The Bachelor of Arts in Geography with a concentration in Human Geography examines how diverse human cultures and economies interact with natural environments to create distinctive places with unique achievements, challenges, and conflicts. Students acquire cross-cultural perspectives and knowledge relevant to globalization, international development, energy and other natural resource issues, hazards and disasters, migration and demography, and geopolitical situations. 

The Bachelor of Arts in Geography with a concentration in Geographic Information Science (GIScience) emphasizes student development of geospatial skills. Geographic Information Science, cartography, remote sensing, and qualitative and quantitative methods prepare students to tackle any problem with a spatial dimension—from advising an individual firm on good locations for a new branch or supplier to modeling the spread of wildfires across a region to analyzing the global spread of diseases or new technologies. 

The Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Associate in Arts Degree is designed to provide students a holistic and transdisciplinary education with a focus on the historical and contemporary experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States and across the global diaspora. APIA Studies is committed to critical theorizations of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality and to the interrogation of interlocking systems of oppression in order to unsettle and disrupt them. APIA Studies cultivates activist-scholars by providing students opportunities to bridge academic study with community engagement. Graduates develop a liberatory vision for social change and acquire skills in community-centered leadership, media literacy, critical and creative thinking, and an ability to advance social justice for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and API diasporic communities. The major prepares students for transfer and career pathways that serve APIA populations in areas/fields such as education and research, community advocacy, union organizing, city planning and housing development, health and human services, mediation and conflict resolution, marketing and communications, law and policy, fine and performing arts, multicultural affairs, and more. This degree requires a total of 18 units.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Summarize the key terminology, theoretical orientations, principles and methods used in the field of Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies.

🗸 Identify and explain historical trends and common themes in Asian/Pacific Islander American history.

🗸 Identify the cultural, political and socioeconomic heterogeneity that exists within and between Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

The Anthropology Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer, also called the Anthropology AA-T Degree, prepares students to transfer to CSU and other college campuses that offer bachelor's degrees in anthropology. Ed Code Section 66746-66749 states students earning the Anthropology AA-T degree will be granted priority for admission as an Anthropology major to a local CSU, as determined by the CSU campus to which the student applies. This degree requires students complete 60 CSU transferable units, including completion of CSU GE or IGETC and 19-20 units in the major with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better. Title V requires that students earn a grade of C or better in all major coursework. There are no additional graduation requirements. The Anthropology AA-T Degree is designed to provide students with a holistic introduction to Anthropology. This degree will provide the background knowledge needed by undergraduate Anthropology majors for university transfer and coursework, while emphasizing the practical applications of anthropological skills and knowledge in a diversity of careers and the utility of anthropological perspectives as a lifelong learning tool for interpreting world events. The Anthropology AA-T Degree requires 19-20 units.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:
🗸 Distinguish and assess the interconnectedness of racial, cultural, political, social, historical, and economic issues in regard to individual agency/personal lives as well as outcomes effected at the macro level in a globalized world.

🗸 Analyze and evaluate key anthropological theories and concepts in cultural and physical anthropology, specifically regarding holism, evolution, cultural relativism and human variation.

🗸 Evaluate and interpret multiple sources of data, including science, archeology, history, and the humanities, contrasting them in regards to objectivity and subjectivity.

The Anthropology Associate in Arts Degree is designed to provide students with a holistic introduction to Anthropology. This degree will provide the background knowledge needed by undergraduate Anthropology majors for university transfer and coursework, while emphasizing the practical applications of anthropological skills and knowledge in a diversity of careers and the utility of anthropological perspectives as a lifelong learning tool for interpreting world events. This degree requires a total of 19-21 units, in addition to other graduation requirements.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Distinguish and assess the interconnectedness of racial, cultural, political, social, historical, and economic issues in regard to individual agency/personal lives as well as outcomes effected at the macro level in a globalized world.

🗸 Analyze and evaluate key anthropological theories and concepts in cultural and physical anthropology, specifically regarding holism, evolution, cultural relativism and human variation.

🗸 Evaluate and interpret multiple sources of data, including science, archeology, history, and the humanities, contrasting them in regards to objectivity and subjectivity.

The American Sign Language and Deaf Culture Associate in Arts Degree is designed to teach students to communicate effectively in American Sign Language as well as educate about the many facets of Deaf Culture and encourage participation in the Deaf Community. Upon program completion, students will be prepared for a multitude of careers working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. In combination with transfer admission requirements, this degree can help prepare students for bachelor’s programs and certificates in Deaf Studies, Interpretation, Deaf Education and Social Services, among others. Fluent ASL students may have ASL 101 F American Sign Language I waived with faculty approval and complete the degree by completing ANTH 105 F Language and Culture / ANTH 105HF Honors Language and Culture. This degree requires a total of 18-19 units in the major, in addition to other graduation requirements.

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Demonstrate effective communication in English and in American Sign Language (ASL) to apply in a variety of settings with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing population.

🗸 Demonstrate knowledge of American Deaf Culture and History that will allow students to interact in culturally appropriate ways with members of the Deaf Community.

🗸 Identify local and national resources for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened Adults to seek and promote developmental opportunities for self and for the Deaf Community.

The Bachelor of Science degrees are recommended for students intending to pursue graduate work in Chemistry or Biochemistry or those desiring a strong technical background for work in the chemical or biotechnology industry or other highly technical areas. The BS Chemistry degree is approved by the American Chemical Society.

Minimum Grade Requirements
In all courses required for the Chemistry major and minor, a minimum grade of "C-" must be earned with the exception of CHEM 1A which requires a grade of C or better. A minimum grade of "C-" is required in all prerequisite courses with the exception of CHEM 1A which requires a grade of C or better to meet the prerequisite requirement for CHEM 1B if a student has not achieved a "C-" in all prerequisite courses for a particular chemistry course, the instructor of the course will administratively remove the student from class.

The Bachelor of Science degrees are recommended for students intending to pursue graduate work in Chemistry or Biochemistry or those desiring a strong technical background for work in the chemical or biotechnology industry or other highly technical areas.

Minimum Grade Requirements
In all courses required for the Chemistry major and minor, a minimum grade of "C-" must be earned with the exception of CHEM 1A which requires a grade of C or better. A minimum grade of "C-" is required in all prerequisite courses with the exception of CHEM 1A which requires a grade of C or better to meet the prerequisite requirement for CHEM 1B if a student has not achieved a "C-" in all prerequisite courses for a particular chemistry course, the instructor of the course will administratively remove the student from class.

Three BA programs are available: One without a concentration (general) and two with concentrations (Biochemistry or Forensic Chemistry). The common requirements of the three programs are shown below under "Core Requirements."

Minimum Grade Requirements
In all courses required for the Chemistry major and minor, a minimum grade of "C-" must be earned with the exception of CHEM 1A which requires a grade of C or better. A minimum grade of "C-" is required in all prerequisite courses with the exception of CHEM 1A which requires a grade of C or better to meet the prerequisite requirement for CHEM 1B if a student has not achieved a "C-" in all prerequisite courses for a particular chemistry course, the instructor of the course will administratively remove the student from class.

Three BA programs are available: One without a concentration (general) and two with concentrations (Biochemistry or Forensic Chemistry). The common requirements of the three programs are shown below under "Core Requirements."