LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (LAH) (HEGIS 5649)

This curriculum is designed for the student who intends to transfer to a four-year institution to earn a baccalaureate degree. The program provides a broad, balanced exposure to the liberal arts by incorporating courses in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and sciences. A global perspective requirement further broadens the exposure. By appropriate selection of courses, a student may build a suitable background for further study in a variety of majors, such as literature, journalism, history, political science, economics, dance, foreign language, music, philosophy, psychology, sociology, speech and theatre or for a variety of career goals, such as social work, law, government service, or teaching, writing or editing.  

Dutchess Community College transfers students to a variety of four-year, public and private colleges and universities. Both formal and informal transfer agreements exist. Students are urged to consult their advisors, the faculty, and the Counseling and Career Services staff about transfer opportunities early in their career at Dutchess. Students with strong academic backgrounds who are seeking a special challenge may select a sequence of honors-level courses to fulfill, in part, the A.A. degree requirements. Honors-level courses are open to qualified students only. Interested students should contact the Registrar’s Office for further information and advisement.
The Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree is awarded upon completion of the requirements for this program.

Courses should be selected in consultation with an advisor.

NOTE: The letters in parentheses correspond to important footnotes listed below. Please read these footnotes carefully.

FIRST SEMESTER

Course No.	Descriptive Title	Cr.Hrs.
ENG 101	Composition I	3
	HIS 104, HIS 108, or HIS 121	3
WFE 101	Lifetime Wellness and Fitness	3
	Humanities Recommended: Foreign Language (a)	3
	Science (b)	4
LAH 100	Liberal Arts Humanities Intro. Seminar	1
	TOTAL	17

SECOND SEMESTER

Course No.	Descriptive Title	Cr.Hrs.
BHS 103	Social Problems in Today's World	3
ENG 102	Composition II	3
	Humanities Recommended: Foreign Language (a)	3
	Math (c)	3
	Science (c)	4
	TOTAL	16

THIRD & FOURTH SEMESTERS

Course No.	Descriptive Title	Cr.Hrs.
	English Courses (d)	6
	Global Perspective Course (e)	3
	Humanities (a)	3
	Social Science Courses (f)	9
	Electives (g)	6-7
	Free Electives (h)	3-4
	TOTAL	31

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 64

a. Humanities Courses: Students must select at least one course from General Education Appendices H or I, page 99. Students may not use ENG 102 to satisfy the Humanities requirement. After selecting one course from Appendices H or I, students may choose additional courses in Art, Dance, French, German, Humanities, Italian, Music, Philosophy, Spanish, Speech, and Theatre. Students must choose at least two fields.
b. Science courses: Applicable four-credit courses in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physical science, physics. See the
General Education Appendix B, page 99 of the college catalog.
c. Mathematics courses: Students must meet the math course prerequisites. Students planning to meet the SUNY General Education
requirements for transfer to SUNY institutions should select a course from Appendix A, page 99 of the college catalog. MAT 109 satisfies the mathematics requirement of the Associate in Arts degree program in Humanities and Social Science.
d. English courses: Any 200-level course except ENG 211 and 217.
e. Global Perspective courses: ART 103; BHS 204, 208, 210, 214;DAN 108; ECO 121; ENG 213, 221, 264, 267; GEO 101, 102;
GOV 219, 220, 221, 223; HIS 107, 206, 207; PHI 203; PHS 103. A Global Perspective course (for instance PHS 103) may be used to
satisfy a requirement in the field from which the course came from (science) as well as the global perspective requirement. Although the Global Perspective course may be used to satisfy two distribution requirements, the credits may be used only once toward the degree; therefore, additional elective credits (in this case, 3 cr. hrs.) must be used to meet the total credit requirement of the program. If a student chooses to use a Global Perspective requirement to meet a second requirement, he/she must submit a waiver specifying the field requirement to be met (in this example: science).
f. Social Science courses: Students must select courses from the fields of the Behavioral Sciences, Economics, Geography,
Government,History, or Psychology. Students must complete a total of nine credits and choose courses from at least two fields. BHS 103 may not be used to satisfy the Social Science requirement.
g. Elective courses: Any applicable course. Courses applicable in this program are: (a) specific courses listed above; (b) courses
applicable in all programs, see page 98. Recommended courses are listed in the General Education Appendices D, E, F, and H; see
page 99 of the college catalog. Students may select a course from Appendix D only if HIS 104 or HIS 121 have not been previously taken. Students may select a course from Appendix F only if HIS 108 has not been previously taken. Free elective: See page 98 for a full discussion.
f. Social Science Courses: Students must select one Social Science course from the following: BHS 204, 208, 210, 214, GEO 102,
GOV 219, 220, 223, HIS 107, 108, 206. Students may choose additional courses in Behavioral Science, Economics, Geography,
Government, History, HGE 101 and Psychology. Students may choose additional courses in Behavioral Science, Economics,
Geography, Government, History, HGE 101 and Psychology. Students must complete a total of nine credits and choose at least
two fields. BHS 103 may not be used to satisfy the Social Science requirement.
g. Electives: Creative Writing Track: students should take ENG 218 and ENG 226 and another relevant writing course. Informational
Writing Track: students should take ENG 217 and ENG 211.
h. Free Elective: see page 98 of the college catalog for a full discussion.