General Education Table of Contents
General Education Program, Segments I and II

General Education Program (Continued)

SEGMENT III: RELATIONSHIPS OF KNOWLEDGE

(9 units minimum)

Please note: changes have been made to the online bulletin to reflect the changes in requirements as a result of University Executive Directive 09-35.

General Requirements

Students must:

Complete at least nine units of upper division course work in residence at SF State
Complete at least two courses in one Segment III cluster. The third course must be selected either within the same cluster or from any other Segment III cluster.
Begin their Segment III course work only after completing all General Education Segment I requirements.
Begin their Segment III course work upon completion of Segment I and a total of at least 30 units of Segment I and Segment II GE, but NOT before. Please note, all course prerequisites should be met.
Complete at least one course in Segment III that is both outside the major department and outside the major program submitted on the official Application for Graduation.
Complete at least one course in Segment III that is designated as fulfilling the Cultural, Ethnic, or Social Diversity (CESD) Requirement.

NOTE: Each cluster includes a “Recommended Pattern” designed to provide an integrative upper division experience. Although not required, students are encouraged to complete a recommended pattern if possible.

African Contributions to World Culture

General Requirements: Consult the requirements at the beginning of this Segment III section. Complete at least six units in this cluster. The remaining three units must be selected either within this cluster or from any other Segment III cluster. One course must be designated CESD.

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. Courses with at least two different prefixes must be selected.

Category A: Classical Africa
AFRS 305	Ancient Egypt [CESD]
CLAR 500	Ancient Egyptian Civilization [CESD]
Category B: Africa—Tradition and Transition
AFRS 302	Black Diaspora [CESD]
ART 508	African Art History [CESD]
HIST 610	History of Africa [CESD]
Category C: Modern Africa
AFRS 301	Africa in Global Perspective [CESD]
GEOG 571	Geography of Africa [CESD]
HIST 611	Modern Africa [CESD]
HUM 360	Styles of African Cultural Expression [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in African Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up African Studies in the index.

Africana Experience in the U.S.

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Arts and Humanities
AFRS 312	Kalifia: The Black Heritage of California [CESD]
AFRS 400	Black Arts and Humanities [CESD]
AFRS 411	African and African American Literature [CESD]
AFRS 450	African Philosophy and Cosmology [CESD]
Category B: Politics and Economics
AFRS 301	Africa in Global Perspective [CESD]
AFRS 320	Black Politics, Mass Movements, and Liberation Themes [CESD]
AFRS 340	Economics of the Black Community [CESD]
AFRS 382	African American Economic History [CESD]
AFRS 646	Frantz Fanon's Psychology of Violence, Negation, and Liberation [CESD]
Category C: Education and Socialization
AFRS 335	Black Women: A Cultural Analysis [CESD]
AFRS 345	Blacks in Urban America [CESD]
AFRS 515	Black Family Studies [CESD]
AFRS 525	Black Child Development [CESD]
AFRS 678	Urban Black Children and Youth [CESD]
ETHS 571	Women, Class, and Race [CESD]

AIDS: The Modern Epidemic

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. If COUN 450/ETHS 460 is used in Category C, the Category A course must be taken first.

Category A: Biological, Transmission, and Historical Aspects
BIOL 327	AIDS: The Biology of a Modern Epidemic [CESD]
Category B: Political, Social, and Health Policy Aspects
H ED 310	Health in Society [CESD]
H ED 417	AIDS: Contemporary Health Crisis [CESD]
H ED 420	Epidemiology
H ED 450	Policy Issues in Health Education [CESD]
Category C: Focus on Inter-related Issues
ANTH 415/SXS 438	Culture and Sex in East Asia [CESD] Prerequisite: a course in college anthropology or consent of instructor.
BIOL 321	Magic, Myths, and Medicine—A History of Medicine [CESD]
BIOL 326	Disease!
BIOL 330	Human Sexuality
COUN 450/ETHS 460	AIDS and People of Color in the U.S. [CESD]
GRN 510/NURS 500	Death and Dying in Contemporary Society
H ED 315	Drugs and Society [CESD]
H ED 320	Contemporary Sexuality
H ED 410	Organization and Functions of Health Services
H ED 414	Women’s Health—Problems and Issues [CESD]
H ED/SXS 500	Values Clarification in Sexuality

America and World Affairs

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. Courses with at least two different prefixes must be selected.

Category A: American Foreign Policy
HIST 461	The History of American Foreign Relations
IR 310	U.S. Foreign Policy (4)
Category B: The Policies of Developing Nations
ANTH/IR 307	Culture and Identity in World Politics (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 321	Development and Foreign Policy—Africa (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 322	Latin American Policy Analysis (4) [CESD]
IR 323	Middle East: Periphery (4) [CESD]
IR 324	Middle East: Heartland (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 325	Chinese Foreign Policy (4) [CESD]
IR 326	Foreign Relations of South and Southeast Asia (4) [CESD]
IR 336	Politics of Globalization (4)
IR/SS 520	Modernization and Third World Countries (4) [CESD]
RAZA/WGS 445	Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [CESD]
RAZA 670/PLSI 408	The U.S.-Mexico Connection: Politics and Cultures [CESD]
Category C: The Policies of Developed Nations and Traditional Powers
ECON/IR 635	The Economics of Globalization
HIST 386	Soviet Russia, the West, and the Cold War
HIST 389	European International History, 1848–1918 [CESD]
HIST 390	European International History, 1918–Present [CESD]
HIST 578	History of Japan [CESD]
IR 327	Europe: Forming a More Perfect Union (4)
IR/PLSI 328	Domestic and Foreign Policy: Post-Communist Regions (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 342	Strategy and War (4)
IR/PLSI 407	Politics of Russia (4) [CESD]
IR 446	The Multinational Corporation in World Affairs (4)
IR/SS 540	The Rich and the Poor Nations (4) [CESD]

America in the Nineteenth Century

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses. At least one course must have an ENG prefix and at least one course must have a HIST prefix. The third course may have any prefix.

ENG 526	Age of the American Renaissance, 1830-1860 [CESD]
ENG 527	American Literature, 1860–1914
HIST 424	History of the U.S., 1827–1877 [CESD]
HIST 426	History of the U.S., 1877–1916 [CESD]
HIST 464	American Ethnic and Racial Relations I: 1740– 1890 [CESD]
HUM 490	American Images—Photography and Literature

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in American Studies or English that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up American Studies and English in the index.

American Culture and Society

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B. Courses with at least two different prefixes must be selected.

Category A: Humanities
AMST 310/HUM 485	The Arts and American Culture
ENG 526	Age of the American Renaissance: 1830-1860 [CESD]
ENG 527	American Literature: 1860-1914
HUM 470	American Autobiography
HUM 495	Architecture and American Life
Category B: Social Sciences
AMST 300/SS 410	Perspectives on American Culture [CESD]
AMST 400/GEOG 551	American Regional Cultures [CESD]
AMST 410/HUM 450	California Culture [CESD]
HIST/HUM 480	Thought and Culture in America [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in American Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up American Studies in the index.

Arts in Society

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, one course from Category B, and one course from either Category A or Category B.

Category A: Interdisciplinary Overview
BECA 321	Critical Study of Popular Culture [CESD]
CA 426	Thought and Image: Creative Arts [CESD]
HUM 415	Contemporary Culture [CESD]
HUM 425	Thought and Image: Humanities [CESD]
Category B: Focus on Specific Arts
ANTH/DANC 657	Ethnology of Dance
DANC 350	Dance Aesthetics [CESD]
DANC 415	Dance in Ritual and Religion [CESD]
DANC 430	Historical Survey of Dance in the Western World [CESD]
HUM 360	Styles of African Cultural Expression [CESD]
HUM 510	Comparative Form and Culture [CESD]
MUS 505	Music of the World's Peoples [CESD]
MUS 508	Modern Music: American Iconoclasts
TH A 300	Theatre Imagination
TH A 407	Popular Theatre/Popular Entertainment

Asian Americans: Diverse Responses to the American Experience

Recommended Pattern: Complete one course in each category.

Category A: Socio-historical Perspectives of Asian Americans
AA S 300	Asian Americans in California [CESD]
AA S 310	Chinese in America [CESD]
AA S 331	Japanese Americans in the United States [CESD]
AA S 370	Vietnamese in America [CESD]
AA S 380	Koreans in America [CESD]
AA S 456	Pilipinos in America: Problems of Transition [CESD]
Category B: Creative and Literary Perspectives of Asian Americans
AA S 322	Chinese American Culture—Language and Literature
AA S 363	Survey of Philippine Literature
AA S 372	Vietnamese American Literature
AA S 444	Japanese American Art and Expression
AA S 502	Asian American Children’s/Teen Literature
AA S 693	Asian Americans and the Mass Media
Category C: Community and Public Policy Perspectives of Asian Americans
AA S 680	Community: Changes and Development
AA S 695	Seminar on Contemporary Asian American Communities
ETHS 665	Asian American Community and Public Policy

Asian Society, Politics, and Culture

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses from at least two different cluster categories. Courses with at least two different prefixes must be selected.

Category A: East Asian Studies
GEOG 575	Emerging China [CESD]
HIST 569	Ancient Chinese Civilization [CESD]
HIST 570	Imperial China [CESD]
HIST 571	History of Modern China [CESD]
HIST/WGS 575	History of Women in China and Japan [CESD]
HIST 578	History of Japan [CESD]
HUM 526	Culture of Japan Before 1850 [CESD]
HUM 527	Japan and Modernity [CESD]
HUM 530	Chinese Civilization [CESD]
HUM 531	Images of Modern China [CESD]
IR/PLSI 325	Chinese Foreign Policy (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 329	U.S.-Japan Politics (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 404	Politics of China (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 411	East Asian Politics (4) [CESD]
PHIL 511	Chinese Philosophy and Religion [CESD]
Category B: South Asian Studies
HIST 584	History of the Indian Subcontinent [CESD]
HIST 585	India since Gandhi [CESD]
HUM 366	India's Gandhi [CESD]
HUM 535	Classical South Asia Cultural Forms [CESD]
HUM 536	Modern South Asian Cultural Forms [CESD]
IR/PLSI 412	South Asian Politics (4) [CESD]
Category C: Southeast Asian Cross Regional Studies
ANTH 481	Archaeology of the Far East [CESD]
HIST 588	History of Southeast Asia [CESD]
IR 326	South and Southeast Asian Foreign Relations (4) [CESD]
PHIL 509	The Buddhist Tradition [CESD]
PLSI 418	Political Transitions in East and Southeast Asia (4) [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Asian Area Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Asian Area Studies in the index.

Business, Tourism and Technology in a Global Society

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses.

CSC/ISYS 338	Information Technology in a Global Society [CESD]
DS/IBUS 431	Value Creation in the Transnational Enterprise [CESD]
HTM/ISYS 339	Information Technology for International Hospitality and Tourism [CESD]
HTM 425	The Business of International Tourism [CESD]
IBUS 331	Cross-cultural Creativity in Business[CESD]
MGMT 435	International Entrepreneurship [CESD]
RPT 605	Ecotourism Facilities and Services [CESD]

California Cultures and Environments

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. At least one course must be CESD.

Category A: Artistic and Cultural Landscapes
AMST 410/HUM 450	California Culture [CESD]
ENG 531	Survey of California Literature
HTM 421	Food, Wine, and Culture in California [CESD]
HUM 376	San Francisco [CESD]
Category B: California Social Landscapes
AA S 300	Asian Americans in California [CESD]
AFRS 312	Kalifia: The Black Heritage of California [CESD]
AIS 410	Perspectives of Native California Indians
AMST/ANTH 352	Peoples and Cultures of California [CESD]
HIST 450	History of California [CESD]
PLSI 473	California Politics and Government (4)
RAZA 660	Raza Politics [CESD] Prerequisite: RAZA 276 or consent of instructor.
Category C: California Environmental Landscapes
BIOL 300	Nature Study
GEOG 552	Geography of California
GEOG/USP 651	SF Bay Area Environmental Issues (4)
GEOL 350	Geology of National Parks
GEOL 356	Geology of California
METR 356	California Weather Events

Challenges to Health Care Policy (This cluster has been renamed. See Health Care Policy and Practice.)

Chemicals: Enticing, Dangerous, and Essential

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Chemicals in Us and Around Us
CHEM/ENVS 380	Chemistry Behind Environmental Pollution
Category B: Contributions from All Cultures
H ED 315	Drugs in Society [CESD]
Category C: Chemicals, Life, and Society
BIOL 330	Human Sexuality
GEOG 666	Geography of Garbage: Recycling and Waste Reduction
GEOL 305	Energy and Its Environmental Issues

Children in Families and Society

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B. At least one course must be CESD.

Category A: Developmental Overview
AFRS 525	Black Child Development [CESD]
CAD 360	Children, Families, and Community: An Ecological Perspective
CFS 320	Children and Families [CESD]
CFS 321	Adolescents and Families [CESD]
PSY 330	Child Development
Category B: Contexts and Perspectives
ANTH 310	Family, Kin, and Community
CFS 428	Children and Families with Violence, Abuse, and Neglect [CESD]
HIST/SS 469	American Childhoods: Past and Present
PSY 435	Behavior Problems of Children [CESD]
SPED 370	Young Children Disabled or at Risk and their Families
SW 350	Services to Children, Youth, and Their Families

Cross-cultural Studies in Language and Art

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B.

Category A: Language
COMM 541	Intercultural Communication (4) [CESD]
ENG 615	Image, Metaphor, and Symbol [CESD]
ENG 631	Words, Culture, and Change [CESD]
Category B: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Studies in Arts and Culture
HUM 360	Styles of African Cultural Expression [CESD]
HUM 361	Cultural Expression in Islam [CESD]
HUM 510	Comparative Form and Culture [CESD]
HUM 535	Classical South Asia [CESD]
HUM 536	Modern South Asian Cultural Forms [CESD]
HUM/RAZA 520	North/South American Cultural Expression [CESD]
PHIL 460	Philosophy of Art [CESD]

Dynamics of the City

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Core Course
HUM 376	San Francisco [CESD]
Category B: Social Science Approaches to the City
GEOG/USP 432	Urban Geography (4)
GEOG 455	Geography of Ethnic Communities [CESD]
HIST 489/USP 400	Dynamics of the American City [CESD]
PLSI/USP 580	Urban Housing [CESD]
USP 530	Alternative Urban Futures [CESD]
Category C: Humanities Approaches to the City
HUM 375	Biography of a City [Any HUM 375 title may be taken]
HUM/JS 377	Jerusalem [CESD]

Ethics for the Contemporary World

Category A: Theoretical Foundations of Ethical Judgment
GPS/PHIL 375	Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S. [CESD]
PHIL 435	Human Rights in Global Perspective [CESD]
PHIL 440	Ethics at Work I [CESD]
PHIL 450	Ethics Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent of instructor.
Category B: Applied Ethical Judgment
ANTH/LABR/S S 525	Diversity in the Workplace
BECA 623	Ethics and Responsibility in the Electronic Media
BIOL 349	Bioethics
BUS 440	Ethics at Work II: Business
GPS/IR/PHIL 315	Introduction to Global Peace Studies [CESD]
SXS 469/PHIL 445	Sex and Morality
JOUR 666	Ethical Issues in Journalism
JS 350	Jewish Social Responsibility
PHIL 383	Ethics in Medicine
PHIL 395	Ethical Issues: Science and Technology
PHIL 436	Islamic Political Philosophy [CESD]
PHIL 451	Feminist Moral Issues
PHIL 470	Environmental Ethics

Exploring the Future: Next 20 Years

Recommended Pattern: Select the course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A: Future Exploration Foundation
RPT 420	Leisure and Contemporary Society [CESD]
Category B: Concepts and Perspectives
BUS 450	Greening of Business
GEOG 421	Future Environments
RPT 605	Ecotourism Facilities and Services [CESD]
USP 514	Sustainable Development in Cities (4)
USP 530	Alternative Urban Futures [CESD]

Family Dynamics and Societal Change

Recommended Pattern: Select the course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A: Overview
SOC 464	Families and Society (4) [CESD]
Category B: Contexts and Perspectives
AFRS 515	Black Family Studies [CESD]
CFS 426	Family Crises: Drug Dependency and Eating Disorders
COMM 503	Gender and Communication (4) [CESD] Prerequisite: COMM 150.
COMM 515	Family Communication (4) [CESD] Prerequisite: COMM 150.
JS 340	American Jewish Identity and Family [CESD]
USP 565	Social Policy and the Family (4) [CESD]

Folklore

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses. At least one course must be CESD.

ANTH 581	Anthropology and Folklore [CESD]
CLAS 330	Ancient Epic Tales
CLAS 380	Myth, History, and Movies
CWL 421	Celtic Literature [CESD]
CWL 430	Heroic Tales of the Mediterranean
CWL/ENG 636	Greek and Roman Myth and Modern Literature
JS 410/PHIL 514	Kabbalah and Mysticism in the Jewish Tradition [CESD]
THA 451	Storytelling and Folk Literature [CESD]

Food, Cuisine, and Culture

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses. One course in the Segment III cluster must be both outside the major department and outside the major program submitted on the official Application for Graduation.

CFS/HTM 351	Asian Food, Culture, and Hospitality [CESD]
CFS/DFM/HTM 352	Food, Production, and Service
CFS 356	Food and World Culture [CESD]
HTM 324	Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Food, Beverage, and Culture in America [CESD]
HTM 421	Food, Wine, and Culture in California [CESD]

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer

General Requirements: Consult the requirements at the beginning of this Segment III section.

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Studies
SXS 301	Perspectives in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies [CESD]
SXS 314	Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual History [CESD]
SXS 667/SOC 467	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Cultures and Society (4) [CESD]
Category B: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer: Lives Integrated into the Disciplines and in Broader Contexts
ANTH 569/SXS 567	Cross-cultural Aspects of Sex and Gender [CESD]
COMM 525	Sexual Identity and Communication (4)
ENG/SXS 633	Gay Love in Literature
ETHS/SXS 380	Coloring Queer [CESD]
ETHS 640	Race and Sexual Migration
H ED 320	Contemporary Sexuality
SXS/SOC 400/PSY 450	Variations in Human Sexuality [CESD]
SXS/WGS 551	Lesbian and Queer Perspectives in Literature and Media [CESD]
PLSI 381	Political Theories of Sexuality
SOC 468	Social Aspects of Human Sexuality [CESD]
WGS 552	Lesbian, Queer and Transgender Identities [CESD]
WGS 611	Theories of Female Sexuality

Gender and Culture: Identities, Images, Interactions

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B. One course designated CESD must be selected.

Category A
ANTH 569/SXS 567	Cross-cultural Aspects of Sex and Gender [CESD]
BECA/WGS 485	Women and Media
CINE 304	Gender and Film (all topics) [CESD]
COMM 352	Women and Words (4)
COMM 443	Rhetoric of Feminist Movements (4)
COMM 503	Gender and Communication (4) [CESD]
COMM 525	Sexual Identity and Communication (4)
ENG/JS/WGS 546	20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [CESD]
KIN 457	Culture, Gender, and Movement [CESD]
SOC 464	Families and Society (4) [CESD]
SOC 469	Gender and Society (4) [CESD]
WGS 621	Feminist Theories [CESD]
Category B
SXS/WGS 551	Lesbian and Queer Perspectives in Literature and Media [CESD]
WGS 303	Women as Creative Agents [CESD]
WGS 533	Women, Men, and Cultural Change [CESD]
WGS 548	Literature by U.S. Women of Color [CESD]
WGS 554	Immigrant and Refugee Women [CESD]
WGS 561	Women of Color in the U.S. [CESD]
WGS 562	History of African American Women [CESD]
WGS 564	Women Writers and Colonialism [CESD]
WGS 565	Women in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [CESD]

Globalization and Citizenship in the Americas

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. At least one course must have a different departmental prefix.

Category A: Globalization and Regional Economic Integration
ECON/IR 635	Economics of Globalization
RAZA/WGS 445	Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [CESD]
Category B: Global Culture
ANTH/IR 307	Culture and Identity in World Politics (4) [CESD]
ANTH/CST 585	Multinational Corporations and World Cultures [CESD]
RAZA 455	Resistance Literature of the Americas [CESD]
RAZA 467	Caribbeans in the U.S.: History and Heritage
Category C: Global Citizens
ETHS/RAZA 470	Raza Immigration to the U.S. [CESD]
RAZA 660	Raza Politics [CESD]
SOC 480/USP 470	City in a Global Society (4) [CESD]

Global Peace, Human Rights, and Justice Studies

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, one course from Category B, and one course from either Category A or B.

Category A: Overview
C J 505/I R 332	International Criminal Law (4) [CESD]
GPS/IR/PHIL 315	Introduction to Global Peace Study [CESD]
GPS/PHIL 375	Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S. [CESD]
I R 330	World Law (4) [CESD]
PHIL 435	Human Rights in Global Perspective [CESD]
Category B: Global Experiences
ANTH 320	Racism: Cross-Cultural Analysis
ANTH 321	Endangered Cultures
ANTH 588	Anthropology and Human Rights
COMM 531	Conflict Resolution (4)
HUM 366	India's Gandhi [CESD]
IR 432	Model United Nations (4)
IR/PLSI/S S 544	Women in the World [CESD]

Health Care Policies and Practices (formerly Challenges to Health Care Policy)

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, one course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B. Choose courses from at least two different departments. One course designated CESD must be selected.

Category A: Health Care Policy
ECON 450	Health Economics
H ED 410	Organization and Function of Health Services [CESD]
H ED 450	Policy Issues in Health Education [CESD]
LABR/PLSI/USP 570	Urban Health Policy [CESD]
PHIL 383	Ethics in Medicine
Category B: Structural and Cultural Aspects of Health and Healing
ANTH 631	Critical Medical Anthropology (all topics)
BIOL 332/ H ED 330	Health Disparities in Cancer [CESD]
H ED 520	Race, Class, Gender, and Health Promotion [CESD]
H ED 640	Structural Inequities and Public Health
HH 380	Holistic Health: Western Perspectives
HH 381	Holistic Health: Eastern Perspectives [CESD]
SOC 476	Medical Sociology [CESD]

Health and Wellness

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Health
H ED 310	Health in Society [CESD]
H ED 414	Women’s Health: Problems and Issues [CESD]
Category B: Nutrition
CFS 355	Nutrition for Wellness
HH 535	Western Nutrition and Herbs
Category C: Physical Fitness and Exercise Science
KIN 300	Health Related Fitness and Wellness Prerequisite: BIOL 100 or equivalent.
KIN 355	Science, Sport, and Fitness Prerequisite: BIOL 100 or equivalent.

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Health Education that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Health Education in the index.

Holistic Health

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses.

HH 380	Holistic Health: Western Perspectives
HH 381	Holistic Health: Eastern Perspectives [CESD]
HH 382	Holistic Health and Human Nature [CESD]
HH 383	Chinese Perspectives in Holistic Health [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Holistic Health that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Holistic Health in the index.

Human Communication

Recommended Pattern: Select the course from Category A and two courses from Category B. One course designated CESD must be selected.

Category A: Introduction to the Study of Language
ENG 420	Introduction to the Study of Language [CESD]
Category B: Communicative Processes
CD 300	Human Communicative Development and Disorders [CESD]
COMM 321	Communication Theory (4)

Human Development

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses with at least two different departmental prefixes. One course designated CESD must be selected.

CAD 410	Applied Child and Youth Development - Strategies to Enhance Developmental Outcomes
CFS 320	Children and Families
CFS 321	Adolescents and Families [CESD]
CFS 323	Infant/Toddler Development [CESD]
GRN 500	Gerontology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective [CESD]
GRN 510/NURS 500	Death and Dying in Contemporary Society [CESD]
H ED 415	Health Aspects of Aging [CESD]
KIN 437	Physical Dimensions of Aging
KIN 487	Motor Development [CESD]
PSY 330	Child Development
PSY 430	Adolescent Psychology [CESD]
PSY 431	Developmental Psychology [CESD]
PSY 432	Cognitive Development: Language, Thinking, and Perception [CESD] Prerequisite: PSY 431.
PSY 433	Social, Emotional, and Personality Development Prerequisite: PSY 431.
PSY 455	Cross-cultural Perspectives in Psychology [CESD]

Human Disability in Society

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. At least one course selected must be designated CESD.

Category A: Foundations of Human Development and Disability
PSY 330	Child Development
PSY 435	Behavior Problems of Children [CESD] Prerequisite: PSY 330 or 431 or consent of instructor.
Category B: Impact of Disability for Individuals and Society
SPED 310	Exploring Visual Impairments
SPED 330	Introduction to Disability [CESD]
SPED 662	Education of Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children
Category C: Developmental and Cultural Differences Related to Disability
SPED 370	Young Children Disabled or At Risk and their Families
SPED 688	American Sign Language I

Human Expression: Diversity, Contradiction, Unity

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses. At least one course must have a different departmental prefix. One course designated CESD must be selected.

CA 380	Arts and Social Change
CA 426	Thought and Image: Creative Arts [CESD]
HUM 425	Thought and Image: Humanities [CESD]
HUM 510	Comparative Form and Culture.[CESD]
HUM/RAZA 520	North and South American Cultural Expression [CESD]
MUS 505	Music of the World's Peoples [CESD]
RAZA 320	Art History of Raza
RAZA 425	Comparative Music Folklore

Human Sexuality: Biological, Psychological, Sociocultural, and Humanistic Aspects

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Biological and Psychological Aspects
BIOL 330	Human Sexuality Prerequisite: a course in college biology or consent of instructor.
HED 320	Contemporary Sexuality
SXS/PSY 456	Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior Prerequisites: 6 units of psychology course work or consent of instructor.
Category B: Sociological Aspects
ANTH 569/SXS 567	Cross-cultural Aspects of Sex and Gender [CESD] Prerequisites: upper division standing and consent of instructor.
SXS/SOC 400/PSY 450	Variations in Human Sexuality [CESD]
SOC 468	Social Aspects of Human Sexuality (4) [CESD]
Category C: Humanistic Aspects
ANTH 415/SXS 438	Culture and Sex in East Asia [CESD] Prerequisites: ANTH 120 or consent of instructor and upper division standing.
ANTH/CST 590/WGS 595	Anthropology of Women [CESD] Prerequisite: ENG 114 or consent of instructor.
COMM 525	Sexual Identity and Communication (4) Prerequisites: a college-level English or speech class or consent of instructor.
COUN 614	Interpersonal Issues in Sexuality Prerequisites: upper division standing and consent of instructor.
CW 507	Writing on the Body Prerequisite: college creative writing course or consent of instructor.
HED/SXS 500	Values Clarification in Sexuality Prerequisites: a college-level human sexuality course (such as BIOL 330 or H ED 320).
HIST 313	Comparative History of Love and Sexuality
SXS 301	Perspectives in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Prerequisites: ENG 214.
SXS/PSY 320	Sex and Relationships
SXS/PHIL 369	Philosophical Issues in Sexuality
SXS/SS 421	Homophobia and Coming Out [CESD] Prerequisites: ENG 114 and ENG 214 or equivalent courses with grades of C or better.
SXS 469/PHIL 445	Sex and Morality
SXS 470	Sexuality and the Internet Prerequisites: SXS 300, upper division standing, and consent of instructor.
SXS/WGS 551	Lesbian and Queer Perspectives in Literature and Media Prerequisites: ENG 114 and consent of instructor.
SXS 569/PHIL 455	Sex and the Law Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
SXS 600/PSY 650	Research on Sexual Identity [CESD] Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
SXS 678	Disability and Sexuality Prerequisite: college course in human sexuality or consent of instructor.
HUM 390	Images of Eroticism Prerequisites: ENG 114 and consent of instructor.
WGS 512	Feminist Approaches to Sexual Identities and Cultures [CESD]
WGS 533	Women, Men, and Cultural Change [CESD] Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
WGS 552	Lesbian, Queer, and Transgender Identities [CESD]
WGS 611	Female Sexuality: Social and Theoretical Perspectives Prerequisites: ENG 114 or equivalent and a college-level women studies course or consent of instructor.

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Human Sexuality Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Human Sexuality Studies in the index.

Ideas and the Making of Culture

Recommended Pattern: Select one CESD course from Category A, one course from Category B, and a third course from Category A or Category B.

Category A: Creative Themes and Ideas—Continuity and Change in Culture Over Time
CLAS 490	History of Ideas of the Ancient Classical World [CESD]
HUM 345	Humanism and Mysticism [CESD]
HUM 550	The Art of Autobiography [CESD]
Category B: Visionary Modes of Thought—Culture and Paradigms in Time
CLAR 502	Ancient Egyptian Language and Literature
ENG 603	Literature and History of Ideas
HUM 410/PHIL 304	The Modern Revolution [CESD]

Integrating the Social Sciences

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. The courses in Category A and Category B can be taken concurrently, but only through special GE sections designated in the Class Schedule.

Category A: Integrating Anthropological, Psychological and Sociological Perspectives and Methods
SS 300	Social Science Core I [CESD]
Category B: Integrating Economic, Geographic, Historical and Political Perspectives and Methods
SS 301	Social Science Core II [CESD] Prerequisite: SS 300 or consent of instructor and upper division standing.
Category C: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Applied
CJ 300	Criminal Justice: A Cross-disciplinary Perspective (4) [CESD]
HH 382	Holistic Health and Human Nature [CESD]
HIST 489/USP 400	Dynamics of the American City [CESD]
HIST/SS 681	Community Service Learning in the Schools [CESD]
SXS /SOC 400/PSY 450	Variations in Human Sexuality [CESD]
IR/PLSI/SS 544	Women and the World [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Social Science (Interdisciplinary Studies) that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Social Science (Interdisciplinary Studies) in the index.

Islamic Societies and Cultures

Special Requirements: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Intellectual and Cultural Themes
ANTH 319	Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa [CESD]
HUM/JS/PHIL 501	Judaism, Christianity and Islam [CESD]
PHIL 436	Islamic Political Philosophy [CESD]
PHIL 515	Semitic Religious Thought (all topics)
PHIL 516	Islamic Philosophy [CESD]
Category B: Institutional and Social Themes
ETHS 420	Post-Colonial Arab and Arab-American Identity: Memory and Resistance
HIST 604	Islamic World I: 500 - 1500 [CESD]
HIST 605	Islamic World II: 1500 - Present [CESD]
IR 323	The Middle East: The Periphery (4) [CESD]
IR 324	The Middle East: Heartland (4) [CESD]
IR 326	South and Southeast Asia Foreign Relations (4) [CESD]
IR 335	Muslim Societies in Transnational Perspective
IR 433	Model Arab League
PLSI 410	Middle East Politics (4)
PLSI 418	Political Transitions in East and Southeast Asia (4) [CESD]
PLSI 420	State-Society Relations in the Middle East (4)
PLSI 425	Imagining Power in the Middle East (4)
WGS 565	Women in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [CESD]
Category C: Visual and Creative Themes
ARAB/CWL/ETHS 450	Arabic and Arab American Literature [CESD]
ART 504	Art and Architecture of Islam [CESD]
ETHS 430	Arab Media Images in America: Impact on Arab Americans
HUM 361	Cultural Expressions in Islam [CESD]
HUM/JS 377	Jerusalem
HUM 496	Islam and the Poetics of Space [CESD]
MUS 530	Musics of the Middle East and India [CESD]

Jewish Experience

Recommended Pattern: Select two courses from Category A and one course from Category B. One course designated CESD must be selected.

Category A: Culture, Philosophy, and Religion
CWL/JS 437/ENG 533	Holocaust and Literature [CESD]
CWL/ENG/JS 451	Jewish Literature of the Americas [CESD]
ENG/JS/WGS 546	20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [CESD]
HUM/JS/PHIL 501	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
JS 300	Introduction to Jewish Studies [CESD]
JS 350	Jewish Social Responsibility
JS 410/PHIL 514	Kabbalah and Mysticism in the Jewish Tradition [CESD]
JS/PHIL 415	The Hebrew Bible
JS 425/PHIL 552	Judaism: Religion and Text [CESD]
JS 516/PHIL 551	Bible and Ethics: The Moral of the Story [CESD]
Category B: History
HIST/JS 317	Holocaust and Genocide [CESD]
HIST/JS 632	Jewish History I: Beginnings to 1650
HIST/JS 633	Jewish History II: 1650 to Present [CESD]
JS 340	American Jewish Identity and Family [CESD]
JS/IR/PLSI 430	Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society

Latin America: Society and Culture

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Historical Perspectives
ANTH/HIST/RAZA/SS 501	Latin America: The National Period [CESD]
HIST 500	Colonial Latin America [CESD]
HIST 520	Central America and the Caribbean [CESD]
Category B: Modern Latin America
GEOG 572	Geography of Latin America [CESD]
HIST 524	History of Mexico [CESD]
HIST 528	History of Brazil [CESD]
HIST/S S 550	Social Change in Modern Latin America [CESD]
IR/PLSI 322	Latin American Policy Analysis(4) [CESD]
RAZA 460	Central Americans and the U.S.: History and Heritage [CESD]
Category C: Philosophy, Culture, and Art
ANTH 471	The Ancient Maya [CESD]
RAZA 450	Indigenisimo: Indigenous Culture and Personality [CESD]
RAZA 475	Aztec Philosophy [CESD]
SPAN 405	Culture and Civilization of Spanish America [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Latin America Area Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Latin America Area Studies in the index.

Law, Crime, and Justice

Special Requirements: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Administration of Justice Policies
CJ 300	Criminal Justice: A Cross-disciplinary Perspective (4) [CESD]
Category B: Sociological Perspectives
SOC 451	Criminological Theory (4)
SOC 455	Punishment and Social Control (4)
SOC 459	Criminal Law and Social Process (4)
RAZA/CJ 485	Issues in the Criminalization of Latino Youth
Category C: Law and Justice Perspectives
CJ 435/RAZA 430	Race, Crime, and Justice
PHIL 335	Law and Society
PHIL 380	Philosophy of Law

Making Cities Humane

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B. One course designated CESD must be selected.

Category A: Urban Dynamics—Local and Global
ANTH/USP 555	Urban Anthropology (4)
ECON/USP 535	Urban Economics
HIST 489/USP 400	Dynamics of the American City [CESD]
RAZA 415	Political Economy and Raza [CESD]
SOC 480/USP 470	City in Global Society (4)
Category B: Problems and Solutions
AFRS 340	Economics of the Black Community [CESD]
AFRS 382	African American Economic History [CESD]
GEOG 667/USP 515	Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (4) [CESD]
H ED/USP 582	Homelessness and Public Policy [CESD]
LABR/PLSI/USP 570	Urban Health Policy [CESD]
PLSI/USP 560	Urban Poverty and Policy (4) [CESD]
PLSI/SW/USP 660	Roles of Non-profit Organizations in Urban Life
RAZA 415	Political Economy and Raza [CESD]
USP 565	Social Policy and the Family (4) [CESD]

Maximizing Personal Potential: Body–Mind Integration

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Mind–Body Interaction
H H 381	Holistic Health: Eastern Perspective [CESD]
H H 382	Holistic Health and Human Nature [CESD]
H H 383	Chinese Perspectives in Holistic Health [CESD]
Category B: Skills in Maximizing Personal Potential
H H 380	Holistic Health: Western Perspectives
H H 420	Chinese Body-Mind Energetics Prerequisites: H H 380 or 381 or 382 or 383 or consent of instructor.
H H 430	Foundations of Biofeedback and Self Regulation Prerequisites: H H 380 or 381 or 382 or 383 or consent of instructor.
H H 433	Autogenic Training and Embodied Living Prerequisites: H H 380 or 381 or 382 or 383 or consent of instructor.
H H 540	Meditation and Imagery in Healing Prerequisites: H H 380 or 381 or 382 or 383 or consent of instructor.
H H 690	Psychophysiology of Healing Prerequisites: H H 380 or 381 or 382 or 383 or consent of instructor.
KIN 331	Peak Performance

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Holistic Health that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Holistic Health in the index.

Media and Social Issues

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, one course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B. One course designated CESD must be selected.

Category A: Socio-cultural Investigations of Media
BECA 422	Social Aspects of Electronic Media [CESD]
BECA 490	Television and Social Change [CESD]
CINE 342	Documentary Film [CESD]
CINE 373	Film and Society
JOUR 610	Cultural Diversity and U.S. News Media
Category B: Ethical, Legal, and Political Investigations of Media
BECA 460	Introduction to News on Broadcast and Electronic Media Prerequisite: BECA 200.
CINE 308	Third Cinema [CESD]
COMM 440	Political Communication (4)
COMM 461	Issues in Free Speech (4)
JOUR 666	Ethical Issues in Journalism

Media Literacy in the Electronic Culture

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, one course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or B.

Category A: Perception of Communication Messages and the Construction of Meaning
BECA 301	Media Literacy in the Electronic Culture [CESD]
BECA 390	The Age of Information [CESD]
KIN 457	Culture, Gender, and Movement [CESD]
KIN 502	Sport and Social Issues [CESD]
Category B: Making Sense of Electronic Media
ANTH/CINE 327	Anthropology and Film (4) [CESD]
BECA 502	Environmental Communication on the Electronic Media
COMM 444	Rhetoric of the Media (4)
COMM 445	The Rhetoric of Terrorism (4)
MUS 505	Music of the World's Peoples [CESD]

Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A, B, or C.

Category A
ENG 501	Age of Chaucer
ENG 583	Shakespeare: Representative Plays
Category B
HIST 330/HUM 403	The Early Middle Ages [CESD]
HIST 331/HUM 404	The High Middle Ages [CESD]
Category C
ART/HUM 405	Art, Literature, and Power in the Renaissance
HIST 334	The Renaissance
HIST 336	The Reformation
PHIL 302	Medieval Philosophy

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in European Studies or History that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up European Studies and History in the index.

Mediterranean and Middle East: Cultural Crossroads

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or B. At least one course must be CESD.

Category A
CLAS 490	History of Ideas in the Ancient Classical World [CESD]
CWL 430	Heroic Tales of the Mediterranean [CESD]
JS/HUM/PHIL 501	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Category B
HIST 604	History of the Islamic World, 500-1500 [CESD]
HIST 605	History of the Islamic World, 1500-Present [CESD]
I R 323	Middle East Periphery (4) [CESD]
I R 324	Middle East Heartland (4) [CESD]
PHIL 502	World Religions [CESD]

Multicultural Human Relations

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. At least one course must be CESD.

Category A: Psychosocial and Developmental
COUN 690	Field of Counseling I
COUN 691	Field of Counseling II
Category B: Sociohistorical and Contextual
AAS 603	Asian American Women
SXS/SOC 400/PSY 450	Variations in Human Sexuality [CESD]
RAZA 510	Psychodynamics of Raza Family Structure
WGS 565	Women in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [CESD]
Category C: Multicultural Communication and Relationships
COMM 503	Gender and Communication (4) [CESD]
COMM 525	Sexual Identity and Communication (4)
COMM 541	Intercultural Communication (4) [CESD]
COMM 542	Intracultural Communication (4)
COMM 543	Dialogues Across Differences (4)
COUN 614	Interpersonal Issues in Sexuality

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Contributions to World Culture

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. Courses with at least two different departmental prefixes must be selected.

Category A: Europe Before World War I
HIST 344	19th Century Europe [CESD]
HIST 389	European International History: 1848-1918 [CESD]
Category B: Europe and the World in the 20th Century
HIST/I R 346	Recent European History [CESD]
HIST 390	European International History: 1918-1945 [CESD]
HIST 400	History of Modern European Imperialism [CESD]
Category C: European Politics and Culture
HUM 410/PHIL 304	The Modern Revolution [CESD]
HUM 415	Contemporary Culture [CESD]
IR/PLSI 328	Domestic and Foreign Policy of Post-Communist Regions (4) [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in European Studies or History that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up European Studies and History in the index.

Our Violent Planet

Recommended Pattern: Select the two courses from Category A and one course from Category B.

Category A: Science Background
GEOL 302	The Violent Earth
METR 302	The Violent Atmosphere and Ocean
Category B: Cultural Perspectives
ENVS/GEOG 600	Environmental Problems and Solutions [CESD]
GEOG 402	The Climatic Challenge [CESD]
PLSI 354	Politics, the Environment, and Social Change (4) [CESD]

Planning the Urban Environment

Recommended Pattern: Select the course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A: Studying Cities: Overview of Disciplinary and Theoretical Perspectives
HIST 489/USP 400	Dynamics of the American City [CESD]
Category B: Urban Policy and Planning Issues
GEOG/USP 433	Urban Transportation (4)
PLSI/USP 580	Urban Housing [CESD]
GEOG 667/USP 515	Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (4) [CESD]
GEOG 668/PLSI/USP 513	Politics, Law, and the Urban Environment (4)
USP 514	Sustainable Development in Cities (4)

Preservation of a Livable Environment

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from each category. Please note: A minimum of nine units must be completed in the cluster.

Category A: Integrative Overview
GEOG/ENVS 600	Environmental Problems and Solutions [CESD]
Category B: Social Sciences Perspective
ANTH 321	Endangered Cultures [CESD]
BUS 450	Greening of Business
GEOG 422	Environmental Perception
GEOG 427	Agriculture and Food Supply (4)
GEOG/USP 651	San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues (4)
GEOG 666	Geography of Garbage: Recycling and Waste Reduction
PLSI 354	Politics, the Environment, and Social Change (4)
RPT 605	Ecotourism Facilities and Services [CESD]
SOC 477	Environmental Sociology
Category C: Natural Sciences Perspective
BIOL 313	Principles of Ecology Prerequisite: a course in college biology or an environment oriented subject.
BIOL 318	Our Endangered Planet Prerequisite: a course in college biology.
GEOL 305	Energy and Its Environmental Issues

Raza Immigrant Communities in the U.S.

Recommended Pattern: Select the course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A: Immigration
ETHS/RAZA 470	Raza Immigration to the United States [CESD]
Category B: Demographics
RAZA 440	Caribbean Cultures
RAZA/WGS 445	Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [CESD]
RAZA 460	Central Americans of the U.S.: History and Heritage [CESD]
RAZA 500	Raza Community Mental Health [CESD]
RAZA 680	Raza Community Organizing [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Raza Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Raza Studies in the index.

Religious Studies

Category A: Overview
PHIL 500	Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 502	World Religions [CESD]
PHIL 525/RELS 300	The Nature of Religious Experience [CESD]
Category B: Contexts and Perspectives
AFRS 326	Black Religion [CESD]
AIS 310	American Indian Religion and Philosophy [CESD]
HIST 328	Early Christian Church to 313
HIST 329	Early Christian Church, 313-787
HIST 482	Religion in America
HUM 345	Humanism and Mysticism [CESD]
JS 410/PHIL 514	Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism [CESD]
JS 425	Judaism: Religion and Text [CESD]
JS/PHIL 501	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [CESD]
PHIL 436	Islamic Political Philosophy [CESD]
PHIL 504	History of Christian Thought I
PHIL 508	Indian Philosophy and Religion [CESD] (Any title listed under PHIL 508 in the Class Schedule may be taken.)
PHIL 509	The Buddhist Tradition [CESD]
PHIL 511	Chinese Philosophy and Religion
PHIL 515	Semitic Religious Thought (Any title listed under PHIL 515 in the Class Schedule may be taken.)
PHIL 520	Modern Religious Thought
WGS 565	Women in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in Religious Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up Religious Studies in the index.

Science and Human Values

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses. One course designated CESD must be selected.

BIOL 333	The Genetic Revolution Prerequisite: one course in college-level biology.
BIOL 349	Bioethics
BIOL/ENGR 440	Ethical Issues in Science and Technology
ENVS 392	Nature, Culture and Technology [CESD]
ENVS/GEOG 600	Environmental Problems and Solutions [CESD]
PHIL 383	Ethics in Medicine

Stress, Work, and Leisure

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses. At least one course must have a different departmental prefix. One course designated CESD must be selected.

HED 310	Health in Society [CESD]
HH 380	Holistic Health: Western Perspectives
PSY 465	The Psychology of Work Life Stress [CESD]
RPT 380	Developmental Play Processes [CESD]
RPT 420	Leisure and Contemporary Society [CESD]

Study Abroad: Exploring Cultural, Ethnic, or Social Diversity from Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Students in CSU-approved Study Abroad programs may complete their Segment III requirements while they gain a structured and interdisciplinary understanding of their host country. Courses used to meet Segment III requirements through Study Abroad must be approved before the students leave SF State for their Study Abroad assignments by the Study Abroad cluster coordinator.

Recommended Pattern: Students must complete a minimum of 9 units, including at least three courses taken during Study Abroad. Select one or two courses from Category A, one or two courses from Category B, and one course from Category C. At least one course from categories A and B must focus centrally on issues of cultural, ethnic, or social diversity. Courses that combine the approach of two or more disciplines are appropriate, as are ethnic studies courses.

Category A: Perspectives of the Social Sciences
(one or two courses taken during Study Abroad, 2-6 units total)
Courses from the disciplinary perspective(s) of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, and/or sociology.
Category B: Perspectives of the Humanities and Creative Arts
(one or two courses taken during Study Abroad, 2-6 units total)
Courses from the disciplinary perspective(s) of cultural anthropology, history, history and criticism of the arts, literature (either in English or in the language of the host country), philosophy, and/or religious studies.
Category C: Integrating Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Study Abroad
(to be completed after returning from Study Abroad, 1 unit)
AU 694	Integrating Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Study Abroad (1)

Third World Development

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A: Theoretical Foundations
ECON 620	Economic Development [CESD]
I R/S S 520	Modernization and Third World Countries (4) [CESD]
I R/S S 540	The Rich and the Poor Nations (4) [CESD]
SOC 483	Global Sociology (4) [CESD]
Category B: Issues and Regions in Development Studies
GEOG 572	Geography of Latin America [CESD]
HIST 400	Modern European Imperialism [CESD]
HIST/S S 550	Social Change in Modern Latin America [CESD]
HIST 611	Modern Africa [CESD]
I R/PLSI 321	Development and Foreign Policy—Africa (4) [CESD]
I R/PLSI 322	Latin American Policy Analysis (4) [CESD]
I R 323	Middle East: Periphery (4) [CESD]
I R 324	Middle East: Heartland (4) [CESD]
I R/PLSI 325	Chinese Foreign Policy (4) [CESD]
I R 326	South and Southeast Asia Foreign Relations (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 404	Politics of China (4)
IR/PLSI 411	East Asian Politics (4)
I R/PLSI 412	South Asian Politics (4)
I R/PLSI 416	Ethnicity and Nationalism (4)
SOC 482	Global Immigration and Immigrants [CESD]

By taking a few more courses on the theme of this cluster, students may be able to complete a minor in World Development Studies that will appear on their transcripts; for more information, look up World Development Studies in the index.

Understanding Public Policy

Recommended Pattern: Select one course from Category A, one course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or B. Courses with two different departmental prefixes must be selected. One course designated CESD must be selected.

Category A: The Public Policy Process
PA/PLSI 400	The Public Policy Process
PLSI/USP 480	Policy Analysis (4)
PLSI 551	Judicial Power in Public Policy Making (4)
PLSI 553	Legal Issues (4)
Category B: Public Policy Areas
AFRS 375	Law and the Black Community
ENVS/IR 331	Global Environmental Crisis
ENVS/GEOG 600	Environmental Problems and Solutions [CESD]
ETHS 665	Asian American Community and Public Policy
GEOG 427	Agriculture and Food Supply (4)
GEOG/USP 433	Urban Transportation (4)
GEOG 666	Geography of Garbage: Recycling and Waste
GEOG 667/USP 515	Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment (4) [CESD]
H ED 310	Health and Society [CESD]
H ED 417	AIDS: Contemporary Health Crisis [CESD]
H ED 418	Environmental Health
HIST 461	History of American Foreign Policy
SXS 569/PHIL 455	Sex and the Law
IR 310	U.S. Foreign Policy (4)
IR/PLSI 321	Development and Foreign Policy— Africa (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 322	Latin American Policy Analysis (4) [CESD]
IR/PLSI 328	Domestic and Foreign Policy: Post Communist Regions (4) [CESD]
LABR/PLSI/USP 570	Urban Health Policy [CESD]
PLSI/USP 560	Urban Poverty and Policy (4) [CESD]
PLSI/USP 580	Urban Housing [CESD]
USP 530	Alternative Urban Futures [CESD]
USP 565	Social Policy and Family Systems (4) [CESD]

Women of Color in the U.S.

Recommended Pattern: Select three courses.

AA S 603	Asian American Women [CESD]
AFRS 335	Black Women: A Cultural Analysis [CESD]
AIS 420	American Indian Women [CESD]
RAZA 410	Raza Women [CESD]
RAZA/WGS 445	Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [CESD]

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