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Liberal Arts: General Studies

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts

Overview

The focus of the Liberal Arts Program is to provide the student with a breadth of program offerings in a chosen field of study. Liberal Arts students may focus their program in the following concentration areas: Behavioral Science, English, History/Government, Humanities, Psychology, Social Science, or Sociology. All concentration electives must be selected in the chosen area of study.

Program Outcomes

At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

  • Think critically
  • Think quantitatively
  • Communicate effectively
  • Use logic to acquire, assess, and integrate new information.
  • Explain the nature and societal implications of global relationships among diverse cultures.
  • Apply ethical criteria to a variety of intellectual, social, and personal situations.
  • Apply aesthetic criteria to a variety of intellectual, natural, artistic, and social phenomena.
  • Demonstrate a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of one field of study from among the liberal arts and science concentrations.
Liberal Arts: General Studies Courses
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    • Code
    • Course
    • Credits
    • IDS 167
    • First Year Seminar
    • 3
    First Year Seminar focuses on the student as a whole person. This is a reflective course where students apply skills and strategies to help them succeed, emphasizing goalsetting in their academic, personal, and professional lives. Students explore diversity and identity in the classroom, community, and beyond. Students develop best practices through critical self-analysis, identifying and assessing areas of improvement within multiple dimensions of wellness.
    • ENG 101
    • English Composition I
    • 3
    This course will emphasize developing the student’s ability to articulate his/her thoughts in writing a coherent, unified, and well- structured composition. The student will write a series of papers. The student will also learn the techniques needed to produce a library research paper. The required research paper is a major component of the course. Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 090 or placement into ENG 101.
    • ENG 102
    • English Composition II
    • 3
    A required course, which introduces the student to themes and techniques in the basic genres of literature: the short story, drama, and poetry. Expository papers may be written in response to ideas embodied in literature. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or permission of instructor.
    • CSI 101
    • Introduction to Computers
    • 3
    This course introduces the student to general topics about computers, including the impact of technology in a changing world, computer hardware, system and application software, databases, internet, networking, digital ethics and security. Students use word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
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