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2022/2023 University Catalog 
    
2022/2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.

 

Weber Honors College

  
  • HONOR 296 - Honors Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HONOR 299 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Individual study.

    Note: A maximum combined credit of nine units of 299, 499 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HONOR 313 - Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in HONOR 113 .

    Idea, philosophy, and method of interdisciplinary studies. Various disciplines and topics from interdisciplinary perspectives, workplaces, and societal settings. Integration of a variety of schools of thought and the value of an interdisciplinary outlook. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HONOR 413 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Problems


    Units: 3 GE

    Various social problems from interdisciplinary perspectives. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units of which three units may be applicable to General Education.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement. See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HONOR 495 - Seminar in Integrative Capstone


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Weber Honors College.

    Honors culminating capstone experience. Synthesis and integration of academic, professional, and community involvement, including major and honors-specific coursework and high impact practices. Formulation of action plan for post-baccalaureate personal and professional aspirations. Formerly numbered Honors Program 490C.

  
  • HONOR 496 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HONOR 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Individual study.

    Note: A maximum combined credit of nine units of 299, 499 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Maximum credit of six units of 499 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.


Hospitality and Tourism Management

  
  • HTM 201 - Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management


    Units: 3

    Hospitality and tourism industry with focus on basic management theories and principles as they apply to hospitality and tourism; basic structure, organization, and management of industry components and the services/products they deliver.

  
  • HTM 219 - Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism Professions


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 201 .

    Investigation of professional identities through review of literature, collection of data, analysis, and synthesis of findings/results.

  
  • HTM 223 - Hospitality Managerial Accounting and Controls


    Units: 3

    Utilization of accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing, and controlling in hospitality and tourism management. Integrates areas of managerial accounting and controls with applications in hospitality industry.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in ACCTG 202 .

  
  • HTM 250 - Hospitality Law


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 201 .

    Hospitality law, legal, and policy areas arranged according to specific entities hospitality managers have primary relationships: guests, employees, third parties, and government.

  
  • HTM 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HTM 301 - Service Leadership Development


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division major in hospitality and tourism management.

    Service leadership theory and development in hospitality and tourism industry. Application of business models and industry metrics. Development of leadership competencies.

  
  • HTM 320 - Hotel Management


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division major in hospitality and tourism management.

    Hotel management and operations to include room reservations, housekeeping, front desk management, concierge, sanitation, safety, security, and bellstand. Revenue management, forecasting, measuring performance, transient versus group displacement, service quality, pricing and inventory management, ethics.

  
  • HTM 325 - Global Hospitality Leadership


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division major in hospitality and tourism management.

    Finances and revenue centers, future trends, global distribution systems, human resources, management, operations, policies and regulations, sales and marketing.

  
  • HTM 327 - Economics and Supply Chain Management in the Events Ecosystem


    Units: 3

    Theory and practice of supply chain management and economics in the event ecosystem to include event horizons, experience design and production, KPIs for event evaluation, perishable inventory, perspectives of value, project management, and supplier contracts.

  
  • HTM 330 - Event and Meeting Industry


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing in hospitality and tourism management or another major approved by the school and consent of instructor.

    History and motivation behind meetings, elements of events, event operations and project management, types of meetings and events and industry and economic models.

  
  • HTM 333 - Weddings and Social Events


    Units: 1

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 330 .

    Cultural, social, economic, and other factors affecting planning and execution of weddings and other social events.

  
  • HTM 340 - Restaurant Management


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 301 .

    Restaurant and food service principles to operations of casual and fine dining restaurants with emphasis on cost/volume/profit relationships, forecasting demand and market share, market niche/positioning, sanitation and safety, scheduling, quality management, customer service, technology, and ambience/environment.

  
  • HTM 342 - Restaurant Marketing and Menu Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 340  and B A 370 .

    Restaurant marketing and menu design, menu research and development, and other marketing-related management functions.

  
  • HTM 351 - Identities and Organizations in Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing in HTM or RTM.

    A fundamental analysis of self-identification and social identities followed by an application of establishing collective identities in hospitality, recreation, and tourism organizations.

  
  • HTM 370 - Tribal Gaming: Cultural and Political Context


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: AMIND 370  
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Social and political context of American Indian tribal gaming, political relationships between federal and tribal governments, contemporary examples of tribal gaming, sociocultural and economic forces leading to gaming as strategy for economic development, and responses by non-Indian communities to tribal gaming.

    Note: This course satisfies the ethnic studies [ES] requirement.

  
  • HTM 371 - Tribal Gaming: Casino Operations


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Functional units of a casino and how they work together to create a viable business model. Economic and management issues in gaming industry, with emphasis on tribal applications.

  
  • HTM 372 - Tribal Gaming: Legal and Regulatory Issues


    Units: 1

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Legal and regulatory structure of tribal gaming including Federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and California compacting process.

  
  • HTM 373 - Tribal Gaming: Marketing and Public Relations


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Key strategies, tactics, and techniques used by marketing and public relations professionals to fuel demand for tribal casino gaming. Customer relationship marketing (CRM), radio/TV/ print advertising, promotions, and guest incentives.

  
  • HTM 381 - Cross-Cultural Interpretations of Gambling Addiction


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Cross-cultural applications of scientific knowledge about gambling addiction and disordered gambling. Social and historic place of gambling in government revenue generation and political consequences of particular public policy actions. Formerly numbered Professional Studies and Fine Arts 381.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HTM 398 - Internship I in Hospitality and Tourism


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Hospitality and Tourism Management 301 and consent of internship coordinator. A minimum of 400 hours of prior documented hospitality work experience.

    Entry level experience in a hotel, restaurant, or related position at a university approved site. Minimum 300 hours of quality work at site required during semester and completion of project.

    Note: Only students who have been approved for placement by internship coordinator may enroll in this course.

  
  • HTM 430 - Specialty Event Management


    Units: 2

    One lecture and two hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 330 .

    Special events planning and execution.

  
  • HTM 431 - Convention Services for Hotels


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 301  and HTM 330 .

    Planning, developing, and implementing hotel meeting and convention services.

  
  • HTM 432 - Project Management for Events


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 330 .

    Defining and evaluating success and engagement, financial planning, project management, registration and ticketing, return on investment, site selection and physical design, and time tracking.

  
  • HTM 433 - Destination Management Services


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 431 .

    Destination management companies including incentive travel and marketing techniques, structure, governance, business, and services operations.

  
  • HTM 435 - Sporting Events and Festival Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 431 .

    Organization and administration of attraction-based events focusing on scheduling, financing, budgeting and revenue distribution, logistics, planning techniques, marketing, contracts, and staging considerations.

  
  • HTM 450 - Venture and Entrepreneurial Management in Hospitality and Tourism


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 301  

    Initiating, expanding, purchasing, and consolidating hospitality and tourism businesses; examination of entrepreneurial approach including concepts, theories, techniques, and practices of managerial innovation/implementation; analysis of entrepreneurial skills.

  
  • HTM 453 - Hospitality Sales and Marketing


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 201 , HTM 320 ; B A 370 .

    Sales functions and management skills required of hospitality companies. Tactics and techniques used to reach target audiences.

  
  • HTM 455 - Hospitality Financial Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 301 .

    Managerial insights and techniques for understanding, evaluating, and managing hospitality industry financial information and making sound decisions.

  
  • HTM 456 - Hotel Revenue Management


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 320 .

    Revenue management in hotel industry including marketplace intelligence, forecasting, pricing, and revenue optimization techniques.

  
  • HTM 465 - Hospitality Technology


    Units: 1

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 490 .

    Operative characteristics of extant hospitality industry technology; techniques for evaluating investments in new technology solutions.

  
  • HTM 480 - Leadership and Coaching in Hospitality


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division major in hospitality and tourism management.

    Development of interpersonal communication, coaching, and training skills to maximize employee performance in a service setting.

  
  • HTM 490 - Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 398 , HTM 480 , and B A 370 .

    Problems and issues of strategic planning in hospitality and tourism businesses including methods, techniques, and models used to identify strategic issues and generate future-oriented action plans to implement change.

  
  • HTM 491 - Leadership and Self Development in Hospitality


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 301 , HTM 480 , and upper division standing in hospitality and tourism management.

    Capstone leadership course. Advanced leadership topics and completion of student leadership portfolios.

  
  • HTM 495 - Innovation in the Experience Economy


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division major in hospitality and tourism management or recreation and tourism management.

    Innovation theory with experience economy logic to include memorable experience design and dimensions; idea generation and implementation.

  
  • HTM 496 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HTM 498 - Internship II in Hospitality and Tourism


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 398 . Food handler certification required for Restaurant majors.

    Experience in a hotel, restaurant, tribal casino, or tourism site in student’s chosen emphasis at a university approved site. Minimum of 300 hours of quality work at site required during semester in addition to completion of site project.

  
  • HTM 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of special study adviser.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • HTM 596 - Selected Topics in Hospitality and Tourism Management


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Selected topics in hospitality, tourism, and/or tribal gaming management. May be repeated with new content and approval of instructor.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • HTM 601 - Leadership Explorations and Applications in HTM


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to M.S. program in hospitality and tourism management.

    Concepts, theories, and techniques of leadership as applied to hospitality, tourism, and recreation organizations, and businesses. Experience in teamwork, interpersonal networks, managing change and conflict, controlling environmental factors.

  
  • HTM 602 - Theoretical Foundations of Leadership and Management in HTM


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to M.S. program in hospitality and tourism management.

    Directed reading and discussion of textual materials designed as an underpinning for future coursework and analytical projects pertaining to leadership and management in the hospitality, tourism, and recreation professions.

  
  • HTM 651 - Financial Analysis in HTM


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  and HTM 602 .

    Financial decision-making in a hospitality/tourism/recreation context to include analysis of financial statements, capital projects, deploying capital effectively, asset management, battling marginal compression, return on investment, optimizing return performance. Case studies and projects provide practical experience.

  
  • HTM 653 - Leading in Complex Human Systems in HTM


    Units: 4

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  and HTM 602 .

    Human side of leadership with a focus on individuals, teams, and networks in interdependent and complex organizational systems in hospitality and tourism management. Investigates adaptive leadership, culture development, and performance improvement within the context of organizational development and change.

  
  • HTM 655 - Twenty-First Century Marketing in HTM


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  and HTM 602 .

    Advanced concepts and theories of hospitality and tourism marketing in the context of the fast-evolving sub-field of services marketing. Application of advanced marketing strategies to a variety of HTM businesses and organizations nationally and internationally.

  
  • HTM 657 - Data Driven Decision Making in Hospitality and Tourism Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  

    Data literacy, budgeting and report preparation, stakeholder assessment and communication.

  
  • HTM 661 - Financial Analysis in Meetings and Events


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  and HTM 602 .

    Effective financial management in meetings and events industry.

  
  • HTM 663 - Leading in Complex Human Systems in Meetings and Events


    Units: 4

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  and HTM 602 .

    Leadership systems and theories relating to events, hospitality, meetings, and tourism industries.

  
  • HTM 664 - Business Analytics and Change Management for Meetings and Events


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  and HTM 602 .

    Innovation and change management in meetings and events industries. Development of communications plan based on analysis of relevant stakeholders.

  
  • HTM 665 - Event Marketing Principles in Meetings and Events


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  and HTM 602 .

    Marketing management in meetings and events professions. Competitive, guest, margin, and market analyses.

  
  • HTM 667 - Data Driven Decision Making in Meeting and Event Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  

    Business event strategy management to include budgeting and report preparation, data literacy, and stakeholder communication and assessment.

  
  • HTM 680 - Mastering Technology in an HTM Operational Setting


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 651 HTM 653 HTM 655 .

    Systems, techniques, strategies, and foundations of technology in hospitality, tourism, and recreation businesses and organizations with emphasis on performance metrics and system adaptability. Project oriented coursework with opportunities for system analysis, integration, and design.

  
  • HTM 682 - Sustainability in Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Organizations


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 651 HTM 653 HTM 655 .

    Development of a comprehensive sustainability management system incorporating marketing and communication, goal setting, developing performance indicators and metrics, benchmarking, and strategies for ongoing, measurable, sustainability performance improvement.

  
  • HTM 683 - Sustainability in Meetings and Events


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to M.S. program.

    Development of sustainability plan within meetings and events industries. Analyses of non-compliance. Performance improvement and communication strategies.

  
  • HTM 690 - Systems Problems Resolution in HTM


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 651 HTM 653 HTM 655 .

    Project oriented course on solving real problems in hospitality, tourism, and recreation organizations and businesses.

  
  • HTM 696 - Special Topics in Hospitality and Tourism Management


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing.

    Study in specific areas of hospitality and tourism management. May be repeated with new content with the approval of graduate adviser.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • HTM 697 - Mentoring and Coaching


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 663 .

    Collaboration, experiential learning, and mentorship with executives from meetings and events industries.

  
  • HTM 698 - MentorEDGE Program


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 601  

    Mentoring to include customized learning and competency development. Create a leadership vision along with context, relationship, and self-mastery competencies.

  
  • HTM 780 - Seminar: Strategy Development and Critical Analysis in HTM


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 680 HTM 682 HTM 690 .

    Case study analysis requiring command of all previously delivered program course material to include data analysis, effective teamwork and leadership, and overall organizational assessment.

  
  • HTM 781 - Seminar: Strategy Development and Critical Analysis in Meetings and Events


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 664  and HTM 690 .

    Comprehensive team case study and presentation. Data analysis, leadership, and teamwork.

  
  • HTM 790 - Directed Readings in Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 680 HTM 682 HTM 690 , and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation for the comprehensive examination for students in Plan B.

  
  • HTM 791 - Directed Readings in Meetings and Events


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HTM 663 .

    Analyses of scholarship encompassing events, leadership, management, and meetings disciplines.

  
  • HTM 797 - Research


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Supervised research in an area of hospitality and tourism management. Maximum Credits: three units of HTM 790 , 797, or HTM 798  applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • HTM 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Individual study, generally for thesis research. Maximum Credits: three units of HTM 790 HTM 797 , or 798 applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • HTM 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.


Humanities

  
  • HUM 101 - Introduction to Humanities


    Units: 3 GE

    Preliminary investigation: how values and ideals are expressed in literary, artistic, and intellectual achievements of individuals and civilizations throughout the world.

  
  • HUM 102 - Global Humanities


    Units: 3 GE

    Themes from standpoint of global interconnections. Interdisciplinary examinations through historical, linguistic, literary, and philosophical lenses. Current issues of global importance.

  
  • HUM 103 - Introduction to Public Humanities


    Units: 3 GE

    How humanities engage diverse and divergent publics. What makes a public, what makes scholarship public humanities, and what can be done in the university to ensure more access, education, and justice outside of it.

  
  • HUM 130 - The Jewish Heritage


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: JS 130 
    Hebraic and Jewish influences on the arts, literature, philosophy, and religion of Western civilization.

  
  • HUM 140 - World Mythology


    Units: 3 GE

    Comparative themes and figures from various mythologies of the world. Interpretation of myths; their influence on art, culture, and history.

  
  • HUM 201 - The Body: Identity, Crisis, Resistance


    Units: 3 GE

    How bodies shape our understanding of ourselves and others across multiple spheres of private and public life. The body and identity, physiological health challenges and solutions, the social power of physical movement.

  
  • HUM 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HUM 310 - French Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Literature and culture stemming from France. Literary, artistic, and intellectual achievements. Traditions and influences to include contributions of the Francophone world.

  
  • HUM 322 - LGBT History and Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: LGBT 322  
    Interdisciplinary field of lesbian and gay studies with attention to history and artistic expression. Topics include varying attitudes toward homosexuality in history, as well as literary, artistic, theatrical, and musical contributions of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HUM 330 - Russian Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Religion, literature, philosophy, music, and art of Russia. From the patriarchs of the past to the people of the present. Russia’s influence on European humanities and world culture.

  
  • HUM 360 - Animal Humanities


    Units: 3 GE

    Humanities beyond “the human.” Nonhuman animals as subjects in the world. Animals as focus of ethics, literature, philosophy, theory, and visual culture.

  
  • HUM 370 - American Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Literary, artistic, and intellectual achievements of the United States from colonial times to the present day. Great cultural traditions and influences represented in the contributions of Americans of diverse gender, ethnic, geographic, and political identity.

  
  • HUM 380 - Japanese Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ASIAN 380  and JAPAN 380 .
    Significant works of literary, performing, and visual arts to include array of artistic trends, cultural phenomena, historical developments, and socio-political discourses throughout the nation’s long and tumultuous history.

    Note: Taught in English.

  
  • HUM 390W - Writing in the Humanities


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HUM 101  or HUM 102  with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or better (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Theoretical approaches in study of humanities. Writing in discipline of humanities through analysis of key thinkers in history.

  
  • HUM 405 - Faith and Hope


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: REL S 405 
    Humanities as expressed in religion. Acquisition and/or loss of faith. Questioning of theological systems. Confrontation with death. Nature of hope. Use of signs, symbols, and narratives to generate social structures. Symbolic and mystical systems of meaning. Influence of religion upon culture.

  
  • HUM 406 - Renaissance and Self


    Units: 3 GE

    Rebirth broadly defined, up to the present. The idea of progress. Humanities and cult of antiquity. Innovation in arts and letters. Traversing the globe. Quest for virtue, fame, glory. Questioning the past. The nature of genius.

  
  • HUM 407 - Rationalists and Romantics


    Units: 3 GE

    Eighteenth century Enlightenment and its descendants. Rational interaction with the world. Literature, philosophy, music, art, and poetry representing rationalist and romantic ideologies. Conquest of nature and retreat to nature. Reason versus passion. Romantic responses to rationalists.

  
  • HUM 408 - The Modern


    Units: 3 GE

    Conceptualizing past and present. Valorization of the new and improved. Cultural products of imperialism, monopoly, consumerism, mass media, and corporate identity. The culture of the “Other.” Literary, artistic, and intellectual breakthroughs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their influences.

  
  • HUM 409 - The Future


    Units: 3 GE

    Conceiving of time and visions for tomorrow in an ever-changing world. Being human in an age of artificial intelligence and cloning. Utopian and dystopian visions. Thinkers, artists, and scientists from past and present contemplate the unknown. Breakthroughs and possibilities.

  
  • HUM 410 - Studies in Popular Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Popular culture informed by significant cultural discourses, historical developments, and political debates. Representative works to include secondary critical readings, animated film, comics, literature, live-action film, and television.

  
  • HUM 411 - Understanding Evil


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: REL S 411  
    Evil and how the language of evil has been used by diverse religious communities. Conceptions and portrayals of demons, hell, Satan, and vampires. Literature on the Holocaust, terrorism, torture, and war.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HUM 412 - Science and the Humanities


    Units: 3 GE

    How developments in science and technology have informed artistic, literary, and philosophical production throughout the modern era.

  
  • HUM 413 - Theory in the Humanities


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): HUM 101 HUM 102 , or upper division standing.

    Humanistic inquiry. Theories and theoretical debates across geographical borders. Foundational theories and recent interventions.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HUM 490 - Senior Seminar in Classics and Humanities


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Classics or humanities major with more than 90 units; others with consent of department chair.

    Senior capstone seminar in major. Discussion and research on topic in classics and humanities. Formal research paper.

  
  • HUM 496 - Topics in Humanities


    Units: 3

    Interdisciplinary topics in literature and the arts. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HUM 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair.

    Directed individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • HUM 504 - The Dark Ages


    Units: 3

    Same As: HIST 504 
    Europe and the Mediterranean, sixth to eleventh centuries C.E. through various approaches: political, economic, social, and cultural. Topics include: barbarians and Vikings, the Byzantine, Arab, and Holy Roman Empires, the Norman Conquest, Charlemagne, Beowulf, feudalism, and serfdom.

  
  • HUM 506 - The Renaissance


    Units: 3

    Same As: HIST 506 
    Intellectual, artistic, social, and economic transformation in Europe from fourteenth to seventeenth centuries.

  
  • HUM 580 - Topics in the Humanities


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Three units of humanities and upper division or graduate standing.

    Advanced systematic study of a motif or theme in the humanities. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HUM 596 - Topics in Humanities


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and consent of instructor.

    Interdisciplinary topics in literature and the arts. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. No more than six units of 596 may be applied to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

 

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