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Associate of Applied Science Degree

The Associate of Applied Science Degree will be awarded to students who satisfy the following requirements:

1. Complete a minimum of 90 applicable credit hours. (Some programs may require more than 90 credit hours.)
   Please refer to the Course Numbering System and Developmental Education courses on page 210-211 of the printed catalog, with regard to courses not applicable toward a Mt. Hood Community College degree or certificate.

2. Successfully complete all required courses in a professional-technical curriculum as listed in the catalog. Courses counting toward degree requirements must be taken sequentially if the course is a prerequisite for another course. For example, MTH95 may not count toward a degree requirement if taken after MTH111, because MTH95 is a prerequisite for MTH111. However, if a course is not a prerequisite for another course, the courses may be taken in any order. For example, HST110 may count toward a diegree requirement if taken after HST111, since HST110 is not a prerequisite to HST111. Repeated courses may be counted only once toward graduation unless specified in the course description or unless specifically required in a program curriculum.

3. Achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.

4. Maintain a 2.00 GPA for all courses being applied toward the degree and maintain a 2.00 GPA in the candidate’s major classes (e.g., course prefixes such as DH, NRS, FI, etc.)

5. Successfully complete required general education courses. Students who are pursuing an MHCC Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree at MHCC who have earned a baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education will have satisfied the general education requirements for the AAS degree if the AAS curricula identify general education categories, i.e. communications, math/science/computer science. If the general education requirements are listed specifically by course, i.e. SP111, PSY201, then those specific requirements must be listed on the incoming transcript in order for those courses to be satisfied. WR101, or WR121, WR122, three credits of HPE, three credits of Human Relations and MTH65 will automatically be satisfied by the baccalaureate degree.

General Education

Courses must be selected from the approved list of General Education courses for the Associate of Applied Science Degree, (see page 10 of the printed catalog).

1. Health/Physical Education
   A minimum of three quarter credits in Physical Education (PE) and/or in Health Education (HE/HPE). A maximum of 9 credits of PE185 may be applied to the AAS degree. Two (2) credit hours of PE185 credit may be granted toward an Associate degree at Mt. Hood for completion of military basic training. A copy of the DD214 form is required.

2. Communications
   Three quarter-credit hours at a level equivalent to WR101 or WR121. Other communication courses may satisfy the distribution requirements only.

3. Mathematics
   Four quarter-credit hours at a level equivalent to MTH65 or higher (except MTH211).

4. Human Relations
   Three quarter-credit hours

5. Distribution
   Three additional quarter-credit hours from any of the following areas:
   1. Social Science/Humanities (Arts and Letters) Select from social science and/or humanities. (Maximum of three credit hours in skill-oriented classes within the humanities category.)
   2. Science/Mathematics/Computer Science Select from science, mathematics, and/or computer science. (Mathematics must be MTH20 or higher.)
   3. Communications
      

6. Satisfactorily earn a minimum of 24 hours of applicable credit at Mt. Hood Community College and be in attendance at MHCC the term in which the degree/certificate is completed. Non-traditional credit (College Level Examination Program, Advanced Placement Program, Challenge, Experienced-Based Credit or International Baccalaureate) does not satisfy this requirement.
   
   If extenuating circumstances prevent a student from being in attendance the last term, the student may petition to take the remaining credits (maximum of nine) at a regionally accredited college or university.
   
   The letter must indicate the school at which the courses will be completed. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain written approval from MHCC of course acceptance prior to enrollment and to send an official transcript to MHCC upon completion of the coursework.

7. Complete the application process and pay a nonrefundable graduation application fee two quarters prior to the quarter of completion (e.g., spring term graduates must apply during fall term).
   
   Note: A maximum of 25 credits of ENL courses numbered 100 and above may be applied toward the AAS degree. (ENL94R, ENL94S, and ENL94W are not to be included. See Developmental Education Courses.) Only 200-level ENL count as General Education.