The Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts teaches effective oral and written communication concepts. Students will gain the ability to identify and define problems and tasks, the ability to think independently and creatively as well as the ability to organize ideas and create solutions. It allows students to use the degree as either a stand-alone or a transfer degree. This AA degree provides students transferring to four-year schools with the curriculum needed for the first two years of baccalaureate study and will offer the skills and attributes essential in a competitive job market. The general education core completed in the process of this degree meets industry standards and is also accepted by all New Mexico state colleges and universities. Courses may only be used once to satisfy any general education core, concentration and approved elective requirement. Students are strongly encouraged to consult with their Luna advisor for proper advising and course selection.

For more information, contact Dr. Geno Castillo at gcastillo@luna.edu / 505-454-5388.

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Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

• Graduates will analyze and evaluate oral and written communication in terms of situation, audience, purpose, aesthetics, and diverse points of view.
  
• Graduates will express a primary purpose in a compelling statement and order supporting points logically and convincingly.
  
• Graduates will use effective rhetorical strategies to persuade, inform, and engage.
  
• Graduates will employ writing and/or speaking processes such as planning, collaborating, organizing, composing, revising, and editing to create presentations using correct diction, syntax, grammar, and mechanics.
  
• Graduates will integrate research correctly and ethically from credible sources to support the primary purpose of a communication.
  
• Graduates will engage in reasoned civic discourse while recognizing the distinctions among opinions, facts, and inferences.
  
• Graduates will identify, describe and explain human behaviors and how they are influenced by social structures, institutions, and processes within the contexts of complex and diverse communities.
  
• Graduates will articulate how beliefs, assumptions, and values are influenced by factors such as politics, geography, economics, culture, biology, history, and social institutions.
  
• Graduates will describe ongoing reciprocal interactions among self, society, and the environment.
  
• Graduates will apply the knowledge base of the social and behavioral sciences to identify, describe, explain, and critically evaluate relevant issues, ethical dilemmas, and arguments.
  
• Graduates will analyze and critically interpret significant primary texts and/or works of art (this includes fine art, literature, music, theatre, & film).
  
• Graduates will compare art forms, modes of thought and expression, and processes across a range of historical periods and/or structures (such as political, geographic, economic, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual).
  

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Degree Requirements

The follow degree requirements are for the 2025-2026 Catalog. For other catalogs, please see Catalogs

Minimum of 61 Credit Hours

Liberal Arts AA Curriculum Map