Program Overview

San Francisco State University Programs

The university offers a wide range of programs across various colleges, including the Lam Family College of Business, Graduate College of Education, College of Ethnic Studies, College of Health and Social Sciences, College of Liberal and Creative Arts, College of Professional and Global Education, and College of Science and Engineering.

Lam Family College of Business

• Accounting: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, as well as a Master of Science in Accountancy and a Master of Science in Accounting and Analytics.
• Business Administration: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with various concentrations, including General Business, and a Master of Business Administration.
• Decision Sciences: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Business Analytics and Decision Sciences, along with a Graduate Certificate in Decision Sciences.
• Economics: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Science in Quantitative Economics.
• Entrepreneurship: Offers courses and programs focused on entrepreneurship.
• Finance: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, along with a Minor in Finance and Graduate Certificate in Finance.
• General Business: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in General Business.
• Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management.
• Information Systems: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems.
• International Business: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business.
• Labor and Employment Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Labor and Employment Studies.
• Management: Offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management.
• Marketing: Provides a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing.
• Master of Business Administration: A graduate program in business administration.
• Master of Science in Business Analytics: A graduate program focused on business analytics.

Graduate College of Education

• Education Doctoral Program: Offers a doctoral program in education.
• Education Minor Program: Provides a minor in education.
• Elementary Education: Includes a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction and a Multiple Subject Credential Program.
• Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT): Offers graduate programs and certificates in areas like educational administration and instructional design.
• Preliminary Administrative Services Credential: A credential program for administrative services.
• Secondary Education: Includes a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction.
• Special Education: Offers a range of programs, including a Doctor of Philosophy in Education with a concentration in Special Education, a Master of Arts in Special Education, and various credentials.
• Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences: Provides undergraduate and graduate programs in speech, language, and hearing sciences.
• Teaching and Educational Services Credential Programs: Offers various credential programs for teaching and educational services.

College of Ethnic Studies

• Africana Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies and a minor.
• American Indian Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in American Indian Studies and a minor.
• Asian American Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies, a Master of Arts, and a minor.
• Critical Mixed Race Studies: Offers courses and programs focused on critical mixed race studies.
• Ethnic Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies, a Master of Arts, and a certificate.
• Ethnic Studies Empowerment Certificate: A certificate program in ethnic studies empowerment.
• Latina/Latino Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Latina/Latino Studies and a minor.
• Race and Resistance Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Race and Resistance Studies and minors in various areas.
• Race, Ethnicity, and Health: Offers a program focused on race, ethnicity, and health.

College of Health and Social Sciences

• Child and Adolescent Development: Provides undergraduate programs with various concentrations, including Community, Health, and Social Services, and Early Care and Education.
• Counseling: Offers a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Master of Science in Counseling.
• Criminal Justice Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Studies and minors in related areas.
• Family, Interiors, Nutrition, and Apparel: Offers undergraduate programs in family and consumer sciences, apparel design and merchandising, and nutrition and dietetics.
• Gerontology: Provides a Master of Arts in Gerontology.
• Kinesiology: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in kinesiology, including concentrations in exercise and movement sciences and integrated teacher education.
• Nursing: Includes undergraduate and graduate programs in nursing, such as a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing.
• Physical Therapy and Clinical Laboratory Science: Offers programs in physical therapy and clinical laboratory science.
• Public Administration: Provides a Master of Public Administration.
• Public Health: Includes a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a Master of Public Health.
• Recreation, Parks, and Tourism: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration and minors in related areas.
• Sexuality Studies: Provides a Master of Arts in Human Sexuality Studies and minors in queer and trans studies and sexuality studies.
• Social Work: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and a Master of Social Work.
• Sociology: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and minors in sociology and related areas.
• Urban Studies and Planning: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Planning and a minor.

College of Liberal and Creative Arts

• Anthropology: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, a Master of Arts, and a minor.
• School of Art: Includes undergraduate and graduate programs in art, such as a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and a Master of Fine Arts in Art.
• Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, a Master of Arts, and minors in related areas.
• Cinema: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in cinema, including a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema.
• Classics: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Classics, a Master of Arts, and minors in classics and modern Greek studies.
• Communication Studies: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, a Master of Arts, and a minor.
• Conflict Resolution: Provides courses and programs focused on conflict resolution.
• Creative Writing: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, a Master of Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
• School of Design: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in design, such as a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design and a Master of Arts in Design.
• English: Provides undergraduate and graduate programs in English, including concentrations in English education, linguistics, literature, and professional writing and rhetoric.
• History: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in History, a Master of Arts, and minors in history and related areas.
• Humanities and Comparative World Literature: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in humanities and comparative world literature.
• International Relations: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, a Master of Arts, and minors in international relations and related areas.
• Jewish Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Jewish Studies and a minor in Jewish studies.
• Journalism: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and minors in journalism and related areas.
• Liberal and Creative Arts Certificate: Provides a certificate program in liberal and creative arts.
• Liberal Studies: Includes a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies and a minor in liberal studies.
• Modern Languages and Literatures: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in modern languages and literatures, including Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
• Museum Studies: Provides a minor in museum studies and a Master of Arts in Museum Studies.
• Music: Includes undergraduate and graduate programs in music, such as a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Master of Arts in Music.
• Philosophy: Offers a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, a Master of Arts, and minors in philosophy and philosophy and religion.
• Political Science: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, a Master of Arts, and minors in political science and related areas.
• Religious Studies: Includes undergraduate programs in religious studies.
• School of Theatre and Dance: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in theatre arts and dance.
• Women and Gender Studies: Provides a Bachelor of Arts in Women and Gender Studies, a Master of Arts, and minors in women and gender studies and related areas.

College of Professional and Global Education

• Undergraduate Degree Programs: Offers various undergraduate degree programs, including business administration and criminal justice studies.
• Graduate Degree Programs: Provides graduate degree programs, such as a Master of Business Administration.
• Credential Programs: Includes credential programs for school psychology and school nursing.
• Certificate Programs: Offers various certificate programs, including business administration, clinical laboratory science, and international business.

College of Science and Engineering

• Biology: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in biology, including concentrations in cell and molecular biology, ecology, evolution, and conservation biology, marine science, microbiology, and physiology.
• Chemistry and Biochemistry: Provides undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry and biochemistry.
• Computer Science: Includes undergraduate and graduate programs in computer science, as well as a certificate in data science and machine learning for biotechnology.
• Cooperative Education: Offers cooperative education programs.
• Data Science for Biology and Chemistry: Provides a graduate certificate in data science for biology and chemistry.
• Engineering: Includes undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, such as civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.
• The School of the Environment: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental studies, geography, and earth sciences.
• Mathematics: Provides undergraduate and graduate programs in mathematics, including concentrations in mathematics for advanced study, mathematics for liberal arts, and teaching.
• Physics and Astronomy: Includes undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy.
• Psychology: Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in psychology, including concentrations in clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and mind, brain, and behavior.

All-University Programs

• Interdisciplinary Studies: Provides graduate programs in interdisciplinary studies.
• Special Major: Offers a special major program for students with unique academic interests.

University Requirements

• American Institutions: Requires courses in US history, US government, and California state and local government.
• Upper-Division GE Areas: Includes requirements for upper-division general education in areas such as sciences, arts, and social sciences.
• SF State Studies: Provides requirements for SF State studies, including courses in American ethnic and racial minorities, environmental sustainability, global perspectives, and social justice.
• Complementary Studies: Requires complementary studies courses that are related to the major but not part of the major requirements.

Course Index

• Accounting (ACCT): Lists courses in accounting.
• Africana Studies (AFRS): Includes courses in Africana studies.
• All University (A U): Provides university-wide courses.
• American Indian Studies (AIS): Offers courses in American Indian studies.
• American Studies (AMST): Includes courses in American studies.
• Anthropology (ANTH): Lists courses in anthropology.
• Apparel Design and Merchandising (ADM): Provides courses in apparel design and merchandising.
• Arabic (ARAB): Offers courses in Arabic.
• Art (ART): Includes courses in art.
• Art History (ARTH): Lists courses in art history.
• Asian American Studies (AA S): Provides courses in Asian American studies.
• Astronomy (ASTR): Offers courses in astronomy.
• Athletics (ATHL): Includes courses in athletics.
• Biology (BIOL): Lists courses in biology.
• Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA): Provides courses in broadcast and electronic communication arts.
• Business (BUS): Offers courses in business.
• Chemistry (CHEM): Includes courses in chemistry.
• Child and Adolescent Development (CAD): Lists courses in child and adolescent development.
• Chinese (CHIN): Provides courses in Chinese.
• Cinema (CINE): Offers courses in cinema.
• Classical Archaeology (CLAR): Includes courses in classical archaeology.
• Classics (CLAS): Lists courses in classics.
• Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS): Provides courses in clinical laboratory science.
• Comic Studies (CMX): Offers courses in comic studies.
• Communication Studies (COMM): Includes courses in communication studies.
• Comparative World Literature (CWL): Lists courses in comparative world literature.
• Computer Science (CSC): Provides courses in computer science.
• Counseling (COUN): Offers courses in counseling.
• Course Descriptions, Symbols, and Terms: Includes descriptions of courses, symbols, and terms used in the catalog.
• Creative Writing (C W): Lists courses in creative writing.
• Credit by Evaluation for Experiential Learning (CEEL): Provides information on credit by evaluation for experiential learning.
• Criminal Justice Studies (C J): Offers courses in criminal justice studies.
• Critical Social Thought (CST): Includes courses in critical social thought.
• Dance (DANC): Lists courses in dance.
• Decision Sciences (DS): Provides courses in decision sciences.
• Design (DES): Offers courses in design.
• Early Start English (ESE): Includes courses in early start English.
• Early Start Math (ESM): Lists courses in early start math.
• Earth Sciences (ERTH): Provides courses in earth sciences.
• Economics (ECON): Offers courses in economics.
• Education (EDUC): Includes courses in education.
• Educational Administration (EDAD): Lists courses in educational administration.
• Educational Leadership (EDDL): Provides courses in educational leadership.
• Elementary Education (E ED): Offers courses in elementary education.
• Engineering (ENGR): Includes courses in engineering.
• English (ENG): Lists courses in English.
• Environment (ENV): Provides courses in environment.
• Environmental Studies (ENVS): Offers courses in environmental studies.
• Ethnic Studies (ETHS): Includes courses in ethnic studies.
• Experimental College (EXCO): Lists courses in experimental college.
• Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS): Provides courses in family and consumer sciences.
• Finance (FIN): Offers courses in finance.
• French (FR): Includes courses in French.
• Geography and Environment (GEOG): Lists courses in geography and environment.
• German (GER): Provides courses in German.
• Gerontology (GRN): Offers courses in gerontology.
• Global Peace Studies (GPS): Includes courses in global peace studies.
• Greek (GRE): Lists courses in Greek.
• Health and Social Sciences (HSS): Provides courses in health and social sciences.
• Hebrew (HEBR): Offers courses in Hebrew.
• History (HIST): Includes courses in history.
• Holistic Health (HH): Lists courses in holistic health.
• Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM): Provides courses in hospitality and tourism management.
• Humanities (HUM): Offers courses in humanities.
• Information Systems (ISYS): Includes courses in information systems.
• Instructional Technologies (ITEC): Lists courses in instructional technologies.
• Interdisciplinary Studies Education (ISED): Provides courses in interdisciplinary studies education.
• Interior Design (ID): Offers courses in interior design.
• International Business (IBUS): Includes courses in international business.
• International Relations (I R): Lists courses in international relations.
• Italian (ITAL): Provides courses in Italian.
• Japanese (JAPN): Offers courses in Japanese.
• Jewish Studies (JS): Includes courses in Jewish studies.
• Journalism (JOUR): Lists courses in journalism.
• Kinesiology (KIN): Provides courses in kinesiology.
• Korean (KOR): Offers courses in Korean.
• Labor Studies (LABR): Includes courses in labor studies.
• Latin (LATN): Lists courses in Latin.
• Latina/o Studies (LTNS): Provides courses in Latina/o studies.
• Liberal and Creative Arts (LCA): Offers courses in liberal and creative arts.
• Liberal Studies (LS): Includes courses in liberal studies.
• Library Education (LIB): Lists courses in library education.
• Management (MGMT): Provides courses in management.
• Marine Science (MSCI): Offers courses in marine science.
• Marketing (MKTG): Includes courses in marketing.
• Mathematics (MATH): Lists courses in mathematics.
• Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS): Provides courses in Middle East and Islamic studies.
• Modern Greek Studies (MGS): Offers courses in modern Greek studies.
• Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL): Includes courses in modern languages and literatures.
• Museum Studies (M S): Lists courses in museum studies.
• Music (MUS): Provides courses in music.
• Nursing (NURS): Offers courses in nursing.
• Nutrition and Dietetics (NUTR): Includes courses in nutrition and dietetics.
• Persian (PRSN): Lists courses in Persian.
• Philosophy (PHIL): Provides courses in philosophy.
• Physical Therapy (PT): Offers courses in physical therapy.
• Physics (PHYS): Includes courses in physics.
• Political Science (PLSI): Lists courses in political science.
• Project Rebound (PR): Provides courses in project rebound.
• Psychology (PSY): Offers courses in psychology.
• Public Administration (P A): Includes courses in public administration.
• Public Health (PH): Lists courses in public health.
• Race and Resistance Studies (RRS): Provides courses in race and resistance studies.
• Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (RPT): Offers courses in recreation, parks, and tourism.
• Religious Studies (RELS): Includes courses in religious studies.
• Russian (RUSS): Lists courses in Russian.
• Science (SCI): Provides courses in science.
• Secondary Education (S ED): Offers courses in secondary education.
• Sexuality Studies (SXS): Includes courses in sexuality studies.
• Social Work (S W): Lists courses in social work.
• Sociology (SOC): Provides courses in sociology.
• Spanish (SPAN): Offers courses in Spanish.
• Special Education (SPED): Includes courses in special education.
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS): Lists courses in speech, language, and hearing sciences.
• Theatre Arts (TH A): Provides courses in theatre arts.
• Urban Studies and Planning (USP): Offers courses in urban studies and planning.
• Women and Gender Studies (WGS): Includes courses in women and gender studies.

Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts

Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Roadmap

This roadmap is for students who transfer to San Francisco State University with an AS-T in Film, Television, and Electronic Media. It assumes that six units in the major (BECA 200 and BECA 231) and all lower-division GE requirements have been satisfied.

To Do at SF State:

• University-Wide Requirements: 9-15 units, including American Institutions, Upper-Division GE Areas, and Complementary Studies.
• BECA Major: 30 units, including core/GWAR, core foundation, and electives in a focus area.
• University Electives: 15 or more units, depending on course choices made at the community college and SF State.

Plan of Study Grid

First Semester:

• BECA 300GW: Writing About the Media - GWAR (Major Core)
• BECA 340: Media Aesthetics I (Major Core)
• GE Area 5UD or 2UD: Upper-Division Sciences or Upper-Division Mathematical Concepts
• US History
• University Elective

Second Semester:

• Foundation Area - Media Writing
• Foundation Area - Media, Culture, and Society
• BECA 324: Media Law (Major Core)
• U.S. and California Government
• University Elective

Third Semester:

• Electives in a Focus Area
• GE Area 3UD: Upper-Division Arts or Humanities
• University Elective

Fourth Semester:

• Electives in a Focus Area
• GE Area 4UD: Upper-Division Social and Behavioral Sciences
• University Elective

Notes

• Completion of BECA 200, BECA 300GW, and BECA 340 with a grade of C or better is required for enrollment in the production sequence and many advanced BECA classes.
• Foundation Areas: A full list of courses that can fulfill this requirement can be found in the Degree Requirements.
• Electives in a Focus Area: Upper-division BECA courses selected in consultation with a BECA faculty advisor.