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MLA 101C: Foundations III: the Enlightenment through Modernism

Required of and limited to first-year MLA students. First of three quarter foundation course. Introduction to the main political, philosophical, literary, and artistic trends that inform the liberal arts vision of the world and that underlie the MLA curriculum.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Mann, P. (PI)

MLA 378: The Sublime and the Ugly

This course is designed to put literary, psychoanalytic, sociological, architectural, post-structural, and queer theory as well as philosophical and art historical writings in conversation with poetry, narrative fiction, creative nonfiction, and film, in order to develop a critical skill set designed not only to address such questions but, more critically for an active mind, to posit new ones.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Gigante, D. (PI)

MLA 379: Chinese Legal History

This MLA course introduces students to the history of law in imperial China through a close reading of primary sources in English translation and highlights of the best relevant scholarship. We begin with the Confucian and Legalist classics and the formation of law in early China. Then we explore how law served as a field of interaction between state and society during China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing (1644-1911). Specific topics include the formation and function of imperial legal codes; autocracy and political crime; evidence, review, and appeals; the regulation of gender and sexual relations; the functioning of local courts; property and contract; the informal sphere of community regulation outside the official judicial system; and law in cultural context, as seen in religious practices and popular fiction. There are no prerequisites for this class: prior knowledge of Chinese history and/or language are welcome but not expected or required.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Sommer, M. (PI)

MLA 380: The Past and Present of Survey Research in America: Controversies, Drama, and Successful Science

Commercial companies, government agencies, NGOs, and academics routinely rely on surveys to guide their work. Poor quality surveys have been proliferating in recent years and creating the misleading impression that surveys are routinely inaccurate. But in fact, high quality surveys continue to precisely forecast election outcomes and measure many other phenomena more accurately and quickly and efficiently than lots of other approaches.But to achieve that accuracy, a researcher needs to know what scientists have learned over decades about how to draw truly representative samples from well-defined populations, how to hire and train interviewers to carry out their work objectively and effectively, how to write questions that are easy for respondents to interpret and answer and don't cause bias, how to properly analyze data with weights, and much more. During this course, students will review the evidence documenting accuracy and inaccuracy in survey measurements, guidelines for best pract more »
Commercial companies, government agencies, NGOs, and academics routinely rely on surveys to guide their work. Poor quality surveys have been proliferating in recent years and creating the misleading impression that surveys are routinely inaccurate. But in fact, high quality surveys continue to precisely forecast election outcomes and measure many other phenomena more accurately and quickly and efficiently than lots of other approaches.But to achieve that accuracy, a researcher needs to know what scientists have learned over decades about how to draw truly representative samples from well-defined populations, how to hire and train interviewers to carry out their work objectively and effectively, how to write questions that are easy for respondents to interpret and answer and don't cause bias, how to properly analyze data with weights, and much more. During this course, students will review the evidence documenting accuracy and inaccuracy in survey measurements, guidelines for best practices in collecting survey data, and optimal approaches to analyzing and interpreting survey evidence. In addition, we'll look at in-depth stories of the findings and controversies surrounding surveys of opinions on global warming, surveys assessing the impact of massive chemical spills on the public, surveys assessing the frequency with which safety-endangering things happen during flights of commercial passenger aircraft, and more. This course will help students to be smarter users of survey data, will help to differentiate good surveys from unreliable ones, and will illuminate the roles that surveys play in society today.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Krosnick, J. (PI)

MLA 398: MLA Thesis in Progress

Group meetings provide peer critiques, motivations, and advice under the direction of the Associate Dean.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 0 | Repeatable 8 times (up to 0 units total)
Instructors: Paulson, L. (PI)

MLA 399: MLA Thesis Final Quarter

Students write a 75-100 page thesis that evolves out of work they pursued during their MLA studies.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 6
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