2008 CCBC College Catalog

Humanities and Social Sciences

Associate of Arts (A.A.)
Transfer Pattern

General Education Requirements:

Credits
____SPCM 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
3
____ENGL 101 College Composition I
3
____ENGL 102 College Composition II
3
   

General Education Electives:

 
(Choose courses in each category from the list of approved General Education courses.
One 3-credit General education course must be a Diversity course.)
____Arts and Humanities
3
____Social and Behavioral Sciences
6
____Biological and Physical Sciences (One course must include a lab.)
7-8
____Mathematics
3-5
____Wellness and Health
3
____Information Technology
3
____Global, Historical and Cultural Perspectives
2
Total General Education:
36-39
 

Degree Requirements:

Two-Semester Sequence

6

Choose a Two-Semester sequence from this list:

____ARTS 105** and 106

Art History

____DANC 137 and 138

Dance Composition

____ENGL 201** and 202

British Literature

____ENGL 203** and 204

American Literature

____HIST 101** and 102

World History

____HIST 111** and 112

United States History

____MUSC 113 and 114

Music Theory

____THTR 111 and 112

Acting

Critical Thinking

3

Choose one from this list:

____PHIL 101** Introduction to Philosophy

____PHIL 103 Critical Thinking

____PHIL 240** Ethics

** These courses may also be used as a General Education elective.

Total:

9

Electives:
12-15
Total Credits Required for Degree:
60 min.

Transfer Pattern Description:

This degree program is designed to serve students who plan to transfer to a baccalaureate degree program in the humanities or social sciences. Graduates of the AA degree program will be able to:

  •  use reading, writing, and oral or signed communication skills to organize, express, and absorb ideas and information in interpersonal, group, organizational, and presentational settings

  • speak clearly , concisely, and accurately in a variety of contexts and formats

  •  use critical thinking skills to analyze and solve problems, to reason logically, and to distinguish between good and bad reasoning in a variety of contexts

  •  understand themselves and others from various cultural, social, aesthetic, political, philosophical, and environmental perspectives

  •  demonstrate a grasp of the fundamental concepts and principles of their intended major field of study for the baccalaureate degree.

     

Program Coordinators:

CCBC Catonsville:  William Sigmon
443-840-4912 or wsigmon@ccbcmd.edu

CCBC Dundalk:  Susan Delker
443-840-3023 or sdelker@ccbcmd.edu

CCBC Essex:   Martha Hervey
443-840-1385 or mhervey@ccbcmd.edu