Associate Degree in Letters, Arts, and Sciences (60 credits)
The associate degree in letters, arts, and sciences is a 60-credit liberal arts program. The degree's major courses (24 credits) focus on writing and speaking skills, the arts, the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, and quantification.
General Education (21 credits)
(Of these 21 credits, 6 are included in the requirements for the major.)
Requirements for the Major (30 credits)
(This includes 6 credits of General Education GWS courses.)
Prescribed Courses (6 credits)
CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech (3 credits)
ENGL 015 (GWS) Rhetoric and Composition (3 credits)
Additional Courses (3 credits)
Select one of the following:
ENGL 202A (GWS) Effective Writing: Writing in the Social Sciences (3 credits)
ENGL 202B (GWS) Effective Writing: Writing in the Humanities (3 credits)
ENGL 202C (GWS) Effective Writing: Technical Writing (3 credits)
ENGL 202D (GWS) Effective Writing: Business Writing (3 credits)
Supporting and Related Areas (21 credits)
Select 3 credits in any course designated as arts (GA).*
Select 3 credits in any course designated as humanities (GH).*
Select 3 credits in any course designated as social and behavioral sciences (GS).*
Select 3 credits in any course designated as physical, biological, or earth sciences (GN).*
Select 9 credits in any one of the following areas:* arts (GA), humanities (GH), social and behavioral sciences (GS), natural sciences (GN), and quantification (GQ), and foreign language skills. (If foreign language courses are chosen, it is recommended that these courses be in one foreign language sequence.)
*Courses that will satisfy the requirements in the arts, the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, and quantification are defined on the letters, arts, and sciences check sheet, which can be obtained from your Continuing Education adviser or from the College of the Liberal Arts.
Electives (15 credits)
For assistance in choosing elective courses best suited for you, please talk with an academic adviser.
