NOVA Advising Sheet 2025-2026

Liberal Arts: International Studies Major, A.A.

Catalog Year: 2025-2026
Code: 648-04

Credits
General Education Elective 3 - 4
7 Global Understanding 3
7 Global Understanding 3
9 Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3
2 Physical or Life Science Elective w/Lab 4
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2  Physical or Life Science Elective w/Lab OR 4
General Education Elective 3
5 Transfer Elective 3
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1  101 World Language or ASL OR 3 - 4
General Education Elective 3 - 4
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1  102 World Language or ASL OR 3 - 4
General Education Elective 3 - 4
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1 201 World Language or ASL OR 3 - 4
General Education Elective 3 - 4
202 World Language or ASL 3 - 4
6 CST 229 Intercultural Communication 3
ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics 3
8 ENG 2-- - Literature Elective 3
ENG 111 College Composition I 3
ENG 112 College Composition II 3
4 HIS Elective 3
HUM 298 Seminar and Project Liberal Arts 1
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  MTH 154 Quantitative Reasoning OR 3
MTH 155 Statistical Reasoning OR Higher 3
3 MTH 245 Statistics I 3
PLS 241 Introduction to International Relations 3
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SDV 100 College Success Skills OR 1
SDV 101 Orientation to (a Specific Discipline) 1
Total Credits for Liberal Arts: International Studies Major, A.A. = 60-62

Elective should be selected with advice of a counselor or academic advisor to meet requirements of the transfer institution.1 Placement testing determines initial foreign language level. Students who place directly into intermediate level foreign language or ASL may take any General Education course to meet the required number of credits. Waivers or credit by exam for previous experience is available for some languages. See the 'World Language Credit and Waiver' section of the [Credit for Prior Learning Manual]. Students must complete enough General Education Electives courses to accumulate a minimum of 60 credits applicable to the Liberal Arts degree. 

2 See physical and life science courses listed under General Education Electives.

3 Students who plan to take MTH 245 should take MTH 154 or MTH 161  first. Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155 and MTH 245, or for both MTH 261 and MTH 263, or for both MTH 262 and MTH 264. Students should consult with an advisor to ensure mathematics courses meet their intended transfer institution requirement.

4 Select any HIS course listed under social/behavioral sciences in General Education Electives.

5 Select any course listed under General Education Electives or any Global Understanding course from footnote #7. This elective is not needed if selections for all other requirements total 60 credits or more.

6 Select from the following: CST 100, CST 110, CST 126, or CST 229.

7 Select from ART 103, ART 200, GEO 220, HIS 203 , HIS 231, HIS 241, HIS 251, HIS 254,  REL 237, REL 238.

8 Any 200-level literature course with an ENG prefix satisfies this requirement.

9 See non-ENG humanities/fine arts courses listed under General Education Electives.