Arts and Sciences (AS)

Program Educational Goals

Upon graduation students will be able to:

1: Read analytically and critically and write persuasively and clearly.

2: Discover, evaluate, interpret, and apply information to support critical inquiry.

3: Frame and solve problems using quantitative strategies with emphasis on strategies with scientific and calculus-based applications.

4: Demonstrate self advocacy by defining and expressing their identities as students.

5: Articulate the relationship between their education and the world at large.

Curriculum

If any of the course requirements are satisfied through proficiency tests or exams, elective credits must be substituted to make up 60 hours. Courses taken to fulfill specific group, math, or language proficiency or multicultural requirements must be taken for a regular grade, not pass/fail.

University Requirements

ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
University Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)

Skill Requirements

Mathematics

one of the following:

MATH 221 - Calculus I Credit(s): 3
MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A Credit(s): 4
MATH 242 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus B Credit(s): 4
MATH 232 - Integrated Calculus IB Credit(s): 3

Second Language

One of the following:

Completion of the elementary-level course (105 or 106) in a language other than English with minimum grades of D-.
- Languages offered include American Sign Language (ASLC), Ancient Greek (GREK), Arabic (ARAB), Brazilian Portuguese (PORT), Chinese (CHIN), French (FREN), German (GRMN), Hebrew (HEBR), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KORE), Latin (LATN), Russian (RUSS), and Spanish (SPAN).

Students with four or more years of high school work in a second language, or who have proficiency in a language other than English, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures .

College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements

GROUP A: Creative Arts and Humanities 6

GROUP B: History and Cultural Change 6

GROUP C: Social and Behavioral Sciences 6

GROUP D: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology 15

At least one course in Group D must be an approved laboratory science course. Students interested in pursuing a B. S. that requires STAT 200 are strongly encouraged to complete it as part of their Group D requirements. C- minimum.

Electives

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree. Students may opt to take one free elective course per semester pass/fail, but the total number of credits taken on a pass/fail basis may not exceed 12, excluding courses that are graded pass/fail only. Courses numbered below 100-level do not count toward a degree.