May 09, 2025  
2025-2026 SLCC General Catalog 
  
2025-2026 SLCC General Catalog

Humanities: AS


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Associate of Science | 60 credits

Program Website
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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.

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: $100 semester

General Education Requirements


Complete all General Education courses.

  

Program General Education Notes


Courses that meet General Education requirements may be used to meet program requirements unless specified by the program. If this option is chosen, students must complete additional general elective courses to meet the total credit hour requirement. 

Program Requirements (12 Credits)


Foundations Course (3 Credits)


Complete one of the following:

Program Electives (9 Credits)


Select one course from three different Humanities tracks/emphases or select three courses from one track/emphasis below.

Tracks


General Electives (21 credits)


Choose any combination of courses 1000-level or above from any discipline to reach the minimum credit hours needed for the program of study.

Time to Completion & Graduation Map


  • Humanities AS: Full-time  
  • Time to completion is 4 Semesters for full-time students who take 15 to 16 credits each semester

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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