Program Description

For students who want an AAOT with a focus in Theater Arts, this Flightpath in Theater Arts 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
HPE 295	Wellness-Hlth Assess	3
TA 141	Acting 1	4
TA 253	Performance	2
TA 271	Introduction to Theatre	4
WR 121Z	Composition I	4
	Credits	17
Second Term
BI 102	General Biology	4
PSY 231	Human Sexuality	3
TA 142	Acting 2	4
TA 209	Stagecraft 1	3
TA 253	Performance	2
	Credits	16
Third Term
MTH 105Z	Math in Society	4
TA 143	Acting 3	4
TA 212	Stagecraft 2	3
TA 265	Production	1-2
WR 122Z	Composition II	4
	Credits	16-17
Second Year
First Term
ANTH 221	Intro to Cultural Anthropology	3
COM 111Z	Public Speaking	4
ENG 201	Shakespeare I	4
G 201	General Geology I	4
TA 265	Production	1-2
	Credits	16-17
Second Term
ATS 201	Climate Science	4
ECON 115	Intro to Economics	3
FA 256	American Film History	4
TA 253	Performance	2
TA 256	Musical Theatre Workshop	3
	Credits	16
Third Term
BOT 203	General Field Botany	4
ENG 202	Shakespeare II	4
PSY 201	General Psychology I	4
TA 265	Production	1-2
TA 272	Stage Movement	3
	Credits	16-17
	Total Minimum Credits	97-100

Advising Notes

• See advisor for full list of AAOT approved course options