2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Associate of Arts in General Arts

This two-year program in general education includes many of the requirements of the basic University Core Curriculum for the four-year curriculum. It leads to the associate in arts degree.

60 credits

Electives, 29 credits

Total Credit Hours:29

General Education, 31 credits

ENG 103Rhetoric and Writing

3

ENG 104Composing Research

3

6 credits from

COMM 210Fundamentals of Public Communication

3

HIST 150The West in the World

3

MATH 125Quantitative Reasoning

3

Core Curriculum Distribution Requirements, 15 credits

Tier 1 Fine Arts or Humanities

3

Tier 1 Natural Sciences or Social Sciences

3

Tier 2 Fine Arts, Design, and Humanities or Natural and Social Sciences

3

Two courses from Tier 1 or Tier 2 categories listed above

6

Other required courses

University Core Curriculum course

3

PFW course

1

Total Credit Hours:31

Total Credit Hours: 60

Students qualifying for exemption from ENG 103 or ENG 104 will receive credit for the course(s). ENG 101 and ENG 102 may be substituted for ENG 103. The residency requirement will be waived for students who complete this program by correspondence.

The Associate in Arts Degree in General Arts may not be earned concurrently with any other associate’s degree and is not available to any student who has earned an associate’s degree or 
bachelor’s degree.