Liberal Arts Transfer - LTTR.AA

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The Liberal Arts Transfer curriculum is designed to parallel the first two years of a four year institution’s liberal arts program. It is for students who intend to transfer to a senior college and work toward a bachelor’s degree in areas such as English, Journalism, Creative Writing, History, Mass Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, and World Languages, to name a few. The minimum requirements for the degree are 62 semester hours (20 courses), a minimum cumulative quality point average of 2.0, including 6 credits of English Composition, 12 credits in the Humanities, 18 credits in the Social Sciences, and 11 credits in Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Up to six credits may be earned through Cooperative Education.

Upon the successful completion of requirements for this program, the degree of Associate in Arts in Liberal Arts Transfer will be awarded.

Program Goals

The Liberal Arts Transfer program will produce graduates who:

as graduates, transfer to senior institutions having completed the general education requirements of the senior institutions.
as graduates, transfer to senior institutions as full Juniors.
transfer courses as equivalents of prerequisites for junior and senior level courses in their majors at the senior institution.
complete the bachelor’s degree at the same rate as native students.
demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking, quantitative, reasoning, communication, and information and technological literacy.

(LTTR.AA) Curriculum

Semester 1

ENG-101 - English Composition 1 3 credits
PSY-101 - General Psychology 3 credits
EL-LIB - General Liberal Arts Elective 3 credits (Note 1)

Mathematics Elective:

Select one:

MAT-122 - Applied Mathematics 1 3 credits
MAT-101 - Math in a Modern Society 3 credits
MAT-124 - Technical Math 1 4 credits
MAT-115 - Statistics 3 credits

Social Science Elective

Select one:

HIS-110 - Survey of U.S. History and Government 3 credits
PSC-101 - American Government and Politics 1 3 credits

Total: 15-16 credits

Semester 2

ENG-102 - Composition 2: Intro to Literature 3 credits
EL-HIS - General History Elective 3 credits
EL-SCI - General Lab Science Elective 4 credits Except BIO-103 .
EL-LIB - General Liberal Arts Elective 3 credits (Note 1)

Social Science Elective:

Select one:

SOC-101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
ANT-101 - Introduction to Anthropology 3 credits

Total: 16 credits

Semester 3

EL-LIT - General Literature Elective 3 credits
EL-SCI - General Lab Science Elective 4 credits Except BIO-103 .
ENG-105 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication 3 credits
ECN-101 - Economics 1 3 credits
EL-LIB - General Liberal Arts Elective 3 credits (Note 1)

Total: 16 credits

Semester 4

EL-LIT - General Literature Elective 3 credits
EL-RHUM - Restricted Humanities Elective 3 credits (Note 2)
EL-LIB - General Liberal Arts Elective 3 credits (Note 3)(Cultural Diversity Course)
CMP-106 - Computer Basics: Concepts & Applications 3 credits

Philosophy Elective:

Select one:

PHL-101 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits

Total: 15 credits

Total (LTTR.AA) Curriculum Program Credits: 62-63

Notes:

Foreign language recommended. Other Liberal Arts Electives include: Math, Science, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Fine Arts. For those students interested in secondary education, EDU-102 Introduction to Special Needs and EDU-101 Foundations of Education: Urban Perspectives may be taken.
Humanities Electives include: Art, Music, Drama or Creative Writing. Two are needed for students planning to transfer to Westfield State University.Cultural Diversity Elective.