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2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog

2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Social Sciences B.A.

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Sheila Younkin, Coordinator

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Phone: (209) 667-3037

Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences

The Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences program is an interdepartmental degree program consisting of courses in the following disciplines: anthropology, communication studies, criminal justice, economics, ethnic studies, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. Students select courses from any three of the above disciplines. The program offers a wide variety of courses dealing with human interaction in past and present society and acquaints students with contemporary social problems, their causes, and their potential solutions.

Additionally, a course in the methods of scientific investigation in the social sciences provides students with valuable analytical skills. Students should discuss career opportunities with their adviser in their areas of concentration in the Social Sciences major.

Requirements

Complete University General Education requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree (51 units minimum).
Complete the Interdepartmental Studies major, as approved by the adviser. Of these, no more than 8 units of CR-graded coursework in courses graded exclusively CR/NC may apply.
Completion of a minor is not required.

Note: Immediately upon entering this interdepartmental degree program, students should select the three disciplines that will form their major.

The Major

(38 units minimum)

1. Complete the following courses:

(5 units)

SSCI 3005 - Research and Information Literacy
MDIS 3005 also satisfies the above requirement.
SSCI 4960 - Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Seminar
or
SSCI 4961 - Teaching Social Studies

2. Complete one course in introductory methodology:

(3 units minimum)

3. Select three of the disciplines listed below:

Completing the prerequisite courses for each. Then complete a minimum of 12 upper-division units in the first of the three disciplines and a minimum of 9 upper-division units in each of the two other disciplines, as approved by the adviser.

Note:

View courses by discipline for a list of possible courses.

Anthropology

a. Prerequisite:

ANTH 2060 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

b. Select any upper-division courses, with the adviser’s consent.

Note additional prerequisites to certain courses. Options available:

General Anthropology
Ethnography
Ethnology
Archaeology
Physical Anthropology
Special Studies

Communication Studies

a. Prerequisite:

Complete one of the following:

b. Select any 9 to 12 units from the following areas:

Core
Organizational Communications/Public Relations
Speech Communication

Criminal Justice

a. Prerequisites:

Complete the following:

b. Select any 9 to 12 upper division units in Criminal Justice, with adviser’s consent.

Economics

a. Prerequisites:

Complete the following:

b. Upper-division courses:

Select 9 to 12 units from each of three or four of the following fields:

Banking, Investment, and Managerial Economics
International Trade and Alternative Economic Systems
Economics and the Public Sector
Labor Economics
Economic History

Ethnic Studies

a. Prerequisite:

Complete an introductory 2000-level Ethnic Studies course, 3 units

b. Select any 9 to 12 units from the following, with adviser’s consent:

Category II
Category III
Category IV
Category V

Click here to view the courses offered in each category.

Gender Studies

Note:

Many GEND courses are cross-listed, meaning they are the same as courses in other disciplines; view the course descriptions to determine cross-listings (e.g. “Same as ETHS 3200”). Students may register for these courses under either name.

a. Prerequisite:

Recommend

GEND 2020 - Women’s and Feminist Activism

b. Required core course:

GEND 3550 - Society and Gender

c. Any 6 to 9 units from the following, with adviser’s consent:

Note: Courses taken to satisfy the Gender Studies concentration may not be cross-listed with the disciplines in the student’s other two selected concentrations.

Geography

a. Prerequisite:

Complete one of the following:

b. Select 9 to 12 upper-division units from the following:

Topical human geography

Regional geography

Methodology geography

Note:

Students must take at least one course from topical human geography and one course from regional geography. Only one unit of the self-guided field trip courses, GEOG 3930, 3940, 3950, or 3960 may be applied to the Social Sciences Major.

History

a. Prerequisite:

Complete a one-year sequence of lower-division history in World civilization, Western civilization, non-Western civilization, or U.S. history.

b. Select 9 to 12 units.

Select courses to have at least one upper-division course in each of the following:

European History
United States History
Non-Western History

Political Science

a. Prerequisite:

PSCI 1201 - American Government

b. Complete 9 to 12 units as follows:

i. American Politics:

2 courses

ii. Additional one or two courses to be selected from:

Political Theory
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Specialized courses
(excluding individual study)
Interdisciplinary

Psychology

a. Prerequisites:

i.

ii.

b. Complete 9 to 12 units from each of the following areas:

Psychology as a Natural Science
Psychology as a Social Science
Psychology as an Applied Science

Sociology

a. Prerequisites:

i.

ii.

b. Select any 9 to 12 units, with adviser’s consent, from:

Human Services

Drug and Alcohol Studies

Social Deviance and Criminology

Social Inequality

The Body, Culture, and Society

Available Concentrations:

The following concentrations are available within the Social Sciences B.A. program: