Learning and Organizational Change Major

Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.

Concentration Program—16 units*

8 of the 16 units need to be at the 300-level

SESP Core (8 units)

Course List
Course Title
Seminar—1 unit
SESP 200-0Understanding Knowledge
Human Development—1 unit
SESP 201-0Human Development: Childhood and Adolescence 1
or PSYCH 244-0 Developmental Psychology
OR
SESP 203-0Human Development: Adulthood and Aging
OR
HDC 310-0The Art and Science of Aging
OR
SESP 251-0Special Topics (Coming of Age and Growing Old in the 21st Century)
OR
HDC 351-0Special Topics in Human Development in Context (Myths and Facts of Adolescence )
Methodologies —2 units
SESP 210-0Introduction to Statistics and Research Methodology
or STAT 202-0 Introduction to Statistics and Data Science
or STAT 210-0 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
or PSYCH 201-0 Statistical Methods in Psychology
or SOCIOL 303-0 Analysis and Interpretation of Social Data
SESP 272-0Field Research Methods
Experiential Learning—4 units 2
SESP 392-0Experiential Learning: Practicum
or SESP 392-SA Experiential Learning: Practicum Study Abroad

PSYCH 110-0 Introduction to Psychology is a prerequisite for PSYCH 244-0 and PSYCH 201-0.

This 4-unit course may be taken either for 1 quarter during junior year or for nine weeks during the Summer Session before or after junior year; no fifth unit may be taken concurrently without special permission. At least 2 quarters before registering for the course, students must consult the SESP practicum director regarding procedures and site-placement application materials. For Summer Session practicums, consultation should be scheduled at least 3 quarters in advance.

Overlay Requirements*

Overlay requirements are fulfilled by courses taken for the concentration

Course List
Course Title
Global Engagement
1 quarter of study abroad or 3 quarters of foreign language or equivalent.
Heterogeneities, Systems, and Inequalities
1 course counted towards the concentration: HDC 305-0, LOC 214-0, LOC 214-BR, LOC 351-0 (Identities, Intersection, and Organizations or Global Organizations & Leadership), LRN_SCI 202-0, LRN_SCI 214-0, LRN_SCI 224, LRN_SCI 302-0, LRN_SCI 309-0, LRN_SCI 351-0 (Identity, Power, and the Historical Imaginary Across Social Contexts), SESP 195-0, SESP 251-0 (Finding Your Path: Future Possibilities and Social Change), SESP 260-0, SESP 323-0, LRN_SCI 351-0 (Computing, Ethics, and Society), SESP 351-0 (Anthropology of Literacy or Anthropology of Education), SESP 360-0, SOC_POL 313-0, SOC_POL 315-0, SOC_POL 331-0, SOC_POL 333-0, SOC_POL 351-0 (Intersectionality, Measurement, and Public Policy or Religion and Policy or Social Side of College), TEACH_ED 301-0, TEACH_ED 302-0, TEACH_ED 329-0
Methods in Context
1 course counted towards the concentration: HDC 330-0, HDC 347-0, LOC 308-0, LOC 311-0, LOC 313-0, LOC 347-0, LRN_SCI 224-0, LRN_SCI 301-0, LRN_SCI 309-0, LRN_SCI 313-0, LRN_SCI 326-0, LRN_SCI 351-0 (Sports, Technology and Learning or Text Mining for Education, Organizations, and Social Science Research or Transforming Computer Science Education or Indigenous Methods in Research), LRN_SCI 372-0, SESP 251-0 (Intro to Social Science Research),SESP 260-0, SESP 310-0, SESP 323-0, SESP 360-0, SOC_POL 330-0, SOC_POL 331-0, SOC_POL 332-0, SOC_POL 333-0, SOC_POL 334-0, SOC_POL 351-0 (Social Side of College or Intersectionality, Measurement, and Public Policy)

Foundational Disciplines (10 units)

Selected courses from Weinberg College and professional schools across the University may be used to fulfill distribution requirements with the consent of the student’s adviser and the SESP assistant dean for student affairs.

Electives (8 units)

Courses from any school across the University may be used to fulfill elective requirements. Students are encouraged to discuss their elective plans with their advisers; they may be able to pursue a second major or a minor using elective credits.