Schedule - BA in Humanities & Social Sciences | Extension and International Programs

Sample Program Schedule

The Bachelor of Arts in Humanities & Social Sciences Online Degree Completion Program is structured in a manageable plan that allows you to integrate your coursework into your existing schedule seamlessly. You will take 17 courses and earn 51 units, which, in addition to previous coursework, will bring you to the total 120 units required to be eligible for graduation.

The program is cohort based and features a set curriculum. You will take each course fully-online, allowing you to earn your degree in just three years, even if you are fully employed. Classes are 8 weeks. Each semester (Fall, Spring and Summer) includes 1-2 courses, and many semesters include courses that address related topics from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

Sample Program Schedule

Term	Course Dates	Weeks	Course	Course Title	Units
Year 1	Fall	8 weeks	ANTH 304	Traditional Cultures of the World × Traditional Cultures of the World Comparative, worldwide survey of traditional, selected and well-studied ways of life using ethnographic writings and films. Examines diverse ways of life, with an emphasis on small-scale societies.	3
	Fall	8 weeks	PHIL 320	Contemporary Moral Issues × Contemporary Moral Issues Applying ethical and social/political theories to contemporary moral problems. Topics selected from current issues in law, business, medicine, sexual morality, and gender/multicultural studies, including abortion, racism, crime, punishment, welfare, domestic violence and pornography.	3
	Spring	8 weeks	GEOG 329	Cities and Nature × Cities and Nature Impact of urbanization on landforms, climate, vegetation, and animals. Planning implications and case studies.	3
	Spring	8 weeks	AMST 320	Women in American Society × Women in American Society Socio-cultural history of women and women's movements in American society. Emphasis on 19th and 20th centuries. Cultural models of American womanhood - maternal, domestic, sexual, social - their development and recent changes.	3
	Summer	8 weeks	HIST 300B	Historical Writing × Historical Writing Research, writing and library usage (including computer-assisted bibliographic searches) as related to history.	3
	Summer	8 weeks	CRJU 300	Foundations Criminal Justice × Foundations Criminal Justice Overview and analysis of the components of the criminal justice system; emphasizing the historical and contemporary aspects of law, policing, courts and corrections.	3
Year 2	Fall	8 weeks	ANTH 423	The Ancient Maya × The Ancient Maya Archaeology and ethnohistory of the Maya area of Southern Mesoamerica. Problems of initial settlement of the area and the rise and dynamics of ancient Maya civilization.	3
	Fall	8 weeks	GEOG 371	The National Parks × The National Parks The creation and use of national parks and other protected areas. Origins and globalization of the national parks. Challenges and conflicts related to national parks.	3
	Spring	8 weeks	ANTH 344	Sex, Evolution, Human Nature × Sex, Evolution, Human Nature Evolutionary theory and human evolution; the primate origins of humanity, the evolution of human nature, and the evolutionary foundations of human behavior and cognition.	3
	Spring	8 weeks	AMST 300	Intro to Amer Pop Culture × Intro to Amer Pop Culture Historical exploration of popular culture in America as it reflects and contributes to the search for meaning in everyday life. Heroes, myths of success, symbols of power, images of romance, consumerism, race and sexual identity.	3
	Summer	8 weeks	CHIC 305	Chicana/o Families × Chicana/o Families The Chicana/o family's development as an American social institution focusing on cross-cultural, historical and interdisciplinary perspectives.	3
	Summer	8 weeks	AFAM 356	African American Music Appreciation × African American Music Appreciation Black music in America; the sociological conditions that help produce various forms of black music.	3
Year 3	Fall	8 weeks	GEOG 340	Asia × Asia Physical, human and regional geography of Asia from Pakistan and India through Southeast Asia and the Malay Archipelago to China, Japan and Korea.	3
	Fall	8 weeks	WGST 360	Politics of Sexuality × Politics of Sexuality Cultural politics of sexuality within the U.S. and across national and cultural boundaries using feminist theories and methods. A focus on sexual controversies illuminates the relationship between sex, power and social change.	3
	Spring	8 weeks	RLST 375	Conceptions of the Afterlife × Conceptions of the Afterlife How selected religious traditions have sought to answer the question: "What happens when I die." Resurrection, reincarnation, immortality of the soul, heaven and hell.	3
	Spring	8 weeks	ASAM 325	Asian American Film and Video × Asian American Film and Video Introduction to major themes in Asian American film and video history and criticism. Asian American aesthetics, history and politics will be examined in areas of film and video direction, production, writing and acting.	3
	Summer	8 weeks	RLST 400	Religion, Media, & Culture × Religion, Media, & Culture Reporting about religion in secular media; impact of traditional and social media on societal values; ethical challenges faced by journalists; uses of media by religious organizations.	3
TOTAL UNITS					51

Note: Classes subject to change.

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