College Catalog 2015-2016 ARCHIVED CATALOG
Course Descriptions
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ENGL 322 - Heroes, Gods, and Gurus
An exploration of the complex and amazing world of classic Hindu literature, with a focus on either the Mahabharata or Ramayana (the focus alternates each semester the course is taught). We examine either the Mahabharata’s or Ramayana’s basic story and characters and seek to learn about their cultural context and impact, across centuries of interpretation and practice.
Cross-listed with REL 313
3 credits
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ENGL 323 - Dante
A close reading (in translation) of Dante’s Divine Comedy in the context both of his Vita Nuova and of various historical and literary movements of his time.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 324 - Chaucer
A close reading of The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, in Middle English and with their medieval background.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 325 - Literature of the English Renaissance
A survey of literature from sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, focusing especially on various strains of Renaissance Humanism-including works by Petrarch, Castiglione, Wyatt, the Sidney circle, Spenser, Shakespeare, Southwell, Donne, Wroth, Philips, Herbert, Herrick, Marvell and Milton.
Pre-req: THEA 150, ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 326 - Topics in Shakespeare
Thematic study of Shakespeare’s works and/or adaptations of Shakespeare drama, reflecting current trends in Shakespeare Studies. Topics may include Postcolonial Shakespeares, Hamlet and its Afterlifes, Shakespeare in American Life, and Shakespearean Collaborations.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , ENGL 221 , THEA 150 or THEA 272
3 credits
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ENGL 327 - Reading Renaissance Poetry
A survey of early modern English poetry by both men and women – as well as its Italian influences – from the reign of Henry VIII through the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, this course will consider Petrarch and Italian Petrarchans, as well as Wyatt and Surrey, Spenser, Sidney and Wroth, Shakespeare, Donne, Lanyer, Philips, Herbert, Herrick, Milton, Dryden, and Finch.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 or ENGL 120 or ENGL 220 or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 329 - Milton
An examination of John Milton’s poetry and major prose in its biographical and historical context, culminating in a close reading of Paradise Lost.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
Cross-listed with REL 357
3 credits
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ENGL 330 - British Literature 1640-1789
A survey of British literature of the English Civil Wars, Restoration, and eighteenth century, with particular attention to its social context. Special emphasis is given to Dryden, Defoe, Pope, Fielding, and Johnson, as well as to the numerous women writing during the period.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 331 - Rise of the Novel
The pioneers of the novel in English: Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, and Sterne.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 332 - 19th-Century English Novel
Major nineteenth-century novels, selected from the works of Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontes, Eliot, and Hardy.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 333 - Jane Austen in Context
An intensive study of several Austen novels in terms of historical context, formal innovations, and cultural resonances. Readings may also include works by Austen’s literary influences, contemporaries, and heirs.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 335 - Victorian Poetry
Survey of British poetry from 1830 to 1900, emphasizing the formation and influence of the Victorian doctrine of “separate spheres” and the later development of the scientific classifications of sexuality.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 336 - The European Novel
Selected European novels of the 19th century, with particular emphasis on Russian fiction.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 337 - Gothic Fiction
British Gothic fiction from its eighteenth century origins through nineteenth century works such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and Woman in White. Topics will include the Imperial Gothic, feminist psychoanalytic criticism and queer theory.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 350 - Modern Drama
A survey of modern dramatic works from the 1870s to the 1960s, from naturalism to the Theater of the Absurd.
Pre-req: THEA 150, ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 352 - The Modern British Novel
An examination of British novels from 1900 through the 1940s, with an emphasis on modernism and such novelists as Conrad, Woolf, Joyce, Ford, Forster, Lawrence, and Orwell.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 353 - James Joyce
Irish nationalism and Irish renaissance; emphasis on Yeats, Joyce, Synge, and O’Casey.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 354 - Contemporary British Literature
A study of British literature and culture since 1950, and of the relationship between literature and national identity in the period.
Pre-req: THEA 150, ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 355 - Contemporary Drama
A study of key figures and movements in drama and performance art since the 1950s.
Pre-req: THEA 150, ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 358 - Postcolonial Novel
Novels, with some short fiction and essays, about many aspects of colonialism, with particular focus on the British Empire.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 361 - American Romanticism
The major writers of the literary movement known as “transcendentalism” and the response to them. Such writers as Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Douglass, Whitman, Dickinson, Whittier, Longfellow, and Bryant will be considered.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 362 - American Realism & Naturalism
The major writers of the last half of the nineteenth century to World War I, with emphasis on the two movements of the course title. Such writers as Stowe, Twain, Howells, Crane, James, Norris, London, Chopin, Gilman, Wharton, and Adams will be considered.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 363 - Modern American Novel
The modernist movement in the American novel from World War I to 1950. Such writers as Cather, Faulkner, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Hurston, Dreiser, Welty, Stein, Steinbeck, Lewis, Fitzgerald, Hammett, and Chandler will be considered.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 364 - Modern American Poetry
Poets of the modernist era in America, such as Williams, Stevens, Eliot, and Moore. May include some contemporaneous British poets (i.e. Yeats) and American precursors (i.e. Dickinson and Whitman).
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 365 - Hemingway and Eliot
Close reading of major works by Ernest Hemingway and T.S. Eliot, with attention to literary form, ethical situations, and world views.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 or 4 credits
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ENGL 371 - Contemporary American Poetry
Readings in American poetry from post-World War II to the present. May include some contemporaneous world poetry.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 373 - African-American Literary Tradition
An examination of the development of the African-American literary tradition. Among the writers and topics which may be considered are slave narratives, the oral tradition, Wheatley, Douglass, the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes, Hurston, Baldwin, Wright, Ellison, Walker, Angelou, and Morrison.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 374 - Asian-American Literature
A course in contemporary Asian-American fiction, poetry, and drama, with an emphasis on immigrant history and on media images of Asian-Americans.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 or 4 credits
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ENGL 375 - Chicano/Chicana Literature
A survey of Mexican-American literature in various genres, with particular attention to its place within the wider cultural conversation that is American literature. Topics may include the Mexican American Southwest, the Chicano/Chicana Movement of the 1960s, contemporary Chicano & Chicana , and transitional literature.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
Cross-listed with ENGL 275
3 credits
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ENGL 377 - Autobiography & the American Culture
Examination of autobiography as a particularly American genre. Consideration of the theory and history of the genre. Emphasis on autobiography as a literary expression of a variety of literary, historical, and cultural concerns.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 380 - Digital Labor: Race, Gender, and Technology Literature and Film
An upper level interdisciplinary course in the study of literature and media focusing on technology, gender, and labor. This course will give students a foundation in Marxist, feminist, and media theory. Major texts will include non-fiction literature, novels, science fiction, and speculative fiction. In addition, students will view and examine fictional and non-fiction films about technology and computation. Pre-req: One 200-level PHIL or GEN course, or ENGL 110 or 120 or 220 or 221. Suggested: Junior standing or higher.
Pre-req: One 200-level PHIL or GEN course, or ENGL 110 or 120 or 220 or 221
Cross-listed with GEN 380
3 credits
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ENGL 382 - History of Literary Criticism
Major approaches and critical assumptions in the history of literary criticism; special attention to critical movements since 1930.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 383 - Asian Literature
Masterpieces, ancient and modern, of Asian literature-including philosophical writings, poetry, drama, short stories, and novels-from classics such as the Analects of Confucius to contemporaries such as Kobo Abe and Bharati Mukherjee. This class will focus on two or three of the following areas: India, China, Japan, and the Middle East.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 384 - Robin Hood Through the Ages
An intensive study of over 600 years of Robin Hood materials, from the earliest medieval ballads and chronicles through later plays and novels to modern films. The course investigates how each age has reinvented the character to address its own concerns.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
4 credits
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ENGL 385 - Celtic Literature
This course offers an overview of Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, Manx, and Breton literary traditions. Beginning with the ancient texts of the Tain and the Mabinogian, this survey will finish with an exploration of present-day Celtic literature.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 387 - Science Fiction
A reading and viewing of science fiction from H.G. Wells to Octavia Butler in historical, thematic, stylistic, and socio-political terms.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 or 4 credits
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ENGL 388 - Travel Writing
An introduction to writing and reading about travel. Students write their own travel narratives, read recent and historical travel literature, and consider the cultural impact of various forms of travel.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 389 - Lord of the Rings: JRR Tolkien
An in-depth study of Tolkien’s stories and of the medieval works that influenced them. Readings include The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and shorter Tolkien works such as Farmer Giles of Ham, alongside influences such as Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Snorri Sturlusson’s Edda, The Saga of the Volsungs, and selections from Chaucer, The Kalevala, and the Arthurian legends. We will also delve into Humphrey Carpenter’s biography of Tolkien as well as short lessons in the languages of Finnish and Elvish.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
4 credits
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ENGL 390 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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ENGL 395 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits
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ENGL 400 - Critical Procedures in Language & Literature
Consideration of the major theoretical positions in contemporary criticism with their application to selected literary texts. Designed for senior English majors. The portfolio produced in this course satisfies the Paper-in-the -Major college writing requirement for English majors. Note: Senior English majors only.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
3 credits
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ENGL 410 - Senior Seminar in English
Intensive study of a particular figure or topic, for seniors.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221 , and instructor permission
3 credits
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ENGL 420 - Preceptorship: Teaching Literature
Collaboration with professors in teaching introductory literature courses. For advanced majors interested in the theory and practice of teaching literature. Requires attendance at the relevant course (ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221 ) and intensive work with the instructor.
Pre-req: ENGL 110 , ENGL 120 , ENGL 220 , or ENGL 221
1 credits
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ENGL 490 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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ENGL 495 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits
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Environmental Studies |
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ENST 070 - Practicing Sustainable Urban Agriculture
This course introduces students to the foundations of sustainable urban agriculture through active participation in the campus garden lab. Students will learn how to build healthy soil (including composting and vermiposting), use low-water irrigation techniques, propagate plants, cultivate fruits and vegetables, save seeds, and will be introduced to sustainable modes of disease and pest management. The class meets once a week, has required readings and will ask students to contribute one additional hour of work in the garden lab per week. This course is a pre-requisite for participation in urban agriculture internships.
1 credits
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ENST 245 - Green Politics
This course examines the intersections among ecological, social/cultural, economic and political processes and practices that have produced contemporary ecological crises (climate change, deforestation, air and water pollution, urban sprawl, etc.). We will investigate the complex processes that produce environmental problems, examine how people are differently affected by these problems, and we will look at how people can act to solve these problems. The course will emphasize that environmental issues are almost always social issues: the ecological crises we face are lodged in complex relations of power; embedded in daily practices; bound up with cultural values and priorities; and are inexorably linked with what counts as a pressing issue as well as the tools selected to solve problems. Environmental problems also reflect existing social relations of power and inequality. We do not all pay the same price or pay in the same way, nor do we all have an equal hand in their promulgation.
Cross-listed with SOC 245
3 credits
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ENST 260 - Eco-Philosophy
The evolution of theoretical responses to unprecedented environmental crises such as Global Warming and mass extinctions-from application of traditional ethical theories to the development of comprehensive alternative environmental philosophies.
Cross-listed with GEN 260 / PHIL 260 - Eco-Philosophy
3 credits
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ENST 290 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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ENST 301 - Environmental Analysis, Policy and Law
Review of U.S. and California environmental regulations and their application, historical overview of national and international environmental policy development with attention to current environmental policy issues. Lecture and Field Trips.
Pre-req: ENVS 100
3 credits
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ENST 321 - China: Its Environment and History
This course examines the multifarious ways in which the natural environment conditioned the course of China’s history from Neolithic times to the present, and the ways in which human actions altered China’s environment. The paradox of China’s “sustainable” development over the past 3000 years is explored.
Pre-req: HIST 101 , HIST 220 , or ENVS 100
Cross-listed with HIST 321
3 credits
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ENST 323 - Environmental Anthropology
The changes that humans make in the natural environment are related to their world views and to their ideas about what the relationship between humans and nature should be. This course will explore these relationships cross-culturally through the readings of ethnographies and the viewing of films.
Pre-req: Sophomore standing or above
Cross-listed with ANTH 323
3 credits
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ENST 348 - Food and Food Systems
This course approaches food-something Americans often take for granted-as a complex social system. We will investigate the social relationships and modes of organization that constitute the economic, political, environmental and social contexts for the development, production, distribution, promotion and consumption of food in contemporary society. Thus the course engages topics such as genetically modified food, the politics of food regulation, industrial agriculture, alternative agriculture and/or sustainable development.
Cross-listed with SOC 348
3 credits
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ENST 350 - World Environmental History
An examination of the world’s environmental history from both local (e.g. California and the U.S.) and global perspectives (e.g. deforestation, species extinctions, climate change and global warming, nitrogen flows) designed to explore the interaction between humans and the natural environment, and to assess the extent of the human impact on natural environments over time.
Pre-req: HIST 100 or any 200-level HIST course
Cross-listed with HIST 350
3 credits
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ENST 357 - Globalization and the Environment
Considers development issues related to economics, politics, inequality, human rights, gender, and environment and examines modernization, dependency, and world-system approaches to the theoretical understanding these issues.
Pre-req: ENVS 100
Cross-listed with INTD 357 and SOC 357
4 credits
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ENST 359 - Early North American Environmental History
This course explores the environmental history of early America. It particularly looks at the ways that colonial forms of land use, transportation, technology, and food systems emerged and evolved in early modern North America. Themes include cultural and ecological encounters, epidemiology, consumption, and production.
Pre-req: HIST 101 , HIST 206 or ENVS 100
Cross-listed with HIST 359
3 credits
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ENST 370 - Environmental Sociology
This course focuses on sociological investigations of contemporary environmental/ ecological issues. From a sociological standpoint it is axiomatic that most of the ecological/environmental problems and crisis that we currently face are at their root social problems. This is not to minimize or erase the very real biogeochemical processes that have been disrupted, corrupted and eradicated by human actions; rather this perspective highlights those human actions and their outcomes. This course will be project based and organized around one or more case studies to introduce students to the relevant academic literature and to emphasize data analysis and concrete problem solving.
Pre-req: SOC 200 and Sophomore standing or above
Cross-listed with SOC 370
3 credits
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ENST 395 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits
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ENST 490 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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Environmental Science |
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ENVS 050 - Environmental Science Colloquium
Weekly colloquia from scientists engaged in study of the environment as well as various stakeholders in environmental issues. Students interested in environmental science and/ or environmental issues are encouraged to attend colloquia. Seniors will normally give a colloquium presentation as part of the paper in the major requirement. May be repeated for credit
1 credits
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ENVS 090 - Selected Topics in ENVS
May be repeated for credit. This course may not be used to meet requirements in any major.
1 to 3 credits
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ENVS 100 - Introduction to Environmental Science
An introduction to the field of environmental science, examined from multiple perspectives: biology, earth sciences, chemistry, and physics. The class focuses on the contributions these different disciplines make to the diagnosis and solution of environmental problems, with an emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of these issues. Lecture, laboratory, and field trips.
Co-req: ENVS 100L
4 credits
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ENVS 100L - Introduction to Environmental Science Lab
Co-req: ENVS 100
0 credits
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ENVS 105 - Environmental Geology: Hazards & Resources
An introduction to processes at the Earth’s surface. The class explores the global weather and climate systems, the role of water in the environment, and processes that shape the surface of the earth. The class provides basic information on the physical processes maintaining the environment in which life exists. Special topics include global climate change, the greenhouse effect, tornadoes, hurricanes, El Nino, floods, landslides, and a survey of glacial, costal and stream environments.
Co-req: ENVS 105L
4 credits
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ENVS 105L - Environmental Geology: Hazards & Resources Lab
Co-req: ENVS 105
0 credits
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ENVS 190 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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ENVS 200 - Biological Anthropology
This course studies the physical aspects of human populations and the evolutionary history of our species. This history is studied through an overview of genetics and evolutionary theory, the fossil record, our close primate relatives and variation among contemporary humans, which underlies observable changes as our species continues to evolve.
Cross-listed with ANTH 200
3 credits
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ENVS 251 - Ecology & Evolution of Organisms
An introduction to the structure and function of populations of plants and animals. Topics to be covered include growth and behavior of populations, ecology of communities, ecosystem function, transmission genetics, and the evolution of populations and species. Lecture, Laboratories, and Field Trips.
Pre-req: ENVS 100 or BIOL 152
Co-req: ENVS 251L
Cross-listed with BIOL 251
4 credits
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ENVS 251L - Ecology & Evolution of Organisms Lab
Co-req: ENVS 251
Cross-listed with BIOL 251
0 credits
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ENVS 290 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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ENVS 291 - Earth’s Atmosphere
Fundamental properties of the atmosphere and the basic scientific principles behind weather and climate. Atmospheric circulation, weather patterns, atmosphere-ocean interactions and the human impact on the atmosphere such as air pollution, ozone depletion and climate change. Lectures and Laboratory.
4 credits
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ENVS 295 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits
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ENVS 320 - Environmental Chemistry
Atmospheric and condensed phase chemistry involved in modern environmental challenges including: global warming; energy supply; air, water and soil pollution; and ozone depletion. Lectures and Laboratory.
Pre-req: CHEM 110A
Cross-listed with CHEM 282
4 credits
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ENVS 320L - Environmental Chemistry Lab
Co-req: ENVS 320
Cross-listed with CHEM 282L
0 credits
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ENVS 330 - Soils & Environmental Geomorphology
The role of soil in the environment goes beyond being the media for vegetation to grow. The pedosphere (soils) is a complex and dynamic system at the interface between the atmosphere, the lithosphere, and the biosphere in which essential cycles of elements occur that support life on earth. Understanding the processes involved in soil formation and development across spatial and temporal scale will be the focus of this course, with emphasis on the effect of anthropogenic activity, such as soil management and use of soil resources, in affecting food production and causing environmental and water management issues. Lecture, Laboratory, and Field Trips.
Pre-req: ENVS 100 or ENVS 105
Co-req: ENVS 330L
4 credits
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ENVS 330L - Soils & Environmental Geomorphology Lab
Co-req: ENVS 330
0 credits
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ENVS 333 - Insects and Their Arthropod Relatives
This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to insects and their arthropod relatives. It will cover the key features of their classification, physiological structure and function, behavior and ecology, all within the context of the latest ideas on the evolution of the group. The course will also examine the economic importance of insects in veterinary and human medicine, pest management and pollination biology.
Pre-req: BIOL 251 or ENVS 100
Co-req: ENVS 333L
Cross-listed with BIOL 333
4 credits
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ENVS 333L - Insects and Their Arthropod Relatives Lab
Co-req: ENVS 333
Cross-listed with BIOL 333L
0 credits
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ENVS 345 - Energy Resources
An in-depth examination of energy resources from a geological and environmental perspective. Topics include petroleum geology, traditional and alternative energy sources, extraction methods, social impacts, and environmental hazards. Labs will use case-studies and datasets to investigate the decision-making process and current events. Lectures, laboratory, field trips.
Pre-req: ENVS 100 and ENVS 105
Co-req: ENVS 345L
4 credits
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ENVS 345L - Energy Resources Lab
Co-req: ENVS 345
0 credits
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ENVS 351 - Principles of Ecology
This course examines the fundamental concepts in the rapidly developing areas of ecology. The topics covered include the factors that limit the distributions and abundances of organisms, the effects that organisms have on ecosystems, the integration of ecosystems around the globe, and the conservation of species diversity. The class also explores how the behavior and physiology of individual organisms shape both and the global patterns of distribution abundance. Laboratories emphasize collection, and quantitative analyses, of experimental and field data from local ecosystems. Lecture, Laboratory, and Field Trips.
Pre-req: BIOL 251
Co-req: ENVS 351L
Cross-listed with BIOL 351
4 credits
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ENVS 351L - Principles of Ecology Lab
Co-req: BIOL 351L
Cross-listed with BIOL 351
0 credits
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ENVS 352 - Long-term Environmental Change
Through its history the Earth system has experienced large climatic fluctuations and has undergone periods of glacial expansion followed by warming trends. The understanding of the links between climate and ecosystems of the past (million of years) can inform on current and future climate changes. However, in much shorter time frames (hundred of years) anthropogenic activity has caused dramatic and unprecedented changes in the global climate whose effect on ecosystem processes and function is still largely unknown. This course will expose the students to a number of techniques used to reconstruct past climate, with particular emphasis on the use of isotopes. Recent warming trends will be investigated with particular focus on the ecosystems’ response to current and predicted global change.
Pre-req: ENVS 100 or ENVS 105
4 credits
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ENVS 358 - Population, Problems & Policy
3 credits
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ENVS 360 - World’s Views: Globalization, Environment, Agricultural Economy
This course is rooted in environmental science and focuses on the issue of land use change on global climate and environmental sustainability. There are obvious connections with other disciplines and fields, including global sustainability, food production, business, economics, and social science. Students who will participate in this course should expect to learn the connection between the soil system, vegetation and the atmosphere at the local and global scale. The business component of land use change is evident. Many multinational companies have an interest in available productive land for their crop production and their activity is driven by local and especially global demand. The course will be experiential, meaning that students will learn from on site visits and direct interaction with actual players in the field of sustainability and land use. Participants will be exposed to research work conducted in the area.
Pre-req: Sophomore standing or above
Cross-listed with INTD 360
4 credits
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ENVS 379 - Conservation Biology
Conservation biology deals with the study of preserving biodiversity. Topics to be covered include the effects of habitat fragmentation on populations, reserve design, the effect of fragmentation on levels of diversity, and issues surrounding the problem of maintaining genetic diversity. Lectures, Laboratory, and Field Trips.
Pre-req: ENVS 100 or BIOL 251
Co-req: ENVS 379L
Cross-listed with BIOL 379
4 credits
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ENVS 379L - Conservation Biology Lab
Co-req: ENVS 379
Cross-listed with BIOL 379L
0 credits
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ENVS 384 - Marine Biology
The physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the marine environment; emphasizes factors affecting the distribution and abundance of marine organisms. Lectures, Laboratories, Field Trips.
Pre-req: BIOL 251
Co-req: ENVS 384L
Cross-listed with BIOL 384
4 credits
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ENVS 384L - Marine Biology Lab
Co-req: ENVS 384
Cross-listed with BIOL 384L
0 credits
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ENVS 390 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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ENVS 395 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits
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ENVS 396 - Integrated Research Methods
This course focuses on developing expertise in environmental sampling and analysis. Topics to be covered include basic surveying and mapping techniques, community sampling, air and water quality analysis, and basic statistical analysis of data. The course is topic based, and will investigate several problems over the course of the semester using field and laboratory instrumentation. This course is designed for sophomores or juniors. Lecture, Laboratory and Field Trips.
Pre-req: ENVS 100
4 credits
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ENVS 445 - Evolutionary Biology
Examination of the mechanisms of micro evolutionary and macro evolutionary change. Lecture, laboratory, and field trips.
Pre-req: BIOL 251 and Sophomore standing or above
Co-req: ENVS 445L
Cross-listed with BIOL 445
4 credits
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ENVS 445L - Evolutionary Biology Lab
Co-req: ENVS 445
Cross-listed with BIOL 445L
0 credits
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ENVS 473 - The Southern California Flora: Ecology, Evolution & Taxonomy
Taxonomic and ecological study of native plants. Lectures, Laboratory, and Field Trips.
Pre-req: ENVS 100 or BIOL 251
Co-req: ENVS 473L
Cross-listed with BIOL 473
4 credits
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ENVS 473L - Southern California Flora: Ecology, Evolution & Taxonomy
Co-req: ENVS 473
0 credits
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ENVS 485 - Advanced Field Studies
Pre-req: Instructor permission
Cross-listed with BIOL 485
4 credits
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ENVS 490 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits
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