Autumn Quarter 2009

AMSTUD 183: Border Crossings and American Identities (CSRE 183)
How novelists, filmmakers, and poets perceive racial, ethnic, gender, sexual preference, and class borders in the context of a national discussion about the place of Americans in the world. How Anna Deavere Smith, Sherman Alexie, or Michael Moore consider redrawing such lines so that center and margin, or self and other, do not remain fixed and divided. How linguistic borderlines within multilingual literature by Caribbean, Arab, and Asian Americans function. Can Anzaldúa's conception of borderlands be constructed through the matrix of language, dreams, music, and cultural memories in these American narratives? Course includes examining one's own identity.
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBHum, GER:ECAmerCul
Instructors: Duffey, C.

ATHLETIC 67: Horsemanship: Intermediate Riding
Basic veterinary skills and barn management. Riding at all gaits and completing horsemanship patterns (Western) or jumping basic courses (English). Fee. Prerequisite: 66 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Bartsch, V.

BIOLOGY 10SC. Natural History, Marine Biology, and Research
The biology of Monterey Bay and the coastal mountains and redwood forests of Big Sur. Literary, artistic, and political history. Topics: conservation, sanctuary, and stewardship of the oceans and coastal lands. Meetings with conservationists, authors, environmentalists, politicians, land-use planners, lawyers, scientists, and educators.
Units: 2
Instructors: Thompson, S.

CHICANST 201B: From Racial Justice to Multiculturalism: Movement-based Arts Organizing in the Post Civil Rights Era (CSRE 201B)
How creative projects build and strengthen communities of common concern. Projects focus on cultural reclamation, multiculturalism, cultural equity and contemporary cultural wars, media literacy, independent film, and community-based art. Guest artists and organizers, films, and case studies.
Units: 5
Instructors: Hernandez, G.

CSRE 109B: Indian Country Economic Development (NATIVEAM 109B)
The history of competing tribal and Western economic models, and the legal, political, social, and cultural implications for tribal economic development. Case studies include mineral resource extraction, gaming, and cultural tourism. 21st-century strategies for sustainable economic development and protection of political and cultural sovereignty.
Units: 5
Instructors: Biestman, K.

CSRE 123: American Indians and the Cinema (NATIVEAM 123)
Hollywood and the film industry have had a major influence on American society for nearly a century. Initially designed to provide entertainment, the cinema broadened its impact by creating images perceived as real and essentialist. Hollywood's Indians have been the main source of information about who American Indians are and Hollywood has helped shape inaccurate and stereotypical perceptions that continue to exist today. This course looks chronologically at cinematic interpretations and critically examines accurate portrayals of American Indians and of American history.
Units: 5
Instructors: Shively, J.

CSRE 133: Women and Race in the American West, 1849-1950
The western myth of the lone white cowboy gives little insight into women and people of color. Race and gender are crucial to the U.S. West's history, creating complex identities and social structures. Course examines lives of women of diverse races, along with mythology surrounding such figures as Sacagawea. Using novels, memoir, artwork, and film, students analyze intersecting race and gender identities, and the relation between history and myth.
Units: 5
Instructors: Frink, B.

CTL 160: Investigating Stanford's Treasures (SIS 60)
Private tours of some of Stanford's greatest resources led by Stanford experts; students interview the experts and introduce them to the class at the site. One hour of class discussion per week. Tours may include Jasper Ridge Biological Reserve, Memorial Church, Special Collections, and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project.
Units: 1-2

EARTHSYS 18: Promoting Behavior Change at Stanford
Stanford Green Living Council training course. Effective strategies for enacting sustainable behavior change on campus. Community-based social marketing, psychology, sociology, and design. Behavior change intervention project targeting a specific sustainable behavior. Lectures online.
Units: 2

EARTHSYS 103: Energy Resources (CEE 173A, CEE 207A)
Fossil and renewable energy resources and energy efficiency. Topics for each resource: resource abundance, location, recovery, conversion, consumption, end-uses, environmental impacts, economics, policy, and technology. Applied lectures in energy sectors:buildings, transportation, the electricity industry, and energy in the developing world. Required field trips to local energy facilities. Optional discussion section for extra unit.
Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBEngrAppSci
Instructors: Knapp, K.; Woodward, J.

EARTH SYSTEMS 180B. Local Sustainable Agriculture
Field-based training in ecologically sound agricultural practices at the Stanford Community Farm; guest lectures from Bay Area farmers, agricultural educators, and food policy advocates; and a field trip to an educational farm. Weekly fieldwork led by an instructor with extensive organic farming experience. Topics include bed preparation, starting seedlings, composting, irrigation techniques, and harvesting methods. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 2 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Wiederkehr, S

EESS 12SC: Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains (GES 12SC)
Geologic origin from three billion years ago, paleoclimatology and glacial history, long- and short-term carbon cycle and global climate change, and environmental issues related to changing land-use patterns and increased demand for natural resources. Small groups analyze data to prepare reports and maps.
Units: 2
Instructors: Chamberlain, P.

EESS 101: Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains (GES 101)
Three-week, field-based program in the Greater Yellowstone/Teton and Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Field-based exercises covering topics including: basics of structural geology and petrology; glacial geology; western cordillera geology; paleoclimatology; chemical weathering; aqueous geochemistry; and environmental issues such as acid mine drainage and changing land-use patterns.
Units: 3
Instructors: Chamberlain, P.; Graham, S.

GES 12SC: Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains (EESS 12SC)
Geologic origin from three billion years ago, paleoclimatology and glacial history, long- and short-term carbon cycle and global climate change, and environmental issues related to changing land-use patterns and increased demand for natural resources. Small groups analyze data to prepare reports and maps.
Units: 2
Instructors: Chamberlain, P.

GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 101. Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains
See EEES 101.

GES 105: Introduction to Field Methods
Two-week, field-based course in the White Mountains of eastern California. Introduction to the techniques for geologic mapping and geologic investigation in the field: systematic observations and data collection for lithologic columns and structural cross-sections. Interpretation of field relationships and data to determine the stratigraphic and deformational history of the region. Prerequisite: GES 1. Recommended: GES 102.
Units: 3
Instructors: Grove, M.; Miller, E.

HISTORY 201/301. Introduction to Public History in the U.S., 19th Century to the Present (HISTORY 301)
Gateway course for the History and Public Service interdisciplinary track. Topics include the production, presentation, and practice of public history through narratives, exhibits, websites, and events in museums, historical sites, parks, and public service settings in nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions. GER:DB-SocSci
Units: 4-5 UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
Instructor: McKibben, C.

HISTORY 254. Popular Culture and American Nature
Despite John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson, it is arguable that the Disney studios have more to do with molding popular attitudes toward the natural world than politicians, ecologists, and activists. Disney as the central figure in the 20th-century American creation of nature. How Disney, the products of his studio, and other primary and secondary texts see environmentalism, science, popular culture, and their interrelationships.
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
Instructor: White, R.

LAW 437: Water Law
This course studies how society allocates and protects its most crucial natural resource - water. The emphasis is on current legal and policy debates, although it also examines the history of water development and politics in the United States. Among the many issues that the course considers are: alternative means of responding to the growing worldwide demand for water; the appropriate role for the market and private companies in meeting society's water needs; protection of threatened groundwater resources; environmental limits on water development (including the Endangered Species Act and the "public trust" doctrine); watershed protection and restoration; Indian water rights; interstate and international disputes over water; and public access to waterways.
Units: 3
Instructors: Thompson, B.

LAW 513. California Climate Change Law and Policy
Same as EARTHSYS 233, EARTHSYS 133. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the clean cars and trucks bill, and the greenhouse gas emissions performance standard. Complementary and subsidiary regulations such as the renewable portfolio standard, the low Carbon fuel standard, land use law, and energy efficiency and decoupling. Focus is on the draft scoping plan to outline California's policies for economy-wide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The Western Climate Initiative. History, details, and current status of California's efforts.
Units: 2

MED 282: Early Clinical Experience at the Arbor Free Clinic
Students provide health care in a student-run clinic for the homeless and uninsured. Student volunteers are guided in the practice of medical interviews, history-taking and physical examinations as appropriate. Clinical students and attending physicians provide support and guidance as the team arrives at a diagnosis and management plan. Two units of credit is intended for Steering Committee members or for students who work at the clinic every other Sunday.
Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
Units: 1-2 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Kao, P.; Osterberg, L.

MED 283: Early Clinical Experience at Pacific Free Clinic
Hands-on experience at a student-run free clinic targeting immigrants in the San Jose area. Opportunity to work with an interpreter and learn about unique health care issues faced by immigrants. Students are expected to conduct history and physicals, present to the attending physician, help arrive at a diagnosis and plan and participate in basic procedures. 1 unit for limited commitment. 2 units for volunteers in training and students who volunteer a minimum of once a month. 3 units for Steering Committee members and students who volunteer a minimum of twice a month.
Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1-3 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Kao, P.

MUSIC 10AX: The Sounds of Stanford
Computerized recording, editing and presenting of sound and music are the topics of this workshop. Students explore the potential of recording and transforming the sounds of the environment for the creation of new cultural and artistic expression. The course includes discussion of technical aspects of sound processing and their practical use in cultural and artistic production using the social network platform Web 2.0.
Units: 2
Instructor: Kadis, J.

NATIVEAM 109B: Indian Country Economic Development (CSRE 109B)
The history of competing tribal and Western economic models, and the legal, political, social, and cultural implications for tribal economic development. Case studies include mineral resource extraction, gaming, and cultural tourism. 21st-century strategies for sustainable economic development and protection of political and cultural sovereignty.
Units: 5
Instructor: Biestman, K.

POLISCI 125S: Chicano/Latino Politics
This course is an overview of the political position of Latinos y Latinas in the United States. Focusing first on Mexican-Americans, but with attention to Cuban-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other groups. This course will address the history of each group in the American polity; their political circumstances with respect to the electoral process, the policy process, and government; the extent to which the demographic category 'Latino' is meaningful, and what we know about group identity and solidarity among Americans of Latin American ancestry. Specific topics will include immigration, education, affirmative action, language policy, and environmental justice.
Units: 5
Instructors: Segura, G.

SOC 164: Immigration and the Changing United States (SOC 264)
The role of race and ethnicity in immigrant group integration in the U.S. Topics include: theories of integration; racial and ethnic identity formation; racial and ethnic change; immigration policy; intermarriage; hybrid racial and ethnic identities; comparisons between contemporary and historical waves of immigration.
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
Instructor: Jimenez, T.

 

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