Social and Behavioral Sciences
Associate of Arts Degree History · San Diego Miramar College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Summary
The Associate of Arts degree with an area of emphasis in Social and Behavioral Sciences is intended for students who plan to complete a bachelor’s degree at a transfer institution in a social science-related major. This degree is designed to accommodate the differing requirements of a wide variety of transfer institutions and major options. Because admission and major preparation requirements vary at each transfer institution, courses used to complete this degree should be selected with the assistance of a Miramar College counselor.
Award Note: The Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.
Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of key historical facts, values, and ideas that have shaped civilizations throughout history.
- Critically analyze primary and secondary sources in college-level essays, written assignments, and research papers.
- Demonstrate historical skills through written and verbal communication of arguments, analysis and conclusions of historical topics.
Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select at least 12 units from the following Social and Behavioral Sciences core courses: | 12 | |
| ADJU 101 | Introduction to Administration of Justice | 3 |
| ADJU 102 | Criminal Law I | 3 |
| ADJU 106 | Diversity and Community Relations | 3 |
| ADJU 162 | Criminal Investigation | 3 |
| ADJU 210 | Rules of Evidence | 3 |
| ADJU 230 | Constitutional Law I | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 104 | Laboratory in Biological Anthropology | 1 |
| ANTH 107 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| BLAS 140A | African American History to Reconstruction | 3 |
| BLAS 140B | African American History since Reconstruction to the Present | 3 |
| ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| FILI 100 | Filipino American Experience | 3 |
| GEOG 101 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 101L | Physical Geography Laboratory | 1 |
| GEOG 102 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 104 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| HIST 100 | World History I | 3 |
| HIST 101 | World History II | 3 |
| HIST 105 | Introduction to Western Civilization I | 3 |
| HIST 106 | Introduction to Western Civilization II | 3 |
| HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 115A | History of the Americas I | 3 |
| HIST 115B | History of the Americas II | 3 |
| HIST 120 | Introduction to Asian Civilizations | 3 |
| HIST 121 | Asian Civilizations in Modern Times | 3 |
| HIST 141 | Women in United States History I | 3 |
| HIST 142 | Women in United States History II | 3 |
| PADM 200 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 |
| POLI 101 | Introduction to Political Science | 3 |
| POLS C1000 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| POLI 103 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLI 140 | Contemporary International Politics | 3 |
| PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 133 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| PSYC 135 | Marriage and Family Relations | 3 |
| PSYC 166 | Introduction to Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 258 | Behavioral Science Statistics | 3 |
| orBUSE 115 | Statistics for Business | 3 |
| orSTAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| SOCO 101 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCO 110 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
| SOCO 201 | Advanced Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCO 223 | Globalization and Social Change | 3 |
| SUST 101 | Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
| Select at least one course and the remainder of units needed to meet the minimum of 18 from the following: | 6 | |
| ACCT 116A | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BIOL 107 | General Biology-Lecture and Laboratory | 4 |
| BUSE 140 | Business Law and the Legal Environment | 3 |
| CBTE 120 | Beginning Microsoft Word | 2 |
| CBTE 127 | Beginning Microsoft PowerPoint | 2 |
| CBTE 140 | Beginning Microsoft Excel | 2 |
| CHEM 100 | Fundamentals of Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 100L | Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CISC 181 | Principles of Information Systems | 4 |
| CISC 186 | Visual Basic Programming | 4 |
| CISC 190 | Java Programming | 4 |
| ENGL 105 | Composition and Literature | 3 |
| ENGL C1001 | Critical Thinking and Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 237 | Women in Literature | 3 |
| HUMA 106 | World Religions | 3 |
| LIBS 101 | Information Literacy and Research Skills | 1 |
| MATH 121 | Basic Techniques of Applied Calculus I (Draft) | 3 |
| MATH 150 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I | 5 |
| PHIL 100 | Logic and Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PHIL 101 | Symbolic Logic | 3 |
| PHIL 102B | Introduction to Philosophy: Values | 3 |
| PHIL 205 | Critical Thinking and Writing in Philosophy | 3 |
| PHYN 100 | Survey of Physical Science | 3 |