Associate Degree Programs
Viterbo
University and Western Technical College (WTC) work together to offer adult students
throughout the region the Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS)
degrees. Students earning the AA or AS degree will take courses at both college
campuses and will have access to services at both campuses.
Mission
The
mission of the associate degree offered collaboratively by Viterbo University
and Western Technical College is to provide a comprehensive, economic and
flexible liberal arts education to non-traditional students in the region.
Goals
- Provide a general education degree
that allows students to enter or advance in the workforce upon completion.
- Offer a degree that allows students
to build in bachelor degree pre-requisites, allowing them to seamlessly
bridge into numerous majors.
- Offer high quality liberal studies
curriculum that provides students with opportunities to develop the foundational
competencies as defined in the Viterbo University general education
program.
Policy
A
maximum of 12 credits may be accepted as transfer credits into the
collaborative associate degree program. A maximum of 70 credits may be taken.
Associate of Arts
- program requirements to be completed on
the WTC campus – COMM-150; ENGL
103; PHIL 100; PSYC 171; SOCL 125; UNST 195; four credits of scientific
reasoning in the natural sciences courses; three credits of MATH numbered 100
or higher; 15-21 credits of approved courses
Note
– prerequisites for any of the above courses must be met prior to enrolling in
the course.
- program requirements to be completed on
the Viterbo University campus – ENGL
104, RLST 160 (or approved mission seminar for theological inquiry); UNST-295;
three credits of historical analysis (or approved mission seminar for
historical analysis); three credits of literary analysis; three credits of
artistic expression; a VUSM 100 level course; a VUSM 200 level course. In
addition, students will complete three-six credits in support courses or
prerequisites for an approved major.
Note – prerequisites for any of the above courses must be met
prior to enrolling in the course. The reference to historical inquiry, literary
analysis, scientific reasoning in the natural sciences, artistic expression,
theological inquiry is to courses in the respective Core Curriculum categories.
Courses taken to satisfy the above requirements should be approved for use in
the Core curriculum.
- final degree requirements - 62 total minimum credits
Associate of Science
- program requirements to be completed on
the WTC campus – COMM-150;
ENGL
103; PHIL 100; PSYC 171; SOCL 125; UNST 195; four credits of scientific
reasoning in the natural sciences courses; six credits of MATH numbered 100 or
higher; 12-18 credits of approved courses
Note
– prerequisites for any of the above courses must be met prior to enrolling in
the course.
- program requirements to be completed on
the Viterbo University campus – ENGL
104, RLST 160 (or approved mission seminar for theological inquiry); UNST-295;
three credits of historical analysis (or approved mission seminar for
historical analysis); three credits of literary analysis; three credits of
artistic expression; a VUSM 100 level course; a VUSM 200 level course. In
addition, students will complete three credits in support courses or
prerequisites for an approved major.
Note
– prerequisites for any of the above courses must be met prior to enrolling in
the course. The reference to historical inquiry, literary analysis, scientific
reasoning in the natural sciences, artistic expression, theological inquiry is
to courses in the respective Core Curriculum categories. Courses taken to
satisfy the above requirements should be approved for use in the Core
curriculum.
- final degree requirements - 62 total
minimum credits