Engineering Science, A.E.S. (2 years)

(Associate of Engineering Science Degree)

(AESIT01)

The Associate of Engineering Science (A.E.S.) degree is awarded to students who successfully complete the program requirements. This degree is offered in partnership with the Colorado School of Mines as a pathway toward earning a baccalaureate degree. Many of the courses in this program are designed to transfer to four-year colleges or universities for that purpose.

All General Education courses within the A.E.S. degree are intended to transfer to four-year institutions in the State of Colorado. However, some courses-particularly career and technical courses-may not be accepted for transfer by certain baccalaureate institutions. Once students identify the institution to which they plan to transfer, they should confirm and obtain written documentation of the receiving institution’s transfer requirements, including a list of specific transferable courses.

General Requirements for the A.E.S. Degree

Students pursuing an Associate of Engineering Science degree must see an Aims advisor to develop their educational plan.

The following are general requirements for the A.E.S. degree:

1. A minimum of sixty (60) semester credit hours in approved course work are required for graduation.
2. The student must achieve a cumulative 2.0 grade point average or above for all course work taken at Aims Community College.
3. Fifteen (15) semester hours of course work applicable to the degree program and completed prior to graduation must be Aims Community College courses. 
4. No course numbered below 1000 may be applied toward completion of the A.E.S. degree.
5. Courses with a 3-character bracketed code (for example, “English Composition I [CO1]”), in which a student earns the final grade of “C” or better are guaranteed to transfer to every public Colorado college or university.  Although some courses in which a “D” grade is earned may apply toward the A.E.S. degree at Aims, they are not guaranteed to transfer.  Students may want to check with the next school they plan to attend in order to determine transferability, or may want to repeat those courses to receive a better grade.