MLO 3: Specialized Disciplinary and Area Studies Competency

The SBS major requires students to demonstrate competency in a specific field or discipline of the social or behavioral sciences. They may do this in one of four ways: 1) Complete a designed curriculum in one of seven core concentrations offered by the Social and Behavioral Sciences; 2) Complete the Teaching Track for “single-subject” preparation in History/Social Science certified by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC); 3) Complete an Associated Minor listed on the SBS Overview catalog page, plus two 300-level SBS courses approved for one of the concentrations; or 4) Complete a “customized specialization” of at least 16 units approved by an SBS faculty member.

Required Courses

  • Anthropology Concentration
  • Lower division pre- or corequisite:
  • SBS 101: Intro Cultural Anthropology (3 to 4 units)
  • or comparable transfer course
  • Required courses:
  • SBS 345: Cultural Anthropology (4 units)
  • SBS 379: Tattoos Makeup & Burkas (4 units)
  • SBS 384S: Anthrop of Education (4 to 6 units)
  • SBS 388: Crisis/Develop/Mexican/Society (4 units)
  • At least one of the following with advisor approval:
  • SBS 304: California Indian Societies (4 units)
  • SBS 314: Global Migrant Workers (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 325: Art of the Aztec Empire (4 units)
  • SBS 333: Forensic Anthropology (1 to 4 units)
  • SBS 336: Advan/Topics/Cult/Anthro (4 units)
  • SBS 370: App/Research/Writing/Soc/Sci (4 units)
  • SBS 383: African Civilizations (3 to 4 units)
  • SBS 348: Maya Civilization (4 units)
  • SBS 356: Intro/Geog/People/Places/Envir (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 480: The Queretaro Project (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 485: Applied Research/Rural Com (1 to 6 units)
  • GS 320: Global Issues & 3rd World (4 units)
  • GS 322: Dilemmas in Humanitarianism (4 units)
  • GS 325: International Development (4 units)
  • GS 332: Religion/Post Secular World (4 units)
  • GS 340: Social Medial and Global Comm (4 units)
  • GS 343: Global Film & Film Indust (4 units)
  • GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life (4 units)
  • GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking (4 units)
  • HCOM 324: African American Narratives (4 units)
  • HCOM 325: 20th Cent Narr Amer Immgr (4 units)
  • HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories (4 units)
  • HCOM 329: Auto/Biografias (4 units)
  • HCOM 335: Amer Ethnic Lit & Culture (4 units)
  • HCOM 345: Chicano Life & Culture (4 units)
  • HCOM 346: African American Life/History (4 units)
  • HCOM 348: Race, Colonialism & Film (4 units)
  • HCOM 350: Oral Hist/Comm Mem (4 units)
  • HCOM 426: Travel Narratives (4 units)
  • HCOM 445: Slavery & Race in the Americas (4 units)
  • HCOM 446: EthnograpPortraits/Culture Cit (4 units)
  • JAPN 308: Japanese Pop-Culture (4 units)
  • JAPN 310: Japanese Cinema (4 units)
  • JAPN 313: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan (4 units)
  • JAPN 380: Japan: Land and People (4 units)
  • SPAN 306: Cultur/Civ Span Ltn Amer (4 units)
  • SPAN 308: Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US (4 units)
  • SPAN 325: Hispanic Cinema (2 to 6 units)
  • SPAN 328: Latina Life Stories (4 units)
  • SPAN 329: Auto/Biografias (4 units)
  • SPAN 370: The Chicano Community (4 units)
  • Archaeology Concentration
  • Required courses:
  • SBS 324L: Experimental Archaeology Lab (1 unit)
  • SBS 355: Archaeologic/Thought/Americas (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 360L: Archaeology Lab (1 unit)
  • AND
  • Two additional adviser-approved courses from the following lists:
  • At least one of the following area studies courses:
  • SBS 325: Art of the Aztec Empire (4 units)
  • SBS 332: World Prehistory (4 units)
  • SBS 348: Maya Civilization (4 units)
  • SBS 383: African Civilizations (3 to 4 units)
  • One of the following case study courses:
  • VPA 320S: Museum Studies (4 units)
  • SBS 100: Understandin/Biological/Anthro (4 units)
  • ENVS 436: Rmt Sns/Image Process (4 units)
  • SBS 475: Fort/Ord/Historical/Docs/Proje (1 to 4 units)
  • Geographic Information Systems Concentration
  • Required courses:
  • SBS 356: Intro/Geog/People/Places/Envir (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 371: Applications/GIS/Soc/Scie/Busi (2 to 4 units)
  • ENVS 436: Rmt Sns/Image Process (4 units)
  • Two of the following courses:
  • SBS 351: Intro to Global Economics (4 units)
  • ENVS 332: Intro to GIS/GPS (4 units)
  • CST 305: 3D Modeling & Animation (4 units)
  • CST 363: Database Mgt:Methods/Appl (4 units)
  • BUS 469: Database Management (4 units)
  • Native American Studies Concentration
  • Required course:
  • SBS 245: Native American Societies (4 units)
  • Four courses from the following:
  • SBS 304: California Indian Societies (4 units)
  • SBS 306: Contemp American Indian Policy (4 units)
  • SBS 315: Growth & Conflict/US to 1920 (4 units)
  • SBS 325: Art of the Aztec Empire (4 units)
  • SBS 348: Maya Civilization (4 units)
  • SBS 350: Domination & Resistance: US (4 units)
  • SBS 385: Environmental History of CA (3 to 4 units)
  • SBS 386: Social/Pol/Hist/CA (4 units)
  • Political Economy Concentration
  • Required courses:
  • SBS 342: Economic Thought (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 351: Intro to Global Economics (4 units)
  • Two of the following SBS electives:
  • SBS 314: Global Migrant Workers (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 339: Sweat/Service/Solidarity (4 units)
  • SBS 339S: Sweat/Service/Solidarity SL (6 units)
  • SBS 381: US, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific (4 units)
  • SBS 356: Intro/Geog/People/Places/Envir (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 379: Tattoos Makeup & Burkas (4 units)
  • SBS 350: Domination & Resistance: US (4 units)
  • And one of the following:
  • ENSTU 384S: Social and Ecol Justice (2 units)
  • GS 310: Genealogy of Globalization (4 units)
  • GS 311: US/Foreig/Poli/Pac/Rim/3rd/Wrl (2 to 4 units)
  • GS 320: Global Issues & 3rd World (4 units)
  • GS 325: International Development (4 units)
  • HCOM 344: Chicana/Latina Experiences (4 units)
  • HCOM 315: Media for Social Change (4 units)
  • Social History Concentration
  • Lower division pre- or corequisite
  • One of the following:
  • SBS 111: Reading/Writing US History (4 units)
  • SBS 212: US Histories & Politics (4 units)
  • SBS 245: Native American Societies (4 units)
  • GS 200: Politics of Everyday Life (4 units)
  • HCOM 266: Histories of Democracy (4 units)
  • HCOM 267: US Political Histories (4 units)
  • CST 273: Cyberdemocracy (4 units)
  • OR
  • Any standard U.S. History Survey Course from a community college or other accredited
  • university
  • And one semester of a World or Global History course, such as:
  • GS 214: Global History I: to 1500 (3 to 4 units)
  • GS 215: Global History II: Since 1500 (3 to 4 units)
  • Required courses:
  • SBS 350: Domination & Resistance: US (4 units)
  • SBS 315: Growth & Conflict/US to 1920 (4 units)
  • At least three of the following:
  • SBS 304: California Indian Societies (4 units)
  • SBS 306: Contemp American Indian Policy (4 units)
  • SBS 325: Art of the Aztec Empire (4 units)
  • SBS 332: World Prehistory (4 units)
  • SBS 339: Sweat/Service/Solidarity (4 units)
  • SBS 339S: Sweat/Service/Solidarity SL (6 units)
  • SBS 342: Economic Thought (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 348: Maya Civilization (4 units)
  • SBS 355: Archaeologic/Thought/Americas (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 365: Black/Civil/Rights:1954-1968 (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 378: Revolution and People Power (4 units)
  • SBS 381: US, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific (4 units)
  • SBS 382: History of Modern Africa (4 units)
  • SBS 383: African Civilizations (3 to 4 units)
  • SBS 385: Environmental History of CA (3 to 4 units)
  • SBS 386: Social/Pol/Hist/CA (4 units)
  • SBS 388: Crisis/Develop/Mexican/Society (4 units)
  • SBS 475: Fort/Ord/Historical/Docs/Proje (1 to 4 units)
  • GS 316: Historical Approaches (4 units)
  • GS 320: Global Issues & 3rd World (4 units)
  • GS 326: US Foreign Policy & Empire (4 units)
  • GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking (4 units)
  • HCOM 324: African American Narratives (4 units)
  • HCOM 325: 20th Cent Narr Amer Immgr (4 units)
  • HCOM 326: Jewish Holocaust Literature (4 units)
  • HCOM 345: Chicano Life & Culture (4 units)
  • HCOM 346: African American Life/History (4 units)
  • HCOM 348: Race, Colonialism & Film (4 units)
  • HCOM 350: Oral Hist/Comm Mem (4 units)
  • HCOM 352: History According To Movies (4 units)
  • HCOM 353: California At Crossroads (4 units)
  • HCOM 354: Whose America? (4 units)
  • HCOM 356: Multicultural History (4 units)
  • HCOM 357: Constitutional Law (4 units)
  • HCOM 358: Crit Perspect on Law inSociety (4 units)
  • HCOM 359: Sexuality, Law and History (4 units)
  • HCOM 365: Chicana/o Latina/o History (4 units)
  • HCOM 421: Social History of English Lang (4 units)
  • HCOM 426: Travel Narratives (4 units)
  • HCOM 445: Slavery & Race in the Americas (4 units)
  • JAPN 302: History of Japan (4 to 6 units)
  • JAPN 307: Japan-American Experierence (4 units)
  • MPA 336: Jazz History (4 units)
  • MPA 337: MusHistory I 500-1750 ONLINE (4 units)
  • MPA 338: MusHistory II 1750-1900 ONLINE (4 units)
  • MPA 380: Theatre History (4 units)
  • TAT 329: Contemporary Media History (4 units)
  • SPAN 306: Cultur/Civ Span Ltn Amer (4 units)
  • SPAN 307: History&Politics Of Mex (4 units)
  • SPAN 308: Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US (4 units)
  • SPAN 309: Hist & Polit Of Latn Amer (4 units)
  • SPAN 311: US Foreign Policy Pac Rim (4 units)
  • VPA 313: Regional Art History (4 units)
  • VPA 341: Feminist Art: History, Theory (4 units)
  • Sociology Concentration
  • Lower division prerequisite:
  • SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology (3 to 4 units)
  • OR
  • Comparable transfer course
  • Required courses:
  • SBS 330: Crime & Violence (4 units)
  • SBS 338: Social Psychology (4 units)
  • At least 8 additional units from the following:
  • CHHS 330: Collab Community Leadership (4 units)
  • CHHS 340: Conflict Res/Collab Negotia (4 units)
  • CHHS 350: Ethics for Health & Human Serv (3 units)
  • CHHS 385/L: Applied Stats/Resrch Methods (4 units)
  • HDEV 353: Cross-Cultural Human Devel (3 units)
  • HDEV 355: Behav Disorders of Childhood (3 units)
  • HDEV 360: Child Development (4 units)
  • HDEV 365: Adolescence (3 units)
  • HDEV 371: Adulthood & Aging (3 units)
  • PSY 322: Theories & Methds of Counselng (3 units)
  • PSY 332: Decsn Making & Prblm Solving (3 units)
  • PSY 355: Social Psy and Soc Justice (3 units)
  • SBS 306: Contemp American Indian Policy (4 units)
  • SBS 314: Global Migrant Workers (2 to 4 units)
  • SBS 331: Self Defense (2 units)
  • SBS 339: Sweat/Service/Solidarity (4 units)
  • SBS 339S: Sweat/Service/Solidarity SL (6 units)
  • SBS 340: Cross/Cult/Human/Develop (4 units)
  • SBS 345: Cultural Anthropology (4 units)
  • SBS 379: Tattoos Makeup & Burkas (4 units)
  • SBS 381: US, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific (4 units)
  • SBS 384S: Anthrop of Education (4 to 6 units)
  • SW 310: Introduction to Social Work (4 units)
  • GS 320: Global Issues & 3rd World (4 units)
  • GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life (4 units)
  • GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking (4 units)
  • Subject Preparation for Teaching Credential in History and Social Science Concentration
  • If you choose this pathway, Social History will be your official concentration, but you should follow this special teaching-track pathway.
  • Lower division pre- or co-requisites:
  • CSU Title 5 requirements in United States History and American Institutions (4-6 units)
  • Recommended
  • HCOM 267: US Political Histories (4 units)
  • OR
  • SBS 212: US Histories & Politics (4 units)
  • Global/World Civilizations
  • GS 214: Global History I: to 1500 (3 to 4 units)
  • OR
  • Comparable transfer course in Ancient-to-Early Modern World History/Civ
  • GS 215: Global History II: Since 1500 (3 to 4 units)
  • OR
  • Comparable transfer course in Modern World History/Civ
  • Required courses:
  • SBS 315: Growth & Conflict/US to 1920 (4 units)
  • SBS 350: Domination & Resistance: US (4 units)
  • SBS 351: Intro to Global Economics (4 units)
  • SBS 356: Intro/Geog/People/Places/Envir (2 to 4 units)
  • Either
  • SBS 385: Environmental History of CA (3 to 4 units)
  • OR
  • SBS 386: Social/Pol/Hist/CA (4 units)
  • OR
  • HCOM 353: California At Crossroads (4 units)
  • One of the following or comparable transfer course in ethnic studies:
  • SBS 245: Native American Societies (4 units)
  • HCOM 245: Intro to Chicana/o Studies (4 units)
  • HCOM 322: Asian American Literature (4 units)
  • HCOM 324: African American Narratives (4 units)
  • HCOM 326: Jewish Holocaust Literature (4 units)
  • HCOM 345: Chicano Life & Culture (4 units)
  • HCOM 346: African American Life/History (4 units)
  • One of the following or comparable transfer course in non-western history/culture:
  • GS 320: Global Issues & 3rd World (4 units)
  • GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life (4 units)
  • GS 360: Religion/Violence/Peacemaking (4 units)
  • HCOM 247: African Legacy Worldwide (4 units)
  • SBS 325: Art of the Aztec Empire (4 units)
  • SBS 348: Maya Civilization (4 units)
  • SBS 378: Revolution and People Power (4 units)
  • SBS 388: Crisis/Develop/Mexican/Society (4 units)
  • SBS 381: US, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific (4 units)