Description

Explore Humanities, Fine Arts & Communication Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) is designed for students who wish to explore their options in Art, Art History, Communication, Humanities, Journalism, Literature, Music and World Languages. The AAOT includes courses that meet lower-division general education requirements at Oregon public universities. Ideally, students in this degree will choose a more specific field of study within their first year. It is important for a student to work closely with an academic advisor in designing a course plan.

Entrance Requirements

While this degree has no formal entrance requirements, individual courses may have prerequisites which must be met before enrollment.

Course Requirements

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HHPA activity courses (1 credit each) are not to be duplicated.

Advising Notes

Students have the opportunity to take the following courses to help ensure effective decisions about educational goals and college success:

• HD 110 Career Planning
• HD 100CS College Success

Interested in exploring art, you may want to consider the following:

• ART 101 Introduction to the Visual Arts
• ART 102 Introduction to Art and Design Careers

Interested in exploring communication, you may want to consider the following:

• COMM 100Z Introduction to Communication
• COMM 111Z Public Speaking

Interested in exploring the humanities, you may want to consider the following:

• HUM 101 Introduction to Humanities

Interested in exploring literature, you may want to consider the following:

• ENG 104Z Introduction to Fiction

Interested in exploring another language, you may want to consider the following:

• CHN 101 Mandarin Chinese I, FR 101 First Year French I, GER 101 First Year German I, IT 101 First Year Italian I and/or SPAN 101Z First-year Spanish I.
• Planning on going on for a Bachelors degree? Doing 2 years of a foreign language is highly recommended.

Interested in exploring journalism and/or writing, you may want to consider the following:

• J 216 News Reporting and Writing I
• WR 139 Introduction to Creative Writing

Interested in exploring music, you may want to consider the following:

• MUS 101 Music Fundamentals

Performance Standards

• Academic Requirements:
  • Students must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA to earn a COCC certificate or degree.
  • Options for additional standards:
    • All courses in the program must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Sample Plan

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The AAOT requires one foundational math course and two foundational writing courses (WR 121Z Composition I and WR 122Z Composition II or WR 227Z Technical Writing). Please view the program requirements for details.