DMACC Liberal Arts Associates (AA) Degree
The AA degree is a two-year program at a community college. The AA degree is for students who intend to continue their education at a four-year college/university. The Pella Community High School (PHS) offers many college credit courses from DMACC, Central College, Graceland University and William Penn University. By taking the college-level courses while attending PHS, students can start to earn their AA degree while still attending high school.
REQUIREMENTS
To receive an AA degree from DMACC, students must:
Complete a DMACC Application for Admission and any related Admission requirements.
Maintain a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) on all work applicable to the AA degree.
Complete a minimum of 64 semester credit hours (some degrees have more than 64), with at least ⅓ of the credits being DMACC courses.
In total, you must have at least 46 semester credit hours of Core courses:
A. Communications (9 credits)
B. Social & Behavioral Sciences (9 credits)
C. Math & Sciences (9 credits)
D. Humanities (9 credits)
E. Distributed Requirements (10 credits)
(1 credit must be either SDV108 or HON101)
Include at least 18 semester credit hours of elective credit. Students may include 16 semester credit hours of Career Technical Credits.
Included in your 64 credits you need 3 semester credit hours to satisfy the Diversity Requirement.
BENEFITS AND RESOURCES
Students planning on attending a four-year college/university may find it beneficial to take advantage of their earned DMACC credits through high school and complete their AA Degree at DMACC. DMACC has an array of partnership programs with Iowa State University, University of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, Grand View University, and Simpson College. Plus over 925 colleges and universities accept transfer credits from DMACC. Students who have earned the DMACC Associate in Arts degree transfer in as a junior status. Since requirements vary at institutions, students should become familiar with the specific course requirements of the four-year institution to which they plan to transfer.
For more information about the Associates in Art (AA) degree and track your DMACC degree progress please visit:
https://www.dmacc.edu/programs/Pages/programinformation.aspx
Getting and Staying Connected Online - my.dmacc.edu Login Portal
One Password = All Access
Similar to your high school’s login system for Web application, the encrypted and secure portal provides a centralized, easy-to-use, easy-to-recognize system for students to check DMACC email, check grades, news and event updates, as well as Blackboard Online classes. Your new password must be a minimum of 8 characters, and it must contain:
An upper case letter (A-Z)
A lower case letter (a-z)
A number (0-9)
A special character (! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + < > ? |{ } - = \ /)
For questions, please call 515-965-7300 or 1-800-362-2127 ext. 7300 or email techsupport@dmacc.edu
Individual Degree Audit - Degree Works
Degree Works is a web-based degree audit program designed to assist DMACC advisors and students in reviewing program requirements and program completion. Degree Works is a user-friendly, paperless electro inc tool that also allows students to plan their future academic coursework at DMACC.
https://www.dmacc.edu/registrar/graduation/Pages/degreeworks.aspx
