Liberal Arts

This Associate in Arts degree program offers the equivalent of the first two years in a four-year Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science program. Upon completion, students have an academic background sufficient to transfer into a baccalaureate degree program. The program also provides a foundation for the acquisition of skills and abilities essential for jobs requiring a broader base of arts and sciences.

Students who complete the program will:

• communicate effectively both written and orally.
• solve problems using critical, creative, and scientific reasoning;
• critically employ quantitative methods to organize, analyze, and interpret data toward the express goals of informing themselves and solving problems;
• demonstrate scientific thought both quantitatively and qualitatively by learning to recognize and formulate questions for analysis of human or technical problems;
• interpret facts and evaluate issues from multiple perspectives;
• demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultures and subcultures, with an eye toward broadening their global and historical perspectives;
• reflect on their interactions with other individuals and their communities, as well as their role in a global society
• use technology to retrieve, process, and communicate information

In this flexible program, students select courses based on the requirements of the four-year college to which they plan to transfer. Working with an advisor, students design a program that best meets their future plans. It is recommended that students identify the college to which they plan to transfer and discuss a transfer plan with their advisor as soon as possible.

The following courses satisfy Liberal Arts requirements: