Associate in Arts
Designed primarily for students who plan on transferring to the University of California or California State University, the associate degree in Liberal Arts represents the completion of a broad area of study with an emphasis in one of the following four areas: Arts and Letters; Business and Computer Information Systems; Science, Math and Engineering; or Social and Behavioral Sciences. The degree allows the student to develop a broad set of essential life and work competencies such as communication, critical thinking, problem solving, quantitative reasoning and multicultural skills. Students complete a minimum of 27 units from one of the four emphasis areas, the A.A. degree General Education requirements and the A.A./A.S. degree requirements noted in the campus catalog. Courses used for the 27-unit emphasis area requirement may not be used to satisfy the General Education requirements. Note: Students are limited to earning one Liberal Arts degree.