Associate of Arts
Lead Faculty:
Ms. Paz A. Jensen
The Associate of Arts (AA) degree is designed to give students a solid foundation for continuing professional and traditional studies as well as continued intellectual growth.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate critical thinking, reading and writing skills appropriate to upper-division college work.
- Demonstrate critical awareness of the major approaches, methods, assumptions, and applications of different academic disciplines.
- Employ college-level scientific and quantitative reasoning skills to appraise information and to solve problems.
- Develop basic proficiency in another language.
- Demonstrate awareness of past and present human and cultural diversity.
- Access, evaluate and use information gathered through a variety of resources and technologies in developing research projects and presentations.
Requirements
General Education Program RequirementsTo receive the AA degree, students must complete at least 90 quarter units, 31.5 of which must be taken in residence at National University. Of the 90 units required, 70.5 must fall into the areas of general education listed below. The other units can be comprised of either elective courses or students may chose to take a concentration in one of the below areas. General Education Program Requirements The general education program consists of a minimum of 70.5 quarter units. Of the 70.5 units, students must complete at least 4.5 units at the upper-division level and 4.5 units in diversity enriched coursework. A plus [+] indicates a diversity enriched offering. All undergraduate students working toward the Associate of Arts or bachelors degree must meet the University diversity requirement. Students are urged to meet English and mathematics requirements as early as possible in their college studies to avoid serious difficulties in other coursework. Refer to the section on undergraduate admission procedures for specific information regarding application and placement evaluation.General Education Program RequirementsThe general education program consists of a minimum of 70.5 quarter units. Of the 70.5 units, students must complete at least 4.5 units at the upper-division level and 4.5 units in diversity enriched coursework. A plus [+] indicates a diversity enriched offering. All undergraduate students working toward the Associate of Arts or bachelors degree must meet the University diversity requirement.
AREA A: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION (Minimum 10.5 quarter units)
AREA B: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING (Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
