The Associate of Arts degree consists of 35
hours of General Education courses and 25 elective credit hours.
This degree may serve as a terminal degree for students or as an
intermediate degree for students enrolled in a baccalaureate
program. All hours earned at the 1000-level or above in
satisfying the Associate of Arts degree may be used toward a
baccalaureate degree. The requirements for the Associate of Arts
degree are:
Required Courses + Electives = 60 hours
Required Courses: 35 hours
ENGL 1013 Composition I
ENGL 1023 Composition II
One of the following courses:
COMM 1023 Public Speaking
COMM 2203 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 2283 Business and Professional Speech
One of the following
courses:
ENGL 2283 Survey of World Literature I
ENGL 2293 Survey of World Literature II
One of the following courses:
ART 1053 Art Appreciation
MUS 1113 Music Appreciation
One of the following courses:
HIST 2213 American History I
HIST 2223 American History II
PSCI 2213 American National Government
Social Sciences (6 Credit Hours)
Choose two courses from two different
disciplines from the following:
ANTH 2203 Cultural Anthropology
CJ 1013 Introduction to Criminal Justice
ECON 2203 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2213 Principles of Microeconomics
GEOG 2213 Geography I
GEOG 2223 Geography II
HIST 1013 Survey of Civilization I
HIST 1023 Survey of Civilization II
PSY 1013 Introduction to Psychology
SOC 2213 Introduction to Sociology
SWK 1013 Introduction to Social Work
One 3-hour mathematics course at
the 1000-level or above
Laboratory Sciences
Eight hours from two 3-hour lecture courses with associated
1-hour
labs, or two 4-hour courses with integrated labs chosen from two
of
the following groups:
(1) Earth Science
(2) Biology
(3) Chemistry (4) Physics
Electives: 25 hours
All elective courses must be
non-technical and must be at the 1000-level or above.