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Core Faculty

Peter A. Bowler, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Director of the UCI Arboretum, UC Natural Reserve System Academic Coordinator, and Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Social Ecology

Peter J. Bryant, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology

Michael L. Burton, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Anthropology and of Psychology and Social Behavior

William S. Reeburgh, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, 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 Anthropology 20A (People, Cultures, and Environmental Sustainability).

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 (From Organisms to Ecosystems), E106 (Processes in Ecology and Evolution), E150 (Conservation Biology), E175 (Restoration Ecology), E178 (Ocean Ecology), E179 (Limnology and Freshwater Biology), E181 (Conservation in the American West), E186 (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), E160 (Environmental Health Microbiology of Water and Waste Water); Economics 145E (Economics of the Environment); Planning, Policy, and Design 133 (Environmental Law), 134 (Human Ecology); 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.

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Brian Skyrms, Director

Participating Faculty

Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D. Columbia University, University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences

Jeffrey A. Barrett, Ph. D. Columbia University, Department Chair and 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, 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, Director of the ADVANCE Program for Faculty Equity and Diversity and Associate Professor of History

Donald Hoffman, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Cognitive Sciences

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

Stuart M. Krassner, Sc.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor Emeritus 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

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 Emeritus 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 Emeritus 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 Emeritus of Neurobiology and Behavior

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.

Participating Faculty

Justin B. Richland, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles; J.D. University of California, Berkeley-Boalt Hall School of Law, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society

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

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 156A (Race and Gender), 158B (Defining 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 105 (Comparative Multiculturalism); English 105 (Multicultural Topics in English-Language Literature); Sociology 149 (Special Topics: Structures), 169 (Special Topics: Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity).