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At PCC you have the choice to earn an Associate in Arts Degree, an Associate in Science 本科或副学士学位. 每个学位都有不同的专业选择.

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为 AA及AS学位，你可以跟着 IGETC, 基督教社会联盟, or PCC GE要求.

为 AA-T和AS-T，你可以跟着 IGETC (基督教社会联盟) or 基督教社会联盟.

• IGETC (基督教社会联盟) requires completion of area 1C but not foreign language.

The PCC GE要求 have a competency requirement called Diversity. 多样性 requirement may double count with other GE areas (A-E) on the PCC GE requirement sheet.

• Associate 度 can stand alone or be a stepping stone to a bachelor degree.
• Associate degree holders earn up to 25% more each year than someone who is doing the 同样的工作，没有学位.
• More employers are requiring job candidates to have a degree, so getting an associate 学位会打开更多的门.
• A different associate degree from your bachelor degree will diversify your resume (i.e. 商业文学士及经济学文学士). 
• In case it may take you longer to complete your bachelor degree than planned, you will have an associate degree to fall back on.
• Completing an associate degree from PCC demonstrates that you can accomplish your goals 在你受教育的每个阶段.
• By meeting your transfer requirements, you may already qualify for a degree without 参加额外的课程.

UCs, 基督教社会联盟s, and most universities in California do not require an associate degree 对入学. 只有 基督教社会联盟s give admission and graduation incentives if you have an AA-T or AS-T degree in 你录取的专业.  However, some out-of-state or private institutions may require an associate degree, please check with your interested institutions.

Receiving an associate degree has NO impact on your Financial 援助 or Fee Waiver. If you are transferring, an associate degree does not affect your financial aid at the 大学.

If you started at PCC Fall 2009 and after OR who have elected to receive post Fall 2009 度, you may have multiple AA, AS, AA-T, and AS-T 度 and one Career Tech Ed AS degree (degree with a certificate of achievement).

If you started at PCC prior to Fall 2009 and have maintained continuous enrollment, you may have one AA degree and multiple AS 度.

You can only have rights to pre-Fall 2009 or post-Fall 2009 rights, not both. 

Submit your official transcript(s) to 入学. After you have completed 12 units of coursework at PCC, 向咨询师咨询 to submit a transcript evaluation request towards one of our general education patterns for the Associate degree (IGETC GE/基督教社会联盟 GE/PCC GE). 

You may also make a request for a transcript evaluation through our 在线咨询 服务.

入学 & 记录 requires all official transcripts to be on file for posting of 度.  So although you may not need to use your credits from another college for 你的PCC学位，你仍然需要 提交你的正式成绩单 获得PCC学位. 

You may be able to use your credits from another country.  然而，你是必需的 to have your foreign transcripts (Academic 记录) evaluated by one of the PCC认可的评估机构. Once we receive the official evaluation results and you have completed 12 units at PCC, PCC evaluators will complete a second evaluation for PCC degree credits. 

If you are planning to transfer to a four-year 大学, please see a 辅导员 before applying for a foreign transcript evaluation. 大多数大学都有 own evaluators who evaluate foreign transcripts. 而PCC的成绩单评估则不是 necessary if you are transferring to a 大学.

Foreign credit is not accepted for the IGETC and 基督教社会联盟 GE patterns for GE certification.

If you have petitioned for your degree(s) with a 辅导员 或通过 在线咨询, please find out what to expect after you petition for your degree by going to our 申请后会发生什么 网站.

If you petitioned for your degree(s) using Raise My Hand, make sure you received confirmation.  如果没有，请 与咨询师联系.  

You will receive a letter by mail from the Evaluator stating your missing requirements.  Once you enroll in the course again, you will need to 再次申请你的学位.

You are not required to attend the ceremony; however we highly encourage you to attend and invite your family and friends to celebrate your achievements at PCC.