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Liberal Arts

Associate in Arts

The primary objective of the Liberal Arts Degree program is transfer, with a solid foundation in Arts and Sciences. The program is representative of the first two years of a baccalaureate program as well as the general education requirements for an associate degree in a specific field. Its academic format emphasizes access to various disciplines of knowledge, critical thinking, the principles and techniques of research within academic subject areas, and interdisciplinary approaches to learning. Students will find the program flexible enough to allow them to select courses based on the requirements of the four-year college to which they plan to transfer, or use their course selections to clarify their educational goals and to explore career opportunities and interests. This broad experience provides students with the academic exposure relevant to intellectual, personal and social growth. SAT testing may be required by some transfer institutions.

Liberal Arts Transfer Credit Policy: In addition to Manchester Community College transfer credit policies, Liberal Arts and Science courses will be considered for transfer regardless of when they were taken as long as they meet minimum grade requirements. See individual department policies for program exceptions on general education requirements. In the case of English and math courses, if there is uncertainty whether coursework currency affects the students’ ability to be successful in a subsequent course, a student will be asked to take portions of the Accuplacer Placement Test to verify the skill level of the course being considered for transfer credit.

Transfer of a course to this institution does not guarantee transfer of that same course to subsequent institutions.