school of

Liberal Arts
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts
TOTAL DEGREE
CREDITS REQUIRED 120
EXCELSIOR COLLEGE REQUIREMENT  APPLICABLE EXAM
Written English (6 credits) English Composition (6 credits)
Intro to Music (3 credits)
Humanities Distribution (9 credits)
Ethics: Theory and Practice (3 credits) *
see Arts & Sciences electives below for more options
Interpersonal Communications (3 credits)
Contemporary Math (3 credits)
Math/Natural Sciences Distribution (9 credits)
Earth Science (3 credits)
see Arts and Sciences electives below for more options
Weather and Climate (3 credits)

Depth 1 Psychology (15 credits, including at least Intro to Psychology (3 credits)

6 upper-level credits) Life Span Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
Psychology of Adulthood and Aging (3 credits) *
Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits) *
Social Psychology (3 credits) *

Depth 2 Sociology (15 credits, including at least Intro to Sociology (3 credits)

6 upper-level credits) Cultural Diversity (3 credits) *
Foundations of Gerontology (3 credits) *
Note: Social Sciences/History distribution requirements
Juvenile Delinquency (3 credits) *
are satisfied with the two depths selected for this
World Population (3 credits) *
example.

Additional Arts & Sciences electives HUMANITIES: MATH:

Choose 39 credits, bringing your total
Arts and Sciences credits to 90,
with 30 upper-level credits.
Intro to Philosophy (3 credits)
Bioethics (3 credits) *
Spanish Language (6 credits)
SOCIAL SCIENCES/HISTORY:
Intro to Macroeconomics (3 credits)
Intro to Microeconomics (3 credits)
Political Science (3 credits)
Abnormal Psychology (3 credits) *
Organizational Behavior (3 credits) *
World Conflicts Since 1900 (3 credits) *
Calculus (4 credits)
Precalculus Algebra (3 credits)
Statistics (3 credits)
NATURAL SCIENCES:
Anatomy & Physiology (6 credits)
Anatomy & Physiology I (3 credits)
Anatomy & Physiology II (3 credits)
Basic Genetics (3 credits)
General Chemistry I (3 credits)
Microbiology (3 credits)
Physics (6 credits)
Pathophysiology (3 credits) *

Applied Professional or Additional Arts & Sciences BUSINESS: EDUCATION:

Component (29 credits) Business Information Systems (3 credits)
Business Law (3 credits)
Choose 29 credits from Arts & Sciences list above, or Financial Accounting (3 credits)
free electives at left. Intro to Computer Programming
with Java (3 credits)
Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
Principles of Management (3 credits)
Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
Workplace Communication
with Computers (3 credits)
Business Ethics (3 credits) *
Human Resource Management (3 credits) *
Labor Relations (3 credits) *
Operations Management (3 credits) *
Principles of Finance (3 credits) *
Quantitative Analysis (3 credits) *
Literacy Instruction (6 credits) *
APPLIED PROFESSIONAL CREDIT
Science of Nutrition (3 credits)
NURSING:
Fundamentals of Nursing (8 credits)
Maternal & Child Nursing (associate) (6 credits)
Adult Nursing (8 credits) *
Maternal & Child Nursing (baccalaureate) (8 credits) *
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (8 credits) *
Community-Focused Nursing (4 credits)  *
Research in Nursing (3 credits) *

Information Literacy (1 credit) Information Literacy (1 credit) **

Capstone (3 upper-level credits) Capstone course (3 credits) **

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OTHER POSSIBLE DEPTHS:

Biology (BAL, BSL), Administrative/Management Studies (BSL only), Health Professions (BSL only)

POSSIBLE AREAS OF FOCUS:

Psychology or Sociology (BAL, BSL), Administrative/Management Studies (BSL only), Health Professions (BSL only)

Administrative/Management Studies (BSL only) Business Law (3 credits)

Financial Accounting (3 credits)
Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
Principles of Management (3 credits)
Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
Business Ethics (3 credits) *
Labor Relations (3 credits) *
Human Resource Management (3 credits) *
Operations Management (3 credits) *
Principles of Finance (3 credits) *
Quantitative Analysis (3 credits) *
Could substitute Workplace Communication with
Computers (3 credits) for any lower-level exam

Health Professions (BSL only) Fundamentals of Nursing (8 credits)

Adult Nursing (8 credits) *
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (8 credits) *
Could also substitute Maternal & Child Nursing
(baccalaureate) (8 credits) * or
Maternal & Child Nursing (associate) (6 credits), as appropriate
Community-Focused Nursing (4 credits)*
Research in Nursing (3 credits) *

Psychology (BAL/BSL) Intro to Psychology

Life Span Developmental Psychology
Abnormal Psychology *
Organizational Behavior *
Psychology of Adulthood and Aging *
Research Methods in Psychology *
Social Psychology *

Sociology (BAL/BSL) Intro to Sociology

Statistics
Cultural Diversity *
Foundations of Gerontology *
Juvenile Delinquency *
Social Psychology *
World Population *

 * designates upper level

Revised November 2017