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CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

The goal of the Cerritos College Associate of Arts in International Studies: World Cultures is to introduce students to world cultures and its implication for their future careers in world cultures and related disciplines. Different academic areas across our campus community confirm that accurate information and comprehensive understanding of our global community is a critical requirement for students in the 21st Century.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Students assess the merits of assumptions, beliefs, influences, and practices based on personal worldviews and the worldviews of others.
• Students comprehend the challenges of geopolitical transformations from a various cultural perspectives.
• Students explain the issues of cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, cultural diversity, human rights, citizenship, economic and environmental justice, and worldview.
• Students recognize the moral and political interconnectedness of nations.

Program Requirements

Course List

Code Number	Course Title	Units
Core Requirements
GEOG 105	World Regional Geography	3.0
PHIL 104	Philosophy of Cultural Diversity: Challenge and Change	3.0
ANTH 100	Cultural Anthropology	3.0
COMM 110	Intercultural Communication	3.0
SOC 215	Sociology of Cultural Diversity: Challenge and Change	3.0
Select one of the following:		3.0
HIST 246	World Civilization from 1500 to Present (3)
POL 210	International Relations (3)
PHIL 200	World Religions (3)
Total Units		18

Notes: Second Language Coursework is recommended.