Liberal Arts, A.A.

Associate of Arts
648

Purpose: This curriculum is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a baccalaureate degree in English, foreign language, humanities, journalism, liberal arts, philosophy, pre-law, or speech/drama.

A specialization is also available in fine arts.

Program Objectives: To prepare students for transfer to a four-year college or university.

Admission Requirements: Applicants must meet the requirements for admission to credit-level coursework established by the college.

Developmental Requirements: Students who do not place into college-level English will be required to take developmental courses.

Students who do not demonstrate proficiency in MTE 1 , MTE 2 , MTE 3 , MTE 4 , and MTE 5 will be required to take developmental courses.

It is strongly recommended that developmental education requirements be completed as soon as possible.

While a course may satisfy a requirement for a Virginia Western program, it may not fulfill a requirement at a four-year institution. Students who intend to transfer should verify specific program requirements with their four-year institution.

First Semester

SDV 100 - College Success Skills 1 CR ³
SDV 101 - Orientation to Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Transfer 1 CR ³
ENG 111 - College Composition I 3 CR *
Language ELE - Beginning Foreign Language Elective I 4 CR ^{1, 2}
MTH 154 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 CR *
Science Sequence ELE - Science Sequence Elective 4 CR

Second Semester

ENG 112 - College Composition II 3 CR *
ITE 115 - Introduction to Computer Applications and Concepts 3 CR (or ITE 119 )
Language ELE - Beginning Foreign Language Elective II 4 CR ^{*, 1, 2}
Science Sequence ELE - Science Sequence Elective 4 CR
MTH 155 - Statistical Reasoning 3 CR ^*

Third Semester

ENG LIT - Literature Elective 3 CR *
CST 100 - Principles of Public Speaking 3 CR
Language ELE - Intermediate Foreign Language Elective I 3 CR ^{*, 1, 2}
HIS 111 - History of World Civilization I 3 CR (or HIS 121 )
Social Science ELE - Social Science AS Elective 3 CR

Fourth Semester

ENG LIT - Literature Elective 3 CR *
HIS 112 - History of World Civilization II 3 CR (or HIS 122 )
Language ELE - Intermediate Foreign Language Elective II 3 CR ^{*, 1, 2}
Humanities/Fine Arts ELE - Humanities/Fine Arts AS Elective 3 CR

Total Minimum Credits for Degree: 60

¹ French and Spanish are guaranteed to be offered at the beginning and intermediate level each year. Completion of an intermediate level foreign language sequence is required for graduation.

² Students who have completed at least two years of a high school foreign language with at least a “B” average may take the intermediate level foreign language sequence in the first year. Students who complete the intermediate language sequence in the first year are required to take the following in year two: 6 credits of Humanities/Fine Arts AS Elective and 2 additional credits of Transfer AS Elective .

³The two credit SDV 108 will satisfy both the SDV 100 and SDV 101 requirements. SDV 108 is for developmental English students.

* This course has a requisite.