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About the Liberal Arts Division

The Liberal Arts Division is committed to helping the diverse student body at Contra Costa College achieve personal, academic and educational goals. The Division is uniquely qualified to assist students towards mastering basic skills, developing critical and independent thinking skills, assessing values and ethics, and developing and appreciating the esthetics of creative and performing arts.

The primary responsibility of the Division is to support and educate students through an ongoing assessment process that fosters self-development, skills building, oral and written communication, creative arts, and visual expression.

To this end, the Division promotes a challenging, learner-centered, life-long learning environment by providing counseling, curriculum, and instruction that respects the individuality and potential growth of our students.

Program: Liberal Arts

Degrees and Certificates

Each Liberal Arts major draws from an array of academic disciplines and departments for its course curriculum. See the individual disciplines under Programs of Study for descriptions of the courses connected below to each major.

Major - Associate in Arts Degree - Liberal Arts:
Communication in The English Language.........18 Units
Select a minimum of 18 units from the following ‘Communication in
the English Language’ courses. For depth, include a minimum of two
courses from a single discipline; for breadth, include at least two
disciplines in your selection. Courses can also be counted toward
completion of General Education requirements.

These courses emphasize the content of communication as well as
the form and should provide an understanding of the psychological
basis and social significance of communication. Students will be
able to assess communication as the process of human symbolic
interaction. Students will also develop skills in the areas of reasoning
and advocacy, organization, accuracy, reading and listening
effectively. Students will be able to integrate important concepts of
critical thinking as related to the development of analysis, critical
evaluation, to reason inductively and deductively that will enable
them to make important decisions regarding their own lives and
society at large.

Computer Information Systems 125
English 1A, 1B, 1C
Math 140
Philosophy 130
Speech 120, 121, 121I, 128, 141, 142, 160B

Major - Associate in Arts Degree - Liberal Arts: Math
& Science.............................................................18 Units
Select a minimum of 18 units from the following ‘Communication in
the Math & Science’ courses. For depth, include a minimum of two
courses from a single discipline; for breadth, include at least two
disciplines in your selection. Courses can also be counted toward
completion of General Education requirements.

These courses emphasize the natural sciences which examine the
physical universe, its life forms and its natural phenomena. Courses
in Math emphasize the development of mathematical and quantitative
reasoning skills beyond the level of intermediate algebra.
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the
methodologies of science as investigative tools. Students will also
examine the influence that the acquisition of scientific knowledge
has on the development of the world’s civilizations.

Anthropology 140, 140L,
Astronomy 120
Business 240
Biological Science 102, 110, 119, 132,134,140, 141, 148
Chemistry 109, 119, 120, 121, 220, 226, 227
Geography 120 & 120L
Math 121, 164, 170, 171, 180, 185, 190, 191, 200, 290, 292
Physics 110 & 110L, 120 or 120H, 121 or 121H, 130, 230, 231

Major - Associate in Arts Degree - Liberal Arts: Social
& Behavioral Sciences........................................18 Units
Select a minimum of 18 units from the following ‘Communication in
the Social & Behavioral Sciences’ courses. For depth, include a minimum
of two courses from a single discipline; for breadth, include at
least two disciplines in your selection. Courses can also be counted
toward completion of General Education requirements.

These courses emphasize the perspective, concepts, theories and
methodologies of the disciplines typically found in the vast variety
of disciplines that comprise study in the Social and Behavioral
Sciences. Students will study about themselves and others as
members of a larger society. Topics and discussion to stimulate
critical thinking about ways people have acted in response to their
societies will allow students to evaluate how societies and social
subgroups operate.

Administration of Justice 120, 121, 223
African American Studies 110, 120, 125, 226
Anthropology 125, 130, 140, 150
Early Childhood Education 120, 144, 220
Economics 125, 225, 221
Geography 130, 150, 160
History 110, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 140, 141,
LaRaza Studies 113, 125, 141, 142
Political Science 125, 225
Psychology 118, 122, 126, 128, 130, 132, 135, 140, 220, 222
Social Science 140
Sociology 220, 221, 225, 245, 250
Speech 122, 153

Major – Certificate of Achievement - Liberal Arts:
Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics..................................(STEM) 18 Units
*Pending State Approval
Select a minimum of 18 units from the following ‘STEM’ courses. For
depth, include a minimum of two courses from a single discipline;
for breadth, include at least two disciplines in your selection.

Anthropology 140, 140L
Astronomy 120
Business 240
Biological Science 102, 110, 119, 132, 134, 140, 141, 148, 157, 159, 160, 172
Chemistry 109, 119, 120, 121, 220, 226, 227
Computer Information System 135
Computer Science 170, 251, 252, 257, 260, 280
Engineering 130, 230, 240
Geography 120 & 120L, 125
Math 121, 140, 164, 170, 171, 180, 185, 190, 191, 200, 290, 292
Physics 110 & 110L, 120 or 120H, 121 or 121H, 130, 230, 231

Course descriptions for the Liberal Arts program.

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