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2008–2010 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Degree in Children, Family, and Community

The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree in Children, Family, and Community offers two areas of specialization—Children and Family or Community and Society. The minimum number of semester credit hours for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree in either specialization is 120, including Core Curriculum requirement hours. Thirty-nine of the 120 semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree in Children, Family, and Community must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements, see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Degree Requirements

1. 36 semester credit hours in an organized technical program completed at a community college
   
   
2. 42 semester credit hours of Core Curriculum courses (see table)
   
   
3. 27 semester credit hours of coursework for the major:
        
   1. 9 semester credit hours required:
      
      

      SOC 1013	Introduction to Sociology (If already taken to complete the Social and Behavioral Science component of the core, must replace the 3 semester credit hours with an elective in Sociology.)
      SOC 3163	Families in Society
      SOC 3373	Qualitative Research Methods

         
   2. 18 semester credit hours of required coursework in one of the following specializations:
                                   

      Specialization in Children and Family
      18 semester credit hours chosen from the following:
      BBL 2243*	Bilingual Families, Communities, and Schools
      SOC 3043	Race and Ethnic Relations
      SOC 3283	Poverty
      SOC 3293	Gender Roles
      SOC 3413	Sociology of the Mexican American Community
      SOC 3503	Sociology of Education
      SOC 3513	Children and Society
      OR
      Specialization in Community and Society
      18 semester credit hours chosen from the following:
      BBL 2243*	Bilingual Family, Communities, and Schools
      GRG 3213	Cultural Geography
      GRG 3513	Urban Geography
      SOC 3043	Race and Ethnic Relations
      SOC 3533	Migration Dynamics and Transnational Relations
      	or
      HIS 3843	Migration and History
      SOC 3283	Poverty
      SOC 3293	Gender Roles
      SOC 3433	Mexican Immigration and U.S. Society
      SOC 3503	Sociology of Education
      SOC 4433	Culture and Society
      * If BBL 2243 is taken, a free elective at the upper-division level must be taken in order to meet the required 39 upper-division hours.

      
      
   3. 15 semester credit hours at the upper-division level for support courses:
      
      
      1. 3 semester credit hours required:
         
         

         IDS 3713

         Interdisciplinary Inquiry

         
         
      2. 12 semester credit hours required at the upper-division level chosen from the following disciplines: Anthropology (ANT), Bicultural-Bilingual Studies (BBL), Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS), and Sociology (SOC), which are in addition to those taken for the specialization in the major. Other disciplines may be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor and with the approval of the department chair.

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