can someone explain these AA requirements to me?

<p>I want to get an Associate's in Philosophy from Saddleback College.
On the required classes it says "select a minimum of 9 units from the following" and it lists off sets of classes with the word <em>or</em> in between them. Does this mean I am required to take a class from EACH of the sets of classes?? Like do I have to take one of the Eng 15 and one of the Eng 17 along with classes from the final list as well?? </p>

<p>Select a minimum of 9 units from the following: </p>

<p>ENG 15A* Survey of American Literature: 1620-1860 3
ENG 15B* Survey of American Literature:
1860-Contemporary 3</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>ENG 17A* Survey of English Literature: Beowulf to
Romantic Movement 3
ENG 17B* Survey of English Literature: Romantic Movement
to the Present 3</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>ENG 21A* World Literature: Ancient to the 17th Century 3
ENG 21B* World Literature: 17th Century to Modern 3
HIST 4 World History to 1750 3
HIST 5 World History from 1750 3
HUM 1* Introduction to Humanities 3
PHIL 15* Introduction to Ethics</p>

<p>It’s a funny way to express it, but that would be my interpretation. And it makes sense as you’d be taking 1 Am Lit, 1 Eng. Lit and 1 World Lit/elective class. However, the best thing to do is to ask an advisor at your CC to assure that you’re taking the correct coursework.</p>

<p>someone on yahoo answers said
"It means that if you take one of those three pairs of English classes, then you can’t mix and match them. In other words, you must take the B class that matches the A class, like Eng 15A and 15B. However, you don’t have to take any of the 3 pairs. You only need 9 units of that whole section, added with the 9 units of philosophy classes, to add up to 18 units for the major. "</p>

<p>ugh what is the right answer</p>

<p>Don’t guess. Call registration or advisement and be 100% certain. Giving you answers is what they are paid for. In fact, now is a good time to get in the habit of using campuses resources. They’re not like the mean office ladies you may have known in high school.* They really do want to help.</p>

<p>*I’m not saying all office ladies are mean, but I know that some students have that experience.</p>

<p>Second the above that you should check with someone at the school. There should be some adviser or someone that you can talk to.</p>

<p>So I think there are two ways you can interpret it: you take one class from each of the sections for a total of three classes or nine units, or you can take 9 units from one of the sections. The problem with the second interpretation is that it looks like the first section only has two classes and a possible total of 6 units, so that would be impossible. The first interpretation sounds like the most likely.</p>

<p>So ask an adviser at your school. They’ll be able to give you the right answer.</p>