Programs

To achieve the goals of the undergraduate degree program, the University has also established a Foundation Studies Program to prepare students for rigors of undergraduate studies. Students are encouraged to enroll in the Foundation Studies Program prior to enrolling in the undergraduate program although it is not compulsory to do so provided they meet admissions requirements.

FOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAM
The Foundation Studies Program (FSP) prepares students who are seeking to enter an undergraduate program with the necessary language skills and learning strategies to pass the TOEFL or IELTS and to succeed in an American style academic environment. All English language instructors within the FSP are professionally trained language instructors with graduate degrees or other certificates in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Linguistics, Intercultural Studies or Education. The FSP is offered in both a daytime program and also in the evenings.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Students have the option to pursue an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree and/or a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. All previously offered degree programs are still available to students who are already enrolled in them.

Associate of Arts Degree
The Associate of Arts degree requires sixty-two credit hours of undergraduate coursework and takes approximately two years for a full time student to complete. The Associate of Arts degree is viewed as a half way point towards earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Associate of Arts degree also serves as an alternative for students who are elect to not finish their B.A. at AUAF for any reason.

Bachelor of Arts Degree
The Bachelor of Arts requires a minimum of one hundred and twenty credit hours and takes approximately four years for a full time student to complete. Students completing the BA degree will receive a broad education in the liberal arts and sciences and, while working towards a Bachelor of Arts degree, will have the option of focusing their studies in one of the following areas of concentration:

  • Business
  • Information Technology and Computer Science
  • Social Science