This program provides an historical, biological, environmental, geographical, literary and cinematic view of the relationship of California ethnic groups to the California landscape and cityscape, to formative regional experiences (i.e. the Watts Rebellion, the Japanese-American Internment, the Gold Rush), and to the production of a culture that is uniquely Californian.

A thematic focus course must be taken in the first semester chosen from: ENGL 315, Modern California Literature; ENGL 480, Studies in California Literature; HIST 472, California History; or. Two other courses from two concentrations should be chosen to complete the block.

The Concentrations

California Visions: AMCS 377, Asian American Experience; AMCS 399, Filipino American Experience; ANTH 362, Transnational California; ArtH 480, California Art and Artists; ENGL 480, The Beats; ENGL 485, John Steinbeck; ENGL 485, Jack London; NAMS 412, Native California History and Culture; Phil. 390, California Philosophy.

Environmental Imagination: BIOL 314, Field Biology; GEOG; 314, Northern California Field Experience; GEOG 311, Geography of Wine; GEOG 390, Geography of California; HIST 375; California Environmental History; HIST 473, California in the 20th Century; ITDS 301, California and the Environmental Imagination;

All three courses must be completed within two semesters and/or the summer to meet the upper division GE requirement.

Advantages of Visions of California Thematic Block in CCS

• Focus on California
• Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement
• 9 Units are earned toward a Minor in California Cultural Studies
• Specially designed interdisciplinary courses are available

Further information is available from the Program Coordinator, Robert Coleman-Senghor, English department, 707-664-2903 or from other participating core faculty: Marilyn Cannon, Biology department, 707-664-2717; Clarice Stasz, History department, 707-664-2959; or Dorothy Freidel, Geography department, 707-664-2314.