The associate in science (AS) degree in applied liberal arts is designed to prepare deaf and hard-of-hearing students to enter and successfully complete a bachelor's degree in RIT's College of Liberal Arts or in NTID's community development and inclusive leadership BS degree. This program is available for qualified deaf and hard of hearing students.
Applied liberal arts is an Associate+Bachelor's Degree Program, offered by RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, that prepares you to enter and successfully complete a bachelor's degree. The program offers you unparalleled academic support and you will strengthen your skills by taking courses taught by NTID faculty.
By the end of the first year, you will choose a bachelor's degree you wish to enroll in after completing the AS degree. During the second year, you'll take four professional courses in your chosen major. In addition, as a part of the AS degree, you'll complete mathematics, science, and other courses to meet the graduation requirements of your major.
You'll start with an AS in applied liberal arts, which provides you with the courses and credits you need to enroll in and successfully complete a bachelor's degree program. Upon completion of your AS program, provided you earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher, you can choose to complete a bachelor's degree in advertising and public relations, applied modern language and culture, communication, community development and inclusive leadership, criminal justice, digital humanities and social sciences, economics, international and global studies, journalism, museum studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, or sociology and anthropology.
Learn more about the benefits of pursuing an Associate+Bachelor's Degree Program.