Liberal Arts & Sciences - Social Science
This transfer program emphasizes course work in the social and behavioral sciences and in the liberal arts. By careful selection of electives, graduates are able to enter baccalaureate programs at the third-year level with all their general education requirements met.
- Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of typical issues in the social sciences.
- Perform the basic operations of personal computer use, as well as employ basic research techniques to locate, evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of sources.
- Communicate effectively and appropriately in oral and written forms.
- Discuss the social, psychological and historical influences on human behavior.
- Identify the steps of the scientific method and discuss the research methods employed by social scientists.
- Recognize the effects of globalization.
- Identify the basic terminology related to the theories and research of the Social Sciences.
Required: Algebra
Recommended: Geometry, Biology
- Emphasizes course work in Social & Behavioral Sciences with a Liberal Arts core
- Maximum flexibility in a broad selection of courses from psychology, sociology, history, and political science
- Especially suitable for students who are undecided about their educational or professional goals and who wish to establish a solid liberal arts foundation
- Additional course work:
- Education
- Criminology
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Good academic standing (2.0 cumulative GPA) or higher
- Successful completion of all courses in the prescribed 4-semester plan
- Submission of the college's degree application form
Alfred State liberal arts & sciences: social science graduates may enter directly into the technology management BBA degree program.
Graduates are qualified to enter baccalaureate programs in a variety of academic disciplines such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, and political science as well as in such professional fields as early childhood/childhood education, adolescent education, criminal justice, pre-law, human services management, and business administration. Among the colleges to which recent graduates have successfully transferred are Alfred University, University of Buffalo, Cornell University, SUNY Cortland, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Geneseo, and St. Bonaventure University.
Students may also continue their education in Alfred State's BBA program in technology management.
A full-time student typically enrolls each semester in five courses which is the equivalent of 15 credit hours. The classes are held either on Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule for 50 minutes each or on a Tuesday-Thursday schedule for one hour and 15 minutes each. Students are responsible for their own scheduling subject to the approval of their academic advisers.
| First Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| COMP | 1503 | Freshman Composition | 3 |
| PSYC | 1013 | General Psychology | 3 |
| SOCI | 1163 | General Sociology | 3 |
| MATH | xxx3 | Math Elective | 3 |
| xxx3 | American History Elective | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
| Second Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PSYC | 1023 | Human Development | 3 |
| LITR | 2603 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| SOCI | xxx3 | Sociology Elective | 3 |
| MATH | xxx3 | Math Elective | 3 |
| HIST | 1113 | Western Civilization | 3 |
| 15 | |||
| Third Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| SOCI | 1183 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
| PSYC | xxx3 | Psychology Elective | 3 |
| FNAT | xxx3 | Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
| xxxx | Nat Sci Elective | 3-4 | |
| xxxx | Open Elective | 3 | |
| 15-16 | |||
| Fourth Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| xxx3 | Other World Civiliz Elective | 3 | |
| xxxx | Natural Science Elective | 3-4 | |
| xxx3 | Open Elective | 3 | |
| xxx3 | Open Elective | 3 | |
| SOCI | 1223 | Minority Cultures | 3 |
| 15-16 | |||
Also required: One unit of physical education.
| Survey Details | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving Degrees | 50 | 45 | 40 |
| Responding to Survey | 43 (86%) | 36 (80%) | 31 (78%) |
| Employed | 2 (5%) | 2 (6%) | 6 (19%) |
| Employed in Field | 1 (50%) | 2 (100%) | 5 (83%) |
| Transferred | 41 (95%) | 34 (94%) | 25 (81%) |
| Unemployed & Seeking Employment | -- | -- | -- |
| Unemployed & Not Seeking Employment | -- | -- | -- |
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