Getting InLiberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Contact Information
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Dean: Al Taccone |
Office: 3711, (760) 795-6881 |
Full-Time Faculty
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Joanne Benschop |
Associate in Arts Degree Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Courses in this category emphasize the connection between human behavior and social, political, and economic institutions, and they promote an understanding of how societies and social subgroups operate. Students are encouraged to apply critical thinking techniques as they evaluate the way individuals act and have acted in response to their societies. The courses ensure opportunities for students to develop and communicate an understanding of the perspectives and methods of inquiry used in the social and behavioral sciences. This area of emphasis provides students with lower-division major preparation for many disciplines within the social sciences, including criminal justice, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and history.
Select a minimum of 18 units from the following:
| ADM 100 | Introduction to the Administration of Justice | 3 |
| or ADM 100H | Introduction to the Administration of Justice (Honors) | |
| ADM 105 | Introduction to Justice Studies | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| or ANTH 102H | Cultural Anthropology (Honors) | |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 104 | Native American Cultures | 3 |
| ANTH 190 | Primate Behavior and Ecology | 3 |
| ASIA/HIST 107 | East Asian Societies | 3 |
| CHLD 121 | Human Development | 3 |
| CHLD/SOC 210 | Child, Family, and Community | 3 |
| COMM 101 | Oral Communication | 3 |
| COMM 106 | Group Communication | 3 |
| COMM 120 | Principles of Human Communication | 3 |
| COMM 207 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COMM 212 | Argumentation | 3 |
| COMM 220 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 3 |
| CSIT 160 | Computers in Society | 3 |
| ECON 100 | Survey of Economics | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Principles of Economics: MACRO | 3 |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Economics: MICRO | 3 |
| ENGL 201 | Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature | 4 |
| or ENGL 201H | Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature (Honors) | |
| ENGL 202 | Critical Thinking and Composition | 4 |
| GEOG 102 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 104 | World Geography | 3 |
| GERO 101 | Introduction to Aging | 3 |
| HIST 100 | World History to 1500 | 3 |
| or HIST 100H | World History to 1500 (Honors) | |
| HIST 101 | World History Since 1500 | 3 |
| or HIST 101H | World History Since 1500 (Honors) | |
| HIST 105 | History of England | 3 |
| HIST 108 | History of Africa | 3 |
| HIST 109 | History of the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 110 | United States History | 3 |
| HIST 111 | United States History | 3 |
| HIST 116 | History of the Americas | 3 |
| HIST 117 | History of the Americas | 3 |
| HIST 141 | History of the Mexican-American in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 142 | History of the Mexican-American in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 145 | History of African-Americans in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 146 | History of African-Americans in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 150 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST 165 | California History | 3 |
| PHIL 100 | Informal Logic and Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PLSC 101 | Introduction to Political Science | 3 |
| PLSC 102 | American Institutions and History | 4 |
| PLSC 103 | Comparative Government | 3 |
| PLSC 150 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| PSYC 100 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 101 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC/SOC 103 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC/SOC 104 | Statistics for Behavioral Science | 3 |
| PSYC 121 | Human Development | 3 |
| PSYC/SOC 205 | Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| PSYC 260 | Physiological Psychology | 3 |
| READ 100 | Critical Reading and Thinking | 3 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| or SOC 101H | Introduction to Sociology (Honors) | |
| SOC 102 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
