THE ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE

The Associate in Arts (AA) Degree is awarded through the Freshman Academic Advising Services to students who have:

• satisfied the Core Curriculum requirements (or General Education requirements, if appropriate) at FAU;
• completed at least 60 semester hours of course work;
• completed at least 40 semester hours of those 60 semester hours at the lower division (1000 - 2000 level);
• completed at least 30 of the 60 semester hours at the lower division in residence at FAU;
• completed the last 12 semester hours in residence at FAU;
• satisfied the requirements of the Gordon Rule;
• successfully satisfied the CLAST requirement; and
• earned at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA at FAU.

Students interested in receiving an AA Degree and who are completing or have completed all requirements listed here, must officially apply in the Freshman Academic Advising Services, SU 201.  Additionally, the AA Degree will not be awarded in the same semester that the Baccalaureate Degree is awarded or in any semester following the completion of the Baccalaureate Degree, and students cannot be awarded an AA Degree with a grade of incomplete "I" on their FAU record (please refer to Incomplete Policy within the University Catalog).

IMPORTANT:
Students may not apply for an AA Degree in the same semester in which the baccalaureate degree is being awarded. Additionally, students must earn a minimum of 30 credits at the lower division at FAU prior to earning the AA.

Also, transfer students with 40 or more credits are not eligible for the AA Degree at FAU.

AA DEGREE APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINES

Click here for the AA Degree application (Adobe Acrobat Reader Needed)

Please print clearly and fax the form to the Freshman Academic Advising Services office.