General Studies - Associate of Arts

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLO) are statements that specify what students will know, be able to do or be able to demonstrate when they have completed the program.

1. Graduates will demonstrate an ability to apply critical thinking skills, to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and the analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information to solve problems.
2. Graduates will demonstrate an ability to effectively communicate information, by verbal, visual, or written means.
3. Graduates will demonstrate an ability to apply empirical and quantitative skills, to include applications of scientific and mathematical concepts, as appropriate, to solve problems.
4. Graduates will demonstrate an ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
5. Graduates will demonstrate intercultural competency, civic knowledge, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities.
6. Graduates will demonstrate personal responsibility to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making.

Program of Study

1st Semester

2nd Semester

3rd Semester

4th Semester

ENGL-1301 and MATH-X3XX (Mathematics Elective): Grade of C or better is required for graduation

XXXX-X3XX (Component Area Option Elective), XXXX-X3XX (Life and Physical Sciences Elective), XXXX-X3XX (Language, Philosophy & Culture Elective), XXXX-X3XX (Creative Arts Elective), and XXXX-X3XX (Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective): Students may take any course within this category of the TSC General Education Core Curriculum

HIST-1301, HIST-2327, HIST-1302, and HIST-2328:- Courses must be taken in sequence: United States History I and United States History II or Mexican American History I and Mexican American History II.