Associate of Fine Arts, A.F.A.

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To earn the associate of fine arts degree, students must successfully complete courses from the following areas.

General Education

(See the General Education Requirements for a list of courses that satisfy the General Education Learning Competencies.)

Institutional Goal: Critical Thinking

C1: GE Natural Sciences Competency: Understand and apply the elements of scientific inquiry and scientific principles in a natural science college laboratory course setting.
C2: GE Mathematics Competency: Use mathematics to effectively model and evaluate quantitative relationships.

Institutional Goal: Communication

C3: GE Writing Competency: Write effectively.
C4: GE Computer Literacy Competency: Understand and apply current and appropriate technology tools and resources.

Institutional Goal: Social and Cultural Awareness

C5: GE Human Experience Competency: Recognize expressions of the human experience.
C6: GE Social Systems Competency: Understand the processes that influence human values, thoughts, social systems and behavior.

Additional Requirements

Social Science - 3 Semester Hours

In addition to the courses taken to meet the General Education Competencies (C5) and (C6), the student must successfully complete an additional three semester hours selected from two subject areas listed below:

Anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social work, sociology or criminal justice.

Humanities - 3 Semester Hours

Art, communications, English (except ENGL 151 ), foreign language, humanities, journalism, music, philosophy, speech or theater.

Area of Specialization - 32 semester hours of ART courses

The student must successfully complete one of the art curricula that reflects a high degree of specialization.

Students can earn a Global Studies Degree Designation at MCCC.

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