<p>I am a transfer student at a California Community College and have been accepted into UCSC per a TAG agreement with a major in Anthropology. Excited about my guaranteed acceptance, I decided to check out the course catalog for Anthropological classes to see what my options will be. However, I was surprised to see that many of the classes I thought were interesting were noted to be “Not offered during the 2012-2013 school year.” The classes that are noted are almost entirely in the cultural anthropology field which is exactly what i would like to pursue. This has caused me to explore my options and i looked at the course catalog of the related field of Sociology. My final results upon looking at both course catalogs are that I am interested in 22 offered courses for Anthropology, and 26 courses that were “not offered last year”, and as for Sociology, i found 32 offered courses, and 16 courses not offered last year, both to a total of 48 each. </p>
<p>As you can see I am in a bit of a pickle, I have never taken a Sociology course, but based on the course descriptions, it seems to be very interesting. I am almost entirely interested in the cultural side of Anthropology, so the Sociology major seems to be a good alternative for a poor selections of classes at UCSC. Does anyone know if these notes mean the the class will not be offered again? What are the chances of them being offered again? I plan on going to graduate school in a related field and teaching in the future, or getting a masters in business. How is teaching at a junior college / state school level differ from Anthro to Sociology? What about the two majors in comparison to job market other then teaching? What are some comparison and contrasts between the two majors? How about the two degrees compared within the UCSC departments? Any and all information would be appreciated, thank you so much!</p>