5 CA ADC § 55806
5 CCR s
55806
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 55806
BARCLAYS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 5. EDUCATION
DIVISION 6. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
CHAPTER 6. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
SUBCHAPTER 10. DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
This database is current through 04/28/06, Register 2006, No.
17.
s 55806. Minimum Requirements for the Associate
Degree.
The governing board of a community college district shall
confer the degree of associate in arts or associate in science upon a
student who has demonstrated competence in reading, in written expression,
and in mathematics, and who has satisfactorily completed at least 60
semester units or 90 quarter units of college work. "College work" is
defined as college credit courses acceptable toward the associate degree
which have been properly approved pursuant to section 55002(a), or those
courses that were not completed at a California community college district
that would reasonably be expected to meet the standards of section
55002(a) if they were offered by a California community college district. This course work requirement must be
fulfilled in a curriculum accepted toward the degree by a college within
the district (as shown in its catalog). It must include at least 18
semester or 27 quarter units in general education and at least 18 semester
or 27 quarter units in a major as prescribed in this section. Of the
required units, at least 12 semester or 18 quarter units must be completed
in residence at the college granting the degree. Exceptions to residence
requirements for the associate degree may be made by the governing board
when it determines that an injustice or undue hardship would be placed on
the student.
(a) Major Requirements. At least 18 semester or 27
quarter units of study taken in a single discipline or related
disciplines, as listed in the community colleges "Taxonomy of Programs,"
shall be required.
(b) General Education Requirements.
(1)
Students receiving an associate degree shall complete a minimum of 18
semester or 27 quarter units of general education, including a minimum of
three semester or four quarter units in each of the areas (A), (B) and (C)
and the same minimum in each part of (D). The remainder of the unit
requirement is also to be selected from among these four divisions of
learning or as determined by local option:
(A)
Natural Sciences. Courses in the natural sciences are those which examine
the physical universe, its life forms, and its natural phenomena. To
satisfy the general education requirement in natural sciences, a course
shall be designed to help the student develop an appreciation and
understanding of the scientific method, and encourage an understanding of
the relationships between science and other human activities. This
category would include introductory or integrative courses in astronomy,
biology, chemistry, general physical science, geology, meteorology,
oceanography, physical geography, physical anthropology, physics and other
scientific disciplines.
(B) Social and Behavioral Sciences. Courses
in the social and behavioral sciences are those which focus on people as
members of society. To satisfy the general education requirement in social
and behavioral sciences, a course shall be designed to develop an
awareness of the method of inquiry used by the social and behavioral
sciences. It shall be designed to stimulate critical thinking about the
ways people act and have acted in response to their societies and should
promote appreciation of how societies and social subgroups operate. This
category would include introductory or integrative survey courses in
cultural anthropology, cultural geography, economics, history, political
science, psychology, sociology and related
disciplines.
(C) Humanities. Courses in the humanities are those
which study the cultural activities and artistic expressions of human
beings. To satisfy the general education requirement in the humanities, a
course shall be designed to help the student develop an awareness of the
ways in which people throughout the ages and in different cultures have
responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural
creation and help the student develop aesthetic understanding and an
ability to make value judgments. Such courses could include introductory
or integrative courses in the arts, foreign languages, literature,
philosophy, and religion.
(D) Language and Rationality. Courses in
language and rationality are those which develop for the student the
principles and applications of language toward logical thought, clear and
precise expression and critical evaluation of communication in whatever
symbol system the student uses.
1. English Composition. Courses
fulfilling the written composition requirement shall be designed to
include both expository and argumentative writing.
2. Communication
and Analytical Thinking. Courses fulfilling the communication and analytical thinking requirement include oral
communication, mathematics, logic, statistics, computer languages and
programming, and related disciplines.
(2) While a course might
satisfy more than one general education requirement, it may not be counted
more than once for these purposes. A course may be used to satisfy both a
general education requirement and a major requirement. Whether it may be
counted again for a different degree requirement is a matter for each
college to determine. Students may use the same course to meet a general
education requirement for the associate degree and to partially satisfy a
general education requirement at the California State University, if such
course is accepted by that system to satisfy a general education
requirement.
(3) Ethnic Studies will be offered in at least one of
the required areas.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be
applicable to all students who enter a community college on or after July
1, 1983, provided that a governing board may specify an earlier
implementation date pursuant to subdivision (b) of section
55810.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 66700 and 70901,
Education Code. Reference: Sections 70901 and 70902,
Education Code.
HISTORY
1. Editorial correction of subsection (b)(1)(A) filed 7-19-83; designated
effective 8-12-83 (Register 83, No. 29).
2. New section filed 10-7-88; operative 11-6-88 (Register 88, No. 42).
3. Amendment filed 3-4-91 by Board of Governors of California Community
Colleges with the Secretary of State; operative 4-5-91 (Register 91, No.
23). Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to
Education
Code
Section70901.5(b).
4. Editorial correction of printing error in NOTE(Register 91, No. 43).
5. Editorial correction of History3 (Register 95, No. 22).
6. Amendment of section heading, first paragraph, subsections (a), (b)(1)-
(b)(1)(A), (b)(2) and (c) andNote filed 3-15-2006; operative 4-14-2006.
Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to
Education
Code section 70901.5 (Register 2006, No. 17).
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