Liberal Arts (AA)

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Associate of Arts Degree
Code: 648
Transfer Program

Purpose: The associate of arts in liberal arts degree program is designed for those who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree program, usually the Bachelor of Arts degree, in the liberal arts or social sciences, especially in the fields of economics, education, English, foreign languages, political science, history, humanities, international relations, journalism, literature, philosophy, pre-law, psychology, religion, and sociology.

Students in all degree programs are required to take at least one Civic Engagement (CE) course to graduate.

Required Courses

SDV 100 - College Success Skills Credits: 1
ENG 111 - College Composition I Credits: 3
ENG 112 - College Composition II Credits: 3
ENG ___ - Literature Transfer Elective Credits: 3
CST 100 - Principles of Public Speaking Credits: 3 or CST 110 Introduction to Human Communication
HIS ___ - History Elective Credits: 3
HIS ___ - History Elective Credits: 3
MTH ___ - Math Elective Credits: 3-5
___ 101 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3-4
___ 102 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3-4
___ 201 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3
___ 202 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Humanities Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Social Science Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Social Science Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Science w/Lab Elective Credits: 4
___ ___ - Science w/Lab Elective Credits: 4
___ ___ - Transfer Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Transfer Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Transfer Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Transfer Elective Credits: 3

Total minimum credits: 63

Foreign language Elective: Students who have satisfactorily completed two years of foreign language in high school may test for advanced placement into the second year of the foreign language.

Literature Transfer Elective: Choose one course from the following options: ENG 225 ENG 245 ENG 246 ENG 250 ENG 255 or ENG 258 . This course will meet the Writing Intensive Course (WIC) requirements for this degree.

A list of courses that fulfills the requirements for History, Humanities, Mathematics, Science w/Laboratory, Social Science Electives and Transfer Electives can be found on the Transfer Course Electives page. Introductory (101 or 102 level) foreign language courses will not meet the humanities elective requirement for this program.

Foreign Language Elective: Students may test for advanced placement into the second year of some foreign languages. However, if a student places out of a level of foreign language, the student does not earn college credit for that particular level.

Liberal Arts (AA)

Associate of Arts Degree Code: 648 Transfer Program

Required Courses

Total minimum credits: 63

Associate of Arts Degree
Code: 648
Transfer Program