Diversity and Multiculturalism and American Heritage

As part of the 28 units of general education coursework,students must satisfy the following two requirements by taking one course in each of the following two categories:

Diversity and Multiculturalism

A minimum of one course chosen from this group may be taken as part of areas A-E above.Students successfully completing a course in this area will be able to comprehend and appreciate cultural diversity, explore the multicultural nature of our world, and interact with other cultures in relation to one’s own.

Course Listing:

ANTHRO 107 or HIST 107	The United States and the North American Indians	3.00
ANTHRO 110 or RELIG 110	Tribal and Ethnic Religions	3.00
ANTHRO 136	Arab Culture and Civilization	3.00
ARABIC 101	College Arabic I	5.00
ARABIC 102	College Arabic II	5.00
ARABIC 103	College Arabic III	5.00
ARABIC 104	College Arabic IV	5.00
ASL 101	American Sign Language I	4.00
ASL 102	American Sign Language II	4.00
ASL 103	American Sign Language III	4.00
ASL 104	American Sign Language IV	4.00
ASL 115	The American Deaf Experience: Introduction to Deaf Studies	3.00
COMMST 174	Communication in a Diverse World	3.00
ENGL 160	Literature by Women	3.00
ENGL 163	Chicano/Latino Literature	3.00
ENGL 280	World Literature to the 17th Century	3.00
ENGL 281	World literature from the 17th Century to the Present	3.00
FRENCH 101	College French I	5.00
FRENCH 102	College French II	5.00
FRENCH 103	College French III	5.00
FRENCH 104	College French IV	5.00
GEOG 102 or GEOG 102H	Cultural Geography	3.00
HIST 150	Survey of Latin American History	3.00
HIST 170 or HIST 170H	World Civilizations (3500 BCE-1500 CE)	3.00
HIST 171 or HIST 171H	World Civilizations (1500 CE to the Present)	3.00
HUM 101	The Humanities I: Prehistoric to Medieval	3.00
HUM 102	The Humanities II: Renaissance to Post Modern	3.00
HUM 140	Humanities Through the Arts	3.00
JAPN 101	College Japanese I	5.00
JAPN 102	College Japanese II	5.00
JAPN 103	College Japanese III	5.00
JAPN 104	College Japanese IV	5.00
SOC 106	Tribulation, Triumph and Transformation: Introduction to Women's Studies	3.00
SOC 132	Identity and Ideology: Introduction to Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies	3.00
RELIG 101 or RELIG 101H	Introduction to World Religions	3.00
RELIG 113	Introduction to Eastern Religions	3.00
RELIG 120	Introduction to Islam	3.00
RUS 101	College Russian I	5.00
RUS 102	College Russian II	5.00
SOC 105	Social Problems	3.00
SOC 141	Minority Relations	3.00
SOC 145	Sex, Gender and Society	3.00
SOC 150	Gerontology	3.00
SPAN 101	College Spanish I	5.00
SPAN 102	College Spanish II	5.00
SPAN 103	College Spanish III	5.00
SPAN 104	College Spanish IV	5.00
SPAN 157	Spanish for Spanish Speakers I	5.00
SPAN 158	Spanish for Spanish Speakers II	5.00

American Heritage

A minimum of one course chosen from this group may be taken as a part of areas A-E above. Students successfully completing a course in this area will be able to recognize and appreciate the unique contributions, history and collective heritage of the United States.

Course Listing:

ENGL 260	Survey of American Literature I	3.00
ENGL 261	Survey of American Literature II	3.00
HIST 100 or HIST 100H	History of the United States to 1877	3.00
HIST 101 or HIST 101H	History of the United States 1865 to Present	3.00
HIST 135 or RELIG 135	Religion in America	3.00
HIST 145	California History	3.00
MUSIC 103 or MUSIC 103H	Appreciation of American Popular Music	3.00
MUSIC 134	Jazz History	3.00
POLIT 100 or POLIT 100H	American Politics	3.00

2017-2018 Catalog

Diversity and Multiculturalism and American Heritage