Liberal Studies
A.A. Degree Counseling · Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog
Minimum Units Required: 60.0 units
The Associate in Arts Degree in Liberal Studies is designed to broaden their knowledge, abilities, and skills to create a foundation in the liberal arts. Students gain a broad background in the social and behavioral sciences, humanities, communication, fine and preforming arts, mathematics, and the physical and biological sciences. The students are able to complete lower division major preparation and general education for transfer while simultaneously completing the Liberal Studies Associate Degree. This major provides opportunities for students who are exploring degree options and are not yet certain about their specific degree goals at the four-year level. The Associate in Arts Degree can be obtained by completing the 23-25-unit major, general education requirements, and electives as needed to complete a minimum of 60 units. All courses for this major must be completed with a minimum grade of C or a P if the course is taken on a Pass/No Pass basis
Program Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate quantitative reasoning skills through problem solving.
Apply an understanding of how diverse cultural beliefs and social, political and/or historical context impact forms of human expression.
Students will successfully communicate ideas through various forms of expression.
Program Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Studies Major | 20-24 | |
| Courses Required | 11-14 | |
| COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 | |
| ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing | 4 | |
| Critical Thinking (select one course) | 4 | |
| ENGL 002 | Critical Thinking and Writing About Literature | 4 |
| ENGL C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing | 4 | |
| Mathematics (select one course) | 0-3 | |
| MATH 012 | Mathematical Ideas | 3 |
| STAT C1000 Introduction to Statistics | 0 | |
| List A: Social Sciences (select one course) | 3 | |
| ANTH 002 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| GEOG 002 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| POLS C1000 American Government and Politics | 3 | |
| PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
| PSYC 012 | Introduction to Gender | 3 |
| SOC 001 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 002 | Social Issues and Problems | 3 |
| SOC 040 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
| SOC 075 | Introduction to Sociology of Sport | 3 |
| List B: Health and Science (select one course) | 3-4 | |
| ASTR 010 | General Astronomy | 3 |
| BIO 015 | Introduction to Biology | 4 |
| BIO 016 | Introduction to Human Biology | 3 |
| GEOG 001 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEOL 001 | Physical Geology | 3 |
| GEOL 005 | Geology of California | 3 |
| KINE 020A | Introduction to Kinesiology | 3 |
| List C: Arts and Humanities (select one course) | 3 | |
| ARTH001 - Introduction to Art History | 3 | |
| ARTH011 - Western Art, Prehistory through Middle Ages | 3 | |
| ARTH012 - Western Art, Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 | |
| ARTH035 - Diverse Art: Race and Representation in the U.S.A. | 3 | |
| CINA 011 | American Cultures in Film | 3 |
| HIST 017 | History of the United States to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 018 | History of the United States from 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 028 | African American History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 029 | African American History Since 1865 | 3 |
| MUSC 008 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
| MUSC 013 | Multicultural Music in America | 3 |
| PHIL 003 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 004 | Introduction to Moral Philosophy | 3 |