Anthropology, AA-T to Social & Behavioral Sciences, B.A.

Required Courses

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  Complete all of the following courses:

• SBS 300 - SBS Major ProSeminar: Theory Units: 4
• SBS 328 - Social Science Theory Module Units: 3
• SBS 400 - Senior Capstone Seminar I Units: 3
• SBS 402 - Senior Capstone Seminar II Units: 3
• SBS 405 - Assessment Lab/Grad/Srs Units: 1

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• Complete one of the following Research Methods course/course combinations:

• SBS 321 - Survey Research in the Social Sciences Units: 3
• SBS 362 - Research Methods: Qualitative Emphasis Units: 4
• SBS 366 - Research Methods for SBS: Quantitative Emphasis Units: 4

• Complete one of the following Social Scientific Writing courses:

• SBS 363 - Historical Methods Units: 3
• SBS 377 - Academic Publishing in the Social Sciences Units: 3
• GS 362 - Global Literatures Units: 4

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• Complete one of the following Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies courses:

• SBS 304 - California Indian Societies Units: 3
• SBS 320 - Archaeology of Colonialism Units: 3
• SBS 322 - Asian American Women’s History Units: 3
• SBS 364 - The Japanese Internment Camps Units: 3

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• Complete all of the following courses:

• SBS 335 - Digital Ethnographies Units: 3
• SBS 345 - Cultural Anthropology Units: 3
• SBS 379 - Tattoos, Makeup and Burkas Units: 3
• SBS 388 - Crisis and Development in Mexican Society Units: 3

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• Complete one of the following courses:

• SBS 326S - Museums in the Public Sphere Units: 4
• SBS 384S - Anthropology of Education: Cultural Contexts of Bilingual Education Units: 3
• SBS 484S - Anthropology of Space. Landscapes and Regions Units: 4

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• Complete one of the following courses:

• SBS 316 - Visual Methodologies in the Arts and Sciences Units: 4
• SBS 325 - Art of the Aztec Empire Units: 4
• SBS 333 - Forensic Anthropology Units: 3
• SBS 346 - Anthropology of Time and Power Units: 3
• SBS 348 - Maya Civilization Units: 4
• SBS 355 - Archaeological Thought and Practice Units: 3
• SBS 383 - African Civilizations Units: 3-4

General Education and University Requirements

The State of California requires completion of a 48 unit General Education Breadth program, including 9 units of upper division GE in areas B, C, and D in order to meet graduation requirements. CSUMB also requires completion of campus-specific University Requirements .

Students select and complete coursework in the following areas to satisfy their degree requirements:

• the CSU’s upper division GE B area requirement  
• the CSU’s upper division GE C area requirement  
• the CSU’s upper division GE D area requirement ; [met in major requirements]
  • the CSU’s American Institution’s requirement  
• the CSU’s Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR); [met in major requirements]
• CSUMB’s upper division Service Learning requirement; [met in major requirements]
• CSUMB’s World Culture & Language requirement ;

Students may select additional elective coursework if necessary to complete 60 units.