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department Science and Society (X) |
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Contemporary issues, including global population trends, economic and environmental changes, cultural diversity and biodiversity, nutrition and food safety, fiber and textiles, changing consumer cultures. Inquiry processes emphasize ethics, multiple disciplines, and multiple perspectives. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.) Caswell-Chen
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Scientific principles and dynamic interactions involved in food production, food processing, nutrition, shelf life and marketing from differing viewpoints. Physical, biological and social science issues influencing the availability and safety of the food supply worldwide. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt.—II. (II.) Bruening, Bostock, Davis
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Lecture—4 hours. Impact of developments in science and technology on the individual in society and how economics, politics, culture and values affect technological development. Not open for credit to students who have completed former course Applied Behavioral Sciences 18. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt.—(III.)
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Film viewing—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Importance of water in many aspects of society as revealed through a survey of its depictions in film. GE credit: SciEng, SocSci, Wrt.—I. (I.) Pasternack
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Highlights a current issue and/or controversy found in contemporary society and looks at how this problem impacts and is affected by the physical, social and biological sciences. Course varies with topic offered. May be repeated twice for credit. Course not offered every year. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt.
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Exploration of terrorism and war from science and social sciences perspectives. Terrorist cells and groups; biological, chemical, nuclear, and environmental terrorism; intelligence gathering and espionage; military strategy; genocide; epochal wars; clash of civilizations; nation building; and future global scenarios. GE credit: Div, SciEng, SocSci, Wrt.—III. (III.) Carey
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Natural and human threats to water quality. Balance of science and policy in all aspects of attaining, maintaining, and managing water quality, water contamination. Decoding popular media coverage of water quality and water contamination. GE credit: SciEng, SocSci, Wrt. (Same course as Environmental and Resource Sciences 8.)—II. (II.) Hernes
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Lecture—3 hours. Explores contemporary environmental issues by examining the causes, effects and solutions to a wide range of environmental problems facing the global ecosystem. Integrated discussion of political, societal and economic impact linkages with environmental problems. GE Credit: SciEng, SocSci, Wri.—III. (III.) Dahlgren
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Water resources issues. How water has been used to gain and wield socio-political power. Water resources development in California as related to current and future sustainability of water quantity and quality. Roles of science and policy in solving water problems. (Same course as Hydrologic Science 10.) GE credit: SciEng, SocSci, Wrt.—III. (III.) Fogg
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Introduction to cultural/societal patterns of California and their relationship to natural resources, biomes, geomorphology, and physiography. Focus on diversity of California's environments and their impacts on and alterations by human activities. Environmental issues in the State. GE credit: SciEng, SocSci, Wrt.—I. (I.)
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Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing—3 hours. Prerequisite: high school biology. Dependence of human societies on plant and plant products. Plants as resources for food, fiber, health, enjoyment and environmental services. Sustainable uses of plants for food production, raw materials, bioenergy, and environmental conservation. Global population growth and future food supplies. Not open for credit to students who have complete Plant Biology 12. (Former course Plant Biology 12.) (Same course as Plant Sciences 12.) GE Credit: Div, SciEng, SocSci, Wri.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Fischer, Jasieniuk, Nevins
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Biology of HIV transmission and AIDS and how a biological agent acts on and influences the structure of contemporary society. Includes the psychology of risk and stigma, gender issues, changes in social relationships and public policy, global implications. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Radke
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Lecture—2 hours; Laboratory—3 hours; term paper or discussion—0.3 hours. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a spatial technology and a tool for change in society. Evaluate physical, biological and social impact of GIS in the context of case studies such as land, water and community planning. GE Credit: SciEng, SocSci, Wri.—III. (III.) Wallender
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 140. Basic concepts of genetics, modern methods of biotechnology, the process of scientific discovery and the public perception of the process; present and future impact of genetics on society. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt.—I, II. (I, II.) Cook, Epstein, Ronald
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Causes of global climate change and the biological, geophysical, and social consequences of such change. Methods used by different scientists for predicting future events. Complexity of global affairs. Decision making under uncertainty. GE Credit: Div, SciEng, SocSci, Wri.—II. (II.) Bloom
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Fungi as organisms with which humans interact daily, societal issues arising from these interactions. Fungi in medicine, religion, agriculture, and industry, as well as cultural perceptions of fungi. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt.—I, II. (I, II.) Gordon, Rizzo
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Lecture/discussion—2 hours; studio—3 hours. Photography is used to explore the common ground between art and science. Photographic processes, creativity and aesthetics, chaos and order, principles of space, time and light. Photographic interpretation and documentation of the natural world. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, SciEng, SocSci, Wri.—III. (III.) Nathan
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Lecture—2 hours; studio—3 hours. Fusion of water and soil science with performing arts. Creative communication of scientific concepts and facts through exercises in song writing and poetry. Design, discuss and conduct public performances related to the functioning of the natural world. GE Credit: ArtHum, SciEng.—II. (II.) Silk
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Seminar—2 hours; two Saturday field trips. Prerequisite: limited to lower division students. Discussion of historical and current issues in environmental and resource sciences. Lectures, reading and field trips will provide background for selected topics.—I, II. (I, II.)
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Seminar—1 hour; laboratory—1 hour; term paper. Students will observe the interactions between microscopic organisms, conduct simple laboratory experiments, describe and analyze observations and discuss scientific observations and writing.
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Seminar—2 hours. Medicinal usage of plants from biological, historical, and cultural perspectives. Broad contexts of holistic and scientific paradigms for understanding herbal medicine. Saturday field trip to teach herb identification.—II. (II.)
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Seminar—2 hours. Endangered plant species illustrate the value of conservation biology. Topics include societal issues and plant germplasm conservation, comparisons to animal conservation issues, and the economics of and justification for preserving endangered plants.—I. (I.) Parfitt
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Seminar—2 hours. Animal biotechnology and its applications. Discussion topics include potential societal impacts of various technologies, factors shaping public opinion, and ethical and moral questions arising from new biotechnology applications.—I. (I.) Murray
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Seminar—2 hours. The biological, technological, environmental, and socioeconomic factors related to food distribution systems at local, regional, national, and international levels. The potential for increasing world food supply by reducing losses between harvest and consumption.—I. (I.)
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Seminar—2 hours. Contemporary environmental issues, scientific approaches to addressing these issues, and accompanying societal and ethical considerations.—I. (I.) Wilson
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