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 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: 60-64 credits

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 take sufficient General Education Electives  courses so that they can apply at least 60 credits toward the degree.

² See physical and life science courses listed under General Education Electives . Electives should be selected with advice of a counselor or academic advisor to meet the requirements of the transfer institution.

³ May substitute any higher-level mathematics course. See transfer requirements. Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 261  and MTH 263 . Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 262  and MTH 264 .

⁴ Select any HIS course listed under social/behavioral sciences in General Education Electives . Elective should be selected with advice of a counselor or academic advisor to meet the requirements of the transfer institution.

⁵ Select any course listed under General Education Electives  or any Global Understanding course from footnote #7. Electives should be selected with advice of a counselor or academic advisor to meet the requirements of the transfer institution.

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

⁷ Select from ART 103 , ART 105 , HIS 203  , HIS 231 , HIS 232 , HIS 241 , HIS 251 , HIS 255 , HIS 256 , REL 231 ,REL 232 .

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

⁹ See humanities/fine arts courses listed under General Education Electives . Elective should be selected with advice of a counselor or academic advisor to meet the requirements of the transfer institution.