SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Undergraduate Major in Humanities
Interdisciplinary Minor in Asian Studies
Interdisciplinary Minor in Latin American Studies
Interdisciplinary Minor in Religious Studies
Concentration in Medieval Studies
Academic English/English as a Second Language Program
Courses in Humanities; Additional Language Courses
Ph.D. with Interdisciplinary Emphasis in Humanities
Ph.D. Emphasis in Critical Theory
Undergraduate Major in Humanities
The interdisciplinary major in Humanities is one of the many options available to a student who wants to select a major in the School of Humanities. As such, the major in Humanities is on a par with the major in Spanish, the major in Classics, the major in Philosophy, and other majors in the School. The major in Humanities accommodates students who want to organize their undergraduate education around a humanistic perspective on a topic, a field, or a problem which is interdisciplinary in scope (e.g., Literature and Politics in Twentieth-Century America; The Problem of Community; Social and Religious Thought in the Age of the Reformation; Italian Society and Culture). The student enters the program at the end of the sophomore year and, in consultation with the Humanities Major Committee, devises an individually tailored set of "major requirements," not all of which need be offered in the School of Humanities. The Committee will assign an advisor on the basis of the student's own preference, if possible. At the end of the senior year the student will prepare, under the advisor's supervision, a long paper (40-50 pages) in the area of the special major. This requirement is satisfied by taking Humanities 199. A student majoring in Humanities must also meet the regular School, UCI, and University requirements for graduation. Inquiries by third-quarter sophomores should be addressed to the Senior Academic Counselor in the School's Office of Undergraduate Study.
Residence Requirement: At least five upper-division courses in Humanities required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI.
150 Humanities Instructional Building; (949) 824-8119
Martin Schwab, Director
Participating Faculty
Ermanno Bencivenga, Professor of Philosophy
Yong Chen, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies
James B. Given, Professor of History
Gail K. Hart, Ph.D. University of Virginia, Director, Humanities Core Course and Professor of German
Lamar M. Hill, Professor of History
Bonnie Kent, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Richard W. F. Kroll, Professor of English
Steven Mailloux, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Rhetoric
Alejandro Morales, Professor of Spanish
Martin Schwab, Director of the Minor in Humanities and Law and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature
Victoria Silver, Associate Professor of English
Preston Kyle Stanford, Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science
Brook Thomas, UCI Chancellor's Professor of English
The minor in Humanities and Law is based on courses in the humanities that UCI graduates have found to be useful in developing skills that prepare them for law-related careers. One set of courses develops skills in critical reading, writing, and analysis that are necessary in dealing with legal issues. Another set presents theoretical and analytical perspectives on ethical, political, and social issues relevant to the law. A final set focuses on specific legal issues from a humanistic perspective. Lower-division requirements primarily develop foundational skills in the first set, whereas upper-division requirements build on these skills by addressing the concerns from the other sets. The minor does not include how-to courses on particular legal practices.
Requirements for the Minor
Lower-Division: Philosophy 29 or Classics 75; either one of the following four-course combinations: Humanities 1A-B-C and one course from Philosophy 4, 5, or 9 or Philosophy 1, 4, and either 5 or 9, plus one course from Philosophy 10, 11, 12, 13, or 9 (if not taken above).
Upper-Division: Six courses from among a list of quarterly approved courses, at least one each from philosophy, history, and literature or classics. Consult the School of Humanities Web site (http://www.humanities.uci.edu) or an academic counselor for currently approved courses.
Students considering a career in law are strongly encouraged to take advantage of other law-related courses offered across the campus and of extracurricular activities such as the Pre-Law Society.
Residence Requirement for the Minor: Four upper-division courses required for the minor must be successfully completed at UCI. Two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.
Interdisciplinary Minor in Asian Studies
5285 Social Science Plaza B; (949) 824-7521
Dorothy J. Solinger, Co-Director
259 Murray F. Krieger Hall; (949) 824-3111
Anne Walthall, Co-Director
Participating Faculty
Tom Boellstorff, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (sexuality, postcoloniality, HIV/AIDS, mass media and popular culture, language and culture, Indonesia, Southeast Asia)
Vinayak Chaturvedi, Ph.D. University of Cambridge, Assistant Professor of History (South Asia, postcolonial studies)
Chuansheng Chen, Ph.D. University of Michigan, 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, Department Chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures and 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, 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, 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, Co-Director of the Center for Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology (social history of India, caste, ethnicity and gender, Asian-Americans in the United States)
Eugene Y. Park, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of History (Korea)
Kenneth L. Pomeranz, Ph.D. Yale University, UCI Chancellor's Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures (modern Chinese)
Kamal Sadiq, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Political Science (comparative politics, immigration in developing countries, India and South East Asia, Asian security)
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 J. Solinger, Ph.D. Stanford University, Co-Director of the Center for Asian Studies, Co-Director of the Minor in Asian Studies, and Professor of Political Science (Chinese domestic politics and political economy, comparative politics)
Yang Su, M.A. The Catholic University of America, Assistant Professor of Sociology (social movements and collective action, political sociology, China's political transition)
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)
Charles J. Wheeler, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of History (Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Chinese overseas, cross-cultural trade)
Duncan R. Williams, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of Japanese (Japanese religion, East Asian Buddhism, culture and history)
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)
Meng Yue, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Chinese (Chinese poetry and literatures in pre-modern Chinese)
Mei Zhan, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (medical anthropology, cultural and social studies of science, globalization, transnationalism, gender, China, the United States)
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.
Requirements for the Minor
Students choose one country and language of specialization. At the present, due to language limitations at UCI, the Asian Studies minor can focus only on China, Japan, or Korea.
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). Substitutions are possible when approved by a Co-Director of the minor by petition.
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/minor.htm#2.
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 two courses is permitted between this minor and a student's major.
Residence Requirement for the Minor: Four upper-division (or graduate) courses must be successfully completed at UCI. Two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.
Representative Courses. The following courses are representative of those appearing on the approved list: Anthropology 135H (Religion in South Asia), 138P (Music of Asia), 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).
Interdisciplinary Minor in Latin American Studies
300 Murray Krieger Hall; (949) 824-4767
Jaime E. Rodríguez, Director
Faculty
Ana María Amár Sánchez, Associate Professor of Spanish
Frank D. Bean, Professor of Sociology
Carolyn P. Boyd, Department Chair and Professor of History
Susan K. Brown, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Professor of Spanish
Alison Brysk, Professor of Political Science
Teresa Caldeira, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Frank Cancian, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Leo Chávez, Director of Chicano/Latino Studies and Professor of Anthropology
Raúl Fernández, Professor of Social Sciences
Ana Paula Ferreira, Professor of Portuguese
Robert Garfias, Professor of Anthropology
Lucía Guerra-Cunningham, Professor of Spanish
Ivette N. Hernández-Torres, Associate Professor of Spanish
Helen Ingram, Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science, and Drew, Chace, and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation
Adriana M. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
William M. Maurer, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Seymour Menton, Research Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Alejandro Morales, Professor of Spanish
Jaime E. Rodríguez, Director of Latin American Studies and Professor of History
John Carlos Rowe, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
Vicki L. Ruiz, Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Nancy Lee Ruyter, Professor of Dance
Armin Schwegler, Professor of Spanish
Jacobo Sefamí, Professor of Spanish
Caesar D. Sereseres, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Political Science
Etel Solingen, Professor of Political Science
Luis Suárez-Villa, Professor of Social Ecology
Heidi Tinsman, UCI Chancellor's Fellow and Associate Professor of History
Steven C. Topik, Professor of History
Luis P. Villarreal, Director of the Center for Virus Research and Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and of Virology
Roberto Villaverde, Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Juan Villegas, Research Professor of Spanish
Douglas R. White, Professor of Anthropology
The minor in Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to provide for an awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of Latin American issues in the areas of language, history, culture, literary studies, sociology, anthropology, political science, social ecology, health, folk medicine, and creative (art, dance, drama, music) accomplishments. The minor is open to all UCI students.
Requirements for the Minor
Spanish 2A-B-C (Intermediate Spanish) or Portuguese 120A, B, C (may not overlap with other minor requirements), or demonstrated equivalent knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese.
Humanities 100 (Latin America and the Caribbean).
One course in Latin American literature (Spanish-American or Luso-Brazilian) selected from: Comparative Literature CL 103 (when topic is on Latin American literature and history); Spanish 100C (Introduction to Latin American Literature: Pre-Hispanic to Nineteenth Century), 100D (Introduction to Latin American Literature: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries), 130A (Latin American Colonial Literature), 130B (Latin American Literature of the Nineteenth Century), 130C (Latin American Literature of the Twentieth Century), 150 (Literature in Translation), 160 (Topics in Luso-Hispanic Film Studies, when topic is on Latin America), 186 (Selected Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture); Portuguese 120A, B, C (Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian Literature), 121 (Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature), 190 (Individual Studies).
One course in Latin American history selected from: History 161A (Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico), 161B (Nineteenth-Century Mexico), 161C (Twentieth-Century Mexico), 162 (Brazil), 166 (United States-Latin America Relations), 168A (Precolumbian Civilizations and European Colonialism), 168B (Nineteenth-Century Iberian America), 168C (History of Modern Latin America), 169 (Topics in Latin American History), 190 (Colloquium, when topic is on Latin America).
One course in Latin American social sciences selected from: Anthropology 125A (Economic Anthropology), 125X (Immigration in Comparative Perspective), 162A (Peoples and Cultures of Latin America); Political Science 145A (Central America and U.S. Policy), 153A (Latin American Politics), 153D (Mexican Politics); Social Science 172F (Latin American Culture I).
One course in Chicano studies selected from: Chicano/Latino Studies 111A (Critical Issues in Chicano Studies); Environmental Analysis and Design E143U (Social Ecology of the Borderlands); Political Science 126A (Mexican-Americans and Politics); Spanish 100E (Introduction to Chicano and U.S. Latino Literature), 110C (U.S. Latino Cultures), 140A, B (Chicano Literature), 142 (Chicano Culture), 186 (Selected Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture, when topic is on Chicano literature).
Four courses in Latin American studies selected from: any of the courses listed above in the literature, history, and social sciences requirements; Spanish 110A (Peninsular Cultures, when topic is on Latin America), 110B (Latin American Cultures); Portuguese 122 (Topics in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Culture); Anthropology 121J (Urban Anthropology, when the topic is on Latin American countries); Biological Sciences 199A-B-C (Independent Study in Biological Sciences Research, when topic is medicinal biology and herbs in Mexico).
With the approval of the director, other relevant courses also may satisfy the requirements for the minor.
Residence Requirement for the Minor: Four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI. Two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.
Interdisciplinary Minor in Religious Studies
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)
Marc Baer, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of History (Islamic and Middle Eastern history; Ottoman Empire and Turkey; religious conversion; crypto-religion)
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 Professor of History and Asian American Studies (Asian-American history; late-nineteenth and twentieth-century American social and cultural history; immigration history)
James Chiampi, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Italian (Italian Renaissance)
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)
Lara Deeb, Ph.D. Emory University, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies (Islam, gender, and notions of modernity; religious social movements; gender and the social sphere)
Edward Fowler, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Department Chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Professor of Japanese (Modern literature; cultural studies; film)
Michael A. Fuller, Ph.D. Yale University, 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, Department Chair and 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, Associate Professor of History (modern Middle East and Islam; globalization; popular culture)
Julia Reinhard Lupton, Ph.D. Yale University, Director of Humanities Out There (H.O.T.) and Professor of English (Shakespeare; Renaissance literature; religious studies; Jewish studies; humanities and the public sphere)
Cecilia Lynch, Ph.D. Columbia University, Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies and 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)
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, 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)
J. Michelle Molina, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of History (Colonial Latin America, global religious networks, Jesuits, comparative colonialism)
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)
Keith L. Nelson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus of History (American foreign relations; Soviet-American relations; war and society)
Maria C. Pantelia, Ph.D. Ohio State University, Department Chair and Professor of Classics and Director, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae® (Greek epic poetry, Hellenistic poetry, computer applications to Classics)
Kenneth L. Pomeranz, Ph.D. Yale University, UCI Chancellor's 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 Emeritus 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 Department Chair 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 (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); 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.
Residence Requirement for the Minor: Four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI. Two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.
Additional Interdisciplinary Minors
Information about the minor in Conflict Resolution is available in the School of Social Sciences section. This minor provides skills in conflict analysis and resolution and a useful understanding of integrative institutions at the local, regional, and international levels.
Information about the minors noted below is available in the Interdisciplinary Studies section of the Catalogue.
The minor in Chicano/Latino Studies is 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, film, drama, music) accomplishments in the Chicano/Latino communities.
The 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.
The minor in the History and Philosophy of Science explores how science is actually done and how it has influenced history, and 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.
The minor in Native American Studies 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.
Concentration in Medieval Studies
174 Murray Krieger Hall; (949) 824-5441
Linda M. Georgianna, Coordinator
The concentration in Medieval Studies allows undergraduate students in the Schools of Humanities and the Arts to augment their major by completing a coherent program of courses in the area of medieval studies. The concentration is available to students in any major offered by the Schools and is particularly well-suited to majors in English and Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, and the Arts.
Students in the concentration must complete at least two quarters of Humanities 110, the Core Course in Medieval Studies. These courses are interdisciplinary, examinations of such topics as Medieval Cities, The Dark Ages, Medieval Liturgy and Theater, Medieval Women, and The Plague. In addition, students must complete at least four additional courses in medieval studies selected from an approved quarterly list. One of these four courses may be satisfied by completing a senior essay in some area of medieval studies.
3-2 Program with The Paul Merage School of Business
Outstanding students who are interested in a career in management may wish to apply for entry into The Paul Merage School of Business' 3-2 Program. Students normally apply for this program early in their junior year. See The Paul Merage School of Business section for additional information.
Academic English/English as a Second Language Program
200 Humanities Instructional Building; (949) 824-6781
Robin Scarcella, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Director of the Academic English/English as a Second Language Program and Professor of Humanities (linguistics, language development emphasis)
Humanities 20A-B-C-D through 29 are for students who have been admitted to UCI and whose scores on the Academic English/ESL Placement Test indicate the need for additional work in Academic English/English as a second language. Students may receive up to 12 baccalaureate credits for AE/ESL course work. Students may receive workload credit for courses taken beyond this 12-unit limit but will not receive additional credits applicable to the bachelor's degree.
Humanities 20A-B-C-D Essentials of Academic Writing (4-4-4-4). Grammar, sentence structure, paragraph and essay organization of formal written English. Pass/Not Pass only. Corequisite: Humanities 22A, if indicated by results of the AE/ESL Placement Test. Prerequisite: AE/ESL Placement Test.
Humanities 21A ESL Speaking and Listening (2). Basic listening and speaking skills in five fundamental areas: pronunciation, lecture comprehension and discussion, academic oral reporting, informal interviewing, and nonverbal communication. Pass/Not Pass only. Primarily for graduate students.
Humanities 21B ESL Speaking and Listening (2). Further development of listening and speaking skills: oral reporting, panel presentation, functional/ situational dialogue, and public argumentation and debate. Primarily for graduate students. Pass/Not Pass only. Prerequisite: Humanities 21A or consent of instructor.
Humanities 22A Essentials of Academic English Reading and Vocabulary (2). Intensive reading exercises with occasional practice in extensive reading, focusing on comprehension, development of vocabulary, syntax, rhetorical features, reading strategies, and study skills. Pass/Not Pass only. Corequisite: concurrent enrollment with Humanities 20A-B-C-D if indicated by results of AE/ESL Placement Test. Prerequisite: AE/ESL Placement Test.
Humanities 22B ESL Reading and Vocabulary (2). Extensive reading and discussion with emphasis on journal articles, textbook chapters, notetaking, and the interpretation of charts, diagrams, tables, and figures. Primarily for graduate students. Pass/Not Pass only. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Humanities 29 Special Topics in ESL (1 to 2). Directed and individualized work in English as a second language not covered in the Humanities 20, 21, 22 sequence. Pass/Not Pass only. Prerequisite: consent of AE/ESL Director.
Humanities 139 Advanced Academic Writing Across the Curriculum (4). Designed for transfer students who speak English and another or other languages at home and who experienced English language difficulties in a college composition course. Focuses on developing academic reading and writing skills including essay content and organization, vocabulary, grammar instruction. Academic content also covered. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
LOWER-DIVISION
The following set of courses has no necessary relation to the undergraduate interdisciplinary major in Humanities. Most of the courses are open to any UCI student. Humanities 1A-B-C is required for the major in Humanities, as it is a requirement of any student majoring in the School of Humanities. Also, Humanities 199 is required of any undergraduate in the School who is approved to complete an interdisciplinary major in Humanities.
1A-B-C The Humanities Core Course (8-8-8) F, W, S. This course is restricted to students who are beginning their first year of college-level work. Each year it deals with problems of concern to the humanistic disciplines including interdisciplinary perspectives on major themes in history, literature, and philosophy. Focuses on major texts and works of art from a range of different cultural traditions. A writing program is integral to the course and counts for half the grade each quarter. Students are taught to think, speak, and write clearly about the issues raised in the texts and addressed in lectures. Students held for the UC Entry Level Writing requirement will earn an additional two units of workload credit, and must take the course for a letter grade. 1A is prerequisite to 1B, and 1B is prerequisite to 1C. (1A-B-C: I, IV; 1C: VII-A)
3A, B, C Humanities Interdisciplinary Course. Designed for non-Humanities majors who wish to learn about the nature of humanistic inquiry from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Offered in year-long series united by a theme (e.g., "Inventing the Americas," "Truth and Skepticism"). Each quarter of each series takes a different disciplinary approach (listed below) to the theme. The order of the disciplinary rubrics (A, B, and C) may vary according to the specific theme. Students must take one each of A, B, and C to complete the series. Additionally, they are strongly encouraged to complete the series within one thematic offering, and ideally in the order in which the rubrics are offered for that theme. Humanities 3A, 3B, 3C and Humanities H3A, H3B, H3C may not both be taken for credit. Not offered 2005-06.
3A Representation, Verbal and Visual (4). Explores the various devices that texts and images employ manipulating their own internal structures and making reference to things outside themselves to form or reshape meaning in the world. (IV)
3B Confronting the Past (4). Concerns itself with the various techniques that scholars have developed to retrieve events and ways of life from the past, as well as the problems encountered evaluating those reconstructions and their implications for the present. (IV)
3C Philosophy, Rhetoric, Belief (4). Examines the social and cultural processes, such as rhetorical persuasion and religious faith, through which ideas transmogrify from mere thought to firm conviction. It asks the question: what is required to make something "true" or at least to make it appear as such? (IV)
H3A, B, C Honors Humanities Interdisciplinary Course (4, 4, 4). For non-Humanities majors in the Campuswide Honors Program. Same description as Humanities 3A, B, C. Humanities 3A, 3B, 3C and Humanities H3A, H3B, H3C may not both be taken for credit. (IV)
5A World Religions I (4). An introduction to the history, doctrine, culture, and writing of the three "religions of Abraham": Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. (IV, VII-B)
5B World Religions II (4). An introduction to various religious traditions in selected areas of the world--including India, East Asia, Africa, the Americas, or elsewhere. Attention to the expressions, teachings, culture, and history of selected religious groups. (IV, VII-B)
5C World Religions III (4). An examination of various aspects of religious expression, including symbolization of the sacred, collective religious behavior, and religious dissent. (IV, VII-B)
31 Aspects of Religion (4). A presentation of selected issues in the study of religion. May be taken for credit three times as topics vary.
75 Library Research Methods (2) F, W, S. Search strategy techniques relevant for library research at UCI and other academic institutions, with emphasis on application of these techniques to individual research interests. Recommended for, but not limited to, students with assigned papers for other classes. Not offered every year.
UPPER-DIVISION
100 Latin America and the Caribbean (4). This foundational course in Latin American and Caribbean studies begins with discussions of the social, cultural, economic, and political process tracing the events from Pre-Conquest to present which have circumscribed the insertion of this region into the world economy. (VII-B)
101A-B European Studies Core I, II (4-4). Introduces students to multidisciplinary approaches to important themes in European society, culture, literature, art, and politics, encouraging students to see points of intersection among disciplines. Possible themes: Subjects, Citizens, and Representation; Europe in the World; European Revolutions in Art and Society. 101A: Early modern Europe (about 1500-1750); 101B: Modern Europe (1750-present). Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
103A-B Global Cultures I, II (4-4). Introduction to the processes by which economies, cultural practices, national entities, groups, individuals, and personal identities have undergone globalization. 103A: General background and methodological tools for understanding problems and processes of globalization. 103B: Explores how globalization has manifested itself in specific topics, periods, or societies. (VII-B)
105A-B Senior Seminar in Religious Studies (2-2). A seminar for students completing the Religious Studies minor. 105A: Research techniques and preparation for the senior paper; discussion of topics. In-progress grading. 105B: Independent study with the advice of a faculty member and the instructor of Humanities 105A, leading to a research paper to be submitted to the Religious Studies Committee in the School of Humanities.
110 Core Course in Medieval Studies (4). A seminar in selected topics in medieval studies. Interdisciplinary, ordinarily team-taught. Open to all students, and designed especially for those electing the concentration in Medieval Studies. May be taken for credit four times as topic varies. Same as Comparative Literature CL 104 and Art History 114 when topic is appropriate.
116 Topics in the Study of Religion (4). In-depth examination of selected topics in the study of religion. Prerequisites: Humanities 5A, B, C or consent of instructor. May be taken for credit three times as topics vary.
H120 Honors Proseminar (4) F, W, S. Interdisciplinary Honors courses organized each year around a single topic or problem designed to compare and contrast modes of analysis in history, literary studies, and philosophy. Required of participants in the Humanities Honors Program. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and the Humanities Honors Program Committee. May be taken three times for credit as topics vary.
H140 Senior Honors Seminar (4) F. Directed by the Humanities Honors Thesis Advisor and required of students in the Humanities Honors program and Humanities majors in the Campuswide Honors Program. Designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and research strategies among Honors students and to begin the process of writing the senior honors thesis. Prerequisites: senior standing and consent of the Honors Program Committee.
H141 Senior Honors Thesis (4) W. Directed independent research required of participants in the Humanities Honors Program and Humanities majors in the Campuswide Honors Program. Prerequisites: Humanities H140; consent of Honors Program Committee.
H142 Senior Honors Colloquium (4) S. Completion, presentation, and discussion of Senior Honors Theses. Satisfies upper-division writing requirement. Prerequisites: Humanities H141 and consent of Humanities Honors Program Committee.
183A International Studies Forum (2). A faculty-student forum featuring lecturers from a variety of institutions with discussion issues related to international studies. Pass/Not Pass only. May be taken for credit four times. Same as Social Ecology 183A and Social Science 183A.
183B Senior Seminar in Conflict Resolution (4). Designed for seniors (juniors may also enroll) who are pursuing the minor in Conflict Resolution and/or International Studies major. Provides a forum in which students will refine skills and theory in the study of cooperation and conflict, from local to global arenas. Same as Social Ecology 183B and Social Science 183B. (VII-B)
183C Senior Seminar in Conflict Resolution (4). Continuation of Humanities 183B. Students write a senior research paper. Prerequisite: Humanities 183B and satisfaction of the lower-division writing requirement. Same as Social Ecology 183C and Social Science 183C.
190 Senior Seminar in European Studies (4). Capstone research seminar. Students engage in rigorous, in-depth, interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics, periods, or themes, investigating and analyzing the intersection of material and discursive culture in different historical periods and geographical locations. Topics vary. Prerequisites: Humanities 101A-B and consent of instructor; satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
191 Global Cultures Senior Seminar (4). Students explore a topic(s) concerning the processes and/or problems of globalization from an interdisciplinary perspective and build on their critical and analytical skills when investigating cultural and other phenomena that cut across national borders. Research assignments, class presentations, final seminar paper. Prerequisites: Humanities 103A-B and upper-division standing.
195 Humanities Out There (H.O.T) Practicum (0 to 2) F, W, S. H.O.T. sponsors five-week workshops on selected topics in the humanities. Each workshop sends out a team of undergraduates to a K-12 classroom to develop college skills for Santa Ana students. Requirements: five training sessions; five tutoring sessions; two electronic journals; short paper. Pass/Not Pass only. May be taken for credit for a total of eight units.
197 Individual Field Study (varying credit) F, W, S. Individually arranged field study. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
198 Directed Group Study (1 to 4) F, W, S. Directed group study on special topics. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
199 Directed Research (1 to 4) F, W, S. Directed research for senior Humanities students. Prerequisite: senior standing and consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
Additional Language Courses
Arabic 1A-B-C Fundamentals of Arabic (5-5-5) F, W, S, Summer. Using the latest pedagogical materials as well as real world texts (newspapers, poetry, literatures), provides students with a firm foundation in the orthography, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of written and spoken Modern Standard Arabic. Prerequisites: for 1B, Arabic 1A; for 1C, Arabic 1B. (1C: VI)
Hebrew 1A-B-C Fundamentals of Hebrew (5-5-5) F, W, S, Summer. Speaking, understanding, reading, and writing modern Israeli Hebrew with an introduction to Biblical Hebrew. Topics in Israeli culture. Conducted in Hebrew. Prerequisites: for 1B, Hebrew 1A; for 1C, Hebrew 1B. (1C: VI)
Tagalog 1A-B-C Elementary Tagalog (5-5-5) F, W, S, Summer. Coverage of basic Tagalog grammar, with equal emphasis on reading, writing, conversation, and comprehension. Prerequisites: for 1B, Tagalog 1A; for 1C, Tagalog 1B. (1C: VI)
Ph.D. with Interdisciplinary Emphasis in Humanities
The School of Humanities offers no degree called the Ph.D. in Humanities. However, some Ph.D. students in regular programs in the School may elect an interdisciplinary modification of their degree with the permission of the departments or programs concerned. Such students will do about 60 percent of their graduate work in a major field and about 40 percent in one or more minor fields. Those interested in an interdisciplinary degree should contact the Associate Dean for Graduate Study or the graduate advisor in their major department.
435 Humanities Instructional Building; (949) 824-6718
World Wide Web: http://www.hnet.uci.edu/cte/
Participating Faculty
Dina Al-Kassim, Department of Comparative Literature
Etienne Balibar, Department of French and Italian
Stephen Barker, Department of Drama
Lindon Barrett, Program in African American Studies and Department of Comparative Literature
Ermanno Bencivenga, Department of Philosophy
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Ellen S. Burt, Department of French and Italian
David Carroll, Department of French and Italian
Vinayak Chaturvedi, Department of History
Chungmoo Choi, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Michael P. Clark, Department of English
Ana Paula Ferreira, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Nanette Fornabai, Department of French and Italian
Suzanne Gearhart, Department of French and Italian
Alexander Gelley, Department of Comparative Literature
David Theo Goldberg, Program in African American Studies and Department of Criminology, Law and Society
Inderpal Grewal, Program in Women's Studies
Lucía Guerra-Cunningham, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Jonathan M. Hall, Department of Comparative Literature
James D. Herbert, Department of Art History
Wolfgang Iser, Department of English
Laura H. Y. Kang, Program in Women's Studies
Kyung Hyun Kim, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Bliss (Felicidad) Cua Lim, Department of Film and Media Studies
Akira Mizuta Lippit, Department of Film and Media Studies
Julia Reinhard Lupton, Department of English
Steven Mailloux, Department of Comparative Literature
William M. Maurer, Department of Anthropology
J. Hillis Miller, Departments of English and Comparative Literature
Yong Soon Min, Department of Studio Art
Carrie J. Noland, Department of French and Italian
Margot Norris, Departments of English and Comparative Literature
Laura O'Connor, Department of English
Mark S. Poster, Department of History and of Film and Media Studies
R. Radhakrishnan, Departments of Asian American Studies, English, and Comparative Literature
Fatimah Tobing Rony, Department of Film and Media Studies
Annette Schlichter, Department of Comparative Literature
Gabriele Schwab, Department of Comparative Literature
Martin Schwab, Department of Philosophy
David W. Smith, Department of Philosophy
John H. Smith, Department of German
Sally A. Stein, Department of Art History
James Steintrager, Department of English
Brook Thomas, Department of English
Andrzej Warminski, Department of English
Affiliated Faculty
Philippe A. Barbé, Department of French and Italian
Stephen A. Barney, Department of English (Emeritus)
William Bristow, Department of Philosophy
James Fujii, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Susan Jarratt, Department of Comparative Literature
Dragan Kujundzic, Department of Comparative Literature
Karen R. Lawrence, Departments of English and Comparative Literature and Dean of the School of Humanities
Juliet Flower MacCannell, Department of Comparative Literature (Emerita)
Glen Mimura, Asian American Studies
Jane O. Newman, Department of Comparative Literature
Janelle Reinelt, Department of Drama
John Carlos Rowe, Department of Comparative Literature
Shawn Rosenberg, Department of Political Science
Heidi Tinsman, Department of History
Judith A. Wilson, Program in African American Studies
Meng Yue, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Andrew Zissos, Department of Classics
An emphasis in Critical Theory, under the supervision of the Committee on Critical Theory, is available for doctoral students in all departments at UCI upon approval of the student's faculty advisor or associate dean in accordance with departmental policy. Ph.D. students may, with Committee approval, complete the emphasis in addition to the degree requirements of their graduate program. Although there is no change in the existing Ph.D. program requirements or procedures, if the student wishes to have a letter (signed by the Dean and by the Director of Critical Theory) testifying that the student has satisfactorily added this theoretical dimension to the graduate program, then additional requirements must be met. Critical theory at UCI is understood in the broad sense as the study of the shared assumptions, problems, and commitments of the various discourses in the humanities. The faculty regards critical theory not as an adjunct to the study of one of the traditional humanistic disciplines but as a necessary context for the study of any humanistic discipline.
Admission to the emphasis may be granted by the Critical Theory Committee in response to the student's petition. The petition normally is submitted by the middle of the second year of graduate study, after completion of the Critical Theory Workshop, and upon the recommendation of the Workshop's instructor or a faculty representative of the student's department.
Requirements: (1) a three-quarter Critical Theory Workshop, conducted preferably by a team of instructors, conceived as a reading group, and developed with the input of all participants, where significant texts are discussed and analyzed in class. No term papers are required, and the course is graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Students receive credit for this course only in the spring quarter. For the first two quarters, the course is 0 units with IP grading; (2) three Humanities 270 courses offered under the supervision of the Committee. At least three such courses will be offered each year; (3) participation in two mini-seminars (six-eight hours) offered by visiting scholars (and sponsored by the Committee) on the visiting scholar's ongoing research; and (4) a research paper written under the guidance of a three-member committee (selected by each individual student in consultation with the Director of the Emphasis), with at least one member from outside the student's own department. The paper may (but need not) be part of the student's dissertation.
Graduate Courses in Humanities
Graduate courses in Humanities are under the direction of the School's Associate Dean for Graduate Study and are designed for all graduate students in the School of Humanities.
Humanities 200 and 220 introduce study in various disciplinary areas, either to students planning a degree in history or one of the literature departments or to those seeking familiarity with disciplines other than their own.
200A, B, C History and Theory (4, 4, 4) F, W, S. Introduction to role of theory in historical writing, focusing on several major theorists, their relation to their setting, the structure of their thought, and its application to significant historical issues. Same as History 200A, B, C.
220A, B, C Studies in Literary Theory and Its History (4, 4, 4) F, W, S. Introduction to criticism and aesthetics for beginning graduate students. Readings from continental, English, and American theorists. Restricted to graduate students only. Same as English CR 220A, B.
260A-B-C Critical Theory Workshop (4) F, W, S. A year-long Critical Theory Workshop, conducted by a team of instructors, conceived as a reading group, and developed with the input of all participants, where significant texts are discussed and analyzed in class.
270 Advanced Critical Theory (4) F, W, S. Seminars on various topics in critical theory. Students should have taken introductory courses before enrolling in these seminars. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
298 Group Study (4) F, W, S. Open to four or more students. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
399 University Teaching (4) F, W, S. Limited to Teaching Associates in the Humanities Core Course. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated for credit.
