The Liberal Arts Program at Borough of Manhattan Community College provides each student with a well-rounded background in the sciences, humanities, mathematics, and languages. The program also allows students to enter four-year colleges of their choice after successful completion of the Associate Degree requirements. The Liberal Arts Program awards the Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree. This program provides a variety of courses in many different areas. Students who choose the Liberal Arts program are usually interested in preparing for careers in teaching, law, medicine, the humanities, the social sciences, counseling, journalism, or other broad areas.
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This program is offered in-person, online and in a hybrid format.
Requirements
Liberal Arts Academic Program Maps
Required Common Core
| English Composition | 6 |
| Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning1,2 | 3 |
| Life and Physical Sciences1,2 | 3 |
| TOTAL REQUIRED COMMON CORE | 12 |
Flexible Core3
| Creative Expression | 6 |
| Individual and Society | 3 |
| Scientific World1, 2 | 3 |
| U.S. Experience in Its Diversity | 3 |
| World Cultures and Global Issues | 3 |
| TOTAL FLEXIBLE COMMON CORE | 18 |
| TOTAL COMMON CORE | 30 |
Curriculum Requirements
| XXX xxx | Health Education Elective | 3 |
| XXX xxx | Modern Language Course4 | 3-6 |
| ENG 3xx | English Elective5 | 3 |
| XXX xxx | Social Science Electives6 | 6 |
| XXX xxx | General Electives | 12-15 |
| Total Curriculum Requirements | 30 | |
| Total Program Requirements | 60 | |
Notes
Please note, these requirements are effective the 2023-2024 catalog year. Please check your DegreeWorks account for your specific degree requirements as when you began at BMCC will determine your program requirements.
Footnotes
- Consult with an advisor on which courses to take to satisfy these areas.
- These areas can be satisfied by taking a STEM variant.
- No more than two courses in any discipline or interdisciplinary field can be used to satisfy Flexible Core requirements.
- Students are required to take two semesters of the same modern language. One semester of the language can be taken in the World Cultures and Global Issues area in the Common Core.
- Choose from any English (ENG) 300-level course, or any ASN, AFN or LAT 300-level literature course.
- Choose two from anthropology, economics, geography, history, philosophy, political science, psychology or sociology. Two different disciplines must be taken and cannot be from the same disciplines as satisfied in the Common Core.
