Gannon University

MICHAEL LATZER, Ph.D., Program Director

This interdisciplinary program allows students to design their own curriculum based on personal preference and career goals. The program also provides the flexibility to explore historical, social and cultural perspectives while also considering the problems and issues of contemporary culture. Career preparation comes through choosing appropriate cognate courses and through administrative skills (researching, organizing, analyzing, planning, creating, decision-making, oral and written proficiency) acquired through the coursework.

Students always work in close consultation with the Program Director when designing their program.

Potential career opportunities include positions in government, the media industry, marketing and merchandising, banking and insurance. This degree is also excellent preparation for graduate school, law school and library science.

1. The course work in the area of concentration is to be distributed in accordance with one of the following options:

OptionA:
Thirty-six upper level credits in two of the following fields; distributed as follows: 21 in a major area and 15 in a secondary area.

Communications Fine Arts Legal Studies Social Work Criminal Justice Foreign Languages Philosophy Sociology Theatre and Com/Art        & Culture Political Science Theology English History Psychology


Option B:
Option B requires 42 upper level credits. Thirty of them will be from two of the fields listed above (18 credits in one: 12 from another). The final 12 credits can be completed in any program or department in the University. Students are encouraged to use this option to earn a minor related to their career.


2. Core of Discovery: All courses taken in fulfillment of either option are in addition to the requirements of the core as specified for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
3. Speech (3 credits), Math (3 credits) and Foreign Language (6 credits) are required.

  LIBERAL ARTS ASSOCIATE

MICHAEL LATZER, Ph.D., Program Director

The Associates Degree in Liberal Arts is designed to provide the student with a general education consisting of courses in English language and literature, philosophy, theology, fine arts, and the social and the natural sciences. This curriculum includes courses that help the student to acquire the habits and skills needed for the pursuit of knowledge, to learn the methods of research, to understand ideas, to think critically, to interpret and evaluate judgments, and to communicate them to others.

Objectives:

1. To enable the students to develop an appreciation for their own natures as well as to recognize their social and political responsibilities.
2. To provide higher education to responsible adults whose positions will be enhanced by their continued education.
3. To provide advanced study that will enhance the student's intellectual enrichment and fulfillment.
4. To fulfill the requirements of an associate degree program at Gannon University.
5. To fulfill the requirements for admission to third year status in selected baccalaureate degree programs.
6. To allow students to choose special interest electives in selected baccalaureate programs within the University

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