Associate in Arts

The Associate in Arts degree is designed to prepare students to transfer into a baccalaureate degree program in arts, business, communications, education, social sciences, or a similar area. The course options allow for alignment in many programs with area institutions including, but not limited to, East Carolina University, Fayetteville State University, the University of Mount Olive, the University of North Carolina Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and the University of North Carolina Wilmington, providing 60 semester hours of credit towards a four-year degree.

The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) and the Independent Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (ICAA) enable North Carolina community college graduates of two-year associate in arts programs who are admitted to constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina and to Signatory Institutions of North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities to transfer with junior status.

Community college graduates must obtain a grade of “C” or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale in order to transfer with a junior status. Courses may also transfer through bilateral agreements between institutions.

Students should work with their advisors to choose courses that best align with their intended major at the university level.