Overview
The Liberal Arts program helps students develop the cognitive skills necessary for success in academic and professional life. Through exciting courses, our Liberal Arts program enables students to explore how their lives are shaped by many forces. Students sample seven areas of liberal arts: humanities, psychology, sociology, history, literature, communication, biology, mathematics.
Yes, mathematics and biology are considered liberal arts!
Whatever career interests you, the Liberal Arts degree provides the essential foundation:
- an opportunity and ability to explore your passions
- a foot in the door for employment,
- a bridge to specialized degrees that may be in your future,
- the “soft skills” (communication, writing, and critical thinking) that determine career advancement.
Associates of Arts degree in Liberal Arts is fully “stackable”: you are able to continue on to the Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics, Biology, Behavioral Sciences, English and Communication, without losing any classes.
Program Objectives
Upon completion of the program, students should be able to:
- Evaluate information; determine which information is relevant and reliable;
- Communicate their ideas in professional and academic styles
- Articulate their values and examine them, understand where their values came from;
- Understand and create arguments which require numeric literacy
- Understand the relationship between humans and nature
- Understand the relationship between an individual and the society
- Communicate effectively with members of various cultures;
- Receive exposure to the academic field of their interest (biology, mathematics, psychology, social science, political science, communication, English)
- Be computer literate
Sample Degree Outline
Associate of Arts (AA) Degree in Liberal Arts Major Area of Concentration: 92 credit hours as follows:
General Education Core
(44 credit hours)
English and Communications
(12 credit hours)
Twelve credit hours higher than EN 150
| EN151 | Rhetoric and Style |
| EN152 | Writing from Sources |
| EN166 | Speech |
Mathematics, Biological, and Physical Sciences
(12 credit hours)
Twelve credit hours including one mathematics course higher than Math 150 and one biological or physical science course
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Humanities
(4 credit hours)
| HM279 | East-West Signature Course |
Behavioral and Social Sciences
(8 credit hours)
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*choose from CJ101, PS101, SC101, PL101
Computer and Information Science
(8 credit hours)
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(May receive credit by examination)
Major Field of Concentration
(40 credit hours)
Concentration: All these courses must be taken from liberal arts and sciences, i.e. BL, PS, PL, SC, EN, HM, IS, HS, MT, CJ101.
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EN157 Practical Research Writing
(4 credit hours)
| EN157 | Practical Research Writing |
Free Electives
(4 credit hours)
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