Purpose

This degree is intended to prepare students to transfer to Washington's public four-year colleges and universities and many private colleges with junior standing and the majority of the prerequisites for selected science majors completed. This degree partially fulfills the general education requirements as explained in the AAUCT degree. You will need to take additional credits from Culture and the Arts Distribution Areas at SVC or the four-year transfer institution to satisfy bachelor's degree requirements.

Selecting and planning courses with a science advisor is strongly recommended to ensure a seamless transition to a science major program at a specific university or four-year college. Students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university in order to major in a specialized program, such as veterinary medicine or pharmacology, should research the prerequisite re-quirements at the four-year schools and work very closely with their science advisor to plan the appropriate coursework.

Degree Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 90 credits in courses numbered 100 or above which include General Education courses plus a specific science major option. At least 25 credits must be earned at SVC with a minimum GPA of 2.0. Additional General Education Requirements (GERs) must be completed at the four-year school where the student transfers.

1. Communications Skills (5 cr.)

English 101 taught with a science course in a learning community.

2. Quantitative Skills (10 cr.)

Mathematics 151, 152

3. Chemistry (15 cr.)

Chemistry 161, 162, 163

4. Skills Designated Courses

Courses are skills-designated as Writing, Speech, Reading, and Quantitative. Look for the W or R, S or P, B or K, and Q or M next to the course line number. The Annual and Quarterly Class Schedules identify courses which are skills designated each quarter.

Two different skills designated courses

NOTE: Many of the Skills Designated courses will also meet science or General Education Requirements (GERs).

5. Integrative Learning Experiences

Integrative learning experiences include Learning Communities and Integrative Experiences.

A Learning Community is the integrated combination of two or more courses from different areas of inquiry (e.g. sociology and literature, or physics and math, or speech and economics, or composition and philosophy). Learning Communities are indicated in the course schedule.

Integrative Experiences (IEs) are curricular or co-curricular experiences designed by faculty in which students demonstrate their ability to integrate information, concepts, analytical frameworks, and skills from two or more areas of inquiry in a purposeful project or experience. Integrative Experiences that are classes are indicated in the course schedule; co-curricular IEs are indicated in promotion and advising for the experience or project.

Two Learning Communities are required; the third integrative learning experience can be another Learning Community OR an Integrative Experience.
Under the direction of a faculty supervisor, a Learning into Action project can be designed to meet the requirements for both the LIA and an IE.

NOTE: Learning Communities specifically designed for this degree may be offered; consult your advisor for information.

6. Diversity Requirement

At least one Diversity Intensive course is required. Students should consult with their faculty advisor or counselor to identify courses that fulfill this requirement.

7. Distribution Requirements (15 cr.)

These courses may be used to partially satisfy the General Education Requirements (GERs) of the four-year degree and may also satisfy Interdisciplinary and Skills course designated requirements for the SVC degree.

AREAS OF STUDY

CULTURE AND ARTS (15 CR.)

Select 5 credits in Culture and 5 credits in Arts and an additional 5 credits in either Culture or Arts for a total of 15 credits.

8. Science Major Options (25-50 cr.)

Select one science discipline from the following choices:

A. BIOLOGY (35 CR.)

Biology 211, 212, 213 (15 cr.)
Chemistry 241, 242, 243, 251, 252 (15 cr.)
Math 146 or 153 (5 cr.)

B. CHEMISTRY (35 CR.)

Chemistry. 241, 242, 243, 251, 252(15 cr.)
Math 153 (5 cr.)
Physics 221, 222, 223 (15 cr.)

C. COMPUTER SCIENCE (30 CR.)

Computer Science 210 and 211, or 142 and 143 (10 cr.)
Math 146 or Math 153 (5 cr.)
Physics 121, 122, 123, or 221, 222, 223 (15 cr.)

D. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (50 CR.)

Biology 211, 212, 213 (15 cr.)
Economics 201 (5 cr.)
Geology 101 (5 cr.)
Math 146 (5 cr.)
Political Science 101, 200 or 203, 201, 202, (20 cr.)

E. GEOLOGY (25 CR.)

Geology 101 (5 cr.)
Math 153 (5 cr.)
Physics 221, 222, 223 (15 cr.)

F. PHYSICS/ENGINEERING (30 CR.)

Computer Science 142 (preferred), or 210 (5 cr.)
Engineering 123 (Engineering only�5 cr.)
Math 153 (5 cr.)
Physics 221, 222, 223 (15 cr.)

9. Learning Into Action (1 cr.)

Learning Into Action (LIA) is completed under the supervision of a faculty member. You should wait to take your LIA until after you complete 45 credits.

10. Electives

Electives should include any college-level math prerequisites (Math 141 or 142 if needed), as well as courses which satisfy the Arts and Culture distribution requirements (15 credits each from Arts and Culture lists).

11. Recommended Courses

Communication Studies 210, 220, 230 (5 cr.)
PE 100 (1 cr.)

A maximum of five non-transferable �gray area� credits may be applied toward the 90-credit minimum for the degree.