Liberal Arts & Sciences - Arts and Humanities, AA
Program code: LASC-AA-AH
Locations: Asnuntuck, Capital, Gateway, Housatonic, Manchester, Middlesex, Naugatuck Valley, Northwestern, Norwalk, Quinebaug Valley, Three Rivers, Tunxis
Program Description
The Liberal Arts and Science - Arts and Humanities Associate of Arts degree program provides students with a broad background that prepares them for transfer to a bachelor’s degree program for majors within the Arts and Humanities. 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 Arts (A.A.) emphasizes courses in the arts and humanities.
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.
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Courses | ||
| ENG 1010 | Composition | 3 |
| MATH 1100 or above | 3-4 | |
| ARHX - choose one: ARAB, ART, ARTH, ASL, CHNS, COMM, ENG, FREN, GER, HUM, ITAL, JAPN, KORA, LATN, MUS, PHIL, POLH, RUSN, SPAN, THR 1 | 3-4 | |
| HISX - Historical Knowledge | 3 | |
| SBSX - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following WRIX II courses: | 3 | |
| Composition II and Literature | ||
| Composition II and Non-fiction Texts | ||
| SCKX - Scientific Knowledge | 3-4 | |
| SCRX - Scientific Reasoning | 4 | |
| Choose one of the following ORAX courses: | 3 | |
| Public Speaking | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| CCS 1001 | College and Career Success | 3 |
| Program Courses | ||
| Choose one course at the 1000 level or above: ART, ARTH, MUS, THR 2 | 3 | |
| Choose one SBSX from a different discipline from the SBSX taken in the General Education | 3 | |
| Choose one course at the 1000 level or above: ENG, HIST, PHIL, HUM, COMM | 3 | |
| Choose two courses at the 1001 level or above: ANTH, ARAB, ART, ARTH, ASL, ASTR, BIO, CHEM, CHNS, COMM, DGA, ECON, ENG, ENV, ERTH, FREN, GEOG, GEOL, GER, GRA, HIST, HUM, INTD, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, MATH, METR, MUS, OCEN, PHIL, PHYS, POLH, POLS, PSY, RUSN, SOC, SPAN, THR 3 | 6-8 | |
| Foreign Language - Six to eight credits of the same language (ARAB, ASL, CHNS, FREN, GERM, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, RUSN, SPAN) 4 | 6-8 | |
| Choose nine 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.) | 9 | |
| Total Credits | 61-68 | |
- 1
Or ESOL 1402 Integrated Skills IV: Low Advanced or ESOL 1502 Integrated Skills V: High Advanced
- 2
Or COMM 1201 Film Study and Appreciation or COMM 2202 Film History
- 3
Or ESOL 1402 Integrated Skills IV: Low Advanced or ESOL 1502 Integrated Skills V: High Advanced
- 4
Or ESOL 1402 Integrated Skills IV: Low Advanced or ESOL 1502 Integrated Skills V: High Advanced
Foreign Language
Students who have completed Level 3 of a language in HS or have a diploma from a HS where the primary language of instruction is in a language other than English may substitute the requirement with a 2000 level LART elective and one course from:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1001 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 1005 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 1016 | 3 | |
| ANTH 1303 | Peoples of the World | 3 |
| ANTH 1306 | Music Cultures of the World | 3 |
| ANTH 1402 | Navajo Indians | 3 |
| ANTH 1405 | 3 | |
| ANTH 2400 | Native Cultures of the Americas | 3 |
| ARCH 1002 | Architecture of the World | 3 |
| ARTH 1001 | Global Art History Prehistory to 1500 CE | 3 |
| ARTH 1002 | Global Art History 1500 CE to present | 3 |
| ARTH 1003 | Global Modern Art History 1850 to Present | 3 |
| ARTH 1005 | History of Art in the United States, c. 1500 – 1960 | 3 |
| ARTH 1007 | Caribbean Art and Culture | 3 |
| ARTH 1008 | Black Art History | 3 |
| ARTH 1013 | Architecture of the World | 3 |
| COMM 1305 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| DANC 1001 | History and Appreciation of World Dance | 3 |
| DANC 1011 | Jazz I: Afro-American/Caribbean | 3 |
| DANC 1031 | Contemporary African Dance | 1 |
| DANC 1115 | Dance as Cultural Expression | 3 |
| ENG 2300 | Studies in World Literature | 3 |
| ENG 2340 | World Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 2680 | African American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 2700 | Studies in Ethnic Literature | 3 |
| ENG 2711 | Contemporary Latin American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 2712 | Literature of the Caribbean | 3 |
| ENG 2803 | Women Writers Across Cultures | 3 |
| ENG 2850 | LGBTQ+ Literature | 3 |
| ESOL 1402 | Integrated Skills IV: Low Advanced | 6 |
| ESOL 1502 | Integrated Skills V: High Advanced | 6 |
| FREN 2030 | Intermediate French Composition | 3 |
| FREN 2198 | Special Topics in French | 3 |
| FREN 2199 | 1-3 | |
| GEOG 1000 | Introduction to Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 1010 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| GERM 2011 | Intermediate German I (or above) | 4 |
| HIST 1021 | World History to the 1400s | 3 |
| HIST 1022 | World History since 1500s | 3 |
| HIST 1047 | History of Immigrant Experience in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIST 2017 | African American History from 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 2024 | The American Indian | 3 |
| HIST 2072 | Modern China | 3 |
| HIST 2080 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 2084 | South Africa | 3 |
| HUM 1019 | Short-term Study Abroad | 3 |
| HUM 1071 | The Black Experience | 3 |
| HUM 1078 | Indigenous People: Art, Film, and Literature | 3 |
| INDS 2025 | Contemporary Global Issues | 3 |
| LAS 1201 | Introduction to Latino Studies | 3 |
| ITAL 2030 | Intermediate Italian Composition I | 3 |
| ITAL 2198 | 3 | |
| ITAL 2199 | 1-3 | |
| MUS 1004 | World Music | 3 |
| MUS 1007 | Today's Music | 3 |
| MUS 1008 | Today's Music: Gospel, Ragtime, Blues, Jazz | 3 |
| MUS 1009 | History and Appreciation of Jazz | 3 |
| PHIL 1501 | World Religions | 3 |
| PHIL 1605 | Asian Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
| POLH | 3 | |
| POLS 1005 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLS 1006 | International Relations | 3 |
| POLS 1600 | African Politics | 3 |
| PSY 2053 | Multicultural Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 1003 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOC 2018 | World Issues | 3 |
| SOC 2020 | Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 3 |
| SOC 2022 | The African American Experience | 3 |
| SOC 2023 | The Puerto Rican Experience | 3 |
| SPAN 2030 | Intermediate Spanish Composition I | 3 |
| SPAN 2095 | Teaching Assistant in Spanish | 4 |
| SPAN 2098 | Special Topics in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 2111 | Advanced Spanish I | 3 |
| SPAN 2112 | Advanced Spanish II | 3 |
| WGS 1005 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |