GAVILAN COLLEGE OFFICE OF INSTRUCTION
Curriculum Form G
Modification of Existing AA/as degree Or Certificate of Achievement
One Reading Required -- Initiator must be present

Attach program sequence as is, and with suggested modifications.

Submitted by: / Enrique Luna and Leah Halper for Social Science Department / Date: / 2/20/08
Title of Program / Social Science Degree with an Emphasis in Community Studies
Type of Program:
AA Degree
AS Degree
Certificate of Achievement
FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING THOROUGHLY. ATTACH SHEETS AS NEEDED.
The following course/s should be:
A. / Added to the above major or certificate program at Gavilan.
Full explanation of reasons for this change: The department made changes to description to match PLOs recently developed. PLOs that are listed were developed since the program last went to Curriculum Committee for approval. All of these changes are part of the paperwork that has been prepared for the Chancellor' office.
Effective Date: Fall 2009
B. / Deleted from the above major or certificate at Gavilan.
Full explanation of reasons for this change:
Effective Date:
Routing/Approval (if not approved, state reason/s below)
Department Chairperson: / Date
Area Dean: / Date
Curriculum Committee Chair: / Date
Vice President of Instruction: / Date
Superintendent/President for District Board: / Date
CCC Chancellor’s Office: / Date


Catalog Description of the program:

Majors in Social Science with emphasis on Community Studies will gain tools to analyze, contextualize, and change local communities. They will link national and global issues, movements, and idea to local issues, movements and ideas. Through service learning, they will work with local agencies involved in human services and in local democracy, and will critically reflect upon their own social, historical, cultural, economic, and political contexts. Students will evaluate the impact of civic engagement upon issues such as inequality, privilege, perspective, social conditions and institutions, power structures, difference, and social change.

Students completing this A.A. degree will be able to transfer to four-year colleges or enter the work world in fields including public service, law, politics, community organizing, advocacy, media, teaching, social work, psychology, anthropology, history, urban planning, and economics.

Program Learning Outcomes: After completing this degree/certificate the student will be able to:

·  Students will practice and analyze democratic civic engagement.
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·  Students will demonstrate and evaluate relationships between local and national issues, movements, and ideas as they relate to local communities.
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·  Students will demonstrate a range of skills including: research, documentation, analysis, evaluation, communication, contextualization, teamwork, observation, and cultural competency by relating social science concepts and theories to issues of importance to local communities.
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·  Students will identify, develop, use, and assess tools and methods for community change and social justice.
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Additional Comments:

Modified Course List::

Course # / Core Courses / Unit Value
SOC 1B / Introduction to Social Problems, AND / 3
ANTH 3 / Cultural Anthropology, AND / 3
HIST 3 or HIST 12 / History of California, OR HIST 12, Cultural History of the Mexican-American , AND / 3
POLS 27/PSYC 27 or POLS 6/PSYC 6/CMUN 6/AJ 6 / Contemporary Leadership, OR
Introduction to Conflict Resolution / 3-4
3
Minimum of 12 Units
Additional Requirements:
CMUN 4
CMUN 10
POLS1
PYSC 27/POLS 27
POLS 6/PYSC/6/CMUN 6/AJ 6
ART 14
ECOL 1
GEOG 2
GEOL 13
HE 2
HIST 2
HIST 3
HIST 5
HIST 6
HIST 12
HIST 14
SOC 1A
SOC 3
SOC 4 / Intercultural Communication
Small Group Communication
POLS 1, Introduction to Political Science
PSYC 27/POLS 27 Contemporary Leadership (if not taken above)
POLS 6/PSYC 6/CMUN 6, Introduction to Conflict Resolution (if not taken above)
Beginning Mural Painting
Conservation of Natural Resources
Cultural Geography
Environmental Geology
Human Sexuality
US History Reconstruction to the Present
(if not taken above), History of California
Women’s Lives in Early U.S. History
Women’s Lives in Recent U.S. History
Cultural History of the Mexican American (if not taken above)
U.S. in the 20th Century: An Oral History Approach
Introduction to Sociology
Sociology of Minorities
Sociology of Women and Men / 3
3
3
2-4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8-9 Units in Electives for a total of 21 units for the major
Choose one or more
Total units for the major /

21

Plus completion of General Education requirements: /

Units Vary

Total units Required for AA Degree:

FORM-G-Soc-Sci-Comm-Studies-2-20-09.doc 3/23/2009