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BIOL 596G
Advanced Topics in Biology: Genomics and Proteomics
Introduction to the emerging fields of genomics
and proteomics through a careful analysis of the
current primary literature. Genomics is the study
of the complete genetic complement of an organism or
cell, while proteomics focuses on the complete set
of proteins produced by an organism or cell type.
By definition, both fields are large-scale science:
the examination of the sequence, structure,
regulation, and/or organization of many genes and/or
proteins simultaneously. Using the primary
literature and current scientific reviews as guides,
we will explore both the technologies that underlie
genomics and proteomics and the impacts that current
genomics and proteomics studies are having on our
understanding of all biology, from agriculture to
human disease. Prerequisite: BIOL 351
BIOL 596K
Advanced Topics in Biology: Ecology of Parasitism
Examines the role of parasites in ecosystem
structure, and how they serve as factors to be
considered when evaluating populations and
communities of host organisms including humans.
Parasites have regulatory effects on host
populations, impart significant economic impact, and
are sensitive indicators of pollution as well as
other natural and anthropogenic environmental
effects. Modes of parasitism, life cycles,
mechanisms of infection, and alteration of host
behavior will be addressed. Prerequisite: BIOL
210 and BIOL 211 or the equivalent.
COMM 350E
Topics in Communication: Practical Applications of
Communication – Field Experience
On-line forum emphasizes practical applications
of communication concepts. Students must obtain an
internship placement which will furnish them with a
setting for the identification, application, and
analysis of communication concepts. Students will
participate in online discussions of their own and
their peers’ internship experiences and the
relevance of communication to lived practices.
Students will be responsible for securing their own
placement, and will receive guidance in this
endeavor, if needed, from the instructor and from
the Career and Assessment Center.
A secondary focus will be to
guide student learning of the available technology
and to allow them to showcase their proficiency with
such. It is expected that students will have
achieved different levels of competence. Graded
Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: COMM 100 and COMM
300 or 360, or 390, and consent of instructor.
COMM 480Q
Topics in Mass Media: Narrative Structure and
Screenwriting
Explores the structural and codified components
of storytelling as used in media communications.
Students explore symbolic and mythological patterns
that have been used throughout storytelling history,
learning classical narrative construction. Students
then apply this knowledge to their own mass media
projects, including print, video and new media
products. The projects are then developed,
critiqued and rewritten during the semester. The
students will evolve the critical faculty to analyze
story structure, in the process becoming familiar
with Propp, Jung, Campbell and other scholars of
archetypes and the creation of meaning through
narrative.
CS 697F
Graduate Topics in Computer Science: Introduction
to Bioinformatics
Introduces computational algorithms and tools
for managing and analyzing information about the
sequence, structure and function of biological
molecules and systems. Topics include DNA and
protein sequence analysis, phylogenetic trees,
structure prediction, biological databases, Gene
Expression Analysis, data mining, and script
programming. Prerequisite: CS 311
HIST 300T
Thematic Topics in History: The British Atlantic
World: America, England, Africa and the Origins of
the Modern World
Examines the creation of a British Atlantic
world in the early modern era (broadly defined to
include the years 1500 to 1800.) Introduces
students to a growing field of historical
scholarship known as Atlantic history, in which
scholars trace the development of the Atlantic as a
zone of cultural interaction and exchange, and look
at how the histories of multiple regions are bound
together by global processes. Examines the impact
of these processes on Native American, African, and
British people (not only the active participants in
Atlantic exchanges but also those who stayed
behind), ecosystems, economies, societies, labor
systems, ideas about race, and political systems.
Provides an opportunity to learn about the complex
interconnections between historical causes and
consequences and to become better able to explain
and assess a wide variety of approaches to history,
from global, environmental, and demographic to
cultural and comparative. Presents history as a way
to understand the origins and earliest impacts of
globalization. Consent of instructor. May not
be taken by students who have received credit for
HIST 336A.
HTM 484F
Selected Topics in High Technology Management:
Revenue Management
Pricing and revenue management is concerned with
dynamic pricing and product availability decisions
across various selling channels of a firm. The
objective is to come with optimal decisions that
will maximize the firm’s profit. Within the broader
area of pricing theory, the course emphasizes
optimization of pricing and capacity allocation
decisions, using quantitative models of consumer
behavior, demand forecasts and market uncertainty,
and the tools of constrained optimization.
Prerequisites: HTM 302 or HTM 305 or POM 302.
HTM 484G
Selected Topics in High Technology Management:
Business Web Programming
Examines the infrastructure of Electronic
Commerce (EC) and the technologies that are used to
implement online business activities. Teaches
students to build dynamic and database-enabled
internet applications using popular Web programming
languages (e.g. ASP. VBScript) to solve business
problems. Areas covered include the fundamentals of
programming, client-server solutions and databases.
Prerequisite: HTM 304.
HTM 484H
Selected Topics in High Technology Management:
Electronic Commerce: Applications and Strategies
Examines the current status and emerging trends
of Electronic Commerce, including the policies,
strategies, technologies, and its impact on
traditional business. Teaches students the basic
technology components for the most important forms
of Ecommerce (i.e. B2C, B2B, C2C, and mobile
commerce, et al), strategies and profit analysis of
a typical online storefront, and the resolutions of
channel coordination between online and offline
selling. Students will also learn the scope of
public policies on Ecommerce activities.
Prerequisite: Lower-division pre-business core and
HTM 304 or MIS 302.
ID 350E
Topics in Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the
Humanities, Social Sciences and/or Sciences: Pride
Newspaper Laboratory
Students study basics of journalism and
contribute to publication of The Pride student
newspaper. Provides a basic orientation to
journalistic writing conventions, standards and
practices of publications, and journalism ethics.
Meets two hours per week in person and one hour per
week online. Prerequisite: Consent of
Instructor required.
KINE 390G
Topics in Kinesiology: Psychology of Sport
Introduces the psychological theories and
principles of sport and exercise performance and
participation. Introduction to the field of sport
and exercise psychology and various roles of the
profession and settings. Personal factors,
situation factors, and group interaction and
processes will be addressed in terms of
psychological aspects related to sports, health, and
exercise. These include personality, motivation,
arousal, anxiety, stress, competition, cooperation,
feedback, reinforcement, group and team dynamics,
cohesion, leadership, and communication.
Application of psychological techniques and
psychological skills training will be explored and
practiced. These include arousal regulation,
imagery, self-confidence, goal setting, and
concentration. In addition, negative factors
effecting sport and exercise psychology will be
explored (no adherence, injuries, addition, burnout,
overtraining, aggression, and anger).
LTWR 502A
Advanced Topics in Literature: Studies in
Contemporary Literature
Advanced level multi-genre course focuses on key
works and issues in literature produced within the
last 20-25 years. Fiction, poetry, drama, and mixed
genre work will be considered. Emphasis will be
placed on exploring the connections and conflicts
between differing narrative, poetic, and dramatic
structures (both conventional and non-conventional)
and the relationship between literary conventions
and cultural context. Students will also be
required to attend several public literary
readings. Open to graduates and advanced
undergraduates. Prerequisite: LTWR 300A or LTWR
300B or graduate standing.
MASS 405B
Topics in Mass Communication: Politics and Practice
of Editing
An introduction to developing creative and
technical skills in the editorial choices for the
moving image. Provides students with proficient and
creative use of the digital editing station as well
as analytical skills in the politics of editing
strategies. All work will be discussed from an
aesthetic, theoretical, and technical point of
view. Prerequisite or co-requisite: MASS 302.
MGMT 484A
Topics in Management: Creativity, Innovation, and
Entrepreneurship
Explores the impact of creativity on innovation
and entrepreneurship. The first module explores the
creative process and is designed to encourage
students to look inward, explore outward, and
uncover insights about their environment. Students
will be required to use creativity as a means to
solve complex problems. The second module builds on
the first by extending creativity to new idea
generation and innovation. Attention is devoted to
the need for creative approaches in opportunity
identification and business concept formulation when
developing new products, services, and processes.
The final module examines the nature of
entrepreneurship and the impact of entrepreneurship
both locally and abroad. Students will investigate
the entrepreneurial process in a variety of contexts
(market, social, intraorganizational, political,
etc.) Students will learn about new product
development, venture creation, and the elements of a
business plan. Prerequisites: Lower-division
pre-business core. BUS 302 and MKTG 302 or SSM 305
or MKTG 305 and MGMT 302 or SSM 304 or MGMT 305.
MGMT 484B
Topics in Management: Personnel Selection and
Appraisal
Covers the personnel selection and performance
appraisal functions, knowledge of which is essential
for any human resource professional or general
manager. Includes such topics as job analysis,
legal issues, measurement (reliability, validity),
recruiting, application forms, employment
interviews, ability and personality testing,
assessment centers, drug and honesty testing,
handwriting analysis, selection models and
performance management/appraisal issues. Course
structure will include quizzes, exams, applied
projects and a variety of experiential class
activities. Prerequisites: Lower-division
pre-business core. MGMT 305 or MGMT 302 or SSM 304
and MGMT 415.
MKTG 484A
Selected Topics in Marketing: Consumer Demand and
Channel Collaboration
Meeting consumers’ needs and operating the most
efficient supply chain possible is a paradox. The
purpose of this course is to examine the role of
consumer demand as it relates to operation of an
efficient global supply chain. This perspective
demands knowledge of what consumers want to buy, in
what types of situations, at what price, in what
formats, and with what kind of delivery system.
Students will be involved in a project that begins
with analyzing consumer data, collaborating among
business partners for strategy development, and
develop a plan that will satisfy consumer demand by
getting the right product to the right consumer at
the right time with the right price. Prerequisites: BUS 302;
MGMT 302 or MGMT 305 or SSM 304 and MKTG 302 or MKTG
305 or SSM 305. May not be taken for credit by
students who have received credit for MKTG 482A.
NATV 380A Topics in Native
Studies: Power and Politics in the History of
California Indians
Examines briefly the history of California
tribes with an emphasis on southern California
tribes from the Spanish era up to contemporary
times. Examines the political structures and
functions of the tribes in California as they relate
to federal, state and local governments. Includes
analysis of problems and issues relevant to the
California Indians through an historical and
economic framework.
PSCI 338C Government and
Politics of Selected Latin American Nation-States:
Politics in Mexico
Provides a general survey of the modern Mexican
political system as it has operated from its
revolutionary formation to the current period.
While not a history course, pays close attention to
the importance of chronological developments in
Mexican politics during the 20th Century.
PSCI 390J Topics in
Political Science: Resource Wars
Analyzes how and why international and national
conflicts arise over natural resources such as oil,
water, forest products and arable land. Examines
cases such as global conflicts over oil, conflicts
over water in the Middle East, and conflicts over
forests, land, and other resources in Africa, the
Americas, and other parts of the globe. Examines
the role of the conflicts over resource scarcity,
violence and war. Finally, the course examines
sustainable development and participatory decision
making as possible alternatives to such conflicts in
the latter segment of the course.
SOC 685E
Writing for Sociology Graduate Students
Teaches the skills needed for sociological
writing at the graduate level. Focus is placed on
the connection between clear thinking and writing.
Subjects range from avoiding language usage errors
common in academic writing, to organization of
complex arguments for theses and seminar papers.
Conducted as a workshop in which students will
regularly share and review their writing projects
(course papers, thesis drafts, etc.) with other
members of the class. Prerequisite: Admission to
the Master of Sociological Practice Program.
VPA 380P
Topics in the Arts: Global/Physical Theatre
Students will explore physical theater forms and
styles of the 20th century in a
workshop/laboratory environment. Provides a
theoretical and philosophical investigation into the
ways and means of physical theater movements, as
well as practical application of working
methodologies.
VPA 380Q
Topics in the Arts: Stage Lighting Design
Students will learn the basic concepts of stage
lighting. Study includes the operation of lighting
equipment and control systems, the theory of
lighting design, light plots and paperwork, color
media, electrical safety, rigging, and technical
rehearsal and performance procedures.
WMST 401A
Seminar in Women’s Studies: 20th Century
Feminist Thought
Examines major Western political and social
theories of the past on questions of gender
inequality and difference. Covers background and
historical context of First Wave feminist thought
and action including liberalism, domestic feminism,
Marxism, Freudian psychoanalytic theory, and early
African American feminist writers. Examines how
Second Wave (1963-1980s) feminists revised and
rethought First Wave theory to meet new economic,
social, and political realities. Looks at
theorizing by women of color since the 1970s, the
rise in academia of new theories of knowledge
popularly labeled post-modern, and the emergence of
Third Wave writers and activists. Examines the
relationship between theory and political action.
Prerequisite: Lower-division Area C.
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