Defining the AA and AS: A Modest Proposal Mark Wade Lieu, ASCCC Paul Setziol, DeAnza College John Stanskas, San Bernardino Valley College
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Defining the AA and the AS: Why do it?
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Associate Degree Title 5 Regulation §§
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE What is the Meaning of a California Community College Degree?
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Survey Results
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges support and establish statewide definitions for the types of associate degrees offered by California community colleges. (S07)
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Defining the AA and the AS: How might it be done?
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE A Look at UC and CSU
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Units for the degree, excluding general education
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE AA: Interdisciplinary Studies AS: Health AA: Social Sciences AS: Interdisciplinary Studies AA: Business and Management AS: Business and Management AS: Public and Protective Services AA: Family and Consumer Sciences AS: Family and Consumer Sciences AS: Engineering and Industrial Technologies TOP 10
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Associate of Science is an associate degree in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in the area of career technical education (CTE)
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE All other associate degrees are Associate of Arts degrees
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Some examples of how the definition works
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE English Engineering Cosmetology Nursing Photography Environmental Studies Computer Information Systems Computer Science
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Defining the AA and AS: Resolution 9.03 F08
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges support regulation to define the Associate of Arts and the Associate of Science degrees; and
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges support defining the Associate of Science degree in Title 5 regulation as an associate degree in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in the area of career technical education (CTE), with all other associate degrees given the title of Associate of Arts.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTSASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE Discussion