2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College

Academic Majors
academic majors
Academic majors are offered in the following fields
leading to Associate in Arts (AA) and Associate in
Science (AS) .
Associates in Arts
Administration of Justice
Administrative Office Management
Business
Early Childhood Education
Teacher Preparation/Liberal Studies
English
Fine Arts
General Studies:
Fine Arts & Humanities
Social & Behavioral Sciences
History
Liberal Arts:
Fine Arts & Humanities
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Nutrition, Food, & Culinary Arts
Outdoor Recreation Leadership
University Studies
Associates in Science
Biology
Environmental Studies
Equine Studies
Health and Exercise Studies
Physical Science
Licensed Vocational Nursing
University Studies - Agriculture
Transfer Degrees
Early Childhood Education: AS-T
Kinesiology: AA-T
Each course counted toward the unit requirement of
a major must be completed with a “C” grade or better.
Certificates of Specialization and Achievement:
Generally, a Certificate of Specialization is 17 units or less,
while a Certificate of Achievement is 18 units or more.
No more than 50% of certificate’s units may be taken at
another college.
Certificates are departmental awards. Therefore, faculty
advisors will approve petitions to complete certificates.
Receiving a certificate does not imply that a graduation
requirement has been met.
Only Certificates of Achievement are posted to a student’s
transcript.
Certificates will be mailed at the end of the semester during which they were completed.
Student must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for both Certificates of Achievement and
Certificates of Specialization.
Transfer:
If you are planning on transferring to a four year school, work with your advisor to make sure you address any general
education requirements that you may wish to transfer from Feather River College. (Please see the IGETC or UC or
UNR General Ed transfer sheets.)included in the catalog but may change slightly.
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