Associate in Arts—Social Sciences Emphasis Major (A.A.)

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Major code AA1110

University College
Chubb Hall 140
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.1935
Fax: 740.593.0206
university.college@ohio.edu
https://www.ohio.edu/university-college/associate-social-sciences

Julie Cohara, Director of Degree Programs/contact person
cohara@ohio.edu

Available at the following locations:

Athens
Chillicothe
Eastern
Lancaster
Southern
Zanesville

Program Overview

Ohio University’s University College stewards the Associate in Arts (A.A.) and Associate in Science (A.S.) degree programs. The A.A. provides students two degree emphasis options to focus their program in fine arts/humanities or social sciences. The A.S. affords students the opportunity to emphasize natural sciences/applied sciences/quantitative skills in their program of study. These associate degree programs are available on all Ohio University campuses.

The A.A. and A.S. curricula integrate the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s (ODHE) Ohio Transfer Module (OTM), which allows students’ general education coursework to become transferable within the state. See the Admissions section of this catalog for more information.

In their 2016 Guidelines and Procedures for Academic Program Review, ODHE maintains the belief that the A.A. and A.S. degrees “serve as the first two years of a bachelor’s degree.” Students seeking this degree should work closely with their A.A./A.S. academic advisor to identify Bachelor programs of interest and strategically identify the appropriate general education courses that overlap in both the A.A./A.S. program and desired Bachelor program(s) of interest. The OHIO Guide also provides appropriate general education courses for each major program.

This degree is available on all campuses. The A.A. degree requires a minimum of 60 hours. A maximum of 15 hours earned through the prior learning assessment program may be applied to the A.A. or A.S. degree. At least 20 of the total credits earned toward the A.A. or A.S. must be Ohio University credits. In addition, at least 50 percent of the coursework taken in the area of concentration for the A.A. degree programs must be completed through Ohio University. Technical courses count only as electives for both the A.A. and A.S. degrees. You must earn at least a 2.0 GPA in the area of concentration and overall to earn the degree.

If you plan to earn the A.A. degree, contact the director of degree programs in University College so that the valid major code can be properly recorded.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Change of Program Policy

No selective or limited admission requirements.

External Transfer Admission

No selective or limited admission requirements.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

Many entry positions now require an associate degree. A liberal arts degree, like the Associate in Arts with social science emphasis, can also provide the foundation for a future bachelor’s degree.

Requirements

Associate Degree Information

Second Associate Degree

You cannot earn the same associate degree twice. Furthermore, you are not permitted to earn both the A.A. and A.S. degrees. If you have already earned the A.I.S. degree, you are not permitted to earn either the A.A. or A.S. degree. Although it is possible to complete an A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree with a double major, you can earn the degree only once. If an A.A. or A.S. has been completed previously, you will not be permitted to complete the A.I.S.

Associate Degree After a Baccalaureate Degree

Typically, the Associate in Individualized Studies degree is not an appropriate degree program for someone who previously has completed a bachelor’s degree. In special circumstances, a person who has completed a prior bachelor’s degree may petition the director of degree programs in University College to seek permission to complete the A.I.S. degree. The Associate in Arts or the Associate in Science degree will not be granted if you have already earned a baccalaureate degree.

A.A. and A.S. General Education Requirements

Students completing Ohio University’s Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees are required to complete 36 hours of OTM-approved coursework with a minimum of 24 semester hours from the following:

Written Communication (3 hours). Either ENG 1510 or 1610 (for non-native English speakers only) will satisfy the written communication requirement.
Quantitative Reasoning (3 hours). Courses that fulfill Quantitative Reasoning requirement are marked in this catalog with the designation (FQR) as the general education code.
Humanities: Arts (3 hours). Courses that fulfill the Humanities: Arts requirement are marked in this catalog with the designation (PHA) as the general education code.
Humanities: Texts and Contexts (3 hours). Courses that fulfill the Humanities: Texts and Contexts requirement are marked in this catalog with the designation (PHTC) as the general education code.
Social or Behavioral Science or Connected World (6 hours). Courses that fulfill the Social or Behavioral Science requirement are marked in this catalog with the designation (PSBS) as the general education code. Courses that fulfill the Connected World requirement are marked in this catalog with the designation (ACNW) as the general education code.
Natural Science or Natural World (6 hours). Courses that fulfill the Natural Science requirement are marked in this catalog with the designation (PNS) as the general education code. Courses that fulfill the Natural World requirement are marked in this catalog with the designation (ANW) as the general education code.

NOTE: Common courses used to fulfill BRICKS requirements may also be used to fulfill major requirements.

Major Hours Requirements

The Associate in Arts with social sciences emphasis program requires a minimum of 60 hours.

NOTE: Common courses used to fulfill BRICKS requirements may also be used to fulfill major requirements.

Social Science Concentration

Complete at least 20 hours from the following courses:

African American Studies (except 1060, 1100, 1500, 2100, 2110, 2500, 3100, 3110, 3170, 3500, 3520, 3530, 3560, and 3570)
Anthropology (except 2010, 3460, 3550, 4470, 4480, 4730, and 4960)
Economics
Geography (except 1100, 1400, 2020, 2600, 2680, 3010, 3020, 3030, and 4100)
History (except 1210, 1220, 3140, 3143, 3144, 3148, 3200, 3201, 3280, 3281, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3300, 3531, 3532, 3533, and 3540)
International Studies
Linguistics
Political Science
Psychology (except 1110, 2110, 2120, 2210, and 3230)
Social Work
Sociology

BUSL 2000 - Law and Society Credit Hours: 3
BUSL 2550 - The Legal Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3
BUSL 3570 - Law of Commercial Transactions Credit Hours: 3
BUSL 3850 - International Business Law Credit Hours: 3
CLAR 2110 - Greek Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
CLAR 2120 - Roman Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
CLAR 2130 - Near Eastern and Egyptian Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3601 - Courtroom Rhetoric Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3602 - Political Rhetoric Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3603 - Contemporary Culture and Rhetoric Credit Hours: 3
CONS 2500 - Families as Consumers in Global Communities Credit Hours: 3
EDEC 1600 - Introduction to Child Development Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 1050 - Introduction to Mass Communication Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 2012 - Media, Communication and Social Change Credit Hours: 3
MGT 2000 - Introduction to Management Credit Hours: 3
or
MGT 2100 - Introduction to Management and Organization Credit Hours: 3

Arts and Humanities

Complete at least 10 hours from the following courses:

Art History
Classical Archaeology (except 2110, 2120, 2130)
Classical Languages (Latin, Greek)
Classics in English
Classics and World Religions (except CLWR 4340, 4350)
English (except D150)
Foreign Languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian/Malaysian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili)
Humanities
Interdisciplinary Arts
International Literature: Modern Languages
Philosophy (except 1200)
Women’s and Gender Studies

AAS 1060 - Introduction to African American Studies Credit Hours: 3
AAS 1100 - Introduction to African American Literature Credit Hours: 3
AAS 1500 - Africana Media Studies Credit Hours: 4
AAS 2100 - Slave Narrative and Freeman/Freewomen Fiction of the 18th and 19th Centuries Credit Hours: 3
AAS 2110 - African American Literature II: Black Writing of the 20th and 21st Centuries Credit Hours: 3
AAS 2500 - Blackness and the Arts Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3100 - Postmodern Blackness: Identity and Culture in Contemporary African American Literature Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3170 - Black Transnational Literature: Caribbean and Transcultural African American Writing Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3500 - African American Arts and Artists Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3520 - Blacks in Contemporary American Cinema Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3530 - Survey of Black Independent Cinema Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3550 - History of African American Music I, Slavery-1926 Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3560 - History of African American Music II, 1926-Present Credit Hours: 3
AAS 3570 - Black Music Criticism: Hiphop history, culture and politics Credit Hours: 3
ART 1100 - Seeing and Knowing the Visual Arts Credit Hours: 3
COMS 1010 - Fundamentals of Human Communication Credit Hours: 3
DANC 1700 - The Dance Experience Credit Hours: 3
DANC 2700 - Languages of Dance Credit Hours: 3
DANC 2550 - Dance Cultures of the World I Credit Hours: 3
DANC 4550 - Dance Ethnography: Intellectualizing the Body’s Motion Credit Hours: 3
DANC 4710 - Histories of Modern and Postmodern Choreography and Practice Credit Hours: 3
DANC 4750 - Dance in Non-Western Expressive Cultures Credit Hours: 3
FAR 1500 - Viewing the Arts Credit Hours: 3
FILM 2010 - Introduction to Film: History of World Cinema Credit Hours: 4
FILM 2020 - Introduction to Film: Film Analysis Credit Hours: 3
FILM 2030 - Introduction to Film: The Documentary Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1210 - Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1500 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1220 - Western Civilization: Modernity from 1500 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3140 - Pop/High Culture in 20th Century America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3144 - US Social History in the 20th century Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3148 - Cultural Rebels in the Modern U.S. Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3200 - Women in American History Before 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3201 - Women in American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3281 - Jewish History Since 1492 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3290 - Ancient Near East: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Levant Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3291 - Ancient Greece Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3292 - Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3531 - Vikings - Saxons - Franks: Western Europe, 476-1066 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3532 - History of the Crusades Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3533 - Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1350 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3540 - History of Early Christianity Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3560 - The Italian Renaissance Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3562 - Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the History of Medieval Spain Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3600 - Women in Early Modern European History, 1400-1800 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3710 - Magic, Heresy and Witchcraft in Europe Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3900 - History Through Film Credit Hours: 3
MUS 1000 - Introduction to Music Theory Credit Hours: 3
MUS 1210 - Introduction to World Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 1240 - History of Rock Music I Credit Hours: 3
MUS 3210 - History and Literature of Music I Credit Hours: 3
MUS 3220 - History and Literature of Music II Credit Hours: 3
MUS 4250 - Music of Africa Credit Hours: 2
MUS 4260 - African Music and Related Arts Credit Hours: 2
THAR 1710 - The Theatrical Experience Credit Hours: 3
THAR 2710 - Theater and Performance History I Credit Hours: 3
THAR 2711 - Theater and Performance History II Credit Hours: 3

Natural Science, Applied Science and Quantitative Skills

Complete at least 10 hours from the following courses:

Astronomy
Biology
Biological Science
Chemistry (except 1010, 1100, 1150, and 1500)
Computer Science
Geology
Mathematics (except D005, D300, and D301)
Microbiology
Physics
Plant Biology

ANTH 2010 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3460 - Introduction to Human Osteology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3550 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4470 - Forensic Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4480 - Blood, Bones, and Violence Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4730 - Human Evolution Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4960 - Human Diversity Credit Hours: 3
CSD 1080 - Introduction to Communication Disorders Credit Hours: 3
CTCH 1250 - Introduction to Computers Credit Hours: 3
EE 1014 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering Credit Hours: 4
EE 1024 - Introduction to Computer Engineering Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 1100 - Physical Geography Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 2400 - Environmental Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 2680 - Introduction to GIS and Mapping Sciences Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 3010 - Meteorology Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 3020 - Climatology Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 3031 - Meteorological Observations Credit Hours: 2
GEOG 4110 - Advanced Physical Geography Credit Hours: 3
HLTH 2020C - Introduction to Health and Lifestyle Choices Credit Hours: 3
ITS 1010 - Consumer Issues in Telecommunication Credit Hours: 3
NUTR 1000 - Introduction to Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 1200 - Principles of Reasoning Credit Hours: 3
PSY 1110 - Elementary Statistical Reasoning Credit Hours: 3
PSY 2110 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 4
PSY 2120 - Research Methods in Psychology Credit Hours: 4
PSY 3230 - Comparative Psychology Credit Hours: 3