General Studies, Associate of Arts

Discover What’s Next

Four-year and upper-level colleges and universities offer majors within the baccalaureate degree. San Jacinto College offers many courses in the transfer path that would meet the requirements of a major. Students may prepare to transfer to a particular program at an upper-level institution by either:

• Completing the 42-semester credit hour (SCH) core curriculum and an 18-hour transfer path, or
• Selecting courses as specified in the transfer plans developed by San Jacinto College in cooperation with upper-level institutions to which students transfer.

Those plans, which are available in the Center for Advising, Career, and Transfer office on each campus as well as on the Transfer Plans tab for each Associate of Arts (AA) program page, are designed to prepare students to transfer to a particular four-year or upper-level college or university by specifying the courses required to complete the first two years of a baccalaureate degree in a particular major. A complete list of all transfer plans is located on the Transfer Plans A-Z page. Students choosing to pursue an AA degree should select from among the General Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Business Administration, Fine Arts, or Communications programs.

Learning Outcomes and Career Skills

A student completing this transfer associate degree will learn:

• Communication Skills. Students will communicate ideas, express feelings, and support conclusions effectively in written, oral, and visual formats.
• Critical Thinking Skills. Students will develop habits of mind, allowing them to appreciate the processes by which scholars in various disciplines organize and evaluate data and use the methodologies of each discipline to understand the human experience.
• Empirical and Quantitative Skills. Students will develop quantitative and empirical skills to understand, analyze, and explain natural, physical, and social realms.
• Teamwork. Students will consider different points of view and work interdependently to achieve a shared purpose or goal.
• Personal Responsibility. Students will develop habits of intellectual exploration, personal responsibility, and physical well-being.
• Social Responsibility. Students will demonstrate a global perspective toward issues of culture, society, politics, environment, and sustainability.

Locations

• Central
• Generation Park
• North
• South
• Online

College Admission

San Jacinto College is an open admission institution. All students are welcome to apply and will be admitted to the College. You may begin the process on the College’s “How to Apply” webpage.

Program Admission

There are no additional admission requirements for this program; you only need to complete your application to the College, as noted in “College Admission” above, and follow the enrollment steps.

Plan of Study

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This plan of study is intended only for students who do not yet know the university to which they want to transfer or for students who do not currently plan to transfer after earning their associate degree.

Transfer Path Courses