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2017-2018 Argosy University Academic Catalog—Undergraduate Programs | Volume 8, Issue 1 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Degree Program
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Offering Campuses
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Note:
Campuses with an asterisk ( * ) are currently not accepting new students effective July 2, 2018. If you are interested in an Argosy University program of study at another location or online, please call (855) 758-5664.
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Liberal Arts degree program offers an integrative approach to learning which aims to develop competencies in the basic academic areas and disciplines in higher education. It is designed to extend the capacity for intellectual inquiry through the incorporation of courses that are designed to develop the individual, to prepare them for the workplace, and to participate constructively in a global society. The BA in Liberal Arts degree program is designed to give students the opportunity to integrate real world experience with the critical acquisition of a variety of human knowledge and skills that not only encourages sensitivity to the diversity of human cultures, but also creates a desire to achieve personal and professional excellence.
Program Learning Outcomes
Program Outcome 1a: Oral Communication
Prepare and deliver oral presentations with consideration of the relationship between the topic, audience and situation, using appropriate technology.
Program Outcome 1b: Written Communication
Prepare written documents that adhere to conventions of grammar, mechanics, genre and rhetoric, with consideration of the relationship between the topic, audience and situation.
Program Outcome 2: Interpersonal Effectiveness
Describe and employ the communication tenets and skills that develop and sustain effective interpersonal and organizational relationships.
Program Outcome 3: Ethical Awareness
Identify and analyze the ethical dimensions of social and technological issues, and employ a variety of ethical perspectives to inform their actions in the face of dilemmas they encounter in both personal and professional circumstances.
Program Outcome 4: Sensitivity to Diversity
Examine the cultural dimensions of human behavior, and how adjustments in individual actions can foster collaboration to achieve organizational goals.
Program Outcome 5: Research
Design research studies that generate and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data to develop perspective and viable responses to workplace challenges.
Program Outcome 6: Analysis (Critical Thinking)
Develop a conclusion, opinion or course of action based on exploration and analysis of information, issues, ideas and events involving human behavior.
Admission Requirements
- Applicants must provide proof of high school graduation or GED documented by one of the following:
- Official or unofficial high school transcript (except in Georgia and Tennessee)
- High School Diploma (except in Georgia and Tennessee)
- State issued high school equivalency (home school) (except California)
- Official General Educational Development (GED) document
- Official Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) document
- Official High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) document
- Official college transcript from a regionally accredited institution or nationally accredited institution approved by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences that shows proof of high school graduation or an appropriately certified foreign institution that shows proof of high school graduation
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- Official college transcript from a completed associate’s degree from a regionally accredited institution or nationally accredited institution approved by the College of Arts and Sciences
- A minimum score on an Argosy University pre-approved English language proficiency test is required for all applicants whose native language is not English or who have not graduated from an institution at which English is the language of instruction as specified in Section Five, Admission Policies, English Language Proficiency Policy .
Other Admissions Requirements
All applications for admission must be submitted to the Admissions Department. An admissions representative will help interested applicants complete the following required documentation:
- Complete Application for Admission Form
Graduation Requirements
- Completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours as follows
- 42 credit hours general education curriculum requirements1
- 39 credit hours liberal arts core requirements
- 18 credit hours additional liberal arts requirements
- 21 credit hours open elective requirements2
- Completion of a minimum of 42 credit hours of upper division courses3
- An Argosy University grade point average of 2.0 or higher
- Satisfactory completion of general education curriculum requirements with a grade of “D-” or better
- Satisfactory completion of liberal arts core course requirements with a grade of “C-” or better
- Satisfactory completion of additional liberal arts course requirements with a grade of “C-” or better
- Satisfactory completion of open electives requirements with a grade of “D-” or better
- A minimum of 30 credit hours completed at Argosy University
- A completed Petition to Graduate submitted to campus administration
Notes
1 The General Education Requirements at Argosy University, Sarasota and Argosy University, Tampa are 45 credit hours. To satisfy these requirements, students choose an additional general education elective. Elective Requirements are 6 courses or 18 credit hours. The total credit hours required to complete the program remains the same at 120 credit hours.
2 The Open Electives Requirements are 18 credit hours at Argosy University, Sarasota and Argosy University, Tampa.
3 All students must take a minimum of four courses at the 300 and 400 level within General Education, and a minimum of ten 300 and 400 level courses within the program electives.
Program Requirements
Students enrolled in the BA in Liberal Arts degree program are required to successfully complete 120 credit hours distributed as follows: general education curriculum requirements, 42 credit hours; liberal arts core course requirements, 39 credit hours; additional liberal arts requirements, 18 credit hours; and open electives requirements, 21 credit hours.
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General Education Curriculum Requirements (42 Credit Hours)
Students enrolled in the BA in Liberal Arts degree program are required to successfully complete fourteen general education courses (42 credit hours)4 distributed as follows: Notes 4 The General Education Requirements at Argosy University, Sarasota and Argosy, University, Tampa are 45 credit hours. 5 To satisfy the Academic and Interpersonal Skills requirements, students are required to take ASP100 - Skills for Success and COM180 - Interpersonal Effectiveness during the first semester of attendance. The requirement to take ASP100 Skills for Success will be waived for students who are admitted with a CGPA of 2.0 and who have either 1) completed an associate’s degree from a regionally accredited institution or 2) successfully completed at least 60 semester credit hours of college level coursework. Transfer credit is not accepted for either course. Exceptions to this policy may occur in the case of established course equivalencies with institutions that have a transfer or articulation agreement with Argosy University. Academic and Interpersonal Skills requirements are 3 credit hours at Argosy University, Twin Cities and are fulfilled by successful completion of COM180 Interpersonal Effectiveness. Students at Argosy University, Twin Cities who are required to take ASP100 Skills for Success apply this course towards the Open Electives requirements. Arkansas residents who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs offered through Argosy University Online Programs are not required to take ASP100 Skills for Success and COM180 Interpersonal Effectiveness. 6 Students at Argosy University, Twin Cities are required to take 9 credit hours within the Humanities category. 7 Students at Argosy University, Twin Cities are required to take 9 credit hours within the Social Sciences category. 8 Students at Argosy University, Sarasota and Argosy University, Tampa are required to take 9 credit hours of general education elective courses. Students at Argosy University, Twin Cities are required to take 3 credit hours general education elective courses. Students who receive a waiver for ASP100 Skills for Success take an additional 3 credit hours of general education elective courses as follows. Students at all campuses except Argosy University, Sarasota, Argosy University, Tampa, and Argosy University, Twin Cities take 9 credit hours of general education elective courses. Students at Argosy University, Sarasota and Argosy University, Tampa take 12 credit hours of general education elective courses. Students at Argosy University, Twin Cities apply ASP100 Skills for Success towards the open elective requirements of their selected degree program, and therefore their general education elective requirements are not impacted by the course waiver. Liberal Arts Core Requirements (39 credit hours)
Students enrolled in the BA in Liberal Arts degree program are required to complete thirteen core courses (39 credit hours). All students are required to take four prescribed core courses (12 credit hours). To complete the liberal arts core requirements, students also choose three courses or 9 credit hours from each interdisciplinary category (The Individual, The Workplace, and Society) as listed below (27 credit hours). Liberal Arts Core Requirements — Students Are Required to Take the Following
The Individual — Students Choose Three of the Following
The Workplace — Students Choose Three of the Following
Society—Students Choose Three of the Following
Liberal Arts Core Requirements—39 Credit Hours
† These courses can only be applied to core requirements in the BA in Liberal Arts degree program and cannot be taken to fulfill general education distribution requirements. Additional Liberal Arts Requirements (18 credit hours)
Students enrolled in the BA in Liberal Arts degree program are required successfully complete six courses (18 credit hours) selected from the three interdisciplinary categories that have not been taken to satisfy the liberal arts core requirements. Open Electives Requirements (21 Credit Hours)
Students enrolled in the BA in Liberal Arts degree program are required to successfully complete seven courses (21 credit hours) selected from any area with the approval of the program chair. In addition to courses listed above and in other degree programs, the BA in Liberal Arts offers the following elective course: SOC496 - Liberal Arts Field Placement . Students may be eligible to complete select graduate courses to fulfill some of their undergraduate electives. To qualify to take graduate courses, the student must apply and be accepted in the Master’s Accelerated Plan (MAP); application criteria include a CGPA of at least 3.0, successful completion of a minimum of 60 credit hours toward the bachelor’s degree, and approval from the College Dean. If approved, students may take up to 18 graduate credit hours in an area of interest (see list below). Upon completion of the bachelor’s degree, the student may apply to the master’s program associated with the area of interest listed below. If accepted, the elective courses completed with a grade of B- or better as an undergraduate student may transfer into the graduate degree. - Master of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology (up to 18 credit hours may apply)
- Master of Science in Human Services (up to 18 credit hours may apply)
- Master of Public Health (up to 18 credit hours may apply)
Note Open Electives Requirements are 6 courses or 18 credit hours for students at Argosy University, Sarasota and Argosy University, Tampa Note Students at Argosy University, Twin Cities apply ASP100 - Skills for Success towards the Open Electives Requirements. Students who receive a waiver for ASP100 Skills for Success select a different course to apply towards the Open Electives requirements. Gainful Employment Information
The following links provide program duration, tuition, fees and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important information for the BA in Liberal Arts degree program offered at Argosy University: | Campus | Gainful Employment Information | | Argosy University, Atlanta | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2584 | | Argosy University, Chicago | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2346 | | Argosy University, Dallas | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2240 | | Argosy University, Denver | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2150 | | Argosy University, Hawai’i | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2152 | | Argosy University, Inland Empire | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2189 | | Argosy University, Los Angeles | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2190 | | Argosy University, Nashville | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2455 | | Argosy University, Orange County | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2191 | | Argosy University, Phoenix | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2336 | | Argosy University, Salt Lake City | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2151 | | Argosy University, San Diego | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2192 | | Argosy University, San Francisco Bay Area | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2193 | | Argosy University, Sarasota | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2463 | | Argosy University, Tampa | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2464 | | Argosy University, Twin Cities | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2344 | | Argosy University, Northern Virginia | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/2394 | | Argosy University Online Programs | ge.argosy.edu/programoffering/5413 | |
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