Liberal Arts Transfer (LAT) Degree
The LAT degree is designed for students who want to transfer to a four-year college or university to earn their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in a variety of liberal arts majors. After completing the LAT degree, students will have earned their Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree and be able to transfer to all 4-year MA public schools and many private 4-year schools.
For more help and up-to-date office hours, please email liberalarts@northshore.edu
Liberal Arts Transfer Degree (LAT) Graduation Requirements
Check out the LAT Degree Requirements to see the courses you must take in order to to graduate with an LAT degree.
Ways to Customize your LAT Degree
Know what you want to focus on? Choose a major from the MassTransfer Pathways below. Each Pathway includes the additional recommended courses that will allow you to transfer to any 4-year MA public college or university with junior-level status in that major.
Not sure what you want to focus on yet? The General Education Pathway works well for students who know they want to transfer to a 4-year school but haven’t chosen a major yet.
MassTransfer Pathways
Know which 4-year MA public school you want to transfer to? You can tailor your degree even more specifically by checking out which recommended courses are required by that college or university for your chosen major on the MassTransfer A2B (Associates to Bachelor’s) Pathways page.
Interested in Salem State University? Check out SSU’s Transfer Connections website to get in touch with a Transfer Connections Coach who specializes in helping
NSCC students smoothly transfer to Salem State.
Know you want to transfer to a private 4-year school? Check out these transfer agreements NSCC has made with various private colleges and universities (or the school’s website
if a transfer agreement isn’t included here) for more specific recommendations.
Fluent in Spanish and English or want to be? Choose our Dual Language or Spanish Pathways.
Language-Based Pathways