2024 - 2025 DCC Catalog 
  
    Nov 23, 2024  
2024 - 2025 DCC Catalog

Science, (AA&S)


Program Info

Minimum credits: 60
Length: 2 years (4 semesters) if suggested full-time course sequence is followed.

 

Transfer opportunities:

This degree is designed for students planning to transfer to a four-year university for medical or other science-related programs of study.

Admission requirements vary by institution. Students are urged to familiarize themselves with the requirements of the college to which they intend to transfer and plan course selections with their DCC advisor. To learn more, visit danville.edu/transfer.

Division: Arts, Sciences, & Business
Contact: 434.797.8462 or 434.797.8402
Award: Associate of Arts and Science
Plan Code: 881 CIP Code: 24.0101

Program Description:

The Associate of Arts and Sciences in Science is designed for students planning to transfer to a four-year university for medical or other science-related programs of study. Students have sufficient flexibility to select courses appropriate to the requirements of their intended transfer institution. Admission requirements vary by institution and students are urged to familiarize themselves with the requirements of the college to which they intend to transfer. Students should complete a DCC program comparable to the first two years of the program at the transfer institution.

This curriculum emphasizes mathematics and the biological and physical sciences. It also includes a range of courses in humanities and social sciences. Students have sufficient flexibility to select courses appropriate to the requirements of their intended transfer institution. Students should complete a DCC program comparable to the first two years of the program at the transfer institution.

Program Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Accurately apply scientific and/or mathematical principles in everyday life.
  • Accurately measure, record, and interpret data when conducting and/or reviewing experiments.
  • Communicate professionally within the respective disciplines of mathematics and science.
  • Work independently and collaboratively in the acquisition of scientific knowledge.

Recommended Course Sequence


First Semester


Total Credit Hours: 15-17


Second Semester


  • HIS History Elective Credit Hours: 3
  • MTH Math Requirement Credit Hours: 3-5 1
  • Natural Science Course with Lab Credit Hours: 4 2
  • Approved Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total Credit Hours: 16-18


Third Semester


  • ENG Literature I Credit Hours: 3 4
  • Social Science Requirement Credit Hours: 3 5
  • Natural Science Course with Lab Credit Hours: 4 2
  • Approved Elective Credit Hours: 3
  • Natural Science Course with Lab Credit Hours: 4 2

Total Credit Hours: 17


Fourth Semester


  • Approved Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3 4
  • Social Science Requirement II Credit Hours: 3 5
  • Natural Science Course with Lab Credit Hours: 4 2
  • Approved Elective Credit Hours: 2-4

Total Credit Hours: 12-14


Note:


1As with all transfer degrees, students should select the math sequence which will be most helpful in transferring to their intended four year college. If additional math courses are required, math courses may be used as approved electives.

2Students must complete 20 Credits of lab science, including 4 credits taken at the sophomore level and at least one full-year lab sequence. Acceptable 100-level sequences are: CHM 111 - General Chemistry I  - CHM 112 - General Chemistry II BIO 101 - General Biology I  - BIO 102 - General Biology II , BIO 141 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I  - BIO 142 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II ; GOL 105 - Physical Geology  & GOL 106 - Historical Geology . Acceptable 200-level lab science sequences are: CHM 241 - Organic Chemistry I  and CHM 243 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I  - CHM 242 - Organic Chemistry II  and CHM 244 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II ; PHY 201 - General College Physics I  - PHY 202 - General College Physics II ; or PHY 241 - University Physics I  - PHY 242 - University Physics II . Other non-sequential options are: BIO 150 - Microbiology for Health Sciences , and BIO 256 - General Genetics  

3This can be satisfied by a single 1 or more credit course in Health or Physical Education.

4Students should choose courses based on which institution they wish to transfer to

5 Students must complete a full year of social science coursework by taking one of the following sequences: ECO 201  and ECO 202 ; PLS 211  and PLS 212; SOC 200  and one sophomore level sociology course, or PSY 200  and one sophomore-level psychology course.