Associate in Science in Geology for Transfer - Major #6070

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Theories and techniques of public speaking from the perspective of the speaker and the audience. Emphasis on research, logical organization, composition and effective delivery of informative and persuasive speeches. Practice in clearly stating and developing ideas. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Introduction to interaction processes in interpersonal communication settings. Emphasis on effective and appropriate uses of verbal and nonverbal messages in the initiation, development, maintenance, and termination of personal and professional relationships. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Theories and practice of influence, advocacy, and reasoning from the perspective of both persuader and audience. Practice preparing effective and ethical persuasive appeals. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
An introduction to group communication as a vehicle for solving problems, reaching decisions and making recommendations on policy. Students will study and practice the theories, behaviors and processes of group communication. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
An introduction to group communication as a vehicle for solving problems, reaching decisions, and making recommendations on policy. Students will study and practice the theories, behaviors, and processes of group communication. Honors sections will also focus on a more in-depth analysis of group communication theory and its application. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches the use of appropriate and effective language to explain and argue ideas. Major components include critical reading of diverse voices, writing as a process, writing strategies, and research. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches the use of appropriate and effective language to explain and argue ideas. Major components include critical reading of diverse voices, writing as a process, writing strategies, and research. Honors sections may include more extensive research with a focus on academic journals, as well as critical thinking that includes in-depth analysis and synthesis of ideas. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
This course provides a survey of African American Art from Pre Colonial Africa through the 21st century that includes an introduction to Nile Valley Civilizations, West African societies of the 15th and 16th centuries prior to European Colonial Expansion, an examination of the transition into the era of African enslavement in Colonial America, explore African American cultural development during Reconstruction, analyze African American political movements in response to social injustice and evaluate the assimilation of African American culture into mainstream American culture during the 20th century, and evaluate the African American community of the 21st Century. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Summer Semester
This course will focus on the unique and creative contributions of African American Women in the latter half of the 20th century and into the 21st century. The historical evaluation of the role of women creatives will include an introduction to the general spiritual principles from traditional African perspectives; specifically, Ancient Kemet (Egypt), Yoruba, and South African societies prior to European Colonial Expansion, and will examine the various ways African American Women have been ongoing facilitators in the areas of writing, performance, music, and the visual arts through immersive art lab work on projects. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
This course will assess the importance and influence of the history and development of the music of African Americans from the colonial era through the 21st century. Through the analysis of the music traditions of West Africa, and the relationship that music has to African traditions and ceremony; this course will evaluate the sustained African roots through the development of African American culture. This course will include in depth examination of innovations in African American music, such as Gospel, Soul and Hip Hop, as well as contributions to the music industry as a whole, and the influence that music has had in socio-economic and political institutions of the United States and internationally. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
An interdisciplinary approach examining American Indian cultures and art traditions of North America. Introducing pre-contact and early-contact-era traditions, spiritual practices, and the evolution of American Indian art forms in contemporary times. Exploring the concepts, designs, and techniques of Indigenous art of the Americas. Emphasis on North American Indian tribes and the impact of settler-colonial policy on the traditional Indigenous relationship to place. The art studied will begin from ancient Indigenous civilizations to contemporary art movements. This course also examines socio-political critiques expressed in post-modern Native American art that are responding to topics concerning Social Justice, Eurocentrism, Cultural Appropriation, and Primitivism. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course will focus on the history of architecture from prehistory to the Middle Ages including Europe, Asia, Africa, and Pre-Columbian America. Also included is the relationship between social, cultural, religious, and physical conditions that influenced the built environment. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course covers history of architecture from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Included is the relationship between social, cultural, religious, and physical conditions that influenced the built environment. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the visual arts and human creativity across history and diverse global cultures. Topics include the media of art, techniques, design principles, subject matter, style and theories of art within a historical context. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the elements and principles of two-dimensional design which are common to the visual arts. Students will develop a visual vocabulary for creative expression through lecture presentations, studio projects, and problem solving. Art-3 is required for art majors. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 5 is a survey of Western art and visual culture from prehistory to the Gothic era. Historical eras and cultures studied include Paleolithic, Neolithic, ancient Near East, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Islamic, Byzantine, Romanesque and Medieval Europe. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 5H is a survey of Western art and visual culture from pre-history to the Gothic era. Historical and cultural eras include the Paleolithic, Neolithic, ancient Near East, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, early Islamic and Medieval Europe. The Honors section includes research and writing assignments using primary and secondary source material in addition to oral presentations. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 6 course covers the development of major historical styles in European and American art and architecture from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Historical styles include the Italian and Northern Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and avant-garde movements of the 20th century. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 6H is an introductory survey of European and American art and architecture from the Renaissance to the 20th century covering the major historical styles. The Honors section will include research and writing assignments using primary and secondary source material and oral presentations. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Beginning Drawing is an introduction to the principles, elements, and practices of drawing, employing a range of subject matter and drawing media. The focus of this course is on perceptually-based drawing, observational skills, technical abilities, and creative responses to materials and subject matter. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 9 is an introduction to painting through the study of historical and contemporary procssses, principles and best practices. The course will focus on exploration of painting materials, perceptual skills and color theory, paint mixing and technique, as well as creative responses to materials and subject matter. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 10 is an introduction to ceramics materials, concepts, and processes, including hand-building, wheel throwing, glaze techniques, and firing. Students will learn the creative development of aesthetics through design principles and modes of personal expression. Topics will also include historical and contemporary ceramic practices and styles across cultures. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Beginning sculpture is an introduction to creative self-expression. It introduces a variety of sculptural media which may include but is not limited to clay, steel fabrication, bronze casting, glass casting, stone, wood, plaster, and new media such as installation and 3D printing/scanning. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Introduction to the materials, tools, processes and concepts of a variety of craft media that may include work in fibers, paper, metal, leather, and/or wood. Course topics include historical traditions and contemporary global craft practices. (A, CSU-GE)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an advanced exploration into the tools, materials, and processes of a variety of craft media. Projects may include work in fibers, textiles, papermaking, metal, wood, glass or leather. Topics will include global cultural and historical traditions and contemporary craft practices. (A, CSU-GE)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to printmaking with special attention to relief printing, monotypes, and intaglio processes. Prints are produced by drawing or carving a composition on a carrier surface (the matrix) such as a wood block, metal plate or stone.  This surface is then inked and the image is transferred to paper by the application of pressure, thus creating an impression or print.  The goal is for students to gain the skills and confidence to produce multiple images by hand printing and on a press while exploring personal visual expression. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 15 is an introduction to ceramic sculpture as a means of self-expression by examining the global historical and contemporary role of sculptural practices using ceramics. Technical aspects of ceramic construction and coloring techniques will be introduced in the projects. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course explores artistic concepts, styles, and creative expression related to intermediate-level drawing, focusing on complex subject matter and concepts using a variety of drawing mediums, techniques, and methodologies. Students in this course will build on fundamental drawing skills to develop personalized approaches to content and materials in exercises covering multiple historical and contemporary approaches to drawing. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 50 is an introduction to the visual arts and artistic traditions of Africa, Oceania and Indigenous North America. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 55 is an introduction to the visual arts and artistic traditions of Asia including the Indian subcontinent, China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the art and architecture of the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico & Central America) and Andean South America prior to European contact. Students will learn about the visual culture of civilizations such as the Olmec, Maya, Toltecs, Aztecs, Paracas, Nazca, Moche, & Inca. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Art 70 is a global survey of modern and contemporary art from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Topics and historical styles covered include Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Modernism, Abstract Expressionism and Post-Modern globalism. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
ASAMER 55 is an introduction to the visual arts and artistic traditions of Asia including the Indian subcontinent, China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
History and origin of Mexican dance, from the pre-Columbian era through the arrival of the Spaniards. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreography. Examination of the role of gender in this art form. Dances practiced and performed at the beginning level. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Analysis of Mexican, Chicano, and Latino art from the historical to the contemporary. The course explores contemporary art forms and their ancestral cultural base, and includes a survey of Mexican, Chicano, and Latino artistic expressions. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the art and architecture of the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico & Central America) and Andean South America prior to European contact. Students will learn about the visual culture of civilizations such as the Olmec, Maya, Toltecs, Aztecs, Paracas, Nazca, Moche, & Inca. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
History of the origin of Mexican dance, from the arrival of the Spaniards to the present time. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreographies. Dances practiced and performed at the advanced level. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
An introduction to performance studies: analysis, appreciation, and application of theories of interpretive performance of various forms of literature including poetry, prose, and drama. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
History and origin of Mexican dance, from the pre-Columbian era through the arrival of the Spaniards. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreography. Examination of the role of gender in this art form. Dances practiced and performed at the beginning level. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
History of the origin of Mexican dance, from the arrival of the Spaniards to the present time. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreographies. Dances practiced and performed at the advanced level. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course is a survey of dance as a historical form of cultural and theatrical expression. Emphasis on the growth of ballet, modern and jazz dance from their origins to the current trends in the United States will be studied. Dance 30 does not meet the Physical Education requirement. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Introduction to the study of motion pictures, with emphasis on aesthetics, theory, and methods of critical analysis. Lectures, discussions, and readings are supplemented by screenings of representative movies from around the world, including documentary and experimental films. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
A survey of international film history from the invention of cinema in the 1890s to 1960, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shaped this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
A survey of international film history from 1960 to the present, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shape this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Genre study to provide a clear context for appreciating the fundamental components of film as art and as social expression. Investigates the origins, evolution and transformations of various film genres, including film noir, the Western, science-fiction, the musical, horror, war, or the crime film. Covers the formal and thematic conventions of each genre and the genre as a reflection of the social environments that produced them. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Fundamental theory of music: pitch, rhythm, meters, scales, keys, key signatures, intervals, rhythm, and scale dictation. Designed for the general student, the music major with limited music theory experience, the commercial music student, and the classroom teacher. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Middle Ages through the 21st century. Concert attendance required. Designed for the general student. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Music of western civilization from ancient to the present; emphasis on listening. Designed for the music major and the general student with a music background. Outside listening and concert attendance required. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
An exploration of global cultures through music. Students discover the characteristics and social contexts of indigenous, historical, and popular music from cultures including African, American Indian, Central Asian, Latin American, Pacific Island, and South Asian/Indian. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Vocal and instrumental jazz music from the 1890’s through the present. Concert attendance required. Designed for the general student and commercial music student. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This course examines the music of the most important rock artists and groups from the 1950s through the present. The sociological, economic and cultural factors that shaped rock music, as well as the music’s influence on popular culture, will also be covered. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Non-lab beginning photography course introducing the basic principles, practices, and aesthetics of image making using digital or film cameras. Survey of photography's historical and contemporary role in our multicultural society. Emphasis on: using the camera, light, and visual language for expressing ideas photographically. Students must provide their own basic camera. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
An introduction to performance studies; analysis, appreciation, and application of theories of interpretive performance of various forms of literature including poetry, prose, and drama. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
This course surveys the art of theatre. Students will learn about the process of creating theatre through study of the production process and the many artists who participate in the creation of theatre. Through videos and attendance at live theatre, students will also learn the various forms of theatre, such as tragedy and comedy and various modes of presentation, both presentational and representational. Students will also be introduced to theatre's historical roots and its diversity as expressed in various cultures throughout the globe. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Survey of the Theatre history and dramatic literature of Western culture from Ancient Greeks through 18th Century. The history and development of theatre and drama are studied in relationship to cultural, political, and social conditions of the time. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Skill development for actors with intermediate acting experience. Explores elements of performance styles, scene work of classical and contemporary materials, and auditioning techniques. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course is an introduction to Earth’s history using geologic dating techniques, plate tectonics, stratigraphy, and the processes that have shaped the global environment. Fossil evidence for the origin and evolution of life, natural selection, and environmental change in shaping both ancient and modern living communities are also presented. Emphasis will be given to North American paleogeography and tectonics. Laboratory activities use rocks, fossils, geologic maps and cross sections to interpret ancient environments, tectonic settings and geologic history. At least one field trip or an appropriate alternative activity are required. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2015 Spring Semester
Laboratory studies to complement Geology 2 Historical Geology. Laboratory activities using rocks, fossils, geologic maps and cross sections to interpret ancient environments, tectonic settings and geologic history. At least one field trip or an appropriate alternative activity are required. For geology majors or students with a desire to learn more about earth history.

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Introduction to African-American Studies: a critical interdisciplinary study of African American culture, history, and heritage from Pre Colonial West Africa through the 21st Century. This course will include an introduction to West African societies of the 15th and 16th centuries, prior to European Colonial Expansion; an examination of the transition into the era of African enslavement in Colonial America; an exploration of African American cultural development during the era of Reconstruction; an evaluation of African American political movements in response to social injustice and African American creative production; an analysis of the assimilation of African American culture into mainstream American culture during the 20th century; and finally, to examine and evaluate the African American community of the 21st Century. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
This course provides an in-depth analysis of African Civilization from its earliest origins through the European Colonial period that includes geographical and topographical survey of the African continent, examination of the traditional African cultural traits represented in cultures and societies throughout the African continent, and evaluation and analysis of contact between African and Non-African societies during Arab and European Colonial eras. Topics covered in this course will include ancient African societies; classical African civilizations along the Nile River Complex; African cultural institutions including: religion, law, art, science, education, social obligations, and the centrality of the family unit; and the consequences of the subordination of African people throughout the world at the beginning of the European Colonial era. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
History of the struggle for civil and human rights in American history, focusing on the African American movement. Legal, moral, ethical, religious and humanistic foundations of the Movement. Forms of discrimination, segregation and oppression and various forms of resistance to them. Efforts to protect human and civil rights in the United States. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
The Native nations of North American (American Indians) from antiquity to the present. An interdisciplinary approach to examining pre- and post settler-colonial American Indian societies and cultures. Studying the effects of invasion and colonization with an emphasis on self-preservation and maintaining tribal sovereignty. This course analyzes the racialization of American Indians, Eurocentrism, relationship to place, forced assimilation, intergenerational trauma, Indigenous cosmology and ceremony, social justice, and self-determination. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
American Indian in North America after the Second World War to the present; emphasis on current events and legislation; issues involving the inherent sovereignty of American Indian nations, civil rights, cultural preservation, and place in modern global society. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Explores how anthropologists study human culture. The broad arc of human experiences: subsistence, social, political, and economic organization, communication and creative expression, family and kinship, belief systems. Includes discussion of gender, racial and ethnic identity labels, and the effects of colonialism and globalization. Ethnographic case studies; professional anthropological research ethics; the application of anthropology to understanding humans around the globe. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Explores how anthropologists study human culture. The broad arc of human experiences: subsistence, social, political, and economic organization, communication and creative expression, family and kinship, belief systems. Includes discussion of gender, racial and ethnic identity labels, and the effects of colonialism and globalization. Ethnographic case studies; professional anthropological research ethics; the application of anthropology to understanding humans around the globe. Honors takes a greater cross-disciplinary perspective, places greater emphasis on the use of anthropology on the understanding of the modern world, and more critically evaluates the methods and theory of anthropology. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
A broad survey of physical and cultural evolution of the human species from the earliest signs of "humanness" through the rise of civilization as understood through the archaeological record. Includes a brief introduction to the methods of archaeology and the interdisciplinary nature of archaeological research. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Introduction to the study of concepts, theories, data and models of anthropological archaeology that contribute to knowledge of the human past. Includes discussion of the nature of scientific inquiry, the history and interdisciplinary nature of archaeological research; dating techniques, methods of survey, excavation, analysis, and interpretation incorporating selected cultural sequences; cultural resource management; professional ethics. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Introductory foundation for understanding language from an anthropological perspective, addresses how, what, when, where, why and with whom we communicate. Surveys three areas in linguistic anthropology: structural, historical, and sociocultural linguistics emphasizing the relationship between language and culture. Issues of language conservation and loss. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Introduction to the use of film by anthropologists as a research and educational tool. Films depicting different cultures from around the world are viewed and evaluated. Various attributes of ethnographic film are examined. (A, CSU, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Examine the histories, cultures, migration, and U.S. settlement patterns of diverse peoples from Southeast Asia. These people include the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Khmu, Mien, and the Hmong. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Explore historical and cultural background of Hmong people who have migrated into the United States of America. Examine their cultural identity, acculturation process, clan system, family dynamics, influential factors that shape their culture, and successes in America. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Historical and cultural background of major Asian groups that have immigrated into the United States; including Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, South Asians, and Southeast Asians. Examines immigration patterns, cultural identity, family influences, community formation, interracial relationships, civic participation, and experiences with discrimination. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Issues of contemporary relevance related to Asian Americans, including: stereotypes, anti-Asian violence, educational inequities, workplace discrimination, media representations, race relations, community leadership, law and public policy, and civic and political engagement. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
What every educated citizen should know about law as a social process and about American law and legal institutions. The historical origins of law as well as the role law plays in modern western and non-western societies. Institutional sources of law; legal reasoning; judicial decision making and remedies; an overview of the civil and criminal litigation process; administrative law and procedure; alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; ethics and the legal system. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
This course emphasizes the processes of socialization focusing on the interrelationship of family, school, and community. The course examines the influence of multiple societal contexts including race, equity, and language. Students will explore the role of collaboration between family, community, and schools in supporting children’s development, birth through adolescence. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
This course examines basic theories, research concepts, and principles of typical and atypical physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development at each major stage of life from conception to death are examined. All major topics of human development (e.g. human behavior, sexuality, nutrition, health, stress, key relationships of humankind to the social and physical environment, and implications of death and dying) are presented in an integrated manner. Observations of children, adolescents and adults are required. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
This course examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. An emphasis will be on the interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students will observe children of varying ages to evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
The introductory course explores the Chicano/a/x and Mexican American community, culture(s) and heritage(s) in American society from an interdisciplinary approach. Focus on sociocultural challenges, struggles, and social justice movements that define the Chicano/a/x experience. Examination of the ancestral roots, dynamic migration/immigration trends, conflict, racialization processes, liberation struggles, socialization process, and sociopolitical patterns from ancient Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica to the present. Overview of trends and patterns in Latino/a/x populations at-large will also be explored. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
A survey of Mexican American history from the ancient Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica to the Mexican American War of 1846-48. Special emphasis is placed on American History from 1492 into the mid 1800's, and upon understanding the historical and contemporary dynamics of colonialism and imperialism. Introduction of concepts such as race, racism, racialization, white supremacy, settler colonialism, indigeneity, and mestizaje. Focus on the impact of European arrival in the Americas, the history of Indigenous, African, and mixed-race people in the formation of Mexico. Spanish and Mexican settlement in what would become the U.S. Southwest, and the early history of Mexicans in the United States. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
A survey of Mexican American history from the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 to the present, with an emphasis on understanding the historical and contemporary dynamics of racism and white supremacy. Introduction of concepts such as race, racism, racialization, eurocentrism, settler colonialism, indigeneity, and self-determination. Focus on the history of people of Mexican descent in the United States, and exploration of topics such as the Mexican-American War and its aftermath, interpersonal and institutional racism, segregation, immigration and the border, the Zoot Suit Riots and Chicano/a/x participation in WWII, and the many facets of the Chicano/a/x Civil Rights Movement. Introduction to the study of U.S.-Mexico relations, 1848-present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
A social, economic, and political survey of Mexican history from the colonial (1521) to the contemporary period. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Introduction to Economics provides an introduction to market economies and contemporary economic issues through a survey of microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts. Topics include supply and demand, gains from specialization and trade, the role of government in the economy, market failures, measuring the macroeconomy, economic policy, and economic growth. This course is not designed for students majoring in Business or Economics. (A, CSU-GE)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Introduction to Microeconomics provides an introductory analysis focusing on the economic choices of households, businesses, and the government. Topics include supply and demand, market equilibrium, elasticity, gains from specialization and trade, consumer and producer welfare, production costs, market structures, factor markets and market failure. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Honors Introduction to Microeconomics provides an introductory analysis focusing on the economic choices of households, businesses, and the government. Topics include: supply and demand, market equilibrium, elasticity, gains from trade, consumer and producer welfare, production costs, market structures, factor markets and market failure. Honors sections will discuss and analyze contemporary economic society in a historical context. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Introduction to Macroeconomics provides an introductory analysis of the economy as a whole. Topics include market-based economic systems, measurements of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics and economic growth. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Honors Introduction to Macroeconomics provides an introductory analysis of the economy as a whole. Topics include: market-based economic systems, measurements of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics and economic growth. Honors sections will discuss and analyze the works of historical economic figures. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Interdisciplinary examination of race, ethnicity, racism, and racial and ethnic identity in U.S. society with focus on African American, Asian American, Native American, and Latina and Latino American communities. Emphasis on comparative and relational analysis and exploration of the intertwined histories of racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., institutional racism, resistance against racism, solidarity across racial and ethnic lines, and social and racial justice movements. Introduction to the history of Ethnic Studies as a discipline and key concepts in the field, such as the intersection of race and racism as they relate to class, gender, sexuality, religion, spirituality, national origin, immigration status, ability, tribal citizenship, sovereignty, language, and/or age in African American, Asian American, Native American, and Latina and Latino American communities. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Evaluation, debate, and critical analysis of law and legal issues that affect individuals, their families, and communities. Practical and historical aspects of civil, criminal, constitutional, immigration, and consumer law in a diverse society, with an orientation toward civic involvement in the local community. Includes an interdisciplinary exploration of themes such as equality, citizenship, access, and social justice. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is a survey of basic concepts, theories, and patterns in human and cultural geography. Emphasis is placed on spatial patterns of culture, the interaction between culture and the physical environment, and cultural change. Specific topics may include reading and interpretation of maps, human impacts on the environment, agriculture and food systems, cultural landscapes, urban geography, geography of religion, gender and sexuality, geopolitics, and globalization. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an introductory survey of world regional geography. Emphasis is placed on cultural, economic, political, and physical characteristics of regions, and the influence of geography on population patterns, use of natural resources, and geopolitical relationships amongst countries. Covers Europe, Russia and the Post-Soviet region, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is an introductory survey of world regional geography. Emphasis is placed on cultural, economic, political, and physical characteristics of regions, and the influence of geography on population patterns, use of natural resources, and geopolitical relationships amongst countries. Covers North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Australia and Oceania. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course is a survey of world regional geography. Emphasis is placed on cultural, economic, political, and physical characteristics of regions, and the influence of geography on population patterns, use of natural resources, and geopolitical relationships amongst countries. This course covers all the following regions: Europe, Russia and the Post-Soviet region, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Australia and Oceania. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course covers the physical, human, and regional geography of California. Course content includes geology and geomorphology (landforms), weather and climate, vegetation patterns, water resources, and natural hazards; historical patterns of Native American and Spanish settlement; statehood and 19th century American settlement; and contemporary patterns of population, migration, ethnic diversity, and political and economic geography. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Study of the interconnectedness and interdependence of global processes. Review of the complexity of world societies and issues and related policy dilemmas, through an interdisciplinary approach. Special attention paid to political, economic, social, historical, and cultural patterns that mark globalization processes. Included among explored topics are the environment, migration, human rights, peace, conflict, global trade, and economic linkages. (A, CSU, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Introduces origins, current status, and future trends of major transnational issues. Focus on global governance and responsibilities. Topics can include population trends, economic development, basic human needs, human rights, international conflict and security, and environmental concerns. (A, CSU, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
A survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual developments of European civilization from its prehistoric antecedents in the Middle East to the rise of modern European nations in the seventeenth century. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Social, economic, political, military, and cultural history of European civilizations, and their relationship with the world, from the 17th century to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
The history, politics, social life, literature, art, architecture, religion and archaeology of Rome from the foundation of the city to the early Byzantine period. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Political, social, and economic development from the colonial period through the Reconstruction Era. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Political, social and economic development since Reconstruction Era; the US as a world power. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Political, social and economic development since the Reconstruction Era; the US as a world power. In addition, honors sections offer more in-depth study of modern U.S. history, critically evaluate controversies in historiography, and place greater emphasis on the use of history in understanding the modern world. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Political, social, economic, and cultural history of the British Isles from pre-history to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
An analytical survey of Islamic history from the life of Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire. Discussion of the political and military aspects of Islam, Islamic science and medicine, and mystical movements within Islam. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
An intensive survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period. Discussion of the Homeric poems, the development of the polis system in Athens and Sparta, the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, and Hellenistic science and technology. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Economic, political, and social developments in World Civilization from the emergence of human communities to around 1600. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Causes, events, and consequences of the American Civil War. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Social, political, cultural, and economic history of women in American society; employment, domesticity, feminism, struggles for equal rights; racial, ethnic, religious, geographic, and class differences. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Economic, political, and social development in world history from around 1500 to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Survey of religion in the United States from the colonial period to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to the historical development of various forms of business and labor organization, and technological innovation in the United States. Students will focus on the relationship between these developments and the social, political, and economic history of the United States from 1789 to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
A social, economic, and political survey of Mexican history from the colonial (1521) to the contemporary period. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Growth and development of California politically, economically and culturally from Spanish colonization to the present, emphasizing the period since statehood. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
History of the struggle for civil and human rights in American history, focusing on the African American movement. Legal, moral, ethical, religious and humanistic foundations of the Movement. Forms of discrimination, segregation and oppression and various forms of resistance to them. Efforts to protect human and civil rights in the United States. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course covers political, social, cultural, intellectual, and economic development in East Asia from prehistory to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Overview of social, economic, biological and psychological aspects of aging. Exploration of challenges and strengths of the aging people with emphasis on consumerism, housing, health, leisure time, family roles, retirement, widowhood and sexuality. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
A survey of major mass mediums and their influence on the artistic and cultural expression of contemporary society. From books through the internet, and from pop culture to advertising, public relations, media law and ethics, a close examination of the historical and technological developments that have shaped the structures and practices of mass media as well as emerging trends in mass communication, audiences, and technologies. Students learn analytical skills to help become critical consumers/developers of media. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
A critical examination of the role of media in enabling, facilitating, or challenging the social construction of race and gender in our society. Using a variety of entertainment and news content in print, electronic, and the internet, an appreciation and evaluation of how the media influence everyday notion of race and gender and review the historical roles news and entertainment media have played in creating awareness about the experiences of minoritized communities. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
An introduction to political science, designed to familiarize students with basic political concepts, ideologies, systems, and discipline subfields. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
The field of American politics deals with the organization, distribution and orientation of political power in American society. This course surveys the processes and institutions of United States national government including California state and local government. Among the topics discussed are individual political attitudes and values, political participation, voting, parties, interest groups, Congress, the presidency, Supreme Court, the federal bureaucracy, civil liberties and civil rights, and domestic and foreign policy making. Attention is paid both to the present state of the American political system and to its historical roots. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
The field of American politics deals with the organization, distribution and orientation of political power in American society. This course surveys the processes and institutions of United States national government including California state and local government. Among the topics discussed are individual political attitudes and values, political participation, voting, parties, interest groups, Congress, the presidency, Supreme Court, the federal bureaucracy, civil liberties and civil rights, and domestic and foreign policy making. Attention is paid both to the present state of the American political system and to its historical roots. In addition, Honors sections investigate in detail the original design of the American political system, including the values imbued in the Constitution, the construction of the federal system, and the legal responsibilities of the major actors, and contrast those features with the current conditions in American politics. Emphasis is given to explaining the differences between the two situations, and requiring students to suggest how access to the present system can be gained and used. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Examination of various theoretical approaches to politics and of basic political problems and proposed solutions. Analysis of selected political theories and of the relevance of theory to contemporary problems. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Comparative analysis of different kinds of political systems; their history, political institutions, processes and policies; the environments in which they occur and their consequences. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
How nations manage their relations with other nations, their perceptions of themselves and of each other, and their use of power to achieve their objectives. Issues facing the U.S. and the world community. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Topics include the history of psychology, research methods, biopsychology, lifespan development, sensation and perception, consciousness and altered states, learning and memory, thought and language, intelligence, motivation and emotion, personality, mental illness and therapy, stress and health, social psychology, and the social and cultural influences that affect behavior. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Topics include the history of psychology, research methods, biopsychology, lifespan development, sensation and perception, consciousness and altered states, learning and memory, thought and language, intelligence, motivation and emotion, personality, mental illness and therapy, stress and health, social psychology, and the social and cultural influences that affect behavior. The Honors section of this course places a greater emphasis on understanding the human being as an integrated physiological, social, and psychological organism and further enriches that perspective with data and theories from related disciplines. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
This course examines basic theories, research concepts, and principles of typical and atypical physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development at each major stage of life from conception to death are examined. All major topics of human development (e.g. human behavior, sexuality, nutrition, health, stress, key relationships of humankind to the social and physical environment, and implications of death and dying) are presented in an integrated manner. Observations of children, adolescents and adults are required. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
This course examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. An emphasis will be on the interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students will observe children of varying ages to evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Basic concepts, theoretical approaches, and methods of sociology. Analysis and explanation of social structure, culture, socialization, the self and social interaction, group dynamics, institutions, deviance, stratification, social change, social problems, and global dynamics. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Basic concepts, theoretical approaches, and methods of sociology. Analysis and explanation of social structure, culture, socialization, the self and social interaction, group dynamics, institutions, deviance, stratification, social change, social problems, and global dynamics. Places a greater emphasis than SOC 1A on methods of conducting scientific research in the field of sociology. Additional emphasis is placed on contemporary social issues as explored through supplemental readings. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Critical thinking is an important component of sociology; the sociological imagination requires us to step back, to ask questions, and to evaluate evidence. Using critical thinking, this course will identify and analyze contemporary social problems including causes, consequences, and possible solutions. Application of critical thinking skills, specifically taught in the course, is designed to result in heightened critical thinking ability as well as strengthened social awareness concerning social problems. In the study of social problems, theoretical perspectives and sociological methods of research and analysis will be applied. This course uses both inductive and deductive forms of reasoning, including identifying formal and informal fallacies and analyzing the evidence on which conclusions are based. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Overview of sociological, institutional, demographic, and social-psychological aspects of ethnicity and race. Examination of non-dominant groups in the United States. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Overview of social, economic, biological and psychological aspects of aging. Exploration of challenges and strengths of the aging people with emphasis on consumerism, housing, health, leisure time, family roles, retirement, widowhood and sexuality. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Sociological analysis of marriage and the family, including historical and contemporary changes, and the socio-cultural and economic forces shaping these changes. Topics may include but are not limited to: love, courtship, mate selection, sexuality, family planning, pregnancy and childbirth, sexually transmitted diseases, family conflict, conflict resolution, communication skills, divorced families, step-families, aging and widowhood. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
The traditional and changing roles of women in Western society, including the effects of these roles on women as individuals, in their personal relationships, and their status in society. The contributions and contrasting perspectives of minority/ethnic women are an integral part of the course content. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Social, political, cultural, and economic history of women in American society; employment, domesticity, feminism, struggles for equal rights; racial, ethnic, religious, geographic, and class differences. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
The interdisciplinary field of LGBTQ+ Studies through the disciplines of history, literature, law, science, political science, media, psychology, and education. Issues to be covered will include but not be limited to identity development and coming out, cultural ideology, sub-cultures, activism, marriage, parenting, and community. Theoretical perspectives concerning the historical development of sexual identity and the marginalization of sexual minority communities within social institutions in contemporary U.S. society and around the world will be explored. The intersectionality of class, race, and gender is an integral component of the course. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Analysis, reasoning, advocacy, and criticism of ideas. Emphasis on derived conclusions based on valid evidence and sound inferences without using fallacies of thought and language. Demonstration of basic principles through a variety of oral presentations and written assignments. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
History and development of the Constitution; analysis of notable cases; historic protection of individual rights; ability of government to limit those prerogatives. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This course offers instruction in critical thinking skills in reading and writing, argumentation, research strategies, and analytical evaluation of primarily non-fiction texts. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This course offers instruction in critical thinking skills in reading and writing, argumentation, research strategies, and analytical evaluation of primarily non-fiction texts. Honors sections may cover additional subject matter, such as more in-depth analytical research and extensive analysis of rhetorical discourse. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course examines the principles and methods of good reasoning and analytic writing, emphasizing deductive logic (including formal techniques of sentential logic), thesis-driven argumentation, and research strategies.Student will learn how to identify arguments, develop and assess basic deductive and inductive written arguments, common fallacies, and apply each element to various areas of study and real-world situations. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course examines the principles and methods of good reasoning and analytic writing, emphasizing deductive logic (including formal techniques of sentential logic), thesis-driven argumentation, and research strategies. Student will learn how to identify arguments, develop and assess basic deductive and inductive written arguments, common fallacies, and apply each element to various areas of study and real-world situations. Honors sections may also focus on a more in-depth study of a significant branch of philosophy, e.g., philosophy of race, gender, or global issues. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course is an introduction to methods of reasoning, including instruction in induction and deduction included, with an emphasis on deduction. The topics covered will include formal and informal fallacies, as well as symbolization, syntax, and natural deduction for sentential and predicate logic. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Statutory, common law and constitutional interpretation; examination of judicial and legal reasoning; and the evolution of fundamental constitutional rights and principles. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This survey of classic and contemporary African-American literature aims to promote understanding and appreciation of the complex African-American experience through the development of close reading, analysis, and well-organized writing skills. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. It is designed for students who have no knowledge of Armenian. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Exploration of the history of Imperial China, the major religions/philosophies, and the culture of the Chinese. Cultural topics will include written language, martial arts, games, art, and mythology. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This is a beginning course which introduces American Sign Language (ASL) as used by Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind people in the United States and parts of Canada. The focus is on the basic vocabulary, grammar, and culture of the Deaf community. Students will become familiar with the literary and artistic contributions of this culture. It is designed for students with no knowledge of American Sign Language. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This is a High-Beginning American Sign Language course which expands on the foundation of skills and knowledge learned in ASL 1 and builds on conversational expressive and receptive practices. It provides in-depth information on the culture of the Deaf community and the literary and artistic contribution of its members. (A, CSU, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This is an intermediate course designed to help students develop an understanding of conversational American Sign Language above the beginning and high-beginning levels. It provides students with suggestions for beginning the translation process, along with improvements in speed and fluency. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This is a fourth semester American Sign Language course in which a formal method of thinking, organizing, receiving, and sending non-verbal messages in American Sign Language is taught. The cultural context of the Deaf community for which American Sign Language serves as the primary language. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to an in-depth study of Deaf culture and the deaf community that will address the cultural values, language, identity, rules of interaction, and traditions. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to historical events that have impacted the Deaf community. Students will explore the evolution of Deaf education and American Sign Language while also comparing pathological and cultural views of Deaf people. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
Students will study American Sign Language literature that has been passed down from one generation to the next by people of Deaf culture. Students will be exposed to Visual Vernacular, ABC stories, satire, and folklore where the values, morals, and life experiences of Deaf people are portrayed. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. It is designed for students who have no knowledge of Chinese. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Survey of Chicano-Latino classic and popular literature. Reading and critical analysis of novels, short stories, poetry, and plays. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Introduction of written works from major genres to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of the Bible, Old and New Testaments, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of folklore in literature, film, and the visual arts from around the world to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Introduction to the craft of poetry through the study and analysis of the works of established and peer writers. Students will practice writing in various genres and will be introduced to the workshop method. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Introduction to the craft of fiction through the study and analysis of the works of established and peer writers. Students will practice writing in various fiction genres and will be introduced to the workshop method. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This survey of classic and contemporary African-American literature aims to promote understanding and appreciation of the complex African-American experience through the development of close reading, analysis, and well-organized writing skills. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of literature by women in fiction, drama, poetry, biography, and essay. Covers multicultural and international literature from classical to contemporary periods, in addition to feminist and gender theory, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of written works for themes, authors, or genres through close readings, contextual approaches, interpretations, critical evaluations, to promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. The topic of the course will vary with the instructor, for example, “Rites of Passage in the American Consciousness,” “The Detective as Hero”; Emily Dickinson, Carlos Fuentes; Popular Literature, Science Fiction, etc. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Introduction to basic mythic themes in literature, film, and the visual arts and their ultimate form and continued presence in the arts. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, from antiquity to the early to mid-seventeenth century. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, from the mid-seventeenth century period to 1950. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, since 1950. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of British and Irish fiction, poetry, and drama from the earliest writings through 1800 to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of British and Irish fiction, poetry, and drama from the Romantic, Victorian, and Contemporary periods to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
An introduction to the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of short stories, novels, poetry, essays, and plays from American writers through 1865 in order to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Survey of short stories, novels, poetry, essays, and plays from American writers from 1865 to the present in order to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
Introduction to the study of motion pictures, with emphasis on aesthetics, theory, and methods of critical analysis. Lectures, discussions, and readings are supplemented by screenings of representative movies from around the world, including documentary and experimental films. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
A survey of international film history from the invention of cinema in the 1890s to 1960, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shaped this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
A survey of international film history from 1960 to the present, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shape this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2021 Spring Semester
The relationship between moving images and culture, including the images of race, ethnicity, class, and gender in film; the ways in which ideologies are conveyed through popular movies; and the technological, industrial, and aesthetic factors affecting screen content. Lectures, discussions, and readings are supplemented by screenings of representative films. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is designed for students who have no knowledge of French. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course teaches culture and facilitates language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will continue to interact with authentic language in context. Content is expanded beyond “survival” needs of the immediate environment in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary, but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course will be taught in French. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is designed for students who have no knowledge of German. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
A survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual developments of European civilization from its prehistoric antecedents in the Middle East to the rise of modern European nations in the seventeenth century. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Social, economic, political, military, and cultural history of European civilizations, and their relationship with the world, from the 17th century to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. It is designed for students who have no knowledge of Hmong. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
An integrated study of the art, music, literature, philosophy, and drama of human civilization from the Greeks through the Renaissance. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
An integrated study of the art, music, literature, philosophy, and drama of human civilization from the seventeenth century to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)