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USP Course Descriptions
Lower-Division Courses
USP 1. History of U.S. Urban Communities (4)
This course charts the development of urban communities across
the United States both temporally and geographically. It examines
the patterns of cleavage, conflict, convergence of interest,
and consensus that have structured urban life. Social, cultural,
and economic forces will be analyzed for the roles they have
played in shaping the diverse communities of America's cities.
USP 2. Urban World System (4)
Examines cities and the environment in a global context. Emphasizes
how the world’s economy and the earth’s ecology
are increasingly interdependent. Focuses on biophysical and
ethicosocial concerns rooted in the contemporary division
of labor among cities, Third World industrialization, and
the post-industrial transformation of U.S. cities.
USP 3. The City and Social Theory (4)
An introduction to the sociological study of cities, focusing
on urban society in the United States. Students in the course
will examine theoretical approaches to the study of urban
life; social stratification in the city; urban social and
cultural systems—ethnic communities, suburbia, family
life in the city, religion, art, and leisure.
POLI 30. Political Inquiry (4)
Introduction to the logic of inference in social science and
to quantitative analysis in political science and public policy
including research design, data collection, data description
and computer graphics, and the logic of statistical inference
(including linear regression).
Upper-Division Courses
USP 100. Introduction to Urban Planning (4)
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the
fundamentals of urban planning. It surveys important topics
in urban planning including economic development, urban design,
transportation, environmental planning, housing, and the history
of urban planning
USP 101. Introduction to Policy Analysis (4)
(Same as POLI 160AA.) This course will explore the process
by which the preferences of the individuals are converted
into public policy. Also included will be an examination of
the complexity of policy problems, methods for designing better
policies, and a review of tools used by analysts and policy
makers. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP 102. Urban Economics (4)
(Same as ECON 135.) Economic analysis of why and where cities develop,
problems they cause, and public policies to deal with these problems.
Determination of urban land rent/use, reasons for suburbanization.
Transportation and congestion in cities, zoning, poverty and housing,
urban local government. Econ 1A-B or 2 or 100A; and Math 10A or 20A.
USP 103. American City in the Twentieth Century (4)
(Same as HIUS 148.) This course surveys changes in U.S. cities
since about 1900. Case studies of individual cities illustrate
the social, political, and environmental consequences of rapid
urban expansion, as well as the ways in which "urban
problems" have been understood historically. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
USP 104. Ethnic Diversity and the City (4)
(Same as ETHN 105.) This course will examine the city as a
crucible of ethnic identity exploring both the racial and
ethnic dimensions of urban life in the U.S. from the Civil
War to the present. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP 105. Urban Sociology (4)
(Same as SOC/C 153.) Introduces students to the major approaches
in the sociological study of cities and to what a sociological
analysis can add to our understanding of urban processes.
It covers themes such as urbanism, the ‘Urban Question’,
and globalization. Prerequisite; upper division standing
or consent of instructor.
USP 107. Urban Politics (4)
Same as POLI 102E.) This survey course focuses upon the following
six topics: the evolution of urban politics since the mid-nineteenth
century; the urban fiscal crisis; federal/urban relationships;
the "new" ethnic politics; urban power structure
and leadership; and selected contemporary policy issues such
as downtown redevelopment, poverty, and race. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
USP
109. California Government and Politics (4)
(Same as POLI 103A.) This survey course explores six topics:
1) the state’s political history; 2) campaigning, the
mass media, and elections; 3) actors and institutions in the
making of state policy; 4) local government; 5) contemporary
policy issues; e.g., Proposition 13, school desegration, crime,
housing, and land use, transportation, water; 6) California’s
role in national politics. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
USP
110. Advanced Topics in Urban Politics (4)
(Same as POLI 102J.) Building upon the introductory urban
politics course, the advanced topics course explores issues
such as community power, minority empowerment, and the politics
of growth. A research paper is required. Students wishing
to fulfill the paper requirement with field research should
enroll in the subsequent Political Science 102JJ course offered
Summer Session II. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
or consent of instructor.
USP
111. Field Research in Urban Politics (4)
(Same as POLI 102JJ.) To be taken with the approval of the
Political Science 102J instructor, this course allows students
to do original field research on topics in urban politics.
This course is offered in Summer Session II subsequent to
the spring POLI 102J course. May not be used to fulfill any
major or minor requirements in politics science or urban studies
and planning. Prerequisite: USP 110/POLI 102J and consent
of instructor.
USP
113. Politics and Policymaking in Los Angeles (4)
(Same as POLI 103B.) This course examines politics and policymaking
in the five-county Los Angeles region. It explores the historical
development of the city, suburbs, and region; politics, power,
and governance; and major policy challenges facing the city
and metropolitan area. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP
115. Politics and Policymaking in San Diego (4)
(Same as POLI 103C.) This course examines how major policy decisions are made in
San Diego. It analyzes the region’s power structure (including
the roles of non-governmental organizations and the media),
governance systems and reform efforts, and the politics of
major infrastructure projects. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing or consent of instructor.
USP
116. California Local Government: Finance and Administration (4)
This course surveys public finance and administration. It focuses upon California local governments-cities, countries, and special districts-and also examines state and federal relationships. Topics explored include revenue, expenditure, indebtedness, policy responsibilities, and administrative organization and processes. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
USP
124. Land Use Planning (4)
Introduction to land use planning in the United States: zoning
and subdivision, regulation, growth management, farmland preservation,
environmental protection, and comprehensive planning. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
USP
125. The Design of Social Research
(4)
Research methods are tools for improving knowledge. Beginning
with a research question, students will learn to select appropriate
methods for sampling, collecting, and analying data to improve
their research activities and research results. Prerequisities:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
USP
129. Research Methods: Studying Racial and Ethnic Communities
(4)
(Same as ETHN 190.) The course offers students the basic research
methods with which to study ethnic and racial communities.
The various topics to be explored include human and physical
geography, transportation, employment, economic structure,
cultural values, housing, health, education, and intergroup
relations. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent
of instructor
USP
130. Field Work in Racial and Ethnic Communities (4)
(Same as ETHN 107.) This is a research course examining social,
economic, and political issues in ethnic and racial communities
through fieldwork. Topics are examined through a variety of
research methods which may include interviews, and archival,
library, and historical research. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing or consent of instructor.
USP
132. African Americans, Religion, and the City (4)
(Same as ETHN 188.) This course details the history of African-American
migration to urban areas after World War I and World War II
and explore the role of religion in their lives as well the
impact that their religious experiences had upon the cities
in which they lived. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP
133. Social Inequality and Public Policy (4)
(Same as SOC/C 152) Primary focus on understanding and analyzing
poverty and public policy. Analysis of how current debates
and public policy initiatives mesh with alternative social
scientific explanations of poverty. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
USP
135. Asian and Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy
(4)
(Same as ETHN 129) This course will explore the social, political,
and economic implications of global economic restructuring,
immigration policies and welfare reform on Asian and Latina
immigrant women in the United States. We will critically examine
these larger social forces from the perspectives of Latina
and Asian immigrant women workers, incorporating theories
of race, class, and gender to provide a careful reading of
the experiences of immigrant women on the global assembly
line. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent
of instructor.
USP
137. Housing and Community Development Policy and Practice
(4)
History, theory, and practice of
U.S. housing and community development. How do
public, private, and nonprofit sectors shape and implement
planning and policy decisions at the federal, state, local,
and neighborhood levels. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
.
USP
143. The U.S. Health Care System (4)
This course will provide an overview of the organization of
health care within the context of the community with emphasis
on the political, social, and cultural influences. It is concerned
with the structure, objectives, and trends of major health
and health-related programs in the United States to include
sponsorship, financing, training, and utilization of health
personnel. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent
of instructor (offered winter quarter).
USP
144. Environmental and Preventive Health Issues (4)
This course will analyze needs of populations, highlighting
current major public health problems such as chronic and communicable
diseases, environmental hazards of diseases, psychiatric problems
and additional diseases, new social mores affecting health
maintenance, consumer health awareness and health practices,
special needs of economically and socially disadvantaged populations.
The focus is on selected areas of public and environmental
health, namely: epidemiology, preventive services in family
health, communicable and chronic disease control, and occupational
health. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent
of instructor (offered fall quarter).
USP
145. Aging–Social and Health Policy Issues (4)
This course will provide a brief introduction to the nature
and problems of aging, with emphasis on socioeconomic and
health status; determinants of priorities of social and health
policies will be examined through analysis of the structure
and organization of selected programs for the elderly. Field
visits will constitute part of the course. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor (offered
spring quarter).
USP
147. Case Studies in Health Care Programs/Poor and Underserved
Population (4)
The purpose of this course is to identify the special health
needs of low income and underserved populations and to review
their status of care, factors influencing the incidence of
disease and health problems, and political and legislative
measures related to access and the provision of care. Selected
current programs and policies that address the health care
needs of selected underserved populations such as working
poor, inner city populations, recent immigrants, and persons
with severe disabling mental illnesses will be studied. Offered
in alternate years. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
(not offered 2001-2002).
USP
165. History of the American Suburb (4)
(Same as HIUS 147.) This lecture explores the development
of suburbs in America, from the early nineteenth-century to
the contemporary era. Topics include suburban formation, class,
ethnic and racial dimensions, government influences, social
life, and cultural responses to suburbia.
The class will explore competing theories of suburbanization
as it surveys the major literature. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
USP
166. History of San Diego (4)
A lecture-discussion course that surveys the social, political,
economic, cultural, and environmental history of the San Diego
region from pre-colonial times to the present, with an emphasis
on the urban development that has occurred since 1900. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
USP 170. Sustainable Planning (4)
This course will explore the different factors and processes
that shape a sustainable city. Contemporary green planning
techniques and values will be evaluated. The course will also
discuss planning, designing and implementation of sustainable
facilities that will reduce sprawl.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP
171. Sustainable Development (4)
Sustainable development is a concept invoked by an increasingly
wide range of scholars, activists, and organizations dedicated
to promoting environmentally sound approaches to economic
development. This course critically examines the diverse,
often contradictory, interests in sustainability. It provides
a transdisciplinary overview of emergent theories and practices.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP
173. History of Urban Planning and Design (4)
The analysis of the evolution of city designs over time; study
of the forces that influence the form and content of a city:
why cities change; comparison of urban planning and architecture
in Europe and the United States. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
USP
174. Regional Governance and Planning Reconsidered (4)
Regional planning and local governance
in California, focusing upon San Diego. Current
system, the state/local relationship, and the incentives and
disincentives for restructuring regional and local governance
and planning. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP
177. Urban Design Practicum (4)
This course is designed to introduce the student to the theory and practice of urban design, the form of the built environment, and how it is created. There is an emphasis on the development within a larger urban context. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
USP 178. Urban Design for Redevelopment (4)
This course addresses inner-city and suburban redevelopment focusing on
urban design, ecological, and ethnic issues using advanced physical planning
and urban design methods. Also included will be the environmental impact
assessments of redevelopment projects.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP
179. Urban Design, Theory, and Practice (4)
Roles of the urban designer, preparing
schematic proposals and performance statements, identifying
opportunities for and constraints on designers. Each student
will prepare a practical exercise in urban design using various design methods. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
USP 180. Transportation Planning (4)
Introduction to the history and current state of urban transportation
planning, including the relationship between transportation
and urban form; role of automotive, mass transit, and alternative
modes; methods for transportation systems analysis; decision-making,
regulatory, and financing mechanisms; and public attitudes.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
USP 181. Public Transportation (4)
Livable cities rely on balanced transportation systems that can mitigate
the negative impacts of car-oriented environment and society. This course
will explore the role of public transit in creating a balanced transportation
system. A variety of public transportation systems will be analyzed.
Prerequisites: USP major and upper-division standing
USP 186. Senior Sequence Research Proposal (6)
Introduces students to the theory and practice of social research
including the challenges of writing a scholarly proposal. Students are
required to complete 100 hours of an internship experience while
critically examining the relations between social science and society.
Prerequisites: USP major and upper-division standing
USP 187. Senior Sequence Research Project (6)
An intensive research, internship and writing experience that culminates
in an original senior research project. Students learn about the
theoretical, ethical and technical challenges of scholarly research and
publication.
Prerequisite: USP 186
USP
190. Senior Honors Seminar (4)
Each student enrolled will be required to write an honors
essay, a substantial research paper on a current urban policy
issue, under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Most
often the essay will be based on their previous fieldwork
courses and internship. This essay and other written exercises,
as well as class participation, will be the basis of the final
grade for the course. The seminar will rotate from year to
year among the faculty in urban studies and planning. Prerequisites:
USP 186, USP 187, major GPA 3.5, and permission of instructor.
USP
191. GIS for Urban and Community Planning (4)
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and using GIS
to make decisions: acquiring data and organizing data in useful
formats; demographic mapping; geocodeing. Selected exercises
examine crime data, political campaigns, banking and environmental
planning, patterns of bank lending and finance. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
USP
193. San Diego Community Research (4)
Using the San Diego region as a case study, students will
be introduced to the process of collecting, evaluating, and
presenting urban and regional data using a variety of methods
including aggregate data analysis, historical research, ethnography,
and GIS mapping. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
USP
194. Research Seminar in Washington, D.C. (4)
(Same as Cognitive Science 194, Communication194, Earth Science
194, History 193, Political Science 194, Sociology E/194)
Course attached to six-unit internship taken by students participating
in the UCDC program. Involves weekly seminar meetings with
faculty and teaching assistant and a substantial research
paper. Prerequisite: department approval. Participating
in UCDC program.
USP
195. Teaching Apprentice–Undergraduate (2-4)
Introduction to teaching activities associated with course.
Responsibilities include preparing reading materials assigned
by the instructor, attending course lectures, meeting at least
one hour per week with the instructor, assisting instructor
in grading, and preparing a summary report to the instructor.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor and an A in the course
in which the student plans to assist.
USP
198. Directed Group Study (2-4)
Directed group study on a topic or in a field not included
in the regular departmental curriculum by special arrangement
with a faculty member. Prerequisites: upper-division standing
and consent of instructor.
USP
199. Independent Study (2-4)
Reading and research programs and field-study projects to
be arranged between student and instructor, depending on the
student's needs and the instructor's advice in terms of these
needs. Prerequisites: upper-division standing and consent
of instructor.
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COURSES
OFFERED FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Anthropology
ANBI 132. Conservation and the Human Predicament (4)
(Same as BIEB 176.) Interdisciplinary discussion of the human
predicament, biodiversity crisis, and importance of biological
conservation. Examines issues from biological, cultural, historical,
economic, social, political, and ethical perspectives emphasizing
new approaches and new techniques for safeguarding the future
of humans and other biosphere inhabitants. Prerequisites:
upper-division standing. ANLD 2 (formerly 10) or consent of
instructor.
ANSC 131. Urban Cultures in Latin America (4)
This course examines four interrelated and historically structured
themes of urban culture in Latin America: the role of cities
in organizing national space and society; immigration and
race; modernism; and popular culture as new religion, music,
and film.
Economics
ECON 116. Economic Development (4)
Analysis of current economic problems of less-developed areas
and conditions for increasing
their income, employment, and welfare; case studies of specific
less-developed countries. Prerequisite: Economics 1A-B or
2A-B.
ECON 130. Public Policy (4)
Role of economics in public policy. Topics such as funding
health care, drug policy, incentives for high technology industries,
mass transit versus highway construction, and agriculture
subsidies. Term paper usually required. Prerequisites: Economics
1A-B or 2A-B.
ECON 131. Economics of the Environment (4)
Environmental issues from an economic perspective. Relation
of the environment to economic growth. Management of natural
resources, such as forest and fresh water. Policies on air,
water, and toxic waste pollution. International issues such
as ozone depletion and sustainable development. Prerequisites:
Economics 1A-B or 2A-B.
ECON 139. Labor Economics (4)
Operation of labor markets. Such topics as labor force participation,
unemployment, labor mobility, wage inflation, the impact of
unions, human capital investments, internal labor markets,
and labor market discrimination. Prerequisites: Economics
1A-B or 2A-B.
ECON 150. Economics of the Public Sector: Taxation (4)
Overview of the public sector in the U.S. and the scope of
government intervention in economic life. Basic principles
of taxation, tax incidence, and tax efficiency. Analysis of
the U.S. tax system before and after the Tax Reform Act of
1986. Prerequisites: Economics 100A or 170A.
ECON 151. Economics of the Public Sector: Expenditures
(4)
Overview of the public sector in the U.S. and the scope of
government intervention in economic life. Theory of public
goods and externalities. Introduction to the basic forms of
government intervention. Evaluation of specific expenditure
programs such as education and national defense. Prerequisites:
Economics 100A or 170A.
ECON 155. Economics of Voting and Public Choice (4)
An economic analysis of social decision making, including
such topics as the desirable scope and size of the public
sector, the efficiency of collective decision-making procedures,
voting theory and collective vs. market resource allocation.
Prerequisite: Economics 100A-B or 170A-B.
Education Studies
EDS 130. Introduction to Academic Mentoring of Elementary/School
students (4)
This course focuses on the role of undergraduate mentors in
raising academic expectations for students and families traditionally
underrepresented at the university. The relationship between
the school and community, the social and political organization
of elementary schools, and the academic achievement of elementary
children are examined. Prerequisite: department stamp required.
EDS 139 must be taken as a prerequisite.
Environmental Studies
ENVR 102. Selected Topics in Environmental Studies (4)
An interdisciplinary course focusing on one of a variety of
topics related to environmental studies such as environmental
policy and politics, foreign study in environmental problems,
environmental history, nature writers, ethics and the environment.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing or consent of instructor
ENVR 110. Environmental Law (4)
Explores environmental policy in the United States and the
ways in which it is reflected in law. The social and political
issues addressed include environmental justice and environmental
racism, as well as the role of government in implementing
environmental law. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or
consent of instructor
ENVR 130. Environmental Issues: Social Sciences (4)
Explores contemporary environmental issues from the perspective
of the social sciences. It includes the cultural framing of
environmental issues and appropriate social action, the analysis
of economic incentives and constraints, and a comparison of
policy approaches. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or
consent of instructor
Ethnic Studies
ETHN
103. Environmental Racism (4)
This course will examine the concept of environmental racism,
the
empirical evidence of its widespread existence, and the efforts
by
government, residents, workers, and activists to combat it.
We will
examine those forces that create environmental injustices
in order to
understand its causes as well as its consequences. Students
are
expected to learn and apply several concepts and social scientific
theories to the course material.
ETHN 104. Race, Space, and Segregation (4)
Through in-depth studies of housing segregation, urban renewal and displacement, neighborhood race effects, and the location of hazards and amenities, this course examines how space becomes racialized and how race becomes spatialized in the contemporary U.S.
ETHN 118. Contemporary Immigration Issues (4)
This course examines the diversity of today's immigrants--their
social origins and contexts of exit and their adaptation experiences
and contexts of incorporation.
ETHN 121. Contemporary Asian-American History (4)
The course will study changes in Asian-American communities
as a result of renewed immigration since 1965; the influx
of refugees from Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos; the impact
of contemporary social movements on Asian-Americans' current
economic, social, and political status.
ETHN
123. Asian-American Politics (4)
This course will examine the development of Asian-American
politics by studying the historical and contemporary factors,
such as political and economic exclusion, that have contributed
to the importance and complexity of ethnicity as a mobilizing
force in politics.
ETHN 131. Social and Economic History of the Southwest
II (4)
This course examines the history of the American Southwest
from the U.S.-Mexican War in 1846-48 to the present, focusing
on immigration, racial and ethnic conflict, and the growth
of Chicano national identity. (Cross-listed with HIUS 159.)
ETHN
142. Medicine, Race, and the Global Politics of Inequality
(4)
Globalization fosters both the transmission of AIDS, cholera,
tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases and gross inequalities
in
the resources available to prevent and cure them. This course
focuses
on how race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class and nation
both shape
and are shaped by the social construction of health and disease
worldwide.
ETHN 151. Ethnic Politics in America (4)
This course will survey the political effects of immigration,
ethnic mobilization, and community building in America, and
the contemporary role of ethnicity in politics and intergroup
relations.
ETHN
161. Black Politics and Protest Since 1941 (4)
Discussion of black social, political, and intellectual
experiences
since the publication of Richard Wright's Native Son. Close
examination of blacks' involvement in and relationships to
Second World War, Cold
War, Civil Rights Movement, Black Power Movement, Reagan Revolution,
and Underclass Debate.
ETHN 184. Black Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century
(4)
An analysis of black cultural and intellectual production
since 1895. Course will explore how race and race-consciousness
have influenced the dialogue between ideas and social experience;
and how other factors i.e., age, gender, and class affected
scholars' insights.
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History
HIEU 129. Paris, Past and Present (4)
This course surveys the historical and cultural significance
of Paris from about 1500 to the present. The focus is on
interactions between political, architectural, and urban evolutions,
and the changing populations of Paris in times of war, revolutions,
and peace.
HILA 115. The Latin American City, a History (4)
A survey of the development of urban forms of Latin America
and of the role that cities played in the region as administrative
and economic centers. After a brief survey of pre-Columbian
centers, the lectures will trace the development of cities
as outposts of the Iberian empires and as “city-states”
that formed the nuclei of new nations after 1810. The course
concentrates primarily on the cities of South America, but
some references will be made to Mexico City. It ends with
a discussion of modern social ills and Third World urbanization.
Lima, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and
Sao Paulo are its principal examples. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing
HILA 121. History of Brazil (4)
From colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among the topics covered:
the evolution of a slave-based economy, the key differences
among regions, the military in politics, and the creation
of the most populous and industrialized country in Latin America.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
HISC 172/272. Building America: Technology, Culture, and the Built
Environment in the United States (4)
The history of the built environment in the United States, from
skyscrapers to suburbs, canals and railroads to factories and department
stores. The technological history of structures and infrastructures, and
the social and cultural values that have been “built into” our material
environment. Graduate students are required to submit an additional
paper. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
HIUS 114. California History (4)
This course examines California history from 1800 onward,
with an emphasis on social, economic, and political change.
The course will explore the effect of national and international
events as well as the ways in which California—the ideal
and the real—shapes the American experience.
HIUS 117. History of Los Angeles (4)
This course examines the history of Los Angeles from the early
nineteenth century to the present. Particular issues to be
addressed include urbanization, ethnicity, politics, technological
change, and cultural diversification.
HIUS 124/ETHN 125. Asian American History (4)
Explore how Asian Americans were involved in the political, economic, and
cultural formation of United States society. Topics include migration;
labor systems; gender, sexuality and social organization; racial
ideologies and anti-Asian movements; and nationalism and debates over
citizenship.
HIUS 139/ETHN 149. African-American History in the Twentieth Century (4)
This course examines the transformation of African America across the
expanse of the long twentieth century: imperialism, migration,
urbanization, desegregation, and deindustrialization. Special emphasis
will be placed on issues of culture, international relations, and urban
politics. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
HIUS 140. Economic History of the United States I (4)
The United States as a raw materials producer, as an agrarian
society, and as an industrial nation. Emphasis on the logic
of the growth process, the social and political tensions accompanying
expansion, and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century transformations
of American capitalism.
HIUS
141. Economic History of the United States II (4)
The United States as modern industrial nation. Emphasis on
the logic of the growth process, the social and political
tensions accompanying expansion, and twentieth-century transformations
of American capitalism.
HIUS 154. Western Environmental History (4)
This course examines human interaction with the western American
environment and explores the distinction between the objective
environmental understanding of science and the subjective
views of history and historians. The course will also analyze
the most compelling environmental issues in the contemporary
West.
HIUS 180. Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Amer. Society
(4)
(Same as ETHN134.) Comparative study of immigration and ethnic-group formation
in the United States from 1880 to the present. Topics include
immigrant adaptation, competing theories about the experiences
of different ethnic groups, and the persistence of ethnic
attachments in modern American society. Prerequisite: Department
stamp required
Philosophy
PHIL 163. Biomedical Ethics (4)
Moral issues in medicine and the biological sciences, such
as patient's rights and physician's responsibilities, abortion
and euthanasia, the distribution of health care, experimentation,
and genetic intervention. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Formerly Philosophy 122.
Political Science
POLI 100H. Race and Ethnicity in American Politics (4)
This course examines the processes by which racial and ethnic
groups have/have not been incorporated into the American political
system. The course focuses on the political experiences of
European immigrant groups, blacks, Latinos, and Asians.
POLI
100J. Race in American Political Development (4)
Readings examine how the multiracial character of the
United States has shaped the broad outlines of American politics.
Cases include the
founding/the Constitution, southern politics, social organization
in
formerly Mexican regions, the New Deal, consequences of limited
suffrage.
POLI 105A. Latino Politics in the U.S. (4)
This course examines contemporary issues in Latino politics in the U.S.; comparisons of racial and ethnic group experiences in the U.S.; Latino access to the political system through political participation. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
POLI 125A. Communities and the Environment (4)
A popular new idea in environmental protection is to include local
communities in conservation efforts. But what are these communities?
What challenges do they face in governing their own resources? This
course uses both theory and case studies to explore the political economy
of community-based conservations.
POLI 150A. Politics of Immigration (4)
Comparative analysis of attempts by the U. S., western Europe,
and Japan to initiate, regulate and reduce immigration from
Third World countries. Social and economic factors shaping
outcomes of immigration policies, public opinion toward immigrants,
anti-immigration movements, and immigration policy reform
options in industrialized countries.,
POLI 160AB. Introduction to Policy Analysis (4)
In this course, students will use their knowledge of the political
and economic foundations of public policy making to conduct
research in a wide variety of public policy problems. Prerequisite:
PS 160AA.
POLI 162. Environmental Policy (4)
This course will explore contemporary environmental issues
such as global warming, endangered species, and land us. Students
will be asked to analyze various policy options and to write
case analyses. Policies may be debated in class.
POLI 168. Policy Assessment (4)
The use of real data to assess policy alternatives. Introduction
to benefit/cost analysis, decision theory, and the valuation
of public goods. Applications to health, environmental, and
regulatory economic policy making.
Pscyhology
PSYCH 60. Introduction to Statistics (4)
Introduction to the experimental method in psychology and to mathematical techniques necessary for experimental research. Prerequisite: one year mathematics or consent of instructor.
PSYCH 104. Social Psychology (4)
An introduction and
survey of current knowledge in social psychology. Prerequisite:
Psychology 60
Sociology
SOC/A 100. Classical Sociological Theory (4)Major figures
and schools in sociology from the early nineteenth century
onwards, including Marx, Tocqueville, Durkheim, and Weber.
the objective of the course is to provide students with a
background in classical social theory, and to show its relevance
to contemporary sociology. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
SOC/B 112. Social Psychology (4)
This course will deal with human behavior and personality
development as affected by social group life. Major theories
will be compared. The interaction dynamics of such substantive
areas as socialization, normative and deviant behavior, learning
and achievement, the social construction of the self, and
the social identities will be considered. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/B 117. Language, Culture and Education (4)
The mutual influence of language, culture, and education will
be explores; explanations of students’ school successes
and failures that employ linguistic and cultural variables
will be considered; bilingualism; cultural transmission through
education. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
SOC/B 125. Sociology of Immigration (4)
Immigration from a comparative, historical, and cultural perspective.
Topics include: factors influencing amount of immigration and destination
of immigrants; varying modes of incorporation of immigrants; immigration
policies and rights; the impact of immigration on host economies;
refugees; assimilation; and return migration. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
SOC/B 146. Law Enforcement in America (4)
Provides a sociological understanding of policing in practice in the
United States. Examines the social, political, and historical forces
behind the development and shaping of policing in America – including the
functions of police, the “working personality” of police officers, as well
as police misconduct and its control. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/C 121. Economy and Society (4)
An examination of a central concern of classical social theory; the relationship between economy and
society, with special attention (theoretically and empirically) on the problem of the origins of modern
capitalism. The course will investigate the role of technology and economic institutions in society; the
influence of culture and politics on economic exchange, production, and consumption; the process of
rationalization and the social division of labor; contemporary economic problems and the welfare state.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
SOC/C 126. Social Organization of Education (4)
The social organization of education in the U.S. and other
societies; the functions of education for individuals and
society; the structure of schools; educational decision making;
educational testing; socialization and education; formal and
informal education; cultural transmission. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/C 132. Gender and Work (4)
Examination and analysis of empirical research and theoretical
perspectives on gender and work. Special attention to occupational
segregation. Other topics include: the interplay between work
and family; gender, work and poverty; gender and work in the
Third World. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
SOC/C 135. Medical Sociology (4)
A selective inquiry into the roles of culture, social structure,
and organized health professions for defining, mediating,
and structuring the health and illness experiences of key
social groups in American Society. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/C 136A. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
(4)
An examination of the social, cultural, and political factors
involved in the identification and treatment of mental illness.
This course will emphasize historical material, focusing on
the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.
Developments in England as well as the United States will
be examined from an historical perspective. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
SOC/C 136B Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary
Society (4)
This course will focus on recent developments in the mental
illness sector and on the contemporary sociological literature
on mental illness. Developments in England as well as the
United States will be examined. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/C 139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender (4)
Massive inequality in wealth, power, and prestige is ever-present
in industrial societies. In this course, causes and consequences
of class, gender, racial and ethnic inequality ("stratification")
will be considered through examination of classical and modern
social science theory and research. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing
SOC/C 141. Crime and Society (4)
A study of the social origins of criminal law, the administration
of justice, causes and patterns of criminal behavior, and
the prevention and control of crime, including individual
rehabilitation and institutional change, and the politics
of legal, police, and correctional reform. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/C 144. Forms of Social Control (4)
The organization, development, and mission of social control
agencies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with emphasis
on crime and madness; agency occupations (police, psychiatrists,
correctional work, etc.): theories of control movements. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
SOC/C 148. Political Sociology (4)
Course focuses on the interaction between state and society.
It discusses central concepts of political sociology (social
cleavages, mobilization, the state, legitimacy), institutional
characteristics, causes, and consequences of contemporary
political regimes (liberal democracies, authoritarianism,
communism), and processes of political change. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
SOC/C 148L. Inequality and Jobs (4)
Causes and consequences of labor market inequality will be
examined. The focus will be on recent theoretical and empirical
research at the micro and macro levels of analysis: How do
characteristics of individuals, of jobs, of societies affect
labor market outcomes in modern societies? Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/C 155. The City of San Diego (4)
A research-oriented course studying a specific city. Students
will describe and analyze a local community of San Diego.
Additional work on one citywide institution. Guest lecturers
from San Diego organizations and government. Readings largely
from city reports and news media.
SOC/C 159. Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions
(4)
Readings and discussion of particular substantive issues and
research in the sociology of organizations and institutions—including
such areas as population, economy, education, family, medicine,
law, politics, and religion. Topics will vary from year to
year. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
SOC/C 180. Social Movements and Social Protest (4)
An examination of the nature of protests and violence, particularly
as they occur in the context of larger social movements. The
course will further examine those generic facets of social
movements having to do with their genesis, characteristic
forms of development, relationship to established political
configurations, and gradual fading away. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/D 151. Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations (4)
An historical and comparative analysis of race and ethnic
relations in various national settings, with emphasis on the
United States. The course will analyze the origins of ethnic
stratification systems, their maintenance, the adaptation
of minority communities, and the role of reform and revolutionary
movements and government policies promoting civil rights and
social change. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
SOC/D 169. Citizenship, Community and Culture (4)
Will survey the liberal, communitarian, social-democratic, nationalist,
feminist, post nationalist, and multicultural views on the construction of
the modern citizen and good society. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
SOC/D 179. Social Change (4)
Course focuses on the development of capitalism as a world-wide
process, with emphasis on its social and political consequences.
Topics include: precapitalist societies, the rise of capitalism
in the West, and the social and political responses to its
expansion elsewhere. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Visual Arts
VIS 110G. The Natural and Altered Environment (4)
Explores the natural and altered environment as a basis for subject as well as placement of work pertaining to the environment. Prerequisites: two from VIS 104CN, 105C, 106C, 107CN, and 147
VIS 111. The Structure of Art (4)
This course will address the structure of signification in art. We will consider the modes of signification in a wide range of representational and nonrepresentational artworks from architecture through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video, and film to performance. Examples will be selected from various places and epochs. This course is required for transfer students. This course is offered during winter quarter only.
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