A.A. Degree in Liberal Arts

HTIC is an accredited liberal arts junior college, awarding the Associate in Arts degree. Based on the concept of the learning community, the Liberal Arts Program emphasizes active learning techniques, critical thinking, cross-cultural understanding, and integrated learning in a highly supportive setting. The low ratio of students to faculty in the classroom affords students with an optimal learning environment.

The Liberal Arts Program

The Liberal Arts Program offers an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree program that introduces students to various fields of knowledge, including the arts and humanities, language, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics. The program emphasizes the development of learning, critical thinking, and communication skills to foster a broad intellectual understanding of the individual and society, the natural environment, issues in the arts and humanities, and self-awareness.

While HTIC provides a general liberal arts education without major fields of emphasis for the A.A. degree, students may select from three (3) degree-requirement options based upon their goals:

• The American University Plan: This degree requirement plan is recommended for students who are interested in earning a baccalaureate degree from an American college or university, but who wish to start their program of study at HTIC and transfer after graduation.
• The Japanese University Plan: This degree requirement plan is recommended for students who are interested in earning a baccalaureate degree from a Tokai University Educational System or other Japanese college or university, but who wish to start their program of study at HTIC and transfer after graduation. This plan is open to all students with Japanese language fluency.
• The General Education Plan: This degree requirement plan is for students who are interested in the A.A. degree as their final educational goal. These students are interested in pursuing technical studies or employment after graduation.