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2025-2026 General Catalog

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2025-2026 General Catalog

American Multicultural Studies, Concentration, BA, Sample Four-Year Plan

First Year: 31 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ENGL 101 - Expository Writing and Analytical Reading Unit(s): 3
(Meets Lower Division GE 1A: English Composition)
AMCS 210 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies Unit(s): 3
(Meets Lower Division GE Area: Ethnic Studies)
SOCI 263 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Unit(s): 3
(Meets Lower Division GE Area 4: Social Sciences)
Lower Division GE Area 1B: Critical Thinking
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 3B: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (16 Units)

BIOL 110 - Biological Inquiry Unit(s): 4
(Meets Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Science + 5C: Lab)
AMCS 260 - Representing Blackness in the Arts and Media Unit(s): 3
CALS 219 - The Latino Experience Unit(s): 3
POLS 200 - American Political System Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3

Second Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

AMCS 125 - Multicultural Conversations: Listening, Speaking, and Presentation Unit(s): 3
(Meets Lower Division GE Area 1C: Oral Communication)
HIST 251 History of the United States to 1877

OR
HIST 252 History of the United States Since 1865
Credits / Units: 3
AMCS 225 - Racism and Resistance: African American Studies Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

AMCS 392 - Ethnic Images in Film and Media Unit(s): 3
AMCS 377 - Asian American Experience Unit(s): 3
Upper Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning

OR
Upper Division GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
AMCS Concentration Course Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3

Third Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

AMCS Concentration Course Credits / Units: 3
AMCS Concentration Course Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

AMCS Concentration Course Credits / Units: 3
AMCS Concentration Course Credits / Units: 3
AMCS Upper Division Elective Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3

Fourth Year: 29 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

AMCS 480WIC - Research and Methodology Unit(s): 4
AMCS Upper Division Elective Credits / Units: 4
University Electives Credits / Units: 7

Spring Semester (14 Units)

AMCS 476 - Selected Topics in African American Studies Unit(s): 4
University Electives Credits / Units: 10

Total Units: 120