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Spring 2008 Course Descriptions
The following course descriptions are for spring quarter 2008. Descriptions
for individual studies courses are not included in these listings. Please
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Offers hands-on gardening skills within a student-run space. Focuses on developing a strong cooperative garden on campus, with special attention to the documentation of this process. Enrollment limited to college members. Enrollment limited to 10.
Examines the human life cycle using an evolutionary framework. Examines key aspects of the human life stages using findings and concepts from developmental biology, physiology, nutrition, evolutionary ecology, and life history theory. These stages include: gestation, infancy, childhood, juvenile and adolescent periods, and senescence. Each stage of the life cycle is compared and contrasted with the developmental life of nonhuman primates and mammals. Other related topics include developmental plasticity and epigenetics. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15.
Advanced graduate seminar in environmental anthropology and science and technology studies, focusing on how nature is produced in the modern world and what political and practical significance this has in different contexts. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15.
Engages students with writings, discussion, and case studies of nonviolent resistance. Seeks to develop an understanding of what nonviolence is, what it seeks to do, and how it has been used throughout history. Enrollment limited to 20.
Introduction to the U.S. South as a hub of radical activism and organizing, from the period of African enslavement to the present. Discussion of representation and memory of the South through memoirs, periodicals, novels, poetry, and oral histories. Enrollment limited to 20.
Explores major issues concerning the Middle Eastern diaspora in the United States. Themes include ancient civilizations, the Iranian revolution, defining “diaspora,” Eastern feminism, Israel and Palestine, Orientalism, assimilation, the diaspora experience, and post-9/11 racism and Islamophobia. Enrollment limited to 20.
Weekly interactive lecture/discussions and practicum participation develop student knowledge and skills or peer education theory and practice including advocacy, ethics, harm reduction, and environmental strategies. UCSC-related health issues such as substance use, sexual health, and social justice are discussed. Enrollment by interview to determine ability to handle confidentiality and other peer counseling issues. Enrollment limited to 25.
Course focuses on theories, practices, and design of systems to optimize human well-being and system performance through consideration of psychological, social, physical, and biological factors. Covers human sensory systems and memory, workload management, error and reliability, performance measurement, and ergonomic design. Interdisciplinary course for social science and engineering graduate students. Enrollment restricted to graduate students; undergraduates may enroll if they have completed course 131.
Weekly seminar on advanced topics in VLSI and computer-aided design (CAD). Students present and discuss modern issues in semiconductor design, fabrication, and CAD. Frequent guest speakers present pertinent results from industry and academia. Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit.
Physics applied to geological problems, including basic mechanics, stress and strain, heat transport, and fluid flow. Discussion-2 hours. Prerequisite(s): course 11 or Mathematics 22 or 23A, and Physics 5B or 6B.
Introduces modern game theory, including applications in social science, biology, and engineering. Topics include extensive form, strategic form, mixed strategies, incomplete information, repeated games, evolutionary games, and simulation techniques. Prerequisite(s): Applied Math and Statistics 5 and either course 11B, AMS 11B, or Mathematics 11B or Mathematics 19B. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior economics, business management economics, global economics, and computer science majors. Enrollment limited to 100.
Examines policy, debate, and public opinion about U.S. immigration issues. Focuses on immigration since 1965, with particular attention to pending federal legislation. Draws from resources available in Washington, D.C., as well as research on immigration and media reports about immigration. Enrollment limited to 24.
Basic concepts of reliability engineering taught in application to microelectronic and photonic materials, assemblies, and packages and systems. Emphasis on the physics and mechanics of failure physical design for reliability predictive modeling and accelerated testing, with numerous practical examples and illustrations. Prerequisite(s): basic calculus; electronic and photonic devices and systems. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
Covers use of integrated optics for study of biological material; fluorescence spectroscopy, single molecule detection, optical tweezers, layered dielectric media, hollow-core waveguides, photonic crystals, optofluidics, biophotonic systems, and applications. Prerequisite(s): course 233 or equivalent. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 20.
150. Coastal and Marine Policy.
Introduces and analyzes the history, design, implementation, and effectiveness of key legal and institutional frameworks that govern the use and stewardship of coastal and marine areas and resources. Primary focus is on the U.S., although attention is also devoted to international laws and institutions targeting major transboundary issues like marine pollution and management of migratory fish stocks. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior environmental studies majors. Enrollment limited to 30.
114. Gender and Global Politics.
Examines knowledges and practices of global politics through critical, postcolonial, and transnational feminist approaches. Particular attention paid to global political economies and structures of global inequality. Topics include gender violence, social justice movements, militarization and security, sex trafficking, cultural flows, international development, and labor migrations. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): W.)
Focuses on recent avant-garde film movements and their relation to punk philosophy and aesthetics. Also discusses punk cinema’s influences from Soviet montage to punksploitation. Enrollment limited to 15.
Focuses on cult texts and their opposition/reaffirmation of dominant ideology through three contexts: fan participation, industry practice, and critical reception. Explores Internet subcultures and communities organized by genre. Enrollment restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Enrollment limited to 15.
Improves students’ ability to write and edit, and invites students to explore different kinds of writing related to film, television, and digital media including historical, theoretical, cultural criticism, popular reviews, grant proposals, online forums, and publishing. Prerequisite(s): course 20A, 20B, or 20C. Enrollment restricted to sophomore and junior film and digital media majors. Enrollment limited to 20.
Examines the tensions between movements for political reform and reaction in the southern United States between Reconstruction and World War II. Students develop a research paper grounded in primary research that addresses these questions. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; two upper-division history courses or permission of instructor. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior history majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): W, E.)
Examines material and conceptual phenomena of writing in Chinese visual culture. Focuses on the intersections of places and practices of writing through various inscribed sites, ranging from oracle bones, seals, and mountain facades to hand scrolls, architecture, and contemporary art. Enrollment limited to 35. (General Education Code(s): A.)
Religious, scientific, and secular manuscripts of Byzantium: how words and images interact to express and promote concepts of Byzantine culture; serve liturgical needs of private devotion; reflect imperial ideals; diffuse moral values and knowledge; and proclaim social status and cultural affiliations. Prerequisite(s): course 104A or permission of instructor. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 18. (General Education Code(s): A.)
Students study the main translated texts of Carl Schmitt’s work, as well as certain secondary commentary on his body of thought. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15.
Is there a general school of philosophy endemic to Latin America? Would it have to appeal to quintessential Western philosophical questions regarding knowledge, values, and reality? If not, why not, and would it then still count as philosophy? What difference do ethnic and national diversity, as well as strong political and social inequality, make to the development of philosophical questions and frameworks? Course explores a variety of historically situated Latin American thinkers who investigate ethnic identity, gender, and socio-political inequality and liberation, and historical memory, and who have also made important contributions to mainstream analytical and continental philosophy. (Also offered as Philosophy 80E. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, E.)
Explores the history and theory of U.S. state punishment from its 17th-century beginnings to the present and notes evolving models of criminal deviance, focusing on how punishment systems legitimate particular models of criminal deviance, crime, and its “correction.” Enrollment restricted to legal studies majors during priority enrollment only.
Explores the legal relationship between native peoples and the state. Examines the development of that relationship and several of the key legal issues currently confronting native peoples as they attempt to redress the injustices of the past. Enrollment restricted to legal studies majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.)
Discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as constructed in Israeli movies and performing arts. Introduces Israeli films and plays from 1948 to the present that deal with this subject. Provides a critical perspective on innovative cinematic and dramatic responses to the changing course of events. Satisfies the Literature and Film, Modern Literary Studies and World Literature concentrations; also satisfies the global distribution requirement.
Reconstruction of aspects of Indo-European culture through readings in English translation of Hittite, Sanskrit, Greek, Irish, Norse, and other related ancient mythology and poetry. Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Literature concentration; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern distribution requirements.
42A. Student Directed Seminar: Mariachi Ensemble (2 credits).
Musical ensemble that teaches the different musical styles of México, with very stong emphasis on the styles of Mariachi. Son Jalisciençe and Jarabe are addressed. Admission by instructor determination at first class meeting. Enrollment limited to 15.
Is there a general school of philosophy endemic to Latin America? Would it have to appeal to quintessential Western philosophical questions regarding knowledge, values, and reality? If not, why not, and would it then still count as philosophy? What difference do ethnic and national diversity, as well as strong political and social inequality, make to the development of philosophical questions and frameworks? Course explores a variety of historically situated Latin American thinkers who investigate ethnic identity, gender, and socio-political inequality and liberation, and historical memory, and who have also made important contributions to mainstream analytical and continental philosophy. (Also offered as Latin American and Latino Studies 80E. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, E.)
Considers the relevance of philosophical matters to the practice of science. Using quantum physics as a case study, explores historical and contemporary perspectives on issues such as those raised by the Schröat;dinger cat paradox, Bell’s inequalities, and quantum erasers. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 290K. Prerequisite(s): courses 91 and 93, or courses 91 and 94, or courses 93 and 24. Enrollment limited to 22.
Considers the relevance of philosophical matters to the practice of science. Using quantum physics as a case study, explores historical and contemporary perspectives on issues such as those raised by the Schröat;dinger cat paradox, Bell’s inequalities, and quantum erasers. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 190K. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 22.
Focuses on selected philosophical areas and/or specific philosophers. Students meet with the instructor to discuss readings and deepen their knowledge on a particular subject. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
Students submit petition to course sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
Co-educational course that teaches novice kayakers the skills to safely use UCSC kayaks in the Monterey Bay. Topics include: basic paddling strokes and maneuvers; self and assisted deep-water rescues; beach launching; landing through surf; and marine hazards and navigation. Students pay a course fee. Enrollment limited to 12.
Links the study of democratic theories with an interdisciplinary approach to issues at the intersection of democracy and technology, such as participation, freedom of speech, access with regard to diversity, and income inequality. (General Education Code(s): IS.)
Focuses on the impact women have on the political process in the U.S. Examines women’s mass-level political participation with focus on the gender gap; women as candidates, women officeholders and their impact, and expectations for the future. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20.
Examines theories, research, and policies on education attainment trends, schooling conditions, and learning opportunities for Latina/o students from childhood through emerging adulthood. Emphasis on organization and allocation of learning opportunities; importance of familial, cultural, and social resources in improving educational equity. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies comprehensive requirement. Enrollment limited to senior psychology majors. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): E.)
Human factors psychology studies human-machine interaction and computer usability, and involves diverse topics including displays and controls; human error; decision-making; psycholinguistics; and the role of fatigue, environmental stressors, and social/team factors that directly impact human performance. Prerequisite(s): course 3.
Provides supplemental instruction on specific topical and/or technical matters related to social documentation. Topics include technical standards, artistic strategies, and innovations within the field of social documentation, documentary subjects, and/or work of individual professional documentarians. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit.
History of Yiddish theater from the beginning of the 19th Century until after the Second World War. Students read in the canon of Yiddish dramatic literature and discuss the work of major Yiddish theater troupes in Poland, Russia, and the United States. The connection between Yiddish and Hebrew theater is discussed and questioned. Enrollment limited to 40. (General Education Code(s): A, E.)
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