Academic Programs

Arts and Sciences: Cultural Studies

Award: Associate of Arts
Number of credits required: 60
Locations: La Plata Campus (LAPL)
Offered: Days And Evenings
Contact: M. Layer, Interim Chair

Description:

This transfer option of the Arts and Sciences Associate of Arts degree provides students with opportunities to explore American and international cultural practices. Students examine their everyday lives in contexts such as national identity, communication, gender issues, globalization and the American influence, and race and ethnicity. The degree, which transfers to Towson and UMUC, is appropriate for students with majors at four-year institutions geared toward interdisciplinary studies, such as pre-law, anthropology, sociology, or political diplomacy or for students who wish to enter a program of study with specific concentrations, such as ethnic literature or social advocacy.

The maximum number of credits accepted in transfer from other institutions to this program is 45.

Required Courses:

Take ENG-1010 ENG-1020 ITS-1015 COM-1020 COM-1350 PSY-1010 SOC-2010 ;

Arts:

Take 3 credits; From ART-2614 ART-2616 ART-2618 ;

Bio/Physical Science:

Take 1 group; #Take 8 credits (2 lab sciences) from general education course listing, one each in biological and physical science; #Take BIO-2070 BIO-2070L BIO-2080 BIO-2080L ; #Take CHE-1200 CHE-1200L CHE-1210 ; #Take CHE-2200 CHE-2200L CHE-2210 ; #Take PHY-1010 PHY-1010L PHY-1020 PHY-1020L ;

Emerging Issues:

Take 3 credits from FRE-1050 HST-1014 LAN-1050 LAN-1080 PHL-1050 SPA-1050

Humanities:

Take 3 credits from COM-1250 COM-1450 HST-1031 HST-1032 HST-1034 PHL-1410 PHL-1030 ;

English Literature:

Take 3 credits; From ENG-2240 ENG-2250 ENG-2260 ENG-2270 ;

Mathematics:

Take 3 credits; From MTH-1100 MTH-1120 MTH-1560 MTH-2300 ;

Social Sciences:

Take 3 credits; From ECN-1015 ECN-2010 ECN-2020 GRY-1050 GRY-2020 POL-1050 POL-2010 SOC-2100 ;

Electives:

Take 13 credits from any courses 1001 and above except MTH-1040

Last Update: October 10, 2008