Bulletin

SEGMENT III: RELATIONSHIPS OF KNOWLEDGE

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: All students who enter SFSU in Fall, 1991, and thereafter MUST:

  1. Complete at least nine units of upper division course work in residence at SFSU in a single Segment III cluster.
  2. Begin the Segment III course work during or after the semester in which upper division junior standing is achieved (i.e., 60 semester units), but not before.
  3. Begin their Segment III course work only after completing all General Education Segment I requirements: Written Communications, Critical Thinking, Oral Communications, and Quantitative Reasoning. The purpose of this requirement is to assure that students acquire a solid foundation of basic competencies early in their academic careers as preparation for further course work required for the baccalaureate degree.
  4. Complete the courses in a single Segment III cluster in accordance with that cluster's special requirements.
  5. Complete at least one course in the Segment III cluster that is both outside the major department and outside the major program submitted on the student's "Application for Graduation."
  6. Complete at least one course in the Segment III cluster that fulfills the Cultural, Ethnic, and Social Diversity (CESD) Requirement.
  7. Expect to complete a significant writing component in each Segment III course.
  8. Courses taken to fulfill Segment III cluster requirements may not also be used to fulfill Segment II requirements or the U.S. History and Government requirements.
EXCEPTIONS TO THIS POLICY
Students who are entitled to an earlier SFSU Bulletin may complete a Segment III cluster and its requirements as printed in that Bulletin. Reference copies of earlier Bulletins are available in the Library; the undergraduate Advising Center, ADM 212; and the Office of Undergraduate Studies, ADM 449. However, students who have not yet started Segment III are encouraged to adopt the currently approved clusters. If a student chooses to complete a cluster in this Bulletin, s/he MUST follow all special requirements as currently written.

NOTE: All courses listed are three units unless otherwise noted.

AFRICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD CULTURE (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each Category. Only two of the three courses selected can have the same departmental prefix.

Category A: Classical Africa
BL S 305	Ancient Egypt, CESD
CLAR 500	Ancient Egyptian Civilization, CESD
Category B: Africa: Tradition and Transition
ART 508		African Art History, CESD
BL S 302	Black Diaspora, CESD
HIST 610	History of Africa, CESD
Category C: Modern Africa
BL S 301	Africa in Global Perspective, CESD
HIST 611	Modern Africa, CESD
HUM 515		Styles of African Cultural Expression, CESD
AIDS: THE MODERN EPIDEMIC (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each Category.

Category A:
BIOL 327	AIDS: The Biology of a Modern Epidemic, CESD
		Prerequisite: a course in college biology.
Category B:
H ED 417	AIDS: Contemporary Health Crisis, CESD
Category C:
BIOL 321	Magic, Myths, and Medicine—A History of Medicine, CESD
		Prerequisite: a course in college biology and/or history.
BIOL 326	Disease!
		Prerequisite: BIOL 100 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
BIOL 343	Cell and Molecular Immunology
		Prerequisites: BIOL 230, 240, and CHEM 130.
BL S 460/COUN 450	AIDS and People of Color, CESD
H ED 315	Drugs and Society, CESD
H ED 444	Sexually Transmissible Diseases: Trends and Issues
		Prerequisite: a Segment II biology course.
AMERICA AND WORLD AFFAIRS (9–12 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each Category. Only two of the three courses selected can have the same departmental prefix.

Category A:
HIST 461	The History of American Foreign Relations
I R 310		United States Foreign Policy (4)
Category B:
I R 321		African Foreign Policy (4), CESD
I R 322		Latin American Relations (4), CESD
I R 323		Middle East: Periphery (4), CESD
I R 324		Middle East: Heartland (4), CESD
I R 325		Chinese Foreign Policy (4), CESD
I R 326		South and Southeast Asia Foreign Relations (4), CESD
I R/PLSI/S S 520	Modernization and Third World Countries, CESD
Category C:
HIST 319	Century of Warfare 1850-1950
HIST 388	Soviet Union in World Affairs
I R 342		Strategy and War (4)
I R/PLSI 343	Arms Control and Peacekeeping (4)
NEXA 340	The Nuclear Revolution
AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (9 units)
Special Requirements: Choose either Option 1 or Option 2.

Option 1
Select one course from each Category.

Category A:
ENG 526		Age of the American Renaissance, 1830-1860
Category B:
HIST 424	History of the United States, 1827-1877, CESD
Category C:
ENG 527		American Literature, 1860-1914
HIST 426	History of the United States, 1877-1916, CESD
HIST 464	American Ethnic and Racial Relations I: 1740-1890, CESD
HUM 455		Victorian Culture in England and America
HUM 490		American Images: Colonial to Modern
Option 2
Select one course from each Category.

Category A:
ENG 527		American Literature, 1860-1914
Category B:
HIST 426	History of the United States, 1877-1916, CESD
Category C:
ENG 526		Age of the American Renaissance, 1830-1860
HIST 424	History of the United States, 1827-1877, CESD
HIST 464	American Ethnic and Racial Relations I: 1740-1890, CESD
HUM 455		Victorian Culture in England and America
HUM 490		American Images: Colonial to Modern
AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each Category.

Category A:
AMST 300/S S 410	Perspectives on American Culture, CESD
AMST 400/GEOG 551	American Regional Cultures, CESD
AMST 410/HUM 478	California Culture, CESD
Category B:
AMST 310/HUM 485	The Arts and American Culture
ENG 526		Age of the American Renaissance: 1830-1860
HUM 495		Architecture and American Life
Category C:
ENG 527		American Literature: 1860-1914
HIST/HUM 480	Thought and Culture in America
HUM 470		American Values
APPROACHES TO CULTURAL CRITICISM (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A:
PHIL 460	Philosophy of the Arts, CESD
Category B:
CINE 340	Critical Studies
		Prerequisites: CINE 300 and 302.
ENG 600		Theory of Literature
ENG 611		Modern Literary Criticism
ENG 613/WOMS 544	Feminist Literary Criticism, CESD
HIST 316	Media and Bourgeois Society
HIST 584	Postmodernism/Capitalism
HUM 325		Practice of Criticism
HUM 326		Post-Modern Criticism
ARTS IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A:
ART 303		The Artist in the Twentieth Century, CESD
HUM 465		Contemporary Culture, CESD
Category B:
BECA 321	Analysis of Public Arts
DANC 350	Dance Watching, CESD
MUS 508		Modern Music: American Iconoclasts
MUS 512		Rock Since 1969
ASIAN AMERICANS: RESPONSES TO THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (9 units)
Special Requirement: First, select one course from Category A, then one course from Category B, and finally one course from Category C.

Category A:
AAS 310		Chinese in America: Beginning to Exclusion, CESD
AAS 331		Japanese Americans in the United States, CESD
AAS 370		Southeast Asians in America, CESD
AAS 456		Pilipinos in America: Problems of Transition, CESD
Category B:
AAS 322		Chinese American Culture—Language and Literature
AAS 363		Survey of Philippine Literature
AAS 444		Japanese American Arts and Expression
AAS 693		Asian Americans and the Mass Media
Category C:
AAS 680		Community: Changes and Development
AAS 695		Contemporary Asian American Communities
ASIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD CULTURE (9 units)
Special Requirements: Take all three courses.

ANTH/HIST 391	Traditional Asia, CESD
GEOG 573/HIST/I R 392	Asia in Transition, CESD
GEOG 574/HIST/I R 393/S S 555	Contemporary Asia, CESD
AUDIENCE AND THE ARTS (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B.

Category A: In-Depth Disciplinary Investigation
DANC 350	Dance Watching, CESD
MUS 501		Music, the Listener's Art
TH A 300	Theatre Imagination
Category B: Interdisciplinary Investigation
HUM 425		Thought and Image I, CESD
IAC 360		Human Expression Through the Arts, CESD
IAC 426		Thought and Image II, CESD
BLACK EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES (9 units)
Special Requirements: Take any three courses.

BL S 301	Africa in Global Perspective, CESD
BL S 320	Black Politics, Mass Movements, and Liberation Themes, CESD
BL S 335	Black Women: A Cultural Analysis, CESD
BL S 400	Black Arts and Humanities, CESD
BL S 411	African and African-American Literature, CESD
BL S 515	Black Family Studies, CESD
CALIFORNIA CULTURES AND ENVIRONMENTS (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each Category. At least one course must be a CESD course.

Category A: Perspectives from the Humanities and Creative Arts
AMST 410/HUM 478	California Culture, CESD
ENG 531		Early California Literature
HUM/IAC 371	Arts and Artists of California
NEXA 398	John Steinbeck and "Doc" Ricketts: Literature and the Sea
Category B: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
AMST/ANTH 352	Peoples and Cultures of California, CESD
ANTH 356	Archaeology of California, CESD
GEOG 552	Geography of California
HIST 450	History of California, CESD
PLSI 473	California Government and Politics (4)
Category C: Perspectives from the Sciences
BIOL 305	Marine Animals and Plants of the California Coast
		Prerequisite: a course in college biology.
GEOL 356	Geology of California
METR 356	California Weather Events
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: TWO SOCIETIES IN CHANGE (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each Category.

Category A:
GEOG 550	Geography of the United States and Canada, CESD
Category B:
IBUS 594	U.S.–Canadian Business and Economic Relations
Category C:
ENG 682		Modern English Canadian Fiction
FR 460		The French in North America
		Prerequisite: FR 305 or consent of instructor. Taught in French.
HIST 448	History of the American Northwest
CAPITALISM AND THE MODERN WORLD (9-10 units)
Special Requirements: Select any three courses from at least two separate Categories.

Category A: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
ANTH/CST 585	Multi-National Corporations and World Cultures (4), CESD
CST/HIST 312	Capitalist Hegemony and Third World Resistance, CESD
Category B: Perspectives from the Creative Arts
CINE 308	Third World Perspectives in Film, CESD
Category C: Perspectives from Women Studies
WOMS 531	Women and International Development, CESD
CHILDREN IN FAMILIES AND SOCIETY (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A:
CFS 320		Children and Families, CESD
Category B:
CFS 422		Child Care Issues
ENG 654		Tutoring in Reading
HIST/S S 469	American Childhoods: Past and Present
SW 350		Child Welfare
CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND ART (9-10 units)
Special Requirements: Select three courses. Each must have a different prefix.

ENG 615		Image, Metaphor and Symbol, CESD
HUM 510		Comparative Culture: East/West, CESD
HUM 515		Styles of African Cultural Expression, CESD
HUM/LARA 520	North/South American Cultural Expression, CESD
NEXA 384	Words, Culture, and Change, CESD
PHIL 460	Philosophy of Art, CESD
SPCH 541	Intercultural Communication (4), CESD
CULTURAL STUDIES OF MUSIC AND DANCE (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category A or Category B.

Category A:
DANC 415	Dance in Religion, CESD
DANC 430	Historical Survey of Dance in the Western World
Category B:
MUS 502		Opera Survey
MUS 505		Music of the World's Peoples, CESD
MUS 506		Survey of Jazz
MUS 512		Rock Since the Mid-1960s
NEXA 369	The Demonic Pact: The Faust Myth in Music and Literature, CESD
DYNAMICS OF THE CITY (9-10 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category B or Category C.

Category A:
HUM 376		San Francisco, CESD
Category B:
GEOG/URBS 432	Urban Geography
GEOG 455	Geography of Ethnic Communities, CESD
HIST 489/URBS 400	Dynamics of the American City, CESD
NEXA 383	The City and Civilization, CESD
URBS 530	Alternative Urban Futures
Category C:
HUM 375		Biography of a City
		NOTE: Student may take any title listed under HUM 375 in the Class Schedule.
ETHICS AT WORK (9-10 units)
Special Requirements:
Select the course from Category A first, and then two courses from Category B.

Category A:
PHIL 440	Ethics at Work I, CESD
Category B:
BUS 440		Ethics at Work II: Business
JOUR 666	Ethical Issues in Journalism
PHIL 383	Ethics in Medicine
EVOLUTION AND CHANGE: PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS (9-11 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each category.

Category A: Biological Evolution
BIOL 337	Evolution
		Prerequisite: BIOL 230 or 240 or consent of instructor.
ANTH 331	Fossil Humans (4)
ANTH 332	Human Variation Today (4), CESD
NEXA 389	The Darwinian Revolution
Category B: Socio-Cultural Evolution
PLSI 365	Systematic Political Theory (4), CESD
SOC 471		Social Change (4), CESD
S S 510		Socio-Cultural Change: Interdisciplinary Analysis, CESD
Category C: Cosmological Evolution
ASTR 330	Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
		Prerequisite: ASTR 260 or MATH 223 or PHYS 243 or PHYS 121.
ASTR 350	History of Astronomy
		Prerequisite: ASTR 115 or consent of instructor.
FAMILIES IN CHANGE (11-12 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A:
SOC 464		Families and Society (4), CESD
Category B:
CFS 426		Family Crises
SPCH 503	Sex Roles and Communication (4), CESD
URBS 565	Social Policy and the Family (4), CESD
FOLKLORE (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select any three courses.

ANTH 581	Anthropology and Folklore, CESD
CLAS 330	Ancient Epic Tales
NEXA 384	Words, Culture, and Change, CESD
TH A 451	Storytelling and Folk Literature, CESD
WCL 421		Celtic Literature, CESD
GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL PERSPECTIVES (10-11 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each category.

Category A:
HMSX 421	Homophobia and Coming Out, CESD
HMSX 600/PSY 650	Seminar: Research in Sexual Identity, CESD
		Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Category B:
SPCH 525	Sexual Identity and Communication (4)
Category C:
CINE/HMSX 403	Homosexuality on Film
ENG 633		Gay/Lesbian Love in Literature (4)
WOMS 551	Lesbian Literature
GLOBAL PEACE STUDIES (9-10 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each category.

Category A:
GPS/I R 315	Introduction to Global Peace Studies, CESD
Category B:
CHS/I R 400	The Nuclear World: Evolution of an Impasse
Category C:
HUM 366		India's Gandhi
I R 432		Model United Nations (4)
PHIL 435	Human Rights in Global Perspective, CESD
PSY 547		Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution
		Prerequisite: six units of upper division psychology or consent of instructor.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each category.

Category A:
CFS 355		Nutrition for Wellness
Category B:
H ED 310	Health in Society, CESD
Category C:
CFS 453		Nutrition and the Life Cycle
KIN 355		Science, Sport, and Fitness
		Prerequisite: BIOL 100 or equivalent.
HEALTH CARE POLICY (9-10 units)
Special Requirements: Select three courses. Each course must have a different prefix.

ECON 450	Health Economics
H ED 312	Consumer Health
H ED 450	Contemporary Issues in Health, CESD
LABR/PLSI/URBS 570	Urban Health Policy, CESD
SOC 476		Medical Sociology (4), CESD
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARTS (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select any three courses.

ART 303		The Artist in the Twentieth Century, CESD
ART 508		African Art History, CESD
DANC 430	Historical Survey of Dance in the Western World
DANC 657	Ethnology of Dance, CESD
HUM 510		Comparative Culture: East/West, CESD
HUM 515		Styles of African Cultural Expression, CESD
HUM/LARA 520	North and South American Cultural Expression, CESD
MUS 505		Music of the World's Peoples, CESD
HOLISTIC HEALTH (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select any three courses.

H H 380		Holistic Health: Western Perspectives
H H 381		Holistic Health: Eastern Perspectives, CESD
H H 382		Holistic Health and Human Nature, CESD
H H 383		Chinese Perspectives in Holistic Health, CESD
HOUSING, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A and two courses from Category B.

Category A:
CFS 542		Human Dimensions in Housing and Interiors, CESD
Category B:
CFS 347		Housing for People with Special Needs
		Prerequisite: CFS 344 or consent of instructor.
GEOG 455	Geography of Ethnic Communities, CESD
HUM 495		Architecture and American Life
PLSI/URBS 580	Urban Housing
HUMAN COMMUNICATION (9-10 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from Category A, a second course from Category B, and a third course from either Category B or Category C.

Category A:
ENG 420		Introduction to the Study of Language
Category B:
NEXA 384	Words, Culture, and Change, CESD
Category C:
CD 300		Human Communicative Development and Disorders
PSY 531		Psycholinguistics
SPCH 300	Rhetoric and Communication Theory (4)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select any three courses. Each course must have a different prefix. Courses are listed in a developmental sequence.

CFS 323		Infant/Toddler Development, CESD
KIN 487		Motor Development, CESD
PSY 431		Developmental Psychology, CESD
PSY 455		Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Psychology, CESD
PSY 432		Cognitive Development: Language, Thinking, and Perception, CESD
PSY 433		Social, Emotional, and Personality Development
PSY 430		Adolescent Psychology, CESD
CFS 321		Adolescents and Families, CESD
ANTH 636	Cross-Cultural Aspects of Aging, CESD
H ED 415	Health Aspects of Aging, CESD
HUMAN DISABILITY IN SOCIETY (9 units)
Special Requirements: Select one course from each category.

Category A:
PSY 435		Behavior Problems of Children, CESD
		Prerequisite: PSY 330 or 431.
Category B:
SPED 330	Introduction to Disability, CESD
Category C:
SPED 370	Introduction to Atypical Infants
SPED 688	American Sign Language I
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