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.