Liberal Arts and Sciences

Associate in Arts (A.A.)

Curriculum Requirements

As a student in this program, you are required to complete a minimum of 60 credit hours with a grade point average of no lower than C (2.0). For this degree program, you must successfully complete the following:

Program Core

• ENG 101 Composition I
• ENG 102 Introduction to Reading Literature
• ENG 103 Composition II
• Complete one of the following:
• COM 100 Human Communication
• COM 110 Public Speaking
• COM 115 Interpersonal Communication
• Complete one of the following:
• FYS 110 First Year Seminar in Humanities
• FYS 120 First Year Seminar in Social Science
• FYS 125 First Year Seminar in the Arts
• FYS 130 First Year Seminar in Science
• Complete one of the following:
• ANT 111 Cultural Anthropology
• PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
• SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
• Complete one of the following:
• HIS 110 Early United States History
• HIS 111 Modern United States History
• POL 100 American Government
• Complete on of the following:
• HIS 100 Early Western Civilization
• HIS 101 Modern Western Civilization
• HIS 112 Early World Civilization
• HIS 122 Modern World History
• PHL 101 Introduction to Philosophy OR PHL 103 Ethics
• CSC 134 Core Word
• CSC 135 Core Excel
• 3 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
• 3-4 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
• 3 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in The Arts
• 3 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in World Language
• 1 credit hour of Health/Physical Education (HPE) Elective

General Education

• 3 credit hours of a 200 level Capstone designated course
• 3 credit hours of 200 level Liberal Arts and Science courses from the following prefixes:
• Art (ART)
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• Anthropology (ANT)
• Biology (BIO)
• Chemistry (CHM)
• Cinema (CIN)
• Communications (COM)
• Economics (ECO)
• English (ENG)
• French (FRN)
• History (HIS)
• Humanities (HUM)
• Mathematics (MAT)
• Music (MUS)
• Nutritional Science (NS)
• Philosophy (PHL)
• Physics (PHY)
• Political Science (POL)
• Psychology (PSY)
• Science (SCI)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Social Science (SSC)
• Spanish (SPN)
• Theatre (THE)
• 3 credit hours of 100 level Liberal Arts and Science courses from the following prefixes:
• Art (ART)
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• Anthropology (ANT)
• Biology (BIO)
• Chemistry (CHM)
• Cinema (CIN)
• Communications (COM)
• Economics (ECO)
• English (ENG)
• French (FRN)
• History (HIS)
• Humanities (HUM)
• Mathematics (MAT)
• Music (MUS)
• Nutritional Science (NS)
• Philosophy (PHL)
• Physics (PHY)
• Political Science (POL)
• Psychology (PSY)
• Science (SCI)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Social Science (SSC)
• Spanish (SPN)
• Theatre (THE)

SUNY General Education Electives

For information on which courses fulfill SUNY General Education Electives and for information on transferring to a four-year school, visit www.flcc.edu/academics/transfer-guidelines.

FLCC Language Placement Guide

*For assistance with choosing language courses that are appropriate to your language experience, check out our World Languages Placement Guide.