History and Philosophy of Science
UCI offers a variety of formally designated Interdisciplinary Programs (IDPs) which provide students with opportunities to pursue subject areas deriving from the interaction of different disciplines. These programs span the boundaries of traditional academic scholarship. Faculty participation is determined by research and teaching interests and, as such, faculty may be drawn from various departments and schools across the campus.
As described below, the IDPs in Chicano/Latino Studies, Global Peace and Conflict Studies, and History and Philosophy of Science offer minors. A graduate degree program is offered by the IDP in Transportation Science. In addition, interdisciplinary minors in Asian Studies, Global Sustainability, Native American Studies, and Religious Studies are available.
Information about the IDPs in African-American Studies, Asian American Studies, Latin American Studies, and Women's Studies is available in the School of Humanities section.
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E-mail: clsp@uci.edu
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Robert Garfias, Director
Faculty
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Professor of Spanish
Leo Chávez, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Anthropology
Héctor L. Delgado, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Sociology
John Dombrink, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Social Ecology
Raúl Fernández, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Professor of Social Sciences
Jeff Garcilazo, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Robert Garfias, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Director of Chicano/Latino Studies and Professor of Anthropology
Gilbert González, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Social Sciences and Education
Louis F. Mirón, Ph.D. Tulane University, Chair of the Department of Education and Associate Professor of Education and Social Sciences
Alejandro Morales, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Professor of Spanish and Chicano/Latino Studies
Arthur Rubel, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine
Jacobo Sefamí, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Associate Professor of Spanish
Caesar D. Sereseres, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Political Science
Rodolfo D. Torres, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, Visiting Professor of Education (political economy, urban education, social policy)
Luis Villarreal, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurology
The minor in Chicano/Latino Studies is an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to provide an awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the language, history, culture, literature, sociology, anthropology, politics, social ecology, health, medicine, and creative (art, dance, drama, film, music) accomplishments in the Chicano/Latino communities. The minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
The minor requires completion of ten courses, at least five of which must be upper division. Required courses are:
Three-quarter core course in Chicano/Latino Studies: Social Science 61, 62, 63 (Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies I, II, III).
A fourth-quarter core course, Social Science 168 (Chicano/Latino Research Seminar). This course satisfies the upper-division writing requirement when completed with a grade of C or better.
Spanish 2A (Intermediate Spanish) or equivalent knowledge of Spanish. Students are encouraged, regardless of their major, to take as many Spanish language courses as their study plan allows.
One course in Chicano/Latino history or culture selected from: Spanish 110C (Chicano History), 142 (Chicano Culture); History 151A, 151B (Chicana/Chicano History), 198 (Directed Group Study, when topic is on Chicano history); Social Science 167 (Chicano/Chicana Labor History), 172D (Chicano Culture), 173F (Chicano History), 173H (History of Chicano Education), 176A (Afro-Latin American Music).
One course in Mexican history selected from: History 161A (Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico), 161B (Nineteenth-Century Mexico), 161C (Twentieth-Century Mexico), or one course in Mexican literature: Spanish 186 (Selected Topics in Latin American Literature, when topic is Mexican literature).
One course in Chicano/Latino literature selected from: Spanish 140A, 140B (Chicano Literature); Comparative Literature CL 9 (when topic is Chicano/Latino Literature), CL 105 (when topic is Chicano/Latino literature); English E 105 (when topic is Chicano/Latino literature); Social Science 175A (Literature and Ethnicity).
Two courses in topics related to Chicano/Latino Studies selected from: Anthropology 134E (Ways of Healing), 138Q (Latino Music: A View of Its Diversity and Strength); 138S (Music of Greater Mexico); Criminology, Law and Society J111 (Latinos and the Law); Education 124 (Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools); Environmental Analysis and Design E143U (Social Ecology of the Borderlands); Political Science 126A (Mexican-Americans and Politics), 126C (U.S. Immigration Policy), 129 (Special Topics in American Politics and Society, when topic is Chicano/Latino politics), 145B (U.S.-Mexican Relations); Psychology 174F (Chicano/ Latino Psychology), 179 (when topic is Chicano Latino Families); Social Science 166 (Latino Social Movements and Organizations), 172D (Chicano Culture), 173G (Film Media and the Latino Community), 173I (Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexican Border), 173J (Chicano/Latino Experience: History, Society, and Culture in Autobiography), 173K-L (Comparative Latino Populations I, II), 196 (Field Studies in Multicultural Environment); Spanish 160 (Topics in Hispanic Film Studies); or other courses listed by the Chicano/Latino Studies program.
NOTE: Other courses may be selected for the minor with prior approval of the Director.
Residence Requirement: Other than the language requirement, no more than two courses taken at other academic institutions may be used toward satisfaction of the minor.
While students will be responsible for designing their minor according to the above requirements, the curriculum should be planned in consultation with Chicano/Latino Studies Program (CLSP) faculty. Curricula must receive approval from one faculty member in CLSP as well as the Director or designated representative. Students must also file an intent to pursue the minor with the CLSP office.
In addition to satisfying the requirements for the minor, students are encouraged to take advantage of the variety of unique educational opportunities available at UCI. Through the Education Abroad Program (EAP), students receive academic credit while studying at universities in Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, or Spain. Internship opportunities with private and public institutions concerned with the Chicano/Latino communities are available in Orange County, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C. Independent research with faculty on Chicano/Latino issues is also encouraged. Student research is conducted and given academic credit through independent study or group research courses offered in each academic unit. The Summer University Research Fellowship (SURF), the Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP), and the Pregraduate Mentorship Program (PGMP) are examples of programs at UCI which allow students to work as research assistants with professors.
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Wayne Sandholtz, Director
Faculty
Dennis Aigner, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management and Economics
Scott A. Bollens, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Peter A. Bowler, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Director of the UCI Arboretum, UC Natural Reserve System Academic Coordinator, and Associate Adjunct Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Environmental Analysis and Design
Teresa P. Caldeira, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Russell Dalton, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy and Professor of Political Science
Joseph DiMento, Ph.D., J.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Social Ecology and Management
Paula Garb, Ph.D., U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Associate Director of Global Peace and Conflict Studies and Associate Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences and Social Ecology
Michelle Garfinkel, Ph.D. Brown University, Associate Professor of Economics
John Graham, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management
Susan Greenhalgh, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Lawrence A. Howard, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Lecturer in Social Sciences
Karl Hufbauer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus of History
Helen Ingram, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science, and Drew, Chace, and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation
Jon Jacobson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History
Jon Lawrence, Ph.D. University of Rochester, Professor of Physics
Herbert Lehnert, Ph.D. University of Kiel, Research Professor of German
Guy de Mallac, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor Emeritus of Russian
Lynn Mally, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Director of the Program in Russian Studies and Associate Professor of History
Julius Margolis, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Richard Matthew, Ph.D. Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science
William M. Maurer, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Richard McCleary, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Professor of Social Ecology
Martin C. McGuire, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor of Economics and Management, and Clifford and Elaine Heinz Chair in the Economics and Public Policy of Peace
Calvin McLaughlin, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Ophthalmology, and Community and Environmental Medicine
Seymour Menton, Ph.D. New York University, Research Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Patrick Morgan, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Political Science and Thomas T. and Elizabeth Tierney Chair in Peace Studies
Keith Nelson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History
Riley Newman, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
Margot Norris, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Department Chair and Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Richard W. Perry, J.D. Stanford, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Social Ecology
Shawn Rosenberg, M. Litt. University of Oxford, Associate Professor of Political Science
F. Sherwood Rowland, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Research Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science, and Bren Chair
Wayne Sandholtz, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Director of Global Peace and Conflict Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science
Roland Schinzinger, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, Director of the Critical Theory Institute and Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Caesar Sereseres, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Political Science
Stergios Skaperdas, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor of Economics
David A. Smith, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Professor of Sociology and Social Ecology
Etel Solingen, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Political Science
Alec Stone, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Political Science
Rein Taagepera, Ph.D. University of Delaware, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
John Torpey, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Sociology
John M. Whiteley, Ed.D. Harvard University, Professor of Social Ecology
Murray Wolfson, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Adjunct Professor of Economics
The minor in Conflict Resolution, sponsored by the IDP in Global Peace and Conflict Studies, is an interdisciplinary curriculum that can help students both discover and prepare themselves for professional careers. The course of study provides skills in conflict analysis and resolution and a useful understanding of integrative institutions at the local, regional, and international levels. Conflict plays a key role in all areas of our lives, and has placed a shaping role in the history of nations. It can have destructive or constructive potential. This program explores how conflict arises, how it is represented and discussed, how it is prevented, mitigated, managed, and used for change in interpersonal relations, within and between organizations and other kinds of groups inside nations, and in conflict between nations. The minor consists of seven four-unit courses and two two-unit courses.
Course descriptions are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
Three core courses: History 11 (Introduction to Peace and Conflict), Political Science 43D (Global Security and Cooperation), and Political Science 154G/Anthropology 136D (Conflict Management in Cross-Cultural Perspective).
Two relevant upper-division courses: These are examples of courses offered: Economics 148A-B (Political Economy of National Defense I, II); English and Comparative Literature CL 100 (The Literature of World War I, Imagining War and Peace), E 105 (The Literature of Modern War); Environmental Analysis and Design E100U (International Environmental Issues), E113, E114 (Social Ecology of Peace I, II); Environmental Analysis and Design E105U/Criminology, Law and Society J128 (Environmental Law); History 190 (Multinationals and Tribes); Management 181 (Managing Organizational Behavior); Political Science 142G (U.S. Coercive Diplomacy), 143C (Arms Control and International Security); 147A (International Cooperation); Psychology and Social Behavior P175P (Violence in Society); Sociology 141 (Organizations), 178 (Sociology of Peace and War).
The GPACS Forum: Social Sciences/Social Ecology/Humanities 183A. Students attend forum lectures presented by scholars from a variety of institutions on topics related to peace, conflict, and global cooperation. The course must be taken twice and carries two units of credit, Pass/Not Pass only.
Senior Seminar in Conflict Resolution: Social Sciences/Social Ecology/Humanities 183B-C. Designed for seniors (juniors may also enroll) who are pursuing the minor in Conflict Resolution and/or the International Studies major. The courses provide a forum in which students refine skills and theory in the study of cooperation and conflict, from local to global arenas. Each course carries four units of credit. The second course (183C) confers upper-division writing credit when completed with a grade of C or better.
The GPACS Theme House Discussions
Students are encouraged to participate in the weekly discussions and other events on international peace and conflict held at the GPACS Theme House. Students enroll in the Theme House course (Social Sciences 184D) for two units of credit per quarter.
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Brian Skyrms, Director
Participating Faculty
Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D. Columbia University, Founding Director of the Bren Fellows Program, Bren Chair, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Philosophy
Jeffrey A. Barrett, Ph. D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of Social Sciences
William H. Batchelder, Ph.D. Stanford University, Director of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Science and Professor of Cognitive Sciences
Bruce M. Bennett, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Mathematics and Cognitive Sciences
Paul C. Eklof, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Mathematics
Matthew D. Foreman, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy
Douglas M. Haynes, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of History
Donald Hoffman, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Cognitive Sciences and of Information and Computer Science
Karl G. Hufbauer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus of History
Mary-Louise Kean, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics
John Leslie King, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Professor of Information and Computer Science and of Management
Stuart M. Krassner, Sc.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Biological Sciences
J. Karel Lambert, Ph.D. Michigan State University, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Howard M. Lenhoff, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
R. Duncan Luce, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UCI Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences and Economics
Penelope Maddy, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of Social Sciences and Mathematics
Robert May, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy
Louis Narens, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Cognitive Sciences
Alan Nelson, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy
Riley Newman, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
Robert Newsom, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education and Professor of English
Terence D. Parsons, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Philosophy
A. Kimball Romney, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Michael R. Rose, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Professor of Biological Sciences
Jonas Schultz, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Physics
Brian Skyrms, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Director of the Minor in the History and Philosophy of Science and UCI Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences and Economics
Norman M. Weinberger, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Professor of Biological Sciences and Cognitive Sciences
Peter Woodruff, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
The minor in the History and Philosophy of Science is intended for students who wish to study the history of science, the philosophical foundations of scientific inquiry, and the relationship between science and other fields. The history of science explores how science is actually done and how it has influenced history. This may involve tracking down an idea's source or its influences, evaluating the cultural forces at work in the generation of a scientific theory or the reaction of culture to science, or taking a detailed look at the work of a particular scientist or movement within science.
The philosophy of science is concerned with determining what science and mathematics are, accounting for their apparent successes, and resolving problems of philosophical interest that arise in the sciences. Philosophy of science courses cover such topics as the role of logic and language in science and in mathematics, scientific explanation, evidence, and probability. These courses may also cover work that has been done on the philosophical problems in specific sciences--for example, the direction of time in physics, the model of mind in psychology, the structure of evolution theory in biology, and the implications of Gödel's incompleteness theorems for mathematics.
The minor is available to all UCI students. Course descriptions may be found in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
Completion of History 60 (Introduction to the History of Science) and Philosophy 40 (Introduction to the Philosophy of Science).
Two courses selected from: History 135A-F (History of Science and Medicine); Political Science 136B (History of Political Economy); Psychology 129 (when topic is History of Psychology).
Two courses selected from: Linguistics 141 (Topics in Philosophy of Language), 143 (Semantics), 152 (Linguistic Theories as Psychological Theories); Philosophy 106 (Topics in Mathematical Logic; also Social Science 106), 107 (Topics in Philosophical Logic), 108 (Topics in Inductive Logic), 140 (Topics in Philosophy of Science; also Social Science 130), 141A (Topics in Philosophy of Physics; also Social Science 131A), 142 (Writing/Philosophy of Biology; also Social Science 132), 143 (Topics in Philosophy of Psychology; also Social Science 135), 144 (Topics in Philosophy of Social Science; also Social Science 136), 145 (Topics in Philosophy of Language), 146 (Topics in Philosophy of Logic; also Social Science 133), 147B (Topics in Philosophy of Mathematics; also Social Science 134B), 148 (Philosophical Foundations of Probability).
Senior Seminar: Completion of Philosophy 149 (Senior Seminar in History and Philosophy of Science).
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Michael McNally, Director
Faculty
Marlon G. Boarnet, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of Social Ecology and Economics
David Brownstone, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Economics and Social Ecology
Joseph F. DiMento, Ph.D., J.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Social Ecology and Management
Gordon J. Fielding, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences
R. Jayakrishnan, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Charles Lave, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Economics
Michael McNally, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Director of Transportation Science and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Wilfred W. Recker, Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University, Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies and Professor of Civil Engineering
Amelia C. Regan, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Stephen G. Ritchie, Ph.D. Cornell University, Department Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering
Kenneth A. Small, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Economics and Social Ecology
Affiliated Faculty
Arthur S. DeVany, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Economics
Amihai Glazer, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Economics and Social Ecology
Raymond W. Novaco, Ph.D. Indiana University, Professor of Social Ecology
Luis Suarez-Villa, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Social Ecology
Carole J. Uhlaner, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of Political Science
Christian Werner, Ph.D. The Free University of Berlin, Professor Emeritus of Economics
The graduate program in Transportation Science is administered by faculty from three academic units: the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Department of Economics, and the School of Social Ecology. The program is designed to educate students in a broad set of competencies and perspectives that mirror the actual practice of current transportation research. It leads to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Transportation Science.
Admission
Admission is limited to a small number of exceptionally talented, independent, and self-disciplined students. The deadline for application for admission is January 15 for fall quarter. Students are admitted for winter or spring quarters only under exceptional circumstances. Late applications are considered on a space-available basis. All applicants must take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) prior to the application deadline. Foreign applicants must also submit Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores.
Requirements
All students must complete a core curriculum consisting of eight courses from Civil Engineering, Economics, and Social Ecology plus the graduate colloquium. Students may apply to the Director of Graduate Studies for exemption from specific courses based upon the evidence of prior course work. Students also must successfully complete at least six courses from among the four specialization areas: (1) Methods and Analysis, (2) Transportation Economics, (3) Traffic Analysis, and (4) Planning and Policy Analysis. At least four of these six courses must be from one specialization.
Other requirements include: a replication project, in which students replicate the empirical work of a published paper from a major transportation journal; the qualifying examination, which consists of the oral defense of the student's dissertation proposal; and completion of the dissertation.
Research Facilities
UCI is a major research university and has an excellent library collection, as well as special interlibrary loan arrangements with other University of California libraries including the Transportation Library at Berkeley. Research is coordinated with the Irvine branch of the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS). About 25 to 30 graduate students are employed as research assistants each year in ITS.
Research covers a broad spectrum of transportation issues. Current funded research projects focus upon: intelligent transportation systems (ITS), particularly advanced transportation management systems; planning and analysis of transportation systems; transportation systems operation and control; artificial intelligence applications; transportation engineering; transportation safety; road and congestion pricing; environmental and energy issues and demand for alternative fuel vehicles; public transit operations, transportation-land use interactions, demand for autos, and travel demand.
ITS is part of the University of California Transportation Center, one of ten federally designated centers of excellence for transportation research. The transportation research program at UCI is also supported by the Advanced Transportation Management Systems (ATMS) Laboratories.
The Institute maintains a regular publications series documenting research conducted within its programs and is the editorial headquarters of four international journals: Transportation Research, parts A, B, and C, and Accident Analysis and Prevention.
