Associate of Arts - Liberal Art - Social and Behavioral Science

Earn your Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts with a focus on Social and Behavioral Sciences at Mission College. Explore culture, society, and critical thinking skills!

The Associate in Arts in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Sciences provides students with a broad perspective on human behavior. It is designed to stimulate appreciation for, and understanding of, values, ideas, and artifacts of culture and society. Critical thinking skills and self-understanding through these courses provide a framework for lifelong study in liberal arts. Successful completion of the curriculum in Social and Behavioral Sciences offers students a breadth of knowledge that could be focused into single discipline degrees as well as applied to an interdisciplinary degree. Program Learning Outcomes: Students will evaluate and critique the interactions between individuals and the societies and/or social subgroups of which they are a part. Students will think critically about ways people have acted in response to their societies. Students will apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, ethics, and thought processes employed in human inquiry