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2024-2025 SLCC General Catalog
Humanities: AA
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Associate of Arts | 61 credits minimum
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Program Description
The Humanities disciplines study the ideas and the meaning-making practices of human cultures, past and present. In seeking to understand the human condition, it prompts empathy, encourages reflection, and demands engagement with complex moral issues. The Humanities explore human experience through examination of texts, performances, art symbols, cultural and historical systems, and other modes of human expression. They most frequently employ historical interpretation, rhetorical analysis, the cultivation of style, creativity, and imagination as part of their analytical frameworks. Humanities disciplines try to understand the quality of cultural products, and what that quality tells us about the values of the individuals and their culture as well as our own.
Disciplines that make up this Humanities degree include:
- English Studies
- History
- Humanities
- International Studies
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
- World Languages & American Sign Language
- Writing Studies
This program provides students the opportunity to explore the various Humanities disciplines and their approaches with the option to gain a 9-credit emphasis in one. The list of courses from which to choose is based on articulation with lower division requirements in majors programs at the USHE institutions to which most SLCC students transfer. Students who complete this program as designed will be able to start out at junior status upon transfer. This program also allows students to earn the AA without taking additional hours. Furthermore, students can explore areas outside of the Humanities without sacrificing time and resources toward completion of this degree.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities include writing, teaching, publishing, law, journalism, foreign service, advertising, administration, social work, archival and curatorial work, government and civil service, public relations, human resources, management, etc.
Transfer/Articulation Information
Please refer to the Student Resources section of the SLCC University Transfer webpage.
Estimated Cost for Students
Tuition and student fees: http://www.slcc.edu/student/financial/tuition-fees.aspx
Books: $125 per semester
Course Fees: $15 per each language course
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General Education Requirements
Complete all General Education courses. Refer to Notes for program specific requirements and recommendations.
Note: For this A.A. degree, program coursework may also be applied to fulfill General Education requirements where applicable. Available credit hours are reallocated to “General Electives”.
A.A. Language Requirement (4 Credits)
All Associate of Arts (A.A.) programs require LANG* 1020 (4 credit hours)** or higher.
Novice & Intermediate Speakers/Signers
- Students without experience in a second language may be required to take LANG 1010 before enrolling in LANG 1020.
- Students with previous language experience may take a placement test and enroll directly into LANG 1020 or higher.
Advanced Speakers/Signers
Dual-language immersion students, heritage speakers, and other students who have adequate proficiency in a second language may satisfy this language requirement through:
- Proficiency assessment/exam.
- AP score of 3 or higher.
- Prior equivalent college-level coursework.
- Completion of LANG 2010 or 2020.
- Completion of SPN 2040 .
Non-Native English Speakers
Non-native speakers of English are required to use English to meet the language requirement.
Notes:
*The “LANG” prefix is a placeholder to represent any language taught at SLCC.
**Unless otherwise indicated or listed, credit hours from LANG 1010, 1020, 2010, and 2020 will be allocated to ”General Electives”.
Program Requirements (12 Credits)
Foundations Courses (3 Credits)
Complete ONE of the following required courses:
Program Electives (9 Credits)
Explore the humanities by selecting one course from three different disciplines -or- select one track:
Humanities Exploration (9 Credits)
Complete three courses, each one from a distinct discipline:
Tracks (9 Credits)
For students who want to emphasize an area, select one of the following tracks:
English Studies Track (9 Credits)
Complete three courses from the following:
History Track (9 Credits)
International Studies Track (9 Credits)
Philosophy Track (9 Credits)
Complete one 1000-level PHIL course and two 2000-level PHIL courses.
Religious Studies Track (9 Credits)
Spanish - Advanced Proficiency Track (9 Credits)
This emphasis is for Spanish speakers with advanced-level proficiency to continue building mastery beyond the intermediate level and to establish, develop, and expand cultural knowledge and competency.
World Languages Track (9 Credits)
Complete the courses in one target language (“LANG”). The four-semester course sequence is offered in Arabic (ARB), Mandarin Chinese (CHI), French (FRN), Italian (ITL), Japanese (JPN), Portuguese (POR), Russian (RUS), Spanish (SPN), and American Sign Language (ASL). Each course is 4 credit hours.
Complete up to at least LANG 2010 from the sequence:
- LANG 1010 1st Semester Language
- LANG 1020 2nd Semester Language (LN)
- LANG 2010 3rd Semester Language (LN)
- LANG 2020 4th Semester Language (LN)
(LANG 2020 must be completed prior to entering language major for B.A. degree. LANG 2020 required for B.A. degree in any major. Check the transfer institution for specific requirements.)
LANG Track Electives:
If needed, take any of the following electives to complete the minimum total credit hours for the track.
Optional Recommended Electives for Transfer:
Note: The University of Utah requires ENGL 2030 or ENGL 2630 for its B.A. language majors.
- ENGL 2030 articulates as WLC 2020 “Language in Society” to the University of Utah. Advising note: Course recommended for “HU” General Education distribution area.
- ENGL 2630 articulates as WLC 2010 “Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture” to the University of Utah. In addition to a B.A. language major, this course is required for the World Languages & Cultures major and minor at the University of Utah.
Writing Studies Track (9 Credits)
General Electives (15 Credits)
Select at least 15 credits (about 5 courses) numbered at 1000 or above from any discipline.
Language Courses: All language course credit hours are allocated as “General Electives” except:
- For students following the “Humanities Exploration” pathway, LANG 1010 counts as one of the three needed courses.
- For students in the “World Languages” track, LANG 1010 through LANG 2020 will be applied toward the track’s needed credit hour threshold.
Time to Completion & Graduation Map
Program Learning Outcomes
Program learning outcome alignment with Student Learning Outcomes in brackets.
- Derive evidence from primary sources regarding the complexities and changes in human experience through analytical reading and critical thought. [1,4]
- Describe and critically analyze how human experience, values and understandings, and conceptual frameworks regarding self and the world are shaped by human agency along with social, cultural, linguistic, technological, and/or historical circumstances; and vice versa. [1,4]
- Demonstrate attentiveness to language, images, or acoustic media, and communicate meaning. [2,4]
- Demonstrate appropriate use of verbal, perceptual, or imaginative skills when organizing meanings, developing a sense of self, and balancing potentially disparate values. [2,4]
- Collect and sift appropriate source material in the library or online and provide appropriate and thorough attribution. [8]
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