The Liberal Arts - Associate of Arts degree provides a concentration on social sciences and humanities. It also provides a foundation if you intend to continue your education at a baccalaureate degree granting college or university. It does this by offering Liberal Arts courses equal to those found in the first two years of a four-year degree.

By completing this degree, you have the benefit of a degree-to-degree transfer, where universities grant junior status and waive specific lower division requirements. These may include general degree requirements and individual courses taken at Southwest Tech.

Affordable and Close to Home

Students enrolled in Associate of Arts program courses can save thousands of dollars by taking classes at a significantly lower cost per credit!

Diverse Educational Paths

Associate of Arts graduates go on to earn bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in a wide variety of disciplines:

• Business (management, marketing, human resources, accounting, finance, economics)
• Communication (English, journalism, mass media)
• Education (early childhood, elementary, secondary, physical)
• Fine Arts (art, music, theatre)
• History
• International Studies
• Literature
• Public Relations
• Social Sciences (psychology, sociology, social work, geography, geology, political science)

• Requirements

• Admission and Program Requirements

  • Submit Application
  • Submit High School Transcripts, College Transcripts, and Test Scores to: Southwest Tech (email admissions@swtc.edu, or mail to Attn: Admissions, 1800 Bronson Blvd, Fennimore, WI 53809)
  • Submit your ACT scores or schedule a Placement test
  • Schedule Admissions Meeting
• Degree Plan

• English (6 credits):

  • English Compostition I
  • English Compostition II

  Speech (3 credits):

  Humanities (12 credits):

  • Courses may include: history, literature, philosophy, world language

  Social Science (12 credits):

  • Courses may include: economics, political science, history, psychology, sociology

  Mathematics & Natural Sciences (10 credits):

  • Students minimally complete Statistics or Quantitative Reasoning
  • Courses may include: biology, chemistry, geography, geology, and physics.

  World Language:

  • May be met with 1 year high school (C or better) or 1 college semester.

  Health/Wellness/PE (1 credit)

  Diversity & Ethnic Studies

  • Typically fulfilled through Social Sciences coursework.

  Electives (16 credits)

  • Select any college transfer courses beyond the minimum requirements.