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HACC offers 107 academic degree programs with either a career or transfer focus. Students can earn degrees with any of the following designations:
Career-focused degrees prepare you for entry into the workforce. HACC also offers non-credit workforce training programs.
Transfer-focused programs prepare you to transfer to a four-year institution.
HACC’s Certificate of Proficiency programs are for students with specific occupational goals. These degrees are designed to allow you to complete your studies within one year, or two consecutive semesters.
We also offer diploma programs for students who want a specific technical skill as quickly as possible. Diploma programs offer concentrated study of technical job skills and are designed to be completed in one semester.
HACC’s admissions professionals can help you decide what degree program best suits your needs.
There are many reasons students choose HACC. Many students come for affordable career training. Others pick HACC for credits they can apply toward a bachelor's program at a four-year college or university. HACC’s articulation agreements with many four-year institutions allow students to transfer seamlessly from HACC to another institution.
HACC is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education granted HACC's initial accreditation in April of 1967 and reaffirmed it most recently in June 2018. Learn more about the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, or contact them at:
1007 North Orange Street
4th Floor, MB #166
Wilmington, DE 19801
267-284-5011
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has authorized the College to award the associate degree. In addition to Middles States accreditation, specific programs within our healthcare, art and automotive areas have specific national accreditation..
You must complete an approved program of at least 60 credits and have a cumulative and program GPA of at least a 2.0. Associate degree students are required complete the First Year Seminar and take courses in core knowledge areas:
You must earn at least 30 credits in an approved program and have a cumulative and program GPA of at least a 2.0. Fifteen of the 30 credits required to graduate must be completed at HACC. Of those credits, six must be taken in the area of concentration for the certificate.
You must earn 16 credits in an approved program and have a cumulative and program GPA of at least a 2.0. Of the 16 credits, nine must be completed at HACC.
HACC, like colleges around the country, has a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course requirement to help ensure your success as a student. Students meet this requirement by either taking appropriate coursework or use credit by exam.
The FYS course helps students to:
National evidence and HACC’s own data shows that students who complete college success courses like our FYS stay enrolled in college, have higher grade point averages and graduate on time at levels that surpass students who don’t take similar courses.
Students pursuing an associate degree are required to take a 1- or 3-credit FYS course based on their HACC placement test scores. Students should take an FYS course during their first semester. Academic advisors can help students choose the best FYS course requirement for their program.
It is strongly advised for students who test into two or more developmental courses to take a 3-credit FYS course. All other students can take either a 1- or 3-credit FYS course. Some programs may have the FYS requirement built into a required course. Students may attempt to earn credit for FS 102, a 1-credit FYS course, by taking an exam, and should ask their academic advisor how to begin the credit-by-exam process
Core knowledge area elective courses are part of HACC’s associate degree requirements and are designed to ensure students receive a broad range of content areas and ways of thinking. These courses represent the standard for General Education Requirements in higher education, and are often the foundation of articulation agreements with four-year institutions. In addition, these courses constitute the 30-credit framework mandated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Through our core knowledge courses, students obtain knowledge and skills that are integrated throughout the coursework of every associate degree program and reflect HACC’s values and priorities. These include:
The courses required to complete the core knowledge requirements to graduate may vary. Associate in Arts graduates will complete more courses in the humanities and arts than in math or science. In contrast, graduates of an Associate in Science degree will have completed more courses in math or science rather than in humanities and arts.
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*Notes courses that do not contain a laboratory component & they are abbreviated as (Sci).
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