Associate in General Studies

TCC’s Associate in General Studies degree is designed for students who want to earn associate degrees while allowing for maximum flexibility in course selection.

This degree is not considered a transfer degree nor is it included in Washington’s Inter-College Transfer and Articulation Agreement. Four-year colleges and universities may accept some courses used to satisfy requirements of this degree as transfer credit. Courses applied to TCC’s Associate in General Studies degree are usually individually evaluated by transfer institutions. Students who plan to transfer to four-year colleges and universities are strongly advised to pursue the Associate of Arts degree, which is a transfer degree.

COURSES APPLICABLE TO AGS DEGREE: Students pursuing Associate in General Studies degrees must select courses from the Approved Distribution Course List to meet Humanities, Math/Science and Social Sciences distribution requirements. Each credit can be counted in only one distribution area.

With the exception of English composition and physical education activity courses, any TCC course numbered 100 and above and not used to satisfy Humanities, Math/Science or Social Sciences distribution requirements are considered to be electives and may be used to satisfy the elective requirement portion of the 90 total quarter hour degree.