Associate in Science - Iowa Lakes Community College

An Associate in Science degree is awarded to a person who completes a two-year career option program in a specialized field.

In addition to the course requirements in the individual program, you must fulfill the following general requirement:

Earn a minimum of 68 semester credits, of which not more than 16 credits may be vocationaltechnical credits used as general electives and which may not be developmental studies credits.
Earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
Complete the requirements of the career option specialty.
Complete the following 25 semester credits of general education requirements:


COMMUNICATIONS (6 semester credits):
EN113A	English Composition I	3
SP103A	Speech Fundamentals	3

SCIENCE (4 semester credits):
	select from A.A. degree science courses	4

MATHEMATICS (3 semester credits):
	select from A.A. degree math courses	3

SOCIAL SCIENCE (6 semester credits from two areas):
	select from A.A. degree social sciences	3 - 3

HUMANITIES (3 credits):
	select from A.A. degree humanities courses	3

BUSINESS (3 semester credits):
	-any business course [course number ending with 'A'] or -any introductory computer course or -computer programming course [course number ending with 'A']	3


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