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

Course Descriptions


Prefix and Course Index 

 

Women and Gender Studies

Courses are designated as WGST in the class schedule.

  
  • WGST 302 - Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)


    Interdisciplinary introduction to women’s issues and research in relevant disciplines. One or more sections may be offered in any online format. (WGST 302 and PHIL 302 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: PHIL 100 , BIOL 101 , PSYC 101  or SOCI 101 .

  
  • WGST 305 - Gender Frameworks: Introducing Intersectionality (3)


    Introduces students to intersectionality as a gender framework that contributes to our understanding of power, structures of domination, and gender. Class will examine its origins and how different women have used it to organize their social justice movements.

  
  • WGST 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.

  
  • WGST 308 - Asian American Women (3)


    Interdisciplinary examination of Asian and Pacific Islander American women’s experience. Compares and contrasts the experience of women from various parts of Asia and explores the social, cultural and political issues they face in the U.S. and abroad. One or more sections may be offered in any online format. (ASAM 308 and WGST 308 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

  
  • WGST 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.

  
  • WGST 313 - La Chicana (3)


    Cultural influences that the family, religion, economic status and community play upon the lifestyles, values and roles held by Chicanas. One or more sections may be offered in any online format. (CHIC 313 and WGST 313 are the same course.)

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

  
  • WGST 316 - Anthropology of Sex and Gender (3)


    Human sex and gender roles in cross-cultural perspective and the role that gender plays in human social organization. Topics covered include cultural construction of gender; homosexuality, rights of women, evolution and gender. One or more sections may be offered in any online format. (ANTH 316 and WGST 316 are the same course.)

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

  
  • WGST 320 - Gendered Techno-culture (3)


    Current technologies and their relationship to gender issues, combining theoretical considerations with practical applications. Learn some basic technologies to use as tools for projects.

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

  
  • WGST 330 - Women in Leadership (3)


    Women’s conceptions of corporate and grassroots leadership. Examines traditional notions of leadership, successful leaders in business, education and politics, and how women become strong leaders.

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

  
  • WGST 332 - Concepts and Approaches in Women’s History (3)


    Overview of problems, concepts, methodologies and debates that have characterized women’s history in recent decades. (HIST 332 and WGST 332 are the same course.)

    Prerequisites: HIST 110B ; HIST 170B , HIST 110B  or HIST 180 .

  
  • WGST 340 - Masculinities (3)


    Critical examination of competing frameworks of masculinity. How the social construction of masculinity is framed by intersections of race, class, gender and sexuality.

    Prerequisite: WGST 100  or WGST 302 /PHIL 302 .

  
  • WGST 343 - Philosophy of Feminism (3)


    Philosophical issues connected with second-wave U.S. feminism. Alternative feminist theories, goals and reconstruction of traditional areas of philosophy. (PHIL 343 and WGST 343 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: three units of philosophy or women’s studies.

  
  • WGST 350 - Research, Methodology, and Writing (3)


    Study and evaluation of various methodological approaches used to address gender issues, such as survey analysis, oral history, personal narrative and ethnography. Development of research skills, including computer applications. Development of writing skills, including research papers.

    Prerequisite: WGST 302 .

  
  • WGST 355 - Economics of Gender and Work (3)


    Economic analysis of demographic trends and changing gender roles and experiences in paid and unpaid work, education, earnings and market discrimination using economic theory. International comparisons. (ECON 355 and WGST 355 are the same course.)

    Prerequisites: completion of G.E. category D.1 and junior or senior standing.

  
  • WGST 360 - Politics of Sexuality (3)


    Cultural politics of sexuality within the U.S. and across national and cultural boundaries using feminist theories and methods. A focus on sexual controversies illuminates the relationship between sex, power and social change. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

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

  
  • WGST 370 - Gender, Activism and Social Change (3)


    Advanced introduction to activism studies and the role of gender, race, and sexuality in activist movements both in the US and abroad. Topics may include: labor, environmental, trade, women’s, queer, immigrant, consumer and celebrity activism among others.

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

  
  • WGST 410 - Women, Health and Aging (3)


    Influential gendered images found in literature, painting, films and advertising that depict disability and other health issues related to aging. (GERO 410 and WGST 410 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

  
  • WGST 420 - Queer Theory (3)


    Theories and debates in Queer Studies, emphasizing sexualities and the settings in which they are lived, celebrated and contested. Critically assess sexuality as an economic, political and social category of identity.

    Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category C.2, D.1 or graduate standing

  
  • WGST 470T - Topics in Women’s Studies (3)


    Discuss and analyze current topics and issues related to trans* gender identities, processes, politics and representational practices.

    Prerequisites: WGST 205, WGST 302, or graduate status.

  
  • WGST 480 - Feminist Theories (3)


    History and theories of feminism. Readings and discussions of theoretical developments in feminist thought and activism. Historical overview of connections between women as social actors and agents of social change and feminist theorizing. May be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisite:WGST 302 , WGST 343  or graduate standing.

  
  • WGST 482 - Difference and Intersectionality (3)


    Examines theoretical concepts and frameworks employed by feminist scholars to understand the nature and meaning of difference using the theory of inter-sectionality. Focuses on categories that define women and serve as basis of discrimination including race, sexual orientation, and class.

    Prerequisite: Completion of WGST 302 , graduate standing or permission of instructor

  
  • WGST 484 - Transnational Feminism(s): Confronting Violence against Women in a Global World (3)


    This course is intended for upper level students and graduate students interested in the study of transnational feminist theories in particular relation to contemporary conversations on violence against women.

    Prerequisite: WGST 302   or graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

  
  • WGST 485 - Women and Politics (3)


    Changing political environment and women’s role in elected, appointed and other public agencies; issues of particular concern to women, including family issues, comparable worth and other economic issues and political participation. Not applicable for graduate degree credit. (POSC 485 and WGST 485 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: POSC 100 .

    Course not available for Graduate Credit
  
  • WGST 490T - Advanced Readings in Feminist Theory (3)


    Covers the work of a single feminist writer within the larger field of feminist theory, such as Simone de Beauvoir, Angela Davis and Gloria Anzaldua for an entire semester. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 units.

    Prerequisites: WGST 302 , WGST 480 .

  
  • WGST 492 - Capstone in Women and Gender Studies (3)


    Culminating experience for Women and Gender Studies majors and minors. History, politics and current debates within the field of Women and Gender Studies.

    Prerequisite: WGST 480  or WGST482; graduate standing.

  
  • WGST 495 - Internship and Community Service (3)


    Internship with guided tutorial in community organizations. Focus on gender and women’s issues in a feminist framework.

    Prerequisite: WGST 302 , WGST 350 .

    Course not available for Graduate Credit
  
  • WGST 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Conduct extended research in Women’s Studies, or link an interest in another discipline to an interest in Women’s Studies. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

    Prerequisite: approval by instructor teaching a Women’s Studies class, or by Coordinator of Women’s Studies.


Ethnic Studies

Courses are designated as ETHN in the class schedule.

  
  • ETHN 457 - Whiteness, a Racial Formation (3)


    Formation and transformation of racial categories, emphasizing the historical, political and social forces shaping definitions of whiteness in the U.S. How racial categories are inhabited, challenged and changed.

    Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or AFAM 101/ASAM 101/CHIC 101/WGST 101.

  
  • ETHN 457 - Whiteness, a Racial Formation (3)


    Formation and transformation of racial categories, emphasizing the historical, political and social forces shaping definitions of whiteness in the U.S. How racial categories are inhabited, challenged and changed.

    Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or AFAM 101/ASAM 101/CHIC 101/WGST 101.

  
  • ETHN 457 - Whiteness, a Racial Formation (3)


    Formation and transformation of racial categories, emphasizing the historical, political and social forces shaping definitions of whiteness in the U.S. How racial categories are inhabited, challenged and changed.

    Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or AFAM 101/ASAM 101/CHIC 101/WGST 101.

  
  • ETHN 490 - Ethnic Studies Senior Seminar (3)


    Prerequisites: Completion of core requirements for AFAM, ASAM or CHIC. Senior capstone learning experience and seminar. Required course for Ethnic Studies majors (AFAM, ASAM, CHIC).

  
  • ETHN 490 - Ethnic Studies Senior Seminar (3)


    Prerequisites: Completion of core requirements for AFAM, ASAM or CHIC. Senior capstone learning experience and seminar. Required course for Ethnic Studies majors (AFAM, ASAM, CHIC).

  
  • ETHN 490 - Ethnic Studies Senior Seminar (3)


    Prerequisites: Completion of core requirements for AFAM, ASAM or CHIC. Senior capstone learning experience and seminar. Required course for Ethnic Studies majors (AFAM, ASAM, CHIC).
     


Educational Leadership

  
  • EDD 600 - Organizational Theory and Challenges for Instructional Leadership (3)


    Organizational theories and their application to the role of educational leaders. Theories from leadership and management literatures, which predicate the conceptual development of the role of educational leadership. Implications of these theories for effective performance as educational leaders.

  
  • EDD 601 - Methods of Research: Quantitatively Based Methods (3)


    Introduction to the conceptual and methodological bases of quantitative analysis in educational leadership. Issues of research design, measurement and statistical analysis.

  
  • EDD 602 - Methods of Research: Qualitatively Based Methods (3)


    Developing knowledge, dispositions and critical thinking skills necessary for conducting field research. Applying these skills to design and implement applied research projects that create knowledge for solving dilemmas related to educational leadership.

  
  • EDD 603 - Research Elective: Specialization in Qualitatively Based Tools (3)


    Identifying, conducting, analyzing and interpreting field research in education toward the purpose of improving education.

    Prerequisite: EDD 602 .

  
  • EDD 604 - Applications of Research: Forecasting and Planning (3)


    Theories and methods that accurately forecast the impact of social, economic, political, cultural, academic and demographic trends as they affect educational institutions. How these indicators can be used to engage effective planning.

  
  • EDD 605 - Applications of Research: Collection and Analysis of Assessment Data (3)


    Methods of system-level data collection and analysis of outcomes of education. Complexity and efficacy of using various types of data for making judgments at the system level about the effectiveness of instruction across classrooms and schools.

  
  • EDD 606 - Specialization in Quantitatively Based Tools (3)


    Statistics, exploratory data analysis, sampling, survey and experimental design; and interview and questionnaire design in the context of using research in planning, change management, policy analysis and program management.

    Prerequisites: admission to the Ed.D. Program, EDD 601 .

  
  • EDD 611 - Inquiry 1 (3)


    Methods of conducting research using a mixed-methods orientation. Acquiring knowledge, dispositions and critical thinking skills necessary to understand educational research and descriptive statistical applications. Philosophical and epistemological foundations of educational research.

  
  • EDD 612 - Inquiry II (3)


    Practical, philosophical and ethical considerations for data collection and analysis using quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research designs. Significant quantitative and qualitative lab components utilizing quantitative and qualitative software.

  
  • EDD 613 - Inquiry III (3)


    Applying the philosophical and epistemological foundations of educational research to the design of a formal research project. Draws upon educational research and the methods using a mixed-methods orientation that includes quantitative and qualitative perspectives.

  
  • EDD 620 - Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Instructional Leadership (3)


    Concepts of ethics (e.g., self-interest, free will, social responsibility, duty) as the basis for legal standards (protection of individual rights, fair treatment, equality of opportunity, duty of care, public trust) through the study of education case law.

  
  • EDD 621A - Leadership of Curricular and Instructional Practices (3)


    Current issues in curriculum design and implementation. Forces affecting the curriculum; curriculum continuity and articulation; content trends in the subject areas; appropriate curriculum for students from diverse backgrounds; curriculum censorship; and effective instructional leadership for school curriculum improvement.

  
  • EDD 621B - Higher Education, Community College Systems, Structures, and Cultures (3)


    Higher education, from Egyptian Era to the diversity of current postsecondary instructions, philosophies and orientations. Organizational development and structures of higher educational systems and the impact of faculty, student and administrative cultures on higher education leaders.

  
  • EDD 622A - Human Dimensions of Educational Change (3)


    Issues associated with change. Change as a sociopolitical process; sources and purpose of change; coping with multiple reform efforts; decision-making processes; reform implementation; problems of resistance to change in curriculum and instruction; and change as a continuous process.

  
  • EDD 622B - Resource Management and Development (3)


    Practical applications and skills for college resource management in personnel, structures, facilities, technologies, finances, programs and services. Optimizing resources through management and creative leadership that encourage and support collaboration across divisions.

    Prerequisite: EDD 600 .

  
  • EDD 623 - The Politics of School Reform (2)


    Theoretical and practical aspects of school reform politics, particularly curricular and instructional reform. History of school reform; role of city government in school reform; racial and ideological divisions over school reform; political challenge of building coalitions for sustainable reform.

    Prerequisite: admission to Joint Doctoral Program and consent of program adviser are required.

  
  • EDD 624A - Social Contexts of Education Politics, Policy and Governance (3)


    Topics relevant to instructional leadership and educational policy cycles. Policy-making process, role of values and interest groups, policy analysis, equality of educational opportunity, how policy efforts are reshaped and systemic reform. Policy issues, including high-stakes testing, curricular mandates and accountability.

    Prerequisite: admission to EDD Program.

  
  • EDD 624B - Student Learning and Development (3)


    Student development and learning theories based on cognitive, psychosocial, typology and person-environment perspectives. Role of faculty and others in the collaborative development and implementation of responsive curricula and co-curricula at 2- and 4-year institutions.

    Prerequisites: admission to the program, EDD 600 .

  
  • EDD 626A - Transforming Teaching and Education through Resource Optimization (3)


    Perspectives on how optimizing resources can transform education through a multidisciplinary approach. Identifying economic, social and political resources; innovative ways to develop new streams of resources and policies and procedures that increase highly productive ways to use resources.

  
  • EDD 626B - Integrative Seminar in Higher Education/Community College Issues (3)


    Current issues in higher education/community colleges from local to global perspectives, reinforcing a multilens view of higher educational studies. Opportunities for interactions with experts and to engage in questions/challenges and data-driven solution-focused discussions.

    Prerequisites: admission to the program, EDD 600 .

  
  • EDD 627 - Epistemology, History and Structure of Contemporary Education (3)


    Epistemological and historical trends that have shaped the structure of contemporary education. Influence of major schools of thought, including rationalism, empiricism, pragmatism, behaviorism and constructivism; and how modern education structure, curriculum and pedagogy have been influenced by these various perspectives.

  
  • EDD 630 - Leadership for Change and Collaboration (3)


    Research on leadership and organizational change in higher education, multicultural organizational development, forecasting, planning and change analyzed. Community relations needed to develop programs responsive to workforce and community needs. Educational codes, laws, policies and practices impacting higher education.

    Prerequisite: admission to the program, EDD 600 .

  
  • EDD 670A - Linking Research to Problems of Practice (2)


    Identifying complex problems of educational practice appropriate for doctoral research. Small-group instruction provides coaching that enables students to initiate the research cycle by linking research to problems of practices.

  
  • EDD 670B - Connecting Research Questions to Scholarship in the Discipline (2)


    Assists in writing a critical review of the professional literature pertaining to the identified research problem.

  
  • EDD 670C - Written Qualifying Examination (2)


    Preparation for the EDD Qualifying Examination, a prerequisite for advancing to candidacy in the doctoral program.

  
  • EDD 670D - Refining Research Questions (2)


    Further refine research questions or hypotheses, select the research method to investigate the research question, design a research study that specifies methods to be implemented for data collection and analysis.

    Prerequisites: admission to EDD; EDD 670A , EDD 670B , EDD 670C ; passing EDD Qualifying Examination.

  
  • EDD 670E - Proposal Defense Preparation (2)


    Assists in writing a defensible dissertation research proposal reflecting high quality scholarship.

    Prerequisites: admission to EDD; EDD 670A , EDD 670B , EDD 670C ; passing EDD Qualifying Examination.

  
  • EDD 670F - IRB Approval and Proposal Defense (2)


    Obtain CSUF IRB approval and submit a revised and completed dissertation research proposal in preparation for the dissertation proposal defense.

    rerequisites: admission to EDD; EDD 670A , EDD 670B , EDD 670C , EDD 670D , EDD 670E ; passing EDD Qualifying Examination.

  
  • EDD 696 - Directed Study in Educational Research (3)


    Participate in research under direction of a faculty member or principal investigator. Requires completion of specified deliverables or outcomes. Develop intended learning outcomes and describe the methods for attaining each within the context of independent study providing specific deliverables.

    Prerequisite: graduate standing, consent of program director or graduate advisor.

  
  • EDD 697 - Seminar in Educational Research Design and Implementation (2-6)


    Assists in designing, completing and defending a scholarly dissertation research study. Develop intended measurable outcomes and establish methods, timetables and specific deliverables for the completion of those outcomes in consultation with the course instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 units.

    Prerequisite: graduate standing; consent of program director or graduate advisor.

  
  • EDD 698 - Dissertation Research (6)


    Individual research on a dissertation. Conferences with a faculty adviser and committee members, culminating in the publication of a dissertation. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 units.

    Prerequisite: EDD 670F .

  
  • EDD 699 - Independent Study (1-6)


    Independent doctoral level inquiry for qualified students.

    Prerequisite: consent of the department and instructor.


Education

Courses are designated as CEDU in the class schedule.

  
  • CEDU 100 - Introduction to Learning and Thinking in Science and Math (3)


    For first-semester science and mathematics students. Knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for success as a science and mathematics student and life-long learner. Significant reading, writing, and collaborative learning activities emphasizing quantitative reasoning. (CEDU 100 and CNSM 100 are the same course)


Science and Mathematics

Courses are designated as CNSM in the class schedule.

  
  • CNSM 100 - Introduction to Learning and Thinking in Science and Math (3)


    For first-semester science and mathematics students. Knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for success as a science and mathematics student and life-long learner. Significant reading, writing, and collaborative learning activities emphasizing quantitative reasoning. (CEDU 100 and CNSM 100 are the same course)


Early Start English

Courses are designated as ESE in the class schedule.

  
  • ESE 80 - Strategies for Successful College Writing (1)


    Prerequisite: EPT score 146 and lower or Conditional Exempt in English. This online course teaches strategies for succeeding in college writing. Students prepare and draft an essay, engage in peer review of drafts, revise and edit their essay and use campus resources for writing.

    Prerequisite: EPT score 146 and lower or Conditional Exempt in English.

  
  • ESE 99 - Developmental Writing (3)


    Prerequisite: EPT score 146 and lower or Conditional Exempt in English. An intensive course in basic writing skills that prepares students for English 101. Degree credit is not awarded. ENGL 99 and ESE 99 are the same course. Restricted to Early Start students.

    Prerequisite: EPT score 146 and lower or Conditional Exempt in English.

  
  • ESE 100 - Analytical College Writing (3)


    Students will learn to express ideas effectively in well-developed, focused essays that support arguments with relevant and adequate evidence, and use the style and conventions of standard academic prose. ESE 100 and ENGL 100 are the same course. Restricted to Early Start students.

    Prerequisite: Score between 138-146 on the English Placement Test (EPT) or Conditional Exempt in English. Corequisite: ESE 100W  

  
  • ESE 100W - Analytical College Writing Workshop (1)


    With tutorial, computer, and classroom activities, serves as the corequisite of ESE 100. As such, seeks to improve students’ ability to compose analytical college essays. ESE 100W and ENGL 100W are the same course. Restricted to Early Start students.

    Prerequisite: Score 138-146 on English Placement Test (EPT) or Conditional Exempt in English. Corequisite: ESE 100 . With tutorial, computer, and classroom activities, serves as the corequisite of ESE 100


Early Start Mathematics

Courses are designated as ESM in the class schedule.

  
  • ESM 20 - Intermediate Algebra Preparation (1)


    Prerequisite: First-time freshmen who are required by Early Start Program to begin remediation during first summer term. Absolute values and inequalities, exponents, solving equations, linear functions. Satisfies the early Start requirement, but does not advance a student in their remediation requirements. Degree credit is not awarded for this course. Offered online only.

    Prerequisite: First-time freshmen who are required by Early Start Program to begin remediation during first summer term.

  
  • ESM 30A - Intermediate Algebra-ILE (3)


    Prerequisite: First-time freshmen who have a score of 30 or below on the ELM exam and are required by the Early Start Program to begin remediation in the first summer term. Equations and inequalities, algebraic expressions, functions, including polynomial functions. Degree credit is not awarded for this course. Successful completion meets Early Start Program requirements.

    Prerequisite: First-time freshmen who have a score of 30 or below on the ELM exam and are required by the Early Start Program to begin remediation in the first summer term.

  
  • ESM 40 - Intermediate Algebra (3)


    Prerequisite: A score of 32-48 on the ELM exam. Polynomial, rational and radical expressions and equations; rational exponents; solutions and graphs of linear, quadratic and rational inequalities; systems of linear equations; operations, inverses and graphs of functions. Degree credit is not awarded for this course. Successful completion meets Early Start Program requirements. One or more sections may be offered in any online format.

    Prerequisite: A score of 32-48 on the ELM exam.

  
  • ESM 45 - Intermediate Algebra Minicourse (1)


    Prerequisite: Score of 36-48 on the ELM exam. For students who have taken but not passed the ELM exam. Linear equations, polynomials, rational expressions, radical expressions, quadratic formulas, exponential functions and logarithmic functions. Degree credit is not awarded for this course. Successful completion satisfies the ELM requirement. Offered online only.

    Prerequisite: Score of 36-48 on the ELM exam.

 

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