The Associate in Arts in Social Justice Studies: General Studies for Transfer degree (AA-T) is a 60 unit program which provides students with a pathway for turning their passion for change, human rights, and the ideals of justice into an interdisciplinary focus area of study for transfer. The program gives students choices in their coursework, so that each individual can focus on the issues or areas that most appeal to them within the framework of social justice coursework that includes themes of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, sex identity, culture and diversity, gender, and sexuality. This interdisciplinary program will prepare students for a workplace and world where awareness of inequality, microaggressions as well as systemic marginalization and discrimination, and a capacity to understand and address social responsibility, have become globally interconnected. The Social Justice Studies: General Studies for Transfer degree (AA-T) provides students the lower division coursework required for transfer to a CSU institution for the major in a variety of interdisciplinary or traditional disciplines, such as Ethnic Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Justice Studies, Sociology, English, Humanities, Philosophy, History, Anthropology, Psychology, Art, or Political Science. Social Justice Studies emerged out of historical and ongoing social progress movements such as the Labor, Civil Rights, Disability Rights, LGBTQ, and Women’s Liberation movements. Students explore interconnected systems of discrimination and oppression, including institutional, relational, cultural, and socioeconomic racism, sexism, ableism, classism, heterosexism, and cisgenderism. Social Justice scholarship locates intersectional identities of race, class, sex, ability, gender, sexuality, religion, culture, and nation, to explore inequities and identify systems of oppression and advantage that exist as a result of marginalization, cultural supremacy/insensitivity, and/or violence. The goal of the program is not to engender a singular approach to social justice issues but rather to present students with a dynamic academic framework for thinking creatively and pragmatically about contemporary social issues. Areas of scholarship that inform social justice include education; anthropology; race and ethnic studies; cognitive, developmental and social psychology; gay, lesbian bisexual, transgender and queer studies; history; literature; Queer Theory; Judaic and Middle Eastern studies; sociology, and women, gender, and sexuality studies. The Social Justice Studies transfer degree offers students the opportunity to prepare for rewarding work, such as with government agencies, colleges and universities, consulting firms, research institutes, corporations, domestic and international non-governmental or community or environmental organizations, human rights organizations, the United Nations, and international development organizations, or in journalism, writing, or social work. Students must complete the following requirements: 1. 60 semester or 90 quarter CSU-transferable units 2. the California State University-General Education-Breadth pattern (CSU GE-Breadth); OR the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) pattern. 3. a minimum of 18 semester or 27 quarter units in the major or area of emphasis as determined by the community college district. 4. obtainment of a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0. 5. earn a grade of C (or P) or better in all courses required for the major or area of emphasis.
Major Core Requirements (9-12 units)
Course Number | Course Title | Units |
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Select one: SJST001 SOCI020 | Introduction to Ethnic and Social Justice Studies Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 units 3 units |
Select one: WGQS001 WGQS003 SOCI028 | Introduction to Women's Studies Introduction to Gender and Queer Studies Sociology of Gender | 4 units 3 units 3 units |
Any course from above not already used or one of the
following: ARTS001J ARTS007 Only one: ENGL012 ENGL012H Only one: ENGL018 ENGL018H FRNC001A HIST005B HUMN001B JPNS001A PHIL001 Only one: PSYC001 PSYC001H SOCI001 SPAN001A | Survey of Non-Western Art: Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America The Art of Asia African American Literature Honors African American Literature Asian American Literature Honors Asian American Literature Beginning French World History from 1500 Human Values in and from the Arts - the Renaissance to the Modern Age Beginning Japanese Introduction to Philosophy General Psychology Honors General Psychology Introduction to Sociology Beginning Spanish | 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 5 units 3 units 3 units 5 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 5 units |
Major Electives List A: Select three courses from at least two of the following areas. Only one course from Area 4 may be used. (9-14 units)
Course Number | Course Title | Units |
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Area 1: History or Government HIST012 HIST014 HIST016 | African American History History of the Native North Americans Mexican-American History | 3 units 3 units 3 units |
Area 2: Arts and Humanities ARTS007 ARTS010 ARTS013 ARTS014 WGQS002 WGQS003 WGQS004A | The Art of Asia American Art: A Multicultural Approach African-American Art History Women in Art History Women in the Arts: Multicultural Perspectives Introduction to Gender and Queer Studies Women in World Cultures | 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units |
Area 3: Social Science Only one: ANTH003 ANTH003H Only one: ECON001A ECON001AH Only one: ECON001B ECON001BH GEOG002 POLI003 PSYC009 SOCI028 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Honors Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Principles of Macroeconomics Honors Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics Honors Principles of Microeconomics Introduction to Cultural Geography Introduction to Political Science Psychology of Women: A Multicultural Perspective Sociology of Gender | 3 units 3 units 4 units 4 units 4 units 4 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units |
Area 4: Quantitative Reasoning and Research Methods Only one: MATH010 MATH010H Only one: PSYC002 PSYC002H SOCI012 | Elementary Statistics Honors Elementary Statistics Experimental Psychophysiology Honors Experimental Psychophysiology Introduction to Research Methods | 4 units 4 units 4 units 4 units 3 units |
Area 5: Major Preparation ARTS001J ARTS007 Only one: ENGL012 ENGL012H Only one: ENGL018 ENGL018H HIST005B HUMN001B JPNS001A FRNC001A PHIL001 Only one: PSYC001 PSYC001H SPAN001A SOCI001 WGQS001 | Survey of Non-Western Art: Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America The Art of Asia African American Literature Honors African American Literature Asian American Literature Honors Asian American Literature World History from 1500 Human Values in and from the Arts - the Renaissance to the Modern Age Beginning Japanese Beginning French Introduction to Philosophy General Psychology Honors General Psychology Beginning Spanish Introduction to Sociology Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 5 units 5 units 3 units 3 units 3 units 5 units 3 units 4 units |
Total Major Units: 18-26 units
CSU transferable electives courses are required when the major units plus transfer GE units total is less than 60.