Human and Family Services Transfer Major

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Campus Location: Calmar, Peosta

Program Entry: Enrollment may occur during any term

Award: Associate of Arts degree

Enrollment Process: See Enrollment Process

The Associate of Arts Human and Family Services Transfer Major provides a course of study which will transfer to specific four-year colleges and universities within Iowa. You will take courses in science, communication, math, humanities, social science and required human services subject areas in preparation to transfer into a bachelor’s degree program.

If you plan to transfer to a four-year college, you should select courses to satisfy requirements of the specific institution to which you intend to transfer. Consult your advisor at the transferring four-year institution anytime you have questions about course selection.

Minimum Credits: 60

General Degree Requirements

The Associate of Arts degree will include a minimum of 60 semester hours of courses designed and acceptable for transfer, and may include up to 16 semester hours of career-technical courses. Note: Students not ready to begin college/transfer level writing and math courses may need additional prerequisite coursework that requires them to exceed the 60 credit hours minimum.
Students transferring an Associate of Arts degree to a public university must have maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 2.0 on all graded arts and sciences courses acceptable for transfer.
A 2.0 cumulative GPA and a passing grade in all required courses.
Earn a minimum of 18 credit hours at NICC that meet degree requirements.
Completion of SDV 179 - The College Experience course.

General Education Core Requirements

Communication: 9 Credits

Math and Science: 10 Credits

MAT 156 - Statistics
Remaining credits must be transfer level courses from MAT, BIO, CHM, ENV, PHS or PHY. At least one course must be a science with lab.

Social Science: 9 Credits

Humanities: 12 Credits

Credits must be transfer level courses from ART, ASL, CLS, DRA, FLS, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, REL

One of the following Literature courses is required: LIT 101 , LIT 110 , LIT 111 , LIT 134

One of the following History courses is required: ART 203 , ART 204 , HIS 131 , HIS 132 , HIS 151 , HIS 152 , HIS 214

One of the following diversity courses is required: ASL 131 , ASL 161 , ASL 241 , ASL 271 , CLS 150 , COM 148 , FLS 141 , FLS 142 , FLS 241 , FLS 242 , FLS 282 , HIS 214 , LIT 134 , SOC 208

Elective(s): 20 Credits

SDV 179 - The College Experience
HSV 804 - Internship
PSY 261 - Human Sexuality
SOC 120 - Marriage and Family
SOC 160 - Introduction to Social Work
The remaining credits will be accepted from arts and sciences electives designed and acceptable for transfer, with the understanding that up to 16 semester hours of career-technical credit could be applied. (See the Course Classification and Description System )