{"@id":"https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-1dbb20c1-ca47-41e8-9a34-07421f645619","@type":"ceterms:AssociateOfArtsDegree","@context":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/schema/context/json","ceterms:ctid":"ce-1dbb20c1-ca47-41e8-9a34-07421f645619","ceterms:name":{"en-US":"Liberal Arts \u0026 Sciences: Humanities \u0026 Social Sciences"},"ceterms:ownedBy":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-2a030032-8f02-490e-afbb-7265e2309de8"],"ceterms:inLanguage":["en"],"ceterms:description":{"en-US":"If you're looking for a traditional course of study that exposes you to a broad spectrum of subjects - and also teaches you to reason, question, and communicate - Onondaga's associate in arts (A.A.) degree in Humanities and Social Sciences provides this experience.\n\nIn addition, this program satisfies the General Education Liberal Arts requirements at many four-year colleges and universities, enabling you to move into many different majors once you transfer.\n\nGraduates of this program have earned four-year degrees in liberal arts in pre-professional areas such as journalism, history, English literature, political science, modern languages, psychology, philosophy, economics, sociology, anthropology and more.\n\nYou will study the same liberal arts courses that freshmen and sophomore students typically study at colleges across the country: English composition and literature, history, mathematics, science, philosophy, fine arts, global awareness and languages, plus social sciences, such as political science, psychology, anthropology, geography, sociology, and economics. This diverse exposure broadens your perspective on life, and helps you make informed decisions about your career direction and future course of study.\n\nThis program also includes a generous choice of electives, enabling you to explore new ideas in areas that most appeal to you: music, art, business, journalism, communication, computer science and more.\n\nIf you wish to enter the workforce after graduation from Onondaga, this degree tells employers that you have a broad-based education - and that you have learned how to learn. Many employers prefer to hire generalists who have solid reasoning and communication skills and therefore usually make good candidates for specialized, on-the-job training.\n\nThe department of English/Integrated Learning Studies/Communications offers courses in writing, literature, reading, communication, journalism and cinema studies. Students must complete ENG 103 and ENG 104 before taking upper-level English electives. A wide range of upper-division (200-level) writing and literature courses are available, including Creative Writing, Professional and Technical Writing, surveys of British and American Literature, World Literature, African American Literature, Women's Literature, The Novel, and Voices of Diversity.\n\nThe Integrated Learning Studies discipline offers a variety of courses for students who would like to enhance their academic performance in college. Students may choose to focus on developing their vocabulary or improving their critical reading and study skills.\n\nThe Communications discipline offers courses in basic communication skills, public speaking, argumentation, interpersonal communication, gender communication, and small groups. Communication courses that respond specifically to the needs of international students are also available.\n\nThe Social Sciences and Philosophy department houses history and philosophy as well as the social sciences. The social sciences involve the study of human behavior and interactions. These sciences are anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, political science and sociology.\n\n• Anthropology is the scientific study of humans across cultures and through time.\n• Economics is the study of how society chooses to use limited resources in attempting to satisfy unlimited wants.\n• Geography examines through spatial analysis the world's social, political, cultural, economic and environmental processes, with a particular focus on space and place.\n• History studies significant past events, explains their causes and effects, and their impact on the present.\n• Philosophy involves the critical examination of our fundamental views concerning reality, knowledge and values.\n• Political Science is concerned with the analysis of political and governmental institutions, public affairs and their interrelationships.\n• Psychology seeks to discover the environmental and genetic factors that influence an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.\n• Sociology focuses on the study of society and its institutions, and social relationships among groups of humans.\n\nThe World Languages department provides the opportunity to study languages other than English. Professors as well as students use the target language as much as the level of the course permits. Language study is complemented by learning about the cultures in which the language is spoken. In addition, courses on literature and civilization are offered (see list of courses under the Literatures, Cultures and Civilizations section). Knowledge of other languages and cultures is increasingly important for economic and social reasons.\n\nPlacement in language courses varies according to the high school background of individual students."},"ceterms:subjectWebpage":"https://www.sunyocc.edu/programs/liberal-arts-sciences-humanities-social-sciences-aa","ceterms:credentialStatusType":{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/terms/CredentialStatus","ceterms:targetNode":"credentialStat:Active","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Credential Status"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"Active"},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"Awards of the credential are ongoing."}}}