Liberal Arts

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Program Duration: 2 Year Program
Degree Type: Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Total Credit Hours: 61

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About This Program

Explore a wide range of subjects and courses while developing critical thinking and communication skills. The Liberal Arts program offers a flexible, balanced academic course of study that fully prepares you for transfer to a four-year college. This program allows you to choose within several required course categories and focus your studies through general education courses. You can explore a personal interest or meet requirements of a transfer institution’s major. Liberal Arts is also ideal for students currently undecided about career goals who wish to sample different areas of study and select those which fit them best.

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Semester 1

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits	Gen Ed Req.
FYE 101 - First Year Experience		3 credits
ENGL 101 - English Composition I or ENGL 101H - English Composition I (Honors)		3 credits	Writing, Research, and Info Lit 1
CIS 103 - Introduction to Information Technology ^*		3 credits	Technological Competency
FNMT 101 - Quantitative Reasoning or FNMT 118 - Intermediate Algebra or MATH 161 - Precalculus I or higher ^**	For FNMT 101 or FNMT 118: FNMT 017 or FNMT 019 completed or FNMT 118 (or higher) placement For MATH 161: FNMT 118 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement in MATH 161 or higher	3 credits	Quantitative Reasoning
HIST 101 - United States History: Colonial America through the Revolutionary Period or PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology or PSYC 101H - 101H Introduction to Psychology (Honors) or SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology or SOC 101H - Introduction to Sociology (Honors) or ANTH 101- Introduction to Anthropology ^***		3 credits	Cultural Analysis & Interpretation

Semester 2

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits	Gen Ed Req.
ENGL 102 - The Research Paper or ENGL 102H - The Research Paper (Honors)	ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits	Writing, Research, and Info Lit 2d
BLAS 101 - Introduction to Black Studies or HIST 121 - World History: The Distant Past or HIST 122 - World History: The Recent Past or HUM 101 - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century or HUM 101H - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century (Honors) or HUM 102 - Cultural Traditions: 14th Century to the Present or HUM 102H - Cultural Traditions: 14th Century to the Present (Honors) or World Language 101: Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish or ENGL 190 - Introduction to Literature or any 200-level English course (with the exception of ENGL 214) or ^***	For BLAS 102: BLAS 101 For ENGL 190, ENGL 137, and ENGL 205 through ENGL 272: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ENGL 115 - Public Speaking or ENGL 116 - Interpersonal Communication or ENGL 117- Group/Team Communication or ENGL 118 - Intercultural Communication	ENGL 101, which may be taken concurrently	3 credits	Oral Communication/Creative Expression
BIOL 106 - General Biology I or CHEM 105 - Inquiry into Chemistry		4 credits	Scientific Reasoning
General Elective^**		3 credits

Semester 3

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits
ANTH 112 - Cultural Anthropology or or HIST 102 - United States History: The Civil War and the 19th Century or HIST 103 - United States History: The 20th Century and Beyond or HIST 103H - United States and Pennsylvania History: The 20th Century (Honors) or PSYC 205 - Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology or PSYC 215 - Developmental Psychology or PSYC 215H - Developmental Psychology (Honors) or SOC/POLS 230 - Political Activism and Social Movements or SOC 231- Social Problems or SOC 233 - Race, Ethnicity and Social Inequalities ^***	PSYC 205: PSYC 101 PSYC 215: PSYC 101 or BIOL 109 SOC/POLS 230: SOC 101 or POLS 101; ENGL 101 SOC 231 and SOC 233: SOC 101 or ANTH 112	3 credits
General Elective^**		3 or 4 credits
BLAS 102 - Global Black Theory and Social Change or HIST 121 - World History: The Distant Past or HIST 122 - World History: The Recent Past or HUM 101 - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century or HUM 101H - Cultural Traditions: Ancient to the 13th Century (Honors) or HUM 102 - Cultural Traditions: 14th Century to the Present or World Language 101: Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish or ENGL 190 - Introduction to Literature or any 200-level English course (with the exception of ENGL 214) or ^***	For ENGL 190, ENGL 137, and ENGL 205 through ENGL 272: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ENGL 250 - Survey of African American Literature: From Colonization to the Harlem Renaissance or ENGL 251 - Survey of African American Literature: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Present or ENGL 251- African-American Literature or HIST 146 - Latino-American History or HIST 220 - African-American History to 1877 or HIST 221 - African-American History after 1865 or MUS 120 - Music of African- Americans or RS 170 - Religion in American History ^†	For ENGL 221, 222, 250 and 251: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ART 103 - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance or ART 103H - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance (Honors) or ART 104 - History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern or ART 104H - History of Art: Renaissance to Modern (Honors) or ART 105 - Drawing I or ART 109 - Ceramics I or ENGL 131 - Acting I or ENGL 137 - Introduction to Theater or ENGL 205 - Creative Writing or MUS 103 - Introduction to Music or PHOT 101 - Introduction to 35mm Film Camera and Darkroom Techniques or PHOT 105 - Introduction to Digital Photography^†	For ENGL 205: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 or 4 credits

Semester 4

Course Number and Name	Prerequisites and Corequisites	Credits
GEOG 180 - Urban Geography or JUS 101- Survey of Criminal Justice or PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy or PHIL 101H - Introduction to Philosophy (Honors) or POLS 111 - American Government or POLS 111H - American Government (Honors) or POLS 117 - City and State Government and Politics, with Cases from Philadelphia and Pennsylvania or PSYC 221 - Social Psychology or SOC 215 - Criminology	PSYC 221: PSYC 101 SOC 212, SOC 215: SOC 101 or ANTH 112	3 credits
ENGL 260 -Women in Literature or GS 101 - Introduction to Gender Studies or GS 110 - Global Perspectives in Gender Studies or PHIL 202 - Philosophy of Love or PSYC 202 - Human Sexuality or SOC 115 - Gender and Society	For ANTH 202:ENGL 101andANTH 101,ANTH 112orSOC 101. For PSYC 202:PSYC 101 For ENGL 260: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better	3 credits
ANTH 211 - African Peoples and Cultures or ANTH 215 - Peoples and Cultures of Asia or GLS 101 - Introduction to Global Studies or GEOG 103 - Introduction to Human Geography or GS 110 - Global Perspectives in Gender Studies or HUM 130 - Introduction to Japanese Culture and Civilization or HUM 150 - Introduction to Latin American Cultures and Civilizations or HUM 170 - Middle East Cultures and Civilizations or HUM 180 - Introduction to African Cultures and Civilization or RS 151/PHIL 151 - World Religions ^†	For ANTH 211 or ANTH 215: Any social or behavioral Science course. For HUM 130, 150, 170, 180, 190: ENGL 101, which may be taken concurrently	3 credits
General Elective ^**		3 or 4 credits
CHEM 103 - Fundamentals of Chemistry I (Non-Lab Based) or EASC 111 - Environmental Conservation or EASC 111H - Environmental Conservation (Honors) or PHYS 108 - Descriptive Astronomy		3 credits

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