2023-2024 Majors for an Associate Degree
DISCLAIMER:
1. The following majors and degree requirements are for the most current catalog year. If you hold catalog rights to a previous academic year, please contact the Counseling Office for your specific program requirements.
2. The major preparation course requirements to transfer to a college or university (UC, CSU, and/or private school) are likely to be different from the major course requirements for the same major at COC.
3. The major course requirements listed in the sheets below only reflect the MAJOR course requirements for each degree. To complete an Associate Degree, you need to complete major course requirements AND general education (GE) course requirements. This can either be Local COC Degree GE requirements, CSU GE requirements, or IGETC.
4. If you are unsure of your major, what General Education classes you need to complete your Associate Degree or transfer, consider booking an appointment or attending an express drop-in to speak with a Counselor.
The following associate degrees are considered COC local degrees. These degrees use the COC Associate Degree General Education Requirements.
Follow these general education requirements to earn an associate degree from College of the Canyons that is not an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T/AS-T). CSU GE or IGETC is not the appropriate GE for these degrees. Students intent on transfer should consult with Counseling to confirm their appropriate general education pathway.
Administration of Justice AS
Administrative Assistant AS
Advanced Diagnosis and Performance AS
American Sign Language Interpreting AA
Architectural Drafting & Technology AS
Art AA
Art History AA
Automotive Technology ASSpanish AA
Theatre AA
Theatre Performance AA
Water Systems Technology AS
Web Development AS
Web Publishing and Design AS
Welding AS
The following associate degrees use either CSU GE or IGETC as the general education:
Benefits of earning an Associate Degree for Transfer
- Guarantees admission with junior standing to the CSU system.
- Defines this degree as having sixty transferrable units that include the IGETC or CSU GE Breadth pattern and 18 units in a major or area of emphasis.
- Provides students with priority admission to their local CSU campus and to a program or major that is similar to their major or area of emphasis at the community college. It does not provide aguarantee to a specific campus or major, so students should work hard to be academically competitive when applying to popular CSU campuses outside their local area and to popular majors.
- Prohibits the CSU from requiring students to repeat courses that are similar to courses completed as part of the associate degree for transfer at the community college.
- Prohibits the CSU from requiring students to take more than 60 units to complete a 120-unit baccalaureate degree.
For more information, please visit the website, Degree With a Guarantee.Associate in Art for Transfer (AA-T)
Anthropology AA-T
Art History AA-T
Communication Studies 2.0 AA-T
Elementary Teacher Education AA-T
Economics AA-T
English AA-T
Geography AA-T
Global Studies AA-T
History AA-T
Journalism AA-T
Kinesiology AA-T
Law, Public Policy, and Society AA-T
Music AA-T
Philosophy AA-T
Political Science AA-T
Psychology AA-T
Social Justice Studies AA-T
Sociology AA-T
Spanish AA-T
Studio Arts AA-T
Theatre Arts AA-T