Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 41 - PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY CAREER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE › Section 92-41-010 - Authority to Offer Associate Degree Program

Current through June 17, 2024
010.01 The Commissioner shall give
				consideration to an application for an authority to offer a program that leads
				to an associate degree. Such school may provide both non-degree and associate
				degree courses of instruction. A school is not required to offer an associate
				degree program.
010.02 An
				accredited school shall make a separate application for each program to the
				Commissioner for authority to award the associate degree. Such application
				shall clearly indicate the course of instruction for which the degree will be
				awarded. The application shall be accompanied by a fee as found in Appendix A.
				In addition, the school shall provide information sufficient to indicate
				conformance with the appropriate standards of instruction as set forth herein.
010.02A Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree
				program, requires at least forty-five (45) quarter credit hours or thirty (30)
				semester credit hours of general education courses plus forty-five (45) quarter
				credit hours or thirty (30) semester credit hours of liberal arts courses. The
				objective of the school will be to instruct the student in subjects that have a
				liberal arts emphasis with the intention to be offered exclusively for transfer
				to baccalaureate programs offered by senior colleges and
				universities.
010.02B Associate of
				Science (A.S.) degree program requires at least forty-five (45) quarter credit
				hours or thirty (30) semester credit hours of general education courses plus
				forty-five (45) quarter credit hours or thirty (30) semester credit hours of
				science courses. The objective of the school will be to instruct the student in
				subjects that have a science emphasis with the intention to be offered
				exclusively for transfer to baccalaureate programs offered by senior colleges
				and universities.
010.02C Associate
				of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree program requires at least eighteen (18)
				quarter credit hours or twelve (12) semester credit hours of general education
				courses plus eighteen (18) quarter credit hours or twelve (12) semester credit
				hours of basic courses clearly related to the field of major interest, and
				fifty-four (54) quarter credit hours or thirty-six (36) semester credit hours
				in the technology or job-related courses of instruction. The objective of the
				school will be to instruct students with the intention exclusively of preparing
				them to enter full-time skilled and/or paraprofessional occupations at the end
				of two (2) academic years of full-time study.
010.02D Associate of General Studies (A.G.S.)
				degree program requires at least twenty-four (24) quarter credit hours or
				sixteen (16) semester credit hours of general education courses plus sixty-six
				(66) quarter credit hours or forty-four (44) semester credit hours of
				job-related courses of instruction. The objective of the school will be to
				instruct the student in both general education and job-related subjects, and
				the school will require proficient performance by the student in both areas of
				study. Each school proposal for an A.G.S. program is required to state in the
				catalog that it will require each student to develop, in consultation with, and
				with the approval of, counselors and/or faculty advisors, a written statement
				of objectives and courses needed to satisfy those objectives.
010.02E Associate of Occupational Studies
				(A.O.S.) degree program, in addition to the minimum total credits of ninety
				(90) quarter hours or sixty (60) semester credit hours, requires only that the
				school justify each such program to the Commissioner in terms of a logical
				sequence of courses which will assure adequate preparation for entry level
				employment in a particular occupational field.