<p>Maybe a bit random but Will you guys be walking for your cc grad? </p>
<p>My spouse wabts me to but im not sure i want to. I might just but a tassle w/ year on it. </p>
<p>I’ve been in CC since Fall 2010 and at the same CC you bet your ass I’m getting everything I deserve and everyone’s gunna know it :)</p>
<p>Our D participated in her GED graduation because we parents wanted her to. Her grandpa beamed with pride as she was the only person called on stage to receive a state and national award. She never graduated from CC, but did transfer to a U and participated in her grad ceremony there. </p>
<p>I think it’s thoughtful to participate if loved ones who have sacrificed and supported your ed want you to attend, unless there is some major barrier in the way. . </p>
<p>@Matt4200 I been going to CC since fall 2010 as well! Been part time mostly. Im still on the fense about it, but im just an indecisive person. Im probably going to do it, my HS grad sucked maybe this will make up for it lol </p>
<p>I’m not receiving an AA degree, so I won’t be walking the stage. I never really felt a desire to do so, but that’s just me.</p>
<p>@sonic23 - It definitely should, it’s college, you’re graduating, and your friends and family who don’t have college degrees will definitely take notice as well as giving you a great sense of achievement going forward</p>
<p>@Cayton why no AA?</p>
<p>@Matt4200</p>
<p>To be honest, I just don’t feel like getting one. My CC also stipulates that I take certain classes to earn this AA degree and since I haven’t taken them nor am I enrolled in any of them now, it’ll be impossible for me to earn an AA degree before transfer. </p>
<p>I probably should’ve done something about that, but whatever.</p>
<p>@Cayton - Is it possible for you to get an AA-T? Or any AA at all with the classes already completed?</p>
<p>The CA Ed Code does not allow district’s to add local requirements to the Associate’s Degree for Transfer.</p>
<p>These are the requirements:
(1) Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units that are
eligible for transfer to the California State University, including
both of the following:
(A) The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
(IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth
Requirements.
(B) A minimum of 18 semester units or 27 quarter units in a major
or area of emphasis, as determined by the community college district
and meeting the requirements of an approved transfer model
curriculum.</p>
<p>You’re getting IGETC certified right? I’m assuming you’ll have your 60 units. And that you have completed 18 units in your major.</p>
<p>Unless it’s a major for which no AA-T is possible what’s the problem with this?</p>
<p>@Cayton are you sure you cant get an AA? Im getting a general studies of liberal arts one. Wasnt planning on getting one because i thought i couldnt since my major doesnt have one, but my counselor suggested the general studies one…and i figured why not. </p>
<p>If it takes 30 mins of paperwork so what, it’s worth it if you already have the coursework completed or in progress. It might not seem like much but it’s something.</p>
<p>@sonic23 - Really?? That’s at my college (the liberal arts general studies degree) is a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and you could theoretically get a job teaching K-12 part time while in school. It’s crazy how things work.</p>
<p>@Matt4200 i had no idea just looked it up right now pretty cool lol</p>
<p>if I’m transferring to get a bachelor’s, I, along with employers, couldn’t possibly care less about some associates degree.</p>
<p>I’m getting my AA this semester and I’m probably going to be walking the stage again in a couple more years (I’m transferring to UCR this fall for my bachelors), but who cares I’m walking for my CC grade! Don’t downplay all the hard work you’ve put into college. I definitely encourage you to walk the stage. You deserve it!</p>
<p>@smltk1505h - some associate’s degrees?</p>
<p>For those two years it’s a lot better than an hs degree and usually you’ll be able to get it without doing any extra courses if you search through the available AA’s at your CCC.</p>
<p>@lovanh - Yuppppp</p>
<p>The majority of the AAs offered at my school are non-academic in nature. Examples: photography, cosmetology, broadcasting, fashion design, kinesiology, etc. A lot of the courses you take to fulfill the requirements for the AA won’t be UC-transferable. Not to mention that my major doesn’t even have an AA at my CC.</p>
<p>If your CC offers an AA for your major and you want to get it, more power to ya. But I personally don’t see the point of getting one (for myself, at least) when you’re going to get a bachelor’s anyways, as most serious jobs these days require a 4-year degree or higher.</p>
<p>What CC do you go to that doesn’t offer normal AA’s???</p>
<p>At least a general studies one or possibly an AA-T</p>
<p>@sonic23</p>
<p>I know that it’ll be impossible for me to earn an AA. My college has certain requirements that I’m unable to satisfy before transferring.</p>
<p>@Matt4200</p>
<p>My college has a “global citizenship requirement” that stipulates that I take at least one class that inculcates the ideals of global citizenship. I haven’t taken such classes and this is my last semester here, so I can’t earn an AA degree.</p>
<p>^ ha, I am taking the global citizenship class right now; it’s one of the easiest classes I have even taken at CC. </p>
<p>@bomerr</p>
<p>I take it you attend SMC?</p>
<p>@Cayton - CA Ed Code regarding the AA-T</p>
<p>“A community college district shall not impose any requirements in
addition to the requirements of this section, including any local
college or district requirements, for a student to be eligible for
the associate degree for transfer”</p>
<p>I listed the requirements on the previous page, and the law does not allow your college or the district to add even one additional requirement, it’s the law.</p>
<p>So the global citizenship course is a non-issue for this degree ;)</p>