Total minimum credits required: 60
Each student who is awarded an Associate in Applied Science degree must complete the total number of credit hours as required by his/her particular curriculum. The general education component of any AAS curriculum is a minimum of 15 credit hours. A student may receive more than one Associate in Applied Science degree if all specified requirements for the additional degree(s) are met.
Note: Students may graduate under the current degree requirements or any degree requirements in effect since first enrollment. Students whose enrollment has been interrupted for two or more years must follow the graduation requirements of the catalog current at the time of re-entry or any catalog published after re-entry.
In general, a student may be granted the Associate in Applied Science degree in a career program when the following requirements have been met:
- The student shall have completed the required credit hours of credit and specific course requirements for one of the Associate in Applied Science curricula.
- General education course requirements for the Associate in Applied Science degree are:
- One course from the Communications Group (three hours minimum)
- One course from the Mathematics and Computer Science group (three hours minimum)
- The remaining general education courses are to be taken from any of the six categories so that three of the six categories are used to satisfy the general education component
3. The student shall have an overall grade average of “C” (2.0) or above for all work completed at Black Hawk College.
4. The student shall have completed twenty percent of the credit hours at Black Hawk College.
5. The student may earn no more than fifty percent of proficiency course credit in the curriculum leading to a degree.
6. Students may earn a maximum of 20 credits hours of non-traditional credit and should consult with Advising for assistance in determining whether any CLEP exams are relevant to their particular program of study.