Fall 2002 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Fall 2002; however, some (or all) may not be offered this term.  The course numbers that are offered this term link to the Schedule of Classes.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

General Education: Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, or Non-Western Area Studies General Ed Program

Africana Studies (AFAS)

AFAS 222 -- African American Studies: A History of Ideas  (3 units)
Description:  The theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world. Issues in the areas of epistemological relativism, ethics, political philosophy and the history of ideas will be examined.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  PHIL 222, ANTH 222.
Usually offered:  Spring.

AFAS 255 -- African American Politics  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed to illumine the political economy of the African American community in the United States, with special attention to issues of race, politics, class and gender. Major themes in the course will focus on the struggles of African American people for justice from the period of reconstruction through the civil rights and post-civil rights eras. The question of Black political organizing and institution building both within and outside the dominant structures of the U.S. political economy will be discussed throughout the course.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall.

AFAS 260 -- Ethnic Relations in the United States  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of minority relations and mass movements in urban society; trends in the modern world, with special reference to present-day race problems and social conflict.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  SOC 260; SOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

AFAS 330 -- Minority Groups and American Politics  (3 units)
Description:  Political problems of the poor; analysis of systematic poverty in the U.S. and theories of causation; selected policy problems: education, housing, job training, enforcement of anti-discrimination statutes; future of "power" movements.
Identical to:  POL 330; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

AFAS 340 -- The Politics of Race and the African Experience  (3 units)
Description:  By examining both primary and secondary sources this course explores the historical development of African-American civil rights from 1619 with the arrival of the first Africans to Jamestown colony, to the momentous decision by the Supreme court to desegregate schools in 1954.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

AFAS 468 -- Government and Politics of Africa  (3 units)
Description:  Government and politics of African nations south of the Sahara; emphasis on processes of political and economic development.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; POL 204.
Identical to:  POL 468; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

AFAS 487A -- Race and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the race issue in the context of American politics. POL 487A focuses primarily on the African experience in America from 1619, when the first slaves were led onto the beach at Jamestown, to approximately 1910 when segregation had replaced slavery.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 201.
Identical to:  POL 487A; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

American Indian Studies (AIS )

AIS 205 -- Clovis to Coronado: Archaeology of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Nontechnical discussion of the lifeways of the ancient people of the Southwest. Correspondence only. No new enrollment accepted.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  ANTH 205; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

AIS 206 -- Native Peoples of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Nontechnical discussion of Southwestern Indian cultures from historic times to the present.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  ANTH 206; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

AIS 210 -- American Indian Languages  (3 units)
Description:  This course surveys American Indian languages and the communities that speak them, focusing on a representative sample for closer study. The role of language in maintaining cultural identity is examined, and prospects for the future of American Indian languages are assessed.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  LING 210; LING is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

AIS 487A -- Race and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the race issue in the context of American politics. POL 487A focuses primarily on the African experience in America from 1619, when the first slaves were led onto the beach at Jamestown, to approximately 1910 when segregation had replaced slavery.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 201.
Identical to:  POL 487A; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Anthropology (ANTH)

ANTH 202 -- Applying Anthropology in a Global Context  (3 units)
Description:  Course introduces students to the orders of meaning and power that influence human living and working conditions, as well as the capacity of human beings to alter those conditions. A combination of lectures, readings, films, class discussions and exercises will familiarize students with approaches to global problems in applied anthropology and the solutions that the discipline has proposed.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 203 -- Caribbean Transformations from "Cannibals" to Reggae  (3 units)
Description:  The systematic study of processes of culture change. Course focuses on an ethnographic region - the Caribbean - which has been the site of intense culture contacts.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 205 -- Clovis to Coronado: Archaeology of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Nontechnical discussion of the lifeways of the ancient people of the Southwest.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  AIS 205.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 206 -- Native Peoples of the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Nontechnical discussion of Southwestern Indian cultures from historic times to the present.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  AIS 206.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 222 -- African American Studies: A History of Ideas  (3 units)
Description:  The theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world. Issues in the areas of epistemological relativism, ethics, political philosophy and the history of ideas will be examined.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  AFAS 222; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ANTH 307 -- Ecological Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural adaptation with emphasis on the systematic interaction of environment, technology, and social organization among hunter-gatherers, nomadic herders, and peasant farmers.   This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 316 -- Political Economy of Language  (3 units)
Description:  Interethnic and interclass contests over language and meanings in relation to access to material resources and civil rights.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; junior status; two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ANTH 320 -- The Earliest Civilizations  (3 units)
Description:  Intensive introduction to the evolution of the world's earliest states: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, China, Peru, Maya, Mexico. Comparative topics include urbanism, elites, economics, literacy and collapse.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of instructor.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ANTH 330 -- Language and Society in the Middle East and South Asia  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines the interaction of language and social variables in the Middle East and South Asia, and focuses on issues such as class, ethnicity, religion, bilingualism, and education, and the factors that bring about language change, language planning, and language spread.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  NES 330; NES is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Art History (ARH )

ARH 203 -- Survey of Art in Non-Euro/American Societies  (3 units)
Description:  An interdisciplinary survey of arts and architecture of Africa, Mesoamerica, Native North America, and the Pacific Basin.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Classics (CLAS)

CLAS 362 -- Women and Gender in Antiquity  (3 units)
Description:  Women in literature, archaeology and history from the Bronze Age to the Roman Empire.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  HUMS 362, W S 362.
Usually offered:  Spring.

East Asian Studies (EAS )

EAS 464 -- International Relations of East Asia  (3 units)
Description:  National interests, issues and conflicts, relations, and influence of domestic politics in interstate relations in East Asia.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 202.
Identical to:  POL 464; POL is home department.
May be convened with:  EAS 564.
Usually offered:  Spring.

EAS 489 -- Women in East Asia  (3 units)
Description:  Women in traditional China and Japan; analysis of changes occurring in the modern period.
Prerequisite(s):  junior or senior status.
Identical to:  HIST 489; HIST is home department.
May be convened with:  EAS 589.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Geography and Regional Development (GEOG)

GEOG 210 -- The Political & Cultural Geography of Globalization  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines how systems of difference provide revealing analytical categories for understanding the political and cultural geography of globalization and develops critical thinking skills that can be used effectively beyond this course.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Spring.

GEOG 369 -- Geography of the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Physical environments and cultural areas of Southwest Asia, with emphasis on people-environment interrelationships, settlement systems, and impact of Islam.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  NES 369.
Usually offered:  Fall.

GEOG 413 -- Africa  (3 units)
Description:  Physical and human bases of regional contrasts, with emphasis on tropical environmental systems and changing patterns of resource utilization and development.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Usually offered:  Spring.

German Studies (GER )

GER 274 -- Dialogue of the Sexes: Men and Women in Contemporary German Society  (3 units)
Description:  To view a closely related culture from the standpoint of our own lives; to get a critical perspective on the spontaneous assumptions we make about gendered individuals and their societies. Taught in English.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

GER 278 -- Medieval Answers to Modern Problems  (3 units)
Description:  Discussion of essential texts from the Middle Ages which offer fundamental answers, 1) such as gender, class conflicts, death, happiness, and God. 2) gender is treated as an analytical topic. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Spring.

GER 373 -- Women's Fictions in Twentieth-Century Germany  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to a variety of twentieth-century women writers and film makers in German-speaking countries. Texts will range from literary works to essays, films, and videos of theater performances. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  W S 373.
Usually offered:  Spring.

GER 376 -- German-Jewish Writers  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on the contributions of Jewish writers to German culture. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  completion of Tier One.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  JUS 376.
Usually offered:  Fall.

History (HIST)

HIST 253 -- History of Women in the United States: Colonial America to 1890.  (3 units)
Description:  Changing role of women in American society from colonial times to 1890.
Identical to:  W S 253.
Usually offered:  Fall.

HIST 254 -- History of Women in the United States: 1890 to Present.  (3 units)
Description:  Changing role of women in American society from 1890 to the present.
Identical to:  W S 254.
Usually offered:  Spring.

HIST 489 -- Women in East Asia  (3 units)
Description:  Women in traditional China and Japan; analysis of changes occurring in the modern period.
Prerequisite(s):  junior or senior status.
Identical to:  EAS 489, W S 489.
May be convened with:  HIST 589.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Humanities Program (HUMS)

HUMS 260 -- Intercultural Perspectives  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural, literary, and artistic expressions of Native, Hispanic, African and Asian Americans. Traces roots in the past with emphasis on modern works. Three of the four groups studied in one semester.
Prerequisite(s):  Completion of first-year compositon and Tier One Traditions and Cultures requirements.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

HUMS 333 -- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Mortality in Western Civilization  (3 units)
Description:  An interdisciplinary study of ways in which artists, writers, composers, film makers, and philosophers have approached, analyzed, and represented death.
Prerequisite(s):  completion of first-year composition and Tier One Traditions and Cultures requirements.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

HUMS 362 -- Women and Gender in Antiquity  (3 units)
Description:  Women in literature, archaeology and history from the Bronze Age to the Roman Empire.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  CLAS 362; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

HUMS 365 -- Journey, Pilgrimage, Adventure  (3 units)
Description:  Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural study of adventure, pilgrimage, and intellectual journeys in art, literature, and philosophy from ancient to modern times. Includes phenomenology of space and cultural theories of the journey.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  Completion of first-year composition, and Tier One Traditions and Cultures requirements.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

HUMS 370 -- Nobel Laureates of Literature  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of 20th century masterpieces of world literature by Nobel laureates with works by Tagore, Andric, Garcia-Marquez, Paz, Gordimer, and others.
Prerequisite(s):  Completion of first-year composition and Tier One Traditions and Cultures requirements.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

Italian (ITAL)

ITAL 330B -- Italian Americana in Fiction and Film: Crossing Oceans  (3 units)
Description:  Comprehensive study of a particular aspect of Italian culture: Italian Americana in Fiction and Film: Crossing Oceans. Counts toward the major or minor in Italian or Italian Studies. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ITAL 330D -- Women in Italian Society  (3 units)
Description:  Comprehensive study of a particular aspect of Italian culture: Women in Italian Society. Counts toward the major or minor in Italian or Italian Studies. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Spring.

Japanese Studies (JPN )

JPN 311 -- Death in Traditional Japanese Literature  (3 units)
Description:  Death in the Japanese literary tradition from the 7th to 20th centuries. All readings are in English translation.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Spring.

Judaic Studies (JUS )

JUS 372A -- History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times -- The Biblical Period  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Biblical period through the Babylonian Exile; introduction to the Hebrew Bible.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  NES 372A, HIST 372A, RELI 372A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

JUS 372B -- History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire, with emphasis on the formation of rabbinic Judaism.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  HIST 372B, NES 372B, RELI 372B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

JUS 376 -- German-Jewish Writers  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on the contributions of Jewish writers to German culture. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  completion of Tier One.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  GER 376; GER is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Latin American Studies (LA S)

LA S 337 -- Survey of Mexican Folk Music  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the traditional folk music of Mexico. Covers the history and evolution of the mariachi as well as the vast potpourri of Mexican music tradition. A working knowledge of Spanish is helpful but not required.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Identical to:  MUS 337; MUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

Linguistics (LING)

LING 210 -- American Indian Languages  (3 units)
Description:  This course surveys American Indian languages and the communities that speak them, focusing on a representative sample for closer study. The role of language in maintaining cultural identity is examined, and prospects for the future of American Indian languages are assessed.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  AIS 210.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

LING 330 -- Language and Society in the Middle East and South Asia  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines the interaction of language and social variables in the Middle East and South Asia, and focuses on issues such as class, ethnicity, religion, bilingualism, and education, and the factors that bring about language change, language planning, and language spread.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  NES 330; NES is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Mexican American Studies (MAS )

MAS 265 -- Overview of Mexican-American Studies  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to Mexican American studies from multidisciplinary perspectives.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Spring.

MAS 330 -- Minority Groups and American Politics  (3 units)
Description:  Political problems of the poor; analysis of systematic poverty in the U.S. and theories of causation; selected policy problems: education, housing, job training, enforcement of anti-discrimination statutes; future of "power" movements.
Identical to:  POL 330; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

MAS 332 -- Politics of the Mexican-American Community  (3 units)
Description:  Political structure and processes of the Mexican-American community, with emphasis on history, schooling, political behavior, and class; future trends; bibliography.
Identical to:  POL 332; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

MAS 337 -- Survey of Mexican Folk Music  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the traditional folk music of Mexico. Covers the history and evolution of the mariachi as well as the vast potpourri of Mexican music tradition. A working knowledge of Spanish is helpful but not required.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Identical to:  MUS 337; MUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

MAS 365 -- Latinos and Latinas: Emerging Contemporary Issues  (3 units)
Description:  Using a comparative and multi-disciplinary focus this course critically examines major issues in Latino/a scholarship. Major topics include: immigration, political economy, class, the politics of ethnic identity creation and maintenance, the construction of race, gender, sexuality, and policy issues.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

MAS 375 -- Mexican Americans in Contemporary Society  (3 units)
Description:  This course will focus on the major public issues facing Latinos this century. Given the broad range of experiences among Mexican Americans, the class will cover immigration, bilingual education, race/ethnic relations, and voting rights from different perspectives. Students will be exposed to a multitude of issues affecting Mexican Americans, but also to models that explain and situate Mexican Americans in American society.
Prerequisite(s):  MAS 280, consent of instructor.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Music (MUS )

MUS 109 -- Rock and American Popular Music  (3 units)
Description:  This course surveys the history of rock music in a way that underscores the power of music as a means of communication. In addition to studying the various sound characteristics and styles associated with rock, we will look at the specific ways that the development of rock music illustrates basic operations of music in general: the role music plays in shaping social (including economic) interaction, and the relationship between musical production and worldview.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Usually offered:  Fall.

MUS 334 -- Music in World Cultures  (3 units)
Description:  Overview of nonwestern musics in selected world cultures.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Usually offered:  Fall.

MUS 337 -- Survey of Mexican Folk Music  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the traditional folk music of Mexico. Covers the history and evolution of the mariachi as well as the vast potpourri of Mexican music tradition. A working knowledge of Spanish is helpful but not required.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Identical to:  MAS 337, LA S 337.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

MUS 344 -- Arab and Asian Music  (3 units)
Description:  Exploration of the structure and utility of music in Indian, Arab, Chinese, Japanese, and Indonesian cultures.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Usually offered:  Spring.

Near Eastern Studies (NES )

NES 330 -- Language and Society in the Middle East and South Asia  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines the interaction of language and social variables in the Middle East and South Asia, and focuses on issues such as class, ethnicity, religion, bilingualism, and education, and the factors that bring about language change, language planning, and language spread.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  ANTH 330, LING 330.
Usually offered:  Fall.

NES 334 -- Islamic Thought  (3 units)
Description:  A consideration of Islam, one of the world's major religions, and the view of the universe and the modes of behavior and values it advocates. Most of the course will be dedicated to an examination of the majority (Sunni) opinion, but some attention will be directed also to the more significant minority (Shi'i, et al.) positions as well. The course has no prerequisite but does build on the information presented in TRAD 101 Middle Eastern Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  RELI 334.
Usually offered:  Spring.

NES 369 -- Geography of the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Physical environments and cultural areas of Southwest Asia, with emphasis on people-environment interrelationships, settlement systems, and impact of Islam.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  GEOG 369; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

NES 441 -- Arab-Israeli Conflict  (3 units)
Description:  Traces the birth and growth of the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1948 with particular attention to the internal impediments to conflict resolution on both the Arab and Israeli sides. Also surveys the role of the Great Powers in Middle East politics generally.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 202 or POL 204.
Identical to:  POL 441; POL is home department.
May be convened with:  NES 541.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

Philosophy (PHIL)

PHIL 222 -- African American Studies: A History of Ideas  (3 units)
Description:  The theoretical and philosophical ideas expressed by thinkers of the African world. Issues in the areas of epistemological relativism, ethics, political philosophy and the history of ideas will be examined.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  AFAS 222; AFAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

Political Science (POL )

POL 330 -- Minority Groups and American Politics  (3 units)
Description:  Political problems of the poor; analysis of systematic poverty in the U.S. and theories of causation; selected policy problems: education, housing, job training, enforcement of anti-discrimination statutes; future of "power" movements.
Identical to:  AFAS 330, MAS 330.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

POL 332 -- Politics of the Mexican-American Community  (3 units)
Description:  Political structure and processes of the Mexican-American community, with emphasis on history, schooling, political behavior, and class; future trends; bibliography.
Identical to:  MAS 332.
Usually offered:  Spring.

POL 335 -- Gender and Politics  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of politics through the lens of gender hierarchy. Emphasis on how constrictions of masculinity and femininity shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political and ideological practices.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; W S 100.
Identical to:  W S 335.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

POL 441 -- Arab-Israeli Conflict  (3 units)
Description:  Traces the birth and growth of the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1948 with particular attention to the internal impediments to conflict resolution on both the Arab and Israeli sides. Also surveys the role of the Great Powers in Middle East politics generally.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 202 or POL 204.
Identical to:  NES 441.
May be convened with:  POL 541.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

POL 464 -- International Relations of East Asia  (3 units)
Description:  National interests, issues and conflicts, relations, and influence of domestic politics in interstate relations in East Asia.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 202.
Identical to:  EAS 464.
May be convened with:  POL 564.
Usually offered:  Spring.

POL 468 -- Government and Politics of Africa  (3 units)
Description:  Government and politics of African nations south of the Sahara; emphasis on processes of political and economic development.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; POL 204.
Identical to:  AFAS 468.
May be convened with:  POL 568.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

POL 476 -- Women and the Law  (3 units)
Description:  Legal status of women in America, including constitutional protections, marriage and family relationships, educational and vocational opportunities, political rights, criminal law.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 201.
Identical to:  W S 476.
May be convened with:  POL 576.
Usually offered:  Fall.

POL 487A -- Race and Public Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the race issue in the context of American politics. POL 487A focuses primarily on the African experience in America from 1619, when the first slaves were led onto the beach at Jamestown, to approximately 1910 when segregation had replaced slavery.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 201.
Identical to:  AIS 487A, AFAS 487A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

Religious Studies (RELI)

RELI 334 -- Islamic Thought  (3 units)
Description:  A consideration of Islam, one of the world's major religions, and the view of the universe and the modes of behavior and values it advocates. Most of the course will be dedicated to an examination of the majority (Sunni) opinion, but some attention will be directed also to the more significant minority (Shi'i, et al.) positions as well. The course has no prerequisite but does build on the information presented in TRAD 101 Middle Eastern Humanities.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  NES 334; NES is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

Russian and Slavic Languages (RUSS)

RUSS 328 -- Women in Russian Literature and Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Images of Russian women as reflected in literary, historical, and religious texts. Cultural attitudes revealed help to understand the status and role of women in today's Russia.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  W S 328.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RUSS 350 -- The Soviet Experiment  (3 units)
Description:  Readings and discussion in English of representative Russian literary works from the 20th century.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

Sociology (SOC )

SOC 260 -- Ethnic Relations in the United States  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of minority relations and mass movements in urban society; trends in the modern world, with special reference to present-day race problems and social conflict.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  AFAS 260.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

SOC 280 -- Schools, Students and Society  (3 units)
Description:  The course explores how social factors produce variation in school practices; and how variation in school practices affect student outcomes.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

Spanish (SPAN)

SPAN 210 -- Latin America on Film  (3 units)
Description:  This course will focus on the portrayal of the historical, cultural and socio-political reality of Latin America in film. It will also incorporate the representation of literature on film.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

Traditions and Cultures (TRAD)

TRAD 101 -- Non-Western Cultures and Civilizations  (3 units)
Description:  Historical development and fundamental concepts of a nonwestern culture. Examines how members of a particular culture are shaped by a distinct heritage of ideas, values, and artistic expressions that may be in sharp contrast to traditional western ideas and values.  All subtitles of TRAD 101 are approved as General Education Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity or Non-Western Area Studies.
Approved as:  General Education Tier One - Traditions and Cultures.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

Women's Studies (W S )

W S 200 -- Women and Western Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Examines the various ways in which women have been depicted in western philosophy, literature, and the arts from the classical Greek period to the present. Explores women's cultural expressions and representations of themselves.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

W S 210 -- Cultures of Biology, Medicine, Gender and Race  (3 units)
Description:  This Tier Two course looks at how meanings of gender and race are influenced by popular conceptions of biology and medicine. It explores such controversial topics as gender difference in brain anatomy, genetic models of gayness and intelligence, reproductive technology, hormones, syphilis, and AIDS.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

W S 240 -- Suffragists, Sisters, & Riot Grrls: Introduction to Women's Studies  (3 units)
Description:  Introductory course to women's studies featuring selected works of twentieth century feminist thought.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

W S 253 -- History of Women in the United States: Colonial America to 1890.  (3 units)
Description:  Changing role of women in American society from colonial times to 1890.
Identical to:  HIST 253; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

W S 254 -- History of Women in the United States: 1890 to Present.  (3 units)
Description:  Changing role of women in American society from 1890 to the present.
Identical to:  HIST 254; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

W S 328 -- Women in Russian Literature and Culture  (3 units)
Description:  Images of Russian women as reflected in literary, historical, and religious texts. Cultural attitudes revealed help to understand the status and role of women in today's Russia.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  RUSS 328; RUSS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

W S 335 -- Gender and Politics  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of politics through the lens of gender hierarchy. Emphasis on how constrictions of masculinity and femininity shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political and ideological practices.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; W S 100.
Identical to:  POL 335; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

W S 362 -- Women and Gender in Antiquity  (3 units)
Description:  Women in literature, archaeology and history from the Bronze Age to the Roman Empire.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
Identical to:  CLAS 362; CLAS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

W S 373 -- Women's Fictions in Twentieth-Century Germany  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to a variety of twentieth-century women writers and film makers in German-speaking countries. Texts will range from literary works to essays, films, and videos of theater performances. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  GER 373; GER is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

W S 476 -- Women and the Law  (3 units)
Description:  Legal status of women in America, including constitutional protections, marriage and family relationships, educational and vocational opportunities, political rights, criminal law.
Prerequisite(s):  POL 201.
Identical to:  POL 476; POL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

W S 489 -- Women in East Asia  (3 units)
Description:  Women in traditional China and Japan; analysis of changes occurring in the modern period.
Prerequisite(s):  junior or senior status.
Identical to:  HIST 489; HIST is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.