Arts and Sciences Elective Pool

The School of Arts and Sciences (formerly called “General Education”) provides the liberal arts and sciences courses for the other departments. These course areas include psychology, mathematics, humanities, natural science, and English. These courses are integrated into the curriculum so that the projects and exercises are relevant to the skill sets demanded by employers.

The courses offered by the School of Arts and Sciences helps students to improve their critical and analytical thinking skills, enhance their knowledge of the human community, and teach skills in conducting research and communicating knowledge. The Arts and Sciences “elective pool” provides students a good assortment of courses that provide a liberal education as well as expand their knowledge beyond their major. The Associate of Arts degrees require a minimum of 22.5 quarter hours of class work and the Bachelor degrees require 54 quarter hours.