Sample Programs

Below is a sample list of interdepartmental majors that have previously been approved. Please select a title to see details. Please note: creating a major that has been approved in the past does not necessarily mean your program will be approved. Please consult with an advisor in the  before submitting a proposal.

Artistic and Mathematical Space

Division: Natural Sciences

Core Courses:

  • MATH 265: Functions of a Real Variable
  • SART 396: Senior Seminar I
  • SART 397: Senior Seminar II
  • MATH 215: Fractals and Computer Graphics
  • MATH 250: Introduction to Geometry
  • MATH 240: Introduction to Topology
  • MATH 248: Graph Theory
  • SART 222A: Advanced Painting
  • SART 391W: Independent Study: Origami Design
  • MATH 391W: Independent Study: Mathematical Intuition

Supplementary Courses:

  • MATH 200: Proofs and Fundamentals
  • MATH 235: Linear Algebra
  • MATH 395: Research: Mathematics of Origami
  • MATH 393: Honors Thesis/Senior Project
Astrobiology

Division: Natural Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ASTR 241: Astrophysics I
  • ASTR 232: Milky Way Galaxy
  • BIOL 263W: Ecology
  • BIOL 266: Tree of Life
  • CHEM 203: Organic Chemistry I
  • EESC 201: Evolution of the Earth
  • EESC 218W: Chemistry of Global Change
  • EESC 255: Planetary Science
  • PHYS 235W: Classic Mechanics
  • PHYS 237: Quantum Mechanics of Physics

Supplementary Courses:

  • CHEM 207: Organic Chemistry Lab I
  • MATH 281: Fourier Analysis with Partial Differential Equations
Bioinformatics

Division: Natural Sciences

Core Courses:

  • BIOL 198: Principles of Genetics
  • BIOL 250: Introduction to Biochemistry
  • BIOL 253: Computational Biology
  • IND 395W: Independent Study
  • MATH 201: Introduction to Probability
  • MATH 202: Introduction to Stochastic Processes
  • MATH 218: Introduction to math Models in the Life Sciences
  • CSC 161: Art of Programming
  • CSC 172: Science of Data Structure
  • CSC 212: Human-Computer Interaction

Supplementary Courses:

  • STAT 211: Applied Statistics for the Social Sciences I
  • BIOL 395W: Independent Research
  • MATH 165: Linear Algebra with Differential Equations
Chinese Studies

Division: Humanities

Core Courses:

  • CHIN 102: Elementary Chinese II
  • CHIN 202: Advanced Intermediate Chinese I
  • CHIN 203: Advanced Intermediate Chinese II
  • CHIN 204: Advanced Chinese I (study abroad course)
  • CHIN 205: Advanced Chinese II (study abroad course)
  • Chinese Philosophy and Modern China (study abroad course)
  • CHIN 232: Asian Calligraphy
  • CHIN 391: Politics and Science in China
  • HIST 183: Modern China
  • HIST 283: Political Economics of China

Supplementary Courses:

  • CHIN 114: Conversational Chinese
Contemporary American Society

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • HIST 148: Recent America, 1929-1980
  • HIST 268: American Thought: 1865-1990
  • HIST 390: Vietnam War Seminar (transfer credit)
  • PHIL 223W: Social and Political Theory
  • PSCI 220: Social Movements in the U.S.
  • PSCI 237: Domestic Social Policy
  • PSCI 281: Formal Models in Political Science
  • PSYC 161: Social Psychology and Individual Differences
  • PSYC 262W: Human Motivation and Emotion
  • SOCI 205: Microsociology

Supplementary Courses:

  • PSCI 101: Introduction to American Politics (transfer credit)
  • MUSC 141D: The Blues
  • PSYC 171: Social and Emotional Development
  • PSYC 278: Adolescent Psychology
Critical Foundations of Political and Social Thought

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • PHIL 308: Morality and War
  • PSCI 200: Applied Data Analysis
  • PSCI 288: Game Theory
  • PSCI 391: Independent Study
  • Patterns of Power (study abroad course)
  • Modern British Political History (study abroad course)
  • PSCI 267W: Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism
  • PSCI 272: Theories of International Relations
  • CLTR 281B: Psychoanalysis and Literature
  • ANTH 227: Local and Global Market Research
Cultural Consumerism

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 227: Local and Global Market Research
  • ANTH 225: Social Uses of Media
  • ANTH 245: American Culture
  • ANTH 391: Ethnographic Approach to Marketing
  • LING 105: Language in Advertising
  • PSYC 364W: Independent Study
  • Management and Organization Analysis (study abroad course)
  • MKT 203: Principles of Marketing
  • MKT 213: Marketing Projects
  • HIST 252: Cultural History of the U.S.: 1876-Present
  • HIST 361: Socioeconomic Development in the Atlantic World

Supplementary Courses:

  • STAT 211: Applied Statistics for Social Science
  • FMST 205: Introduction to Digital Art
  • ECON 207: Intermediate Microeconomics
Cultural Identities

Division: Humanities

Core Courses:

  • MUSC 122: History of Jazz
  • MUSC 141: The Blues
  • ENGL 228: Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
  • ENGL 250: Representation of Race
  • ENGL 250: Asian American Fiction
  • ANTH 191Q: Cultural Anthropology
  • RELC 226: Martin and Malcom in America
  • AH 274: Cultural History of American Architecture
  • JWST 220: Yiddish Literature
  • PSCI 282W: Art and Politics

Supplementary Courses:

  • IND 391: Independent Study
Environmental Policy

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 226: Culture and Consumption
  • ANTH 278W: Birth and Death II: Making Populations Healthy
  • ANTH 281K: Solving URs Environmental Footprint
  • BIOL 104K: Ecosystem Conservation and Human SOciety
  • CHE 150: Green Engineering
  • EESC 318W: Environmental Decisions
  • PHIL 230: Environmental Justice
  • PSCI 247: Green Markets
  • PSCI 243: Environmental Politics
  • EDU 391: Independent Study

Supplementary Courses:

  • DANC 214: Community, Earth and Body
  • AAAS 277: Energy Resources and Utilization
  • EESC 103: Introduction to Environmental Science
Global Studies in Sustainability

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • CHE 150: Green Engineering
  • ED 332: China's Developmental and Environmental Challenges (study abroad course)
  • EESC 219W: Energy and Mineral Resources
  • EESC 319W: Energy Decisions
  • PSCI 243: Environmental Politics
  • PSCI 294: International Political Economy
  • ANTH 227: Local and Global Market Research
  • ANTH 226: Culture and COnsumption
  • ANTH 280K: Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Transportation
  • CHE 150: Green Engineering for a Sustainable Environment
  • EC 321: Indian Microeconomic Development (study abroad course)
Holistic Health Studies

Division: Natural Sciences

Core Courses:

  • BIOL 203: Mammalian Anatomy
  • BIOL 204: Mammalian Physiology
  • BIOL 110: Principles of Biology I
  • BIOL 111: Principles of Biology II
  • BCSC 151: Perception and Action
  • PSYC 262W: Human Motivation and Emotion
  • PSYC 283: Behavioral Medicine
  • DANC 211: T'Aichi: Explorations in Qi
  • STAT 211: Applied Statistics for the Social Sciences I
  • HIST 208W: Health, Medicine and Social Reform
Integrative Neurobiology

Division: Natural Sciences

Core Courses:

  • BIOL 198 Principles of Genetics
  • BIOL 203 Mammalian Anatomy
  • BIOL 205 Evolution
  • BIOL 247 Environmental Animal Physiology
  • BIOL 260 Animal Behavior
  • BIOL 263 Ecology
  • BCSC 172 Development of Mind and Brain
  • BCSC 183 Animal Minds
  • BCSC/NSCI 244 Neuroethology
  • BCSC/NSCI 249 Developmental Neurobiology

Supplementary Courses:

  • CSSP 391 Independent Study: Biological Effects of Color on Attraction
  • BCSC 240/NSCI 201 Basic Neurobiology
Islam and the Modern World

Division: Humanities

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 264: Islam and Global Politics
  • ARBC 102: Elementary Arabic II
  • ARBC 103: Intermediate Arabic I
  • ARBC 104: Intermediate Arabic II
  • ARBC 149: Contemporary Fiction from the Arab World
  • HIST 273W: Making of the Modern Middle East
  • RELC 240W: Muhammad and the Qur'an
  • RELC 247W: Islam and the Third World
  • RELC 391: Islam and Pluralism
  • RELC 391: Islam and America
Latin-American Studies

Division: Humanities

Core Course:

  • SPAN 200W: Advanced Spanish Composition
  • SPAN 204: Spanish-American Literature
  • SPAN 206: Spanish-American Cultures and Civilization
  • SPAN 257: Spanish-American Theater and Poetry
  • SPAN 287: Latin-American Film
  • RELC 234: Cry Freedom
  • RELC 235: Religion and Society in Latin America
  • HIST 203: Economy and Society in Latin America
  • ANTH 239: Colonial Encounters and Anthropology
  • PSCI 261W: Latin American Politics
  • ISPR 3000: Catholic Renewal (study abroad course)

Supplementary Courses:

  • QUEC 1000: Intensive Language Study: Quechua (study abroad course)
  • LACB 3000: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization (study abroad course)
Linguistic Anthropology

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 204W: Ethnographic Themes
  • ANTH 110: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
  • LING 102: Language and Social Identity
  • LING 225: Lexical Semantics
  • LING 226: Morphology
  • ASL 200W: Signed Language Structures
  • FMST/ANTH 340: Media and Society (study abroad course)
  • ANTH 201: Theory and Method in Anthropology
  • ASL 250: Sociology of Deaf Community
Middle Eastern Studies

Division: Humanities

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 264: Islam and Global Politics
  • ARBC 103: Intermediate Arabic
  • ARBC 203: Arabic Prose
  • HBRW 204: Hebrew Through Conversation
  • HIST 244W: Islam and the Third World
  • JWST 203: History of Judaism
  • PSCI 270W: Mechanisms of International Relations
  • HIST 117: History of Islam
  • Upper Intermediate Hebrew (study abroad course)
  • Lower Intermediate Hebrew (study abroad course)
  • Middle East: Rapprochement and Coexistence (study abroad course)

Supplementary Courses:

  • ARBC 101: Elementary Arabic I
  • ARBC 102: Elementary Arabic II
  • HBRW 103: Intermediate Hebrew
Music in Contemporary American

Division: Humanities

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 226: Culture and Consumption
  • HIST 252: Cultural History of the U.S.: 1876-Present
  • MUSC 122: History of Jazz
  • MUSC 127: The Blues
  • MUSC 211: Theory III
  • MUSC 214B: Analysis of Popular Music
  • MUSC 394: Internship
  • PSYC 267W: Psychology of Gender
  • GSWS 129: Women and Music
  • MKT 203: Principles of Marketing

Supplementary Courses:

  • MUSC 134: Musical Styles and Genre
  • MUSC 201: Jazz Theory and Improvisation
  • PSYC 278W: Adolescent Development
  • MUE 110: Introduction to Music Education

 

Myth and Folklore

Division: Humanities

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 203W: Ritual, Myth and Scripture
  • ENGL 201: Beowulf
  • AHST 280: Native American Art and Religion
  • ENGL 206: Medieval Celtic Literature
  • ENGL 112: Classical and Scriptural Backgrounds
  • ENGL 254: Arthurian Traditions
  • ENGL 244: Myth, Fairytale and the Didactics of Popular Culture
  • ENGL 380: Robin Hood: All-American Hero
  • RELC 250: Shiva and Shakti
  • RELC 252: Heroines and Heroes

Supplementary Courses:

  • CLST 135: Classical Mythology
Native American Studies

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • AHST 277: The Museum and the "Other"
  • AHST 280: Native American Art and Religion
  • ETH 290: Independent Study
  • ANTH 274: Creative Ethnography
  • HIST 172: Indians and Other Americans
  • HIST 200: Introduction to Archaeology
  • HIST 204: History of Federal Indian Law
  • HIST 262: Gender and Representation in Native American Art
  • ENGL 391: Representatives of Native Americans in Colonial and Post-Colonial Fiction
  • ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
Religion and Politics of the Middle East

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 264: Islam and Global Politics
  • INTR 226: America's 21st Century Wars
  • JWST 214: Imagining the Jew
  • RELC 240W: Muhammad and the Qur'an
  • ANTH 203: Ritual Myth and Scripture
  • JWST 113: History of Judaism
  • RELC 247W: Islam and the Third World
  • PSCI 48192: Negotiating Middle East Peace (study abroad course)
  • PSCI 48221: History of the Modern State of Israel (study abroad course)
  • PSCI 48289: Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Documentary History (study abroad course)
Socioeconomic Anthropology

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 227: Local and Global Market Research
  • ANTH 202: Modern Social Theory: Key Texts and Issues
  • ANTH 291: Research Practicum: Doing Anthropology
  • ANTH 226: Culture and Consumption
  • SOCI 310K: Social Network Theory and Entrepreneurship
  • ANTH 280K: Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Transportation
  • PSCI 239K: Nature of Entrepreneurship
  • PSCI 262: Globalization Past and present
  • PSYC 264: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • ECON 207: Intermediate Microeconomics
  • PSCI 200: Applied Data Analysis

Supplementary Courses:

  • ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
  • ECON 108: Principles of Economics
Stage and Screen Culture

Division: Humanities

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 202: Modern Social Theory
  • ANTH 203: Ritual, Myth and Scripture
  • ENGL 123: Playwriting
  • ENGL 235: 20th Century Drama
  • ENGL 252: Theatre in England
  • ENGL 240: Literacy Cultural Theory
  • FMST 246: Bright Lights, Big City
  • FMST 288: Cinema and Revolution
  • FMST 356: Classical Film Theory
  • SCAN 7503: Icelandic Folklore (study abroad course)

Supplementary Courses:

  • ENGL 203: Early English Drama
  • ENGL 244: Myth and Fairy Tale
  • ENGL 177: Acting Techniques
  • ECLS 6004: Context and Comparison (study abroad course)
Sustainability Planning and Development

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 224: Culture, Economy and Global Sustainability
  • ANTH 226: Culture and Consumption
  • ANTH 227: Local and GLobal Market Research
  • BIOL 104: Ecosystem Conservation and Human Society
  • CHE 281K: Solving URs Environmental Footprint
  • EESC 218W: The Chemistry of Global Change
  • EESC 318W: Environmental Decisions
  • HIST 371W: Environmental History
  • PSCI 243: Seminar on Environmental Politics

Supplementary Courses:

  • PHIL 230: Environmental Justice
Sustainable Development

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ANTH 223: Nature, Landscape, Environment
  • ANTH 224: Anthropology and Development
  • ANTH 226: Culture and Consumption
  • CHE 281K: Solving URs Environmental Footprint
  • EESC 103: Introduction to Environmental Science
  • EESC 318W: Environmental Decisions
  • ECON 238: Environmental Economics
  • PHIL 230: Environmental Justice
  • PSCI 243W: Seminar of Environmental Politics
  • Sustainable Development: Environmental, Political and Social Issues (study abroad course)
Sustainable Policy and Systems

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • EESC 219: Energy and Mineral Resources
  • EESC 318W: Environmental Decisions
  • ANTH 281K: Solving URs Environmental Footprint
  • ANTH 227: Local and Global Market Research
  • PHIL 230: Environmental Justices
  • PSCI 209: Interest Groups in America
  • ECON 238: Environmental Economics
  • PSCI 262: Globalization Past and Present
  • CHE 391: Independent Study
  • CHE 393: Senior Project

Supplementary Courses:

  • STAT 211: Statistics for the Social Sciences
  • ECON 108: Principles of Economics
Sustainable Urban Development

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • AHST 398: Modern Architecture and Urbanism: The LA Modern
  • ANTH 281K: Solving URs Environmental Footprint
  • ANTH 202: Modern Social Theory
  • ANTH 227: Local and Global Market Research
  • ECON 108: Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 224: Economics of Sports and Entertainment
  • Metropolitan Development: Urban Studies (study abroad course)
  • The Transformed and Recycled City (study abroad course)
  • HIST 169: The Transatlantic Twenties
  • HIST 373W: Sex and Gender in the American City

Supplementary Courses:

  • PSCI 106: Introduction to International Relations
  • PSCI 243: Seminar on Environmental Politics
  • SART 151: Introductory Digital Art
  • SART 252A: Advanced Digital Art
Urban Dynamics

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • AHST 274: Cultural History of American Architecture
  • AHST 114: Creating Architecture
  • AH 3001: Art and Architecture of Prague (study abroad course)
  • AHST 394: Urban Studies Internship
  • ANTH 2204: Anthropology of Development
  • ANTH 280K: Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Transportation
  • PSCI 220: Social Movements in the United States
  • PSCI 243: Environmental Politics
  • ECON 224: Economics of SPorts and Entertainment
  • ECON 251W: Industrial Organization
  • ECON 207: Intermediate Microeconomics

Supplementary Courses:

  • ECON 209: Intermediate Macroeconomics
Urban Youth Studies

Division: Social Sciences

Core Courses:

  • ECON 207: Microeconomics
  • ECON 209: Macroeconomics
  • ECON 253W: Economics and Social Conditions of African Americans
  • ANTH 201: Theory and Method in Anthropology
  • ANTH 391W: Supporting Incarcerated Youth
  • PSYC 278: Adolescent Development
  • PSYC 171: Social and Emotional Development
  • ENT 227: Entrepreneurship in Not-for-Profit Environment
  • ED 425: Minority Youth Development in Urban Contexts

Supplementary Courses:

  • ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
  • ECON 108: Principles of Economics