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2025-2026 Curriculum Preview [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Liberal Arts & Sciences - Math & Natural Sciences, AS (LASC-AS-SM)
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THIS IS A PREVIEW.
Curriculum changes for 2025-2026 can continue until the final publication of the Catalog on July 1, 2025.
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Provide the catalog description for this program (with proposed modifications if applicable): The Liberal Arts and Science - Math and Natural Sciences Associate of Science degree program provides students with a broad background that prepares them for transfer to a bachelor’s degree program for majors within Math and Natural Sciences and pre-medical degrees. Students will take a wide range of courses with an emphasis on fulfilling general education and pre-requisite courses at four-year colleges and universities. The Associate of Science (A.S.) emphasizes courses in math and natural sciences.
Program Learning Outcomes:
- Communicate clearly and persuasively both in written and oral forms, including in ways that involve and document outside sources.
- Analyze literary, artistic or philosophical works of world cultures.
- Analyze changes and developments in history, including their causes and effects.
- Apply social scientific theories to understand human behavior and world events.
- Use mathematical tools and technology to create mathematical models.
- Describe scientific principles and apply them to understand the physical world.
- Identify the various ways in which diversity exists in our world, such as through analyzing artistic and literary works, historical examples, statistical information, or present-day cases.
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General Education Courses (24-26 credits)
- WRIX I - ENG 1010 - Composition Credits: 3
- MATH - Choose one: MATH 1200 , MATH 1201 , MATH 1600 , MATH 1610 , MATH 2600 , MATH 2610 Credits: 3-4
- ARHX - Choose One: ARAB, ART, ARTH, ASL, CHNS, COMM, ENG, FREN,GERM, HUM, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, MUS, PHIL, POLH, RUSN, SPAN, THR, or ESOL 1402, 1502 or 1512 Credits: 3-4
- SBSX - Social and Behavioral Science Credits: 3
- WRIX II - ENG 1020 OR ENG 1030
- HISX - Historical Knowledge Credits: 3
- ORAX - COMM 1301 OR COMM 1302
- CCS 1001 - College & Career Success Credits: 3
Choose One Science Sequence (8 credits)
Program Courses (30-35 credits)
- Choose one course at the 1000 level or above: ART, ARTH, MUS, or THR, COMM 1201, or COMM 2202 Credits: 3
- Choose one SBSX from a different discipline SBSX taken in the General Education Credits: 3
- Choose one course at the 1000 level or above from: ANTH 1001/1005/1016/1303/1306/1402/1405/2400,ARAB, ARCH 1002, ARTH 1001/1002/1003/1005/1007/1008/1013, ASL, CHNS, COMM 1305, DANC 1001/1011/1031/1115, ENG 2300/2340/2680/2700/2711/ 2712/2803/2850, ESOL 1402/1502 or 1512, FREN, GEOG 1000/1010, GERM, HIST 1021/1022/ 1047/2017/2024/2072/2080/2084, HUM 1019/1071/1078, INDS 2025, ITAL, JAPN, LAS 1201, LATN, MUS 1004/1007/1008/1009, PHIL 1501/1605, POLH, POLS 1005/1006/1600, PSY 2053, RUSN, SOC 1003/2018/2020/2022/2023, SPAN, WGS 1005 Credits 3-4
Consider the foreign language requirements of your transfer institution. Seek advising. - Choose two additional courses in Mathematics, Natural Science, or Computer Science: BIO 1210 or above, CHEM 1210 or above, CSC, CST, MATH 1600, 1610, 2600 or above PHYS 1201 or above Credits: 6-8
- Choose one course in MATH: 1600, 1610, 2600 or above Credits: 3-4
- Choose one course from: BIO 1210 or above, CHEM 1210 or above, PHYS 1201 or above. Or, with permission of Liberal Arts Program or Department Coordinator - ASTR, ERTH, OCEN, ENV, GEOL Credits: 3-4
- Choose 9 Credits of open electives at the 1000 level or above except ESOL and AUTO (which may be applied with permission of the Liberal Arts and Science Program Coordinator or Department Chair.) Consider the foreign language requirements of your transfer institution. Credits: 9
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