Green River Community College

The Associate in Arts degree is a direct transfer degree (DTA) designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year institution after completing the first two years of study at Green River Community College. The degree is recommended for students who have not yet decided the field they will enter or the four-year institution they will attend. It gives students the broad background they need before beginning more specialized, upper division courses and indicates that a student has completed a two-year
liberal arts program.

Students who have a particular major in mind can focus their distribution choices and elective credits toward meeting their transfer institution plan. An advisor can assist with this process. Students should include some 200 level coursework in their program of study.  This degree meets the Intercollege Relations Commission (ICRC) guidelines for direct transfer degrees, an inter-institutional agreement adopted to facilitate student transfer between community colleges and baccalaureate institutions.

Once admitted to an institution subscribing to these guidelines, the degree holder will be granted junior status and will have fulfilled most of the lower-division general education requirements of baccalaureate degree programs offered by many public and independent colleges and universities in Washington State. Some of the colleges subscribe to these guidelines:

• Bastyr University
• Central Washington University
• City University
• Cornish College of the Arts
• Eastern Washington University
• Washington State University
• Western Washington University
• Whitworth College

Academic courses will usually be accepted by other institutions offering the same (or similar) courses. However, each institution has its own transfer policies and each student is responsible for knowing the transfer and admission requirements of the receiving institution. Students are urged to consult with their advisor and a representative from the college they plan to attend after Green River. To earn this degree, students must complete 90-quarter credits in courses numbered 100 or above and meet specific distribution requirements. Students may take the following courses as part of their credits:

• Communication
• Dance
• Drama
• Humanities
• Journalism
• Philosophy
• Photography
• American Ethnic and Minority Studies
• Behavioral Science
• Economics
• History
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Social Science
• Sociology
• Interdisciplinary Science
• Physics
• Philosophy

Green River Community College is fully accredited. Academic courses will usually be accepted by other institutions offering the same (or similar) courses.