CORE REQUIREMENTS: (24 HRS) APPROVED ELECTIVES (6 HRS.) Social/Behavioral Science course (3) Humanities and Fine Arts course (3) HUMANITIES CONCENTRATION: (27 HRS. MIN.) CIP: 24.0103 The Humanities Concentration provides students with the opportunity to develop a broad undergraduate background in various disciplines which traditionally comprise the humanities, including the arts, history, world languages, English and foreign literature, music and philosophy. NOTE: For more specialization study in the humanities, see also the Associate in Arts degree in Spanish Language, in Fine Arts, and the Certificate in Creative Writing. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this program, students will be able to: • Analyze various literary, cinematic, philosophical, and historical works. • Describe the diversity of human experience across a range of historical periods and/or cultural perspectives. • Explain how ways of thinking and expression have been influenced by historical periods and political, geographic, economic, social, cultural, intellectual, and religious events. • Describe human values as they are represented and explained through various humanistic works and traditions. CORE REQUIREMENTS: (21 HRS.) Select courses from at least three (3) of the following areas: (No more than 6 hrs. at the 100-level) ANTH 280 Anthropology and Film (3) Any Art History (AHST) course (3) ARTS 111 Arts and Design Survey (3) DRAM 111 Introduction to Theater and Drama (3) FILM 155 Film History (3) ! FILM 160 Film Theory and Criticism (3) FILM 192 Independent Film (3) ! FILM 195 Contemporary and Postmodern Film (3) FILM 200 The Documentary (3) S FILM 250 International Horror Cinema (3) ! FILM 255 International Cinema (3) ! INTR 231 The American Deaf Community (3) Any 200-level Literature (ENGL) course (3) Any HIST course (3) Any HUMS course (3) Any PHIL course (3)
World Languages (Any 111 and above level AMSL, ARAB, CHIN, FREN, GERM, ITAL, JAPN, PORT, SPAN) APPROVED ELECTIVES: (6 HRS.) Six (6) credit hours of the A.A. and A.S. must come from an approved list of courses that satisfy the following requirements. These are not meant to be additional hours in the degree but are, instead, existing courses that satisfy the requirement and appear anywhere in the degree. o Cultural Perspectives (3 credit hours) o Sustainable Living (3 credit hours) NOTE: See “First-Year Student Success Course Requirement” on Page 8. TOTAL 63 CREDITS
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HUMAN SERVICES (61 hrs. min.) CIP: 44.0701 School of Liberal Arts, 505-‐428-‐1370 Human services is a career-oriented program that prepares students to become professional helpers. It is designed for those who want to bring about change and make a difference in the lives of others and in their communities. Human services graduates are employed in behavioral health and social services agencies as case managers, outreach specialists, case workers, intake, crisis, and program coordinators, job coaches, and client advocates. Internships in the human services program provide community work experience for academic credit. They offer students the opportunity to develop professional skills to become more competitive in the job market. Students may be offered paid internships or jobs after completing their initial internships. Program concentrations give students maximum flexibility and an opportunity to specialize in a particular area of human services. Human services graduates often choose to continue their education pursuing a bachelor’s degree, or higher in social work, human services, counseling, family studies, community services, psychology, and/or sociology. Students must work closely with their transfer institutions and their SFCC advisers to ensure the best transition to four-year schools. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this program, students will be able to: • Demonstrate effective helper communication. 54