2022-2023 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
2022-2023 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education & All-University Requirements  

 

Theatre Arts

  
  • TA 215 - Acting 2: Principles of Voice and Movement

    Units: 4

    Introduction of fundamental physical and vocal techniques for the performer, including body awareness, voice production, phonetics and dialect work, and continued developed performance practices and theory with an emphasis on canon works.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • TA 221 - Makeup for Stage and Screen

    Units: 2

    Theories and practical experience in a lab/lecture situation.
    Division: Lower Division
    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
  
  • TA 231 - Production and Stage Management

    Units: 2

    Explores the relationship between stage and production management through vocabulary acquisition, historical perspectives, communication tools, and hands-on management projects. Cal Poly Humboldt’s production model and world theatre models are examined.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • TA 237 - Production Techniques

    Units: 3

    Tools/techniques to realize the visual aspects of production safely. Explores relationships between design, use, and construction techniques.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • TA 307 - Theatre of the Oppressed

    Units: 3

    Survey/ apply this collection of techniques, exercises, and games. Explore theatre as a tool of social and political activism.
    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: Domestic
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • TA 315 - Advanced Principles of Acting for the Stage

    Units: 4

    Advanced theories and techniques to strengthen on-stage performance. Emphasis on modern dramatic scripts, effective practices, and the professional expectations of the theatre industry.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: TA 105  or TA 215 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • TA 322 - Creative Drama

    Units: 3

    Theatre games, movement, storytelling, improvisation, and role playing interrelate in original dramatizations that develop children’s creative capacities. Culminates in lab situations with elementary children. Occasional off-campus field trip during school hours or on weekend.
    Division: Upper Division
    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
  
  • TA 328 - Production Practicum

    Units: 1

    Required laboratory course for students’ participation in departmental mainstage productions. Opportunities include acting, design, stage management, house management, publicity, directing/assistant directing, and run crews.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • TA 331 - Scenic Design and Art Direction

    Units: 4

    Design of scenic environment for stage and film. Skills in, and consideration of symbolic expression, visual aesthetics, and practical necessity. Foundation in props, model building, scene painting, and computer applications. Occasional off-campus field trip during school hours or on weekend.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • TA 333 - Lighting Design Stage and Screen

    Units: 4

    Stage and film lighting design as sculptural, symbolic, and emotional compositions in theory and practice. Frequency depends on staff resources/student need.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • TA 336 - Costume Design Stage and Screen

    Units: 4

    Skills for designing and producing costumes for stage, film, and television. Includes color theory, fabric options, and scale. Frequency depends on staff resources/student need.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • TA 340 - Theatre History and Criticism I

    Units: 4

    Intellectual, cultural, artistic and introductory critical theory perspectives in international theatre history and dramatic literature from 5th century BCE through Elizabethan era.
    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
  
  • TA 341 - Theatre History and Criticism II

    Units: 4

    Intellectual, cultural, artistic and introductory critical theory perspectives in international and multicultural theatre history and dramatic literature from 18th century through Post-Modernism. Frequency depends on staff resources/student need.
    Division: Upper Division
    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
  
  • TA 367 - Performance Workshop

    Units: 1-4

    Special topics in stage performance and actor training. Subject and areas of focus vary.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Activity hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • TA 377 - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

    Units: 1

    Workshop for students who are selected to participate at KCACTF. Departmental application process required.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • TA 387 - Design and Technology Workshop

    Units: 1-4

    Special topics in theatre design and technology. Structure and curriculum varies. Appropriate skill level or knowledge required depending on curriculum.
    Division: Upper 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
  
  • TA 415 - Acting for the Camera

    Units: 4

    Advanced theories and techniques to strengthen on-camera performance. Emphasis on screenplays, effective practices, and the professional expectations of the tv/film industry.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: TA 105  or TA 215 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • TA 451 - Principles of Stage Directing

    Units: 4

    Students learn the principles and aesthetics of stage directing, including script analysis, character development, creative collaboration, and physical staging. Frequency depends on staff resources/student need.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: junior or senior standing.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • TA 480 - Special Topics in Theatre Arts

    Units: 1-4

    Variable topics. Check with Department for upcoming topics. Frequency depends on staff resources/student need.
    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: 1-4
  
  • TA 494 - Senior Seminar

    Units: 2

    Exploration and discussion of current trends and topics in the cinematic and performing arts. Examination of creativity and the life of the artist in contemporary society. Resume/reel/portfolio preparation and presentation techniques.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: at least 20 units of Theatre Arts or Film classes.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • TA 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-6

    Individual work on selected problems in Theatre. Frequency depends on staff resources/student need.
    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: 1-6

Watershed Management

  
  • WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management

    Units: 4

    Hydrologic considerations of forest roads, stream crossings, road drainage. Management influences on hydrologic processes and aquatic habitat; protecting salmonid resources.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: Lower Division GE Area B Physical Universe Requirement, or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • WSHD 333 - Wildland Water Quality

    Units: 3

    Evaluation and management of non-point source effects on wildland streams (e.g., sedimentation, stream heating, and habitat change) from range and forest management activities.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CHEM 107 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WSHD 424 - Watershed Hydrology

    Units: 3

    Co-listed with: WSHD 524 
    Hillslope and fluvial hydrology. Water quality. Watershed management: analysis, planning, cumulative effects.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WSHD 310  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WSHD 458 - Climate Change and Land Use

    Units: 3

    Implications of climate change for terrestrial and aquatic resources. Overview of projected shifts in weather and climate. Influence of land use decisions on global carbon cycle in forests, agriculture and wetlands.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BOT 105  or BIOL 105 , CHEM 107  or CHEM 109 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WSHD 524 - Advanced Watershed Hydrology

    Units: 3

    Co-listed with: WSHD 424 
    Meets jointly with WSHD 424 . Students enrolled in WSHD 524 are expected to carry out additional independent analyses of watershed hydrology topics and deliver a lecture on an independent topic.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WSHD 310  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WSHD 558 - Advanced Climate Change and Land Use

    Units: 3

    Meets jointly with WSHD 458 . Students enrolled in WSHD 558 are expected to carry out additional independent analyses of climate change and land use and deliver a lecture on an independent topic.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CHEM 107  or CHEM 109 , BOT 105  or BIOL 105 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WSHD 685 - Forest Hydrology Seminar

    Units: 1-2

    Review of research and literature for forest hydrology subjects. May include presentations by class members or resource people.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WSHD 310  (C) or IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Course fees: See class schedule for fee information
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-2

Wildlife

  
  • WLDF 111 - Introduction to Wildlife

    Units: 1

    Introduction to the scope of the wildlife management & conservation fields: animals involved, founding scientific principles, current issues, career paths and guest speakers.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • WLDF 210 - Introduction to Wildlife Conservation and Administration

    Units: 3

    History of relationship between wildlife and people, including laws and regulatory agencies. Different cultural perspectives.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 244 - Wildlife Policy and Animal Welfare

    Units: 1

    Roles of policy, values, ethics, and animal welfare in research and the management of wildlife. Review relevant laws, with emphasis on Animal Welfare Act.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • WLDF 300B - Wildlife Ecology and Management

    Units: 3

    Important wildlife habitats and their characteristic plants/animals. Identification, life histories, and ecology of important species. Scientific principles upon which field is founded. GE. B-UD for nonmajors; may not count for credit by majors
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: lower division science GE.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area B: Math & Science
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 301 - Principles of Wildlife Management

    Units: 3

    Plant / animal ecology; population dynamics; philosophy.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MATH 101T  or MATH 102 ; WLDF 210  or ESM 105 ; BIOL 105  or BOT 105  or ZOOL 110 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area B: Math & Science
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Second Lecture 1 hr.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 309 - Case Studies in Environmental Ethics

    Units: 3

    Human influence on distribution of world’s fauna. Ethical perspectives.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: completed lower division GE area B.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    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
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 311 - Wildlife Techniques

    Units: 4

    Management and research techniques.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 244 , WLDF 301 , STAT 109  or equivalent; or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs. Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 4
  
  • WLDF 365 - Ornithology I

    Units: 3

    Classification, life histories, ecology, behavior, and special adaptations of birds. Identification in field and lab.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and ZOOL 110 , or their equivalents.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 420 - Wildlife Management (Waterfowl)

    Units: 3

    Life histories, ecology, behavior, management of waterfowl and allied species.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 ; WLDF 365 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 422 - Wildlife Management (Mammals)

    Units: 3

    Life histories, ecology, management.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 , ZOOL 356 , or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 423 - Wildlife Management (Nongame Wildlife)

    Units: 3

    Life histories, special management considerations. Specific taxonomic/ecological groups vary.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 426 - Field Trip

    Units: 1-3

    Group tour of important wildlife management developments and/ or wildlife and their habitats.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Laboratory hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 430 - Ecology and Management of Wetland Habitats for Wildlife

    Units: 3

    Historical, ecological, and management implications of manipulating wetland habitats to benefit wildlife.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 431 - Ecology and Management of Upland Habitats for Wildlife

    Units: 3

    Theoretical and applied considerations for managing upland habitats to benefit wildlife species.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 450 - Principles of Wildlife Diseases

    Units: 3

    Role of disease in wildlife populations; host/ parasite relationships; strategies in controlling diseases.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105 , WLDF 301 , ZOOL 110 ; or their equivalents.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 460 - Conservation Biology

    Units: 3

    Endangered species management, reserve design, conservation genetics, related concepts.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 301  (BIOL 330  may substitute), or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 464 - Urban Wildlife Ecology

    Units: 3

    Fundamentals of urban ecology, field methods including urban wildlife and human surveys, and urban wildlife management and conservation strategies.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 468 - Spatial Wildlife Ecology

    Units: 3

    Methods and theory for studying spatial wildlife relationships; home range analysis; habitat selection and distribution models; corridor modeling and connectivity.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 , and GSP 270 , or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 475 - Wildlife Ethology

    Units: 3

    Behavior of vertebrates. Relationships between animal behavior and wildlife management/research.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311  or equivalent, or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 478 - Ecology of Wildlife Populations

    Units: 3

    Factors influencing growth, regulation, structure, and fluctuations of wildlife populations. Population growth, competition, and predator/prey models.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 480 - Selected Topics in Wildlife Management

    Units: 1-3

    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 482 - Wildlife Conclave

    Units: 1

    Preparation for student competitions in discipline of wildlife management and conservation; research presentation, professional development, networking.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: Wildlife majors only.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Zero cost course materials: Zero Cost Course Materials
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1
  
  • WLDF 485 - Senior Seminar in Wildlife Management

    Units: 1

    Oral presentation of topic from current literature.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311  and senior standing.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • WLDF 490 - Honors Thesis

    Units: 3

    Independent research conducted under faculty supervision.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311  and GPA 3.0 or higher. Must take in last semester or IA.
    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: 3
  
  • WLDF 492S - Senior Project, Service

    Units: 3

    Independent service learning with a professional partner engaged in wildlife management and conservation. Coursework includes pre- and post-service reflection, report writing, and professional presentation. Recommended preparation: at least one additional 400-level WLDF course.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 , senior standing, and IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Service learning course: Yes
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 495 - Senior Project

    Units: 3

    Independent research, including proposal writing, fieldwork, and completion of a scientific paper.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 . Must take in last semester or IA.
    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 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WLDF 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-3

    Independent studies. Directed reading or conference. May not substitute for WLDF 485  or WLDF 495 .
    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: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 510 - Advanced Principles of Wildlife Management

    Units: 1-5

    New theories, principles, techniques.
    Division: Graduate
    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: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-5
  
  • WLDF 531 - Advanced Wildlife Habitat Ecology

    Units: 2

    Theoretical and applied aspects of vertebrate habitat ecology: habitat selection study design, analysis, and interpretation; habitat quality, effects of spatial and temporal scale; habitat conservation and management.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 311 , and WLDF 430  or WLDF 431 ; or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • WLDF 550 - Advanced Topics in Wildlife Diseases

    Units: 1-3

    Theories, concepts.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 450 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 565 - Advanced Topics in Ornithology

    Units: 1-3

    Ecology and management of birds. Emphasis on individual work.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 301 , WLDF 365 , WLDF 465; or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 578 - Advanced Ecology of Wildlife Populations

    Units: 4

    Theory and practice of estimating demographic parameters in marked and unmarked populations. Emphasis on contemporary approaches to maximum likelihood parameter estimation with field-collected data. Individual projects are emphasized.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: STAT 333  and grad standing, or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • WLDF 580 - Behavioral Ecology

    Units: 1-3

    Relationships between behavior, ecology, and management of wildlife populations.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: WLDF 475  or equivalent, or IA. Variable format: recitations, labs.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 585 - Seminar in Wildlife Management

    Units: 1-3

    Important current literature. Recitation.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: grad standing.
    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: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 690 - Thesis

    Units: 1-3

    Restricted to students in NR grad program, wildlife option.
    Division: Graduate
    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: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 695 - Advanced Field Problems

    Units: 1-3

    Directed field experience in individual thesis problems.
    Division: Graduate
    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: 1-3
  
  • WLDF 699 - Independent Study

    Units: 1-3

    Selected problems.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: grad standing and 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: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3

Women’s Studies

  
  • WS 106 - Introduction to Women’s Studies

    Units: 3

    Experiences and perspectives of women of different ethnicities, social classes, sexualities, ages, and other points of intersection with gender.
    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
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 107 - Women, Narrative, History

    Units: 3

    Use frameworks of intersectional feminist theory and dominant and counter narratives to read and interpret memoir, autobiography, novels, essays, and poetry from diverse writers in the U.S.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE C2: Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 280 - Selected Topics in Women’s 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
  
  • WS 300 - Psychology of Women

    Units: 3

    Individual and social characteristics and roles. Biological and environmental determinants of women’s psychological development, including sex differences. Critique psychological theories/research.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 303 - Anti-Colonial Women’s Movements

    Units: 3

    Explores history and diversity of Anti-Colonial women’s movements. Examines activism challenging (neo)colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. Analyzes organizing strategies, transnational networks, politics of representation, and local and global relations of privilege/oppression.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Non-Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 306 - Sex, Class and Culture: Gender and Ethnic Issues in International Short Stories

    Units: 3

    Cross-listed with: FREN 306 , GERM 306 , SPAN 306 
    Gender and ethnic issues in French, German, and Spanish short stories by and about women. Readings, lectures, and discussions entirely in English.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: junior standing or greater.
    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 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 308B - Gender and Literature

    Units: 3

    Cross-listed with: ENGL 308B  
    Analyze how literature (re)produces cultural conditions and attitudes about gender as it intersects with ethnicity, race, class, nation, and sexuality. Read works by diverse authors writing in multiple genres. Focused within the boundaries of the U.S.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 308C - Gender and Literature

    Units: 3

    Cross-listed with: ENGL 308C  
    Analyze how literature (re)produces cultural conditions and attitudes about gender as it intersects with ethnicity, race, class, nation, and sexuality. Read works by diverse authors writing in multiple genres. International/transnational in focus.
    Division: Upper Division
    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 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 309B - Gender and Communication

    Units: 3

    Cross-listed with: COMM 309B 
    Critique relationship of gender to communication as viewed from perspectives of sciences, social sciences, and arts/humanities.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities, GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 316 - Gender and Society

    Units: 4

    Cross-listed with: SOC 316 
    Nature of gender dynamics linking personal experiences to the structure and functioning of institutions, to cultural/subcultural aspects of society, and to interests of the powerful.
    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
  
  • WS 317 - Women and Development

    Units: 4

    Cross-listed with: ANTH 317 
    Role of Third World women in domestic economies and wider political arenas. Focus on paradigm of “development” and differing cultural meanings of household and family.
    Division: Upper Division
    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
  
  • WS 318 - LGBTQIA+ Issues in Schools

    Units: 3

    Cross-listed with: EDUC 318  
    Examine policy and pedagogical issues related to full participation of LGBTQIA+ people of diverse races, classes, abilities, and ethnicities in K-12 schools in the United States. 
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 320 - Act to End Violence Seminar

    Units: 3

    Transform our campus communities so that sexualized violence is an unthinkable act. Readings; group project. Focus rotates: grant writing, peer education, assessment of prevention education.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 336 - U.S. Writers of Color

    Units: 4

    Cross-listed with: ENGL 336 , ES 336  
    Read U.S. writers of color and immigrant writers in social and literary contexts. Examine counter narratives and the creation of new literary traditions in the face of cultural and sociopolitical exclusion. Topics vary.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    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
  
  • WS 340 - Ecofeminism

    Units: 3-4

    Plurality of voices making up ecofeminism; theoretical, political, and spiritual dimensions.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Non-Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 3-4
  
  • WS 350 - Health and Body Politics

    Units: 4

    What constitutes “normal” versus “abnormal” bodies? How are disability justice, trans* activists, and intersectional feminists working to create a more just world for every-BODY? Examines ableism, genderism/transphobia at intersection of other systems of injustice.
    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
  
  • WS 370 - Queer Women’s Lives

    Units: 3-4

    Explores research on sexual minority identity development, queer women’s sexuality; love relationships, family models, and health issues. Analysis of intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality in queer women’s lives.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture hrs TBD

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Units: 3-4
  
  • WS 436 - Human Sexuality

    Units: 3

    Cross-listed with: PSYC 436 
    Physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects of human sexual behavior. Topics include conception, contraception, attitudes, orientation, and behaviors. Interdisciplinary approaches as appropriate.
    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
  
  • WS 465B - Multicultural Issues in Literature/Languages

    Units: 4

    Cross-listed with: ENGL 465B , ES 465B  
    Themes, genres, figures, theories, or movements in literary or linguistics study in relation to issues of ethnicity and/or gender.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 103  or ENGL 104  or ENGL 104S  
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    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
  
  • WS 465C - Multicultural Issues in Literature/Languages

    Units: 4

    Cross-listed with: ENGL 465C , ES 465C  
    Themes, genres, figures, theories, or movements in literary or linguistics study in relation to issues of ethnicity and/or gender.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 103  or ENGL 104  or ENGL 104S .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    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
  
  • WS 480 - Selected Topics in Women’s Studies

    Units: 1-5

    Interdisciplinary subjects and issues.
    Division: Upper Division
    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: 1-5
  
  • WS 485 - Seminar in Feminist Studies

    Units: 3

    Capstone course on selected theme illustrating the transforming potential of feminist perspectives in personal, social and political contexts. Guest speakers; diverse applications.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • WS 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-3

    Pursue own topic in consultation with faculty.
    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: 1-3
  
  • WS 680 - Environment and Community: Gender, Race, Class

    Units: 3

    Intensive study of socio-cultural dimension of environmental issues, focusing on intersections of race, class, gender, and environment. Rotating topics.
    Division: Graduate
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

    Course Rotations Link
Units: 3

World Languages & Cultures

Also see Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.

  
  • WLC 110 - Language Laboratory

    Units: 1

    Must be taken with first and second year language courses. Self-directed, subscription-based online language course.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: WLC 120 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • WLC 480 - Special Topics

    Units: 1-4

    Topics from a multicultural or multi-language perspective.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4

Zoology

  
  • ZOOL 110 - Introductory Zoology

    Units: 4

    Structure, function, evolution, and diversity of major groups of animals.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 113 - Human Physiology

    Units: 4

    Physiological mechanisms of human body. Emphasis: organ level of integration. No credit toward a major in biology, botany, or zoology.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 104  or BIOL 105  with a grade of C- or higher, or equivalent. Must be a kinesiology or child development major.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 198 - Supplemental Instruction

    Units: 1

    Collaborative work for students enrolled in Introductory Zoology.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • ZOOL 270 - Human Anatomy

    Units: 4

    Gross and microscopic anatomy of human body. Demonstrations on cadavers; microscopic work. Intended for Kinesiology and Pre-Professional Health students.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 310 - Animal Physiology

    Units: 4

    Comparative organ system physiology of animals. Adaptive strategies.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105 , ZOOL 110 , CHEM 109 , PHYX 106  or PHYX 109 ; all with grades of C- or higher.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 312 - Human Physiology

    Units: 4

    Physiological chemistry, cell physiology, and physiology of major organ systems of the human body. Recommended preparation: ZOOL 110 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105 , and PHYX 118  or PHYX 107  or PHYX 211 ; all with grades of C- or higher.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 314 - Invertebrate Zoology

    Units: 5

    Comparative functional morphology, life histories, and phylogeny of invertebrates.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and ZOOL 110 ; all with grades of C- or higher.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 5
  
  • ZOOL 316 - Freshwater Aquatic Invertebrates

    Units: 3

    Identification, behavior, life history. Insects, crustaceans, mollusks.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ZOOL 110 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • ZOOL 325 - Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience

    Units: 4

    Cross-listed with: PSYC 325  
    Principles of behavioral neuroscience are reviewed, and then selected topics are covered in detail through lectures and reading original research articles. Required labs provide hands-on experience.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: PSYC 240  or PSYC 321  or BIOL 350  or ZOOL 310 .
    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
 

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