Degree Requirements
These requirements are applicable to a General Studies AA degree and do not apply to other associate degree programs. Elective courses in this degree plan may be used to complete collateral requirements for a bachelor’s degree program or to create a more cohesive area of study in an academic discipline with the help of an academic advisor. A maximum of 15 transfer credits may be applied to a General Studies Associate degree earned at LMU. The last 30 credits of a General Studies Associate degree must be earned at LMU.
Courses
General Education - Fine Arts Elective
Choose from the following courses: ART-100, ART-381 ART-382 MUSC-100 MUSC-468 THEA-100 or THEA-340
General Education - Behavioral/Social Science
Complete two of the following courses: BSCI-100, CRIM-105, ECON-212, ECON-213, GEOG-100, GEOG-110, GEOG-211, GEOG-300, POLS-100, POLS-240, POLS-250, PSYC-100, PSYC-221, PSYC-222, SOCI-100, SOCI-330 or BUSN-380.
General Education - History
General Education - Mathematics
Choose one course from the following:
General Education - Mathematics or Behavioral/Social Science
Behavioral/Social Science
Mathematics
General Education - Natural Sciences
BIOL-261, BIOL-262 are nursing licensure requirements. Any laboratory science course in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or Physics meets LMU’s natural science general education requirement for associate degrees. Any one of the courses listed above will count concurrently toward general education and the nursing program requirements.
General Education - Computer Literacy
Note: LMU requires all students to demonstrate computer proficiency by either credit by exam or by taking ISYS-100 or EDUC-210.
General Electives
*LMU requires all first-time freshmen students with less than 15 credits of college credit to complete UACT 100. This credit does not include AP, CLEP, or Dual-enrollment credit.