Catalog 2025-2026

Social Science Transfer, Sociology BA - Associate in Arts (URI)

  • Education

USOC

This program constitutes a JAA transfer program to URI. Students completing a JAA plan receive an Associate's degree and enter the receiving institution with 60 credits and Junior status. Students must complete all requirements as given. Depending on GPA, students receive a tuition discount of up to 30% at the receiving institution, a waived application fee, and personalized advising.

This program is designed to prepare students to transfer successfully to the sociology BA at URI. This AA encourages students to develop critical thinking, analytic problem solving, and communication skills. Students apply these skills to understand diverse communities, their interactions, and social change, and to use scientific methods to find empirical answers to complex social questions.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, a student will be able to:

  1. Create written work that develops and expresses ideas and that addresses a given context and target audience.
  2. Communicate effectively via oral presentations, performances, participation in group work, and visual presentations.
  3. Identify, analyze, and apply evidence and ideas, question assumptions, and draw logical conclusions.
  4. Develop information literacy by locating, evaluating, synthesizing, and using information to accomplish a specific purpose.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of and apply scientific or quantitative principles, theories, and methods.
  6. Apply quantitative principles to solve problems and support arguments with quantitative evidence in a variety of formats (e.g. words, tables, graphs, equations, etc.).
  7. Demonstrate an understanding of global, cultural and historical perspectives.
  8. Function effectively in social and professional environments and make reasoned decisions based on ethical standards, self-awareness, and personal responsibility.
  9. Utilize discipline-specific theories and concepts to analyze data, texts, and issues at a level appropriate for a 2-year college student.

Requirements

General Education Requirements
COMM 1010Communication Fundamentals^ HUMN; Non-Written Communication; Social and Professional Responsibilities3
ENGL 1010Composition I (or ENGL 1010A) HUMN; Written Communication, Information Literacy3
History Elective SSCI3
Humanities Elective HUMN3
Lab Science Elective MSCI4
Literature Elective HUMN3
MATH 1139Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students (or 1139C) MSCI; Scientific Reasoning; Quantitative Literacy3
SOCS 1010General Sociology SSCI; Information Literacy; Diverse Perspectives3
SOCS 2020Marriage and Family SSCI; Critical Thinking; Diverse Perspectives3
SOCS 2300Criminology SSCI; Critical Thinking; Information Literacy3
Sub-total General Education31
Major Requirements
SOCS 2040Race and Ethnic Relations SSCI; Critical Thinking; Diverse Perspectives3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Free Elective3
Sub-total Major Requirements30
Total Hours61
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Work-based learning course

Recommended Course Sequence

Plan of Study Grid
Year 1
Semester 1Hours
ENGL 1010 Composition I (ENGL 1010A) 3
MATH 1139 Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students (MATH 1139C) 3
SOCS 1010 General Sociology 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
 Hours15
Semester 2
COMM 1010 Communication Fundamentals^ 3
SOCS 2020 Marriage and Family 3
Free Elective 3
History Elective 3
Lab Science Elective 4
 Hours16
Year 2
Semester 1
SOCS 2040 Race and Ethnic Relations 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Literature Elective 3
 Hours15
Semester 2
SOCS 2300 Criminology 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Humanities Elective 3
 Hours15
 Total Hours61
^

Work-based learning course

Transfer

This program at CCRI is a part of the Joint Admissions Agreement (JAA). JAA helps students transfer seamlessly to Rhode Island College (RIC) or the University of Rhode Island (URI). Students who are eligible for the JAA program have earned less than 30 college credits at the time of joining and have not attended any other college or university.

JAA graduates are guaranteed admissions to either RIC or URI, have personalized advising by a caseload advisor, enter with Junior status at RIC or URI, and are eligible for a tuition discount up to 30% based on GPA. 

Please meet with an Academic Advisor/Student Success Coach to help you select the courses that best prepare you for transfer to RIC or URI. For more information, please visit Joint Admissions Agreement or the Transfer Center.