Sociology
Associate in Arts for Transfer Sociology · Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog
This degree is designed for students who wish to transfer to a California State University to complete a bachelor’s degree in Sociology or related field. Students who major in sociology will study society, its groups, institutions and processes, as well as understanding and predicting human behavior.
Students who complete an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) will receive guaranteed admission with junior status to the California State University System and priority admission consideration to a major that is deemed similar to their community college transfer degree major. This priority does not guarantee admission to specific majors or campuses. Students transferring to a CSU campus that accepts the transfer degree will be required to complete no more than 60 units after transfer to earn a bachelor's degree in the same major. Students should consult a counselor for more information on specific university admission and transfer requirements.
The following are required for all AA-T or AS-T degrees:
- Completion of 60 CSU transferable semester units
- Obtainment of a minimum grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework
- Completion, with a grade of “C” or better OR “P” (Pass), of each course used to satisfy major requirements AND the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) requirements.
Students who complete this program should be able to:
- Explain how social life exists at a community level as well as a regional, national, and global one, and have at least one experience working (i.e., researching or analyzing, or helping to solve) a social problem in the community
- Differentiate social structure, culture, and governance in the U.S. from those of other comparable societies
- Enumerate the relative strengths and weaknesses of the methods - qualitative and quantitative - that social scientists use to collect and analyze data
- Analyze the role of social forces in shaping the individual
- Identify how ideas about what is “real” and “true” are constructed in a social context and shaped by those who have power and influence.
Required courses
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SOCIL-1 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOCIL-2 | Social Problems | 3 |
| STAT-C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| orPSYCH-6 | Introduction to Statistics in Social and Behavioral Science | 4 |
| List A: Select two courses from the following: | ||
| PSYCH-7 | Research Methods in Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH-22 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOCIL-5 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOCIL-6 | Sociology of Sex and Gender | 3 |
| SOCIL-10 | Sociology of Marriage and Family | 3 |
| List B: Select one course from the following: | ||
| Any course from above not already used | 3 | |
| ANTHR-2 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ECON-C2002 | Principles of Microeceonomics | 3 |
| ECON-C2001 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| POLS-C1000 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| PSYC-C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH-41 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
| Total units required for degree major | 19 | |
Students earning an AA-T/AS-T degree must complete 60 semester units of coursework eligible for transfer to the CSU including the Cal-GETC, all courses in the major with a “C” or better or “P” (pass) grades, and achieve a minimum transferable GPA of 2.0.