Social Justice Studies: LGBTQ Studies

Award Type: Associate in Arts for Transfer

The Associate in Arts for Transfer in Social Justice Studies: LGBT Studies offers students a multidisciplinary approach to the study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer identities, culture, art, literature, politics, history and society in the United States and across cultures. Students will incorporate queer theory, theories of race and ethnicity, and feminist theory, to examine, analyze and compare social and political movements, and consider the ways that we currently understand and have historically understood various constructions of sexuality, gender identity and behavior depending upon historic time and global location. The Associate in Arts for Transfer in Social Justice Studies: LGBT Studies will prepare students to move into the California State University (CSU) system to pursue a baccalaureate degree related to LGBT Studies such as Gender Studies and Queer Studies.

Associate Degree for Transfer Requirements

Completion of 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to a California State University, including the following:

1. Completion of the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC).
2. A minimum of 18 semester units in a major or area of emphasis as determined by the community college district.
3. Obtainment of an overall minimum grade point average of 2.0.
4. Minimum grade of C (or P grade if taken on a pass/no pass basis) for each course in the major.

The following Allan Hancock College graduation requirements will not be required: Health and Wellness, Multicultural Gender Studies and Allan Hancock College General Education.

The graduate of the Associate in Arts for Transfer in Social Justice Studies: LGBTQ Studies will:

1. Research how theoretical perspectives and critical theories on social justice inform the social, political, economic, historical and cultural circumstances surrounding justice as they relate to gender, sexuality and race as well as other intersectional aspects of life in society.
2. Define and analyze power and oppression to better understand how they operate at the individual, cultural and institutional levels
3. Explain how intersectional formations of social identity reflecting various levels of power and privilege impact social justice at the individual, cultural and institutional levels.