Humanities, A.A.

Degree: Associate in Arts
HEGIS Code: 5649
Curriculum Code: 2872.HUM
Liberal Arts Division 

Pre-Admission Recommendations: HS or HSE (High School Equivalency) Diploma
Career Opportunities/Further Education: Transfer to Bachelor’s Degree Program in Fine Arts, Philosophy, Music, etc.

Program Description

The content, ideas, intellectual frameworks, skills, and attitudes addressed in these courses are easily applied to any career goal. The Humanities degree program includes the foundation courses for many college majors. 

The Humanities degree curriculum is designed to allow maximum flexibility in creating a program which best serves the interests and goals of individual students.  Such a broad-based liberal arts curriculum is appropriate for students who plan to transfer into a bachelor’s degree program in fields such as Dance, Drama, English, International Studies, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy, or Pre-Law.  Students uncertain about their long-term educational and career goals will find that this program provides a valuable opportunity to explore and test their interests.

Students intending to use this degree program as a basis for baccalaureate study and transfer should meet with an advisor to ensure that their course selections meet the requirements of the college to which they plan to transfer.

Program Competencies

Upon completion of an Associate in Arts degree in Humanities, the student will be able to:

• exhibit a command of the global nature of communication through foreign language and/or the Arts;

• apply the vocabulary, concepts, and various ethical theories related to the Arts and Humanities disciplines;

• creatively solve problems;

• demonstrate competency in one or more areas of the humanities (Art, Dance, Drama, English, French, Music, Philosophy, Sign Language, Spanish); and

• explain the breadth, diversity, and creativity of human experience as expressed in the Humanities and the Arts.

Curriculum

Total Degree Credits: 60.0 - 62.0