Associate in Arts Degrees

• Business Administration Transfer (BAT)
• Liberal Arts (LIB)

All of the following are Liberal Arts advising options. You may focus on one of these options. Your diploma will read “Liberal Arts.” GCC will award you only one Liberal Arts degree.

• • Contemporary Music Studies (LCMS)
  • Education (LEO)
  • English (LAE)
  • Farm and Food Systems (LFF)
  • Health Science (LAH)
  • History (LHI)
  • Human Services (LHS)
  • Mathematics (LMA)
  • Plant and Soil Science (LPL)
  • Social Sciences (LSS)
  • Theater (LAT)

Associate in Science Degrees

• Adventure Education (ADE) ➀
• Allied Health (ALH)
• Art/Visual Arts (AVA)
• Art/Visual Arts MassTransfer Option (AVC)
• Biology (BIO)
• Business Administration General (BAG)
• Chemistry (CHE)
• Computer Science (CSC)
• Criminal Justice (CRJ)
• Criminal Justice MassTransfer Option (CJC)
• Early Childhood Education MassTransfer Option (ECE) ➁
• Engineering Science (EGS)
• Environmental Conservation (ENC)
• Fire Science Technology (FST)
• Human Services (HSE)
• Nursing (NUR) ➂➃➄

Certificate Programs

• Addiction Studies (ASC)
• Early Childhood Education (CECE)
• Management (MGT)
• Medical Assistant (MAC) ➅
• Music Recording and Production (MRP)
• Outdoor Leadership (OLP) ➀➆
• Paramedic (PMC) ➂➇
• Practical Nursing-L.P.N. (PNC) ➂➄➆
• Pre-Nursing (NUC)
• Visual Arts (VAC)
• Web Development and Design (WDD)
• World Language in French (WFR)
• World Language in Spanish (WSP)

Partner Programs with Neighboring Community Colleges

• Physical Therapist Assistant
• Radiologic Technology
• Respiratory Care
• Surgical Technology

MassTransfer Program

MassTransfer is a collaboration between the Commonwealth’s community colleges, state universities and the University of Massachusetts. System-wide resources and policies allow for students to transfer seamlessly, stay on track and minimize the time it takes to earn a bachelor’s degree. For in-depth information on MassTransfer, visit www.mass.edu/masstransfer.

MassTransfer consists of the following types of programs:

• General Education Foundation
• A2B Degree (Associate to Bachelor’s) Mapped & Linked Programs
• A2B Degree Plus Commonwealth Commitment
• Reverse Transfer

All degree programs are approved by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, unless otherwise noted.

➀ Accredited by the Association for Experiential Education.

➁ Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

➂ Program requires a special admission process.

➃ Accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.

➄ Approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.

➅ Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon recommendation of the Medical Assistant Educational Review Board.

➆ Certificate programs approved by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.

➇ Accredited by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Office for Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) and by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.CAAHEP.org) upon recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (www.coaemsp.org).