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2025-2026 NOVA Catalog 
    
2025-2026 NOVA Catalog

Liberal Arts: International Studies Major, A.A.

Location(s): AL, AN, LO, MA, NOL, WO


CIP Code: 24.0103

NOVA Code: 648-04

Purpose: This curriculum is designed to prepare students who intend to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in international studies. This major will broaden the student’s education and awareness to include emphasis on comparative cultures, international regimes, and the dynamics of complex interdependence.

Transfer Information: Students are advised to work closely with the faculty and counseling staff for program and course scheduling. Electives should be chosen carefully to meet requirements of the transfer institution. The responsibility for proper course selection rests with the student.

Total 14-15 credits


Total 15-16 credits


Total 15-17 credits


Total 16-17 credits


Total credits for the A.A. Degree in Liberal Arts with a Major in International Studies: 60-62


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 .

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.

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

Select any course listed under General Education Electives  or any Global Understanding course from footnote #7. This elective is not needed if selections for all other requirements total 60 credits or more.

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

7 Select from ART 103 ART 200 GEO 220 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 non-ENG humanities/fine arts courses listed under General Education Electives .