ANTH 020S: Culture, Health and Healing
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour.
Surveys health, disease, curing, and nutrition in a cross-cultural perspective. Covers how different cultural groups consider disease, health maintenance, and healing; how traditional beliefs about health and nutrition arise; and what one can and cannot learn from traditional health-seeking practices. Credit is awarded for one of the following ANTH 020S or ANTH 020.

ANTH 108: Anthropology of Global Media 
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Examines the global production, transmission, and consumption of mass media in diverse national and transnational contexts. Includes debates over the power of media; construction of knowledge of others; affective responses to images of violence; practices of self-representation; and the ways in which consumers accept, reject and negotiate media messages.

ANTH 261: Anthropology of the Body 
4 Units, Seminar, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Examines cultural anthropology's treatment of the body as both a subject and object of social processes through recent and classic texts. Aims to ground theoretical inquiry in ethnographic and historical materials through the examination of bodies across time and space.

ANTH 262: Seminar in Medical Anthropology
4 Units, Seminar, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Surveys major topics in medical anthropology.
Examines the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of medical anthropology, including the cultural construction of health and disease, the nature of the therapeutic process, and how social structures contribute to inequality and suffering.

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AST 023: Modern Japan and Personal Narrative
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1.5 hours.
Introduces major debates in history, politics, and culture through the genres of biography, autobiography, diary, and confession. Explores the parallel construction of the modern nation, the modern language, and the modern self. Traces the development of Japan's "I-novel." Builds skills in close reading by studying the rhetoric of self-narrative.

AST 056: Cultures of the Japanese Empire
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Covers the social histories and literatures of the Japanese Empire from the foundation of the Meiji state to the present. Includes the Ainu, Okinawan, Taiwanese, and Korean cultures. Explores the concepts of assimilation, citizenship, national language, nation-state, sovereignty, total war, and translation. Utilizes readings in English.

AST 184: Japanese Media and Cultural Studies
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Investigates Japanese media and culture including film, television, video games, manga (comics), anime, music, and print and digital media. Analyzes the function of media relating to issues of national identity, imperial culture, collective memory, and censorship. Includes transnational circulation of Japanese cultural forms, alternative media, and historical changes in technologies. 

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BIOL 034: Human Heredity and Evolution
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Designed for both nonscience and science majors. Covers basic human genetics and evolution, and explores their relationship to physical and mental health. An exploration of the political, societal, and ethical implications of human heredity and evolution.

BIOL 106: Biology of Human Variation
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102; BIOL 105 or BIOL 108; STAT 011, may be taken concurrently; or consent of instructor.
A survey of variation within and among contemporary human populations arising from genetic and environmental factors. Covers single-locus and polygenic inheritance, developmental plasticity, and physiological acclimatization. Includes biogeographic and demographic influences; variation in pigmentation, stature, physiology, disease susceptibility, behavior, and IQ; and critical evaluation of racial and ethnic classifications.

BIOL 107B: Advanced Molecular Biology
3 Units, Lecture, 2 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 107A or BCH 110C or BCH110HC or equivalents.
An advanced treatment of the functional architecture of genetic material. Topics include genome structure and chromosome organization, DNA replication and gene expression, cloning organisms, molecular medicine, protein engineering, and application of modern molecular biology to agricultural problems. Coverage of each topic includes discussion of the impact of the emergent molecular technology on society.

BIOL 110: Biology of Human Problems
4 Units, Seminar, 4 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C; CHEM 001C or CHEM 01HC; CHEM 008C and CHEM 08LC, or CHEM 08HC and CHEM 08HLC; MATH 007B or MATH 009B or MATH 09HB; PHYS 002C or PHYS 02HC, PHYS 02LC or PHYS 02HLC; BCH 100 or BCH 110A or BCH 110HA; one course in statistics.
Devoted to selected human problems that have a large biological component and relate to medicine, ethics, and human existence. Topics covered vary and include issues of major bioethical importance such as euthanasia, national health care, effects of industrial pollution on individuals and communities, population problems, abortion, and genetic engineering.

BIOL 111: Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A with a grade of C- or better, BIOL 005B with a grade of C- or better, BIOL 005C with a grade of C- or better; BIOL 102 with a grade of C- or better; STAT 010 with a grade of C- or better.
Introduces epidemiological methods used to investigate infectious diseases. Includes examples and case studies presented for a variety of human infectious diseases.

BIOL 115: Human Genetics
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102; BCH 100 or BCH 110A or BCH 110HA.
An introduction to human genetics. Topics include human gene organization, chromosome structure, chromosomal aberrations, patterns of single-gene inheritance, multifactorial disorders, developmental biology in medicine, cancer genetics, prenatal diagnosis, personalized health care, gene therapy, and ethical issues in medical genetics.

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CS 170: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
4 units Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): CS 100 with a grade of “C-” or better, CS 111.
An introduction to the field of artificial intelligence. Focuses on discrete-valued problems. Covers heuristic search, problem representation, and classical planning. Also covers constraint satisfaction and logical inference.

CS 178A: Project Sequence in Computer Science and Engineering
4 units Lecture, 1 hour; laboratory, 2 hours; individual study, 1 hour; practicum, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): CS 141, ENGR 180W; restricted to class level standing of senior.
Incorporates the proposal, design, building, testing, and documenting of software and hardware devices or systems under the direction of a faculty member. Emphasizes professional and ethical responsibilities and the need to stay current on technology and its global impact on economics, society, and the environment. Completed together, CS 178A and CS 178B may be applied as a substitute for the CS 179 (E-Z) CS major requirement. Graded In Progress (IP) until CS 178A and CS 178B are completed, at which time, a final letter grade is assigned.

CS 178B: Project Sequence in Computer Science and Engineering
4 Lecture, 1 hour; laboratory, 2 hours; individual study, 1 hour; practicum, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): CS 178A; restricted to class level standing of senior. Incorporates the proposal, design, building, testing, and documenting of software and hardware devices or systems under the direction of a faculty member.
Emphasizes professional and ethical responsibilities and the need to stay current on technology and its global impact on economics, society, and the environment.

CS 179 (E-Z): Project in Computer Science
Prerequisite(s): CS 100 with a grade of C- or better; CS 152 with a grade of C- or better; ENGR 180W. For hours and prerequisites, see segment descriptions. Under the direction of a faculty member, student teams propose, design, build, test, and document software and/or hardware devices or systems.
Emphasizes professional and ethical responsibilities and the need to stay current on technology and its global impact on economics, society, and the environment.

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ENGL 033: Literacies For Multimodal Contexts
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; research, 1.5 hours; written work, 1.5 hours.
Studies information and its graphical, auditory, or interactive presentation in interdisciplinary, multimedia, and multimodal contexts. Analyzes information, sampling, and simulation as narrative, poetry, rhetoric, style, archive, or source. Utilizes hypertext or hypermedia criticism; information aesthetics; cyberfeminisms; Black software critique; queer technics; indigenous technologies; design discourse; digital activisms; and other methods.

ENGL 020C: Introduction to Alternative Critical Perspectives on Literature and Culture
5 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours; written work, 2 hours.
Introduces work associated with alternative critical traditions. Includes one or more of the following perspectives on culture: feminist, Marxist, critical ethnic, decolonial, disability, queer, and techno-cultural.

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LNST 001: Introduction to Latin American Studies
Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 1.5 hours; individual study, 3 hours; term paper, 1.5 hours.
Introduces key issues in Latin American Studies and how scholars from diverse fields address them. Topics include indigenous cultures; colonial history; poverty; race, gender, and class inequalities; democracy and dictatorship; revolution; and civil war. Integrates film, literature, and music into the course.

LNST 105: Imagining the Nation: Film and Media in Latin America
Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): MCS 020 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Study of the role of media and film in creating a national imaginary in Latin America. Focus is on one region or nation--such as the Andes, the Caribbean, Mexico, Argentina, or Chile--relating local history to the global context.
Course is repeatable as topics change to a maximum of 8 units. Cross-listed with MCS 185, and SPN 185.

LNST 125: Topics in Latin American Film and Media
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior.
Intensive formal, historical, and theoretical analysis of a theme or issue in Latin American film and media. E. Indigenous Video & Latin America.
Cross-listed with MCS 125 (E-Z), and SPN 125 (E-Z).

LNST 172: Twentieth-Century Latin America
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor.
Topics include the Mexican Revolution, the Great Depression, populism, industrialization, revolution, and the emergence of conservative regimes in the age of neoliberalism.
Cross-listed with HISA

LNST 185: Economic Development in Latin America
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 103 or ECON 104A or ECON 105A.
A comparative analysis of the major trends in Latin American economies in the twentieth century. Includes historical legacies, primary export economies, the theory and practice of import substitution industrialization, and the debt crisis. Also covers stabilization and structural adjustment, poverty and income distribution, the informal and agricultural sectors, and the environment.
Cross-listed with ECON 185.

LNST 187: Contemporary Public Policy Challenges in Latin America
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002 or ECON 002H; ECON 003 or ECON 003H; or consent of instructor.
A survey of the wide-sweeping policy reforms since the 1980s and of contemporary public policy challenges in Latin America. Challenges discussed include extremely high levels of poverty and inequality; inadequate educational and healthcare systems; pressures for land reform; problems of trade competitiveness; and recurring currency crises.
Cross-listed with ECON 187.

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MHHS 001: Introduction to Medical and Health Humanities
Lecture, 3 hours; activity, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Introduces medical and health humanities. Explores the importance of humanities and arts to medicine, the diverse understandings of health and illness, and the complex social and economic forces that inform how people are cared for during times of illness. Mandatory course in the Medical and Health Humanities minor.

MHHS 191: Seminar in Medical and Health Humanities
Seminar, 3 hours; activity, 2 hours; extra reading, 0.5 hour; research, 0.5 hour. Prerequisite(s): MHHS 001 with a grade of C- or better.
Examines selected topics in the medical and health humanities from religion, anthropology, literature or history to creative arts. Analyzes the role of humanities in medicine. Develops skill sets through seminars with medical humanities experts. Mandatory course in the Medical and Health Humanities minor.

The BREATHE Center
The BREATHE Center at the UCR School of Medicine is a multidisciplinary collaborative for studies bridging regional ecology, aerosolized toxins, and health effects. Research efforts among the collaborative include regional climate modeling, culture and policy studies on air quality and health, environmental justice and health disparities, and the health impacts of aerosolized particles including dusts, soil microbes, allergenic pollens from invasive species, and pollutants.

The Center for Healthy Communities (CHC)
The Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) aims to use innovative community-based research and to promote the health of communities in Inland Southern California. CHC is building bridges with community groups and interdisciplinary health-field faculty to promote the health of the culturally and economically diverse population surrounding UCR, particularly the medically underserved.

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MUS 008: Popular Music Cultures of the United States
4 Units Lecture, 3 hours, discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Explores the so-called popular musics and music cultures of the United States and the social history of these cultures to provide students with a sonic understanding of these extremely fractured, ever reconstituted “United States.”

MUS 012: Introduction to Music and Culture
4 Units Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; activity, 1 hour; listening activity, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): None.
Introduces methods and develops skills for understanding music in society. Includes an overview of music’s social roles, including personal identity, nationalism, and political movements. Students listen to music of multiple genres and geocultural areas, participate in activities and workshops, and develop writing skills to describe and analyze musical practices.

MUS 013: Popular Music Analysis: Text and Context
4 units Colloquium, 2 hours; seminar, 1 hour; workshop, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
A textual and critical analysis of mass-mediated popular music. Explores theories of popular culture and traditional approaches from Western music theory as applied to the study of creation, interpretation, and reception of popular music.

MUS 014: Popular Musics of the World
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Introduction to issues surrounding popular and urban musics of the world, focusing on three major geocultural areas: Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Emphasizes the relationship between mass-mediated music and issues of cultural hegemony, resistance, and subversion. Analyzes the cultural impact of media technology on music performance and reception.
Cross-listed with ETST 014, and URST 014.

MUS 118: Music, Politics, and Social Movements
4 Units Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; assigned listening, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Examines the role of music in social and political movements. Emphasis is on understanding the textual and musical features of politically engaged music within its historical, social, and cultural context.

MUS 140: American Musical Subcultures: A Genealogy of Rock
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 0 to 2; listening, 2-3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A historical and cultural overview of the genre of American popular music known as “rock.” Covers themes ranging from musical form and structure, aesthetics, and audio technology to community and individualism, gender and racial identity, political resistance, and the music industry.
Cross-listed with HISA 139.

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PHIL 002: Contemporary Moral Issues
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour.
A philosophical analysis of contemporary moral issues such as abortion, discrimination, sexual morality, punishment, the obligation to obey the law, suicide, euthanasia, war, and privacy.
Credit is awarded for one of the following PHIL 002 or PHIL 002H.

PHIL 003W: Ethics and the Meaning of Life
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 001B with a grade of C or better, ENGL 007, may be taken concurrently; for concurrent enrollment in ENGL 007, review the course titles or topics in the current online Schedule of Classes to find the corresponding ENGL 007 writing workshop; or consent of instructor. 
Approaches one of the basic questions of value: how should one live? Covers classical and contemporary discussions of issues such as the human good; human virtue; the role of pleasure and happiness; egoism and altruism; duty; the relativity and objectivity of value; the meaning of life; death; autonomy; integrity; and conscience.

PHIL 009: Biomedical Ethics
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. 
Introduces the major camps in ethical theory: utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and feminist ethics. Applies these theories to critically examine contemporary issues in bioethics. Includes stem-cell research, assisted reproductive technologies, contract gestation, maternal-fetal conflicts, genetic and pharmacological enhancements, access to health care, and physician-assisted suicide.

PHIL 010: Language, Mind, and Reality
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours, discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Explores the nature of language, communication, and mentality and their role in shaping our thought and experience of the world. Tackles questions about the innateness of concepts, the social and rational norms governing communication, the nature of speech acts and their connection to hate speech and pornography, and the scope of mentality.
Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 010 or PHIL 010H.

PHIL 030 (E-Z): Introduction to the History of Philosophy
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. 
Introductory surveys of important periods and subjects in the history of Western philosophy. Topics include E. Hellenic Philosophy: Pre-socratics Through Aristotle; F. Hellenistic Philosophy: Epicureans, Stoics, And Skeptics; G. Medieval Philosophy; I. Early Modern Philosophy; J. Late Modern Philosophy; K. Nineteenth-century Philosophy; M. History Of Ethics; N. History Of Political Philosophy.

PHIL 114: Science and Human Understanding
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): CS 011/MATH 011 or CS 120A/EE 120A or CS 150 or PHIL 008 or PHIL 008H or consent of instructor.
An introduction to first-order logic, the core of the logic often used in contemporary philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics.

PHIL 117: Environmental Ethics
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one course in philosophy or consent of instructor.
A philosophic consideration of ethical problems that arise from the use and exploitation of the environment. Topics covered include workplace pollution hazards; environmental pollution and protection of collective natural resources; the rights of future generations; the rights of animals; the protection of endangered species.

PHIL 124: Formal Logic
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): CS 011/MATH 011 or CS 120A/EE 120A or CS 150 or PHIL 008 or PHIL 008H or consent of instructor.
An introduction to first-order logic, the core of the logic often used in contemporary philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics.

PHIL 125: Intermediate Logic
4 Units, Lecture, 3, hours; extra reading, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 124 or consent of instructor. 
The basic metatheory of first-order logic; with an emphasis on the precise relation between its syntax (formulas, rules of inference, and proofs) and semantics (interpretations, truth, validity), leading to the soundness and completeness theorems.

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POSC 107: None Western Political Thought
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior.
Explores some of the key political thinkers, ideas, and cultural-religious legacies of non-Western societies. Addresses pertinent non-Western civilizations and crucial problems in comparative political theory. Provides a detailed analysis of political thinking in regions such as the Middle East, South Asia, and East/Southeast Asia.

POSC 130: Politics and Econocmics of the Pacific Rim
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Provides students with a broad understanding of the politics and economics of countries that border the Pacific Rim, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and China, and of their relationship to the United States. The major issues addressed include economic growth, sociopolitical development, trade, and interdependence.

POSC 159: The Armed Forces and Politics
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
An introduction to the origins, nature, and behavior of the military within political systems. Focuses on the political interaction between the armed forces and civilians. Topics include military intervention, democracy, human rights, missions, defense organizations, and civilian control. Explores case studies of the United States, Russia, and countries from Latin America and Asia. 

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SOC 002G: Introduction to Global Change and Inequality
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H.
Introduces basic concepts and perspectives in the macro-comparative study of social change and inequality at the global level. Explores causes and consequences of globalization in the arenas of economy, polity, and culture. Emphasizes their impacts upon various forms of inequality worldwide.

SOC 030: Identity and Society
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none.
Studies the nature of the self, one's identities, and their role in social behavior. Examines the processes of self-verification, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and authenticity using social psychological theories. Introduces research methods that allow the study of self and identity processes.

SOC 031: Couples and Families
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Examines the major trends in marriage, families, and intimate relationships. Focuses on how inequality and diversity affect loving and family relations. Discusses the dynamics of gender inequality among families and couples and how family life is shaped by race and ethnicity, social class, divorce, and sexuality.

SOC 036: The Sociology of Music
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H; or consent of instructor.
Explores the social and cultural foundations of music. Addresses the connections to broader sociological themes using music as the subject of analysis. Examines the sociology of music in the context of creation and production of music, content of music, and reception and uses of music.

SOC 111: World Inequality 
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of sophomore, junior, or senior; or consent of instructor.
Covers the inequalities that manifest between and within countries. Focuses on economic disparities along with inequalities relating to gender dynamics, political representation, and health outcomes. Also explores other dimensions including poverty and inter-generational mobility. Offers a comparative examination of major world regions.

SOC 112: Sociology of the Labor Movement
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H.
Introduces sociological literature related to the labor movement. Provides a comparative and historical overview of research on unions, workers' centers, and other organizational forms and collective actions through which working-class people have sought to improve their working and living conditions.
Credit is awarded for one of the following SOC 112 or SOC 112S.

SOC 120: Society and Mental Health 
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor.
Covers the social causes and patterns of mental health and disorder in the United States. Examines scientific research on the social determinants of mental health and disorder, inequalities of mental health, and access to mental health care and US mental health care policies.

SOC 128: Chicano Sociology
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Analysis of the Mexican experience in U.S. society. Explores the history as a minority; mass immigration in the twentieth century; relationships with American institutions; present socioeconomic status; variations in social status from region to region; political emergence and variations in values; and social relations and integration with non-Mexicans. Cross-listed with ETST 128.
Credit is awarded for only one of ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/SOC 128S.

SOC 150: The Sociology of Economic Organizations
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Examines how the scope and nature of formal and informal organizations are shaped by sociological processes external to them, such as the influence of governments, institutions, networks, and resources. Illustrates the processes with examples from contemporary United States and from other periods and cultures.

SOC 286: Life Course and Health
4 Units, Seminar, 4 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing; or consent of instructor.
Covers sociological theories, interdisciplinary theories and methods for life course approaches to health. Discusses health outcome measurements, study design, and sources on bias. Includes historical influence, structural constraints, human agency, minority health and early origins of adult health and intergenerational influence. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.

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RLST 001: Sex, Sin, and Scripture
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; individual study, .5 hours; term paper, .5 hours. Prerequisite(s): none.
An introduction to the academic study of religion. Engages the study of religion thematically, thinking through taboos and injunctions as they are related to specific social and historical contexts. Examines global religious beliefs and practices from diverse cultural perspectives.
Credit is awarded for only one of RLST 001 or RLST 001H.

RLST 003: Is There A Path of Joy?
Seminar, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. Explores therapeutic wisdom traditions that make claims about how to reduce suffering and achieve fulfillment and happiness. Considers worldwide literatures and rituals for their therapeutic claims. Also examines the positive psychology movement, which weds academic research to the task of individual self-help.

RLST 004: Religion, Society, and Culture
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. 
Introduction to the study of religion through the lenses of sociology and cultural studies. Explores the mutual influence of religion and social institutions, politics, social movements, and popular culture. Topics may include pluralism, new religious movements and “spirituality”, popular culture, social power, and politics.
Credit is awarded for only one of RLST 004 or RLST 004H.

RLST 011: Islam and Feminism
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Focuses on the intersections between Islam and feminism. Topics include feminist interpretations of the Qur’an, Muslim women’s movements and activisms in Islamic and non-Islamic societies, and the complex interactions between the nation-state, religion, gender, and sexuality. Cross-listed with GSST 012, and MEIS 012.
Credit is awarded for one of the following RLST 011, GSST 012, MEIS 012, GSST 012H, MEIS 012H, or RLST 011H.

RLST 012: Religious Myths and Rituals
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
An introduction to the meanings, origins, and functions of religion; the roles of myths, rituals, and symbols; and images of transcendence. Examines religious beliefs and expressions from diverse cultural perspectives. Utilizes materials from indigenous Native (North and South) American, African American, and/or Asian American religions.
Cross-listed with ETST 012. Credit is awarded for only one of ETST 012/RLST 012 or ETST 012H/RLST 012H.

RLST 014: Religion and Science
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none.
Covers major themes in the relation of science and religion. Primary focus is on issues between science and Western religions, with attention to Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Major attention is given to creationism and Darwinian evolution. Explores religious meaning in a scientific cosmos through the study of contemporary science fiction and film.

RLST 015: Death
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Investigates the psychological aspects of facing death and dealing with dying persons; cross-cultural religious and philosophical interpretations of death (as new life, resurrection, rebirth, etc.); and medical, ethical, and legal issues such as physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Credit is awarded for only one of RLST 015 or RLST 015H.

RLST 016: Sexuality and Religion in Global Perspective
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Introduces sexuality studies within the comparative study of religion, rooted in the theoretical frameworks of gender and sexuality studies. Transnationalism and global dynamics of power are central themes. Focus is on critical heterosexuality studies, with some LGBT studies and an underlying queer studies perspective. Cross-listed with GSST 016.
Credit awarded for only one of GSST 016/RLST 016 or GSST 016H/RLST 016H.

RLST 019: Black Religion in the United States
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Introduction to religion in the experiences of Black people in the United States. Topics include Black religion in the social imagination, in ritual, the arts (e.g., African American spirituals, literature), Black Nationalism, social change, and queernesses in Black religion. Engages primary sources for examining religious contributions in society.
Cross-listed with BLKS 019.

RLST 024: Introduction to Native American Culture and Religion
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none.
Interdisciplinary study of contemporary and historic Native American efforts to resist colonialism, with a strong emphasis on land matters, identity issues, and religious forms. Promotes critical reflection on historic and contemporary culture and politics.
Cross-listed with HIST 034.

RLST 100: The Problem of Religion
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one Religious Studies course or upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
A survey of critics and defenders of religion who debate meanings and functions of religion in relation to modern challenges such as religious pluralism, secularism, and scientific inquiry. Addresses topics of assigned instructor’s expertise.

RLST 103: Decolonizing Religion
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours; research, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior.
Introduces the constitution of the Western category of religion as it was (and is) fortified through colonial encounter. Engages deeply with colonial archives and underscores the collaboration between religion and colonial domination. Topics also include decolonizing methodologies in Religious Studies including liberation theology and critical theory.

RLST 105: Gender, Sexuality, and Islam
Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of sophomore, junior, or senior.
Focuses on the intersections between gender, sexuality, and religion in Islamicate societies. Discusses the ways in which those formations have been shaped by histories of slavery, imperialism, colonialism, human rights discourses, neoliberalism, contemporary practices of Islamophobia, nationalism, and global LGBTQ activism.
Cross-listed with GSST 110, and MEIS 110.

RLST 118: The Problem of Evil: Understanding Evil and its Manifestations
Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Explores the ways that Western culture and religion have defined evil. Primarily investigates religious discourses, but also considers philosophical, social scientific, and popular ideas of evil. Examines evil from the perspectives of the victim, the perpetrator, and the voyeur, and in a variety of media such as fiction, nonfiction, and film.

RLST 122: Medicine and Asian Religions in Global Circulation
Lecture, 3 hours; individualized study, 6 hours; research, 1 hour; term paper, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): Restricted to class level standing of Sophomore, Junior, or Senior.
Considers the relationship between religious cosmologies, the organization of knowledge, and the practices for managing bodily and natural order that underpin three major medical traditions of Asia in premodern and modern periods: Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Tibet’s Four Tantra Tradition.

RLST 135B: History of Christianity: Modern Era
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Surveys the history of Christianity since 1500. Emphasizes the Christianization of Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the long colonial era. Follows developments in Christian belief, practice, and institutions up to the present. Topics include Reformation, mission, colonialism, empire, conversion, syncretism, modernity, Vatican II, and the rise of evangelical Christianity.
Cross-listed with HIST 130B.

RLST 137B: Religious Cultures in Modern America
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor; HIST 017B is recommended.
An introduction to a variety of religious traditions, movements, and cultures from 1800 to the present in the United States.
Cross-listed with HISA 122B.

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LING 198: Emoji Use and Interpretation
This course explores virtual language and communication that use emoji via text message and social media. In particular, this course applies sosciolinguistic theories to the use and interpretation of emoji by students in the UCR community. Students of this course will focus on the intersections of language, meaning, society and culture to investigate emoji use and interpretation based on race, gender, culture, bilingual status, and more.

MCS 198: Internet Literacy Thorugh Cultural Moments and Media
With the rise of the internet, specifically social media, it's more important than ever to know what you're looking at and have critical thinking when it comes to the new normal. This course will be focusing on navigating a variety of social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube etc. In addition to this, we will gain a better understanding of how it affects us as well as how we ourselves are able to have an impact online. Thorugh this deeper understanding of the way we interact with the digital space, we will be able to look at our coulture thorugh a new lens, Students will be expected to do this by analyzing scholarly articles discussing the social media phenomenon and applying to their everyday lives. It is expected to complete assignments that will be due each week discusing their own thoughts on the topics provided that class.

NASC 198: Science Behind Skin Care
This course will evaluate the effects of cosmetics on the epidermis. Using basic chemistry and scholarly research, "The science behind skin care" aims to educate students on different skin care products, their ingredients, and the effects they have on the skin. This course will cater to different skin types to address the difference of needs, individual to each person's epidermis. Within this course, students will also be taught to examine different brands in order to see past the marketing. Essentially, this course aims to teach students to use science and data to become healthy, and more ducated consumers.

POSC 190: The Future of War
The world is on fire and there is no water to spare. While American policymakers were distracted in the Middle East, state adversaries have studied the American way of war--and how to counter it. The Future of War aims to educate students on the evolving military tactics and strategies of America, Russia, and China as they compete with each other for dominance. From the undercover Russian soldiers inflitrating Easern Ukraine to the cat-and-mouse games played by the Chinese navy ove rthe South China Sea, this couse will cover the evolution of futuristic military doctrines such as Multi-Domain Operations and Hybrid Warfare. Walk into a world of deceit, cutting edge technology, and cold, hard political decisions. Learning in this class will be assessed with role-playing exercises that put you in the driver's seat of hypoethical military operations.

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