SOCIOLOGY (A1010N)

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (44 Semester Hours Credit)
Forty-four semester hours of credit in General Education Core courses are required as outlined on the NCCCS Curriculum Standards for Associate in Arts degree programs. The General Education Core includes study in the areas of humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, and English composition. Within the core, students receive opportunities to achieve competence in reading, writing, communicating, demonstrating mathematical skills, understanding science concepts, and using computers.

English Composition (6 SHC)  Two English composition courses are required.

• ENG 111, Expository Writing, is required as the first composition course.
• The second composition course must be selected from the following:
  ENG 112: Argument-based Research
  ENG 114: Professional Research and Reporting

Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
Four courses from three discipline areas are required. At least one course must be a literature course. One 3 SHC speech communication course may be substituted for one 3 SHC humanities/fine arts course except literature.

• Select the required literature course and one additional course from the following:
  • Art (ART 111, 114, 115)
  • Foreign Languages (FRE 111, 112, 211, 212; SPA 111, 112, 211, 212)
  • Interdisciplinary Humanities (HUM 110, 115, 120, 122, 130, 150, 160, 161, 211, 212, 220)
  • Literature (ENG 131, 231, 232, 241, 242, 261, 262)
  • Music (MUS 110, 113)
  • Philosophy (PHI 215, 240)
  • Religion (REL 110, 111, 112, 211, 212, 221)
  • Speech/Communication (COM 110, 120, 231)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
Select four courses from at least three of the following discipline areas.

• One course must be a history course: ( HIS 111, 121, 122, 131, 132)
• The following course is required:
  SOC 210: Introduction to Sociology (3 SHC)
• One of the following courses is required (3 SHC)
  213: Sociology of the Family (3 SHC)
  220: Social Problems (3 SHC)
  225: Social Diversity (3 SHC)
  240: Social Psychology (3 SHC)
• Select one course from one of the following discipline areas:
  • Economics (ECO 151, 251, 252)
  • Geography (GEO 111, 112)
  • Political Science (POL 120, 220)
  • Psychology (PSY 150, 237, 239, 241, 281)

Natural Sciences/Mathematics (14 SHC)

• Natural Sciences (8 SHC): Select two courses, including accompanying laboratory work, from among the following biological and physical science disciplines:
  • Astronomy (AST 111 [class] and 111A [lab])
  • Biology (BIO 110, 111, 112, 120, 130, 140 [class] and 140A [lab])
  • Chemistry (CHM 151, 152)
  • Physics (PHY 110 [class] and 110A [lab], 151, 152, 251, 252)
• Mathematics (6 SHC): Select at least one course in introductory mathematics (college algebra, trigonometry, calculus, etc.); the other unit may be selected from among other quantitative subjects, such as computer science and statistics.
  • Mathematics (MAT 171 or 175; 172 or 175; 263; 271; 272; 273)
  • Other Quantitative Subjects (Statistics – MAT 151; Computer Science – CIS 110, 115)
  • CIS 110: Introduction to Computers (3 SHC) is recommended for the second mathematics course.

OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20-21 Semester Hours Credit)

• Academic Related (1 SHC): ACA 115  [Note: Beginning with the fall semester 2005, this course is required for new students to Sandhills.]
• Physical Education (2 SHC) activity courses are required at Sandhills Community College. Select two courses from the following activity courses (PED 110 is not an activity course.): PED 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 169, 170, 173, 174, 181, 186, 212, 215, 217, 260, 262
• Eighteen (18) additional hours of approved college transfer courses are required.

Note: Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language requirement, if applicable, prior to or after transferring to the senior institution.

Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in Program: 64-65