Capstone (Category F) – GE Approved Courses

• Capstone
  • Advanced Skills
  • Service Learning
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Integrative Learning
  • Writing Intensive

The following courses are approved to meet the General Education requirements indicated. Please note the following in reviewing these approved course lists:

• Refer to the online schedule of classes to see which courses are being offered for a specific term and to double check which GE requirements the course satisfies during that term.
• Be aware that the GE Category (A-F) requirements must each be satisfied by a unique course. The "Other GE Categories" column below may indicate additional categories a course is certified in but does not mean that the course will meet more than one category requirement for an individual student.
• Additional General Education Requirements should be met by courses also meeting the GE Category requirements to minimize the number of units needed.
• Comments are added to the course lists below to highlight changes in the approved active GE course lists. See Previous Courses to research courses that previously met GE requirements.
• Students should regularly run their Academic Requirements Report on MyCSULB to monitor their completion of all degree requirements including General Education.

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Spring 2013

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Summer 2013
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Fall 2013

Capstone Courses

The purpose of Capstone is to bring the strands of the General Education experience into focus, to reinforce knowledge and skills acquired from many areas, and to incorporate depth in the form of more sophisticated tools and analysis, if not necessarily in terms of content knowledge. Capstone General Education courses are upper division and demonstrably develop advanced college skills, including writing, synthesis and application of knowledge, analysis, critique and research.

Capstone courses consist of five types:

Advanced Skills

These courses require students to apply skills at a level above that of Explorations courses. Examples include, but are not limited to, (a) advanced composition, (b) research and advanced methods, and (c) presentation skills.

ADV

Subject/Number	Flag	Title	GE Designations	Other GE Designations	Cross Listed Courses
AIS 485		AMERICAN INDIANS AND THE LAW	Writing Intensive; Capstone/Advanced Skills
COMM 411		COMMUNICATION IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION		E
ECON 366		INTRO TO DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS	Global Issues	D2
ENGL 300		ADVANCED COMPOSITION		C3
ENGR 340		GUITAR ELECTRONICS ENGINEER SOUND	Explorations	B1bNL
THEA 427		DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION		C1

Service Learning

Courses may include community service internships in social, health, support, school, or environmental programs or courses that include components of university or community service along with other objectives.

SL

Subject/Number	Flag	Title	GE Designations	Other GE Designations	Cross Listed Courses
ART 375		ART & SOCIAL ACTION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE	Global Issues	D2	SOC 375
ENGL 444		LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT		C2a
HIST 476	New Spring 2013	THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL ACTIVISM
HIST 482		RECENT AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY	Capstone/Interdisciplinary	D2
NSCI 308		COMMUNITY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS		E
PHIL 401		PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION		C2b
POSC 450		COMPARATIVE POLITICAL MOVEMENT	Global Issues	D2
PSY 375		COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY	Human Diversity	D2
SOC 375		ART & SOCIAL ACTION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE	Global Issues	D2	ART 375
UHP 301		POLITICS & POLICY IN LOS ANGELES		D2
UNIV 300		SPECIAL TOPICS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY	Human Diversity; Capstone/Interdisciplinary, Writing Intensive	D2

Interdisciplinary

These courses focus on a specific topic through comparative application or synthesis of knowledge using the theory and methodology from two or more disciplines.

INT

Subject/Number	Flag	Title	GE Designations	Other GE Designations	Cross Listed Courses
A/ST 306		TRADITIONAL ASIA	Global Issues	C3, D2
A/ST 307		MODERN ASIA	Global Issues	D2
A/ST 495		CHINA HERITAGE	Global Issues	C3, D2
AFRS 353		RELIGION OF AFRICAN PEOPLES	Global Issues	C2b
AFRS 400		AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL THOUGHT		C2b, D2
AFRS 454		AFRICANA WOMANISM: AN INTELLECTURAL HISTORY	Global Issues	C2b, D2
AFRS 498		ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ETHICAL THOUGHT	Global Issues	C2b
AMST 350		CALIFORNIA CULTURE		C3
AMST 421		ANIMALS IN AMERICAN CULTURE		D2
ANTH 305		RADICAL SOCIAL ANALYSIS		D2
ANTH 307		MODERNIZATION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE	Global Issues	D2
ANTH 311		HUMAN ADVENTURE		D2
ANTH 412		CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION	Global Issues	D2
ASAM 335		ASIAN AND LATIN IMMIGRANT SINCE WWII	Human Diversity	D2	CHLS 335
ASTR 370		PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS
BLAW 309		CONSUMER IN LEGAL & ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS		D2, E	CAFF 309, FIN 309
C E 406		PROJECT COST-BENEFITS ANALYSIS
CAFF 309		CONSUMER IN LEGAL & ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS		D2, E	BLAW 309, FIN 309
CAFF 321		FAMILY & CONSUMER RESOURCE MGMT	Human Diversity	D2, E
CAFF 388		TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY		E
CBA 400		BUSINESS ETHICS		C2b, D2	PHIL 400
CDFS 312		FAMILY AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT		D2, E
CDFS 319		FAMILY STRESS & COPING	Human Diversity, Writing Intensive	D2, E
CHLS 335		ASIAN & LATINO IMMIGRANT SINCE WWII	Human Diversity	D2	ASAM 335
CHLS 370	New Spring 2013	CHICANA/O AND LATINA/O LITERATURE	Human Diversity, Writing Intensive	C2a	ENGL 370
CHLS 390		HISPANIC SOUTHWEST-HIST & LITERARY IMAGES		D2
CHLS 450		CONSEQUENCES OF THE ENCOUNTER: THE AMERICAS, EUROPE, AND AFRICA	Global Issues	C2a, D2	RGR 450
CHLS 470		LATINA/OS HEALTH CARE		D2	HCA 470
CLSC 300		PAGAN CULTURE	Global Issues	C2a, C2b
CLSC 311		GREEK WORLD		C2a, D2	HIST 310
CLSC 312		ROMAN WORLD		C2a, D2	HIST 312
CLSC 410		LAW & LIT IN CLASSICAL WORLD		C2a, C2b
CLSC 420		CLASSICAL DRAMA		C2a
COMM 333	New Fall 2013	PERFORMING CULTURE	Human Diversity
COMM 441		FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION		D2
COMM 442		CAMPAIGN PERSUASION		D2
COUN 360		LIFE & CAREER DECISIONS		E
CWL 315		LITERATURE AND MEDICINE	Human Diversity	C2a, D2
CWL 320		COMIC SPIRIT	Global Issues	C2a
CWL 324		THEATRE TODAY		C1	THEA 324
CWL 412		ART & LITERATURE		C1, C2a
CWL 414		MEDIEVAL WORLD		C3, D2
CWL 415		ETHNIC LIT & CULTURE IN AMER	Human Diversity	C2a
CWL 422		RENAISSANCE THEATRE & DRAMA		C2a
CWL 451		FILM AND NOVEL IN SOCIETY		C3
DANC 342	New Fall 2013	GLOBAL CULTURES AND DANCE TRADITIONS	Global Issues
DANC 373		NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: INTERACTION OF MIND AND BODY		C1, D2, E	ED P 373
DANC 435		DANCE IN FILM		C1
ECON 306		ENVRN ISSUES OF WORLD ECONOMY	Global Issues	D2
ED P 373		NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: INTERACTION OF MIND AND BODY		C1, D2, E	DANC 373
ENGL 318		THEORY OF FICTION AND FILM		C3	FEA 318
ENGL 370	New Spring 2013	CHICANA/O AND LATINA/O LITERATURE	Human Diversity, Writing Intensive	C2a	CHLS 370
ENGL 372		COMEDY IN THE UNITED STATES	Human Diversity	C2a
ENGL 375	New Fall 2013	U.S. ETHNIC WRITERS	Human Diversity, Writing Intensive	C2a
ENGL 387	New Fall 2013	COMICS AND GRAPHIC NARRATIVES	Writing Intensive	C2a
ENGR 302		ENERGY & ENVIRON GLOBAL PERSPECT	Global Issues	D2, B1bNL
ENGR 370		ASTRONAUTICS & SPACE	Global Issues	B1bNL
FEA 318		THEORY OF FICTION AND FILM		C3	ENGL 318
FEA 346		THE EUROPEAN CINEMA OF COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND RESISTANCE	Global Issues	C2a, D2	HIST 346, RGR 346
FEA 486		ALTERNATIVE MEDIA		C3
FIN 309		CONSUMER IN LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS		D2, E	BLAW 309, CAFF 309
GEOG 301		THE URBAN SCENE		D2	U/ST 301
GEOG 308		AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA	Global Issues	D2
GEOG 309		MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA	Global Issues	D2
GEOG 313		SOUTHEAST ASIA	Global Issues	D2
GEOG 314		SOUTH ASIA	Global Issues	D2
GEOG 315		EAST ASIA	Global Issues	D2
GEOG 319		INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	Global Issues	D2	I/ST 319
GEOG 355		INTERNATIONAL ENVIRON ISSUES	Global Issues	D2	I/ST 355
GEOG 357		Sacred Geographies	Global Issues	D2, E
GEOL 300		EARTH SYSTEMS & GLOBAL CHANGE	Global Issues
GERM 380		CONTEMP GERMANY SOCIETY CULTR		C2a, D2
GERN 400		PERSPECTIVES ON GERONTOLOGY	Human Diversity	D2, E
H SC 420		INTERNATIONAL HEALTH	Global Issues	D2
H SC 425		HUMAN SEXUALITY & SEX EDUCATION	Human Diversity	E
HCA 417		TECHNOLOGY, ETHICS & SOCIETY	Global Issues	D2
HCA 422		GLOBAL ISSUES HEALTH SERVICES	Global Issues	D2
HCA 457		WORKING AROUND THE WORLD	Global Issues	D2
HCA 470		LATINO/AS HEALTH CARE		D2	CHLS 470
HDEV 300		DEATH & DYING		D2, E
HDEV 307		HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CHILDHOOD ADOLESCENCE		D2, E
HDEV 357		APPROACH ADULTHOOD THROUGH AGING	Human Diversity	D2, E
HIST 303		REBELS & RENEGADES		C3, D2
HIST 308		LAW & CIVILIZATION		D2
HIST 309		MEN & MASCULINITY		E
HIST 310		GREEK WORLD		C2a, D2	CLSC 311
HIST 312		ROMAN WORLD		C2a, D2	CLSC 312
HIST 344	New Fall 2013	TRADITION AND CRISIS: THE JEWS OF MODERN EUROPE	Global Issues	D2
HIST 346		THE EUROPEAN CINEMA OF COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND RESISTANCE	Global Issues	C2a, D2	FEA 346, RGR346
HIST 385		INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA	Global Issues	D2
HIST 400		HIST WESTRN SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT		D2, B1aNL, B1bNL
HIST 407		JAPAN & THE U.S. IN THE 20TH CENTURY	Global Issues	C2a, D2
HIST 464		LATIN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY	Global Issues	D2
HIST 474		THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF AMERICAN CITIES	Human Diversity	D2
HIST 482		RECENT AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY	Capstone/Service Learning	D2
I/ST 317		PROBLEMS INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT	Global Issues	D2	SOC 317
I/ST 318		CASES INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT	Global Issues	D2	SOC 318
I/ST 319		INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	Global Issues	D2	GEOG 319
I/ST 320		MIGRATION & MODERNITY	Global	D2
I/ST 355		INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES	Global Issues	D2	GEOG 355
ITAL 345	New Spring 2013	ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE		D2
JOUR 312		GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA	Global Issues	D2
KIN 332	Ends Summer 2013	SOCIOCULTRAL DIMENSIONS OF SPORT & HUMAN MOVEMENT		D2
KIN 338		WOMEN IN SPORT	Human Diversity	D2, E
KIN 339		PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE		D2, E	PSY 339
LING 363		IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN LANGUAGE		D2
MATH 303		REFLECTIONS IN SPACE AND TIME
MICR 300		HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY SELF DEFENSE
MUS 363		MUSIC & THE VISUAL ARTS		C1
MUS 364		MUSIC & THE TEMPORAL ARTS		C1
MUS 468		MUSIC & FILM		C1
NRSG 481		PARENTING	Human Diversity	D2, E
NSCI 309		WOMEN IN SCIENCE		D2	WGSS 309
NSCI 375		SCIENCE & SOCIETY		B3
PHIL 351		POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY		C2b
PHIL 352		PHILOSOPHY OF LAW		C2b
PHIL 361		PHILOSOPHY OF ART		C2b
PHIL 381		PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE		C2b
PHIL 400		BUSINESS ETHICS		C2b, D2	CBA 400
PHIL 403		MEDICAL ETHICS		C2b
PHIL 405		PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE		C2b
PHIL 451		RACE, ENTHNICITY, GENDER, AMER LAW	Human Diversity	C2b
PHIL 461		DIVERSITY IN CRITICISM & ANALYSIS ARTS	Human Diversity	C2b
PHIL 482		INTRO TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE		C2b	PSY 382
POSC 388		CYBERSPACE CITIZENSHIP	Global Issues	D2
POSC 395		POLITICS THROUGH CULTURE		D2
POSC 461		POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT	Global Issues	D2
POSC 494		POLITICS OF FUTURE	Global Issues	D2
PSY 300		MIND CONTROL OR FREEDOM		D2
PSY 327		INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN FACTORS		D2
PSY 339		PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT BEHAVIOR & PERFORMANCE		D2, E	KIN 339
PSY 346		EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY		D2
PSY 350		PSY CONTEMPORARY OF SOCIAL ISSUES	Human Diversity	D2
PSY 382		INTRO TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE		C2b	PHIL 482
R/ST 302		AMERICAN RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY	Human Diversity	C2a, C2b
R/ST 312		DEAD SEA SCROLLS		C2b, D2
R/ST 331		ISLAMIC RELIGION AND CULTURE	Global Issues	C2b
R/ST 337		SUFISM		C2b
R/ST 338		MEDIEVAL THOUGHT IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM		C2b
R/ST 341		BUDDHISM	Global Issues	C2b
R/ST 353		RELIGION OF SOUTHEAST ASIA		C2b, D2
R/ST 362		RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY		C2b, D2
R/ST 376		CHRISTIAN ORIGINS		C2b
R/ST 383		CHRISTIANITY AND GLOBAL ETHICS	Global Issues	C2b, D2
R/ST 391		RELIGION AND SCIENCE		C2b
R/ST 467		RELIGION IN LATIN AMERICA CARIBBEAN	Global Issues	C2b, D2
R/ST 471		EARLY CHRISTIANITY & SOCIETY		C2b, D2
R/ST 472		FORMATION MODERN CHRISTIANITY		C2b, D2
R/ST 482		AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE		C2b, D2
REC 340		LEISURE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY	Human Diversity	E
RGR 314		INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY EUROPE	Global Issues	D2
RGR 315		CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN SOCIETY	Global Issues	D2
RGR 346		THE EUROPEAN CINEMA OF COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND RESISTANCE	Global Issues	C2a, D2	FEA 346, HIST 346
RGR 400		CRIME AND PUNISHMENT	Global Issues	C2c
RGR 450		CONSEQUENCES OF THE ENCOUNTER: THE AMERICAS, EUROPE, AND AFRICA	Global Issues	C2a, D2	CHLS 450
RUSS 410		RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION		C2a
SOC 317		PROBLEMS INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT	Global Issues	D2	I/ST 317
SOC 318		CASES INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT	Global Issues	D2	I/ST 318
SOC 335		SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY		D2
SOC 342		CRIMINOLOGY		D2
SOC 358		SOCIOLOGY OF MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION		D2
SOC 410		ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY		D2
THEA 324		THEATRE TODAY		C1	CWL 324
THEA 425		THEATRE AND CINEMA		C1
THEA 427	New Fall 2013	DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION	Capstone/Writing Intensive
U/ST 301		THE URBAN SCENE		D2	GEOG 301
UHP 401	New Spring 2013	THE HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES: THE INVENTION OF A CITY HONORS	Human Diversity	D2
UNIV 300		SPECIAL TOPICS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY	Human Diversity; Capstone/Service Learning, Writing Intensive	D2
WGSS 307		US WOMEN ECON-MONEY SEX POWER	Human Diversity	D2
WGSS 309		WOMEN IN SCIENCE		D2	NSCI 309
WGSS 318		U.S. WOMEN OF COLOR	Human Diversity	C2a, D2
WGSS 365		POPULAR CULTURE: WOMEN, GENDER & SEXUALITY	Human Diversity	C3, D2
WGSS 401		BODIES & BORDERS: FEMINISM AND GLOBALIZATION	Global Issues	D2

Integrative Learning

IL

Subject/Number	Flag	Title	GE Designations	Other GE Designations	Cross Listed Courses
CHEM 361	New Fall 2013	CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS	Writing Intensive
CRJU 304		CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY	Writing Intensive
DANC 442	New Fall 2013	DANCE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES	Human Diversity, Capstone/Writing Intensive
GEOL 420	New Fall 2013	GEOLOGIC WRITING	Writing Intensive
GEOL 450	New Fall 2013	SUMMER FIELD GEOLOGY
HIST 499	New Spring 2013	SENIOR SEMINAR	Writing Intensive
KIN 332	New Fall 2013	SOCIOCULTRAL DIMENSIONS OF SPORT & HUMAN MOVEMENT	Writing Intensive

Writing Intensive

WI

Subject/Number	Flag	Title	GE Designations	Other GE Designations	Cross Listed Courses
AIS 485		AMERICAN INDIANS AND THE LAW	Advanced Skills; Human Diversity
CDFS 319	New Fall 2013	FAMILY STRESS AND COPING	Capstone/Interdisciplinary, Human Diversity	D2, E
CHEM 361	New Fall 2013	CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS	Integrative Learning
CHLS 370	New Spring 2013	CHICANA/O AND LATINA/O LITERATURE	Capstone/Interdisciplinary, Human Diversity	C2a	ENGL 370
CRJU 304		CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY	Integrative Learning
DANC 442	New Fall 2013	DANCE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES	Human Diversity, Capstone/Integrative Learning
ENGL 370	New Spring 2013	CHICANA/O AND LATINA/O LITERATURE	Capstone/Interdisciplinary, Human Diversity	C2a	CHLS 370
ENGL 375	New Fall 2013	U.S. ETHNIC WRITERS	Capstone/Interdisciplinary, Human Diversity	C2a
ENGL 387	New Fall 2013	COMICS AND GRAPHIC NARRATIVES	Capstone/Interdisciplinary	C2a
GEOL 420	New Fall 2013	GEOLOGIC WRITING	Integrative Learning
HIST 499	New Spring 2013	SENIOR SEMINAR	Integrative Learning
KIN 332	New Fall 2013	SOCIOCULTRAL DIMENSIONS OF SPORT & HUMAN MOVEMENT	Integrative Learning
THEA 427	New Fall 2013	DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION	Capstone/Interdisciplinary
UNIV 300	New Fall 2013	SPECIAL TOPICS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY	Capstone/Interdisciplinary, Capstone/Service Learning, Human Diversity	D2

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