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Area of Concentration: 12-15 units

If a course is not offered in a given semester, please consult a LBST advisor.

You may take any ACADEMIC MINOR in place of an area of concentration.

(Former course #s in parentheses)

ART 12-15 units

LITERATURE 12 units

3 courses required:

  • ARTS 100 - Art Appreciation 3.0 FS
  • ARTS 125 - Basic Drawing 3.0 FS
  • ARTS 493*– Children’s Art   3.0 FS
    * required if MUSC 326 was selected as core course

    1 course selected from:
  • ARTS 123 - -Design (3-D) 3.0 FS
  • ARTS 260  – Introduction to Ceramics3.0 FS
  • ARTS 270 – Introduction to Sculpture   3.0 FS

1 course selected from:

  • ARTS 227 – Introduction to Painting  3.0 FS
  • ARTS 230 – Introduction to Printmaking 3.0 FS
  • ARTS 240 – Introduction to Fine Art Photography 3.0 FS
  • ARTS 250 – Introduction to Computer Art                                                      3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 353 (ENGL 153) - Multicultural Literature 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 356 (ENGL 156A) - Survey of British Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 357 (ENGL 156B) - Survey of British Literature 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 358 (ENGL 157A) - Survey of American Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 359 (ENGL 157B) - Surv. of American Literature 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 451 (ENGL 238) - Modern Poetry 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 453 (ENGL 248) - Modern Drama 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 461 – Modern Novel  3.0 FS

CHILD DEVELOPMENT 12 units

MATHEMATICS 12-14 units
1 course selected from:
  • CHLD 250 (CD 050)
  • CHLD 252 (CD 050) - Child Development 3.0 FS
Note: CHLD 250 or CHLD 252 must be taken before CHLD 350 354,or 357

1 course selected from:
  • CHLD 350 (CD 150) - Prenatal-Infant Development 3.0 SP
  • CHLD 354 (CD 154) - School-Aged Child 3.0 FS
  • CHLD 357 (CD 254) - Adolescent Development 3.0 FA
1 course selected from:
  • CHLD 355 (CD 155) - Children, Families, Soc Policy 3.0 FS
  • CHLD 551 (CD 251) - Staff and Family Relations 3.0 SP
  • SWRK 320 (CD 220) - Child Welfare 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • PSYC 457 (PSY 240) - Psyc of Exceptional Child 3.0 FS
  • SPED 343 (SPED 143) - Overview of Special Education 3.0 FS
 2 courses required:
  • MATH 105 (MATH 005) - Statistics 3.0 FS
  • MATH 311 (MATH 113) - Intuitive Foundations Geometry 3.0 FS
2 courses selected from:
  • MATH 101 (MATH 101) - Patterns Mathematical Thought 3.0 FS
  • MATH 107 (MATH 107) - Finite Math for Business 3.0 FS
  • MATH 109 (MATH 009) - Survey of Calculus 3.0 FS
  • MATH 118 (MATH 004) - Trigonometry 3.0 FS
  • MATH 119 (MATH 006) - Pre calculus Mathematics 4.0 FS
  • MATH 120 (MATH 07A) - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 4.0 FS
  • MATH 121 (MATH 07B) - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 4.0 FS

DIVERSITY IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY   12 units

MULTICULTURAL ISSUES 12 units
3 courses required:
  • ANTH 304: Language and Culture 3.0 FS
  • HIST 445: History of California 3.0 FS
  • MCGS 155: Intro to Multicult. & Gender Studies 3.0 FS

1 course selected from:

  • RDGL 554: Literature for Children  3.0 FS
  • RDGL 557: Literature for a Multicultural World  3.0 F
1 course selected from:
  • MCGS 155 (MCGS 055) - Intro Multicultural/Gender Std 3.0 FS
  • MCGS 350 (MCGS 152) - Ethnic and Race Relations 3.0 Inq

2 courses selected from: 6.0
Select two courses from the same cultural group.

African American Studies

  • AFAM 170 – Intro African American Studies   3.0
  • AFAM 251 – African-American Literature  3.0 FA
  • AFAM 455 – Sociology of African Americans  3.0 SP

American Indian Studies

  • AIST 170 – Intro to American Indian Studies 3.0 FS
  • AIST 230 - The American Indian 3.0 FS
  • AIST 252 – American Indian Literature 3.0 FS
  • AIST 325 – Worldviews of American Indians 3.0 Inq


Asian American Studies

  • AAST 152 – Intro Asian American Experience 3.0 Inq
  • AAST 253 – Asian American Literature 3.0 FS
  • AAST 351 – Asian American Communities 3.0 Inq
  • AAST 380 – SE Asian American: Cultures in Transition 3.0 Inq


Chicano Studies

  • CHST 135 – Mexican American Heritage in U.S. 3.0 FSCHST 157 – Introduction to Chicano Studies 3.0 FS
  • CHST 358 – Chicanos in Contemporary Society 3.0 FA
  • CHST 459 – Chicanos/Latinos: Cross-Cultural 3.0 Inq
1 course required:
  • BLMC 536 (BLMC 236) - Intro to Multicultural Educ 3.0 FS
NOTE: BLMC 536 must be taken last , after completion of above courses.

ENGLISH 12 units

MUSIC 12-15 units
1 course required:
  • ENGL 220 (ENGL 020) - Beginning Creative Writing 4.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 335 (ENGL 175) - Rhetoric and Writing 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 372 (ENGL 222) - Pedagogical Grammar 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 375 (ENGL 124) - Introduction to English Grammar 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 356 (ENGL 156A) - Survey of British Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 357 (ENGL 156B) - Survey of British Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 358 (ENGL 157A) - Survey of American Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 359 (ENGL 157B) - Survey of American Literature 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 251 (ENGL 056A) African-Amer. Literature 3.0 FA
  • ENGL 252 (ENGL 056B) - Amer. Indian Literature 3.0 FA
  • ENGL 253 (ENGL 056C) - Asian Amer. Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 254 (ENGL 056D) - Chicano/Latino/a Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 353 (ENGL 153) - Multicultural Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 467 (ENGL 297C) - Teaching Multicultural Lit. 3.0 FS

2 courses required:

  • MUSC 291 - American Music 3.0 FS
  • MUSC 292 - Maj Mus Fig in West Civ 3.0 FS

2 courses selected from:

  • MUSC 190 (MUS 045) - Intro to World Music 3.0 FS
  • MUSC 293 (MUS193) - History of Jazz 3.0 SP
  • MUSC 294 (MUS 194) - History of Rock and Roll 3.0 FS
  • MUSC 296 (MUS 196) - African American Music 3.0 FS
Each of the following must have MUSC 326 (129) as prerequisite or faculty permission
  • MUSC 327 (MUS 156) - Music for Early Childhood 3.0 FS
  • MUSC 328 (MUS 157) - Music in Recreation 3.0 FS
  • MUSC 329 (MUS 158) - Music for Special Education 3.0 FS
  • MUSC 472 (MUS 172) - Music & Movement for Children 3.0 SP

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 12 units

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 12 units
2 courses required:
  • GEOG 304 (GEOG 104) - Environmental Issues 3.0 FS
  • GEOS 330 (GEOG 130) - Environmental Science 3.0 FS
2 courses selected from:
  • BIOL 334 (BIOL 334) - Conservation Ecology 3.0 FS
  • ECON 365 (ECON 165) - Environmental Economics 3.0 FS
  • GEOS 370 (GEOG 170) - Energy in the Human Environ 3.0 SP
  • HCSV 362 (HCSV 162) - Environmental Health 3.0 FS
  • PHIL 329 (PHIL 146) - Environmental Ethics 3.0 FS
  • PSSC 390 (PSSC 100) - Food Forever 3.0 FS
  • RECR 448 (RECR 251) - Methods/Materials for Environ Ed 3.0 FS
  • RELS 347 (R S 149) - Cross-Cultural Environ Ethics 3.0 FS
  • SOCI 420 (SOCI 145) - Environmental Sociology 3.0 FA
NOTE: You may take PHIL 329 or RELS 347, but not both. 		NOTE Prerequisite: KINE 302 (PHED 102) 4 courses required:
  • KINE 308 (PHED 108) - Dance Rhythms/Educational Gym 3.0 FS
  • KINE 315 (PHED 212) - Intro to Adapted Phys Act 3.0 FS
  • KINE 321 (PHED 144) -Motor Development & Behavior 3.0 FS
  • KINE 410 (PHED 110) - Develop Approp PHED-Middle Sch 3.0 FS

HEALTH SCIENCE STUDIES 12 units

SCIENCE 12 units
4 courses required:
  • HCSV 265 (HCSV 111) - Human Sexuality 3.0 FS
  • HCSV 370 (HCSV 170) - Drugs in Our Society 3.0 FS
  • HCSV 462 (HCSV 272) - School Health Programs 3.0 FS
  • NFSC 303 (NFSC 123) - Nutrition/Physical Fitness 3.0 FS
 1 course required:
  • CHEM 100 (CHEM 004) - Chemistry and Current Issues 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • PHYS 100 – Concepts in Physics 3.0 FS
  • PHYS 320– Concepts in Modern Physics 3.0 FA
  • PHYS 376 – Nuclear Science  3.0 F/S
1 course selected from:
  • BIOL 302 (BIOL 102) - Evolution 3.0 SP
  • BIOL 303 (BIOL 103) - Human Genetics 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • GEOS 340 (GEOS 235) - Environmental Geology 3.0 FS
  • GEOS 370 (GEOS 170) - Energy in the Human Environ 3.0 SP

HUMANITIES 12 units

SOCIAL SCIENCE 12 units

1 course selected from:
  • HUMN 220 (HUM 100A) - Arts and Ideas: Ancient 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • RELS 100 (R S 006) Judaism, Christianity, Islam 3.0 FS
  • RELS 110 (R S 005) Asian Religions 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • ENGL 258 (ENGL 158) - World Literature 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 260 (ENGL 185) - Great Books 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 355 (ENGL 155) - Bible as Literature 3.0 Inq
  • RELS 107 (R S 020) - The Bible 3.0 FA
1 course selected from:
  • PHIL 101 (PHIL 003) - Introduction to Philosophy 3.0 FS
  • PHIL 104 (PHIL 007) - Personal Values 3.0 FS
 2 courses required:
  • GEOG 435 (GEOS 235) - Historical Geog of North Amer 3.0 FS
  • HIST 103 (HIST 01C) - The Modern World 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • HIST 230 (HIST 130) - The American Indian 3.0 FS
  • HIST 231 (HIST 131) - African American History 3.0 FS
  • HIST 332 (HIST 134) - American Ethnic Origins 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • HIST 445 (HIST 254) - History of California 3.0 FS
  • POLS 402 (POLS 202) - State Government 3.0 FS

LIFE SCIENCE 12 units

SOUTHEAST ASIAN-AMERICAN CULTURES 15 units

1 course required:
  • BIOL 302 (BIOL 102) - Evolution 3.0 SP
3 courses selected from:
  • BIOL 303 (BIOL 103) - Human Genetics 3.0 FS
  • BIOL 318 (BIOL 318) - Biology of Childhood 3.0 FS
  • BIOL 334 (BIOL 134) - Conservation Ecology 3.0 FS
  • BIOL 345 (BIOL 195) - Biology of Cancer 3.0 FS
 4 courses required:
  • AAST 152 (AAST 071) - Intro Asian-American Exper 3.0 FS
  • AAST 370 (AAST 210) - Asian Immigration: Wrld Perspect 3.0 Inq
  • AAST 380 (AAST 220) - SE Asian Amer: Cult in Trans 3.0 Inq
  • ASST 200 (ASST 100) - Cultures of Asia 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
  • AAST 351 (AAST 160) - Asian American Communities 3.0 FS
  • HIST 379 (HIST 179) - SE Asian History/Culture 3.0 SP
 

TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANG. 12 units
 

4 courses required:

  • ENGL 372 – Pedagogical Grammar3.0 FS
  • ENGL 375 – Introduction to English Grammar 3.0 FS
  • ENGL 477 – Semantics: Language and Meaning  3.0 F
  • ENGL 478 - Linguistic Approaches to Reading  3.0 S