The AA/AS in Humanities and Social Sciences is designed to (a) allow students to explore different majors and career paths within the humanities and social sciences, (b) provide a completion point for students who do not want to pursue a bachelor’s degree, and (c) facilitate transfer to another institution for students who would like to finish their bachelor’s degree elsewhere. The curriculum consists of 35 credits of general education,12credits of electives in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and 13 free electives from any college within the university.

Total Program Credits: 60

General Education Requirements:			35 Credits
	ENGL 1010	Introduction to Academic Writing  CC	3
or	ENGH 1005	Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC (5)
	ENGL 2010	Intermediate Academic Writing CC	3
Complete one of the following			3
	MAT 1030	Quantitative Reasoing QL (3) (recommended for Humanities or Arts majors)
	MAT 1035	Quantitative Reasoing with Intergrated Algebra QL (6)
	STAT 1040	Introduction to Statistics QL (3) (recommended for Social Science majors)
	STAT 1045	Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)
	MATH 1050	College Algebra QL (4) (recommended for Business, Education, Science, and Health Professions majors)
	MATH 1055	College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)
	MATH 1090	College Algebra for Business QL (3) (recommended for Business majors)
Complete one of the following:			3
	HIST 1700	American Civilization AS (3)
	HIST 1740	US Economic History AS (3)
	HIST 2700	US History to 1877 AS (3)
and	HIST 2710	US History since 1877 AS (3)
	POLS 1000	American Heritage SS (3)
	POLS 1100	American National Government AS (3)
Complete the following:
	PHIL 2050	Ethics and Values IH	3
	HLTH 1100	Personal Health and Wellness TE (2.0)
or	EXSC 1097	Fitness for Life TE	2
Distribution Courses:
	Biology		3
	Physical Science		3
	Additional Biology or Physical Science		3
	Humanities		3
	Fine Arts		3
	Social/Behavioral Science		3
Discipline Core Requirements:			12 Credits
Any additional Humanities and Social Sciences Course 1000 or 2000 level with the following prefix: AIST, AMST, ANTH, ASL, BESC, CHIN, CHST, CINE, CLST, CNST, COMM, ENGL, FAMS, FREN, GER, GRK, HIST, HUM, IS, LATN, PHIL, POLS, PORT, PSY, RUS, SOC, SOSC, SPAN, SW			12
Elective Requirements:			13 Credits
Same foreign Language			8
Complete 5 credits in any course 1000 level and above			5

 Graduation Requirements:

1. Completion of a minimum of 60 semester credits.
2. Overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) or above (departments may require a higher GPA).
3. Residency hours: minimum of 20 credit hours through course attendance at UVU,
4. Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements.
5. For the AA degree, completion of 8 credit hours of course work from one language.