Liberal Arts

Hilbert College's two-year Associate in Liberal Arts program is a great way to begin your academic journey as it's flexible degree program, allowing you to explore a variety of stimulating subjects as you sharpen and define your career path.

The program's objective is to cultivate lifelong learners, helping students develop habits of thought, methods of investigation and ethical perspectives that contribute to the growth of the intellect and a desire to continue the quest for knowledge. You will study various viewpoints and disciplines along with effective communication skills in order to help you make and support reasoned judgments, resulting in a more meaningful personal life.

Studying the liberal arts is an effective way to develop an appreciation for the history of intellectual inquiry and a passion for lifelong learning. Our program gives you the flexibility to create your own educational pathway by exploring ideas in three domains of learning:

• Humanities: art history, communications, English, foreign languages, history, music, philosophy, religious studies, and theater.
• Natural Sciences and Math: biology, chemistry, and mathematics.
• Social Sciences: economics, human services, political science, psychology, and sociology.

This coursework will expose you to the multiple ways that human civilizations have created and organized knowledge and articulated ethical systems that shape social and cultural values. It will also encourage you to determine which ideas are important to you and how you can incorporate them into your life. As you engage ideas from around the globe, you should expect to improve your reasoning and problem-solving skills, expand your appreciation of cultural diversity, develop a mature understanding of the self through personal reflection, and build the skills necessary to become an engaged member of your communities. The program also enables you to sample courses in other degree programs as you begin to shape your future. 

Our Liberal Arts Associate degree can be taken on-campus or online. 

Curriculum & Courses

The Liberal Arts major provides students with maximum flexibility in designing their course of study. Students are required to take the first two classes of the Hilbert Blueprint sequence (GS 101: Foundations Seminar and GS 201: Service Learning and Civic Engagement); Public Speaking; two courses in English; and one course in Religious Studies. Students also choose courses from eight General Education modules, and an additional six electives.

The A.A. in Liberal Arts requires students to complete 60 credits distributed between required courses, general education courses, and general electives.

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Career Opportunity Outlook

An Associates’ degree in the Liberal Arts gives students a foundation to pursue a variety of academic or professional paths:

• Academic Opportunities: continuing coursework toward a Bachelor’s degree in any field of study.
• Professional Opportunities: writing, editing, and publishing; customer service; daycare teacher; administrative assistant; human resources; law enforcement; real estate; sales representative