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 minors are offered by the IDPs in African-American Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano/ Latino Studies, Global Peace and Conflict Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, and Latin American Studies. A graduate degree program is offered by the IDP in Transportation Science. The IDP in Women's Studies offers a major, a minor, and a graduate emphasis.
In addition, interdisciplinary minors in Global Sustainability, Native American Studies, and Religious Studies are available.
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Lindon W. Barrett, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of English
Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Music
Dickson D. Bruce, Jr., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Professor of History
Thelma Foote, Ph.D. Harvard University, Assistant Professor of History and African-American Studies
Douglas M. Haynes, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of History
Anthony James, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Abdul JanMohamed, Ph.D. Brandeis University, Director of African-American Studies and Professor of English
Bernard Johnson, A.A.S. Fashion Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Dance
Steven Mailloux, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Associate Dean of Humanities, Graduate Study, and Professor of English
Donald McKayle, Professor of Dance
James Newton, B.M. California State University, Los Angeles, Professor of Music
John Carlos Rowe, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Director of the UCI Critical Theory Institute and Professor of English
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Elaine Vaughn, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Pat Ward Williams, M.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Art, Associate Professor of Studio Art
The minor in 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 investigated 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 minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Core course: Completion of Humanities 51A, 51B, 51C (Introduction to African-American Studies I, II, III).
Four relevant elective courses (16 units): No more than two of these courses may be in the student's major department. Appropriate courses are to be selected by the student and must be approved by the African-American Studies Steering Committee. Students may select from:
Education: Education 124 (Perspectives on Multicultural Education).
Fine Arts: Dance 110 (Ethnic Dance), Music 78A, 78B (History of Jazz).
Humanities: English and Comparative Literature E8 (Major American Writers), CL9 (Introduction to Multicultural Topics in Literature), E105 (Multicultural Topics in English-Language Literature), CL105 (Multicultural Topics in Comparative Literature), E150 (Topics in Literature for Nonmajors); French 120 (Twentieth-Century French Literature: Proust), 125 (African Literature of French Expression); History 148A (Law and Minorities in the U.S.), 150 (Topics in African-American History), 180 (Special Studies in Social History: New World Slave Society; Civil War/Reconstruction), 190 (Colloquium: History of American Racism); Humanities 150 (Topics in African-American Studies).
Social Sciences: Anthropology 121D (Cross-Cultural Studies of Gender), 164A (African Societies), 164K (South Africa); Political Science 154A (The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa), 154C (Comparative Politics: Four Nations, Three Continents); Psychology 174B (Social Psychology of African-American Families), 174E (Psychology of the Afro-American); Social Sciences 70A (Introduction to Minority Cultures in American Society), 70B (Introduction to Expressive Forms in American Society), 70C (Comparing Cultures), 70T (The History of Minorities in American Films), 170E (Society and Culture), 170F (History and Culture), 170H (Religion and Culture), 172B (Afro-American Culture), 176A (Afro-Latin American Music).
Women's Studies: Women's Studies 162 (Racism and Sexism), 163 (Women of Color), 180A (Cross-Cultural Studies of Gender; same as Anthropology 121D), 181A (Social Psychology of African-American Families; same as Psychology 174B).
Students may petition to the director to request that other relevent courses satisfy the minor requirements.
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Yong Chen, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of History and Asian American Studies
Dorothy Fujita-Rony, Ph.D. Yale University, Assistant Professor of History and Asian American Studies
Claire J. Kim, Ph.D. Yale University, Acting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Karen Leonard, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Professor of Anthropology
John M. Liu, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of Social Sciences
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.The minor in Asian American Studies is an interdisciplinary curriculum which examines the historical and contemporary experiences of Asians after their arrival in the United States. The minor 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 minor is open to all UCI students. Course descriptions are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Four core courses: Social Sciences 78A, 78B, 78C (Introduction to Asian American Studies I, II, III; cross-listed with Humanities 60A-B-C; History 15C is crosslisted with Humanities 60A and Social Sciences 78A); Social Sciences 178A (Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in the United States).
Four upper-division elective courses selected from: Anthropology 161T (Field Studies: Asian Immigrants and Refugees in Orange County); Education 124 (Perspectives on Multicultural Education); Environmental Analysis and Design E102 (Cultural Ecology and Environmental Design), E152U (Introduction to Urban Geography); History 152 (Asian American Labor History, Asian Americans and the American West, Chinese American Experience, Filipino American Experience); Political Science 29 (Asian American Politics), 126B (Urban Policy Analysis), 129 (Politics of Protest); Psychology 174A (Asian American Psychology); Social Ecology 100 (California's Population); Social Sciences 175B (Racial and Ethnic Communities), 178B (Asian American Women), 178C (Korean American Experience), 178D (Vietnamese American Experience), 178E (Japanese American Experience), 178F (South Asian American Experience); Sociology 59 (Asian American Families).
Students may petition to the director to request that other relevent courses satisfy the minor requirements.
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Louis F. Mirón, Director
Richard Barrutia, Ph.D. University of Texas, Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Professor of Spanish
Leo Chávez, Ph.D. Stanford University, Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology
John Dombrink, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Ecology, and Associate Professor of Social Ecology
Raul Fernández, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Professor of Social Sciences
L. Manuel García y Griego, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Political Science
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, Professor of Anthropology
Gilbert González, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Social Sciences
María Herrera-Sobek, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Spanish
Louis F. Mirón, Ph.D. Tulane University, Director of Chicano/Latino Studies and Associate Professor of Education and Cognitive Sciences
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, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
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
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.
Three-quarter core course in Chicano/Latino Studies: Social Sciences 173 K-L-M (Comparative Latino Populations I-II-III). The first two quarters are lecture courses open to all students; the third quarter is a research seminar on Chicano/Latino topics which is open only to students in the minor and which receives upper-division writing credit.
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 (when topic is on Chicano history); Social Sciences 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), 161B (Nineteenth Century), 161C (Twentieth Century), 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); English E 105 (when topic is Chicano/Latino literature); Comparative Literature CL9 (when topic is Chicano/Latino Literature), CL 105 (when topic is Chicano/Latino literature).
Two courses in topics related to Chicano/Latino Studies selected from: Anthropology 138Q (Latino Music: A View of Its Diversity and Strength); Education 124 (Perspectives on Multicultural Education); Environmental Analysis and Design E143U (Social Ecology of the Borderlands); Political Science 126A (Mexican-Americans and Politics), 126C (U.S. Immigration Policy), 129 (when topic is Chicano/Latino politics), 145B (U.S.-Mexico Relations); Social Sciences 172D (Chicano Culture),173G (Film Media and the Latino Community), 173I (Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexican Border), 196 (Field Study in Multicultural Environment; Spanish 160 (Topics in Hispanic Film Studies); or other courses listed by the Chicano/Latino Studies program.
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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Patrick Morgan, Director
Dennis Aigner, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Dean of the Graduate School of Management and Professor of Management
Russell Dalton, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Chair of the Department of Politics and Society and Professor of Political Science
Joseph DiMento, Ph.D., J.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Social Ecology and Management
L. Manuel García y Griego, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Politics and Society
Michelle Garfinkel, Ph.D. Brown University, Associate Professor of Economics
Paula Garb, Ph.D., U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Lecturer in Social Sciences and Global Peace and Conflict Studies, and Associate Director of Global Peace and Conflict Studies
John Graham, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management
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
Sung-Chull Lee, Ph.D. University of Kansas, Assistant Professor of Political Science
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, Associate Professor of History
Julius Margolis, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Richard McCleary, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Professor of Social Ecology
Martin C. McGuire, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor of Economics and Management and Heinz Family 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, Director of Global Peace and Conflict Studies, 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, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Frederick Reines, Ph.D. New York University, UCI Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics
Shawn Rosenberg, M. Litt. University of Oxford, Associate Professor of Political Science and Social Psychology
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, 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
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, Associate Professor of Political Science
Alec Stone, Ph.D. University of Washington, Associate Professor of Political Science
Rein Taagepera, Ph.D. University of Delaware, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
John M. Whiteley, Ed.D. Harvard University, Acting Chair 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 Global Peace and Conflict Studies is an interdisciplinary curriculum which addresses the problem of international violence; the threat of global war; and paths to world-wide cooperation in building a secure, prosperous, and democratic future. The minor is available through the School of Humanities, the School of Social Ecology, and the School of Social Sciences. The minor and its courses, however, are open to all UCI students.
Participants in the minor must complete the equivalent of ten courses, beginning in the sophomore year with an introductory series and culminating with the senior Peace and Conflict Seminar. The student selects the remainder of the courses comprising the minor from an approved list of upper-division courses and must organize these choices in consultation with a panel of the participating faculty into a coherent interdisciplinary program complementary to the student's major.
Course descriptions are available in the academic unit sections of the Catalogue.
Three courses: History 11 (Introduction to Peace and Conflict), Political Science 41A (Introduction to International Relations), and either Environmental Analysis and Design E117 (Nuclear Environments), Political Science 42A (Nuclear Arms and Global Conflicts), or Physics 16 (Physics of Global Issues).
Four relevant upper-division courses: These are examples of courses offered: Anthropology 139 (Conflict Management in Cross-Cultural Perspective); Economics 148 (Political Economy of National Defense); 161C (International Trade and Commercial Policy); English and Comparative Literature CL104 (Modern War in Literature and Art), E 105 (Imaging War and Peace); Environmental Analysis and Design E113, E114 (Social Ecology of Peace I, II); History 126A, B, C (European International History), 158A (The Rise and Fall of U.S. Power), 195 (Arms Control Simulation); Philosophy 132 (Political and Social Philosophy); Political Science 142D, E, F (U.S. Foreign Policy); 143C (Arms Control and International Security), 143D (Global Security and Cooperation), 149A (Ethnic and Religious Conflict), 149B (Global Environmental Politics), 152D-E (Post-Soviet Politics); Social Science 184D (Global Peace and Conflict Studies: Current Topics); and Sociology 178 (Sociology of Peace and War).
(With approval of the Global Peace and Conflict Studies faculty, a relevant lower-division course may be substituted for one of the upper-division courses.)
The Senior Seminar on Peace and Conflict: Humanities 181A-B-C (same as Social Sciences 184A-B-C and Social Ecology 185A-B-C). Students attend and subsequently discuss weekly forum talks given by scholars from a variety of institutions on topics related to peace, conflict, and global cooperation. In the first two quarters of this sequence students prepare for a research paper to be written in the third quarter, which confers upper-division writing credit. The three quarters of the Seminar sequence carry respectively, two, four, and four units of credit.
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.
