INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, CONTINUED
History and Philosophy of Science
Dorothy Solinger, Co-Director
Anne Walthall, Co-Director
Participating Faculty
Chuansheng Chen, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Department Chair of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Professor of Social Ecology (cross-cultural psychology, socialization of achievement, adolescent development)
Chungmoo Choi, Ph.D. Indiana University, Associate Professor of Korean Culture (modern Korea, post-colonial and colonial discourse, popular culture, anthropology)
Edward Fowler, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Japanese (modern Japanese literature, cultural studies, film)
James Fujii, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Japanese (modern Japanese literature; critical theory and cultural studies)
Michael A. Fuller, Ph.D. Yale University, Interim Department Chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Associate Professor of Chinese (Chinese poetry and poetics, the cultural and intellectual contexts for poetry, aesthetic theory, linguistic issues in classical Chinese)
Susan Greenhalgh, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Anthropology (political economy, transnational studies, feminism/gender, politics of reproduction, critical demography, disciplinarity, China, Taiwan, Pacific Rim)
Judy C. Ho, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Art History (Chinese art, archaeology, common religion, Buddhist art)
Hu Ying, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of Chinese (narrative literature, translation theory, feminist theory)
Martin W. Huang, Ph.D. Washington University, Associate Professor of Chinese (narrative theories and traditional Chinese fiction)
Kyung Hyun Kim, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Associate Professor of Korean Culture (East Asian China, modern Korea, cultural theory)
Susan B. Klein, Ph.D. Cornell University, Director of Religious Studies and Associate Professor of Japanese (premodern and modern theater and dance, Japanese religions, feminist critical theory)
Karen Leonard, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Professor of Anthropology (social history of India, caste, ethnicity and gender, Asian-Americans in the United States)
Kenneth L. Pomeranz, Ph.D. Yale University, Department Chair of History and Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures (modern Chinese)
David A. Smith, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Professor of Sociology and Social Ecology (urbanization, comparative historical sociology, political sociology, world-system analysis)
Dorothy Solinger, Ph.D. Stanford University, Co-Director of the Minor in Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science (Chinese domestic politics and political economy, comparative politics, history of political philosophy)
Robert Uriu, Ph.D. Columbia University, Assistant Professor of Political Science (international relations, international political economy, Japanese political economy)
Anne Walthall, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Co-Director of the Minor in Asian Studies and Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures (early modern and modern Japan)
Wang Feng, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Sociology (demography, social change, economy and society)
Bert Winther-Tamaki, Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Associate Professor of Art History (Modern Japanese art, Asian American art, East/West discourses in modern visual culture)
R. Bin Wong, Ph.D. Harvard University, UCI Chancellor's Professor of History, Economics, and East Asian Languages and Literatures (modern Chinese, comparative economic history)
The countries and cultures of Asia are significant participants in the world community. They present compellingly different models for social organization, historical development, and cultural commitments. The many countries of this large and complex region provide challenges and opportunities whether one plans to be a scholar, a business person, or a diplomat. The minor in Asian Studies draws upon the expertise of faculty throughout UCI to create opportunities for students to explore Asian topics in a variety of fields, to develop advanced language skills, and to acquire a broader perspective as they apply the disciplinary training of their major field to effective and informed studies of Asian subjects.
The minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic department sections.
Requirements for the Minor
Students choose one country and language of specialization.
Requirements for the minor are met by taking eight courses (of which no more than four may be lower-division) as specified below:
A. One course selected from History 170D, 170E, 170F (Premodern East Asia, East Asia 1600-1895, East Asia Since 1895).
B. Three quarters of course work in one Asian language of specialization beyond the first-year level. Approved courses are:
1. Second-, third- or fourth-year language: Chinese 2A-B-C, 3A-B-C, 101A-B-C; Japanese 2A-B-C, 3A-B-C, 101A-B-C; Korean 2A-B-C, 3A-B-C, 101A-B-C. NOTE: These courses require placement examinations given by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. Students who, for example, place out of Chinese 2B would then take Chinese 2C, 3A-B to meet the requirement.
2. Classical Chinese (Chinese 100A-B-C), or Classical Japanese (100A-B) plus a third quarter of Japanese language study.
3. Literature courses taught in the original language: Chinese 115, Japanese 115, Korean 115, or graduate seminars. NOTE: These courses have a prerequisite of completion of the fourth-year language sequence or its equivalent.
C. Four additional courses selected from an approved list available in the Center for Asian Studies and on the World Wide Web at http://www.humanities.uci/edu/cas/asm.htm.
1. At least two of these courses must be taken in one (or more) department(s) other than the student's major department.
2. The courses must cover at least two different Asian countries, one of which is the country of language specialization.
3. No more than two of the courses may be lower-division.
NOTE: A maximum overlap of four courses is permitted between this minor and a student's major.
Residence Requirement for the Asian Studies Minor: Four upper-division (or graduate) courses must be successfully completed at UCI.
Representative Courses. The following courses are representative of those appearing on the approved list: Anthropology 135H (Religion in South Asia), 138P (Music of Asia), 163H (State and Society in Contemporary China), 163K (Korean Society and Culture); Art History 42A, B, C (History of Asian Art), 150 (Studies in Asian Art), 152 (Studies in Chinese Art and Religion), 153 (Studies in Early Chinese Painting), 154 (Studies in Later Chinese Painting), 159 (Japanese Buddhist Art), 161 (Studies in Early Japanese Painting), 162A, B, C (Later Japanese Art and Design); Chinese 100A-B-C (Classical Chinese), 115 (Chinese Literature: Advanced Texts), 180 (Topics in Chinese Literature); East Asian Languages and Literatures 55 (Introduction to East Asian Cultures), 110 (Topics in Chinese Literature and Society), 113 (Linguistic Structure of Chinese), 117 (Topics in East Asian Philosophy), 120 (Topics in Japanese Literature and Society), 123 (Linguistic Structure of Japanese), 130 (Korean Society and Culture), 133 (Linguistic Structure of Korean), 150 (Topics in East Asian Literature in Translation), 160 (East Asian Cinema); History 170A, B, C (Chinese History), 171A, B, C (Japanese History), 172A, B, C (Korean History); Japanese 100A-B-C (Classical Japanese), 115 (Japanese Literature: Advanced Texts), 180 (Topics in Japanese Literature); Korean 115 (Korean Literature: Advanced Texts), 180 (Topics in Korean Literature); Linguistics 165A (Linguistic Structure of Chinese), 165B (Linguistic Structure of Japanese), 165C (Linguistic Structure of Korean); Political Science 142C (International Relations of Japan), 151A (East Asian Politics), 151B (Introduction to Chinese Politics), 151C (Chinese Politics: Policy, Leadership, and Change), 151D (Japanese Politics: State and Economy in Modern Japan), 151F (Korean Politics and Society); Psychology and Social Behavior P124D (Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective); Sociology 77 (Social Change in East Asia), 175A (Korean Society and Culture), 175B (Comparative Societies: China), 175C (Japanese Society).
Minor in Global Sustainability
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Peter J. Bryant and Peter A. Bowler, Co-directors
Core Faculty
Peter A. Bowler, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Director of the UCI Arboretum, UC Natural Reserve System Academic Coordinator, and Lecturer with Security of Employment, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Environmental Analysis and Design
Peter J. Bryant, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Director of the Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry and Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
Michael L. Burton, Ph.D. Stanford University, Director of International Studies, Department Chair and Professor of Anthropology, and Professor of Social Ecology
William S. Reeburgh, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Department Chair and Professor of Earth System Science
Susan E. Trumbore, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Earth System Science
The interdisciplinary minor in Global Sustainability trains students to understand the changes that need to be made in order for the human population to live in a sustainable relationship with the resources available on this planet.
As a result of population growth and the pursuit of higher standards of living, humanity has initiated many global trends that cannot be sustained indefinitely. Some of these trends are physicochemical in nature, such as the rapid depletion of fossil fuels and the increasing pollution of our environment, including the accumulation of ozone-depleting chemicals with consequent increase of ultraviolet radiation at the earth's surface, and the buildup of carbon dioxide that is almost certainly causing global warming. Other trends are biological ones including the degradation of agricultural land, the destruction of many kinds of wildlife habitat with associated high rates of species extinction, and the depletion of wildlife populations by over-exploitation. Global changes are also taking place in the human situation including loss of cultural diversity, a growing income gap between rich and poor nations leading to deepening poverty and additional pressure for biological resource exploitation, accelerating urbanization with associated social problems, and regional population and economic imbalances leading to escalating political tensions and potential for conflict. This program examines the causes of, and interrelationships between, these problems and considers new approaches to solving them. Its goal is to provide broad, interdisciplinary training that will allow students to better understand and effectively deal with the serious environmental problems that we will face in the twenty-first century.
The minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic department sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
Completion of an introductory sequence of three core courses: Earth System Science 1 (The Physical Environment), Biological Sciences 65 (Biodiversity and Conservation), and Environmental Analysis and Design E8 (Introduction to Environmental Analysis and Design).
Three relevant elective courses (12 units): One elective course must be taken in each of the following three disciplines, and at least two of these must be upper division. Students may select from the following list and must have their choices approved by a panel of participating faculty:
Biological Sciences: 55 (Introduction to Ecology), 94 (Patterns of Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution), 96 (Processes of Ecology and Evolution), 150 (Conservation Biology), 175 (Restoration Ecology), 178 (Ocean Ecology), 179 (Limnology and Freshwater Biology), 181 (Conservation in the American West), 186 (Population and Community Ecology).
Physical Sciences/Engineering: Earth System Science 3 (Oceanography), 5 (The Atmosphere); Engineering 20 (Energy and Society); Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE121 (Transportation Systems I: Analysis and Design), CEE122 (Transportation Systems II: Operations and Control), CEE123 (Transportation Systems III: Planning and Forecasting); Physics 16 (Physics and Global Issues), 20C (Observational Astronomy).
Social Sciences/Social Ecology: Anthropology 125A (Economic Anthropology), 125B (Ecological Anthropology); Environmental Analysis and Design E3 (Human Environments), E5 (Introduction to Environmental Quality and Health), E15 (Native American Religions and the Environmental Ethic), E105U (Environmental Law), E106 (Human Ecology), E111 (Dynamics of Human Populations), E160 (Microbial Ecology of Natural and Polluted Waters); Economics 145E (Economics of the Environment); Political Science 149 (when topic is Global Environmental Politics); Social Science 172E (Native American Culture); Sociology 44 (Populations).
Senior Seminar on Global Sustainability I, II, III: During their final year in this program, students complete Biological Sciences 191A-B-C (same as Earth System Science 190A-B-C and Social Ecology 186A-B-C) which includes a seminar, directed study, and independent research in a relevant area. This work forms the basis for a senior research paper which is completed and presented near the end of spring quarter in a colloquium.
Minor in the History and Philosophy of Science
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Brian Skyrms, Director
Participating Faculty
Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D. Columbia University, University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Science and Philosophy
Jeffrey A. Barrett, Ph. D. Columbia University, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science
William H. Batchelder, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Cognitive Sciences
Paul C. Eklof, Ph.D. Cornell University, Department Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies and 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, Associate Professor of History
Donald Hoffman, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Philosophy
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
Stuart M. Krassner, Sc.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
J. Karel Lambert, Ph.D. Michigan State University, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
R. Duncan Luce, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UCI Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences and Economics
Penelope Maddy, Ph.D. Princeton University, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and of Mathematics
Robert May, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science
Louis Narens, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Cognitive Sciences
Alan Nelson, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor of Philosophy
Riley Newman, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
Robert Newsom, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of English
Terence D. Parsons, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Philosophy, UCLA
A. Kimball Romney, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Michael R. Rose, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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 Logic and Philosophy of Science and of Economics
Norman M. Weinberger, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior and of 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 department sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
Completion of seven courses as follows:
1. Two courses selected from: Logic and Philosophy of Science 31, 40; History 60.
2. Two courses selected from: History 135A, 135B, 135C, 135D, 135E; Philosophy 110-115 (when topic is science); Political Science 136B; Psychology 120H.
3. Three courses selected from: Linguistics 141, 143; Logic and Philosophy of Science 106, 107, 108, 140, 141A, 141B, 141C, 141D, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147A, 147B.
Minor in Native American Studies
Participating Faculty
Jaime E. Rodríguez, Ph.D. University of Texas, Director of Latin American Studies and Professor of History
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Comparative Literature
Tanis Thorne, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Lecturer in History
Steven C. Topik, Ph.D. University of Texas, Professor of History
Affiliated Faculty
John Carlos Rowe, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Professor of Comparative Literature
The minor in Native American Studies is an interdisciplinary, interschool program which focuses on history, culture, religion, and the environment. The three core courses serve as an introduction to the Native American experience from the perspective of different historical periods and frameworks of analysis. Study in the minor is enriched by the research and teaching interests of faculty from different departments.
The minor is open to all UCI students. Advising information is available from the undergraduate counseling offices in the Schools of Humanities, Social Ecology, and Social Sciences.
Course descriptions are available in the academic department sections and on the World Wide Web at http://eee.uci.edu/clients/tcthorne/idp/.
Requirements for the Minor
Core courses: Environmental Analysis and Design E15 (Native American Religions and the Environmental Ethic); History 15A (Native American History); and Sociology 65 (Cultures in Collision: Indian-White Relations Since Columbus; same as Anthropology 85A).
Four upper-division courses selected from: Anthropology 121D (Cross-Cultural Studies of Gender), 135A (Religion and Social Order), 162A (Peoples and Cultures of Latin America); Art History 175 (Studies in Native and Tribal Art); Education 124 (Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools); History 161A (Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico); Philosophy 131E (Race and Gender); Social Science 172E (Native American Culture), 175B (Ethnic and Racial Communities); Spanish 100C (Introduction to Latin American Literature: Pre-Hispanic to Nineteenth Century); Women's Studies 162 (Race and Gender), 163 (Women of Color).
Students may also select from the following courses when the topics presented relate to Native American Studies: Anthropology 149 (Special Topics in Archaeology), 169 (Special Topics in Area Studies); Comparative Literature CL 105 (Multicultural Topics in Comparative Literature); English E 105 (Multicultural Topics in English-Language Literature); Sociology 149 (Special Topics: Structures), 169 (Special Topics: Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity).
168 Humanities Instructional Building: (949) 824-8119
Susan B. Klein, Director
Participating Faculty
Elizabeth Allen, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of English (medieval literature; theories of reception; exemplary and didactic literature; literature and ethics; literature and affect; history of English language; Old English)
Linda Freeman Bauer, Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Professor of Art History (Renaissance and Baroque art)
Victoria Bernal, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Anthropology (feminist theory and gender; civil society, globalization, cyberspace, transnationalism; the Islamic revival; peasants, labor migration; Africa, Muslim societies)
William Bristow, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Kant; nineteenth-century idealist tradition)
Dickson D. Bruce, Jr., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Professor of History (American culture; African American history of the South)
Carol Burke, Ph.D. Maryland University, Associate Professor of English (folk belief, folklore; creative non-fiction)
Yong Chen, Ph.D. Cornell University, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies (Asian-American history; late-nineteenth and twentieth-century American social and cultural history; immigration history)
Chungmoo Choi, Ph.D. Indiana University, Associate Professor of Korean Culture (Modern Korea; post-colonial and colonial discourse; Marxism and Christianity; popular cultures and anthropology)
Susan Bibler Coutin, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society (immigration and border issues; law; Central America; political and religious activism; human rights)
Edward Fowler, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Japanese (Modern literature; cultural studies; film)
Michael A. Fuller, Ph.D. Yale University, Interim Department Chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Associate Professor of Chinese (Classical Chinese poetry and poetics; the cultural and intellectual contexts for poetry; aesthetic theory; linguistic issues in classical Chinese)
Alexander Gelley, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Comparative Literature (eighteenth-century English and comparative literature; nineteenth-century English and comparative literature and philosophy; German-Jewish literature and culture)
Linda Georgianna, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of English (medieval literature and culture; nineteenth-century medievalism)
James B. Given, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of History (medieval Europe; social and political history)
Anna Gonosová, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of Art History (Byzantine and Medieval art and architecture)
Michelle Hamilton, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Spanish (medieval Spanish literature)
Lamar M. Hill, Ph.D. University of London, Professor of History (Tudor-Stuart England; early modern Europe)
Judy C. Ho, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Art History (Chinese art and archaeology; Buddhist art and popular religions)
S. Nicholas Jolley, Ph.D Cambridge University, Professor of Philosophy (seventeenth and eighteenth-century philosophy; political philosophy)
Bonnie Kent, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of Philosophy (ethics; medieval philosophy)
Susan B. Klein, Ph.D. Cornell University, Director of Religious Studies and Associate Professor of Japanese (premodern and modern theater and dance; medieval commentaries; Japanese religions; new historicism and feminist critical theory)
Richard W. F. Kroll, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of English (eighteenth-century English and comparative literature; history of literary theory; literature and philosophy; cultural studies and criticism; history and theories of rhetoric)
Karen Leonard, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Professor of Anthropology (social history of India; caste ethnicity and gender; Asian-Americans in the United States)
Mark LeVine, Ph.D. New York University, Assistant Professor of History (modern Middle East and Islam; globalization; popular culture)
Julia Reinhard Lupton, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of English (Shakespeare; Renaissance literature; religious studies; Jewish studies; humanities and the public sphere)
Cecilia Lynch, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of Political Science (international relations theory; international organization and law; international ethics and political philosophy; social movements in world politics; peace and security)
Keith L. Nelson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History (American foreign relations; Soviet-American relations; war and society)
Steven Mailloux, Ph.D., University of Southern California, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Rhetoric (American literature; contemporary theory; cultural studies and criticism; history and theories of rhetoric)
Sanjoy Mazumdar, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Social Ecology (environmental design research: cultural aspects, environmental psychology; architecture, planning, organizational studies; work environments, home environments, ethnic neighborhoods)
Margaret M. Miles, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of Art History and Classics (Greek and Roman art, architecture and archaeology)
Alan Nelson, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor of Philosophy (early modern rationalism and empiricism; philosophy and history of science; history of analytic philosophy)
Maria C. Pantelia, Ph.D. Ohio State University, Professor of Classics and Director, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Greek epic poetry, Hellenistic poetry, computer applications to Classics)
Kenneth L. Pomeranz, Ph.D. Yale University, Department Chair of History and Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures (Modern China; origins of world economy; global context of environmental change; peasant protest and collective violence; popular religions)
Michael Ryan, Ph.D. University of Iowa, Professor of English and Creative Writing (American literature; creative writing; poetry, poetics; autobiography)
Thomas P. Saine, Ph.D Yale University, Professor of German (eighteenth-century German literature; Goethe; Germany and the French Revolution; eighteenth-century popular philosophy and theology)
Daniel J. Schroeter, Ph.D. University of Manchester, Professor of History and Teller Family Chair in Jewish History (Jewish history; North Africa and the Middle East)
Martin Schwab, Ph.D. University of Bielefeld, Director of the Minor in Humanities and Law and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature (nineteenth and twentieth-century continental philosophy; literature and other arts, literature and philosophy)
Victoria Silver, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of English (Renaissance studies; feminist and gender studies; cultural studies and criticism; history of literary theory; histories and theories of rhetoric)
John H. Smith, Ph.D. Princeton University, Director of the Critical Theory Institute and Professor of German (eighteenth and nineteenth-century literature and intellectual history; literary theory)
Daniel Stokols, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design (theory development in environmental psychology and social ecology; environmental design research; community and worksite health promotion; effects of environmental stressors on behavior and health; environmental psychology of the Internet)
Ulrike Strasser, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Associate Professor of History (Early Modern Europe and Germany; comparative women's history; social and cultural history)
Timothy Tackett, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of History (The Old Regime and the French Revolution; social, religious, and cultural history; violence and terror)
Roger N. Walsh, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. University of Queensland (Australia), Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and of Philosophy (Asian psychologies, philosophies, and religions; ecology; meditation; exceptional psychological well-being; post-conventional development; transpersonal psychology)
Duncan R. Williams, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of Japanese (Buddhist studies; Japanese religions; Japanese American Buddhism)
Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that focuses on the comparative study of religions in various cultural settings around the world. The curriculum seeks to provide a wide-ranging academic understanding and knowledge of the religious experience in society through study in the Schools of Humanities, Social Sciences, Social Ecology, and the Arts.
The minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic department sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
Three Core courses: Humanities 5A, 5B, 5C (World Religions I, II, III). The first quarter is an introduction to the history, doctrine, culture, and writing of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The second quarter is an introduction to various religious traditions in selected areas of the world, including India, East Asia, Africa, the Americas, or elsewhere. The third quarter examines aspects of religious expression, including symbolization of the sacred, collective religious behavior, and religious dissent.
Four upper-division courses, two of which must be outside of the student's major. At least one of these course should focus on a primarily Asian religion, and at least one should focus on Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. Students select their courses, in consultation with the Religious Studies faculty, from a quarterly list which is available at http://www.hnet.uci.edu/religious_studies/.
The following courses are representative of those available: Anthropology 135H (Religion in South Asia); Art History 112 (Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Art), 152 (Studies in Chinese Art and Religion); Classics 165 (New Testament Literature); East Asian 120 (when topic is Religion in Japanese Literature); English and Comparative Literature CL 103 (when topics are Jews and Muslims in Renaissance, Bible and Interpretation); History 110D (Topics in Medieval Europe: Heresy), 130B (Modern Jewish History), 135B (Science and Religion); Philosophy 123 (Topics in Philosophy of Religion); Women's Studies 150 (Feminist Cultural Studies: Feminism and Religion).
One relevant lower-division course may be substituted for an upper-division course. The following are courses that could apply: Dance 90A (Dance History); Philosophy 11 (History of Medieval Philosophy); Sociology 56 (Society and Religion), 59 (when topic is Religion, Women, Society). A list of acceptable lower-division substitutions is available on the Religious Studies Web site at http://www.hnet.uci.edu/religious_studies/.
A two-quarter Senior Seminar in Religious Studies (Humanities 105A-B), or a two-quarter Humanities 199 on a relevant Religious Studies topic, either of which must include the completion of a senior paper.
