Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today’s world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named “Best Institutional Facility” by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Palo Alto College is committed to building a college-going culture in our community through a new community effort, Educate South. This exciting new initiative focuses on beginning educational awareness at the earliest years.
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St. Philip’s College

St. Philip’s College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College has been named the top community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Northwest Vista College

Dream Big - You Belong at Vista
About NVC
About NVC
Student Centered Leadership

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with the highest quality educational experience and fulfilling our mission of Creating Opportunities for Success.
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Academics
Academics
Associate of Applied Science Programs – Career and Technical Education

Our Programs Include: Associate of Applied Science – Career and Technical Education, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science Degrees. a variety of Certificates, and more.
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Admissions & Aid
Admissions & Aid
Student Services Now in DWWC (NOT CCC)

Student Services are now located in our new building, Desert Willow Welcome Center (DWWC). This includes admissions, advising, and more. They are no longer in Cypress Campus Center (CCC) currently being renovated.
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Return to Campus - Student Resources

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Northwest Vista College

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Northwest Vista College Schedule/Catalog 2011-2012 [Archived Catalog]

Associate of Arts, concentration in General Studies

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An Associate of Arts (AA) degree is designed to transfer to four-year public institutions within the State of Texas. The AA degree completes the core curriculum defined by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and allows for open electives based upon your major. A course may be used only once to fulfill degree requirements. Specific areas of concentration for the AA degree include Business Administration , Business Administration - Management Information Systems , Criminal Justice , Dance , Drama , Fine Arts , International Studies , Mexican-American Studies , Music , Music Technology , New Media Arts , New Media Communications , Teaching - Option A (AAT), and Teaching - Option B (AAT). Select the general AA degree below or one of the specific degree plans listed above.

Degree Requirements (Total Credit Hours 60)

Communication (9 hours)

ENGL 1301 - Composition I
ENGL 1302 - Composition II
Select 1 course from the Additional Communication (11) Core

Mathematics (3 hours)

Select 1 course from the Mathematics (20) Core

Natural Sciences (7 hours)

Select 2 courses from the Natural Sciences (30) Core

Note: At least one must have a lab component

Humanities and Visual/Performing Arts (9 hours)

Select 1 course from the Humanities (40) Core
Select 1 course from the Additional Humanities (41) Core
Select 1 course from the Visual and Performing Arts (50) Core

Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)

GOVT 2305 - Federal Government
GOVT 2306 - Texas Government
Select 1 course from the Social and Behavioral Sciences (80) Core
Select 2 courses from the History (60) Core
Note: Students who have completed a GOVT class should check with Student Success for appropriate course to satisfy state legislative requirements

Kinesiology (2 hours)

Select 2 credits hours from the Kinesiology (90) Core

Electives (15 hours)

Select 15 credit hours of electives

Notes:

A course may be used only once to fulfill degree requirements.

Check with the four-year institution to which you plan to transfer to ensure that courses taken at NVC are the courses that will apply to the appropriate degree.

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