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HIST 415 - Eastern Europe, 1815-1918
Unit(s): 4
A survey of Eastern European history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to World War I. Major topics include the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires; nationalism; industrialization; fin-de-siecle cultural ferment; and the origins and impact of the Great War.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 416 - Eastern Europe, 1918-1989
Unit(s): 4
A survey of Eastern Europe from the end of World War I to the collapse of communism. Major topics include the creation of the new states; nationalism; socialism; the Holocaust; Stalinism; the anti-Soviet uprisings in Warsaw, Budapest, and Prague; and the revolutions of 1989.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 417 - Russian Empire
Unit(s): 4
A survey of Russian history from the origins of Kievan Rus in the 9th century to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Major topics include the Mongols; the development of the Russian autocracy; Orthodoxy; serfdom; the exploration and colonization of Siberia, Central Asia, and Alaska; and Russia’s alleged peculiarity vis-à-vis the West.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 418 - Fall of European Communism
Unit(s): 4
A survey of Eastern European and Russian history from Prague Spring in 1968 to the election of Vladimir Putin in 2000. Major topics include the dissident movement, the economic failures of communism, the East German Stasi and the Soviet KGB, the political upheaval of 1989 and 1991, and the ethnic conflict in the Balkans.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 419 - Soviet Union
Unit(s): 4
A survey of Soviet history from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to the collapse of communism in 1991. Major topics include the revolutionary upheaval of 1917, Soviet policies toward national minorities and religious groups, Stalinism, socialist realism, World War II, the “developed socialism’ of the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years, the Cold War, and Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika reforms.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 420 - The French Revolution
Unit(s): 4
A consideration of the causes, events, and results of a key event in French history. The course also examines conditions in 18th century France and the historiography of the French Revolution.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 422 - Imperial Spain
Unit(s): 4
Examines Spain and the Spanish world from 1400 to 1700. Includes Spanish expansion and empire building worldwide, as well as the economic, political, and social history of Spain itself.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 423 - Spanish Civil War
Unit(s): 4
This course provides an overview of the political, economic, and social circumstances of Spain’s late 19th and early 20th century, as well as a detailed examination of the war years and their immediate aftermath. It also examines the significance of the war within the larger context of European history.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 424 - Tolerance and Intolerance in Europe, 500-1500
Unit(s): 4
What are the roots of tolerance, and intolerance, in Western Europe? This course is a survey of the philosophical, ecclesiastical, legal, cultural, and social attitudes toward and treatment of minorities in Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire forward.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 425 - Histories of Violence
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to the phenomenon of violence, its causes, and its consequences, in the ancient world, roughly from the Greek Dark Ages to the fifth century. Together, we will ask some fundamental questions about the topic including: are humans inherently violent? Does violence occur ‘naturally’ (genes, gender?) or is it the result of external factors such as the competition for resources and/or inequality? What role did political organization play in encouraging or restraining violence? In what ways do different cultural mores (honour, glory, greed, masculinity, etc.) incite violent behavior, or are these merely post facto explanations? And how was violence remembered (and even celebrated?) by both victims and perpetrators?
Typically Offered Spring Odd Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 426 - Britain and Ireland, 1399-1714
Unit(s): 4
This course considers the social, political, religious and cultural development of Britain and Ireland from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of empire and industrialization. Topics include the Tudor revolutions in government and religion, relations between kings and parliaments, the evolution of toleration, and ideas about rights and liberty. Special consideration is given to the interaction of the three kingdoms (England, Ireland and Scotland) in the formation of Great Britain and the role of that interaction in the emergence of the British Empire.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 428 - Modern Britain, 1714-Present
Unit(s): 4
The study of the evolution of British society from the beginning of the 18th century to the present. Major political, economic, social, and cultural developments are covered including industrialization and the rise of the working class; the emergence of imperial Britain; the Irish Question; the rise of welfare state; and the role of decolonization, diversity, and devolution in the emergence of contemporary Britain as well as its place in a united Europe.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 433 - History of Mexico
Unit(s): 4
A study of the Mexican people from the early native cultures to the present, with particular emphasis on the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the major political, social, economic, and cultural developments of modern Mexico. Includes major Indian cultures, the Conquest, religion and the Catholic church, literary and artistic expressions, machismo and women, and relations between Mexico and the United States.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 435 - History of Modern China
Unit(s): 4
Explores the profound changes that have taken place in China from around 1600 to the present, including the apogee and decline of the imperial system, the encroachments of the West, the failure of Republicanism, the rise and eventual victory of the Chinese communists, and the consequences of China’s adoption of a market-based economy in the 1980s.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 438 - Modern Japan
Unit(s): 4
Traces the development of Japanese society from earliest times to the present. While some attention will be given to early aristocratic culture and the emergence of the warrior elite, emphasis will be on the period after 1600, particularly the emergence of Japan as an international power after 1868 and economic success since World War II.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 445 - Topics in American Women’s History
Unit(s): 4
Course will address the history of women in America from one of several topical or regional perspectives. Topics may include law, women, and family in American history; women and work in American history; or women in the American West. When the class is offered, prospective students should consult the departmental descriptions for the periods and topics to be covered.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit with different topic.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 446 - Women in American History
Unit(s): 4
A study of the status and role of women in America from the pre-colonial period to the present. Special attention will be given to the educational, labor, and political reforms of the 19th century, women’s associations, and the various “waves” of women’s rights and feminist activism.
Crosslisted: WGS 446
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 447 - Queer Theory, Queer Lives
Unit(s): 4
This interdisciplinary course (originates in WGS) offers advanced work in queer studies by looking at the production of theories about same-sex sexualities in history, culture, and politics. The course presents queer theory in conjunction with critical race theory, feminist theory, and post-colonial studies.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 449 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
Unit(s): 4
This course examines the changing definitions, institutions, and behaviors related to gender, sexuality, and the formation of families in Latin America from indigenous civilizations to contemporary societies. The course explores how women handled the transition from European colonies to nation-states and how various Latin American men and women in the 20th century were able to position themselves in “traditional” nation-states. The course concludes by evaluating the social, economic, and political changes in Latin America and contemporary social movements.
Crosslisted: WGS 449
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 450 - Colonial America
Unit(s): 4
A study of the European derived societies and cultures in those parts of North America that later became the United States from the beginnings of European expansion until 1763. Topics may include European backgrounds, relations with native peoples, cultural mixing, labor systems, gender relations, and political, social, and economic characteristics and changes.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 451 - The American Revolution and the Early Republic
Unit(s): 4
A study of the political, economic, and social institutions and conditions during the long period that included the War of American Independence, the contest between federalism and anti-federalism in the newly-independent United States before 1789, and the emergence of a paradoxical American nation notable for a devotion to chattel slavery and to liberty as well as for technological achievements represented by the Erie Canal.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 452 - Antebellum America
Unit(s): 4
A study of 19th century American society and politics before the Civil War. Topics may include the market revolution, the commercialization of agriculture, territorial expansion and its implications for chattel slavery and Indian policies, the religious movements, reform movements, the emergence of the women’s rights movement, and the lure of the West.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 454 - Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit(s): 4
A study of the causes and consequences of the Civil War, the struggles of the Reconstruction era, and the transformation of American society and politics in the period between 1850 and the end of Reconstruction.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 456 - The Emergence of Modern America
Unit(s): 4
A study of the major intellectual, cultural, religious, and social developments in the late 19th and early 20th century United States. Explores how what materialized in this era – particularly the consumer revolution, professionalization, and secularization – created a modern American culture and a particular set of problems we still deal with today. This is a reading-intensive course that requires students to have a basic working knowledge of the period.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 457 - America through Depression and War
Unit(s): 4
A study of the causes and consequences of the Great Depression, U.S. involvement in World War II, and the advent of the Cold War. Explores the extent to which the challenges of the first half of the 20th century reshaped the United States socially, politically, economically, and culturally, particularly in regard to education, race, ethnicity, gender, and international political participation.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 458 - Modern America since World War II
Unit(s): 3-4
A study of political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural change at home and in international affairs as the United States took on a greater role as a global superpower after 1960. Topics may include the Vietnam War, civil rights, student protest, environmental issues, international regional military interventions, feminism, the end of the Cold War, the new conservatism of the 1980s, and the concerns of terrorism.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 465 - History of African-American Thought and Culture
Unit(s): 4
This course explores the history of African-American ideas, beliefs, and practices from the colonial period to the turn of the twenty-first century. We will read scholarly works and primary sources to explore what Black Americans thought and how they represented their perspectives across the historical experiences of slavery, Jim Crow, migration out of the South, and the development of urban communities. This course will also provide a deep historical background for issues that remain urgent and vital in American society today.
Typically Offered Fall Odd Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 467 - Landscapes of the American West
Unit(s): 3
Use of and interactions with natural resources have transformed the American West over time, and greatly affected the western environment as we know it today. This seminar takes a historical look at the settlement, development, and management of the western landscape, both in terms of natural resources (timber, water, grazing, parks etc.) and in terms of cultural settlement and use - and considers landscape as a tool for understanding the cultural/social/political history of a place. Students can expect to do some serious reading, writing, and thinking about how and why the West has become such a distinctive natural and cultural landscape.
Prerequisite(s): juniors, seniors, and graduate students only or consent of instructor. Crosslisted: GEP 337
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 468 - Blacks in American History
Unit(s): 4
A study of African culture, social philosophy and political influences in the United States from the pre-Colonial period through the present day. Major emphasis will be placed on black political philosophies and strategies during the periods of Reconstruction, WWI and WWII, the civil revolts of the 1960s, and the contemporary period of political activism.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 469 - Religion in America
Unit(s): 4
An overview of religious beliefs, institutions, and practices from 1630 to the present. Covers major trends in American religion as well as fringe movements, examining the central questions of church and state, religious freedom, and the impact of democracy, science, consumer culture, and professionalization on religious life in America.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 470 - The American South
Unit(s): 4
A regional history of the southeastern United States. The course examines the South from its Native American origins to its antebellum opulence, from the devastation of the Civil War to the development of the modern Sun Belt. An important sub-theme of the class is the journey of African Americans.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 471 - California and the West
Unit(s): 4
This comparative history class focuses on the intersection of California and the trans-Mississippi West. How do their similarities and differences throw their stories into relief? How do place and memory intersect in the creation and interpretation of public history sites?
Typically Offered Fall Even Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face to Face & Hybrid Grading: Student Option
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HIST 472 - California History I
Unit(s): 4
Study of California history from the period of European contact through the early years of the 20th century. Special attention is given to the origins, means, and consequences of Spanish expansion into Alta California, to the emergence of Mexican California and to its accelerated Americanization after the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo. The closing weeks of the course will include attention to themes that, though rooted in the earlier period, continue to shape present-day California. Among those themes are water policies, immigrations, and the consequences of California’s great size and of its location on the Pacific.
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 473 - California History II
Unit(s): 4
Develops a historical perspective on major political, economic and social issues from the early 20th century “invention of California” through depression, war, and prosperity to the challenges of continuing growth and declining resources today.
Typically Offered Spring Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 476 - History of San Francisco
Unit(s): 4
This course explores the modern history of San Francisco, with particular emphasis on the period from the late 19th century to the present, covering the city’s political, economic, cultural, and social evolution.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 477 - American Social History
Unit(s): 3-4
Selected review of the social history of the American peoples. Topics may include social mobility, class structure, social movements, gender roles, race and ethnicity, generational differences, the “American Dream,” and individualism.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 481 - Roman Social History
Unit(s): 4
Focusing on the late Republic and the Empire (roughly 100 BCE to ~400 CE), this class considers the shape of Roman society, paying particular attention to the city of Rome itself. Social history allows us to study various topics often missed in traditional approaches to Roman history. This, in turn, provides an interesting new perspective to consider contemporary issues confronting our own society. Topics will include urban organization and architecture; divisions between urban and rural; sex and sexual mores; the Roman family; women and gender; social status and hierarchy; Roman religion; slavery; food; economics; art, literature, music, and other forms of Roman cultural expression.
Typically Offered Fall Even Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 482 - Judaism and Christianity in the Formative Period
Unit(s): 4
This course considers the history of Judaism and Christianity to the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. Topics include: the diversity of ancient Judaism, the emergence of early Christianity ;the rise of Rabbinic Judaism and the organized Church ;and the Jewish-Christian debate in the first centuries after the death of Jesus.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 483 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Medieval World, 300-1500
Unit(s): 4
This class will introduce the history of the relationships between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle Ages. Students will investigate the circumstances in which these groups interacted and consider related historical issues including the perception of minorities, migration and diaspora, acculturation and assimilation, religious violence, and war and peace.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 488 - The History of Soccer
Unit(s): 4
One way to approach the history of the modern world is through the history of its favorite sport: soccer, or global football. This course explores the development and spread of the sport from association football in nineteenth-century England through the arteries of empire and industry around the world. Using soccer as a lens into social, cultural, and political dynamics, the course analyzes the development of club and national teams as reflections of the societies that produced them.
Typically Offered Spring Odd Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 491 - Dual Language Historical Research
Unit(s): 1
History 491 is required for the Dual Language Historical Research Certificate. DLHRC students must take History 491 twice, Cr/NC, both times with a co-requisite 4-unit DLHRC elective course (see History Department website for courses) where a portion of the readings and research will be done in a language other than English.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HIST 495 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Individualized studies in historical topics, themes, periods and/or areas beyond the scope of the established curriculum. Open from 1 to 4 units as determined by the department faculty sponsor. Not to be used as a substitute for HIST 498 Senior Seminar. For additional information, please refer to the catalog.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit up to 8 units.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 496 - History Journal
Unit(s): 2
This class will cover all aspects of scholarly journal publication, including management, editing, setting up and implementing an anonymous review system, selection of manuscripts, layout, budgeting, production, sales, and distribution. Students will publish the department student history journal as the final result.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HIST 497 - Internship in History
Unit(s): 1-6
Field experience in city, county, state, and federal agencies and with private business and community organizations.
Prerequisite(s): prior arrangement with instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HIST 498 - Senior Seminar
Unit(s): 4
Directed studies in a seminar setting on a particular topic or theme (please see Schedule of Classes for the specific topic selected by the instructor). Combines secondary reading and original research leading to the completion of a research project.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students only.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 499 - History Honors Seminar
Unit(s): 4
Individualized studies for advanced undergraduates with at least a 3.50 GPA who want graduate-level academic experience and the honors designation at graduation. Students develop a critical research project in cooperation with a faculty advisor, present their findings, and write a critique of another research paper.
Prerequisite(s): 3.50 GPA, completion of specific major courses, proficiency in a second language, and permission of instructor and advisor. This course is not part of major requirements. Consent of department required.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 500 - Historical Methods
Unit(s): 4
Workshop course providing practice in archival research, oral history, descriptive statistics, cultural material analysis, and other historical techniques.
Typically Offered Spring Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 510 - Graduate Pro-Seminar
Unit(s): 4
Readings and projects on topics within a common frame of reference, as arranged by instructor and participating students.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to Graduate Students only
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 578 - Project Continuation
Unit(s): 1-3
Designed for students working on their thesis or master’s project but who have otherwise completed all graduate coursework toward their degree. This course cannot be applied toward the minimum number of units needed for completion of the master’s degree.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the graduate coordinator.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HIST 593 - Graduate Internship
Unit(s): 1-4
Experience in professional history, typically in museums, historical societies, and other public history settings, as well as junior college internship programs. Students will produce a professional product, such as a curated exhibit; a research report; a course syllabus; or finding aid.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 4 Maximum units for credit
4
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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HIST 595 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Individualized studies in historical topics, themes, periods and/or areas beyond the scope of the established curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): graduate status and prior arrangement with faculty sponsor and graduate advisor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 596 - Research and Teaching Assistant
Unit(s): 1-2
Directed participation and experience in developing teaching methods, course organization, and research techniques.
Prerequisite(s): advanced graduate status and consent of instructor and graduate coordinator.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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HIST 597 - Graduate Seminar: Historical Themes and Issues
Unit(s): 3-4
Advanced studies and/or research projects relating to students’ theses or field exam topics. Emphasis upon professional historical writing.
Prerequisite(s): completion of 15 graduate course units and admission to candidacy. Non-majors only with permission of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 598 - Comprehensive Examination Reading and Research
Unit(s): 3-6
Directed reading and research activities. Open only to graduate students with classified standing in history who have selected the comprehensive examination option for the M.A. degree. Preferably taken for credit during the semester in which the comprehensive examinations are scheduled.
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate standing in the history comprehensive option for the M.A. Should be taken for each of the two comprehensive examination fields for a total of 6 units.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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HIST 599 - Masters Degree Thesis Research
Unit(s): 6
Extensive individual research and writing project under the direction of the student’s thesis committee chair. Preferably taken for credit during the semester in which the M.A. thesis is scheduled for submission in final form.
Prerequisite(s): classified graduate standing in the history thesis option for the M.A. and an authorized Advancement to Candidacy form.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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ITDS 498 - Internship
Unit(s): 1-4
An internship is a supervised program of work and study in a governmental, community service, technical, business, or educational setting. ITDS 498 (or ITDS 598) is designed for students in the Special Major/Interdisciplinary Studies program or in one of the faculty-initiated special majors. Forty-five hours of on-the-job work are required for each unit of credit.
Typically Offered Not Recently Offered
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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ITDS 499 - Internship
Unit(s): 1-6
ITDS 499 is an opportunity for students to gain experiential learning in a professional/workplace environment. Students are expected to find a position that allows them to gain experience while solving a problem that uses the skill set they developed from an interdisciplinary perspective and apply these back to their course work and portfolio for the capstone experience. Liberal Study students are allowed to enroll in ITDS 499 each semester and these units will be counted toward the elective units for their degree completion. ITDS 499 is a contract course and the Liberal Studies Director will submit your paperwork and enroll you into the course. Each unit of internship should be considered 3 hours of time spent working with a supervisor at an off-site location or remotely and should have a total of 45 verified hours. Students are expected to find their own placement but this placement will be vetted by the university as per the policy on internships . Once a placement has been agreed upon a contract is filled out between the student, off-site supervisor and Director of Liberal Studies that explains how this internship supports an interdisciplinary degree.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 4 Maximum units for credit
6
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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ITDS 578 - Project Continuation
Unit(s): 1-3
Designed for students working on their thesis or master’s project but who have otherwise completed all graduate coursework toward their degree. This course cannot be applied toward the minimum number of units needed for completion of the master’s degree.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the graduate coordinator.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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ITDS 595 - Special Studies
Unit(s): 1-4
Prerequisite(s): approved status as a classified major in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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ITDS 598 - Internship
Unit(s): 1-4
An internship is a supervised program of work and study in a governmental, community service, technical, business, or educational setting. ITDS 498 (or 598) is designed for students in the Special Major/Interdisciplinary Studies program or in one of the faculty-initiated special majors. Forty-five hours of on-the-job work are required for each unit of credit.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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ITDS 599 - Master’s Project
Unit(s): 6
For M.A. action for a viable future students only. Design and implementation of culminating project and written component.
Prerequisite(s): completion of individual study plan coursework and consent of student’s graduate committee chair.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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ITDS 599A - Thesis and ITDS Research
Unit(s): 2-4
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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ITDS 599B - Thesis and ITDS Research
Unit(s): 2-4
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 200 - Introduction to Jewish Studies
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to Jewish Studies is an interdisciplinary survey course that introduces students to the culture, literature, history, philosophy, religion, and academic traditions of Jewish people from antiquity to the present. In this course, we will analyze how Jewish people have deployed a wide range of intellectual discourse to gain an understanding of the meaning of their identify as Jews. The course will also provide a historical overview of the Jewish Diaspora, from the Middle East to Africa to Europe to the Americas. The readings and class discussions will divide into three parts covering the ancient, medieval, and modern periods.
GE Category: C2 - Humanities
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 241 - Jewish History I-From Biblical History to Diaspora Jews
Unit(s): 4
The course will explore the history of Jewish people from biblical times to the eve of modernity, and identify the key elements of their transformations from “biblical Israelites” to “Jews”. It will address Jewish life and history, and readings will consist mostly of historical sources on Jewish culture, politics, economic activities, social and legal status, and the Jews’ relations with non-Jews-Christians and Muslims.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 242 - Jewish History II-From the 16th Century to Modern Times
Unit(s): 4
The course will explore the history of Jewish people from late medieval/early modem times to modernity. It will address Jewish life and history, and readings will consist mostly of historical sources on Jewish culture, politics, economic activities, social and legal status, and the Jews’ relations with non-Jews-Christians and Muslims. It will explore such issues in Jewish history as the Enlightenment, embourgeoisement, modem anti-Semitism etc. in both east and west. The course will require regular attendance and intensive reading of both primary and secondary sources.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 250 - Introduction to Judaism
Unit(s): 4
A survey of Jewish religious traditions from the Bible through the present day. Evolution of major religious ideas through classical texts.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 251 - Topics in Jewish Biblical Studies
Unit(s): 3-4
Introduction to the academic study of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) through a variety of scholarly approaches to the Bible, including historical and literary analysis. Emphasis is on developing skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing about the Bible. Students can repeat course for credit; topics will vary per semester.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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JWST 255 - Evolution of Anti-Semitism: through history, literature, religion and art
Unit(s): 4
This course will introduce the origins and background of anti-Semitism and the Jewish response over the last two-and-a-half millennia. It has been referred to as “the longest hatred.” The long history of anti-Semitism can serve as a case study of and cautionary tale for how societies deal with xenophobia, bias and prejudice toward “the other.”
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area C3
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 324 - Archaeology and the Bible
Unit(s): 4
An exploration of the archaeology and history of the ancient Near East, from the earliest human settlements through the Persian empire (ca. 10,500-332 BCE). Societies described in the Hebrew Bible are emphasized, with topics ranging from the rise of the state and international trade, to the identities and everyday lives of men, women, and children. The history and socio-political impacts of “Biblical Archaeology” are also examined. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or
consent of instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students only. Crosslisted: HIST 324
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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JWST 330 - American Jewish Experience
Unit(s): 4
The United States has been an extraordinarily hospitable place for Jews, and they quickly came to perceive it as a place unlike any other in the Diaspora. This course introduces students to the major events and issues in American Jewish history, exploring the creation and evolution of the American Jewish community through successive waves of immigration and examining the ways in which these immigrants constructed their American Jewish identities and the reactions of others to their entrance into American life.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 331 - Topics in Jewish American Studies
Unit(s): 3-4
An in-depth study of a particular aspect of the Jewish American experience. Course activities will include lecture, readings, and oral presentations.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 341 - Topics in Jewish History: Judaism and Christianity of the Greco-Roman Period
Unit(s): 4
Course will explore various topics in Jewish History. Content will vary per semester. Topics may include: History of Anti-Semitism, History of Judaism and Christianity, and Jewish World Cultural History.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 342 - The Jewish Diaspora
Unit(s): 4
Jews across the world are connected to one another through the religious tradition they hold in common and through a shared sense of identity as a people. Yet, over the past two millennia, Jewish peoples have also been shaped by their diaspora experiences. Scattered across the globe, their diverse histories and environments have given rise to a variety of Jewish religious, cultural and social forms. This course compares on Jewish life in Eastern Europe, North Africa, Central Asia, Israel and the United States. These select case studies will not provide a comprehensive view of the great range of Jewish diaspora life. They will, however, provide a framework for understanding some of the critical issues at stake in the discussion of the Jewish Diaspora experience, including: cultural and religious adaptability, social boundary flexibility and maintenance, and ambivalence surrounding the question of where home is.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 350 - Jewish Religion and Biblical Values
Unit(s): 3
This course explores the ideas – religious and political – and texts that have shaped Jewish thought and practice from its formation to the present.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 351 - Topics in Jewish Religion-Jewish Holidays
Unit(s): 4
This course is an in-depth study of the biblical and cultural significance of the major Jewish holidays and their practice around the world and throughout history. We will organize the course historically, beginning with the ancient legends that helped create the holidays before exploring their deployment over time, geography, and cultures. We will also look at the holidays as they have been interpreted by important Jewish thinkers throughout history and analyze the way ancient traditions both change and remain the same over time.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 352 - Topics in Jewish Thought-Good and Evil in Jewish Law
Unit(s): 4
The timeless problem of Good and Evil, a subject which has engaged philosophers, theologians, politicians, lawmakers, artists and lay people throughout human history, shall be examined in this course by various Jewish texts and thinkers. Commencing with biblical texts, we shall focus on people, customs and laws, proceeding with segments from the wisdom literature while carefully analyzing challenging issues of good and evil. Readings of rabbinical, medieval and modern texts on the subject of morality and evil will follow. The class will look at contemporary moral problems and relate them to the presented Jewish texts while attempting to apply and relate these texts to our present times.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 355 - Modern European Jewish History
Unit(s): 4
Since the fifteenth century, Europe has been the major cradle of Jewish civilization and culture. This class, beginning in 1492 and ending in the present, will focus on and examine Jews’ place in European history and how Europe has functioned in Jewish history. Examining Jews communities and cultures in Germany, France, Spain, England, Eastern Europe, Russia, The Ottoman Empire and Turkey, and Greece. This course ends with an exploration of Jewish life and culture in Western, Central and Eastern Europe over the past sixty-five years.
GE Category: Satisfies GE Area D2
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 360 - Jewish Literature
Unit(s): 3
This course is a survey of Jewish literature with a strong emphasis on the historical and sociological trends informing the fiction. Through a wide variety of short stories and novels we will explore topics such as acculturation, family values, and anti-Semitism. The course begins with selections from writers who wrote in Yiddish, then turns to immigrant writers, and then finally to modem Diasporic writers.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 361 - Topics in Jewish Literature-Jewish Literature in Eastern Europe
Unit(s): 4
The emergence of a modem literary consciousness among the Jews was one of the results of the breakup of traditional Jewish society and the attempt to transform the Jews from a religious and cultural community that transcended national boundaries into citizens of the different countries in which they lived. This course explores these emerging forms as they were manifested in various languages including Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish and Russian. These works will be studies in English translation.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 371 - Topics in Jewish Studies-The Jewish Experience in the American South (“Shalom Y’all”
Unit(s): 3-4
This course explores ethnicity in the South and focuses on the experience of Jewish southerners. Since the arrival of Sephardic Jews in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, southern Jews have blended their regional identity as Jews and as Southerners. This course explores the “braided identity” of Jews in the South—their relationships with white and black Gentile southerners, their loyalty to the South as a region, and their embrace of southern culture through foodways and religious observance.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 381 - Topics in Jewish Art, Film, Music, Culture, and Society - Jews on Screen in the 20th Century
Unit(s): 3-4
This is a survey course focusing on motion picture images of Jews and Jewish life in 20th century America and the world. This course includes films made by Jews for Jewish audiences, films made by Jews for general audiences and films made by non-Jews for general audiences. This course explores the meanings of depictions of Jews in a diverse body of film material including feature films, documentaries, newsreels, travelogues, institutional films, and home movies.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 391 - Topics in Comp. Religion-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Unit(s): 4
This course is a comparative study of three important monotheistic religious traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Readings and assignments focus on how each understood its origin and evolution and their similarities and differences in matters of scripture, worship, authority, community, theology, and mysticism. Although rooted in religious studies, this interdisciplinary course also explores the cultural and political elements that have framed relations between and within the three groups.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 421 - Topics in Israeli Art, Film, Music, Culture, & Society - Jerusalem in Israeli Cinema and Literature
Unit(s): 3-4
This course is aimed at students who are interested in studying Israeli society as expressed in literature and cinema. Jerusalem is prominently figured in the stories, poems, essays, and films of Israeli writers and filmmakers. The course will address the multifaceted, ambivalent, and at times, schizophrenic depiction of the city, not only in the overall body of Israeli literature and cinema, but, often, within a single work. The course will employ various literary and cinematic theories to expand our critical framework in the analysis of the works we will study. The course will explore the following topics: war and peace, religion and spirituality, symbolism and iconography, the Jerusalem Syndrome, home and exile, belonging and alienation.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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JWST 431 - Advanced Topics in Jewish American Studies-Orthodoxy in America
Unit(s): 4
This course will analyze the history of orthodox Jewry in America with a particular focus on how the Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities were formed in the United States and how these communities affected Jewish identity both here and abroad. We will focus on the personalities and the movements that were central to the creation of these communities.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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KIN 101 - Physical Education Activities
Unit(s): 1-2
Activities classes. Classes are conducted in the following activities: aquatics (e.g., swimming, conditioning), fitness (e.g., aerobics, Pilates, jogging/running, yoga and weight training), dance (e.g., ballroom and Latin), team sports (e.g., basketball and indoor soccer), martial arts (e.g., escrima, aikido, tai chi chuan), stress reduction and self-defense. Course offerings vary from semester to semester. Most sections meet twice weekly for 50 minutes. Students may take, for credit, as many different 101 classes as desired.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated The same 101 activity class may be repeated 3 times for credit up to 8 units.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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KIN 201 - Foundations of Kinesiology
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to orient students to kinesiology as a field of study. Students will be exposed to multiple disciplines within kinesiology. By engaging in discussions, activities, and field observations, students will explore and become prepared to select a career path within the field.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to Kinesiology majors only.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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KIN 217 - Personal Fitness and Wellness
Unit(s): 3
Designed to introduce the concepts and practices involved in creating a personal life-long fitness and wellness program. General health topics will be emphasized, specifically cardiovascular fitness, nutrition, stress management, disease prevention, and current health trends and topics. Students will develop personal action plans for enhancing personal health and well-being.
GE Category: E - Life Long learning & Self Development
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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KIN 241 - Emergency Response
Unit(s): 3
Study of the principles and practical applications of advanced first aid techniques required to provide the initial emergency care necessary to sustain life and to maintain life support until the victims of accidents or sudden illness are cared for by qualified medical personnel.
Prerequisite(s): Kinesiology majors
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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KIN 242 - Principles of Musculoskeletal Injuries
Unit(s): 3
Designed to show students the proper methods of recognition, evaluation, and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries to the upper and lower extremities. Comprehension of anatomy, mechanism-of-injury, and pathology are stressed. Fee of $10 required for this course.
Prerequisite(s): Kinesiology majors, BIOL 220
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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KIN 290 - Introduction to Nutrition
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to bridge the gap between nutrition science and consumer education so that students can apply the information to fit their lifestyles and health goals. Course objectives include understanding food requirements for different individuals, nutritive values of food, and the impact of food on health.
Crosslisted: NUR 290
GE Category: E - Life Long learning & Self Development
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Online Grading: Graded
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KIN 301 - History and Philosophy of Human Movement
Unit(s): 4
An introduction to significant historical and philosophical considerations in the development of human movement. Contemporary philosophical issues as well as active physical participation with an experiential emphasis will be studied.
Prerequisite(s): Kinesiology majors, BIOL 220 and BIOL 224 and Junior standing, and consent of instructor for non-Kinesiology majors.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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KIN 305 - Psychological Bases of Human Movement
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to psychological factors influencing learning and performing motor skills and the psycho-social influences of sport, exercise, and physical activity on the developing individual. Emphasis will be on the application of current motor learning and sport and exercise psychology theories on such topics as learning, motivation, goal setting, stress, anxiety, group dynamics, leadership, moral development, and exercise adherence.
Prerequisite(s): Kinesiology majors, BIOL 220 and BIOL 224, upper-division standing, and consent of instructor for non-Kinesiology majors.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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KIN 311 - Selected Topics
Unit(s): 1-4
Selected upper-division courses that are taught on a one-time basis.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit under a different topic
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Student Option
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KIN 315 - Sociology of Sport
Unit(s): 3
Examines and utilizes basic sociological concepts and demonstrates their manifestations in the teaching of physical education and sports.
Prerequisite(s): Kinesiology Majors, upper division standing, and consent of instructor for non-Kinesiology majors.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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KIN 317 - Nutrition for Physical Activity & Health
Unit(s): 3
This course examines the role of nutrients in health and human performance across the lifespan. This course examines the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals. The student will be able to discuss the role of energy balance, exercise, and nutrition on body weight management. The student will gain an understanding of the nutritional recommendations for the physically active person as well as for those involved in training and competition. Additionally, special consideration is given to eating disorders, nutritional ergogenic aids, and supplementations.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Golden Four (A1, A2, A3, B4) with a C- or better and completion of B1, B2, at least 45 units, and BIOL 224
GE Category: Upper Division B
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
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KIN 350 - Biomechanics
Unit(s): 4
Presents the quantitative and qualitative analysis of human movement and the anatomic concepts needed for understanding human movement in relation to mechanical effects such as application of force in relation to center of mass, displacement, velocity, acceleration of bodies, and buoyancy. Emphasis is on understanding and application of principles to any movement pattern.
Prerequisite(s): Kinesiology majors, GE math, BIOL 220 and BIOL 224, and upper-division standing.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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KIN 360 - Physiology of Exercise
Unit(s): 4
Study of the acute and chronic effects of human activity and exercise. Laboratory and field experiences in selected areas, including exercise metabolism, skeletal muscle and cardiopulmonary physiology, body composition estimation, and nutrition as they pertain to clinical, fitness, and sports settings.
Prerequisite(s): Kinesiology majors, GE math, BIOL 220 and BIOL 224, and upper-division standing.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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KIN 395 - Community Involvement Program
Unit(s): 1-4
Provides majors and non-majors the opportunity to gain volunteer experience working with individuals with disabilities in designated on-campus and community placements involving physical activity. Thirty hours of verified, supervised work and scheduled meetings with the instructor are required for each unit of credit. Requirements include a daily journal and portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated Course may be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
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KIN 400 - Elementary School Physical Education
Unit(s): 3
An introduction to and practice in applying the concepts and principles of developmentally appropriate physical education for children.
Prerequisite(s): upper-division Kinesiology majors or multiple-subject credential preparation candidates or by consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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