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ASSOCIATES IN ARTS FOR TRANSFER (AA-T)

The Associate in Arts in Social Justice Studies: African American Studies for Transfer (AA-T) degree is an interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students for transfer to a CSU. This program is designed to provide students with an introduction to the theoretical principles and practices of Social Justice Studies. Additionally, this program pays particular attention to the study of the life history, culture, and social justice traditions of Black people. This program is designed to prepare students for seamless transfer to a CSU and toward a major in Africana Studies or those majors pertinent to race, ethnicity, and/or social justice.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate a general understanding of the foundational theories and theoretical perspectives of social justice as it exists in a number of diverse disciplines.
• Students will demonstrate a general understanding of the foundational theories and theoretical perspectives that inform the broad discipline of Social Justice Studies.
• Students will critically analyze major subject areas and historical periods in the discipline of Africana Studies.
• Students will understand the historical struggle of African American people to achieve freedom, justice, and equality in the United States.
• Students will identify systems of oppression and those populations impacted by these systems.

Program Requirements

Course List

Code Number	Course Title	Units
Required Core
AFRS 100	Introduction to Black/Africana Studies	3.0
SOC 210	Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.	3.0
or ETHN 210	Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.
CS 101	Introduction to Social Justice	3.0
List A
Select three of the following from at least two areas: (only one course from Area 4 may be used)		9.0-10.5
Area 1: History or Government
HIST 110	African/American History (3)
Area 2: Arts and Humanities
ART 104	African Art History (3)
ART 108	Black Images in Popular Culture (3)
or HUM 108	Black Images in Popular Culture
ART 123	African Cinema
Area 3: Social Sciences
AFRS 107	Black Womanist & Feminist Thought
AFRS 108	Black Politics: Social and Racial Justice Movements
Area 4: Quantitative Reasoning and Research Methods
MATH 112	Elementary Statistics (4-4.5)
or MATH 112S	Enhanced Elementary Statistics
or ECON 210	Applied Introductory Statistics for Economics
or PSYC 210	Elementary Statistics
or PSYC 220	Research Methods
Total Units		18-19.5

ASSOCIATES IN ARTS FOR TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS

1. Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,
2. Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,
3. Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and
4. Completion of IGETC and/or CSU GE-Breadth.