AA Degree

If you wish to continue your education at a four-year college or university, the associate of arts degree may be right for you. While certain courses are recommended, the requirements are essentially the basic courses appropriate for the first two years of many baccalaureate degree programs. The general associate of arts degree does not list a degree major, however we do offer fields of study and areas of concentration.

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General associate of arts degree requirements:

• At least 60 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.
• Satisfy core competency requirements.
• Students must have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA for LSCS courses applying toward their degree requirements.
• Students must have a cumulative 2.0 GPA on all credit courses earned at LSCS (graduation GPA).
• Satisfy LSCS SSI requirements.
• Complete formal application for graduation in admissions office on or before the announced deadline.
• All transcripts must be on file and all financial obligations to the college complete, including all records cleared in the library.

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.