| Program | Units | |
| Required Core | ||
| AMST 410/HUM 450 California Culture | 3 | |
| HIST 450 | History of California | 3 |
| Units selected from the following: | 9 | |
| AIS 450 | Perspectives of Native California Indians | |
| AAS 300 | Asian Americans in California | |
| BLS 312 | Kalifia: The Black Heritage of California | |
| LARA 315 | La Raza in California | |
| Total for core | 15 | |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Choose one course from each of the following categories: | 9 | |
| Humanities and Creative Arts | ||
| ENG 531 | Selected California Literature | |
| NEXA 398 | John Steinbeck and "Doc" Ricketts: Literature and the Sea | |
| HUM/IAC 371 | Art and Artists of California | |
| HUM 376 | San Francisco | |
| IAC 370 | Art and Artists of San Francisco | |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | ||
| ANTH 356 | Archaeology of California | |
| ANTH 352 | People and Cultures of California | |
| ECON 530 | The Political Economy of the San Francisco Bay Area | |
| GEOG 552 | Geography of California | |
| GEOG 651 | San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues | |
| PLSI 473 | California Politics | |
| Natural Sciences | ||
| BIOL 300 | Nature Study | |
| BIOL 305 | Marine Plants and Animals of the California Coast | |
| GEOL 350 | Geology of the National Parks (by advisement) | |
| GEOL 272 | Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault | |
| GEOL 356 | Geology of California | |
| METR 356 | California Weather Events | |
| Total for minor | 24 | |