Liberal Arts A.A. Degree with Emphasis in Arts, Humanities, and Communication Studies

The Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts is designed for students who wish a broad knowledge of liberal arts and sciences plus additional coursework in an "Area of Emphasis." This area of emphasis would be an ideal choice for students planning on transferring to California State University or the University of California. The student can satisfy their general education requirements and focus on transferable course work related to majors at CSU or UC.

Liberal Arts AA Degree with Emphasis in Arts, Humanities, and Communication courses emphasize the study of cultural, literary, humanistic activities and artistic expression of human beings. Students will evaluate and interpret how people through the ages in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation. Students will also learn to value aesthetic understanding and incorporate these concepts when constructing value judgments.

The Arts, Humanities, and Culture areas allow students to appreciate and develop philosophical, cultural, and literary perspective, encouraging independence, and aesthetic sensibility, adapt, respond, and grow in the diverse, global, and rapidly changing environment of the 21st century. Students completing courses in this category will demonstrate an ability to:

communicate effectively in many different situations involving diverse people and viewpoints.

Analyze the variety of forms of expression and how those are used to communicate social, cultural, and personal ideas, feelings, and concepts.

Show how and why the visual and performing arts are unique and how inherent meaning in the arts transcend written and verbal communication.

Effectively communicate and express themselves and make themselves understood through visual, auditory, tactile, and symbolic means.

Understand and appreciate diverse local, national, and world contexts.

Connect knowledge of self and society to larger cultural contexts.

Articulate the differences and similarities between and within cultures.