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Associate Degrees<br />
Two-Year DEGREE/Diploma, Associate of Arts Degree, associate of science degree at Castlegar<br />
The Associate Degree is a formally established<br />
credential recognized province-wide, designed to<br />
provide the first two years of a four-year bachelor’s<br />
degree. It requires the completion of a specified<br />
two years (approximately 60 credits) of university<br />
course work in the Arts and/or Sciences.<br />
Associate Degrees give students the chance to<br />
study in the Kootenays before transfering to a<br />
university to complete a bachelor’s degree.<br />
• Print off either an Associate of Arts Worksheet<br />
or an Associate of Science Worksheet<br />
and begin planning your four semesters of<br />
courses that will meet the a<strong>ca</strong>demic requirements<br />
of your chosen associate degree.<br />
• Have a Selk<strong>irk</strong> <strong>College</strong> counsellor check over<br />
your assoi<strong>ca</strong>te worksheet with you after you<br />
have filled it out.<br />
• Once you have completed your studies at<br />
Selk<strong>irk</strong> <strong>College</strong>, it is time to submit a request<br />
for your associate degee or diploma. Simply<br />
fill out an Appli<strong>ca</strong>tion for Associate Degree<br />
or Diploma and submit it, along with your<br />
supporting documentation as outlined on the<br />
form, to the Records Officer, Selk<strong>irk</strong> <strong>College</strong>,<br />
301 Frank Beinder Way, Castlegar, BC V1N<br />
4L3 or fax to 250.365.3929.<br />
Tailor your degree<br />
Associate degree requirements are flexible enough<br />
to enable students to pursue individual edu<strong>ca</strong>tional<br />
goals and programs while completing the<br />
required first- and second- year university transfer<br />
courses required for their intended major. They<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n provide a broad edu<strong>ca</strong>tion for students not<br />
wishing to specialize in a particular discipline, or<br />
they <strong>ca</strong>n be tailored to student interests. Specialized<br />
Associate Degrees have been built to improve<br />
transfer into the third year of degree programs in<br />
particular subject areas.<br />
Recognized across BC<br />
After two years at Selk<strong>irk</strong> <strong>College</strong>, students <strong>ca</strong>n<br />
transfer directly into the third year of degree<br />
programs at post-secondary institutions across<br />
the province. Both Simon Fraser University and<br />
the University of Northern British Columbia give<br />
priority admission to students with an Associate<br />
Degree over other transfer students.<br />
BC public universities give special transfer credit<br />
recognition for students who have completed<br />
an Associate of Arts degree or an Associate of<br />
Science degree. This means that students who<br />
have completed an associate degree are guaranteed<br />
to receive two years of transfer credit (60 credits)<br />
upon admission that <strong>ca</strong>n be applied towards<br />
completion of their bac<strong>ca</strong>laureate degree.<br />
Students will receive credit for all their associate<br />
degree courses according to the course-to-course<br />
equivalencies in the BC Transfer Guide. In<br />
addition, any university transfer courses that do<br />
not have an equivalent at a particular institution<br />
will be given unassigned credit. Unassigned credit<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n be applied to general edu<strong>ca</strong>tion or elective<br />
requirements at the degree granting institution.<br />
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