Humanities and Creative & Performing Arts Department

Morgan Hall, Room 108
(785) 231-1010 ext. 1636

The Major

 

 

For the Associate of Arts in Humanities and Creative and Performing Arts, a student must
complete 62 semester hours with a minimum grade point average of 2.0. Twenty-four credit hours must be completed at Washburn University; of these, 12 of the last 24 must be Washburn University credit. Forty-two hours must be graded. A student may not take the pass/fail option in the area of concentration without obtaining and filing with the Registrar's office written permission from the chairperson of the department offering the course. The application for degree should be on file before enrolling for the last 15 hours. Specific course requirements are as follows:

I. GENERAL EDUCATION
A. English Composition (three semester hours, English 101 or its equivalent)
B. MA 110: Exploring Mathematics or MA 116: College Algebra with a grade of C or better.
C. Physical Education: PE 198 Lifetime Wellness
D. Humanities and Creative and Performing Arts (six semester hours of courses from at least two subject areas)
E. Natural Sciences and Mathematics (six semester hours of courses from at least two subject
areas)
F. Social Sciences (six semester hours from at least two subject areas)

II. AREA OF CONCENTRATION
(24 semester hours of Humanities and Creative and Performing arts course work does not include six hours of Humanities and Creative and Performing Arts general education)
A. The 24 hours of course work will include at least six hours each from a minimum of three subject areas within the Humanities and Creative and Performing Arts.
B. At least 12 hours will be from one subject area. These courses will be selected from a list developed by the faculty in that subject area and may include six hours of upper-division credit. The department from which the student takes the 12-hour concentration will be the effective administrative home of the student.
C. A minimum of a C grade is required in all courses within the area of concentration, including the six hours of general education in the Humanities and Creative and Performing Arts.

III. At least 12 of the hours remaining for the degree will be chosen from outside the area of concentration.

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