Students who complete the Associate in Technology degree in one of Pierce College’s specific professional/technical programs will receive a degree entitled with that program specialty.

Students must successfully complete a minimum of 90 quarter credits or their equivalent, including all specific requirements of an approved professional/technical program. Physical education activity courses will not fulfill this requirement.

• A minimum college cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 must be maintained.
• Earn the lesser of (at least) 20 college level credits or 25% of the credits applicable to the degree or certificate at Pierce College. SOC/SOCAD military students may be exempt from this requirement.
• A minimum of 18 credits must be completed in related instruction. Related instruction areas include communications, computation and human relations. Related instruction content may be part of a course that specifically addresses the related instruction (e.g., ENGL& 101   for communications), may be embedded (listed in course objectives) within a program course, or may be a prerequisite to program admittance. Students may challenge courses or use an assessment process to satisfy selected related instruction.
  COMMUNICATIONS: A minimum of three credits
  Select course(s) from the AA-DTA  Communication Skills list, or complete the course(s) identified as the communication skill course(s) in the curriculum guide for the specific degree.
  COMPUTATION: A minimum of three credits
  Select a course from the AA-DTA  Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills list, or complete the course(s) identified as the computation skills course(s) in the curriculum guide for the specific degree. In programs where no specific course has been identified, students must be assessed above the MATH 098 Intermediate Algebra  level.
  HUMAN RELATIONS: A minimum of three credits
  Complete the course(s) identified as the Human Relations course(s) in the curriculum guide for the specific degree.