Students earning the Associate in Arts or Associate in Science for Transfer Degree receive special legislated benefits otherwise not granted without the degree. These benefits include:
- A guaranteed roadmap to a CSU accepting the degree as similar
- No more than 60 semester/90 quarter units to complete upon transfer
- A GPA bump in competitive admission consideration to impacted campuses outside a service area or impacted major
Palomar College currently offers 31 Associate Degree for Transfer programs. The Associate Degree for Transfer requirements are located within the Palomar College catalog and they include:
- Administration of Justice
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Biology
- Business Administration
- Child and Adolescent Development
- Communication Studies
- Early Childhood Education
- Economics
- English
- Film, Television and Electronic Media
- Geography
- Geology
- Global Studies
- History
- Journalism
- Kinesiology
- Law, Public Policy and Society
- Mathematics
- Music
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Social Justice Studies: American Indian Studies
- Social Justice Studies: Chicana and Chicano Studies
- Social Justice Studies: Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Studio Arts
- Theatre Arts
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Students who enroll or who change their major and chose an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA/AS with the goal to Transfer to a 4-year institution) need to meet with a counselor and develop an Education Plan (Ed. Plan). Visit Counseling’s website to schedule your appointment to ensure you have a detailed plan for the courses you should be taking each term, toward your goal to transfer.
