The associate of arts degree contains a balanced program of liberal arts education without orientation to a particular major. Requirements for the degree include 61 semester credit hours and the designated competencies as listed below. These requirements can usually be met in two years of full-time study.
- General Education Courses: 35-36 credits
- * Introduction to the Liberal Arts
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- * College Writing or Western Humanity in Christian Perspective I-III
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- * Introduction to the Bible
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- * Christianity and Western Culture or Western Humanity in
Christian Perspective I and II
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- Nature of Persons course (N)
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- Mathematics course (M)
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- Laboratory Science course (D)
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- * Introduction to the Creative Arts or Western Humanity
in Christian Perspective I and II
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- World Cultures course (U)
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- Contemporary Western Life and Thought course
(prerequisite: Christianity and Western Culture or Western
Humanity in Christian Perspective I and II) or
Western Humanity in Christian Perspective III and IV
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- Christian Theology (prerequisite: Introduction to the Bible)
or Western Humanity in Christian Perspective III and IV
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- Physical Well-being course (Y)
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- Leisure and Lifetime Sports course (Q)
* These are single courses; all others are categories
of courses from which students select a single course
- Humanities: 5 credits
- Choose courses from: humanities, social science, communication
studies, natural sciences, or mathematics.
Artistic Experience
Electives: 27 credits
Additional Requirements:
- A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00.
- At least 28 credits taken on campus.
- One 3-credit interim course.
- Application for graduation submitted
to the Office of the Registrar by the end of the second week
of spring semester in the year graduating.
- Participation in commencement ceremonies is expected.