The following is a list of course corrections appended to this catalog:
(alpha order by prefix)
AMCS 355 - Language and Ethnicity, Unit(s): 3
An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the interrelationships between language, ethnicity, and the symbolic conflicts over language issues in the U.S.. Explores the politics of language – e.g. the English-Only debates, bilingual education issues, and minority language rights and cultural issues – and their impact on different ethnic groups. Examines the responses of affected groups through their literary and creative expressions.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Golden Four (A1, A2, A3, B4) with a C- or better and completion of lower division C coursework and at least 45 units.
GE Category: Upper Division C and Critical Race Studies.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
AMCS 392 - Ethnic Images in Film and Media, Unit(s): 3
An examination of representative and significant works in film and other visual media tracing the evolution of racial and ethnic images from their earliest to latest manifestations. Examines how systems of representation shape the racial and ethnic discourses in U.S. society.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Golden Four (A1, A2, A3, B4) with a C- or better and completion of lower division C coursework and at least 45 units.
GE Category: Upper Division C and Critical Race Studies requirement.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Student Option
Discontinued ANTH 400 - Anthropology Teaching Praxis Unit(s): 1-3
Supervision and assessment of curriculum development, course assessment as applicable to students in instructional or faculty-adjunct roles.
Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit. Instructor consent required.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued ANTH 598 - Teaching Assistant in Anthropology, Unit(s): 1-3
Provides experience by assisting the instructor in an anthropology course. Open only to advanced students for specific anthropology courses approved by the department.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing and Consent of Instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
ARTH 210 - Introduction to Art History, Unit(s): 3
A survey course covering painting, sculpture, and architecture from the prehistoric through medieval eras with a global perspective. Students who have taken ARTH 160A will not receive credit for taking ARTH 210.
Prerequisite(s): Students who have already completed ARTH 160A may not enroll in ARTH 210
GE Category: C1 - Arts
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face & Online Grading: Student Option
ARTH 270A - Survey of Islamic Art, Unit(s): 3
This course examines the formation, establishment and variations of Islamic artistic culture from its beginnings in the 7th century through the 20th century.
GE Category: C1 - Arts
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
CALS 339 - Latinos and the U.S. Labor Market, Unit(s): 3
This course is designed as an overview of major theories, trends, and debates on the topic of Latinos and labor market inequality in the United States. Topics include urban poverty, discrimination in employment, how jobs and workers are matched, and over-arching issues as globalization and place affects the labor force. Particular attention is given to the interaction between race and class as determinants of the life chances of minorities and specifically Latinos in the United States.
GE Category: Upper Division D
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
CCJS 330 - Law and Society, Unit(s): 4
The course critically discusses the nature and development of law and legal institutions from philosophical, historical, comparative, and contemporary perspectives; interrelationships of law, morality, and custom; social control, legal change, and social change; and the legal profession. With illustrations borrowed primarily (but not exclusively) from Criminal Law, this course approaches its subject both from a jurisprudential/lawyerly and a “law and society” perspective. In other words, this course constantly jumps in and out the box of legal reasoning: it describes law as a self-contained system encompassing abstract rules and principles and at the same time (or, at a later time each week, to be exact), it examines how law is influenced by societal and cultural forces outside the box. Studying the gap between law in the books and law in action through numerous case, research, and pop culture examples is the chief objective of this course.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Majors and Minors and Juniors or Seniors only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
CCJS 430 - Gender and Crime, Unit(s): 4
This course explores the intersection of gender and crime by focusing on the often overlapping experiences of women as crime victims, criminal offenders, and criminal justice professionals. The course places such experiences in the context of gender inequality, and highlights the multiple ways through which the law, and the criminal justice system in particular, help maintain modern systems of patriarchy, and thus, gender violence. To meet its objective, this course employs intersectionality, feminist theory and research, and pathways literature to examine gendered crime issues, such as such as male aggression, femicide, rape, intimate partner abuse, filicide, sexual harassment, prostitution, pornography, and incarceration.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to CCJS Majors, Juniors and Seniors only. Crosslisted: WGS 430
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
CHEM 115A - General Chemistry, Unit(s): 5
Lecture: 3 hours Discussion: 1 hour Laboratory: 3 hours
Principles of chemistry for students in science, pre-health, and related areas of study. This course will introduce students to science and scientific thought by using problem-solving strategies in both a conceptual and mathematical manner. First semester topics include atomic and molecular structure, states of matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, and thermodynamics. Second semester topics include kinetics, equilibrium, buffers, and electrochemistry.
Prerequisite(s): GE B4 complete, or GE ready, or math stretch ready with Math 161A, Math 165A, Math 161X, or Math 165X. Co-requisite(s): CHEM 115W (for students enrolled in Math 161A, Math 165A, Math 161X, or Math 165X).
GE Category: B1 - Physical science, B3 - Laboratory Activity
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
NEW! CHEM 115W - Chemistry Workshop, Unit(s): 1
Discussion, 1 hour.
Students will learn to work problems necessary for success in CHEM 115A and 115B. This course is designed to be taken with CHEM 115A and to help students improve their mathematical problem-solving abilities in Chemistry. This class is required for Math Category III or Category IV students who wish to take MATH 161A or MATH 165A or MATH 161X or MATH 165X concurrently with CHEM 115A.
Co-requisite(s): CHEM 115A
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
COMS 275 - 21st Century Television As Art, Unit(s): 3
This course explores the “New Golden Age” of TV that arguably began with The Sopranos and which may, perhaps, be considered “art.” Students will weigh relevant social and technological changes, study debates over subjectivity, taste, and cultural hierarchies, and assess what might distinguish these new shows from TV of old.
GE Category: C1 - Arts
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face to Face & Online Grading: Student Option
COUN 503 - Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Unit(s): 4
A course designed to cover psychopathology and sociopolitical-related issues of diagnosis and treatment. Attention is given to: 1) understanding the variability of psychopathology in community counseling settings; 2) the application of evaluation methods and diagnostic classification systems of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental and Emotional Disorders (DSM); 3) development of appropriate treatment plans; 4) the relationship of class, gender, and ethnic background to diagnosis and treatment; 5) mental health recovery-oriented care; 6) principles of collaborative treatment; and 7) the impact of co-occurring disorders. This course also includes a focus on 1 unit of special topics toward the CA LPCC license. Course restricted to Counseling M.A. students only.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Counseling M.A. students only.
Typically Offered Spring Only
Teaching Mode: Face to Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Graded
COUN 510B - Applied Counseling Practicum and Advanced Techniques, Unit(s): 4
This course provides students with an opportunity to continue the development of multiculturally competent counseling skills necessary for advanced field training during the COUN 515A/B Supervised Field Experience sequence. There are different sections for Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) and School Counseling (PPS) students: CMHC students see clients in a structured fashion on campus and School Counseling students work in elementary and secondary school settings under the instructor’s supervision. This course also expands on principles of counseling clients in crisis and clients who have experienced trauma.
Prerequisite(s): COUN 510A.
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 2 Maximum units for credit 8
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued COUN 514A - School Counseling Supervised Field Experience I, Unit(s): 4
This seminar provides a group discussion and supervision format in conjunction with advanced field based training, in school settings. The class meetings are designed to supplement the individual and group supervision provided by site supervisors, and the goal of the seminar is to help students develop a model of professional functioning through the integration of theory, pragmatic strategies, and personal development. Aspects of cultural diversity that influence counseling practice in school settings will be addressed. Integral to this experience is the exchange of feedback and support among seminar participants. This course also addresses techniques for working with clients and situations involving crisis/trauma.
Prerequisite(s): COUN 510A, COUN 510B and COUN 520. Course restricted to COUN MA students only.
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued COUN 514B - School Counseling Supervised Field Experience II, Unit(s): 4
This seminar provides opportunities to build upon and consolidate the field based training skills addressed in COUN 514A. A group discussion and supervision format continues to provide supplemental support relative to counseling field work in school settings. The class meetings are designed to supplement the individual and group supervision received from site supervisors, and the goal of the seminar is to help students develop a model of professional functioning through the integration of theory, pragmatic strategies, and personal development. Aspects of cultural diversity that influence counseling practice in school settings will be addressed, along with working with clients in crisis, experiencing trauma, and how to respond as part of a crisis team. Students will complete a culminating case study project, with both oral and written components.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to COUN MA students only.
Typically Offered Spring Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
COUN 515A - Supervised Counseling Field Experience I, Unit(s): 4
This seminar provides a group discussion and supervision format in conjunction with advanced field based training. The class meetings are designed to supplement the individual and group supervision provided by site supervisors, and the goal of the seminar is to help students develop a model of professional functioning through the integration of theory, pragmatic strategies, and personal development. Aspects of cultural diversity that influence counseling practice in community and school settings will be addressed didactically and experientially. Integral to this experience is the exchange of feedback and support among seminar participants. This course also addresses techniques for working with clients and situations involving crisis/trauma.
Prerequisite(s): , , and additional coursework in the MA program. Course restricted to Counseling MA Students only.
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 2 Maximum units for credit 8
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
COUN 515B - Supervised Counseling Field Experience II, Unit(s): 4
This seminar provides opportunities to build upon and consolidate the field-based training skills addressed in COUN 515A. A group discussion and supervision format continues to provide supplemental support relative to counseling field work in schools and community agencies. The class meetings are designed to supplement the individual and group supervision received from site supervisors, and the goal of the seminar is to help students develop a model of professional functioning through the integration of theory, pragmatic strategies, and personal development. Aspects of cultural diversity that influence counseling practice in community and school settings will be addressed didactically and experientially. Integral to this experience is the exchange of feedback and support among seminar participants. Significant attention is paid to working with clients and systems in crisis and experiencing trauma.
Prerequisite(s): , , , and additional courses in the MA program. Course restricted to Counseling MA Students only.
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 2 Maximum units for credit 8
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
ECE 530 - Analog and Digital Microelectronics, Unit(s): 3 Lecture: 3 hours
Introduction to analog/digital integrated circuits, bipolar and MOS transistor models, analysis and design of monolithic operational amplifiers, frequency response, non-linear circuits and CMOS, and Bipolar Logic Circuits. The course requires lab and/or project activity.
Prerequisite(s): ECE 432 or consent of instructor. Students that have completed EE 334 are not eligible to take this course.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
ECE 543 - Optical Fiber Communications, Unit(s): 3 Lecture: 3 hours
Lightwave fundamentals, optical fiber as transmission media, losses and bandwidth, fiber cables. Optical sources, detectors. Optical components such as switches, access couplers, wavelength multiplexers and demultiplexers. Analog and digital transmission techniques, line coding techniques, optic heterodyne receivers, thermal and shot noise, bit error rates, optical transmission system design. Optical T-carrier systems and SONET, future directions. The course may require significant lab and/or project activity.
Prerequisite(s): EE 430 or consent of instructor. Students who completed EE 443 are not eligible to take this course.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! ECE 565 - Networking and Network Management, Unit(s): 2
This course offers an in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of IP addressing, TCP and UDP, the ISO reference model, MAC and Ethernet, LAN, MAN, WAN, routing protocols, application protocols , including, client-server model, web protocols ,file transfer protocol, and email, and network elements such as repeaters, bridges, routers, and switches.
Prerequisite(s): EE 442 and EE 442L, or consent of instructor
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! ECE 565L - Networking and Network Management Lab, Unit(s): 1
This laboratory emphasizes on design and implementation of network concepts and protocols through configuring a network using networking elements and PCs, observing the actual behavior of the overall network, and analyzing and evaluating the results.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor Co-requisite(s): ECE 565
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! ECE 570 - Internet of Things, Unit(s): 3
This course teaches deep understanding of infrastructure-related architectures, components, design principles, security principles, and networking protocols used to develop the Internet-of-Things (IoT). The course also covers a wide range of IoT applications and cloud-based IoT platforms, and provides hands-on experiences via a series of projects.
Prerequisite(s): EE 310 or ECE 520, or consent of instructor Co-requisite(s): EE 465 or ECE 565, or consent of instructor
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! ECON 201 - U.S. Economic History and Institutions Unit(s): 3
This course explores the historical foundations of American economic growth and development from colonial times to the present. The study of economic history provides scholars the opportunity to understand and analyze, from a historical perspective, the impact of institutional and structural changes within the American economy.
GE Category: D - Social Sciences GE Overlay: American Institutions: U.S. History
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! EDEC 238 - Preschool Curriculum
Unit(s): 3This course presents an overview of knowledge and skills related to planning and implementing developmentally, linguistically, and culturally sustaining curriculum and environments for young children from birth to five years old. Students examine how to create and use the physical environment as the foundation for promoting activities that support learning and development, with an emphasis on the role of play and the development of scientific knowledge. Grade only.
Prerequisite(s): EDEC 110
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face to Face & Hybrid Grading: Graded
EDEC 260 - SYSSE: Conversations with Young Children, Unit(s): 4
This course is for second-year students interested in thinking deeply about conversations with children about race, socioeconomic class, gender, and disability. The course has three components: (1) students build their understanding of mentorship, campus and community involvement, and career opportunities (2) students practice critical reading and writing skills (3) students engage in conversations with children.
GE Category: C2 - Humanities
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Graded
Discontinued EDSP 515 - Advanced Legal Issues in Special Education, Unit(s): 3
EDSP 515 is part of the Professional Level II Education Specialist Credential Program. Advanced legal issues faced by teachers, administrators, and parents in special education are addressed. Topics include entitlement to services, procedural due process, complaint resolution, least-restrictive environment, provision of related services, parent participation, shared decision-making, and other related legal issues. Candidates review federal legislation, case law, and statutory requirements within the context of understanding the legal framework underlying special education and providing services, which are legally, as well as programmatically, sound.
Prerequisite(s): admission into the Professional Level II Education Specialist Credential Program as well as EDUC-MA students.
Typically Offered Spring Odd Years
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! EDSP 518 - Adv Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for SpEd, Unit(s): 3
Explore critical issues within the field of culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional (CLDE) populations. Examine historical origins, current trends, and research on CLDE students and their families. Topics explored include, but are not limited to: laws and litigation, over/underrepresentation, behavioral interventions, culturally responsive evidence-based practice, and family centered practice.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to an MA program or instructor permission
Typically Offered Spring Odd Years
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face to Face & Hybrid Grading: Graded
EDSP 522A - Family Partnerships in Early Childhood Special Education, Unit(s): 3
Build collaborative partnerships with the families of young children with disabilities. Develop the knowledge and skills to engage in culturally competent practices and be responsive to the needs, priorities and concerns of families. Collaborate with families to implement routines based interventions. Emphasis on family systems theory and family centered practice.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Early Childhood Special Education Added Authorization (ECSE-AA) program OR MA program Co-requisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in EDSP 522B for students in ECSE-AA.
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Graded
EDSP 523A - Assessment and Instruction in Early Childhood Special Education, Unit(s): 3
Overview of assessment and instructional practices utilized in early childhood special education. Conduct developmentally appropriate assessments. Acquire a repertoire of developmentally appropriate instructional strategies, assistive technologies, and other supports for young children in natural and inclusive environments. Design and implement interventions that address specific learning needs, are developmentally, culturally, and individually appropriate and reflect family concerns and priorities.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to ECSE-AA or MA program Co-requisite(s): EDSP 523B for candidates in the ECSE-AA program
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Graded
EDSP 571 - Research Paradigms in Education, Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to be taken midway in the Master of Arts degree program. This course focuses on becoming a critical consumer of research and includes among its goals the development of skills in the analysis and critique of educational research. The course serves to acquaint students with basic principles and techniques of educational research. It also provides students with an opportunity to integrate knowledge of these principles through analyses of action research projects that may serve as the foundation for the culminating master of arts degree project.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MA Education or MA Educational Leadership program or instructor consent.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face to Face & Hybrid Grading: Graded
Discontinued EDSP 590 - Critical Issues in Special Education, Unit(s): 3
Education 590 examines advanced issues surrounding current and critical issues in special education. Students will engage in self-directed inquiry exploring emerging theories and research in the field of special education. Further, the course will focus on the importance of understanding and respecting differing perspectives and positions related to special education theory and research.
Prerequisite(s): admissions to the Professional Level II program, M.A. program, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered Fall Even Years
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
EDSP 599 - Supervised Research for Thesis/Project, Unit(s): 3
Supervised Research provides students with guidance in the completion of their culminating project. Under the direction of the committee chair, and in consultation with all committee members, students will complete the thesis or project that was developed in EDMS 597 or the MA EDEL program. Following completion of the research project, students will participate in a formal presentation of their work to faculty and colleagues.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate coordinator consent
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No How many times? 1 Maximum units for credit 3
Teaching Mode: Face to Face & Hybrid Grading: Credit/No-Credit
EDSS 417 - School and Society, Unit(s): 3
A critical examination of current issues in today’s schools and future directions in education through the perspectives of history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and the politics of education. Content includes: trends, movements, and issues of the development of our present-day school systems and current educational practice; development of an individual philosophy of education through examination and evaluation of educational philosophies from early Greek through modern/post-modern thought; analysis of American society and its effect on the functioning of schools; the role of explicit and implicit cultural assumptions in educational contexts; and the influence of federal, state, and local governing agencies, the knowledge industry, and special-interest groups on education.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Golden Four (A1, A2, A3, B4) with a C- or better and completion of lower division D coursework and at least 45 units. Course is required for CRED, CREDC, CREDP, CRED2, credential student group (RUCR).
GE Category: Upper Division D
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
EDSS 444B - Applied Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Unit(s): 1
Students practice and apply what they learned from EDSS 444 about organizing curriculum, planning instruction, and assessing student learning using appropriate content and language/literacy standards. Students will develop a multi-day learning segment, analyze videotaped lessons, and interpret student work from their student teaching assignment.
Prerequisite(s): EDSS 417, EDSS 481, EDSS 444, Admission to Single Subject Credential Program
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 2 Maximum units for credit 2
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
GEP 110 - Communication of Environmental Issues, Unit(s): 3
In this class students learn how to effectively communicate information about environmental issues through audio-visual presentation. The class will focus on researching, designing, and delivering presentations generally. Then, through the frame of four environmental injustice (such as climate change, deforestation, agribusiness, urban environments and environmental injustice), students will research and design positioned and more objective individual and group presentations.
GE Category: A1 - Oral Communication
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
GEP 201 - Global Environmental Systems, Unit(s): 3
This course presents a broad survey of how the earth works. It focuses on the processes within, and the relationships between, the four global sub-systems: the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The course examines how physical, chemical, and biological functions create local, regional, and global climate and landscape patterns. It also explores the links between human activities and changes in climate, vegetation patterns, and landform processes.
GE Category: B1 - Physical science
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 206 - Society, Environment, and Sustainable Development, Unit(s): 3
The course helps students understand the sustainability of several human-environment relationships, and each student’s own role in perpetuating or changing those relationships. Following an introduction to Earth’s environmental systems, the course critiques several modes of understanding specific environmental problems caused by development. Course concludes with extended study of one globally important human-environment-development nexus.
GE Category: E - Life Long learning & Self Development
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 305 - World Regions in Global Context Unit(s): 3
Selected regions of the world form the basis of study. Economic development, political problems, man-land relationships, and global issues are covered. The course uses geographical methodologies and concepts and is interdisciplinary in its observations of world regions.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Golden Four (A1, A2, A3, B4) with a C- or better and completion of lower division D coursework and at least 45 units.
GE Category: Upper Division D
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
Discontinued GEP 320 - Geopolitics, Unit(s): 4
This course focuses upon the intersections of power, (in)security, and space. Informed by feminist and environmental perspectives, the class examines this intersection at embodied scales. It follows identity and (in)security across community and national scales. It also addresses structures of power and (in)security among nation-states at the global scale.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
NEW! GEP 321 - Parks and Protected Areas, Unit(s): 3-4
Focuses on the governance of protected areas. Examines their development and the variety of management approaches being applied around the world to steward them. Considers the challenges associated with supporting multiple uses in these areas, including biodiversity conservation and human activities such as hunting, recreation and tourism, and economic development.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 323 - Natural Resources & Development, Unit(s): 4
This course focuses on production systems that extract natural resources for economic gain, such as fishing, logging, mining and ranching. It addresses the challenge of ensuring environmental sustainability and social equity within these systems. With a global perspective, students compare outcomes under state-, community- and market-led approaches to resource management.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
NEW! GEP 326 - Water Law, Policy & Management, Unit(s): 3-4
Focusing first on the US West, this course examines several approaches to securing water resources and allocating scare supplies, including water rights, water development projects, water markets, and water pacts. It then addresses growing water insecurity throughout the world, and the challenge of ensuring access to water for the poor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
GEP 330 - Environmental History, Unit(s): 4
With historical examples from American and global contexts, this course examines how humans have altered their environments in many profound ways. Students also discover some unexpected and surprising ways in which plants and animals have changed humans. Students reflect on how these histories help inform our understanding of human-environment relationships today.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A (Communication and Critical Thinking).
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued GEP 333 - Natural Resource Planning, Unit(s): 4
This course focuses on the relationship between land use planning and environmental and natural resources concerns, using property and landscape as our primary lenses. We will consider how ideas regarding resource management, open space, biodiversity, “sustainability”, etc., are reflected in land use planning processes and practices. The course will examine broad planning and regulatory tools, such as Environmental Impact Statements, regional planning, and resource management planning, and more specific applications such as Habitat Conservation Plans and open space planning.
Prerequisite(s): Class open to Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students only.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 334 - Globalization and the City, Unit(s): 4
Examination of the evolution of cities as local and global political, economic, and social centers in response to trends in urbanization and the phenomenon of globalization. Comparative analysis of world cities and their responses to common challenges such as rapid growth, inequality, cultural change, and environmental pressures.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 335 - U.S. Environmental Policy, Unit(s): 4
This class starts with the idea that institutions of government are not a fixed inheritance but choices that are constantly being revised. The goal of the course is to sort out that assertion while providing a basic introduction to both American political institutions and major environmental issues. We will look at choices shaping the structure of governance and tools of environmental policy. Where are we heading in terms of democratic decision-making, responsibility, and accountability? How does the realm of international policy dovetail with national-level governance?
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area D
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued GEP 336 - U.S. Environmental Law, Unit(s): 3
Review of environmental law and regulation in the United States generally and California in particular. Overview of federal and California legal systems with emphasis on their role in environmental protection. Evolution of environmental law in the United States, including property rights and environmental justice.
Prerequisite(s): junior- or senior-level standing.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
Discontinued GEP 337 - Landscape History of the American West
Unit(s): 3Use 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.) but also 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. Open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students only or consent of instructor.
Prerequisite(s): juniors, seniors, or graduate students. Crosslisted: HIST 467
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
GEP 360 - Introduction to Urban and Environmental Planning, Unit(s): 4
Exploration of how cities and human settlements are shaped by the contemporary field of “planning.” Survey of traditional tools and innovative approaches used by planners to meet the needs of communities. Consideration of the implications of development patterns on natural resource concerns and on the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 367 - Transportation Policy and Technology, Unit(s): 3-4
Characteristics of multi-modal urban transportation systems and their role in society. Contemporary approaches in providing for travel demand and mitigating associated externalities. Potential implications of emerging transportation technologies
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 373 - Energy, Technology, and Society, Unit(s): 4
A lecture/discussion course designed to assist students in understanding energy as a fundamental measure of organization, structure, and transformation in society. Principal topics include: energy history; thermodynamics; energy resources and conversion technologies; global issues and trends; environmental impacts; energy economics, institutions, and politics. Elementary quantitative analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Junior- or senior-level standing, and completion of GE Area B4 (Math/Quantitative Reasoning) or prior or concurrent enrollment in GEP 280 .
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
GEP 422 - Political Ecology, Unit(s): 4
Using the analytic lens of political ecology, this class examines how development projects have degraded environments and livelihoods, and how people have worked to create environmentally and socially sustainable paths to empowerment and well-being. Students develop qualitative research skills and conduct an original place-based research project.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
Discontinued GEP 431 - Restoration and Society, Unit(s): 4
This capstone course focuses on the ideas and theories behind environmental restoration work and asks some critical questions about the field: where did the idea of restoration come from? What are the goals of environmental restorations, and how do you know if a project is meeting those goals? What do we mean by the terms “wilderness”, “native”, “diversity”, and so forth? Do environmental mitigation projects really work? We will also look at several specific case studies through the semester.
Prerequisite(s): Seniors and Graduate students only, consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued GEP 490 - Global Challenges Research Design, Unit(s): 3
This is the first semester of an intensive, year-long project in which students conduct original research and/or produce a professional product. During Fall semester, students formulate a research project and develop the research skills needed to conduct that project. This is a prerequisite for GEP 491.
Prerequisite(s): GEP Majors. Crosslisted: GLBL 490
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued GEP 491 - Global Challenges Research Project, Unit(s): 3
A continuation of GEP 490. In the Spring semester, students conduct their work, produce their final product, and present their results. Students continue the same section that they completed in GEP 490.
Prerequisite(s): GEP 490 Crosslisted: GLBL 491
Typically Offered Spring Only
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
GER 314 - Love and Desire in German Literature, Unit(s): 4
Studies of literature, including film, art, and the cultural history of German-speaking countries.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
GE Category: UD C
Typically Offered Fall Only
May Be Repeated May be repeated for credit under different title.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
HIST 468 - African American History, Unit(s): 4
A study of African American 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 rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s and 70s, and through the Black Lives Matter protests and political activism of the 2010s and 20s.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
JWST 200 - Introduction to Jewish Studies, Unit(s): 3
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
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.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Golden Four (A1, A2, A3, B4) with a C- or better (A1 can be taken concurrently), completion of lower division GE D coursework and at least 45 units.
GE Category: Upper Division D
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
LIBS 204 - Ethnic Studies, Storytelling, and Film, Unit(s): 4
Our primary focus will be a comparative study of American films from the mid-twentieth century till today. We begin with the understanding that media viewership is social. Films are cultural artifacts and the meanings we bring to our viewing and spectatorship are deeply affected by the social context of their consumption. In the US, racial capitalism and racism inform much of the context and creation of cinema. Applying an interdisciplinary ethnic studies approach, this course investigates the narrative and visual contours of storytelling and cultures of resistance in both mainstream (Hollywood) and alternative cinemas. We will supplement our inquiry through related works of literature (short story, poetry, and drama) in addition to readings in film theory, film history, cultural and Ethnic studies.
Crosslisted: ACMS 204
GE Category: F - Ethnic Studies GE Overlay: Critical Race Studies
Typically Offered Spring only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
MATH 265 - Intermediate Applied Statistics with R, Unit(s): 4
This course is a technology-intensive examination of the application of statistical techniques to the real world using R. The course extends the concepts learned in an elementary statistic course and introduces new topics; it is suitable for students with an interest in applying statistics to their field of interest. Topics selected from: theory of estimation, ANOVA (analysis of variance), multiple regression, principles of experimental design, sampling theory, time series analysis, non-parametric statistics, and multivariate analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or better in MATH 165 or MATH 165X or MATH 165B or MATH 250 or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
MATH 300B - Algebra, Geometry, and Data, Unit(s): 4
Designed for prospective elementary and middle school teachers, this course focuses on connections between fundamental concepts of algebra, geometry, and data. Topics include: data sets, measures of central tendency, measurement topics, geometric properties and scaling, algebraic structures, proportional reasoning, and linear models.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or better in MATH 300A required.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
PSY 409 - Social and Emotional Development, Unit(s): 4
This course presents an overview of social-emotional development across the life span. Theory and research will be assessed based on different theoretical models and approaches, including cross-cultural perspectives. Topics included are attachment, moral and personality development, social cognition, gender roles, identity, aggression, achievement, and emotions. Breadth: Developmental.
Prerequisite(s): Psychology Majors only. Completion of PSY 250. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
PSY 410 - Child Development, Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to the social-emotional, cognitive, language, biological, and physical development of children and adolescents. Students learn major developmental theories and current research as applied to relevant issues in today’s society. The role that parents, teachers, communities, and cultures play in the healthy growth and development of children is emphasized. Breadth: Developmental.
Prerequisite(s): Psychology Majors only. Completion of PSY 250. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Breadth Area: Developmental.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
PSY 411 - Child Psychopathology, Unit(s): 4
An overview of the development of psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence, including neurodevelopmental, emotional, behavioral, and other mental health diagnostic categories. Psychopathology is understood as the interplay among child, family, peer, and cultural influences as well as biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Empirically supported approaches to treatment and prevention are included.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 250. Psychology Majors only. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Breadth Area: Developmental
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
PSY 418 - Psychology of Family, Unit(s): 4
A study of the family as a social-psychological group. Considers family of origin, present families and relationships, and parenting. The role of culture is emphasized. Breadth: Developmental.
Prerequisite(s): Psychology Majors only. Completion of PSY 250. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Breadth Area: Developmental.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
PSY 425 - Psychopathology, Unit(s): 4
The study of the etiology, treatment, and prevention of mental health disorders (e.g., Schizophrenia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder). The role of diversity (e.g., culture, ethnicity, age, race, disability, sexual orientations, and gender identity) is emphasized. The application of theory and research to community mental health and psychotherapy are discussed throughout the course. Breadth: Clinical / Counseling.
Prerequisite(s): Psychology Majors only. Completion of PSY 250. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Breadth Area: Clinical/Counseling.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face, Hybrid & Online Grading: Graded
PSY 428 - Introduction to Counseling, Unit(s): 4
An examination of the counseling process and development of competencies in fundamental counseling skills through classroom instruction and skill building activities. Discussion of the responsibility of the counseling profession in a multicultural society and exploration of how sociocultural experiences of clients and counselors impact the counseling process. The development of multicultural competence is discussed throughout the course. Breadth: Clinical / Counseling.
Prerequisite(s): Psychology Majors only. Completion of PSY 250. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
PSY 461 - Personality, Unit(s): 4
Examines individual differences in the ways people behave, think, and feel and the psychological mechanisms that drive these patterns of behavior. Course will examine personality from a variety of perspectives including psychoanalytic, humanistic, trait, biological, learning, and social cognitive theories, as well as contemporary research in personality (e.g., measurement, change, and judgment). Breadth: Social / Personality.
Prerequisite(s): Psychology Majors only. Completion of PSY 250. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Breadth Area: Social/ Personality.
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
SOCI 328 - Sociology of the Environment, Unit(s): 4
This course provides an overview and history of the relationship between society and the environment, including such issues as climate change, human health, biodiversity, resource extraction, and industrial pollution. It investigates their causes, impacts, and politics at local, national, and global scales.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Sociology majors/minors and Sustainability minors.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
SOCI 329 - Sociology of Climate Change, Unit(s): 4
This course approaches anthropogenic climate change as a social problem. It addresses the social, political, economic and cultural factors that shape drivers, impacts, and responses to global climate change. Rather than studying global warming as an environmental problem or one caused by humanity as a whole, this course focuses on the systems of stratification and inequality that give some humans power over others to shape planetary systems. It emphasizes the study of power dynamics that produce climate change, the unequal impacts of climate change on communities, and various existing or possible responses societies adopt in the face of unprecedented environmental risk. The course explores processes of environmental change, but also asks what it means to be human in a dynamic, ecological system.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Sociology majors/minors, ESGP majors, and Sustainability minors.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued SOCI 336 - Investigative Sociology, Unit(s): 4
A service-learning course emphasizing development of sociological research for popular press publication. Students learn interviewing techniques; review sources of public information; use freedom of information laws; write and investigate social justice news stories using sociological research methods; and prepare reports for popular press publication. Meets Sociological Experience requirement for majors.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Sociology majors/minors only
Typically Offered Fall & Spring
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
Discontinued SOCI 371 - Sociology of Conspiracies, Unit(s): 4
A critical analysis of conspiracies in society using Power Elite and State Crimes Against Society theories applied to modern historical events using cultural, social psychological, public propaganda, and power perspectives: topics include political assassinations, election fraud, threats of terrorism, 9/11, and permanent war.
Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Sociology majors/minors only
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! SOCI 455 - Social Welfare and Health, Unit(s): 4
This service-learning course examines the social determinants of welfare and health by interrogating the connection between community resources and the general well-being and life quality of its members. We will explore the impact of specific psycho-social and material environments on the welfare and health of individuals and communities. We will examine the notion of “risk” and approaches to managing risk in a community, which will include the process of asset mapping and community-based resource intervention. Meets Sociological Experience requirement for the major.
Prerequisite(s): Sociology major or minor
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
SOCI 482 - Environmental Justice and Policy, Unit(s): 4
This service-learning course examines contemporary issues of environmental justice and environmental policy at local to global scales. Learning centers around students’ critical sociological engagement with a range of topics in forums outside the classroom, including social movements/activism and spaces of policy debate and formulation. Meets Sociological Experience requirement for majors.
Prerequisite(s): Restricted to Sociology majors/minors, ESGP majors, and Sustainability minors.
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
May Be Repeated No
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
NEW! SPAN 425 - Spanish for Professions, Unit(s): 4
This course is designed to help prepare students to utilize their Spanish in a variety of future careers. Students practice writing professional documents in Spanish, doing translations, discussing relevant news and current events related to professions of interest and the importance of Spanish in the United States as well as in international contexts. Students will also prepare projects on professions of interest.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 301
Typically Offered Spring Even Years
May Be Repeated Yes How many times? 2 Maximum units for credit 4
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded
THAR 202 - Introduction to the History of Drama and Dance: Origins to 1800, Unit(s): 3
First of a two course sequence, this course examines Western theatre traditions of ritual, drama, and dance at their origins, while dramatic tragedy and comedy are traced from the Golden Age of Greece through the Age of Enlightenment, roughly 1800. Added emphasis is placed on traditional Asian theatre forms. May be taken independently from THAR 203. The course relates the theatre’s past to how theatre is practiced today.
GE Category: C1 - Arts
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Credit/No-Credit
THAR 374 - Theatre of the World, Unit(s): 3
This course is intended to give the student a broader perspective of how theater performance reflects and shapes cultural values. Students will examine differences and commonalities in theater aesthetics and forms from across the globe, and examine the place of theater in specific cultures as well as social or political context. This course includes some hands-on performance work, but no prior performance experience is required.
GE Category: Upper Division C
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Student Option
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