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Associate of Science in
Social Sciences

All Continuing & Career Education associate and bachelor degree programs share the CCE Core, a common core of ten liberal arts courses designed to provide a foundation of ethics, knowledge in writing, theology, philosophy, literature, history, mathematics, natural science, and foreign languages.

Associate degrees require completion of 23 courses/69 credits, with at least 8 courses/24 credits taken at Assumption. The Associate of Science in Social Sciences has concentrations available in criminal justice, economics, psychology, sociology, and general social sciences. General social sciences also include anthropology, geography, human services and rehabilitation studies, and politics.

CCE Core Requirements
English Composition
Writing II (Business Writing or Professional & Academic Writing)
The Bible
Introduction to Philosophy
One Philosophy or Theology elective
One Literature course
One Survey History course
One course in Mathematics
Two courses chosen from Natural Science and/or
Foreign Language

Concentration (8 courses/24 credits)
Choose from criminal justice, economics, psychology, sociology, and general social sciences. General social sciences also include anthropology, geography, human services and rehabilitation studies, and politics.

Open Electives (5 courses/15 credits)