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Transfer Degrees

Spokane Community College offers an accelerated Associate's Degree - Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA) that allows students to complete the first two years of a Bachelor's Degree in almost half the time. This transfer degree is designed for students who want to complete their first 90 credits at a community college at less cost and then transfer to a university. Classes are offered in a carefully designed, accelerated format where students take more classes each quarter with shorter breaks in between allowing them to move further faster.

Articulation agreements across the State of Washington allow students who successfully complete this program to transfer with junior standing to all public four-year colleges and universities within Washington state and to many private colleges and universities, as well as some out-of-state public institutions in our region, assuming students have met all other admissions requirements.

Students who enroll in this program and successfully complete will be able to earn their entire Associate's Degree (AA-DTA) in 12 months. Courses are all online, and students can complete the entire program, including registration, advising, enrollment, etc., without ever coming to campus. Wraparound support services, including faculty office hours, counseling, advising, tutoring, library services, etc., are available online and in person.

The program is cohort-based, meaning that you start and progress through the program with the same group of students. Cohorts are capped at 20 students to maximize faculty-student interaction. New cohorts start in January, April, and September each year.

 

Communication Distribution Area Outcomes:
1. Create, organize, present, and adapt effective verbal and nonverbal messages to diverse audiences in diverse contexts
2. Explain the active listening process and the skills necessary  to understand verbal and nonverbal information
3. Demonstrate the ability to critically think: summarize, interpret, and evaluate written discourse 
4. Write clear, well-focused and well-organized papers using documentation
5. Select and integrate textual evidence within academic essays
6. Create expository essays using traditional academic forms and standards
7. Appropriately use college-level language skills, i.e., grammar and punctuation

Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Distribution Area Outcomes:
1. Recognize a problem and identify the information required to solve it
2. Develop and apply appropriate algebraic models (e.g. numerical, graphical and symbolic) to obtain a solution to the problem
3. Explain the process of reasoning used to arrive at the solution

Humanities Distribution Area Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate, in writing or verbally, awareness that different contexts and/or world views produce different human creations
2. Identify and explain diverse cultural customs, beliefs, traditions, and lifestyles
3. Identify ideologies, practices and contributions that persons of diverse backgrounds bring to our multicultural world
4. Use evidence or sound reasoning to justify a position

Social Sciences Distribution Area Outcomes:
1. Describe the methods used for conducting research within the various disciplines of the social sciences
2. Evaluate the credibility of information regarding topics within the social sciences and differentiate between information derived from empirical sources and information derived from opinion, folklore, and/or emotions
3. Identify the impact of social, cultural, historical, political, geographical, and/or religious factors on behavior
4. Express increased engagement and confidence in the ability to apply course material for the purpose of improving self,  relationships,  community, society, and/or the world

Math and Science Distribution Area Outcomes:
1. Select, use, or develop an appropriate model including numerical, graphical, or symbolic representations
2. Use evidence or sound reasoning to justify a position or draw conclusions using appropriate terminology and symbolism
3. Demonstrate laboratory skills including making qualitative and quantitative observations about natural systems
4. Ascertain and critically evaluate the interrelationships within complex systems

Health Distribution Area Outcomes:
1. Our students will be able to develop an appreciation of  physical activity as a lifelong pursuit and means to better health.
2. Our students will be able to recognize the physical and mental benefits of increased activity.
3. Our students will be able to examine the effects of nutrition, rest and other lifestyle factors that contribute to better health.
4. Our students will be able to demonstrate motor skill performance of various physical activities.
5. Our students will be able to define the various health components of fitness and determine the lifestyle factors for development of physical fitness and training strategies.
6. Our students will be able to identify common health and fitness myths and trends involved with the evolving nature of physical education. 
7. Our students will be able to utilize physical activity as a tool to manage stress.

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  • David Braun
    David Braun
    Architecture
    A.A., Spokane Falls Community College; B.A., University of Idaho
    David.Braun@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-7127
  • Michael Buckley
    Michael Buckley
    Political Science
    B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., California State University, Long Beach; Additional studies, Washington State University
    Michael.Buckley@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-8845
  • Nicole Duvernay
    Nicole Duvernay
    Mathematics
    B.S., Gonzaga University; M.S., Eastern Washington University
    Nicole.Duvernay@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-7379
  • David Edwards
    David Edwards
    Architecture
    B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder; Additional Studies, Eastern Washington University; Licensed Architect (WA); M.Ed, Eastern Washington University
    David.Edwards@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-7128
  • Renee Goffinet
    Renee Goffinet
    General Business
    A.A., Spokane Falls Community College; B.A., Gonzaga University; M.B.A., Marylhurst University
    Renee.Goffinet@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-7395
  • Cheri Osler
    Cheri Osler
    Assoc Dean Nursing Program
    A.D.N., Shoreline Community College; B.S.N., Seattle Pacific University; M.S., University of Hawaii; M.A., American School of Professional Psychology; Ed.D., University of Southern California; Licensed Mental Health Counselor
    Cheri.Osler@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-7311
  • Tim Roe
    Tim Roe
    English
    M.P.A., Eastern Washington University; M.A., New Mexico State University; B.A., Washington State University
    Tim.Roe@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-7327
  • Jonathan Schmidt
    Jonathan Schmidt
    Anatomy and Physiology
    B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Washington State University
    Jonathan.Schmidt@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-8218
  • Cindy Trujillo
    Cindy Trujillo
    Communication Studies Instruct
    B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Montana
    Cindy.Trujillo@scc.spokane.edu
    509-533-8027

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