PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND COURSE MATRIX- A.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Concentration in International Studies
Program Outcomes
1. Communicate effectively through reading, writing,
listening and speaking.
2. Use analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems
and evaluate evidence in order to make informed
decision
3. Reason quantitatively and mathematically as required
in their fields of interest and in everyday life
4. Use information management and technology skills
effectively for academic research and lifelong learning
5. Integrate knowledge and skills in their program of
study
6. Differentiate and make informed decisions about
issues based on multiple value systems
7. Work collaboratively in diverse groups directed at
accomplishing learning objectives
8. Use historical or social sciences perspectives to
examine formation of ideas, human behavior, social
institutions, or social processes
9. Employ concepts and methods of the natural and
physical sciences to make informed judgments
10. Apply aesthetic and intellectual criteria in the
evaluation or creation of works in the humanities or the
arts
Major Courses
Two Foreign
Language
Courses ( 2
sequential
courses are
required,
level &
sequence to
be
determined
by
department
placement)
HI 110, HI 111 or HI 112 (if
already taken in common
core, 1 course from HI 100
Series is recommended; if 2
History courses have been
taken in common core1
additional course from
Foreign Language Culture
and/or Literature Courses
in Translation (400-800
level); HI 118, HI 133, HI
140, HI 141, HI 152, HI 191,
HI 195, MU 120, MU 180,
AR 310, AR 311, AR 312, AR
326, AR 328, ANTH 101,
ANTH 130, ANTH 150,
ECON 235, PLSC 140)
SP 211 (if already taken in
common core, 1 course
from HI 100 Series is
recommended; if 2 History
courses have been taken in
common core, 1 additional
course recommended from
Foreign Language Culture
and/or Literature Courses
in Translation (400-800
level); HI 118, HI 133, HI
140, HI 141, HI 152, HI 191,
HI 195, MU 120, MU 180,
AR 310, AR 311, AR 312, AR
326, AR 328, ANTH 101,
ANTH 130, ANTH 150,
ECON 235, PLSC 140)
One
English
course
from
EN-444,
EN-445,
or EN446
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One science
lab. course
(STEM variant
in common
core satisfies
this
requirement):
Applicable
courses
include BI132, BI-171;
CH-102, CH111, CH-121;
ET-842; PH112
Choose 3 credits from
Foreign Language 200
or 300 level and 5–6
credits from: Foreign
Language Culture
and/or Literature
Courses in Translation
(400-800 level); HI118, HI-133, HI-140,
HI-141, HI-152, HI191, HI-195; MU-120,
MU-180; AR-310, AR311,AR-312, AR-326,
AR-328; ANTH-101,
ANTH-130, ANTH-150,
ECON-235, PLSC-140
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