Mathematics/Computer Science (8 semester hours credit)
Select 8 semester hours credit from the following courses
| AST 151 | General Astronomy I | 3 | FA |
| AST 151A | General Astronomy I Lab | 1 | FA |
| AST 152 | General Astronomy II | 3 | SP |
| AST 152A | General Astronomy II Lab | 1 | SP |
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 112 | General Biology II | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 120 | Introductory Botany | 4 | |
| BIO 130 | Introductory Zoology | 4 | |
| BIO 140 | Environmental Biology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 140A | Environmental Biology Lab | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 168 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 | FA, SP |
| BIO 169 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 | SP, SU |
| BIO 275 | Microbiology | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| CHM 132 | Organic and Biochemistry | 4 | SP |
| CHM 151 | General Chemistry I | 4 | FA, SP |
| CHM 152 | General Chemistry II | 4 | SP, SU |
| CHM 251 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | FA |
| CHM 252 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | SP |
| CSC 134 | C++ Programming | 3 | SP |
| CSC 139 | Visual BASIC Programming | 3 | FA |
| CSC 151 | JAVA Programming | 3 | SP |
| GEL 111 | Geology | 4 | |
| MAT 152 | Statistical Methods I | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| MAT 171 | Precalculus Algebra | 4 | FA, SP |
| MAT 172 | Precalculus Trigonometry | 4 | SP, SU |
| MAT 263 | Brief Calculus | 4 | SP |
| MAT 271 | Calculus I | 4 | FA |
| MAT 272 | Calculus II | 4 | |
| MAT 273 | Calculus III | 4 | |
| MAT 280 | Linear Algebra | 3 | |
| MAT 285 | Differential Equations | 3 | |
| PHY 151 | College Physics I | 4 | FA |
| PHY 152 | College Physics II | 4 | SP |
| PHY 251 | General Physics I | 4 | FA |
| PHY 252 | General Physics II | 4 | SP |
Physical Education (2 semester hours credit)
Select 2 semester hours credit from the following courses
| HEA 110 | Personal Health & Wellness | 3 | |
| PED 110 | Fit and Well for Life | 2 | FA, SP |
| PED 113 | Aerobics I | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 117 | Weight Training I | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 118 | Weight Training II | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 120 | Walking for Fitness | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 121 | Walk, Jog, Run | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 122 | Yoga I | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 123 | Yoga II | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 128 | Golf-Beginning | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 130 | Tennis-Beginning | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 143 | Volleyball-Beginning | 1 | |
| PED 160 | Canoeing-Basic | 1 | SU |
| PED 161 | Canoeing-Rivers | 1 | SU |
| PED 171 | Nature Hiking | 1 | SP, SU |
| PED 173 | Rock Climbing | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
| PED 174 | Wilderness Pursuits | 1 | SU |
| PED 181 | Snow Skiing-Beginning | 1 | SP |
| PED 187 | Social Dance-Beginning | 1 | SP |
| PED 211 | New Games | 1 | |
| PED 235 | Tai Chi | 1 | FA, SP |
General Electives
Select 4 semester hours credit from college transfer general education, elective, and/or pre-major courses
| ACC 120 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| ACC 121 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 4 | SP, SU |
| ART 111 | Art Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 114 | Art History Survey I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 115 | Art History Survey II | 3 | SP |
| ART 121 | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 122 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 | SP |
| ART 131 | Drawing I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 132 | Drawing II | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 135 | Figure Drawing I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 171 | Computer Art I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 235 | Figure Drawing II | 3 | SP |
| ART 240 | Painting I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 241 | Painting II | 3 | SP |
| ART 244 | Watercolor | 3 | SU |
| ART 264 | Digital Photography I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 265 | Digital Photography II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 266 | Videography I | 3 | FA |
| ART 267 | Videography II | 3 | |
| ART 271 | Computer Art II | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 281 | Sculpture I | 3 | SP |
| ART 282 | Sculpture II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 283 | Ceramics I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ART 284 | Ceramics II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ART 288 | Studio | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ASL 111 | Elementary ASL I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ASL 112 | Elementary ASL II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ASL 181 | ASL Lab 1 | 1 | FA, SP |
| ASL 182 | ASL Lab 2 | 1 | FA, SP |
| ASL 211 | Intermediate ASL I | 3 | SP |
| ASL 212 | Intermediate ASL II | 3 | FA |
| AST 151 | General Astronomy I | 3 | FA |
| AST 151A | General Astronomy I Lab | 1 | FA |
| AST 152 | General Astronomy II | 3 | SP |
| AST 152A | General Astronomy II Lab | 1 | SP |
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 112 | General Biology II | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 120 | Introductory Botany | 4 | |
| BIO 130 | Introductory Zoology | 4 | |
| BIO 140 | Environmental Biology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 140A | Environmental Biology Lab | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 163 | Basic Anatomy & Physiology | 5 | FA, SP, SU |
| BIO 168 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 | FA, SP |
| BIO 169 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 | SP, SU |
| BIO 275 | Microbiology | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| BUS 110 | Introduction to Business | 3 | FA, SP |
| BUS 115 | Business Law I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| BUS 137 | Principles of Management | 3 | FA, SP |
| CHM 130 | General, Organic, & Biochemistry | 3 | FA |
| CHM 130A | General, Organic, & Biochemistry Lab | 1 | FA |
| CHM 131 | Introduction to Chemistry | 3 | FA, SP |
| CHM 131A | Introduction to Chemistry Lab | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
| CHM 132 | Organic and Biochemistry | 4 | SP |
| CHM 151 | General Chemistry I | 4 | FA, SP |
| CHM 152 | General Chemistry II | 4 | SP, SU |
| CHM 251 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | FA |
| CHM 252 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | SP |
| CIS 110 | Introduction to Computers | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| CJC 111 | Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 | FA, SU |
| CJC 121 | Law Enforcement Operations | 3 | SP |
| CJC 141 | Corrections | 3 | FA |
| COM 110 | Introduction to Communication | 3 | FA, SP |
| COM 120 | Intro Interpersonal Com | 3 | |
| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| CSC 134 | C++ Programming | 3 | SP |
| CSC 139 | Visual BASIC Programming | 3 | FA |
| CSC 151 | JAVA Programming | 3 | SP |
| DFT 170 | Engineering Graphics | 3 | |
| DRA 111 | Theatre Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| DRA 112 | Literature of the Theatre | 3 | FA |
| DRA 120 | Voice for Performance | 3 | SP |
| DRA 122 | Oral Interpretation | 3 | FA, SP |
| DRA 124 | Readers Theatre | 3 | |
| DRA 126 | Storytelling | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| DRA 128 | Children's Theatre | 3 | FA, SP |
| DRA 130 | Acting I | 3 | FA |
| DRA 131 | Acting II | 3 | FA |
| DRA 135 | Acting for the Camera I | 3 | |
| DRA 140 | Stagecraft I | 3 | FA |
| DRA 170 | Play Production I | 3 | SP |
| DRA 171 | Play Production II | 3 | SP |
| DRA 260 | Directing | 3 | |
| ECO 251 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | FA, SU |
| ECO 252 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | SP, SU |
| EGR 150 | Intro to Engineering | 2 | FA |
| ENG 113 | Literature-Based Research | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ENG 114 | Prof Research & Reporting | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ENG 125 | Creative Writing I | 3 | |
| ENG 126 | Creative Writing II | 3 | |
| ENG 231 | American Literature I | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 232 | American Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 241 | British Literature I | 3 | FA, SU |
| ENG 242 | British Literature II | 3 | FA, SP |
| ENG 251 | Western World Literature I | 3 | |
| ENG 252 | Western World Literature II | 3 | |
| ENG 272 | Southern Literature | 3 | |
| ENG 273 | African-American Literature | 3 | |
| GEL 111 | Geology | 4 | |
| GEO 111 | World Regional Geography | 3 | |
| HEA 110 | Personal Health & Wellness | 3 | |
| HIS 111 | World Civilizations I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| HIS 112 | World Civilizations II | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| HIS 131 | American History I | 3 | FA |
| HIS 132 | American History II | 3 | SP |
| HIS 236 | North Carolina History | 3 | |
| HUM 110 | Technology and Society | 3 | |
| HUM 120 | Cultural Studies | 3 | |
| HUM 160 | Introduction to Film | 3 | FA, SP |
| MAT 143 | Quantitative Literacy | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| MAT 152 | Statistical Methods I | 4 | FA, SP, SU |
| MAT 171 | Precalculus Algebra | 4 | FA, SP |
| MAT 172 | Precalculus Trigonometry | 4 | SP, SU |
| MAT 263 | Brief Calculus | 4 | SP |
| MAT 271 | Calculus I | 4 | FA |
| MAT 272 | Calculus II | 4 | |
| MAT 273 | Calculus III | 4 | |
| MAT 280 | Linear Algebra | 3 | |
| MAT 285 | Differential Equations | 3 | |
| MUS 110 | Music Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP |
| MUS 112 | Introduction to Jazz | 3 | |
| PED 110 | Fit and Well for Life | 2 | FA, SP |
| PED 113 | Aerobics I | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 117 | Weight Training I | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 118 | Weight Training II | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 120 | Walking for Fitness | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 121 | Walk, Jog, Run | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 122 | Yoga I | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 123 | Yoga II | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 128 | Golf-Beginning | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 130 | Tennis-Beginning | 1 | FA, SP |
| PED 143 | Volleyball-Beginning | 1 | |
| PED 160 | Canoeing-Basic | 1 | SU |
| PED 161 | Canoeing-Rivers | 1 | SU |
| PED 171 | Nature Hiking | 1 | SP, SU |
| PED 173 | Rock Climbing | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
| PED 174 | Wilderness Pursuits | 1 | SU |
| PED 187 | Social Dance-Beginning | 1 | SP |
| PED 211 | New Games | 1 | |
| PED 235 | Tai Chi | 1 | FA, SP |
| PHI 215 | Philosophical Issues | 3 | FA, SP |
| PHI 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PHY 110 | Conceptual Physics | 3 | SU |
| PHY 110A | Conceptual Physics Lab | 1 | SU |
| PHY 151 | College Physics I | 4 | FA |
| PHY 152 | College Physics II | 4 | SP |
| PHY 251 | General Physics I | 4 | FA |
| PHY 252 | General Physics II | 4 | SP |
| POL 120 | American Government | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PSY 150 | General Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PSY 241 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PSY 281 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| REL 110 | World Religions | 3 | FA, SP |
| REL 211 | Introduction to Old Testament | 3 | FA, SP |
| REL 212 | Introduction to New Testament | 3 | FA, SP |
| SOC 210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SOC 213 | Sociology of the Family | 3 | FA |
| SOC 220 | Social Problems | 3 | SP |
| SPA 111 | Elementary Spanish I | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SPA 112 | Elementary Spanish II | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SPA 181 | Spanish Lab 1 | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
| SPA 182 | Spanish Lab 2 | 1 | FA, SP, SU |
| SPA 211 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 | FA, SP |
| SPA 212 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 | |
| SPA 281 | Spanish Lab 3 | 1 | FA, SP |
| SPA 282 | Spanish Lab 4 | 1 | |
Total Credit Hours: 60-61
One semester hour of credit may be included in a 61 semester hours credit Associate in Science program of study. The transfer of this hour is not guaranteed.