Graduation Requirements for Associate Degree for Occupational and Non-Occupational Academic Areas
Upon completion (or in anticipation of completion) of the graduation requirements, students wishing to receive an Associate Degree must complete and file a petition form. Forms are available in the Admissions and Records Office.
The Associate degree is awarded upon satisfaction of the following:
Competency Requirements
Completion with a grade of “C” or better of English 112 or ENSL 155 or English 1A (or by a verified equivalent course successfully completed at another college) or by test scores deemed appropriate by MPC assessment personnel.
Completion with a grade of “C” or better of English 111 or ENSL 110 or English 1A (or by a verified equivalent course successfully completed at another college) or by test scores deemed appropriate by MPC assessment personnel or:
The reading and writing competencies may be met also by achievement of any of the following minimum test scores:
| Examination |
Score |
| Advanced Placement |
3, 4, or 5 |
| CLEP General Examination in English |
50 percentile |
| CLEP College Composition (Subject Exam) |
50 percentile |
NOTE: A college course or Advanced Placement or CLEP scores satisfying this requirement can also be applied to the English Composition Requirement of the General Education Requirement.
This requirement can be satisfied in any of the following ways:
(1) Completion with a grade of “C” or better of Math 261 (Beginning Algebra) or higher math course, or equivalent beginning algebra or higher course from another university or college.
(2) Credit by examination with a grade of “C” or better for Math 261 or higher math course.
(3) Achievement of any of the following minimum scores:
| Examination |
Score |
| SAT - Mathematics |
490*
*460 if taken before April, 1995 |
| ACT – Mathematics |
17 |
| Advanced Placement Math (AB or BC) |
3 |
| CLEP – Mathematics |
35 percentile (Profiency-only) |
NOTE: A college course or Advanced Placement or CLEP score (50 percentile) satisfying this requirement can also be applied to the Communication and Analytical Thinking Requirement of the General Education Requirement.
This requirement can be satisfied in any of the following ways:
(1) Completion of LIBR 50 with a credit of “CR.”
(2) Completion of an equivalent course at another college or university.
(3) Completion of the Information Competency Requirement at another college or university.
(4) A Satisfactory score on the Information Competency proficiency exam (0 units).
(5) Credit by examination will be accepted for LIBR 50.
a. Completion, with at least a “C” average, of all courses in one of the Occupational majors or Academic Area/Non-Occupational
For Occupational majors, completion of the 21-unit MPC General Education
- Units/Grade Point Average
Completion of a minimum of sixty (60) degree-applicable units with a 2.00 (“C”) grade point average. Only courses numbered 1-299 may apply toward the Associate Degree beginning Fall 1995. When a student has completed more than the required sixty units, those sixty units of courses in which the student has earned the highest grades will be taken into account in computing his/her graduation grade point average.
Completion of twelve (12) units, with at least six in the major area, at Monterey Peninsula College.