General Requirements: Total Hours: 60 • Minimum GPA: 2.0
Program Description: The Liberal Studies program provides students with a broad exposure to various academic disciplines during their first two years of post-secondary education. It offers students considerable latitude in curriculum choices but restricts selections to university-parallel transfer courses offered by Redlands Community College. The Associate in Arts Liberal Studies degree incorporates essential training in written, oral, and numerical communications while helping students develop an appreciation of the arts and sciences. Skills developed in the program will support whatever career students may pursue.
| General Education Requirements: 37 hours | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Min. Hours | Course Code | Course Description |
| Communications | 9 | ENGL 1113 | English Composition I |
| ENGL 1213 | English Composition II | ||
| SPCH 1113 or SPCH 2133 | Fundamentals of Speech or Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Social Science | 6 | HIST 1483 or HIST 1493 | U.S. HIST to 1877 or U.S. HIST 1877-Pres |
| POLS 1113 | U.S. Government | ||
| Life Science | 3 | BISC, BOT, MICR, ZOOL (Lecture) | |
| Physical Science | 3 | CHEM, ASTR, GEOL, PHSC, PHYS (Lecture) | |
| Science Lab | 1 | BISC, BOT, CHEM, ASTR, GEOL, MICR, PHSC, PHYS, ZOOL (Lab) | |
| Humanities | 6 | See humanities course options | |
| Mathematics | 3 | MATH 1303 or | General Quantitative Reasoning or |
| MATH 1483 or | Functions and Modeling or | ||
| MATH 1513 | College Algebra | ||
| Selected Gen Ed Requirements | 3 | PSY, SOC and | |
| 3 | ANTH, ART, GEG, HIST, MUS, PHIL, POLS, SPA, SPCH | ||
| Program Requirement: 22 hours | |||
| Electives | 22 | Courses to be selected from the student’s field of interest. | |
| Institutional Requirements: 1 hour | |||
| Institutional Requirement | 1 | COL 1111 | College Success |
Plan of Study
| Course Code | Course Description | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman 1st Semester | ||
| ENGL 1113 | English Composition I | 3 |
| HIST 1483 or HIST 1493 | U.S. HIST to 1877 or U.S. HIST 1877-Pres | 3 |
| MATH 1303 or MATH 1483 or MATH 1513 | Gen. Quant. Reasoning or Functions and Modeling or College Algebra | 3 |
| PSY 1113 or SOC 1113 | Elements of Psychology or Intro to Sociology | 3 |
| COL 1111 | College Success | 1 |
| Elective* | Choose from list | 3 |
| Total | 16 | |
| Freshman 2nd Semester | ||
| ENGL 1213 | English Composition II | 3 |
| POLS 1113 | U.S. Government | 3 |
| Humanities | ART, ENGL, HUM, MUS, PHIL | 3 |
| Life Science or Life Science w/ Lab | BISC, BOT, MICR, ZOOL (3) or BISC, BOT, MICR, ZOOL (4) | 3-4 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Total | 15-16 | |
| Sophomore 1st Semester | ||
| Physical Science or Physical Science Lab | CHEM, ASTR, GEOL, PHSC, PHYS (3) or CHEM, ASTR, GEOL, PHSC, PHYS (4) | 3-4 |
| SPCH 1113 or SPCH 2133 | Fundamentals of Speech or Interpersonal Communications | 3 |
| Humanities | ART, ENGL, HUM, MUS, PHIL | 3 |
| *Elective | Elective | 6 |
| Total | 15-16 | |
| Sophomore 2nd Semester | ||
| Selected Gen. Ed. Requirement | ANTH, ART, GEG, HIST, MUS, PHIL, POLS, SPA, SPCH | 3 |
| *Elective | 10 | |
| Total | 13 | |
| NOTE: * = General Education Requirement ** = Program Core Requirement and *** = Option Requirement | ||
| A total of 22 elective hours are required for this degree program. The above plan of study allows students to enroll in those elective hours at their discretion. | ||
Program Outcomes
General Studies Associate Degree Competencies:
- Develop and apply critical thinking skills when listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
- Organize, synthesize, and create both written and oral academic communication in an effort to support original ideas.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the contexts of self, society, and culture through the study of communication, history, social science, and humanities.
- Recognize the logical foundations of science and mathematics and demonstrate competence in applying the methods of scientific inquiry.
- Engage with others to explore diverse cultural and global perspectives.