Social Sciences and Education Area of Focus

Required Courses

Complete a minimum of nine (9) units from the following coursework:

GS 206 - Understanding Globalization Units: 3
GS 225 - Global Voices Units: 3
GS 236 - Global Policing Units: 3
GS 251 - Intro to Global Economics Units: 3
GS 317 - Global Migrant Workers: Ethnic Experiences, Resistance, and Empowerment Units: 4
GS 318 - Quantitative Reasoning in Global Perspectives Units: 3
GS 325 - Geography of International Development Units: 3
GS 327 - Politics of the Middle East Units: 3
GS 336 - Cultural Geography: Place, Power, and Positioning Units: 3
GS 342 - Economic Thought: History and Contemporary Interpretations Units: 3
GS 351 - Global Econ: Theory & Ethics Units: 3
GS 363 - Comparative Settler Colonialism: Land, the ‘Logic of Elimination,’ and Structures of Race Units: 3
GS 379 - Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility Units: 3
HDFS 307 - Family Theories and Interactions Units: 3
HDFS 310 - Parenting Across the Lifespan Units: 3
HDFS 315 - Risk and Resiliency in Families Units: 3
HDFS 321 - Diverse Families Units: 3
HDFS 322 - Immigrant Families Across the Lifespan Units: 3
HDFS 340 - Close Relationships and Family Development Units: 3
HDFS 341 - Family Violence: Identification, Prevention, and Intervention Units: 3
HDFS 342 - Human Development, Technology and the Media Units: 3
HDFS 344 - Death and Dying Units: 3
HDFS 350 - Lifespan Development: Transition and Change Units: 3
HDFS 353 - Cross-Cultural Human Development Units: 3
HDFS 355 - Behavioral and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Units: 3
HDFS 356 - Infancy and Early Childhood Units: 3
HDFS 358 - Middle Childhood Units: 3
HDFS 360 - Child Development Units: 3
HDFS 365 - Adolescence Units: 3
HDFS 371 - Adulthood & Aging Units: 3
HDFS 377 - Geriatrics & Gerontology Units: 3
LING 392 - Nature of Language & Language Acquisition Units: 3
LING 393 - Language, Power, and Literacy in Education Units: 3
LS 233 - Arts in the School and Community Units: 3
LS 311 - Educational Issues and the Latino Community Units: 3
LS 350 - Teaching and Learning with Technology Units: 3
LS 363 - Immigrants & Equity Issues in Education Units: 3
LS 380 - Teaching for Social Change Units: 3
LS 383 - Innov Approaches to Schooling Units: 3
LS 384 - Issues in Comparative and International Education Units: 3
LS 390 - Culturally Sustaining Literature for Elementary and Middle Grades Units: 3
LS 398 - Social Foundations of Multicultural Education Units: 3
PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology Units: 3
SL 210S - The Promise and Reality of the American Dream Units: 3
SL 300S - Social Justice and Service Learning Pedagogy Units: 4
SL 394S - Service and Social Justice Units: 4
SL 491S - Topics in Civic Engage Units: 4
SSCI 101 - Introduction to Anthropology Units: 3
SSCI 110 - Academic Writing in the Social Sciences Units: 3
SSCI 111 - United States History to 1890 Units: 3
SSCI 114 - Women and Social Change in the United States, 1890-Present Units: 3
SSCI 249 - Native American Societies Units: 3
SSCI 252 - World Regional Geography Units: 3
SSCI 315 - Growth and Conflict in the United States to 1920 Units: 3
SSCI 322 - Asian American Women’s History Units: 3
SSCI 333 - Forensic Anthropology 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 379 - Tattoos, Makeup and Burkas Units: 3
SSCI 386 - Social and Political Histories of California Units: 3
SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Units: 3
SOC 120 - Thinking Sociologically Units: 3
SOC 201 - Social Problems Units: 3
SOC 302 - Sociological Theory Units: 3
SOC 312 - Sociology of Gender Units: 3
SOC 317 - Social Movements Units: 3
SOC 320 - Labor and Labor Movements Units: 3
SOC 325 - Sociology of Latinos Units: 4
SOC 330 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Units: 3
SOC 360 - Population and Contemporary Issues Units: 3
SOC 365 - Technology and Society Units: 4
SOC 399 - Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective Units: 3