Associate of Arts, A.A.

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The Associate of Arts degree consists of 35 hours of General Education courses and 25 elective credit hours. This degree may serve as a terminal degree for students or as an intermediate degree for students enrolled in a baccalaureate program. All hours earned at the 10000-level or above in satisfying the Associate of Arts degree may be used toward a baccalaureate degree. The requirements for the Associate of Arts degree are:

Total Hours: 60 hours

Required Courses: 35 hours

ENGL 10103 - Composition I A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # ENGL 1013
ENGL 10203 - Composition II A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # ENGL 1023

Social Science: 9 hours

Choose one of the following: 3 hours

HIST 21103 - American History I A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # HIST 2113
HIST 21203 - American History II A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # HIST 2123
PLSC 20003 - American National Government A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # PLSC 2003

Choose two courses from two different disciplines from the following: 6 hours

ANTH 20103 - Cultural Anthropology A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # ANTH 2013
CRJU 10203 - Introduction to Criminal Justice A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # CRJU 1023
ECON 21003 - Principles of Macroeconomics A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # ECON 2103
ECON 22003 - Principles of Microeconomics A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # ECON 2203
GEOG 11003 - General Geography I A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # GEOG 1103
GEOG 22263 - General Geography II
HIST 11103 - World History to 1500 A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # HIST 1113
HIST 11203 - World History Since 1500 A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # HIST 1123
PLSC 21003 - State and Local Government
PSYC 11003 - Introduction to Psychology A.C.T.S. Equivalent # PSY 1103
SOCI 10103 - Introduction to Sociology A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # SOC 1013
SOCI 20103 - Social Problems A.C.T.S. Equivalent Course # SOC 2013

Laboratory Sciences

Choose two 3-hour lecture courses with associated 1-hour labs or two 4-hour courses with integrated labs from the following disciplines:

Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Physics

One of the following:

Any MATH 10000-level or above (excluding MATH 12073 & MATH 22163 )

Electives: 25 hours

All elective courses must be at the 10000-level or above. In addition, 15 hours of electives must be selected from courses that begin with the following prefixes: ANTH, ARAD, ARED, ARHS, ARTS, ASTR, BIOC, BIOL, BIOS, CEMB, CHEM, COMM, DMPR, ENGL, ENSC, ENTO, EPID, FILM, FREN, GDES, GENE, GEOG, GEOL, GEOS, HIST, HUMN, MATH, MBIM, MUED, MUEN, MUHS, MUPD, MUSC, MUTH, PHAR, PHIL, PHSC, PHYS, PLSC, PSYC, SBSC, SOCI, SPAN, SPCH, STAT, THTR, or courses that are listed on the Arkansas Division of Higher Education, Arkansas Course Transfer System website (https://adhe.edu/students-parents/transfer-info-for-students) Click on Arkansas Course Transfer System. Ten elective hours can be any 10000-level or above course selected by the student and his/her academic advisor.

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