Program Description

For students who want an AAOT with a focus in Spanish, this Flightpath in Spanish is the recommended path for these students to follow by Umpqua Community College.

The Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree was created in the late 1980s, through collaboration between Oregon community college faculty and Oregon public university faculty, to reduce bureaucratic obstacles for students transferring from an Oregon community college to a public university in Oregon. Local variation in the requirements to earn AAOT degrees at different community colleges was not a problem because all of the degrees transferred smoothly to the universities. Increasingly, however, the degree has been used by students transferring among community colleges and, in these cases, distinctive requirements sometimes reduced transferability. Recognizing the fundamental purpose of the degree, community colleges agreed in 2008 to standardize their AAOT degree requirements so as to maximize the efficient transfer of credit for students. Community colleges will maintain lists of courses which fulfill the requirements of the revised, freely-transferable degree below. Beyond the requirements listed, past experience suggests the utility of some additional explanation of what the degree can and cannot provide. Students and advisors should be aware of the opportunities created by the AAOT, but should also be mindful of its limitations, as summarized in the explanatory notes that follow the description of the degree itself.

Any student having the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree recognized on an official college transcript will have met the lower division General Education requirements of baccalaureate degree programs of any public university in Oregon.

Program Course Recommendations

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Term		Credits
ANTH 221	Intro to Cultural Anthropology 2	3
ENG 104	Intro to Literature 3	4
SPAN 101	First Year Spanish I	4
WR 121Z	Composition I	4
	Credits	15
Second Term
COM 218Z	Interpersonal Communication 1	4
PSY 201	General Psychology I	4
SPAN 102	First Year Spanish II	4
WR 122Z	Composition II	4
	Credits	16
Third Term
COM 219	Small Group Discussion 1	3
HPE 295	Wellness-Hlth Assess	3
MTH 105Z	Math in Society	4
SOC 213	Race Class and Ethnicity 1	3
SPAN 103	First Year Spanish III	4
	Credits	17
Second Year
First Term
BI 101	General Biology 4	4
COM 111Z	Public Speaking	4
SOC 204	Intro to Sociology 2	3
SPAN 201	Second Year Spanish I	4
	Credits	15
Second Term
ATS 201	Climate Science 4	4
BI 102	General Biology	4
SOC 205	Inst-Social Change 2	3
SPAN 202	Second Year Spanish II	4
	Credits	15
Third Term
BI 103	General Biology	4
COM 105	Listening 1	3
SOC 206	Social Problems-Issues 2	3
SPAN 203	Second Year Spanish III	4
	Credits	14
	Total Minimum Credits	92

¹

Any AAOT approved elective course will work

²

Any AAOT approved Social Science course will work

³

Any AAOT approved Arts and Letters course will work Note: one course must have the Cultural Literacy component

⁴

Any AAOT approved Science w/Lab will work

Advising Notes

• See advisor for full list of AAOT approved course options