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  "college": "san-diego-mesa-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "History",
  "id": "social-sciences-general-associate-of-arts-degree",
  "name": "Social Sciences-General",
  "award": "Associate of Arts Degree",
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      "markdown": "### Summary\n\nThe general Social Sciences major is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the varied disciplines of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Students who intend to transfer to a four-year college or university are urged to plan their programs carefully in conjunction with the requirements of the target school. The general Social Sciences major is also an excellent choice for the undecided student who simply wants to complete lower-division General Education requirements with a solid Liberal Arts preparation. More specific Social Sciences and Humanities concentrations are provided in Geography, History, Philosophy, and Political Science majors. It is easy to make the transition from the general Social Sciences major to one of the specific concentrations if the decision is made early in the students academic career. The Social Sciences majors (general and specific) prepare the student for upper-division work in the various Social Sciences disciplines leading to advanced degrees and/or careers in public administration, business, teaching, research, etc.\n\n**Award Note:**\nThe Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.\n\n**Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Social Sciences-General Program will be able to:**\n\n1.  Think critically about social relations by framing questions; forming hypotheses; gathering, weighing, and interpreting evidence; and deriving conclusions.\n2.  Communicate effectively about social relations in written, oral, and other expressive forms.\n3.  Demonstrate global awareness and an understanding of one’s role in society when making complex decisions related to social relations."
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      "markdown": "### Requirements"
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          "title": "World History I",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 101",
          "title": "World History II",
          "units": "3",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 105",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 106",
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select two six-unit sequences (four classes total) from the following:",
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          "code": "AAPI 124",
          "title": "Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 123",
          "title": "U.S. History from the Asian Pacific American Perspective",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "and"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "BLAS 140A",
          "title": "African American History to Reconstruction",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "BLAS 140B",
          "title": "African American History since Reconstruction to the Present",
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          "connector": "and"
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CHIC 141A",
          "title": "United States History from a Chicano Perspective",
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          "indent": false
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CHIC 141B",
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          "indent": false,
          "connector": "and"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEOG 102",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEOG 104",
          "title": "World Regional Geography",
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          "connector": "and"
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Only one sequence of two History (HIST) courses may be selected",
          "units": "6"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST C1001",
          "title": "United States History to 1877",
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          "text": "Only one sequence of two History (HIST) courses may be selected",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 115A",
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          "indent": false
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          "type": "course",
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Only one sequence of two History (HIST) courses may be selected",
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          "code": "HIST 141",
          "title": "Women in United States History I",
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          "title": "Women in United States History II",
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Only one sequence of two History (HIST) courses may be selected",
          "units": "6"
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          "text": "Only one sequence of two Philosophy (PHIL) courses may be selected",
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          "text": "Only one sequence of two Philosophy (PHIL) courses may be selected",
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