| (a) An academic associate degree may be called an associate
of arts (AA), an associate of science (AS), or an associate of arts
in teaching (AAT) degree.
(1) The AA is the default title for an academic associate
degree program if the college offers only one type of academic degree
program.
(2) If a college offers both AA and AS degrees, the
degree programs may be differentiated in one of two ways, including:
(A) The AA program may have additional requirements
in the liberal arts and/or the AS may have additional requirements
in disciplines such as science, mathematics, or computer science;
or
(B) The AA program may serve as a foundation for the
Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and the AS for the Bachelor of Science
(BS) degree.
(3) Each academic associate degree must provide a clearly
articulated curriculum that can be associated with a discipline or
field of study leading to a baccalaureate degree, and must be identified
as such in the institution's Program Inventory.
(4) The AAT is a specialized academic associate degree
program designed to transfer in its entirety to a baccalaureate program
that leads to initial Texas teacher certification. This title should
only be used for an associate degree program that consists of a Board-approved
AAT curriculum. or an Education Field of Study curriculum as defined
in §4.32 of this title (relating to Field of Study Curricula).
(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3)
and (4) of this subsection, academic associate degree programs must
incorporate the institution's approved core curriculum as prescribed
by §4.28 of this title (relating to Core Curriculum) and §4.29
of this title (relating to Core Curricula Larger than 42 SCH).
(1) An institution may offer a specialized academic
associate degree that incorporates a Board-approved field of study
curriculum as prescribed by §4.32 of this title (relating to
Field of Study Curricula) and a portion of the college's approved
core curriculum if the coursework for both would total more than 60
SCH.
(2) An institution may offer a specialized academic
associate degree that incorporates a voluntary statewide transfer
compact and a portion of the college's approved core curriculum if
the coursework for both would total more than 60 SCH.
(3) An institution that has a signed articulation agreement
with a Public University to transfer a specified curriculum may offer
a specialized AA or AS (but not AAT) degree program that incorporates
that curriculum.
(4) An institution may offer an embedded associate
degree as outlined in §2.58 of this subchapter that does not
include the full 42 SCH required core curriculum except for a Multidisciplinary
studies degree as required by §2.57(b) of this subchapter.
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