Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

TRANSFER NOTES1. All courses listed in the six areas of emphasis options are transferableto either the University of California (UC), the California StateUniversity (CSU), or both UC and CSU. Courses that are transferableonly to CSU are marked with an asterisk (*).2. All courses may be applied to the appropriate areas of the CSUGeneral Education Breadth and/or the UC General Education(IGETC) patterns (See Transfer Planning section of this catalog).INTERNATIONAL STUDIESStudents completing this major will gain a global perspectiveon the histories, political structures, and culturesof all of the world’s regions, as well as expertise in a specificregion of their choice.All students in this major will take a set of core coursesthat provide a common framework for an understandingof historical, economical, cultural and political relations.Each student will also choose one of four areas for specialization:Asia, Europe, Latin America, or the Philippinesfor more extensive study of the history, language, and artsof that area. This major provides the foundation to transferinto International Studies/Relations or majors with specificgeo-political areas of emphasis and is valuable forstudents planning a career in education, business, lawand many other areas where an understanding of diversecultures is important.ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR ININTERNATIONAL STUDIESRequired Core CoursesUnitsRequired core courses in Social SciencesPLSC 130 International Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Plus 9 units from the following:HIST 104 World Civilizations I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 106 World Civilizations II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEOG 110 Cultural Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ECON 100 Macroeconomics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Required core courses in Language and LiteratureLIT. 116 Introduction to World Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Plus 6 to 10 units from one of the followingARBC 111, 112 * Elementary Arabic I, IICHIN 111, 112* Elementary Chinese I, IIFILI 111, 112* Elementary Filipino I, IIFILI 110, 120** Elementary/Adv. FilipinoITAL 111, 112* Elementary Italian I, IIJAPN 111, 112* Elementary Japanese I, IISPAN 110, 120** Elementary/Adv. Spanish**6 units, the equivalent of 1 semester of college-levelforeign language**10 units, the equivalent of 1 year of college-level foreignlanguage and also meets Languages other than Englishportion of IGETCPlus a minimum of 6 units from two differentdepartments in one of the following Area Studies:African DiasporaDANC 152 Cuban Roots of Salsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1HIST 244 African American History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 444 Survey of Sub-Saharan African History . . . . . 3LIT. 266 Black Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSYC 238 Arab Cultural Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSYC 268 Black Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOCI 143 Sociology of Migration and Immigration . . . 3AsiaART 105 Art of Asia and the Near East. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CHIN* 111-130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ECON 310 Political Economy of Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JAPN* 111-115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 430 Early Asian Civilizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 432 Modern Asian Civilizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 453 History of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 463 Great Cities of the World: Florence,Tokyo and Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 464 Great Cities of the World: New York,Beijing and Granada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIT. 265 Asian American Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHIL 320 Asian Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOCI 341 Asian Cultures and Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOCI 432 Chinese Culture and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EuropeART 101 History of Western Art I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ART 102 History of Western Art II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPAN* 110-140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 100 History of Western Civilization I . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 101 History of Western Civilization II . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 109 Europe Since 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 461 Great Cities of the World: Paris,Madrid and Istanbul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 462 Great Cities of the World: London,Cairo and Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 463 Great Cities of the World: Florence,Tokyo and Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 464 Great Cities of the World: New York,Beijing and Granada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIT. 113 Introduction to the Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHIL 160 History of Western Philosophy:Ancient and Medieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHIL 175 History of Western Philosophy:16th – 18th Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3D E G R E E S / C E R T I F I C AT E S2 011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G w w w. 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