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Social and Behavioral Sciences: AA-T Social Work/Human Serv

Academic Program Plan for Full-Time Students

All plans can be modified to fit the needs of part-time students by adding more semesters.

This sample course sequence does not represent a contract or a guarantee of course availability.

  • This plan includes general education satisfying Plan B (CSU GE).
  • This plan assumes student placed into transfer-level math and English.
  • This plan assumes a fall-semester start.
  • Completion of this plan satisfies the requirements for the Associate in Arts in Social Work and Human Services for Transfer. The associate degree will be awarded upon completion of at least 60 units of approved coursework, including a minimum of 18 units in a college-defined major, and satisfaction of additional MiraCosta College graduation requirements. Please see miracosta.edu/degreecertificatetransferinfo/requirements/.
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Year 1: Fall Semester
13 Units Total
GE Area A2: Written Communication
4 Units
SOC 101/101H Introduction to Sociology

  • Satisfies one of the two courses required for GE Area D: Social Sciences.
3 Units
BIO 103 Intro Biology: Animal Diversity or BIO 111 Intro Biology: Prep for Pre-Health Professions

  • Satisfies the GE Area B2: Life Science requirement.
3 Units
GE Area A1: Oral Communication
3 Units
Year 1: Spring Semester
16 Units Total
PSYC 101/101H General Psychology

  • Satisfies one of the two courses required for GE Area D: Social Sciences.
3 Units
ECON 101 Principles of Economics (MACRO) or ECON 102 Principles of Economics (MICRO)
3 Units
SOC 125 Intro to Statistics in Sociology or PSYC 104/104H Statistics for Behavioral Science

  • Satisfies the GE Area B4: Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning requirement.
4 Units
GE Area C2: Humanities

  • Could be satisfied with major elective (COMM 215 Intercultural Communication).
3 Units
Major elective

  • Major electives: ADM 100 Introduction to the Administration of Justice, ANTH 102/102H Cultural Anthropology, CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and Development, CHLD 210 Child, Family, and Community, COMM 215 Intercultural Communication, PSYC 121/121H Human Development, SOC 102 Contemporary Social Problems, SOC/ETHN 207 Race and Ethnic Relations.
3 Units
Year 2: Fall Semester
15 Units Total
SWHS 110 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services
3 Units
GE Area A3: Critical Thinking
3 Units
GE Area C1: Arts
3 Units
Major elective

  • Major electives: ADM 100 Introduction to the Administration of Justice, ANTH 102/102H Cultural Anthropology, CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and Development, CHLD 210 Child, Family, and Community, COMM 215 Intercultural Communication, PSYC 121/121H Human Development, SOC 102 Contemporary Social Problems, SOC/ETHN 207 Race and Ethnic Relations.
3 Units
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies

  • Required for students beginning at MiraCosta or a CSU campus in fall 2021 and beyond. Students with continuous enrollment (attendance in at least one semester per calendar year at a CSU or California Community College or a combination of the two) prior to fall 2021 may choose to complete the CSU GE (Plan B) pattern without Area F and with 9 units from at least two different disciplines completed in Area D.
  • Could be satisfied with major elective (ETHN/SOC 207 Race and Ethnic Relations).
3 Units
Year 2: Spring Semester
16 Units Total
SWHS 120A Social Work and Human Services Seminar

  • Prior completion of--or concurrent enrollment in--SWHS 110 required.
  • Must enroll in SWHS 120A and 120B in the same semester.
  • Typically offered in spring only.
1 Units
GE Area B1: Physical Science

  • Must include a lab.
4 Units
GE Area C1: Arts or C2: Humanities
3 Units
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning & Self-Development

  • Could be satisfied with major elective (CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and Development or PSYC 121/121H Human Development).
3 Units
Elective

  • All CSU campuses have a graduation requirement of History, Constitution and American Ideals. Students may be certified as completing this requirement by completing a Group I course (HIST 110/110H, HIST 116/116H, HIST 141/141H, HIST 145/145H) AND a Group II course (HIST 111/111H, HIST 117/117H, HIST 142/142H, HIST 146/146H, HIST 165) OR by completing PLSC 102.
3 Units
SWHS 120B Social Work and Human Services Fieldwork

  • Prior completion of--or concurrent enrollment in--SWHS 110 required.
  • Must enroll in SWHS 120A and 120B in the same semester.
  • Typically offered in spring only.
2 Units