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Course Descriptions

 

Research
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • RSCH 395 - Special Topics

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • 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 )
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 1-4

Social & Behavioral Sciences
  

  • ES 249 - 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with SBS 249 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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: DGSS General Social Sciences
    University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • 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: DGSS General Social Sciences
    University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 114 - 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: C2 Humanities
    University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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 and Service Learning
    University Requirement: US23 Civics
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 249 - 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with ES 249 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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) and (STAT 100  with a C- or better)]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 4
  

  • 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 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
    General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • 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 term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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: (GE  Area A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better) and (STAT 100 )]
    General Education: UDB4 Math, UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • 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: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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
  

  • 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: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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
  

  • 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.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (STAT 100  with a C- or better)]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • 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: Spring term only

    Units: 1-2
  

  • 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: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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)
    General Education: UDD Integ Social Sciences
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • 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  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDC Integ Arts & Humanities
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • SBS 355 - Archaeological Thought and Practice

    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 - odd years

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • SBS 360S - Mission Archaeology

    A Public Archaeology and community service learning lab and field program that places students on the front lines of an archaeological and/or ethnohistorical investigation of Mission era and other historic sites of the California central coast. Ethnohistorical and archival research methods in turn permit students to explore key issues in Mission and area studies, including ethnic studies, heritage management, and cultural representation and misappropriation. 

    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: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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.

    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 363 - Historical Methods

    Examination of historical methods. This course immerses students in the ways that historians develop work in their fields, create a written narrative, use sources, and become professional historians. Students engage the historical method through research, writing, oral communication, and analysis.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
    University Requirement: GWAR Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 364 - The Japanese Internment Camps

    This course examines the incarceration of Japanese Americans in the U.S. during World War II. Key themes include civil rights, resistance, and justice. Topics include civil disobedience and legal challenges to internment, generational conflict and family life, reparations and solidarity building. Drawing from history and Asian American studies, students will analyze primary sources, participate in discussions, and partake in a public history project.

    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 366 - Research Methods for SBS: Quantitative Emphasis

    This class uses multi-method approach to explore different paradigms and appropriate quantitative and some qualitative methodologies. Students engage in the research process: research design, hypothesis testing, data collection, data analysis and presentation of findings in written and oral formats. Students practice selecting appropriate research methods given different types of data. They can pilot test part of their capstone projects.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: STAT 100  with a C- or better) 
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 369 - Ed for Leadership/Public Servi

    Student leaders from each of the 23 California State University campuses examine politics and public service life in politics. Explores theories and strategies to attract thoughtful men and women to lives of public service in politics, to inspire them to a high standard of conduct, and to equip them with the practical skills of self-government.

    Typically Offered: Summer term only

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 371 - GIS Applications for the Social Sciences and Business

    Introduces the fundamentals of GIS-supported applications in social sciences and business. Examples include census data analysis, city and regional planning, crime mapping, business site selection, marketing analysis, and social science education for K-12 schools.

    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: 4
  

  • SBS 375 - Crime Analysis and Mapping

    Crime analysis and mapping are currently recognized as essential and vital functions in law enforcement. This course explores how GIS technology is used to provide strategic, tactical, and administrative crime analysis. Students address theories that explain the geographic distribution of crime and apply GIS techniques to identify crime patterns, monitor crime trends, forecast future crime events, prepare statistical crime reports, and develop crime prevention strategies. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: SBS 361  or ENVS 332 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 377 - Academic Publishing in the Social Sciences

    This project-based learning experience provides instruction in the scholarly publication of social science research. Students serve as editors and contributors to Culture, Society, and Praxis, an online undergraduate journal of social scientific research and creative work. Participants will engage in all levels of the editorial process, including the solicitation of thematic contributions; peer review; copy editing; layout and design; and public relations and promotion of the journal both within and beyond the campus community. Students receive instruction on the structure of scholarly publications, and will draft, workshop, revise, and edit their own writing for submission to the journal. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Area A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
    University Requirement: GWAR Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 378 - Revolution and People Power in the Modern World

    Students acquire knowledge of revolutions and people’s mass movements for justice and human rights in the context of global developments since the start of the 20th century. Through specific case studies, they develop the analytical skills to understand how and why movements have succeeded or failed.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 379 - Tattoos, Makeup and Burkas

    Tattoos Makeup and Burkas: This course provides students with an introduction to the western and non-western anthropological literature and film on cultural elements of distinction across cultures of the world. People all around the world use tattoos, piercing and makeup and dress codes are symbolic tools to represent their ideas of self, gender or as a means of gender, ethnicity, and class control domination. This course will challenge students to understand this phenomenon as a universal one, and to explore its ethical dimensions, fostering the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for them to recognize, and analyze the ethical problems inherent to symbolic representations of self, gender and power explored in the course.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 381 - US in Vietnam and Asia-Pacific: Peoples, Colonization, Conflicts, Resources

    Analyzes the relations of the United States to Asia Pacific, especially Vietnam and the Philippines, from social, political-economy, cultural and historical perspectives. Key themes include colonization, conflicts, and resource exploitation in the Asia Pacific. Examines significant ethical concerns drawing from guest speakers, official documents, memoirs, fiction, poetry, films, photography, public and visual arts, and music.

    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 383 - African Civilizations

    A comparative survey of the ancient arts, cultures, and civilizations of sub-Saharan or Black Africa and Egypt. Reviews the archaeology and history of the spectacular civilizations of sub-Saharan African and their economic, technological, and cultural impact on the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Egypt, Axum, Meroe, Zimbabwe, Benin, Kush, Zulu, and the East and West African kingdoms will constitute the primary case studies, while discussions will review the emergence of the African Iron Age, the Black Pharaohs of Egypt, the spread of Islam, and the origins of the Atlantic slave trade.

    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years

    Units: 3-4
  

  • SBS 384S - Anthropology of Education: Cultural Contexts of Bilingual Education

    Introduces the study of schooling in California with an emphasis on minority group perspectives, and thereby explores the concept of transnational cultural experiences. Explores the cultural similarities and differences within such immigrant groups and compares the learning experiences of U.S. and Mexican teachers and their students. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 386 - Social and Political Histories of California

    Applies theories of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and qualitative methodologies to study the historical relationships of the diverse communities of California. Focuses on past and present human societies and their respective systems of governance and politics. Explores the ways in which history can aid in understanding present-day policy issues. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 388 - Crisis and Development in Mexican Society

    Borrowing prominently from contemporary anthropological studies, this course explores the main issues confronting contemporary Mexican society, from emigration to the United States through to the impact that globalization, drugs, crime, and corruption have on indigenous and peasant communities. Students completing the course will develop an appreciation and familiarity with the principal aspects of contemporary life in diverse Mexican states and cultural areas, and their relevance in the US.

    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 389 - Environmental History of California

    Applies theories of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and qualitative methodologies to study historical relationships between the human and nonhuman worlds of California. Focuses on past and present human societies and their respective relationships to the land. Explores the ways in which history can aid in understanding present-day policy issues.

    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
  

  • SBS 395 - Special Topics

    Student and faculty member select upper-division topics of study and total number of credit hours.

    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1-6
  

  • SBS 397 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and total number of credit hours.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-4
  

  • SBS 397S - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credit hours. (Credit/No Credit Available)

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • SBS 400 - Senior Capstone Seminar I

    Students complete a capstone proposal and major elements of a graduation portfolio. The portfolio provides evidence that a student is making satisfactory progress toward meeting Major Learning Outcomes in Social Theory, Research Methods, a Social Science concentration, and Application. Required for all students seeking a baccalaureate degree in the social and behavioral sciences.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (SBS 300  with a C- or better) and (SBS 321  or SBS 362  or SBS 366  with a C- or better)]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 402 - Senior Capstone Seminar II

    Students complete a capstone and a graduation portfolio. The portfolio provides evidence that a student has met Major Learning Outcomes in Social Theory, Research Methods, a Social Science concentration, and Application. Required for all students seeking a baccalaureate degree in the social and behavioral sciences.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: SBS 300  and SBS 400  with a C- or better) and (SBS 321  or SBS 362  or SBS 366  with a C- or better) and (GWAR with a C- or better) and (Coreq: SBS 405 )]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • SBS 405 - Assessment Lab/Grad/Srs

    Students present their capstone research projects in a professional public setting. Students assemble and present evidence of completion of program requirements as determined by the approved Individualized Learning Plan. SBS majors entering the second semester of the Senior Capstone curriculum must enroll in this course.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: SBS 300  and SBS 400  with a C- or better) and (SBS 321  or SBS 362  or SBS 366  with a C- or better) and (GWAR with a C- or better) and (Coreq: SBS 402 )]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • SBS 450 - Congress/Intrnshp/Adm/Leg/Oper

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Participants examine administrative organization, methods, systems and procedures, problem solving, and systems analysis. Formerly known as SBSC 450.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 451 - Congress/Intrnshp/Comm/Politic

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Students examine political processes by which public policy is formulated, adopted, and implemented; political activity; election of public officials; and the political organization of government. Formerly known as SBSC 451.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 452 - Congress/Intrnship/Ldshp/Cmtee

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Participants examine the leadership of congressional committee operations and processes. Formerly known as SBSC 452.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 453 - Congress/Intrnshp/Bud/Appropri

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Participants examine government budgets, budgetary process and analysis, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and monetary and fiscal policy. Formerly known as SBSC 453.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 454 - Congress/Intrnshp/Role/Press

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Students examine the nature, extent, and influence of the press on the nation’s governmental process. Formerly known as SBSC 454.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 484S - Anthropology of Space. Landscapes and Regions

    Explores the anthropological concepts of landscape and region and its current applications to land management and sustainable development. This course integrates an intensive two-week service learning and field research program requirement. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing)
    University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 495 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Social & Behavioral Science. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • SBS 497 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-4
  

  • SBS 550 - Congress/Intrnshp/Adm/Leg/Oper

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Participants examine administrative organization, methods, systems and procedures, problem solving, and systems analysis.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 551 - Congress/Intrnshp/Comm/Politic

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Students examine political processes by which public policy is formulated, adopted, and implemented; political activity; election of public officials; and the political organization of government.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 552 - Congress/Intrnshp/Ldshp/Cmtee

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Participants examine the leadership of congressional committee operations and processes.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 553 - Congress/Intrnshp/Bud/Appropri

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 554 - Congress/Intrnshp/Role/Press

    Students are assigned to the office of a U.S. Representative who is a member of the California congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and spend a semester participating firsthand in American government. Students examine the nature, extent, and influence of the press on the nation’s governmental process.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 569 - Ed for Leadership/ Public Service

    Student leaders from each of the 23 California State University campuses examine politics and public service life in politics. Explores theories and strategies to attract thoughtful men and women to lives of public service in politics, to inspire them to a high standard of conduct, and to equip them with the practical skills of self-government.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • SBS 595 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Social & Behavioral Science. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • SBS 597 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and total number of credit hours. Formerly known as SBSC 597.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6

Science Illustration Certificate Program
  

  • SICP 195 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Science Illustration. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 1-4
  

  • SICP 295 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Science Illustration. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 1-4
  

  • SICP 301 - Field Sketching Techniques

    Sketch the sweeping vistas of Big Sur, tide pools of Pacific Grove, streams meandering through giant coastal redwoods, as well as historic Cannery Row. Focus will be on learning to use quick observation & field sketching techniques while experiencing the rich ecosystems of California’s central coast. (Graphite, ink, colored pencil, watercolor).

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 3
  

  • SICP 302 - Marine Science Illustration

    Explore techniques necessary for illustrating marine subjects and their environments. Starting with a field trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we will draw inspiration from one of the richest marine environments in the earth’s oceans. Current science illustration styles and conventions will be covered, with a focus on watercolor and graphite.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 3
  

  • SICP 395 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Science Illustration. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 1-4
  

  • SICP 501 - Introduction to Science Illustration

    Instruction in black and white techniques, including graphite, pen and ink, coquille, and scratchboard. Attention to the tools and skills essential for creating accurate and effective scientific illustrations.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 4
  

  • SICP 502 - Field Sketching

    Sharpens visual perception, drawing, and design skills through extensive sketching practice. A broad range of media are explored, including graphite, ink, colored pencil, watercolor and mixed media. Field trips to forest, riparian, coastal and other environments provide varied subject matter from which to draw. Basic morphology of commonly illustrated organisms, methods of collecting visual information, and design experimentation are discussed.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 4
  

  • SICP 503 - Introduction to Digital Media

    Exploration of basic techniques in digital media. Covers basic skills in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, workflow and project organization.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 4
  

  • SICP 504 - Science Illustration in Color

    Intensive instruction in colored pencil, watercolor, and mixed media. Emphasis on keen observational skills, mastery of color concepts, and communicating accurate information using color media.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 4
  

  • SICP 505 - Applied Techniques in Natural Science Illustration

    Builds on skills gained in previous courses to increase professionalism in all areas of science illustration. Topics include improving skills with media, integration of images with text, work strategies and business practices, and the illustrator/art director relationship. Emphasis on special-view and conceptual/editorial types of illustration: representing abstract, multi-faceted, socially delicate, and/or un-photographable subject matter.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 4
  

  • SICP 506 - Advanced Techniques in Color Science Illustration

    An intensive investigation of advanced color techniques, with a focus on gouache, acrylic, and mixed media. Emphasis on idea generation, composition, and visual storytelling.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 4
  

  • SICP 507 - Professional Practices for Science Illustrators

    Explores a variety of topics applicable to science illustration professionals such as presentation strategies for display and marketing, social media presence, networking, goal-setting, artist’s statements, and portfolio development.

    Typically Offered: Administrative Use Only

    Units: 4
 

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