Associate Degree Major Requirements
Core Curriculum
| Subject &
Number |
Title |
Units |
| Business 156 |
Principles of
Management |
3 |
| Family and Consumer
Studies 120 |
Human Development |
3 |
| Health Sciences 110 |
Disability and Society |
3 |
| Health Sciences 150 |
Techniques for
Developmental
Disabilities Specialist |
3 |
| Health Sciences 205 |
Assessing Communication
of Persons With Developmental Disabilities |
2 |
| Health Sciences 206 |
Behavior Management and
Training Techniques |
3 |
| Health Education 120 |
Personal Health and Lifestyles |
3 |
| Psychology 120 |
Introductory Psychology |
3 |
| |
TOTAL REQUIRED |
23 |
Plus any four units using any combination of the
following courses:
|
Subject & Number |
Title |
Units |
| Health
Sciences 152 A-B |
Work Experience for
Disability
Services Management |
2 |
| Health
Sciences 154 |
Work Experience for
Disability
Services Management |
4 |
| |
TOTAL REQUIRED |
27 |
Plus any two of the following courses:
| Subject &
Number |
Title |
Units |
| Biology 120 |
Principles of Biology |
4 |
| Biology 140 |
Human Anatomy |
5 |
| Biology 144 |
Anatomy and
Physiology I |
4 |
| Business 115 |
Human Relations in Business |
3 |
| Child Development 141 |
Working with Children with Special
Needs: Infancy, Toddler, Preschool |
3 |
| Family and Consumer Studies 155 |
Realities of Nutrition |
3 |
| Family and Consumer Studies 156 |
Community Nutrition |
3 |
| Family and Consumer Studies 160 |
Sanitation and Safety Control |
3 |
| Psychology 134 |
Human Sexuality |
3 |
| Sociology 120 |
Introductory Sociology |
3 |
| Sociology 125 |
Marriage, Family, and Alternate Life
Styles |
3 |
| Speech 120 |
Elements of Human Communication |
3 |
|
OR |
| Speech 122 |
Oral Communication: Principles of
Oral Composition and Delivery |
3 |
| |
TOTAL |
6 |
| |
TOTAL REQUIRED |
33 |
| |
Plus General Education and
Elective Requirements
(See General
Education Requirements in the Grossmont College
Catalog). |
24 - 30 units* |
* Units vary
depending upon which electives are selected. The Counseling
Center will assist students in planning their course of study.
|

For more information on this program,
please contact:
Janice Goforth-Melroy
Janice.Goforth@gcccd.edu
(619)644-7000 EXT: 3488 |