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Associate in Arts, DTA - Sociology Specialization

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SociologyAcademicAssociate in Arts
Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
Complete at least 3 of the following Courses:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
Completion requirement

Students are required to take this class in their first or second quarter at TCC. 

Exemptions: 

  • Students who have completed 30 or more credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher at TCC before beginning a degree that requires College 101. 

  • Students who transfer in 30 or more credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.  

  • Students who have an Associate or Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. 

  • Students who have a Bachelor’s degree from another country.  

  • Students who have successfully completed an equivalent success course at another institution. 

  • Students who have successfully completed HD 101 (prior to Fall 2022), FRSH 100 or ABE 019 at TCC.

Students who are granted an exemption from COL 101 will need to complete additional college level elective credits to complete the required 90 credits for the degree.

Complete ALL of the following Courses:
Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Students looking to strengthen their reading and writing skills, and to increase their success in ENGL&101 are encouraged to enroll concurrently in course : Tools for Reading and Writing. This course may be applied as a college-level elective towards degree requirements.

AND
Earn at least 5 credits from the following:

Recommended Course:
course - Composition II: Argument and Persuasion

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

MATH&146 is required for the Sociology Specialization.
Students looking to strengthen their skill base with pre-requisite topics are encouraged to enroll concurrently in course: Co-requisite for Statistics.

  • Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines (two different prefix areas).

  • No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline

  • No more than 5 credits in world language at the 100 level.

  • No more than 5 credits in performance/skill (P/S) courses may be used to satisfy this requirement

Earn at least 15 credits from the following:

Recommend choosing courses from Art, Communication Studies, Music, and World Languages.

•    Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines
•    No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
AND
Complete at least 1 of the following Courses:
AND

Complete 5 credits from the Social Science distribution course list from a discipline other than Sociology (SOC/SOC&).

Earn at least 5 credits from the following:

Recommended Courses:
course - Survey of Anthropology (Multicultural Course)
course - General Psychology
course - Introduction to Political Science

  • Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines.

  • Must include at least 10 credits from the courses listed as Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences.

  • No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline

  • Must include at least 1 laboratory course

  • No more than 5 credits allowed from a MATH prefixed course

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Earn at least 10 credits from the following:
AND
Earn at least 5 credits from the following:

Recommended Courses:
course - Biological Anthropology (Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences)
course - Human Osteology (Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences)
course - Primatology (Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences)
course - Introduction to Environmental Science w/Lab (Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences)
course - Introductory Topics in Natural Science w/Lab (Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences)

Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete at least 2 of the following Courses:
AND
Earn at least 5 credits from the following:

No more than 3.0 PE activity credits may be applied toward the degree.

Earn at least 10 credits from the following:

Any college-level courses numbered 100 or above.

No more than 3.0 PE activity credits may be applied toward the degree.

Completion requirement

A single course may be used to satisfy the multicultural requirement, one specialization requirement, and one distribution requirement. Please consult the listings under each distribution area requirement to identify courses that fulfill both criteria.

For the Sociology Specialization, students may apply a single Multicultural-designated course from the Social Sciences Distribution to fulfill up to three requirements simultaneously - multicultural requirement, one specialization requirement, and one distribution requirement.

This overlap does not reduce the total degree requirement of 90 quarter credits.

Earn at least 5 credits from the following:

Recommended Courses:
course - Introduction to Sociology (Sociology Specialization Core Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Introduction to Women's Studies (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Social Problems (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Sociology of African Americans (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Sociology of Sport (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Sociology of Latinx Americans (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Introduction to Queer Studies (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Race and Ethnic Relations (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Sociology of Asian Americans (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality (Sociology Specialization Foundation Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)