This is an archive of the 2016-2017 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

This is an archive of the 2016-2017 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2016-2017

Nine units of General Education coursework at the 300-level or above must be selected from within Basic Skills, Subject Explorations or U.S. History and Government. UDGE (300-level and above) are not to be taken sooner than the semester in which junior standing (60 units) is achieved. Note that completion of the lower division writing requirement is a prerequisite for enrollment in upper division General Education courses.

Arts and Humanities (37)

AAS 321. Asian American Fiction (3)

AFRS 344. Literature of the Caribbean and African Experience (3)

AFRS 346. Contemporary Black Female Writers (3)

ANTH 326. Introduction to Folklore (3)

ART 305. Art and Mass Culture (3)

CHS 310. Regional Music of Mexico (3)

CHS 350. Religions and Spiritualities in Chicana/o Communities (3)

CHS 351. Survey of Mexican Philosophical Thought (3)

CHS 380. Chicana/o Literature (3)

CHS 381. Contemporary Chicana Literature (3)

CLAS 315. Greek and Roman Mythology (3)

CTVA 309. Film as Literature (3)

ENGL 300. Contemporary Literature (3)

ENGL 316. Shakespeare (3)

ENGL 333. Comics and Graphic Novels (3)

ENGL 364. The Short Story (3)

FLIT 331. Literary Masterpieces of Italian Humanism and Renaissance Literature (3)

FLIT 381. Aspects of the Italian-American Experience in Cinema, Literature, Philosophy and Music (3)

FLIT 383. Hispanic Civilization and Culture: Middle Ages to Golden Age (3)

GWS 360. Feminist Ethics (3)

HIST 303. Themes in Western Civilization Before 1500 (3)

HIST 304. Themes in Western Civilization After 1500 (3)

JS 300. Humanities in Jewish Society: Ancient and Medieval (3)

KIN 380/L. Perspectives of Dance and Lab (2/1)

MUS 306. Introduction to Jazz (3)

PHIL 310. Philosophical Problems (3)

PHIL 325. Philosophy and Biology (3)

PHIL 330. Philosophy of Science (3)

PHIL 349. Contemporary Social and Political Issues (3)

RS 304. Women and Religion (3)

RS 307. Religion in America (3)

RS 310. Religion and Literature (3)

RS 356. Contemporary Religious Thought (3)

RS 361. Contemporary Ethical Issues (3)

RS 370. Religion and Ecology (3)

TH 310. Theatre in Performance (3)

TH 333. The American Musical (3)

Social Sciences (45)

AAS 350. Asian American Personality and Mental Health (3)

AFRS 361. African-American Politics (3)

ANTH 302. Introduction to Applied Anthropology (3)

ANTH 305. Individual and Culture (3)

ANTH 319. World Prehistory (3)

ANTH 341. Bones: An Introduction to the Study of Human Remains (3)

CAS 309. Ancient to Pre-Modern History of the Central American People (3)

CAS 310. Modern History of the Central American People (3)

CAS 368. Central American Revolutionary Movements (3)

CAS 369. Contemporary Social Movements in Central America (3)

CHS 345. History of the Mexican Peoples (3)

CHS 346. History of the Chicana/Mexicana (3)

CHS 361. Urbanization and the Chicana/o (3)

CHS 366. Women in Latin America (3)

ECON 300. Economic Principles and Problems (3)

ECON 310. Price Theory and Applications (3)

ECON 311. Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve (3)

ECON 360. Environmental Economics (3)

GEOG 301. Cultural Geography (3)

GEOG 321. United States (3)

GEOG 330. California (3)

GEOG 350. Metropolitan Los Angeles (3)

GEOG 351. Urban Geography (3)

GWS 320. Women and Urban Life/Urban Space (3)

GWS 340. Women, Gender and Global Development (3)

GWS 370. Women and Violence (3)

HIST 305. Cultural History of the United States (3)

HIST 341. Modern Europe Since 1815 (3)

HIST 342. The World Since 1945 (3)

HIST 350. History of Women (3)

HIST 380. Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)

HSCI 345. Public Health Issues (3)

JS 318. Applied Jewish Ethics (3)

MKT 350. Consumer Information in the Digital Age (3)

POLS 310. Problems of Political Economy (3)

POLS 350. Great Questions in Politics (3)

POLS 380. Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)

PSY 312. Psychological Aspects of Parenthood (3)

PSY 352. Motivation (3)

PSY 365. Introduction to Gerontology (3)

SOC 305. Culture and Personality (3)

SOC 324. Sociology of Sex and Gender (3)

SUST 300. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (3)

URBS 310. Growth and Sustainable Development of Cities (3)

URBS 380. Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)

Lifelong Learning (39)

AAS 390/F. Asian American Communities: Field Practicum (2/1)

AFRS 337. Black Images on the Silver Screen (3)

AIS 301. American Indians and Popular Culture (3)

BIOL 327. Ecology and People (3)

BIOL 375. Emerging Issues in Regenerative Medicine (3)

BLAW 368. Law, Business and Ethics (3)

BUS 480. The San Fernando Valley: Research on Local Issues (3)

CADV 310. Developmental Impacts of Abuse and Neglect (3)

CD 361. Language Development in Children (3)

CHS 360. Political Organizations and Social Movements of the Barrio (3)

CHS 390. Alternative Chicano Press (3)

CM 336/L. Fundamentals of Green Buildings and Lab (2/1)

COMP 300. Computer Fluency (3)

COMS 323. Group Communication (3)

COMS 360. Communication and the Sexes (3)

ENGL 306. Report Writing (3)

ENGL 313. Studies in Popular Culture (3)

EOH 353. Global Perspective of Environmental Health (3)

FCS 315. Issues in Housing (3)

FCS 323. Family and Individual Money Management (3)

FCS 324. Consumer Rights, Issues and Problems (3)

FCS 330. Child Growth and Development I (3)

FCS 340. Marriage and Family Relations (3)

FIN 302. Personal Finance (3)

GWS 305CS. Gender and Women’s Studies Community Service (3)

HIST 366. Popular Culture and Society in Latin America (3)

HSCI 336. Health Aspects of Drug Use (3)

HSCI 337. Nutrition and Health (3)

JOUR 390. Freedom of the Press (3)

JS 390CS. Service Learning in the Jewish Community (3)

LING 310. Language and the Law (3)

ME 322. Principles of Recycling and Municipal Solid Waste Management (3)

MSE 303. Innovation, Invention and Technology (3)

PHIL 305. Business Ethics and Public Policy (3)

QS 302. L.A. in Transit: Communities, Organizations and Politics (3)

RTM 310/L. Adventure Recreation and Human Relations and Lab (2/1)

RTM 352. Play and Human Potential (3)

RTM 353/L. Literature of the Wilderness Experience and Lab (2/1)

SUST 310. Best Practices in Sustainability (3)

Comparative Cultural Studies (69)

AAS 340. Asian American Women (3)

AAS 345. Contemporary Issues in Asian American Studies (3)

AAS 360. Asian American Immigration-Global Perspective (3)

AFRS 300. Contemporary Issues in the African-American Community (3)

AFRS 320. African-American Personality Development (3)

AFRS 322. African-American Family (3)

AFRS 324. The Black Woman in Contemporary Times (3)

AFRS 325. The Black Man in Contemporary Times (3)

AFRS 366. Colonialism in Africa (3)

AIS 304. American Indian Law and Policy (3)

ANTH 308. Gender and Culture (3)

ANTH 310. Language in Culture: Anthropological Linguistics (3)

ANTH 315. Third World Cultures (3)

ANTH 345. Diversity in the United States (3)

ARMN 310. Armenian Culture (3)

ARMN 360. Changing Roles of Armenian Women (3)

ART 315. World Perspectives in Art History (3)

BLAW 391. Women and the Law (3)

CAS 311. The Central American Diaspora (3)

CAS 365. Changing Roles of Central American Women (3)

CHS 333. Language and Society: Chicanas/os and Other Language Minority Children (3)

CHS 364. World Migration and the Chicana/o (3)

CHS 365. Third World Women and the Chicana (3)

COMS 356. Intercultural Communication (3)

ENGL 311. History of African-American Writing (3)

ENGL 371. Issues in Jewish-American Writing (3)

FLIT 321. Business Culture in Europe (3)

FLIT 370. Modern Japanese Culture (3)

FLIT 371. Modern Italian Culture (3)

FLIT 380. Cultural Development of Modern Russia and Eastern Europe (3)

GEOG 318. Europe (3)

GEOG 322. Latin America (3)

GEOG 324. China (3)

GEOG 326. Africa (3)

GEOG 334. Geography of Oceania (3)

GWS 300. Women as Agents of Change (3)

GWS 351. Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality (3)

HIST 349A. Women in American History Through 1848 (3)

HIST 349B. Women in American History Since 1848 (3)

HIST 369. History of American Indians (3)

JOUR 371. Women, Men and Media (3)

JOUR 372. Diversity and the Media (3)

JS 330. Women in the Jewish Experience (3)

KIN 385. Women in Sport (3)

LING 325. Language, Gender, and Identity (3)

MSE 302. Women in Mathematics, Science and Engineering (3)

MUS 309. Traditional Music of the U.S. (3)

MUS 310. Understanding World Cultures Through Music (3)

PHIL 333. American Indian Philosophy (3)

PHIL 343. Indian Philosophy (3)

PHIL 344. Chinese Philosophy (3)

PHIL 348. Philosophy and Feminism (3)

POLS 321. Comparative Political Ideologies (3)

POLS 332. Politics of Latin America (3)

QS 301. Perspectives in Queer Studies (3)

RS 306. American Religious Diversity (3)

RS 350. Religion, Violence and World Peace (3)

RS 365. Islam (3)

RS 378. American Jewish Experience (3)

RS 380. Asian Religions: Communal Traditions and Transitions (3)

RS 385. Hinduism (3)

RS 390. Buddhism (3)

RTM 330. Women, Leisure and Ethnicity in the United States (3)

SOC 306. Jewish Communal and Family Structure (3)

SOC 307. Ethnic Diversity in America (3)

SOC 333. Chinese Society (3)

SOC 335. Jewish Identity in the U.S. (3)

TH 325. World Drama and Performance (3)

URBS 350. Cities of the Developing World (3)