{
  "college": "yuba-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Social Science",
  "id": "social-science--social-science-associate-in-arts",
  "name": "Social Science",
  "award": "Associate in Arts",
  "department": "social-science",
  "sourceUrl": "https://yc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Yuba-College-Catalog-26.pdf#page=163",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Students who complete this program should be able to:\n\n1. Identify major theoretical orientations in the social and behavioral sciences.\n2. Describe and apply basic concepts regarding human behavior, society, and culture.\n3. Utilize the principles of social scientific methods to generate and evaluate hypotheses about human behavior and culture.\n4. Appreciate the diversity of human behaviors and cultures across time and space, as well as the more universal aspects of human experience."
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "title": "Required courses",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTHR-1",
          "title": "Physical Anthropology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTHR-2",
          "title": "Cultural Anthropology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ECON-1A",
          "title": "Elementary Economics-Macro",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEOG-1",
          "title": "Physical Geography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEOG-2",
          "title": "Cultural Geography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "POLSC-1",
          "title": "Introduction to Political Science",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSYCH-1A",
          "title": "General Psychology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOCIL-1",
          "title": "Introduction to Sociology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Any History Class",
          "units": "3"
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total units required for degree major",
          "units": "18"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Students earning an AA/AS degree must complete a minimum of 21 units of General Education requirements and the health graduation requirement, in addition to the program units listed here. Students must complete a total of 60 degree applicable units to earn an AA or AS. Please see your counselor for additional information."
    }
  ]
}