Planning Your Academic Future - core curriculum students. Out of the first-time, full-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students who entered Del Mar College in Fall 2008, 9.15 percent successfully completed a degree or certificate program at the College, and 13.14 percent transferred to other institutions within 150 percent of the normal completion time for their programs. For additional information about student completion and transfer rates, please contact the Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research at (361) 698-1207.
General Education and Core Curriculum Philosophy and Rationale General Education Competencies
The General Education Competencies at Del Mar College inform the educational experiences of all Associate Degree Graduates. All graduates will be able to demonstrate the following competencies: Writing, Reading, Speaking, Critical Thinking and Computer Literacy:
General Education Requirements
Support for the development of these competencies is located in the curriculum requirements for successful completion of the Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Science (AS), Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) and the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees. AA, AS, AAT The General Degree requirements for all transfer degrees at Del Mar College are prescribed by the core curriculum guidelines set forth by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Texas law requires that each public college and university identify and requires a core curriculum of at least 42 credits for its degrees designed to transfer. A student who completes 42-hour core curriculum at Del Mar College may transfer the block of courses to any other Texas public college. That college must count it for their core curriculum. The student will receive credit for each of the courses transferred. Only if the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a larger core for the receiving institution can the student be required to take additional core curriculum courses. Students should consult with their advisors to ensure that the core curriculum courses they take are correct for their degree plan and for the major at the college or university to which they intend to transfer. The core curriculum supports the General Education Competencies of Del Mar College as it is structured to develop competencies in oral and written communication, reading comprehension and analysis, computer usage, critical thinking and mathematics. The core curriculum is further designed to give students breadth of knowledge in the liberal arts and to promote critical thinking skills that are fundamental to higher education. NOTE: Core courses that have a four digit course number beginning with a number “2� are sophomore-level courses except for MSCI 2371 and MSCI 2372.
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