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Associate in Arts Degree (A.A.)

Leech Lake Tribal College offers a curriculum (64 credits minimum) that leads to a two-year Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree in Indigenous Leadership. The 64 credits include 54 credit hours of Liberal Education requirements, plus 10 credit hours of electives. The 54 credit hours of Liberal Education are designed to meet Liberal Education requirements at four-year colleges. With proper advising, most credits from this program may be 44 Leech Lake Tribal College transferred into a four-year bachelor's degree program at other institutions. This degree provides study in Anishinaabe language and culture.

Requirements
Students completing the requirements for this degree are not required to complete Ojibwe language studies beyond the one-year required of all students at the college who seek any Associate in Arts Degree. This concentration requires 10 credits selected from the Indigenous Studies/Language courses described in this section or from other relevant courses with Anishinaabe cultural content. Relevant courses must be approved by advisors.
The basic requirement for the degree is the completion of 64 semester hours of credits. Of the 64 credits for the A.A., at least 30 must be completed in residency at Leech Lake Tribal College. Therefore, no more than 34 credits may be accepted in transfer from other institutions.

Suggested Study Plan

First Year Students
Semester 1			Semester 2
ANI  100	Intro to Anishinaabe Studies	3	OJI 102	Speaking Ojibwe II	4
OJI 101	Speaking Ojibwe I	4	ENGL 102	English Composition II	3
ENGL 101	English Composition I	3	BIO 102 Or CHEM 100 Or PHY 100	General Biology II General Chemistry Intro to Physical Science	3
BIO 101 Or CHEM 100 Or PHYS SC 100	General Biology I General Chemistry Intro to Physical Science	3	BIO 102L Or CHEM 100L Or PHY 100L	General Biology II Lab General Chemistry Lab Intro to Physical Science Lab	1
ITECH 100	Computer Applications I	3	Math 140 Or MATH 150 Or MATH 155	Concepts in Math College Algebra Advanced College Algebra	4 3 3
EDU 100	College Study Skills	1	ANI	Elective	3
	Total Credit Hours	17		Total Credit Hours	16 or 18
Second Year Students
Semester 1			Semester 2
ANI	Elective	3	SPCH 201	Speech and Communications	3
PSY 101 Or SOC 101	General Psychology Or Intro to Sociology	3	ANI 200	Indigenous American Leadership	3
GEO 200	Cultural Geography	3	BIO 200 Or BIO 204	Ethnobiology or Environmental Science	3
ART 100 Or MUS 250	Intro to Traditional/ Contemporary Art or History of Anishinaabe Music and Dance	3	PHIL  200 Or POL  225	Indigenous American Philosophy Treaty Law and Tribal Sovereignty	3
HIS 101	U.S. History	3	ENGL 250	Contemporary American Indian Literature	3
	Total Credit Hours	15		Total Credit Hours	15