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California Studies |
California Studies is a multi-disciplinary program which studies the consensus and conflict, unity and diversity, and the continuity and change that characterize the many cultures, artistic, and creative expressions, earth and geosciences, as well as social structures of past and present California. Students pursuing this minor draw upon the strengths of many departments offering courses on the various dimensions of California, including Anthropology, American Studies, Humanities, History, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Art, English, Geography, La Raza Studies, Black Studies, Political Science, Economics, NEXA, Biology, Meteorology, and Geology. Core courses are required to obtain the minor, with additional elective courses to be chosen by the student. Each student gains from the minor program a grasp of Californian history and political processes, a knowledge and appreciation of the rich diversity of California cultures, creative arts and literatures, an informed view of California's environmental richness and ecological relationships, and a continuing interest in the mutable and dynamic California landscape. Students receive a Minor in California Studies by completing 24 units in a wide range of courses selected from five of the SFSU's academic colleges: Behavioral and Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Ethnic Studies, Humanities, and Science. The seventeen departments with courses in the California Studies Minor offer the student a wide variety of perspectives through which to acquire a multidisciplinary understanding of the state. Curriculum for the Minor
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California Focus |
American Studies is an interdisciplinary program within the College of Humanities and the College of Behavioral and Social Science that offers students an opportunity to create an individualized major. The purpose of the major is to study the unity and diversity, the consensus and conflict, the continuity and change, that characterize the many cultures and social structures of past and present United States. Each student creates a program, drawing upon courses from throughout the University, designed to accomplish this attempt to understand the United States as a whole. American Studies majors may use their 24 elective units to specialize in the study of California. The California Studies focus provides students with the skills to interpret history and political processes, the knowledge and appreciation of the rich diversity of California cultures, creative arts and literatures, an informed view of California's environmental richness and ecological relationships, and a continuing interest in the mutable and dynamic California landscape. The American Studies major is divided into two parts: a set of required core courses designed to introduce the themes of American Studies and a set of elective courses chosen from at least two disciplines related to a particular topic or theme in American Studies (see the California Studies focus below). Students complete the California Studies focus within the American Studies major by taking at least 24 units in a wide range of courses designed to give a multidisciplinary understanding of the state. Students complete three levels of study: two core courses, one course from the three areas in California Studies, and three elective courses selected on advisement. Curriculum for the American Studies Major
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Segment III |
San Francisco State University students are required to complete a "cluster" of courses as a part of their General Education requirements. One of the clusters in the G.E. Segment III program is called "California Cultures and Environments". Students select one course from each of three components. Aspects of the Humanities include courses focusing on the application of knowledge, theories, and methods from the study of California within various academic disciplines as well as such applied settings as health, education, communications, and social movements. Sociological Aspects include courses focusing on the institutions, norms and social forces that shape society, history and culture in California. Scientific Aspects include courses focusing on the physical aspects of the state of California. At least one course taken in the Segment III cluster must meet the Cultural, Ethnic, and Social Diversity [CESD] requirement. Courses taken for the minor may count for Segment III. Curriculum for GE Segment III
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The California State University system requires that students develop an informed understanding of the historical development of American institutions and ideals, the Constitution of the United States, the operation of representative democratic government under that Constitution, and the processes of California state and local government. The California state and local government requirement may be met by only two courses, both of which are part of the California Studies Program.
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