printer friendly pageCHEM 27N: Light and Life
Preference given to freshmen. Light plays a central role in many biological processes. In this course, we will discuss the nature of light, how it is measured, how it is generated in the laboratory, how molecules are excited, and the fate of this excitation in biological chromophores. We will take a chemical perspective on the molecules that absorb and emit light in biological systems, focusing on the "primary" light-driven processes of electron transfer, proton transfer, energy transfer, and isomerization.
Chem 31X or 31A preferred, but not required.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Boxer, S. (PI)
CHEM 28N: Science Innovation and Communication
Preference to freshmen. The course will explore evolutionary and revolutionary scientific advances; their consequences to society, biotechnology, and the economy; and mechanisms for communicating science to the public. The course will engage academic and industrial thought leaders and provide an opportunity for students to participate in communicating science to the public.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Wender, P. (PI)
CHEM 25Q: Science-in-Theatre: A New Genre?
Preference to sophomores. Contrasts through selected "science-in-theatre" plays what Theatre can do for science compared to what Science occasionally does for the theatre as well as emphasizing in that regard some unique features of the theatre compared to films. Illustrates why more intellectually challenging "science-in-theatre" plays have appeared in recent times where scientific behavior and scientists are presented accurately rather than just as Frankensteins, Strangeloves or nerds. Students also engage in a modest playwriting experiment.
CHEMENG 60Q: Environmental Regulation and Policy
Preference to sophomores. How environmental policy is formulated in the U.S. How and what type of scientific research is incorporated into decisions. How to determine acceptable risk, the public's right to know of chemical hazards, waste disposal and clean manufacturing, brownfield redevelopment, and new source review regulations. The proper use of science and engineering including media presentation and misrepresentation, public scientific and technical literacy, and emotional reactions. Alternative models to formulation of environmental policy. Political and economic forces, and stakeholder discussions.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR
Instructors:
Libicki, S. (PI)
CHEMENG 70Q: Masters of Disaster
Preference to sophomores. For students interested in science, engineering, politics, and the law. Learn from past disasters to avoid future ones. How disasters can be tracked to failures in the design process. The roles of engineers, artisans, politicians, lawyers, and scientists in the design of products. Failure as rooted in oversight in adhering to the design process. Student teams analyze real disasters and design new products presumably free from the potential for disastrous outcomes.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR
Instructors:
Moalli, J. (PI)
CHILATST 14N: Growing Up Bilingual (CSRE 14N, EDUC 114N)
This course is a Freshman Introductory Seminar that has as its purpose introducing students to the sociolinguistic study of bilingualism by focusing on bilingual communities in this country and on bilingual individuals who use two languages in their everyday lives. Much attention is given to the history, significance, and consequences of language contact in the United States. The course focuses on the experiences of long-term US minority populations as well as that of recent immigrants.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Valdes, G. (PI)
CHINGEN 70N: Animal Planet and the Romance of the Species (COMPLIT 70N)
Preference to freshmen.This course considers a variety of animal characters in Chinese and Western literatures as potent symbols of cultural values and dynamic sites of ethical reasoning. What does pervasive animal imagery tell us about how we relate to the world and our neighbors? How do animals define the frontiers of humanity and mediate notions of civilization and culture? How do culture, institutions, and political economy shape concepts of human rights and animal welfare? And, above all, what does it mean to be human in the pluralistic and planetary 21st century?
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Lee, H. (PI)
CHINGEN 73N: Chinese Language, Culture, and Society (CHINGEN 170)
Functions of languages in Chinese culture and society, origin of the Chinese language, genetic relations with neighboring languages, development of dialects, language contacts, evolution of Chinese writing, language policies in Greater China. Prerequisite: one quarter of Chinese 1 or 1B or equivalent recommended. Freshman seminar.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Sun, C. (PI)
CHINGEN 170: Chinese Language, Culture, and Society (CHINGEN 73N)
Functions of languages in Chinese culture and society, origin of the Chinese language, genetic relations with neighboring languages, development of dialects, language contacts, evolution of Chinese writing, language policies in Greater China. Prerequisite: one quarter of Chinese 1 or 1B or equivalent recommended. Freshman seminar.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Sun, C. (PI)
CLASSICS 16N: Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos (FEMGEN 24N)
(Formerly
CLASSGEN 24N.) Preference to freshmen. Sappho's surviving fragments in English; traditions referring to or fantasizing about her disputed life. How her poetry and legend inspired women authors and male poets such as Swinburne, Baudelaire, and Pound. Paintings inspired by Sappho in ancient and modern times, and composers who put her poetry to music.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Peponi, A. (PI)
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