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2024-2025 LSUA Catalog 
    
2024-2025 LSUA Catalog

Associate of Arts


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The Associate of Arts can be adapted to help students make progress in meeting the requirements of baccalaureate degrees in education and in traditional liberal arts disciplines such as communication studies, English, geography, history, music, architecture, philosophy, journalism, languages, sociology, religion, political science, or visual and performing arts. Such students should consider the requirements of the particular baccalaureate degree they intend to pursue when they choose courses to meet the elective requirements of the Associate of Arts degree. All Associate of Arts students should consult their academic advisors for approval of all courses not specifically outlined in the curriculum presented below.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Graduates will demonstrate involvement in the university community during their enrollment at LSUA.

  2. Graduates will be academically qualified to transfer to a public four-year university.

  3. Graduates will communicate effectively through written and oral communication.

  4. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of information literacy.

Admission Requirements

Students must meet all requirements for admission to the university. The Associate of Arts has no separate or special admission requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students must complete all of the requirements pertaining to associate degrees as specified in Degree Requirements .

Total Credits: 60


General Education Requirements


See list of approved courses in General Education  section of the catalog.

Total Credits: 6


Social Sciences


Total Credits: 6


Mathematics


Total Credits: 6


Natural Sciences


To meet this requirement and the General Education  Natural Science Elective requirement, students must take either six semester hours of General Education  Natural Science lecture courses and a one-hour laboratory course or nine semester hours of General Education  Natural Science lecture courses.

Total Credits: 6


Humanities


Total Credits: 3


Fine Arts


Total Credits: 3


Total Credits: 30


Electives


  • English Elective Credits: 3 (2000-level or above)
  • General Education  Natural Science Elective Credits: 1 or 3
  • Humanities Elective Credits: 3
  • History Electives Credits: 6
  • Free Electives Credits: 15-17

Total Credits: 30


Suggested Sequence of Courses


 

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