Fall 2009 DHC Courses
Art History (AHI) 1A (4 Units) Ancient Mediterranian Art
Lynn Roller
Lecture: TR 9:00-10:20am 176 Everson
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HNR 90X-01 (1 Unit) M 4:10-5:00pmArt 210D
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to the art and architecture of the ancient Mediterranean world, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. GE credit: ArtHum
American Studies (AMS) 5 (4 Units) Technology in American Lives
Michael Smith
Lecture: T 6:10-9:00pm 206 Olson
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HNR 90X-14 (1 Unit) R 2:10-3:00pm 125 Wellman
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement. Technology as both a material cultural force and a symbol in American culture; the lives of engineers at work and play; images of the engineer and technology in popula GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Wrt
Animal Science (ANS) 1 (4 Units) Domestic Animals and Man
Tom Famula
Lecture: MWF 11:00-11:50am 194 Chemistry
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HNR 90X-21 (1 Unit) F 2:10-3:00pm 244 Olson
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Animal domestication and factors affecting their characteristics and distribution. Animal use for food, fiber, work, drugs, research and recreation; present and future roles in society. Laboratory exercises with beef a GE credit: SciEng, Wrt
Anthropology (ANT) 1 (4 Units) Human Evolutionary Biology
Richard McElreath
Lecture: TR 9:00-10:20am 194 Chemistry
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HNR 90X-15(1 Unit) M 10:00-10:50am 109 Wellman
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Processes and course of human evolution; primatology; biological and social diversity within Homo sapiens; human paleontology. GE credit: SciEng, Div, Wrt
Avian Sciences (AVS) 13 (3 Units) Birds, Humans and the Environment
Annie King
Lecture: MWF 11:00-11:50am 230 Wellman
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HNR 90X-11 (1 Unit) M 1:10-2:00pm 109 Wellman
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; half-day field trip. Interrelationships of the worlds of birds and humans. Lectures, discussions, field trips and projects focus on ecology, avian evolution, physiology, reproduction, flight, behavior, folklore, identif GE credit: SciEng, Wrt
Biological Sciences (BIS) 2A, B, C (4 Units) Introduction to Biology
Karen Gerhart
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HNR 90X-02(1 Unit) W 1:10-2:00pm2075 Sci Lab
See catalog for description GE credit: None
Biological Sciences (BIS) 2A, B, C (4 Units) Introduction to Biology
Susan Keen
Lecture:
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HNR 90X-07 (1 Unit) 2:10-3:00pm 2320 H Storer Hall
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Chicano/a Studies (CHI) 65 (4 Units) Latin American Cinema
Sergio De La Mora
Lecture: W 4:10-6:00pm 106 Wellman
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HNR 90X-23 (1 Unit) R 1:10-2:00pm 263 Olson
Lecture/discussion—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; film viewing—3 hour. Historical, critical, and theoretical survey of the cinemas of Latin America and their relationship to the emergence of U.S. Latino cinema. Emphasis on representation and social identity GE credit: ArtHum, Div
Comparative Literature (COM) 1 (4 Units) Great Books of the Ancient World
Patricia Mackinnon
Lecture: TR 10:00-10:50am 7 Wellman
Select Section 003 only!! This course is a combined Lecture/DHC Challenge Section (DHC office will issue PTA numbers).
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement. An introduction, through class discussion and frequent written assignments, to some of the great books of western civilization from Goethe’s Faust to Beckett’s Waiting for Godo GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt (cannot be used to satify a college or university composition requirement and GE writnig experience simultaneously)
Comparative Literature (COM) 5 (4 Units) Fairy Tales, Fables
Brenda Schildgen
Lecture: TR 12:10-1:30pm 1002 Geidt
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HNR 90X-16 (1 Unit) R 9:00-9:50am 263 Olson
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. An introduction to fairy tales, fables, and parables as recurrent forms in literature, with such readings as tales from Aesop and Grimm, Chaucer and Shakespeare, Kafka and Borges, Buddhist and Taoist parables, the Arabi GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt
Drama (DRA) 1 (4 Units) Performance and Culture
Jon Rossini
Lecture: TR 9:00-10:20am 194 Young
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HNR 90X-28 (1 Unit) T 2:10-3:00pm 203 Wellman
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introductory investigation of the nature of performance, moving from performance theory to consideration of various manifestations of performance including theatre, film and media, performance art, dance, sports, ritual GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt
English (ENL) 3 (4 Units) Introduction to Literature
TBA
Lecture: TR 2:10-4:00pm 1120 Hart
Select Section 023 only!! This course is a combined Lecture/DHC Challenge Section (DHC office will issue PTA numbers).
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement. Introductory study of several genres of English literature, emphasizing both analysis of particular works and the range of forms and styles in English prose and poetry GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt (cannot be used to satify a college or university composition requirement and GE writnig experience simultaneously)
Entomology (ENT) 1 (3 Units) Art, Science and the World of Insects
Diane Ullman
Lecture: MW 11:00-11:50am 146 Environmental Horticulture
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HNR 90X-13 (1 Unit) W 10:00-10:50am 123 Wellman
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Fusion of entomology and art to create an appreciation of
insect biology, ecology, interactions with humans and importance in human culture. Multidisciplinary approaches in education and career paths in entomology and GE credit: ArtHum or SciEng
Geology (GEL) 1 (4 Units) The Earth
Dave Osleger
Lecture: MWF 9:00-9:50am 1001 Geidt
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HNR 90X-03 (1 Unit) W 3:10-4:00pm 3120 EPHSCI
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to the study of the Earth. Earth’s physical and chemical structure; internal and surface processes that mold the Earth; geological hazards and resources. Not open for credit to students who have completed c GE credit: SciEng
Math (MAT) 16A (3 Units) Short Calculus
Ali Dad-Del
Lecture: MWF 8:00-8:50am 176 Everson
Section 001 only!!
HNR 90X-04 (1 Unit) W 3:10-4:00pm 105 Olson
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra, plane geometry, plane trigonometry, and satisfying the Mathematics Placement Requirement. Limits; differentiation of algebraic functions; analytic geometry; applications, in particular to ma GE credit: SciEng
Medieval Studies (MST) 20A (4 Units) Medieval Culture
Kevin Roddy
Lecture: MWF 1:10-2:00pm 1002 Geidt
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HNR 90X-12 (1 Unit) W 4:10-5:00pm 123 Wellman
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Readings (in translation) in early medieval culture, such as the Codes of Justinian, the Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius, Beowulf, the Nibelungenlied, and The Song of Roland. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt
Music 10 (MUS) 10 (4 Units) Introduction to Musical Literature
Kern Holoman
Lecture: MWF 9:00-9:50am MTHTRE
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HNR 90X-06 (1 Unit) R 1:10-2:00pm 230 Music
Lecture—3 hours; listening section—1 hour. An introduction to composers and major styles of Western music. Lectures, listening sections, and selected readings. For non-majors. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt
Science and Society (SAS) 30 (3 Units) Mushrooms, Molds and Society
Tom Gordon
Lecture: MWF 2:10-3:00pm1100 Social Sciences
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HNR 90X-24 (1 Unit) W 3:10-4:00pm 7 Wellman
Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Fungi as organisms with which humans interact daily, societal issues arising from these interactions. Fungi in medicine, religion, agriculture, and industry, as well as cultural perceptions of fungi. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt
Sociology (SOC) 2 (4 Units) Self and Society
John Hall
Lecture: TR 12:10-1:30pm 2 Wellman
Sections A01-A06 only!!
HNR 90X- 05 (1 Unit) T 11:00-11:50am 1291 SocSci
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Principles and basic concepts of sociological social psychology. Includes the study of the character of the self, identity, roles, socialization, identity change, emotion and social interaction. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt
Statistics (STA) 13 (4 Units) Elementary Statistics
Rahman Azari
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HNR 90X-08 (1 Unit) M 5:10-6:00pm 123 Wellman
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra or the equivalent in college. Descriptive statistics; basic probability concepts; binomial, normal, Student’s t, and chi-square distributions. Hypothesis testing and confid GE credit: SciEng
