Collaborative Online Associate of Arts and Sciences Requirements (AAS)

Beginning in Fall 2020, several UW campuses, including UW-Whitewater at Rock County, will partner to offer a fully online Associate of Arts and Sciences degree. Please contact your home campus academic advisor for more information. A listing of courses can be found under the prefix UWX. These courses will be fully accredited and offered by UW faculty.

Summary of Degree Requirements

  • A minimum of 60 units is required to receive the AAS. At least 15 of the 60 units must be earned in the UW Collaborative Online AAS Degree program.
  • Students must have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.00 earned cumulatively in the UW Collaborative Online AAS Degree program, and at least a 2.00 overall GPA in units applied to the AAS.
  • Students must complete the following Distribution of Credit Requirements:
    • Knowledge of Human Cultures (HC) – 12 units
    • Knowledge of the Natural World (NW) – 12 units
    • Individual, Social, and Environmental Responsibility (RE) – 6 units
    • Intercultural Knowledge and Competence (IK) – 3 units
    • Critical and Creative Thinking (CC) – 3 units
    • Effective Communication (EC) – 6 units, three of which must be UWX EN102
  • Students must complete the following Additional Degree Requirements:
    • One course in Ethnic Studies/Diversity (DV).
    • One course in Laboratory Science (LS).
    • At least three units of Quantitative Literacy (QL).
    • A depth sequence of two courses meeting all of the following:
      • Both courses are at least three units.
      • Learning from the first course lays a foundation for learning in the second course. However, the foundation course does not need to be a prerequisite for the second course.
      • The second course is taken in a different semester or term than the first. The semesters do not need to be contiguous.
      • The depth requirement does not include skills courses that lay a foundation for academic literacy (UWX MA091, UWX MA093, UWX EN098, and UWX EN101).

Core Requirements

UWX EN102CRITICAL WRITING AND RESEARCH3
Select one of the following:
QUANTITATIVE REASONING
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS

Breadth Categories

Knowledge of Human Culture (HC)

Select 12 units from the following:
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
WORLDS OF ART
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
SEX, POWER, AND PUBLIC POLICY
US HISTORY SINCE 1877
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
RACE AND ETHNICITY
CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING AMERICAS

Knowledge of the Natural World (NW)

Select 12 units from the following, at least one course must be chosen from Group A.
A. Laboratory Science
CONCEPTS OF BIOLOGY
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II
CHEMISTRY IN THE KITCHEN
GENERAL CHEMISTRY I - LAB
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY I - LECTURE
DISASTERS: LIVING ON THE EDGE
B. Other
SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
NUTRITION AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
QUANTITATIVE REASONING
TRIGONOMETRY
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
CALCULUS I

Individual, Social, and Environmental Responsibility (RE)

Select 6 units from the following:
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
PERSONAL FINANCE
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
LIFETIME WELLNESS AND SELF GROWTH
TECHNOLOGY, VALUES, AND SOCIETY
CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL ADVOCACY AND THE SOCIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Intercultural Knowledge and Competence (IK)

Select 3 units from the following:
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES
THE WORLD IN THE 20TH CENTURY
DIVERSITY IN THE US
ROCK AND ROLL ROOTS
FIRST SEMESTER SPANISH
SECOND SEMESTER SPANISH

Critical and Creative Thinking (CC)

Select 3 units from the following:
INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DIGITAL ART
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
MACROECONOMICS
MICROECONOMICS
CREATIVE WRITING
CRITICAL THINKING
SOCIAL MEDIA, FAKE NEWS AND YOU: WHY MEDIA LITERACY MATTERS

Effective Communication (EC)

UWX EN102CRITICAL WRITING AND RESEARCH3
Select 3 units from the following:
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Additional Requirements

Select one of the following courses to meet the Ethnic Studies/Diversity requirement:
WORLDS OF ART
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES
US HISTORY SINCE 1877
DIVERSITY IN THE US
ROCK AND ROLL ROOTS
RACE AND ETHNICITY
Select one of the following pairs to meet the Depth requirement:
INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DIGITAL ART
and WORLDS OF ART
CONCEPTS OF BIOLOGY
and ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I
and ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
and BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
and PERSONAL FINANCE
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
and INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
MACROECONOMICS
and MICROECONOMICS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
and MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
and DISASTERS: LIVING ON THE EDGE
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
and SEX, POWER, AND PUBLIC POLICY
LIFETIME WELLNESS AND SELF GROWTH
and NUTRITION AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
and CALCULUS I
CRITICAL THINKING
and TECHNOLOGY, VALUES, AND SOCIETY
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
and LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
and EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
and CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
RACE AND ETHNICITY
and CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
FIRST SEMESTER SPANISH
and SECOND SEMESTER SPANISH
Select one of the following courses to meet the Quantitative Literacy requirement:
QUANTITATIVE REASONING
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS