SVCC Catalog/Handbook 2017-2018

46 Southside Virginia Community College
TRANSFER DEGREES
(Christanna and John H. Daniel Campuses)
Award: Associate of Arts and Sciences
Length: Sixty to sixty-one credit hour program
Purpose: The associate of arts and sciences degree program
is designed for students who plan to transfer to fouryear
colleges or universities to complete baccalaureate
degree programs. Whether students are undecided about
their majors or plan to enter some specialized program,
the flexibility of the electives within SVCC’s Transfer
Degree allows them to select courses to meet the transfer
requirements of the four-year institutions. For example,
students interested in the following areas of study can
spend their first two years of study at SVCC qualifying
for an associate degree and generally transfer to a fouryear
institution with junior class standing: agribusiness,
business, education, English, humanities, mathematics,
medical related fields, natural science and social
sciences.
Special Admission Requirements: In addition to meeting
the college’s general admissions requirements, the
student must have also satisfactorily completed the following
high school units or the equivalent as a minimum:
four units of English, two units of college preparatory
mathematics, one unit of college preparatory
laboratory science and one unit of social studies.
Program Description: The associate of arts and sciences
curriculum requires courses in English, humanities,
laboratory sciences, mathematics, social science and
health and physical education usually required in the
first two years of a baccalaureate curriculum. Each
student is urged to become acquainted with the
requirements of the major department in the college or
university to which transfer is contemplated and also to
consult with a counselor at that institution.
Students enrolled in the associate of arts and sciences
curriculum plan their programs to meet their particular
needs with the guidance and approval of an advisor at
SVCC.