1 Introduction to Sociology (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
May be offered as an honors section.
Presents an orientation to the field of sociology including such
sociological concepts and issues as culture and subculture; development of the self; gender and age roles; social class and caste; groups, communities, collectivities, and organizations; deviance; racism; human institutions: family, religion, education, government, economics; and population change in society.
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2 American Social Problems (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
Deals with the sociological identification and analysis of contemporary social problems in the United States. Analyzes aspects of social and cultural change which include issues of personal demoralization and social disorganization. This course is also designed to introduce the student to the significance of race, class, and gender in understanding social problems in the U.S. and around the world. The course will focus on sociological theories in examining social problems.
3 Crime and Delinquency (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
May be offered as an honors section.
Examines the nature and extent of crime and delinquency, theories of causation, types of juvenile and adult offenses, and efforts by society to cope with law violations. Includes programs for prevention, correction, and rehabilitation.
4 Sociological Analysis (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles and methods of sociological research design and implementation. Students examine the key varieties of evidence—including qualitative and quantitative data, data-gathering and sampling methods, logic of comparison, and causal reasoning. The work of several scholars is evaluated and students create their own research design related to a sociological issue.
11 Race & Ethnic Relations (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
May be offered as an honors section.
This course examines the definitions, history, and experiences of ethnic and racial groups in this country. Attention is given to Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and White Americans as well as women and religious minorities. What social, economic, and political factors affect majority-minority relations? What are the sources of discrimination? Of prejudice? Is social equality between different groups possible?
13 Society and Personality (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
May be offered as an honors section.
Students are introduced to social psychology, focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field. the course examines the relationship between the individual and the social environment. Issues analyzed include socialization, self, identity, symbolic communication, altruism, aggression, deviant behavior, group processes.
15 Religion and American Society (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
May be offered as an honors section.
This course is designed to introduce students to the sociological analysis of religion. It will distinguish sociological perspectives on religion from alternative approaches. It will examine the connections between religion and other aspects of social life, such as gender, class, race/ethnicity and sexual identity. It will also analyze the relationship between religion and social continuity and change. Emphasis is placed on analyzing relevant current events involving religion.
21 Human Sexuality (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
May be offered as an honors section.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the social, cultural, historical, and religious influences that shape contemporary sexual values and normative beliefs in the United States. Explores the diversities of major paradigms of sociology toward sexual practices and behavior, including cross-cultural traditions, sexual attraction and response, sexual deviance, sexual orientations and the commercialization of love, sex, and eroticism.
28 The Family: A Sociological Approach (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
May be offered as an honors section.
This course presents the family as a social institution. The course examines the structure and function of the modern family, as well as the historical influences on the development of the family. The course will highlight the family life cylce from mate selection through the issues of the aging family.
29 The U.S. and Terrorism (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
This class will examine the evolution of the U.S. presence in the Middle East and Central Asia. It will also explore the development of terrorism and the U.S. response.
31 Sociology of Gender (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
This course examines the social significance of gender in contemporary U.S. society. It analyzes the social construction of gender ideology and how women and men’s experiences are affected by social institutions such as work, education, the family, and the criminal justice system. Men and women’s differential experiences are analyzed within the context of race, class, and sexual orientation. The course demonstrates how the experiences of men and women are created through social institutions and can, therefore, be transformed through social and institutional change.
35 The Labor Movement (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
The course presents a sociological and historical analysis of labor movements in the United States and their effects upon American society. The course introduces students to distinctions among different forms of labor (forced and free), the role of markets and the State in regulating labor, and the effects of external factors (Industrial Revolution, abolition of chattel slavery, the Great Depression, war, globalization) and internal (to the laboring class) factors (competition among workers, ideologies, social and political organization) affecting the development of labor movements.
37 Introduction to Political Sociology (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
Same as Political Science 37. Credit not given for both.
This course is the sociological study of power, politics, and the state. In political sociology, students will examine the interrelation of politics and society by combining sociological analysis with analyses of political structure and political processes. Emphasis is placed on political sociological theories, elites and masses, the state, globalization, nationalism and social movements, media and interest groups, social and political institutions, capitalism, corporatism, and status.
43 Online Teaching and Learning for Educators (2)
Lecture 2 hours.
Introduces strategies for designing and teaching an online course. Designed so that learners will experience the various components of an online course from both student and facilitator perspectives. Basic computer, word processing knowledge, and Internet access ability are assumed. Offered pass/no-pass only.
86 Popular Culture (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
This course is designed to introduce students to the analysis of the historical and current development and emergence of American popular culture and its relationship to social institutions, collective behavior, and roles in people’s lives. Social, technological, political, and economic aspects of society are examined with regard to the adoption, maintenance, and changes in popular culture, including the consumption of mass media, fashion, music, consumerism and food. Distinction between popular culture and culture, mass culture, folk culture and its contribution to society’s contemporary outlook is analyzed.
87 Sociology of Deviant Behavior (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
Examines the structural and individual causes of deviant behavior in American society. Both absolutist and relativist analysis describe the very nature of why people engage in “undesirable” and socially “unacceptable” behavior. Apart from criminology, this discipline observes other behaviors that are not sanctioned by a legal body. The causes, consequences, practical data and ameliorative methods are offered.
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Cooperative Work Experience Education - Sociology (1-4) CSU
See Cooperative Work Experience Education.
Spanish
1 Elementary Spanish I (5) UC:CSU
Lecture 5 hours.
Recommended: Concurrent enrollment in Spanish 101.
Students with previous knowledge of Spanish should enroll in a higher level. Heritage speakers should enroll in Spanish 4, 5, or 6.
This is an introductory course designed for students who have had little or no recent formal instruction in Spanish. Upon successful completion of this course students are able to ask and answer questions in the present tense and understand and carry on simple conversations on familiar topics. This course is conducted primarily in Spanish.
2 Elementary Spanish II (5) UC:CSU
Lecture 5 hours.
Prerequisite: Spanish 1 with a grade of “C” or better, or equivalent high
school preparation, or the appropriate skill level demonstrated in Spanish 1 by a successful score on the CAPE (Computer Assisted Placement Exam).
Recommended: Concurrent enrollment in Spanish 101.
Students with previous knowledge of Spanish should enroll in a higher level. Heritage speakers should enroll in Spanish 4, 5, or 6.
In this class students will learn to ask and answer questions in past tenses (including the preterit and imperfect), give commands, use present subjunctive, and be able to understand more complex conversations, speak and write with greater accuracy and detail. Proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, writing and the culture of Spanish-speaking countries is evaluated. Heritage speakers should enroll in Spanish 4, 5 or 6.
3 Intermediate Spanish I (5) UC:CSU
Lecture 5 hours.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2 with a grade of “C” or better, or equivalent high
school preparation, or the appropriate skill level demonstrated in Spanish 2 by a successful score on the CAPE (Computer Assisted Placement Exam).
Recommended: Concurrent enrollment in Spanish 101.
Students with previous knowledge of Spanish should enroll in a higher level. Heritage speakers should enroll in Spanish 4, 5, or 6.
Upon entering this class students should be able to ask and answer questions in past tenses (including the preterit and imperfect), give commands, use present subjunctive, and be able to understand more complex conversations and speak and write with greater accuracy and detail. In this class students learn further grammatical constructions (past subjunctive, compound tenses and passive voice). Students begin to be able to understand and carry on more detailed conversations and speak and write with a moderate degree of fluency on a variety of cultural topics. Proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, writing and the culture of Spanish-speaking countries is evaluated. This course is conducted primarily in Spanish. Heritage speakers should enroll in Spanish 4, 5, or 6.
4 Intermediate Spanish II (5) UC:CSU
Lecture 5 hours.
Prerequisite: Spanish 3 with a grade of “C” or better, or equivalent high
school preparation, or the appropriate skill level demonstrated in Spanish 3 (ability to ask and answer questions in the present and past tenses, give commands, use present and past subjunctive, compound tenses and passive voice. Students must be able to understand and carry on more detailed conversations and speak and write with a moderate degree of fluency on a variety of topics).
Recommended: Concurrent enrollment in Spanish 101.
Intermediate performance-based course whose major purpose is critical thinking and communicating. The five basic skills emphasized in this course are Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing and cultural and literary awareness. Students expand their ability to perform the functions developed in Levels I-III as well as to develop the ability to understand literary issues, engage in close conversations with a critical mind, compare and contrast, explain and support an opinion and idea. This class is conducted in Spanish.
Lecture 5 hours.
Prerequisite: Spanish 4 with a grade of “C” or better or the appropriate skill
levels achieved in Spanish 4.
Note: Concurrent enrollment in Spanish 8 is strongly recommended for
non-native speakers.
Recommended for native speakers, Spanish majors, and international business majors.
Advanced performance-based course whose major purpose is critical thinking and communicating. The five basic skills emphasized in this course are Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing and cultural and literary awareness. Students expand their ability to perform the functions developed in Levels I-IV as well as to develop the ability to understand literary issues, engage in close conversations with a critical mind, compare and contrast, explain and support an opinion and idea and convince and persuade. This class content embraces concepts of broader cultural significance, including issues, such as environment, human rights, abstract ideas concerning art, literature, politics and society. This class is conducted in Spanish.
6 Advanced Spanish II (5) UC:CSU
Lecture 5 hours.
Prerequisite: Spanish 4 with a grade of “C” or better, or the appropriate
skill levels achieved in Spanish 4.
Note: Concurrent enrollment in Spanish 8 is strongly recommended for
non-native speakers.
Recommended for native speakers, Spanish majors and international business majors.
Advanced performance-based course whose major purpose is critical thinking and communicating. The five basic skills emphasized in this course are Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing and cultural and literary awareness. Students expand their ability to perform the functions developed in Levels I-IV as well as to develop the ability to understand literary issues, engage in close conversations with a critical mind, compare and contrast, explain and support an opinion and idea and convince and persuade. This class content embraces concepts of broader cultural significance, including issues, such as environment, human rights, abstract ideas concerning art, literature, politics and society. This class is conducted in Spanish.
8 Conversational Spanish (2) CSU - RPT 3
Lecture 2 hours.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2 with a grade of “C” or better, or equivalent
high school preparation, or the appropriate skill level demonstrated upon completion of Spanish 2.
This course is offered as a pass/no pass course only.
This is a conversation course designed for students who are able to ask and answer questions in the present and past tenses, give polite commands, use present subjunctive, and be able to understand basic conversations. Upon successful completion of this course students will begin to be able to understand and carry on more detailed conversations and speak with a moderate degree of fluency on a variety of topics. Significant amounts of time is spent engaging in oral communication and never in translation. The exclusive use of Spanish in the classroom from the beginning is done by memorization and role playing of dialogues, and prediction exercises. Students will be assigned four hours per week of homework including one mandatory hour in the Learning Center (TLC 1613).
9 Hispanic Civilization (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
This course is a cultural and literary history and an interpretation of Spanish civilization from its earliest beginnings to the present, with particular attention paid to Spanish art, literature, architecture and music. Few cultures in the world possess a comparable richness and continuity as demonstrated by the contributions of Romans, Jews, and Moors. Emphasis will be placed on the discussion of the formation of a Spanish identity and cultural consciousness through such institutions as the Inquisition, the Catholic Church, the Monarchy and the military; in addition, we will analyze the revolutionary currents of various political and social philosophies that fought the radically conservative tendencies of the aforementioned religious and political institutions.
10 Latin American Civilization (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
Same as History 23. Credit not given for both courses.
A study of the diverse cultures of Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries and peoples, together with the themes, institutions, beliefs, and symbols that have endured through time and their quest to define and understand their identity in their actions, in their memories of the past, and in their dreams of the future.
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11 Great Books of Spanish Literature (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
An interpretation of Spain and Spanish culture presented through a survey of its literature, with selected readings of important writers in their historical setting, from the foundational myth of “El Cid” to writers raised during the dictatorship of Franco in contemporary Spain.
12 Contemporary Mexican Literature (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours. Humanities Credit.
Note: Readings are in English translation. Knowledge of the Spanish language
is not required.
A course exploring Mexican cultural identity through great works of Mexican literature spanning the late 19th and early 21th centuries. The works of world famous authors such as Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz, Elena Poniatowska, and Mariano Azuela will be studied in depth.
15 Great Books of Latin American Literature (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours. Humanities Credit.
May be offered as an honors section.
Note: Readings are in English translation. Knowledge of the Spanish language
is not required.
A course that studies the diverse cultures of Latin America through its greatest literary works, covering the Conquest to contemporary times. Great movements in Latin American literature will be covered, such as Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and the ‘magic realism’ of the so-called Latin American ‘boom’ novels of the 1960s and 1970s. Great authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges and others will be analyzed in depth.
16 Mexican Civilization (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
A study of the diverse cultures of Mexico from Pre-Columbian to present times, including its culture, history, near-constant battles for freedom, sovereignty and independence.
21 Fundamentals of Spanish I (3) *UC:CSU
Note: Spanish 21 and 22 are equivalent to Spanish 1. Credit is given for
either Spanish 1 or Spanish 21 and 22, not both.
Introductory course for students who have had little or no recent formal education in Spanish. Students learn to ask and answer questions in the present tense and understand and carry on simple conversations on familiar subjects. Proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture of Spanish-speaking countries is evaluated. Course covers chapters 1-3 of Espanol a lo vivo. Class assignments will require one hour per week in The Learning Center (TLC 1613).
22 Fundamentals of Spanish II (3) *UC:CSU
Prerequisite: Spanish 21 with a grade of “C” or better.
Note: Spanish 21 and 22 are equivalent to Spanish 1. Credit is given for
either Spanish 1 or Spanish 21 and 22, not both.
Continuation of introductory course for students who have had little or no recent formal education in Spanish. Students learn to ask and answer questions in the present tense and understand and carry on simple conversations on familiar subjects. Proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture of Spanish-speaking countries is evaluated. Course covers chapters 4-6 of Espanol a lo vivo. Class assignments will require one hour per week in The Learning Center (TLC 1613). Students must pass exit proficiency exam (CAPE) with a score of 295 or better to receive credit for the course.
24 Spanish for Medical Personnel (3) CSU - RPT 1
Note: This course is taught in 1 unit modules and is offered as a credit/no
credit course only.
Provider approved by the California Board of Nursing. Each of the 1-unit modules awards 15 contact hours of continuing education for nurses.
A basic course in Spanish for health service personnel serving the Spanish speaking community. Some knowledge of the basics of Spanish grammar and usage is recommended.
25 Spanish American Short Story in Translation (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours. Humanities Credit.
Note: Readings are in English translation. Knowledge of the Spanish language
is not required.
This course studies the compelling genre of the short story in the context of Latin American culture, history, politics and multi-national identity formation. Beginning during the time of the Conquest to the contemporary period, various short stories from around Latin America exemplify the stunning diversity of themes, styles, characters and the influence of various literary, artistic and social movements, such as Romanticism, Modernism, Naturalism, Surrealism and Expressionism. This course emphasizes reading and writing skills, and requires in-class essays and a longer, research paper.
26 Understanding Latin America through Film (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours. Humanities credit.
This course looks at the prolific output of films from Latin America that emphasize social themes, particularly in the area of social justice and