Associate in Sciene Requirements
To receive an AS degree, students must:
- Maintain a 2.0 grade point average on all work applicable to the AS degree.
- Earn at Des Moines Area Community College a minimum of 1/3 of the semester credit hours applicable to the degree being pursued. No more than 43 transfer semester credit hours may be applied toward the degree.
- Complete a minimum of 64 semester credit hours.
- Include at least 28 semester credit hours of Core courses:
- Communications 9 credits
- Social & Behavioral Sciences 6 credits
- Math & Sciences 6 credits
- Humanities 3 credits
- Distributed Requirements 4 credits
- Include at least 36 semester credit hours of elective credit.
- Students may include no more than 16 semester credit hours of vocational/ technical credit.
- Students may have up to 8 semester credit hours of Independent Study Courses; up to 4 semester credit hours of Independent Study may be earned in any single semester.
- Complete 3 semester credit hours to satisfy the Diversity Requirement with a minimum grade of “C.” The Diversity Requirement does not increase the number of credits required for graduation. The course used to fulfill the Diversity Requirement may also be used to fulfill three credits of Core requirements in Communications, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Humanities or Distributed Requirements if the diversity course is listed as fulfilling Core requirements in Communications, Social & Behavioral Sciences or the Humanities. If the course does not fall under any of the Core groups, the course used to fulfill the Diversity Requirement may count as an elective.
Courses that satisfy the Diversity Requirement at Des Moines Area Community College may or may not satisfy diversity requirements at other academic institutions. Students planning to transfer should contact their transfer institutions to verify the transferability of courses.
Information on each program is found in the “Programs Available ” section of this catalog.