The college confers the Associate in Arts Degree, Associate in Sciences Degree, the Associate in Applied Sciences Degree, the Associate of College/University Transfer Degree, and Certificates to students who have completed all requirements for graduation.

If you are seeking a certificate or associate degree, you must submit official transcripts of all previous work attempted before a certificate or degree will be awarded. If you fail to submit official transcripts from other institutions you have attended, you will not receive a degree or certificate.

If you enroll in the a college of the DCCCD Fall 1989 or thereafter, you must successfully complete all sections of the TASP (Texas Academic Skills Program) before a degree can be awarded. See TASP and Alternative Assessment.

Twenty-five percent of the credit hours required for graduation in any degree program or certificate must be earned through instruction (not credit-by-examination) at the college of the DCCCD granting the degree. The degree must be awarded by a college offering the program. If a student qualifies for a degree from more than one college of the DCCCD, the student must indicate which college is to award the degree.

To qualify for a second degree or certificate, you must fulfill the residence requirement and must complete all required courses in the plan for the second degree or certificate.