Anthropology / Comparative Literature / History / Humanities / Philosophy / Political Science and Policy Process / Religious Studies / Science and Technology Studies
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANT 015—From Birth to Death: The Evolution of the Human Life Cycle (5) Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Term Paper. Introduction to the biology of birth, childhood, marriage, the family, old age, and death. Examines comparative characteristics of nonhuman primates and other animals as well as cross-cultural variation in humans by study of selected cases. GE credit: SE, SL, WC, WE. Effective: 2018 Winter Quarter.
ANT 025—Ancient Animals and People (2) History of human and animal relationships and how animals have influenced social and economic structures of past societies. Why, when and how humans used animals in the context of hunting, domestication, secondary products, ritual, companionship, and conservation. GE credit: SS. Teresa Steele.
ANT 101—Ecology, Nature, & Society (4). Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): ANT 001 or ANT 002 or ESP 030 or EVE 100 or BIS 101 recommended. Interdisciplinary study of diversity and change in human societies, using frameworks from anthropology, evolutionary ecology, history, archaeology, psychology, and other fields. Topics include population dynamics, subsistence transitions, family organization, disease, economics, warfare, politics, and resource conservation. (Same course as ESP 101.) GE credit: SS, WC, WE.
ANT 103—Indigenous Peoples & Natural Resource Conservation (4) Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): ANT 002 or GEL 001 or ESP 030 recommended. Integration of the interests of resident and indigenous peoples with the conservation of natural resources and ecosystems, using case study examples from both the developing and developed world. Not open for credit for students who have completed ANT 121N. (Former ANT 121N.). GE credit: ACGH, DD, OL, SS, WC, WE.
ANT 104N—Cultural Politics of the Environment (4). Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): ANT 002 recommended. Political economy of environmental struggles. Relationship between social inequality (based on race, class and/or gender) and ecological degradation. Articulation of local peoples, national policy, and the international global economy in the contestation over the use of environmental resources. Not open for credit to students who have completed ANT 134N. (Former ANT 134N.). GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS, WC, WE.
ANT 154A—The Evolution of Primate Behavior (5). Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): ANT 001 or ANT 054 or EVE 010 recommended. Examines ecological diversity and evolution of social systems of prosimians, monkeys, and apes, placing the social behavior of the primates in the context of appropriate ecological and evolutionary theory. GE credit: SE, WE.
ANT 154B—Primate Evolutionary Ecology (5). Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion/Laboratory—1 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): ANT 001 or EVE 010 recommended. Examination of the ecology of primates within an evolutionary framework. Theoretical concepts in individual, population, and community ecology, illustrated with primate (and other vertebrate) examples, with additional discussion of primate and rainforest conservation. GE credit: QL, SE, WE.
ANT 155 - Primate Conservation Biology. (4) Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): ANT 001 or ANT 054 recommended. Study of the taxonomic, ecological and cultural diversity of Primates and how human activities impact tropical ecosystems. Emphasis on case studies and applied research methods. Includes discussion about career opportunities in conservation. GE credit: QL, SL. Damien Caillaud
ANT 180—Zooarchaeology (4) Lecture—2 hour(s); Discussion/Laboratory—3 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): ANT 001 or ANT 003 recommended. Junior or senior standing. Theories and methods for studying animal skeletal remains from archaeological sites. Identification and quantification of zooarchaeological material, cultural and natural processes affecting animal bones pre- and post-burial and use of faunal remains for determining past human diets and past environments. GE credit: SE. Chris Darwent & Teresa Steele
ANTxx --Human-Animals-Plants and the Anthropocene. Marisol de la Cadena.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
COM 024—Animals in Literature (4) Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper/Discussion. Prerequisite(s): Completion of Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR). Study of literary texts from various periods and cultures whose theme is the representation of animals. GE credit: AH, WC, WE.
HISTORY
HIS 107—Medicine's Histories: Human and Veterinary Medicine from the Ancient World to One Health (4) Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Project (Term Project). Global, comparative study of the related histories of human and veterinary medicine from the ancient world to today's interdisciplinary One Health. Emphasis on reintegration of human and veterinary medicine to meet the biggest health challenges today GE credit: AH, SS.
HUMANITIES
HUM 003—Medicine & Humanities (4) Lecture/Discussion. Extensive Writing. Prerequisite: Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR). Medical arts evolving into science of medicine. Society, medical ethics. GE credit: AH, SS, WE.
HUM 004—Animals and Human Culture (2) The meaning of human relations with animals studied across a variety of historical periods and cultures and from a variety of humanistic perspectives. GE credit: AH.
HUM 004D—Animals and Human Culture: Discussion (2) Prerequisite(s): HUM 004 (can be concurrent); HUM 004 required concurrently. Small group discussions and preparation of short papers for course 4. GE credit: AH, WE.
HUM 007—Travel and Travel Literature (4) Lecture/Discussion—3 hours. Extensive Writing. Prerequisites: Entry Level Writing Requirement. Travel history. Mass tourism, adventure travel, and ecotravel, including social, economic, and cultural issues. GE credit: AH, WC, WE.
PHILOSOPHY
PHI 015—Introduction to Bioethics (4) Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Critical analysis of issues raised by contemporary medicine and biology. Euthanasia, reproductive technologies, genetic engineering, informed consent and patient autonomy, experimentation on human subjects and non-human animals. GE credit: AH, WE.
PHI 121—Bioethics (4) Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Extensive Writing. Prerequisite(s): PHI 015 recommended. Including resource allocation, measures of health and disease/disability, public health, and ethical issues related to research on human subjects and emerging technologies. GE credit: AH, WE.
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLICY PROCESS
POL 105—The Legislative Process (4)
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): POL 001 recommended. Legislative process with emphasis on the United States Congress; legislative organization and procedures, legislative leadership and policy making, legislators and constituents, relations between Congress and other agencies. GE credit: ACGH, SS, WE.
POL 108—Policy Making in the Public Sector (4)
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. POL 001 recommended. Theoretical rationale for governmental activity, program evaluation, PPBS, positive theories of policy making, the quantitative study of policy determinants, implementation, and proposals for improved decision making. GE credit: ACGH, QL, SS, WE.
POL 109—Public Policy & the Governmental Process (4)
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): POL 001 recommended. Processes of formulating public policy, including individual and collective decision making, political exchange, competition, bargaining, coalition formation and the allocation of public goods, resources and opportunities. GE credit: ACGH, QL, SS, WE.
POL 155—Judicial Process & Behavior (4)
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): POL 001 recommended. Analysis of the behavior of judges and courts in the political process. Techniques of judicial decision making. Relationships among courts and other decision-making bodies. GE credit: ACGH, SS, WE.
POL 163—Group Politics (4)
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper/Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): POL 001 recommended. Groups, institutions and individuals, especially in American politics. Historical and analytical treatment of group theories as applied to interest groups (especially labor, business, agriculture, science, military); to racial, ethnic and sectional groups; to parties, public and legislative groups, bureaucracies. GE credit: ACGH, DD, SS, WE.
POL 192A—Internship in Public Affairs (5)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment dependent on availability of intern positions with highest priority assigned to students with Political Science Public Service major; upper division standing. Supervised internship and study in political, governmental, or related organizations. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit: ACGH, SS, WE.
POL 192B—Internship in Public Affairs (5)
Variable. Prerequisite(s): POL 192A; Enrollment dependent on availability of intern positions with highest priority assigned to students with Political Science-Public Service major; upper division standing. Supervised internship and study in political, governmental, or related organizations. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit: ACGH, SS, WE.
WAS 192—Internship in the UC Davis Washington Program (8)
Internship—32 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): WAS 193 (can be concurrent); Junior or senior standing, admission in the UC Davis Washington Program. WAS 193 required concurrently. Internship in Washington, DC with associated, supervised research project. (P/NP grading only.)
ESP 161—Environmental Law (4)
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and one course in environmental science or political science recommended. Introduction for non-Law School students to some of the principal issues in environmental law and the judicial interpretation of some important environmental statutes, e.g., NEPA. GE credit: SS.
LAW 224—Animal Law Seminar (2). Graduate course. Request permission to audit.
Seminar—2 hour(s). An introduction to legal principles affecting animals and their use.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RST 001C—Sacrifice (4) Lecture—3 hours; Discussion—1 hour. Comparative religion, them of sacrifice. GE credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. S. Sanders, J. Shahryar, A. Tillema
RST 006—Introduction to Health Sciences and the Humanities (4) Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Extensive Writing. Humanities in the health sciences focusing on illness, the practice of medicine, and the role of culture in biomedical research. GE credit: ACGH, AH, DD, SS, WE.
RST 010—Contemporary Ethical Issues (2) Presents challenging, contemporary ethical issues from a multi-cultural perspective. Rotating topics will include Ethical Eating, Capital Punishment, Euthanasia, Poverty, and Animal Rights. May be repeated for credit. GE credit: AH, WE. L. Eastland, D. Campion, A.Coudert
RST 010A—Contemporary Ethical Issues (2) Discussion—1 hour(s); Extensive Writing. Prerequisite(s): RST 010 (can be concurrent); RST 010 required concurrently; GE topical breadth and diversity credit only with concurrent enrollment in RST 010. Restricted to students enrolled in course 10. Discussion of the readings assigned for course 10 and completion of a major research paper. May be repeated for credit. GE credit: AH, WE.
RST 011—Ethical Eating (4)
Discussion—1 hour(s); Extensive Writing. Prerequisite(s): RST 010 (can be concurrent); RST 010 required concurrently; GE topical breadth and diversity credit only with concurrent enrollment in RST 010. Concurrent enrollment in RST 010 required. Discussion of the readings assigned for RST 010 and completion of a major research paper. May be repeated for credit. GE credit: AH, WE.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
STS 051—Ancient Medicine (4) Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome; physiological conceptions of the body; sanitation technology and health in antiquity; medical treatment of the female body; medicine and the economy. (Same as CLA 051.) GE credit: AH, WC, WE.
STS 121—Special Topics in Medical Anthropology (4) Lecture/Discussion. Prerequisite(s): ANT 002 recommended. Critical medical anthropology. Anthropological analysis of bio-medicine, psychiatry, systems of knowledge and healing, the body, emotions, and clinical encounters in a cross-cultural perspective. (Same as ANT 121.) GE credit: SS, WC, WE.