Option: Traditional Field Study

• Complete 80 hours of required field work
• At an approved community partner site
  • Approved placements can be found on the Field Study Catalog 
• While concurrently engaged in a small group seminar facilitated by ladder-rank faculty (195 or 195W)

Courses:

• SocEcol 195 or 195W
  • 195W requires Lower Division Writing Completed
• 4 units completed for graduation requirement but can be taken for 2-8 units
• 195 P/NP only
• 195W graded only
• May complete up to 240 hours (12 units) to fulfill elective credits. 

How this option applies to degree requirements:

• 4 units and 80 hours in conjunction with SocEcol 195 or 195W fulfills the school field study requirement

• 8 units and 160 hours, in conjunction with SocEcol 195 or 195W, fulfills the school field study requirement and for Crim/Law, Urban Studies and Social Ecology majors, also fulfills the additional upper division elective requirement

• 195W with a C- or better fulfills the upper division writing requirement