Lead Faculty: Ms. Paz A. Jensen
Faculty Advisors: Paz Jensen and Christine Photinos
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.
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 course work. A plus [+] indicates a diversity enriched offering. All undergraduate students working toward any associate or bachelor's degree must meet the University diversity requirement.
National University has general education requirements in the following eight areas:
AREA A: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION (minimum 15 quarter units):
AREA B: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING (minimum 4.5 quarter units):
AREA C: INFORMATION LITERACY (minimum 4.5 quarter units):
AREA D: ARTS AND HUMANITIES (minimum 13.5 quarter units):
AREA E: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (minimum 13.5 quarter units):
AREA F: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(minimum 6 quarter units required [Note: one science lab is required])
AREA G: MODERN LANGUAGE (minimum 9 quarter units):
(Students may satisfy this area by passing a competency test in any second language. They also may satisfy this requirement with 9 quarter units of computer languages, such as C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic. Students who satisfy competency by examination must still meet the overall general education unit requirement. Students enrolled in a degree program under the School of Business and Management can elect to take general education electives to fulfill this requirement.)
AREA A-G: GENERAL EDUCATION (minimum 4.5 quarter units):
Courses taken to achieve minimum levels of collegiate-level competency in the areas of writing and mathematical concepts and systems do not satisfy any portion of the general education requirement.
This program is available online.
National University is an affiliate of the National University System.