Associate of Science

Requirements

To receive an Associate of Science degree, the student must complete course work that satisfies the following guidelines:

1. The Southern State Transfer Module (36 semester credit hours) must be satisfied.
2. A minimum total of 60 semester credit hours of courses numbering 1100 or above must be successfully completed.
3. Course work must be distributed in the following manner (in all cases, courses taken to satisfy the Transfer Module may be included in these totals):
- English / Communications – 9 hours
  
  ENGL 1101, ENGL 1102 and SPTH 1115
- Social Sciences – 9 hours
  
  Courses from at least two areas
- Mathematics & Science – 14 hours
  
  At least one course in mathematics and two courses in science
  - Mathematics
    MATH 1141, MATH 1142, MATH 2221, MATH 2222, MATH 2223, MATH 2230
  - Biology
    BIOL 1101, BIOL 1102, BIOL 1104, BIOL 1105, BIOL 2205, BIOL 2206, BIOL 2210
    
    Chemistry
    CHEM 1151/1161, CHEM 1152/1162, CHEM 2201/2211, CHEM 2202/2212
    
    Physical Science
    PHYS 2201/2211, PHYS 2202/2212, PHYS 2221/2231, PHYS 2222/2232
- Arts & Humanities – 9 hours
  
  Courses from at least two areas
- Electives – 19 hours

Students are to plan their program with the help and approval of their Advisor.

Students with specific baccalaureate goals should meet the degree requirements with electives that are approved by an advisor at the receiving institution.