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- AAS 300 Asian Americans in California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor, not open to students
who have taken AAS 200. A critical survey of the Asian American participation in the
building of California from the 1840s, to anti-Asian movements since the 1870s, to
contemporary California public policies affecting Asian Americans in the 1990s.
- AIS 410 Perspectives of Native California Indians, 3.0
- Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor. Cultural and
historical perspective of California Indians. Intensive survey of the contemporary
problems, issues and developments involving American Indians, both urban and rural, in
California.
- ANTH 352 / AMS 352 Peoples and Cultures of California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent and junior standing or consent of instructor.
An interdisciplinary survey of the peoples and cultures of California, past and present.
Ethnicity, race, gender, and class as factors defining the nature of California life and
cultural expression. Also offered as AMST 352.
- ANTH 356 Archaeology of California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. Overview coverage of the prehistoric heritage of California's
Native-American cultures studies in the comparative light of ethnohistoric and
ethnographic data. Major emphasis is given to the archaeological focus on culture-history,
economy, settlement patterns, ecology, political organization, and processual adaptation.
- BIOL 300 Nature Study, 3.0
- Prerequisite: One course in college biology. Intended for non-biology majors.
Identification, structure, adaptation, life history, habits, habitat, economic status,
conservation of plants and animals. Designed for elementary teachers. Two all day field
trips scheduled for two separate weekends. Classwork two units; laboratory and field work,
one unit.
- BIOL 305 Marine Plants and Animals of the California Coast
- Prerequisite: One course in college biology. Intended for non-biology majors.
Identification, biology and conservation of the organisms of local beaches, lagoons, salt
marshes, and tide pools. Classwork, two units; field work, one unit.
- BLS 312 Kalifia: The Black Heritage of California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor. Examination of
the African American presence in the Golden State; the Black heritage in the
establishment, development, and evolution of California from the Gold Rush era to the
present.
- ENG 531 Selected California Literature, 3.0
- Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Survey of
California literature from Indian Oral Traditions through Spanish occupation to U.S.
acquisition and the Gold Rush to the first decade of the twentieth century.
- GEOG 552 Geography of California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent. Location and description of California's
natural resources; influence of land surface, climate, natural vegetation, soils, and
minerals upon California's present economic development, routes of commerce, and
population distribution. California's current water problems.
- GEOG 651 San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues, 3.0
- Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent. Introduction to the mission and work of
environmental management organizations. Managing our air, water, soil, wildlife, and
aesthetic resources. Emphasis on land use and transportation concepts. Field projects are
integral to the course. Classwork three units; laboratory one unit. Also offered as URBS
651.
- GEOL 272 Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. Earthquakes as environmental hazards with special emphasis on
the San Andreas and other Bay Area faults. The relationship of earthquakes to plate
boundaries, earthquake prediction, the inevitability of large quakes in California, and
seismic safety procedures. Classwork, two units; laboratory and field work, one unit.
Designed for non-science majors.
- GEOL 350 Geology of the National Parks, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. Application of geologic principals to understanding and
enjoyment of natural of natural environments of North America focusing on geologic history
and landscape evolution of the National Parks. Emphasis on appreciating uniqueness of
these natural regions and evaluation questions of preservation. Classwork, two units;
laboratory and fieldwork, one unit. Designed for non-science majors.
- GEOL 356 Geology of California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. The regional geology of California, with emphasis on the San
Francisco Bay Area. Local field trips and extended excursions to areas of geologic
interest (i.e. national and state parks) to be arranged. Classwork, two units; laboratory
and fieldwork, one unit. Designed for non-science majors.
- HIST 450 History of California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent, upper division standing or consent of
instructor. California through the Spanish and early American periods to the present.
Satisfies the California state and local government requirement.
- HM 421 California Food, Wine, and Culture, 3.0
- Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent. Cultural and historical heritage of the
food and wine industries in California, ethnic preferences for food and wine as they
relate to immigration patterns, and cultural aspects of dining preferences for pleasurable
eating in California.
- HUM 375 Biography of a City: Los Angeles, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. The dynamcis of Los Angeles's intellectual, artistic, and
social life in the twentieth century.
- HUM 376 Biography of a City: San Francisco, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. Investigation of San Francisco as a center of American
intellectual, social and cultural life. Major emphasis is placed on specific areas of
interest selected by students for individual research and exploration. Some sections offer
field trips and tours.
- HUM 450 / AMS 410 California Culture, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. Interdisciplinary study of the dynamics of California society
and culture in recent times; California as world oasis, flawed paradise, lifestyle
crucible, and creative milieu; California's function in American culture and Pacific
relations. Also offered as AMST 410.
- METR 356 California Weather Events, 3.0
- Prerequisite: None. Investigation of the basic meteorology of normal and abnormal
weather events in California.
- PLSI 473 California Government and Politics, 4.0
- Prerequisite: Upper division standing. Study of policy making and exercise of
power within federal framework. State and local institutions explored through field trips
and intensive research project. Satisfies the California state and local government
requirement.
- PLSI 475 San Francisco Political Issues, 4.0
- Prerequisite: Upper division standing. Political mobilization and governance.
Electoral processes. Economic, ethnic, and cultural conflicts. May be repeated with
consent of the instructor.
- RAZA 315 La Raza in California, 3.0
- Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor. Survey of the La
Raza experience in California from pre-Colonial to contemporary times. Special focus on
the impact of social, cultural, political, and economic factors of the La Raza heritage in
California,
- RAZA 660 Latino/Chicano Politics, 3.0
- Prerequisite: RAZA 276 or consent of instructor. Study of social and political
movements by focusing on contemporary movements of La Raza, including election-based,
immigrant rights, labor, and education-based movements.
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