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Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Global Studies |
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GS 340 - Social Media and Global Communication
Social networking technologies have brought with them new types of mediated interaction: collaboration and consumption. Students will think critically about the influence of social networking technologies on political events and government policies, cultural norms, and social movements. They will develop media literacy through immersion in various social cyberspaces.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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GS 342 - Economic Thought: History and Contemporary Interpretations
Explores political economy from historical, critical, global, and feminist perspectives. Students analyze relationships among economic systems and institutions, as well as cultural, political and social institutions, and a wide array of ideologies. Issues addressed include global economic crises, labor activism, labor migration, government, global civil society, poverty and inequality, imperialism and war, and cultural transformations.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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GS 343 - Global Film and Film Industries
The proliferation of film industries throughout the globe has challenged the west’s grip on representing the ‘other’ through cinema. Students will analyze films, television shows, and soap operas from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The course will also examine the economics of these film industries including the rise of Nollywood, and of ‘media cities’ throughout the Middle East.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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GS 345 - Global Political Theory and Philosophy
Introduces students to selected political practice, theories and philosophies and discusses how, where, and when they have influenced intellectual thought and cultural practices in the past and the present. Explores political philosophies from different parts of the world and connects them to relative climates of social diversity, political dissent, and religious tolerance. Examines the relationship between political thought and the problem of identification-individual, cultural, and national.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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GS 349 - The West and Arab and Muslim World - Soliya Connect
The Soliya Connect Program uses the latest web-conferencing technology to bridge the gap between university students in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States. Through dialogue, students discuss culture and everyday life and controversial topics ultimately arriving at a better understanding of other cultures and perspectives. A media module on current events is the final project.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 2-4
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GS 350 - Global Gender Issues
How are gender roles and sexual hierarchies produced, reinforced, and challenged in local and transnational contexts? We consider how global capitalism, religion, and cultural politics affect beauty, love, reproduction, and labor and will evaluate the effects and discourse of multicultural transnational feminist and sexual rights movements. The goal of this class is to familiarize you with some key debates and to engage you in critical discussion. Focus on Global South.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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GS 351 - Global Econ: Theory & Ethics
This intermediate-level course covers two components: 1. the fundamental principles of neoclassical micro and macro economics; 2. the global, gender and inter-disciplinary perspectives to examine the values and critique the assumptions of neoclassical framework. Focusing on ethical implications, we examine real-life applications, case studies and responses from feminist, Global South, informal economy, environmentalist, and other alternative perspectives.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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GS 355 - Feminism and Militarism
Working with gender theories of the body, nation, and militarized culture this course considers US and international feminist perspectives on militarism and peace activism. We will look at analyses, histories, current debates, and activist strategies for peace including antiwar activism, efforts at globalizing women’s rights discourse through UN mechanisms relating to peace building, and international criminal tribunals, and films that engage these questions from perspectives inside and outside.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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GS 360 - Relig’n/Violence/Peacemaking
Considers cases and theories of religious violence and inter-religious conflict, particularly Christian, Jewish, and Muslim; reflecting on ethno and religious nationalism, and terrorism. The course considers religious peace-building, sources for reconciliation, theological arguments for nonviolence, and the role of religious actors in protracted conflicts.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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GS 362 - Global Literatures
Examines intercultural communications through a global/historical lens that encompasses encounters in colonial, post-colonial, and global contexts. A series of novels, essays, and short stories are read in which the authors project their sense of individual and collective identities formed through the diverse experiences of globalization Examines relationships between author/audience and student/text in a cross-cultural dialog.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: GWAR Graduation Writing Assess
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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GS 370 - Global Political Economy
Examines origins of global economy. Analyzes and evaluates the interrelationship among global, political, and economic conditions. Studies global economy through 1) historical development, 2) current patterns of changes, 3) effects of globalization on the quality of life, 4) solutions and alternatives to inequity, and 5) the students’ place in the global economy. Examines major structures, processes, and effects of evolving global economy.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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GS 379 - Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility
Students explore the ethics and responsibilities of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a western concept applied globally since the 1990s. Historical contexts and events that gave rise to this corporate response to public concerns about labor standards and working environment are examined in multiple perspectives and case studies. CSR intent to enhance business-society relations is measured against realities in the workplace and NGO standards on workers and the environment in global economy.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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GS 380S - Building an Int’l NGO
Students explore interactions among inter-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and grassroots organizations working locally and across borders on current issues of local and global import. Students examine various types and categories of international organizations and apply practical knowledge gained through service learning at local organizations to building mock international NGOs, from the ground up, in teams.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing)
University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 6
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GS 385 - Global Ecology
Integrates study of earth systems with social systems by examining global natural and social systems. Combines perspectives, concepts, and methods of physical, biological, and social sciences in a holistic analysis and evaluation of issues related to resource access, use, pollution, and conservation by human communities locally and globally.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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GS 390 - Global Politics
Introduces students to the main political concepts and ideologies of global politics. Explores the global realm of: 1) interstate and transnational political relations; 2) Western and non-Western schools of thought about international politics; 3) gendered discourses of international relations including contributions from women, especially Global South; 4) environmental politics; and 5) the structure and role of intergovernmental organizations and 6) global security discourses.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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GS 395 - Special Topics
Studies a particular topic in Global Studies. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 1-4
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GS 396 - Field Studies
Individualizes student placement for field study as related to Global Studies.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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GS 397 - Independent Study
Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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GS 400 - Capstone Proposal Seminar
Students research and develop a capstone proposal. They will complete major elements of a graduation e-portfolio. The portfolio provides evidence that a student is making satisfactory progress toward meeting Global Studies Major Learning Outcomes.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GS 300 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 2
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GS 401 - Capstone Seminar
Students synthesize, research, and write a Capstone project that integrates: 1) course-based and experiential learning completed for the major; 2) a major research paper that demonstrates knowledge of theoretical, methodological, and philosophical undercurrent of intellectual production in Global Studies.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GS 400 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 2
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GS 403 - Directed Reading
Student and faculty member in consultation select topic of study, reading list, and number of credits.
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 1-4
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GS 445 - Capstone Seminar
Students research and develop a Capstone project over one semester that demonstrates knowledge of theoretical, methodological, and philosophical components of an intellectual product in Global Studies and an application to a real-life global issue or phenomenon. They will also synthesize MLO outcomes completed for the Global Studies major.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GS 300 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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GS 497 - Indep Study: Capstone
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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GS 595 - Special Topics
Studies a particular topic in global studies. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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GS 596 - Field Studies
Individualizes student placement for field study as related to global studies.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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GS 597 - Independent Study
Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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Humanities and Communication |
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HCOM 110 - Fundamentals of Speaking and Listening
This course introduces students to foundational concepts and skills that support effective and ethical speaking and listening, in public contexts. Students receive a brief introduction to rhetorical theory and learn how the practices of public speaking and listening prepare them to be engaged citizens in their communities. Students are provided multiple opportunities to practice speaking and listening through in-class performance assignments. The course also emphasizes the skill of listening to, and integrating, multiple perspectives through group discussion.
General Education: A1 Oral Communication
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 112 - English Communication Through Global Literatures
Through portfolio assessment, introduces students to college-level reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking. Further develops reading skills through an examination of unique, transnational values represented in all literary genres from throughout the world. Develops the capability to understand, analyze, interpret, and appreciate literature of diverse cultures through written responses, oral presentations, and research papers.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 120 - Critical Reading and Writing
This course introduces students to college-level reading and writing. Students learn to think critically in response to the diverse genres, rhetorical situations, and perspectives that they encounter at the university and beyond. They develop and apply flexible processes for conducting research, synthesizing and integrating sources, and composing texts.
General Education: A2 Written Communication
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 195 - Special Topics
Studies a particular topic in Human Communication. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 1-6
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HCOM 196 - Field Studies
Opportunities for independent field research projects involving oral history, social action writing, archival research, or investigative journalism.
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 1-6
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HCOM 197 - Independent Study
Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 1-6
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HCOM 200 - Critical Thinking & Ethics
This course equips students to interpret and critically assess the arguments, messages, and narratives that surround us. Students learn to comprehend and analyze a variety of public and cultural texts (e.g., political speeches, social movement campaigns, films and television shows, advertisements, architectural designs, fashion choices), evaluate arguments¿ supporting evidence, and reflect on the role of values, ideologies, and ethics in shaping our worlds. The course also offers an introduction to theories of communication ethics. Students identify and interpret communication dilemmas in interpersonal, small group, intercultural, organizational or mass media contexts; they analyze ethical controversies in these contexts and evaluate the communicative options suggested by different ethical frameworks.
General Education: A3 Critical Thinking
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 201 - Philosophy of Human Nature
What does it mean to be human? How might we live meaningfully and well together? This course surveys representative theories and philosophical reflections that explore human nature and the nature of society, the state, and government with an emphasis on the experiential elements of meaningful human existence and notions of an ideal society.
General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 211 - Reading Writing Crit Thkg
Through portfolio assessment, introduces students to college-level reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Further develops reading skills through a focus on divergent perspectives. Emphasizes the writing process to develop writings and a research paper. Develops empathic and critical listening skills through class discussion, peer workshops, interviews, and group presentations within a collaborative, interactive, and intercultural environment.
General Education: A1 Oral Communication
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 212 - Dialogue and Deliberation-An Introduction
Dialogue and deliberation are communication processes that promote deeper understanding and better decision making about life’s choices and challenges. Skill development in listening, inquiry, and reflection. Analytical and evaluative assessment of divergent perspectives, alternatives, and potential consequences in decision-making situations. Diverse ethical theories frame the exploration of communication-based controversies.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 213 - Introduction to Communication Ethics
Introduction to the ethics of communication practices. Students identify, comprehend and interpret communication dilemmas in interpersonal, small group, intercultural, organizational or mass media contexts; they analyze the ethical controversies in these contexts and evaluate the communicative options suggested by different ethical frameworks. Students generate a personal and communal ethic to guide communication conduct.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 214 - Interpersonal Comm & Conflict
This course introduces students to the dynamics of interpersonal communication and conflict resolution. Participants identify, comprehend, and interpret significant controversies, assess communicative options from different ethical frameworks, and develop knowledge and skills required to engage ethically and effectively across disagreement and other forms of difference.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 221 - Global Narratives
Examines unique and transnational cultural values represented in novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and film from Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Develops the capability to understand, analyze, interpret, and appreciate literature and diverse cultural forms, including film, as artistic and cultural representation. Meets the Subject Matter Requirement for the Multiple Subject Teaching Credential for English/Literature.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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HCOM 223 - American Indigenous Literatures and Cultures
Students study the literary expressions of Native peoples of the Americas. The course engages the literature as aesthetic, spiritual, and political expression. Examines the indigenous ways of being and knowing represented in the texts. Cultural aesthetics are studied within social and historical contexts, including but not limited to colonization, removals, assimilation, and resistance. Questions of cultural identity and sovereignty are central.
General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 225 - Literature,Film & Culture
Introduces literary and film analysis through readings and viewings of selected global and/or American writers and films. Examines these authors’ cultural heritage and traditions. Develops analytical and critical reading and viewing ability of literature and film through discussion of themes, characters, techniques, images, and structures. Explores the symbiotic relationship between literature and film in transmitting cultural values.
General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 226 - Afro Cuba Hip Hop - Music and Dance in the Black Atlantic
Explores the social history of music and dance throughout the African Diaspora. Students learn specific styles from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and the United States including Afro-Cuban liturgical dance, rumba, salsa, samba, and hip hop. Students dance the music they study. Students become familiar with basic concepts in African Diaspora music and dance; identify and analyze trends therein; and develop a choreography based on the movements taught in class.
General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 227 - Multicultural Poetry
Students focus on multicultural poetry as artistic and cultural representation. Students read works by poets of many cultures, watch poets read and talk about their work on video, and create their own original poetry. Students develop the tools to do literary and cultural analysis of poetry, as well as write their own poems.
General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 230 - Environmental Creative Writing
Students explore environmental cross-cultural literature as artistic and socially conscious representations. Students read works by writers of diverse cultures and watch films and videos regarding environmental issues. Students develop the tools to do literary, cultural and environmental analysis. Students create original pieces about the environment using the basic elements of creative nonfiction, poetry and fiction.
General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 231 - Latinx Creative Wrtg Wrkshp
Students study the fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry of leading contemporary Latinx authors with an emphasis on the historical, cultural, and socioeconomic influences on their work. Students use the work of these authors as models to create their own original pieces, incorporating the elements of craft.
General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 232 - Creativity and Social Action
Examines the creative process and its application to social action. Uses guest writers and artists from local communities, videos, field trips, and cross-cultural readings to understand and analyze creativity and social action. Students produce collaborative creative projects.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 240 - American Cultural Heritages
Traces the history of cross-cultural contact in the North American continent from the colonial period to the present. The course focuses on the formation and evolution of American cultures and identities, emanating from the lived experiences of everyday people. Students explore these histories using an interdisciplinary framework of United States multicultural heritages.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 241 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies
This course provides students with an introduction to the study of race, ethnicity and culture in the United States. The course reviews the main ideas and key debates in Ethnic Studies, paying attention to the ways in which race and ethnicity intersect with other social identities such as gender, sexual orientation, class, nationality, and citizenship/legal status. Students who complete the course will be equipped with the analytic tools to apply a framework of race/ethnicity to better interpret, engage, and transform the world around them.
General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 242 - Intro to Women’s Studies
Introduces the basic concepts and perspectives in multicultural feminisms with special emphasis on the changing status of women in relationship to the U.S. and California Constitutions and political life. This learning experience provides the opportunity for students to develop analyses of the current political conditions for women and to strategize their own political participation in relation to these conditions.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 244 - Latino USA: Ident/Experiences
Examines and compares the political experiences, cultural practices, and literary expressions of diverse Latino populations in the U.S. Topics include immigration, citizenship, demographics, work, religion, education, language, gender, and cultural rights. Readings include ethnographies, histories, novels, and films. Students design political projects. Crosslisted with SBS 244 .
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 245 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies
Introduces students to the experiences of Chicana/o communities in the United States and in a transnational context. Students learn about Chicanos/as in relationship to issues of race, ethnicity, citizenship, class, gender, and other social formations. Students are introduced to Chicano/a historical experiences with an emphasis on understanding the struggles and social movements for justice and equality that have been foundational to the development of Chicano/a identities.
General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 247 - African Legacy Worldwide
Examines how historical, cultural, and social processes have influenced the development of African diaspora communities in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. Special attention will be given to the impact of race and culture on the formation of diasporic communities.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 251 - Introduction to US History
Covers a time period from the Colonial Era, the War of Independence and the Early Republic, Manifest Destiny and expansion westward, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Immigration at the turn-of-the-century and the response of Nativists, Industrialization and Urbanization, through the Progressive Era. It takes a multicultural perspective and looks at the histories of diverse peoples in the struggle to realize democracy and freedom, and it deepens understanding of the cultural, economic, political and social dynamics that characterized each era. This course meets the GE Requirement for Area D-US History and the Subject Matter Requirement for the Multiple Subject Teaching Credential for U.S. History.
General Education: DHIS US Histories
University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 260 - Politics & Participation
Explores the impact of movements for social and political justice on the interpretation and content of the U.S. Constitution. Students will develop their ethical understandings of democratic participation through historical and contemporary texts and then apply these new understandings through the creation of collective political projects.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 260S - Politics & Participation
Explores struggles for social and political justice at the national, state and local levels, and how the U.S. and California Constitutions shape the form and directions of those struggles. In the process, students explore the history and contemporary meaning of democratic participation through exploring their own civic identities, critical study of civic ideals and institutions, and participation in civic action though ethical service and informed advocacy.
General Education: DCSL Civics & Service Learning
University Requirement: US23 Civics
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 265 - Histories of Democracy
The course explores the changing meaning of democracy and freedom from a multicultural perspective. It covers major events between the Colonial and Civil Rights eras, with particular focus on the 1860s-1960s. It includes the origins, key developments, and philosophies of civic and democratic institutions, and the social justice movements that have shaped democracy in the United States over time.
General Education: DHIS US Histories
University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 267 - US Political Histories
Historical view of the United States through analysis of the changing political process from the Revolutionary War and drafting of the Constitution to the social movements of the 20th century, with emphasis on various struggles for civil rights and liberties as waged in the courts, through direct political participation, and by civil disobedience; provides students an opportunity to apply tools of political action in practice.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 300 - Major ProSeminar
Introduces multidisciplinary approaches to humanities and communication. Explores content in the major learning outcomes and investigates areas of specialization a variety of concentrations.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 2-4
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HCOM 301 - Ways Of Knowing
Surveys the changing relationships among knowledge, truth, and reality in different cultural and historical contexts; investigates, evaluates, and apply different ways of knowing such as analytic, rational, creative, spiritual, emotional, and intersubjective to substantive topics or themes.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Junior or Senior Standing) and (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)]
General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 3
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HCOM 304 - Relational Ethics
Students survey ethical decision-making processes through various relational philosophical frameworks. They also investigate, evaluate, and apply relational communication guidelines to the ethical dilemmas examined in interpersonal, small group, intercultural, and organizational situations.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Junior or Senior Standing) and (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)]
General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 305 - Introduction to Mass Communication
This course introduces students to the history, social, legal, economic, political and technological aspects of mass media, which includes books, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, movies, the Internet and more. Students also are introduced to basic mass communication theories such as gatekeeping, agenda-setting, and media framing.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 3
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HCOM 306 - Gender and Communication
Explores theoretical explanations for the construction of gender. Identifies and examines the ways individuals communicate their gender identity to themselves and to others; identifies, examines, and analyzes the construction and communication of gender in media, interpersonal, intercultural, or rhetorical contexts in order to ethically and effectively interact with others.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 307 - Social Impact of Mass Media
Explores the relationship between the mass media and contemporary social problems. Issues such as media violence are explored from the perspective of consumers. Outcomes include raising awareness of the impact of media messages, developing effective media literacy tools, and preparing to critically analyze the cultural products we consume.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 307S - Soc Impct Of Mass Media SL
Explores the relationship between the mass media and contemporary social problems. Media ownership, media and violence, and media representations of cultural identities will be examined. Students develop effective media literacy tools, and critically analyze media products. Involves students in media literacy programs in local schools and community organizations.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 309 - Interracial Communication
Studies the rhetorical construction of racial identity in the U.S. and its impact on contemporary interracial communication; investigates and evaluates options for navigating interracial communication dilemmas ethically and effectively.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years
Units: 4
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HCOM 310 - Free Speech & Responsibility
Surveys the history of free speech in the United States; examines past and present controversies such as obscenity, hate speech, and media sensationalism; identifies, evaluates, and assesses rights and responsibilities surrounding the freedom of expression from various philosophical perspectives.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 312 - Deliberation and Advocacy
Introduction to cooperative argumentation. Students develop empathic and critical listening skills for cooperative deliberation and problem solving. They apply and assess reasoning and argumentative skills on various topics in oral and written communication contexts.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: GWAR Graduation Writing Assess
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 314 - Dialogue Across Differences
Dialogue is a mode of communication intended to engage differences. People dialogue in order to increase awareness and understanding of different perspectives, to learn more about the world and our roles and responsibilities in it, and to build trust in relationships. Students learn and apply dialogic theory and skills in varied communication contexts.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Junior or Senior Standing) and (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)]
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 315 - Media for Social Change
Examines social transformation and the role of media initiatives and communication strategies in local and global contexts. Explores how media can promote social justice and democracy, teach sustainable living, foster dialogues on diversity, catalyze peace building, advocate for equality, and promote conversations on issues of social exclusion.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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HCOM 316 - Media Ethics
Develops media literacy and related knowledge, skills, and abilities. Explores the ethical implications of various social and economic forces on media production, distribution, and access, as well as on the content, context, consumption, and effects of media messages. Topics include media’s role in democracy, what citizens have a right to expect from media and how media reflect and reinforce their social contexts.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 317S - Advanced Composition, Composition Theories, Service Learning
In a service learning context, students deepen communication skills, engage contemporary composition theories, and develop advanced written communication skills in a variety of genres. Students apply theories in area schools and literacy programs.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: GWAR Graduation Writing Assess, UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 319 - Global Communication and Culture
This course offers students a critical understanding of the role of media and communication technologies in the processes of globalization. Drawing from historical and contemporary perspectives students will discuss the social, cultural and political implications of media’s use and dissemination across the globe, and particularly in relation to issues such identity formation, community belonging, people’s empowerment and political action around global challenges.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 320 - Grammar, Usage, and Power
Introduces the basic elements and diverse linguistic attributes of the English language, and language theories, including universals and differences. Commonly practiced grammatical concepts and conventions and theories of language acquisition are studied and applied within the contexts of imperialism and post-colonial analysis. Explores the dynamics of current issues in language, including the roles of grammar in the schools, language in advertising, and variations in language usage.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 321 - Introduction to Rhetoric and Culture
This course examines the role of communication in contemporary society. Students are introduced to rhetorical theories as tools to analyze and critique a variety of cultural and public texts such as literature, political speeches, social movement campaigns, films, television, and advertisements. The course develops understanding of rhetorical concepts, ability to interpret and critically analyze the diverse messages that surround us, and skill in using written and oral communication to establish community and/or advocate for change in the world.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 322 - Asian American Literature
Develops students’ critical and analytical reading ability of literature from the perspective of the Asian American experience. Grounds the discussion of Asian American experiences, literatures, and cultures in history and theory.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years
Units: 4
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HCOM 323 - American Drama
Examines the history of American drama. Explores the diverse cultures that have contributed to the shaping of the American drama. Introduces students to literary analysis through the study of the dialogical relationship between the “logical core” and the “non-logical texture.”
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 324 - African American Narratives
Examines the development of African American and African diaspora literature. Explores the quintessential role African American and African diaspora literature and culture have played in the development of American mainstream literature, culture, and identity. Looks at vernacular tradition, the call and response practice, and the lyrics of the blues-infused, African American literary expression.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 325 - Narratives of American Immigration
Explores immigration to the United States from different cultural perspectives. Integrates a historiographic approach as the primary method for reading and critically interpreting immigrant narratives; uses historical events such as The Great Depression, World War I and II, and the Civil Rights Movement as markers for analyzing the texts.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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HCOM 327 - Survey American Literature
Examines American literature through different historical periods, literary genres, and cultural movements. Develops ability to compare and contrast social, historical, and cultural experiences represented in literature. Students gain cross-cultural knowledge of American literary history, an introduction to literary theory, and further development of literary analysis skills.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 328 - Latina Life Stories
Explores intersections of ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, and class through autobiographical and testimonial writings by Chicana, Mexican-origin, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and mixed-heritage Latinas in the U.S. Students produce multimedia digital stories about their own lives and identities.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 329 - Auto/Biografias
A course on Latinx identities as explored through life writing from multiple genres including memoir, testimonio, visual autobiography, and poetry. Students read and analyze written texts and films, and create their own autobiographical projects.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 330 - Intro Creative Writing
An introductory creative writing course that focuses on ethnicity, gender, and “witness” writing. Examination of the writing process, what roadblocks create silence, how to remove them. Cross-cultural readings in multicultural poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 332 - Poetry Writing Workshop
Poems with “duende,” as Federico GarcÃa Lorca says, are poems that “burn the blood like powdered glass.” An intermediate level course that explores forms of poetry, both traditional and contemporary. Students analyze the creative process; move toward publishing poems.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Area A1 and A2 and A3) and (HCOM 330 or HCOM 339S ) with a C- or better]
Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years
Units: 4
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HCOM 333 - Women’s Writing Workshop
An intermediate level creative writing workshop that examines women’s lives, and their relationship to the writing process. Includes in-class writing exercises, cross-cultural readings, discussions of the writing process, and creative writing. For women and men honing their craft of writing poetry, fiction, life-stories.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Area A1 and A2 and A3) and (HCOM 330 or HCOM 339S ) with a C- or better]
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 334 - Fiction/Creative NonFiction Writing
An intermediate-level creative writing workshop that focuses on fiction writing and creative non-fiction. Students explore forms of fiction, and move toward publication.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Area A1 and A2 and A3) and (HCOM 330 or HCOM 339S ) with a C- or better]
Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years
Units: 4
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HCOM 335 - Amer Ethnic Lit & Culture
This learning experience takes a comparative approach to the examination of American ethnic literature and cultures. It is designed to develop students’ ability to compare and contrast the social, historical, and cultural experiences as they are represented in literature. The interdisciplinarity nature of the course is accentuated not only through the introduction to the use of language and literary analysis, but also through the discussion of history, philosophy, culture, and social justice.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Junior or Senior Standing) and (GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)]
General Education: UDC Intergrated Arts and Humanities
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 3
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HCOM 336 - Poetry and Gender
A literature course in contemporary multicultural poetry, with a focus on gender issues. “A new kind of man/a new kind of woman,” (in the words of poet Muriel Rukeyser) names a central theme of 20th century American literature and life the re-imagining of women’s and men’s lives. Students examine poets’ perspectives of gender shifts.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and C2 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Periodically offered
Units: 4
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HCOM 337 - Women’s Literature
Examines, through literature, how women writers are rewriting the myths and scripts of their/our lives, and how writing is a way of taking action. Explores how women have moved from repression to resistance, from silence to voice, from socially constructed divisiveness toward community.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and C2 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years
Units: 4
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HCOM 338 - Multicultural Adolescent Lit
Examines multicultural adolescent literature through the study of issues related to identity, race, culture, equity, and social justice/injustice over time. In particular, the course will provide opportunities to discuss the difficulties that young people have in coming to terms with these complicated issues. Required course for the Single Subject in English Waiver concentration, meeting the Multicultural Adolescent Literature Requirement.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and C2 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 339S - Creative Writing and Service Learning
Develops service learning sensitivity, creative writing competency and craft. Students develop original pieces and age-appropriate interdisciplinary creative projects for SL partners in the schools.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 340S - Topics in Social Movements Service Learning
Engages topical study of social movements in the service learning environment. Introduces various models of political organizing in movements that have addressed societal inequities from class, race, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, and other positionalities, and students apply these models to contemporary problems of inequity. The service learning component connects students with community organizations in order to be participant observers in contemporary organizing strategies.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 342 - Feminist Theories & Methods
Explores modes of analysis that engage the intersectionality of gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, economic class, and (dis)ability. Readings and activities will ponder the ways that different feminist theoretical paradigms work to advance social justice.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 343 - Race and Gender Justice
This course examines how social and cultural contexts impact the formation and enforcement of laws, policies, and legal doctrine. We ask, how does the law define criminals, families, citizens, the nation, and gender? Rather than being clear-cut and timeless, the law defines these categories in ways that are racialized, gendered, classed, and historically contingent. Within this context, we examine how different racialized and gendered communities are denied, seek, and achieve justice.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
General Education: UDD Integrated Social Sciences
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 3
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HCOM 344 - Chicana/Latina Experiences
Offers an intensive introduction to the roots, forms, and impacts of Chicana and Latina feminist discourses. Explores critical analyses of historical and contemporary Chicana/Latina life experiences while presenting theoretical frameworks such as transnationalism, intersectionality, and gender studies.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years
Units: 4
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HCOM 345 - Chicanx Life & Culture
Intensive introduction to Chicanx and Latinx cultural formations and experiences that have contributed to the shaping of Chicanx and Latinx communities and identities.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 346 - African American Life/History
An introduction to the historical and cultural narratives that shape African American identities and experiences. The course focuses on such themes as African roots of African-American culture, freedom and inequality, black folklore and artistic expressions, migration, family and kinship, community and identity.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Units: 4
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HCOM 348 - Race, Colonialism, and Film
Students analyze the ways that film and literature have portrayed issues of colonialism, post-colonialism, race, culture, equity, power relationships, and identity. Includes films and literature from various countries and time periods and examines historical, social, political, and artistic backgrounds for each text.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years
Units: 4
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HCOM 349 - Environmental Philosophy and Communication
This class explores diverse environmental philosophies, and traces contemporary environmental groups’ use of strategic communication. We study digital campaigns, branding tactics, public education programs, and theories of environmental justice. The course highlights a range of regional, national, and global case studies such as food systems, gas pipeline construction, commercial fish farms, climate change, and freshwater politics. Emphasizes the rhetorical foundations of environmental thought.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years
Units: 4
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HCOM 350S - Oral Hist/Comm Mem SL
Working in a local community, students design and conduct a collaborative oral history project of significance to students and community alike. Interviews will become part of the CSUMB Oral History and Community Memory Archive.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (GE Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better) and (Junior or Senior Standing)]
University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
Typically Offered: Spring term only
Units: 4
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HCOM 352 - History According To Movies
Critical examination of how historical subjects, people, places and events have been depicted in film. Explores such themes as the politics of representation and the role of film in shaping historical memory.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE Area A1 and A2 and A3 with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Winter term only
Units: 4
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