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These courses emphasize the study of cultural, literary, humanistic activities and artistic expression of human beings.  Students will evaluate and interpret the ways in which people through the ages in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation.  Students will also learn to value aesthetic understanding and incorporate these concepts when constructing value judgments.

Courses from Architecture, Art, American Sign Language, Dance, English, French, German, History, Humanities, Italian, Japanese, Mass Communication, Music, Philosophy, Sociology, Speech, Spanish, and Theatre Arts are acceptable.

LIBERAL ARTS A. A. DEGREE
with emphasis in Arts, Humanities and Communications

Dept. No. Title Units
Required Courses:
General Education ( Option 1 * or  Option 2 ) 34-43

Area of Emphasis
(18 units required from courses listed below with at least 2 or more courses from 1 discipline)
     ARCH
14
     ART
2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 3A, 10, 18, 33
     ASL
1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4
     DANC
10, 15
     ENG
1A, 1B, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B, 14, 15, 16, 17,
           18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32, 35, 36
     FR
1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 4
     GER
1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B
     HIST
3, 4, 17, 18, 21
     HUM
18
     ITAL
1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 4
     JPN
1A, 1B, 2A, 2B
     MC
1
     MUS 
5, 6, 10, 12, 18
     PHIL
6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
     SOC
4
     SP
1, 4, 5, 7, 15
     SPAN
1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 4
     TA
1, 2, 11, 15, 69A, 69B
Courses selected can be used to also fulfill a GE area, see a counselor for appropriate course selection; all courses transfer to CSU; courses in BOLD also transfer to UC (*indicates that transfer credit is limited to UC)    

18
Electives (as needed to reach 60 transferable units)
Physical Education Activities 2
DEGREE TOTAL 60
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