(0Units) Non-credit course: Applicable to those students who have completed all registration for graduate course work required by their program. Students must register for each semester or term in which they take their comprehensive examination unless they are enrolled in other course work.
(4Units) Classification, control, life history, structure, ecology, and basic physiology of insects. This course is acceptable for section 1.c requirement for the major.
Satisfies the departmental diversity requirement.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1050 and BIOL 1150 or equivalents.
Hours: (Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 6 hours; field trips)
(4Units)(Formerly ENTO 3330) Natural history and taxonomy of arthropods of medical (including forensic) and veterinary importance in temperate, tropical, and subtropical regions of the world with emphasis on the role arthropods play as vectors and transmitters of disease. The laboratory involves techniques of collection and taxonomic identification, dissections, and field experiments on carrion-arthropod succession to demonstrate the utility of arthropods in medicolegal investigations. Satisfies the departmental diversity requirement. This course is acceptable for section 1.c requirement for the major.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1050 and BIOL 1150 or equivalents.
Hours: (Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours; field trips and experiments)
(1Unit) Introduction to University writing. Instruction is based on developing rhetorical reading skills, summarizing and analyzing texts, and writing college-level essays. Offered only in summer. For students who score 146 or below on the English Placement Test (EPT).
(3Units) Introduction to academic writing. Instruction is based on the Competencies for First-Year Composition with particular emphasis on reading skills as well as focus, development, organization, and control of language for sentences, paragraphs, and essays.
(4Units)(Formerly Beginning English and Grammar for ESL Students) Editing and sentence-level grammar skills. Focus on improving grammar, improving editing skills for individual problems, and increasing writing fluency. Individualized tutoring an integral part of the course.
(4Units)(Formerly Intermediate English and Grammar for ESL Students) Composition process: drafting, revising, editing. Additional focus on reading and vocabulary to improve comprehension and fluency in standard academic English. Individualized tutoring an integral part of the course.
ESL 2000 - Essay Strategies and Vocabulary for Language and Dialect
(3Units)(Formerly English Grammar and Composition for Foreign Students) Continuing editing and sentence-level grammar skills: improving grammar, editing skills for individualized problems, and fluency. Individualized tutoring an integral part of the course.
(1Unit) Students will use a CAI software (e.g., ALEKS or some other software) covering the standard college prep math topics from pre-algebra, beginning algebra, and intermediate algebra. This course is only open to incoming freshmen prior to matriculating and satisfies the CSU’s Math Early Start requirement. Credit earned does not count toward unit requirements for graduation.
(4Units) Uses methods and strategies that have been designed to enhance student success in the course. Transition from arithmetic to algebra; operations on real numbers and algebraic expressions; polynomials, rational expressions, square roots; solving elementary equations and word problems. Satisfactory completion of this course fulfills the prerequisite for MATH 0106. Credit earned does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, for general education, or for any major. Prebaccalaureate Note: Courses numbered 0001-0999 are prebaccalaureate level and do not carry unit credit toward the 120 units required for a bachelor’s degree.
Prerequisites: ELM score between 0 and 32.
Hours: Four lecture hours per week, utilizing directed learning activities.
ESM 0106 - Intermediate Algebra for Non-Math/Science
(4Units) Uses methods and strategies that have been designed to enhance student success. Introduction to the basic properties of arithmetic, real numbers, variables, equations, algebraic expressions, functions and their graphs. Includes evaluation of expressions and formulas; translation from words to symbols; solutions of linear equations and inequalities; absolute value; powers and roots; solving two linear equations in two unknowns; applications. Credit earned does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, for general education, or for any major. Prebaccalaureate Note: Courses numbered 0001-0999 are prebaccalaureate level and do not carry unit credit toward the 120 units required for a bachelor’s degree. Primarily for business, social science, humanities, fine arts, and undecided-major students.
Prerequisites: MATH 0103 or ELM score between 34 and 48, inclusive, or equivalent.
Hours: Four lecture hours per week, utilizing directed learning activities.
(4Units) Fundamental operations, laws, terminology, and notation of algebra; concepts of expression, set, variable, function, graph, equality, equations, and identity; drill with fractions, exponents, and radicals; linear and quadratic equations; systems of equations; introduction to logarithms; introduction to functions, including function notation, polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential, and logarithmic functions; introduction to conic sections. Credit earned does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, for general education, or for any major. Prebaccalaureate Note: Courses numbered 0001-0999 are prebaccalaureate level and do not carry unit credit toward the 120 units required for a bachelor’s degree. Primarily for science, math, and technology-oriented students.
Prerequisites: MATH 0103 or ELM score between 34 and 48 inclusive, or equivalent.
Hours: Four lecture hours per week, utilizing directed learning activities.
(3Units) A survey of the African American experience, a look at the distinctive African American culture and customs, and an analysis of the various problems of economic, religious, political, psychological, and educational adjustment. Particular emphasis will be placed on problems encountered in the ghetto and white resistance to change in the urban and suburban communities.
(3Units) A survey of the Chicano experience, a look at the distinctive Chicano culture and customs, and an analysis of the various problems of economic, religious, political, psychological, and educational adjustment. Particular emphasis will be placed on problems encountered in the barrio, the farm labor situation, and the educational complications of bilingualism.
(3Units) A survey of the Asian American cultures and customs, and an analysis of the various problems of economic, religious, political, psychological, and educational adjustment. Particular emphasis will be placed on inter-ethnic identity, identity crisis, and contacts among Asian Americans.
(1-5Units) Development of a selected branch of ethnic studies. (Topics to be specified in Class Schedule) Topics vary each term, thus different topics may be taken for credit.
(3Units) Explores the origins and development of Mexican American/Chicano/a communities in the United States. Offers an interdisciplinary examination of the major historical processes that have shaped their political experiences since 1850.
ETHS 3100 - Asian American Images in the Arts and Media
(3Units) An examination of the positive and negative media images of Asian Americans through a critical study of historical documentaries, contemporary films, and literature.
(3Units) Course will examine the participation and images of Mexicans, Latinos, Chicanos in the American film industry from a multicultural perspective.
ETHS 3115 - Celebrando Cultura: Chicana/o Identity and Popular Culture
(3Units) Explores expressions of Chicana/o ideology, philosophy, and cultural production from the 1960s to the present. Authors include Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez, Luis Valdez, Rolando Hinojosa, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, and others.
(3Units)(Formerly Chicanas in Society and Culture) (Offered under the subjects GEND and ETHS) This course on Las Chicanas is a interdisciplinary course that will investigate sociological situations and cultural contradictions of Chicanas. Issues of gender role expectations, tradition and change, and Chicana feminism will be studied. Chicana contributions to society will be examined.
(3Units) Course is an introduction to the nature of human language and the social and cultural contexts in which it is used. (Course offered under the subjects ETHS and ANTH)
(3Units)(Course offered under subjects GEND and ETHS) Basic sociological structure and functions of the family as a social institution. Application of role theory to the Chicano family as a unit of interacting personalities. Courtship, marriage, and child rearing practices, etc. The relationship of the Chicano family with other institutional factors of the society. Stress is placed on the changing sex roles for the Chicano family members.
(3Units)(Offered under the subjects GEND and ETHS) A social psychological approach to studying the African American family as a basic social unit. A variety of perspectives are used to describe and explain how family members function in terms of courtship, marriage, child rearing practices, etc. The family’s relationship with other institutions in the wider society also is considered.
ETHS 4020 - The African American Woman: Soul Sister
(3Units)(Offered under the subjects ETHS and GEND) A review of popular notions about the identity of the African American woman in the U.S. Stereotypes will be contrasted with examples of her position, role, and status in past and present society. Explanations or systematic accounts regarding the African American woman’s behavior will be offered from a social psychological perspective.
(3Units)(Offered under the subjects GEND and ETHS) An exploration of the rich diversity in Asian American families as they reflect the cultural histories and adaptations of East and Southeast Asian peoples in America. The nature of family organization, the socioeconomics of family resources, changing gender and status roles within the family, and the socialization process of family members into the ethnic and majority cultures will be examined.
ETHS 4040 - Minority Family, Communities, and Schools
(3Units) Addresses the social, economic, cultural, and educational experiences of California’s ethnic and cultural minorities. Special emphasis is on the interconnected roles of the minority families, communities, and schools in the learning process. The course covers various perspectives needed today to prepare future teachers to teach and work with minority students and their families. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)
(3Units) Investigation of the success and failure of Chicanos in Education. Attention will be focused on past issues of segregation and Americanization. The 21st century education system will be studied as to its purposes in the industrial and post-industrial eras.
(3Units) Explores the various perspectives of the Asian American experience in the American educational system. It addresses the “Model Minority” myth and reality, and the diverse needs of Asian American students. Special emphasis is on the recent arrivals: Southeast Asians in the Central Valley.
(3Units) Course provides students with a historical perspective on African-American education and learning. Students will study the relationship between knowledge and power in African American history, and how blacks have strived to acquire intellectual knowledge against overwhelming odds of racial oppression. Beginning with slavery, the course will explore a range of topics, including the significance of literacy acquisition for bonded men and women, black school development and pedagogy as a survival response to white supremacy, and the specific cultural and instructional issues that emerge for teachers dealing with black children in different cultural and educational settings. Students will develop an appreciation for the role of education in African American struggle and also develop skills of intercultural competency for teaching African American children.
ETHS 4150 - Gender and Ethnicity in Children’s Literature and Culture
(3Units)(Offered under the subjects GEND and ETHS) Examination of the representations of gender and ethnicity in children’s literature and media attending to sociohistorical and racial/cultural representation, gender and sexuality, stereotyping, class status, assimilation/ acculturation, multiculturalism, and diversity.
(3Units) A study of the history, culture, and current problems of racial and ethnic minorities with emphasis on cultural clashes, curriculum development, and the psychology of each major group, i.e., African American, Chicano, Asian American, and Native American.
(3Units) Course examines the experience of racial and ethnic minorities in California. Course will emphasize the major ethnic and racial groups residing in California and will address the shifting meanings of race and ethnicity over time. Discussion will include issues impacting ethnic groups, as well as ethnic contributions to the making of California. Course will help prospective teachers know the various perspectives needed to better prepare them to teach more effectively in today’s diverse classrooms and to work with today’s diverse parents. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)
ETHS 4350 - Multiculturalism: From Bias to Reality
(3Units) Course examines progressive changes from conventional majoritarian bias to consciousness and identity formation of systematically disadvantaged groups in the United States. Course will spotlight the ethnic perspectives of Native American, Chicano, African American, and Asian American experiences that have contributed to the articulation of the ideal of multiculturalism and diversity.
ETHS 4400 - Socio-political Experiences of Chicanas/os
(3Units) Course examines the socio-political history of resistance by Chicanos/as in the U.S. This will include ethnic, racial, class, gender oppression and other forms of domination and othering. Focus will be on both the formal and informal avenues through which these groups have organized themselves and protested injustice and inequality. Some attention will be given to analyzing Chicanos/as coalitions with Asian Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans in their struggle for justice and equality. The course will explore how their struggles restate, and remind our society of its most cherished values, universal freedom and social justice, the extent to which all peoples in the U.S. are treated in respect to these values and more fully participate in civil society.
ETHS 4410 - Socio-political Experiences of African Americans
(3Units) Course explores the two major phases of the Civil Rights/Black Power protest era in African American history, the social and political circumstances leading up to the movement, and the aftermath of its dissolution by a right wing, Republican backlash of the 1980s. Course will discuss the many influential people, including many local grass roots rank-and-file activists, the varying agendas and tactics used by them, the regional (northern and southern) differences in character and agenda of the struggle, and the gender and sexual politics intertwined in and informing key, decisive moments in the struggle.
ETHS 4420 - Socio-political Experiences of Asian Americans
(3Units) Course examines the history of resistance to oppression by Asian Americans in the U.S. Focus will be on both the formal and informal avenues through which these groups have organized themselves and protested injustice and inequality. some attention will be given to analyzing Asian American coalitions with Chicanos/as, Native Americans, and Blacks in their struggle for justice and equality. Moreover, the course will explore how these struggles remind our society of its most cherished values, universal freedom and justice, and the extent to which all peoples in the U.S. are treated with respect to these values.
ETHS 4711 - Latino Diaspora: History of U.S. Latinos
(3Units) Comparative History of U.S. Latino/Hispanic peoples including Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Central Americans, South Americans, and Spaniards. Historical context, origins, development of Latin American national, cultural identities; regional characteristics; immigration; nativist responses; assimilation; cultural continuity, and change.
Prerequisites: ETHS 2100 or consent of instructor.
(2-4Units) Provides an opportunity to acquire relevant, practical experience in supervised paid employment within the discipline. Students are placed in private or public sector positions under the supervision of the employer and departmental Co-op coordinator. Up to 3 units may be counted as elective units toward the minors available in Ethnic Studies.
Prerequisites: Normally, ETHS 2000 or 2100, and completion of ETHS 4000, 4010, or 4020 will serve as the minimum requirements for enrollment in ETHS 4910.
(3Units) Student will intern, perform work, or volunteer in an arranged school, community organization, institution, agency setting, or other in an educational, research program and produce a 12- to 20-page directed research paper or project. Seeks to bridge the gap between the intellectual pursuit of knowledge and its practical application to multicultural relations. May be repeated for a total of 6 units.
(1-5Units)(Topics to be specified in Class Schedule) Development of a selected branch of ethnic studies. Topics vary each term, thus different topics may be taken for credit.
(3Units) An introduction to the arts; the nature of artistic activity; the
methods and materials of each of the arts; and the criteria for
evaluating work in each of the arts.
FA 1010 - Fine Arts Practicum: Introduction to Visual Arts
(3Units) Building on the introduction to the fine arts in FA 1000, this course will further develop understanding of the principles of visual arts (e.g. form and content) through hands-on projects.
FA 1020 - Fine Arts Practicum: Introduction to the Theatre
(3Units) The application of principles learned in FA 1000; the theatre as an art form; elements of theatre; classroom practice in the fundamentals of theatrical production.
FA 1030 - Fine Arts Practicum: Introduction to Music Skills
(3Units) The application of principles learned in FA 1000; an overview of
skills used in the creation, performance, and listening of music
including music notation and performance skills in voice, keyboard,
and percussion instruments.
(3Units) Introduces the student to both the traditional and the modern
theories of investment in a manner that is easy to understand and
enjoyable to study. Not acceptable for concentration requirements.
(3Units) Risk and rates of return, valuation of securities, financial
statement analysis, financial planning, determination of funds
requirements, capital structure and cost of capital, analysis of
investment opportunities.
(1Unit) Students examine balance sheet and income statement using current, real-world company statements. Students also learn to compute a firm’s cash flows and use financial metrics (ratios) to examine key financial relationships.
Corequisites: FIN 3220.
Prerequisites: ACC 2130 or ACC 3140 and MATH 1610.
FIN 4210 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
(4Units) A basic treatment of the problems of security analysis and of
portfolio selection and management with emphasis on the investment
problems of the individual investor.
(4Units) Analysis of financial markets and various types of financial
institutions both bank and non-bank; emphasis on supply of funds,
and differentiating functions and practices; interrelationships of
financial intermediation and business firms.
(3Units)Formerly MGT 4320. Principles and procedures utilized in the appraisal of row crop, orchard, livestock, and transitional properties; analysis of soils, irrigation, and other improvements as related to property value; use of market data and income approaches; financial analysis, pricing, acquiring, managing, and marketing an agricultural property investment.
Prerequisites: FIN 3220 or concurrent enrollment and junior standing.
(4Units) Examines the functioning of the international monetary system and
the international financial arrangements as well as the financial
problems of firms operating internationally. Includes the
collection, measurement, and analysis of international financial
data using computer applications.
(4Units) Designed to focus on the analysis of financial policies and
problems of non-financial firms. An extension of FIN 3220, it is
intended to develop elements of the theory of business finance, to
introduce the case study and/or simulation methods within the
financial management context, and to access computer files (library
programs and data banks) in financial analysis and decision making;
heavy use of Excel in solving cases and problems in financial
management.
(4Units) Introduction to arbitrage-based pricing of derivative securities to
focus on valuation of options, futures and swap contracts, and
applications of derivatives for risk management purposes.
(4Units) Deals with the study of the uses of computers in financial
management. Software packages such as Excel and SPSS are used to
solve problems and cases in finance.
(2-4Units) Provides an opportunity to acquire relevant, practical experience in supervised paid employment in finance. Students are placed in private or public sector positions under the supervision of the employer and department Co-op coordinator. May be repeated for a total of 8 units depending upon departmental approval.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and consent of departmental coordinator prior to registration.
(3Units) Intended to lay theoretical foundations of financial policy. Cases and problems provide application of theory to financial decisions involving cash flow management, capital structure, cost of capital, capital budgeting, dividend policy, etc., of enterprises operating for profit. Accessing computer files (library programs and data banks) in financial analysis and decision-making is introduced.
(3Units) Focuses attention on financial management of business enterprises and its relation to other functional areas of management and to general business policy. Extensive use of case problems and/or simulation exercises provides applications of theory to financial decisions involving cash flow management, capital structure planning, capital costs, capital budgeting, dividend policy, and valuation of enterprises operating for profit.
Prerequisites: FIN 5020, ECON 5050, and ACC 5110 or equivalents.
(3Units) Detailed examination of the management of financial institutions. Topics include financial statements of financial institutions, investment management, loan management, liability and deposit management, capital management.
(3Units) Upon successful completion of this course, the student will possess a working knowledge of applications and the pricing of options, futures, and swap contracts.
Prerequisites: FIN 5020 or FIN 3220 and admission to the MBA program.
(3Units) Advanced treatment of financial analysis as applied to investment in real estate. Emphasis will be on appraisal theory, risk and return measurement.
(3Units) Analysis of the functioning and role of the financial markets. Topics include wholesale financial markets and retail financial markets, role of the institutions, supply-demand model of interest rates, flow of funds analysis.
(3Units) Analysis and evaluation of the problems, opportunities, and ethical responsibilities that face financial managers of a business firm. Students are exposed to a variety of business situations through the case method. Additionally, this course will address the implications of conducting business in a global environment.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSBA, Finance program or consent of instructor.
FIN 5415 - Political, Cultural, and Social Environments
(2Units) Description and explanation of the major differences between the political, social, and cultural environment in the U.S., France, and other European countries. Special emphasis on companies operating in these different markets.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSBA, Finance program or consent of instructor.
(2Units) Examination of institutional and policy framework for corporations as they are created (entrepreneurship), through their governance structures, to market exit (insolvency). Addresses the philosophical processes involved with moral reasoning as they relate to financial management. Moreover, the course goes beyond moral development to include motivation, virtue, personal character, and other elements to ethical decision-making.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSBA, Finance program or consent of instructor.
(1Unit) Examination of various financial professions in private firms and banks. Materials will be used to strengthen student knowledge of current opportunities and practices in the U.S., France, and other European countries. Guest speakers from various corporations and institutions will share their knowledge and experiences.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSBA, Finance program or consent of instructor.
(2Units) Course will focus on corporate bankruptcy, corporate governance after Enron and Parmalat, financial management with bankruptcy risk, stakeholder incentives under varying restructure strategies, trends in mergers and acquisitions, changes in bankruptcy laws and practices in Europe and in the U.S.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSBA, Finance program or consent of instructor.
(3Units) A terminal graduate project to be taken by students who have completed their course requirements. The project proposal must be approved by the project adviser(s).
Prerequisites: Students must have completed all course requirements.
(3Units) Second-year French, emphasizing oral proficiency approach. Extensive review of the morphology and syntax of the language. Consideration of French culture.
Satisfies G.E. area C3.
Prerequisites: FREN 1020 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
(3Units) An introduction to the development of French civilization from its
beginning to the present, with emphasis on contemporary France, as
seen through literature, art, music. Conducted in French.
(3Units) A detailed study of the short story genre in French literature,
from the earliest examples (the fabliaux) to the present (Vercors,
Camus, Sartre). The bulk of the course will deal with the great
19th-century conteurs: Flaubert, Daudet and Maupassant. Conducted
in French.
Prerequisites: FREN 2020 or consent of instructor.
(3Units) A detailed study of modern French phonology and its representation
in the International Phonetic Alphabet, including work on dialectal
differences as well as analysis of contrasts with English.
Prerequisites: FREN 2020 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
(1Unit) Designed for advanced students. Class work will include discussions
of current (cultural) events and/or other topics of common
interest. Course may be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisites: FREN 2020 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
