Academic Programs

Arts and Sciences: Applied Science and Technology

Award: Associate of Arts
Number of credits required: 60
Locations: La Plata Campus (LAPL) Leonardtown Campus (LEON) Prince Frederick Campus (PRIN)
Offered: Days And Evenings
Contact: R. A. Farinelli, Chair

Description:

This associate of arts transfer option* is designed for part- and full-time students with academic and/or professional interest in areas of applied science and technology. The option is designed to provide maximum flexibility for students planning to transfer to specific baccalaureate degree programs. A sample list of programs appropriate to this option include premedical, predental, computer science, medical terminology, operations research, pharmacy, physical therapy, optometry, nuclear science, applied mathmatics and systems analysis, architecture and engineering materials.

Students are advised to consult an academic advisor and the college offering the program of their choice to insure that courses selected are applicable for transfer.

Information on part-time employment through cooperative education may be obtained from the Career Services Department.

The maximum number of credits accepted in transfer from other institutions to this program is 45.*Program options are listed under Programs of Study in this catalog.

Required courses:

Take ENG-1010 ENG-1020

Applied sci/tech:

Take 19 credits from BIO (except BIO-1080 BIO-1600 ), CHE (except CHE-1000 ), EGR (except EGR-2980 ), PHY, AST-1010 , ITS-1110 , ITS-2090 , ITS-1020 , ITS-2591 , ITS-2592 , ITS-2750 , ITS-2910 , ITS-2920 , MTH-1100 , MTH-1110 , MTH-1120 , MTH-1130 , MTH-1150 , MTH-1200 , MTH-1210 , MTH-2200 , MTH-2210 , MTH-2220 , MTH-2300

Arts:

Take 3 credits from General Education Courses listing

Communications:

Take 3 credits from COM-1010 COM-1250 COM-1350 COM-1450

Humanities:

Take 6 credits from the General Education Courses listing

Emerging issues:

Take 3 credits from General Education Courses listing

Mathematics:

Take 6 credits; from MTH-1100 MTH-1120 MTH-1130 MTH-1150 MTH-1200 MTH-1210 MTH-1560 MTH-2200 MTH-2210 MTH-2300

Bio/Physical Science:

Take 8 credits from; BIO-1010 /1010L, BIO-1020 /1020L, BIO-2070 /2070L, BIO-2080 /2080L, CHE-1200 /1200L and CHE-1210 /1210L, PHY-1010 /1010L and PHY-1020 /1020L, PHY-1210 /1210L and PHY-2200 /2200L, GEO-1010 / GEO-1010L

Social/behvior sci:

Take 6 credits from General Education Courses listing (two courses from two different disciplines)

Last Update: July 7, 2008