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BUS 530E - Financial Statement Analysis
Unit(s): 1-3
This course provides a critical analysis of the role of regulation in the measurement and reporting of the results of economic activities to enable a more effective and efficient use of financial information for decision-making purposes. This course explains the “management assertions” embodied in the financial statements and its relationship with an independent audit of financial information. There is also discussion of strategic cost concepts and ethics in record keeping; methodology of short and long-term decision analysis; planning and control of organizational activities, transfer pricing methods, and performance evaluation and their related behavioral implications; and critical analysis of long term decisions.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 535 - Cost Analysis and Control
Unit(s): 3
The course focuses on concepts and managerial uses of financial information with a strong emphasis on management decision-making and the strategic effects of decisions, ethics, and new management accounting trends to prepare students for the challenges of today’s workplace.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 540 - Managing and Motivating Employees
Unit(s): 3
This course develops students’ managerial acumen so they can effectively manage direct reports and positively influence employee motivation in any type of organization. The course will cover skills in areas such as negotiation, giving and receiving feedback, meeting facilitation, persuasion, and communication with employees who have diverse backgrounds and personalities. This hands-on course also includes a strategic approach to understanding foundational concepts of human resource management (HRM), including workforce planning and the development, implementation, and assessment of HRM policies and processes. The examination of ethical and legal implications of managerial behavior will be addressed as well.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 540E - Talent Management
Unit(s): 1-3
This course examines human resources with an emphasis on the role of the top executives and leadership to establish an effective HR system. Specific topics include: strategic human resources in a globally competitive environment; financial implications of HR; strategic staffing and interviewing; training and development; creating a motivational work environment for employees; designing an effective compensation and benefits systems; safety and environmental issues in the workplace; and a review of ethical, legal and international HR issues.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 545W - Global Wine Business
Unit(s): 3
Current theory and practice of how wine businesses have evolved to become a global industry. Students analyze and debate cutting-edge issues in strategic management, leadership, organization, human resources, entrepreneurship, family business, government regulation, management of technology, financial management, and socially responsible practices.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status in the Wine M.B.A. Concentration.
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BUS 546E - Global Business Environment
Unit(s): 1-3
This course integrates international economics and global issues to expand the scope of business students’ inquiry to cover the economics of a nation in a global economy. The class discusses theoretical tools which economists and policymakers use to analyze economic events.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
Teaching Mode: Course taught in face-to-face and hybrid modes.
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BUS 546W - International Wine Business Strategies
Unit(s): 3
This course is comprised of two intensive, week-long, residential sessions and associated projects and homework, one hosted by SSU and the other hosted by an AACSB-accredited university in another wine-producing country. The courseincludes observation and critical analysis comparing and contrasting business processes, regulations and practices in the two countries. Taught in face-to-face, hybrid or online modes. This course requires admission into the Wine Business concentration of the Sonoma MBA program and completion of the four core courses: BUS 535, BUS 540, BUS 570 and BUS 580. Summer Only
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): Admitted to the Wine MBA program and completion of all Core Courses: BUS 535, BUS 540, BUS 570, BUS 580
Teaching Mode: Hybrid or Online
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BUS 547E - Public Policy, Regulatory Issues and Civic Leadership
Unit(s): 1-3
this course provides multiple stakeholder perspectives on regional and industry-level public policy and regulatory issues, and explores the role of business in engaging the public and nonprofit sectors to ensure that sound policy is created and implemented. The course includes an overview of the process of developing and enacting public policy, and an examination of the civic duty of business leaders to foster responsible corporate citizenship. Fall and Spring Only repeatable for grade replacement
Grading: Graded
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Executive MBA program.
Teaching Mode: Face to Face, Hybrid & Online
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BUS 547W - Wine Legal and Regulatory Issues
Unit(s): 3
This course covers current theory and practice of key legal and regulatory issues in the global wine industry. Major topics include ethical considerations with regards to alcohol sales and consumption, as well as an historical overview of legal and compliance issues with alcohol in the U.S. and in other countries. Specific areas include legal and regulatory issues related to trademarks, appellations of origin, establishing a winery, permits, advertising, distribution, direct shipping, compliance, public health, social responsibility, environmental regulations, international trade, e-commerce and social media, counterfeit wines, vineyard development, land use, conservation, and other relevant ethical and legal issues related to wine.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status in the Wine MBA concentration.
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BUS 550 - Seminar in Organization Behavior and Management Theory
Unit(s): 3
An examination of the business organization with reference to management, design, change, and organizational behavior.
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 552 - Leadership and Innovation
Unit(s): 3
This course provides a combination of skill building and theoretical foundation in leadership and innovation. Topic areas include: 1) self-assessment and review of leadership theory, 2) vision, strategy formulation, and planning, 3) interpersonal leadership skills including motivation, performance management, and teamwork, and 4) technical leadership competencies in the areas of innovation, creativity, change and stress management, and decision-making.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 552E - Leadership Intelligence
Unit(s): 1-3
Leadership is about making a difference for the organizations in which we work, and for the communities in which we work and live. The focus is on building a core of three critical skill sets: a foundation of financial, operational, and strategic business acumen; the emotional intelligence to effectively engage people; and the execution discipline to deliver results and get things done. This course is connected to BUS 554E and includes the orientation weekend and team-building experiences.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the EMBA Program
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BUS 554 - Social Entrepreneurship In Theory and Practice
Unit(s): 3
This course examines the theory and practices of social entrepreneurship. The course will examine how entrepreneurial solutions can be fashioned and applied to job creation, workforce development, and meeting other social needs. Specific topics include: social responsibility, venture philanthropy, opportunity assessment, market analysis, financial principles of sustainability, micro enterprises, and nonprofit organizations.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 554E - Leading Sustainable Enterprises
Unit(s): 1-3
When business results are measured by long-term profitability, the creation of vibrant communities, and the sustainable use of natural resources, how do executive leaders achieve success? Leading Sustainable Enterprises is an intensive leadership development experience which provides executives with the tools and strategies necessary for delivering results in a complex multi-stakeholder business environment. Course topics encompass leading for results, business intelligence, leadership intelligence, execution competence, and sustainability strategies. This course includes an offsite leadership development program and the completion of a sustainability plan for a business.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 555W - Sustainability in the Wine Hospitality Industry
Unit(s): 3
Current theory and practice of how wine and hospitality businesses can become sustainable business. Course content includes business rationale for adopting environment and social equity practices for improved business performance and success. Students analyze and debate cutting-edge issues in sustainability including a review of global wine and hospitality businesses using sustainable practices, audit and compliance, energy management systems, ISO standards, creation of sustainable business strategies, development of policies and practices for sustainable practices for operations, success measures, and cost-benefit analysis.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status in the Wine M.B.A. Concentration.
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BUS 559 - Seminar in Advanced Management Topics
Unit(s): 3
Graduate study of a current or emerging management topic of special interest. May be repeated for credit with the consent of the M.B.A. coordinator.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites to be determined by the instructor.
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BUS 559E - Leadership North Bay
Unit(s): 1-3
This course gives students an opportunity to review case studies of local firms and analyze what unique challenges exist for businesses in the North Bay. Discussion of local government, labor force, and other business environment factors adds to the analysis. Further, economic trends in the North Bay are discussed in the context of what business opportunities exist within those trends.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 559W - Seminar in Advanced Wine Business Topics
Unit(s): 3
Graduate study of a current or emerging topic of interest in Wine Business. May be repeated for credit with the consent of the M.B.A. coordinator.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites to be determined by the instructor.
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BUS 560 - Seminar in Marketing Management
Unit(s): 3
Study of marketing situations, development of marketing plans, and evaluation of marketing programs. Careful consideration of the conceptual background of marketing including trends and emerging developments.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): BUS 506 or equivalent. classified graduate status.
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BUS 560E - Strategic Marketing
Unit(s): 1-3
Study of the current marketing environment, analysis of cutting-edge marketing programs, and the development of strategic marketing plans. Careful consideration of the conceptual background of marketing including trends and emerging developments. The integration of digital and social media into marketing strategies is also discussed.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 563 - Strategic Branding
Unit(s): 3
This course offers a solid, proven theoretical foundation with practical insights to assist managers in their day-to-day and long-term brand decisions. Specifically, a number of key concepts related to brand management, such as brand equity and brand positioning, are incorporated with a series of case studies to optimize students’ learning.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): completion of the four core M.B.A. courses: BUS 540, BUS 570, BUS 535, and BUS 580.
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BUS 565W - Marketing and Sales Strategies for Wine
Unit(s): 3
Study of wine marketing and sales on a global basis. Focus on branding, research, positioning, and promotion of wine. Consideration of distribution alternatives and sales strategies for wine. Development of marketing plans for wine products.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status in the Wine M.B.A. concentration.
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BUS 570 - Seminar in Managerial Finance
Unit(s): 3
Financial theory and applied financial analysis. Topics may include security analysis, portfolio management, financial accounting, corporate financial policy, investment banking, and international finance.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 570E - Financial Markets and Business Strategy
Unit(s): 1-3
This course examines the relationship between corporate finance theory and business strategy employed by corporate executives. The intent of the course is to improve executive decision-making by applying modern corporate finance theory to current business issues. Topics to be covered include time value of money analysis, capital budgeting techniques such as net present value and internal rate of return, cost of capital, capital structure, market efficiency, and international finance. The course will be blend theory and practice by employing a combination of lecture and discussion of corporate finance theory with case studies to emphasize practical application.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
Teaching Mode: Course taught in face-to-face and hybrid modes.
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BUS 578 - Project Continuation
Unit(s): 1-3
Designed for students working on their thesis or master’s project but who have otherwise completed all graduate coursework toward their degree. This course cannot be applied toward the minimum number of units needed for completion of the master’s degree.
Grading: CNC
Prerequisite(s): permission of the M.B.A. graduate coordinator.
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BUS 580 - Business Intelligence
Unit(s): 3
The course introduces students to methods of data-driven decision-making. This is a hands-on data intensive course where we analyze topics related to management, marketing, and finance such as pricing, promotion, branding, estimating return on investments, and forecasting. The course will make extensive use of modern data-driven analytical methods, including simple and multiple regression models.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 581 - Research Methods for Managers
Unit(s): 3
Practical approaches to the design, execution, and interpretation of applied business research activities. Development of analytical skills and research techniques, including an understanding of the assumptions, limitations, and appropriate uses of various research designs and strategies.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 581E - Research in Strategic Planning
Unit(s): 1-3
This course explores the business professionals role in obtaining and incorporating data into the strategic planning process. It delves into the research options of today’s business environment, as well as the research process, and discusses current issues in business research, from global to ethical concerns. This class guides executives through identifying their greatest information needs and directs them how to best address their strategic questions.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
Teaching Mode: Course taught in face-to-face, hybrid and online modes.
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BUS 582 - Advanced Business Analytics
Unit(s): 3
This hands-on, data-intensive course focuses on the practical applications of econometrics and makes extensive use of modern data-driven analytical methods. The course addresses issues of time series data for measuring marketing effectiveness and forecasting, as well as limited dependent variable data for evaluating purchasing decisions.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): BUS 535, BUS 540, BUS 570, and BUS 580.
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BUS 590E - Leading Change in Organizations
Unit(s): 1-3
This course explores change management theories and practical methods to implement change within organizations. Specific topics include: overview of major change management models, building a case for change; evoking change leadership and the role of the change agent, building commitment to change, analyzing processes, designing and implementing the change plan, establishing measures, managing transitions, and developing a learning organization that embraces change. The role of leaders in implementing successful change efforts in different sized organization is a main theme of this course.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 591 - Seminar in Strategic Management
Unit(s): 3
A consideration of the entire organization from the viewpoint of the chief executive officer. Topics to be covered include strategy formulation, the development of competitive advantage, strategy implementation, and the management of strategic change. Course
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): BUS 535, BUS 540, BUS 570 and BUS 580 and three theme area courses; MBA or Wine MBA students only.
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BUS 591E - Strategy in Practice
Unit(s): 1-3
This is a seminar requiring active contribution of participants to identify and evaluate decisions determining the long-range future of a business or nonprofit organization. Strategic management entails generating choices to be made among competing alternatives to produce a competitive advantage and earn above-average returns. Rapid technological change, mergers and acquisitions, increasing pressures for globalization, and changing local environments for organizations have heightened the urgency to ask the right questions about the future, such as: (1) Which distinctive competencies should we be developing for our businesses? (2) Where and how should we compete? 3) How do we balance among competing priorities of and communicate our strategy to our stakeholders?
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 592 - Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Unit(s): 3
Entrepreneurship focuses on new venture creation and venture feasibility analysis. Working in teams, students will learn to identify, conceptualize, plan, finance, launch, manage, and harvest new ventures. Entrepreneurship, the application of entrepreneurial methods of management to established organizations, will also be discussed. Course
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): BUS 535, BUS 540, BUS 570, BUS 580 and MBA students only.
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BUS 592E - Business Plan
Unit(s): 1-3
This is primarily a field-study course in which students describe, evaluate, and recommend a well-supported strategy to the top management team and/or board of directors of an organization. Working in teams, participants will observe how strategic opportunities are identified, conceptualized, planned, financed, implemented, managed and harvested. Learning tools include field research, compilation of primary and secondary data, class dialogues, readings, sample case analyses, guest lectures from local business leaders, and a final project that involves writing a case study and analysis describing the evolution of an organization’s strategy, how resources and capabilities will be acquired to implement the strategy, and how results may be monitored and controlled. The ultimate output of this course is a business plan that students may use in future business ventures.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): admission to the E.M.B.A. Program.
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BUS 593 - Seminar in International Business
Unit(s): 3
Comprehensive view of the international economic environment as it relates to international business. Topics include the multinational corporation, subcontracting, counter trade, and international institutions such as the World Bank and GATT.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate status.
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BUS 595 - Special Studies in Business Administration
Unit(s): 1-3
Supervised independent study. A maximum of 3 units may be applied toward the requirements for the M.B.A. degree.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): consent of faculty member under whom the individual work is to be conducted, consent of the M.B.A.director, and approved “Application for Special Study BUS 495/595.”
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BUS 596 - Graduate Internship
Unit(s): 1-3
Field experience for qualified graduate students in business administration. A maximum of 3 units may be applied toward the requirements for the M.B.A. degree. Students must establish with the M.B.A. director that the work involved is clearly integral to the student’s graduate studies.
Grading: CNC
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BUS 597W - Country Intensive Wine Business Analysis
Unit(s): 3
This course provides in-depth analyses of a foreign country’s wine industry. Topics may include general business and economic issues as well as wine-specific issues focusing on production, sales, and marketing (within country and for export); human resource management; environmental concerns; and regulations. This course includes a required international field trip.
Grading: GRD
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BUS 599 - Master’s Degree Directed Research
Unit(s): 1-3
Research directed by the student’s committee on a project. An Advancement to Candidacy Form GSO 1 must be filed with the M.B.A. Coordinator before the student registers for this course.
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BUS 599 - Master’s Degree Directed Research
Unit(s): 1-3
Research directed by the student’s committee on a project. An Advancement to Candidacy Form GSO 1 must be filed with the M.B.A. Coordinator before the student registers for this course. Variable Intermittently
Grading: CNC
Prerequisite(s): Course Open to MBA and Busines Admin Wine MBA students only
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CALS 165A - Humanities Learning Community
Unit(s): 4
CALS 165A/CALS 165B is a year long course, which features weekly lectures and small seminars. It constitutes a Humanities Learning Community (HLC) for any first-year student. The learning objectives of the HLC will satisfy A3 (Critical Thinking) and C3 (Comparative Perspectives and/or Foreign Languages) GE Areas along with meeting Ethnic Studies requirements. C- or better required in the second semester for A3 credit.
Grading: GRD
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CALS 165B - Humanities Learning Community
Unit(s): 4
CALS 165A/B is a year long course, which features weekly lectures and small seminars. It constitutes a Humanities Learning Community (HLC) for any first-year student. The learning objectives of the HLC will satisfy A3 (Critical Thinking) and C3 (Comparative Perspectives and/or Foreign Languages) GE Areas along with meeting Ethnic Studies requirements. C- or better required in the second semester for A3 credit.
Grading: GRD
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CALS 219 - The Latino Experience
Unit(s): 3
A survey of the Chicano and Latino experience in the United States. The course serves as an introduction to Chicano and Latino studies through the social sciences in order to explain the individual’s status and place within the group and society. This includes how Chicano Latinos and other Latinos have adapted to the various cultural, social, economic, and political elements of U.S. society as compared to other groups. Satisfies the Ethnic Studies requirement in GE Area D1 (Individual and Society).
Grading: OPT
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CALS 220 - Latina/o Arts and Humanities
Unit(s): 4
This course considers how individuals and communities define and are defined by their cultural practices by focusing on the ways these dynamics play out in Latina/o communities. It surveys Latina/o contributions to literature, drama, theater, cinema, mass media, popular and fine art, music, and dance and considers how these contributions reflect and challenge the nature and meaning of race and ethnicity in the United States. This course satisfies the C3 and Ethnic Studies GE requirements.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 225 - Spanish for Bilinguals
Unit(s): 4
This course is designed to systematically develop a confidence in native speakers’ ability to write and communicate effectively in the Spanish language. The class will be conducted entirely in Spanish. Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives and/or Foreign Languages). This course does not satisfy the GE Ethnic Studies requirement.
Grading: OPT
Prerequisite(s): native fluency in Spanish.
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CALS 225L - Language Laboratory/Field Work
Unit(s): 1
At least two hours per week of practice in the language laboratory or in an approved fieldwork setting such as a Spanish-speaking organization, community agency, or bilingual classroom.
Grading: CNC
Prerequisite(s): concurrent enrollment in CALS 225.
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CALS 273 - Latinos and Performance: Critical and Creative Readings
Unit(s): 4
This course explores the relationship between identity and performance, reading and rendition, the interaction between the skills of close reading, embodied reading, and possible productions of these readings on the page, stage or screen. This course is part of the University’s Second Year Research and Creative Experience (SYRCE) and its theme will vary from semester to semester. Satisfies GE Area C2. Only one course numbered 273 in the Arts & Humanities will be considered for credit.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): completion of GE Category A2 (ENGL 101 or ENGL 100B) required.
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CALS 301 - CALS Leadership and Mentoring
Unit(s): 1
A supervised, guided process where senior-level majors in CALS coach and mentor newly declared majors after having been coached by a senior student the previous semesters. Elective units. May be enrolled more than once.
Grading: CNC
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CALS 310 - Chicano/Latino Arts and Crafts Workshop
Unit(s): 1
Analysis of and workshop on providing Chicano Mexican and other Latino arts and crafts. Includes village and folk arts, with particular emphasis toward adapting these arts to the public school curriculum. Course projects require a public exhibit.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 314 - Literature in Translation
Unit(s): 4
This course is designed for students who have studied little or no Latin American literature previously, and are interested in exploring the rich and diverse make-up of a people of both indigenous and Hispanic background, to understand how it is a part of their everyday lives. Students will develop an understanding of regional areas through the readings, and study the manner in which writers from Latin America weave struggles related to ethnicity, cultural traditions, and historical events into their creative works with a focus on important figures of Latin American narrative. Satisfies upper-division GE Area C2 (Literatures, Philosophies, and Values) and the Ethnic Studies requirement.
Grading: GRD
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CALS 339 - Latinos and the U.S. Labor Market
Unit(s): 3-4
This course is designed as an overview of major theories, trends, and debates on the topic of Latinos and labor market inequality in the United States. Topics include urban poverty, discrimination in employment, how jobs and workers are matched, and over-arching issues as globalization and place affects the labor force. Particular attention is given to the interaction between race and class as determinants of the life chances of minorities and specifically Latinos in the United States. Satisfies upper-division Ethnic Studies in GE Area D1 (Individual and Society).
Grading: OPT
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CALS 350 - Latino Cultural Studies
Unit(s): 4
This course focuses on the theoretical debates that have shaped the field of Chicano and Latino studies. We will explore the relationship between dominant racial formations and cultural production.
Grading: GRD
Crosslisted: WGS 351
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CALS 352 - Chicano/Latino Philosophy
Unit(s): 4
This course addresses the development of Chicano/a and Latina/o thought from a materialist perspective. We will endeavor to contextualize the rise of different attitudes, definitions and worldviews concerning Chicano/Latino identity and politics within the specific historical conditions in which they developed. Satisfies Ethnic Studies and upper-division GE Area C2 (Literatures, Philosophies, and Values).
Grading: OPT
Teaching Mode: Hybrid or Online
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CALS 365 - Chicano/Latino Theatre
Unit(s): 2
A review of the development of drama in literary Chicano/Latino culture from a variety of sources: anthropological, sociological, and historical as well as contemporary developments. Course includes a workshop leading to the performance of a term play, along the lines of the Teatro Campesino. May be repeated once for credit.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 366 - Mexican Folk and Traditional Dance
Unit(s): 1-2
An introduction to folk and traditional dances of Mexico; this is a performance course requiring active student involvement. Basic steps and three to five ballet folklorico dances will be taught, leading to a public performance. Dances include Norteno, Jarabes de Jalisco, Jarochos de Veracruz, and one or more indigenous dances. May be repeated once for credit.
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CALS 368 - Chicano/Latino Music
Unit(s): 4
This course explores Chicano/Latino musical practices with a special focus on their historical origins. The social, cultural, and political significance of Chicano/Latino musical forms will also be addressed in this class. The class will acquaint students with Chicano/Latino musical traditions and an understanding of their significance within a multicultural society. Satisfies Ethnic Studies and upper-division GE Area C1 (Fine Arts).
Grading: OPT
Teaching Mode: Hybrid or Online
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CALS 374 - Latino Literature
Unit(s): 4
A course designed to identify, analyze, and appreciate current literary themes and forms in works focusing on the experiences of Latinas/os in the United States. The course includes analyses of distinct ethnic, national, racial, regional, and gendered voices through the study of novels, short stories, essays, poetry, and plays. Satisfies upper-division GE Area C2 (Literatures, Philosophies, and Values) and the Ethnic Studies requirement.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 393 - Chicano/Latino Cinema
Unit(s): 4
An introduction to Chicano/Latino cinema, this course also introduces students to the politics of representation while offering an overview of Latina/o stereotypes in mainstream films. . Special attention will be given to the emergence of Latina/o-produced films, tracing the evolution of alternative aesthetic and narrative strategies. Satisfies ethnic studies and upper-division GE, category C1.
Grading: OPT
Teaching Mode: Depending on the instructor this course may be offered in a face-to-face, hybrid or online teaching mode.
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CALS 395 - Community Involvement Program (CIP
Unit(s): 1-4
Provides students with practical experience in school classrooms, various ethnic community organizations, and health and social service agencies, including recreation programs, day care centers, and senior citizen centers. One unit is equivalent to 30 hours of volunteer work per semester. Units are May be repeated for credit. Not applicable to the CALS major. Meets field experience requirements for the CALS waiver program.
Grading: CNC
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CALS 398 - MEChA
Unit(s): 1-2
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan involves students in experimental projects that will orient them to problems faced by the Chicano/Latino student community and the greater Hispanic community in the campus service area. May be repeated for credit.
Grading: CNC
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CALS 400 - Selected Topics in Chicano Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
A seminar course that is offered occasionally, based on student interest and faculty availability. Courses offered in recent years featured topics such as the Mexican American Borderlands, Latina Feminisms, and Chicano Small Business Development. May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 403 - Chicano/Latino Youth and Adolescents
Unit(s): 3-4
General psychological principles and theories of growth and human development as they apply to Chicano/Latino youth. Course will focus on Latino adolescents and their adjustment to the life cycle and American society and its impact on the self, peer group relations, family life, and other sources of conflict. Satisfies Ethnic Studies and upper-division GE Area E.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 405 - The Chicano/Latino Family
Unit(s): 3-4
Examines the Latina/o family in a psychological and sociological context. The role of international and internal migration and acculturation on Latino family structure and functioning, contemporary gender roles and sexualities, variations in family structure, race and class identity, and the impact of economic and cultural dislocation are examined. Family violence, addiction, mental and physical health, family resilience, and coping strategies are also examined. The class is designed to prepare students to work in social service environments (including family and individual therapy, public policy, social welfare, health services, community advocacy, and education), with applicable understandings of the contemporary Latino family.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 426 - Chicano/Latino Sociolinguistic
Unit(s): 4
A seminar that examines the role language plays in structuring the social interactions of Latino populations. The class includes an overview of multiple varieties of Spanish and English, and explores issues such as language maintenance, policy planning, and bilingual education. Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives) and the Ethnic Studies requirement.
Grading: OPT
Teaching Mode: Hybrid or Online
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CALS 432 - Latinas/os and Globalization
Unit(s): 4
This class will explore the effect that late-stage capitalist globalization has upon Latino workers. How do changes in the world economic system, including the advent of global free trade regions (NAFTA, FTZs) affect the composition and opportunities open to Latino populations in the United States? Examines the development of transnational economic and cultural networks as a result of globalization. Satisfies the Ethnic Studies requirement in GE Area D5 (Contemporary International Perspectives).
Grading: OPT
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CALS 442 - Race, Class, and Gender Among Latinos
Unit(s): 4
A course centered on the institutional, cultural, and psychological components of race, class, and gender relations among Latinos and their effect on different communities. Institutional inequality, questions of assimilation and identity, attitudes, and effects of inequality on community activism and politics will be explored.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 445 - Chicano/Latino History
Unit(s): 4
An analysis of Chicano/Latino history, from the exploration and settlement of the Southwest to the present. To include an examination of such themes and topics as: the Chicano heritage, the Mexican War and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the land question, social banditry and other forms of resistance, the Chicano in the 20th century, and contemporary Chicano/Latino issues, organizations, and movements.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 450 - Chicano/Latino Children’s Literature
Unit(s): 3-4
An analysis of children’s literature written about and for Chicano/Latino children both in the U.S. and abroad. Students will review and analyze the literature for style and content. Includes the study of nontraditional literature collections from the Spanish-speaking community.
Prerequisite(s): functional Spanish language skills.
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CALS 450 - Chicano/Latino Children’s Literature
Unit(s): 3-4
An analysis of children’s literature written about and for Chicano/Latino children both in the U.S. and abroad. Students will review and analyze the literature for style and content. Includes the study of nontraditional literature collections from the Spanish-speaking community. Prerequisite: functional Spanish language skills. Not Recently Offered
Grading: OPT
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CALS 451 - Latina/o Humanisms
Unit(s): 4
A comparative analysis of the nature and meaning of race and ethnicities in the United States from its origins in Latin America to its cultural manifestations and social concepts. Discussion and study will be focused from interdisciplinary perspectives. Satisfies GE Area C3 (Comparative Perspectives) and Ethnic Studies categories.
Grading: OPT
Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing.
Teaching Mode: Depending on the instructor this course may be offered in a face-to-face, hybrid or online mode.
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CALS 456 - Sociology of Education/Latinos and Education
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to some key theoretical and empirical work in the sociology of education and Latinos. Because this is such a large field of research, the course will focus on the question of stratification and how systems of schooling maintain or alleviate inequality among Latino communities. We will examine classical approaches to schooling; schools as organizations; schools and their effects on social mobility; class, race, and gender stratification in achievement and attainment; tracking/ability grouping; theories and empirical work on social and cultural capital; school choice; and cross-national expansion of education. Our readings will cover both qualitative and quantitative studies in the field.
Grading: OPT
Prerequisite(s): CALS 458. Restricted to upper-division students.
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CALS 458 - CALS Research and Methodology
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to advanced research theories and methodologies. Students will develop and refine their research and information literacy competencies as they complete a semester-long original research project. This course can be substituted for AMCS 480 Research and Methodology.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 460 - Cross-Cultural Math and Science for Teachers
Unit(s): 3
This course helps prospective teachers prepare for the classroom, providing linguistic and cultural depth and strategies in basic science areas and math concepts including number systems and problem-solving, metrics, geometry, probability, and statistics.
Grading: OPT
Prerequisite(s): functional Spanish language skills and completion of GE math and science (GE Areas B1 and B2) requirements.
Teaching Mode: Taught in bilingual format,
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CALS 474 - Major Authors in Chicano and Latino Literature
Unit(s): 4
A detailed study of representative authors, genre, period, or region, in consideration of socio-economic, political, and cultural contexts. Requires critical discussion in class, annotated bibliography, and senior-level term paper. Not in core.
Grading: GRD
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CALS 479 - Chicano/Latino Art History
Unit(s): 4
An analysis of art as expressed in the historical culture of Chicanos and Latinos, from ancient times to the present. A cultural art history approach. Field trips. Includes a studio practicum when offered for 4 units. Satisfies Ethnic Studies in GE Area C1 (Ethnic Studies in the Fine Arts).
Grading: OPT
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CALS 480 - Latin American Migration to the United States
Unit(s): 4
This course provides a broad overview of international migration to the United States, paying particular attention to Latin American migrants. The course attempts to understand what life is like for Latinos involved in migration to and from the United States. Attention is given to the diversity of today’s Latin American migrants, their social origins, their adaptation experiences and exits, and contexts of incorporation. The course also analyzes the experiences of different Latin American immigrant groups in the state of California.
Grading: OPT
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CALS 495 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Independent study on a special topic for upper-division students. May be repeated for credit up to 8 units.
Grading: OPT
Prerequisite(s): completion and approval of a special studies form.
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CALS 499 - Internship
Unit(s): 1-4
An internship in Chicano and Latino Studies must combine: 1) service in a school or an agency where activity is related to the Latino community; 2) the selection of a topic for observation and study; 3) preparation of a bibliography and a reading list related to the internship activity; 4) a term paper that reflects both the internship work experience and appropriate research. The internship must be proposed and arranged ahead of time with the professor in CALS who will supervise the internship. Course may be repeated once for credit.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): senior-level standing and completion of most CALS core classes. This
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CALS 595 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Directed study for graduate students.
Prerequisite(s): completion and approval of a special studies form.
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CCJS 201 - Criminal Justice and Public Policy
Unit(s): 4
A systematic analysis of the effectiveness and influence of criminal justice policy and practice throughout the criminal justice system. The focus is on the development and implementation of crime control policy. Satisfies GE Area D1 (Individual and Society).
Grading: OPT
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CCJS 330 - Government and the Rule of Law
Unit(s): 4
Nature and development of law and legal institutions from philosophical, historical, comparative, and contemporary perspectives; interrelationships of law, morality, and custom; social control, legal change, and social change; and the legal profession.
Grading: GRD
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CCJS 340 - Law Enforcement and Drug Legislation
Unit(s): 4
An examination of issues and problems posed by the licit and illicit use of drugs for the administration of justice and corrections. It critically examines social theories and social policies in relation to drugs. Topics to be covered include: the origins of the contemporary drug crisis in the United States; the development of criminal justice policies regarding drug use; and the varieties of drugs and the destructive problem created by each for law enforcement, adjudication, and corrections. Some emphasis will be placed on economics, politics, and international relations as a factor in enforcement policies.
Grading: OPT
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CCJS 350 - Drugs and Society
Unit(s): 4
Analyzes drug use, misuse, and abuse in society using sociological theories. Explores drug policies and control of drug use, current sociological drug research, and how the media shapes drug perceptions. Highlights various legal and illegal drugs and their societal consequences.
Grading: GRD
Crosslisted: SOCI 340
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CCJS 365 - Management in Public Agencies
Unit(s): 4
Central concerns are the formation and administration of the managerial policies of public agencies. Focus on such vital issues as the allocation of public resources; public accountability; and the description, analysis, solutions, and synthesis of contemporary managerial problems in criminal justice agencies.
Crosslisted: POLS 430
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CCJS 370 - Seminar in Research Methods
Unit(s): 4
A consideration of the methods used by criminal justice researchers in a variety of basic and applied settings. Topics include the choice of a problem, ethical issues, the logic of science, measurement, sampling procedures, surveys, coding, experimentation, observation, and summarizing findings.
Grading: GRD
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CCJS 375 - Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Unit(s): 4
An in-depth examination of selected topics and issues in criminal justice. Specific course topic varies by semester. May be repeated for credit.
Grading: OPT
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CCJS 399 - Lecture Series
Unit(s): 2
A weekly meeting or meetings offering presentations and discussions by guest lecturers on issues of current interest and importance. May be repeated for a total of 4 units.
Grading: OPT
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CCJS 404 - Introduction to Constitutional Law
Unit(s): 4
A survey of selected areas of constitutional law and Supreme Court decision-making, considering the political and social influences as well as doctrinal forces which have produced various policies and interpretations.
Grading: GRD
Crosslisted: POLS 423
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CCJS 405 - Rights of the Accused
Unit(s): 4
Leading constitutional cases in criminal justice including: search and seizure, death penalty, electronic surveillance, privilege against self-incrimination, jury trial, right to counsel, and double jeopardy, will be studied in detail.
Grading: GRD
Crosslisted: POLS 422
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CCJS 407 - Police, Courts, and Community Relations
Unit(s): 4
Provides a comprehensive introduction to policing in the United States. Examines the process of policing, police behavior, organization, operations, and their historical perspectives. Covers the relationship between the police and the public as well as the role of courts in controlling and guiding police behavior. Reviews critical issues confronting the police and the best policies and practices in policing.
Grading: GRD
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CCJS 420 - Seminar in Criminology
Unit(s): 4
An in-depth analysis of theories of criminal behavior; psychological, sociological, and biological factors; professional criminals, white collar crimes, and other selected examples of deviant behavior and their relationship to agencies of social control.
Grading: GRD
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CCJS 430 - Women and Crime
Unit(s): 4
An in-depth analysis of women/girls and crime in the field of criminology and criminal justice. The class examines the significance of gender in pathways to crime as well as the nature and extent of female offending, victimization, and incarceration. The course focuses on feminist theory and methodology.
Grading: GRD
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CCJS 441 - Deviant Behavior
Unit(s): 4
The social causes and consequences of delinquency, criminality, addiction, insanity, social unconventionality, and other “deviant” behavior. Examines the conversion and commitment to deviant worldviews, and the social processes involved in the transformation to a deviant identity.
Grading: OPT
Crosslisted: SOCI 314
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CCJS 450 - Punishments and Corrections
Unit(s): 4
Provides an in-depth analysis of the correctional system, including prisons, jails, probation, parole, and community corrections. Examines the history and purpose of punishment and the goals of corrections. Reviews contemporary issues and policies affecting corrections.
Grading: GRD
Crosslisted: SOCI 450
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CCJS 470 - Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice
Unit(s): 4
Examines the role and significance of mass media in the field of criminology and criminal justice, including lawmaking, law breaking, and the responses to rule violations. The course covers the historical and contemporary media coverage of crime and criminal justice; the structure and content of media coverage of crime and related information; as well as the role and importance of media in the formation of citizen attitudes and behavior, decision-making, and public policy.
Grading: GRD
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CCJS 480 - White Collar Crime
Unit(s): 4
Examines the various forms, causes, and consequences of white collar crime compared to other crime; reviews relevant theory and research; considers the reason for the difficulties in detection and prosecution and issues surrounding punishment; and examines the efficacy of prevention strategies.
Grading: GRD
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CCJS 489 - Civil Liberties and the Constitution
Unit(s): 4
An examination of fundamental principles of constitutional law that govern and constrain the powers and operations of criminal justice agencies and their personnel. The rights and immunities guaranteed by the Constitution in general, and the civil liberties, rights, and freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights will be covered. Rights of the accused will also be considered.
Grading: GRD
Crosslisted: POLS 424
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CCJS 490 - Senior Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies
Unit(s): 4
A comprehensive synthesis and examination of the theoretical concepts and empirical findings of other courses in the major curriculum. Areas of special interest to the instructor and the students will be closely studied.
Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): senior-level standing and/or consent of instructor. Graduation Application submitted to Admissions and Records.
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CCJS 494 - Interdisciplinary Seminar
Unit(s): 1-4
An exploration of selected criminal justice topics from an interdisciplinary perspective. Themes and topics may vary. May be repeated for credit.
Grading: OPT
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CCJS 495 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
The supervised study of a particular problem or area of interest selected by the student in consultation with a sponsoring faculty member. Regular meetings will be arranged for discussions and progress evaluations, and a term paper is required. May be repeated for credit up to 8 units.
Grading: OPT
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