The Liberal Arts Associate in Arts degree program of study provides a solid core of courses in arts and sciences, allowing students to transfer to Baccalaureate programs at four-year colleges and universities confidently. A wide variety of course choices exist for students to explore content areas in arts and sciences.
In addition to fulfilling the mission of Baccalaureate transfer, the program will also provide the core of general education requirements for all degrees at this College.
The primary objective of the Liberal Arts degree program is transfer. The program is representative of the first two years of a baccalaureate program. Its academic format emphasizes access to various disciplines of knowledge, critical thinking, and the principles and techniques of research within academic subject areas.
Working closely with an Academic Advisor, students select courses that will maximize completion of personal and transfer goals. The degree allows flexibility in using course selections to clarify educational goals and explore career opportunities and interests. This broad experience provides students with academic exposure relevant to intellectual, personal, and social growth.
- Completion of a degree program is based upon discovering and developing academic interests.
- Exposure to various courses that satisfy general education requirements at GBCC and transfer institutions.
- Participation in elective offerings in the Arts and Science disciplines that support intellectual enrichment and continued study in various fields.
Through their involvement in various Arts and Sciences courses, students will develop skills to interpret facts, solve problems, evaluate issues, appreciate aesthetics, develop multiple perspectives, and think critically and creatively.
In addition to Great Bay transfer credit policies, Liberal Arts and Science courses will be considered for transfer regardless of when they were taken as long as they meet minimum grade requirements. See individual department policies for program exceptions on general education requirements. In the case of English and Math course transfers, it may be recommended that the student take portions of the Accuplacer Placement Test to demonstrate the skill level required for success in subsequent classes within the program.
Transfer of a course to this institution does not guarantee transfer of that same course to subsequent institutions. SAT testing may be required by some transfer institutions.
First Year
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
Second Year
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
Liberal Arts electives include the subject codes with a course number of 100 or higher: AMER, ANTH, ARTS, ASL, BIOL, CHEM, DATA, ECON, ENGL, ESCI, FREN, GEOG, HIST, MATH, NATR, PHIL, PHYS, POLS, PSYC, SOCI, SPAN, as well as individual courses BTEC105G, CRMJ150G, and CRMJ206G. Liberal Arts electives must include at least three courses at the 200 level.
Open electives: include any 100-level or higher course the college offers that the student is otherwise eligible to take.