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Winter Quarter 2010
ANTHROPOLOGY 16. Native Americans in the 21st Century: Encounters, Identity, and Sovereignty in Contemporary America
What does it mean to be a Native American in the 21st century? Beyond traditional portrayals of military conquests, cultural collapse, and assimilation, the relationships between Native Americans and American society. Focus is on three themes leading to in-class moot court trials: colonial encounters and colonizing discourses; frontiers and boundaries; and sovereignty of self and nation. Topics include gender in native communities, American Indian law, readings by native authors, and Indians in film and popular culture.
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECAmerCul
Instructor: Wilcox, M.
ASNAMST 161: Asian American Immigration and Health (CSRE 161)
Course draws upon ethnography, biomedical research, historical writing and film in focusing on the health and well being of newly arrived Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants to the United States. Beginning with a historical study of Asian immigrants as feared sources of disease and contagion, this course addresses immigration status, language, health beliefs, gender, age, and definitions of community, disease prevention and health programs and practices and public policy. Topics include: refugeeism, cosmetic surgery, genetic screening, and health disparities.
Units: 3-5
Instructor: Lee, S.
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. (AU)
Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit
Instructor: Bartsch, V.
BIO 96A: Jasper Ridge Docent Training
First of two-quarter sequence training program to join the Jasper Ridge education program. Multidisciplinary environmental education; hands-on field research. Field ecology and the natural history of plants and animals, archaeology, geology, hydrology, land management, and research projects of the preserve presented by faculty, local experts, and staff. Participants lead research-focused educational tours, assist with classes, and attend continuing education classes available to members of the JRBP community after the course.
Units: 4
Instructors: Dirzo, R.; Wilber, C.
CHICANST 160N: Salt of the Earth: Docudrama in (Latino) America (CSRE 160N, DRAMA 17N)
An introduction to "Docudrama" as a form of factually based, politically-motivated, dramatic writing (film and theater), related to the Chican@/Latina@ experience. The 1954 Black listed film, "Salt of the Earth," will serve as the point of departure for examining the more than half-century of Latina@-oriented Docudrama that followed. Students will create a short original docudrama at the quarter's end.
Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBHum | GER:ECAmerCul Preference to freshmen
Instructor: Moraga, C.
Preference to freshmen. Docudrama as a form of dramatic writing which provides a social critique of current or historical events through creative documentation and dramatization. Sources include Chicana/o and Latina/o texts, Brecht, Teatro Campesino, and Culture Clash. Students produce a short docudrama.
Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBHum, GER:ECAmerCul
COMM 177G: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Covering Silicon Valley (COMM 277G)
(Graduate students register for COMM 277G.) Business reporting basics in the context of Silicon Valley's technology scene. Prerequisite: 104 or consent of instructor.
Units: 4-5
Instructor: Grimes, A.
ECON 155: Environmental Economics and Policy
Economic sources of environmental problems and alternative policies for dealing with them (technology standards, emissions taxes, and marketable pollution permits). Evaluation of policies addressing regional air pollution, global climate change, water allocation in the western U.S., and the use of renewable resources. Connections between population growth, economic output, environmental quality, and human welfare. Prerequisite: ECON 50.
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci
Instructor: Kerr, S.
EARTH SYSTEMS 112. Environmental Economics and Policy
(Same as ECON 155.) Economic sources of environmental problems and alternative policies for dealing with them (technology standards, emissions taxes, and marketable pollution permits). Evaluation of policies addressing regional air pollution, global climate change, water allocation in the western U.S., and the use of renewable resources. Connections between population growth, economic output, environmental quality, and human welfare. Prerequisite: ECON 50. GER: DB-NatSci
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci
Instructor: Kerr, S.
GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (GES) 1B: Introductory to Geology: California Desert Field Geology
California's Death Valley and Owens Valley are used as natural laboratories for studying active geologic processes and a billion years of earth history: ancient ocean sediments, mountain building, earthquake faulting, glacial landscapes, volcanic eruptions, hot springs and ore deposits, prehistoric climate changes, and historic human impacts. The course culminates in a 6-day field trip to these areas during Spring Break. Class lectures provide the basics of plate tectonics and physical geology. Laboratory exercises involve rock identification and interpreting topographic and geologic maps and remote sensing imagery. Camping and moderate hiking required. Limited enrollment
Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci
Instructors: Mahood, G.
GES 7B. An Introduction to Wilderness Skills
Living, traveling, and working in the wilderness for those planning fieldwork in the backcountry. Local geology, environmental ethics, trip planning, first aid, and leadership techniques. Four mandatory weekend outings focus on backcountry travel, minimum impact camping, equipment use and maintenance, rock climbing, and navigation. 7A emphasizes wilderness travel and climbing. 7B emphasizes winter camping skills and backcountry skiing. Food, group, and major personal gear provided. Guest speakers. Fee. See http://www.stanford.edu/class/ges7, or email oep-teachers@lists.stanford.edu.
Units: 1
Instructor: Bird, D.
GES 43Q: Environmental Problems
Preference to sophomores. Components of multidisciplinary environmental problems and ethical questions associated with decision making in the regulatory arena. Students lead discussions on environmental issues such as groundwater contamination from point and nonpoint sources, cumulative watershed effects related to timber and mining practices, acid rain, and subsurface disposal of nuclear waste.
Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci
Instructor: Loague, K.
GES 55Q. The California Gold Rush: Geologic Background and Environmental Impact
(Sophomore Seminar) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. Topics include: geologic processes that led to the concentration of gold in the river gravels and rocks of the Mother Lode region of California; and environmental impact of the Gold Rush due to population increase, mining operations, and high concentrations of arsenic and mercury in sediments from hard rock mining and milling operations. Recommended: introductory geology.
Units: 3 | UG Reqs: Writing2, GER:DBNatSci
Instructors: Bird, D.
GES 183: California Desert Geology
Field seminar. For upper division undergraduates and graduate students in the earth sciences and archaeology. Six-day field trip over Spring Break to Mojave Desert, Death Valley, and Owens Valley. Basin-and-range faulting, alluvial fans, playas, sand dunes, metamorphic rocks, granites of the Sierra Nevada, obsidian lava flows and the deposits of major explosive eruptions, hot springs and ore deposits, and desert landscapes. Camping and moderate hiking. May be repeated for credit.
Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit
HISTORY 50B: 19th Century America
(Same as HISTORY 150B. History majors and others taking 5 units, register in 150B.) Territorial expansion, social change, and economic transformation. The causes and consequences of the Civil War. Topics include: urbanization and the market revolution; slavery and the Old South; sectional conflict; successes and failures of Reconstruction; and late 19th-century society and culture.
Units: 3
Instructor: White, R.
HISTORY 150B: 19th Century America
(Same as HISTORY 50B. History majors and others taking 5 units, register in 150B.) Territorial expansion, social change, and economic transformation. The causes and consequences of the Civil War. Topics include: urbanization and the market revolution; slavery and the Old South; sectional conflict; successes and failures of Reconstruction; and late 19th-century society and culture.
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECAmerCul
Instructor: White, R.
Service learning. Students participate in a two quarter internship at a local shelter for homeless individuals or families. Readings include historical, social science, and social commentary literature.
Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
Instructor: Camarillo, A
LAW 514. The California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law
(Same as EARTHSYS 175, EARTHSYS 275, CEE 175A, CEE 275A.) Interdisciplinary. The legal, science, and policy dimensions of managing California's coastal resources. Coastal land use and marine resource decision making. The physics, chemistry, and biology of the coastal zone, tools for exploring data from the coastal ocean, and the institutional framework that shapes public and private decision making. Field work: how experts from different disciplines work to resolve coastal policy questions.
Units: 3 | Law NM/KE
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
Instructor: Kao, P.
POLISCI 225E: The Laws of Politics: Term Limits, Campaign Finance,
Blanket Primaries, and Redistricting
The intersection of election law, politics, and academia. Major policy
changes that affect the way that politics works, the legal decisions
that govern them, and the academic research aimed at influencing
policymakers and judges. Topics include campaign finance,
redistricting, blanket primaries, and term limits. Students make
presentations summarizing cases and research, prepare legal briefs of
their own, and argue their cases before a mock Supreme Court.
Units: 5
Instructor: Thad Kousser.
PUBLIC POLICY 154. Politics and Policy in California
State politics and policy making, including the role of the legislature, legislative leadership, the governor, special interests, campaign finance, the public, ballot initiatives, the state constitution, the media, and the role of research organizations. Case studies may include pension reform, health care, term limits and other political reform measures, open primaries, infrastructure improvements, and the budget. Changes in constitutional and in state statutes that can improve policy making in California.
Units: 5
Instructor: Nation, J.
SOCIOLOGY 166/206. Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Chicanos in American Society (SOC 266)
Contemporary sociological issues affecting Mexican-origin people in the U.S. Topics include: the immigrant experience, immigration policy, identity, socioeconomic integration, internal diversity, and theories of incorporation. GER:DB-SocSci
5 units
SOC 167A: Asia-Pacific Transformation (SOC 267A)
Post-WW II transformation in the Asia-Pacific region, with focus on the ascent of Japan, the development of newly industrialized capitalist countries (S. Korea and Taiwan), the emergence of socialist states (China and N. Korea), and the changing relationship between the U.S. and these countries.
Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECGlobalCom
Instructor: Shin, G.
