Examples of Interdisciplinary Thematic Emphasis Themes and Courses

Theme 1: Personal Development and Motivation in the Workplace

  • AFRO 311 Intracultural Socialization

  • AMST 450 Women in American Society

  • MGMT 340 Organizational Behavior

  • MGMT 343 Personnel Management

  • PHIL 312 Business Ethics

  • SPCH 333 Communication in Business and Industry

  • MGMT 433 Advanced Topics in Human Resource Management

  • SENIOR PROJECT: MGMT 499 “‘Genderspeak’ in the Workplace: Communication Differences Between Men and Women”

Theme 2: Environmental Sustainability

  • AMST395 California Cultures

  • GEOG 329 Cities and Nature

  • PHYS 301 Energy and Sustainability

  • GEOG328 Global Environmental Change

  • BIOL 300 Environ Biol & Sustainability

  • ENST 492 Sustainability Projects

  • SENIOR PROJECT: "Corporate Sustainability"

Theme 3: Pre-Law

  • SPCH 337 Communication in the Legal Arena

  • PHIL 312 Business and Professional Ethics

  • PHIL 315 Philosophical Argument and Writing

  • COMM 407 Communications Law

  • POSC 476 International Law

  • POSC 492 Prelaw Internship

  • POSC 472 Adjudication and the Legal Process

  • SENIOR PROJECT: HUSR 499 “Crisis Intervention and the Law”

Theme 4: Communication and the Processes of Globalization

  • COMM 407 Communications Law

  • ECON 335 The International Economy

  • POSC 330 Comparative Political Analysis

  • COMM 425 History and Philosophy of American Mass Communication

  • ANTH 300 Language and Culture

  • ECON 333 Economic Development

  • POSC 350 World Politics

  • SENIOR PROJECT: COMM 499 “The Role of Culture and Communication in Globalization”

Theme 5: Modes of Learning in the Arts and Humanities

  • ENGL 321 American Literature to Whitman

  • ENGL 322 American Literature: Twain to the Moderns

  • ENGL 462 Modern British and American Novels

  • AMST 301 The American Character

  • AMST 450 Women in America

  • ART 312 Modern Art

  • ART 431 Renaissance Art

  • SENIOR PROJECT: AMST 499: “Images of America in Norman Rockwell and Robert Frost”

Other Past Themes:

  • Geographical Features in Business Decision-Making
  • Communication and Labor Relations
  • The Function of Music in Religious Worship
  • Religion and Children’s Development
  • Environmental Studies
  • Women in the Workplace
  • Society and Public Health
  • Art and Writing in Cinema
  • Law and the Workplace
  • Science and Documentary Film