The Associate in Arts in the legally recognized transfer degree for the Florida College System and is specically designed for a student who
wishes to transfer into the State University System of Florida as a university junior.
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The Associate in Arts degree is the legally recognized transfer
degree for the Florida College System and is specically designed
for the student who wishes to transfer into the State University
System of Florida as a university junior.
To receive the A.A. degree, a student must complete a
minimum of 60 college-level credit hours. The 60 hours must
include the 36 credit hours of general education requirements and
24 hours of university transfer program prerequisites/electives. In
addition to the credit hour requirement listed above, the student
must:
1. Earn a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at
least 2.0 in all courses attempted that apply toward
the A.A. degree;
2. Complete a minimum of 15 credit hours required for
the degree at St. Johns River State College;
3. Satisfy the writing requirements of SBE Rule
6A-10.030 (Gordon Rule) by successfully completing
at least 12 hours of courses requiring multiple college-
level writing assignments;
4. Satisfy the mathematics requirements of SBE Rule 6A-
10.030 by successfully completing at least 6 hours of
courses at the level of College Algebra or higher;
5. Complete and submit an application for graduation
by the deadline listed in the College calendar;
6. Fulll all nancial obligations to the College.
While the College does not oer the Associate in Arts degree
in any “major,” with proper planning of coursework students can
complete the degree and many prerequisite courses necessary
for admission to a variety of degree programs within the State
University System. Each possible transfer major has a distinct
listing of common prerequisite courses. Talk with your SJR State
advisor about common prerequisites, and check the baccalaureate
program website at the specic institution where you plan to
transfer for additional important information about required
prerequisite courses for your intended major.
ARTICULATION AGREEMENT AND ADMISSION TO THE STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Associate in Arts degree graduates are guaranteed certain
rights under Florida Statute 1007.23 that establishes the statewide
articulation agreement. This agreement governs the transfer of
students from Florida College System institutions into the State
University System and specically addresses admission to the
university and admission to specic programs within the university.
The articulation agreement designates the Associate in
Arts degree as the transfer degree. In doing so, the agreement
specically guarantees that:
1. The degree holder will be granted admission to one
of the state universities.
2. The graduate will be awarded at least 60 credit hours
toward the baccalaureate degree.
3. Once a student has completed the general education
requirement and it is noted on his transcript (regardless
of whether an Associate in Arts degree is awarded),
no state university or state college to which the
student may transfer can require additional courses to
the general education core.
4. When transferring among institutions participating
in the Statewide Course Numbering System, an
institution must accept all courses taken at the
transfer institution if the same course with the same
course number is oered at the receiving institution.
5. Credits earned through acceleration mechanisms
(CLEP, dual enrollment, etc.) within the Associate in
Arts degree will be transferable to the State University
System.
Students seeking admission to a state university without
the Associate in Arts degree are not protected by the articulation
agreement and may be denied admission or lose credit hours when
transferring. In most cases, these students must meet freshman
admission requirements.
Additional transfer agreements exist between SJR State and
universities for several Associate in Science degree programs.
Students seeking admission to those programs are protected
under the articulation agreements.
ADMISSION TO A PROGRAM WITHIN A STATE UNIVERSITY
The university determines the courses and prerequisites that
must be taken in order to earn a baccalaureate degree for a specic
program. Although all credit earned toward an Associate in Arts
degree will transfer to a university, not all credit may satisfy the
program prerequisites or the course requirements for a specic
baccalaureate degree. Therefore, it is important to know the program
requirements and to meet program prerequisites while completing
the Associate in Arts degree.
Talk with your SJR State advisor about
common prerequisites, and check the baccalaureate program
website at the specic institution where you plan to transfer for
additional important information about required prerequisite
courses for your intended major.
LIMITED ACCESS PROGRAMS
Limited access programs within the State University System
are programs that have additional admission requirements that
are more restrictive than the university’s general admission
requirements. The requirements may include minimum grade point
averages, test scores, prerequisite courses, auditions, or portfolios.
Associate in Arts degree graduates are not guaranteed
admission into limited access programs, but under the articulation
agreement they are guaranteed the same opportunity as a native
university student to enroll in a limited access program. Limited
access program requirements are published in catalogs, counseling
manuals, and other publications. Any changes in program
requirements must include sucient time for students to adjust to
meet the program criteria.
RIGHT OF APPEAL
Should a student be denied any of these guarantees, he has
the right to le an appeal. Each State University and Florida College
System institution has established appeal procedures. Students
may contact the State University or Florida College System
institution articulation ocer for a copy of these procedures.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSES
Associate in Arts degree students should not use physical
education activity courses as elective credit to fulll the 60 credit
hour requirement unless they wish to enter a program within the
State University System that specically requires such courses.
GORDON RULE REQUIREMENTS
This rule applies to all students prior to receipt of an Associate
in Arts degree from a public Florida College System institution or
university or prior to entry into upper division of a public university.
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For the purpose of this rule, a grade of “C” or better shall be considered
successful completion for all courses that meet Gordon Rule
requirements.
In accordance with Florida State Board of Education Rule Number
6A-10.030, all students must successfully complete at least 12 hours
of courses requiring multiple college-level writing assignments.
Students at SJR State may meet this requirement through the
completion of ENC 1101, ENC 1102, any one of the designated Gordon
Rule literature courses, and any one of the designated Gordon Rule
humanities courses.
The Gordon Rule also requires all students enrolling in any
college for the rst time on or after January 1, 1983, to complete
satisfactorily a minimum of six semester hours of mathematics. These
mathematics courses must be at the College Algebra level or higher.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
The Foreign Language Competency requirement can be met by
completion of two years of the same high school foreign language
or completion of two semesters of the same college level foreign
language or documented prociency of a foreign language. If you did
not complete two years of the same high school foreign language
and do not have documented prociency of a foreign language, you
will need to complete two semesters of the same college level foreign
language in order to graduate with your Associate in Arts degree.
These foreign language credits will count towards your required
general education elective and/or baccalaureate transfer program
prerequisites/elective credit hours. Please check with your Academic
Advisor or Workforce Outreach and Success Coordinator if you are
unsure whether you already meet this requirement.
Native speakers of languages other than English
may petition to waive the foreign language coursework
requirement.
Native speakers who are able to demonstrate they completed
part of their education in a non-English educational system should
complete and submit the foreign language coursework waiver
petition with proof of enrollment in a foreign language school in which
the language of instruction was not English for a specic, prolonged
period of concurrent academic years, generally to include at a
minimum the completion of at least three years of formal schooling.
Additional documentation may be requested at the discretion of the
Vice President for Academic Aairs.
Native speakers without proof of foreign education have the
following options:
- If the language is currently oered by St. Johns River
State College, the student may petition to complete a campus-
based prociency examination by a qualied SJR State foreign
language faculty member.
- If the language is not currently oered by St. Johns River
State College and there are therefore no faculty on sta who can
evaluate that language, students have several options:
• submit proof of prociency in the language
through a recognized, standardized test such as
CLEP:
• provide alternative documentation concerning their
language prociency to be approved at the
discretion of the Vice President for Academic Aairs,
or
• complete the foreign language requirement in
another language.
For more information or a copy of the foreign language
coursework waiver petition, please see your academic advisor.
CIVIC LITERACY REQUIREMENT
Associate in Arts students initially entering a Florida College System
institution fall semester 2021 or thereafter must demonstrate
competency in civic literacy, to include demonstration of the
following competencies:
• Understanding of the basic principles and practices of
American democracy and how they are applied in our
republican form of government;
• An understanding of the United States Constitution
and its application;
• Knowledge of the founding documents and how they
have shaped the nature and functions of our
institutions of self-government; and
• An understanding of landmark Supreme Court cases,
landmark legislation and landmark executive actions
and their impact on law and society.
Demonstrating competency of civic literacy is met by both earning
credit for one of the approved courses and passing one of the
approved assessments prior to graduation:
• Approved Courses:
- POS 1041 United States Federal Government
- AMH 2010 United States History to 1877
- AMH 2020 United States History Since 1877
- AP Government and Politics: United States
(minimum score 3)
- AP United States History (minimum score 4)
- CLEP: American Government (minimum score 50)
- CLEP: History of the United States I
(minimum score 50)
• Approved Assessments:
- AP Government and Politics: United States
(minimum score 3)
- AP United States History (minimum score 4)
- CLEP: American Government (minimum score 50)
- CLEP: History of the United States I
(minimum score 50)
- Civic Literacy Assessment administered in Florida
high schools in US Government course (must appear
on high school transcript)
- Florida Civic Literacy Test (administered by SJR State
Testing Department)
Completion of an approved course does not waive the requirement
of successfully passing one of the approved assessments, nor does
successfully passing one of the approved assessments waive the
requirement of successfully passing the approved course, with
the following exception: the indicated minimum score on the
AP Government and Politics: United States; AP US History; CLEP
American Government; or CLEP United States History I assessment
meets both the civic literacy course and the civic literacy assessment
requirements.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to be awarded an Associate in Arts degree, students must
meet the following requirements:
1. Earn a minimum overall grade point average of 2.0 as of
the last day of the term applied;
2. Complete the required courses set forth in the college
catalog;
3. Complete all general education requirements, choosing
baccalaureate transfer program prerequisite course and
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earning a grade of “C” or higher for all courses meeting
the area requirements in communications, humanities,
and mathematics;
4. Complete a minimum 25% of all credit hours required
for graduation through SJR State;
5. Pay all fees and discharge all other obligations to the
College;
6. File an application for degree conferral by the date
specied in the academic calendar.
This program is designed for students who wish to transfer to
a university to earn a baccalaureate degree. The Associate in Arts
degree is the legally recognized transfer degree for the Florida
College System and is specically designed for the student who
wishes to transfer into the State University System of Florida as a
junior. Although there are no “majors” in the Associate in Arts degree,
with proper planning of coursework, students can complete the
A.A. degree and transfer specic courses necessary for admission
to a variety of degree programs within the State University System.
For more information, see your SJR State Advisor.
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COMMUNICATIONS 9 CREDIT HOURS: 9
ENC 1101 Composition I
ENC 1102 Composition II
And choose one of the following courses:
AML 2010 American Literature I
AML 2020 American Literature II
AML 2601 African-American Literature I
ENL 2012 English Literature I
ENL 2022 English Literature II
ENL 2330 Introduction to Shakespeare
LIT 2182 Modern Irish Literature
LIT 2380 Literature by Women
A minimum grade of “C” in each communications course is required for general education credit.
HUMANITIES 6 CREDIT HOURS: 6
HUM 2020 Introduction to Humanities
And choose one of the following courses:
ARH 1000 Art Appreciation
ARH 2050 Art History I
ARH 2051 Art History II
DAN 2100 Survey of Dance
HUM 2220 Greek and Roman Humanities
HUM 2223 Late Roman and Medieval Humanities
HUM 2232 Renaissance and Baroque Humanities
HUM 2234 Enlightenment and Romanticism Humanities
HUM 2250 20th Century Humanities
HUM 2310 Mythology in Art, Literature, and Music
MUH 2110 Songs for the Dead: An Introduction to Music History and Literature
MUH 2112 Music History
MUL 1010 Music Appreciation
PHI 2010 Introduction to Philosophy
PHI 2630 Contemporary Ethics
THE 1000 Theater Appreciation
THE 1020 Introduction to Theater History
A minimum grade of “C” in each humanities course is required for general education credit.
MATHEMATICS 6 CREDIT HOURS: 6
Course selection should be transfer specic.
Choose one mathematics course from the following list:
MAC 1105 College Algebra
MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
MGF 1130 Mathematical Thinking
STA 2023 Elementary Statistics
Choose a second mathematics course from the above list or any mathematics course from the following list:
MAC 1147 Precalculus
MAC 2233 Survey of Calculus
MAC 2312 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
MAC 2313 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
MAP 2302 Elementary Dierential Equations
MGF 1131 Mathematics in Context
A minimum grade of “C” in each mathematics course is required for general education credit.
NATURAL SCIENCE 6 CREDIT HOURS: 6
Course selection should be transfer specic. With the exception of CHM 1020, ESC 1001, EVR 1001C, PHY 1020, BSC 1003 and BSC 1020C, General Education Natural Science
courses have a corequisite laboratory.
Choose one natural science course from the following list (with certain exceptions indicated with * or **):
AST 1002 Introduction to Astronomy
BSC 1005* Introduction to Biology
BSC 2010* General Biology I
BSC 2085** Human Anatomy and Physiology I
CHM 1020 Introduction to Chemistry
CHM 1045 General Chemistry I
ESC 1000 Earth and Space Science
EVR 1001C Introduction to Environmental Science and Laboratory
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PHY 1020 Introduction to Physics
PHY 1053 General Physics I
PHY 2048 Physics I with Calculus
Choose a second natural science course from the above list or any natural science course from the following list
(with certain exceptions indicated with * or **):
BSC 1003 Microbes and Society
BSC 1020C** Human Biology and Laboratory
BSC 2011 General Biology II
BSC 2086 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
CHM 1032 Principles of General Chemistry
CHM 1046 General Chemistry II
MCB 2010 Microbiology
OCB 1000 Marine Biology
PHY 1054 General Physics II
PHY 2049 Physics II with Calculus
ZOO 2010 Zoology
* Choice of either BSC 1005 or BSC 2010, but not both.
** Choice of either BSC 1020C or BSC 2085, but not both.
SOCIAL SCIENCE 6 CREDIT HOURS: 6
Course selection should be transfer specic.
Choose one social science course from the following list:
AMH 2010 United States History to 1877
AMH 2020 U.S. History Since 1877
POS 1041 United States Federal Government
Choose a second social science course from the above list or any social science course from the following list:
ANT 2000 General Anthropology
DEP 2004 Human Growth and Development
ECO 2013 Macroeconomics
ECO 2023 Microeconomics
POS 1112 State and Local Government
PSY 2012 General Psychology
SYG 1000 Introduction to Sociology
SYG 1430 Marriage and Family
WOH 1012 World Civilization to 1600
WOH 1022 World Civilization Since 1600
ACADEMIC PATHWAYS 3 CREDIT HOURS: 3
Choose one of the following courses:
SLS 1122 Academic Pathways for College Success
IDS 1110 Honors Exploration
AA Transfer and baccalaureate students who have completed more than 30 credits with a GPA of 2.5 or higher at the time of transfer are exempt from the
Academic Pathways General Education requirement and may choose any college credit course selected from communications, humanities, mathematics,
natural science, or social science.
BACCALAUREATE TRANSFER PROGRAM PREREQUISITES 24 CREDIT HOURS
Choose 24 credit hours of baccalaureate transfer program prerequisites from the courses marked with “u” in the course
description section of this Catalog. Choose your transfer-specic courses carefully, using these credit hours to satisfy the program
prerequisites or course requirements for the specic baccalaureate degree into which you plan to articulate.
Talk with your SJR State
advisor about common prerequisites, and check the baccalaureate program website at the specic institution where you plan to
transfer for additional important information about required prerequisite courses for your intended major.
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 60
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