Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

liBeral arts anD sciencesThe College offers onedegree wth seven areasof emphass, basc andadvanced transfer certificates,and nine lettersof recognton n lberalarts and scence currcula,n addton to ts programofferngs n educaton.The Associate of Arts(AA) degree program sdesgned to meet transfer requrements for a varety of possblemajors at four-year institutions. The flexibility of this programmakes t an deal choce for students preparng for most careersrequrng graduate or professonal tranng, as well as for thosenterested n the lberal arts and scences.The College’s Certificate optons focus on a sequence of coursesat the ntermedate and advanced levels n the student’s chosencurriculum. Most certificate programs are designed to build uponskills and sequence into degree curricula. Certificate programsnclude at least 12 credts and typcally take a mnmum of a yearto complete.The Letter of Recognition (LOR) programs include a specificsequence of courses that total no more than 11 credts. Theseprograms are desgned to broaden background knowledge andsklls n a desgnated dscplne and can be completed n the shortestperod of tme.The College also offers seven degree, and three certificate programsn educaton. See the Education section for a detailed description ofthese programs of study.The AA degree program in Liberal Arts and Sciences has sevensuggested Areas of Emphasis which reflect a pattern of coursesfor students wshng to concentrate n Biology, Chemistry, Communications,Fine and Performing Arts, Humanities, Mathematics,and Social Science. The courses lsted under these Areasof Emphass are not requred for graduaton unless desgnatedas Lberal Arts and Scences Program Requrements. Studentsshould acquant themselves wth the requrements of the majordepartment at the college or unversty to whch transfer s contemplatedand also consult wth an academc advsor n plannngan approprate program.The Transfer Certificates are desgned for students who ntend totransfer to a four-year nsttuton pror to completng a programof study at Chesapeake College. These flexible programs are alsoapproprate for students who are undecded upon a major.The Letter of Recognition in African-American Studies s desgnedto provde all students wth the opportunty to study thehstory and contrbutons of Afrcan-Amercans to socety n avarety of dscplnes. Students wll select three of the four coursesrequred to complete the program.The Letters of Recognition programs in Basic Chemistry, Biology,Communications, General Science, Geography, and Mathematicsare designed to provide basic knowledge and skills in a specificdscplne for effectve workplace, academc or lfe applcatons.These programs can serve to acknowledge a student’s success n afocused area of study and can be used as buldng blocks towardcompletion of a certificate or degree program.The two Letter of Recognition programs in Music Compositionand Music Performance are desgned to ad employablty nmusical fields and to broaden appropriate musical skills. Theprograms are also desgned to prepare students to transfer nto afour-year musc program of study.LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCESE A S T E R N S H O R EHIGHER EDUCATION CENTERStudents who successfully complete the AA n Lberal Arts andScences may be elgble to contnue takng courses to completea bachelor’s degree n Socal Work or Busness Admnstratonthrough the Eastern Shore Hgher Educaton Center. SalsburyUnversty offers a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree nSocal Work at the Center. The Unversty of Maryland UnverstyCollege (UMUC) offers a Bachelor’s Degree n BusnessAdmnstraton at the Center. UMUC also offers AllanceBachelor’s Degree Programs n Englsh, Communcaton, andHumantes, though the courses for these programs are not yetavalable on locaton at the Eastern Shore Hgher EducatonCenter.For more nformaton, contact the Executve Drector for theEastern Shore Hgher Educaton Center at: 410-827-5761.142