CLUSTER M71A – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71B – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71CW – Biotechnology and Society. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course M71B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include in-depth examination of ethics and human genetics, bioweapons and biodefense, sex and biotechnology. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71A – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71B – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71CW – Biotechnology and Society. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course M71B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include in-depth examination of ethics and human genetics, bioweapons and biodefense, sex and biotechnology. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

HIST 2B – Social Knowledge and Social Power. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. History of social knowledge and social power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Everyday ideas and practices about human nature, common sense, and community and relation of those practices to social thought, social engineering, and social science. Themes include development of social knowledges through public activities and discourses; how social knowledge differs in agricultural, mercantile, industrial, and information-based political economies; and how social science addresses these issues. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

HIST 3A – History of Science: Renaissance to 1800. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Survey of beginnings of physical sciences involving transformation from Aristotelian to Newtonian cosmology, mechanization of natural world, rise of experimental science, and origin of scientific societies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

HIST 3B – History of Science: Enlightenment to 1900. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. In this period science became part of Enlightenment campaign for reason and of culture of an Industrial Revolution. New social science and evolutionary debates about science and religion demonstrate its rising intellectual and practical significance. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

HIST 3C – History of Science: 20th Century. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Ranging from startling new physics of relativity and the quantum, and of nuclear weapons, to molecular reductionism in biology and campaigns for statistical objectivity, examination of involvement of science in technological, military, intellectual, and political changes of the 20th century. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71A – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71B – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71CW – Biotechnology and Society. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course M71B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include in-depth examination of ethics and human genetics, bioweapons and biodefense, sex and biotechnology. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

MCD BIO 50 – Stem Cell Biology, Politics, and Ethics: Teasing Apart Issues. Lecture, three and one half hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Developmental biology of various types of human stem cells. Important functional differences between embryonic, hematopoietic, and adult stem cells, as well as differences in their biomedical potentials. Discussion of history of debate surrounding embryos, as well as various social, ethical, political, and economic aspects of stem cell research. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

PUB AFF M130 – Biomedical, Social, and Policy Frontiers in Human Aging. (Same as Gerontology M108 an Social Welfare M108.) Lecture, four hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Course of human aging charted in ways that are based on variety of recent research frontiers. Use of conceptual frameworks to increase relevance of aging to students’ lives and enhance their critical thinking—biopsychosocial approach that is based on recognition that aging is inherently interdisciplinary phenomenon, and life course perspective that is distinguished by analytical framework it provides for understanding interplay between human lives and changing social structures, and allows students to understand how events, successes, and losses at one stage of life can have important effects later in life. Focus on individuals as they age within one particular sociohistorical context. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

SOC GEN 5 – Integrative Approaches to Human Biology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to concept of problem-based approaches to study of biology and society and areas of concentration, such as bioethics and public science policy, evolutionary biology, culture, and behavior, historical and social studies of life sciences, medical genetics and public health, and population genetics and history, and central thematic issues shared across concentrations, such as commercialization of life and public understanding of science. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

POL SCI 122C – Global Catastrophic Risk: Clash of Science, Politics and Ethics. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Global catastrophic risks pose challenge to modern civilization because of their superhuman extension in space, time, and knowledge realm. Their reach is global; their impact is long-term; and their comprehension is complex. Human interests and outlooks are local, regional, and national as well as egoistical, particularistic, and tribal. Overlapping generations spell intergenerational conflicts among living—young, middle-aged, and old—and between ancestors and descendants. Deeply and variably specialized experts struggle to communicate across scientific disciplines, across natural and human sciences, and across pure and applied sciences—only to hit brick wall in their communications with lay public, which is variously represented by elected politicians, appointed bureaucrats, organized interest groups, and fluid social movements. Study of ensuing clash of science. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71A Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71B Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

CLUSTER M71CW Biotechnology and Society. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course M71B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include in-depth examination of ethics and human genetics, bioweapons and biodefense, sex and biotechnology. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

SOC GEN 5 – Integrative Approaches to Human Biology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to concept of problem-based approaches to study of biology and society and areas of concentration, such as bioethics and public science policy, evolutionary biology, culture, and behavior, historical and social studies of life sciences, medical genetics and public health, and population genetics and history, and central thematic issues shared across concentrations, such as commercialization of life and public understanding of science. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

MCD BIO 50 – Stem Cell Biology, Politics, and Ethics: Teasing Apart Issues. Lecture, three and one half hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Developmental biology of various types of human stem cells. Important functional differences between embryonic, hematopoietic, and adult stem cells, as well as differences in their biomedical potentials. Discussion of history of debate surrounding embryos, as well as various social, ethical, political, and economic aspects of stem cell research. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

HNRS 44 – Society of Excess: On Waste, Consumer Culture, and Environment. Examination of waste in both real and virtual worlds, looking in interdisciplinary ways at various cultural representations of trash set against backdrop of society of excess and environment constantly threatened by overflowing and mismanaged waste, including social and cultural responses to physical waste and cyber battle against Internet debris. Credits: 5.0 Units.

No Courses for this subcategory in this Track

DESMA 10 – Design Culture. Understanding design process, with emphasis on development of visual language; study of historic, scientific, technological, economic, and cultural factors influencing design in physical environment. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. (Formerly numbered 58) Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self‐consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anticolonialism, and new art and architectural theories. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ARCH & UD 30 – Introduction to Architectural Studies. Exploration of role of built environment in social, cultural, and political life: how buildings are constructed, what they mean, effects they have on world, and ways they imagine new futures and shape private and public life. Focus on series of contemporary case studies for what each reveals about new possibilities for shaping world in which we live, with emphasis on how architecture extends to cities, roads, books, and films. Consideration of historical context and cultural genealogy of particular buildings and environments, material and economic conditions of building, and more. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ARCH & UD 10A – History of Architecture and Urban Design: Prehistory to Mannerism. Exploration of developments in global architecture and urban design from prehistory to 1600 and critical reflection on terms such as building, architecture, city, history, and culture. Focus on world context, construction and technology, and history of architectural ideas. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ARCH & UD 10B – History of Architecture and Urban Design: Baroque to Contemporary Moment. Survey of architectural and urban history from 1600 to present in global context. Exploration of buildings, cities, spaces, artifacts, landscapes, and ideas through their relation to geopolitical conditions and through their relation to theories of design. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. (Formerly numbered 58) Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self‐consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, and new art and architectural theories. Credits: 5.0 Units.

GEOG 6 – World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues. Interdisciplinary and historical approach to modern peoples, their differences in wealth or poverty, and their local origins of food production. Brief introduction to physical geography and biogeography of each region. Discussion of each region’s peoples, languages, foods, pre-histories, and histories. Credits: 5.0 Units.

PUB PLC 10D – Public Policy and Urban Homelessness. Application of policy analysis to issues and solutions concerning homelessness. Guest lectures from local policymakers. Credits: 5.0 Units.

DGT HUM 30 – Los Angeles Tech City: Digital Technologies and Spatial Justice. Lecture, two and one half hours; studio, two hours. Investigation of spatial justice and injustice in multi-ethnic city of Los Angeles through Lens of three thematic technologies that built and transformed Los Angeles into global metropolis: cars and highways, networking technologies culminating in Internet and World Wide Web, and film and broadcast media. Use of innovative forms of investigation and communication, from digital mapping to video-sensing, to integrate interpretative and historical approaches of humanities with material and projective practices of design. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.

STATS 12 – Introduction to Statistical Methods for Geography and Environmental Studies. Introduction to statistical thinking and understanding, with emphasis on techniques used in geography and environmental science. Underlying logic behind statistical procedures, role of variation in statistical thinking, strengths and limitations of statistical summaries, and fundamental inferential tools. Emphasis on applications in geography and environmental science in laboratory work using professional statistical analysis package, including spatial statistics. Credits: 5.0 Units.

HNRS 41 – Understanding Ecology: Finding Interdisciplinary Solutions to Environmental Problems. Exploration of ecological basis of planet’s most important environmental issues, including global climate change, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, deforestation, pollution, and declining freshwater resources and fisheries. Examination of both hard science and interdisciplinary solutions (social, political, educational) to environmental problems. Credits: 5.0 Units.

GEOG 5 – People and the Earth’s Ecosystems. Exploration of ways in which human activity impacts natural environment and how modification of environment can eventually have significant consequences for human activity. Examination, using case studies, of real environmental problems that confront us today. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ENVIRON 25 – Good Food for Everyone: Health, Sustainability, and Culture. Good food is healthy, sustainably produced, and culturally meaningful. Introduction to basic concepts and history of food systems, food science and nutrition, fair and sustainable food production, natural resources and environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity, agriculture and food policy and law, food distribution and access, cultural identity and artistic engagements with food. Credits: 5.0 Units.

HNRS 41 – Understanding Ecology: Finding Interdisciplinary Solutions to Environmental Problems. Exploration of ecological basis of planet’s most important environmental issues, including global climate change, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, deforestation, pollution, and declining freshwater resources and fisheries. Examination of both hard science and interdisciplinary solutions (social, political, educational) to environmental problems. Credits: 5.0 Units.

EE BIOL 18 – Why Ecology Matters: Science Behind Environmental Issues. Basic ecological concepts, scientific method, and ecological basis for local and global environmental issues. Major challenges to be faced in this century, including need to find interdisciplinary and collaborative solutions to world’s worsening environmental problems (e.g., global climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, pollution, declining water resources, declining fisheries). Environmental literacy to equip students to become leaders in growing green economy and to help forge solutions to current and future environmental crises that threaten natural resource base. Credits: 5.0 Units.

GEOG 2 – Biogeography: Spatial Dynamics of Biogeography in a changing world. Biogeographic exploration of plant and animal diversity and conservation issues on continents and islands around world. Study of physical, biotic, and human factors responsible for evolution, persistence, and extinction of species and ecological communities. Analysis of effects of human activity. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ENV HLT 207 – Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Designed for freshmen/sophomores. Introduction to fundamental principles and concepts necessary to carry out sound geographic analysis with geographic information systems (GIS). Reinforcement of key issues in GIS, such as geographic coordinate systems, map projections, spatial analysis, and visualization of spatial data. Laboratory exercises use database query, manipulation, and spatial analysis to address real‐world problems. Credits: 5.0 Units.

FILM TV M50 Introduction to Visual Culture (Same as English M50.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Study of how visual media, including advertising, still and moving images, and narrative films, influence contemporary aesthetics, politics, and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading.Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

PHILOS 4 – Philosophical Analysis of Contemporary Moral Issues Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Critical study of principles and arguments advanced in discussion of current moral issues. Possible topics include revolutionary violence, rules of warfare, sexual morality, right of privacy, punishment, nuclear warfare and deterrence, abortion and mercy killing, experimentation with human subjects, rights of women. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

FILM TV M50 Introduction to Visual Culture (Same as English M50.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Study of how visual media, including advertising, still and moving images, and narrative films, influence contemporary aesthetics, politics, and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading.Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

INF STD 10 Information and Power Lecture, five hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Introduction to core concepts of information and power and relation between them in range of social, economic, political, cultural, technological, and institutional contexts. Topics include information markets and economies; power of cultural and media institutions; state interests in information; information, conflict, and warfare; information organization, classification, and access; power and information technology infrastructure; and intellectual freedom. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

INF STD 20 Digital Cultures and Societies Lecture, five hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Examination of social and cultural contexts of global spread of digital networks and systems. Exploration of ethical, infrastructural, and political questions raised at intersection of technologies and cultures. Topics include social media revolutions, indigenous and non-Western uses of technology, cross-cultural design, digital media literacies, and more. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

INF STD 30 Internet and Society Lecture, five hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Examination of information technology in society, including Internet, World Wide Web, search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo, Lycos), retrieval systems, electronic publishing, and distribution of media, including newspapers, books, and music. Exploration of many of these technologies, social, cultural, and political context in which they exist, and how social relationships are changing. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2023

ANTHRO 3 Culture and Society Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; fieldwork. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. Introduction to study of culture and society in comparative perspective. Examples from societies around world to illustrate basic principles of formation, structure, and distribution of human institutions. Of special concern is contribution and knowledge that cultural diversity makes toward understanding problems of modern world. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2023

ANTHRO 4 Culture and Communication Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. Introduction to study of communication from anthropological perspective. Formal linguistic methods compared with ethnographically oriented methods focused on context-bound temporal unfolding of communicative activities. Topics include language in everyday life and ritual events, socialization, literacy, multilingualism, miscommunication, political discourse, and art-making as cultural activity. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

COM LIT 20 Blockchain: Future of Absolutely Everything Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary examination of social, cultural, and scientific workings of blockchain. Critical exploration of ethical, legal, and cultural effects of blockchain’s potential to improve human behavior and impact our sense of individuality. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

DGT HUM 30 Los Angeles Tech City: Digital Technologies and Spatial Justice Lecture, two and one half hours; studio, two hours. Investigation of spatial justice and injustice in multi-ethnic city of Los Angeles through Lens of three thematic technologies that built and transformed Los Angeles into global metropolis: cars and highways, networking technologies culminating in Internet and World Wide Web, and film and broadcast media. Use of innovative forms of investigation and communication, from digital mapping to video-sensing, to integrate interpretative and historical approaches of humanities with material and projective practices of design. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CESC 50XP Engaging Los Angeles (Formerly numbered Community Engagement and Social Change 50SL.) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Community-engaged learning course with focus on diverse communities of Los Angeles. Analysis of general shared history of Los Angeles. Comparing or contrasting of experiences of several different racial/ethnic groups. Engagement in meaningful work off campus to reflect on assets, injustices, and inequities that have shaped experiences of native or immigrant communities. Analysis of Los Angeles in which residents coexist and interact while managing tensions and social justice issues inherent in minority/majority city. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

STAT 10 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; computer laboratory, two hours. Preparation: three years of high school mathematics. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 11, 12, 13, 14, or former course 10H. Introduction to statistical thinking and understanding, including strengths and limitations of basic experimental designs, graphical and numerical summaries of data, inference, regression as descriptive tool. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

STAT 15 Introduction to Data Science Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; computer laboratory, one hour. Preparation: three years of high school mathematics. Not open to students with credit for course 10, 12, 13, or former course 10H, 11, or 14. Introduction to data science, including data management, data modeling, data visualization, communication of findings, and reproducible work. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1E – Social Media and Storytelling: Comparing Cultures. Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level  Writing requirement. Study of social media as platform for storytelling, with core focus on three  distinct cultures: U.S., China, and Russia. History, form, and various functions of social media. Examination of how we tell stories about ourselves and how we interpret digital narratives we see, hear, or read from organizations near and far. Analysis of networked narratives encountered online. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ENGLISH 91D – Introduction to Graphic Fiction. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Introduction to popularity and important cultural work of comic books and graphic novels. Emphasis on how text and image combine to create meaning, including problem of appropriateness of comics for serious cultural topics. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ENGLISH M50 – Introduction to Visual Culture. (Same as Film and Television M50.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Study of how visual media, including advertising, still and moving images, and narrative films, influence contemporary aesthetics, politics, and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ENGLISH 100 – Ways of Reading Race. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: English Composition 3. Introduction to interdisciplinarystudy of race and ethnicity, with primary focus on literature. Through examination of institutions that form understanding of race—citizenship, nationalism, class, gender, and labor—interrogation of how we come to think of ourselves and others as having race, and effects of such racialized thinking. Course is not about any particular racial or ethnic group, but highlights creation of ethnic categories and their effects on cultural production. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 40 – Music and Religion. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of nature, role, and power of music in religious rituals around world, covering music and ritual of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as religious traditions of Native Americans and syncretic religious practices in Americas such as African American gospel music, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Santería, and Haitian vodoun. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

FILM AND TELEVISION 4 – Introduction to Art and Technique of Filmmaking. (Formerly numbered 122B.)Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Students acquire understanding of practical and aesthetic challenges undertaken by artists and professionals in making of motion pictures and television. Examination of film as both art and industry: storytelling, sound and visual design, casting and performance, editing, finance, advertising, and distribution. Exploration of American and world cinema from filmmaker’s perspective. Honing of analytical skills and development of critical vocabulary for study of filmmaking as technical, artistic, and cultural phenomenon. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

GERMANIC LANGUAGES 114 – Fairy Tales and Fantastic. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Taught in English. History and reception of folklore collections in Europe, with particular attention to ideology and influence of Grimms’ tales. Interpretation of selected tales and their transformations and appropriation in literature, film, advertising, and pedagogy. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

LINGUISTICS 40W – Language and Gender: Introduction to Gender and Stereotypes. (Formerly numbered Applied Linguistics 40W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3. Prior knowledge of foreign languages not required. Introduction to language from sociological perspective of gender. Use of research and examples in English and other languages to explore nature of male and female genderlects and gendered language, as reflected in lexicon, language behavior, phonetics and intonation, and language acquisition and linguistic change. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ENGLISH M50 – Introduction to Visual Culture. (Same as Film and Television M50) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Study of how visual media, including advertising, still and moving images, and narrative films, influence contemporary aesthetics, politics, and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 5 – Music Around World. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 10 hours. Overview of world’s musical traditions by selecting one or two case studies from each of nine musical world regions: Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and U.S. and Canada. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 30 – Music and Media. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of ways music is mediated to people by industry, technologies, and corporations. Survey of leading theorists of media and exploration of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 40 – Music and Religion. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of nature, role, and power of music in religious rituals around world, covering music and ritual of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as religious traditions of Native Americans and syncretic religious practices in Americas such as African American gospel music, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Santería, and Haitian vodoun. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 108B – Music of Latin America: Latin South America. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Course M108A is not requisite to 108B. Survey of traditional and contemporary musical culture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 136A – Music of Africa. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 10 hours. Introduction to music of Africa through general discussion of select topics such as continent and its peoples, function, musician, instruments, musical structure and related arts, and contemporary music. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

FILM, TELEVISION and DIGITAL MEDIA 4 – Introduction to Art and Technique of Filmmaking. (Formerly numbered 122B.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Students acquire understanding of practical and aesthetic challenges undertaken by artists and professionals in making of motion pictures and television. Examination of film as both art and industry: storytelling, sound and visual design, casting and performance, editing, finance, advertising, and distribution. Exploration of American and world cinema from filmmaker’s perspective. Honing of analytical skills and development of critical vocabulary for study of filmmaking as technical, artistic, and cultural phenomenon. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

FOOD STUDIES 35 – Visual Representations of Food from Antiquity to Present. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of food imagery in visual art from antiquity to present. Introduction to many major movements in Western art history, with primary focus on historical and sociological implications that can be derived from close analysis of visual representations of food, kitchens, markets, and agriculture over centuries. Topics of investigation include diets of ancient Romans as evidenced by floor mosaics and wall paintings of Pompeii; religious symbolism of food during Middle Ages; opulence of Renaissance banquets; common food of common folk; significance of still life paintings; what paintings can tell us about trade; turn-of-century tables; food and eroticism; economics, packaging, and advertising; and food presentation and plating as art form. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

JAPANESE 75 – Anime. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Discussion and analysis of seminal works of Japanese animation, or anime, created from 1980s to present. Engagement with works in variety of styles, and that deal with broad range of themes. Reading and discussion of recent scholarship on anime produced by scholars working in diverse modes, from philosophical to anthropological. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

No courses for this subcategory in this track.

COMPARTIVE LITERATURE 1E – Social Media and Storytelling: Comparing Cultures. Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level  Writing requirement. Study of social media as platform for storytelling, with core focus on three  distinct cultures: U.S., China, and Russia. History, form, and various functions of social media. Examination of how we tell stories about ourselves and how we interpret digital narratives we see, hear, or read from organizations near and far. Analysis of networked narratives encountered online. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

DESIGN MEDIA ARTS 8 – Media Histories. Lecture, three hours; outside study, 12 hours. Synthetic overview of optical media and aesthetic movements covering past two centuries: photography and industrialization/Romanticism (1850 to 1900), cinema and modernism (1900 to 1950), television and postmodernism (1950 to 2000), and digital media and unimodernism (2000 to 2050). How such movements can inform generative work and how understanding these media becomes essential in emerging era of digital humanities. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ENGLISH 100 – Ways of Reading Race. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: English Composition 3. Introduction to interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity, with primary focus on literature. Through examination of institutions that form understanding of race—citizenship, nationalism, class, gender, and labor—interrogation of how we come to think of ourselves and others as having race, and effects of such racialized thinking. Course is not about any particular racial or ethnic group, but highlights creation of ethnic categories and their effects on cultural production. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 30 – Music and Media. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of ways music is mediated to people by industry, technologies, and corporations. Survey of leading theorists of media and exploration of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

INFORMATION STUDIES 20 – Digital Cultures and Societies. Lecture, 5 hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Examination of social and cultural contexts of global spread of digital networks and systems. Exploration of ethical, infrastructural, and political questions raised at intersection of technologies and cultures. Topics include social media revolutions, indigenous and non-Western uses of technology, cross-cultural design, digital media literacies, and more. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

INFORMATION STUDIES 30 – Internet and Society. Lecture, five hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Examination of information technology in society, including Internet, World Wide Web, search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo, Lycos), retrieval systems, electronic publishing, and distribution of media, including newspapers, books, and music. Exploration of many of these technologies, social, cultural, and political context in which they exist, and how social relationships are changing. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

LINGUISTICS 40W – Language and Gender: Introduction to Gender and Stereotypes. (Formerly numbered Applied Linguistics 40W) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3. Prior knowledge of foreign languages not required. Introduction to language from sociological perspective of gender. Use of research and examples in English and other languages to explore nature of male and female genderlects and gendered language, as reflected in lexicon, language behavior, phonetics and intonation, and language acquisition and linguistic change. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

JAPANESE 75 – Anime. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Discussion and analysis of seminal works of Japanese animation, or anime, created from 1980s to present. Engagement with works in variety of styles, and that deal with broad range of themes. Reading and discussion of recent scholarship on anime produced by scholars working in diverse modes, from philosophical to anthropological. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

RELIGN M10 – Introduction to Judaism. (Same as Jewish Studies M10) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Judaism’s basic beliefs, institutions, and practices. Topics include development of biblical and rabbinic Judaism; concepts of god, sin, repentance, prayer, and the messiah; history of Talmud and synagogue; evolution of folk beliefs and year-cycle and life-cycle practices. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST 12W – Jerusalem: Holy City. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Survey of modern Middle Eastern cultures through readings and films from Middle East and North Africa. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M50A – First Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of three major monotheisms of Western cultures–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–historically and comparatively. Development, teachings, and ritual practices of each tradition up to and including medieval period. Composition and development of various sacred texts, highlighting key themes and ideas within different historical and literary strata of traditions, such as mechanisms of revelation, struggle for religious authority, and common theological issues such as origin of evil and status of nonbelievers. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M50B – Origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of three major monotheisms of Western cultures–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–historically and comparatively. Development, teachings, and ritual practices of each tradition up to and including medieval period. Composition and development of various sacred texts, highlighting key themes and ideas within different historical and literary strata of traditions, such as mechanisms of revelation, struggle for religious authority, and common theological issues such as origin of evil and status of nonbelievers. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M50CW – Making and Studying Modern Middle East. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Survey of modern Middle Eastern cultures through readings and films from Middle East and North Africa. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

65 Global Time Travel. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Time travel is our most effective fictional device for asking what past was like, what future will bring, and how our present might look when viewed from other times. Though often associated with Euro-American genre of hard science fiction, time travel is global genre. Study of time travel stories, novels, television productions, and films from variety of periods, regions, and languages in order to explore anxieties genre responds to and other worlds it helps us imagine. Examination of theorists and critics whose work helps explain how time travel interacts with history, narrative, and visuality. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

RELIGN M115 – Islam and Other Religions. (Same as Islamic Studies M115) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Students gain familiarity with historical cases and modes of interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims in plural societies. Consideration of axis questions such as how does Qur’an reflect religious plurality; how does it situate Islam vis-à-vis its alternatives; what encounters did rapid expansion of Islam bring about in diverse societies; how did Islam and other religions change through debate, war, and exchange of ideas; what roles has political power played in conditioning interreligious interaction; how have conversion and hybridity affected what it means to be Muslim; what is different about interreligious interactions in secular states and societies; and how is past invoked to justify opinions and policies today. Investigation of these questions by conducting microstudies: close readings of sources through theoretical lens. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M130 – Ancient Egyptian Religion. (Same as Religion M130) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to religious beliefs, practices, and sentiments of ancient Egypt to study Egyptian religion as coherent system of thought and sphere of action that once served as meaningful and relevant framework for understanding physical reality and human life for inhabitants of Nile Valley. General principles as well as developments through time (circa 3000 BC to 300 CE). Topics include mythology, temple and cult, magic, and personal piety. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

RELIGN M20 – Introduction to Islam. (Formerly numbered M109. Same as Islamic Studies M20) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Genesis of Islam, its doctrines, and practices, with readings from Qur’an and Hadith; schools of law and theology; piety and Sufism; reform and modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

M20 Visible Language: Study of Writing. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Consideration of concrete means of language representation in writing systems. Earliest representations of language known are those of Near East dating to end of 4th millennium BC. While literate civilizations of Egypt, Indus Valley, China, and Mesoamerica left little evidence of corresponding earliest developments, their antiquity and, in case of China and Mesoamerica, their evident isolation mark these centers as loci of independent developments in writing. Basic characteristics of early scripts, assessment of modern alphabetic writing systems, and presentation of conceptual basis of semiotic language representation. Origins and development of early non-Western writing systems. How Greco-Roman alphabet arose in 1st millennium BC and how it compares to other modern writing systems. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M130 – Ancient Egyptian Religion. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to religious beliefs, practices, and sentiments of ancient Egypt to study Egyptian religion as coherent system of thought and sphere of action that once served as meaningful and relevant framework for understanding physical reality and human life for inhabitants of Nile Valley. General principles as well as developments through time (circa 3000 BC to 300 CE). Topics include mythology, temple and cult, magic, and personal piety. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

IRANIAN 55 – Gender and Sexuality in Arts and Literatures of Iran and Middle East. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Multifaceted introduction to Persian poetry, recognized as jewel of Persian culture, and to pictorial, architectural, performative, cinematographic, and photographic dimensions of artistic milieu spanning between Balkans, India, and Central Asia from 10th century CE to present. With consideration of centrality of discourses on identity, desire, and spirituality to core of Persian aesthetics, study of broad variety of socioanthropological, ethical, and historiographical issues stemming from both mainstream topics characterizing extensive field of Iranian studies and most controversial conversations on nature of sexuality, ethnicity, and religion. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST 14W – Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Overview of history of medicine and sciences, focusing especially on Ancient Near East, China, and Meso-America. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST 15/15W – Women and Power in Ancient World. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 15. Examination of how feminine power confronts masculine dominance within complex social systems in ancient world. To gain political power, some female rulers used their sexuality to gain access to important men. Other women gained their position as regents and helpers of masculine kings who were too young to rule. Others denied their femininity in dress and manner, effectively androgynizing themselves or pretending to be men so that their femininity would not be obstacle to political rule. Many women only gained throne at end of dynasties after male line had run out entirely, or in midst of civil war when patrilineal successions were in disarray. No women were able to gain reigns of power through their bloodlines alone. Women’s power was compromised from outset. Examination of root causes and results of this political inequality. Satisfies Writing II requirement. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ISLM ST M20 – Introduction to Islam. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Genesis of Islam, its doctrines, and practices, with readings from Qur’an and Hadith; schools of law and theology; piety and Sufism; reform and modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M50A – First Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of three major monotheisms of Western cultures–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–historically and comparatively. Development, teachings, and ritual practices of each tradition up to and including medieval period. Composition and development of various sacred texts, highlighting key themes and ideas within different historical and literary strata of traditions, such as mechanisms of revelation, struggle for religious authority, and common theological issues such as origin of evil and status of nonbelievers. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M50B – Origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of three major monotheisms of Western cultures–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–historically and comparatively. Development, teachings, and ritual practices of each tradition up to and including medieval period. Composition and development of various sacred texts, highlighting key themes and ideas within different historical and literary strata of traditions, such as mechanisms of revelation, struggle for religious authority, and common theological issues such as origin of evil and status of nonbelievers. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST M60 – Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction of archaeological record of southern Levant (ancient Israel) from Bronze Age through Achaemenid Period (ca. 2500-332 BC) in combination with current understandings of genre, authorship, and historical value of Hebrew Bible. Ancient Israelite identities are traced through combination of archaeological and textual sources. Social, religious, and political traditions of ancient Israel and Judah are interpreted in context of both earlier Bronze Age traditions and Israel’s Iron Age neighbors. Archaeological and textual data for identities, such as Amorites, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians, form basis for evaluating construction and maintenance of various biblical identities. Introduction to theoretical and methodological issues involving historical archaeology of ancient Israel and Levant, and possibilities for investigating negotiation of identity in archaeological record. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ISLM ST M107 – Islam in West. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Acquisition of understanding of basic doctrines and practices of Islam. Survey of history of Islam in West, with focus on U.S. and France. Analysis of issues relevant to growth and development of selected Muslim communities in West. Exposure to diverse expressions of Islam through independent research on Muslim communities and institutions in U.S. Development of strong analytical writing and speaking skills. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

JEWISH 10W – Jerusalem: Holy City. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Survey of modern Middle Eastern cultures through readings and films from Middle East and North Africa. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

IRANIAN 55 – Gender and Sexuality in Arts and Literatures of Iran and Middle East. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Multifaceted introduction to Persian poetry, recognized as jewel of Persian culture, and to pictorial, architectural, performative, cinematographic, and photographic dimensions of artistic milieu spanning between Balkans, India, and Central Asia from 10th century CE to present. With consideration of centrality of discourses on identity, desire, and spirituality to core of Persian aesthetics, study of broad variety of socioanthropological, ethical, and historiographical issues stemming from both mainstream topics characterizing extensive field of Iranian studies and most controversial conversations on nature of sexuality, ethnicity, and religion. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

RELIGN M107 – Islam in West. (Same as Arabic M107 and Islamic Studies M107) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Acquisition of understanding of basic doctrines and practices of Islam. Survey of history of Islam in West, with focus on U.S. and France. Analysis of issues relevant to growth and development of selected Muslim communities in West. Exposure to diverse expressions of Islam through independent research on Muslim communities and institutions in U.S. Development of strong analytical writing and speaking skills. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

RELIGN M115 – Islam and Other Religions. (Same as Islamic Studies M115) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Students gain familiarity with historical cases and modes of interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims in plural societies. Consideration of axis questions such as how does Qur’an reflect religious plurality; how does it situate Islam vis-à-vis its alternatives; what encounters did rapid expansion of Islam bring about in diverse societies; how did Islam and other religions change through debate, war, and exchange of ideas; what roles has political power played in conditioning interreligious interaction; how have conversion and hybridity affected what it means to be Muslim; what is different about interreligious interactions in secular states and societies; and how is past invoked to justify opinions and policies today. Investigation of these questions by conducting microstudies: close readings of sources through theoretical lens. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

ANCIENT NEAR EAST 162 – Archaeology, Identity, and Bible. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction of archaeological record of southern Levant (ancient Israel) from Bronze Age through Achaemenid Period (ca. 2500-332 BC) in combination with current understandings of genre, authorship, and historical value of Hebrew Bible. Ancient Israelite identities are traced through combination of archaeological and textual sources. Social, religious, and political traditions of ancient Israel and Judah are interpreted in context of both earlier Bronze Age traditions and Israel’s Iron Age neighbors. Archaeological and textual data for identities, such as Amorites, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians, form basis for evaluating construction and maintenance of various biblical identities. Introduction to theoretical and methodological issues involving historical archaeology of ancient Israel and Levant, and possibilities for investigating negotiation of identity in archaeological record. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: May 2021

INTRODUCTION TO EURASIA 5 – Introduction to Eurasia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Interdisciplinary survey of Eurasia. Introduction to history, culture, and geography of diverse area that is often vaguely understood as not quite Europe and not quite Asia, yet both at the same time home to several of history’s most powerful overland empires, as well as its most notorious figures: Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and others. Exploration of contemporary issues in modern states of Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

SLAVIC 90 – Introduction to Slavic Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introductory survey of social and cultural institutions of Slavic peoples and their historical background. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES 91 – Culture and Society in Central and Eastern Europe. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary course to introduce students to main themes and concepts of central and east European studies, including historical background, nation states and ethnic groups, languages spoken in area, and culture and politics in communist and post-communist periods: religion, literature, mass media, music, art, and cinema. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 25 – Great Russian Novel. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 25W. Designed for nonmajors. Knowledge of Russian not required. Study of major works by great 19th-century Russian novelists. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 25W – Great Russian Novel. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 25. Designed for nonmajors. Knowledge of Russian not required. Study of major works by great 19th-century Russian novelists. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 31 – Introduction to Russian Film. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; film screening, two hours. Key works, names, events, and concepts of Russian cinematic tradition. Development of skills in analyzing and interpreting films and acquisition of critical terminology of film studies. How film form and aesthetics are conditioned by technology, ideology, economics, theory, tradition, and culture. How cinema in Russia has created and contested narratives of history and identity, how cinema has served interests of state, and how it has defied them. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 90A – Introduction to Russian Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to Russian culture and society from earliest times to 1917. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 90B – Russian Civilization in 20th Century. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 90BW. Survey of literature, theater, cinema, television, press, music, and arts. Emphasis on contemporary period, with constant reference to Russian and early Soviet antecedents. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 90BW – Russian Civilization in 20th Century. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 90B. Survey of literature, theater, cinema, television, press, music, and arts. Emphasis on contemporary period, with constant reference to Russian and early Soviet antecedents. Weekly discussions focus on varied approaches to writing addressing class topics. Five short papers required. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

SLAVIC 90 – Introduction to Slavic Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introductory survey of social and cultural institutions of Slavic peoples and their historical background. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

SLAVIC 90 – Introduction to Slavic Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introductory survey of social and cultural institutions of Slavic peoples and their historical background. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES 31 – Introduction to Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Cultures through Film. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary introduction to diversity of languages and cultures represented in Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures through medium of film. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 31 – Introduction to Russian Film. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; film screening, two hours. Key works, names, events, and concepts of Russian cinematic tradition. Development of skills in analyzing and interpreting films and acquisition of critical terminology of film studies. How film form and aesthetics are conditioned by technology, ideology, economics, theory, tradition, and culture. How cinema in Russia has created and contested narratives of history and identity, how cinema has served interests of state, and how it has defied them. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

SLAVIC 5 – Introduction to Eurasia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Interdisciplinary survey of Eurasia. Introduction to history, culture, and geography of diverse area that is often vaguely understood as not quite Europe and not quite Asia, yet both at the same time home to several of history’s most powerful overland empires, as well as its most notorious figures: Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and others. Exploration of contemporary issues in modern states of Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 90A – Introduction to Russian Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to Russian culture and society from earliest times to 1917. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

RUSSIAN 90A – Introduction to Russian Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to Russian culture and society from earliest times to 1917. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2021

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1E – Social Media and Storytelling: Comparing Cultures. Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Study of ways in which social media construct increasingly diverse and decentered narratives—with which we make localized sense of world. Equal emphasis on textual, visual, and sonic networks in arts, politics, and health care. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

No courses for this subcategory in this Track. 

DESIGN & MEDIA ARTS 9 – Art, Science and Technology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration and survey of cultural impact of scientific and cultural innovations, technology-driven art inspired by science, and art/science collaborative projects. Introduction to vast array of cutting-edge research taking place on campus; scientific guest lecturers. Emphasis on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

DESIGN & MEDIA ARTS 10 – Design Culture. Lecture, three hours; outside study, 12 hours. Open to nonmajors. Understanding design process, with emphasis on development of visual language; study of historic, scientific, technological, economic, and cultural factors influencing design in physical environment. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

SOCIETY AND GENETICS M71A – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

INFORMATION STUDIES 30 – Internet and Society. Lecture, five hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Examination of information technology in society, including Internet, World Wide Web, search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo, Lycos), retrieval systems, electronic publishing, and distribution of media, including newspapers, books, and music. Exploration of many of these technologies, social, cultural, and political context in which they exist, and how social relationships are changing. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

INFORMATION STUDIES 20 – Digital Cultures and Societies. Lecture, five hours. Designed for undergraduate students. Examination of social and cultural contexts of global spread of digital networks and systems. Exploration of ethical, infrastructural, and political questions raised at intersection of technologies and cultures. Topics include social media revolutions, indigenous and non-Western uses of technology, cross-cultural design, digital media literacies, and more. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

SOCIETY AND GENETICS M71A – Biotechnology and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1E – Social Media and Storytelling: Comparing Cultures. Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Study of ways in which social media construct increasingly diverse and decentered narratives—with which we make localized sense of world. Equal emphasis on textual, visual, and sonic networks in arts, politics, and health care. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 20 – Blockchain: The Future of Absolutely Everything. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary examination of social, cultural, and scientific workings of blockchain. Critical exploration of ethical, legal, and cultural effects of blockchain’s potential to improve human behavior and impact our sense of individuality. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

ENVIRONMENT 12 – Sustainability and Environment. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to sustainability with emphasis on environmental component, including Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological processes as related to resource demands and management. Examination of application of scientific method in helping to understand and solve sustainability problems. Case studies illustrating how natural and social scientists work on environmental sustainability issues. Focus on global climate change, biodiversity, pollution, and water and energy resources presented in context of creating sustainable human society that is environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially just and equitable. Letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES 1- Climate Change from Puzzles to Policy. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Overview of fundamentals of Earth’s climate, including greenhouse effect, water and chemical cycles, outstanding features of atmospheric and ocean circulation, and feedback between different system components. Exciting and contentious scientific puzzles of climate system, including causes of ice ages, greenhouse warming, and el niño. Importance of climate science and prediction to society, with emphasis on science’s role in identifying, qualifying, and solving environmental problems such as ozone hole and greenhouse warming. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units
Origination Date: November 2022

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 21 – Medieval Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 22 – Renaissance and Baroque Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 25 – Museum Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 31 – Art of India and Southeast Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

No courses for this subcategory in this Track. 

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 21 – Medieval Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 22 – Renaissance and Baroque Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 23 – Modern Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self-consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anticolonialism, and new art and architectural theories. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date:July 2021

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 31 – Art of India and Southeast Asia. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 21 – Medieval Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self-consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anticolonialism, and new art and architectural theories. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

ART HIS 25 – Museum Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: July 2021

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

No courses for this subcategory in this Track. 

World Arts and Culture 33 – Colonialisms and Resistance. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of indigenous worldviews as they are expressed through art, mythology, ritual, health practice, languages, and ecology. With examples spanning globe, consideration of issues of colonialism, tradition, religious change, and legal and social implications of epistemological differences between people. Examination of critical perspectives on social development, historical progress, and intellectual assimilation. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Arts Education 20 – Introduction to Community Engagement through Arts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introduction to fields of community engagement and arts education informed by philosophies of progressive education and social justice movements. By looking at community engagement as issue of equity and social justice, examination of basic theories of creativity, artistic development, and community partnership, and history, philosophies, politics, and sociocultural trends of community engagement in American society. Attendance at UCLA arts presentations and introduction to creative process. Readings and discussions to understand community engagement and arts education as crucial elements of comprehensive education, with emphasis on writing process, including regular writing assignments that require students to read, analyze, critique, and evaluate community arts practices and arts education scholarship. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

World Arts and Culture M79 – Food Politics: Cultural Solutions to Political Problems. (Formerly numbered 79.) (Same as Food Studies M79.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of issues of environmental and public health effects of intensive and extensive agriculture, influence of corporations on government, animal ethics, food deserts and urban gardening, and food insecurity. Focus on representation of such issues in documentaries, public lectures, memoirs, novels, and visual art, as well as on initiatives to address such problems through policy and activism. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Media/Design Arts 9 – Art, Science and Technology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration and survey of cultural impact of scientific and cultural innovations, technology-driven art inspired by science, and art/science collaborative projects. Introduction to vast array of cutting-edge research taking place on campus; scientific guest lecturers. Emphasis on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Sociology 2B – Social Knowledge and Social Power. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. History of social knowledge and social power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Everyday ideas and practices about human nature, common sense, and community and relation of those practices to social thought, social engineering, and social science. Themes include development of social knowledges through public activities and discourses; how social knowledge differs in agricultural, mercantile, industrial, and information-based political economies; and how social science addresses these issues. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Community Engagement and Social Change 50XP – Engaging Los Angeles. Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Community-engaged learning course with focus on diverse communities of Los Angeles. Analysis of general shared history of Los Angeles. Comparing or contrasting of experiences of several different racial/ethnic groups. Engagement in meaningful work off campus to reflect on assets, injustices, and inequities that have shaped experiences of native or immigrant communities. Analysis of Los Angeles in which residents coexist and interact while managing tensions and social justice issues inherent in minority/majority city. Letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Arts Education 20 – Introduction to Community Engagement through Arts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introduction to fields of community engagement and arts education informed by philosophies of progressive education and social justice movements. By looking at community engagement as issue of equity and social justice, examination of basic theories of creativity, artistic development, and community partnership, and history, philosophies, politics, and sociocultural trends of community engagement in American society. Attendance at UCLA arts presentations and introduction to creative process. Readings and discussions to understand community engagement and arts education as crucial elements of comprehensive education, with emphasis on writing process, including regular writing assignments that require students to read, analyze, critique, and evaluate community arts practices and arts education scholarship. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Political Science M115C – Citizenship and Public Service. (Same as Community Engagement and Social Change M115.) Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Recommended requisite: course 10. Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of ways in which political thinkers have conceived of ideas of citizenship and public service, how these ideas have changed over time, and frameworks for thinking about citizenship in era of markets and globalization. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Digital Humanities 30 – Los Angeles Tech City: Digital Technologies and Spatial Justice. Lecture, two and one half hours; studio, two hours. Investigation of spatial justice and injustice in multi-ethnic city of Los Angeles through Lens of three thematic technologies that built and transformed Los Angeles into global metropolis: cars and highways, networking technologies culminating in Internet and World Wide Web, and film and broadcast media. Use of innovative forms of investigation and communication, from digital mapping to video-sensing, to integrate interpretative and historical approaches of humanities with material and projective practices of design. Letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Economics 5 – Economics for Everyone. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to models and tools used by economists in practical real-world context. Study of important topical issues such as inequality, health care, and environmental policies. Students learn about available data sources and become better equipped to understand current events. May not be used to fulfill entrance requirements for any Economics Department major. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Political Science 60 – Ethics and Governance. Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). To study question of can’t we all just get along, students play games of cooperation, coordination, collaboration, and competition and examine whether and how diversity, disagreement, and democracy influence game play, to understand under what conditions diversity feeds productively or counterproductively into group effort. Development of self- and other-awareness of emergent properties of disagreement to appreciate how different kinds of social organization promote or undercut social cognition and collective action. Such understanding needs to develop bottom-up through experiential and interactive learning, active and analytical learning, systems thinking, and real-world application. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Education 10 – Introduction to Educational Issues and Scholarship. Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Introduction to broad landscape of public education in U.S. Intended for those interested in educational research, policy, or teaching in both formal and informal educational contexts. Readings highlight work of educational researchers from UCLA’s Department of Education, especially ways their scholarship intersects with policy and practice. Students work in groups to identify real-life problem affecting public education in Los Angeles. Study of this problem from multiple perspectives. Conceptualization of socially-just solution. Letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Sociology 2B – Social Knowledge and Social Power. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. History of social knowledge and social power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Everyday ideas and practices about human nature, common sense, and community and relation of those practices to social thought, social engineering, and social science. Themes include development of social knowledges through public activities and discourses; how social knowledge differs in agricultural, mercantile, industrial, and information-based political economies; and how social science addresses these issues. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Gender Studies 10 – Introduction to Gender Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to key concepts in study of sex and gender. Exploration of topics such as gender socialization, body image, sexualities, masculinities, and women’s subordination. Special emphasis on interaction of gender with other identity markers such as race, nation, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and other differences. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

World Arts and Culture 33 – Colonialisms and Resistance. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of indigenous worldviews as they are expressed through art, mythology, ritual, health practice, languages, and ecology. With examples spanning globe, consideration of issues of colonialism, tradition, religious change, and legal and social implications of epistemological differences between people. Examination of critical perspectives on social development, historical progress, and intellectual assimilation. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

World Arts and Culture M79 – Food Politics: Cultural Solutions to Political Problems. (Formerly numbered 79.) (Same as Food Studies M79.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of issues of environmental and public health effects of intensive and extensive agriculture, influence of corporations on government, animal ethics, food deserts and urban gardening, and food insecurity. Focus on representation of such issues in documentaries, public lectures, memoirs, novels, and visual art, as well as on initiatives to address such problems through policy and activism. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Environment 12 – Sustainability and Environment. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to sustainability with emphasis on environmental component, including Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological processes as related to resource demands and management. Examination of application of scientific method in helping to understand and solve sustainability problems. Case studies illustrating how natural and social scientists work on environmental sustainability issues. Focus on global climate change, biodiversity, pollution, and water and energy resources presented in context of creating sustainable human society that is environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially just and equitable. Letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

POL SCI 122C – Global Catastrophic Risk: Clash of Science, Politics and Ethics. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Global catastrophic risks pose challenge to modern civilization because of their superhuman extension in space, time, and knowledge realm. Their reach is global; their impact is long-term; and their comprehension is complex. Human interests and outlooks are local, regional, and national as well as egoistical, particularistic, and tribal. Overlapping generations spell intergenerational conflicts among living—young, middle-aged, and old—and between ancestors and descendants. Deeply and variably specialized experts struggle to communicate across scientific disciplines, across natural and human sciences, and across pure and applied sciences—only to hit brick wall in their communications with lay public, which is variously represented by elected politicians, appointed bureaucrats, organized interest groups, and fluid social movements. Study of ensuing clash of science. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2022

Biomedical Research 1A – Science in Your Time. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of current topics in biology from media sources like news organizations and TED Talks, tracing information back to primary research. Students learn to critically evaluate primary sources. Discussion of bias in system producing primary research from undergraduate education through tenured faculty, and medicine and national science funding (National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation). Addresses lack of Black and Latinx representation and its impact on science valued by current system. Letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Environment 12 – Sustainability and Environment. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to sustainability with emphasis on environmental component, including Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological processes as related to resource demands and management. Examination of application of scientific method in helping to understand and solve sustainability problems. Case studies illustrating how natural and social scientists work on environmental sustainability issues. Focus on global climate change, biodiversity, pollution, and water and energy resources presented in context of creating sustainable human society that is environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially just and equitable. Letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Environment 25 – Good Food for Everyone: Health, Sustainability, and Culture. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Good food is healthy, sustainably produced, and culturally meaningful. Introduction to basic concepts and history of food systems, food science and nutrition, fair and sustainable food production, natural resources and environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity, agriculture and food policy and law, food distribution and access, cultural identity and artistic engagements with food. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences AOS1 – Climate Change: from Puzzle to Policy. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Overview of fundamentals of Earth’s climate, including greenhouse effect, water and chemical cycles, outstanding features of atmospheric and ocean circulation, and feedback between different system components. Exciting and contentious scientific puzzles of climate system, including causes of ice ages, greenhouse warming, and el niño. Importance of climate science and prediction to society, with emphasis on science’s role in identifying, qualifying, and solving environmental problems such as ozone hole and greenhouse warming. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Environment 12 – Sustainability and Environment. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to sustainability with emphasis on environmental component, including Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological processes as related to resource demands and management. Examination of application of scientific method in helping to understand and solve sustainability problems. Case studies illustrating how natural and social scientists work on environmental sustainability issues. Focus on global climate change, biodiversity, pollution, and water and energy resources presented in context of creating sustainable human society that is environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially just and equitable. Letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

Environment 25 – Good Food for Everyone: Health, Sustainability, and Culture. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Good food is healthy, sustainably produced, and culturally meaningful. Introduction to basic concepts and history of food systems, food science and nutrition, fair and sustainable food production, natural resources and environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity, agriculture and food policy and law, food distribution and access, cultural identity and artistic engagements with food. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: January 2022

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1 – Introduction to Black Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction of methods, theories, conceptual frameworks, and key debates in black studies. Interrogation of how race structures notions of identity and meaning of blackness in relation to class, gender, and sexuality; essential role of African people in development of capitalism, liberalism, and democracy; what various disciplinary lenses and epistemologies (history, literature, sociology, geography, cultural studies, political theory, philosophy, etc.) reveal about experiences of black people in modern world. Key thinkers and ideas from across humanities and social sciences are highlighted. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 30W – Asian American Literature and Culture. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 30. Multidisciplinary introduction to Asian American literature and cultural production, with examination of some combination of novels, short stories, poetry, drama, performance, film, visual art, music, and/or new media. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ASIAN M61 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism. (Same as Religion M61.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Introduction to Zen traditions and to interplay between Zen and other fundamental cultural and religious concerns in East Asia. Topics include role of Zen within Buddhist thought and practice, artistic and literary arts, society, and daily life. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES 91 – Culture and Society in Central and Eastern Europe. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary introduction to main themes and concepts of Central and East European studies, including historical background, nation states and ethnic groups, and languages spoken in area. Focus on politics, society, and culture in communist and early post-communist periods: party control and dissidence; national economic planning and private entrepreneurship; atheist education and state religion; politically engaged literature, mass media, and freedom of expression; sports, visual and performing arts, and nationalism. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CHICANO 10A – Introduction to Chicana/Chicano Studies. (Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 10A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary survey of diverse historical experiences, cultural factors, and ethnic/racial paradigms, including indigenousness, gender, sexuality, language, and borders, that help shape Chicana/Chicano identities. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CHINESE 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLASSICS 30 – Classical Mythology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to myths and legends of ancient Greece and/or Rome, role of those stories in their societies, and modern approaches to studying them. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20A – Race and Indigeneity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 20A is enforced requisite to 20B, which is enforced requisite to 20CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20B – Race and Indigeneity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 20A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20CW – Race and Indigeneity in U.S. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 20B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Consideration of how experience, debates, and issues of race are represented and understood in historical, legal, cinematic, and literary contexts. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore–Special Topics. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73A – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 73A is enforced requisite to 73B, which is enforced requisite to 73CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73B – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 73A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73CW – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 73B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include mental illness, neuroscience in popular culture, and neuroscience of decision making. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M27B – Global Islam. (Formerly numbered 27B.) (Same as Islamic Studies M27B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M27A. Introduction to Islam, immensely diverse global tradition which is second largest religion. Study of Islam and Muslims within framework of study of global religious traditions and emphasis on profound diversity of localized belief and practice found across world. Examination of Islam’s evolution across 15 centuries, from late antiquity–when it emerged as localized religion in Central Arabia–to modern era where it is practice from U.S. to Indonesia. Concentration on broad analytical categories in study of religion such as text, culture, history, and prophecy. Students transition to more complex analyses through chronological overview of Islamic history. Study also of case studies of Muslim global networks in arenas such as art, music, literature, and political thought. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71A – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71B – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ENGLISH 100 – Ways of Reading Race. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: English Composition 3. Introduction to interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity, with primary focus on literature. Through examination of institutions that form understanding of race–citizenship, nationalism, class, gender, and labor–interrogation of how we come to think of ourselves and others as having race, and effects of such racialized thinking. Course is not about any particular racial or ethnic group, but highlights creation of ethnic categories and their effects on cultural production. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ENGLISH 11 – Introduction to American Cultures. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: English Composition 3, English 4W or 4HW or 4WS. Exploration of question of what is meant by America, and hence what is meant by American culture and American studies. Addresses concepts of origins (real or imagined beginnings of cultural formations), identities (narratives of people and places), and media (creative process as manifest in aesthetic forms, artistic movements, and information systems). P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ETHNOMUSCIOLOGY 40 – Music and Religion. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of nature, role, and power of music in religious rituals around world, covering music and ritual of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as religious traditions of Native Americans and syncretic religious practices in Americas such as African American gospel music, Brazilian Candomble, Cuban Santería, and Haitian vodoun. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

GENDER STUDIES M114 – Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies. (Same as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies M114.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to history, politics, culture, and scientific study of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered, and queer people; examination of sexuality and gender as categories for investigation; interdisciplinary theories and research on minority sexualities and genders. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

GERMAN 102 – War, Politics, Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Taught in English. Analysis of interrelationship between politics, social conditions, and arts with respect to war. World Wars I and II and German history to be used as model for principal questions of society and philosophical thinking. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HISTORY 9A – Introduction to Asian Civilizations: History of India. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introductory survey for beginning students of major cultural, social, and political ideas, traditions, and institutions of Indic civilization. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M115 – Islam and Other Religions. (Same as Islamic Studies M115.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Students gain familiarity with historical cases and modes of interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims in plural societies. Consideration of axis questions such as how does Qur’an reflect religious plurality; how does it situate Islam vis-à-vis its alternatives; what encounters did rapid expansion of Islam bring about in diverse societies; how did Islam and other religions change through debate, war, and exchange of ideas; what roles has political power played in conditioning interreligious interaction; how have conversion and hybridity affected what it means to be Muslim; what is different about interreligious interactions in secular states and societies; and how is past invoked to justify opinions and policies today. Investigation of these questions by conducting microstudies: close readings of sources through theoretical lens. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M50 – Origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. (Same as Ancient Near East M50B and Middle Eastern Studies M50B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of three major monotheisms of Western cultures–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–historically and comparatively. Development, teachings, and ritual practices of each tradition up to and including medieval period. Composition and development of various sacred texts, highlighting key themes and ideas within different historical and literary strata of traditions, such as mechanisms of revelation, struggle for religious authority, and common theological issues such as origin of evil and status of nonbelievers. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M60D – Religion in Classical India: Introduction. (Same as South Asian M60.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to religions of classical India–Vedic, Brahmanical, Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist–paying equal attention to change and continuity, with emphasis on chronological development. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RUSSIAN 90A – Introduction to Russian Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to Russian culture and society from earliest times to 1917. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

SCANDINAVIAN 50 – Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Designed for students in general and for those wishing to prepare for more advanced and specialized studies in Scandinavian literature and culture. Selected works from literatures of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, ranging from myth, national epic, saga, and folktale through modern novel, poem, play, short story, and film, read in English and critically discussed. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

SCANDINAVIAN 50W – Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Designed for students in general and for those wishing to prepare for more advanced and specialized studies in Scandinavian literature and culture. Selected works from literatures of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, ranging from myth, national epic, saga, and folktale through modern novel, poem, play, short story, and film, read in English and critically discussed. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

SPANISH 42 – Iberian Cultures. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Required of majors. Lectures taught in English; discussion sections taught in either Spanish or English. Highlights of civilization of Spain, with emphasis on artistic, economic, social, and historical development as background for upper-division courses. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

WORLD ARTS AND CULTURES 51W – Aliens, Psychics and Ghosts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3. Combination of approaches of discourse analysis and scientific method to understand how people make sense of other people’s stories of aliens, psychics, and ghosts. Exploration of how people come to believe what they do about human life, life after death, and other-than-human life. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

YIDDISH 10 – From Old World to New: Becoming Modern as Reflected in Yiddish Cinema and Literature. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Use of media of Yiddish cinema (classic films and documentaries) as primary focal points to examine ways in which one heritage culture, that of Ashkenazic Jews, adapted to forces of modernity (urbanization, immigration, radical social movements, assimilation, and destructive organized anti-Semitism) from late-19th century to present. Exploration of transformational themes in depth through viewing of selected films, readings, research and weekly papers, and in-class discussions. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

APPLIED LINGUISTICS 30W – Language and Social Interaction. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 30. Exploration of range of topics related to study of language and social interaction in both mundane and professional settings, particularly how language affects social lives and how social organization affects use of language. Topics include different approaches to study of language in social interaction (theories and research methodologies), issues regarding language and social identity (such as socioeconomic status, race, gender, and situational identity), and issues concerning language and culture (such as cross-cultural misunderstanding and language socialization). Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ASIAN 30 – Languages and Cultures of Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Comparative perspective on Asian languages, with emphasis on three major East Asian languages–Chinese, Japanese, and Korean–to show what they share and how they differ in terms of linguistic features, historical development, and larger cultural settings in which these three languages are used. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CHICANO 10A – Introduction to Chicana/Chicano Studies. (Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 10A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary survey of diverse historical experiences, cultural factors, and ethnic/racial paradigms, including indigenousness, gender, sexuality, language, and borders, that help shape Chicana/Chicano identities. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CHINESE 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore–Special Topics. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73A – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 73A is enforced requisite to 73B, which is enforced requisite to 73CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73B – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 73A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73CW – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 73B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include mental illness, neuroscience in popular culture, and neuroscience of decision making. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HONORS COLLEGIUM 78 – Science and Religion from Copernicus to Darwinism. Seminar, three hours. Are science and religion incompatible? It appears so, but struggles of scientists such as Darwin, Galileo, and Newton tell far richer story. Sometimes supporting each other, sometimes in competition, science and religion were, and remain, in constant dialog. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ISLAMIC STUDIES M20 – Introduction to Islam. (Formerly numbered M110.) (Same as Religion M20.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Genesis of Islam, its doctrines, and practices, with readings from Qur’an and Hadith; schools of law and theology; piety and Sufism; reform and modernism. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

KOREAN M60 – Introduction to Korean Religions. (Same as Religion M60C.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. General survey of history of religions in Korea–Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Tonghak, and some new religions–with focus on religious doctrines, practices, Korean characteristics, and social impacts. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M60D – Religion in Classical India: Introduction. (Same as South Asian M60.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to religions of classical India–Vedic, Brahmanical, Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist–paying equal attention to change and continuity, with emphasis on chronological development. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ART 31C – Modernism and Its Discontents. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; field trips, three hours. Art majors should complete courses 31A, 31B, and 31C in sequence in first year. Continued impact of modernist ideas from 1960s to present, covering shift from modernist to postmodernist practices and theories. Examination of critiques of modernism drawing from emancipatory movements and poststructuralist, feminist, queer, performance, postcolonial, and critical race theory. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CHICANO 10A – Introduction to Chicana/Chicano Studies. (Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 10A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary survey of diverse historical experiences, cultural factors, and ethnic/racial paradigms, including indigenousness, gender, sexuality, language, and borders, that help shape Chicana/Chicano identities. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20A – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 20A is enforced requisite to 20B, which is enforced requisite to 20CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20B – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 20A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20CW – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 20B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Consideration of how experience, debates, and issues of race are represented and understood in historical, legal, cinematic, and literary contexts. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ETHNOMUSCIOLOGY 40 – Music and Religion. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of nature, role, and power of music in religious rituals around world, covering music and ritual of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as religious traditions of Native Americans and syncretic religious practices in Americas such as African American gospel music, Brazilian Candomble, Cuban Santería, and Haitian vodoun. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

MUSICOLOGY M73 – Music and Religion in Popular Culture. (Formerly numbered Music History M73.) (Same as Ethnomusicology M73.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of popular music in religious traditions since the 1970s. Growth of music in Jewish denominations, including Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative, and Christian contemporary music, from evangelical to cross-over artists performing in mainstream. Credit for both courses M73 and M173 not allowed. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1 – Introduction to Black Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction of methods, theories, conceptual frameworks, and key debates in black studies. Interrogation of how race structures notions of identity and meaning of blackness in relation to class, gender, and sexuality; essential role of African people in development of capitalism, liberalism, and democracy; what various disciplinary lenses and epistemologies (history, literature, sociology, geography, cultural studies, political theory, philosophy, etc.) reveal about experiences of black people in modern world. Key thinkers and ideas from across humanities and social sciences are highlighted. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ANCIENT NEAR EAST 14W – Medicine, Magic, and Science in Ancient Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Overview of history of medicine and sciences, focusing especially on ANCIENT NEAR EAST, China, and Meso-America. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ANCIENT NEAR EAST 15 – Women and Power in the Ancient World. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 15W. Examination of how feminine power confronts masculine dominance within complex social systems in ancient world. To gain political power, some female rulers used their sexuality to gain access to important men. Other women gained their position as regents and helpers of masculine kings who were too young to rule. Others denied their femininity in dress and manner, effectively androgynizing themselves or pretending to be men so that their femininity would not be obstacle to political rule. Many women only gained throne at end of dynasties after male line had run out entirely, or in midst of civil war when patrilineal successions were in disarray. Women were sometimes only effective leaders left in drawn-out battles against imperial aggression. No women were able to gain reigns of power through their bloodlines alone. Women’s power was compromised from outset. Examination of root causes and results of this political inequality. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ANCIENT NEAR EAST 15W – Women and Power in the Ancient World. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 15. Examination of how feminine power confronts masculine dominance within complex social systems in ancient world. To gain political power, some female rulers used their sexuality to gain access to important men. Other women gained their position as regents and helpers of masculine kings who were too young to rule. Others denied their femininity in dress and manner, effectively androgynizing themselves or pretending to be men so that their femininity would not be obstacle to political rule. Many women only gained throne at end of dynasties after male line had run out entirely, or in midst of civil war when patrilineal successions were in disarray. No women were able to gain reigns of power through their bloodlines alone. Women’s power was compromised from outset. Examination of root causes and results of this political inequality. Satisfies Writing II requirement. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CHINESE 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20A – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 20A is enforced requisite to 20B, which is enforced requisite to 20CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20B – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 20A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20CW – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 20B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Consideration of how experience, debates, and issues of race are represented and understood in historical, legal, cinematic, and literary contexts. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore–Special Topics. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M27B – Global Islam. (Formerly numbered 27B.) (Same as Islamic Studies M27B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M27A. Introduction to Islam, immensely diverse global tradition which is second largest religion. Study of Islam and Muslims within framework of study of global religious traditions and emphasis on profound diversity of localized belief and practice found across world. Examination of Islam’s evolution across 15 centuries, from late antiquity–when it emerged as localized religion in Central Arabia–to modern era where it is practice from U.S. to Indonesia. Concentration on broad analytical categories in study of religion such as text, culture, history, and prophecy. Students transition to more complex analyses through chronological overview of Islamic history. Study also of case studies of Muslim global networks in arenas such as art, music, literature, and political thought. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71A – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71B – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

GERMAN 102 – War, Politics, Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Taught in English. Analysis of interrelationship between politics, social conditions, and arts with respect to war. World Wars I and II and German history to be used as model for principal questions of society and philosophical thinking. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HISTORY 2C – Religion, Occult, and Science: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in Western Tradition, 1000 to 1600. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Specific aspects of elite and popular culture in medieval and early modern Europe. Manner in which men and women sought to explain, order, and escape terrors of their lives by embracing transcendental religious experiences and dreaming of apocalypse and witchcraft. Examination of experiences in context of genesis of the state, birth of a new science, and economic and social change. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HISTORY 9A – Introduction to Asian Civilizations: History of India. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introductory survey for beginning students of major cultural, social, and political ideas, traditions, and institutions of Indic civilization. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HISTORY M4 – History of Religion. (Same as Religion M4.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Comparative study of eight major religious traditions, with emphasis on their beginnings and subsequent decisive changes in their respective historical developments and interactions. Equips students with intellectual tools necessary for thinking analytically, empathetically, and comparatively about fascinating human phenomena identified as religious, such as sacred acts, places, words, and persons in their varied historical contexts. Development of student skills in critical thinking, analyzing documents, and making persuasive arguments based on historical evidence. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HONORS COLLEGIUM 78 – Science and Religion from Copernicus to Darwinism. Seminar, three hours. Are science and religion incompatible? It appears so, but struggles of scientists such as Darwin, Galileo, and Newton tell far richer story. Sometimes supporting each other, sometimes in competition, science and religion were, and remain, in constant dialog. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ISLAMIC STUDIES M20 – Introduction to Islam. (Formerly numbered M110.) (Same as Religion M20.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Genesis of Islam, its doctrines, and practices, with readings from Qur’an and Hadith; schools of law and theology; piety and Sufism; reform and modernism. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

KOREAN M60 – Introduction to Korean Religions. (Same as Religion M60C.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. General survey of history of religions in Korea–Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Tonghak, and some new religions–with focus on religious doctrines, practices, Korean characteristics, and social impacts. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

MUSICOLOGY M73 – Music and Religion in Popular Culture. (Formerly numbered Music History M73.) (Same as Ethnomusicology M73.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of popular music in religious traditions since the 1970s. Growth of music in Jewish denominations, including Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative, and Christian contemporary music, from evangelical to cross-over artists performing in mainstream. Credit for both courses M73 and M173 not allowed. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M4 – Intro to History of Religions. (Same as History M4.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Comparative study of eight major religious traditions, with emphasis on their beginnings and subsequent decisive changes in their respective historical developments and interactions. Equips students with intellectual tools necessary for thinking analytically, empathetically, and comparatively about fascinating human phenomena identified as religious, such as sacred acts, places, words, and persons in their varied historical contexts. Development of student skills in critical thinking, analyzing documents, and making persuasive arguments based on historical evidence. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M40 – Christianities East and West. (Same as Slavic M40.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of three major historical branches of Christianity–Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism, contrasting how history, dogma, culture, and community structures develop in those three traditions. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M50 – Origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. (Same as ANCIENT NEAR EAST M50B and Middle Eastern Studies M50B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of three major monotheisms of Western cultures–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–historically and comparatively. Development, teachings, and ritual practices of each tradition up to and including medieval period. Composition and development of various sacred texts, highlighting key themes and ideas within different historical and literary strata of traditions, such as mechanisms of revelation, struggle for religious authority, and common theological issues such as origin of evil and status of nonbelievers. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

SOUTHEAST ASIAN 50 – Southeast Asian Societies and Cultures. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. General introduction to varied and diverse region of Southeast Asia. Designed to acquaint students with broad themes that characterize societies, cultures, and civilizations of this vitally important part of globe. Study of historical trajectories that have led eleven countries of region to present situations. Emphasis on examinations of these societies and important contemporary issues relating to geography, topography, politics, culture, literature, gender issues, religion, human rights, and environment. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

SPANISH 44 – Latin American Cultures. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Required of majors. Lectures taught in English; discussion sections taught in either Spanish or English. Highlights of civilization of Spanish America, with emphasis on artistic, economic, social, and historical development as background for upper-division courses. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1 – Introduction to Black Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction of methods, theories, conceptual frameworks, and key debates in black studies. Interrogation of how race structures notions of identity and meaning of blackness in relation to class, gender, and sexuality; essential role of African people in development of capitalism, liberalism, and democracy; what various disciplinary lenses and epistemologies (history, literature, sociology, geography, cultural studies, political theory, philosophy, etc.) reveal about experiences of black people in modern world. Key thinkers and ideas from across humanities and social sciences are highlighted. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ANTHROPOLOGY 3 – Culture and Society. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; fieldwork. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. Introduction to study of culture and society in comparative perspective. Examples from societies around world to illustrate basic principles of formation, structure, and distribution of human institutions. Of special concern is contribution and knowledge that cultural diversity makes toward understanding problems of modern world. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ANTHROPOLOGY 4 – Culture and Communication. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. Introduction to study of communication from anthropological perspective. Formal linguistic methods compared with ethnographically oriented methods focused on context-bound temporal unfolding of communicative activities. Topics include language in everyday life and ritual events, socialization, literacy, multilingualism, miscommunication, political discourse, and art-making as cultural activity. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

APPLIED LINGUISTICS 30W – Language and Social Interaction. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 30. Exploration of range of topics related to study of language and social interaction in both mundane and professional settings, particularly how language affects social lives and how social organization affects use of language. Topics include different approaches to study of language in social interaction (theories and research methodologies), issues regarding language and social identity (such as socioeconomic status, race, gender, and situational identity), and issues concerning language and culture (such as cross-cultural misunderstanding and language socialization). Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 20 – Contemporary Asian American Communities. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Multidisciplinary introduction to contemporary Asian American populations and communities in U.S. Topics include contemporary immigration, demographic trends, sociocultural, economic, and political issues, and interethnic relations. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 20W – Contemporary Asian American Communities. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 20. Multidisciplinary introduction to contemporary Asian American populations and communities in U.S. Topics include contemporary immigration, demographic trends, sociocultural, economic, and political issues, and interethnic relations. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 50 – Asian American Women. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Overview of history of feminist theory and intersection of gender, class, race/ethnicity from cross-cultural perspectives, with focus on Asian American women’s lived experiences in U.S. Topics include Asian American women’s roles in family life, work, community organization, social change, and cultural creativity. Examination of broader structural forces that affect women in society, such as racialization, immigration, global capitalism, colonialism and postcolonialism, and social movements. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 50W – Asian American Women. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Overview of history of feminist theory and intersection of gender, class, race/ethnicity from cross-cultural perspectives, with focus on Asian American women’s lived experiences in U.S. Topics include Asian American women’s roles in family life, work, community organization, social change, and cultural creativity. Examination of broader structural forces that affect women in society, such as racialization, immigration, global capitalism, colonialism and postcolonialism, and social movements. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLASSICS 30 – Classical Mythology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to myths and legends of ancient Greece and/or Rome, role of those stories in their societies, and modern approaches to studying them. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20A – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 20A is enforced requisite to 20B, which is enforced requisite to 20CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20B – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 20A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of nature and meaning of race in American society through study of history, literature, and law. Consideration, among other topics, of construction of race as social and cultural category among two or more groups and exploration of ways in which race has shaped understanding of American citizenship. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 20CW – Race and Indigenity in U.S. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 20B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Consideration of how experience, debates, and issues of race are represented and understood in historical, legal, cinematic, and literary contexts. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore–Special Topics. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73A – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 73A is enforced requisite to 73B, which is enforced requisite to 73CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73B – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 73A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73CW – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 73B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include mental illness, neuroscience in popular culture, and neuroscience of decision making. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71A – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71B – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ENGLISH 100 – Ways of Reading Race. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: English Composition 3. Introduction to interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity, with primary focus on literature. Through examination of institutions that form understanding of race–citizenship, nationalism, class, gender, and labor–interrogation of how we come to think of ourselves and others as having race, and effects of such racialized thinking. Course is not about any particular racial or ethnic group, but highlights creation of ethnic categories and their effects on cultural production. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

ENGLISH 11 – Introduction to American Cultures. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: English Composition 3, English 4W or 4HW or 4WS. Exploration of question of what is meant by America, and hence what is meant by American culture and American studies. Addresses concepts of origins (real or imagined beginnings of cultural formations), identities (narratives of people and places), and media (creative process as manifest in aesthetic forms, artistic movements, and information systems). P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

GENDER STUDIES M114 – Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies. (Same as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies M114.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to history, politics, culture, and scientific study of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered, and queer people; examination of sexuality and gender as categories for investigation; interdisciplinary theories and research on minority sexualities and genders. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

GERMAN 102 – War, Politics, Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Taught in English. Analysis of interrelationship between politics, social conditions, and arts with respect to war. World Wars I and II and German history to be used as model for principal questions of society and philosophical thinking. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HISTORY 2B – Social Knowledge and Social Power. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. History of social knowledge and social power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Everyday ideas and practices about human nature, common sense, and community and relation of those practices to social thought, social engineering, and social science. Themes include development of social knowledges through public activities and discourses; how social knowledge differs in agricultural, mercantile, industrial, and information-based political economies; and how social science addresses these issues. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HISTORY 2C – Religion, Occult, and Science: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in Western Tradition, 1000 to 1600. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Specific aspects of elite and popular culture in medieval and early modern Europe. Manner in which men and women sought to explain, order, and escape terrors of their lives by embracing transcendental religious experiences and dreaming of apocalypse and witchcraft. Examination of experiences in context of genesis of the state, birth of a new science, and economic and social change. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

MOLECULAR, CELL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 50 – Stem Cell Biology, Politics, and Ethics: Teasing Apart Issues. Lecture, three and one half hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Developmental biology of various types of human stem cells. Important functional differences between embryonic, hematopoietic, and adult stem cells, as well as differences in their biomedical potentials. Discussion of history of debate surrounding embryos, as well as various social, ethical, political, and economic aspects of stem cell research. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

MUSICOLOGY M73 – Music and Religion in Popular Culture. (Formerly numbered Music History M73.) (Same as Ethnomusicology M73.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of popular music in religious traditions since the 1970s. Growth of music in Jewish denominations, including Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative, and Christian contemporary music, from evangelical to cross-over artists performing in mainstream. Credit for both courses M73 and M173 not allowed. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

PUBLIC AFFAIRS 10 – Social Problems and Social Change. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to social scientific approaches to study of social problems and their solutions. Using selected contemporary social problems as cases, and drawing on variety of sources (such as scholarly readings, video clips, and guest speakers), exploration of how social problems and their solutions come to be defined, roles that economic, political, educational, and cultural institutions play in perpetuating or solving social problems, and how individuals, social advocates, and communities can lead or impede social change. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION 11 – Religion in Los Angeles. Lecture, four hours. Introduction to varieties of religious experience in Los Angeles and its environs. Presentations, required readings, and (where possible) site visits to examine selected faiths and spiritual practices throughout Southern California and provide deeper understanding of myriad ways that sacred is made manifest and encountered. Foundational academic orientations within study of religion (anthropological, historical, psychological, sociological, etc.) used as framework to examine and interpret almost unparalleled religious diversity of City of Angels. Recognizing that spiritual traditions are crucial reflection of region’s ever-changing demographics, emphasis on role of ethnicity, gender, nationality, and race in shaping of religious landscape. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION 55 – Spirit of Medicine. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of relationship between medicine, religion, and society; how religion is help or hindrance to health; and what health care might look like beyond biomedical clinic. Examination of historical entwinement of religion, medicine, and society in Western antiquity to early modern period; disentanglement in Enlightenment to early 20th century; and confluence of science, technology, and capitalism in biomedicine compartmentalized from religion today. Conceptualization of rhetorics and epistemplogies of healing–what it means to be healed and how one would know–and put in tension with faith healings and religion-as-medicine, medicine-as-religion, and integrated approaches. Analysis of alternatives to biomedical status quo in theoretical medicine and in health care delivery, with particular attention to questions of justice and holistic care in U.S. and of policy and practice globally. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M107 – Islam in West. (Same as Arabic M107 and Islamic Studies M107.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Acquisition of understanding of basic doctrines and practices of Islam. Survey of history of Islam in West, with focus on U.S. and France. Analysis of issues relevant to growth and development of selected Muslim communities in West. Exposure to diverse expressions of Islam through independent research on Muslim communities and institutions in U.S. Development of strong analytical writing and speaking skills. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M115 – Islam and Other Religions. (Same as Islamic Studies M115.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Students gain familiarity with historical cases and modes of interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims in plural societies. Consideration of axis questions such as how does Qur’an reflect religious plurality; how does it situate Islam vis-à-vis its alternatives; what encounters did rapid expansion of Islam bring about in diverse societies; how did Islam and other religions change through debate, war, and exchange of ideas; what roles has political power played in conditioning interreligious interaction; how have conversion and hybridity affected what it means to be Muslim; what is different about interreligious interactions in secular states and societies; and how is past invoked to justify opinions and policies today. Investigation of these questions by conducting microstudies: close readings of sources through theoretical lens. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date:July 2022

RELIGION M40 – Christianities East and West. (Same as Slavic M40.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of three major historical branches of Christianity–Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism, contrasting how history, dogma, culture, and community structures develop in those three traditions. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

SOCIOLOGY 1 – Intro to Sociology. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of characteristics of social life, processes of social interaction, and tools of sociological investigation. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

SOUTHEAST ASIAN 50 – Southeast Asian Societies and Cultures. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. General introduction to varied and diverse region of Southeast Asia. Designed to acquaint students with broad themes that characterize societies, cultures, and civilizations of this vitally important part of globe. Study of historical trajectories that have led eleven countries of region to present situations. Emphasis on examinations of these societies and important contemporary issues relating to geography, topography, politics, culture, literature, gender issues, religion, human rights, and environment. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

WORLD ARTS AND CULTURES 51W – Aliens, Psychics and Ghosts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3. Combination of approaches of discourse analysis and scientific method to understand how people make sense of other people’s stories of aliens, psychics, and ghosts. Exploration of how people come to believe what they do about human life, life after death, and other-than-human life. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73A – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 73A is enforced requisite to 73B, which is enforced requisite to 73CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73B – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 73A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Drawing on several disciplines including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology, development of interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. Students make connections through interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary and historical understandings of brain structure and function; biological, psychological, and philosophical approaches to memory and learning; neuroscientific and philosophical approaches to consciousness; literary and filmic representations of mental illness and disability; and disability and mad studies critiques of biomedical model of mental illness. Letter grading.

Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS 73CW – Brain, Bodymind, and Society: All in Your Head? Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 73B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics include mental illness, neuroscience in popular culture, and neuroscience of decision making. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71A – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

CLUSTERS M71B – Biotechnology and Society. (Same as Society and Genetics M71B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course M71A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings. Letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

HISTORY 2B – Social Knowledge and Social Power. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. History of social knowledge and social power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Everyday ideas and practices about human nature, common sense, and community and relation of those practices to social thought, social engineering, and social science. Themes include development of social knowledges through public activities and discourses; how social knowledge differs in agricultural, mercantile, industrial, and information-based political economies; and how social science addresses these issues. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

MOLECULAR, CELL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 50 – Stem Cell Biology, Politics, and Ethics: Teasing Apart Issues. Lecture, three and one half hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Developmental biology of various types of human stem cells. Important functional differences between embryonic, hematopoietic, and adult stem cells, as well as differences in their biomedical potentials. Discussion of history of debate surrounding embryos, as well as various social, ethical, political, and economic aspects of stem cell research. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

RELIGION M107 – Islam in West. (Same as Arabic M107 and Islamic Studies M107.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Acquisition of understanding of basic doctrines and practices of Islam. Survey of history of Islam in West, with focus on U.S. and France. Analysis of issues relevant to growth and development of selected Muslim communities in West. Exposure to diverse expressions of Islam through independent research on Muslim communities and institutions in U.S. Development of strong analytical writing and speaking skills. P/NP or letter grading.
Origination Date: July 2022

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CHIN 50W – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40A – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 40A is enforced requisite to 40B, which is enforced requisite to 40CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40B – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 40A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40CW – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 40B. Limited to first-year freshman. In-depth examination of Chinese classic texts and their reimagination in modern times. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25A – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 25A is enforced requisite to 25B, which is enforced requisite to 25CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25B – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 25A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25CW – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 25B. Limited to first-year freshmen. In-depth examination of issues in historical and contemporary East Asian popular culture. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

HIST 11A – History of China: To 1000. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Survey of early history of China–genesis of characteristic Chinese institutions and modes of thought from antiquity to 1000. Focus on social, political, intellectual, and economic aspects of early and middle empires. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

HIST 11AH – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Honors course parallel to course 11A. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

M E STD M50A – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. (Same as Ancient Near East M50A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of great civilizations of ancient Near East–Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia–with attention to emergence of writing, monotheism, and urban societies. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

RELIGN M61–Introduction to Zen Buddhism. (Same as Asian M61.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Introduction to Zen traditions and to interplay between Zen and other fundamental cultural and religious concerns in East Asia. Topics include role of Zen within Buddhist thought and practice, artistic and literary arts, society, and daily life. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CHIN 50W – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40A – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 40A is enforced requisite to 40B, which is enforced requisite to 40CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40B – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 40A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40CW – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 40B. Limited to first-year freshman. In-depth examination of Chinese classic texts and their reimagination in modern times. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

KOREA M60 – Introduction to Korean Religions. (Same as Religion M60C.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. General survey of history of religions in Korea–Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Tonghak, and some new religions–with focus on religious doctrines, practices, Korean characteristics, and social impacts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25A – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 25A is enforced requisite to 25B, which is enforced requisite to 25CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25B – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 25A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25CW – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 25B. Limited to first-year freshmen. In-depth examination of issues in historical and contemporary East Asian popular culture. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

ANTHRO 2 – Archaeology: Introduction. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; one field trip. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. General survey of field and laboratory methods, theory, and major findings of anthropological archaeology, including case-study guest lectures presented by several campus archaeologists. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

AN N EA M60W – Achaemenid Civilization and Empire of Alexander. (Same as History M60W and Iranian M60W.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course M60. Survey of period from circa 600 to 300 BCE, rise and fall of Achaemenid Persia, first world empire of antiquity, which was ended by Alexander the Great, whose campaigns were as transformative as they were violent. Alexander connected ancient Mediterranean and Near East as never before, ushering in new era and forever changing cultural landscape of ancient world. Focus on themes of ancient kingship and political ideology; comparative study of empires; administration and institutions; and religious and ethnic diversity in large, heterogeneous states. Emphasis on diversity critical to understanding political nuances of ancient world. Students gain broad knowledge of Achaemenid and Macedonian empires, facility with ancient primary sources, and development of analytical skills central to discipline of history that allow conceptualizing issues of diversity and othering in ancient world. Satisfies Writing II requirement. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CHIN 50W – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40A – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 40A is enforced requisite to 40B, which is enforced requisite to 40CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40B – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 40A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40CW – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 40B. Limited to first-year freshman. In-depth examination of Chinese classic texts and their reimagination in modern times. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25A – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 25A is enforced requisite to 25B, which is enforced requisite to 25CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25B – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 25A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25CW – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 25B. Limited to first-year freshmen. In-depth examination of issues in historical and contemporary East Asian popular culture. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

GEOG 4 – Globalization: Regional Development and World Economy. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Economic geography explores spatial distribution of all forms of human productive activity at number of geographical scales–local, regional, national, and global. Key theme is impact of increasingly powerful global economic forces on organization of production. P/NP or letter grading. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

HIST 11A – History of China: To 1000. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Survey of early history of China–genesis of characteristic Chinese institutions and modes of thought from antiquity to 1000. Focus on social, political, intellectual, and economic aspects of early and middle empires. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

HIST 11AH – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Honors course parallel to course 11A. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

HIST 11B – History of China, circa 1000 to 2000. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of later history of China–evolution of characteristic Chinese institutions and modes of thought from circa 1000 to 2000. Focus on social, political, intellectual, cultural, and economic aspects of early modern regimes and empires and rise of modern China into contemporary era. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

HIST 11BH – History of China: 1000 to 1950 (Honors). Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Honors course parallel to course 11B. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

I A STD 33 – Introduction to East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Interdisciplinary survey designed as introduction to modern East Asia. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

M E STD M50A – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. (Same as Ancient Near East M50A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of great civilizations of ancient Near East–Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia–with attention to emergence of writing, monotheism, and urban societies. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

RELIGN M61–Introduction to Zen Buddhism. (Same as Asian M61.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Introduction to Zen traditions and to interplay between Zen and other fundamental cultural and religious concerns in East Asia. Topics include role of Zen within Buddhist thought and practice, artistic and literary arts, society, and daily life. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

SEASIAN 50 – Southeast Asian Societies and Cultures. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. General introduction to varied and diverse region of Southeast Asia. Designed to acquaint students with broad themes that characterize societies, cultures, and civilizations of this vitally important part of globe. Study of historical trajectories that have led eleven countries of region to present situations. Emphasis on examinations of these societies and important contemporary issues relating to geography, topography, politics, culture, literature, gender issues, religion, human rights, and environment. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

KOREA 50 – History of Korean Civilization. (Same as Religion M60C.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Korean not required. General survey of development of Korean culture within context of political, social, and economic history. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

KOREA M60 – Introduction to Korean Religions. (Same as Religion M60C.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. General survey of history of religions in Korea–Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Tonghak, and some new religions–with focus on religious doctrines, practices, Korean characteristics, and social impacts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2023

ANTHRO 2 – Archaeology: Introduction. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; one field trip. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. General survey of field and laboratory methods, theory, and major findings of anthropological archaeology, including case-study guest lectures presented by several campus archaeologists. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30B – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 30A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration in depth of particular mythological traditions, aspects of storytelling, role of myth in culture, society, and/or art, and contributions of various disciplines to study of myth. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 30CW – Neverending Stories: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Myth and Folklore. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 30B. Limited to first-year freshmen. Topics may include myth and modern art (including literature, music, and film), myth and ritual, oral tradition and orality, myth and political ideology, myth and science, hero and trickster, and myths of creation. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40A – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 40A is enforced requisite to 40B, which is enforced requisite to 40CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40B – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 40A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics–works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 40CW – Chinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 40B. Limited to first-year freshman. In-depth examination of Chinese classic texts and their reimagination in modern times. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25A – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 25A is enforced requisite to 25B, which is enforced requisite to 25CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25B – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 25A. Limited to first-year freshmen. Comprehensive exploration of historical evolution of popular East Asian urban culture and interrelationship of East Asian politics, social life, and economic and urban cultural expression. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

CLUSTER 25CW – Politics, Society, and Urban Culture in East Asia. Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 25B. Limited to first-year freshmen. In-depth examination of issues in historical and contemporary East Asian popular culture. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 6.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

I A STD 33 – Introduction to East Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Interdisciplinary survey designed as introduction to modern East Asia. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

SEASIAN 50 – Southeast Asian Societies and Cultures. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. General introduction to varied and diverse region of Southeast Asia. Designed to acquaint students with broad themes that characterize societies, cultures, and civilizations of this vitally important part of globe. Study of historical trajectories that have led eleven countries of region to present situations. Emphasis on examinations of these societies and important contemporary issues relating to geography, topography, politics, culture, literature, gender issues, religion, human rights, and environment. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units. 
Origination Date: January 2023

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

M E STD M50A – First Civilizations. (Same as Ancient Near East M50A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of great civilizations of ancient Near East—Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia—with attention to emergence of writing, monotheism, and urban societies. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of the Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 29 – Chinese Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

HIST 8A – Colonial Latin America. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 8AH. General introduction to Latin American history from contact period to independence (1490s to 1820s), with emphasis on convergence of Native American, European, and African cultures in Latin America; issues of ethnicity and gender; development of colonial institutions and societies; and emergence of local and national identities. Readings focus on writings of Latin American men and women from the period studied. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

HIST 9A – Introduction to Asian Civilizations: India. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introductory survey for beginning students of major cultural, social, and political ideas, traditions, and institutions of Indic civilization. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

M20 – Visible Language: Study of Writing. (Same as Indo-European Studies M20, Near Eastern Languages M20, Slavic M20, and Southeast Asian M20.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Consideration of concrete means of language representation in writing systems. Earliest representations of language known are those of Near East dating to end of 4th millennium BC. While literate civilizations of Egypt, Indus Valley, China, and Mesoamerica left little evidence of corresponding earliest developments, their antiquity and, in case of China and Mesoamerica, their evident isolation mark these centers as loci of independent developments in writing. Basic characteristics of early scripts, assessment of modern alphabetic writing systems, and presentation of conceptual basis of semiotic language representation. Origins and development of early non-Western writing systems. How Greco-Roman alphabet arose in 1st millennium BC and how it compares to other modern writing systems. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: June 2023

50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of the Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 29 – Chinese Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 31 – Art of India and Southeast Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: June 2023

M E STD M50A – First Civilizations. (Same as Ancient Near East M50A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of great civilizations of ancient Near East—Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia—with attention to emergence of writing, monotheism, and urban societies. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: June 2023

AN N EA 15W – Women and Power. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 15W. Examination of how feminine power confronts masculine dominance within complex social systems in ancient world. To gain political power, some female rulers used their sexuality to gain access to important men. Other women gained their position as regents and helpers of masculine kings who were too young to rule. Others denied their femininity in dress and manner, effectively androgynizing themselves or pretending to be men so that their femininity would not be obstacle to political rule. Many women only gained throne at end of dynasties after male line had run out entirely, or in midst of civil war when patrilineal successions were in disarray. Women were sometimes only effective leaders left in drawn-out battles against imperial aggression. No women were able to gain reigns of power through their bloodlines alone. Women’s power was compromised from outset. Examination of root causes and results of this political inequality. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ANTHRO 2 – Archaeology: An Introduction. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; one field trip. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. General survey of field and laboratory methods, theory, and major findings of anthropological archaeology, including case-study guest lectures presented by several campus archaeologists. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ARCH&UD 10A – Histories of Architecture and Urbanism I. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration of developments in global architecture and urban design from prehistory to 1600 and critical reflection on terms such as building, architecture, city, history, and culture. Focus on world context, construction and technology, and history of architectural ideas. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

HIST 8A – Colonial Latin America. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 8AH. General introduction to Latin American history from contact period to independence (1490s to 1820s), with emphasis on convergence of Native American, European, and African cultures in Latin America; issues of ethnicity and gender; development of colonial institutions and societies; and emergence of local and national identities. Readings focus on writings of Latin American men and women from the period studied. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

HIST 9A – Introduction to Asian Civilizations: India. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introductory survey for beginning students of major cultural, social, and political ideas, traditions, and institutions of Indic civilization. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

AM IND M10 – Introduction to American Indian Studies. (Same as World Arts and Cultures M23.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; activity, one hour. Survey of selected Native North American cultures from pre-Western contact to contemporary period, with particular emphasis on early cultural diversity and diverse patterns of political, linguistic, social, legal, and cultural change in postcontact period. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units

ANTHRO 2 – Archaeology: An Introduction. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; one field trip. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. General survey of field and laboratory methods, theory, and major findings of anthropological archaeology, including case-study guest lectures presented by several campus archaeologists. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.

ANTHRO 1 – Human Evolution. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. Evolutionary processes and evolutionary past of human species. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: June 2023

ARCHEOL 30 – Science in Archaeology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Archaeology is rapidly developing due to ongoing introduction of new hardware, software, and information dissemination technology. It is multidisciplinary field of study, combining its own research methods and technologies with elements from geology, history, ethnography, geography, material science, statistics, biology, biochemistry, medicine, and others, presenting opportunities not only to obtain new scholarly insights, but also to provide integrated instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills. Use of archaeological data as paradigm in STEM education. Instant practical application of mathematics during surveying, geology during ceramic analysis or geophysical research, biochemistry during archaeological residue analysis, or biology during zooarchaeological or paleoethnobotanical research offers point of departure for instructors as well as motivation to students. P/NP or letter grading. Units 4.0.
Origination Date: June 2023

EE BIOL 10 – Plants and Civilization. Lecture, three hours; demonstration, one hour. Designed for nonmajors. Origin of crop plants; man’s role in development, distribution, and modification of food, fiber, medicinal, and other plants in relation to their natural history. P/NP or letter grading. Units 4.0.
Origination Date: June 2023

ARCHEOL 30 – Science in Archaeology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Archaeology is rapidly developing due to ongoing introduction of new hardware, software, and information dissemination technology. It is multidisciplinary field of study, combining its own research methods and technologies with elements from geology, history, ethnography, geography, material science, statistics, biology, biochemistry, medicine, and others, presenting opportunities not only to obtain new scholarly insights, but also to provide integrated instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills. Use of archaeological data as paradigm in STEM education. Instant practical application of mathematics during surveying, geology during ceramic analysis or geophysical research, biochemistry during archaeological residue analysis, or biology during zooarchaeological or paleoethnobotanical research offers point of departure for instructors as well as motivation to students. P/NP or letter grading. Units 4.0.
Origination Date: June 2023

MAT SCI 33W – Materials Structure and Technologies in Archaeology and Architecture. (Formerly numbered 33.) Seminar, three hours; laboratory, two hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, nine hours. Requisite: English Composition 3. Exploration of three classes of materials and composites, and relationships that exist between structural elements of materials and their properties: vitreous materials, building material binders, and pigments and colorants. Through study of ancient materials and technology in archaeology and architecture, exploration of relationships among processing, structure, properties, and performance for: vitreous materials—ceramics, frits, and glass; building material binders—aerial lime-based mortars, natural and artificial hydraulic lime/cements and concretes; and pigments and colorants (natural and synthetic organic, inorganic, and organic/inorganic hybrids). Through reverse engineering processing, exploration of ancient engineering materials (their micro/nano structure and physical, chemical, and mechanical properties), and their durability and sustainability as time-proven examples of technology innovation and/or invention. Letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units.
Origination Date: June 2023

ART HIS 25 – Museum Studies. (Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 22 – Renaissance and Baroque Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 23 – Modern Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 29 – Chinese Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to Chinese art, covering all major periods from Neolithic to modern age. Presentation of monuments as well as artifacts in variety of media in their social and historical contexts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date:January 2024

ART HIS 31 – Art of India and Southeast Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

CLASSIC 51A – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Greek art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

CLASSIC 51B – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Roman art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

ARTS ED 20 – Introduction to Community Engagement through Arts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introduction to fields of community engagement and arts education informed by philosophies of progressive education and social justice movements. By looking at community engagement as issue of equity and social justice, examination of basic theories of creativity, artistic development, and community partnership, and history, philosophies, politics, and sociocultural trends of community engagement in American society. Attendance at UCLA arts presentations and introduction to creative process. Readings and discussions to understand community engagement and arts education as crucial elements of comprehensive education, with emphasis on writing process, including regular writing assignments that require students to read, analyze, critique, and evaluate community arts practices and arts education scholarship. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 22 – Renaissance and Baroque Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 23 – Modern Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 29 – Chinese Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to Chinese art, covering all major periods from Neolithic to modern age. Presentation of monuments as well as artifacts in variety of media in their social and historical contexts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date:January 2024

ART HIS 31 – Art of India and Southeast Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self-consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anticolonialism, and new art and architectural theories. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

CLASSIC 51A – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Greek art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

CLASSIC 51B – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Roman art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

DESMA 9 – Art, Science, and Technology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration and survey of cultural impact of scientific and cultural innovations, technology-driven art inspired by science, and art/science collaborative projects. Introduction to vast array of cutting-edge research taking place on campus; scientific guest lecturers. Emphasis on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 23 – Modern Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self-consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anticolonialism, and new art and architectural theories. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ARTS ED 20 – Introduction to Community Engagement through Arts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introduction to fields of community engagement and arts education informed by philosophies of progressive education and social justice movements. By looking at community engagement as issue of equity and social justice, examination of basic theories of creativity, artistic development, and community partnership, and history, philosophies, politics, and sociocultural trends of community engagement in American society. Attendance at UCLA arts presentations and introduction to creative process. Readings and discussions to understand community engagement and arts education as crucial elements of comprehensive education, with emphasis on writing process, including regular writing assignments that require students to read, analyze, critique, and evaluate community arts practices and arts education scholarship. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 25 – Museum Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

ARCHEOL 30 – Science in Archaeology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Archaeology is rapidly developing due to ongoing introduction of new hardware, software, and information dissemination technology. It is multidisciplinary field of study, combining its own research methods and technologies with elements from geology, history, ethnography, geography, material science, statistics, biology, biochemistry, medicine, and others, presenting opportunities not only to obtain new scholarly insights, but also to provide integrated instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills. Use of archaeological data as paradigm in STEM education. Instant practical application of mathematics during surveying, geology during ceramic analysis or geophysical research, biochemistry during archaeological residue analysis, or biology during zooarchaeological or paleoethnobotanical research offers point of departure for instructors as well as motivation to students. P/NP or letter grading. Units 4.0.
Origination Date: January 2024

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

AN N EA M50A – First Civilizations. (Same as Middle Eastern Studies M50A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of great civilizations of ancient Near East–Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia–with attention to emergence of writing, monotheism, and urban societies. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

AN N EA M130 – Ancient Egyptian Religion. (Same as Religion M132.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to religious beliefs, practices, and sentiments of ancient Egypt to study Egyptian religion as coherent system of thought and sphere of action that once served as meaningful and relevant framework for understanding physical reality and human life for inhabitants of Nile Valley. General principles as well as developments through time (circa 3000 BC to 300 CE). Topics include mythology, temple and cult, magic, and personal piety. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

ANTHRO M67W – Making and Studying Modern Middle East. (Same as Middle Eastern Studies M50CW.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Survey of modern Middle Eastern cultures through readings and films from Middle East and North Africa. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 25 – Museum Studies. (Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 22 – Renaissance and Baroque Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 23 – Modern Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 29 – Chinese Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to Chinese art, covering all major periods from Neolithic to modern age. Presentation of monuments as well as artifacts in variety of media in their social and historical contexts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 31 – Art of India and Southeast Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

CLASSIC 20 – Discovering Romans. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Latin not required. Study of Roman life and culture from time of city’s legendary foundations to end of classical antiquity. Readings focus on selections from works of ancient authors in translation. Lectures illustrated with images of art, architecture, and material culture. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

CLASSIC 51A – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Greek art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

CLASSIC 51B – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Roman art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

AN N EA M130 – Ancient Egyptian Religion. (Same as Religion M132.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to religious beliefs, practices, and sentiments of ancient Egypt to study Egyptian religion as coherent system of thought and sphere of action that once served as meaningful and relevant framework for understanding physical reality and human life for inhabitants of Nile Valley. General principles as well as developments through time (circa 3000 BC to 300 CE). Topics include mythology, temple and cult, magic, and personal piety. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

ARTS ED 20 – Introduction to Community Engagement through Arts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introduction to fields of community engagement and arts education informed by philosophies of progressive education and social justice movements. By looking at community engagement as issue of equity and social justice, examination of basic theories of creativity, artistic development, and community partnership, and history, philosophies, politics, and sociocultural trends of community engagement in American society. Attendance at UCLA arts presentations and introduction to creative process. Readings and discussions to understand community engagement and arts education as crucial elements of comprehensive education, with emphasis on writing process, including regular writing assignments that require students to read, analyze, critique, and evaluate community arts practices and arts education scholarship. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

ART 31A – Rise of Modernism in Global Context. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; field trips, three hours. Examination of global forces underlying development of modernist thought on art and society from mid-19th through early-20th centuries. Exploration of origins, development, theory, and practice of modernism in context of colonialism and industrialization. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 22 – Renaissance and Baroque Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 23 – Modern Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 27 – Art and Architecture of Ancient Americas. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 29 – Chinese Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to Chinese art, covering all major periods from Neolithic to modern age. Presentation of monuments as well as artifacts in variety of media in their social and historical contexts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 31 – Art of India and Southeast Asia. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self-consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anticolonialism, and new art and architectural theories. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

CLASSIC 51A – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Greek art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

CLASSIC 51B – Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of major period, theme, or medium of Roman art and archaeology at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

DESMA 9 – Art, Science, and Technology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration and survey of cultural impact of scientific and cultural innovations, technology-driven art inspired by science, and art/science collaborative projects. Introduction to vast array of cutting-edge research taking place on campus; scientific guest lecturers. Emphasis on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 20 – Ancient Art. Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 23 – Modern Art. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 24 – Architecture in Modern World. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of architectural history through examination of built world of past two centuries. Building technologies and forms of economic, social, and political life have produced modern built environment that is both diverse and increasingly connected. Focus on factors that have affected architecture globally and those that give regions, cultures, and historical periods their particular qualities. Topics include architectural and urban ramifications of modern self-consciousness, nationalism and internationalism, industrialism, colonialism and anticolonialism, and new art and architectural theories. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 30 – Arts of Japan. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

AF AMER M10A – History of Africa to 1800. (Same as History M10A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of development of African societies from earliest times to late 18th century. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

AN N EA M50A – First Civilizations. (Same as Middle Eastern Studies M50A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of great civilizations of ancient Near East–Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia–with attention to emergence of writing, monotheism, and urban societies. Letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

CHIN 50 – Chinese Civilization. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50W. Knowledge of Chinese not required. Introduction to most important aspects of Chinese culture. Topics include early Chinese civilization, historical development of Chinese society, issues of ethnicity, Chinese language and philosophy, and early scientific and technological innovation. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

CLASSIC 20 – Discovering Romans. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Latin not required. Study of Roman life and culture from time of city’s legendary foundations to end of classical antiquity. Readings focus on selections from works of ancient authors in translation. Lectures illustrated with images of art, architecture, and material culture. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

ARTS ED 20 – Introduction to Community Engagement through Arts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introduction to fields of community engagement and arts education informed by philosophies of progressive education and social justice movements. By looking at community engagement as issue of equity and social justice, examination of basic theories of creativity, artistic development, and community partnership, and history, philosophies, politics, and sociocultural trends of community engagement in American society. Attendance at UCLA arts presentations and introduction to creative process. Readings and discussions to understand community engagement and arts education as crucial elements of comprehensive education, with emphasis on writing process, including regular writing assignments that require students to read, analyze, critique, and evaluate community arts practices and arts education scholarship. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 25 – Museum Studies. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ART HIS 28 – Arts of Africa. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to arts and architecture of Africa. Examination of social and historical contexts of their production. Introduction to body of information within framework of conceptual problem through series of case studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

AM IND M10 – Introduction to American Indian Studies. (Same as World Arts and Cultures M23.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; activity, one hour. Survey of selected Native North American cultures from pre-Western contact to contemporary period, with particular emphasis on early cultural diversity and diverse patterns of political, linguistic, social, legal, and cultural change in postcontact period. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ARCHEOL 30 – Science in Archaeology. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Archaeology is rapidly developing due to ongoing introduction of new hardware, software, and information dissemination technology. It is multidisciplinary field of study, combining its own research methods and technologies with elements from geology, history, ethnography, geography, material science, statistics, biology, biochemistry, medicine, and others, presenting opportunities not only to obtain new scholarly insights, but also to provide integrated instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills. Use of archaeological data as paradigm in STEM education. Instant practical application of mathematics during surveying, geology during ceramic analysis or geophysical research, biochemistry during archaeological residue analysis, or biology during zooarchaeological or paleoethnobotanical research offers point of departure for instructors as well as motivation to students. P/NP or letter grading. Units 4.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

EPS SCI 20 – Natural History of Southern California. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, three hours; five field weekends. Identification, distribution, diversity of native plants and communities; identification and interpretation of rocks, minerals, and geologic features and geologic history of physiographic regions of Southern California. Emphasis on field-based learning. P/NP or letter grading. Units 5.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

EE BIOL 10 – Plants and Civilization. Lecture, three hours; demonstration, one hour. Designed for nonmajors. Origin of crop plants; man’s role in development, distribution, and modification of food, fiber, medicinal, and other plants in relation to their natural history. P/NP or letter grading. Units 4.0.
Origination Date: April 2024

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

LING 3 – American Sign Language: Culture and Structure. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) not required. Introduction to principles of linguistics through study of structure of American Sign Language and culture of deaf Americans. Phonology, morphology, syntax of ASL, historical change, signed language universals, education, identity, and ASL literature. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

Span/Port 46 – Brazil and the Portuguese Speaking World Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Taught in English. Topical analysis of cultural history of Brazil in context of Portuguese-speaking world, with emphasis on comparative, trans-Atlantic relations, social development, and artistic manifestations. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

LING 1 – Introduction to Study of Language. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Summary, for general undergraduates, of what is known about human language; unique nature of human language, its structure, its universality, and its diversity; language in its social and cultural setting; language in relation to other aspects of human inquiry and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

LING 3 – American Sign Language: Culture and Structure. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) not required. Introduction to principles of linguistics through study of structure of American Sign Language and culture of deaf Americans. Phonology, morphology, syntax of ASL, historical change, signed language universals, education, identity, and ASL literature. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

LING 20 – Introduction to Linguistic Analysis. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Introduction to theory and methods of linguistics: universal properties of human language; phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic structures and analysis; nature and form of grammar. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

LING 11 – the Scientific Language Study of Language and Society. Proposed Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

CHIN 30 – Chinese Language, Culture, and Society.Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Recommended preparation: one to two years of college-level Chinese. Exploration of relationship between Chinese language, society, and culture. Discussion of fundamental role that language plays in Chinese social life and cultural practices while simultaneously exploring how social and cultural factors impact ways in which Chinese language is organized. Main focus on language and thought patterns, language and gender, language and politics, language and commerce, language and law, language and arts, and language and globalization. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

Indo-European M70/M4 – Visible Language: Study of Writing. Same as Asian M20, Near Eastern Languages M20, Slavic M20, and Southeast Asian M20.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Consideration of concrete means of language representation in writing systems. Earliest representations of language known are those of Near East dating to end of 4th millennium BC. While literate civilizations of Egypt, Indus Valley, China, and Mesoamerica left little evidence of corresponding earliest developments, their antiquity and, in case of China and Mesoamerica, their evident isolation mark these centers as loci of independent developments in writing. Basic characteristics of early scripts, assessment of modern alphabetic writing systems, and presentation of conceptual basis of semiotic language representation. Origins and development of early non-Western writing systems. How Greco-Roman alphabet arose in 1st millennium BC and how it compares to other modern writing systems. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units

Origination Date: April 2024

LING 40W – Language and Gender. Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3. Prior knowledge of foreign languages not required. Introduction to language from sociological perspective of gender. Use of research and examples in English and other languages to explore nature of male and female genderlects and gendered language, as reflected in lexicon, language behavior, phonetics and intonation, and language acquisition and linguistic change. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

LING M7 – Language and Identity. (Same as Philosophy M24.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). How do we use language to project our own identity? How do we use it to perceive or shape identity of others? Introduction to speech act theory and various claims that speech act theory can account for systematic subordination of women; maligning of racial minorities; and, in some cases, incitement to violence through hate speech. Provides foundation for students of linguistic theory, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and communication studies. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

Span/Port M35 – Spanish/Portuguese and the Nature of Language. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to language study within context of Romance languages, focusing on Spanish and Portuguese. Nature of language: structure, diversity, evolution, social and cultural settings, literary uses. Study of language and its relation to other areas of human knowledge. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units
Origination Date: April 2024

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.

Span/Port 46 – Brazil and the Portuguese Speaking World Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Taught in English. Topical analysis of cultural history of Brazil in context of Portuguese-speaking world, with emphasis on comparative, trans-Atlantic relations, social development, and artistic manifestations. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 4.0 Units.
Origination Date: April 2024

ARTS ED 20 – Introduction to Community Engagement through Arts. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Introduction to fields of community engagement and arts education informed by philosophies of progressive education and social justice movements. By looking at community engagement as issue of equity and social justice, examination of basic theories of creativity, artistic development, and community partnership, and history, philosophies, politics, and sociocultural trends of community engagement in American society. Attendance at UCLA arts presentations and introduction to creative process. Readings and discussions to understand community engagement and arts education as crucial elements of comprehensive education, with emphasis on writing process, including regular writing assignments that require students to read, analyze, critique, and evaluate community arts practices and arts education scholarship. P/NP or letter grading. Credits: 5.0 Units
Origination Date: January 2024

LING 11 – the Scientific Language Study of Language and Society. Proposed Credits: 5.0 Units.
Origination Date: January 2024

No courses for this subcategory in this Track.