AA Degree Requirements - Printable Form -

Earn your Associate in Arts degree by graduating from a two-year program in liberal arts, general education, or pre­professional studies at Iowa Lakes. The A.A. degree often serves as the first two years of a bachelor's degree program at most colleges and universities.

Completing the A.A. degree will satisfy all of the general requirements at several area colleges and universities. It will also satisfy many of the requirements at other schools.

You may transfer in credits from other colleges, but you must complete the last 15 credits before graduation in courses taken at Iowa Lakes.

To earn the Associate in Arts degree, you must:

• Earn a minimum of 64 semester credits, of which not more than 16 may be vocational­technical credits used as general electives, and which may not be developmental education credits.
• Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 or higher, using Iowa Lakes grade points earned divided by credits attempted for a standard letter grade, as defined in the catalog.
• Complete the following general requirements, totaling 40 or more semester credits: