COURSES
International Studies Course (I S C)
1. Oral English (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. The phonemic contrasts,
stress, and intonation of American English. Sentence pattern drills.
Offered in summer only.
2. Reading and Composition for Foreign Students (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Practice in reading for
comprehension, vocabulary development, and speed. Short compositions,
spoken and written, based on reading assignments. Offered in summer
only.
3. Orientation to American Society (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Examination of American
customs and institutions designed to give the foreign student
familiarity with and deeper insight into his new environment.
Includes sections on social relations, the family, the community,
the arts, religion, education, government, and the economy.
10. English Composition for Foreign Students (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Study and practice of
complex sentence types, including embedding, permutation, expansion,
etc. Vocabulary development; critical reading; paragraph and essay
composition.
21. Introduction to Public Speaking for Foreign Students
(3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced drills in articulation,
intonation, rhythm, and word and sentence stress. Speech composition
including organization, delivery, and support.
93. Problems in Contemporary American Society (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Examination of problems
in contemporary American society designed to familiarize the foreign
student with political and social ideas and ideological conflicts
he will encounter in his new environment. Individual student projects
110. Advanced Composition for Foreign Students (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Research techniques; rhetorical
theory; critical reading.
121. Advanced Public Speaking for Foreign Students (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced practice in expository
and persuasive speaking, Analysis of propaganda. Study of techniques
of persuasion; group discussion.
193. Introduction to American Culture (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Analysis and discussion
of major figures and movements which represent the American tradition
in social-intellectual history, literature, and the arts (painting,
architecture, jazz, Folk, and concert music).
195. Interpretation and Analysis (3)
Open only to undergraduate students from abroad. Prerequisite:
permission of instructor. Individual analysis of the knowledge
and skills of the student's field of study; application to problems
in the country in which the knowledge and skills are to be applied.
Scholarly paper.
GRADUATE COURSES
293. Contemporary America (3)
Open only to students from abroad. Prerequisite: graduate standing
and permission of instructor. Seminar including studies from areas
of anthropology, economics, history, literature, political science,
psychology, sociology, and related fields.
295. Interpretation and Analysis (3)
Open only to graduate students from abroad. Prerequisite: permission
of instructor. Individual analysis of the knowledge and skills
of the student's field of study; application to problems in the
country in which the knowledge and skills are to be applied. Scholarly
paper.
COURSES
International Studies Abroad (I S A)
92. Projects in Study Abroad: (Subject) (1-3; max total 6)
Open only to students in The California State Colleges International
Programs. Study undertaken in a university abroad under the auspices
of The California State Colleges.
192. Projects in Study Abroad: (Subject) (1-3; max total 6)
Open only to students in The California State Colleges International
Programs. Study undertaken in a university abroad under the auspices
of The California State Colleges.
292. Projects in Study Abroad: (Subject) (1-3; max total 18)
One- to three-unit registrations. Prerequisite: admission to master's
degree program; written plan approved by the instructor, department
chair, and dean of the Division of Graduate Studies. May require
one or more papers and oral or written examination on the student's
return before the recording of the final grade.