Dual Degree Policy

Approved by the Board of Trustees of Rockland Community College on June 21, 2007. Amended on October 27, 2010, September 27, 2012, and August 19, 2021.

A student may earn more than one degree at Rockland Community College subject to the following restrictions:

  • A minimum of 20 academic credits from any Associate degree and 10 academic credits for any Certificate must be credits, which have not been applied to any previously or currently awarded degree.
  • A student may earn not more than one degree from any single curriculum grouping listed below:
    1. Group 1
      • A.S. Environmental Science
      • A.S. Liberal Arts/ Adolescence Education
      • A.S. Liberal Arts/ Childhood Education
      • A.S. Liberal Arts/ Early Childhood Education
      • A.A. Liberal Arts / Humanities, Social Science
      • A.A. Liberal Arts / Math, Science
      • A.S. Natural and Physical Sciences
      • A.S. Math and Computer Science
      • A.A. Liberal Arts/ Speech-Communication Studies
    2. Group 2
      • A.A.S. Accounting
      • A.S. Accounting
      • A.A.S. Business Administration
      • A.S. Business Administration
      • A.A.S. Entrepreneurship
      • A.S. Entrepreneurship
      • A.S. International Business
      • A.A.S. Marketing
      • A.S. Marketing
      • A.A.S. Office Technologies
    3. Group 3
      • A.S. Computer Information Systems
      • A.A.S. Computer Support Specialist
    4. Group 4
      • A.S. Fine Arts
      • A.A.S. Graphic Design
      • A.S. Photography
    5. Group 5
      • A.A.S. Fire Protection Technology
      • A.S. Fire Science Technology
    6. Group 6
      • A.S. Corporate and Homeland Security
      • A.S. Criminal Justice