BS SOCIAL SCIENCES   2005-07 Catalog
Social Sciences Department
Faculty Office Bldg. (47), Room 13-C
(805) 756-2260

   o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

   o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

   * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology (D3)*

4

ANT 202 World Prehistory

4

ANT 250 Biological Anthropology (B2)*

4

Anthropology electives (300–400 level)

4

CSC 110 Computers/Computer Applications

3

GEOG 150 Intro. to Cultural Geography

4

GEOG 250 Physical Geography

4

GEOG 333 Human Impact on the Earth

4

Geography electives (300–400 level)

4

SOC 110 Comparative Societies

4

SOC 111 Social Problems

4

SOC 323 Social Stratification

4

SOC 355 Social Data Collection and Analysis

4

SOC 421 Social Theory

4

SOCS 461 Senior Project

2

SOCS 462 Senior Project

2

Sociology electives (300–400 level)

4

STAT 217/221 Intro. Statistics (B1)*

4/5

Concentration or individualized course of study

28

 

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95/96

GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 12 units are in Major.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (12 units)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics * 4 units in Major

4

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Major

0

B3 Physical Science

4

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 

B5 elective

 

Area B elective (select one course from B1-B5)

4


Area C  Arts and Humanities (16 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (16 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions * 4 units in Major

0

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

D5 Upper-division elective (Not ANT, GEOG, SOC courses)

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
(4 units)


4

 

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60

ELECTIVES

24/25

 

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180

CONCENTRATION OR INDIVIDUALIZED COURSE OF STUDY (select one)

 

Criminal Justice Concentration

 

 

SOC 402 Crime and Delinquency

4

 

SOC 406 Juvenile Delinquency

4

 

SOC 412 Criminal Justice

4

 

SOCS 440 Internship

8

 

Applications and Issues courses to be selected from:  
SOC 316, SOC 413; SOCS 440 or other approved electives (internship units not to exceed 12 in concentration)

8

 

 

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28

 


Cross-Cultural Studies Concentration

 

 

ANT 360 Human Cultural Adaptation

4

 

GEOG 308 Global Geography

4

 

SOC 309 The World System and Its Problems [or SOC 218 or SOC 315]

4

 

Problems and Issues courses to be selected from:

8

 

  ANT 325, 344, 401, 415; GEOG 301, 325, 328, 414; SOC 315, 350

 

 

Advisor approved courses

8

 

 

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28

 



Environmental Geography Concentration

 

 

GEOG 301 Geography of Resource Utilization

4

 

GEOG/FNR/LA 318 Applications in GIS

3

 

GEOG 325 Climate and Humanity

4

 

GEOG 328 Geographic Applications in Remote Sensing

4

 

GEOG 414 Climatology

4

 

Applications and Issues courses to be selected from:

9

 

ANT 309, 310, 311, 312, 360; BIO 301; BRAE 237, 345; FNR 202, 300; GEOG 440; LA 321; EHS 121; SS 121, 202, 433

 

 

 

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28

Organizations Concentration

 

Select 20 units from the following courses:

20

SOC 310 Self, Organizations and Society (4)

 

SOC 350 Social Organization of Modern Japan (4)

 

SOC 395 Sociology of Complex Organizations (4)

 

SOCS 440 Internship (4)

 

BUS 382 Organizations, People and Technology (4)

 

BUS 384 Human Resource Management (4)

 

BUS 387 Organizational Behavior (4) or
PSY 302 Behavior in Organizations (4)

 

Advisor approved courses

8

 

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28

Social Services Concentration

 

SOC 301 Social Work and Social Welfare Institutions

4

SOC 316 American Ethnic Minorities (USCP)

4

SOC 413 Methods of Social Work

4

SOCS 440 Internship

8

Advisor approved course(s)

8

 

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28

Teaching Concentration

 

GEOG 300 Geography of the United States

4

GEOG 308 Global Geography

4

GEOG 340 Geography of California

4

SOC 316 American Ethnic Minorities (USCP)

4

EDUC 300 Introduction to the Teaching Profession

3

Advisor approved courses

9

 

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28

 

Individualized Course of Study

 28

28 units at the 300–400 level selected in consultation with advising faculty. A written justification for the courses selected and the way they constitute a cohesive, integrated study is required. One-half of courses selected are to be from major (major prefixes), and one-half related approved courses.