Liberal Studies - Associate of Arts (Major Code - LBS)

The Liberal Studies Associate of Arts degree prepares students for transfer to a university program in Communications, English, Humanities, Journalism, Philosophy, or related areas of study. To ensure seamless transfer, students must develop their specific program in close coordination with a Cochise College advisor and in cooperation with department faculty.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to do the following:

1. Understand, analyze, and articulate the major topics in the Liberal Arts including English, Communications, Humanities, Journalism, and Philosophy.

Communications Concentration:

2. Demonstrate an understanding of, analyze, and articulate basic communication skills and processes as they relate to a variety of communication situations.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of, analyze, and articulate the theories and techniques of persuasion.
4. Critically analyze oral presentations.
5. Research, construct, and deliver public speeches.

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English Concentration:

2. Analyze and critique various worldwide forms of written and visual texts, with emphasis on British and American authors.

3. Construct, according to MLA guidelines, a sustained, sophisticated, and original argument on a specialized topic by using a variety of research strategies and scholarly sources.

4. Employ writing technologies to create academic and professional writing for various audiences and purposes. 

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Humanities Concentration:
2. Demonstrate an understanding of, analyze, and articulate the fundamentals of art, architecture, history, philosophy, music, literature, and film from ancient times to the present.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of and articulate the value of the humanities in a cultural context.

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Journalism Concentration:
2. Demonstrate an understanding of, analyze, and articulate the basics of mass communications media.
3. Gather, write, and evaluate news and other kinds of communication in newspapers, television, radio, magazines, wire services, books, movies, computer/digital form, and other media.
4. Analyze and articulate news values, interviewing techniques, basic newspaper writing formats, and legal and ethical concerns of media, communication, and journalism professionals.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of and analyze public speaking, the fundamentals of speech as they relate to communicating with an audience, and the theories and techniques of persuasion.
6. Prepare and critically analyze oral presentations.
7. Research, construct, and deliver speeches.

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Philosophy Concentration:
2. Identify, analyze, and articulate the history, key figures, and major branches of philosophy.
3. Conduct critical reading of selected classical and contemporary texts and analyze their connections to the individual, to society, and to other bodies of knowledge.
4. Engage in oral argumentation and write critical or analytical essays.
5. Identify, analyze, and articulate the elements of formal logic, symbolic logic, logical fallacies, induction, argument, and language.
6. Identify, analyze, and articulate the elements of moral philosophy with emphasis on the philosophical analysis of contemporary issues.

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