AIS 160 Perspectives of Native California
Indians, 3 UnitsPrerequisite: None. Native California from origin to contemporary times.
Comparative data, adaptive strategies and relations between the indigenous populations and
European and Anglo-American contact.
AIS 410 Perspectives of Native California Indians, 3 Units
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor. Cultural and
historical perspective of California Indians. Intensive survey of the contemporary
problems, issues and developments involving American Indians, both urban and rural, in
California.
AMST 352 Peoples and Cultures of California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent and junior standing or consent of instructor. An interdisciplinary survey of the peoples and
cultures of California, past and present. Ethnicity, race, gender, and class as factors
defining the nature of California life and cultural expression. Also offered as ANTH 352.
AMST 410 California Culture, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Interdisciplinary study of the dynamics of California society
and culture in recent times; California as world oasis, flawed paradise, lifestyle
crucible, and creative milieu; California's function in American culture and Pacific
relations. Also offered as HUM 450.
ANTH 350 North
American Indians, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Prehistory,
physical anthropology, and ethnology of the Indians of North America.
ANTH 352 Peoples and Cultures of California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent and junior standing or consent of instructor.
An interdisciplinary survey of the peoples and cultures of California, past and present.
Ethnicity, race, gender, and class as factors defining the nature of California life and
cultural expression. Also offered as AMST 352.
ANTH 356 Archaeology of California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Overview coverage of the prehistoric heritage of California's
Native-American cultures studies in the comparative light of ethnohistoric and
ethnographic data. Major emphasis is given to the archaeological focus on culture-history,
economy, settlement patterns, ecology, political organization, and processual adaptation.
ANTH 591 Applied Anthropology in the SF
Setting, 4 Units
Prerequisite: ANTH 120. No
description available.
ART 503 Pacific and Native North American
Arts, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Survey of the
traditional arts of native North American peoples and includes architecture,
archaeo-astronomy, medicine arts, sculpture, and painting. Drawing on both historical and
archaeological material, it integrates various artistic traditions with the particular
cultural and socio-religious contexts within which they arose.
ART 541 Artists in the Community, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ART 540 or
equivalent. Priority enrollment given to art majors. Students work in public contexts
employing individual artistic skills serving local community. Focus on ecologically
responsive art works and involvement in tasks related to placement and exhibition of
publicly sited art. Laboratory. Extra fee required.
ART 563 Photography: Urban Landscape, 3
Units
Prerequisite: None Stated. Documentary
photography dealing with physical and social changes which are manifest within a confined
segment of San Francisco. This defined area of the city is photographed in-depth in search
of signs and symbols revealed by changing architecture and interaction of human life.
Extra fee required.
AAS 300 Asian Americans in California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor, not open to
students who have taken AAS 200. A critical survey of the Asian American participation
in the building of California from the 1840s, to anti-Asian movements since the 1870s, to
contemporary California public policies affecting Asian Americans in the 1990s.
AAS 695 Seminar: Contemporary Asian
Communities, 3 Units
Prerequisite: 6 units of upper division course work in AA S or consent of
instructor. Seminar on contemporary Asian American communities and current issues;
based on fieldwork and community participation. May be repeated on advisement.
BIOL 300 Nature Study, 3 Units
Prerequisite: One course in college biology. Intended for non-biology
majors. Identification, structure, adaptation, life history, habits, habitat, economic
status, conservation of plants and animals. Designed for elementary teachers. Two all day
field trips scheduled for two separate weekends. Classwork two units; laboratory and field
work, one unit.
BIOL 305 Marine Plants and Animals of the California Coast, 3
Units
Prerequisite: One course in college biology. Intended for non-biology
majors. Identification, biology and conservation of the organisms of local beaches,
lagoons, salt marshes, and tide pools. Classwork, two units; field work, one unit.
BIOL 395 Intro. to the Biological Ecology of
the SF Bay, 3 UnitsPrerequisite: BIOL 240 or a college course in ecology. Designed to
explore the conflicting uses of the San Francisco Bay-Delta region and their effects on
its ecology. An introduction to the biology of the Bay and the impact of urbanization,
industrial development, and water development on its future.
BIOL 585 Marine Ecology, 4 Units
Prerequisite: BIOL 230, BIOL 240.
Intended for biology majors. Plant and animal relationships in near-shore marine
communities; temperate zone communities of the central California coast. Classwork, 2
units; laboratory and field work, 2 units.
BIOL 863 Role of Science in Restoration
and Management of the S.F. Estuary, 2 Units
Prerequisite: graduate status and consent of instructor. Key scientific
issues about San Francisco Estuary and watershed, how they affect and are affected by
management and restoration actions, and how restoration goals influence the scientific
approach to management.
BLS 312 Kalifia: The Black Heritage of California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Examination of the African American presence in the Golden State; the Black heritage in
the establishment, development, and evolution of California from the Gold Rush era to the
present.
CINE 325 Bay
Area Filmmakers, 1 Unit
Prerequisite: upper division standing or consent of instructor. An
introduction to the varied and active Bay Area film scene--feature, underground,
documentary, collective. Viewing of films and discussion. CR/NC grading only.
CJ 400 Police and
Public Policy, 4 Units
Prerequisite: upper division
standing. Scope of police activities, police administration, discretion,
accountability, affirmative action, public relations, new technologies, and changing
criminal procedure. Issues that the police can and should accomplish, by what rules, and
under whose control. Classwork, 3 units; fieldwork, 1 unit.
CJ 450 Jails and
Prisons, 4 Units
Prerequisite: upper division
standing. Political economy of the prison industry in the U.S.; the jail as well as
the prison. Field study at San Quentin and the San Francisco jails. Classwork, 3 units;
fieldwork, 1 unit.
ECON 530 The Political Economy of the San Francisco Bay Area,
3 Units
Prerequisite: Upper division standing. Economic, social, political and
institutional analysis of the fifth largest and second richest metropolitan area in the
U.S. Historic overview, institutional highlights, industries and occupations,
demographics, migration and immigration, regional economic development, infrastructure,
and educational policy.
ECON 535 Urban Economics, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Analysis of the
economic forces which determine a city's income, employment, land use pattern, industrial
structure, and public sector. Particular attention to housing, central city-suburban
relationships, transportation, local labor market, local public finance and neighborhood
economic development. (Also offered as URBS 535.)
EDUC 620 Contemporary Issues in Calif.
Education, 3 Units
Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of instructor. Current educational issues in California: bilingual
education, phonics/whole language, gender, race, class size, special education, early
learning, technology integration, middle level education, and curricular integration;
analysis of how public opinion, legislative policy, and educational theory and practice
interact.
ENG 531 Selected California
Literature, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Survey of
California literature from Indian Oral Traditions through Spanish occupation to U.S.
acquisition and the Gold Rush to the first decade of the twentieth century.
ENG 630 Highway 99: Contemporary
California Literature, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or
equivalent or consent of instructor. Contemporary literature from Californias
Great Central Valley: examination of its native and resident voices; representations of
"home," with regard to ethnicity, class, land ownership; early American
treatments of these themes; the myth of California as Eden.
ENG 690 Steinbeck, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or
consent of instructor. Study of the themes and techniques of Steinbeck's novels and
assessment of his place in the history of the American novel.
ETHS 671 SF Politics: an Ethnic Perspective I,
3 Units
Prerequisite: upper division
standing and project admission. Examination of San Francisco ethno-political issues
from the perspective of the African American, Asian American, Latino American, and
American Indian communities. Classes may be held off campus. Internship required in city
government agencies.
ETHS 672 SF Politics: an Ethnic Perspective
II, 3 Units
Prerequisite: upper division
standing and project admission. Continued examination of San Francisco ethno-political
issues from the perspective of the African American, Asian American, Latino American, and
American Indian communities. Classes may be held off campus. Internship required in city
government agencies.
GEOG 427 Agriculture and Food Supply, 4
Units
Prerequisite: None Stated. Investigation of the location and distribution of
world agricultural production and the environmental forces influencing agricultural
organization and food supply. Problems in U.S. and California agriculture are analyzed.
Classwork, 3 units; fieldwork, 1 unit.
GEOG 454 San Francisco on Foot, 4 Units
Prerequisite: None. Selected
geographic themes--accessibility, spatial, interaction, differential land use, and the
relationships between technology, values, and environmental utility--as expressed in the
neighborhoods of San Francisco. Eight all-day guided walking expeditions. Classwork, 1
unit; fieldwork, 3 units. May be repeated for a total of 8 units.
GEOG 455 Geography of Ethnic Communities, 3
Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or
equivalent. The spatial structure
and organization of ethnic communities as illustrated by reference to San Francisco and
other American cities.
GEOG 507 Japan and California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or
equivalent. Two dynamic regions in cross-cultural comparison. Contrasting settlement
histories and impacts on indigenous peoples; dissimilar resource evaluations and
utilization. Urbanization patterns,
environmental/social problems, and cross-Pacific movements of peoples, ideas, and material
culture.
GEOG 552 Geography of
California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent. Location and description of California's
natural resources; influence of land surface, climate, natural vegetation, soils, and
minerals upon California's present economic development, routes of commerce, and
population distribution. California's current water problems.
GEOG 553 Geography of San Francisco, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. The spatial
distributions of San Francisco as they have evolved since the gold rush days. Topical
(gold rush, fire and earthquake, redevelopment, ethnic patterns) and regional (Waterfront,
Haight-Ashbury, Twin Peaks) analysis. Classwork, 3 units; fieldwork, 1 unit.
GEOG 647 Geography of Water Resources, 4
Units
Prerequisite: GEOG 101 or
consent of instructor. Distribution and development of atmospheric, surface, and
groundwater resources; interrelationships between water and human activities in California
and the West. Divergent solutions to water-related issues and controversies. Classwork, 3
units; laboratory, 1 unit.
GEOG 648 Management: National Parks &
Natural Areas, 4 Units
Prerequisite: None. Conservation and
preservation of large ecosystem units: natural parks, nature and wildlife reserves and
equivalent natural areas. History, management, and problems of these tracts of land.
Classwork, 3 units; laboratory, 1 unit.
GEOG 651 San Francisco Bay Area
Environmental Issues, 4 Units
Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent. Introduction to the mission and work
of environmental management organizations. Managing our air, water, soil, wildlife, and
aesthetic resources. Emphasis on land use and transportation concepts. Field projects are
integral to the course. Classwork three units; laboratory one unit. Also offered as URBS
651.
GEOG 666 Geography of Garbage: Recycling
and Waste Reduction, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or
equivalent and junior standing. Geographical analysis of waste. Alternative solutions
focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area: development and implementation of resource
management programs.
GEOG 850 Regional Geography of
California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: GEOG 801,
appropriate upper division course work, and classified status in geography. Designed
to clarify possible methodologies of regionalization. Participants analyze the works of
professional geographers through examination of the literature prior to applying criteria
to the Delta region of California as a test site (study area).
GEOG 850 Regional Geography of San
Francisco, 3 Units
Prerequisite: GEOG 801,
appropriate upper division course work, and classified status in geography. Explores
the literature and resources on the geography of San Francisco. Fieldwork and potential
thesis topics are emphasized.
GEOL 272 Earthquakes and the San
Andreas Fault, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Earthquakes as environmental hazards with special emphasis on
the San Andreas and other Bay Area faults. The relationship of earthquakes to plate
boundaries, earthquake prediction, the inevitability of large quakes in California, and
seismic safety procedures. Classwork, two units; laboratory and field work, one unit.
Designed for non-science majors.
GEOL 350 Geology of the National Parks, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Application of geologic principals to understanding and
enjoyment of natural of natural environments of North America focusing on geologic history
and landscape evolution of the National Parks. Emphasis on appreciating uniqueness of
these natural regions and evaluation questions of preservation. Classwork, two units;
laboratory and fieldwork, one unit. Designed for non-science majors.
GEOL 356 Geology of California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. The regional geology of California, with emphasis on the San
Francisco Bay Area. Local field trips and extended excursions to areas of geologic
interest (i.e. national and state parks) to be arranged. Classwork, two units; laboratory
and fieldwork, one unit. Designed for non-science majors.
HIST 450 History of California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENGL 214 or equivalent, upper division standing or consent of instructor.
California through the Spanish and early American periods to the present. Satisfies the
California state and local government requirement.
HIST 642 California and the United States:
1846-1850, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent,
HIST 300, and upper division standing or consent of instructor. California and the
U.S.: from the American conquest in 1846 to admission to the Union in 1850. A study of
four critical years in the history of California and the U.S.
HIST 642 California Cities: Los Angeles/San Francisco,
3 Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent,
HIST 300, and upper division standing or consent of instructor. A seminar that
examines the contrasting histories of San Francisco and Los Angeles from 1850-1940.
HM 421 California Food, Wine, and Culture, 3 Units
Prerequisite: ENG 214.Cultural
and historical heritage of the food and wine industries in California, ethnic preferences
for food and wine as they relate to immigration patterns, and cultural aspects of dining
preferences for pleasurable eating in California.
HUM 375 Biography of a City: Los Angeles,
3 Units
Prerequisite: None Stated. The dynamics of Los Angeles'
intellectual, artistic, and social life in the 20th century.
HUM 376 Biography of a City:
San Francisco, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Investigation of San Francisco as a center of American
intellectual, social and cultural life. Major emphasis is placed on specific areas of
interest selected by students for individual research and exploration. Some sections offer
field trips and tours.
HUM 450 California Culture, 3
Units
Prerequisite: None. Interdisciplinary study of the dynamics of California society
and culture in recent times; California as world oasis, flawed paradise, lifestyle
crucible, and creative milieu; California's function in American culture and Pacific
relations. Also offered as AMST 410.
IAC 370 Art and Artists of San
Francisco, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. An exploration of contemporary artistic issues and styles, with
close attention to the arts and artists of San Francisco. Discussions with working
artists, demonstrations of current techniques and practices in art, music, theater, film,
video, and design.
MSCI 303 Marine Ecology, 4 Units
Prerequisite: ecology, statistics (or concurrent registration in
MSCI 304), or consent of instructor. Interrelationships between marine and estuarine
organisms and their environment; quantitative data collection and analysis. Classwork, 2
units; laboratory, 2 units.
MSCI 331 Marine Botany, 4 Units
Prerequisite: MSCI 303
recommended. Plants of the sea, marshes, and dunes; morphology, taxonomy, and natural
history of seaweeds and vascular plants. Classwork, 2 units; laboratory, 2 units. 4
MSCI 373 Kelp Forest Ecology, 1 Units
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. An introduction to the natural history
and ecology of giant kelp forest communities in Monterey. SCUBA certification required.
MSCI 373 Marine Birds of Monterey Bay, 1
Units
Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of instructor. Marine
birds of Monterey Bay are examined during the weekend with the use of lectures, slides,
and field trips. Lectures cover the systematics, natural history, and identification of
marine birds. CR/NC grading only.
MSCI 373 Marine Mammals of Monterey Bay,
1 Unit
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. A discussion of the taxonomy,
evolution, distribution, and behavioral ecology of whales, dolphins, porpoises, and
pinnipeds. Special attention is paid to the local species.
MSCI 374 Post-earthquake Geology of
Monterey Bay, 1 Unit
Prerequisite: Weekend minicourse. Investigation of Monterey Bay geological
sites aboard R/V Point Sur. Collect several core samples, evaluate and discuss. CR/NC
grading only.
MSCI 375 Intro. to Marine Science in the Monterey Bay,
1 Unit
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Introductory course in midwater pelagic
communities. Shipboard observation and collection methods are combined with lab
identification to demonstrate the diversity and unique adaptations of deep sea organisms.
MSCI 712 Systematics & Zoogeography
of California Marine Fishes, 2 Units
Prerequisite: MSCI 313 or
equivalent and consent of instructor. Systematics and zoogeography of major groups of
fishes found off the California coast. Osteological and morphological characters,
distributional patterns, status of knowledge, and other aspects relating to
classification, specification, and evolution are considered. Labs emphasize
anatomical/morphological characters. Classwork, 1 unit; laboratory, 1 unit.
MSCI 712 Techniques in Marine Vertebrate
Ecology, 4 Units
Prerequisite: graduate status and MSCI 312, 313 or
consent of instructor. Current techniques used in studies of marine vertebrate ecology
are discussed, demonstrated, and used. Field projects are conducted in Elkhorn Slough
using current methodologies to investigate the ecology of marine vertebrates in a selected
region. Classwork, 2 units; laboratory, 2 units.
MSCI 712 Ecology of Marine Birds and
Mammals, 4 Units
Prerequisite: MSCI 303, MSCI 304,
and MSCI 312. Ecology
of marine birds and mammals using experimental and sampling methodology. Distribution,
abundance, trophic ecology, and behaviors of birds and mammals in Elkhorn Slough. Aerial
and boat surveys to determine distribution and abundance. Classwork, 2 units; laboratory,
2 units.
MSCI 733 Coastal Ecology of the Gulf of
California, 3 UnitsPrerequisite: MSC 303 and MSC 304 or consent of
instructor. Interrelationships between intertidal and shallow subtidal organisms and
their environment in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Classwork, 1 unit; fieldwork, 2
units.
MSCI 774 Geology of Central California
Margin, 4 Units
Prerequisite: MSCI 341
and consent of instructor. Reviews the geology and tectonic history of the central
California margin. Land and offshore stratigraphy, structure, and geomorphology of the
region discussed, with attention to data gathering techniques and interpretation. Includes
field trips both on land and at sea. Review of relevant literature. Classwork, 2 units;
laboratory, 2 units.
METR 356 California Weather Events,
3 Units
Prerequisite: None. Investigation of the basic meteorology of normal and abnormal
weather events in California.
NEXA 398 John Steinbeck and
"Doc" Ricketts: Literature and the Sea, 3 Units
Prerequisite: None. An examination of science in general, marine biology in
particular, and the life and work of the pioneer environmentalist Edward F. Ricketts in
relationship to the physical underpinnings, the literary technique, and the characters in
the work of John Ernest Steinbeck.
PLSI 473 California Government and Politics, 4 Units
Prerequisite: Upper division standing. Study of policy making and exercise
of power within federal framework. State and local institutions explored through field
trips and intensive research project. Satisfies the California state and local government
requirement.
PLSI 475 San
Francisco Political Issues, 4 Units
Prerequisite: upper division
standing. Political mobilization and governance. Electoral processes. Economic,
ethnic, and cultural conflicts. May be repeated with consent of the instructor. Also
offered as URBS 485.
RAZA 315 La Raza in California, 3 Units
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor. Survey of
the La Raza experience in California from pre-Colonial to contemporary times. Special
focus on the impact of social, cultural, political, and economic factors of the La Raza
heritage in California.
RAZA 660 Latino/Chicano Politics, 3
Units
Prerequisite: RAZA 276 or consent of instructor. Study of social and
political movements by focusing on contemporary movements of La Raza, including
election-based, immigrant rights, labor, and education-based movements.
RAZA 670 The U.S.-Mexico Connection:
Politics and Cultures, 3 Units
Prerequisite: upper division standing or consent of instructor. Peoples,
politics, and cultures of Mexico; implications of rapid change in Mexico for California
and the U.S. (Also offered as PLSI 408.
May not be repeated under alternate prefix.) (Formerly LARA 670.)
SOC 575 Sociology of the Bay Area, 1-2 Units
Prerequisite: None Stated.
Topic to be specified in Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.
