Liberal Arts: International Studies Specialization, A.A.

1st Semester

• ENG 111 - College Composition I (3 CR.)

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• — 101 - World Language or ASL (3-4 CR.) ¹ OR
• — — - General Education Elective (3-4 CR.)

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• — — - Physical or Life Science Elective w/Lab (4 CR.) ²

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• MTH 154 - Quantitative Reasoning (3 CR.) ³ OR 
• MTH 155 - Statistical Reasoning (3 CR.) OR Higher

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• SDV 100 - College Success Skills (1 CR.) OR
• SDV 101 - Orientation to (a Specific Discipline) (1 CR.)

2nd Semester

• ENG 112 - College Composition II (3 CR.)

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• — 102 - World Language or ASL (3-4 CR.) ¹ OR
• — — - General Education Elective (3-4 CR.)

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• HIS — - Elective (3 CR.) ⁴

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• MTH 245 - Statistics I (3 CR.) ³ OR Higher OR
• — — - Transfer Elective (3 CR.) ⁵

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• CST 229 - Intercultural Communication (3 CR.) ⁶

3rd Semester

• ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 CR.)

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• — 201 - World Language or ASL (3-4 CR.) ¹ OR
• — — - General Education Elective (3-4 CR.)

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• — — - Global Understanding (3 CR.) ⁷

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• — — - Physical or Life Science Elective w/Lab (4 CR.) ² OR
• — — - General Education Elective (3 CR.)

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• PLS 241 - Introduction to International Relations (3 CR.)

4th Semester

• ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 CR.)

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• — 202 - World Language or ASL (3-4 CR.) ¹ OR
• — — - General Education Elective (3-4 CR.)

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• ENG 2– - Literature Elective (3 CR.) ⁸
• — — - Global Understanding (3 CR.) ⁷
• — — - Humanities/Fine Arts Elective (3 CR.) ⁹
• HUM 298 - Seminar and Project Liberal Arts (1 CR.)

Total credits for the A.A. Degree in Liberal Arts with a Specialization in International Studies: 60-63 credits

Elective should be selected with advice of a counselor or academic advisor to meet requirements of the transfer institution.

¹ Placement testing determines initial foreign language level. Students who place directly into intermediate level foreign language or ASL may take any General Education course to meet the required number of credits. Waivers or credit by exam for previous experience is available for some languages. See the ‘World Language Credit and Waiver’ section of the [Credit for Prior Learning Manual]. Students must complete enough General Education Electives  courses to accumulate a minimum of 60 credits applicable to the Liberal Arts degree. 

² See physical and life science courses listed under General Education Electives .

³ Students who plan to take MTH 245  should take MTH 154  or MTH 161   first. Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155  and MTH 245 , or for both MTH 261  and MTH 263 , or for both MTH 262  and MTH 264 . Students should consult with an advisor to ensure mathematics courses meet their intended transfer institution requirement.

⁴ Select any HIS course listed under social/behavioral sciences in General Education Electives .

⁵ Select any course listed under General Education Electives  or any Global Understanding course from footnote #7.

⁶ Select from the following: CST 100 , CST 110 , CST 126 , or CST 229 .

⁷ Select from ART 103 , ART 200 , HIS 203  , HIS 231 , HIS 241 , HIS 251 , HIS 254 ,  REL 237 , REL 238 .

⁸ Any 200-level literature course with an ENG prefix satisfies this requirement.

⁹ See humanities/fine arts courses listed under General Education Electives .