Liberal Studies Program (A.A.)

CCV’s associate of arts degree in Liberal Studies will introduce you to a wide range of subjects, providing a foundation for many different careers and for transferring to a four-year college or university. The Liberal Studies program is the most popular program of study among CCV graduates, accounting for nearly half of the degrees awarded each year. It is designed to include breadth and depth of learning, emphasizing exposure to a broad range of subjects and academic disciplines, and providing students with great flexibility in individual course selection.

Although the degree can be an end in itself, the majority of Liberal Studies graduates use it as their foundation for further academic pursuits. If you’re uncertain about your long-term educational and career plans, the liberal studies program provides a valuable opportunity to explore your interests. The overarching objective of CCV's Liberal Studies program is to produce graduates who are well-prepared to be active, contributing participants in their communities, their work settings, and their subsequent educational activities.

Program Outcomes

Successful graduates will be able to:
•demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills in a variety of disciplines;
•use the vocabulary, foundational theories, and problem-solving methodologies that define scientific literacy and scientific method in the natural world;
•identify some of the techniques used in art, literature, and/or philosophy to convey ideas and express thought and feeling;
•explain some of the ways in which social scientists and/or historians gather and interpret evidence to explain human behavior;
•identify and use appropriate technologies to locate, manipulate, and represent information electronically.
•apply an interdisciplinary approach to their learning, drawing from various disciplines to cultivate multiple perspectives on problems, issues, and topics;
•articulate a learning rationale for and the outcomes of their individual course choices in the Liberal Studies program;
•demonstrate academic skills required of all CCV graduates in writing, information literacy, oral communication, and quantitative reasoning; and
•identify their career and transfer options in the field(s) of interest to them.

Program & General Education Requirements

Core Competencies
First Semester Seminar
Technological Literacy
Communication
  (Meets graduation standard in oral communication)
English Composition
Mathematics
Research & Writing Intensive

Areas of Inquiry
Scientific Method
Human Expression
Human Expression
Human Behavior
Human Behavior

Integrative Approaches
Global Perspectives & Sustainability
Seminar in Educational Inquiry
  (Meets graduation standard in writing & information literacy)

General Education Courses - minimum 18 credits

Elective Studies - 0 - 3 credits

Quantitative Reasoning Assessment
  (Meets graduation standard in quantitative reasoning)

MINIMUM TOTAL CREDITS IN DEGREE: 60

*You may use a course to meet both a program requirement and a general education requirement; however, you may not use a single course to meet two general education requirements.

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