Social and Cultural Analysis
The Social and Cultural Analysis major comprises introductory, elective, and research components, which together make up a total of 11 courses, as laid out below.
Three introductory courses—can be taken in any order:
Concepts in Social and Cultural Analysis, V18.0001—an introduction to key terms and analytical categories for interdisciplinary work in Social and Cultural Analysis
Two of the following:
- Approaches to Africana Studies, V18.0101 or MAP World Cultures: African Diaspora, V55.0532
- Approaches to American Studies, V18.0201
- Approaches to Asian/Pacific/American Experience, V18.0301 or MAP World Cultures: Asian/Pacific/American Cultures, V55.0539
- Approaches to Gender and Sexuality Studies, V18.0401
- Approaches to Latino Studies, V18.0501 or MAP World Cultures: Contemporary Latino Cultures, V55.0529
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Metropolitan Studies, V18.0601 or Cities in a Global Context, V18.0602
Five elective courses:
Three courses spanning two of the Department’s six program areas: Africana Studies; American Studies; Asian/Pacific/American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latino Studies; Metropolitan Studies
Two upper-division SCA courses officially designated as “common electives,” which address issues pertinent across all the Department’s program areas
Three research courses:
Strategies for Social and Cultural Analysis, V18.0020
Internship Fieldwork, V18.0040
Senior Research Seminar, V18.0090
A note about Language/ Linguistic Competency: The type of rigorous intercultural study promoted within the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis requires students to recognize the complex modes of communication at work both within and across different social groups. The department therefore strongly encourages its students to develop advanced skills in language and linguistics by any of the following means: taking elective courses in sociolinguistics; studying a language other than English beyond the minimum level required by CAS; studying languages especially germane to the department’s fields of study; pursuing community-based internship fieldwork necessitating the development and use of specific language skills; undertaking study or research abroad in contexts entailing the exercise of key language or linguistic capabilities.
