An Associate's degree is the foundation for many college majors. At Alverno, our program is designed as the equivalent of the first half of a baccalaureate degree, helping you develop the professional and interpersonal skills you need to make it in just about any career you choose. It extends Alverno's bold, results-oriented approach to education by giving you more personalized guidance throughout your academic journey.
Pathway to a bachelor's degree
You will benefit from small classes with support from professors, advisors and mentors as well as:
Cohorted classes: students take their core classes with other Associate students. This increases support among students and allows faculty to stagger large assignments and assessments.
Academic strategies lab: Each semester, students learn strategies on how to be more successful students through thoughtfully-designed weekly class sessions on topics such as time management, study strategies and stress reduction.
Dedicated mentors: Each student is assigned a mentor in Advising, Financial Aid and Student Accounts. These staff members help guide and assist each student throughout their academic journey.
Feedback and mid-semester progress reports: Students receive feedback from instructors, including individual conferences with instructors in many key courses and a mid-semester report for each class, highlighting areas of success and areas in need of improvement.
Electives: Besides the program's core curriculum, students select elective courses that align with their career goals, such as business, communication and social sciences.
Two-year program: After completing 60 credit hours, students are granted an associate's degree and become eligible for admission into a bachelor's degree program.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning Requirements | ||
| FSS 100 Level | Any FSS-125 First Semester Seminar (FSS) topic from https://catalog.alverno.edu/courses/fss | 2 |
| AC-151 | Initial Social Interaction Assessment | 0 |
| CM-120 | Communication Seminar 1 | 4 |
| QL-122 | Quantitative Literacy in Modern World | 4 |
| SC-119 & 119L | Foundations of Chemistry and Foundations of Chemistry Lab | 4 |
| FA 100 Level | Any FA-100 Intro to the Arts (FA) from https://catalog.alverno.edu/courses/fa | 4 |
| HUM 100 Level | Any HUM-150 Intro to the Humanities (HUM) topic from https://catalog.alverno.edu/courses/hum | 4 |
| QL-156 | Mathematical Connections | 3 |
| CM-125 | Communication Seminar 2 | 3 |
| MT-123 | College Algebra | 3 |
| SC-120 & 120L | Foundations of Biology and Foundations of Biology Lab | 4 |
| Intermediate Requirements | ||
| CM-225 | Communication Seminar 3 | 3 |
| BSC-215 | Working in Diverse Groups | 2 |
| CH-213 & 213L | Chemistry of Bioorganic Molecules and Chemistry of Bioorganic Molecules Lab | 4 |
| MT-124 | Trigonometry | 2 |
| BI-221 | Biology of Plants | 4 |
| or BI-222 & 222L | Biology of Animals and Biology of Animals Lab | |
| or BI-223 | Natural History of North America | |
| PPS-229 | Career & Internship Planning | 1 |
| MT-256 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| SSC-101 | Introduction to Social Science | 4 |
| BI-250 | Laboratory Techniques | 1 |
| BI-251 & 251L | Microbiology and Microbiology Lab | 4 |
| HFA 210 Elective | Any HFA-210 Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) elective | 2 |
| HFA 310 Elective | Any HFA-310 Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) elective | 2 |