Social Sciences, B.A. ~ Social History Concentration

Social Sciences-BA Core Requirements ~ 25-26 units

In order to graduate, you will also need to complete your General Education and University Requirements

Complete all of the following Social Theory and Application courses:
STAT 100 - Introduction to Statistics Units: 3
SSCI 300 - SSCI Major ProSeminar: Theory Units: 4
SSCI 328 - Social Science Theory Module Units: 3
SSCI 400 - Senior Capstone Seminar I Units: 3
SSCI 402 - Senior Capstone Seminar II Units: 3
Complete one of the following Research Methods courses:
SSCI 321 - Survey Research in the Social Sciences Units: 3
SSCI 362 - Research Methods: Qualitative Emphasis Units: 4
SSCI 366 - Research Methods for SSCI: Quantitative Emphasis Units: 4
Complete one of the following Social Scientific Writing courses:
SSCI 363 - Historical Methods Units: 3 ***
SSCI 377 - Academic Publishing in the Social Sciences Units: 3
GS 362 - Global Literatures Units: 3
***This course may be double counted only in the Social History and Native American Studies concentrations
Complete one of the following Social Science Breadth courses:
SSCI 304 - California Indian Societies Units: 3
SSCI 320 - Archaeology of Colonialism Units: 3
SSCI 322 - Asian American Women’s History Units: 3
SSCI 335 - Digital Ethnographies Units: 3
SSCI 345 - Cultural Anthropology Units: 3
SSCI 350 - Domination and Resistance: US since 1880 Units: 3
SSCI 356 - People, Places, & Environment: An Introduction to Geography Units: 3
SSCI 364 - The Japanese Internment Camps Units: 3
SSCI 386 - Social and Political Histories of California Units: 3
SSCI 389 - Environmental History of California Units: 3
SOC 312 - Sociology of Gender Units: 3
SOC 317 - Social Movements Units: 3
SOC 320 - Labor and Labor Movements Units: 3
SOC 399 - Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective Units: 3

Social History Concentration ~ 12-15 units

Please note: Twelve (12) of the units taken to complete a concentration (all of which are upper division) may not be used in fulfillment of other minors or concentrations. Unless otherwise noted, students may not double count Social and Behavioral Science core courses and concentration courses.

Complete both of the following courses:
SSCI 315 - Growth and Conflict in the United States to 1920 Units: 3
SSCI 363 - Historical Methods Units: 3 *this course may double count with the SBS core
Complete one of the following Ethnic Histories courses:
SSCI 322 - Asian American Women’s History Units: 3
SSCI 350 - Domination and Resistance: US since 1880 Units: 3
SSCI 364 - The Japanese Internment Camps Units: 3
JAPN 317 - Pacific Food Empires Units: 3
HCOM 346 - African American Life/History Units: 4
HCOM 356 - Digital Multicultural U.S. Histories Units: 4
HCOM 365 - Chicanx Latinx History Units: 4
HCOM 369 - Asian American History Units: 3
HCOM 445 - Slavery & Race in the Americas Units: 4
HCOM 451 - Transnational Migrations Units: 4
Complete one of the following Global and Transnational History courses:
SSCI 305 - Indigenous Histories Units: 3
SSCI 335 - Digital Ethnographies Units: 3
SSCI 341 - Global Crisis and Climate during the Early Modern World, 1400-1800 Units: 3
SSCI 343 - History of Capitalist Commodities and Drugs Units: 3
SSCI 354 - Rest vs West: Guns, Pirates, and Modernity Units: 3
SSCI 357 - History of Empires Through the Eyes of Interlopers and Intermediaries Units: 3
SSCI 381 - US in Vietnam and Asia-Pacific: Peoples, Colonization, Conflicts, Resources
Units: 4
HCOM 445 - Slavery & Race in the Americas
Units: 4
HCOM 451 - Transnational Migrations
Units: 4
Complete one of the following History Depth courses:
SSCI 304 - California Indian Societies
Units: 3
SSCI 305 - Indigenous Histories
Units: 3
SSCI 325 - Art of the Aztec Empire Units: 4
SSCI 348 - Maya Civilization Units: 4
SSCI 350 - Domination and Resistance: US since 1880
Units: 4
SSCI 353 - Race, Class and Gender in the American West
Units: 4
SSCI 355 - Archaeological Thought and Practice Units: 3
SSCI 378 - Revolution and People Power in the Modern World Units: 4
SSCI 383 - African Civilizations Units: 3-4
SSCI 386 - Social and Political Histories of California Units: 3
SSCI 389 - Environmental History of California Units: 3
HCOM 346 - African American Life/History
Units: 4
HCOM 350S - Oral Hist/Comm Mem SL Units: 5
HCOM 352 - History According To Movies Units: 3
HCOM 354 - Critical Public Histories Units: 4
HCOM 356 - Digital Multicultural U.S. Histories
Units: 4
HCOM 359 - Law, Politics and LGBTQ History Units: 4
HCOM 362 - Constitutional History Units: 3
HCOM 363 - Topics in Social History Units: 4
HCOM 365 - Chicanx Latinx History
Units: 4
HCOM 366 - History of Religion in the United States Units: 4
HCOM 367 - Gender and United States History Units: 4
HCOM 368 - U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction Units: 4
HCOM 454 - History of Victorian Britain Units: 4
JAPN 305 - Introduction to Japanese Culture & Civilization Units: 3
JAPN 307 - Japan-American Experience Units: 3
SPAN 307 - History and Culture of Mexico Units: 4
SPAN 308 - Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US Units: 4
SPAN 309 - Hist & Polit Of Latn Amer Units: 4
GS 316 - Approaches/ Global Histories Units: 4