Requirements for the Associate of Arts Degree

The associate of arts degree contains a balanced program of liberal arts education without orientation to a particular major. Requirements for the degree, 61 semester credit hours plus designated competencies, are listed below. These can usually be met in two years of full-time study.

General Education Courses: 35-36 credits: * Introduction to the Liberal Arts
: * College Writing or Western Humanity in Christian Perspective I-III
: * Introduction to the Bible
: * Christianity and Western Culture or Western Humanity in Christian Perspective I and II
: Nature of Persons course (N)
: Mathematics course (M)
: Laboratory Science course (D)
: * Introduction to the Creative Arts or Western Humanity in Christian Perspective I and II
: World Cultures course (U)
: 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
: Christian Theology (prerequisite: Introduction to the Bible) or Western Humanity in Christian Perspective III and IV
: Physical Well-being course (Y)
: 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 in one’s major.
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.