Liberal Arts & Sciences: Arts, Hum & Soci Sciences

A.A. DEGREE

Description
This liberal arts program is designed for students who plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree. It provides flexibility for students to either explore various disciplines while determining a career path or to gain a solid liberal arts background before transferring into a four-year program that doesn’t map directly to a two-year degree. The program will aid students in the development of the skills essential for success in an increasingly diverse and global society. Students will have the opportunity to develop critical reading, thinking, research and writing skills as they explore a variety of disciplines in the program cluster. Requiring academic inquiry, self-reflection, collaboration, and the application of ideas, theories and methods across various disciplines, the program culminates in a portfolio demonstrating the students’ understanding of ethical decision making and reasoning in natural and social environments. Students completing this program will have strong preparation for continuing education in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Program Learning Outcomes
1.Students will evaluate information and perspectives in order to construct arguments.
2.Students will communicate effectively in oral and written forms with consideration for audience, purpose, context, and medium.
3.Students will analyze the role that complex networks of social structures play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity.
4.Students will describe and/or apply scientific methods and reasoning in research and/or problem-solving.
5.Students will conduct independent discipline-specific research and use information ethically and with an awareness of authority, validity, and bias.
6.Students will engage in and reflect on learning processes in order to identify potential educational pathways and develop a plan for transfer.
7.Students will demonstrate foundational knowledge in cultural, artistic, and social principles and phenomena via social science and humanities coursework.
8.Students will demonstrate concentrated skills in the arts, history, and/or world languages to further emphasize understanding in cultural aspects in a global context
9.Students will recognize and analyze nuance and complexity of meaning through critical reflections on text, visual images, or artifacts.


Distribution Requirements


LIBERAL ARTS CORE COURSES
Credits
ENG 101 College Composition OR
ENG 200 Advanced Composition
3
First Year Experience:
COS 133 College Orientation and Success Strategies OR
COS 101 College Orientation AND CDL 110 Career Exploration OR
COS 101 College Orientation AND HED 108 Health, Family and Society OR
COS 101 College Orientation AND HED 110 Disease Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles OR
COS 101 College Orientation AND PEC 253 Stress Management
HON 101 Honors Studies: Orientation AND CDL 110 Career Exploration OR
HON 102 Honors Studies: Exploration and Discovery AND CDL 110 Career Exploration
3
ENG 131 Composition in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences OR
ENG 200 Advanced Composition OR
ENG 250 Professional Communication OR
ENG 251 Technical Communication OR
HON 295 Research Methods and Academic Writing
3
TOTAL CREDITS
9
PROGRAM COURSES
Credits
ANT 102 Cultural Anthropology OR
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychological Science OR
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
3
ENG 105 Introduction to Literature OR
HMN 101 Humanities: Experiencing Culture OR
PHL 101 Introduction to Philosophy OR
SPC 141 Interpersonal Speech Communication OR
SPC 142 Public Speaking 
3
Humanities Foundation**
3-4
Humanities Foundation**
3-4
Social Science Foundation***
3
Social Science Foundation***
3
TOTAL CREDITS
18-20
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Credits
MTH 150 Survey of Mathematics OR
MTH 160 Statistics I OR
MTH 162 Statistics for the Social Sciences OR
PHL 102 Introduction to Logic OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION MATHEMATICS (SUNY-MATH) ELECTIVE *
3-4
BIO 116 Introduction to Environmental Science OR
BIO 120 Essentials of Life Science OR
BIO 132 Laboratory to Accompany Human Biology AND  BIO 133 Human Biology OR
CHE 110 Chemistry in the Kitchen OR
GEG 100 Physical Geography I Laboratory AND GEG 101 Physical Geography I OR
GEG 130 Digital Earth OR
GEO 101 Physical Geology-GR OR
GEO 105 Astronomy AND GEO 115 Introductory Astronomy Laboratory OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING (SUNY-NSCI) ELECTIVE
3-4
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS (SUNY-WHGA) ELECTIVE OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE
3-4
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION THE ARTS (SUNY-ARTS) ELECTIVE
3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION THE ARTS (SUNY-ARTS) ELECTIVE OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS (SUNY-WHGA) ELECTIVE OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (SUNY-USCV) ELECTIVE ****
3-4
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION THE ARTS (SUNY-ARTS) ELECTIVE OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (SUNY-USCV) ELECTIVE OR
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS (SUNY-WHGA) ELECTIVE ****
3-4
TOTAL CREDITS
18-23
OPEN ELECTIVES*****
Credits
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
OPEN ELECTIVE
3
TOTAL CREDITS
12
CAPSTONE COURSE
Credits
LAS 220 Liberal Arts Capstone
3
CREDIT TOTALS
3
TOTAL CREDITS:
60-67
*Students should check with their advisor to determine the appropriate choice for Mathematics.

**Humanities Foundation Electives:
ART 118 - Perspectives of Art History I: Ancient OR
ART 119 - Perspectives of Art History II: Modern OR
ENG 105 - Introduction to Literature OR
ENG 109 - Crime Fiction OR
ENG 118 - Perpetrators, Victims, and Bystanders: Literature of Genocide OR
ENG 201 - Early British Literature OR
ENG 203 - American Literature to 1865 OR
ENG 204 - American Literature Since 1865 OR
ENG 210 - Literature of the Black Experience OR
ENG 215 - Children's Literature OR
ENG 217 - Women, Gender and Literature OR
ENG 223 - Science Fiction OR
ENG 230 - World Mythology OR
HMN 101 - Humanities: Experiencing Culture OR
HMN 220 - Global Humanities I OR
HMN 221 - Global Humanities II OR
PHL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy OR
PHL 103 - Introduction to Ethics OR
PHL 105 - Technology and Values OR
PHL 108 - World Religions: Western Traditions OR
PHL 109 - World Religions: Eastern Traditions OR
PHL 250 - Professional Ethics OR
SPC 141 - Interpersonal Speech Communication OR
SPC 142 - Public Speaking

***Social Science Foundation Electives:
ANT 101 - General Anthropology OR
ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology OR
ANT 105 - Forensic Anthropology OR
ECO 101 - Introduction to Economics OR
ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics OR
ECO 112 - Principles of Macroeconomics OR
GEG 102 - Human Geography OR
GEG 211 - Economic Geography OR
POS 101 - Introduction to Political Science OR
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychological Science OR
PSY 200 - Behavior Modification OR
SOC 100 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies OR
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology OR
SOC 102 - Social Problems OR
SOC 201 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity OR
SOC 202 - Urban Sociology OR
SOC 203 - Criminology OR
SOC 204 - Sociology of the Family OR
SOC 209 - Environmental Sociology

****Students are encouraged to take two courses in a discipline sequence.

*****Consult with your advisor prior to selecting open electives. The total number of OPEN ELECTIVE credits may be less than 12 if the student completes the minimum 60 credits required for graduation. This is dependent on the number of credits taken in the sections above. The credit waiver will be applied at the time of graduation certification if the 60 credit minimum has been attained.
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Students must complete at least one SUNY General Education course that fulfills a SUNY Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement (DVRS).