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Requirements for the Single Subject Preparation Program

The Social Science major with Preparation Program requires 60 units completed as follows:

Forty-five (45) units in the Core Program

27 lower or upper-division units

18 upper-division units

Fifteen (15) units in the Breadth Program

15 upper-division units

  

 

 

 

 

 

Courses are drawn from history, political science, economics, psychology, sociology, geography and women's studies.

 

Lower or Upper-Division CORE Requirements

Required Core Courses (27 Units)

 

United States History (6 units)
HIST 230 U.S. History 1500-1865 3 units
HIST 231 U.S. History 1865-Present 3 units


World History (6 units)
HIST 201 World Civilizations to 1500 3 units
HIST 202 World Civilizations from 1500 to the Present 3 units


Psychology (3 units)
PSYC 100    Introduction to Psychology      3 units


Economics (6 units)

Option A:

ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics 3 units
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics    3 units

or

Option B:

ECON 250  Introduction to Economics 3 units

And one of the following:
ECON 306 Economics, Philosophy, and Politics 3 units
ECON 311 Comparative Economic Systems: Historical, Theoretical, and Evolutionary Aspects  

3 units
ECON 321   Great Economic Thinkers 3 units


American Government and Politics (3 units)

Option A:
PSCI 100 U.S. Government and Politics 3 units

or

Option B:
PSCI 300 U.S. Political Institutions 3 units


Sociology (3 units)

Select one course:
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3 units
SOC 300 American Society and Institutions 3 units
SOC 311 Inequality 3 units
SOC 317 Youth and Society 3 units
SOC 321 Sociological Deviance 3 units
SOC 323 Juvenile Delinquency 3 units
SOC 413 Sociology of Education 3 units
 

Upper-Division CORE Requirements

Required Core Courses (27 Units)



American History (3 units)

Select one course:
HIST 330 The Constitution and American Society 3 units
HIST 333 Red, White, and Black and the British Colonies 3 units
HIST 339 The American City 3 units
HIST 340 The U.S. Since World War II 3 units
HIST 341 Ideas in America 3 units
HIST 342 Prosperity, Depression, and the War: the United States from 1920-1945 3 units
HIST 344 The American Frontier as a Symbol and Myth 3 units
HIST 345 The Immigrant Experience 3 units
HIST 346 Development of the American Frontier 3 units
HIST 432 The Transatlantic Conversion 3 units
HIST 435 Beats, Hippies and Punks--Counterculture in the United States Since World War II 3 units


European History (3 units)

Select one course:
HIST 305 Early Industrial Britain, 1688 to 1850 3 units
HIST 307 The Politics of Irish Nationalism 3 units
HIST 310 Ancient Middle East and Greece 3 units
HIST 311 The Mediterranean in the Age of Rome 3 units
HIST 313 Church and Society in Medieval Europe 3 units
HIST 317 Renaissance and Reformation of Europe 3 units
HIST 318 Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe 3 units
HIST 319 Industrialization of Europe 3 units
HIST 320 The Age of Empire 3 units
HIST 321 Nationalism and Unification in Europe 3 units
HIST 322 Europe and the Age of World War 3 units
HIST 323 Society and Culture in Modern Europe 3 units
HIST 324 Philosophers and Kings: Europe in the 18th Century 3 units
HIST 325 Revolutionary Europe 3 units
HIST 326 Towards a European Community 3 units
HIST 328 Imperial Russia 3 units
HIST 329 From Russia to U.S.S.R. 3 units


Non-Western History (3 units)

Select one course:
HIST 351 Borderlands Areas Under Mexico and Spain 3 units
HIST 352 Mexico, Past and Present 3 units
HIST 353 Latin American Revolution 3 units
HIST 354 The Search for Caribbean Independence 3 units
HIST 362 China and the West 3 units
HIST 36 3 China and Revolution 3 units
HIST 365 Tradition and Change in Japan 3 units
HIST 369 Southeast Asia and the Era of European Expansion 3 units
HIST 375 African Nationalism and Independence 3 units
HIST 380 The Rise of Islam 3 units
HIST 385 Modern Middle East 3 units


Geography (3 units)
GEOG 301 World Regional Geography 3 units


California History (3 units)

HIST 347 California History 3 units


U.S. Government (3 units)

Select one course:
PSCI 321 Making Public Policy 3 units
PSCI 355 U.S. Foreign Policy 3 units
PSCI 401 Campaigns and Elections 3 units
PSCI 40 5 Clashes of Interest: Groups in US Politics 3 units
PSCI 406 Party Politics in the US 3 units
PSCI 410 Congress and the Legislative Process 3 units
PSCI 411 Power, Politics and the Presidency 3 units
PSCI 412 Constitutional Law Powers of Government 3 units
PSCI 413 Constitutional Law: Individual Rights 3 units
PSCI 414 Law and Politics in the US 3 units
PSCI 415 State Politics 3 units
PSCI 416 Urban Politics 3 units

 

Upper-Division BREADTH Requirements

Required Core Courses (15 Units)



World Government (3 units)

Select one course:
PSCI 330 World Political Systems 3 units
PSCI 335 European Politics 3 units
PSCI 336 Russian Politics 3 units
PSCI 337 African Politics 3 units
PSCI 338 Latin America Politics 3 units
PSCI 339 Middle East Politics 3 units
PSCI 340 East Asia Politics 3 units
PSCI 350 Global Governance 3 units
PSCI 356 Russia and the World 3 units
PSCI 360 The European Community 3 units
PSCI 361 US—Latin American Relations 3 units
PSCI 431 Global Development 3 units
PSCI 433 Law Around the World 3 units
PSCI 460 Global Money and Power 3 units
PSCI 461 International Conflict, War, and Peace 3 units


Race or Ethnicity in the U.S. (3 units)

Select one course:
ECON 308 The Economics and Politics of Race 3 units
HIST 333 Red, White, and Black and the British Colonies 3 units
HIST 334 Foundations of the African- American Experience 3 units
HIST 335 The African American Struggle for Equality 3 units
HIST 337 American Indian Response to White Expansion 3 units
HIST 338 Modern U.S. Indian Policy 3 units
PSCI 305 Race, Power, and Politics in the US 3 units
PSYC 341 Multicultural Perspectives in Psychology 3 units
SOC 311 Inequality 3 units
SOC 313 Race/Ethnic Relations 3 units
SOC 343 Asian American Communities 3 units
SOC 345 Hispanic and Hispanic-American Communities 3 units
SOC 347 African American Communities 3 units


Gender (3 units)

Select one course:
ECON 341 The Economics of Women and Men 3 units
HIST 316 Gender and Authority in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 3 units
HIST 327 Women in Modern Europe 3 units
HIST 331 Law, Women, Family, and American History 3 units
HIST 332 Women in America 3 units
HIST 384 Women in the Middle East--Historical Perspectives 3 units
HIST 434 Seminar in American History—20th Century Feminist Thought 3 units
PSCI 391 Sexual Politics 3 units
PSCI 472 Feminist Political Thought 3 units
PSYC 350 Psychology of Women 3 units
SOC 305 Sociology of Women 3 units
SOC 315 Sex Roles 3 units
SOC 337 Women and Organizations 3 units
WMST 301 Gender and Race in Contemporary Society 3 units


Topics and Theories that Integrate the Social Sciences (3 units)

Select one course:
ECON 305 Economic Approach to Politics and Sociology 3 units
HIST 389 or PSCI 363 Historical Transformation of Money and Power 3 units
HIST 395 Historical Methods and Writing 3 units
PSCI 370 Foundations of Political Thought 3 units
PSCI 372 Democracy and the Modern States 3 units
PSCI 373 Contemporary Political Theories and Ideologies 3 units
PSCI 393 Environmental Policy 3 units
PSCI 470 American Political Thought 3 units
PSYC 354 Educational Psychology: Psychological Perspectives 3 units
SOC 311 Inequality 3 units
SOC 401 History of Social Theory 3 units
SOC 441 Political Sociology 3 units


Ethics or Religion (3 units)

Select one course:
ECON 411 Public Choice 3 units
HIST 343 Religion in America 3 units
HIST 395 Historical Methods and Writing 3 units
PSCI 392 Religion and Politics 3 units
PSCI 394 Political Corruption and Ethics 3 units
PSCI 471 Philosophy and Law 3 units
SOC 351 Sociology of Religion 3 units
SOC 360 Research Methods 3 units

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