Attachment XI

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EXAMPLES OF COURSES SERVING TO FULFILL
SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY REQUIREMENT

In its proposal to change the name of the doctoral degree offered by the School from DSW to Ph.D., the doctoral committee made explicit the requirement that students "complete course work focused on basic discipline social science theory, the number of these courses to be determined by the student's examination committee." Students may, at the discretion of the chair of their qualifying examination, use independent study in their examination theory area toward the satisfaction of this requirement. The chair of your qualifying examination must verify that you have satisfied this requirement before you apply for the examination.

If you do not yet have a qualifying examination chair at the time you wish to take a social science course, you may see your faculty advisor for suggestions. Keep in mind that, once you have selected a qualifying exam chair, it is up to the chair to determine (as stated above) if additional social science theory courses are required before arranging for the qualifying exam.

The list below is intended to provide EXAMPLES of acceptable course work and is NOT exhaustive.

Economics
Econ 100A&B Economic Analysis -- Micro & Macro
Econ 101A&B Economic Theory -- Micro & Macro
Econ 200A&B Fundamentals of Economic Theory
Econ 202A&B Macroeconomic Theory

Education
Educ 287A Theories of the Self: Freud and Jung
Educ 287B Theories of the Self: Existentialism and Phenomenology

Human Development (UCSF)
HD 201ABC Fundamentals of Human Development

Political Science
Pol Sci 209A Comparative Political Economy
Pol Sci 280A Public Organization Theory

Psychology
Psych 234A Theories of Psychotherapy
Psych 234B Theories of Child and Family Therapy
Psych 234C Theories of Community Intervention
Psych 240A Proseminar: Biological and Perceptual Development
Psych 240C Proseminar: Cognitive Development
Psych 250B Perspectives in Personality: Trends and Issues
Psych 260A&B Proseminar Course in Social Psychology
Psych 290 courses-- a number of these would satisfy this requirement.

Public Health
PH 201A Social and Cultural Perspectives in Public Health
PH 201C Health, Behavior and the Family
PH 202A Social Movements and Public Health
PH 202B Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Health Status & Behavior
PH 202F Advanced Social and Cultural Theory
IDS 243 Social Sciences and Health

Social Welfare
SW 210H Personality Theory
SW 210B Infant Development

Sociology
Sociol 201 Sociological Theory
Sociol 202 Advanced Study in Sociology Theory
Sociol 202A Classical Sociological Theory
Sociol 202B Contemporary Sociological Theory
Sociol 202C Systematic Sociological Theory
Sociol 205 & 280 series courses would probably satisfy this requirement.

Political Economy of Industrial Societies
PEIS 100 Classical Theories of Political Economy

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