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Course Descriptions

 

Environmental Science, Technology, & Policy
  

  • ENVS 546 - Landscape Ecology

    Theory and methods of landscape-level research, analysis, and management. Methods for detecting and characterizing landscape patterns; causes of landscape patterns; mechanisms by which landscape patterns change through time; implications of landscape patterns for populations, communities, and ecosystems; strategies for conservation and management issues at a landscape scale. Students read, discuss, and analyze scientific literature in landscape ecology and apply quantitative tools.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq or Coreq: ENVS 550 ) 
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • ENVS 548 - Freshwater Ecology

    In-depth exploration of freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, including aquatic organisms and their taxonomy; the ecology of freshwater ecosystems; and the influences of biogeochemistry, water quality, hydrology, and geomorphology on biota. The course focuses on applying ecological and chemical knowledge to assessing and managing freshwater ecosystems. Will include weekend or odd-hour field trips with concurrent field/laboratory section.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Graduate Status Required)
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • ENVS 550 - Research Methods

    Covers the key elements of applied scientific research, including data management, analytical software, scientific method, designing research questions, experimental design, statistical analysis & inference under multiple paradigms, communication of scientific results, and selected advanced analytical techniques. Emphasizes effective linkage between science and policy.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • ENVS 560 - Watershed Systems

    Develops interdisciplinary skills to address complex environmental issues. Skill sets will be in the fields of hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, water quality, and ecology. Topics include environmental policy/agency framework, current environmental issues, and physical/ecological processes in natural and impacted watershed systems. May require weekend field trips.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • ENVS 575 - Projects in Natural Resource Management

    Applied project-oriented course focused on collecting and analyzing data to address natural resource management issues on local public lands. Course will include discussion of relevant regulations and management issues. Course may focus on ephemeral wetland, grassland, chaparral or dune ecosystems depending on the needs of local resource managers. Field-intensive course.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: ENVS 550  and ENVS 560 )
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • ENVS 580 - Environmental and Resource Economics

    Course explores concepts of negative externalities as drivers of environmental problems and conflict in common pool resources. Students examine fundamental microeconomic principles including benefit-cost analysis, marginal net benefits, rational choice theory, inter-temporal distribution of net benefits, and institutional analysis framework via a case study approach.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • ENVS 583 - Environmental Impact Assessment

    The theory and practice of environmental impact assessment and analysis. The process of preparing environmental documents (such as EAs, EISs, and EIRs) as mandated by state and federal statutes and regulations under NEPA and CEQA. Application of environmental assessment in urban, regional, and land use planning contexts. Processes of public participation and comment. Litigation and environmental mediation. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: ENVS 583L )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • ENVS 583L - Environmental Impact Assessment Lab

    Field methods, sampling techniques, and visits to local projects that support environmental assessment.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: ENVS 583 )
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 1
  

  • ENVS 594 - Graduate Internship

    Supervisor-mentored, 400-hour professional internship leading toward completion of the MS degree. Requires approval of the faculty advisor and program academic coordinator.

    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 2
  

  • ENVS 595 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Environmental Science Technology & Policy. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 0-6
  

  • ENVS 595L - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Environmental Science Technology & Policy. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • ENVS 596 - Field Studies

    Individualizes student placement for field study as related to Environmental Science, Technology and Policy.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • ENVS 597 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Instructors Consent Required)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-2
  

  • ENVS 599 - Masters Thesis

    Faculty-mentored, independent research leading toward completion of the MS thesis. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits that count toward the degree. Requires approval of the thesis advisor.

    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1-6
  

  • ENVS 660 - Professional Environmental Science

    Addresses current environmental issues using advanced research methods and sound science. Students work in teams to complete applied research projects with regional stakeholders addressing real-world problems. Considers issues from multiple perspectives, including legal, political, diverse communities, and natural sciences. Students present project results in both written and oral formats, utilizing innovative visualizations to communicate technical science to stakeholders and/or decision makers.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: ENVS 560 )
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • ENVS 695 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Environmental Science Technology & Policy. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 0-6

First Year Seminar
  

  • ES 191 - Comp. Ethnic Experiences

    Using texts from several genres including short stories and poems, as well as film and other cultural forms, students examine ethnic American experiences. Students explore how human experiences may be mediated by social differences, and how affinities between ethnic groups are rendered visible when we approach works comparatively. A first year seminar, the course integrates these topics with orientation, academic planning and skill development to support student success in the university.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with FYS 191 )

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 100 - First Year Seminar

    Provides an introduction to academic life at CSUMB and a foundation to learning as a lifelong process. Students identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities they will need to meet their personal, social, academic, and professional goals. As students meet course goals and outcomes, they start their transition to university life. Required for all entering first-year students and transfers with 29 or fewer semester units. Students should enroll in this course during their first semester at CSUMB.

    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 2-6
  

  • FYS 111 - Introduction to Environmental Communication

    This course is designed to provide students with foundations in effective oral communication and will aid in student’s understanding and development in stating, organizing and researching ideas, and presenting them to an audience. In addition, this course will provide a common transition experience for entering students introducing them to the CSUMB Vision and engaging them with a sense of belonging to the CSUMB student and academic community. The seminar style format will allow students to speak openly and directly to both the instructor and each other during every class session throughout the semester. Through this process, students will strengthen the faculties of active and critical listening abilities and problem solve about topics in environmental and marine science, as well as deepen their understanding of their goals as they develop their intended pathway while at CSUMB. The course meets the Area A1 and FYS requirements of the General Education curriculum.

    General Education: A1 Oral Communication
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 124 - Introduction to Environmental Science

    This interdisciplinary introduction to environmental science course introduces science as a method of studying and understanding the natural world through offering an overview of topics needed to understand key environmental challenges of today’s world. Promotes critical thinking, problem solving, scientific and environmental literacy. Not open to students with credit in ENVS 201 .

    General Education: B2 Life Science, B3 Laboratory Activity
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • FYS 142 - Youth and Protest in the Arts

    Students examine the power of contemporary art to provoke change, challenge inequalities, and provide commentary on global and local conflicts. The role of artists as agents of change, and students own personal and cultural histories are also studied. A first year seminar, the course integrates these topics with orientation, academic planning and creative practice to support student success in the university.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 143 - Philosophy of Nonviolence

    The purpose of this class is twofold: 1) to introduce students to the academic model used at CSUMB, and, 2) to introduce students to the theory, philosophy, and practice of nonviolence and how that strategy has brought about significant cultural change from South Africa in the early 20th century to Egypt in the 21st Century. Through an examination of the Core Values, Vision Statement, Academic Goals, Major Fields, and potential career pathways, students create an academic plan for the first two years of study. Students also learn about the philosophy, principles, and methods of nonviolence to see how that practice has brought about social change for millions of persecuted, oppressed, and marginalized people in various cultural and global settings throughout the world.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 144 - Art, Religion and the Americas

    This course explores religious expression and cultural art forms of the Americas. Students learn interdisciplinary academic methods examining diverse genres of creative representation showing dynamic relationships among self, art, and culture. Case studies focus on contemporary cultural contexts of the Americas, cultivating critical perspectives and values of religious representation, collaborative research on diverse cultures, creative expression, multi-media resources, and current issues.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 145 - Digital Media Arts & Culture

    This section of First Year Seminar uses the cultural and technical framework of digital media (like manga, anime, video games and digital animation) to reference the core concepts of life as a new university student. Multicultural, rich in tradition and on the cutting edge of technology and creativity, these new forms of media are an integral part of the student’s cultural awareness and make for a vibrant, relevant and provocative environment for academic exploration and personal growth.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 147 - Literature of Healing: The Representation of Mental Illness in Latinx Literature

    This course will help familiarize students with the diversity, life and vision of CSUMB while also serving as an introduction to Latinx literature with a particular focus on the reading and analysis of U.S. Latinx writers whose literary works have included representations of mental illness. This course will critically examine narratives that, rather than stigmatizing mental illness, encourage engagement with a topic traditionally considered taboo in Latinx culture. These texts will also be read as tools to promote academic success while engaging with U.S. Latinx culture and history as a whole.

    General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 148 - Schooling the Public Imagination: From Hogwarts to Stand and Deliver

    This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the study of U.S. popular culture as a means of examining how it mirrors, distorts, and shapes experiences, perceptions, and assumptions about schools and schooling. Further considered is how books, television, film, and popular music have impacted personal educational histories and that of disparate groups. This course is further designed to orient students to the university and develop fundamental academic skills that promote success at CSUMB.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 156 - Technology and Society

    This FYS course will focus on the nature and impact of technology on society, paying particular attention to computing while using previous technological advances as a basis for comparison. We will consider the social, political, historic, economic and philosophic contexts that both shaped and have been shaped by technological change. Students will explore the emerging field of technology and society studies and will learn techniques borrowed from sociology, psychology, and philosophy.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 158 - Archaeology/Sustainability

    Sustainability in prehistory and non-Western traditions constitutes the scope of this archaeological survey and project-based learning lab centered on the evidence for sustainable practices in and beyond the American hemisphere. In sum, we explore just how past cultural practices differ from or align with contemporary approaches to sustainability? And ask, what does archaeology reveal about the successes, limitations, and failures of past human efforts to generate sustainable practices?

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 159 - Far East Explorer

    Do you like to travel? Why do people become tourists? Is tourism positive or negative? What is the relationship between tourism hosts and visitors? With a particular focus on tourism practices in Japan and other Asian countries, this course explores the global phenomenon of tourism by analyzing international tourism and cross-cultural encounters, and their impacts on cultures, peoples, and environments. This course is designed to develop fundamental academic skills for students’ success at CSUMB.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 179 - Myths and Realities of Asia

    This course serves as an introduction to the land, people, and ideas of Asia. We examine common myths and realities surrounding understandings of Asia and dive into a range of cultural icons (including the barbarian, the samurai, and the foreign devil), using the critical lenses of global history/studies, race, gender, and ethnicity. We will also identify ways in which stereotypes of Asia (and Asians) continue to influence our world today

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 181 - Multicultural Health

    An introduction to CSUMB’s vision and academic life, this course focuses on sexuality, drugs and other health-related behaviors, as they impact knowledge, decision-making and well-being. It is anticipated that this course will expand students’ awareness and appreciation of health and well-being, help them to negotiate CSUMB’s academic world and vision, instill in them a broader understanding of diversity and differing perspectives, and develop their academic skills and achievement.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: E Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 182 - Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll

    First Year Seminar (FYS) is an introduction to CSUMB’s vision and academic life and fulfills the Lower-Division Area E and FYS outcomes. This course is tailored to focus on sexuality, drugs and other health-related behaviors, as they impact knowledge, decision-making and well-being. It is anticipated that this course will expand students’ awareness and appreciation of health and well-being, help them to negotiate CSUMB’s academic world and vision, instill in them a broader understanding of diversity and differing perspectives, and develop their academic skills and achievement.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: E Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 183 - Eat, Love, Learn

    Students receive an introduction to CSUMB while exploring concepts of well-being, applying theoretical models to personal engagement in behaviors that promote and detract from well-being. Students use evolutionary and neurobiological models to develop health and well being around eating, loving, and learning.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: E Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
    University Requirement: FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • FYS 191 - Comp. Ethnic Experiences

    Using texts from several genres including short stories and poems, as well as film and other cultural forms, students examine ethnic American experiences. Students explore how human experiences may be mediated by social differences, and how affinities between ethnic groups are rendered visible when we approach works comparatively. A first year seminar, the course integrates these topics with orientation, academic planning and skill development to support student success in the university.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with ES 191 )

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Freshman Standing)
    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, FYS First Year Seminar
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3

Geology
  

  • GEOL 110 - Introduction to Earth Science

    Focuses on scientific investigation of the four main branches of Earth science: astronomy, geology, oceanography, and meteorology.  Topics include Earth’s place in the solar system and universe, structure and composition of the solid Earth, processes that change the Earth (with an emphasis on plate tectonics), ocean and atmospheric processes, and climate change.  Each topic is connected to processes and events occurring in California.  Not intended for Liberal Studies Majors.

    General Education: B1 Physical Science
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • GEOL 210 - Earth Science for Teachers

    Focuses on earth science content and scientific investigation and experimentation abilities required for the multiple-subject teaching credential. Topics include Earth’s atmosphere and water, structure and composition of the solid Earth, processes that change the Earth (with emphasis on plate tectonics and California geology), Earth’s resources, and Earth’s place in the solar system and universe.

    General Education: B1 Physical Science
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • GEOL 260 - Geology/Hydrology

    Lecture and field-based course introducing geology and hydrology in the context of natural hazards and natural resources. Includes plate tectonics, mineral and rock ID, rock structure, geologic time, landslides, earthquakes, flooding, soil, rivers, and water resources. Students gain topographic survey experience. Field-intensive course.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (MATH 130  or MATH 150 ) and (CHEM 110  or CHEM 109  or PHYS 121 ) with a C- or better]
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 4
  

  • GEOL 310 - Natural Disasters and Human Impacts

    Introduces geologic catastrophes, such as earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, tsunami, severe weather, flood, and wildfire, with emphasis on the relationship between humans and natural hazards. Examine physical processes that cause these natural Earth events. Discussion of historical events and societal impacts. Students will assess risk and evaluate mitigation alternatives.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and  A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
    General Education: UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • GEOL 360 - Geomorphic Systems

    This is a lecture and field-based course introducing landscape monitoring and analysis. Topics include theories of landscape equilibrium and evolution, weathering, erosion, hillslope processes, river processes, landslides, active tectonics, coastal processes, and coastal response to climate change. These theories are applied to natural hazard topics and restoration of disturbed lands. May include one or more weekend field trips. Field-intensive course. Prior experience with spreadsheets and GIS is recommended.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: GEOL 260  and STAT 250  and (GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4) with a C- or better)]
    General Education: UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • GEOL 460 - River Hydrology, Assmt&Monitor

    Lecture and field-based course introducing advanced topics in watershed processes. Students apply the theories of hydrology, flood frequency, hydraulics, and sediment transport to topics in watershed and river management. Students gain experience in hydrologic and geomorphic monitoring techniques. May include one or more weekend field trips. Field-intensive course.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GEOL 360  with a C- or better)
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4

Government, Politics, and Policy
  

  • GPP 650 - Money, Media & Policy Making

    Examines the role of money and media in the congressional policy process; the impact of money and media on elections; the state of campaign finance laws and reforms; the influence of television and newspaper journalists on policymakers; and the impact of money and media trends on democracy. Case studies and personal experience will be used to illustrate main lessons.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 3
  

  • GPP 651 - Budget Policy

    Provides an inside view of federal, state, and local budget processes, divided into three modules, with policy experts addressing the political and economic issues important to each level of budget policymaking. Examines Constitutional powers; legislative and executive roles; key budget committees and agencies; special interest groups; federalism; bargaining strategies and consensus building; revenue sources; budget reforms; distribution and equity issues; and other topics.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Restricted to MPP Majors)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 3

Global Studies
  

  • ES 236 - Global Policing

    In the course, you will be introduced to the role of modern policing in the liberal and neoliberal world order. We look at how state violence works through local, national, and transnational systems of law and security. We ask, what role does policing play in maintaining unequal social orders including race, class, gender, caste and others? How have movements resisted and sought to transform and/or abolish policing in their societies?

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with GS 236 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only- even years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 197 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • GS 205 - Politics of Everyday Life

    Looks at contemporary political life by recognizing the public, historical, and political dimensions of daily life. Examines American and California government and politics by analyzing historical and political events that affect people’s daily lives. Focuses on domestic and global influences and their interaction on the laws and structures that govern people’s lives.

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 206 - Understanding Globalization

    Globalization is an uneven process. It is the intensification of economic, political, social and cultural relations across international borders. Students will understand the history and the key features of the pro and anti-globalization debates. They will follow how popular struggles for social justice and equity have shaped the global order.

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 214 - Global History I: Ancient Times to 1500

    Explores the history of humankind from the early city states of the Middle East through the advent of global connections around 1500. Focuses on the major civilizations (China, India, Middle East, Americas, Europe) as expressed through the arts, religion and trade relations.

    General Education: C2 Humanities:Lit, Philosophy, Lang other than Eng
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 215 - Global History II - World History Since 1500

    Explores the history of humankind from roughly 1500 to 2000. Highlights the processes of globalization on the diverse populations of the world as expressed through the arts, religion, intellectual discourses, economic activity, and cultural self determination. Explores issues of the rise of European domination and the era of revolutions and independence movements.

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 222 - Cities in a Global Context

    Cities are dynamic landscapes informed by myriad economic, political, social, environmental, and cultural processes. This course delves into the forces of urbanization and examines how cities have been investigated, built, experienced, and lived in throughout history and around the globe. By accenting a geographic perspective and drawing upon an array of theoretical ideas and empirical examples, this class grapples with the fascinating complexities of the urban context.

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 225 - Global Voices

    This course examines the global issues and topics through analysis and interpretation of works of art, film, literature, and performance from around the world. Many of the works present the perspectives of those who are caught in the challenging world of “global flows and disjunctures”, where people, ideas, money, and technologies move quickly around the world, but in unequal and random ways that cause poverty, violence, social dysfunction, and humanitarian crises.

    General Education: C1 Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 230 - World Religions

    This class will introduce students to a number of religious traditions in their classical and contemporary practices. Through academic study of religion, students consider how various disciplines approach the myths, stories, symbols, rituals, ideas, and ethical practices of these religions. This introduction will provide a framework within which to reflect on one’s own experiences. Traditions include: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 236 - Global Policing

    In the course, you will be introduced to the role of modern policing in the liberal and neoliberal world order. We look at how state violence works through local, national, and transnational systems of law and security. We ask, what role does policing play in maintaining unequal social orders including race, class, gender, caste and others? How have movements resisted and sought to transform and/or abolish policing in their societies?

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with ES 236 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only- even years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 240 - Introducing International Relations

    Introduction to important theoretical approaches to the analysis of international relations as they relate to security, global justice and foundations for a peaceful world. A review of basic international relations concepts and methods is integrated with applications of these approaches to a number of historical and contemporary issues in global politics including: the causes of war, international institutions, globalization, nuclear weapons proliferation, terrorism, and human rights.

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 251 - Intro to Global Economics

    Covers basic micro and macroeconomic principles in relation to policies and real-world case studies from gender, ethical, and global perspectives. Students learn key economic concepts that affect their lives, along with the social/cultural contexts of major economic thinkers who coined those economic principles. It presents social scientific methods of inquiry in multiple social science lenses. Students learn feminist, environmental, and Global South perspectives.

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 300 - Major ProSeminar

    Students acquire a basic foundation in globalization and social theories and methods through exploration of current issues. Required entry into the Global Studies major.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GS 206  with a C- or better)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 316 - Approaches/ Global Histories

    Examines the application of historical approaches to themes related to past and contemporary societies. This course focuses particularly on global histories, which set historical problems beyond the frame of nations or regions.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 317 - Global Migrant Workers: Ethnic Experiences, Resistance, and Empowerment

    This course examines the connections of global migrant workers in the U.S. and the global contexts via systems focus. It examines how globalization, global labor migration, global supply chains, and global civil society organizations have affected working conditions and labor rights from the 20th to early 21st centuries and how workers fight back. It provides intersectional analysis, or connections among race/ethnicity, gender and class, using real-life case studies to demonstrate that migration is a complex globalization process that transcends national boundaries.

    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 318 - Quantitative Reasoning in Global Perspectives

    This class focuses on quantitative approaches to complement global case-study design so students can use quantitative reasoning to understand real-world problems/issues relevant to their lives. Students study the basic elements of human inquiry, research design process, concepts, and critical understanding of statistics. Variable-oriented analyses complement national/global case studies by stressing the importance of historical trends from US and global data sources. In-class workshops explore case studies supported by quantitative analyses and seen through multiple conceptual lenses.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with C- or better)
    General Education: UDB4 Math, UDB Integrated Scientific Inquiry and Quant Reason
    Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 321 - Negotiation Simulations

    Students gain negotiation skills and analysis through a series of “real world” crises in international conflict zones. Students learn dynamics of international negotiations and develop personal capacity to negotiate optimal outcomes.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with C- or better)
    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 322 - Dilemmas in Humanitarianism

    This course critically examines theories and practices of humanitarianism - the principles of foreign intervention in situations of crisis, and in ‘weak,’ ‘failing,’ and post-conflict states. The course assesses the effects of humanitarian intervention on local realities and global relations in the post-Cold War period.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 323 - International Law

    The domain of international law encompasses a wide range of issues of global concern, such as human rights, disarmament, international crime, refugees, migration, problems of nationality, treatment of prisoners, the use of force, and the conduct of war. It also regulates the global commons, such as issues of environment, development, international waters, outer space, global communications and world trade. This course examines conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 with C- or better)
    Typically Offered: Fall term only - even years

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 325 - Geography of International Development

    When we think of “development” often we think of idealized notions like progress or quality of life. In this class, we examine what international development looks like on the ground and how it is experienced differentially across space, gender, race, and class. We explore the inequalities that have resulted from economic globalization and development frameworks, and think critically about past, present, and proposed development interventions, as well as various ways that resistance to dominant development regimes has emerged in different socio-economic and political contexts.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 327 - Politics of the Middle East

    In this class we will examine the relationship between power, knowledge, and authority, centered on the post-9/11 Middle East (broadly defined). Typically, when we think of power and authority we think of hard power (military force, for example), but in this course we will also examine the impacts and violence of “soft power” in relation to the region. Throughout, we will be asking ourselves who gets to be an authority on “the Middle East,” and we will examine issues around identity, sovereignty, imperialism, and territory in a post-9/11 world.

    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
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 330 - World Views

    Introduces diverse religious, spiritual, philosophical, ideological, scientific, technological, and gender views or perspectives. Focuses on the similarities and differences between worldviews and how those people interact with the world. Students study the adverse effects of ethnocentrism, reflect on their own worldview, and empathize with people with differing worldviews.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 331 - Global Social Protest

    Theoretical, and empirical understanding of emergence and processes of global unrest and global campaigns for social justice (Arab Spring, climate change), weighing opportunities and constraints in mobilizing against inequality.  

    Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 334 - Global Movements: Migrations, Refugees, & Diasporas

    The voluntary and involuntary movement of people around the globe is the core focus of this course on migrations, refugees, and diasporas. Questions of borders, nativism, transnationalism, the global economy, and legality thread through this class as we consider the many social, cultural, environmental, economic, and political factors shaping decisions to leave a home or homeland. Creative works, case studies, theoretical texts, and geographic perspectives on these topics collectively animate our discussions.

    Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 335 - Comparative Governments and Politics

    The main objective of GS 335 is to compare the dominant forms of government that have endured into the 21st century along with the political, economic histories, ideologies and institutions that have created them. The course emphasizes emerging powers particularly the rising influence of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) in the world. The political economic rise of emerging states, the changing nature of government, and related global political issues are examined.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 336 - Cultural Geography: Place, Power, and Positioning

    Cultural geographers are interested in the relationships between people and their environments, and particularly in the cultural and social dynamics of these relationships. In this class, you will develop an understanding of some of the ways cultural geographers think about the world, and you will gain a basic familiarity with some of the conceptual tools, theories, and methods of the field. Major themes include: culture, power, place, landscape, ethnography, and social and environmental justice. Throughout the course, emphasis will be given to local and global interconnections and unequal power relations across space.

    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 339S - Sweat/Service/Solidarity SL

    This class examines labor rights, global contexts of labor issues, challenges to labor mobilization and how to overcome them. These themes are contextualized in labor history and legislation including the impacts of neoliberalism on the U.S. and other countries. Students examine the intersectionality of their cultural identities (including class, race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation) and their places in global processes. Students earn UDSL credits by servicing the needs of workers, local labor unions, and labor organizations in the Monterey tri-county region.

    University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - odd years

    Units: 5
  

  • 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: Fall term only - even years

    Units: 4
  

  • 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 term only

    Units: 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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
  

  • 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 Assessment Requirement
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 363 - Comparative Settler Colonialism: Land, the ‘Logic of Elimination,’ and Structures of Race

    This seminar focuses on the spatial practices and place-based implications of settler colonialism as distinct from (metropole) colonialism. Through a series of case studies beginning in the 17th century, this course delves into the evolution of settler colonial framework(s) and theory, the structuring similarities of settler formations across space and time, and the way race continues to structure relationships (between people and to the land) in settler colonial contexts.

    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 4
  

  • 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: Spring term only - even years

    Units: 4
  

  • 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 - even years

    Units: 3
  

  • GS 380S - Building an Int’l NGO

    This learning experience provides a critical examination of the structure, workings, and politics of international agencies, non-governmental organizations, and grassroots organizations working locally and across borders on current issues, such as migrant advocacy, climate justice, food sovereignty, etc. Students complete their UDSL requirement at local organizations. The interchange between experience and reflection is at the heart of Service Learning, and GS380S is a project-based service-learning course, focused on learning while doing, and applying what we learn. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing)
    University Requirement: UDSL Upper Division Service Learning
    Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years

    Units: 5
  

  • 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: Spring term only - odd years

    Units: 4
  

  • 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
  

  • GS 395 - Special Topics

    Studies a particular topic in Global Studies. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-4
  

  • GS 396 - Field Studies

    Individualizes student placement for field study as related to Global Studies.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • GS 397 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6
  

  • GS 403 - Directed Reading

    Students review learning outcomes of the Global Studies capstone and are guided through their preliminary research on the capstone project to identify a topic, theme, and research question.  This course equips students for GS 445 . 

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: (GS 300 ) and (Junior or Senior Standing)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1-2
  

  • 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  and GS 403  with a C- or better)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 4
  

  • GS 597 - Independent Study

    Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.

    Typically Offered: Periodically offered

    Units: 1-6

Humanities and Communication
  

  • ES 220 - 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 220 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • ES 224 - 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 224 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall term only

    Units: 3
  

  • ES 229 - 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 229 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • ES 243 - 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 243 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, US1 U.S. Histories
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • ES 246 - 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 246 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • ES 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.

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 247 )

    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Spring term only

    Units: 3
  

  • ES 391 - Race and Ethnicity in the United States

    This course examines race and ethnicity, and the experiences of people of color in the United States. The course is intersectional and transnational, reflecting the global context of the U.S., and engaging other social categories such as class, gender, sexuality, and ability in studying people¿s experiences. Various ways race and ethnicity operate in culture and social life are surveyed, highlighting culture, institutions, and everyday life as sites where racial and ethnic dynamics are seen. 

    (Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 391 )

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Areas A1 and A2 and A3 and B4 with a C- or better)
    General Education: F Ethnic Studies
    University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • HCOM 25 - Writing and Reading Success Workshop

    This course provides additional support for students enrolled in HCOM 125. Students will deepen their understanding of critical writing and reading through workshops.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Coreq: HCOM 125)
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 1
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • HCOM 125 - Writing and Reading for College Success

    Using critically sustaining pedagogy and antiracist instructional and grading tools, this course leverages student’s lived experience, knowledge and assets to further develop their writing, reading and critical thinking skills. Through a deeper understanding of diverse rhetorics, students will learn to analyze the context and culture of writing, research topics, synthesize sources, and make fact-based arguments based in critical cultural wealth. This includes the analysis of systems of power, privilege and social constructs and the ways these systems may champion some forms of communication over others.

    General Education: A2 Written Communication
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
  

  • HCOM 170 - Introduction to Mass Communication

    This course introduces students to the historical, social, legal, economic, political and technological aspects of mass communication, including media such as radio, newspapers, television, and the internet. Students also are introduced to mass communication theories, such as gatekeeping, agenda-setting, and framing.

    General Education: DGSS General Social Sciences
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

    Units: 3
 

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