Regional/Cultural Studies Requirements
(6 units [one set] selected from the following:)
History 110A: American Civilization -- 3 units
History 110B: American Civilization -- 3 units
OR
History 115A: Comparative History of the Americas -- 3 units
History 115B: Comparative History of the Americas -- 3 units
OR
Political Science 101: Introduction to Politics and the American Political
System -- 3 units
Political Science 102: Introduction to American and California
Government and Politics -- 3 units
Note: It is not necessary to complete these courses before taking upper division classes in this emphasis.
Required courses:
Economics 565: North American Economic Relations -- 3 units
International Business 495: Internship -- 3 units cr/nc
International Business 498: Doing Business Internationally -- 1 unit cr/nc
(IB 498 is offered every semester in Spanish and in the spring semester only in all other languages. Arrange your schedule to take this required class. Prerequisite: one 300-level language course in your language emphasis).
and 6 units, one course (three units) each from Section A (Mexico and Mexico-U.S. Border) and Section B (United States):
A. MEXICO AND MEXICO-U.S. BORDER
Chicana/o Studies 306: Mexican Immigration -- 3 units
Chicana/o Studies 340: Mexican Women in Historical Perspective: Pre-Columbian to 1848 -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 350A: Chicano History -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 355: The United States-Mexico International Border -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 357: U.S./Mexico Border: Urbanism and Architecture -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 375: U.S./Mexico Border History -- 3 units
* Chicana/o Studies 498: Internship in U.S.-Mexico Border -- 3 units
History 551 A/B: Mexico -- 3/3 units
Political Science 568: The Mexican Political System -- 3 units
Spanish 342: Mexican Civilization -- 3 units
* Spanish 515: Mexican Literature -- 3/3 units
B. UNITED STATES
**Afras 320: Political and Economics of Black Urban Development -- 3 units
**Afras 321: Black Political Participation in America -- 3 units
**Afras 322: African American Political Thought -- 3 units
Afras 471B Twentieth Century Black History -- 3 units
**American Indian Studies 320: American Indians in Contemporary Society -- 3 units
American Indian Studies 400: The American Indian Political Experience -- 3 units
**American Indian Studies 440: American Indian History -- 3 units
American Studies 580: Topics in American Studies -- 3 units
Anthropology 444: American Culture -- 3 units
**Anthropology 445: Ethnology of North America -- 3 units
**Anthropology 446: Southwestern Ethnology -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 301: Political Economy of the Chicano People -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 303: Mexican American Community Studies -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 310: Mexican and Chicano Music -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 320: Mexican American Life Styles -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 335: Mexican American Literature -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 350B: Chicano History -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 376: Mexican American Culture and Thought -- 3 units
**Chicana/o Studies 380: U.S./Mexican Borderlands Folklore -- 3 units
Chicana/o Studies 480: The Mexican American and the Schools -- 3 units
**Communication 371: Intercultural Communication -- 3 units
->Economics 330: Comparative Economic Systems -- 3 units
Economics 338: Economic History of the United States -- 3 units
->English 494: Modern American Fiction -- 3 units
English 519: American Ethnic Literature -- 3 units
English 525: American Literature, 1950 to present -- 3 units
->Geography 321: United States -- 3 units
+Geography 353: Location of Economic Activity -- 3 units
Geography 354: Geography of Cities -- 3 units
Geography 358: Transportation Geography -- 3 units
History 310A/B: U.S. History -- 3/3 units
History 430W: The Writing of History -- 3 units
->History 442A/B: People Out of Our Past -- 3/3 units
History 536: The United States Since WWII -- 3 units
History 537A/B: The Westward Movement -- 3 units
History 540: Environmental History of the U.S. -- 3 units
History 541A/B: California -- 3 units
History 544A/B: American Foreign Policy -- 3 units
History 545A/B: Constitutional History of the U.S. -- 3 units
History 546A/B: Development of American Capitalism -- 3 units
History 547A/B: Intellectual History of the American People -- 3 units
History 548A/B: Social History of the United States -- 3 units
Latin American Studies 575: Art and Culture in the US/Mexico Border Region -- 3 units
Linguistics 524: American Dialectology -- 3 units
Political Science 305: American Political Thought -- 3 units
Political Science 320: American Institutions -- 3 units
Political Science 321: State Politics -- 3 units
Political Science 338: The Legislative Process -- 3 units
Political Science 347A/B: American Constitutional Law -- 3/3 units
Political Science 348: The Supreme Court and Contemporary Issues -- 3 units
Political Science 422: Urban Politics -- 3 units
Political Science 436: The American Presidency -- 3 units
Political Science 530: Political Parties -- 3 units
Political Science 531: Interest Group and Political Movement -- 3 units
Religious Studies 390: Religion in America -- 3 units
Sociology 320: Sex/Gender Roles in American Society -- 3 units
Sociology 335: Mass Communication and Popular Culture -- 3 units
Sociology 355: Minority Group Relations -- 3 units
->Sociology 421: The American Family and Its Alternatives -- 3 units
->Sociology 430: Social Organization -- 3 units
Sociology 433: Wealth, Status, and Power -- 3 units
Sociology 531: Working and Society -- 3 units
Sociology 532: Workers, Managers and Bureaucracy -- 3 units
Sociology 537: Political Sociology -- 3 units
Women's Studies 341A/B: -- Women in American History 3/3 units
**Women's Studies 375: -- Sex, Power and U.S. Politics 3 units
**One of these courses may cross-count in the Regional/Cultural Studies Emphasis and in General Education, IV: Explorations as a cultural diversity course.
->One of these courses may cross-count in the Regional/Cultural Studies Emphasis and in General Education, IV: Explorations.
NOTE: ONLY ONE COURSE WITH EITHER TWO ** OR A -> WILL CROSS-COUNT.
+This course may only be included in the major with the prior written approval of the Academic Adviser for Internaitonal Business after review of the course syllabus (at least 1/3 of the course [5 weeks] must be devoted to the particular regional/cultural emphasis).