Liberal Arts: Associate in Arts
Description
The two-year liberal arts degree, consisting of at least 60-semester credits, entirely at the baccalaureate level (100 level and above), which provides students with skills and competencies essential for successful completion of a baccalaureate degree.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the certificate, students will be able to:
- Use the concepts, theories, and methodologies in arts, humanities, natural and social sciences to examine natural phenomena or to evaluate human experiences.
- Develop, support, and communicate ideas to a particular audience through writing.
- Develop, support, and communicate ideas to a particular audience through speech and writing.
- Find, evaluate, and use information.
- Apply quantitative reasoning to solve problems, interpret answers, and communicate results.
- Use critical thinking to address issues and solve problems.
- Describe and analyze the nature of culture and its variations, past and present.
Program Requirements
Foundations Requirements
Foundations - Written Communications (FW)
Total Credits: 3
Students must complete ENG 100, ENG 100E, or any approved FW course.
Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) - 2020
Total Credits: 3
Global Multicultural Perspectives (FG)
Total Credits: 6
Select 2 courses, each from a different group.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Diversification Requirements
Diversification Arts, Humanities, Literature (DA/DH/DL)
Total Credits: 6
Select six (6) credits from two separate subcategories in Arts, Humanities, and Literatures (DA, DH, DL)
Diversification Social Sciences (DS-6)
Total Credits: 6
Select six (6) credits from two different disciplines in Social Sciences (DS)
Diversification Biological Sciences (DB)
Total Credits: 3
Select One (1) Biological Sciences Course
Diversification Biological (DB)
Diversification Physical Science (DP)
Total Credits: 3
Select One (1) Physical Sciences Course
Diversification Science Lab (DY)
Total Credits: 1
Select One (1) Matching Lab Course
Example: If you take AG 170, the matching lab would be AG 170L
Elective Requirements
Graduation Requirements
Contemporary Ethical Issues (ETH)
Total Credits:
One (1) Contemporary Ethical Issues Course
Hawaiian, Asian, & Pacific Issues (HAP)
Total Credits:
One (1) Hawaiian, Asian, & Pacific Issues Course
Writing Intensive (WI)
Total Credits:
Two (2) Writing Intensive Courses
Oral Communication (OC)
Total Credits:
One (1) Oral Communication Course
Notes
The general education received in the program:
- Encompasses the common knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by individuals to be effective as persons, family members, workers, and citizens.
- Provides opportunities to develop understanding, abilities, values, and personal attributes which should help students apply their knowledge, skills, and talents to make sound decisions and to analyze and solve problems in a multicultural community.
- Helps the students gain a more integrated view of knowledge, a more realistic view of life and a more defined sense of community and social responsibility.
- Associate in Arts Degree Requirements