<p>So last year my college changed the available degrees. When I first enrolled and for a year thereafter they offered an Associate’s in Arts Degree for Sociology, last year they changed that and they no longer offer a Sociology AA degree. They only offer an AA-T Degree in Sociology which has many different requirements especially aimed solely for CSU students. </p>
<p>I do not want to be a CSU student and am going to a UC so to get this degree I would be forced to take a bunch of classes I don’t need and that were not required on the AA degree.</p>
<p>there are 3 colleges in my College District and one of them, not the one I’m enrolled in does offer an AA Degree in Sociology as well as an AA-T which I believe to be fair because some students like me who were already enrolled prior to the change may want to go to the UC’s or end their academic career in CC.</p>
<p>I am in California.</p>
<p>Are there any rules/laws that would require my CCC to allow me the AA in Sociology because I was already enrolled in the college with my major prior to the rules being changed?</p>
<p>From friends, it seems like changes in educational legislation are not retroactive (take effect in an already past date). Typically it’s “you are held to X requirement if you were in this educational institution as of Y date”. The “new” law you are referring to about the AA/S-T is SB1440 passed by old Gov. Arnie in Sep. 2010, and which took effect beginning the 2011-12 academic year. So if you started CC Fall 2011 or later, you are most likely required to adhere to the SB1440 and the school may have not just phased out the old Associates in Sociology by the same time they implemented SB1440.</p>
<p>I was and have been continuously enrolled since Fall 2010, yeah it’s sad but I’m finishing finally in May haha</p>
<p>So…?</p>
<p>In that case, if I were you, I would attempt to make an appointment with the dean or some department head. I’d show them that I began pursuing the old AA/S in Sociology before law was passed that those would be phased out in favor of the AA/S-T programs, and since the law is not retroactive, you should be given the opportunity to still pursue the old AA/S. See what they say then. I’d also suggest to do a little research into the echelon of authority just above the CC and have that contact information on hand in your meeting with the dean or whomever and if it doesn’t look like they’re laying ball, then mention how you will need to take the issue higher until someone can show you legal proof that you are not entitled to pursue that program (hint: don’t threaten that you’ll take the issue higher, but kindly and respectfully mention you will need to contact so-and-so at the end of the meeting if the individual is not either working with you or otherwise showing you that you are not actually eligible to earn that degree).</p>