General Studies - South Louisiana Community College

General Studies from South Louisiana Community College is a Campus Associate Liberal Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Associate Degree in General Studies is a transfer program. It is designed to provide the flexibility needed to meet the needs of students who have a variety of backgrounds and interests. This program appeals to students who have identified distinct careers but find no matching curricula available and to those who need to explore interests and test their potential for satisfactory performance in selected areas of a curriculum. Students, in conjunction with an advisor, can design a unique program by selecting courses from among several different disciplines while fulfilling the basic degree requirements of the College. Objectives To enable students to acquire the general education competencies expected of an Associate of General Studies graduate To provide the coursework that will allow students to transfer with minimal or no loss of credit to a variety of baccalaureate degree programs offered by senior institutions To enable students to develop unique career goals and marketable skills for the workplace in the chosen field Expected Learning Outcomes Students completing the Associate of General Studies Degree will Demonstrate competence in written and verbal communication skills, quantitative reasoning and critical thinking Be able to use information technology in their personal and professional lives Grasp the knowledge and skills delivered through the content of concentration area courses Acquire the analytical and critical skills needed to connect core knowledge and skills to discipline-specific information at a higher level of study Curriculum Structure General Education Requirements (27 hours) English (6 hours) Mathematics (6 hours) Natural Science (6 hours) Social/Behavioral Science* (6 hours) Fine Arts (3 hours) *3 hours must be at the sophomore level Concentration (18 hours chosen from one of the five blocks) Applied Science (EMTP, HIM, ITEC, MCIS) Arts and Humanities (ARTS, CMCN, ENGL, FREN, HIST, MUSC, SPAN, SPCH, THEA,) Business Studies (ACCT, ECON, GBUS, HIM, MCIS) Liberal Arts (CJUS, CMCN, ENGL, FREN, GEOG, HIST, HLTH, MUSC, PHED, POLI, PSYC, SOCI, SPAN, THEA, ARTS) Natural Sciences (BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHSC, PHYS) PreK-3 ? See degree plan following the General Studies degree plan Social/Behavioral Science (CDYC, CJUS, ECON, GEOG, HLTH, PHED, POLI, PREK, PSYC, SOCI) Other Requirements (15 Hours) Communication (3 Hours) Computer Literacy (3 Hours) Free Electives (9 Hours) View more details on South Louisiana Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Liberal Studies courses.