This program is open to anyone with a high school diploma or equivalent. It’s designed for adult learners, whether you’re starting fresh or have some college credits.
You already have the passion and dreams. Now you just need your degree.
Refine your critical thinking, enhance your cultural intelligence, and develop a well-rounded foundation of transferable skills. Boost your confidence and earning potential.
Earn credit for life and work experiences through prior learning assessments like, Life Learning Papers, DSST/CLEP exams, military transcripts, and other approved training, and more.
Learn from professors who care about you as a person. Accomplish all of this while continuing to work.
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What will you learn?
- Leadership Grounded in Integrity: Our graduate and professional programs are designed to develop your leadership skills to be effective in your field, grounded in ethical decision-making and integrity. Make a positive impact in your workplaces and communities.
- Education Beyond Skill Development: We focus on educating the whole person. Professional competencies are paired with a strong emphasis on character and purpose, empowering you, an adult learner, to excel in your career as a principled leader with transferable skills. We provide education for what's next.
- Values-Driven Curriculum: Our courses integrate core values like compassion, ethical responsibility, and community engagement, essential qualities for working adults aiming to lead with purpose in today’s challenging environments.
- Becoming a Trustworthy Leader: We prepare graduate students to be trusted professionals. We’ll help you foster ethical workplace cultures and build strong, collaborative teams based on character, empathy, and respect.
- A Foundation for Positive Change: Our programs will help you change more than just your job title, it’ll help you change your community. A Roberts education will help you contribute to meaningful change and lead with a higher sense of mission and service.
Cost of Arts and Culture, A.S.
Total Program
Sticker Price:
$9,867
Less than
26%
of students
pay this amount
25%
tuition discount for benefit-eligible
employees, spouses, and dependents
of our corporate partners
Coursework
Interested in seeing what courses you can take? Check out our course catalog!
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover.
Admissions Requirements
Requirements:
- Must be 20 years of age or older.
- Must have a high school diploma or equivalent with a 2.0 GPA or higher.
- GPA of transfer credits must be 2.0 or higher.
- Maximum number of transfer credits = 36 credit hours (C- or better)
Not required:
- Entrance Exam (GRE/GMAT)
- Business Degree
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to enroll in the Arts and Culture, A.S. program?
How many credits are required to graduate?
To earn the Associate degree, you need a total of 60 credits. The Arts and Culture program provides 33 credits, so any remaining credits can be completed through elective courses.
The Arts and Culture, A.S. satisfies all liberal arts requirements needed to complete many of the bachelor’s degree programs at Roberts.
Earn credit for life and work experiences through prior learning assessments like, Life Learning Papers (LLPs), DSST/CLEP exams, military transcripts, and other approved training, and more.
8. What are the main subjects covered in the program?
The core courses include:
- Philosophical Ethics
- Oral Communication
- Principles of Political Science
- Introduction to Literature
- The Art of Film
- Reforming Art
- Media, Religion, and Faith
- Music History and Literature
- Western History in Context
- Art elective
- Music elective
Is an Associate in Arts worth it?
Yes, obtaining an Associates in Arts degree is worth it because it gives students a foundation for a diverse range of careers or helps them develop the skills they need to excel in a career they’re already in.
What's the difference between A.S. and A.A.S.?
An A.S. degree is an Associate of Science degree that typically focuses on math and science-related subjects, while an A.A.S. is an Associate of Applied Science degree, which is for a particular applied science or technical skill. Then there is also A.A., an Associate of Art intended to focus on liberal arts.
Through these degrees, there are many opportunities to begin a career or build more skills into your existing career.
Questions?
Meet Your Enrollment Representative!
Maurice Hopkins
Assistant Director of Admissions