Program Overview

Associate of Science (Mathematics) Degree

The Associate of Science degree allows students to complete many of the general education requirements for a bachelor's degree while still at the community college. Students should take electives that apply toward the requirements of their chosen bachelor's degree. The science electives may be taken at DACC or NMSU.

Program Requirements

• Students must complete all University degree requirements, which include:
  • General Education requirements
  • Elective credits to total at least 60 credits, with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.0.
• Developmental coursework will not count towards the degree requirements and/or elective credits, but may be needed in order to take the necessary English and Mathematics coursework.
• A minimum of 15 of the total degree credits for the Associate degree must be completed at DACC, or any other NMSU Campus.

Course List

• General Education: Area I: Communications
  • ENGL 1110G: Composition I (Level 1) - 4 credits
  • ENGL 2210G: Professional and Technical Communication Honors (Level 2) - 3 credits
  • COMM 1130G: Public Speaking (Oral Communication I) - 3 credits
  • or COMM 1115G: Introduction to Communication
• General Education: Area II: Mathematics
  • MATH 1250G: Trigonometry & Pre-Calculus 1 - 4 credits
• General Education: Area III/IV: Laboratory Sciences and Social Behavioral Sciences (8 credits from Area III and 3 credits from Area IV) - 11 credits
• General Education: Area V: Humanities - 3 credits
• General Education: Area VI: Creative and Fine Arts - 3 credits
• General Education Elective - 3-4 credits
• Concentration Requirements (Complete at least 12 credits from the following) - 12 credits
  • C S 172: Computer Science I - 4 credits
  • MATH 1511G: Calculus and Analytic Geometry I - 4 credits
  • MATH 1521G: Calculus and Analytic Geometry II - 4 credits
  • MATH 2530G: Calculus III - 3 credits
  • MATH 1531: Introduction to Higher Mathematics - 3 credits
  • MATH 2415: Introduction to Linear Algebra - 3 credits
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Health (STEM-H) Electives - 9 credits
  • Select any course from within the following STEM-H prefixes (minimum of 9 credits)
• Electives, to bring the total credits to 60 - 5 credits

Total Credits

• Total Credits: 60-61

A Suggested Plan of Study

The contents of this roadmap may vary depending on initial student placement in mathematics and English. This is only a suggested plan of study for students, and is not intended as a contract. Individual student academic plans may vary.

First Year

• Semester 1:
  • ENGL 1110G: Composition I - 4 credits
  • MATH 1250G: Trigonometry & Pre-Calculus - 4 credits
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 credits
  • Laboratory Sciences - 4 credits
  • Total Credits: 15
• Semester 2:
  • ENGL 2210G: Professional and Technical Communication Honors - 3 credits
  • MATH 1511G: Calculus and Analytic Geometry I - 4 credits
  • Laboratory Sciences - 4 credits
  • Humanities - 3 credits
  • STEM-H Elective - 3 credits
  • Total Credits: 17

Second Year

• Semester 1:
  • MATH 1521G: Calculus and Analytic Geometry II - 4 credits
  • Creative and Fine Arts - 3 credits
  • COMM 1130G: Public Speaking - 3 credits
  • General Education Elective - 3-4 credits
  • Elective - 2 credits
  • Total Credits: 15-16
• Semester 2:
  • C S 172: Computer Science I - 4 credits
  • MATH 2530G: Calculus III - 3 credits
  • STEM-H Elective - 3 credits
  • STEM-H Elective - 3 credits
  • Total Credits: 13
• Total Credits: 60-61