Anthropology - Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT)
Description
The Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer with a focus in anthropology is designed for students who wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and work in fields such as public service, conservation and heritage management, museum studies, and social work. Those completing graduate degrees may work in anthropology, law, public health, medicine, science, or education.
Statewide General Education Student Learning Outcomes
Entrance Requirements
While this program has no formal entrance requirements, individual courses may have prerequisites which must be met before enrollment.
Course Requirements
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education/Foundational | ||
| Health: | ||
| Choose 3 credits 1 | 3 | |
| Mathematics: | ||
| Choose one course | 4 | |
| Oral Communication: | ||
| Choose one course | 3-4 | |
| Writing: | ||
| WR 121Z | Composition I | 4 |
| WR 122Z | Composition II | 4 |
| or WR 227Z | Technical Writing | |
| General Education/Discipline Studies | ||
| Cultural Literacy: | ||
| One course from the following categories must be designated as cultural literacy on the Discipline Studies list (credits count once). | ||
| Arts and Letters: | ||
| Choose at least three courses from at least two prefixes | 9-12 | |
Recommend: 200-level language courses for students seeking Bachelor's of Arts 2 | ||
| Social Science: | ||
| Choose at least four courses from at least two prefixes | 12-16 | |
| Science/Math/Computer Science: | ||
| Choose at least four courses from at least two prefixes including at least three laboratory courses in biological and/or physical science | 12-20 | |
Recommend: ANTH 234 | ||
| Electives | ||
| Choose any course numbered 100 or above that brings the total credits to 90 quarter hours. This may include up to 12 credits of Career and Technical Education courses designated by COCC as acceptable. 2 | 39 | |
| Total Credits | 90-106 | |
- 1
HHPA activity courses (1 credit each) are not to be duplicated
- 2
Students seeking to obtain a Bachelor's of Art must complete all foreign language through the 200 level (i.e., 203). 200 level foreign language courses count as an Arts and Letters requirement. 100-level foreign language courses count as electives and, depending on language placement, may be required.
Advising Notes
In general, very few bachelor’s degrees in anthropology have specific science requirements. However, if the interest is primarily archaeological, then geology would fulfill lab requirements. If the interest is primarily in biological anthropology, then it is recommended to select the biology sequence or the human anatomy and physiology sequence.
In choosing electives, consider two years of a world language since many bachelor of art degrees (including many anthropology programs) require two years or equivalent of a world language. Some anthropology degrees may also require an upper-division statistics course. Taking STAT 243Z Elementary Statistics I and MTH 244 Introduction to Probability and Statistics 2 is good preparation for the upper-division requirement. Either of these could count toward the non-lab requirement in the science/math/computer science general education requirement.
Performance Standards
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Academic Requirements:
- Students must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA to earn a COCC certificate or degree.
- All courses in the program must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
Sample Plan
| First Term | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline Studies Social Science (recommend ANTH 103) | 4 | |
| Elective (recommend starting foreign language sequence) | 4 | |
| MTH 105Z | Math in Society | 4 |
| WR 121Z | Composition I | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Second Term | ||
| Discipline Studies Social Science (recommend ANTH 102) | 4 | |
| Discipline Studies Science/Math/Computer Science | 4 | |
| Elective (recommend continuing foreign language sequence) | 4 | |
| WR 122Z or WR 227Z | Composition II or Technical Writing | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Third Term | ||
| Discipline Studies Lab Science (recommend ANTH 234) | 4 | |
| Oral Communication: | 3-4 | |
| Discipline Studies Arts & Letters | 3-4 | |
| Elective (recommend continuing foreign language sequence) | 4 | |
| Credits | 14-16 | |
| Fourth Term | ||
| Discipline Studies Arts & Letters (recommend second year foreign language) | 4 | |
| Discipline Studies Social Science | 4 | |
| Elective | 3-4 | |
| Health (3 credits with HHP or HHPA prefix) | 3 | |
| Credits | 14-15 | |
| Fifth Term | ||
| Discipline Studies Arts & Letters (recommend second year foreign language) | 4 | |
| Discipline Studies Lab Science | 4-5 | |
| Discipline Studies Social Science (recommend ANTH 240) | 4 | |
| Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 16-17 | |
| Sixth Term | ||
| Discipline Studies Lab Science | 3-5 | |
| Elective (recommend second year foreign language) | 4 | |
| Elective | 3-4 | |
| Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 14-17 | |
| Total Credits | 90-97 | |
