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Liberal Arts – Open Pathway Online Accelerated

Associate of Arts
Liberal Arts – Open Pathway Online Accelerated
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Overview

Overview

Do you want to explore what your passions are? Are you looking to expand your knowledge about the world around you? Come to River Valley, and enroll in our progressive Liberal Arts degree. This degree is designed to be your first step to a bachelors’ degree, with partnerships throughout New Hampshire. Liberal Arts at RVCC is an affordable and transferrable degree that lets you be in the driver’s seat!

Why RVCC?

Liberal Arts at River Valley caters to each students’ passions to help them succeed in the job field or in their next academic steps.

Career Options

  • Transfer to any four-year institution!
Concentrations

What are you interested in?

We have just expanded our Liberal Arts Associate of Arts degree to include areas of concentration.  This flexibility aligns with students exploring various academic pathways in their first two years of college. 

Associate of Arts Liberal Arts: English Concentration
Associate of Arts Liberal Arts: Mathematics Concentration
Associate of Arts Liberal Arts: Open Pathway Online Accelerated
Associate of Arts Liberal Arts: Psychology Concentration
Associate of Arts Liberal Arts: Science Concentration
Mission

The Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts aspires to create a community of inspired learners by offering challenging courses designed to cultivate scholarly inquiry, social responsibility and academic integrity. Liberal Arts faculty create a rigorous academic environment, characterized by mutual respect and collegiality, in which students are encouraged to discover their true potential and purpose.

Goals & Outcomes

Program Goals

The goal of the Liberal Arts program is to engage students in study across multiple disciplines with the goal of cultivating a broad knowledge base and strong skill set that prepares students for the workforce or continued study towards a bachelor’s degree. Through study in the arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and sciences, students learn to think critically, communicate in multiple mediums, conduct research, solve complex problems, demonstrate ethical reasoning and system thinking, and grow as globally responsible citizens. 

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Liberal Arts program, students will be able to:

  • Synthesize and apply knowledge from multiple perspectives to evaluate social, ethical, cultural and global issues
  • Assimilate a variety of intellectual and practical skills to solve sophisticated problems
  • Communicate complex ideas and concepts both orally and in writing across multiple disciplines
  • Address real-world problems by exercising mental agility, analytical and creative thinking and interpersonal negotiation
  • Develop a foundation sufficient for transfer to a four-year college or university
Program of Study

Online Accelerated*

(*Students should consult their content advisors for appropriate major courses which are dependent upon their career and transfer goals and objectives.)

 

Faculty

  • Cara Chanoine

    Cara Chanoine

    Liberal Arts
    Professor & Department Chair, Liberal Arts
    (603) 542-7744 x5408
    [email protected]

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