Program Description

For students who want an AAOT with a focus in Sociology, this Flightpath in Sociology is the recommended path for these students to follow by Umpqua Community College.

The Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree was created in the late 1980s, through collaboration between Oregon community college faculty and Oregon public university faculty, to reduce bureaucratic obstacles for students transferring from an Oregon community college to a public university in Oregon. Local variation in the requirements to earn AAOT degrees at different community colleges was not a problem because all of the degrees transferred smoothly to the universities. Increasingly, however, the degree has been used by students transferring among community colleges and, in these cases, distinctive requirements sometimes reduced transferability. Recognizing the fundamental purpose of the degree, community colleges agreed in 2008 to standardize their AAOT degree requirements so as to maximize the efficient transfer of credit for students. Community colleges will maintain lists of courses which fulfill the requirements of the revised, freely-transferable degree below. Beyond the requirements listed, past experience suggests the utility of some additional explanation of what the degree can and cannot provide. Students and advisors should be aware of the opportunities created by the AAOT, but should also be mindful of its limitations, as summarized in the explanatory notes that follow the description of the degree itself.

Any student having the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree recognized on an official college transcript will have met the lower division General Education requirements of baccalaureate degree programs of any public university in Oregon.

Program Course Recommendations

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Term		Credits
BI 101	General Biology 3	4
CIS 120	Intro to Digital Literacy	4
FYE 100	College Success	2
SOC 204	Intro to Sociology 4	3
WR 121Z	Composition I	4
	Credits	17
Second Term
BI 102	General Biology 3	4
COM 111Z	Public Speaking	4
SOC 205	Inst-Social Change 4	3
WR 122Z	Composition II	4
	Credits	15
Third Term
BI 103	General Biology 3	4
HPE 295	Wellness-Hlth Assess	3
MTH 105Z	Math in Society	4
SOC 206	Social Problems-Issues 4	3
	Credits	14
Second Year
First Term
ANTH 221	Intro to Cultural Anthropology 4	3
FA 256	American Film History 2	4
PSY 201	General Psychology I	4
STAT 243Z	Elementary Statistics I	4
	Credits	15
Second Term
ART 205	History of Western Art II 2	4
MUS 202	Intro to Music and Its Lit II 2	3
PSY 202	General Psychology II 4	4
SOC 207	Juvenile Delinquency 4	3
	Credits	14
Third Term
ENG 105	Intro to Literature-Drama 2	4
HST 203	History of United States III 4	3
PSY 231	Human Sexuality 4	3
SOC 213	Race Class and Ethnicity 1	3
SOC 225	Social Aspects of Addiction 4	3
	Credits	16
	Total Minimum Credits	91

¹

See advisor for prerequisites 

²

Satisfies required arts and letters. See advisor for complete list of humanities electives.

³

Satisfies required science. See advisor for complete list of science electives. 

⁴

Satisfies required social sciences. See advisor for complete list of social science electives. 

Advising Notes

• Foreign Language recommended as an elective if planning to transfer and obtain a BA