Degrees & Certificates

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Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AA/OT)
degree provides an opportunity for the student to focus on any academic area of special interest. More...

Oregon Transfer Module (OTM)
Any student holding an Oregon Transfer Module (OTM) will have met the requirements for the Transfer Module at any Oregon community college or institution in the OUS. More...

Associate of Science (AS)
degree is a college transfer degree designed for the student who intends to transfer to four-year programs at senior institutions of the OUS and whose program requirements are more specific than those of the AA/OT degree plan. More...

Associate of General Studies (AGS)
degree is intended to give individual students flexibility in using a variety of college-level courses (generally 100-level or above), academic or collegiate-level professional technical courses to meet the college-level associate degree requirements. More...

Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
degree is intended to prepare students for direct entry into the workforce. It develops a student’s employment skills while maintaining a recognizable core of general education courses. More...

Associate of Science/Oregon Transfer degree in Business (AS/OT-Bus) is a degree that is intended to prepare students for transfer into a Baccalaureate business program at an OUS institution. Students who receive this degree will have met all lower-division general education requirements of that institution's Baccalaureate degree programs. More...

ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
The Certificate of Completion is awarded for a specific curriculum of fewer than 90 credits and is approved by the State Board of Education. Programs that are at least 45 credits are considered one-year Certificates of Completion and are eligible for federal financial aid (15 of the last 30 credits must be completed at Southwestern).

LESS THAN ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
The Certificate of Completion is awarded for a specific curriculum of fewer than 90 credits and is approved by the State Board of Education. Programs that are fewer than 45 credits are considered less than one year Certificates of Completion. These programs are state approved but may not be eligible for federal financial aid (9 of the last 24 credits must be completed at Southwestern).