Associate in Arts Program
Through the Associate in Arts Program, the University of Delaware offers to all qualified applicants who are residents of the State of Delaware the opportunity to pursue a two-year liberal arts program leading to the Associate in Arts degree. The Associate in Arts Program builds on the strengths of the former Parallel Program, which it replaced in 2005. The Associate in Arts Program is located on Delaware Technical Community College campuses in Dover and Georgetown and at the Community Education Building in downtown Wilmington.
The Associate in Arts Program is designed to enable students to complete 60 credits for an Associate in Arts degree in two years and then transition to the Newark campus to complete a bachelor’s degree. All of the 60 credits required for the Associate in Arts degree will apply toward a bachelor’s degree at the University of Delaware.
For more information: https://www.aap.udel.edu/.
Associate in Arts Program Requirements.
Articulation Agreements
Depending on the student’s choice of major, enrolling at Delaware Technical Community College (DTCC) through an articulation agreement may be an alternative to the UD Associate in Arts Program. Articulation agreements are formal, program-to-program transfer agreements between the partner institution and the University of Delaware. Students following an agreement earn an associate degree from the partner institution and then apply to transfer to UD, with junior status, to complete a bachelor’s degree in a specified, related UD major. Students who complete the partner institution’s degree with the minimum criteria as stated in the formal agreements are guaranteed admission to the matching major at UD; the credits earned at the partner institution are applied toward the completion of the bachelor’s degree at UD.
The University of Delaware has articulation agreements with DTCC in the following degree programs:
- Accounting
- Biology (BA and BS)
- Biochemistry
- Business Administration (Management, Marketing, Operations Management)
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science (BA and BS)
- Criminal Justice
- Early Childhood Education
- Electrical Engineering
- Finance
- Health Behavior Science
- Hospitality Business Management
- Human Services
- Information Systems
- Marine Science
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Nursing
- Sport Management
The number of articulation agreements between the two institutions continues to grow.
The main difference between starting at DTCC and following an articulation agreement, as opposed to starting at the UD Associate in Arts Program, is in which institution awards the two-year degree. In an articulation agreement, the first half of the degree is awarded by DTCC, while in the Associate in Arts Program, the degree is awarded by UD. Another significant difference is that only applicable courses, not grades, transfer to UD, so students admitted via articulation agreements begin their bachelor’s degree GPA at UD when they enroll for their junior year. In Dover and Georgetown, the programs are both similar in that students would begin studies at a DTCC campus location. They differ in northern Delaware, however, where Associate in Arts Program students begin their studies at the Wilmington AAP campus located within the Community Education Building, as opposed to the Wilmington DTCC campus.
Students who wish to pursue the requirements within an approved articulation agreement should apply for initial (first-year) admission to DTCC and should work closely with a DTCC advisor to complete the process for continuing toward completion at UD. Not all majors are available at all DTCC campuses; see the list at https://www.dtcc.edu/academics/transfer-options/connected-degrees for location information.
The University of Delaware also has articulation agreements with Cecil College and a few select other institutions. A complete list of UD’s approved articulation agreements is available at http://provost.udel.edu/content/articulation-agreements.
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