printer friendly pageCOMM 169: Computers and Interfaces (COMM 269)
(Graduate students register for
COMM 269.) Interdisciplinary. Interdisciplinary. User responses to interfaces and design implications of those responses. Theories from different disciplines illustrate cognitive, emotional, and social responses to textual, voice-based, pictorial, metaphoric, conversational, adaptive, agent-based, intelligent, and anthropomorphic interfaces. Group design project applying theory to the design of an interactive interface.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-CE, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Cummings, J. (PI)
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Ho, A. (PI)
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Vannette, D. (PI)
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Instructors:
Cummings, J. (PI)
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Ho, A. (PI)
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Vannette, D. (PI)
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Yeykelis, L. (PI)
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Zhang, K. (PI)
COMM 172: Media Psychology (COMM 272)
(Graduate students register for
COMM 272.) The literature related to psychological processing and the effects of media. Topics: unconscious processing; picture perception; attention and memory; emotion; the physiology of processing media; person perception; pornography; consumer behavior; advanced film and television systems; and differences among reading, watching, and listening.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci
CSRE 16N: African Americans and Social Movements (AFRICAAM 16N, SOC 16N)
Theory and research on African Americans' roles in post-Civil Rights, US social movements. Topics include women¿s right, LGBT rights, environmental movement, and contemporary political conservativism.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
CSRE 32: Theories in Race and Ethnicity: A Comparative Perspective (ANTHRO 32)
This undergraduate course employs an anthropological and historical perspective to introduce students to ideas and concepts of race and ethnicity that emerged primarily in Europe and the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and that continue to shape contemporary racial attitudes, interactions, and inequalities. Ideas about race and ethnicity forged outside the U.S. and case studies from other nations are presented to broaden students' understanding and to overcome the limitations of an exclusive focus on the U.S. This course is geared to sophomores and juniors who have already taken at least one course on race and ethnicity, anthropology, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Jewish Studies or Native American Studies.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
CSRE 45Q: Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society (SOC 45Q)
Preference to sophomores. Historical overview of race in America, race and violence, race and socioeconomic well-being, and the future of race relations in America. Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Snipp, C. (PI)
CSRE 64: Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Modern America (HISTORY 64)
How ethnicity influenced the American experience and how prevailing attitudes about racial and ethnic groups over time have affected the historical and contemporary reality of the nation's major minority populations. Focus is on the past two centuries.
Last offered: Winter 2014
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
CSRE 108: Introduction to Feminist Studies (AMSTUD 107, FEMGEN 101, TAPS 108)
Introduction to interdisciplinary approaches to gender, sexuality, queer, trans and feminist studies. Topics include the emergence of sexuality studies in the academy, social justice and new subjects, science and technology, art and activism, history, film and memory, the documentation and performance of difference, and relevant socio-economic and political formations such as work and the family. Students learn to think critically about race, gender, and sexuality from local and global perspectives.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Brody, J. (PI)
CSRE 112X: Urban Education (AFRICAAM 112, EDUC 112X, EDUC 212X, SOC 129X, SOC 229X)
(Graduate students register for
EDUC 212X or
SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Ball, A. (PI)
CSRE 121L: Racial-Ethnic Politics in US (AMSTUD 121L, POLISCI 121L, PUBLPOL 121L)
This course examines various issues surrounding the role of race and ethnicity in the American political system. Specifically, this course will evaluate the development of racial group solidarity and the influence of race on public opinion, political behavior, the media, and in the criminal justice system. We will also examine the politics surrounding the Multiracial Movement and the development of racial identity and political attitudes in the 21st century.
Stats 60 or
Econ 1 is strongly recommended.
Last offered: Autumn 2013
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
CSRE 125V: The Voting Rights Act (AFRICAAM 125V, POLISCI 125V)
Focus is on whether and how racial and ethnic minorities including African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos are able to organize and press their demands on the political system. Topics include the political behavior of minority citizens, the strength and effect of these groups at the polls, the theory and practice of group formation among minorities, the responsiveness of elected officials, and the constitutional obstacles and issues that shape these phenomena.
Last offered: Spring 2014
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
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