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Monday November 23, 2009

Required Coursework

Advisement for social science subject matter program at California State University, Long Beach

Candidates must complete the 42 units in core requirements listed below. To add breadth and perspective to the basic core, each student must complete 15 additional units in the breadth categories listed on the attached pages.

Core Requirements:

HISTORY (21 Units)

HIST 172 Early United States History
HIST 173 Recent United States History
HIST 211 World Civilization to 1500
HIST 212 The World Since 1500
HIST 396 Contemporary World History
HIST 473 California History

Choose one of the three following courses:
HIST 369 American Jewish History OR
HIST 469 Ethnic Urban U. S. OR
HIST 485A/B Women in U.S. OR
HIST 486 African American History

ECONOMICS (3 Units)

ECON 300 Fundamentals of Economics
OR
ECON 201 Macro-Economics and ECON202 Micro-Economics

GEOGRAPHY (6 Units)

GEOG 100 World Regional Geography
GEOG306 United States and Canada

POLITICAL SCIENCE(6 Units)

POSC 215 Issues of Comparative Politics

Choose one of the two following courses:
POSC 100 Introduction American Government OR POSC 391 American Government

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (3 Units)

Choose one of the three following courses:
ANTH 120 Cultural Anthropology OR PSY 100 General Psychology OR SOC 100 Principles of Sociology

CAPSTONE (3 Units)

HIST 401 Capstone in Social Sciences

Breadth Requirements

An additional 15 units must be taken in the breadth field. You must choose two of the perspectives below, and complete 9 units in one field, and 6 units in a second field.

  1. World Perspectives
  2. National Perspectives
  3. State Perspectives
  4. Citizenship Perspectives
  5. Ethical Perspectives
  6. Diversity And Equity

Candidates must choose nine units from one of the fields listed above and six but no more than 9 units may be taken from any single social science discipline

1) WORLD PERSPECTIVES

ANTH 307I Modernization in Global Perspectives
ANTH 323 Peoples of Mexico and Central America
ANTH 324 Peoples of South America
ANTH 332 Chinese Culture and Society
ANTH 333 Cultures and Societies of Southeast Asia
ANTH335 Japanese Culture and Society
ANTH 336 African Societies and Cultures
ECON 361I European Economic History
ECON 365 Economics of Modern China
ECON 368 Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 369 East/Central European Economics in Transition
ECON 370 Pacific Rim Economy
GEOG 313 Southeast Asia
GEOG 308I Africa South of the Sahara
GEOG 309I North Africa and the Middle East
GEOG 314I South and Southeast Asia
GEOG 316 Europe
GEOG 318 Russia and Its Neighbors
GEOG 320I Latin America
GEOG 326 The Pacific Ocean
HIST 317 High Middle Ages
HIST 335 The Shaping of Modern Europe
HIST 337 Europe in the Nineteenth Century
HIST 338 European Women’s History
HIST 339 Europe Since 1914
HIST 340 Europe Since 1945
HIST 364 Latin American Nations
HIST 382B Modern China
HIST 383B Modern Japan
HIST 385 History of India
HIST 386 History of Modern Southeast Asia
HIST 391 The Making of Modern Africa, 1800-1939
HIST 392 Contemporary Africa, 1940-Present
HIST 394 Middle EasternWomen
HIST 406A Asian Women: East and Northeast Asia
HIST 406B Asian Women: South and Southeast Asia
HIST 432 Middle East (South Asia), 1700 - Present
HIST 451 British Empire and Commonwealth
POSC 353 Government and Politics of Western Europe
POSC 354 Government and Politics of Scandinavia
POSC 356 Politics of the Soviet Union and Its Successors
POSC 357 Politics of East Central Europe
POSC 358 Contemporary Latin American Politics
POSC 359 Latin American Comparative Political Systems
POSC 362 Society and National Politics of China
POSC 364 Society and National Politics of India
POSC 366 Governments and Politics of Southeast Asia
POSC 367 Governments and Politics of the Middle East

2)NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

ECON360I American Economics History
HIST 373 United States: Age of Revolution
HIST 375 The United States Emerges as a Nation
HIST 376 The United States: Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 378 The United States: 1877-1920
HIST 379 The United States: 1920s, Depression, WWII
HIST 380 The United States Since 1945
HIST 477A/B American Cultural History
HIST 478 United States Foreign Policy
POSC 308 American Political Theory
POSC 420 Voting, Campaigns and Elections
POSC 423 The American Presidency
POSC 424 The Legislative Process

3)STATE PERSPECTIVES

ANTH 321 North American Indians
ANTH 322 California Indians
ANTH 329 Cultural Diversity in California
GEOG 304 California
POSC 326 California Government in Comparative Perspective

4)CITIZENSHIP PERSPECTIVES

HIST 479 U. S. Constitution:Origins and Development
HIST 480 Law and Fundamental Rights in American History
POSC 210 Issues of American Politics
POSC 311 Constitutional Law: Power
POSC 312 Constitutional Law: Rights
POSC 412 Law and Social Change
POSC 428 Political Behavior

5)ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES

HIST 371 Religion in American History
PHIL 160 Introductory Ethics
PHIL 203 History of Early Philosophy
PHIL 204 History of Modern Philosophy
PHIL 306 Philosophies of China and Japan
PHIL 307 Philosophies of India
R/ST 102 Introduction to World Religion I (Early & Western)
R/ST 103 Introduction to World Religion II (Eastern)
R/ST 202 Religion and Society
R/ST 482I The American Religious Experience

6)DIVERSITY AND EQUITY

AIS 105 American Indian History Pre-1871
AIS 106 American Indian History Post-1871
ASAM 200 Asian-American Inter-Ethnic Relations
ASAM 220 Asian-American History
B/ST 120 African-American History to 1865
B/ST 121 African-American History 1865-present
B/ST 210 African-American Community
CHLS 100 Introduction to Chicano Studies
CHLS 101 Introduction to Chicano Life
CHLS 300 Chicano History
CHLS 352 Central American and Caribbean Peoples in California
HIST 469* Ethnic Groups in Urban America
HIST 370 Chicano History
HIST 485A* History of Women in the United States-Early Period
HIST 485B* History of Women in the United States-Since 1850
HIST 486* History of the Afro-American in the United States
POSC 323 Minority Politics in the United States
SOC 341 Central American and Caribbean Peoples in California
W/ST 102 Women in Contemporary Society
W/ST 315 Black Women in America
W/ST 320 Latina Women in the United States
W/ST 370 American Indian Women
W/ST 485A* History of Women in the United States-Early Period (same as HIST 485)
W/ST 485B* History of Women in the United States-Since 1850 (same as 486)

*Cannot be used as part of the breadth requirement if this course is chosen as part of the core requirement.

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