Associate in Science - Transfer Track #2, AS-T

Transfers to:

• Central Washington University
• Eastern Washington University
• University of Washington
• Washington State University
• Western Washington University
• Western Governor’s University
• Gonzaga, Saint Martin’s University
• Seattle Pacific University
• Seattle University
• Walla Walla University

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, mathematics, and engineering majors completed. This degree partially fulfills the general education requirements as explained in the Associate in Arts-Direct Transfer Agreement degree. This degree does not guarantee admission into the major.

Students completing this Associate of Science Transfer degree will receive the same priority consideration for admission to the baccalaureate institution as they would for completing the direct transfer associate’s degree and will be given junior status by the receiving institution. Each concentration within this degree has additional requirements. Early advising is important to ensure degree completion, for example:

• Additional general educational requirements, cultural diversity requirements, and foreign language requirements, as required by the transfer institution, must be met prior to the completion of a baccalaureate degree.
• Some baccalaureate institutions require physics with calculus to meet the physics sequence of 15 credits.
• Engineering students may have additional lower-division requirements to meet prior to department admission.
• Precalculus cannot be used to satisfy the mathematics requirement.
• Science sequences should not be broken up between institutions (ex: the typical three-quarter physics sequence should be taken entirely at Skagit Valley College).

Students are responsible for checking specific major requirements of baccalaureate institutions in the year prior to transferring.  Selecting and planning courses with a science or engineering advisor is strongly recommended to ensure a seamless transition to a science major program at a specific university or four-year college. 

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Associate in Science Transfer Track #2, AS-T, program will be able to:

Natural Sciences Outcomes

• Collect and analyze data and interpret the results from scientific investigations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts in at least one scientific discipline.
• Demonstrate scientific literacy.

Social Sciences Outcomes

• Apply concepts from the social sciences to analyze individual or social phenomena, processes, events, conflicts, or issues.
• Explain the variables that influence the structure of cultures and societies.
• Identify social variables, structures, and experiences that shape individual perspectives.

Humanities Outcomes

• Apply skills, terms, concepts, research and/or analysis methods to express ideas within the humanities.
• Analyze and/or interpret creative and communicative expressions of the humanities.

General Education Learning Outcomes

Think

Think analytically, logically, creatively, and reflectively.

• Recognize how the values and biases in different disciplines can affect the ways in which information and knowledge are created and analyzed
• Analyze issues and develop questions within a discipline
• Access, interpret, and evaluate relevant information to reach defensible conclusions
• Develop unique and/or innovative solutions and gain insight utilizing reflective and creative thought processes

Quantify

Apply mathematical skills quantitatively, logically, creatively, and critically.

• Use mathematical principles and methods to reason, gain insight, and solve problems
• Interpret data presented in various formats

Communicate

Produce and exchange ideas and information through written, spoken, and visual forms.

• Read, comprehend, and produce college level writing
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal, group, and/or public communication skills
• Develop appropriate communication strategies to inform, persuade, or entertain
• Demonstrate informational, critical, and empathetic listening skills appropriate to a given context
• Analyze, interpret, and/or create visually communicated content

Integrate

Apply knowledge, skills, and methodologies from multiple disciplines.

• Recognize the interconnectedness of diverse disciplines and areas of study
• Identify the strengths and limitations of different disciplinary frameworks and methodologies and their implementation
• Identify and evaluate the relationships among different perspectives within a field of study or among different fields of study
• Demonstrate cognitive complexity by considering issues from multiple perspectives

Engage

Interact with humans and the environment informed by an understanding of equity.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the historically and socially constructed nature of human differences, with a particular focus on power and privilege
• Identify prevailing systems of power and one’s individual and group status
• Reflect critically on one’s ethical role and identity as a citizen, consumer, student, and environmental actor
• Apply cross-cultural communication strategies and skills appropriate to a given context

Degree Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 90 credits in transferable courses numbered 100 or above which include General Education courses plus a specific science or engineering major option with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. At least 25 college-level 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.

Courses with an ampersand (&) are Common Course Numbering courses. 
Courses with an asterisk (*) indicate lab