Associate of Arts (AA) Requirements

The Associate of Arts (AA) program is an academic transfer degree designed for students who will ultimately be pursuing a Bachelor's degree at a four-year college/university that is not math or science oriented. At LSCS, the AS degree is a generalized degree that will not list a specific major but will be called Associate of Science.

Examples of this type of four-year degree are: Business, Liberal Arts, History, Speech, Music, Education, Criminal Justice, etc.

While certain courses are recommended, the requirements are essentially the basic first year and second year offerings appropriate for the first two years of many baccalaureate degree programs. Students who successfully complete the degree requirements of the program will be eligible to receive the associate of arts degree.

The Associate of Arts (AA) degree is offered at LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball, and LSC-University Park. It can be earned entirely online through LSC-Online.

Fields of Study

Lone Star College offers several options for specialized Associate of Arts degrees:

General Associate Degree Requirements

Within five years of initial enrollment in credit courses at LSCS, a student may graduate according to the catalog degree requirements in effect at the time of first enrollment or any subsequent catalog degree requirements provided the degree, the program, and requisite courses are still being offered. Course prerequisite changes need to be followed.

If a student fails to complete within five years all degree requirements of the catalog in effect at the time of initial enrollment, the student will be required to graduate under a catalog not older than five years. The five year initial enrollment period for specialized admissions programs begins upon acceptance into the program. Exception to this requirement may be approved in extenuating circumstances by the instructional vice president.

Students whose first year of enrollment in credit courses is prior to fall 1993 may graduate according to requirements in effect at that time provided the degree, the program, and requisite courses are still being offered.

At least 61 semester hours of earned credit, 18 of which must be courses taken at LSCS and apply to the degree. Courses transferred from regionally-accredited institutions will be evaluated and applied to degree requirements if:
- At least a grade of “D” was earned.
- The cumulative GPA of the transfer courses applied to the degree or certificate must be at least a 2.00.
- AAS graduates may be required to demonstrate skills/proficiencies in the discipline.
Satisfaction of core competency requirements.
At least a 2.0 cumulative GPA for LSCS courses applying toward their degree requirements.
A cumulative 2.0 GPA on all credit courses earned at LSCS (graduation GPA).
Completion of LSCS Student Success Initiative requirements (college level reading and writing, and at least completion of Math 0308) even if students are exempt from the Texas Success Initiative.
Completed formal application for graduation on or before the announced deadline.
All transcripts on file and all financial obligations to the college complete, including all records cleared in the library.

Degree Plan

Core Component	Course Options	Semester Credit Hours
Communication	ENGL 1301, 1302	9 hours
and 3 hours of Speech	SPCH 1144, 1145, 1311, 1315, 1318, 1321, 2144, 2145
Literature	ENGL 2322, 2323, 2327, 2328, 2332^†, 2333^†, 2341, 2342^†, 2343^†, 2351^†	3 hours
Mathematics	MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, 1325, 1332, 1342, 1350^‡, 1351^‡, 2318, 2320, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2415	3 hours
Natural Sciences	BIOL 1406 or 1408, 1407 or 1409, 2401, 2402, 2404, 2406, 2416, 2420, 2421 CHEM 1405, 1411, 1412, 1419, 2423, 2425 ENVR 1401, 1402 GEOL 1403, 1404, 1405, 1445, 2307 PHYS 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1410, 2425, 2426	8 hours
Visual & Performing Art	ARTS 1301^†,1303^†,1304^†, 1311, 1316, 2346, 2356 DANC 2303 DRAM 1120, 1121,1310^†, 1330, 1351, 1352, 2120, 2331, 2361^†, 2362^†, 2366^† MUSI 1301, 1306^†, 1308^†, 1309^†, 1310^†	3 hours
Humanities	ENGL 2307, 2322, 2323, 2327, 2328, 2332^†, 2333^†, 2341, 2342^†, 2343^†, 2351^† HUMA 1301^†, 1302^† PHIL 1301, 1304^†, 2306, 2321 SPCH 2341 FREN 2311^†, 2312^† GERM 2311^†, 2312^† ITAL 2311^†, 2312^† SPAN 2311^†, 2312^†, 2313^†, 2315^†	3 hours
Social / Behavioral Sciences	HIST 1301, 1302, or 2301 (Select 6 hours with 3 hours in U.S. History)	6 hours
	GOVT 2305 and 2306	6 hours
	ANTH 2301, 2346^†, 2351^† CRIJ 1301, 1307 ECON 2301, 2302 GEOG 1300, 1303^† GOVT 2304 HIST 2311, 2312, 2321^†, 2322^† PSYC 2301, 2306, 2308 SOCI 1301^†, 1306, 2301, 2319^†, 2326^†	3 hours
Kinesiology	Select any activity course 1111-2184 identified with an asterisk (*) in the course descriptions section of the catalog.	1 hour
Electives	COSC 1401 or equivalent (if course or competency challenge exams are not chosen and successfully completed)	16 hours
Multicultural Requirement	Students must take one of the above courses marked with ^† or one of the following below to meet the multicultural requirement of this degree. FREN 1300^†, 1310^†, 1411^†, 1412^† GERM 1411^†, 1412^† ITAL 1411^†, 1412^† JAPN 1411^†, 1412^† SGNL 1401^†, 1402^†, 2301^†, 2302^† SPAN 1300^†, 1310^†, 1411^†, 1412^†, 2306^†
	Total Hours	61

^‡ Specifically designed for elementary and middle school teachers.

^† Denotes a multicultural requirement.

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