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Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Family and Community

The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Family and Community emphasizes the study of Family and Community. The minimum number of semester credit hours for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree in Family and Community is 128, including Core Curriculum requirement hours. Thirty-nine of the 128 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 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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements	Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)	All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement: WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Domain I: Mathematics and Science	Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Science (6 semester credit hours) Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two under the appropriate sections in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain II: Society and Culture	United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours) Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Political Studies (6 semester credit hours) POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Economics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain III: Literature and the Arts	Literature (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. The Arts (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain IV: World Society and Issues	(3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Degree Requirements

A. 36 semester credit hours in an organized technical program completed at a two-year college

B. 42 semester credit hours of Core Curriculum courses (see table above)

C. 42 semester credit hours of required coursework:

SOC 1013 Introduction to the Study of Society
SOC 3043 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 3073 Migration Dynamics
or
SOC 3433 Mexican Immigration and U.S. Society
or
SOC 3533 Border and Transnational Relations
SOC 3133 Sociology of Pluralism in the Southwest
SOC 3163 Marriage and the Family
or
SOC 3413 Mexican American Family
SOC 3253 The Individual and Society
SOC 3283 Poverty
SOC 3263 Latinas in U.S. Society
or
SOC 3293 Gender Roles
SOC 3373 Qualitative Research Methods
SOC 3383 Sociology of the African American Community
SOC 3403 Mexican American Stratification
SOC 3503 Sociology of Education
SOC 3513 Children and Society
SOC 3523 Language and Society