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UCI offers a variety of formally designated Interdisciplinary Programs (IDPs) which provide students with opportunities to pursue subject areas deriving from the interaction of different disciplines. These programs span the boundaries of traditional academic scholarship. Faculty participation is determined by research and teaching interests and, as such, faculty may be drawn from various departments and schools across the campus.
As described below, undergraduate majors and minors are offered by the IDPs in African-American Studies, Asian American Studies, and Women's Studies. Asian American Studies and Women's Studies also offer graduate emphases. The IDPs in Chicano/Latino Studies, Global Peace and Conflict Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, and Latin American Studies all offer minors. A graduate degree program is offered by the IDP in Transportation Science.
In addition, interdisciplinary minors in Global Sustainability, Native American Studies, and Religious Studies are available.
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Thelma W. Foote, Director (Interim)
Participating Faculty
Lindon W. Barrett, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor of English (critical theory, African-American cultural studies)
Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Music and Faculty Assistant to the Executive Vice Chancellor (history, American musics)
Dickson D. Bruce, Jr., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Professor of History (American culture, African-American history)
Thelma Foote, Ph.D. Harvard University, Director (Interim) of African-American Studies and Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies (early America, African-American history)
Douglas M. Haynes, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of History (social and cultural history of modern Britain, social history of modern medicine)
Laura H. Y. Kang, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Comparative Literature (Asian-American literature and culture, feminist theory, ethnic studies, gender)
Ketu H. Katrak, Ph.D. Byrn Mawr College, Director and Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Asian American literature, post-colonial literature)
Claire Jean Kim, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Political Science (racial and ethnic politics, protest and social movements, contemporary political theory)
Steven Mailloux, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Associate Dean of Humanities, Graduate Study, and Professor of English (rhetoric, critical theory, American literature, law and literature)
Donald McKayle, Choreographer/Director (concert, theatre, film, television), Graduate Choreography Advisor, Artistic Director of UCI Dance, and Professor of Dance (choreography, modern dance)
James Newton, B.M. California State University, Los Angeles, Professor of Music (jazz studies, composition)
Leslie W. Rabine, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of French (nineteenth-century French literature and women's studies)
John Carlos Rowe, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Professor of English (American literature, modern literature, critical theory, comparative literature)
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, Director of the Critical Theory Institute and Professor of English and Comparative Literature (modern literature, critical theory, psychoanalysis, comparative literature)
Elaine Vaughan, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Social Ecology (environmental assessment, risk perceptions, research methodology, social psychology)
Pat Ward-Williams, M.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Art, Associate Professor of Studio Art (photography, installation)
Robyn Wiegman, Ph.D. University of Washington, Director of the Program in Women's Studies and Associate Professor of Women's Studies, African-American Studies, and Associate Professor of English (feminist theory, sexuality studies, American cultural studies, race studies)
Judith A. Wilson, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of African-American Studies and Art History (African-American visual culture, post-colonial art and theory, race representation in American visual culture)
African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary program which offers undergraduate students an opportunity to study those societies and cultures established by the people of the African diaspora. The program's curriculum encourages students to investigate the African-American experience from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches. Among the topics explored in the course offerings are the process of colonization and the forced migration of African people, the positionality of African people in the racialized symbolic and social orders of the western hemisphere, the rhetoric produced by and about African people, and the cultural and aesthetic values associated with "blackness" and "Africanness." The IDP offers a major leading to the B.A. degree in African-American Studies and a minor.
Descriptions for courses offered by the departments are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
UCI graduates with a B.A. degree in African-American Studies enhance their chances of success in the job market and in the highly competitive arena of graduate and professional school admissions, especially in the fields of medicine and other health professions, law, and business. Employers and admissions officers understand that many of their employees and graduates will one day work in communities with significant African-American populations, and for this reason they give due consideration to applicants who have in-depth knowledge of African-American culture.
University Requirements: See pages 54-59.
Requirements for the Major
A. Three-quarter core sequence, African-American Studies 40A, 40B, 40C; and African-American Studies 141.
B. Any three lower-division courses selected from Asian American Studies, 60A, B, C (Introduction to Asian American Studies I, II, III), Social Science 61, 62, 63 (Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies I, II, III), Women's Studies 50A (Gender and Feminism in Everyday Life), 50B (Reproducing and Resisting Inequality), 50C (Gender and Popular Culture).
C. Six courses, five of which must be upper-division, distributed as follows from the lists below: two courses from Historical, Political, and Social Formations; two courses from Discourses; one course from Expressive Forms; and one course from Genders and Sexualities.
D. Four upper-division electives selected from an approved list available in the program office.
E. Two years of instruction at the college level in a single language other than English or equivalent.
Examples of courses which have recently been offered for satisfaction of requirement C include the following:
Historical, Political, and Social Formations: Anthropology 164A (African Societies), 164K (South Africa); History 144A (Early American Cultural and Intellectual History), 144B (Nineteenth-Century American Cultural and Intellectual History), 148A (Law and Minorities in the United States), 148B (Topics in Multicultural U.S. History1); Political Science 124A (The Politics of Protest in the U.S.), 154C (Comparative Politics: Four Nations, Three Continents); Psychology and Social Behavior P124D (Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective); Social Science 70A (U.S. Ethnic and Racial Cultures), 70C (Comparing Cultures), 170E (Society and Culture), 170F (History and Culture), 172B (Afro-American Culture).
Discourses: English and Comparative Literature CL 105 (Multicultural Topics in Comparative Literature1), E 105 (Multicultural Topics in English-Language Literature*); French 120 (Twentieth-Century French Literature1), 125 (African Literature of French Expression); History 144E (Racial Thought in America); Women's Studies 162 (Racism and Sexism).
Expressive Forms: African-American Studies 150 (Special Topics in African-American Studies3); Art History 165 (Studies in American Art1); Dance 110 (Ethnic Dance2); Film Studies 198 (when topic is: Melodrama: Black/White); Music 41 (Great Composers1), 78A, B (History of Jazz), 145 (Studies in Twentieth-Century Music1); Social Science 70B (Introduction to Expressive Forms in American Society), 70T (The History of Minorities in American Films), 176A (Afro-Latin American Music); Studio Art 100 (Special Topics in Studio Art1), 121 (Issues in Race and Representation1), 123 (Issues in Cultural Display1), 137 (Projects in Autobiography, Personal Narratives, and Community Histories1).
Genders and Sexualities: African-American Studies 150 (Special Topics in African-American Studiesý); Women's Studies 163 (Women of Color), 180 (Gender, Feminism, and Anthropology1), 181 (Gender, Feminism, and Cognitive Psychology1).
NOTE: Although some courses may be included in one or more of the lists above as well as in the elective list, they will count only once toward satisfaction of the program requirements.
Students must meet on a quarterly basis with their designated faculty advisor who will review their plan of study.
1 When topic is on African-American or African diasporic topics.
2 Two quarters, when content is on African-American or African diasporic topics.
3 When topic is appropriate.
Requirements for the Minor
Completion of African-American Studies 40A, 40B, 40C and four courses (16 units) selected from the Historical, Political, and Social Formations; Discourses; Expressive Forms; and Genders and Sexualities lists or from the elective list available in the program office.
Students select their courses in consultation with their designated faculty advisor. No more than two of these courses may be in the student's major department.
10 Gospel Choir (2). Learning about and performing American spirituals and gospel songs. Approach is one of cultural scholarship rather than "musically straight." Performances are given throughout the year. Corequisite or prerequisite: African American Studies 40A or 40B or 40C. May be repeated for credit.
40A, B, C African American Studies I, II, III (4, 4, 4). Introduction to the main contours of the African-American experience, from the importation of Africans into the Americas to the present. 40A: Focus on the unique expressions of African-American society and culture. Same as History 15B. 40B: Development, characteristics, and significant ideas of "race" in America, from colonial times to into the twentieth century. 40C: African-American culture and identity. (IV, VII-A)
110 Historical, Political, and Social Formations (4). Topics which promote critical investigation into the historical, political, and social formations associated with the African diaspora. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
111A African-American Art: 1650-1900 (4). In Anglo-America, an African visual heritage tied to "pagan" beliefs collided with an iconclastic Protestant culture. Against the odds, African-American architecture, crafts, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, and photography emerged.
111B African-American Art: 1900-Present (4). From the "New Negro" to black cybernauts, the twentieth century has seen an explosion of African-American visual culture. What artistic and social forces produced a Kara Walker or a Jean Michel Basquiat? Is their art ethnically distinct? Aesthetically valid?
130 Special Topics in Discourses (4). Inscripted systems of ideology, knowledge, and value in literature, philosophy, and science. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
131 Race and Visual Representations (4). Why is it good to be "color blind" about race? How do race and vision intersect in our increasingly visual culture? These are some of the questions to be explored via theories of representation and histories of art, fashion, film, and photography.
140 New World Slave Societies and Their Legacies (4). Provides a comparative examination of New World slave societies in the Americas--Mexico, Brazil, Barbados, South Carolina, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and others. Emergence of racial slavery; resistance to European domination; interpenetration of European, African, and Amerindian cultures; legacies of racial slavery.
141 The Black Protest Tradition (4). History and discourses of the black protest tradition. Traces the emergence of black protest against racial slavery and white supremacy from the early colonial period to the present and the complex elaboration of identity politics within black communities in the twentieth century. Prerequisites: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement; upper-division standing.
150 Special Topics in African-American Studies (4). Designed to provide students with an opportunity to do advanced work in African-American studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
160 Special Topics in Expressive Forms (4). Expressions of ideology, knowledge, and value in media (e.g., dance, film, music, and others). May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
170 Special Topics in Genders and Sexualities (4). Expressions of genders and sexualities across the spectrum of African-American experience and creativity. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
198 Directed Group Study (1 to 4). Special topics through directed reading. Paper required. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May taken for credit for a total of 24 units.
199 Independent Study (1 to 4). Investigation of special topics through directed reading. Paper required. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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Ketu H. Katrak, Director
Core Faculty
Yong Chen, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of History and Asian American Studies (Asian American history)
Dorothy Fujita Rony, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and History (Asian American, Filipino American history)
Ketu H. Katrak, Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College, Director and Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Asian American literature, post-colonial literature)
Claire Jean Kim, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Political Science (racial and ethnic politics, protest and social movements, contemporary political 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)
John M. Liu, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of Social Sciences (race/ethnic/minority relations; economy and society)
Glen Mimura, M.A. University of California, Santa Cruz, Acting Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies (interrelationships of the visual to the cultural, emphasis on race, gender, and ethnicity)
Affiliated Faculty
Chuansheng Chen, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Kenneth S. Chew, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Chungmoo Choi, Ph.D. Indiana University, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Hu Ying, Ph.D. Princeton University, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Laura H. Y. Kang, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Comparative Literature
Sanjoy Mazumdar, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Yong Soon Min, M.F.A. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Lois Takahashi, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Bert Winther, Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Assistant Professor of Art History
Asian American Studies is an interdisciplinary program which examines the historical and contemporary experiences of Asians after their arrival in the United States. The curriculum seeks to provide an awareness of the history, culture (e.g., literary and creative art accomplishments), psychology, and social organization of Asian American communities. Students are invited to participate and partake in broadening their understanding of multicultural perspectives within U.S. society. The IDP offers a major leading to the B.A. degree in Asian American Studies, a minor, and a graduate emphasis.
In addition to regular UCI faculty, lecturers who teach on a quarterly basis are an integral part of the Program. A current list of participants is available in the program office.
Scholarship Opportunities. The Ching-Suei Su Endowed Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to sophomores or juniors who are majoring in Asian American Studies, East Asian Languages and Literatures, or Linguistics (with an emphasis on an East Asian language) and who demonstrate academic excellence and campus or community service.
Many career opportunities exist for students who graduate with a B.A. degree in Asian American Studies, such as service with national and international organizations which seek knowledge of American multicultural society in general, and of Asian American peoples and cultures in particular; positions as area specialists with state and federal government agencies; careers in the private sector with corporations or private organizations which have a significant portion of their activities in the U.S. and the Pacific Rim; and positions of service and leadership within Asian American communities. Students may also continue their education and pursue professional or graduate degrees.
University Requirements: See pages 54-59.
Requirements for the Major
A. Five core courses: Asian American Studies 60A, 60B, 60C, 100A, 100B.
B. Ten upper-division electives (two from each of the following areas):
Asian American Studies 110-129 (Humanities/Arts)
Asian American Studies 130-149 (Social Science/Social Ecology)
Asian American Studies 151-160 (Asian American Sub-groups)
Asian American Studies 161-170 (Ethnic/Race/Gender Relations)
Asian American Studies 171-180 (History/Cultural/Political Institutions of Asia)
C. Two elective courses selected from Asian American Studies or from the interdepartmental list available from the IDP counselor. Electives may include Independent Studies/Special Studies courses: Asian American Studies 190-199. Students may request, by petition, one lower-division course to count as an elective.
Students must meet on a quarterly basis with their designated faculty advisor who will review their plan of study.
Residence Requirement for the Major: A minimum of five upper-division courses required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI. Courses taken through the UC Education Abroad Program will be counted toward satisfaction of the residence requirement by student petition and upon prior approval of course content by the Asian American Studies Program Committee.
Requirements for the Minor
Asian American Studies 60A, 60B, 60C, 100B, and four upper-division courses selected from Asian American Studies 100-169, 190-199.
The Program in Asian American Studies offers a graduate emphasis in Asian American Studies, which is available in conjunction with selected departmental graduate programs. Students in the graduate emphasis complete a minimum of four courses, including Asian American Studies 200A and 200B, and two electives, one of which is selected from the student's own department or area of interest, and the other from a discipline outside that department or area.
Subject to the requirements of participating academic units, Ph.D. students in the emphasis will have at least one Asian American Studies core faculty member on their qualifying examination and dissertation committees. This member examines the student on how the proposed research project has been influenced by an Asian American perspective and how, in turn, the research project impacts the field of Asian American Studies.
Applicants to the emphasis must be admitted to a participating UCI graduate program. For complete information about application policies and procedures, as well as the requirements of the emphasis, see the IDP counselor or one of the Asian American Studies faculty members.
50 Introductory Topics in Asian American Studies (4). Introduction to a broad range of topics in Asian-American studies, exploring history, literature, art, culture, politics, and contemporary social issues. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
60A Introduction to Asian American Studies I (4). Examines and compares the diverse experiences of major Asian American groups since the mid-nineteenth century. Topics include: origins of emigration; the formation and transformation of community; gender and family life; changing roles of Asian Americans in American society. Same as History 15C and Social Science 78A. Formerly Humanities 60A. (VII-A)
60B Introduction to Asian American Studies II (4). Examines the renewal of Asian immigration following World War II. Focuses on domestic and international conditions influencing the liberalization of U.S. immigration laws, and the impact of contemporary Asian immigration on the U.S. political economy and social order. Same as Social Science 78B. Formerly Humanities 60B. (VII-A)
60C Introduction to Asian American Studies III (4). Examines selected substantive, methodological, and/or theoretical issues in Asian American Studies. Possible topics include interracial dating and marriage, electoral politics, educational and occupational achievement, participant community research, uses of oral history, underrepresented Asian American ethnic groups and diasporic studies. Same as Social Science 78C. Formerly Humanities 60C. (VII-A)
100A Research Methodologies/Field Research (4). Explores various research methodologies for Asian American Studies combining theoretical knowledge with field research. Goals: conduct field research about immigrants and refugees from Asia. Topics vary: migration and labor, assimilation and cultural preservation, cultural expressions in the diaspora. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
100B Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4). Examines the debates surrounding the use of race and ethnicity in U.S. scholarship. Discussions focus on differing conceptions of both terms, the changes in relationship between the two concepts since the end of the nineteenth century, and specific theoretical formulations particularly in relation to the experience of Asian Americans. Same as Social Science 178A.
110 Asian American Writers (4). Literary analysis of Asian American writers' representations of issues of identity, class, history among others. Variety of literary forms--novel, poem, drama, essay--included in a study of a variety of Asian American ethnic groups. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-A)
111 Asian American History (4). Introduction to important themes in the history of people of Asian ancestry in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-A)
111A Chinatowns in the U.S. (4). Discusses the various communities that Chinese Americans have established in different places and at different times; their significance for Chinese Americans and their prominent place in American racial consciousness. (VII-A)
112 Asian American Art History (4). Investigation of Asian American experience expressed by art and visual culture throughout the twentieth century. Art by Asian Americans of diverse backgrounds as well as the history of cultural visualization of Asian identities in American art/visual culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
114 Asian American Film and Video (4). Topics include histories of Asian American film and video, including documentaries, experimental, short subjects, feature-length independent film, and other forms of cinematic expression. Explores issues of identity (national, racial, gendered, among others). May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
115 Asian American Media and Arts (4). Includes the study of Asian American history and society through the analysis of a variety of media forms such as painting, music, cinema, video, and other artistic representations. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
131 Asian American Politics (4). Provides various overviews of politics within Asian American communities. May compare with African American and/or Latino politics. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
141 Asian American Psychology (4). Examines the social and psychological concerns of Asian Americans; e.g., coping with racial prejudice, maintaining bicultural identities, dealing with cross-cultural conflicts in interracial relationships, and trying to reconcile generational differences between immigrant parents and their American-born children. Same as Psychology 174A. (VII-A)
150 Special Topics in Asian American Studies (4). Analyzes a variety of themes in Asian American Studies--identity, history, culture--from various interdisciplinary perspectives in humanities, arts, social sciences. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Formerly Humanities 160. (VII-A)
151 Asian American Ethnic Groups (4). Topics include study of the history, culture, and social formations of diverse Asian American subgroups such as Pacific Islanders, Hmong, Thai, Indonesian, Indian subcontinental, among others. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-A)
151A Filipina/Filipino American History Pre-1965 (4). Introduces students to major themes and issues of pre-1965 Filipina/Filipino American history: nationalism, migration, labor, region, colonization, social organizations, and education. (VII-A)
151B Filipina/Filipino American History Post-1965 (4). Explores the history of Filipina/Filipino Americans in the post-1965 era. Examines migration, colonization, labor; investigates community formation focusing on Los Angeles, Hawai'i, and San Diego. Undertakes issues surrounding politics, education, the arts, and identity. (VII-A)
151C The Korean American Experience (4). Explores the factors that have distinctly shaped the Korean American experience, including patterns of racial domination, the profile of immigrant flow, immigrant roles in the urban political economy, politics in Korea, and the role of the church. Same as Social Science 178C. (VII-A)
151D The Vietnamese American Experience (4). Studies the resettlement of Vietnamese in the United States following their exodus from Southeast Asia. Topics discussed include the Vietnam War, the 1975 evacuation, boat and land refugees, the shaping of Vietnamese communities, and Vietnamese American literature. Same as Social Science 178D. (VII-A)
151E The Japanese American Experience (4). Studies the settlement of Japanese in Hawaii and the continental United States since the late nineteenth century. Topics covered include sugar plantations, development of rural Japanese America, World War II internment, post-War community development, and persistence of Japanese American identity. Same as Social Science 178E. (VII-A)
151F South Asian American Experience (4). Examines and compares the experiences of South Asian immigrants in the U.S. over time. Looks at the economic, political, and social positions of the immigrants, with special emphasis on religious changes and the changes in the second and later generations. Same as Anthropology 125Y.
151G Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (4). Discusses the different histories, cultures, religious practices of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Examines the experiences of indigenous peoples and Asian immigrants in the Pacific and their links to the continental United States. (VII-A)
161 Ethnic and Racial Communities (4). Examines various theoretical analyses of race and ethnicity, particularly as they apply to Asian Americans. Also explores the relationship of Asian Americans to other racialized minorities in the U.S. Same as Social Science 175B. (VII-A)
162 Asian American Women (4). Examines the representations and experiences of Asian American women from diverse perspectives. Explores the commonalities and differences among various groups of Asian American women, with particular focus on history, culture, values, and family roles. Same as Social Science 178B. (VII-A)
163 Asian American Women's Film (4). Explores the social significance of film and video made by Asian American women in relation to issues of race, representation, and social change. These film and video makers use these media to raise complex issues of class, politics, and race interacting with gender. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
171 Topics in Asian Studies (4). Various surveys of topics focusing on Asia/Asian cultures, arts, histories, social and political institutions. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-B)
173 Topics in East Asian Studies (4). Analysis of East Asian literary works in translation. Taught in English. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-B)
197 Field Research: Asian Immigrants and Refugees in Orange County (4). Instruction in field work methodology via research projects involving the local communities of immigrants and refugees from Asia. Open only to School of Social Sciences and Asian American Studies majors. Same as Anthropology 161T. (VII-A)
199 Independent Study (1 to 4). Directed reading and research in consultation with a faculty member. Substantial written work required. Prerequisite: consent of sponsoring faculty member. May be repeated for credit.
200A Theory and Methods (4). Examines major theoretical and methodological issues in Asian American Studies. Topics covered include the social construction of race and identity, the intersection with class and gender, and the relationship between quantitative and qualitative approaches.
200B Contemporary Issues (4). Examines major contemporary issues debated within the field of Asian American Studies. Topics include: configurations of communities, relations with other communities of color, cultural expressive forms, transnationalism/diaspora, and strategies for empowerment.
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E-mail: clsp@uci.edu
World Wide Web: http://www.ss.uci.edu/clstudies
Robert Garfias, Director
Faculty
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Professor of Spanish
Leo Chávez, Ph.D. Stanford University, Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology
Héctor L. Delgado, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Sociology
John Dombrink, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Social Ecology
Raúl Fernández, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Professor of Social Sciences
Jeff Garcilazo, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History
Robert Garfias, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Director of Chicano/Latino Studies and Professor of Anthropology
Gilbert González, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Social Sciences and Education
Louis F. Mirón, Ph.D. Tulane University, Chair of the Department of Education, Associate Professor of Education and Social Sciences, and Director of the Center for Collaborative Research in Education
Alejandro Morales, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Professor of Spanish
Arthur Rubel, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine
Jacobo Sefamí, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Associate Professor of Spanish
Caesar D. Sereseres, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Political Science
Luis Villarreal, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurology
The minor in Chicano/Latino Studies is an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to provide an awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the language, history, culture, literature, sociology, anthropology, politics, social ecology, health, medicine, and creative (art, dance, drama, film, music) accomplishments in the Chicano/Latino communities. The minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
Three-quarter core course in Chicano/Latino Studies: Social Science 61, 62, 63 (Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies I, II, III). The first three quarters are lecture courses open to all students. A fourth quarter core course, Social Science 168 (Chicano/Latino Research Seminar) is approved for upper-division writing credit if completed with a grade of C or better.
Spanish 2A (Intermediate Spanish) or equivalent knowledge of Spanish. Students are encouraged, regardless of their major, to take as many Spanish language courses as their study plan allows.
One course in Chicano/Latino history or culture selected from: Spanish 110C (Chicano History), 142 (Chicano Culture); History 151A, 151B (Chicana/Chicano History), 198 (Directed Group Study, when topic is on Chicano history); Social Science 167 (Chicano/Chicana Labor History), 172D (Chicano Culture), 173F (Chicano History), 173H (History of Chicano Education), 176A (Afro-Latin American Music).
One course in Mexican history selected from: History 161A (Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico), 161B (Nineteenth-Century Mexico), 161C (Twentieth-Century Mexico), or one course in Mexican literature: Spanish 186 (Selected Topics in Latin American Literature, when topic is Mexican literature).
One course in Chicano/Latino literature selected from: Spanish 140A, 140B (Chicano Literature); Comparative Literature CL 9 (when topic is Chicano/Latino Literature), CL 105 (when topic is Chicano/Latino literature); English E 105 (when topic is Chicano/Latino literature).
Two courses in topics related to Chicano/Latino Studies selected from: Anthropology 134E (Ways of Healing), 138Q (Latino Music: A View of Its Diversity and Strength); 138S (Music of Greater Mexico); Criminology, Law and Society J111 (Latinos and the Law); Education 124 (Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools); Environmental Analysis and Design E143U (Social Ecology of the Borderlands); Political Science 126A (Mexican-Americans and Politics), 126C (U.S. Immigration Policy), 129 (Special Topics in American Politics and Society, when topic is Chicano/Latino politics), 145B (U.S.-Mexican Relations); Psychology 174F (Chicano/ Latino Psychology), 179 (when topic is Chicano Latino Families); Social Science 166 (Latino Social Movements and Organizations), 172D (Chicano Culture), 173G (Film Media and the Latino Community), 173I (Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexican Border), 173K-L (Comparative Latino Populations I, II), 196 (Field Studies in Multicultural Environment); Spanish 160 (Topics in Hispanic Film Studies); or other courses listed by the Chicano/Latino Studies program.
Residence Requirement: Other than the language requirement, a minimum of six courses toward the minor must be completed at UCI.
While students will be responsible for designing their minor according to the above requirements, the curriculum should be planned in consultation with Chicano/Latino Studies Program (CLSP) faculty. Curricula must receive approval from one faculty member in CLSP as well as the Director or designated representative. Students must also file an intent to pursue the minor with the CLSP office.
In addition to satisfying the requirements for the minor, students are encouraged to take advantage of the variety of unique educational opportunities available at UCI. Through the Education Abroad Program (EAP), students receive academic credit while studying at universities in Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, or Spain. Internship opportunities with private and public institutions concerned with the Chicano/Latino communities are available in Orange County, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C. Independent research with faculty on Chicano/Latino issues is also encouraged. Student research is conducted and given academic credit through independent study or group research courses offered in each academic unit. The Summer University Research Fellowship (SURF), the Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP), and the Pregraduate Mentorship Program (PGMP) are examples of programs at UCI which allow students to work as research assistants with professors.
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Wayne Sandholtz, Director
Faculty
Dennis Aigner, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management and Economics
Scott A. Bollens, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Peter A. Bowler, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Adjunct Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Environmental Analysis and Design, UC Natural Reserve System Academic Coordinator, and Director of the UCI Arboretum
Teresa P. Caldeira, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Russell Dalton, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy and Professor of Political Science
Joseph DiMento, Ph.D., J.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Social Ecology and Management
Michelle Garfinkel, Ph.D. Brown University, Associate Professor of Economics
Paula Garb, Ph.D., U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Associate Director of Global Peace and Conflict Studies and Associate Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences and Social Ecology
John Graham, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management
Susan Greenhalgh, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Lawrence A. Howard, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Lecturer in Social Sciences
Karl Hufbauer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History
Helen Ingram, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Social Ecology and of Politics and Society, and Drew, Chace, and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation
Jon Jacobson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History
Jon Lawrence, Ph.D. University of Rochester, Chair of the Department of Physics and Professor of Physics
Herbert Lehnert, Ph.D. University of Kiel, Research Professor of German
Guy de Mallac, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor Emeritus of Russian
Lynn Mally, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Director of the Curriculum in Russian and Associate Professor of History
Julius Margolis, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Richard Matthew, Ph.D. Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science
William M. Maurer, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Richard McCleary, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Professor of Social Ecology
Martin C. McGuire, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor of Economics and Management, and Clifford and Elaine Heinz Chair in the Economics and Public Policy of Peace
Calvin McLaughlin, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Ophthalmology, and Community and Environmental Medicine
Seymour Menton, Ph.D. New York University, Research Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Patrick Morgan, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Political Science and Thomas T. and Elizabeth Tierney Chair in Peace Studies
Keith Nelson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History
Riley Newman, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
Margot Norris, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Department Chair and Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Richard W. Perry, J.D. Stanford, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Social Ecology
Shawn Rosenberg, M. Litt. University of Oxford, Associate Professor of Political Science
F. Sherwood Rowland, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Research Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science, and Bren Chair
Wayne Sandholtz, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Director of Global Peace and Conflict Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science
Roland Schinzinger, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Caesar Sereseres, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Political Science
Stergios Skaperdas, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor of Economics
David A. Smith, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Ecology
Etel Solingen, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Political Science
Alec Stone, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Political Science
Rein Taagepera, Ph.D. University of Delaware, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
John Torpey, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Sociology
John M. Whiteley, Ed.D. Harvard University, Chair (Acting) of the Department of Environmental Analysis and Design and Professor of Social Ecology
Murray Wolfson, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Adjunct Professor of Economics
The minor in Conflict Resolution, sponsored by the IDP in Global Peace and Conflict Studies, is an interdisciplinary curriculum that can help students both discover and prepare themselves for professional careers. The course of study provides skills in conflict analysis and resolution and a useful understanding of integrative institutions at the local, regional, and international levels. Conflict plays a key role in all areas of our lives, and has placed a shaping role in the history of nations. It can have destructive or constructive potential. This program explores how conflict arises, how it is represented and discussed, how it is prevented, mitigated, managed, and used for change in interpersonal relations, within and between organizations and other kinds of groups inside nations, and in conflict between nations. The minor consists of seven four-unit courses and two two-unit courses.
Course descriptions are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Requirements for the Minor
Three core courses: History 11 (Introduction to Peace and Conflict), Political Science 43D (Global Security and Cooperation), and Political Science 154G/Anthropology 136D (Conflict Management in Cross-Cultural Perspective).
Two relevant upper-division courses: These are examples of courses offered: Economics 148A-B (Political Economy of National Defense I, II); English and Comparative Literature CL 100 (The Literature of World War I, Imagining War and Peace), E 105 (The Literature of Modern War); Environmental Analysis and Design E100U (International Environmental Issues), E113, E114 (Social Ecology of Peace I, II); Environmental Analysis and Design E105U/Criminology, Law and Society J128 (Environmental Law); History 190 (Multinationals and Tribes); Management 181 (Managing Organizational Behavior); Political Science 142G (U.S. Coercive Diplomacy), 143C (Arms Control and International Security); 147A (International Cooperation); Psychology and Social Behavior P175P (Violence in Society); Sociology 141 (Organizations), 178 (Sociology of Peace and War).
The GPACS Forum: Social Sciences/Social Ecology/Humanities 183A. Students attend forum lectures presented by scholars from a variety of institutions on topics related to peace, conflict, and global cooperation. The course must be taken twice and carries two units of credit, Pass/Not Pass only.
Senior Seminar in Conflict Resolution: Social Sciences/Social Ecology/Humanities 183B-C. Designed for seniors (juniors may also enroll) who are pursuing the minor in Conflict Resolution and/or the International Studies major. The courses provide a forum in which students refine skills and theory in the study of cooperation and conflict, from local to global arenas. Each course carries four units of credit. The second course (183C) confers upper-division writing credit when completed with a grade of C or better.
The GPACS Theme House Discussions
Students are encouraged to participate in the weekly discussions and other events on international peace and conflict held at the GPACS Theme House. Student enroll in the Theme House course (Social Sciences 184D) for two units of credit per quarter.
