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ENGL 466 - Screenwriting (Cross-listed as PA 466)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
The writing of screenplays is the focus of this class. The seminar format allows students the opportunity to talk about their writing and to receive critiques from their peers as well as the instructor. Repeatable by topic up to 6 units.
Same as: PA 466
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ENGL 474 - Approaches to English Grammar
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 315
This course uses various approaches to analyze the form, function, and meaning of English grammar, including alternative ways to understand grammar in the context of real language tasks. Particular attention is paid to cultural and social assumptions about grammar and how they have shaped our attitudes toward language use.
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ENGL 475 - Language in Social Context
Units: 3
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 or Equivalent or Consent of Instructor
Focus is on first and second language acquisition within social and cultural contexts, investigation and knowledge of the development of English literacy, and understanding the role of primary language literacy in the development of a second language. Instructional methods and assessments effective for English learners will be stressed.
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ENGL 477 - Adolescent Literature
Units: 3
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 and one upper-division literature course
A survey of young adult literature in which students analyze young adult literature taught at the secondary level (grades 6-12). Works studied are selected for their diversity of subject matter, genre, cultural focus, and grade level. Students will engage in literary discussions of the works, analyze them in relation to the genre, and consider implications for adolescents in school and the larger society.
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ENGL 478 - Writing as Reflective Practice
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105
Focuses on identifying, planning, and monitoring the processes that develop while writing. Research on writing processes and reports by published authors are used to develop strategies that will improve and extend students’ writing. Writing is extensive and will include expository, creative, and reflective genres.
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ENGL 480 - Introduction to Grantwriting
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing
Introduction to the grant-writing process. Includes needs assessment, researching funders, and preparing a proposal. Students will be encouraged to work collaboratively to identify authentic needs and develop a draft grant proposal that can serve as the seed for an actual proposal.
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ENGL 482 - Technical and Business Writing
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Technical/business writing is translation and persuasion. It requires explaining specialized source material to an audience to motivate action and provide grounds for decision making. Students will research and interview for information that they will turn into various forms, including but not limited to: reports, user guides, manuals, technical descriptions, business correspondence, marketing brochures, resumes, and proposals.
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ENGL 483 - Technical Communication
Units: 3
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Course is designed to bridge the gap between interest in technical communication and the need to develop real world skills. Students will take projects from inception to completion by incorporating key technical communication principles: document design, collaborative authoring, and project management. This class also explores the relationship between core concepts of relevant software and best practices for technical writers.
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ENGL 484 - Technical Writing for the Sciences
Units: 3
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Prerequisite: For Technical Writing Certificate students only, ENGL 482
Writing for the Sciences requires a specialized understanding of the process of writing as well as the content of the final essay or article. Students will learn to do research in specialized fields and to write for a variety of scientific journals and other publications.
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ENGL 485 - Technical Writing Project/Seminar
Units: 3
Three hours activity per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 310, ENGL 330 , ENGL 482 , ENGL 483 , and ENGL 484 , and a passing evaluation on the portfolio of work from the Prerequisite courses. ENGL 483 or ENGL 484 may be taken concurrently with ENGL 485.
As the culmination of the Technical Writing certificate program, this course may be an internship, independent study, seminar or a project course. Projects will be devised in consultation with the instructor.
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ENGL 490 - Special Topics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Concentrated study of selected authors or topics. Authors and/or topics change from term to term; therefore, students may take the course for credit more than once. Repeatable by topic up to 6 units.
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ENGL 492 - Internship
Units: 1-3
Variable hours per week
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing and Consent of Instructor
Service learning/internship experience in business or organizational environment appropriate to student’s professional goals. Positions are arranged collaboratively with faculty, student and local organization and must meet program standards for internships. Repeatable up to 6 units.
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ENGL 494 - Independent Study/Senior Research
Units: 3
Three hours activity per week
Prerequisite: Senior standing and Consent of Instructor
Students may do an independent study to further coursework begun in other courses, obtain an internship which utilizes knowledge gained thus far, or do research in preparation for the senior project. Repeatable 4 times up to 12 units.
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ENGL 499 - Capstone Project/Senior Seminar
Units: 3
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Prerequisite: Senior standing, a passing evaluation of the cumulative portfolio, and Consent of Instructor or advisor
A culminating research project in English with a substantial paper that augments the B.A. in English.
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ENGL 601 - Critical Theory Seminar
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English or Consent of Instructor
Investigation of the development and current state of various schools of theory. Application theories to literary, scholarly, student and institutional texts.
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ENGL 602 - Language Structure
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English or Consent of Instructor
Studies the structure of English from a linguistic perspective, with application to stylistics and literary form.
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ENGL 603 - Seminar in Contemporary World Literature
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program
Seminar in representative works by selected contemporary authors from around the world. Using selected novels, short stories, and poems published over the past fifty years, students will examine the interplay of literature, politics, and cultures. EXTENSIVE WRITING IS REQUIRED.
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ENGL 620 - History of Literary Movements
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program or Consent of Instructor
Study of major literary movements in relation to their social, historical, and philosophical contexts.
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ENGL 640 - Seminar in Composition Theory & Pedagogy
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission tothe MA in English Program
An introduction to the many theories of composition and their various applications within the classroom.
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ENGL 646 - Teaching Practicum
Units: 1-4
Two to eight activity hours per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA Program in English
Practice in teaching composition under the supervision of mentors; students will assist in composition classes, observe their mentors, discuss class planning, and finally teach several class periods in succession. Students will also be involved in assessment/team grading, course design, textbook selection, and peer evaluation.
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ENGL 647 - Seminar in Assessment Methods
Units: 4
Two hours seminar and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 640 and Admission to the MA in English Program
Investigation of various forms of assessment, including primary trait and holistic scoring, surveys, self-assessment, student-generated criteria, and portfolios, and practice in developing appropriate methods for classrooms and programs. Students will participate in the composition program’s team grading sessions.
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ENGL 648 - Writing as Cultural Practice and Social Change
Units: 4
Four hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Admission ot the MA in English Program
An exploration of the power of writing to develop social and cultural identity as well as to engender conflict. Students will use a critical literacy perspective to think through the implications of a democratic approach to writing instruction.
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ENGL 649 - Rhetorial Analysis
Units: 4
Four hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program
Students will take a rhetorical approach to analyzing texts, including literary, scholarly, student, and institutional texts.
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ENGL 661 - Seminar in Selected Author(s)
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program or Consent of Instructor
In-depth reading and discussion of the work produced by one or more major authors.
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ENGL 662 - Seminar in the Novel
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program
Explores the nature of the novel through an examination of works of fiction that have shaped the genre, and continue to expand the form. Critical works of theory and history of the novel provides a context for study.
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ENGL 663 - Seminar in Non-Fiction
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program
Explores permutations of non-fiction writing, including essay, memoir, nature, travel writing, and biography. Students read formative works in each area as well as later works.
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ENGL 664 - Seminar in Drama/Dramatic Literature
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program or Consent of Instructor
In depth reading and discussion of selected works of dramatic literature, including but not limited to stage plays. Attendance at performances and/or films may be required.
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ENGL 665 - Seminar in Poetry
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program or Consent of Instructor
Analysis of poetics. May focus on particular periods or genres of poetry.
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ENGL 666 - Seminar in the Short Story
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program
In-depth reading and discussion of selected short stories. Writing intensive.
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ENGL 667 - Seminar in Genre Literature
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program or Consent of Instructor
Focus on a particular genre of literature such as Science Fiction or Detective Fiction. Emphasis on cultural context as well as textual analysis. Variable topics.
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ENGL 668 - Seminar in Literature and Culture
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English or Consent of Instructor
Study of literature in its relation to culture: focusing on literature as a cultural institution related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values.
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ENGL 680 - Independent Study
Units: 1-4
One to four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in English Program or Consent of Instructor
Independent exploration of a topic or the work of a single author. The student will work with a member of the English faculty in devising and executing the study and any papers or projects necessary.
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ENGL 698 - Thesis: Literature Specialization
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 601 , ENGL 602 , ENGL 603 , and ENGL 620 ; Successful completion of thesis-qualifying portfolio
Culminating directed research project in which the student will produce a substantial study of an author, a major literary work, a literary form or movement. Successful completion requires evidence of scholarly research, creative thinking, good analytic writing, and mastery of a significant topic.
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ENGL 699 - Thesis: Composition and Rhetoric Specialization
Units: 4
Four hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Completion of all required composition and rhetoric courses with a minimum grade point average of 3.0
Culminating project of the MA in English program students to contribute to the on-going disciplinary conversation and reflect on how discourse in composition and rhetoric has transformed their teaching and/or scholarship.
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ESW 01 - Starting the Stretch
Units: 1
One hour online per week
An introduction to the expectations, terminology and conventions of first year writing courses, with discussion of the multiple purposes of college writing and analysis of student/peer writing. Practice in the use of scoring rubrics and introduction to the concept of holistic scoring. Online course. This course is offered online Credit/No Credit only.
Graded: Credit/No Credit
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ESRM 100 - Introduction to Environmental Science and Resource Management
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course covers a broad spectrum of environmental science topics including: biogeochemical cycles, biological diversity, world food supply, effects of agricultural production on the environment, energy, water and air environments, and societies’ impacts on the environment. Current environmental issues such as loss of biological diversity, global climate change, ozone depletion, and natural resource management will be discussed.
GenEd: B2, D
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ESRM 105 - Environmental Issues in Geography (Cross-listed as GEOG 105)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Introduction to basic concepts in geography and related environmental issues. Examines environmental impact on human affairs and human impact on the environment. Spatial awareness including cartographic knowledge, skills with global positioning systems (GPS) as well as hands-on experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is emphasized. This course is not open to ESRM majors.
Same as: GEOG 105
GenEd: D
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ESRM 200 - Principles of Resource Management, Conservation and Stewardship
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 100 and BIOL 200
Students will work with the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey or other agencies on related resource projects.
Lab fee $25
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ESRM 205 - Principles of Sustainability
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 100
Presents and analyzes the fundamental principles, methods, and procedures concerning sustainability. Topics include the history of the sustainability movement, the underlying causes for the depletion of natural resources, and current thinking on the need to consider environmental sustainability in organizational strategic planning.
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ESRM 313 - Conservation Biology (Cross-listed as BIOL 313)
Units: 4
Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 200
This course explores issues surrounding the conservation of biodiversity. Topics to be covered include: species-, population-, and ecosystem-level issues, biodiversity, extinction, sustained yield, exotic species, and reserve design. Management implications and the ecology of issues are integrated throughout the course.
Lab fee $40
Same as: BIOL 313
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ESRM 328 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and three hour laboratory per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 100 or Consent of Instructor
Introduction to fundamental concepts and techniques of geographic information systems, including the collection, manipulation, analysis, interpretation, display, and communication of spatial information for environmental decision making.
Lab fee $25
GenEd: B4
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ESRM 329 - Environmental Law and Policy
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 100 or Consent of Instructor
The purpose of this course is to introduce the fundamental concepts of environmental law and policy and familiarize students with the various types of legal mechanisms used to protect the environment. A practical grounding in the basic legal concepts central to environmental law and how laws have been applied at the local, state, national, and international level will be gained. Students will also explore the purpose and function of some of the larger environmental institutions and their relationships with the public, business, and the environmental community.
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ESRM 332 - Human Ecology (Cross-listed as ANTH 332)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
This human ecology course places humans into the environment in historical and global contexts. Discusses systems theory as it applies to human adaptation to the environment. Studies the relations among political power, ideology, and resources, integrating concepts from ecology with those from social sciences. Theories and forecasts of human population growth and migration among regions and cultures. Social and environmental impacts of population and age distribution. Natural resource constraints on growth. Topics from land development, resource planning, environmental quality, politics, economic growth, conflicts and wars.
Same as: ANTH 332
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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ESRM 340 - Politics and the Environment (Cross-listed as POLS 340)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Exploration of environmental politics in both the international and domestic contexts.
Same as: POLS 340
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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ESRM 341 - The National Park (Cross-listed as POLS 341)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
An interdisciplinary, in-depth study of one or more units of the National Park Service from a variety of perspectives including Political Science, Public Administration, and Environmental Science and Resource Management. The course analyzes how conservation issues and practices, administrative and policy processes and interpretive (educational) programs work within the context of a national public resources agency. Each term this course will focus on one or more park unit in the region.
Lab fee $0 - $500
Same as: POLS 341
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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ESRM 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as HIST 342)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Examines the historical interaction between humans and their environment. Special attention will be paid to the transformations of environments in the Americas and Europe.
Same as: HIST 342
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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ESRM 350 - Ecological Restoration Design and Construction
Units: 4
Two hours lecture and six hours laboratory per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 352
Introduction to environmental engineering. Students will partake in the planning and construction of ecological restoration projects in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and/or Los Angeles Counties. Particular projects will expose students to construction procedures and techniques central to the restoration of riparian, wetland, and terrestrial communities.
Lab fee $25
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ESRM 351 - Field Methods: Monitoring and Assessment
Units: 4
Two hours lecture and six hours laboratory per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 313
Examines a wide range of field assessment methods useful for a variety of environmental characterization efforts such as range of transect, time constraint, trapping, and continuous sampling methodologies. Emphasizes practical skills development with students collecting field data and conducting subsequent analyses and assessment.
Lab fee $40
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ESRM 352 - Theory and Practice of Ecological Restoration
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Introduces the theory and practice of modern ecological restoration. Conceptual similarities in the approach to wetland, riparian, forest, grassland, and subtidal restoration efforts will be explored. Special attention will be given to failed restoration efforts, articulating the conditions leading to such failures, and minimum performance standards for successful projects.
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ESRM 410 - Environmental Impact Assessment
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 433 , ECON 362 , ESRM 328 and ESRM 329
This course will introduce students to methods and procedures designed to assess and minimize human impacts on natural systems. Topics to be covered include the components of environmental impact reports and assessments, and the processes involved in preparation and approval. Also addressed will be the issues related to mitigating environmental impacts.
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ESRM 428 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
Units: 4
Three hours lecture per week Three hours laboratory per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 328
Study of concepts and techniques of geographic information systems, with special emphasis on environmental issues at multiple spatial scales.
Lab fee $25
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ESRM 440 - Population Studies (Cross-listed as SOC 440)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: SOC 100 and MATH 202
This course focuses on the basic concepts, skills and issues in demography and population studies. It will apply concepts to contemporary population issues such as family demography, urban transition, environmental degradation, and economic development.
Same as: SOC 440
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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ESRM 443 - Environmental Communication (Cross-listed as COMM 443)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ESRM 100 and COMM 101 or COMM 320
Students will analyze and engage in debates about local, national and global environmental disputes. Topics include analysis of risk, community dialogue and strategic environmental messages.
Lab fee $15
Same as: COMM 443
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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ESRM 450 - Environmental Conflict Resolution (Cross-listed as COMM 450, POLS 450)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Provides practical experience in negotiation and mediation techniques within the context of complex environmental and public policy disputes.
Lab fee $15
Same as: COMM 450 , POLS 450
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ESRM 462 - Coastal and Marine Resource Management
Units: 4
Three hours lecture and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 433 , ESRM 200 and ESRM 329
Provides an introduction to marine provinces, physical and biological oceanography, threats to the marine environment across various temporal and spatial scales and various policies and programs to improve resource management.
Lab fee $25
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ESRM 463 - Water Resources Management
Units: 4
Three hours lecture and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 433 , ESRM 200 , and ESRM 329
Water management principles focusing on surface and ground water hydrology; water conservation, watershed development; water quality measurement and monitoring; water and wildlife/fisheries; and water conflicts.
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ESRM 464 - Land Use Planning and Open Space Management
Units: 4
Three hours lecture and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 433 , ESRM 200 and ESRM 329
Examines various approaches to land use planning at the municipal, state, national, and international level focusing on the role of land use planning in managing open space and protected area lands within and adjacent to urban areas.
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ESRM 482 - Issues in Environmental Planning and Resource Management
Units: 3
Three hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 433 , ECON 362 and ESRM 329
Selected issues in resource development derived from current resource policy changes, or other emerging topics of interest.
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ESRM 483 - Issues in Global Resource Management
Units: 3
Three hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Senior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Selected issues in global resource management. Topics may include climate change, ocean management, desertification, air pollution, ozone depletion, patterns of consumption, water pollution, water allocation, international policy or legislative instruments, or other topics as appropriate.
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ESRM 490 - Special Topics
Units: 3
Three hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
In-depth analysis of current topics in environmental science and resource management. Topics vary each semester. Repeatable up to 9 units.
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ESRM 491 - Capstone Preparation
Units: 1
Two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: Senior standing in the Environmental Science and Resource Management major
Research and develop a proposal for an ESRM project. Repeatable up to 3 units.
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ESRM 492 - Service Learning/Internship
Units: 3
Six hours per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Individual internship through service learning. Repeatable up to 6 units.
Lab fee $0 - $3,000
Graded: Credit/No Credit
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ESRM 494 - Independent Research
Units: 1-3
Variable hours per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Individual research on topic selected by the student and faculty mentor. Repeatable up to 9 units.
Graded: Credit/No Credit
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ESRM 496 - Environmental Film and Speaker Series (Cross-listed as COMM 496)
Units: 1
One hour lecture per week
Uses current and classic environmental films and documentaries to address current environmental issues. Brings such guest speakers as authors, professors, community activists, environmentalists, non- and for-profit business representatives, and government officials to present on specialized subjects including renewable energy, green business, environmental justice, green city planning and sustainable food systems. Repeatable 3 times up to 3 units.
Graded: A-F
Same as: COMM 496
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ESRM 499 - Capstone
Units: 3
Three hours of lecture / discussion per week
Prerequisite: Upper division required courses in ESRM major (may be completed concurrently)
This course consists of an interdisciplinary evaluation of the physical, biological, social, economic, and legal dimensions of environmental decision-making. The instructor will select from Southern California ecosystems - and decisions with associated environmental impacts – for evaluation and analysis. Topics include decisions to reduce, control, or treat surface water run-off, establishing or changing the management of marine protected areas, dredging in harbors, and permits for coastal development. Students will provide results to appropriate national, state, or local agencies for consideration and deliberation in administrative decisions.
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FIN 300 - Business Finance
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ACCT 220 , MATH 140 or MATH 150
Principles of planning, procuring, and controlling short term and long-term financial resources of business organizations. Topics include: cash and capital budgeting, debt and equity markets, security evaluations, cost and structure of capital.
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FIN 321 - Public Budgeting (Cross-listed as POLS 321)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the major concepts of public budgeting and finance in the United States. Key topics of study include: expenditure estimation, revenue forecasting, capital budgeting, budget reform and financial management. The politics that characterizes the budgetary process will be emphasized throughout.
Same as: POLS 321
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FIN 410 - Financial Markets and Institutions
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: FIN 300
Broadly covers the operations, mechanics, and structure of the U.S financial system. Provides an in-depth discussion of selected topics critical to financial management.
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FIN 411 - Corporate Finance Management
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: FIN 300
Provides an in-depth coverage of key concepts and theoretical principles of modern corporate finance, including analytical tools necessary for managerial decision making.
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FIN 412 - International Financial Management
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: FIN 300
Introduction to the multinational financial environment and management. Focuses on foreign exchange markets, foreign exchange risk management, international working capital management, foreign investment analysis, international capital budgeting, international diversification, cost of capital and capital structure of the multinational firm and political risk management.
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FIN 413 - Investment Analysis
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: FIN 300
Introduction to different investment instruments and strategies along with the securities available to the investor. Explores types of markets, market indicators, investment banking, types of orders and securities markets regulation.
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FIN 490 - Special Topics
Units: 3
Three hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
In-depth analysis of current topics in finance. Topics vary each semester Repeatable up to 9 units.
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FIN 497 - Directed Study
Units: 1-3
Variable hours per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Individual contracted study on topics or research selected by the student and faculty mentor. Repeatable up to 9 units.
Graded: Credit/No Credit
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FJS 210 - Ethics for a Free World (Cross-listed as PHIL 210)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Students will explore concepts and practices of ethics, freedom, and justice by comparing how these have been theorized and practiced in relationship to each other across at least two times periods and cultures. Starting from a foundation in philosophy and developing an interdisciplinary lens, this class examines these foundational concepts and practices especially as engaged across the fields of identity and civil rights-based studies (including religious, ethnic, women’s, gender, sexuality, and disability studies, etc.)
Same as: PHIL 210
GenEd: A3, D
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FJS 340 - Exploring Freedom and Justice
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Starting from philosophical understandings of identity, community, and democracy the course focuses on themes such as slavery and emancipation; migration, exile, and diaspora; violence and reconciliation. Using an interdisciplinary lens that engages fields as wide-ranging as economics and literature, students will engage in trans-historical, cross-cultural exploration of freedom and justice and the various ways different peoples have attempted to put them into practice. Students will engage tools to analyze the relationship between these concepts and the structure of identity and its material effects.
GenEd: C3B, D, UDIGE
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FJS 498 - Enacting Freedom and Justice
Units: 3
One hour seminar and four hours activity per week
Prerequisite: FJS 210 / PHIL 210 or equivalent and FJS 340 or Consent of Instructor
Engages students in work that reflects upon and extends what they have studied to serve community needs. Produce original intellectual and/or creative work in the service of a designated community on issues related to faculty research or service that enables greater freedom and justice for all. Activities will include reading scholarly publications, research, or creative activities both independently and with the faculty member, attending workshops, writing, and preparation of a community and/or conference presentation. Repeatable up to 6 units.
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GEND 433 - Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Studies (Cross-listed as ENGL 433)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 or Equivalent
Introduction to the field of gay/lesbian/ bisexual/transgender studies through the reading of literature and theory.
Same as: ENGL 433
GenEd: C2, D, UDIGE
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Geography |
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GEOG 105 - Environmental Issues in Geography (Cross-listed as ESRM 105)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Introduction to basic concepts in geography and related environmental issues. Examines environmental impact on human affairs and human impact on the environment. Spatial awareness including cartographic knowledge, skills with global positioning systems (GPS) as well as hands-on experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is emphasized. This course is not open to ESRM majors.
Same as: ESRM 105
GenEd: D
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GEOG 201 - Culture and Historical Geography of the World
Units: 3
Three hour lecture per week
A geographic study of the world and the basic relationship between the Physical environment including topography, climate, natural vegetation, soils, and drainage patterns etc. and including the cultural aspects (political, social, economic, urban, and rural life etc.) within the major realms or regions of the world, with a detailed study of some selected regions.
GenEd: D
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GEOL 121 - Physical Geology
Units: 4
Three hours lecture per week and three hours laboratory per week
This course examines the basic composition of the Earth and the dynamic forces which have altered the Earth’s surface through time, including sedimentation, erosion, volcanism, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and mountain-building. Students will understand the immense processes affecting their environment.
GenEd: B1
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GEOL 122 - Historical Geology
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course focuses upon the geological history of the Earth and the Solar System from the origin of the cosmos to the present, tracing the evolution of the continents and ocean basins, and the evolution of plants and animals through time. Surveys events in Earth’s past of relevance to present environmental issues.
GenEd: B1
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GEOL 300 - Foundations of Earth Science
Units: 4
Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
Prerequisite: PHSC 170
Principles of geology, hydrology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy for the elementary school teacher.
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GEOL 310 - California Geology
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: GEOL 121 , GEOL 122
Focuses on California’s geologic history, provinces, and resources and will feature field trips to a number of the provinces.
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GEOL 321 - Environmental Geology
Units: 4
Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week
Interrelationships between human and natural geologic hazards: tsunami, earthquakes, landslides, subsidence, volcanoes. Explores environmental impact of resource extraction and usage, the importance of understanding the geologic processes and landscape in land use planning, and the means of using geology to minimize conflicts in resource management and disaster preparation.
GenEd: B1
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GLST 200 - Introduction to Global Studies
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
An introduction to globalization and its effect on governance, economic success, culture, the environment, and other global issues of human concern.
GenEd: D
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GLST 435 - Global Cities
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Minimum two semesters of beginning college-level foreign language or Equivalent proficiency.
Introduces students to interdisciplinary issues faced by global cities. Offers a range of transnational topics, including but not limited to historic and contemporary issues of migration, racism and xenophobia, environmental degradation, global culture, movement of capital, and national identity. Specific global cities and related content to be designed by the instructor(s). Repeatable up to 6 units.
GenEd: C3B, D, UDIGE
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HLTH 100 - Medical Terminology
Units: 1
One hour lecture per week
Provides working knowledge of the terminologies used in the medical field.
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HLTH 101 - Overview of Health Care Industry and Its Delivery
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Covers the conceptual basis for the health care industry, the structure of the US health service systems and their functions, operations and service deliveries to populations and individuals. Discusses the issues with the US health care system and other countries¿ health care systems and the efforts in health care reform.
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HLTH 102 - Community Health Organizations and Their Functions
Units: 2
Two hours lecture per week
Applies a holistic wellness perspective to community health and focuses on community strengths and resilience rather than risks and disease. Topics include community health organizations, models, administration, and their services as well as instruction on the basic principles and practical design and management elements that are needed to create effective community-based health organizations through effective coalitions and partnerships for the purposes of community wellness.
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HLTH 200 - Diagnostic and Procedural Coding
Units: 2
Two hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100
Covers the medical billing and coding system and legal, ethical and regulatory concepts; regulatory concepts including HIPAA compliance requirements, health care industry-specific techniques for filing insurance and performing diagnostic and procedural coding tasks.
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HLTH 300 - Nutrition, Exercise and Wellness
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: CHEM 110
Covers fundamental principles of nutrition, human metabolism and exercise physiology and discusses relationship between the necessity and quality of nutrition, muscle movement, exercise, and overall wellness.
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HLTH 301 - Introduction to Public Health Administration
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 101 and HLTH 102
Examines public health as an organized system, integrating the different areas of study, fields or work, and governmental agencies that facilitate the delivery of public health services on a daily basis. Discusses the essential public health principles in the context of identifying and controlling community health problems, as well as the evaluation of programs; including planning, management, evaluation, and behavior of public and private health care organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
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HLTH 302 - Introduction to Health Care Informatics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 and HLTH 101
Introduces basic knowledge of health informatics, including data acquisition and management, vocabularies, standards, tools, major technologies, and applications of informatics such as clinical databases, billing, electronic patient records, lab tests, and electronic prescriptions, as applied in support of health care delivery.
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HLTH 303 - Pharmacology and Aging Adults
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 305 ,CHEM 110 and HLTH 100
Provides comprehensive information on analysis of major drug groups, the disorders they treat, and the age-associated changes in cellular processes that affect drug action to assist health care professionals in diagnosing and managing common geriatric conditions effectively and safely. Topics also include future research problems dealing with the expanding aging population, their drug usage, and the problem of adverse drug reactions.
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HLTH 304 - Aging Policy and Politics (Cross-listed as POLS 304)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 102 and HLTH 301
Examines the role of political institutions in policy making related to issues of aging, the political factors that shape policy formulation and implementation, the values and assumptions of different types of policies, and the links between policy and implementation. Analyzes current and pending policies’ effects on older adults as well as businesses and institutions that serve them to illustrate how aging policy reflects American politics.
Same as: POLS 304
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HLTH 305 - Therapeutic Recreation for Older Adults
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 305 ,HLTH 100 andHLTH 102
Combining theoretical material and practical applications, presents leadership and program planning principles for therapeutic recreation, valuable recreational activity ideas and program designs for providing appropriate therapeutic recreational services to elders.
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HLTH 306 - Mental Health and Aging
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: PSY 213
Examines mental health aspects of aging. Emphasis on examining both normative and non-normative mental health concerns and changes resulting from physiological, psychological, relational, environmental and social processes affecting older adults.
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HLTH 322 - Health Issues in Education
Units: 2
Two hours lecture per week
Survey of school health programs with in-depth study of selected health education curricula and topic areas, including alcohol, tobacco, drugs, communicable diseases and nutrition. Development of strategies and methods for teaching controversial areas.
GenEd: E
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HLTH 400 - Health Assessment and Case Management of Older Adults
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 305 HLTH 100 HLTH 304 / HLTH 304 , and SOC 303
It provides essential information to conduct a holistic health assessment across the life span, with an emphasis on older adults. Explores through case studies, the present health care system, how it shapes the health care that older adults receive, and models of collaboration among health disciplines in managing older adults.
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HLTH 401 - Management of Long-Term Care Facilities and Programs
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 101 HLTH 102 and HLTH 304 / POLS 304
Explores the complex operations of the long-term care facility and offers critical skills to current and future nursing home and other long-term care facility administrators for delivering quality, cost-effective services. Topics include the long-term care industry, long-term care policy, culture change, and supportive case studies that incorporate management and patient care issues.
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