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Requirements
SAMPLE AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
The Area of Concentration requirement is as follows: Majors will complete an individually articulated area of concentration consisting of a minimum of 20 units of upper division coursework. The plan for the area of concentration (the application to declare the major) must be approved during the student's sophomore or junior year by an American Studies faculty adviser.
The concentration requirement assures that students have reasonable depth and breadth in their American Studies major. The concentrations must include coursework from two or more departments or fields, and must examine a theme, issue, or problem in American culture. Areas of concentration may be highly individualized, depending on the student's personal interest, prior preparation, and the availability of courses.
Listed on the following pages are examples of how areas of concentration could be formulated for specific American Studies majors.
American Business and Globalism
This area focuses on American business and its role in the global economy.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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American Studies/Business Admin 172
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Business in its Historical Environment
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History 124B
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The Recent United States: 1941-80
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PEIS 101
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Contemporary Theories of Political Economy
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Political Science 120A
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International Relations
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Political Science 138B
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The Politics of Market Economics
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UGBA 178
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Introduction to International Business
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Alternate Courses:
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Economics 181
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International Trade
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Economics 182
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International Monetary Economics
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Geography 110
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Economic Geography of Industrial World
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Geography 121
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The Automobile & American Society
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The American Family
This area of concentration focuses on the history, changing structure and meaning of family in American society.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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Sociology 111
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Sociology of the Family
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Public Policy 164
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Impact of Government Policy on Families
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Legal Studies 155
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Government of the Family
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History C129
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Children Through History: Social Practices & Social Welfare
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African American Studies 122
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African American Families in American Society
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Chicano Studies 179
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Chicano Families
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Alternate Courses:
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History 131
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The Social History of the United States
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Demography C126
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Population Issues
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Psychology 131
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Developmental Psychopathology
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Gender & Women’s Studies 120
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The History of American Women
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American Popular Culture
This area of concentration examines the creation, production, reception and consumption of popular/commercial culture in the United States.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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American Studies 118X
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American Popular Culture
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African American Studies 142B
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The Cross Cultural Images of American Minorities in Film
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English 176
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Literature & Popular Culture
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Native American Studies 158
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Native Americans in Cinema
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Sociology 160
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Sociology of Culture
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Gender & Women’s Studies 101
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Cultural Representations of Gender
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Alternate Courses
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American Studies 110
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When topic is: Advertising in the U.S.
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American Studies 115
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The American Detective
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Anthropology 189
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When topic Is: Global Popular Culture
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Film 108
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Film Genre
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History 124A
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U.S. History 1900-1940
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Mass Communications 102
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Effects of the Mass Media
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Rhetoric 128
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Novel into Film
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Sociology 180
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American Society
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American Public Policy
This area investigates the way that social problems are defined and analyzed in the United States, and focuses on the political and historical dimensions of public policy.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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Public Policy 101
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Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
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Public Policy 170
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Ethics in Public Policy
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African American Studies 107
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Race & Public Policy
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Political Science 182
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Public Policy Administration
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Public Health 150D
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Introduction to Health Policy & Administration
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Legal Studies 162
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Courts & Social Policy
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Alternate Courses:
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Public Policy 117AC
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Race, Ethnicity & Public Policy
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Political Science 189
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Topics in Public Organization & Policy
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Social Welfare 100
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Social Welfare Policy
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Public Policy 179
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Public Budgeting
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ESPM 153
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American Land: Interpretation, Use & Control
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Art, Architecture, Design, and Landscape in America
Looking at buildings, artworks, objects of all kinds for social content and cultural meaning this concentration draws on the resources of many departments. Focusing on physical objects designed and
made by artisans, artists, professional designers, vernacular builders, housewives and others students concentrate on analyzing the historical, rhetorical, and cultural as well as functional aspects of the human-made material world. Taking foundational/lower division courses as required in several of the listed disciplines, students will design their major drawing on these and other (approved) offerings.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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American Studies C176/Art History C189
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American Forest: Ecology, History, Representation
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Anthropology & Archeology 121A
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American Material Culture
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Architecture 174A/B
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American Architecture
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Art History 185A
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U. S. Art, Architecture, Design, 19th & 20th Century
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History 128AC
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Cultural Landscape of the S.F. Bay Area
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Landscape Architecture 170
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History & Literature of Landscape Architecture
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Alternate Courses:
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American Studies 102
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When topic is: "Museums & Sacred Sites"
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American Studies 102
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When topic is: "Theme Parks "
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American Studies 102
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When topic is: “Water as a Place”
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American Studies 110
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When topic is: "Advertising in America"
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Anthropology & Archeology 135B
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Environmental Archeology
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Architecture 174A
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San Francisco Architecture
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Architecture 179AC
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Architecture & Ethnicity
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Art History 178
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Colonial Art, Architecture, & Design
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Art History 185B
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American Domestic Architecture
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City Planning 111
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Introduction to Housing
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Environmental Design 169A
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History of U. S. Cultural Environment, 1783-1900
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Environmental Design 169B
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History of U. S. Cultural Environment, 1900-1970
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Geography 121
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Automobile & American Society
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Geography 150
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California
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Geography 151
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The American West
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Geography 181
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Urban Field Study
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Landscape Architecture 131AC
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Sacred Landscapes Across Cultures
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Landscape Architecture 141AC
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American Landscape: Cultural Differences
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Computer Science and the American Public
The sequence below assumes interest in the cultural meaning of computer design and the social construction of American engineering education: an investigation of the ways in which computer design is formed and changed in a social context.
* Note: For advanced technical courses, the student would need rigorous preparation in mathematics, physics, and computer science. For instance, the student might be an undergraduate engineering student who transferred to American Studies in her junior year. In some cases, non-engineering students might negotiate permission to take such courses P/NP.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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IDS 100
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History of American Technology
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IDS 217
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Technology, Tasks & Politics
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EECS 150*
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Components & Design Tech for Digital Systems
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EECS 152*
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Computer Architecture & Engineering
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Business Administration 147
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Computers & Modern Organizations
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Alternate Courses:
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Integrated Circuit Devices |
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Processing & Design of Integrated Circuits |
Disabilities Studies
Disability Studies directs it focus toward how society creates “disability” by constructing identities and barriers.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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Anthropology 115
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Introduction to Medical Anthropology
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English 175
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Literature & Disability
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Public Health 130AC
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Aging, Health & Diversity
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Sociology 155
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Sociology of Illness & Medicine
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UGIS 110
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Introduction to Disability Studies
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UGIS 112
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Women & Disability
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Alternate Courses:
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Anthropology 119
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Special Topics in Medical Anthropology
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Chicano Studies 176
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Chicanos & Health Care
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City & Regional Planning 120
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Community Planning & Public Policy for Disability
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Economics 157
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Health Economics
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IDS 130
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Social, Political & Ethical Issues in Health & Medicine
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Landscape Architecture 140
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Social & Psychological factors in Open Space Design
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Education in America
This concentration explores the history, policy implications, and practices of Education in the U.S.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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Anthropology 153
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Education & Culture
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Education 183
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History of Education in the U.S.
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Education 182
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Educational Bureaucracies & Remedies
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Education 189
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Democracy & Education
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Public Policy 188
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Policy Issues in Urban & Industrial America
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Sociology 113
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Sociology of Education
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Alternates Courses:
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Education 156
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Education & American Society (rarely offered)
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Education 180AC
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Minorities in Higher Education
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Education 181
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TV as Educator: Schools, the New Media & Cultural Change
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Education 190
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Current Issues in Education
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Education 190B
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Unraveling Education: A Participatory Inquiry
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Public Policy 101
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Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
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Public Policy 179
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Public Budgeting
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Public Policy 190
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Special Topics in Public Policy
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One could also focus on:
Minorities and Education in the U.S.
Learning and Education in the U.S. (including Psych & Cog Sci courses)
Health Care in American Culture since 1945
This concentration explores American attitudes about health care and the development of institutions for health care. For entry into some of these courses, you may need to take preparatory lower division work.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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Anthropology 115
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Introduction to Medical Anthropology
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Sociology 155
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Sociology of Illness & Medicine
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IDS 130
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Social, Political & Ethical Issues in Health/Medicine
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Chicano Studies 180
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Mental Health, Law & Society
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Public Policy 172
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Health Care Policy Analysis
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Economics 157
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Health Economics
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Alternate Courses:
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Anthropology 118
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Socio-Psychological Aspects of Medical Anthropology
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Anthropology 114A
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History of Anthropological Thought
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Public Health 140
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Intro to Vital & Demographical Statistics
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Sociology 110
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Organizations & Institutions
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Sociology 150
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Social Psychology
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SAHS 150
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Community Nutrition
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Nature in America
This concentration explores the historical, social, ideological as well as scientific, economic, and geographical dimensions of the natural environment in the U. S. Students choosing this area of concentration study the interaction of natural systems and social contexts over time. Analytical and interpretive structures are studied independently and in relation to one another.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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American Studies C176
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American Forest: Ecology, History, Representation
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Art History 185A
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U. S. Art, Architecture & Design, 19th & 20th Cent.
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English 130B
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American Literature: 1800-65
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ESPM 153
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American Land--Interpretation, Use & Control
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ESPM161
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Environmental Philosophy & Ethics
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Geography 103
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History of Environmental Thought
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Landscape Arch 110
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Ecological Analysis
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Alternate Courses:
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Anthropology & Archeology 135B
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Environmental Archeology
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ESPM 101
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A Wildland Resource Ecology
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ESPM 102C
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Resource Management
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ESPM 102D
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Resource & Environmental Policy
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ESPM 116A
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Forest Ecology
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ESPM 116B
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Range Ecology
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ESPM 117
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Urban Garden Ecosystems
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ESPM 160AC
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American Environmental & Cultural History
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Geography 150
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California
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Geography 151
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The American West
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Geography 177
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Conservation Geography
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History C120
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American Environmental & Cultural History
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History 126B
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The West in United States History
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Organizations in the American Workplace
This concentration, which is based on the study of organizational theory, focuses on management, authority, administration, and motivation.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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American Studies/UGBA172
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Business in its Historical Environment
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Psychology 180
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Industrial-Organizational Psychology
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Psychology 182
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Personnel Psychology
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Sociology 110
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Organizations & Institutions
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Sociology 116
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Sociology of Work
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UGBA 105
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Introduction to Organizational Behavior
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UGBA 151
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Management of Human Resources
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Alternate Courses:
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American Studies 110
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Language, Cognition & American Business
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Economics 126
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Industrial Organizations
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Economics 151
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Labor Economics
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Political Science 181
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Public Organization & Administration
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Political Science 183
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Administrative Behavior
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UGBA 157
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Special Topics in Organizational Behavior
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Urban America: Structure and Culture
This area of concentration explores the American urban experience.
Area of Concentration Courses:
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Anthropology 145
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Urban Anthropology
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City and Regional Planning 110
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Introduction to City Planning
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City and Regional Planning 118AC
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The Urban Community
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Geography 101
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Cultural Geography Urban Environment
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Geography 181
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Urban Field Study
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Sociology 125AC
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Urban Sociology
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Alternate Courses
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African American Studies 137
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Urban African-America
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Architecture 170A/B
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History of Architecture & Urbanism
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Demography 140
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Human Migration
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Environmental Design 169A/B
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History of U.S. Cultural Environment
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History 134A/B
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The Age of the City
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Landscape Architecture 103
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Design of Urban Landscape
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City & Regional Planning 113B
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Community & Economic Development
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Other areas of concentration might include:
Community Structures
Social Movements and U.S. History
Class Representation in the U.S.
Identity and Representation in the U.S.
Childhood in America Individual Learning and Education Psychology |
