Degrees and Certificates
For details on all our currently offered degrees and certificates, including GE patterns, please visit the Areas of Study/Articulation (opens in new window) page.
For an overview list of all of our active degrees, certificates, and transfer-only programs, please view the Active Program List (opens in new window) .
- Minimum of 60 units; no more than 60 units can be required
- Minimum 18 units in a major
- Must follow Transfer Model Curriculum (opens in new window) (TMC)
- General Education limited to Cal-GETC
- Chancellor’s Office approved and transcripted
- Complete the program proposal and attach and all applicable documentation with your
program proposal in META
- The narrative is no longer a separate document - all narrative questions are now included in the META program proposal cover page.
- Minimum 60 units
- Minimum 18 units in a major/area of emphasis
- Local or Career Education Goals
- For local, please refer to the PCAH
(opens in new window) - For Career Education (CE), please refer to the PCAH (opens in new window) and Instructions for Development of Credit CE Degrees or Certificates (opens in new window) .
- For local, please refer to the PCAH
- Can use local GE pattern
- Chancellor’s Office approved and transcripted
- Complete the program proposal and attach and all applicable documentation with your
program proposal in META
- The narrative is no longer a separate document - all narrative questions are now included in the META program proposal cover page.
- 16+ units must be submitted to Chancellor’s Office
- Local or Career Education Goals
- For local, please refer to the PCAH (opens in new window)
- For Career Education (CE), please refer to the PCAH (opens in new window) and Instructions for Development of Credit CE Degrees or Certificates (opens in new window) .
- For local, please refer to the PCAH
- 8–15.5 units can be submitted to the Chancellor’s Office (not required, but recommended)
- Chancellor’s Office approved and transcripted
- Complete the program proposal and attach and all applicable documentation with your
program proposal in META
- The narrative is no longer a separate document - all narrative questions are now included in the META program proposal cover page.
- Not to be confused with “local” degrees/certificates
- Cannot be named certificate of achievement, competency, or completion.
- Must be under 16 units
- Experimental/short-term/fast response to industry or local need
- Not eligible for financial aid
- Not Chancellor’s Office approved, not transcripted
- Noncredit Certificate of Competency
- A sequence of 2 or more noncredit courses coded ESL or Elementary & Secondary Basic Skills
- Noncredit Certificate of Completion
- A sequence of 2 or more noncredit courses coded Short-term Vocational or Workforce Preparation
- If you are interested in creating a noncredit certificate, please reach out to Ashley Mejia, Project Manager, SMC Noncredit Initiatives for information and resources.
- When submitting your noncredit certificate in META, complete and attach the Noncredit Certificate of Competency narrative
(opens in new window) or Noncredit Certificate of Completion narrative (opens in new window) .
- To inquire about creating a Baccalaureate Degree, please reach out to Academic Affairs and the Curriculum Committee.
- Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program Handbook (opens in new window)
- Considerations Involved in Determining What Constitutes a Baccalaureate Level Course (opens in new window)
Used to determine CSU-transferability