SUNY Adirondack offers a two-year Associate in Arts (AA) degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Science, with a concentration in Adolescence Education Social Studies. This program will provide students with appropriate transfer coursework options while meeting the current Liberal Arts: Humanities and Social Science requirements. The program is a complement to the Early Childhood/Childhood Concentration program in Education, offering topic specific courses to support transfer pathways into a program in Adolescence Education with a focus on Social Studies. Recommended high school preparation: four years of English, three years of social studies, two years of science and two years of math, preferably college preparatory mathematics.
Freshman Seminar Requirement
Freshman Experience
Choose one:
| HRD 100 | College Learning: Theory and Practice | 2 |
| HRD 100A | College Life Seminar | 2 |
| HRD 110 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 1-2 |
General Education Requirements
Introduction to College Writing
| ENG 101 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
English Requirement
Choose one:
| ENG 102 | Academic Writing | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing in and about the Sciences | 3 |
| ENG 104 | Writing for Business and the Professions | 3 |
| ENG 105 | Writing in and about the Social Sciences | 3 |
| ENG 106 | Writing in and about the Performing and Visual Arts | 3 |
| ENG 107 | Language, Structure and Style | 3 |
| ENG 108 | Writing in and about Literature | 3 |
| ENG 109 | Elements of Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 110 | Elements of Technical Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
SUNY Gen Ed Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
| SUNY Gen Ed Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
SUNY Gen Ed Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning Lab Science
| SUNY Gen Ed Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) Lab Science | 3-4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-4 |
Health and Wellness
Choose one:
| AVS 101 | Fundamentals of Backcountry Living | 3 |
| AVS 102 | Basic River and Backcountry Canoeing | 2 |
| BIO 115 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| HED 103 | College Health | 3 |
| HED 104 | First Aid and Safety | 2 |
| HED 108 | Wilderness First Responder | 3 |
| NTR 101 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | 3 |
| NTR 111 | Human Nutrition | 3 |
| PED 105 | Introduction to Physical Education | 3 |
| PED 106 | Athletic Training I | 3 |
| PED 206 | Athletic Training II | 3 |
| PED 211 | Health Sciences Applied to Coaching | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
Any PED activity course may also be used.
Note: PED 210 and PED 212 do not fulfill this requirement.
SUNY Gen Ed World History and Global Awareness
| SUNY Gen Ed World History and Global Awareness | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
SUNY Gen Ed US History and Civic Engagement
| SUNY Gen Ed US History and Civic Engagement | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
General Psychology
| PSY 101 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
American National Government
| PSC 103 | American National Government | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Additional Math or Science Requirement
Mathematics or Lab Science or Non-Lab Science
Choose one:
| Lab Science | 3-4 |
| Mathematics | 3 |
| Non-Lab Science | 3-4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Program Core Requirements
Program Core
| EDU 101 | Educational Foundations | 3 |
| PSY 206 | Adolescent Psychology | 3 |
| HIS 106 | World History: Since 1500 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
SUNY Gen Ed 200-level English
| SUNY Gen Ed 200-level English | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
200-level English
SUNY Gen Ed World Languages in Same Language
| SUNY Gen Ed World Languages in same language GWRL | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Social Studies Electives
Pick 9 credits from:
| ANT 101 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| PSC 104 | International Relations | 3 |
| PSC 106 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 |
| ECO 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| GEG 110 | Introduction to Global Geography | 3 |
| HIS 240 | Topics in History | 3 |
| HIS 260 | The United States in the Sixties | 3 |
| HIS 216 | History of New York State | 3 |
| HIS 240 | Topics in History | 3 |
| HIS 250 | Age of Revolutions: America, France, Haiti, Latin America | 3 |
| HIS 260 | The United States in the Sixties | 3 |
| HIS 270 | History of Warren and Washington County | 3 |
| HIS 299 | Independent Study | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Electives
Electives
4 credits in any course.
Recommended Sequence
First Semester
1-2 credits in HRD 100, HRD 100A or HRD 110
3 credits in ENG 101
3 credits in SUNY Gen Ed Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
3 credits in PSY 101
3 credits in SUNY Gen Ed World Languages
3 credits in SUNY Gen Ed World History and Global Awareness
1 credit in Health and Wellness
Second Semester
3 credits in ENG 102, ENG 103, ENG 104, ENG 105, ENG 106, ENG 107, ENG 108, ENG 109 or ENG 110
3 credits in SUNY Gen Ed US History and Civic Engagement
3 credits in PSC 103
3 credits in SUNY Gen Ed World Languages (Second in Series)
3 credits in HIS 106
1 credit in Health and Wellness
Third Semester
3-4 credits in SUNY Gen Ed Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) lab science
3 credits in SUNY Gen Ed 200-level ENG (See Note 1)
3 credits in PSY 206
3 credits in Social Studies Electives (See Note 2)
3 credits in EDU 101
Fourth Semester
3 credits in Mathematics or Science
3 credits in 200- level ENG (See Note 1)
3 credits in Social Studies Electives (See Note 2)
3 credits in Social Studies Electives (See Note 2)
4 credits in Electives
Notes
- ENG 205, ENG 206 or ENG 207 are recommended.
- Social Studies electives include: ANT 101, SOC 101, PSC 104, PSC 106, ECO 201, ECO 202, HIS 240, HIS 260, PHI 201 or PHI 204