Degree Requirements
Associate of Arts Degree
The Associate of Arts degree is awarded to students completing university parallel programs. Candidates for the AA degree must complete the following:
- Earn a minimum of 62 semester hours applicable to a bachelor’s degree of which 3 semester hours may be non-academic credits (Physical education or other activity courses, COE, LLS).
- Complete LLS 1151 College Life
- Earn a grade point average of 2.0.
- Complete the 32 semester hours of general education core consisting of:
- English Composition (ENG 1113 and ENG 1123, 6 semester hours),
- Social and/or behavioral science (6 semester hours from sociology, psychology, political science, geography, economics, or educational psychology),
- Humanities (6 semester hours from history, literature, modern foreign language, philosophy, religion, art, speech, or music appreciation, music survey, art history I or II),
- Laboratory science (8 semester hours),
- Fine arts (3 semester hours selected from art/music/theatre appreciation, music survey, or art history I or II),
- Mathematics (MAT 1313, equivalent or above, 3 semester hours).
Associate of Applied Science Degree
The Associate of Applied Science degree is awarded to students completing requirements in technical programs. To receive the A.A.S. degree, candidates must:
- Complete the number of semester hours as designated in programs of study.
- Complete LLS 1151 College Life
- Earn a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
- Complete the 15 semester hours general education core consisting of:
- English Composition ( ENG 1113, 3 semester hours),
- Social or behavioral science (3 semester hours from sociology, psychology, political science, geography, economics, or educational psychology),
- Fine arts (3 semester hours selected from art/music/theatre appreciation),
- Computer or computer related (3 semester hours) or Speech (SPT 1113 , 3 semester hours)
- College Algebra (MAT 1313 ) 3 semester hours or above, OR laboratory science course BIO, CHE, PHY, AGR (4 semester hours).
- Complete major courses consisting of 40-65 semester hours.
Certificate
A certificate is awarded to a student who successfully completes the prescribed programs of study. The requirements for graduation are:
- Complete each unit of the prescribed program of study.
- Earn a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in the program.
- Any student (new admit, transfer, or readmit) who enrolls at Northeast with a new catalog term of Fall 2021 or after must have LLS 1151 College Life to graduate.
Cooperative Education: Three hours of Co-op (COE) or Learning and Life Skills (LLS) credit are accepted for elective credit in each degree program published in this catalog. These courses are considered as non-academic credit. Therefore, they may account for no more than 3 hours of the 62 required for graduation.