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2017-2018 University Catalog 
    
2017-2018 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Prefix and Course Index 

 

Accounting

Courses are designated as ACCT in the class schedule.

  
  • ACCT 201A - Financial Accounting (3)


    Accounting concepts and techniques essential to the administration of a business enterprise: analyzing and recording financial transactions; accounting valuation and allocation practices; preparation, analysis and interpretation of financial statements; international accounting issues.

  
  • ACCT 201B - Managerial Accounting (3)


    Introduction to managerial accounting; product costing; budgetary control and responsibility accounting; analysis and techniques for aiding management planning and control decisions; basic income tax concepts for planning business transactions.

    Prerequisite: ACCT 201A  with a “C” (2.0) or better.

  
  • ACCT 301A - Intermediate Accounting (3)


    Accounting theory; preparation of income statements, balance sheets, and statements of cash flows and comprehensive income; IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards); present value concepts; assets, revenue recognition and investments. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 201B  and completion of all lower-division business administration core courses with a “C” (2.0) or better in each course. Corequisite: BUAD 301 .

  
  • ACCT 301B - Intermediate Accounting (3)


    Accounting theory; IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards); present value concepts; liabilities and stockholders’ equity; pensions; leases; earnings per share; financial statement analysis; accounting changes and error analysis; accounting for income taxes and statement of cash flows.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301A  and BUAD 301  with a “C” (2.0) or better in each.

  
  • ACCT 302 - Cost Accounting (3)


    Accounting information for management of manufacturing and service enterprises; cost records; cost behavior and allocation; product costing and inventory valuation; flexible budgeting; standard costs; responsibility accounting; cost planning and control; and operating decision analysis.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 201B  and completion of all lower-division business administration core courses with a “C” (2.0) or better in each course. Corequisite: BUAD 301  

  
  • ACCT 307 - Accounting Information Systems (3)


    Organization and implementation of information technology for the collection, organization and presentation of accounting information with an emphasis on enterprise resource planning systems.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 201B  and completion of all lower-division business administration core courses with a “C” (2.0) or better in each course. Corequisite: BUAD 301  .

  
  • ACCT 308 - Concepts of Federal Income Tax Accounting (3)


    Federal tax system, federal income taxation relating to federal tax system, federal income taxation relating to individuals, corporations, partnerships and fiduciaries. Federal estate and gift taxes. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 201B  and completion of all lower-division business administration core courses with a “C” (2.0) or better in each course. Corequisite: BUAD 301  .

  
  • ACCT 401 - Advanced Accounting (3)


    Business combinations; meaning, usefulness and methodology of consolidated financial statements; investments and additional advanced topics; consolidated financial statements for overseas units of U.S.-based multinational companies; translations of foreign currencies, derivatives.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301B  with a “C” (2.0) or better and BUAD 301  ; or graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 402 - Auditing (3)


    Auditing standards and procedures used by financial and operational auditors. Management information and computer systems, internal control, audit evidence, professional responsibilities and legal liabilities, standards of reporting financial information.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301B  and ACCT 307 with “C” (2.0) or better in each; BUAD 301  ; or MCBE graduate student (not Pre-MBA).

  
  • ACCT 403 - Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities (3)


    Fund accounting as applied to governmental and nonprofit entities; state and federal governments, municipalities, hospitals and universities. Budgets, tax levies, revenues and appropriations, expenditures and encumbrances, various types of funds and accounting statements.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301B  with a “C” (2.0) or better; BUAD 301  .

  
  • ACCT 405 - Forensic Accounting (3)


    Methods to prevent and detect fraud. Current cases dealing with accounting fraud and appropriate methods to prevent or detect fraudulent behavior.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 307  and ACCT 301B  with a “C” (2.0) or better in each.

  
  • ACCT 408 - Taxation of Business Entities (3)


    Additional tax knowledge on tax research, corporate taxation, partnership taxation, S Corps, transfer taxation, gift taxes and accounting for income tax. Other topics, such as SALT, may be included.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  with a C (2.0) or better; BUAD 301 .

  
  • ACCT 415 - Accounting Ethics for Professionals (4)


    The philosophy and behavioral and economic theories of ethics, and the role of ethics in accounting and other professions in which accountants work. Ethics regulations.

    Prerequisite: ACCT 301B .

  
  • ACCT 420 - Advanced Cost Accounting (3)


    Advanced topics in accounting: strategic profitability analysis; cost allocation and resources; quality and Just-In Time Inventory; and investment decisions and management control.

    Prerequisite: ACCT 302  and ISDS 361A  with a “C” (2.0) or better in each. Corequisite: ISDS 361B  .

  
  • ACCT 422 - Internal Audit and Control (3)


    Professional standards and procedures used by internal auditors. Planning, performing, communicating risk based assurance and consulting engagements. Advanced topics in control; governance, risk management, fraud and information technology.

    Prerequisites: senior standing for accounting majors; departmental permission for other undergraduates and all graduate students.

  
  • ACCT 445 - Valuation Concepts and Topics for Accountants (3)


    Conceptual framework for valuation. Students will apply the framework in a number of settings they are likely to encounter as accounting professionals (i.e., fair value of financial assets, goodwill impairment).

    Prerequisite: ACCT 301B  with a “C” (2.0) or better; or graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 460 - Seminar in Financial Statement Analysis (3)


    Analysis of demand and supply forces underlying the provision of financial statements; distributional, cross-sectional and time series properties of financial statement numbers; financial decision-making processes and the uses of financial statement information for decision making.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301B  with a “C” (2.0) or better.

  
  • ACCT 463 - Financial Controls for Entrepreneurs (3)


    Accounting system design for new ventures, including budgeting, purchasing, collections, payroll taxes, safeguards against error and embezzlement, financial reports, cash management and banking relationships. Casework, research and fieldwork with selected local businesses. Not applicable for graduate degree credit.

    Prerequisites: entrepreneurship concentration only; ACCT 201B  , FIN 320  .

    Course not available for Graduate Credit
  
  • ACCT 495 - Internship (1-3)


    Planned and supervised work experience. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Credit/No Credit only.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301A  , ACCT 302  , BUAD 301  with a “C” (2.0) or better in each; concentration in accounting; consent of the department internship adviser; 2.5 GPA; one semester in residence at the university.

  
  • ACCT 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Open to qualified undergraduate students desiring to pursue directed independent inquiry. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Not open to students on academic probation.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301B  , BUAD 301  with a “C” (2.0) or better in each; permission of department chair.

  
  • ACCT 502 - Seminar in Accounting Theory (3)


    Effects of professional, governmental, business and social forces on the evolution of accounting theory.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 301B  , classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 503 - Seminar in Contemporary Accounting Problems (3)


    Current issues in financial reporting, including pronouncements by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Topics will change as new issues in accounting emerge.

    Prerequisite: classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 505 - Seminar in Auditing (3)


    Auditing theory and practices; professional ethics; auditing standards; Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange regulations; auditor’s legal liability; statement trends and techniques.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 402  , classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 506 - Seminar in Professional Accounting Communications (3)


    Compilation and composition of accounting reports and client presentations relating to accountants’ working papers, client engagement letters, management advisory reports and prospectuses.

    Prerequisite: MCBE graduate student (not pre-MBA).

  
  • ACCT 507 - Seminar in Accounting Information Systems (3)


    Case studies of computer-based accounting systems used by organizations such as universities, banks, industrial corporations and CPA firms. Accounting information, reports, and internal controls. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisite: ACCT 307  , classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 508 - Seminar in Tax Planning (3)


    Substantive provisions of federal law; tax planning from a corporate viewpoint; case studies of the effect of federal tax law on business decisions.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  , or graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 510 - Financial Accounting (3)


    Accumulation, organization and interpretation of financial and quantitative data relevant to the activities of corporate business enterprises; analysis of financial reports; current regulatory reporting requirements with attention to business ethics and an understanding of global reporting issues.

    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

  
  • ACCT 511 - Seminar in Managerial Accounting (3)


    Design and develop cost accounting systems; contemporary cost management concepts; measurement, analysis and use of accounting information for management decisions with attention to current ethical, global and environmental issues. Measurement, analysis and use of information contained in standard and various cost systems for industry sectors.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 201B  or ACCT 510  .

  
  • ACCT 518 - Seminar in International Accounting (3)


    Comparative analysis of accounting principles and practices outside the United States; international financial accounting standards; current problems of international financial reporting, accounting planning and control for international operations; multinational companies.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 201B  or ACCT 510  ; graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 521 - Seminar in Management Control Systems (3)


    Integrative aspects of accounting, financial and quantitative data for managerial decision-making; long-term, short-term profit planning; budgetary control; cost analysis; financial analysis and planning; taxation; and transfer pricing.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 302  or ACCT 511  ; not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 535 - Corporate Governance Theory and Practice (3)


    Interaction between accounting and corporate governance and the role of SEC in both. Theory and practice of corporate governance and corporate reporting regulations and how their impact on accounting choices and earning quality.

    Prerequisite: ACCT 301B  .

  
  • ACCT 570 - Seminar in Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders - Corp 1 (3)


    Federal Taxation relating to corporations including accounting methods, business deductions, selection of tax year, organization, distribution, liquidation, redemption and reorganization of/from the corporate entity.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  or MCBE graduate student (not pre-MBA or MS Taxation).

  
  • ACCT 571 - Tax Research, Practice and Procedures (3)


    Methodology of tax research, including case studies; the management of a tax practice; administration procedures governing tax controversies; rights and obligations of taxpayers and tax practitioners.

    Prerequisites: graduate standing, basic knowledge of U.S. Federal Income Tax.

  
  • ACCT 572 - Seminar in Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders Corp. II (3)


    Federal taxation relating to corporations; organizing, distributions, liquidations and reorganizations.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  ; or graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 573 - Seminar in Taxation of Property Transactions (3)


    Federal taxation relating to sales, exchanges and other transfers.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  , classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 574 - Seminar in Taxation of International Business Operations (3)


    Federal taxation relating to U.S. citizens and corporations with foreign source income and of foreign persons with U.S. source income; planning for foreign operations.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  or graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 575 - Seminar in Estate, Gift, Inheritance Taxes and Estate Planning (3)


    Federal and California death taxes and the planning of personal estates.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  ; or graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 576 - Seminar in State and Local Taxation (3)


    Application of interstate income allocations; multi-state tax compact; separate apportionment accounting; foreign country sourced income. California taxes as applied to businesses and individuals.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  , classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 577 - Seminar in Taxation of Employee Compensation (3)


    Federal taxation relating to employee compensation including pensions and profit sharing, stock options, ESOPs, IRAs, Keoghs, maximum tax 5-year averaging, death benefits, group term life, etc.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  , classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 578 - Seminar in Taxation of Partnerships (3)


    Federal taxation relating to partnerships, estates, trusts and other special entities.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 308  , classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 580 - Seminar in Taxation of S Corporations, LLCs and LLPs (3)


    Tax consequences of electing and operating as a Subchapter S Corporation, including entity level taxes, distributions and computation of basis. Terminating the S Corporation election and liquidations.

    Prerequisite:ACCT 308  ; or graduate standing and not pre-MBA.

  
  • ACCT 583 - Seminar in Government Accounting and Public Finance Management (3)


    Introduction to basic principles of public sector financial management and accounting, including public budgeting practices and processes, governmental accounting standards and procedures, revenue sources and tax administration, cash management and purchasing, investment and debt management, risk management and auditing. (POSC 583 and ACCT 583 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and POSC 571  .

  
  • ACCT 597 - Project (3)


    Directed independent inquiry. Not open to students on academic probation.

    Prerequisite: classified MCBE status.

  
  • ACCT 599 - Independent Graduate Research (1-3)


    May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 units. Not open to students on academic probation.

    Prerequisites: MCBE graduate standing and not pre-MBA; approval of department chair and associate dean.


African American Studies

Courses are designated as AFAM in the class schedule.

  
  • AFAM 101 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3)


    Perspectives through which people of color have come to see themselves in terms of their own heroes, cultures and contributions to the societies in which they live and the world in general. (AFAM 101, ASAM 101, CHIC 101 and WGST 101 are the same course)

  
  • AFAM 107 - Introduction to African American Studies (3)


    Introduction to key texts and topics in African American Studies. Interdisciplinary exploration of social conditions, political engagement, intellectual production and cultural contributions of African Americans.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 108 - Linguistics and Minority Dialects (3)


    Sounds, meanings and vocabulary of African-American, Chicano and other English dialects and their historical origin. (AFAM 108, CHIC 108 and LING108 are the same course.)

  
  • AFAM 190 - Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic Minorities (3)


    Survey of American history from prehistoric times (before 1492) to the present with special emphasis on the role of race and ethnicity. Credit will not be given for both HIST 180 and 190. (AFAM 190, ASAM 190, CHIC 190 and HIST 190 are the same course.)

  
  • AFAM 196 - Tutorial (1-3)


    May be taken for credit for a maximum of three units.

  
  • AFAM 280 - Introduction to African American History (3)


    Introduction to key events, individuals, institutions and experiences that shaped the history and culture of Africans and their descendants from their arrival in North America in 1619 to the present.

  
  • AFAM 301 - African American Food Culture (3)


    Dynamic relationship between African Americans, food culture and food in the U.S. from their earliest beginnings; focusing on the socio-historical, creative, economic and geographic manifestations of the relationship between food culture, identity and wellness.

  
  • AFAM 304 - Black Families in America (3)


    Issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and identity within African American families. Topics will include: black single mothers and welfare, prisons, black middle class families and residential housing, black youth and activism, and LGBT family formations. (AFAM 304 and SOCI 304 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: SOCI 101  or completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 306 - American Indian Women (3)


    Female role in American Indian tribal lifestyles. Labor divisions, leadership, political and social activities from a number of tribes. Historical and contemporary issues, as they affect American Indian women. (AFAM 306 and WGST 306 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 307 - Research and Writing in Ethnic Studies (3)


    Introduction to research and writing in ethnic studies. Issues of research in ethnic studies (e.g., quantitative v. qualitative analysis, reliability/validity) and specific methods of research (e.g., archives, interviews, oral history). Extensive writing. A “C” (2.0) or better is required to satisfy the upper-division writing requirement. (AFAM 307, ASAM 307 and CHIC 307 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101  .

  
  • AFAM 308 - Black Men in America (3)


    The diverse and conflicting representations and theories of black masculinity in the U.S. and abroad. Explores tensions between representations and social, economic, and political realities of black men. Analyzes contemporary issues of black masculinities and the post-racial imaginary.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 310 - Black Women in America (3)


    Issues in the study of black women in America, including social, political, economic and intellectual development. Historical and contemporary issues as they affect black American women. (AFAM 310 and WGST 310 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 311 - Race and Relationships (3)


    How race, ethnicity, gender and class matter in everyday society, emphasizing intrapersonal relationships, racial socialization and the effects of this racial socialization in people’s lives. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 314 - Pan-African Dance and Movement (3)


    Theory and practice of movement of African and Haitian peoples. Movement (dance) as quasi-language in perpetuating the life style of African cultures and cultures of African descent.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.1. or C.2.

  
  • AFAM 317 - Black Politics (3)


    Blacks’ struggle for political equality and relief from political oppression. Public policies concerning blacks’ freedoms, liberties and property rights. (AFAM 317 and POSC 317 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: POSC 100  .

  
  • AFAM 320 - Black Political Thought (3)


    The black American intellectual from slavery to contemporary times, emphasizing black contributions to American political and social thought, as well as their contributions in America’s social development.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

  
  • AFAM 321 - Grassroots Planning and Community Development in Minority Communities (3)


    Planning and community development trends in minority communities in urban, suburban and rural areas. Theoretical perspectives and practices embraced by grassroots planners. Public and private sector approaches. Topics include neighborhood planning, community development, economic development and grassroots organizing.

  
  • AFAM 322 - Psychology of African Americans (3)


    Uses psychological principles and practices to guide students’ comprehension of life as an African American. Introduction to a holistic perspective that expands ways of conceptualizing psychology from an African American world view. (AFAM 322 and PSYC 322 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 324 - Introduction to African American Literature (3)


    Literary contributions by major black American authors. Contemporary black writers and the recurring themes of protest and quest for identity. Not available for graduate degree credit. (AFAM 324 and ENGL 324 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

  
  • AFAM 325 - African American Religions and Spirituality (3)


    African-American belief systems and denominations. Folk beliefs among Blacks, African-American religious groups and the role of the Black Church in politics and social change in the Black community. (AFAM 325 and RLST 325 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 335 - History of Racism (3)


    Historical roots and current expressions of racism. How racism manifests itself through individual, social, political, economic and religious institutions and proposes methods of combating it.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 337 - American Indian Religions and Philosophy (3)


    American Indian religious and philosophic perspectives. Religious interpretations and thought in various facets of belief, ranging from traditional Indian religion to Christianity. Highlights contemporary religious activities. Not available for graduate degree credit. (AFAM 337 and RLST 337 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of the G.E. Category C.2.

  
  • AFAM 346 - The African Experience (3)


    African history from the origin of the black man and traditional African civilization through the African diaspora to the institutional realities of Africa today. Not available for credit to students who have completed HIST 355.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 356 - African American Music Appreciation (3)


    Black music in America; the sociological conditions that help produce various forms of black music. One or more sections may be offered in any online format. (AFAM 356 and MUS 356 are the same course)

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

  
  • AFAM 357 - Blacks in the Performing Arts (3)


    African-American culture through the performing arts. Blacks in the entertainment industry as a means of understanding and revealing important aspects of African-American culture. (AFAM 357, MUS 357 and THTR 357 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.1.

  
  • AFAM 370 - Development of African American Children and Youth (3)


    Understanding cognitive and socio-emotional development of African American children and youth is facilitated through comprehensive examinations of significant African and African American cultural and historical experiences; and social influences including families, schools, socio-economic status, neighborhoods and American society. (AFAM 370 and CAS 370 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AFAM 371 - African American Concert Dance History (3)


    Production of African derived dance from within American culture. Consideration of the history of dance artists¿ biographic and critical theory literature from diverse media. Includes a lab involving choreography and performance of major African American concert dance forms. (AFAM 371 and DANC 371 are the same course)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. category C.1 or C.2.

  
  • AFAM 381 - African Literature (3)


    African literature written in the English language; the fiction, poetry and drama of the new nations. (AFAM 381, CPLT 381 and ENGL 381 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of any literature course from G.E. Category C.2.

  
  • AFAM 388 - Hip Hop Culture (3)


    Origins and influences of hip hop on culture, fashion, movies, television, advertising, attitude, music, dancing and slang among African Americans. Impact of the hip hop culture phenomenon on American and global societies.

  
  • AFAM 405 - Hollywood v. History: An Interpretive History of Blacks Through Film (3)


    Critical study of black images in motion pictures, past and present. The tension between historical Black consciousness, authenticity, imitation and alternative adaptations.

    Prerequisite: AFAM 107  .

  
  • AFAM 430 - A Social Psychological Study in Ethnic Minority Behavior (3)


    Central role of culture, race and ethnicity in the human condition. Social psychological theory and research will provide the context of the course. Cultural pluralism and diversity will be discussed. (AFAM 430 and PSYC 430 are the same course.)

    Prerequisites: AFAM 101  or AFAM 107  ; or PSYC 101  .

    Course not available for Graduate Credit
  
  • AFAM 458A - West Africa and the African Diaspora (3)


    West African relationships with the African diaspora in the Americas. Issues of the origins of political conflict, economic exploitation, racism, gender, revolts and emancipation, Pan-Africanism and rights of African descendants since the 15th century. (HIST 458A and AFAM 458A are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: HIST 110B  .

  
  • AFAM 458B - Southern Africa in the 20th Century (3)


    Twentieth-century developments in the Union (Republic) of South Africa, Central Africa (the Rhodesias and Nyasaland) and Portuguese colonies; the political, economic and social ramifications of race relations. (AFAM 458B and HIST 458B are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: HIST 110B  .

  
  • AFAM 458C - African History Since 1935 (3)


    Issues of European imperialism, settler cultures, racism and African consciousness, ethnic conflict, gender, nationalist and guerrilla liberation movements, Pan-Africanism, international relations and society development policies in Africa since 1935. (AFAM 458C and HIST 458C are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: HIST 110B  .

  
  • AFAM 476 - African American History: 1619 to 1863 (3)


    Key events, individuals, institutions and experiences that shaped the history and culture of Africans and their descendants in North America from the 17th century to the American Civil War.

    Prerequisite: AFAM 107 , AFAM 190 , AFAM 280  or HIST 170A .

  
  • AFAM 477C - American Immigration History (3)


    History of American immigration in a global context. Changes and continuities in the political, cultural, and economic contexts that generated the movement of diverse peoples and structured their experiences of integration within the U.S. (HIST 477C, AFAM 477C, ASAM 477C and CHIC 477C are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: HIST 180  , HIST 190  , HIST 170A  , HIST 170B  , ASAM 190  , ASAM 201  , HIST 201  , CHIC 190   or AFAM 190 .

  
  • AFAM 485 - Education and Ethnic Minorities (3)


    Ways in which the constraints of formal schooling affect the behaviors and attitudes of ethnic minority group members. Role of the community and family in school readiness and the psychological consequences of schooling. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.5.

  
  • AFAM 496 - Tutorial (1-3)


    May be taken for credit for a maximum of three units.

  
  • AFAM 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

    Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and acceptance of the subject by department chair and instructor directing the study.


American Studies

Courses are designated as AMST in the class schedule.

  
  • AMST 101 - Introduction to American Culture Studies (3)


    Concepts of interdisciplinary culture studies, focusing on analyzing cultural change in complex, literate society. American culture, including cross-cultural comparisons. Topics include popular culture, subcultures, regionalism, myths and symbols, and culture and personality. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

  
  • AMST 201 - Introduction to American Studies (3)


    With the concept of culture as a unifying principle, focus is on four separate time periods in order to provide the framework for an understanding of American civilization. Several different kinds of documents will be used to illustrate the nature and advantages of an interdisciplinary approach. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

  
  • AMST 300 - Introduction to American Popular Culture (3)


    Historical exploration of popular culture in America as it reflects and contributes to the search for meaning in everyday life. Heroes, myths of success, symbols of power, images of romance, consumerism, race and sexual identity. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AMST 301 - American Character (3)


    Cultural environment and personality. Extent to which there have been and continue to be distinctly American patterns of belief and behavior. Similarities, as well as class, ethnic, sex and regional differences among Americans. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AMST 318 - Hollywood and America: Using Film as a Cultural Document (3)


    Hollywood as a cultural institution. Concentrating on the films of selected periods, the course analyzes Hollywood’s ability to create and transmit symbols and myths, and legitimize new values and patterns of behavior.

  
  • AMST 320 - Women in American Society (formerly 450) (3)


    Socio-cultural history of women and women’s movements in American society. Emphasis on 19th and 20th centuries. Cultural models of American womanhood - maternal, domestic, sexual, social - their development and recent changes.

  
  • AMST 324 - American Immigrant Cultures (3)


    Investigates American immigrant communities, both historical and contemporary, to better understand how their experiences helped shape the meaning of being American. Explores immigrant cultures through literature, music, film, oral history and photographs using interdisciplinary methods.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AMST 345 - The American Dream (3)


    Interdisciplinary analysis, in settings both historical and contemporary, of the myth and reality surrounding the notion of America as a land of unparalleled and unlimited possibilities, especially in the achievement of personal material success.

  
  • AMST 346 - American Culture Through Spectator Sports (3)


    Shifting meaning of organized sports in changing American society. Includes analysis of sports rituals, symbols and heroes. Focus is on the cultural significance of amateur and professional football, baseball and basketball.

  
  • AMST 350 - Seminar in Theory and Method of American Studies (3)


    Understanding and appreciation of methodology, theories of society and images of humanity as they affect American studies contributions to scholarship. Fulfills the course requirement of the university upper-division baccalaureate writing requirement for American Studies majors.

    Prerequisites: AMST 201  , AMST 301  .

  
  • AMST 377 - Prejudice and American Culture (3)


    Concepts and methods of American culture studies as tools for better understanding the origins and appeal of intolerance, past and present. Particular focus on racism, ethnic and religious bias, sexism and homophobia.

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

  
  • AMST 390 - Disability and American Culture (3)


    Changing meaning, history and experience of disability in American culture through scholarly readings, memoir, film, photography and other cultural documents. Disability in relation to identity, stigma, discrimination, media representations, intersectionality, gender and sexuality, work, genetic testing, and design.

    Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AMST 395 - California Cultures (3)


    How various cultures - Native American, European, Latino, Asian, African American - have interacted in California’s past and present. Topics include: cultural diversity in frontiers and borderlands; shifting meanings of gender; function of regional and racial myths.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

  
  • AMST 401T - Proseminar in American Studies (3)


    Relationship between theory and application. Analytic readings and research. Check the class schedule for topics being considered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.

    Prerequisites: AMST 201 , AMST 301 .

  
  • AMST 402 - Religion and American Culture (3)


    Interdisciplinary analysis of the religious dimensions of American core culture from colonial settlement to the present. Topics include: Puritanism; rationalization, secularization and feminization; the conversion experience, revivalism and revitalization; fundamentalism and modernism; civil religion.

    Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.3 or graduate standing.

  
  • AMST 404 - Americans and Nature (3)


    Shifting attitudes toward the natural environment among a range of Americans over time, from native inhabitants and early colonists to rural and urban dwellers today. Agrarian expansion, industrialization, transcendentalism, tourism, humans’ roles in natural disasters and history of environmental activism.

    Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.3 or graduate standing.

  
  • AMST 405 - Images of Crime and Violence in American Culture (3)


    Cultural analysis of meanings ascribed to law and order, authority, violence and punishment in the American past and present. Examined in selected symbols, images, traditions and realities.

    Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.3 or graduate standing.

 

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