Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.

Approved Courses

  • BUS 201SBUS 201S: Macro Economics & Community (6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • BUS 358BUS 358: Principles of Microeconomics (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • CHHS 204CHHS 204: Economics and Society (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • CHHS 215CHHS 215: Intro to Human Services (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • CHHS 225CHHS 225: Drugs, Society and Policy (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • CHHS 230CHHS 230: Soc Justice & Global Health (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • CHHS 450CHHS 450: Intro to Policy Analysis (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • ENSTU 387ENSTU 387: Water Res Assess/Law/Poli (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • FYS 156FYS 156: Technology and Society (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • FYS 157FYS 157: Intro to Cultural Anthropology (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • FYS 158FYS 158: Archaeology/Sustainability (4 to 6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • FYS 159FYS 159: Far East Explorer (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • FYS 160FYS 160: Introduction to Sociology (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • GS 215GS 215: Global History II: Since 1500 (3 to 4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • GS 240GS 240: International Relations (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • GS 280SGS 280S: Globalize This! (6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • HCOM 245HCOM 245: Intro to Chicana/o Studies (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • HCOM 255HCOM 255: Global Social Movements (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • HDEV 260HDEV 260: Intro to Child Development (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • HDEV 353HDEV 353: Cross-Cultural Human Devel (3 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • HDEV 360HDEV 360: Child Development (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • JAPN 311JAPN 311: Social Issues In Japan (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • JAPN 407JAPN 407: Japan in Asia (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • LS 277SLS 277S: Schooling in Modern Society (6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • LS 310LS 310: Ed Issues & Latino Comm (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • LS 362LS 362: Immgrnts & Equity Iss in Ed (3 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • PH 417PH 417: Global Women's Health Issues (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • PH 447PH 447: Food Policy, Culture & Hlth (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • PH 457PH 457: Health Systems & Policy (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • PSY 100PSY 100: Introduction to Psychology (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • SBS 101SBS 101: Intro Cultural Anthropology (3 to 4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SBS 251SBS 251: Intro to Global Economics (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SBS 252SBS 252: Wrl/Reg/Geo/Cul/Soc/Sp:On-line (3 to 4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SBS 342SBS 342: Economic Thought (2 to 4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SBS 345SBS 345: Cultural Anthropology (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SBS 356SBS 356: Introduction to Geography (2 to 4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • SBS 375SBS 375: Ethics Corporate Soc Respons (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

  • SBS 379SBS 379: Tattoos Makeup & Burkas (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SBS 384SSBS 384S: Anthrop of Education (6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SL 200SSL 200S: Power Culture Equity&Service (6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SOC 100SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology (3 to 4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

CSU General Education Alignment

  • Social Sciences: CSU GE Area D1

Outcomes

As a collective of faculty from various social science disciplines, we believe that social science is a broad set of disciplines, as well as fields of study, such as global, gender, peace, and religious studies. As such, we propose the following five Outcomes with the intention of being inclusive and accommodating to all the disciplines and fields of study within the social sciences. The following five outcomes are distinctive in their foci but complementary to each other. Moreover, we are cognizant of the need to design outcomes that develop the knowledge and skills at the freshmen and sophomore levels, in order to prepare students for higher-order learning and analysis at the junior and senior levels in their respective major courses.

Under that overarching framework and understanding, Outcome #1 intends to build the basic foundational blocks of concepts/language/principles of a particular social science discipline or field of study. Outcome #2 intends to situate a discipline within a broader range of social science disciplines or fields of study. In other words, this outcome intends for students to be able to describe the similarities and differences of disciplines within the social sciences or fields of study. Outcome #3 focuses on contexts and intends for students to understand how a real-life social issue manifests in diverse social contexts. Outcome #4 focuses on global competency which transcends geographical/spatial concepts, and explores the meanings of concepts/principles in different global contexts, as well as the global impacts of social issues. Outcome #5 focuses on methodology and intends for students to understand that social science disciplines or fields of study can use a range of social scientific methods of inquiry to understand human behavior.

  1. Basic Principles: Students identify and define major vocabulary, concepts, value systems, assumptions, theoretical perspectives, and ethical issues in a field of study or a discipline in the social sciences.
  2. Inter-Disciplinarity:  Students demonstrate an understanding of how a field of study or a discipline is similar to and different from other social sciences.
  3. Contexts: Students demonstrate an understanding of one or more social issues across historical, cultural, geographical, economic, political or institutional dimensions.
  4. Global Competency: Students demonstrate awareness that one or more social issues or concepts vary across global contexts or that a social issue has global impacts.
  5. Methodology: Students demonstrate an understanding of how a field of study or discipline applies a range of social scientific methods of inquiry to understand human behavior within established ethical and/or professional frameworks.