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Associate of Arts

Even if you have little or no previous college credit, you can earn an Associate of Arts degree in as little as one night a week. You can then take the next step and earn your B.A.

Degree Requirements*

General Education Requirements (57 credits)

Humanities (20 credits)

ENGL 1013 Expository Writing
ENGL 1023 MLA Research Writing
ENGL 2003
COMM 1223 Speaking Before Groups
ARTE 1022 Art Appreciation

Language Arts (5 credits)
Select from the following:

COMM 3893 Issues in Cross Cultural Communication
COMM 4443 Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
ENGL 3553 The Literature of CS Lewis
ENGL xxx3 Any Course in Literature (except ENGL 2003)
Any biblical or modern language course
Any communication course except COMM 1223

Science and Mathematics (10 credits)

Must include one quantitative reasoning course and one lab science

Social Sciences (15 credits)

HIST xxx3 Any Course in History

Select three areas from the following (12 credits):

Church History or Political Science
Economics (BUSM 2303 or BUSM 2353)
Geography
Philosophy (except PHIL 2703)
Physical Education
PSYC 1013 General Psychology
SOCI 1113 Survey of Sociology

Biblical Studies (16 credits)

BIBL 1103 OT History and Literature
BIBL 1203 NT History and Literature
BIBL 2003
BIBL 3523 Bible Concepts of Leadership
BIBL 3533
BIBL 4791 Faith Integration

* - The final digit of each course number determines credit amount (for example, BUSM 1013 is a 3 credit course)