Spring Quarter 2026 Course Offerings

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >12157 A  2       Th     1030-1220                                                     0/  20  CR/NC               
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                        ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE COURSE                                  
                        NO OVERLOADS                                                
                        NO AUDITORS/ACCESS                                          
                        CROSSLIST WITH CHID 120                                     

       12159 A  5       TTh    130-320                                             Open      0/  40                %     
                        ART, MEMORY, AND VIOLENCE IN THE                            
                        AMERICAS                                                    
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                        STUDENTS WILL THINK CRITICALLY                              
                        ABOUT ART, VIOLENCE, MEMORY AND                             
                        SOCIAL ACTIVISM IN THE AMERICAS.                            
                        CENTERING WHAT PERUVIAN SCHOLAR                             
                        ANIBAL QUIJANO TERMED 'THE                                  
                        COLONIALITY OF POWER', WE WILL                              
                        EXAMINE DISCOURSES OF STATE                                 
                        AUTHORITARIANISM, GENDERED                                  
                        STRATEGIES OF TORTURE, AND THE ROLE                         
                                                                                    
                        OF RACE IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE.                              
                        STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE                          
                        POLITICS OF STRUGGLE, RESILIENCE                            
                        AND HOPE. IN ADDITION TO                                    
                        ETHNOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC                           
                        ANALYSIS, WE WILL RELY ON FILMS,                            
                        DOCUMENTARIES, HISTORICAL FICTION,                          
                        PLAYS, AND TESTIMONIALS TO                                  
                        INTERROGATE THE COMPLEXITIES AND                            
                        INTERSECTIONS OF ART, MEMORY, AND                           
                        VIOLENCE IN THE AMERICAS.                                   

       12160 A  5       T      330-520                                             Open      0/  40                %B    
                        THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE LITERARY                           
                        AND PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES                                
                        PRESENT IN THE WORK OF ARTIST AND                           
                        ACTIVIST, TUPAC SHAKUR. WE WILL                             
                        STUDY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEXTS,                          
                        INCLUDING BOOKS EXPLICITLY                                  
                        REFERENCED BY SHAKUR, LIKE                                  
                        MACHIAVELLIS THE PRINCE AND SUN                             
                        TZUS THE ART OF WAR. OUR GOAL WILL                          
                        BE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CENTRAL                              
                        THEORIES, AND AT THE SAME TIME,                             
                        CONSIDER HOW TUPACS PAST ENGAGEMENT                         
                                                                                    
                        WITH THESE THINKERS HAS CHANGED THE                         
                                                                                    
                        WAY WE READ THEM FROM THE PRESENT.                          

       12161 A  5       MW     1000-1120                                           Open      0/  20                JO    

       12162 AA  QZ     Th     930-1020                                            Open      0/   7                J     

       12163 AB  QZ     Th     1030-1120                                           Open      0/   8                J     

       12164 AC  QZ     Th     1130-1220                                           Open      0/   7                J     

       21235 AD  QZ     Th     1230-120                                            Open      0/   8                JO    

       12165 A  5       W      830-1120                                            Open      0/  40                %     
                        SACRED BODIES (AH, SSC)                                     
                        MORE INFO LATER!                                            

      >12166 A  5       TTh    1130-120                                                      0/  30                J     
                        (TO BE CHANGED TO CHID 220)                                 
                        LITERATURE & SCIENCE - TELLING                              
                        TALES OF SCIENCE (AH)                                       
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                        MODERN SCIENCE IS TYPICALLY                                 
                        UNDERSTOOD AS A RESEARCH                                    
                        ENTERPRISE, ONE WITH PRACTICAL                              
                        APPLICATIONS TO BE SURE, BUT AT ITS                         
                        BASIS AS A PROCESS OF INVESTIGATION                         
                        INTO OR DISCOVERY OF FACTS ABOUT                            
                        THE NATURAL WORLD.  IT IS THAT, TO                          
                        BE SURE.  BUT SCIENCE IS IN EQUALLY                         
                        FUNDAMENTAL WAYS A SOCIAL, CIVIC,                           
                        CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ENTERPRISE,                          
                        DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH THE WAYS IN                         
                        WHICH HUMAN BEINGS DEFINE                                   
                        THEMSELVES AND ORGANIZE THEIR                               
                        ACTIVITIES. OUR TOPIC IN THIS                               
                        COURSE WILL BE THE LATTER; PUBLIC                           
                        SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING TEXTS, A                         
                        SERIES OF SHORT PAPERS AND GROUP                            
                        DISCUSSION ACTIVITIES.                                      

       12167 B  5       TTh    1000-1120                                           Open      0/  15                J     

       12168 C  5       MW     1230-220                                            Open      0/  40                      
                        ICONS AND IDOLS - INDIAS IMAGE                              
                        CONTROVERSIES (AH, SSC)                                     
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                        THIS UNDERGRADUATE COURSE                                   
                        INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO INDIAS IMAGE                         
                                                                                    
                        WARS RANGING FROM DISPUTATIOUS                              
                        MEDIEVAL EVENTS TO MODERN MEDIA                             
                        CONTROVERSIES STUDENTS LEARN THE                            
                        CONTEXTS THAT MAKE IMAGES                                   
                        MEANINGFUL LEARN CONCEPTS KEY TO                            
                        THE STUDY OF ANY VISUAL CULTURE AND                         
                                                                                    
                        ACQUIRE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE                             
                        POLITICS OF ICONOCLASM AND                                  
                        ICONOPHILA IN ONE OF THE WORLDS                             
                        MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES                                     

      >12169 D  5       MW     330-520                                                       0/  40                      
                        TBD GC                                                      

       12170 A  5       WF     130-320                                             Open      0/  40                W     
                        THE WITCH                                                   
                                                                                    
                        (AH, W)                                                     
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                        THE WITCH IS A COURSE THAT ASKS                             
                        STUDENTS TO NOT ONLY LISTEN IN ON                           
                        BUT PARTAKE IN ADVANCED RESEARCH                            
                        RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF WITCHES,                          
                        WITCHCRAFT, AND THE WITCH TRIALS                            
                        ACROSS THE GLOBE. AMONG OTHER                               
                        PIECES OF WRITING AND VIDEO,                                
                        STUDENTS WILL READ AND CO-LEAD                              
                        DISCUSSIONS ON SILVIA FEDERICIS                             
                        2004 BOOK, CALIBAN AND THE WITCH,                           
                        IN ADDITION TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES                         
                                                                                    
                        1611 PLAY, THE TEMPEST.                                     

      >12171 A  2       F      1030-220                                                      0/  20  CR/NC               
                        PRE-DEPARTURE FOR CHID/JSIS STUDENT                         
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                        ONLY. ADD CODE REQUIRED.                                    

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                        WITHDRAWN *REQUESTED NELL CANCEL ON                         
                        HISTORY SIDE                                                

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       12175 A  5       W      1130-220                                            Open      0/  12                %W    
                        MAKING THE IN HUMAN - A PUBLIC                              
                        WRITING SEMINAR (AH, W)                                     
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                        WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? HOW                          
                        ARE CERTAIN HUMANS MADE INTO                                
                        MONSTERS? THIS PUBLIC WRITING                               
                        SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE                         
                        HOW IDEAS OF THE HUMAN ARE MADE IN                          
                        RELATION TO CONCEPTS OF INHUMANITY,                         
                        ANIMALITY, AND MONSTROSITY, AND HOW                         
                        THESE CONCEPTS HAVE OPERATED WITHIN                         
                        AND AGAINST FORMS OF SOCIAL AND                             
                        POLITICAL POWER. STUDENTS WILL GAIN                         
                        EXPERIENCE IN WRITING AND EDITING                           
                        ACROSS MULTIPLE GENRES AND PUBLICS                          
                        THROUGH PEER TO PEER WRITING                                
                        WORKSHOPS. WE WILL PAIR READINGS OF                         
                        CRITICAL THEORY WITH WRITING                                
                        ASSIGNMENTS LIKE SCIFI & HORROR                             
                        FILM, LITERATURE, AND VIDEOGAME                             
                        ANALYSIS, OPEDS, WRITING ON CURRENT                         
                        EVENTS, AND MORE.                                           

       12176 B  5       Th     100-420                                             Open      0/  12                %W    
                        SEMINAR IN PUBLIC WRITING - BORDER                          
                        STORIES (AH, W)                                             
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                        FOR DECADES, DEBATES OVER                                   
                        IMMIGRATION, BORDER WALLS, AND                              
                        ASYLUM HAVE GENERATED MORE HEAT                             
                        THAN LIGHT. WHY DO PASSIONS RUN                             
                        HIGH EVEN WHEN MIGRATION RATES ARE                          
                        LOW? NARRATIVES AND DISCOURSES                              
                        ABOUT THE BORDER ARE THEMSELVES                             
                        POWERFUL FORCES THAT PROFOUNDLY                             
                        AFFECT THE FATES OF INDIVIDUALS,                            
                        FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.                                   
                        WORKSHOPPING SHORT-FORM GENRES LIKE                         
                                                                                    
                        OP-EDS AND PODCAST SCRIPTS, WE WILL                         
                                                                                    
                        EXPLORE THE CONSTRUCTION AND                                
                        CONSEQUENCES OF FOUR KINDS OF                               
                        BORDER STORIES.                                             

       12177 A  5       MW     400-520                                             Open      0/  30                %WJ   
                        MATHEMATICS - PRACTICE AND POWER                            
                        (AH, NSC, W)                                                
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                        MATHEMATICS IS A PRECISE LANGUAGE                           
                        FOR SYSTEMATIC PATTERN RECOGNITION.                         
                                                                                    
                        IT IS ENRICHED BY CONTRIBUTIONS AND                         
                                                                                    
                        DEVELOPMENTS IN MANY DIFFERENT                              
                        CULTURAL CONTEXTS, AND BY DIVERSE                           
                        GROUPS OF PEOPLE. IN THIS WRITING-                          
                        INTENSIVE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL                             
                        STUDY THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL,                               
                        HISTORICAL, ARTISTIC, AND                                   
                        SCIENTIFIC RESONANCES OF                                    
                        MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL                                
                        PRACTICE, GUIDED BY THEIR PASSIONS                          
                        AND INTERESTS. THROUGH OUR                                  
                        READINGS, WE WILL DISCUSS HOW                               
                        HISTORY AND CULTURE IMPACT WHO                              
                        COUNTS AS A MATHEMATICIAN, AND WHAT                         
                                                                                    
                        COUNTS AS MATHEMATICS.                                      

      >12178 A  5       MW     330-520                                                       0/  10                J     

       12179 AA  QZ     Th     830-920                                             Open      0/   5                J     

       12180 AB  QZ     Th     930-1020                                            Open      0/   5                J     

       12181 A  5       TTh    330-520                                             Open      0/  20                      
                        OUT OF OUR MINDS - EMBODIED                                 
                        KNOWLEDGE                                                   
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                        THIS CLASS INVESTIGATES THE                                 
                        POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE BY ASKING HOW                         
                                                                                    
                        EMBODIMENT SHAPES OUR WORLD?                                
                        SPECIFICALLY, IT INCORPORATES                               
                        INSIGHTS FROM FEMINIST MATERIALISM,                         
                                                                                    
                        MEDICAL PHENOMENOLOGY, MADNESS                              
                        STUDIES, MEDIA STUDIES, AND ART TO                          
                        RETHINK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN                            
                        MINDS AND BODIES IN 21ST CENTURY                            
                        CONFIGURATIONS OF INFORMATION                               
                        FLOWS, CAPITAL, AND POWER.                                  

       12182 A  5       W      200-450                                             Open      0/  20                      
                        WAYS OF KNOWING (AH)                                        
                                                                                    
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                        AS PREPARATION FOR SENIOR THESIS                            
                        WORK, INTRODUCES A RANGE OF                                 
                        INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES                                
                        METHODOLOGIES. BUILDS UPON THE                              
                        IMPORTANCE OF REFLECTION AND RESEAR                         
                        CH                                                          
                        DESIGN IN THE FORM OF A RESEARCH                            
                        PRAXIS.                                                     

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       12185 A  5       W      1030-120                                            Open      0/  18                %     
                        HORROR GENRES AND COLONIALISM -                             
                        POLITICS OF HAUNTING (AH, SSC, DIV)                         
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                        THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO                            
                        THINK WITH HAUNTING, HORROR, AND                            
                        GHOSTS AS ENTRY POINTS INTO                                 
                        DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POLITICS,                                 
                        CULTURE, VIOLENCE, AND POWER. WHAT                          
                        DO INDIGENOUS ZOMBIE FILMS TELL US                          
                        ABOUT COLONIALISM? HOW MIGHT HORROR                         
                        FILMS SPEAK TO MISOGYNY, POLITICAL,                         
                        AND RACIAL VIOLENCE? CAN WE THINK                           
                        ABOUT HAUNTING AS ANTI-COLONIAL                             
                        PRACTICE? WHAT CAN DRACULA AND                              
                        FRANKENSTEIN TELL US ABOUT THE                              
                        ANXIETIES OF MODERN CAPITALISM?                             
                        STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE CRITICALLY                             
                        WITH ACADEMIC TEXTS, FILMS,                                 
                        FICTION, ART, AND OTHER MEDIUMS,                            
                        AND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO                            
                        WORK ON A PROJECT INDIVIDUAL OR                             
                        COLLABORATIVE RELATED TO THE THEMES                         
                        OF THE COURSE.                                              

      >12186 A  5       MW     1030-1220                                                     0/   5                J     

      >12187 A  5       MW     1130-120                                                      0/   5                WJ    

      >12188 A  5       WF     230-420                                                       0/  20                      

       12189 A  5       Th     930-1220                                            Open      0/  20                      
                        RESEARCH SEMINAR - RESISTING                                
                        ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE? (SSC)                               
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                        STUDENTS PURSUE THEIR OWN RESEARCH                          
                        PROJECTS OVER THE COURSE OF A                               
                        SINGLE QUARTER. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE                         
                                                                                    
                        A WIDE RANGE OF RESEARCH METHODS                            
                        AND PROJECT PROPOSALS RELATED TO                            
                        THE THEME OF RESISTING AI. WHILE                            
                        THE COURSE MATERIALS WILL INCLUDE                           
                        SCHOLARSHIP THAT IS CRITICAL OF AI                          
                        AND ITS IMPACTS, ALL EVIDENCE-BASED                         
                                                                                    
                        PERSPECTIVES AND PROJECT PROPOSALS                          
                        ARE WELCOME.                                                

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       12193 B  2       M      1030-1220                                           Open      0/  12  CR/NC               
                        "MOTHER TONGUE"- HERITAGE LANGUAGE                          
                        LEARNING & THE AFFECTIVE ECONOMIES                          
                        OF LANGUAGE?                                                

       12194 C  2       F      1230-220                                            Open      0/  12  CR/NC               
                        QUEERING ANARCHISM: THIS COURSE                             
                        CENTERS ANARCHAQUEER THOUGHT, OR TH                         
                        ABOLITION OF HIERARCHIES SUCH AS                            
                        TRANSMISOGYNY                                               
                        HETERONORMATIVITY, AND PATRIARCHY A                         
                        MEANS FOR QUEER LIBERATION                                  

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      >12197 A  1-5     MW     130-320                                                       0/   5                J     
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