A nationwide study of environmental studies programs showed the CSUS program to be number one in internship participation and number two in overall career satisfaction among graduates. Students gain knowledge, skills and perspectives from an interdisciplinary examination of the cultural, historical and social experience of ethnic groups in this nation and diaspora. In addition to preparing students for teaching careers, the department offers several concentrations, including nutrition and food, family studies, and apparel studies. Gerontology offers a multi-disciplinary program involving courses in 12 departments in five schools. Ideally located in the state capital, the department offers students unique opportunities to integrate their studies of politics and theory through an extensive range of internships in state and local government.
Psychology is both a natural and a social science in which people study human and animal behavior.
The Social Science Program provides a major and concurrent subject matter preparation for the Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science. Students have an opportunity to do original research and to learn to analyze social data through computer processing. This program offers a minor and an interdisciplinary special major which examines women's contribution to culture, knowledge, and society.