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California Studies
Minor |
California Studies is a multi-disciplinary program which studies the consensus and conflict, unity and diversity, and the continuity and change that characterize the many cultures, artistic, and creative expressions, earth and geosciences, as well as social structures of past and present California.
Students pursuing this minor draw upon the strengths of many departments offering courses on the various dimensions of California, including Anthropology, American Studies, Humanities, History, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, English, Geography,
Hospitality Management, La Raza Studies, Black Studies, Political Science,
Biology, Meteorology, and Geology. Core courses are required to obtain the minor, with additional elective courses to be chosen by the student.
Each student gains from the minor program a grasp of Californian history and political processes, a knowledge and appreciation of the rich diversity of California cultures, creative arts and literatures, an informed view of California's environmental richness and ecological relationships, and a continuing interest in the mutable and dynamic California landscape.
Students receive a Minor in California Studies by completing 21 units in a wide range of courses selected from five of the SFSU's academic colleges: Behavioral and Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Ethnic Studies, Humanities, and Science. The seventeen departments with courses in the California Studies Minor offer the student a wide variety of perspectives through which to acquire a multidisciplinary understanding of the state.
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California Studies Minor courses
Curriculum for the Minor
| Tier I. |
Core | 3 |
| HIST 450 | History of California | 3 |
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| Tier II. | California
Artistic and Cultural Landscapes | 3 |
| ENG 531 | Selected California Literature | 3 |
| HUM 375 | Biography of a City:
Los Angeles | 3 |
| HUM 376 | Biography of a City: San Francisco | 3 |
| HUM
450 | California
Culture | 3 |
| HM 421 | California
Food, Wine and Culture
| 3 |
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| Tier III. | California
Social and Ethnic Landscapes | 3 |
| AIS 410 | Perspectives of Native California Indians | 3 |
| AAS 300 | Asian Americans in California | 3 |
| ANTH 352 | Peoples and Cultures of California | 3 |
| ANTH 356 | Archaeology of California | 3 |
| BLS 312 | Kalifia: the Black Heritage of California | 3 |
| PLSI 473 | California Politics | 4 |
| PLSI
475 | San
Francisco Political Issues | 3 |
| RAZA 315 | La Raza in California | 3 |
| RAZA 660 | Chicano/Latino
Politics | 3 |
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| Tier IV.
| California
Environmental
Landscapes | 3 |
| BIOL 300 | Nature Study | 3 |
| BIOL 305 | Marine Plants & Animals of the California Coast | 3 |
| GEOG 552 | Geography of California | 3 |
| GEOG 651 | San Francisco Bay Area Envirnomental Issues | 3 |
| GEOL 272 | Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault | 3 |
| GEOL 350 | Geology of the National Parks | 3 |
| GEOL 356 | Geology of California | 3 |
| METR 356 | California Weather Events | 3 |
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| Tier V. | Electives | 9 |
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more units from at least two of the above
categories) |
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| Total | Minimum Required Units | 21 |
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California Focus
in the
American Studies Major |
American Studies is an interdisciplinary program within the College of Humanities and the College of Behavioral and Social Science that offers students an opportunity to create an individualized major. The purpose of the major is to study the unity and diversity, the consensus and conflict, the continuity and change, that characterize the many cultures and social structures of past and present United States. Each student creates a program, drawing upon courses from throughout the University, designed to accomplish this attempt to understand the United States as a whole.
American Studies majors may use their 24 elective units to specialize in the study of California. The California Studies focus provides students with the skills to interpret history and political processes, the knowledge and appreciation of the rich diversity of California cultures, creative arts and literatures, an informed view of California's environmental richness and ecological relationships, and a continuing interest in the mutable and dynamic California landscape.
The American Studies major is divided into two parts: a set of required core courses designed to introduce the themes of American Studies and a set of elective courses chosen from at least two disciplines related to a particular topic or theme in American Studies (see the California Studies focus below).
Students complete the California Studies focus within the American Studies major by taking at least 24 units in a wide range of courses designed to give a multidisciplinary understanding of the state. Students complete three levels of study: two core courses, one course from the three areas in California Studies, and three elective courses selected on advisement.
Curriculum for the American Studies Major
| American Studies Core | 6 |
| AMST 300 | Social Perspectives: American Culture [SS 410] | 3 |
| AMST 310 | Arts and American Culture [HUM 485] | 3 |
| AMST 400 | American Regional Cultures [GEOG 551] | 3 |
| AMST 410 | California Culture [HUM 450] | 3 |
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| American Studies Electives | 24 |
| Special Focus | (see California Studies Focus below) | |
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| American Studies Senior Project | 24 |
| AMST 699 | Special Study | 3-6 |
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| Total | Minimum Required Units | 39-42 |
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Curriculum for the California Studies Focus
| California Studies Focus Core | 6 |
| HIST 450 | History of California | 3 |
| AMST 352 | Peoples and Cultures of California [ANTH 352] | 3 |
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| One Course from each California Studies Group | 12 |
| A. | One Course from California
Ethnic
Perspectives | 3 |
| B. | One Course from California Social Sciences | 3 |
| C. | One Course from California Arts & Humanities | 3 |
| D. | One Course from California Natural & Physical Sciences | 3 |
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| California Studies Electives | 6 |
| Any two courses on advisement from A, B,
C, or D. | |
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| California Studies Internship | 3 |
| Internship arranged with consultation of advisors. | 3 |
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| Total | Minimum Required Units for Focus | 24 |
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California Studies Groups
| A. | California
Ethnic
Perspectives | 3 |
| AAS 300 | Asian Americans in California | 3 |
| AAS
434 | Concentration
Camps: U.S.A. | 3 |
| AAS 695 | Seminar: Contemporary Asian Communities | 3 |
| AIS 160 | Perspectives of Native California Indians | 3 |
| AIS 410 | Survey of Native California | 3 |
| AIS
460 |
Power and
Politics in American
Indian History | 3 |
| BLS
304 | Black
People and the American
Experience | 3 |
| BLS 312 | Kalifia: the Black Heritage of California | 3 |
| BLS
320 | Black
Politics, Mass Movements | 3 |
| ETHS 671 | SF Politics: an Ethnic Perspective I | 3 |
| ETHS 672 | SF Politics: an Ethnic Perspective II | 3 |
| GEOG 455 | Geography of Ethnic Communities | 3 |
| GEOG 507 | Japan and California | 3 |
| RAZA 315 | La Raza in California | 3 |
| RAZA
460 | Central
Americans in the United States | 3 |
| RAZA
500 | La Raza
Community
Health | 3 |
| RAZA
690 | La Raza
Community
Fieldwork | 3 |
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| B. | California Social Sciences | 3 |
| ANTH 350 | North American Indians | 3 |
| ANTH 356 | Archaeology of California | 3 |
| ANTH 591 | Applied Anthropology in the SF Setting | 4 |
| CJ 400 | Police and Public Policy | 4 |
| CJ 450 | Jails and Prisons | 4 |
| ECON 530 | The Political Economy of the Bay Area | 3 |
| ECON 535 | Urban Economics [URBS 525] | 3 |
| EDUC 620 | Contemporary Issues in Calif. Education | 3 |
| EED 678 | Cultural
and Linguistic
Diversity | 1 |
| EED 697 | Children in California History | 1 |
| GEOG 454 | San Francisco on Foot | 4 |
| GEOG 552 | Geography of California | 3 |
| GEOG 553 | Geography of San Francisco | 3 |
| GEOG 648 | Management: National Parks & Natural Areas | 3 |
| GEOG 651 | San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues | 3 |
| HED
456 | Urban
Community Organizing [URBS 456] | 3 |
| HED
530 | Alternative
Urban Futures [URBS 530] | 3 |
| HED
582 | Homelessness
and Public Policy | 3 |
| HIST 448 | The
American West | 3 |
| HIST
489 | Dynamics
of the American City [URBS 400] | 3 |
| HIST 642 | California Cities: Los Angeles/San Francisco | 3 |
| HIST 642 | California and the United States: 1846-1850 | 3 |
| HIST
790 | San
Francisco Culture | 3 |
| HM 421 | California Food, Wine, and Culture [CESD] | 3 |
| PLSI 356 | Water Politics and Policy in Arid California | 3 |
| PLSI 473 | California Politics | 4 |
| PLSI 475 | San Francisco Political Issues [URBS 485] | 4 |
| PLSI 513 | Politics,
Law and Urban Environment | 4 |
| PLSI
580 | Urban
Housing [URBS 580] | 3 |
| PLSI
603 | Public
Service Internships | 3 |
| PLSI
604 | Internship
Seminar | 1 |
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| C. | California Arts & Humanities | 3 |
| ART 503 | Pacific and Native North American Arts | 3 |
| CINE 200 | Introduction
to Cinema Studies | 3 |
| CINE 300 | Film
History I | 3 |
| CINE 302 | Film
History II | 3 |
| CINE 325 | Bay
Area Film Makers | 1 |
| CINE 325 | Disney | 1 |
| CINE 400 | American
Film | 3 |
| ENG 531 | Selected California Literature | 3 |
| HUM 317 | Art and Artists of California | 3 |
| HUM 376 | Biography of a City: San Francisco | 3 |
| IAC 370 | Art and Artists of San Francisco | 3 |
| NEXA 398 | John Steinbeck & Doc Rickets: Literature and the Sea | 3 |
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| D. | California Natural & Physical Sciences | 3 |
| BIOL 300 | Nature Study | 3 |
| BIOL 305 | Marine Plants & Animals of the California Coast | 3 |
| BIOL 395 | Intro. to the Biological Ecology of the SF Bay | 3 |
| BIOL 396 | Lab.
in Wetland Ecology and Management | 3 |
| BIOL 535 |
Remote
Sensing: wetlands
& Coastal Zones | 3 |
| BIOL 585 | Marine Ecology | 4 |
| GEOL 270 | Environmental
Geology | 3 |
| GEOL 272 | Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault | 3 |
| GEOL 350 | Geology of the National Parks | 3 |
| GEOL 356 | Geology of California | 3 |
| METR 356 | California Weather Events | 3 |
| MSCI 303 | Marine Ecology | 4 |
| MSCI 310 | Introduction
to Marine Animal Behavior | 3 |
| MSCI
312 | Marine
Birds and Animals | 3 |
| MSCI 331 | Marine Botany | 4 |
| MSCI
373 | Topics
in Marine Biology | 3 |
| MSCI 375 | Intro. to Marine Science in the Monterey Bay | 3 |
| MSCI
774 | Geology
of Central California Margin | 4 |
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| Total | Minimum Required Units | 24 |
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California
Studies Emphasis in Liberal Studies |
Liberal Studies is
one of the largest majors at San Francisco State University. It is
an interdisciplinary major, which encompasses all areas of knowledge in
a multidisciplinary curriculum. The program provides the broad
academic background necessary for teaching in an elementary classroom
and is excellent preparation for careers in public service, management,
counseling, law, librarianship, medicine, and professional or graduate
education in business. The major may be planned with a specific
career in mind.
In addition to the core curriculum required for all Liberal Studies
students, an area of emphasis must be chosen from main subject
areas. To complete the 12 unit emphasis, students must fulfill the
requirements set out in the emphasis, with a minimum of six units in
upper-division. Selection of emphasis should reflect
ones
Students can choose an emphasis in California
Studies
Curriculum for California Studies Emphasis
| A. | One
Course from
California
Studies Core |
3 |
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| HIST
450 | History
of California | 3 |
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| B. | One
Course from
California
Artistic and Cultural Landscapes | 3 |
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| HUM
376 | San
Francisco | 3 |
| HUM
450 | California
Culture (also Listed as AMST 410) | 3 |
| HM
421 | California
Food, Wine, and Culture | 3 |
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| C. | One
Course from
California
Social and Ethnic Landscapes | 3 |
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| AAS
300 | Asian
Americans in California | 3 |
| AIS
410 | Perspectives
of Native California Indians | 3 |
| ANTH
352 | Peoples
and Cultures of California (also Listed as
AMST 352) | 3 |
| ANTH 356 | Archaeology
of California | 3 |
| BLS 312 | Kalifia:
The Black Heritage of California | 3 |
| PLSI 473 | California
Politics | 4 |
| PLSI 475 | San
Francisco Political Issues | 4 |
| RAZA 315 | La
Raza in California | 3 |
| RAZA 660 | Chicano/Latino
Politics | 3 |
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| D. | One
Course from California
Environmental Landscapes | 3 |
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| BIOL
300 | Nature
Study | 3 |
| BIOL 305 | Marine
Plants and Animals of the California Coast | 3 |
| GEOG 552 | Geography
of California | 3 |
| GEOG 651 | San
Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues | 4 |
| GEOL 272 | Earthquakes
and the San Andreas Fault | 3 |
| GEOL 350 | Geology
of the National Parks | 3 |
| GEOL 356 | Geology
of California | 3 |
| METR 356 | California
Weather Events | 3 |
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| Total | Minimum Required Units |
12 |
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Segment III |
San Francisco State University students are required to complete
a "cluster" of courses as a part of their General
Education requirements. One of the clusters in the G.E. Segment
III program is called "California Cultures and Environments".
Students select one course from each of three components. Aspects of the Humanities
include courses focusing on the application of knowledge,
theories, and methods from the study of California within
various academic disciplines as well as such applied settings as
health, education, communications, and social movements. Sociological Aspects
include courses focusing on the institutions, norms and social
forces that shape society, history and culture in California. Scientific Aspects
include courses focusing on the physical aspects of the state of
California. At least one course taken in the Segment III cluster
must meet the Cultural, Ethnic, and Social Diversity [CESD]
requirement. Courses taken for the minor may count for Segment
III.
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Curriculum for GE Segment III
| A. | One Course from
California Artistic and Cultural Landscapes | 3 |
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| ENG 531 | Selected California Literature | 3 |
| HUM 450 | California
Culture [AMST 410] [CESD] | 3 |
| HM
421 | Food,
Wine and Culture in California [CESD] | 3 |
| HUM 376 | San
Francisco [CESD] | 3 |
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| B. |
One Course from
California Social Landscapes | 3 |
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| AA S 300 | Asian
Americans in California | 3 |
| AIS
410 | Perspectives
of Native Californian Indians | 3 |
| ANTH
352 | Peoples
and Cultures of California
(also listed AMST 352)
[CESD] | 3 |
| ANTH
356 | Archaeology
of California [CESD] | 3 |
| BLS
312 |
Kalifia: The
Black Heritage
of California | 3 |
| HIST
450 | History
of California [CESD] | 3 |
| PLSI
473 | California Politics | 4 |
| RAZA
660 | Chicano/Latino
Politics
[CESD] | 3 |
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| C. |
One Course from
California Environmental Landscapes | 3 |
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| BIOL 300 | Nature
Study | 3 |
| BIOL
305 | Marine Plants & Animals of the California Coast | 3 |
| GEOG 552 | Geography of California | 3 |
| GEOG 651 | S.F.
Bay Area Environmental Issues | 4 |
| GEOL 350 | Geology of
National Parks | 3 |
| GEOL 356 | Geology of California | 3 |
| METR
356 | California Weather Events | 3 |
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| Total | Minimum Required Units | 9 |
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State Govt. |
The California State University system requires that students develop an informed understanding of the historical development of American institutions and ideals, the Constitution of the United States, the operation of representative democratic government under that Constitution, and the processes of California state and local government. The California state and local government requirement may be met by only two courses, both of which are part of the California Studies Program.
| HIST 450 | History of California | 3 |
| PLSI 473 | California Politics | 4 |
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