Program Overview

The Associate of Arts (AA) degree is designed for students who intend to continue their education and obtain a baccalaureate degree. The AA is the appropriate choice for students who will take upper division coursework in the arts, humanities, or social and behavioral sciences. The degree program includes the Colorado Statewide General Education Core and meets the lower division general education requirements at most public institutions in Colorado.

The Social Science emphasis within the Liberal Arts major provides students with the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the various disciplines which traditionally constitute the Social Sciences: Anthropology, History, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, and Geography.

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What to Do with a Major?

All CMU/WCCC associate graduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in specialized knowledge/applied learning, quantitative fluency, communication fluency, critical thinking, personal and social responsibility, and information literacy. In addition to these campus‐wide student learning outcomes, graduates of this major will be able to: