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  • 2023 – 2024 Catalog (PDF 11-15-23) | Online | Award Plans & Course Descriptions | Program Maps
    1. Tuition Rates & Fees: https://instruction.austincc.edu/2023-24-catalog/college-entry/paying-for-college/tuition-rates-and-fees/
      Updated 12/19/23: Effective Spring 2024, the Out-of-District Fee for DUAL students was eliminated.
      Former:

      Out-of-District Fee for DUAL students $150 per course charged to DUAL (formerly ECS) students when enrolled in tuition exempt courses offered at an ACC campus (exceptions apply). Visit Dual Credit Classes for more information.
    2. Discrimination Prohibited: https://instruction.austincc.edu/2023-24-catalog/support-services-and-student-progress/students-rights-and-responsibilities/discrimination-prohibited/
      Updated 4/1/24: Austin Community College (“ACC” or “College”) is an equal education and equal employment opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in employment at the college and access to its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 and older), veteran status or military service, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. This includes the prohibition of discrimination, including harassment, against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission. ACC will take steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.
      Former: Austin Community College (ACC) does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination based on any protected class, including race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, veteran’s status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by law, under any program or activity sponsored or conducted by the College. ACC will take steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs. All recruitment and admission materials comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended.
  • 2022 – 2023 Catalog (PDF 10-3-22) | Online | Award Plans & Course Descriptions | Program Maps
    1. Degrees & Certificates Listing by Award Type: https://instruction.austincc.edu/2022-23-catalog/award-plans/degrees-and-certificates-listing-by-award-type/
      Updated 11/14/22: added Construction Management – Electrical Specialization Level 1 Certificate, effective Spring 2023
  • 2021 – 2022 Catalog (PDF 9-17-21) | Online | Award Plans & Course Descriptions | Program Maps
    1. Degree Options at ACC – Associate of Arts (AA) & Associate of Science (AS): https://instruction.austincc.edu/catalog2021-22/academic-planning/degree-options-at-acc/
      Updated 10/13/21: Students may earn two AA or AS degrees as long as 12 credit hours of coursework are unique between the two transfer degrees. The unique course work requirement is waived for students who first earn a General Studies degree.
      Former: Students may earn only one of each type of transfer degree: AA, AS, and AAT.
    2. Degree Options at ACC – Associate of Applied Science degree (AAS):
      https://instruction.austincc.edu/catalog2021-22/academic-planning/degree-options-at-acc/
      Updated 10/13/21: Certificates may be awarded before or at the same time as the AAS in the same program of study.
      Former: Certificates cannot be awarded at the same time as or after receiving an AAS in the same program of study.
    3. Music Field of Study Curriculum: https://instruction.austincc.edu/catalog2021-22/academic-planning/fields-of-study/music-field-of-study/
      Updated 11/30/21: Removed asterisks from Ensembles MUEN 21XX and Applied Study MUAP 22XX.
    4. Credit by Examination: Non-Institutional Credit – https://instruction.austincc.edu/catalog2021-22/college-entry/determine-your-eligibility-to-attend/credit-by-examination-non-institutional/
      Updated 12/9/21 Advanced Placement Minimum Scores (AP): added US History
      Updated 12/9/21 International Baccalaureate Minimum Scores (IB): added Sports, Exercise & Health Science
  • 2020 – 2021 Catalog (PDF 11-3-20) | Online | Award Plans & Course Descriptions | Program Maps
  • 2019 – 2020 Catalog (PDF 10-23-19) | Online | Award Plans & Course Descriptions | Program Maps
    • Prohibition of Sexual Misconduct, Amended August 2019
    • Prohibition of Discrimination or Harassment of Students on the Basis of Disability, Amended January 2020
    • Prohibition of Discrimination or Harassment of Students on the Basis of Race, Color, or National Origin, Amended January 2020
    • Grading System, Amended April 2020
  • 2018 – 2019 Catalog (PDF 9-20-18) | Online | Addendum | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2017 – 2018 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2016 – 2017 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2015 – 2016 Catalog (PDF | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2014 – 2015 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions

ACC Catalogs Prior to 2015

  • 2013-2014
    • 2013 – 2014 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2012-2013
    • 2012 – 2013 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2011-2012
    • 2011 – 2012 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2010-2011
    • 2010 – 2011 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2009-2010
    • 2009 – 2010 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2008-2009
    • 2008 – 2009 Catalog (PDF) | Award Plans & Course Descriptions
  • 2007-2008 and older
    • 2007 – 2008 Catalog (PDF)
    • 2006 – 2007 Catalog (PDF)
    • 2005 – 2006 Catalog (PDF)
    • 2004 – 2005 Catalog (PDF)
    • 2003 – 2004 Catalog (PDF)

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The Austin Community College (ACC) catalog includes everything you need to know about ACC. This catalog is in effect for new students entering ACC in the 2023–2024 academic year and for any ACC student returning in the 2023–2024 academic year whose catalog has expired. It was prepared from existing policies and information obtained from the appropriate ACC officials and is the document of authority for all students.

You may follow the degree plan requirements described in the catalog in effect at the time you first enrolled at ACC. Or, you may choose to follow the degree plan requirements of a later catalog in effect during your enrollment, as long as the program of study is still offered, the catalog is not more than 5 years old, and you have officially declared the corresponding major.

ACC reserves the right to make changes in the regulations and offerings announced in this catalog as circumstances require. Each semester the college posts an online schedule listing courses to be offered. Not all courses listed in this catalog are offered each semester. This information is made available to students as early as possible prior to the beginning of each semester.

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