Associate Degree in Liberal Arts at Essex County College |
Essex County College
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Essex County College is a Public, 2-year Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus with 10,995 students in Newark, NJ.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate, Associate degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Mission:
Essex County College, an open access community college, serves the dynamic needs of diverse constituencies through comprehensive educational programs and services. |
Essex County College
Associate degree
Liberal Arts
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Why major in Liberal Arts?
The program provides a broad foundation in languages and literature, the social sciences, humanities, mathematics, and the sciences. Teaching, law, publishing, government service, and business are only a few of the many possibilities open to Liberal Arts majors; indeed many employers like to hire Liberal Arts graduates for having received a solid and comprehensive education — in effect a wellrounded education in the classical sense. The program is also recommended to students without a definite vocational goal who wish to explore opportunities offered by many fields before deciding upon a career.
Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
Demonstrate skills in critical thinking, problemsolving, and effective communication;
Demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of world cultures across history;
Prepare research projects utilizing the Modern Language Association guidelines;
Utilize the research library, the Internet, and other electronic sources for preparing research projects;
Apply the principles of effective rhetoric in oral presentations and in writing assignments such as expository essays, creative writing, and persuasive arguments;
Demonstrate critical understanding of a variety of literary works of different genres;
Utilize word processing in the preparation of papers;
Demonstrate an understanding of the visual and/or musical arts and/or drama reflecting various periods, styles and backgrounds of artists, composers, and performers; and
Apply various techniques in the creation of artistic work.
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