Course Descriptions

ACCT 210 - Introduction to Financial Accounting

1. Identify the forms of business organizations and explain the three principal types of business activities;
2. Name the four primary financial statements and illustrate their main components;
3. List major assumptions and principles in financial reporting;
4. Explain the accounting information system and demonstrate how it is used to record and report common business transactions;
5. Prepare a classified balance sheet, calculate and compare liquidity and solvency ratios using financial reports of public companies;
6. Prepare an income statement, calculate and compare profitability and efficiency ratios using financial reports of public companies;
7. Illustrate how to record and report cash, receivables, long-lived assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity items and identify related potential unethical accounting practices;
8. Describe basic differences between the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

ACCT 215 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting

1. Describe cost classifications. Describe cost estimation and analysis methods;
2. Apply the cost-volume-profit analysis for business decisions;
3. Explain and apply job-order and activity-based costing methods to different businesses;
4. Describe standard costs and perform variance analysis;
5. Prepare operating budgets for profit planning;
6. Explain and apply different methods for capital budgeting decisions;
7. Describe various methods and calculate measures for performance evaluation;
8. Apply ethical standards in managerial decisions.

ACCT 220 - Legal Environment of Business

1. Explain basic legal terminology;
2. Identify the structure of the federal, state, and local court systems;
3. Describe court procedures;
4. Summarize the difference between courts and alternative dispute resolution forums;
5. Explain the authorities defined in the United States Constitution to regulate business;
6. Discuss the role of ethics in business decision making Define the elements of causes of action for intentional torts;
7. Define the elements of causes of action for negligence and strict liability;
8. Explain the rights and responsibilities associated with various forms of intellectual property such as trademarks, copyrights, and patents;
9. Examine the basic differences between criminal law and civil law;
10. Discuss the basics of contract law such as offer, acceptance, consideration, and capacity to contract.

ACCT 302 - Cost Accounting

1. Identify the costing systems used in service, merchandising and manufacturing industries;
2. Use job-order costing to determine the cost for jobs which require different types and amounts of direct materials, direct labor and indirect costs;
3. Use the process costing system to determine the product costs when a large number of homogeneous products are manufactured;
4. Estimate the cost of defective units in a process costing environment;
5. Summarize company strategies and explain how the Balanced Scorecard is used to analyze the profitability resulting from implementing its strategies;
6. Identify the cost savings resulting from controlling the cost of ordering and carrying inventory as well as the cost of stocking-out;
7. Examine whether a joint product should be sold at the split-off point or processed further, and explain how allocation of joint costs to joint products leads to better product and service pricing decisions;
8. Identify the critical role of cost allocation in the analysis of customer profitability and sales variances;
9. Explain the increase in the accuracy of determining the cost of cost objects resulting from allocation of support departments to operating departments; and from identifying common costs and revenues.

ACCT 311 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I

1. Describe the conceptual framework for financial reporting;
2. Explain elements of primary financial statements and the statement of comprehensive income;
3. Explain the composition of cash and the recognition and valuation of accounts receivable;
4. Calculate inventory costing and discuss additional valuation issues of inventories;
5. Discuss the valuation of property, plant and equipment in acquisition and disposition, depreciation methods, and impairment issues;
6. Discuss the types and impairment of intangible assets. Explain and apply the five-step model for revenue recognition process;
7. Discuss key differences between U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS) on above topics.

ACCT 312 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II

1. Identify and apply appropriate accounting classification, measurement, and reporting of debt investments;
2. Explain the accounting valuation and reporting for bonds and leases;
3. Discuss the accounting and reporting for pensions and post-retirement benefits;
4. Discuss the accounting for income taxes, net operating loss and financial statement presentation;
5. Explain the accounting for stockholders’ equity transactions, including issuance and repurchase of stock and payment of dividends;
6. Discuss dilutive securities and determine earnings per share in simple and complex capital structures;
7. Prepare a statement of cash flows using direct and indirect methods;
8. Discuss key differences between U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS) on above topics.

ACCT 320 - Business Law for Accountants

1. Summarize basic contract law and explain advanced contract concepts such as the Statute of Frauds, assignment, delegation, performance and discharge, breach of contract and remedies;
2. Describe the Uniform Commercial Code and domestic sales and lease contracts, title, risk and insurable interest;
3. Explain the basic concepts of warranties and product liability. Explain legal concepts related to negotiable instruments, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy;
4. Name the requirements to form and terminate an agency relationship;
5. Explain basic employment, labor law and employment discrimination concepts;
6. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of business entities such as the C and S Corporations, sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies;
7. Identify the formation and financing of corporations and the roles of corporate shareholders, directors, and officers;
8. Name the requirements of corporate mergers and acquisitions;
9. Explain the requirements of federal and state securities laws;
10. Name the basic terminology associated with real and personal property.

ACCT 321 - Auditing I

1. Describe the auditing standards applicable to both Issuers and Nonissuers;
2. Explain the ethical and legal responsibilities of financial statement auditors in the public accounting profession;
3. Describe audit objectives, audit planning and analytic procedures, and risk assessment;
4. Describe the types and persuasiveness of audit evidence;
5. valuate, test and report internal controls for both manual and IT environments;
6. Apply statistical and non-statistical audit sampling methods to gather and evaluate evidence;
7. Develop problem solving and critical thinking skills through audit cases.

ACCT 325 - Accounting Ethics

1. Identify ethical issue(s) arising in business situations;
2. Discuss different approaches to ethical reasoning;
3. Apply ethical reasoning techniques to ethical dilemmas;
4. Communicate an appropriate conclusion to an ethical dilemma;
5. Explain the codes of conduct for accountants by the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX);
6. Explain the ethical responsibilities an accountant has in conducting an audit and in the professional accounting working environment.

ACCT 331 - Federal Taxation for Individuals

1. Describe the role of taxes in today’s economic environment, tax policy, and the sources of Federal tax law;
2. Identify taxable income for individuals;
3. Differentiate between types and benefits of tax deductions and report deductions;
4. Determine and report capital gains and losses;
5. Calculate and report an individual’s taxable income and tax liability;
6. Apply analytical reasoning tools to assess the timing of income recognition and deductions;
7. Discuss tax planning and strategies for individuals.

ACCT 335 - VITA - Individual Income Tax Return Preparation

1. Identify and adhere to the ethical standards of a VITA volunteer;
2. Develop and apply professional skepticism essential to solving tax issues;
3. Identify and describe the intake/interview and quality review VITA processes;
4. Prepare VITA in-scope Federal and California individual income tax returns.

ACCT 340 - Accounting Information Systems

1. Explain how accounting information systems add value to an organization;
2. Describe the production of accounting information for the five accounting and business cycles;
3. Describe and apply the internal control framework to create basic internal controls of the accounting information systems;
4. Construct document flow charts and data flow diagrams to analyze the business cycles and processes;
5. Analyze accounting information for business decisions using advanced data-analysis functions, database applications or other commonly-used accounting software;
6. Explain the fundamentals of information security, accounting database systems, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

ACCT 341 - Introduction to Data Analytics in Accounting

1. Describe the principles of a good design for data visualization;
2. Apply data analytics in accounting using Excel;
3. Apply data analytics and data visualization in accounting using analytics software;
4. Describe and apply ETL (extract, transform and load relevant data) in accounting.

ACCT 370 - Accounting for Governmental and Not-for-Profit Entities

1. Explain the differences in measurement focus and basis of accounting between governmental entities and for-profit businesses.;
2. List fund categories for state and local governments and indicate the measurement focus, basis of accounting, and financial reporting of each fund;
3. Describe budgetary accounting within state and local governments, including recording legally adopted budget and encumbrance;
4. Record revenue and expenditure transactions in governmental funds for state and local governments;
5. Explain the nature and contents of a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR);
6. Prepare the adjustment needed to derive government-wide financial statements from fund financial statement data;
7. Describe the content of financial statements for not-for-profit entities;
8. Describe the accounting for revenues and expenses for not-for-profit entities;
9. Analyze financial statements for state and local governments and not-for-profit entities.

ACCT 398 - Internship

ACCT 411 - Advanced Financial Accounting

1. Summarize accounting for the formation, dissolution, partner changes, earnings distribution, and liquidation of partnerships;
2. Identify and apply appropriate accounting classification, measurement, and reporting for equity investment;
3. Categorize consolidation issues and compare accounting standards on consolidation under U.S. GAAP and IFRS;
4. Apply appropriate accounting procedures to prepare consolidated financial statements for the parent company with its fully- and partially-owned subsidiaries as of the date of acquisition;
5. Apply appropriate accounting procedures to prepare consolidated financial statements in periods subsequent to acquisition, including intra-entity transfer of assets;
6. Apply appropriate accounting standards under U.S. GAAP and IFRS to translate foreign currency financial statements and explain the impact from the translation on the consolidated financial statements.

ACCT 421 - Auditing II

1. Describe the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), the International Ethics Standards Boards for Accountants (IESBA), and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. Compare and contrast the U.S. and international professional standards for Issuers and Nonissuers;
2. Compare and contrast the U.S. standards among audits, attestation, assurance services, compilations, and reviews;
3. Design auditing procedures for sales and collection cycle, acquisition and payment cycle, inventory and warehouse cycle, capital acquisition and repayment cycle, and cash and financial instruments;
4. Develop and present reports of different types of engagements and services and communicate with those charged with governance.

ACCT 422 - Internal Auditing

1. Explain the internal audit process including the professional standards applicable to the internal audit profession;
2. Explain the professional standards required for internal audit functions operating under the auspices of The Institute of Internal Auditors’ International Practices Framework;
3. Describe the application of internal auditing procedures to performance, operational, efficiency & effectiveness, and financial related audits;
4. Assess manual and information system controls;
5. Identify and describe sampling methodologies commonly used within the audit profession;
6. Explain the ethical and legal responsibilities of auditors in the internal audit profession;
7. Develop and apply problem solving and critical thinking skills essential to solve unstructured auditing problems.

ACCT 423 - Information Technology Audit

1. Apply the Committee on Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission’s (COSO) Internal Control-Integrated Framework to identify the information technology (IT) risks;
2. Apply the Information Systems Audit and Control Association’s (ISACA) Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (CoBIT) framework to the governance and management of IT assets;
3. Evaluate the design of IT controls in terms of the COSO’s Internal Control-Integrated Framework;
4. Develop audit programs and apply basic techniques to perform audits of computerized accounting information systems;
5. Apply generalized audit software to perform an audit of financial statements through the accounting information systems;
6. Analyze results of audit findings to communicate with those in charge of governance.

ACCT 424 - Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination

1. Define fraud including the fraud triangle and understand the different types and symptoms of fraud;
2. Explain why people commit fraud and know the types of people who commit fraud;
3. Explain the importance of fraud prevention, including how to assess and mitigate the risk of fraud as well as how to eliminate or decrease opportunities for fraud;
4. Identify and understand the symptoms of fraud, including analytical and behavioral symptoms and how to perform basic data analysis procedures for fraud detection;
5. Describe internal controls that help deter and detect fraud;
6. Describe the various ways frauds are investigated and when to use each investigation method;
7. Describe the types of evidence, the different methods of obtaining documentary evidence and understand the value of this evidence in fraud investigation;
8. Plan and conduct an interview and prepare a fraud report;
9. Identify and detect various types of fraud schemes including financial statement fraud, revenue related and inventory related fraud, asset misappropriation and corruption, investment and consumer fraud, inadequate disclosure fraud and e-commerce fraud;
10. Describe different options for legal action that can be taken once fraud has occurred;
11. Identify important aspects of the court system and understand the civil and criminal litigation processes;
12. Describe the nature of an expert witness.

ACCT 431 - Federal Taxation of Business Entities

1. Analyze transactions of C corporations in areas such as stock dividends and stock redemption;
2. Calculate taxable income and tax liability for a C corporation;
3. Determine ordinary business income (loss) for a partnership for federal income tax purposes;
4. Calculate ordinary business income (loss) for an S corporation for federal income tax purposes;
5. Demonstrate the amount of taxable gifts for federal gift tax purposes;
6. Calculate the taxable estate for federal estate tax purposes;
7. Determine the beneficiary’s share of taxable income from a trust for federal income tax purposes;
8. Demonstrate the amount of unrelated business income tax of an exempt organization.

ACCT 432 - Federal Taxation for Corporations

1. Identify the characteristics of a C Corporation;
2. Identify the accounting periods and methods of C Corporations;
3. Identify the tax consequences relating to the formation of a corporation;
4. Calculate a corporation’s taxable income and tax liability;
5. Reconcile GAAP financial statement net income (loss) to corporate taxable income;
6. Identify the tax consequences and planning strategies associated with corporate distributions-including dividends, redemptions, and liquidations;
7. Identify the tax consequences and planning strategies associated with electing S Corporation status.

ACCT 433 - Federal Taxation for Partnerships

1. Compare and contrast the various partnership forms and identify IRS Code requirements for tax years;
2. Identify the basis of partner’s interest and the basis of assets contributed to the partnership;
3. Distinguish between items included in partnership ordinary income or loss and those that must be separately stated;
4. Explain transactions between partners and the partnership. Explain the distribution of partnership assets;
5. Explain ownership changes in partnership;
6. Explain liquidation and termination of partnership;
7. Explain tax planning techniques from partnership losses and in liquidating or selling a partnership interest.

ACCT 435 - VITA - Quality Review of Individual Income Tax Returns

1. Identify and adhere to the ethical standards of a VITA quality reviewer;
2. Develop and apply professional skepticism while reviewing tax returns;
3. Quality review in-scope federal and CA individual income tax returns;
4. Apply research skills in solving tax issues as they arise.

ACCT 490 - Independent Study

ACCT 497 - Issues in Accounting

ACCT 498 - Internship

ACCT 604 - Financial Accounting

1. Identify and explain the four financial statements. Explain U.S. and International accounting standards and regulations that govern financial reporting.
2. Analyze and record transactions, prepare accounting adjustments, construct financial statements, and close the book for the accounting period.
3. Compute and interpret measures of profitability and risk.
4. Explain revenue recognition criteria and describe accounting for operating expenses.
5. Describe and explain accounting for different operating assets. Describe the accounting for current operating liabilities and long-term liabilities.
6. Describe and illustrate the accounting for contributed capital and earned capital.

ACCT 611 - Financial Reporting and IFRS I

1. Explain the conceptual framework for financial reporting under both the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS).
2. Prepare an income statement and describe issues dealing with its content, presentation, and disclosure.
3. Prepare and interpret a classified balance sheet and a statement of cash flows using the indirect method.
4. Identify, explain, and apply the five-step model for revenue from contracts with customers.
5. Specify the initial measurement and subsequent valuation and reporting issues and their effects on income statement from transactions involving cash, accounts receivable, inventories, operating tangible and intangible assets, including the key similarities and differences between GAAP and IFRS.

ACCT 612 - Financial Reporting and IFRS II

1. Contrast and compare key similarities and differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
2. Explain the classification, measurement, and reporting of investments.
3. Examine and analyze accounting issues related to the measurement and reporting of liabilities including bonds, leases, pensions, and post-retirement benefits, and deferred income taxes.
4. Demonstrate the accounting valuation and presentation for various items affecting stockholders’ equity including issuance, repurchase, and conversion of stocks, payment of dividends, reporting of earnings and other comprehensive income, and granting of employee stock compensation.
5. Compute basic and diluted earnings per share.
6. Categorize and compare the reporting for accounting changes.
7. Construct a statement of cash flows using both direct and indirect methods.

ACCT 613 - Advanced Topics in Accounting

1. Demonstrate accounting for the formation, dissolution, partner changes, earnings distribution, and liquidation of partnerships.
2. Explain consolidation issues and the development of accounting standards on consolidation for U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
3. Prepare consolidated financial statements with fully-and partially-owned subsidiaries as of the date of acquisition and for subsequent periods, including intra-entity transfer of assets.
4. Demonstrate the translation of foreign currency financial statements and explain their impacts on the consolidated financial statements.
5. Identify the format and content of a comprehensive annual financial report for state and local governments.
6. Describe the accounting for encumbrances, nonexchange revenue transactions, expenditures, and interfund activity for state and local governments.
7. Identify the format and content of financial statements for private not-for-profit organizations.
8. Measure, record, and report revenues and expenses for private not-for-profit organizations.

ACCT 621 - Accountants’ Ethics and Professional Responsibilities

1. Recognize whether there is (are) an ethical issue(s) involved in any particular situation.
2. Discuss the different approaches to ethical reasoning.
3. Demonstrate ethical reasoning in dealing with ethical dilemmas.
4. Explain the codes of conduct that apply to accountants.
5. Explain the ethical responsibilities an accountant has in conducting an audit and in the professional accounting working environment.
6. Communicate an appropriate conclusion to an ethical dilemma.

ACCT 622 - Auditing Theory and Practice I

1. Describe the auditing standards applicable to both issuers and non-issuers.
2. Explain the ethical and legal responsibilities of historical financial statements audit.
3. Describe fraud triangles.
4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of internal control for audit planning.
5. Apply analytical procedures in historical financial statements audit.
6. Develop problem solving and critical thinking skills through audit cases.

ACCT 623 - Auditing Theory and Practice II

1. Compare and contrast the professional standards for Issuers and Nonissuers.
2. Compare and contrast among audits, attestation and assurance services, compilations, and reviews.
3. Design risk assessment procedures to evaluate the implementation of internal controls relevant to an audit of financial statements.
4. Identify and document financial statement assertions and formulate audit objectives.
5. Design audit procedures responsive to risks of material misstatement and obtain evidence to form a basis.
6. Develop and present reports of different types of engagements and services and communicate with those charged with governance.
7. Describe the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Boards (IAASB), the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), the International Ethics Standards Boards for Accountants (IESBA), and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants.
8. Develop hands-on-skills in using the auditing software IDEA to perform audit procedures.

ACCT 630 - Federal Taxation of Individuals and Sole Proprietors

1. Identify the obligations and liabilities of taxpayers and tax return preparers.
2. Calculate the elements of the income tax formula as applied to common personal and business transactions.
3. Identify and explain tax reduction or deferral planning opportunities available to taxpayers.
4. Explain compliance with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting and payment requirements.
5. Describe and analyze the role of taxes in decision-making.
6. Enhance ability to identify and critically evaluate issues as they relate to taxation.
7. Describe the statutory and regulatory aspects of taxation as they relate to business and individual tax decisions.
8. Develop an appreciation of the necessity of understanding tax issues as they relate to personal and business decisions.

ACCT 631 - Federal Taxation of Corporations and Flow-Through Entities

1. Analyze multifaceted tax problems in C corporations such as dividend distributions, redemptions, liquidations, reorganizations and consolidated tax returns.
2. Evaluate tax problems involving partnership distributions, withdrawal of a partner, sales or exchanges of partnership interests, and dissolution of a partnership.
3. Analyze shareholder transactions with an S corporation to explain the impact on the shareholder’s basis for federal income tax purposes.
4. Formulate tax-planning strategies to minimize gift taxes for federal gift tax purposes.
5. Design tax-planning strategies to minimize estate taxes for federal estate tax purposes.
6. Identify tax-planning opportunities for tax-exempt organizations.

ACCT 639 - Business Law and Regulation

1. Describe the Uniform Commercial Code and domestic sales and lease contracts, title, risk and insurable interest.
2. Explain legal concepts related to negotiable instruments, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy.
3. Explain basic employment, labor law, and employment discrimination concepts.
4. Identify the formation and financing of corporations and the roles of corporate shareholders, directors, and officers.
5. Identify the requirements of corporate mergers and acquisitions.
6. Identify the requirements of federal and state securities laws.
7. Identify the basic terminology associated with real and personal property.
8. Identify regulatory and compliance issues in an SEC or IRS audit or investigation.

ACCT 641 - Data Analytics in Accounting I

1. Describe the principles of a good design for data visualization.
2. Apply data analytics in accounting and auditing using Excel.
3. Apply data analytics and data visualization in accounting and auditing using Tableau.
4. Describe and apply ETL (extract, transform and load relevant data) in accounting and auditing.
5. Apply basic statistical analysis techniques, regression and machine learning for predictive analytics and forecasting in accounting.
6. Describe and apply basic robotic process automation for accounting processes.

ACCT 642 - Data Analytics in Accounting II

1. Apply advanced data analytics in accounting, auditing or taxation using Excel.
2. Apply advanced data analytics and data visualization in accounting, auditing or taxation using Tableau.
3. Apply ETL (extract, transform and load relevant data) in accounting, auditing or taxation.
4. Apply statistical analysis techniques, regression and machine learning for predictive analytics and forecasting in accounting.
5. Apply robotic process automation for accounting processes.

ACCT 671 - Business Communications and Professional Development I

1. Develop techniques to deliver effective presentations and persuasive speeches, and answer difficult questions.
2. Identify their strengths and weaknesses in communication.
3. Develop skills to give, receive, and apply constructive feedback.
4. Develop skills to inspire, motivate, and connect in a more authentic and effective way.

ACCT 672 - Business Communications and Professional Development II

1. Write effective professional communication documents such as memos, letters, proposals, and reports.

ACCT 681 - Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation

1. Identify and assess the economic characteristics that drive competition in an industry.
2. Evaluate firm profitability and compare the profitability of firms using the rate of return on assets and its components.
3. Evaluate a firm’s short-term liquidity risk and long-term solvency risk.
4. Apply the concept of quality of accounting information.
5. Develop financial statement forecasts including balance sheets, income statements, and statement of cash flows.
6. Estimate risk-adjusted expected rates of return.
7. Estimate the firm value using dividend-based, cash-flow-based, earnings-based and market-based valuation approaches.

ACCT 690 - Independent Study

1. Varies depending on the topic and nature of the independent study.

ACCT 693 - Project

1. Identify and assess the economic characteristics that drive competition in an industry.
2. Evaluate firm profitability and compare the profitability of firms using the rate of return on assets and its components.
3. Evaluate a firm’s short-term liquidity risk and long-term solvency risk.
4. Develop financial statement forecasts including balance sheets, income statements, and statement of cash flows.
5. Estimate the firm value using cash-flow-based valuation approaches.
6. Estimate the firm value using earnings-based valuation approaches.
7. Estimate the firm value using market-based valuation approaches.

ACCT 697 - Issues in Accounting

ACCT 698 - Internship

1. Varies depending on the nature of the internship.

ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology

1. Identify, summarize and sequence the basic schools of anthropological thought in all four academic sub-fields of the discipline at an introductory level;
2. Apply basic qualitative and quantitative anthropology research methods and skills at an introductory level;
3. Examine human diversity holistically and scientifically, discriminating among and analyzing conceptions and misconceptions of ethnicity, “race,” and human biological variation at an introductory level;
4. Identify pragmatic uses of anthropological methods and perspectives in approaching real-world solutions, and identify instances of and opportunities for applications of anthropological tools and ideas in employment and community development, both locally and globally at an introductory level;
5. Perceive social groups and human diversity sensitively, realistically, effectively, and respectfully, evaluating social groups and situations while recognizing recognize ones own biases and stereotypes (ethnocentrism);
6. Develop a sense of global citizenship through appreciation of diverse experiences as sources of enrichment in your own life, your community, and your society(s);
7. Define a singular humanity by understanding human evolution and the essential similarity of all humans;
8. Understand the archaeological evidence for why we know we are not currently immune to overdevelopment, ecological disaster, and other large-scale failures;
9. Consider the perspectives of various societies and people toward globalization and development.

1. specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
2. explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
3. discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
4. explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.

ANTH 110 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology

1. Learn what science is;
2. Learn the history of science;
3. understand the history of evolutionary theory;
4. distinguish between natural selection, which was understood long before Darwin, and Darwin’s main contribution, the recognition of speciation;
5. understand DNA, protein synthesis, and biological evolution;
6. learn about primates and understand their attributes, behaviors, and evolutionary pattern;
7. Learn about primate behavior and how it reflects on our own behavior;
8. understand stratigraphy, deep time, and geological dating methods;
9. become familiar with the human fossil record;
10. Understand the fallacy of race and the true nature of human biological variation;
11. Understand how forensic anthropologists analyze bones.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of scientific theories, concepts, and data about the life sciences;
2. demonstrate an understanding of scientific practices, including the scientific method; and
3. describe the potential limits of scientific endeavors, including the accepted standards and ethics associated with scientific inquiry.

ANTH 120 - Introduction to Archaeology

1. To identify, summarize, and sequence the basic schools of anthropological thought in all four academic subfields of the discipline;
2. To apply basic qualitative and quantitative archaeological research methods and skills;
3. To identify pragmatic uses of anthropological methods and perspectives in approaching real-world solutions, and identify instances of and opportunities for applications of anthropological tools and ideas in employment and community development, both locally and globally.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of scientific theories, concepts, and data about the physical sciences;
2. demonstrate an understanding of scientific practices, including the scientific method; and
3. describe the potential limits of scientific endeavors, including the accepted standards and ethics associated with scientific inquiry.

ANTH 130 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

1. define and explain essential terms in sociocultural anthropology;
2. explain how culture shapes and is shaped by environments, histories, biologies, pre-existing ideas, and power relations;
3. use anthropological frameworks and theories to analyze various cultural phenomena (e.g., religion and ritual, gender dynamics and roles, power distribution);
4. discuss the ways in which people create culture and the extent they are limited by particular cultural frameworks.

1. specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
2. explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
3. discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
4. explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.

ANTH 140 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

1. define and explain essential terms and concepts in the anthropology of communication;
2. compare and contrast human language with animal signaling systems;
3. compare different modalities of human communication;
4. compare norms of communication in different culture;
5. discuss how language communicates information about power and social hierarchies;
6. use linguistic-anthropological frameworks and theories to analyze mass media messages.

1. specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
2. explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
3. discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
4. explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.

ANTH 300 - Anthropology of Global Change

1. define and explain essential terms in anthropology (particularly, applied and sociocultural anthropology);
2. use anthropological frameworks and theories to examine contemporary cultural issues;
3. explain how participant-observation can be used to study social problems;
4. and analyze opposing viewpoints using evidence rather than preconceived notions.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

ANTH 490 - Independent Study

ANTH 497 - Issues in Anthropology

ANTH 498 - Internship

ANTH 370 - Anthropology in Action

1. define and explain essential terms in applied anthropology;
2. apply the insights and methods of anthropology to real-world situations;
3. explain how “academic” anthropology and applied anthropology relate to one another;
4. discuss ethical considerations in applied work;
5. analyze the role of non-profit organizations in US culture and in the international context.

ANTH 372 - Medical Anthropology

1. explain how the methods and theories of anthropology can be applied to issues of health, illness, disease, and medicine in cross-cultural contexts;
2. use anthropological principles and modes of analysis to study health, illness, and disease; critique accepted knowledge about mind-body dualism, medical authority, and the “straight-forward” effects of new medical technologies;
3. recognize and challenge social inequalities of health within the US and other societies.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

1. describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
2. identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
3. analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
4. recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.

ANTH 377 - Museum Studies Anthropology

1. Students will identify, summarize and learn to present the basic schools of anthropological thought in all four academic sub-fields of the discipline to the general public.

ANTH 398 - Internship

ANTH 320 - Archaeological Science

1. identify, summarize and sequence the basic schools of anthropological thought in all four academic sub-fields of the discipline;
2. apply basic qualitative and quantitative sociocultural (ethnographic), archaeological, or osteological research methods and skills;
3. describe, compare and relate human cultures across different regions of the globe;
4. identify pragmatic uses of anthropological methods and perspectives in approaching real-world solutions;
5. identify instances of and opportunities for applications of anthropological tools and ideas in employment and community development, both locally and globally.

ANTH 321 - Archaeology of the Americas

1. identify, summarize and sequence the basic schools of anthropological thought in all four academic sub-fields of the discipline;
2. apply basic qualitative and quantitative sociocultural (ethnographic), archaeological, or osteological research methods and skills;
3. describe, compare and relate human cultures across different regions of the globe.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

ANTH 350 - Indians of California

1. discuss the origins and development of prehistoric cultural patterns throughout California;
2. identify the underlying similarities as well as the wide range of variability of native societies in California;
3. explain the astonishing proliferation of cultural and linguistic groups in native California;
4. discuss the ecological diversity of the native peoples’ adjustment to the resources offered by the natural order, including the general patterns of life within each of the major ecological zones;
5. summarize the destruction wrought upon the native peoples and their cultures through the impact of European and American cultural systems;
6. summarize the native peoples’ responses to European and American colonization;
7. discuss the nature of Native Californian cultural heritage in today’s world.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

ANTH 354 - China

1. identify the basic features of Chinese social institutions, cultural beliefs, and cultural practices;
2. evaluate the roles of gender, hierarchy, and identity in Chinese societies as they affect individual experiences;
3. discuss those elements of Chinese culture that illustrate basic anthropological concepts and theories;
4. examine the regional variations of Chinese culture;
5. compare cinematic representations with ethnographic representations of cultures;
6. discuss the limitations of popular movies as a window into other cultures.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

ANTH 310 - Evolutionary Biology of Humans

1. Understand the history of science and evolutionary thought;
2. Understand population genetics, DNA, and protein synthesis;
3. Understand how adaptations occur at genetic and macroscopic levels;
4. Understand macroevolution, systematics, and how we detect evolutionary pattern;
5. Understand the basics of evolutionary developmental genetics;
6. Understand adaptation, natural selection, sexual selection, and evolutionary fitness;
7. Understand behavioral evolution;
8. Understand details of the evolutionary pattern of humans and our ancestors.

1. demonstrate advanced and/or focused science or quantitative content knowledge in a specific scientific field, using appropriate vocabulary and referencing appropriate concepts (such as models, uncertainties, hypotheses, theories, and technologies);
2. apply advanced quantitative skills (such as statistics, algebraic solutions, interpretation of graphical data) to scientific problems and evaluate scientific claims;
3. demonstrate understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry and the experimental and empirical methodologies used in science to investigate a scientific question or issue; and
4. apply science content knowledge to contemporary scientific issues (e.g., global warming) and technologies (e.g., cloning), where appropriate.

ANTH 311 - Human Fossil Record

1. Students will become familiar with basic knowledge of the multiple sciences that are associated with paleoanthropology: geology, archeology, paleontology, biology, & anthropology;
2. Students will understand the origins of written ideas about where life came from, understand the slow dawn of our understanding of deep time over the last 500 years, and finally understand the last 250 years of evolutionary thinking in biology;
3. Students will learn the history of human origins science;
4. years, and finally understand the last 250 years of evolutionary thinking in biology; 3. Students will learn the history of human origins science; 4. Students will become familiar with major paleoanthropological discoveries and sites; 5. Students will learn how utilize scholarly literature in writing;
5. tudents will become familiar with science, evidence, empiricism, the history of science, and how science gets popularized.

1. demonstrate advanced and/or focused science or quantitative content knowledge in a specific scientific field, using appropriate vocabulary and referencing appropriate concepts (such as models, uncertainties, hypotheses, theories, and technologies);
2. apply advanced quantitative skills (such as statistics, algebraic solutions, interpretation of graphical data) to scientific problems and evaluate scientific claims;
3. demonstrate understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry and the experimental and empirical methodologies used in science to investigate a scientific question or issue; and
4. apply science content knowledge to contemporary scientific issues (e.g., global warming) and technologies (e.g., cloning), where appropriate.

ANTH 312 - Primate Behavioral Ecology

1. Understand biological approaches to human and other primate behavior;
2. apply basic qualitative and quantitative methods related to behavioral data and research methods;
3. examine human diversity holistically and scientifically, discriminating among and analyzing conceptions and misconceptions of ethnicity and human biological variation.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

ANTH 410 - Bioarchaeology Laboratory

1. Learn to identify fragmentary human osteological material;
2. Learn to interpret modifications on bone;
3. Learn to interpret context of human osteological material.

ANTH 411 - Human Forensic Osteology

1. Introduce students to the wide range of crimes and circumstances where the Forensic Anthropologist is required;
2. Provide students with a comprehensive background in the function and role of forensic anthropological skills in forensic identification at the scene and mortuary;
3. Outline the role of other forensic specialists when arriving at an identification;
4. Introduce the students to the stages of body decomposition and how it applies to forensic identification;
5. Introduce the student in the analysis of cremated remains and the application in forensic cases;
6. Apply techniques needed when dealing with human remains within a legal framework is osteological contexts;
7. Apply skills required to produce a basic statement from the analysis of human osteological remains as it is done in forensic and archaeological contexts;
8. Understand how to aid law enforcement in the identification of the person(s) in question by understanding what the police look for, and how to work within a multidisciplinary team of forensic archaeologists, entomologists, DNA specialists and others.

ANTH 420 - Archaeology Laboratory

1. apply basic qualitative and quantitative archaeological research methods and skills.

ANTH 421 - Field Archaeology

1. apply basic qualitative and quantitative archaeological research methods and skills.

ANTH 340 - Language and Culture

1. define and explain essential terms and concepts in linguistic anthropology;
2. analyze different approaches to the study of language in culture;
3. use linguistic-anthropological frameworks to analyze language-related social issues;
4. apply concepts, methods, and theories from linguistic anthropology to language-related problems that they encounter in their everyday and professional lives;
5. analyze and evaluate opposing viewpoints using evidence rather than preconceived notions;
6. discuss how they can use the knowledge of diversity and intercultural understanding acquired in this course to promote equity and social justice in their community.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

ANTH 341 - Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice

1. critically analyze their own and others’ beliefs about language and language variation;
2. interpret findings of sociolinguistic and linguistic-anthropological research on the relationship between language and social perception;
3. analyze public discourse about language in an informed manner;
4. conduct research on ideologies about language and language variation;
5. discuss how they can use the knowledge of diversity and intercultural understanding acquired in this course to promote equity and social justice in their community.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

1. use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
2. describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
3. identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.

ANTH 342 - Language and Sexuality

1. define and explain essential terms and concepts in the anthropology of sexuality;
2. discuss the various ways in which sexuality is represented in language;
3. explain how language serves as an important resource for constructing heterosexuality and enforcing heteronormativity;
4. engage in the “identity vs. desire” debate in the field of language and sexuality;
5. Use basic linguistic techniques to analyze the construction of normative and non-normative sexual identities.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

1. describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
2. identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
3. analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
4. recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.

ANTH 330 - Political Ecology

1. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to;
2. identify, summarize, and sequence the basic schools of thought in social anthropology;
3. describe the basic intellectual orientations of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber;
4. discuss the influences of historical materialism, structuralism and functionalism, and methodological individualism on contemporary social science research.

ANTH 333 - Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective

1. define and explain essential terms in the anthropology of gender;
2. distinguish between Western feminism and feminist anthropology;
3. use anthropological theories and frameworks to evaluate information about women and gender relations in the non-Western world to explain how colonialism, “westernization,” and globalization affect women and men differently in different geographical and political contexts;
4. analyze the connections of gender with race, class, ability, and nationality;
5. discuss women’s resistance to globalization in different regions of the world.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

1. use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
2. describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
3. identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.

ANTH 334 - Human Sexuality: Anthropological Perspectives

1. define and explain essential terms in the anthropology of sexuality;
2. discuss the diversity of human sexual behaviors and identities in an informed manner;
3. analyze the social construction of sexualities and sexual identities in different cultures;
4. discuss the history of the scholarly investigation of sex and sexualities;
5. explain how relations of power shape and constitute spheres of sexual activity and identification.

1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

ANTH 431 - Advanced Anthropological Theory

1. identify, summarize, and sequence the basic schools of anthropological thought;
2. discuss the major theoretical developments in anthropology since its inception as a discipline in the late nineteenth century to the present day;
3. compare American anthropology with British and French anthropology;
4. discuss the role of anthropological theory in social research.

ART 371 - Watermedia

1. Demonstrate strong studio skills and a well-developed understanding of their own art-making processes, qualities, and techniques;
2. Identify and study art elements (i.e. color, line, value, texture, shape, form etc.);
3. Apply what is learned from demonstrations, lectures and research of materials; 3. Apply design technology using watercolors, gouache, dyes, inks, polymer paints and papermaking;
4. Discuss the contemporary and historical context of water media in Art, Illustration and Design;
5. Safely handle and maintain materials, studio facilities, and equipment.

ART 398 - Internship

ART 440 - Forum

1. Engage first hand with emerging· trends and groundbreaking ideas through responding to and asking questions of leaders in the field;
2. Think critically about the social, cultural, and technological context of critical issues while focusing on current local and global challenges and the interdisciplinary thought and creative skills necessary for meeting such challenges;
3. ngage in dialogue within our community, through related coursework, conferences, symposia and service based learning activities related to current local, regional and national social, cultural, and environmental projects and initiatives;
4. Evaluate and write clearly about the ideas presented in guest lectures.

ART 490 - Independent Study

ART 491 - BFA Critique

1. Confidently talk about their own work in a well articulated critical manner;
2. Closely observe and describe, in a discussion context, the appearance of art and design work;
3. Analyze peer art and design work in terms of composition, formal structure, emphasis, and content;
4. Interpret the work and describe, in discussion, the expressive qualities of the work and your response;
5. Develop language and patterns of interaction that meaningfully and constructively present an opinion of where and how a work succeeds and where and how it fails.

ART 498 - Internship

ART 120 - Art of Asia and the Pacific World

1. Describe and analyze works of art or visual culture using a specialized vocabulary;
2. Locate, explain, and evaluate the political, economic, or social aspects of a work’s context, with sensitivity to the geographical fluidity of context;
3. Differentiate historical context from the contemporary reception of a historical object or site;
4. Practice teamwork and collaboration in the building of knowledge about art and visual culture.

1. Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
2. respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
3. in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.

ART 124 - History of Animation

1. Articulate a substantive understanding of a wide range of animated works -foundational, classic, experimental, and popular;
2. Demonstrate how these works respond to and develop themes and issues in film, art, literature, and popular culture;
3. Situate both individual works and genres in the field within a context of relevant social, aesthetic, and technological histories;
4. Develop and employ a critical vocabulary for technical and theoretical analysis of specific works, with a focus on internal structure and aesthetics, and how they function to support or challenge the dominant culture and paradigms;
5. Show an understanding of the varied potential of animation as an entertaining, expressive, and meaningful art form.

1. Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
2. respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
3. in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.

ART 127 - History of Play, Games, and Interactivity

1. Recognize and describe elements, genres, mechanics, and vocabulary in the field;
2. Articulate and utilize the distinctions between play, games, interactivity, and fun;
3. Analyze specific examples of play, games, and interactivity using theoretical frameworks (aesthetic, historical, critical, etc.);
4. Research and analyze the issues of participation, representation, and identity politics in gaming subcultures;
5. Synthesize analyses to construct interpretive arguments about play, games, fun, and interactivity;
6. Present analyses and arguments clearly in writing.

1. Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
2. respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
3. in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.

ART 220 - Art of the Early Mediterranean World

1. Describe and analyze works of Western art using a specialized vocabulary;
2. Identify, explain, and evaluate the political, economic, or social aspects of a work’s context, with understanding of the function of art in its original period and location;
3. Using clear language and argumentation, present findings of comparative study of pre-modern and modern styles, with sensitivity to themes of art-making and cultural production that cross boundaries of time and place;
4. Practice teamwork and collaboration in the building of knowledge about art and visual culture.

1. Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
2. respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
3. in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.

ART 221 - Art of the Transatlantic Modern World

1. Describe and analyze works of Western art or visual culture using a specialized vocabulary;
2. Identify, explain, and evaluate the political, economic, or social aspects of a work’s context, with sensitivity to transcultural exchanges and the asymmetrical power structures that have facilitated Western art making in modernity;
3. Using clear language and argumentation, differentiate historical context from the contemporary reception of a historical object in a museum or other institutional context;
4. Practice teamwork and collaboration in the building of knowledge about art and visual culture.

1. Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
2. respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
3. in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.

ART 225 - Art and Social Engagement

1. Demonstrate familiarity with theories, historical circumstances, and practices of social engagement in the visual arts;
2. Develop creative and critical approaches with various media, along with practical strategies for design and implementation, in order to solve specific social challenges in the real world;
3. Demonstrate understanding of the principles and complexities of socially engaged art practices;
4. Develop group social skills by participating in a collaborative learning environment.

1. Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
2. respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
3. in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.

1. use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
2. describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
3. identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.

ART 226 - History of Graphic Design

1. On completion of this course, students will be able to: Identify, examine, and assess representative works of graphic art and design from the historical periods covered in this course employing appropriate art historical terminology;
2. Analyze and differentiate works of graphic art and design in terms of historical context and cultural values;
3. Analyze and understand the evolving impacts of graphic art and design on the world, and the roles played by influential designers/artists and technological innovation;
4. Contextualize and refine their own graphic art and design work;
5. Collaborate with peers in the study of graphic arts/design history.

ART 229 - Writing About Art and Design

1. Describe the formal and affective qualities of a work of art with clear prose;
2. Analyze art or design in an organized essay, using formal, stylistic, or sociopolitical criteria;
3. Evaluate the conditions of display of a work of art, based on direct observations;
4. Summarize the ideas of another author (critic, historian, artist) writing about art;
5. Develop a short persuasive essay related to funding of the arts or a specific project;
6. Create a cover letter using appropriate professional criteria.

1. complete a variety of reading and writing tasks that incorporate subject-matter knowledge;
2. adjust their writing for different audiences, showing awareness of expectations for academic writing in general and adhering to discipline-specific conventions when appropriate;
3. demonstrate critical thinking and logical reasoning, including strategies coming in a discipline, in the development and organization of ideas in written texts; take into account multiple perspectives and key disciplinary concepts when presenting their ideas in writing; and
4. revise their writing in response to feedback in order to improve development, clarity, coherence, and correctness.

ART 320 - Comparative World Art I

1. Based on study of two or more cultures, create a map labeled with important sites of art making, cultural sites or art installations, and art institutions;
2. Use strategies of close observation and appropriate vocabulary to describe and analyze objects of material and visual culture;
3. Distinguish geographical, cultural, and political factors that have affected the artistic practices of two or more world cultures and shaped the development of their political or cultural interactions;
4. Relate and explain the ideas of key thinkers on the material culture and art of two or more world cultures through close analysis of primary and secondary texts;
5. Collaborate with peers to research, write and revise drafts, and present information about a culture, community, site, or stylistic group.

1. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
2. analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
3. demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

ART 323 - Modern Media, Art, and Culture I

1. Place major events and significant art works in chronological order;
2. Distinguish technological, cultural, and political factors that have shaped art from the eighteenth to the twentieth century;
3. Use appropriate art historical vocabulary to write clearly about selected works of modern art and to discuss the roles of artists and art publics in modernity;
4. Through close analysis of primary and secondary texts, relate and explain major theories of modernity, developments of modern art, the rise of modern art institutions, and the impact of new media;
5. Demonstrate understanding of the range of modernisms happening globally during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

1. use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
2. describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
3. identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.

ART 325 - Race and Representation in American Art

1. Locate and explain authors’ arguments about race and representation of diverse identities in American art and visual culture;
2. Describe and analyze American art with appropriate vocabulary and with sensitivity to the diverse makers and audiences of art and visual culture in the United States;
3. Connect images, designs, and performances throughout US history with social, economic, and political factors that shape knowledge about identity, representation, and access to power;
4. Defend ideas about the construction and representation of race, class, gender, and sexuality, based on evidence drawn from textual analysis and from close observation of images;
5. Practice attentive listening to teammates and to classmates with differing viewpoints.

1. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
2. analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
3. demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

1. describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
2. identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
3. analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
4. recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.

ART 326 - Contemporary Visual Studies I

1. Relate and explain the ideas of key thinkers on contemporary art and visual culture through close analysis of primary and secondary texts;
2. Distinguish economic, geographical, cultural, and political factors that have shaped art since 1989;
3. Use critical and theoretical vocabulary to articulate a response to specific concerns about art or visual culture since the 1990s;
4. Reenact and empathize with the positions of artists, critics, and other cultural producers;
5. Locate resources in the Bay area for contemporary art and visual culture and review how local institutions participate in shaping ideas about 21st century visual culture.
6. ; 3. Use critical and theoretical vocabulary to articulate a response to specific concerns about art or visual culture since the 1990s; 4. Reenact and empathize with the positions of artists, critics, and other cultural producers; 5. Locate resources in the Bay area for contemporary art and visual culture and review how local institutions participate in shaping ideas about 21st century visual culture.

ART 327 - Cinema Art Studies

1. On completion of this course, students will be able to: Demonstrate an ability to analyze and differentiate works of cinema art through the lens of cultural context when addressing the relationship between representation, production and consumption;
2. Analyze cinema art as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human;
3. Demonstrate how the cinema arts are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities;
4. Analyze and differentiate works of cinema art by utilizing principles of form, genre and style;
5. Describe the fundamental aesthetic techniques of cinema art (mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound);
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the technology, the work practices, and the business aspects of cinema;
7. Employ appropriate terminology and critical vocabulary in discussion and written analyses.

1. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
2. analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
3. demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

ART 420 - Comparative World Art II

1. Demonstrate understanding of key research methodologies for comparative world art history, including archaeological, anthropological, and postcolonial approaches;
2. Use strategies of close observation and appropriate vocabulary to describe and analyze objects of material and visual culture;
3. Collaborate with peers to present information about a culture, community, site, or stylistic group;
4. Apply comprehension of cultural exchange and understanding of research methods to a short, independent research project;
5. Develop a short piece of writing from proposal through revised drafts to finished text.

1. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
2. analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
3. demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

ART 423 - Modern Media, Art and Culture II

1. Demonstrate understanding of key research methodologies for modern media art history, including Marxist and feminist approaches;
2. Use strategies of close observation and appropriate vocabulary to describe and analyze modern media objects and images;
3. Collaborate with peers to present information about politics, identity, and everyday life in modern art;
4. Apply comprehension of modern art, new media technologies, and art publics, in addition to understanding of research methods, to a short independent research project;
5. Develop a short piece of writing from proposal through revised drafts to finished text.

1. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
2. analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
3. demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

ART 426 - Contemporary Visual Studies II

1. Demonstrate understanding of key research methodologies for contemporary visual studies, including sociological, poststructuralist, and new materialist approaches;
2. Use strategies of close observation and appropriate vocabulary to describe and analyze contemporary visual culture objects and events;
3. Collaborate with peers to present information about a specific issue of art or visual culture since the 1990s;
4. Apply comprehension of theories of contemporary visuality, the global impact of visual culture, and current research methods to a short independent research project;
5. Develop a short piece of writing from proposal through revised drafts to finished text.
6. s; 4. Apply comprehension of theories of contemporary visuality, the global impact of visual culture, and current research methods to a short independent research project; 5. Develop a short piece of writing from proposal through revised drafts to finished text.

1. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
2. analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
3. demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

ART 493G - Art History and Visual Studies Senior Project

1. Using appropriate resources (libraries, databases, or field work), gather and organize research in art history or visual studies;
2. Demonstrate comprehension of a range of art historical methods;
3. Develop a sophisticated piece of evidence-based writing about art or visual culture, from proposal to revised text;
4. Based on survey of current arts-related careers, create materials (cover letter and CV or resume) related to professional development;
5. Plan a course of professional development by clearly articulating career or research objectives.