Two Year Degrees

The Associate of Arts in Applied Liberal Arts and Sciences (A.A.) degree is recommended for students whose educational goals require flexibility. This two-year degree helps prepare students for transfer to a four-year post-secondary institution and also provides students with an opportunity to design a customized program to accomplish their personal educational goals. A minimum of 60 credit hours are required for the AA degree. The degree allows students to choose any elective courses, except for Developmental Courses, to complete the degree. Courses will be offered in a manner to facilitate the completion of this degree in two years.

A candidate for an associate degree offered by WNMU must meet the specific requirements indicated in the degree program outlined in the catalog.

The Associate of Arts in Applied Liberal Arts and Sciences Degree is intended to meet the needs of two types of students:

1. Those who want to design an associate degree to meet their own specific needs.
2. Those who plan to pursue a four-year degree but are undecided as to their choice of a major. The required core curriculum for this degree helps students partially fulfill the New Mexico Department on Higher Education lower-division general educational common core.

Note the different Natural Sciences and Humanities credit requirements listed below for these two types of students.

This degree will automatically be awarded to those students who started as a First TIme Freshman Fall 2019 forward and meet the degree requirements. *Students wishing to participate in commencment must apply for graduation and not need more than seven hours to graduate.  Students who do not wish to participate in commencement, do not need to apply.