The Associate Degree in University Studies with an Area of Emphasis is intended to accommodate the differing requirements of a wide variety of transfer institutions and major options. Because admission and major preparation requirements vary at each four-year transfer institution, courses used to complete this degree should be selected with the assistance of a counselor. The completion of the University Studies Degree does not guarantee acceptance into either a baccalaureate major or a four-year institution.

Requirements

1. California State University (CSU) General Education Breadth

   1. Complete CSU General Education Breadth (see Degree Requirements and Transfer Information section).
   2. Earn a grade of “C” or better in 30 of the required 39 semester units of general education to include all courses in Area A and the Mathematical/Quantitative Reasoning courses in Area B.
   3. Credit earned through external examinations, i.e., AP, will be applied towards general education in accordance with Cuyamaca College policies. Please note: This may be different than how the external exam is used on a CSU certification.
   4. Complete a minimum of 18 units in an Area of Emphasis (listed below).
   5. Complete a minimum of 60 degree applicable CSU transferable semester units.
   6. Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all college course work completed.
   7. Meet Cuyamaca College residence requirements for graduation (see Admission Information).
      
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2. Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) for CSU or UC

   1. Complete IGETC Certification (see Degree Requirements and Transfer Information section.
   2. Earn a grade of “C” or better in all IGETC courses.
   3. Credit earned through external examinations, i.e., AP, will be applied in accordance with Cuyamaca College policies. Please note: This may be different than how the external exam is used on an IGETC certification.
   4. Complete a minimum of 18 units in an Area of Emphasis (listed below).
   5. Complete a minimum of 60 degree applicable UC transferable semester units for UC University Studies.
   6. Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all college course work completed.
   7. Meet Cuyamaca College residence requirements for graduation (see Admission Information).

and

Choose a minimum of 18 units. Students must complete a minimum of three units in Humanities and three units in Fine Arts. The remaining twelve units may be taken from either category.

While 18 units are required in a specific area to meet the requirements of the degree, it is strongly recommended that as many lower division preparation for the major courses as possible be completed at the community college prior to transfer. Some baccalaureate majors and four-year institutions require a higher GPA than is necessary for the associate degree. Courses that are not UC-transferable will not be used in the UC University Studies Area of Emphasis Degrees. Completion of the University Studies degree does not guarantee admission to a four-year institution.

Courses for the Associate in Arts in University Studies with an Emphasis in Humanities and Fine Arts focus on the study of cultural, humanistic activities, and artistic expression of human beings. Students will evaluate and interpret the ways in which people through the ages in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them through artistic and cultural creation. Students will develop an aesthetic awareness and incorporate these concepts when constructing value judgments. Students completing this area may be interested in the following baccalaureate majors: art, humanities, music, philosophy, religious studies, and theatre arts.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Analyze the principle elements of representative examples of art, architecture, literature, theater, philosophy, music, dance, film, or other relevant areas of cultural and/or intellectual creativity.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the historical and philosophical contexts of representative areas, movements, media, works, or styles of cultural and/or intellectual creativity.
• Employ the language, concepts and methods of interpretive criticism as applicable to the respective categories of human creativity.
• When applicable, apply artistic processes and skills as a creative expression, using a variety of media to communicate meaning and intent in original works of art.

  Course List

  Code	Title	Units
  Humanities
  ARAM-120	Aramaic I	5
  ARAM-121	Aramaic II	5
  ARAM-220	Aramaic III	5
  ARBC-120	Arabic I	5
  ARBC-121	Arabic II	5
  ARBC-122	Arabic for the Arabic Speaker I	5
  ARBC-123	Arabic for the Arabic Speaker II	5
  ARBC-130	Arabic Literature and Culture	3
  ARBC-145	Arabic Civilizations	3
  ARBC-220	Arabic III	5
  ARBC-221	Arabic IV	5
  ARBC-254	Conversational Iraqi Dialect	3
  ARBC-256	Conversational Levantine Dialect 1	3
  ART-140	Survey of Western Art I: Prehistory through Middle Ages	3
  ART-141	Survey of Western ART II: Renaissance through Modern	3
  ART-142	Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 1	3
  ART-143	Modern Art	3
  ART-145	Contemporary Art	3
  ART-146	Asian Art	3
  ART-151	Chicanx Art	3
  ASL-120	American Sign Language I	4
  ASL-121	American Sign Language II	4
  ASL-140	Inside Deaf Culture	3
  ASL-220	American Sign Language III	4
  ASL-221	American Sign Language IV	4
  ENGL-122	Introduction to Literature	3
  ENGL-201	Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Literature	3
  ENGL-202	Introduction to Film as Literature	3
  ENGL-217	Fantasy and Science Fiction	3
  ENGL-221	British Literature I	3
  ENGL-222	British Literature II	3
  ENGL-231	American Literature I	3
  ENGL-232	American Literature II	3
  ENGL-236	Chicana/o Literature	3
  ENGL-238	Black Literature	3
  ENGL-270	World Literature I	3
  ENGL-271	World Literature II	3
  ETHN-111	Culture, Art & Ideas of the United States	3
  ETHN-151	Chicanx Art	3
  ETHN-236	Chicana/o Literature	3
  ETHN-238	Black Literature	3
  HIST-100	Early World History	3
  HIST-101	Modern World History	3
  HIST-105	Early Western Civilization	3
  HIST-106	Modern Western Civilization	3
  HIST-114	Comparative History of the Early Americas	3
  HIST-115	Comparative History of the Modern Americas	3
  HUM-110	Principles of the Humanities	3
  HUM-111	Culture, Art & Ideas of the United States	3
  HUM-115	Arts and Culture in Local Context - San Diego	3
  HUM-116	Kumeyaay Arts and Culture I	3
  HUM-117	Kumeyaay Arts and Culture II	3
  HUM-120	European Humanities	3
  HUM-140	Humanities of the Americas	3
  HUM-155	World Mythology through the Humanities	3
  KUMEY-116	Kumeyaay Arts and Culture I	3
  KUMEY-117	Kumeyaay Arts and Culture II	3
  KUMEY-120	Kumeyaay Language I	4
  KUMEY-121	Kumeyaay Language II	4
  KUMEY-220	Kumeyaay Language III	4
  PHIL-110	A General Introduction to Philosophy	3
  PHIL-115	History of Philosophy I: Ancient	3
  PHIL-117	History of Philosophy II: Modern and Contemporary	3
  PHIL-140	Problems in Ethics	3
  PHIL-141	Bioethics	3
  PHIL-170	Philosophy of Religion: A Cross-Cultural Introduction	3
  RELG-120	World Religions	3
  RELG-130	Scriptures of World Religions	3
  RELG-160	Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: The First Testament	3
  RELG-170	Introduction to Christianity	3
  SPAN-120	Spanish I	5
  SPAN-121	Spanish II	5
  SPAN-141	Spanish and Latin American Cultures	3
  SPAN-145	Hispanic Civilizations	3
  SPAN-220	Spanish III	5
  SPAN-221	Spanish IV	5
  SPAN-250	Conversational Spanish I	3
  SPAN-251	Conversational Spanish II	3
  Fine Arts
  ART-100	Art Appreciation	3
  ART-104	Artists and Designers Today 1	3
  ART-119	Color Theory 1	3
  ART-120	Two-Dimensional Design	3
  ART-124	Drawing I	3
  ART-125	Drawing II	3
  ART-129	Three-Dimensional Design	3
  ART-140	Survey of Western Art I: Prehistory through Middle Ages	3
  ART-141	Survey of Western ART II: Renaissance through Modern	3
  ART-142	Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 1	3
  ART-143	Modern Art	3
  ART-144	Architecture of the 20th and 21st Centuries	3
  ART-145	Contemporary Art	3
  ART-146	Asian Art	3
  ART-148	Applied Design and Crafts 1	3
  ART-151	Chicanx Art	3
  ART-210	Introduction to Printmaking 1	3
  ART-211	Intermediate Printmaking 1	3
  ART-241	Illustration I	3
  ART-242	Illustration II	3
  ETHN-151	Chicanx Art	3
  MUS-110	Great Music Listening	3
  MUS-111	History of Jazz	3
  MUS-115	History of Rock Music	3
  MUS-116	Introduction to World Music	3
  MUS-117	Introduction to Music History and Literature	3
  MUS-123	History of Hip-Hop Culture	3
  THTR-110	Introduction to the Theatre	3

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Course not UC transferable.

Addendum Comment

ETHN-151 added to Humanities.

Effective: Fall 2023 as of 09/20/2023