INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, CONTINUED

Civic and Community Engagement
Global Sustainability
History and Philosophy of Science
Native American Studies

Minor in Civic and Community Engagement

http://www.due.uci.edu/engagement_minor/ 

Paula Garb, Director

Core Faculty

Peter J. Bryant, Professor Emeritus of Developmental and Cell Biology

William J. Cooper, Director of the Urban Water Research Center (UWRC) and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Paula Garb, Director of the Minor in Civic and Community Engagement, Co-Director of the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, and Lecturer in Anthropology

Gillian Hayes, Assistant Professor of Informatics

Joseph Mahoney, Associate Professor of Education and of Psychology and Social Behavior

Virginia Mann, Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Education

Carrie J. Noland, Professor of French

James S. Nowick, Professor of Chemistry

Ellen F. Olshansky, Director of the Program in Nursing Science and Professor, Program in Nursing Science

Jone L. Pearce, Co-Director of the Center for Leadership and Team Development and Dean's Professor of Management

Affiliated Faculty

Molly Lynch, Associate Professor of Dance

Michael J. Montoya, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Chicano/Latino Studies, and Public Health

Bill Tomlinson, Associate Professor of Informatics

Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Assistant Professor of African American Studies

Maria Estela Zarate, Assistant Professor of Education

The minor in Civic and Community Engagement is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to engage as citizens and active community members in the twenty-first century. The minor is distinguished both by what students learn, and by how they learn it.

Teaching and learning. The minor introduces students from majors across the campus to the traditions and public movements of service and their historical and contemporary philosophical underpinnings. The minor provides a theoretical and empirical framework to increase students' understanding of public problems (environmental, social, and other) from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Students learn about strategies to address public problems, including through public policy; through the involvement of community-based and nonprofit organizations; and through the cultivation of leadership. The minor helps students build on their major programs of study to make connections between public problems and issues of equity and social justice.

Research. The minor increases students' knowledge of the epistemological and methodological underpinnings of community-based research as a strategy for understanding and addressing public problems.

Service. The minor helps students to ground their understanding of public problems by participating in service-learning opportunities and by reflecting critically on those experiences.

The minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic department sections of the Catalogue.

More information about the minor in Civic and Community Engagement is available from the Division of Undergraduate Education, at (949) 824-3291 or at cceminor@uci.edu, or online at http://www.due.uci.edu/engagement_minor/.

Requirements for the Minor

Completion of eight courses (28 units total). A maximum of two courses for the minor may overlap with courses required for a student's major or for another minor.

A.   University Studies 10.

B.   University Studies 100.

C.   Four upper-division elective courses related to public problems and civic and community engagement, from the following:

   Environmental Stewardship: Biological Sciences E150, E181, E189, 191A-B, 191C, Earth System Science 180, 182, 190A-B, 190C, Economics 145E, International Studies 120, Planning, Policy, and Design 131, 132, 136, 139, Political Science 143D, Public Health 160, 164, Social Ecology 186A-B, 186C.

   Educational Equity: Asian American Studies 139, Chicano/Latino Studies 182, Economics 158, Education 104E, 121, 124, 128, 132, 139, 150, 160, 182, Social Ecology 181, Studio Art 149.

   Health and Communities: Anthropology 128B, 134G, Asian American Studies 134, Chicano/Latino Studies 176, History 136B, Informatics 171, International Studies 122, Nursing Science 170, Philosophy 131C, Planning, Policy, and Design 111, 112, 170, Public Health 122, 143, 147, 167, 168, 173, Social Ecology E127, 131, Women's Studies 165B.

   Public History and Public Art: African American Studies 111A, 111B, 138, Art History 140A, 140B, 140C, 163, 164A, 164B, 164C, Asian American Studies 137, Chicano/Latino Studies 132A, 132B, 134, 135, Classics 175, Comparative Literature 100A, 105, 107, 140, Dance 110, Drama 103, 122, English 105, History 130B, 142A, 148B, 150, 151A, 151B, 151C, 152, Music 148, Religious Studies 106, 120, 130, Spanish 110C, Studio Art 116, 121, 123A.

   Global Citizenship: Anthropology 125X, 136D, Chicano/Latino Studies 161, 163, Global Cultures 191, International Studies 121, Planning, Policy, and Design 140, Political Science 126C, 146A, 153E, 154G, 172A, Social Ecology E113.

   Social Justice: African American Studies 115, 117, 124, 128, 132A, Anthropology 121D, Asian American Studies 138, 161, 167, Chicano/Latino Studies 148, Comparative Literature 130, Criminology, Law and Society C120, Film and Media Studies 130, History 146, 152B, Philosophy 131A, Planning, Policy, and Design 102, 113, Psychology 127G, Psychology and Social Behavior 114D, Social Science 175B, Sociology 167A, Women's Studies 110A, 110B, 157B, 158B.

   Leadership and Public Policy: African American Studies 151, 162, Anthropology 136D, Asian American Studies 132, Chicano/Latino Studies 147, 152A, International Studies 152A, Planning, Policy, and Design 166, 169, Political Science 121E, 124A, 124C, 126D, 134A, 154G, Social Science 181, 184A, 184B.

   Additional elective courses may be substituted by petition.

D.   Eight units of an approved internship related to civic and community engagement. Internships will typically be completed over one or more quarters. Internships must be approved for credit toward the minor. See the Web site for the minor for a list of hours of community service-learning for internship options at http://www.due.uci.edu/engagement_minor/.

Minor in Global Sustainability

321 Steinhaus Hall; (949) 824-6006; Fax (949) 824-2181
http://www.ess.uci.edu/content/minor-global-sustainability
Peter A. Bowler, Director

Director of the UCI Arboretum and Herbarium, Faculty Manager of the UC Natural Reserve System Burns Piñon Ridge and San Joaquin Marsh Reserves, and Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The interdisciplinary minor in Global Sustainability trains students to understand the changes that are needed 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 atmospheric carbon dioxide and other molecules that are instrumental in exacerbating 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 human societies 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 and interrelationships of 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. Courses in addition to those already approved for the minor (below) may be petitioned, and the list will be updated on an annual basis.

Requirements for the Minor

Completion of an introductory course anthology that may include any three of the following in any order (one from each group):

Earth System Science 1 (The Physical Environment), Earth System Science 3 (Oceanography), Earth System Science 5 (The Atmosphere), Earth System Science 15 (Introduction to Global Climate Change), University Studies 13A (Environmental Studies I).

Biological Sciences 6 (Tropical Biology: Race to Save the Tropics), Biological Sciences 9K (Global-Change Biology; same as Earth System Science 13), Biological Sciences 55 (Introduction to Ecology), Biological Sciences 65 (Biodiversity and Conservation), Biological Sciences 94 (From Organisms to Ecosystems), Planning, Policy, and Design 131 (Environmental Sustainability I; same as Earth System Science 180), Planning, Policy, and Design 132 (Environmental Sustainability II; same as Earth System Science 182), University Studies 13B (Environmental Studies II).

Anthropology 30A (Global Issues in Anthropological Perspective), Anthropology 41A (Global Cultures and Society), Social Ecology E8 (Introduction to Environmental Analysis and Design), Sociology 44 (Population), Political Science 41A (Introduction to International Relations), Public Health 30 (Human Environments), Public Health 60 (Environmental Quality and Health), University Studies 13C (Environmental Studies III).

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. While courses from the introductory course list (above) apply, the same course may not be used to complete both the introductory lower-division sequence and the supplemental three courses. As they arise, additional courses may be petitioned to fulfill this requirement as well as the lower-division introductory category. Students may select from the following list:

Biological Sciences: Biological Sciences 6 (Tropical Biology: Race to Save the Tropics), 9K (Global-Change Biology; same as Earth System Science 13), 55 (Introduction to Ecology), 94 (From Organisms to Ecosystems), 65 (Biodiversity and Conservation), E106 (Processes in Ecology and Evolution), E118 (Ecosystem Ecology; same as Earth System Science 164), E150 (Conservation Biology), E175 (Restoration Ecology), E178 (Ocean Ecology), E179 (Limnology and Freshwater Biology), E182 (Mediterranean Ecosystems), E186 (Population and Community Ecology), E189 (Environmental Ethics), University Studies 13B (Environmental Studies II).

Physical Sciences: Earth System Sciences 1 (The Physical Environment), 3 (Oceanography), 5 (The Atmosphere), 13 (Global-Change Biology; same as Biological Sciences 9K), 15 (Introduction to Global Climate Change), 25 (Introduction to Earth and Environmental Sciences), 51 (Land Interactions), 55 (Earth's Atmosphere), 60A (Fundamental Processes in Earth and Environmental Studies), 60B (Local and Regional Environmental Issues), 60C (Global Environmental Issues), 164 (Ecosystems Ecology; same as Biological Sciences E118), 180 (Environmental Sustainability I; same as Planning, Policy, and Design 131), 182 (Environmental Sustainability II; same as Planning, Policy, and Design 132), Public Health 90 (Natural Disasters), University Studies 13A (Environmental Studies I).

Social Sciences/Social Ecology/Public Health: Anthropology 2 (Introduction to Anthropology), 2A (Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology), 30A (Global Issues in Anthropological Perspective), 41A (Global Cultures and Society), 125A (Economic Anthropology), 125B (Ecological Anthropology); Social Ecology E8 (Introduction to Environmental Analysis and Design), E113 (Social Ecology of Peace; same as International Studies 121); Planning, Policy, and Design 131 (Environmental Sustainability I, same as Earth System Science 180), Planning, Policy, and Design 132 (Environmental Sustainability II, same as Earth System Science 182), Planning, Policy, and Design 134 (Human Ecology), Planning, Policy, and Design 136 (Global Environmental Issues, same as International Studies 120 and Political Science 143D); Sociology 44 (Population); Political Science 41A (Introduction to International Relations), Public Health 30 (Human Environments), Public Health 60 (Environmental Quality and Health), Public Health 90 (Natural Disasters); University Studies 13C (Environmental Studies III).

Senior Seminar on Global Sustainability I, II, III: To fulfill the requirements for the minor, students must complete Biological Sciences 191A-B-CW (same as Earth System Science 190A-B-CW and Social Ecology 186A-B-CW), which includes a seminar, directed study, and independent research in a relevant area. This work forms the basis for the senior research paper.

Minor in the History and Philosophy of Science

(949) 824-6495
Brian Skyrms, Director

Participating Faculty

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

Jeffrey A. Barrett, UCI Chancellor's Fellow, Department Chair and Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science

William H. Batchelder, Professor of Cognitive Sciences

Paul C. Eklof, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Matthew D. Foreman, Professor of Mathematics and of Logic and Philosophy of Science

Douglas M. Haynes, Director of the ADVANCE Program for Faculty Equity and Diversity and Associate Professor of History

Donald Hoffman, Professor of Cognitive Sciences

Karl G. Hufbauer, Professor Emeritus of History

Mary-Louise Kean, Professor Emerita of Cognitive Sciences

Stuart M. Krassner, Professor Emeritus of Developmental and Cell Biology

J. Karel Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

R. Duncan Luce, UCI Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences and Economics

Penelope Maddy, UCI Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and of Mathematics

Louis Narens, Professor of Cognitive Sciences

Alan Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Riley Newman, Professor Emeritus of Physics

Robert Newsom, Professor Emeritus of English

Terence D. Parsons, Professor of Philosophy, UCLA

A. Kimball Romney, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Michael R. Rose, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jonas Schultz, Professor Emeritus of Physics

Brian Skyrms, 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, Research Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Peter Woodruff, 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 135B, 135C, 135D, 135E, Philosophy 110-115 (when topic is science), Psychology 120H; and (3) three courses selected from Linguistics 141, 143, Logic and Philosophy of Science 106, 108, 140, 141A, 141B, 141C, 141D, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147.

Minor in Native American Studies

https://eee.uci.edu/clients/tcthorne/idp/  

Participating Faculty

Rachel O'Toole, Assistant Professor of History

Justin B. Richland, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society

Jaime E. Rodríguez, Professor Emeritus of History

Gabriele Schwab, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Patricia Seed, Professor of History

Tanis Thorne, Lecturer in History

Steven C. Topik, 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. The research and teaching interests of faculty from different departments enrich study in the minor.

The minor is open to all UCI students. Advising information is available from the undergraduate counseling offices in the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Course descriptions are available in the academic department sections and at http://eee.uci.edu/clients/tcthorne/idp/.

Requirements for the Minor

Core courses: History 12 (Native American Religion 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); Criminology, Law and Society C158 (U.S. Law and Native Americans); Education 124 (Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools); History 161A (Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico); Social Science 175B (Ethnic and Racial Communities); 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 Literature in English); History 169 (Topics in Latin American History); Sociology 149 (Special Topics: Structures), 169 (Special Topics: Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity).