AA-AAGD - Associate in Arts General Degree

The A.A. is primarily intended as a transfer degree for students continuing to a bachelors program at a university or state college. 

Associate in Arts students must complete 60 college credits to complete the degree; 36 of these credits must be general education credits distributed across five subject area categories. A student must satisfy the required number of credits in each category. The remaining 24 elective credits should be selected in consultation with an Academic Advisor, who will assist with selecting the college credits most advantageous to the students educational goals.

AA Degree Checklist:

• Have you completed a minimum of 60 credit hours in the following areas?

  • 36 Hours of General Education

    • 6 hours in Communications (C or better)

    • 6 hours in Mathematics (C or better)

    • 6 hours in Humanities (C or better)

    • 6 hours in Natural Science

    • 6 hours in Social Sciences (C or better in History/Government Social Science category)

    • 6 hours in Additional General Education Credits (if needed)

    • Have you met the Civic Literacy Competency requirement for the AA?

  • 24 hours of college credit AA transferable electives

• Have you satisfied the Civic Literacy Competency requirement by obtaining at least a C grade in either POS 1041, AMH 2010, or AMH 2020 and achieving a passing score on one of the assessments detailed in the table below?

• Have you completed 25% of the overall number of credits required for your AA degree at NWFSC?

• Have you completed the foreign language requirement?

• Have you met the minimum institutional cumulative 2.0 GPA requirement for the AA?

A.A. Degree General Education Requirements

Associate in Arts students must complete 60 college credits to complete the degree; 36 of these credits must be general education credits distributed across five subject area categories. A student must satisfy the required number of credits in each category. The remaining 24 elective credits should be selected in consultation with an Academic Advisor, who will assist with selecting the college credits aligning with the students educational goals.

To assure that graduates of the state university and state college systems share a common base of General Education requirements, the State of Florida has designated general education core course options in each of five subject area categories, Communication, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Each student must complete at least one identified core course in each area of study as part of the general education course requirements. NWFSC has embedded the core competencies in the A.A. and A.S. programs of study.

College-Level Communications and Computation Skills minimum grade and writing requirements:

1. Attain a grade of “C” or higher in ENC 1101, ENC 1102, and two Humanities courses designated as writing-focused courses, whether credits in such courses are earned at NWFSC or transferred for credit from other institutions.

2. Attain a grade of “C” or higher in each College-Level Communications and Computation Skills Mathematics course (any course from the Mathematics category that is used to meet A.A. general education requirements), whether credits in such courses are earned at NWFSC or transferred for credit from other institutions.