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	Yakima Valley College Catalog 2020-2021 [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 modern languages (including 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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