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Degrees & Certificates

Choose from over 200 programs and get started achieving your educational and career goals.

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Early Childhood Education - Liberal Arts

Associate of Arts

Study early childhood education techniques and guidance and behavioral expectations for young children and well as the fundamentals of child growth, development, nutrition and health and safety. Learn the principles of curriculum design and administration of early childhood care and education programs. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
Economics

Associate of Arts

Study the national economy and its business cycles and trends, how macroeconomic performance is measured. Learn about public policy, market models, money, banking and trade and how individuals effect the macroeconomic role of the public sector. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
Elementary Education

Associate of Arts

Learn education and child development principles, how to design curriculum that integrates technology and general requirements that prepare you to complete your bachelor's degree at a four-year school. Practicum supplements coursework with hands-on classroom experience under the supervision of experienced personnel at the education facility and with the direct guidance of the instructor. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
English

Associate of Arts

This two-year program prepares you to complete your bachelor's degree at a four-year school. General requirements round out a deep dive into literature with a focus that best works for your bachelor's program and might include world literature, ethnic literature, American or British literature, the literature of women and Shakespeare. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
French

Associate of Arts

Learn how to speak conversational French and interpret and present the language and integrate your ability with an understanding of French culture. Develop intercultural communication strategies across disciplines. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
Geography

Associate of Arts

Learn about the relationship between environments and human societies, the principles of topography, climate, natural resources, patterns of population and settlement, religion, ethnicity, language and economic development. Study globalization and the geopolitical and economic relationships between more developed and less developed regions. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
Geology

Associate of Science

Combine lecture courses with hands-on laboratory time to study Earth’s materials, structure, and surface landforms, geologic time and the geologic processes responsible for Earth’s internal and external features. Learn about the development of Earth through geologic time along with an investigation and interpretation of sedimentary rocks and features, the record of ancient environments, fossil life forms and physical events in Earth’s history within the framework of plate tectonics. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
History

Associate of Arts

Study events, peoples, groups, ideas, institutions and trends that have shaped World History, Western Civilization, and North America and the United States to the present. Learn about these time periods through the perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity while developing, practicing and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
Horticulture

Associate of Science

From lawns to gardens and florists to farms, society needs skilled cultivators to grow plants. The horticulture associate degree programs at Aims can give you the skills and knowledge to help you succeed in a variety of related industries. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).
Journalism - Liberal Arts

Associate of Arts

Learn how to clearly, accurately and fairly report media news while creating journalistic pieces for internet-based media. This comprehensive 2-year liberal arts program prepares students to go on to complete a bachelor's degree at a 4-year school as they embark on a future career in journalism. This is a liberal arts degree with designation (DWD).