2010 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

History of Art I and II

____DANC 137 and 138

Dance Composition I and II

____ENGL 201** and 202

British Literature I and II

____ENGL 203** and 204

American Literature I and II

____HIST 101** and 102

Western Civilization I: Ancient and Medieval History and Modern History

____HIST 111** and 112

History of the United States I and II

____MUSC 113 and 114

Music Theory I and II

____THTR 111 and 112

Acting I and II

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.*

*A new college orientation requirement, completion of the one-credit ACDV 101 course, Transitioning to College, goes into effect spring 2010. If you are a credit student who is new to college in the spring 2010 semester (meaning you have not previously successfully completed college coursework at another institution(s)), you are required to take ACDV 101 during your first semester at CCBC, possibly increasing the number of credits required for the degree to 61 credits. PLEASE NOTE: If you are new to college and completed one or more credit courses successfully at CCBC in the fall 2009 semester, you are ENCOURAGED but NOT REQUIRED to take ACDV 101 in the spring 2010 semester.

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:  
Heather Griner
443-840-3774 or hgriner@ccbcmd.edu

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


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