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Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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PSY 323 - Undergraduate Practicum
This course is for students who wish to gain practical experiences beyond the Service Learning requirement. Students enrolled in this course will gain hands-on, supervised experience at a local agency serving children and/or adults in a variety of community settings, such as schools, correctional facilities and mental health clinics. This course will meet weekly for group supervision and training of helping skills, however most of the hours will be accrued in the community placement.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ) AND (PSY 320 or PSY 321 )) and (Coreq: PSY 323L )]
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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PSY 323L - Undergraduate Practicum Lab
This laboratory will accompany PSY 323 : Undergraduate Practicum and will require students to conduct a research project relevant to their community placement.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ) AND (PSY 320 or PSY 321 )) and (Coreq: PSY 323 )]
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 1
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PSY 329 - Health Psychology
Health Psychology (also referred to as Behavioral Medicine) examines the complex interplay of biological, interpersonal, social and environment factors that contribute to health and disease. This advanced course emphasizes the biopsychosocial model for disease prevention and management of chronic illnesses. Interventions focus on behavioral lifestyle changes, stress management, coping skills and adjustment to illness. This course emphasizes current research & evidenced based interventions.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 329L )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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PSY 329L - Health Psychology Lab
Laboratory course to accompany Health Psychology (PSY 329 ). This course will consist of supplemental activities that will enhance understanding of research methods in Health Psychology. Empirical article review and research writing are required.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 329 )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1
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PSY 330 - Cognitive Psychology
Introduction to the study of human information processing and higher mental processes. Cognitive psychology includes topics such as perception, memory, language and thinking, and information processing. Various theories and selected experiments are described, analyzed and interpreted.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 330L )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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PSY 330L - Cognitive Psychology Lab
Laboratory to accompany PSY 330 . Various advanced research laboratory exercises, computer demonstrations of research experiments, discussion and/or oral presentation of cognitive material.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 330 )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1
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PSY 331 - Human Memory
Principles of human memory. Examines basic theories, models, methods, and research findings in human memory. Topics include forgetting and retrieval of memory, eyewitness testimony, amnesia, and memory and aging. It covers cognitive processes involved in remembering.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 331L )]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 3
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PSY 331L - Human Memory Lab
Laboratory to accompany PSY 331 . Various advanced research laboratory exercises, computer demonstrations of research experiments, discussion and/or oral presentation of memory material.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 331 )]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1
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PSY 332 - Decsn Making & Prblm Solving
Study of critical thinking skills through an understanding of psychological factors. Practical strategies are explored in relation to hypothesis formation and evaluation, decision making, problem solving and creativity, reasoning, and memory. Applications are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 332L )]
Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years
Units: 3
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PSY 332L - Decision Making and Problem Solving Lab
Laboratory to accompany PSY 332 . Various advanced research laboratory exercises, computer demonstrations of research experiments, discussion and/or oral presentation of decision making and problem solving material.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 332 )]
Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years
Units: 1
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PSY 333 - Cognitive Neuroscience
An examination of the neurological mechanisms of psychological processes, including perception, motor control, language, executive functions, memory and learning. Principles of nervous system organization are discussed at each level.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 333L )]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 3
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PSY 333L - Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Laboratory to accompany PSY 333 . Various advanced research laboratory exercises, computer demonstrations of research experiments, discussion and/or oral presentation of cognitive neuroscience material.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 333 )]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1
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PSY 334 - Sensation & Perception
Examination of how information about the outside world is sensed and how that information is organized and interpreted to form perceptions. Empirical and theoretical approaches to the psychology of perception with an emphasis on vision. Topics include psychophysical methods, basic physiology and function of sensory systems, perception of color and form, motion, distance, auditory patterns, body and limb position, temperature, pain, perceptual constancies, adaptation, and perceptual development.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 334L )]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 3
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PSY 334L - Sensation & Perception Lab
Laboratory to accompany PSY 334 . Various advanced research laboratory exercises, computer demonstrations of research experiments, discussion and/or oral presentation of sensation and perception material.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 334 )]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1
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PSY 340 - Developmental Psychology
This class examines physical, socio-cultural, intellectual and emotional aspects of growth and development from conception to death. Students are introduced to theories, methods, concepts, and issues relevant to the scientific study of development across the lifespan. Topics covered include: the major theoretical and methodological issues in developmental psychology, social, cognitive, and physical development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 340L )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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PSY 340L - Developmental Psychology Lab
Application laboratory to accompany PSY 340 . Various advanced research laboratory exercises and training in experimentation and data analyses.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) AND (Coreq: PSY 340 )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1
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PSY 341 - Psych of Thought & Language
Explores the dynamic interface between psychological thought and language throughout development. Focuses on early expression and understanding of meaning in infants and young children and on analysis of everyday conversations and activities of children as a window on developing understandings of the world.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 3
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PSY 346 - Cognitive Development
Cognition in children from infancy through adolescence. Basic and current research on children’s understanding of the social and physical world. Focus on major theoretical perspectives: Piaget’s constructivist approach, information processing approach, and sociocultural approach.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 3
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PSY 347 - Social & Emotional Development
An examination of contemporary theory and research on social and emotional psychological development from infancy through childhood.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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PSY 348 - How to Love
How to Love is an interdisciplinary course on the art and science of love. Examine relevant scholarship on love and intimacy from psychology, feminism, philosophy, and human development. Learn evidence-informed practices to cultivate healthy development and love, including how to: identify feelings, communicate respectfully, set boundaries, and foster self-love. Though this class may be therapeutic, it is not therapy. This course is simply one avenue to enrich students’ ongoing self-development.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 AND STAT 100 AND PSY 200 AND PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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PSY 350 - Social Psychology
Social psychology is a scientific area in the discipline of psychology that seeks an understanding of how people feel, think, and behave in social situations. Students are introduced to the theories, research methods, and seminal findings of social psychology. Topics covered include: attitudes, perceptions of others, social influence, social identity and the self, attraction, aggression, and intergroup dynamics.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) and (Coreq: PSY 350L )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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PSY 350L - Social Psychology Lab
Social Psychology Lab: This is a laboratory course to accompany PSY 350 that involves supplemental activities in social psychology, including writing, research and laboratory skill training exercises.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 )) and (Coreq: PSY 350 )]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1
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PSY 352 - Theories of Personality
Survey of the major contemporary theories of personality. Theoretical positions are compared and critically examined along various significant dimensions, including their relationships to the total field of psychology. Methods of personality assessment as related in theory construction.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 3
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PSY 353 - Social Psychology of Gender
Explores the ways in which social psychological processes are influenced by societal norms around notions of gender. In doing so, students will be introduced to how culture, social class, and sexuality shape people’s experiences of what it means to be a woman or man in contemporary U.S. society. The course also includes discussions of how power dynamics influence people’s understanding of gender from a social psychological perspective.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 3
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PSY 354 - Social Psychology and Criminal Justice
Examines relationships between social psychological research and crime, incarceration, and legal fictions. The course addresses questions such as: What causes crime? Why are there racial disparities in incarceration? How are various media outlets implicated in the public’s perception and attitude towards crime and punishment? Outcomes will focus on the ways that research can be integrated into institutional settings and influence shifts in public opinion.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years
Units: 3
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PSY 355 - Social Psychology and Social Justice
This course explores the relationship between social psychology as an academic discipline and struggles towards social justice. We address questions such as: How can social psychology be used to improve the material lives of disadvantaged groups? How does academic scholarship relate to the lives of those not present in academic settings? Discussions will include implications for social policy.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years
Units: 3
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PSY 360 - Industrial/Organizational PSY
Application of psychological theory, research and methodology to the work environment. Topics covered include leadership, power, group processes, motivation, satisfaction and issues in personnel psychology.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 3
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PSY 361 - Organizational Development
Theory and practice of organization development, including systems thinking; action research; organization assessment and diagnosis; survey development and feedback; individual, group, inter-group and organization-wide interventions; consultant roles; and ethics of practice in organizations.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L ) OR (PSY 300 ))]
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 3
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PSY 391S - Psychology in the Community
Psychology theories and research will be used to critically examine issues of justice, diversity, ethics, empathy, and social responsibility in the context of community service. Reflection through seminar discussions will enhance exploration of mental health stigma, multicultural identities, and professional growth. The course will be enhanced by instructor expertise and community partnerships for the semester. Requires 3-5 hours of community service each week, for a total of at least 30 hours.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L )
University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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PSY 395 - Special Topics
Studies a particular topic in Psychology. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 1-6
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PSY 397 - Independent Study
Student and faculty member select topic of study and total number of credit hours.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1-6
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PSY 400 - Psychology Capstone
Each student produces an evidence-based capstone project by analyzing collected data, archival data or primary scholarly sources to examine an issue. In so doing, students demonstrate their learning across the five learning outcomes in the major.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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PSY 419 - Biopsychology Eating Disorders
This course is a seminar course on the biopsychology of eating, weight regulation and associated chronic disease models. A biopsychosocial model for disease prevention and wellness is used to evaluate different theoretical perspectives of the biological, behavioral and social factors that influence obesity and the eating disorders. Additionally, treatment and complications of treatment outcomes will be discussed.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: PSY 310 )
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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PSY 445 - Theory of Mind Across Cultures
Children develop an understanding of their own and others’ minds during their early years. This is evidenced by their growing sophistication in conversation, deception, and pretend play. There appear to be universal as well as culture-specific ways in which children develop their skills in this domain. This course will examine how children from infancy to school age, in different cultural contexts, develop an understanding of mind. A GE-certified statistics course must be completed prior to enrollment. Formerly PSY 345.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: PSY 100 and STAT 100 and PSY 200 and PSY 200L and PSY 340 )
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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PSY 497 - Independent Study
Student and faculty member select topic of study and total number of credit hours.
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 1-6
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RSCH 200 - Undergraduate Research I
Introduces students to scholarly research and prepares them for undergraduate research opportunities. Students will be exposed to research methodologies, literature reviews, ethics in research, plagiarism, and other critical research themes. Students will build relevant professional skills, such as public speaking, and faculty panels will help demystify the research environment.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 1-4
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RSCH 294 - Introductory Undergraduate Research Experience
Supports students¿ mentored undergraduate research experiences, strengthens academic and professional skills, and explores research-based academic and career pathways. Introduces norms and precepts of academic research, including research ethics and conduct. Students develop writing and professional communication skills; create resumes and professional products; and present their research at research conferences and symposia. Students must be accepted into the UROC Researchers program.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Instructor consent required)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1-2
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RSCH 295 - Special Topics
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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RSCH 300 - Undergraduate Research II
Prepares students for the rigors of undergraduate research and increases their content knowledge. Students write a research report, participate in journal clubs, and engage in activities designed to bolster their capabilities for scholarly research. Guided activities help students refine their career goals and field of study. Students explore graduate programs and graduate school admissions requirements.
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 1-4
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RSCH 301 - Undergraduate Research III
Prepares students to conduct independent research and strengthens their communication skills . Students develop research proposal, prepare and present research talks, engage in scholarly peer review,and develop professionalism. Students investigate graduate programs and prepare for the Graduate Record Examination.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 1-4
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RSCH 394 - Intermediate Undergraduate Research Experience
The UROC research program augments student¿s mentored undergraduate research experiences, strengthens academic and professional skills, and helps prepare students for research-based graduate programs and careers. Students practice writing and professional communication skills; refine professional development and research products; engage in training and leadership activities; and present their research at conferences and symposia. Students must be accepted into the UROC Researchers program.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Instructor consent required)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1-2
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RSCH 395 - Special Topics
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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RSCH 400 - Undergraduate Research IV
Fosters advanced academic skills, such as leadership and academic ownership, that will prepare students for a successful transition to graduate school. Students present their research at regional and national conferences, and develop peer-reviewed publications. Students also develop their graduate school application package: personal statement, research statement, cover letter, curriculum vitae, and scholarship/fellowship applications.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: RSCH 301 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 1-4
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Social & Behavioral Sciences |
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SBS 100 - Human Biocultural Evolution
Students are introduced to science as a method of studying and understanding human biology from an evolutionary perspective. Examines the foundations of life and evolutionary theory and the principles of genetics, human adaptation, and primate behavior. Explores the fossil record of human biocultural evolution over the last sixty million years. Students will also consider the anthropological understanding of the concept of human “races” today.
General Education: B2 Life Science
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 101 - Introduction to Anthropology
This course is a general introduction to the discipline of Anthropology and its distinct sub-fields. Anthropology is the study of the human experience; as such, it explores four major areas with emphasis on social and cultural dimensions. The course explores the central importance that the comparative approach has had in each of the sub-fields.
General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 102 - Introduction to Archaeology
Introduces archaeology and prehistory through an exploration of the primary theories, practices, and principles of contemporary scientific archaeology, and the methods by which archaeologists recover, discover, and interpret the natural and cultural worlds of the human past. Topics include archaeological approaches to human evolution, technology and innovation, art and cultural development, and the rise of civilization as seen through the lens of archaeological data and interpretation.
General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 110 - Academic Writing in the Social Sciences
Students will apply social scientific theories of communication to their study of reading and writing. We will practice multiple reading strategies, and students will analyze authors¿ rhetorical choices using a social scientific perspective. Students will develop research writing skills by creating social scientific research questions, locating relevant scholarly literature, reflecting on their research processes, and writing literature reviews. Course assignments will encompass formal and informal writing in a variety of genres, and for a variety of audiences. We will engage in a process of drafting, peer reviewing, and revising each paper.
General Education: A2 Written Communication
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 111 - United States History to 1890
Examines US history through multiple and diverse perspectives. Introduces students to college-level reading and writing in history through an exploration of student responses to written and visual source materials covering the history of the US from pre-contact Native America to 1890. Central themes include race relations, class, ethnicity, and gender.
General Education: DHIS US Histories
University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 112 - Women and Social Change in the United States, 1890-Present
Examines women’s roles in causing and influencing social change in United States history, 1890 to the present. Focus will be American women’s impact on United States and California societies, national, global, and multi-ethnic social change, and political and constitutional issues.
General Education: DHIS US Histories
University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 195 - Special Topics
Student and faculty member select lower division topics of study and the total number of credit hours.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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SBS 197 - Independent Study
Student and faculty member select topic of study and total number of credit hours.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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SBS 200 - Communication Skills: Applications in Social Science and Global Studies
Students develop critical thinking, listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using concepts and current issues in the social sciences and global studies. Through participating in class-based workshops on writing mechanics, reading scholarly and creative works, and writing literature reviews, students develop their reading comprehension and writing skills.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 211 - Principles of American Democracy
Examines the principles of American Democracy. Focuses on the philosophies of the founding fathers, political and governmental structures, constitutional issues and tensions, the U.S. Supreme Court, values and principles of civil society, and the media¿s role in politics. Explores powers and procedures of the national, state, local and tribal governments.
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 212S - Citizen Action, Community Power, and Political Change
Students acquire knowledge of diverse peoples and politics of the United States in historical and contemporary social contexts through collaborative explorations of the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and environment. They develop the skills to become their own historians, and to effectively use the tools of political action reflecting knowledge of the constitutions and political systems of California and the United States.
General Education: DCSL Civics & Service Learning
University Requirement: US23 Civics
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 244 - Latino USA:Ident/Experiences
Examines and compares the political experiences, cultural practices, and literary expressions of diverse Latino populations in the U.S. Topics include immigration, citizenship, demographics, work, religion, education, language, gender, and cultural rights. Readings include ethnographies, histories, novels, and films. Students design political projects.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 246 - Native American Societies
Examines Native American societies and cultures in North America, more precisely, the geographic areas of Mexico, the United States and Canada. Emphasizes the development of Native American societies over time, their influence on North America and the broader global community, and Native American relationships with US political and social institutions. Gender, identity, and comparative indigenous world views will be central themes.
General Education: DHIS US Histories
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, US1 U.S. Histories
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 252 - World Regional Geography
Applies a geographical perspective to the study of environment, culture, human societies, and their interactions. Examines world regions using a thematic approach to population, language, religion, economic development, social customs, urbanization, and resource problems. Focuses on spatial concepts, principles, and contemporary issues.
General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 300 - SBS Major ProSeminar: Theory
Students acquire a basic foundation in social science and globalization theories and methods through exploration of current issues. Required entry level course offering for the Social and Behavioral Sciences major.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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SBS 300L - Professional Skills for the Social Sciences
Preparatory to advanced theory and research methods, students engage in hands-on practice to develop introductory skills and techniques for the social sciences. Students become conversant with common research methodology language, research design, and ethical considerations. Students begin preparation of a Graduation Portfolio, and complete an Individualized Learning Plan.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: SBS 300 )
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1
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SBS 304 - California Indian Societies
This course examines California Indian societies through the lens of the Social Sciences. Students will be introduced to and discuss various historical and contemporary issues confronting California Native American tribal communities in both urban and rural contexts. Key issues of concern for this course include regional distinctions, gender roles and relations, inter- and intra-tribal relations, differing historical eras and periods, economic and political systems, tribal relations with the State of California and the Federal government, laws and policies, and repatriation.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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SBS 305 - Indigenous Histories
Explores Indigenous Histories worldwide. Emphasis will be placed on peoplehood, traditional cultures and knowledge, sovereignty, global relations between Indigenous peoples, environmental issues, gender, participation in the United Nations, economic issues and political consciousness. Survivance will be central to the analysis of these histories.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing)
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 310 - Social Theory
Students gain first- hand knowledge of the main theorists and major schools of social theory over the last 100 years.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 315 - Growth and Conflict in the United States to 1920
Examines the development of U.S. society, government institutions, and economic expansion from pre-contact Native America to 1920. Central themes focused on are race relations, political systems, social interactions, class, gender, and divergent points of view. Examines U.S. history through multiple disciplines and multi-cultural perspectives.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 316 - Visual Methodologies in the Arts and Sciences
An introduction to visual methodologies in the social sciences that explores and engages the production and analysis of ethnographic film, photography, and new media concerned with visual representation and the documentation of culture and society. Students explore the potentials of field photography to study, interpret, and investigate human social behavior and its consequences.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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SBS 317 - Geography of the Global Econ
The global economy is a very complex system linking countries and regions through the trade and flow of goods, services, and information. Geographers are interested in how globalization affects the spatial arrangement of economic activities; how this arrangement affects local and national economies; and how local and national economies contribute to the form and function of the global economy.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 320 - Archaeology of Colonialism
Surveys the colonization of California from 1542 to 1848 from an ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective. Draws on firsthand accounts, primary documents, site visits to area missions, presidios, and adobes, and oral histories to explore the indigenous and colonial communities of California. Considers the consequences of colonial encounters and entanglements that shape contemporary interpretations of California’s past.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 321 - Survey Research in the Social Sciences
Introduces the necessary tools, theoretical and methodological foundations of doing survey research, and reviews research processes employing quantitative methods. Students will critically examine methodological issues such as the nature and process of quantitative research, survey research strategies, survey research designs, formulating hypotheses and research questions, sampling strategies, creating survey questions, using secondary data, and presenting and reporting the results. Students will also learn related statistical software to analyze data.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: STAT 100 )
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 322 - Asian American Women’s History
This course examines the social and cultural experiences of Asian American women from the late 1870s to the post-1965 era. Key themes include immigration, family, generation, labor, gender, and sexuality. Topics span from prostitution, flappers, military brides, and women’s organizing. Drawing from History, Women and Gender Studies, and Asian American Studies, students will read major scholarship, analyze primary documents, facilitate discussions, and partake in a public history project.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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SBS 323 - Southwestern Archaeology
Ancient peoples and places of the American Southwest frame this exploration of the archaeologists and explorers who trekked the landscapes of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah for archaeology and science. Ancestral Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest and their cultural legacies are central to this exploration of ancient towns. This survey of the archaeology of the American Southwest spans Paleo-Indian origins and sedentary agricultural villages, chiefdoms, and state-level societies.
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 2-4
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SBS 324 - Archaeological Science
Introduces methods, principles, and practices of lab and field approaches used by archaeologists. Explores how scientific inquiry and cultural resource management approaches contribute to our understanding of the human past. Students will learn how archaeologists reconstruct and interpret the lives of past peoples through the use of archaeological case studies, multimedia, and hands-on activities.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 324L - Experimental Archaeology Lab
A lab or practicum devoted to experimental archaeology projects ranging from modern material culture or garbology studies through to the reduction and manufacture of lithics and stone tools. Required lab course for SBS 324S.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: SBS 324S)
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 1-2
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SBS 325 - Art of the Aztec Empire
The Aztec, or Aztlaneca Mexica, took to capturing and collecting the art and culture of all those domains that they conquered and subjugated. As a result, Aztec art, thought, and culture reflect an eclectic mixture of the many peoples and cultures of the empire. Explores the origins, art, language, and culture of a Mesoamerican civilization that was unique for its emphasis on human heart excision, but exclusively Mesoamerican in its art, architecture, and ideology.
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 326S - Museums in the Public Sphere
In recent years, historical societies and museums have proven increasingly essential sites for study, research and debate. Ethnographic collections have in turn evolved into invaluable repositories for community study and formal research into cross-cultural encounters for Indigenous peoples and diaspora communities the world over. This course will review issues and practices in the collection and study of material culture and the representation of community cultural histories through participatory engagement. Students pursue community partnerships bearing on representation, advocacy, community consultation, and museums as sources of cultural identity and revitalization.
University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 4
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SBS 328 - Social Science Theory Module
Emphasizes in-depth theory-based analyses of topics and themes shared across the social sciences, but within special theoretical frameworks and paradigms of two disciplines. Specific disciplinary frameworks vary based on the disciplines of faculty teaching the course.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 330 - Crime and Violence
Examines the social and psychological foundations of violence and aggression in the context of cross-cultural perceptions of violence explored by way of a variety of martial arts styles and programs. Reviews the interrelationships obtaining between intellectual, psychological, spiritual, aesthetic, and physical health as it applies to one’s life through the philosophy of the martial arts. Provides an interdisciplinary review of the sources of social and interpersonal violence.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 331 - Crime and Violence Self Defense
This is a self-defense course that teaches physiological, and sociological domains across the lifespan as they relate to the safety of self and community. Students learn through lecture and vigorous physical activity about society wide patterns of crime and violence and methods of defense. The course is useful for juniors and seniors preparing for careers in law enforcement, public safety, social work, or counseling professions where victims of violence are common.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 2
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SBS 332 - The Rise & Fall of Civilizations
Explores the origins of human cultural development spanning the rise of civilization and the modern state. The domestication of plants and animals, early village life, the development of metallurgy and the arts, the origins of writing and the earliest dynastic traditions, and the rise of urbanism and the state in Africa, the Middle East, China, India, Europe, and the Americas.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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SBS 333 - Forensic Anthropology
This course combines cold case studies from archaeology, forensics, and biological anthropology in the analysis of the signs for blunt force trauma, strangulation, projectile wounds, dismemberment, disease, conflict-related violence, cannibalism, and mass murder. Peri-mortem and post-mortem indications from hard and soft anatomy underpin our examination of the coldest cases. The SBS 333L Forensic Anthropology Lab option constitutes a complimentary practicum, or hands-on approach to the study of human skeletal anatomy.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 333L - Forensic Anthropology Lab
The Forensic Anthropology Lab provides students with a hands-on approach to the study of human skeletal anatomy and forensic methods and approaches. While each lab will focus on hard or skeletal anatomy, both perimortem and post-mortem indications from both hard and soft anatomy will guide our examination of the coldest cases on record.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-2
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SBS 335 - Digital Ethnographies
This course explores interdisciplinary studies of virtual communities, with a particular emphasis on emerging work by cultural anthropologists. While emphasizing theoretical approaches to understand new social spaces, students participating in this course will learn how to apply ethnographic methodologies to study communities based on new media social networks as well as the visible manifestations of generational divides, creation of new linguistic spaces.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 336 - Advan/Topics/Cult/Anthro
Provides in-depth understanding of cultural anthropology. Introduces students to contemporary issues being discussed in cultural anthropology and sub-disciplines such as economic, political, and social anthropology. Reviews selected perspectives such as structuralism and symbolic, interpretive, developmental, Marxist, feminist, transnational, and visual anthropology. Explores the concept and changing meaning of “culture” as the central paradigm in anthropological analysis.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 337 - Global Travel and Tourism
This course examines the history, significance, and outcomes of global travel and tourism. Students analyze the development and growth of travel and tourism with global, regional and local case studies to consider impacts on biological and cultural diversity and issues of authenticity and representation of people and places.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 340 - Cross/Cult/Human/Develop
Examines psychological and social development using a multicultural perspective. Students engage in ethical reflection and practice through self-assessment and examination of those with different backgrounds. Explores interrelations among the personal, cognitive, and social development of the individual. Students learn the basic concepts and applications of counseling psychology and demonstrate cross-cultural competence in basic counseling skills through applied learning and experimental work.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 341 - Global Crisis and Climate during the Early Modern World, 1400-1800
One of the last great catastrophes to befall only states and nations across the world was that of the Little Ice Age of the seventeenth century. As much as one third of the human population succumbed during this crisis as a consequence of climate change and global war. How did societies deal with this challenge and how did it affect later pathways of development? As part of a project-based learning approach, students will develop the skills for examining primary and secondary sources, writing book and literature reviews, and presenting findings from historical research.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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SBS 343 - History of Capitalist Commodities and Drugs
This course examines the transnational history of particular commodities such as sugar, tobacco, silver, tea, cotton, and opium. Students investigate the economic, political, and socio-cultural aspects of these commodities from 1400 to 1800 through a global lens and with attention to the historical process of capitalism and the industrial revolution. As part of a project-based learning approach, students learn to examine primary and secondary sources, write book and literature reviews, and present historical research.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 345 - Cultural Anthropology
Examines the concept of culture as key to an understanding of the diversity and depth of the human experience. Emphasizes the comparative approach as a method to understanding cultural identity and the underpinnings of the relationships of power, equity, and social justice. The connections between informal and formal relations of power are in turn reviewed. Students will recognize and compare diverse approaches to ethical decision making in the context of the understanding of culture.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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SBS 346 - Anthropology of Time and Power
This course explores the concept of time as perceived across cultures throughout the world, and addresses just how anthropologists have studied time and its intrinsic relationship to power and control. Course content presents a crosscultural overview of concepts of time, and in so doing, explores the relationships of time and ritual; time as a structuring variable in human life; time, ecological conditions and social organization; and the interpretation of time across cultures and societies.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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SBS 348 - Maya Civilization
Examines the art, ideology, society, and culture of the ancient Maya dynastic tradition in comparative and cross-cultural terms and from the perspective of landmark archaeological projects, ethnohistorical studies, and glyph interpretation. Studies their respective significance in deciphering the larger Maya life way. Will review recent advancements in Maya glyph translation, astronomy, calendrical computation, as well as the literary, artistic, and historical traditions as conveyed through ancient texts and monuments.
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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SBS 350 - Domination and Resistance: US since 1880
Students acquire knowledge of systems of power and resistance movements in the U.S. since 1880. They develop the ability to use contemporary critical theories of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and ecology for understanding conquests, colonial power, imperialism, and resistance to domination. Satisfies state requirement in recent U.S. history for teaching credential subject matter preparation.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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SBS 353 - Race, Class and Gender in the American West
Explores the intersection of race, class, and gender in the American West in cultural, social, and political contexts. Examines the American West as a multi-ethnic region; the intersection of race, class and gender; and the impact of labor on diverse communities in that region. Central to the course are issues of power relationships, racial and gender equity, paid and unpaid labor, social and political movements, urbanization, and environmental changes.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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SBS 354 - Rest vs West: Guns, Pirates, and Modernity
Francis Bacon argued that three inventions paper, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass would change the conditions of things throughout the world. Until recently, historians associated these inventions with the birth of the modern world and reasoned that it propelled the West along a different path. The Rest of the world fell behind and needed Europe to become modern. Ironically, Bacons three inventions were Chinese. This course examines why the paths of the West and the rest diverged between 1400 and 1800, through the perspective of economic, political, and military history.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 355 - Archaeological Theory
A survey of anthropological theories that inform contemporary archaeological thought and practice in the United States. Students trace the evolution of archaeological theory and its application to our understanding of the past. Primary themes include evolutionary, environmental, structural, functional, economic, processual and post-processual approaches.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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SBS 356 - People, Places, & Environment: An Introduction to Geography
Introduces scientific principles of modern geography. Features both the cultural and environmental aspects of geography at global, regional, and local levels. Teaches perspectives that go beyond a concern with “where things are,” providing discussion and analysis of basic geographical theories and methods in the context of real world case studies.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Units: 3
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SBS 357 - History of Empires Through the Eyes of Interlopers and Intermediaries
Through a study of the global history of cross-cultural contacts, students examine how societies responded to local and global consequences of globalization. The course will explore the histories of interlopers and research how they fit in present-day nation-states or the multicultural heritages these entities claim in nationalist narratives. As part of a project-based learning approach, students learn to examine primary and secondary sources (including the collection of local, oral history sources), write book and literature reviews, and present historical research.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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SBS 360L - Archaeology Lab
An archaeology lab practicum devoted to the study of historical artifacts and specimens recovered from recent investigations on the California central coast. Specific projects vary, although current analysis is centered on early California Indian and Spanish colonial artifacts, including bone, stone tools, ceramics, glassware, metal works, and military hardware from California missions and presidios.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: SBS 360S )
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 1
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SBS 361 - Introduction to GIS
Provides an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the context of social and behavioral sciences. Covers basic GIS concepts as well as mapping applications across disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, political science, and sociology. Students learn to examine the patterns and processes of social, economic, political, and cultural features on Earth’s surface with the assistance of GIS technology.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: SBS 361L )
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 361L - Introduction to GIS Lab
This is a required lab course for SBS 361 . It gives students opportunities to learn GIS software and to work on real world GIS projects.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: SBS 361 )
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1
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SBS 362 - Research Methods: Qualitative Emphasis
This course presents various research methods, primarily qualitative and some quantitative methods. It explores different paradigms and appropriate methodologies. It allows students to engage in the whole research process of research design, data collection and data analyses in the social sciences. Students learn how to make professional presentations of findings.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: SBS 362L )
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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SBS 362L - Research Methods: Qualitative Emphasis Lab
This lab trains students in the systematic management of qualitative data. Students learn and practice the use of qualitative data collection and analysis software such as NVIVO8. Students learn how to use the software to organize, categorize, codify and report on data of primarily qualitative nature.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: SBS 362 )
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1
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