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Dec 11, 2024
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Yakima Valley College Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Direct Transfer Agreement, AA-DTA
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The associate in arts - direct transfer agreement (DTA) degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university. YVC offers a variety of disciplines so that students can select their course load based on their area of interest within this degree.
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Group B
Choose five credits
Courses used to satisfy this requirement may not be used to satisfy Natural Science Distribution. Choose five credits from:
Group C
Choose three to five credits
Courses used to satisfy this requirement may not be used to satisfy Humanities distribution. Choose three to five credits from:
Core Classes
Select courses from THREE disciplines (subject areas) from the respective list of approved Humanities, Natural Sciences or Social Sciences distribution courses located under the DTA Distribution List section in the catalog.
No more then ten credits from any one discipline (subject area) is allowed.
Maximum of five credits may be taken as “S” grades.
2.0 GPA required
Humanities
Choose fifteen credits
May include a maximum of five credits in skill performance courses which are indicated with a (P) in the approved distribution list and maximum of five credits of 100 level foreign languages OR 100 level American Sign Language.
Natural Science/Math
Choose fifteen credits
Must include one lab course which is indicated with a (L) in the approved distribution list.
Social Sciences
Choose fifteen credits
Core Electives
Choose fifteen to seventeen credits
Should be chosen carefully from the distribution of courses listed in Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning (Group B above) and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences (located under the DTA Distribution List section in the catalog). Minimum 2.00 GPA required in this distribution area.
General Electives
Choose ten to twelve credits
Any college level course numbered 100 or above. These may include additional core electives as well as courses from the Restricted List. No more than three PE activity credits apply toward the AA degree.
Areas of Interest:
Students can focus on the following disciplines while pursuing an associate in arts - direct transfer agreement (DTA) degree:
- Anthropology
- American Sign Language
- Art
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chican@ Studies
- Communications
- Drama
- Economics
- English
- Ethnic Studies
- Geography (physical)
- Geography (human)
- Geology
- History
- Mathematics
- Music
- Nutrition
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Spanish
- Sociology
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