2021-2022 Humboldt State University Catalog 
    
    May 19, 2024  
2021-2022 Humboldt State University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education & All-University Requirements  

 

Communication

  
  • COMM 319 - Communication Research

    Units: 4

    Social scientific and humanistic research methods.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 105  (C) or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • COMM 324 - Nonverbal Communication

    Units: 4

    How human communication behaviors acquire meaning. Body language, voice, and use of our environment.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • COMM 387 - International Education Colloquium

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: ANTH 387 , ECON 387 , GEOG 387 , HIST 387 , INTL 387 , PSCI 387 
    Earn credit by attending International Education Week events and participating in an online discussion forum. Mandatory pre-event meeting.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • COMM 404 - Theories of Communication Influence

    Units: 4

    How communication influences human thought and behavior. Theories of argumentation and persuasion in various communication contexts.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 105  (C) or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • COMM 411 - Organizational Communication

    Units: 4

    Interpersonal, small group, and systemic communication in organizations. Improve skills; increase understanding of communication process. Substantial independent work with instructor supervision.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 105  (C) or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • COMM 414 - Rhetorical Theory

    Units: 4

    Major communication theories, from classical period to present, using rhetorical perspective.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 105  (C) or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • COMM 415 - Communication Theory

    Units: 4

    Multidisciplinary survey of theories from perspective of social sciences.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 105  (C) or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • COMM 416 - Social Advocacy Theory & Practice

    Units: 3

    Explores theories, models, and case studies pertaining to the study of social advocacy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 315  (C).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • COMM 472 - Convention Experience

    Units: 1

    Purposeful attendance and thoughtful analysis of experience attending a regional or national academic communication convention. Recommended preparation: COMM 319 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 105  (C) or IA. Communication majors/minors only.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • COMM 480 - Seminar in Speech Communication

    Units: 1-4

    New dimensions in the field.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: COMM 105  (C).
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • COMM 490 - Capstone Experience

    Units: 2

    Under guidance, complete and present senior project and finalize assessment portfolio. Recommended before enrolling: COMM 105 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • COMM 495 - Field Experiences in Speech Communication

    Units: 1-6

    Either propose and develop a project (under direction of instructor) or perform supervised research on a project initiated by a professor.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-6
  
  • COMM 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-4

    Individual study on selected problems.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4

Computer Science

Prerequisite courses must be passed with a minimum grade of C-.

  
  • CS 100 - Critical Thinking with Computers

    Units: 3

    Apply critical thinking skills studying human and computer parallels, computer technology and methodology, and program development.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE A3: Critical Thinking
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CS 111 - Computer Science Foundations 1

    Units: 4

    Introductory programming covering problem decomposition, control structures, simple data structures, testing, and documentation. Students design and implement a number of programs.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MATH 101  (C) or MATH 101I  (C) or MATH 102  (C).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 112 - Computer Science Foundations 2

    Units: 4

    Object-oriented programming, focusing on classes, instances, methods, encapsulation, inheritance, overloading, multiple inheritance, and exception handling.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 111 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 211 - Data Structures

    Units: 4

    Introduction to classic data structures and algorithms. Performance comparisons, big-O notation, trade-offs, arrays, linked lists, recursion, sorting, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, and hash tables.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 112  and MATH 253 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 232 - Python Programming

    Units: 3

    Introduction to the Python language. Idiomatic language features such as lists, dictionaries, tuples, and sets. Use of Python classes and modules to accomplish complex tasks.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 111  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CS 235 - Java Programming

    Units: 3

    Object-oriented programming; event handling; abstract windowing toolkit applets, applications; Java database connectivity; applications programming interface and Java doc.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 112 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CS 237 - Bioinformatics Programming

    Units: 3

    Introductory course on using software tools to solve biological problems. Students collaboratively model genomic and/or proteomic data with scripting and statistical languages.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 111  and BIOL 105 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CS 243 - Architecture

    Units: 4

    Introduction to computer architecture including assembly language, computer arithmetic, performance measures, datapath, control, pipelining, and memory/storage design.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 112  and MATH 253 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 279 - Introduction to Linux

    Units: 4

    Introduces the UNIX/Linux family of operating systems. Basic commands, utilities, system structures, scripting and tools are explored. Elements of system administration are presented.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 111 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 280 - Selected Topics in Computing

    Units: 1-3

    Special topics in computer science. courses with this number have only freshman/sophomore prerequisites, excluding CS 243  and CS 312 .
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • CS 280L - Selected Topics in Computing

    Units: 1-2

    Special topics in computer science. courses with this number have only freshman/sophomore prerequisites, excluding CS 243  and CS 312 .
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity hrs TBD

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Units: 1-2
  
  • CS 309 - Computers & Social Change

    Units: 3

    How computers influence societal systems. Issues: privacy, employment, politics, social interaction, and risk. Group discussion and writing on selected issues.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area B: Math & Science, GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities, GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CS 312 - Algorithms

    Units: 4

    Introduction to algorithmic thinking. Recurrences and solution techniques, fundamental algorithms including graph algorithms, algorithm design techniques, balanced trees, performance trade-offs.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 211 ; STAT 108  (C) or STAT 108I  (C), and MATH 105  or MATH 109 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 325 - Database Design

    Units: 4

    Introduction to database design and implementation. Relational model, entity-relationship model and diagrams, converting a model to a schema, elementary Structured Query Language (SQL), normalization.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 112 ; or GSP 270  and (CS 111  or CS 232  or GSP 318 ).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 328 - Web-Apps Using Databases

    Units: 4

    Building applications atop databases. N-tiered architecture; database tier: stored procedures/ functions; presentation tier: web GUIs; application tier: controlling web-to-database interactions.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 325 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 346 - Telecommunications & Networks

    Units: 4

    Introduction to the fundamentals of telecommunication and to the structure, implementation, and theoretical underpinnings of computer networking.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 243  and STAT 108  or STAT 108I .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 374 - Operating Systems

    Units: 4

    Introduction to operating systems with an emphasis on process synchronization and control. Synchronization, kernel structure, scheduling, deadlock, virtual and physical memory, file and I/O.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 211  and CS 243 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 444 - Robotics

    Units: 4

    A project-based introduction to robotic systems and software that controls them, including gearing, mechanics, Al control systems, and problem solving with robots.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 211  and STAT 108  or STAT 108I .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 449 - Computer Security

    Units: 4

    Introduction to central concepts of computer security on networked systems. Topics include threats, cryptography, authentication, operating systems in security, legal and privacy issues.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 346 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 458 - Software Engineering

    Units: 4

    Introduction to software engineering principles and methodologies in the context of a semester-long software team project.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 328  and CS 374 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 461 - Computational Models

    Units: 4

    An introduction to the Chomsky hierarchy, automata, Church- Turing Thesis, computability, NP-completeness, and information theory.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 312 , MATH 253 , and MATH 105  or MATH 109 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CS 480 - Advanced Topics in Computing

    Units: 1-3

    Advanced topics in computer science.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 211 ; sophomore standing or greater.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • CS 480L - Advanced Topics in Computing

    Units: 1-2

    Advanced topics in computer science.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CS 211 ; sophomore standing or greater.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity hrs TBD

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Units: 1-2
  
  • CS 482 - Internship

    Units: 1-4

    Supervised experience in business, governmental, or service agencies, matching theory with practice.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Academic internship course: Yes
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • CS 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-4

    Individual study on selected topics. Open to advanced students with consent of faculty sponsor and Department approval required.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4

Criminology & Justice Studies

  
  • CRIM 125 - Introduction to Criminology & Justice Studies

    Units: 3

    Introduction to field of criminology and social justice conceptual framework; theoretical perspectives and methods; contemporary crime policy issues: individual to societal.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CRIM 225 - Inequalities/Criminalization

    Units: 4

    Examines the intersections of crime and inequalities within families, communities and nations.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRIM 125 
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 225S - Inequalities/Criminalization

    Units: 4

    Examines the intersection of crime and inequality within families, communities, and nations. The course includes experiential education that connects students to local responses to social justice issues.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRIM 125 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Service learning course: Yes
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 280 - Special Topics

    Units: 1-4

    Special topics in criminology and justice.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • CRIM 325 - Law & Society

    Units: 4

    Examines creation and maintenance of systems of law and social control. Focus on courts, surveillance, policing, informal and formal mechanisms of social control impacting individuals to societies. Writing intensive course.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRIM 225  or CRIM 225S  and junior standing or greater.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 362 - Gender, Sexualities & Crime

    Units: 4

    Explores how beliefs about gender and sexuality intersect with the ways that crime happens and is treated in and out of the criminal justice system.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 410 - Theories of Justice & Crime

    Units: 4

    Examination, application, and critical review of classical and contemporary theories of crime. Classical, Interactionist, Structural, Learning, Critical, and Feminist theories.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRIM 325  and junior standing or greater.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 420 - Drugs & Society

    Units: 4

    Why are some drugs legal while others are illegal? Explore social and historical processes shaping drug policy and the causes and consequences of the use and abuse of Consciousness-altering substances.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRIM 225  or CRIM 225S  or SOC 225S ; junior standing or greater.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 430 - Law & Dissent

    Units: 4

    Law and social change. Law as technology of criminalizing and co-opting social movements. Mechanisms for appealing to State for rights and recognition. Civil disobedience, policing protests, and political prisoners.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRIM 225  or CRIM 225S  or SOC 225S ; junior standing or greater.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 431 - Juvenile Delinquency

    Units: 4

    Contemporary knowledge; community response; prevention, rehabilitation.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 433 - Punishment & Justice in Cross-National Perspective

    Units: 4

    Comparative examination of punishment and justice from primitive to contemporary societies and cross-culturally. Focus is on structural forces and impacted communities.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: junior standing or greater.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRIM 455 - Policing Bodies: A Biopolitical History of Race, Riots & Surveillance

    Units: 4

    Examines the evolution of policing in direct relation to the social, political, and economic tensions of different historical moments.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRIM 225  or CRIM 225S  or SOC 225S ; junior standing or greater.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Seminar 4 hrs.

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Units: 4

Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

  
  • CRGS 108 - Power/Privilege: Gender & Race, Sex, Class

    Units: 3

    How gender is shaped by race, class, and sexuality. Analyze relations of power and privilege within contemporary US society.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CRGS 118 - College Skills

    Units: 2

    College Skills supports student learning in CRGS 108 : Power/ Privilege. Must be concurrently enrolled in the specified EOP section of CRGS 108 .
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: CRGS 108 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • CRGS 235 - Act to End Sexualized Violence

    Units: 1

    Cross-listed with: ANTH 235 , COMM 235 , PSCI 235 , SOC 235 
    Analyze how sexualized violence impacts communities and operates as social control; learn to recognize victim-blaming, promote survivor centered responses, foreground enthusiastic consent, and take action to transform our campus community.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • CRGS 280 - Selected Topics in Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

    Units: 1-4

    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • CRGS 313 - Community Activism

    Units: 3

    Cross-listed with: EDUC 313 
    Develop organizational and activist skills, understand how social change occurs, link theory to concrete organizing practice in the community. course blends critical analysis of organizing theories/ methods with hands-on projects.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CRGS 321 - Trans* Lives & Theory

    Units: 3

    Intro to trans* lives and theory utilizing intersectional and multicultural approach. Topics include: trans* experiences; theories of trans* identity; gender and diagnosis; gender justice; trans* feminism and coalition building.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CRGS 330 - Women of Color Feminisms

    Units: 3

    Resistance and activism of women of color in US relative to race/sex/gender/class oppressions; intersectional analysis, theory in the flesh, womanism, feminism. Rotating focus: Chicana, Black, Indigenous, Asian-American, transnational feminisms.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRGS 108  (C) or ES 105  (C) or WS 106  (C) or WS 107  (C).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • CRGS 360 - Race, Gender & US Law

    Units: 4

    How are race, gender, and sexuality constructed and regulated in U.S. law? How have activists challenged such regulations? Discussion of slavery, miscegenation, eugenics, birth control, marriage, welfare, and affirmative action.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRGS 390 - Theory & Methods

    Units: 4

    Introduces critical social theories informing Ethnic, Women’s and Multicultural Queer Studies. Explores workings of power, construction of the subject, dynamics of resistance, and conceptual bases of liberation movements. Emphasis rotates.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ES 105  or WS 106  or WS 107  or CRGS 108 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Non-Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • CRGS 430 - “Queer” Across Cultures

    Units: 3-4

    Explores diversity of categories and meanings of sexuality, sex, and gender across cultures. Analyzes transformation due to colonialism, nationalism, and economic and cultural globalization. Explores intersections with race, class, nation.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 3-4
  
  • CRGS 480 - Selected Topics in Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

    Units: 1-4

    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • CRGS 482 - Internship

    Units: 1-3

    Supervised internship in organization or institution. Workplace cultures; policy development/review; plan implementation. May lead to community service project (WS 420).
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRGS 108  or ES 105  or ES 106  or WS 106  or WS 107 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Academic internship course: Yes
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • CRGS 485 - Professional Development

    Units: 1

    Majors link their experiences and knowledge with tools for obtaining entry-level positions; internships; graduate and professional program admission. Self-care strategies; resume, cover letter, CV, and statement of purpose writing; mock interview.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CRGS 108 , CRGS 313  (C), CRGS 330  (C), CRGS 360  (C), CRGS 390  (C).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Weekly: Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • CRGS 491 - Mentoring

    Units: 1-2

    Advanced majors gain experience as teaching assistants working with a diverse body of students.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-2

Dance

  
  • DANC 103 - Modern/Contemporary I

    Units: 3

    Use contemporary dance as base for exploring dance as art form. Full-body technique, mind-body integration, and creative methods and structures. American dance pioneers.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE C1: Arts
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • DANC 103T - Modern/Contemporary I Skills Maintenance

    Units: 1

    Contemporary dance at the beginning level. Offered in conjunction with DANC 103  in order for students to maintain skills in modern dance techniques.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 104 - Modern/Contemporary II

    Units: 3

    Continue using contemporary dance forms to increase technical proficiency, endurance, and performance skills. Required for dance studies majors and dance minors.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: DANC 103  or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE C1: Arts
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • DANC 104T - Modern/Contemporary II Skills Maintenance

    Units: 1

    Continued study of dance techniques at the intermediate level. Offered in conjunction with DANC 104  in order for students to maintain skills in modern dance techniques.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 110 - Ballet I

    Units: 2

    Techniques, methods of traditional ballet for students at the beginning level.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • DANC 110T - Ballet I Skills Maintenance

    Units: 1

    Beginning level of ballet technique. Offered in conjunction with DANC 110 . Students will continue to maintain dance technique.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 120 - Jazz Dance Styles I

    Units: 2

    Techniques and choreography for beginners.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • DANC 120T - Jazz Styles I Skills Maintenance

    Units: 1

    Beginning jazz techniques and choreography. Offered in conjunction with DANC 120 . Students will continue to maintain dance technique.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 240 - African Dance

    Units: 1

    Learn dances, songs, and rhythms from various African regions and peoples. Experience African dance as prayer, celebration, a healing power, a demonstration of community, a joyful release of energy, and as an ecstatic connection to the universe.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 243 - Tap Dance

    Units: 1

    A study of tap dance and rhythmic patterned movements at the beginning level. Historical perspective and terminology will be included.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 245 - Middle Eastern Dance

    Units: 1

    A study of the ancient and ever-evolving Middle Eastern Dance art form with a strong focus on Egyptian styles. May also include American Cabaret and Tribal styles and examples of contemporary influences on traditional Middle Eastern Dance.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 247 - Mexican Folklorico Dance

    Units: 1

    Exploration of traditional Mexican dances and the historical and social context in which they are performed. Students will perform and become aware of dance terminology, steps, and style.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 288 - Music for Dancers

    Units: 1

    Rhythmic techniques as related to dance. Exploration of musical styles, genres, and phrasing. Essential for choreographers and dance instructors.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: DANC 289  when enrolled for the first time.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 289 - Choreography I

    Units: 1

    Exploration of improvisational dance techniques at the beginning level as a performance tool for the development of choreography. Completed solos, duets, and/ or trios will be presented. Required for dance majors and minors.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: DANC 103  (C) or DANC 110  (C) or DANC 120  (C) or IA. Co-requisite: DANC 288 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 303 - Dance in World Cultures

    Units: 3

    Multiethnic approach to dance as a key to cultural understanding. Discover and appreciate dance as a traditional, social, and artistic expression of world peoples. Required for dance studies majors and minor.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Non-Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • DANC 310 - Ballet II

    Units: 2

    For those at the intermediate level of ballet technique.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: DANC 110  or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • DANC 310T - Ballet II Skills Maintenance

    Units: 1

    Intermediate level of ballet technique. Offered in conjunction with DANC 310 . Students will continue to maintain dance technique.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 320 - Jazz Dance Styles II

    Units: 2

    Intermediate techniques and choreography.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: DANC 120  or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • DANC 320T - Jazz Styles II Skills Maintenance

    Units: 1

    Intermediate techniques and choreography. Offered in conjunction with DANC 320 . Students will continue to maintain dance technique.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 330 - Modern/Contemporary III

    Units: 2

    Contemporary dance styles at the intermediate/ advanced level. Enhance technical skills and performance artistry.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: DANC 104  or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • DANC 330T - Modern/Contemporary III Skills Maintenance

    Units: 1

    Continued study of contemporary dance techniques at the high intermediate/ advanced level. Offered in conjunction with DANC 330  in order for students to maintain skills in modern dance technique.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • DANC 350 - Dance Science

    Units: 3

    Study of the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system as related to dance training/performance. Basic anatomy, biomechanics, and the care and prevention of common dance injuries are examined.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • DANC 352 - Bodyworks

    Units: 3

    A somatic, self-awareness and expressive movement class. Using Eastern and Western movement practices, students will enhance general wellness, physical skills, and mind/body connections while gaining tools for life long discovery.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • DANC 380 - Special Topics in Dance - Activity Based

    Units: 1-3

    * Special topics in dance studies to be determined by program need and student interest. Topics vary.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Activity hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • DANC 389 - Choreography II

    Units: 2

    Use of improvisational dance techniques as a tool for development of choreography. Emphasis on student choreography. Opportunity to develop skills in interdisciplinary creation and collaboration. Required for dance majors and minors.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: DANC 288  and DANC 289  or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • DANC 480 - Special Topics in Dance

    Units: 1-4

    Special topics in dance studies to be determined by program need and student interest. Topics vary.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • DANC 484 - Creative Dance for the Classroom

    Units: 3

    Develop skills for teaching dance. course implements national dance standards and California Visual and Performing Arts Framework. No previous dance experience necessary.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • DANC 488 - Dance Performance Ensemble

    Units: 1-4

    Rehearse and perform selected dance choreography. Emphasis on dance technique, performance skills, and collaboration.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: audition or IA. Co-requisite: enrollment in dance class of appropriate genre or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • DANC 489 - Dance Theatre Production

    Units: 4

    Rehearse and coproduce a dance concert. Emphasis on compositional, collaborative, and leadership skills. Required for dance majors.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: audition, ISDS major, or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • DANC 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-4

    Independent study, studio instruction, and/or supervised activities.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4

Economics

  
  • ECON 104 - Contemporary Topics in Economics

    Units: 3

    Analyze contemporary issues, including multicultural issues. Employ principles of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and the economics of discrimination and public choice. Economics’ role as a social science assisting in understanding causes, effects, and possible policies for current problems.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE D: Social Sciences
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • ECON 210 - Principles of Economics

    Units: 4

    Learn economic fundamentals. Microeconomic behavior of consumers and firms. Different market structures and government policies. Macroeconomic concepts including business cycles, unemployment, inflation, and growth. Effects of fiscal and monetary policy. Recommended preparation: GE math or statistics and/or more advanced math courses.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: Math placement category I, II or III.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ECON 210L - Supplemental Instruction

    Units: 1

    Supplemental instruction for ECON 210 . Structured activities, problem-sets, experiments, games, and review sessions geared toward helping students understand content, improve problem-solving skills, and enhance performance in ECON 210 .
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: ECON 210 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • ECON 280 - Special Topics in Economics

    Units: 1-4

    Supplemental activities for ECON courses.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • ECON 305 - International Economics & Globalization

    Units: 3

    Economic theories of trade and finance. Evaluate effects of world trading system and globalization. Debate role of international institutions (WTO & IMF). Case studies on free trade areas, financial crises, protectionist policies, and labor/environmental issues. Economics and business administration majors MUST co-enroll in ECON 305D .
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • ECON 305D - International Economics & Globalization - Additional Depth

    Units: 1

    Additional depth of content for ECON 305 . Students receive single grade or combined four units of ECON 305  and ECON 305D .
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ECON 210 . Co-requisite: ECON 305 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 1
 

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