May 02, 2024

2018-2019 Catalog

2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Lower Division Courses numbered 1–99 are designed primarily for freshmen and sophomores but are open to all students for lower division credit. (Graduate students requesting to enroll in lower-division undergraduate courses will not receive unit credit nor will the course fulfill degree requirements.) Upper Division Courses courses numbered 100–199 are open to all students who have met the necessary prerequisites as indicated in the catalog course description. Preparation should generally include completion of one lower division course in the given subject or completion of two years of college work.

GRADUATE COURSES

Courses numbered 200–299 are open to graduate students. (Undergraduate students must obtain the signature of the instructor, School Dean, and the Dean of Graduate Studies. Graduate level units will count towards the required 120 units for graduation; however students are urged to meet with their academic advisor in order to determine if graduate course units may be used to fulfill a graduation requirement.)

CROSS-LISTED/CONJOINED COURSES

Cross-listed Courses are the same course offered under different course subjects at the same level (either undergraduate or graduate) that share the same meeting time, requirements, units, etc. Conjoined Courses are the same course but one is undergraduate and one is graduate.

COREQUISITE COURSE

A corequisite course is a course that must be taken at the same time as another course.

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites for courses should be followed carefully; the responsibility for meeting these requirements rests on the student. If you can demonstrate that your preparation is equivalent to that specified by the prerequisites, the instructor may waive these requirements for you. The instructor also may request that a student who has not completed the prerequisites be dropped from the course. If the prerequisite for a course is not satisfied, students must obtain the approval of the instructor (or school designee) of the course they wish to take.

For all undergraduate courses a “C-” or better grade is required for a course to be used as a prerequisite for another course. If a course was taken for a “P/NP” grade then a “P” grade is required.

For all graduate courses a “B” or better grade is required for a course to be used as a prerequisite for another course. If a course was taken for a “S/U” grade then a “S” grade is required.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

No credit is allowed for completing a less advanced course after successful completion (C-or better) of a more advanced course in the foreign languages. This applies only to lower division foreign language courses, not upper division courses.

GRADING OPTIONS

Unless otherwise stated in the course description, each course is letter graded with a P/NP or S/U option (unless required for your major or graduate program). The policy regarding Grading Options , can be found in an alternate section of the catalog.

More information about Course Substitutions and Course Materials and Services Fees can be found in alternate areas of the catalog.

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Environmental Systems
	ES 246: Community Ecology Units: 3 Major themes and current topics in community ecology, including patterns in the diversity, abundance, and composition of species in communities and the processes underlying these patterns such as environmental filtering, species interactions, evolutionary history, and neutral processes. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: QSB 246 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No BIO 148 recommended View course scheduling information
	ES 248: Advanced Topics in Ecology Units: 3 Utilizes directed readings and discussion of classical and current literature in ecology, including physiological, population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and global ecology studies. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: QSB 248 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 249: Topics in the History, Philosophy, and Practice of Science Units: 3 Explores special topics in the history, philosophy, and practice of science, such as the nature of interdisciplinary interactions, the concept of “paradigm shift”, relationships between politics and science, and the influence of new technologies. Does not fulfill the “third course requirement” of QSB degrees except by petition to QSB EPC. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 3 Crosslisted with: QSB 249 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 252: Remote Sensing of the Environment Units: 4 Fundamental and advanced concepts of electromagnetic remote sensing, information extraction and applications in environmental monitoring. Advanced topics include principles of image extraction, image correction, image enhancement, classification methods, and new development of sensor techniques. Reading materials and final research projects are required for graduate students. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 256: Ecological Dynamics Units: 4 Survey of theoretical ecology, involving a tour through population dynamics, stochastic processes, and ecological networks. Both analytical and numerical (computational) approaches will be used to build and examine dynamic models, as well as to assess the role of theoretical vs. empirical approaches to understand the ecological processes. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: QSB 256 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 260: Sustainable Energy Units: 4 Current systems for energy supply and use. Renewable energy resources, transport, storage, and transformation technologies. Technological opportunities for improving end-use energy efficiency. Recovery, sequestration, and disposal of greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel combustion. Graduate requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Conjoined with: ENVE 160 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 262: Modeling and Design of Energy Systems Units: 3 Concepts and applications of solar thermal processes; applications of solar collectors for water heating; active and passive building heating and cooling; fundamentals and design of wind energy systems; economics of solar energy. Graduate-level requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 264: Energy Policy and Planning Modeling Units: 4 Introduce recent development of energy policy and present fundamental optimization and simulation tools for modeling firm and market behavior for the energy sector, with a focus on electric power. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 270: Contaminant Fate and Transport Units: 3 Properties and behavior of organic and metal contaminants, in soils, groundwater, surface waters, and air. Emphasis on phase transfer and transport for organic compounds; complexation and surface processes for metals. Topics include modeling of environmentally important compounds, photochemical reactions, natural organic matter, sorption phenomena. Graduate-level requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 274: Stable Isotope Ecology Units: 4 Students will learn about stable isotope systems including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur and strontium. They will learn chemistry, physics, biology, and ecology of isotope compositions and fractionations. A lab component will teach sample preparation techniques. Students will measure samples and analyze data. Discussion period will discuss primary literature. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Conjoined with: BIO 174, ESS 174 Discussion and Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 280: Natural Treatment Systems Units: 3 Natural treatment systems presents a comprehensive overview of engineered wetland-based systems to remove pollutants from wastewater. Focusing on nutrient removal in free water surface treatment wetlands. Special attention is paid to developing the P-k-C* model to predict pollutant removal and other methods to quantify uncertainty in pollutant removal. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Environmental Systems (Graduate) - ESYS Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 290: Topics in Environmental Systems Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 3 Under faculty supervision, group of students meets each week for a semester in a student-led study group to pursue a specific topic of their choice that is not covered in other department courses. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ES 291: Environmental Systems Seminar Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 3 Seminar on advanced engineering and science topics, environmental systems research, and relevant case studies. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 1 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ES 292: Topics in Environmental Systems Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 6 Treatment of a special topic or theme in environmental systems. May be repeated for credit in a different subject area. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Conjoined with: ESS 192 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ES 295: Graduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Supervised research. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ES 298: Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Group project under faculty supervision. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ES 299: Directed Independent Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Independent project under faculty supervision. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
French
	FRE 001: Elementary French I Units: 4 Introduction to speaking, reading, writing and understanding French. Classes conducted in French. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	FRE 002: Elementary French II Units: 4 Introduction to speaking, reading, writing and understanding French. Classes conducted in French. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: FRE 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	FRE 003: Intermediate French I Units: 4 A review of French grammar with emphasis on building speaking and writing skills and on reading to build cultural understanding. Classes conducted in French. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: FRE 002 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	FRE 004: Intermediate French II Units: 4 A review of French grammar with emphasis on building speaking and writing skills and on reading to build cultural understanding. Classes conducted in French. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: FRE 003 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	FRE 092: Internship in French Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to French in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of French. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of French. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	FRE 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	FRE 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	FRE 099: Lower Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	FRE 103: French Composition and Conversation Units: 4 Develops students’ abilities to communicate in spoken and written French at an advanced level. Emphasizes the importance of the interaction between writer, reader, purpose and message. Focuses on the four major modes of writing and oral practice. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: FRE 004 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	FRE 192: Internship in French Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to French in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of French. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of French. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
Geography
	GEOG 010: Introduction to Spatial Analysis Units: 4 Teaches the value of geography as a basis for organizing and discovering information; the nature and meaning of maps, and the concepts and tools for spatial analysis: the description, organization, linkage, manipulation and communication of geographical information. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GEOG 141: Environmental Science and Policy Units: 4 In depth-analysis of environmental case studies. Focus on science critical to policy development and implementation, the policy-making process and policy outcomes. Special emphasis on interaction between scientific information and policy-making. Example topics include Western water resources, biodiversity conservation and global warming. Emphasis on written and oral communication and critical analysis. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: ENGR 141, ESS 141 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (WRI 010 or equivalent exam) and any lower-division BIO, ECON, ENVE, ESS, POLI, or PUBP course or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GEOG 142: Geography of Resource Management Units: 4 Climate and biogeography of Western US relevant to Forestry, Fire, and Water Resources management introduced via the writings of 19th Century explorers and surveyors of the West and recent scientific literature. Analyze role of climate and biogeographic information in public resource management policy debates of 1870s-1910s versus present day. Geographic perspective on long term repercussions of early 20th Century resource management policy choices. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (WRI 010 or equivalent exam) and any lower-division ESS, ENVE, BIO, HIST, or PUBP course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
Global Arts Studies Program
	GASP 001: Introduction to Global Arts Studies Units: 4 Study of global arts with an integrated approach that examines visual arts, music, and a variety of other subjects offered by the Global Arts Studies Program. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 002: Introduction to Music Studies Units: 4 Mechanics of musical structure and the proper language with which to describe it. Students will learn to hear and analyze music in terms of rhythm and meter, timbre, dynamics, form, texture, and pitch, with a special focus on melody and functional harmony. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 003: Introduction to Visual Culture Units: 4 An introduction to visual material in art and mass media from cultures throughout the world. Emphasizes the development of students’ own critical skills in analyzing and understanding visual culture. Topics include artworks from the antiquity to postmodernism, as well as issues in mass media, pop culture, and cyberspace. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 004: Introduction to Arts and Cultural Studies Units: 4 Introduction to a range of debates in cultural studies concerned with the impact race, gender, sexuality and class, for example, exert on cultural production, cultural identity and representation and/or aesthetics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 005: Introduction to Arts and Technology Units: 4 Familiarizes students with academic debates regarding the relationship between technology writ large and artistic production, distribution and consumption - as well as creation, critique and pleasure. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 006: Global Art History Units: 4 Survey of global art and architecture from pre-history to contemporary times with an emphasis on the socio-cultural influence of the arts. Attention will be paid to developing skills of formal and contextual analysis. The aim is to establish a foundation in the study of art history. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 003 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 007: Music in Society Units: 4 Studies the roles music can play in relation to social structures and institutions, individual and group relations, and identity formation as it relates to race, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, nationality, and religion. Special attention will paid to issues of genre and style. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 002 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 010: Drawing I Units: 4 A course in basic drawing. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 011: Painting I Units: 4 Introduction to painting. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 012A: Sculpture I Units: 4 Introduces students to the traditional additive and subtractive sculptural methods along with contemporary sculptural processes. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 013A: Design I Units: 4 The goal of this introductory design course is to introduce and strengthen a student’s understanding of the elements and principles of design. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 014: Photography I Units: 4 Introduction to photography. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 015A: Multimedia I Units: 4 Introduces students to conventional and unconventional techniques in two dimensional and three dimensional arts. Variety of techniques are covered such as screen printing, block printing, acrylic transfer, encaustic, casting, jewelry design, carving and construction, mixed media photography, illustration, and fiber art. Course work includes hands-on projects, research and writing. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 020: Video I Units: 4 Teaches students basic techniques of video making and art. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 026A: Experimental Inter-Arts Ensemble Units: 2 The ensemble is organized around the mission of exploring fundamental of social art and music-making by whatever means necessary. Each term the ensemble is rebuilt from scratch by the participants, based on their particular backgrounds, interests, and desires. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 9 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 030A: Latin Music Ensemble Units: 2 Introduces students to the repertoire and performance practices of a Latin musical tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Audition or consent of instructor View course scheduling information
	GASP 030B: South Asian Music Ensemble Units: 2 Designed to introduce student musicians to a South Asian musical tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Audition or consent of instructor View course scheduling information
	GASP 030C: Swing Band Units: 2 Introduces students to the repertoire and performance practices of big band music. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Audition or consent of instructor View course scheduling information
	GASP 030D: Nordic Music Ensemble Units: 2 This course will introduce students to the repertoire and performance practices of a Nordic musical tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Audition or consent of instructor View course scheduling information
	GASP 031A: Latin Dance Ensemble Units: 2 Designed to introduce student musicians to a Latin American dance tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 031B: South Asian Dance Ensemble Units: 2 Designed to introduce student musicians to a South Asian dance tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 031C: Swing Dance Ensemble Units: 2 Introduces students to the repertoire and performance practices of swing dance. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 031D: Nordic Dance Ensemble Units: 2 Introduces students to the repertoire and performance practices of a Nordic dance tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 034A: Songwriting Units: 4 Develop an interrelated set of practical tools for writing and performing original songs. We will learn about songwriting in a variety of genres, styles, and forms, both as a theoretical concern and as practice. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 035: Film History Units: 4 Examines the history of cinema from its inception to the contemporary period. Deals with cinema’s relationship to new media and digital technology. Students will acquire general knowledge of film language that developed in multiple historical and cultural contexts. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 036A: Making Electronic Music Units: 4 Introduces students to making music with digital audio workstations, synthesizers, samplers, and other software tools. Students create compositions exploring approaches from popular genres such as hip hop and electronic dance music as well as noise, ambient, experimental, and avant-garde. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 041A: Performative Storytelling Units: 2 Designed to teach students a range of performative storytelling techniques, developing skills in movement, vocal expression, use of space, and audience engagement. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 055A: Arts of Asia Units: 4 An introduction to Asian visual arts (modern-day Pakistan to Japan) from the early civilizations to the present. Given the breadth of the material, objects will be thematically contextualized. We will examine how political authority, religion, trade, gender, colonialism, and nationalism among other issues of identity politics influence artistic production. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 055B: Arts of the Islamic World Units: 4 An introduction to the arts of the Islamic world (7th-century – present). Painting, architecture, metalwork, ceramics, and contemporary arts will be situated in their socio-cultural contexts. Issues of power and patronage, regionalism, identity, Orientalism, and cultural interaction within the framework of artistic production and reception will be examined. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: HIST 055 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 055C: History of European Art and Architecture Units: 4 Examines the cultures and history of Europe from the Paleolithic Period through contemporary art today. Addresses wide range of art production including architecture, sculpture, and painting. Explores works in their social context, addressing issues of patronage, class, gender, material culture, world exploration, and religious development and conflict, among other topics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 056: Contemporary Art Units: 4 History and theory of contemporary art in a global context. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Sophomore Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 057: History and Practice of Photography Units: 4 Students will examine critical texts on the history and theory of photography, study photographers from diverse backgrounds, and investigate cultural and socio-political issues in photographic practice and production. Students will also acquire some basic photographic techniques. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 059: Topics in Visual Culture Units: 4 A lecture on a specific topic in the study of visual culture, which may change from semester to semester. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 060: Introduction to Film Analysis Units: 4 Addresses the formal language of film. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 060A: Anime and Animation Units: 4 Histories and theories of anime and animation. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 064A: Topics in Film and Video Units: 4 A specific topic in the study of film and video, which may change from semester to semester. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 065A: Bollywood Units: 4 Introduces students to commercial Hindi cinema (“Bollywood”). Among other things, this course will address India’s nation building project, depictions of urban spaces, gender roles, the Indian diaspora, and the cultural politics of Hindi films and songs. Close attention will be paid to cinematic and musical production techniques. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 066A: The American Musical Units: 4 Explores the relationship between the American musical and “American-ness.” Ideas about what it means to be an American have been expressed on the musical stage and have both reflected and helped form those ideas. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 070A: Music of the Pacific World Units: 4 Addresses music of the Pacific and the regions that border it, including the Pacific Islands, Eastern and Southeast Asia, and the Western Americas. Focus will be placed on Asian and Pacific Islander musics, their interactions and histories. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 070B: Music of the Atlantic World Units: 4 Addresses music of the Atlantic and the regions that border it, including Western Europe, the Eastern Americas, and Western Africa. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 070C: Music of the Caribbean World Units: 4 Addresses music of the Caribbean and the regions that border it, including its islands as well as Eastern Mexico, the southeastern United States, eastern Central America, and the northern countries of South America. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 072A: Popular Musics Units: 4 Engages with current and historical scholarship on popular music. Units will be dedicated to various genres of popular music, and will use those as a lens on relevant issues of culture, society, and identity. Listening skills pertinent to the study of popular music will be emphasized. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 075A: Meaning in Music Units: 4 Designed to give students the tools to listen to and analyze music, the language to discuss it, and the means to understand how it generates meaning in cultural context. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 075B: Love Songs Units: 4 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 076A: Social Dance Units: 4 Students in this course will gain knowledge of a wide variety of different kinds of social dance, both in their own bodies and as an intellectual concern. They will learn to think about how dance can shape our interpersonal relationships and our understanding of the world around us. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 079A: Topics in Music Units: 4 Intended as a lecture on a specific topic in the study of music, which may change from semester to semester. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 3 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 079B: Topics in Dance Units: 4 Intended as a lecture on a specific topic in the study of dance, which may change from semester to semester. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 089A: Topics in Theater Units: 4 Intended as a lecture on a specific topic in the study of theater, which may change from semester to semester. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 092: Internship in Global Arts Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field of global arts in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of global arts. Requires students to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of global arts. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	GASP 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	GASP 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	GASP 099: Lower Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	GASP 102: Asian American Art Units: 4 Examines the artistic production of American artists of Asian descent (both foreign and U.S. born). This class provides an overview of these artists’ works in relation to issues of diaspora, immigration policies, social and civic engineering, racial relations, as well as formal and stylistic developments. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 103S: Advanced Shakespeare Units: 4 Read several of Shakespeare’s plays; discover the political, religious, and social contexts that shaped these plays; and learn about both historical and modern-day performances of Shakespeare by viewing and acting in his plays. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: ENG 151 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: WRI 010 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 103T: Music, Language, and Cognition Units: 4 An overview of music and language as communicative systems. The focus is on the cognitive, perceptual, emotive, and social processes that drive the interpretation and production of musical and linguistic form. Some attention is given to musical and linguistic diversity across individuals (e.g., typical vs. atypical), cultures, and genres. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: COGS 149 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 104: History of World Architecture Units: 4 An introduction to significant examples of world architecture and investigates the ways in which architecture serves as an integral part of cultural, socioeconomic, and political development in cultures around the world. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 001 or GASP 002 or GASP 003 or GASP 004 or GASP 005 or GASP 101 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 106: Arts of India Units: 4 Introduction to Indian visual arts from 2600 BCE to the present day. Given the breadth of the material, all objects of study will be thematically contextualized. Examines how political authority, religion, trade, gender, colonialism, and nationalism among other issues of identity politics influence artistic production. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: Any lower-division GASP course or WRI 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 108: Islamic Art and Architecture of South Asia Units: 4 Studies the Islamic arts and architecture of South Asia from the 12th-century when Islam entered as a major political force until the present. Examines how Indic arts transformed Islamic visual culture and also the reverse. Ends with the representation of Islam in colonial and postcolonial visual culture. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: Any lower-division GASP course or WRI 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 109: Image and Sound Units: 4 Students in this writing-intensive seminar will engage in close readings of multimedia “texts,” e.g., films, music videos, video games, engaging all the tools learned in the foundational sequence of the Global Arts Studies major. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 002 and GASP 003 Concurrent Prerequisites: WRI 010 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 110: Drawing II: Figure Units: 4 Advanced drawing. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 010 or GASP 011 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 111A: Painting II: Portraiture Units: 4 Advanced painting. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 010 or GASP 011 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 112A: Sculpture II Units: 4 Advanced course in sculpture. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 012A or GASP 004A or GASP 004B Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 114A: Photography II Units: 4 Course in advanced photography. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 014 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 115A: Multimedia II Units: 4 Advanced course in multimedia practice. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: One course in the GASP 010 series or one couse in the GASP 011 series or one course in the GASP 012 series or one course in the GASP 013 series or one course in the GASP 014 series or one course in the GASP 015 series or one course in the GASP 016 series or one course in the GASP 017 series or one course in the GASP 018 series or one course in the GASP 019 series or one course in the GASP 020 series Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 119: Topics in Public Art Units: 4 Intended as an advanced studio on a specific topic in visual art production (including but not limited to painting, video, photography, design, sculpture), which may change from semester to semester. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 010 or GASP 011 or GASP 012A or GASP 013A or GASP 014 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 120: Video II Units: 4 Advanced video production. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 121: Asian Pacific American Music Units: 4 An introduction to the history of Asian Pacific American music - the musicians, their creative work, and the social and historical contexts under which they composed and performed their music. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: HIST 121 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 122: Conceptual Art Units: 4 Intended as an advanced studio on a specific topic in conceptual art, which may change from semester to semester. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 010 or GASP 011 or GASP 012A or GASP 013A or GASP 014 or GASP 015A or GASP 020 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 130A: Advanced Latin Music Ensemble Units: 2 Designed for advanced musicians in a Latin American musical tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 030A with B- or better or consent of instructor (who may require an audition) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	GASP 130B: Advanced South Asian Music Ensemble Units: 2 Designed for advanced musicians in a South Asian musical tradition. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 8 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: GASP 030B with B- or better or consent of instructor (who may require an audition) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information

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ES 246: Community Ecology

ES 248: Advanced Topics in Ecology

ES 249: Topics in the History, Philosophy, and Practice of Science

ES 252: Remote Sensing of the Environment

ES 256: Ecological Dynamics

ES 260: Sustainable Energy

ES 262: Modeling and Design of Energy Systems

ES 264: Energy Policy and Planning Modeling

ES 270: Contaminant Fate and Transport

ES 274: Stable Isotope Ecology

ES 280: Natural Treatment Systems

ES 290: Topics in Environmental Systems

ES 291: Environmental Systems Seminar

ES 292: Topics in Environmental Systems

ES 295: Graduate Research

ES 298: Directed Group Study

ES 299: Directed Independent Study

FRE 001: Elementary French I

FRE 002: Elementary French II

FRE 003: Intermediate French I

FRE 004: Intermediate French II

FRE 092: Internship in French

FRE 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research

FRE 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study

FRE 099: Lower Division Individual Study

FRE 103: French Composition and Conversation

FRE 192: Internship in French

GEOG 010: Introduction to Spatial Analysis

GEOG 141: Environmental Science and Policy

GEOG 142: Geography of Resource Management

GASP 001: Introduction to Global Arts Studies

GASP 002: Introduction to Music Studies

GASP 003: Introduction to Visual Culture

GASP 004: Introduction to Arts and Cultural Studies

GASP 005: Introduction to Arts and Technology

GASP 006: Global Art History

GASP 007: Music in Society

GASP 010: Drawing I

GASP 011: Painting I

GASP 012A: Sculpture I

GASP 013A: Design I

GASP 014: Photography I

GASP 015A: Multimedia I

GASP 020: Video I

GASP 026A: Experimental Inter-Arts Ensemble

GASP 030A: Latin Music Ensemble

GASP 030B: South Asian Music Ensemble

GASP 030C: Swing Band

GASP 030D: Nordic Music Ensemble

GASP 031A: Latin Dance Ensemble

GASP 031B: South Asian Dance Ensemble

GASP 031C: Swing Dance Ensemble

GASP 031D: Nordic Dance Ensemble

GASP 034A: Songwriting

GASP 035: Film History

GASP 036A: Making Electronic Music

GASP 041A: Performative Storytelling

GASP 055A: Arts of Asia

GASP 055B: Arts of the Islamic World

GASP 055C: History of European Art and Architecture

GASP 056: Contemporary Art

GASP 057: History and Practice of Photography

GASP 059: Topics in Visual Culture

GASP 060: Introduction to Film Analysis

GASP 060A: Anime and Animation

GASP 064A: Topics in Film and Video

GASP 065A: Bollywood

GASP 066A: The American Musical