2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Nov 24, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

General College, A.A.


The general college degree map is a recommended guide to the classes students should take each semester while providing an opportunity for students to explore different academic areas.  Some courses outlined in this degree map may be taken out of sequence, and some courses allow substitutions.  Subject-specific degree plans can be found in two locations: myNWCC (click on the Degree Plans tab) and the MS Articulation and Transfer Tool.  Students should contact their advisors for details.

Freshman Year


First Semester


Total Credit Hours: 16


Second Semester


  • 3 Credit Hours
  • Science Lecture  Credits / Units: 3
  • Matching Science Lab  Credits / Units: 1
  • Social Science Elective Credits / Units: 3
  • Humanities Elective  Credits / Units: 3
  • Humanities Elective  Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 16


Sophomore Year


Third Semester


  • Humanities Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3

 

Total Credit Hours: 15


Fourth Semester


  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 3
  • General College Elective Credit/Units: 1

Total Credit Hours: 13


Total Credit Hours: 62


Notes


  1. Use the list of approved electives to choose Social Science, Humanities, and Science electives as outlined in the  .
  2. Please consult with the curriculum from the catalog of the university to which you plan to transfer for specific courses that can be taken at NWCC.
  3. Acceptance of community college work at a four-year institution is limited to one-half of the total degree hour requirement for graduation in a given curriculum.
  4. It is the student’s responsibility to review the Mississippi Statewide Articulation Agreement, called the MATT Transfer Tool, for courses accepted by each Mississippi public university.