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Associate in Arts Degree
GEN-AA
Effective Beginning Catalog Term: Fall 2025 (655).
The requirements shown below are valid beginning Fall 2025 (655), and may not reflect degree requirements for current students. Current students should visit My SPC and view My Learning Plan to see specific degree requirements for their effective term.
Program Leadership Information
Joseph Leopold
Dean, Communications
727-341-3719
Jimmy Chang
Dean, Mathematics
727-341-4305
Natavia Middleton
Dean, Natural Sciences
727-394-6995
middleton.natavia@spcollege.edu
Joseph Smiley
Dean, Social & Behavioral Science
727-712-5851
Barbara Hubbard
Dean, Humanities & Fine Arts
727-394-6011
Program Summary
This program is offered as a Fully Online program. The General Education program at SPC introduces all students to the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities that are essential to study further in the major, to develop educated members of the community and the world, to provide the foundation for becoming informed, independent thinkers, who can comprehend, evaluate, and address the issues that human beings face in their personal lives, careers, and community affairs. The Associate in Arts degree emphasizes a Liberal Arts education and is designed to transfer to a bachelor's degree at a state university or SPC. Along with classes to prepare you for your major at the four-year level, you also take at least 36 hours in general education areas. This requirement is in compliance with Rule 6A-14.0303 of the Florida Administrative Code.
Florida CIP Code
1192401010 - ASSOCIATE IN ARTS
Federal CIP Code
24.0101 - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
Graduation Rules
In addition to satisfying the General Education and Elective course requirements, students must:
- complete at least 60 college-level credits
- complete at least 15 credits in residence (at SPC)
- earn a cumulative 2.0 GPA in all courses completed
- earn a cumulative 2.0 GPA in all courses completed at SPC
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: If you have not completed two consecutive years of the same foreign language in high school or 8 credits in college, you will need to complete 8 credits of foreign language before completing the AA program.
CIVIC LITERACY: As per Florida Rule 6A - 10.04213, Associate in Arts degree students entering a Florida College System (FCS) or State university System (SUS) institution in the 2021-2022 academic school year and thereafter must demonstrate competency through successful completion of a civic literacy course AND by achieving a passing score on the Florida Civic Literacy Examination (FCLE).
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Communications - Core
Communications - Core
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Communications - Elective
Communications - Elective
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Communications - Speech Elective
Communications - Speech Elective
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Natural Sciences - Laboratory (Institutional Requirement)
Complete at least 1 course
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Ethics (Institutional Requirement)
Complete 3 credits
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Computer and Information Literacy Competency (Institutional Requirement)
Competency may be demonstrated
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Enhanced World View (Institutional Requirement)
Complete at least one 3-credit
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Foreign Language
This degree program
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Civic Literacy (FL State Requirement)
Competency
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
General Electives
Complete 24 credits
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Core - American Government
Complete 3 credits
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Elective
Complete 3 credits
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AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Elective
Complete 3 credits
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AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Humanities and Fine Arts - Core
HUM - Core
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Humanities and Fine Arts - Elective
HUM - Elective
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Mathematics - Core
Math - Core
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AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Mathematics - Core
Math - Core
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AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Mathematics - Elective
Complete an additional 3 credits
Select 3 credits
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Mathematics - Elective
Complete an additional 3 credits
Select 3 credits
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Natural Sciences - Core
Complete 3 credits
GLY/OCE
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Natural Sciences - Core
Complete 3 credits
GLY/OCE
AA GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Natural Sciences - Elective
Complete 3 credits