HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

A.A. in Humanities and Social Sciences
(Transfer Program)

There was never a time in my youth,
no matter how dark and discouraging the days might be,
when one resolve did not continuously remain with me,
and that was a determination to secure an education
at any cost.

--Booker T. Washington

How Can the A.A. Transfer Program Help Me?	How Can I Organize My Plan of Study?
To Which Colleges Can I Transfer?	What Can I Do with a Degree in the Humanities or Social Sciences?

SCCC's Associate in Arts (A.A.) Humanities and Social Sciences program is designed for you if:

• you're planning to transfer to a senior college or university to complete work for a baccalaureate degree in one of the disciplines of the Humanities or Social Sciences.
  
• you're planning to work towards a baccalaureate, but aren't sure which discipline you'd like to pursue.

Because of the broad background it provides, in both cases the program can help you both to decide on an eventual baccalaureate major and to construct a solid foundation on which to build your knowledge in your field. Including Humanities and Social Sciences courses as well as liberal arts courses, this background is reinforced by intercultural and diverse perspectives and by access to computer literacy.

For qualified students who are interested in rigorous and challenging study in particular areas, specific Honors courses are available which can substitute for certain regular requirements and electives. If you're looking for greater challenge across the program in general, and particularly if you intend to transfer to an institution with rigorous academic requirements and expectations, the department offers the A.A. degree with an Honors concentration that would fulfill your needs.

If you can carry a traditional five-course semester load, you may be able to finish your degree in four semesters (two academic years); you will have to complete approximately  20 courses for the degree. The order in which you'll take courses may vary, depending on whether:

• you start the program during the summer or spring semester,
• you are a part-time student,
• you need pre-requisite courses,
• courses you'd like to take in a particular semester can't be offered, or
• a course you want to take has "closed" (reached its maximum number of students).

TO WHICH COLLEGES CAN I TRANSFER?

As a graduate of this program, you're assured admission to a college of the State University of New York system, providing you meet application deadlines.

Students in our A.A. program in Humanities and Social Sciences have transferred to a variety of institutions, among which are:

SUNY at Albany, Brockport, New Paltz, Plattsburgh, Utica/Rome, Purchase
Union College	American University of Rome, Italy
Siena College	University of Texas
Russell Sage College	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
College of Saint Rose	Youngstown State University (Ohio)
Empire State College	Castleton State College (Vermont)
Nyack College	Rhode Island College

In addition, graduates of the A.A. program have gone on to earn masters and doctoral degrees from such institutions as:

  Harvard University
  Syracuse University School of Law
  Albany Law School
  SUNY Albany

In deciding the institutions to which you might like to transfer, when you're matriculated in the A.A. program you can work with the transfer counselors in the Student Affairs division and with the academic advisor you'll be given.