Course Offerings for Fall 2005

SOPHOMORES/JUNIORS!! Have you declared the ISF major yet? Talk to our faculty advisers today, it is never too early to begin planning your major - don't wait!

SENIORS! Are you planning on writing your senior thesis in Spring, 2006? If so, you will want to take the ISF 188 - Thesis preparation seminar this Fall! Set yourself up for success!!

EVERYONE: You must attend all class meetings during the 1st two weeks or you will probably be dropped from ISF courses. Be sure to check your enrollments throughout the semester - you are ultimately responsible for maintaining your enrollment.

ISF 100A, Section 1 - Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural Analysis (4 units)
Instructor: GARY WREN, TT 3:30-5:00 PM, 180 TAN, Exam Group 20, CCN: 45803
Focus: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modern Society and Culture. This course provides an introduction to some
of the key theoretical foundations of much contemporary research and discussion in the social sciences and humanities. Drawing on classic social theories, we will explore central issues in current debates concerning the nature of the socio-economic order, the modalities of power, and the process of cultural production. We will examine selected original sources in depth. In addition, we will consider elaborations, criticisms, and illustrations of these theories in the context of significant contemporary issues. The goal of this course is to provide the student with a grounding in some of the important concepts, methods, and theories needed for independent, critical thought. Satisfies the following L&S breadth requirements: (IS) International Studies, (SBS) Social & Behavioral Sciences , or (PV) Philosophy & Values.

ISF 100A, Section 2 - Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural Analysis (4 units)
Instructor: EARL KLEE, TT 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, 101 BARKER, Exam Group 9, CCN: 45806
Focus: Theory and Societal Evolution: Charting the Patterns. This is an interdisciplinary survey course on the nature of power, authority, and social freedom in advanced industrial society. Our main focus will be on how social theory has attempted to grasp and comprehend the central currents of modern life. Satisfies L&S breadth requirements:
(IS) International Studies or (SBS) Social & Behavioral Sciences.

ISF 100E - The Globalization of Rights, Values, and Laws in the 21st Century (4 units)
Instructor: URS CIPOLAT, MW 12:00-2:00 PM, 4 LECONTE, Exam Group 18, CCN: 45809
Focus: This course, aimed at helping students to anticipate and prepare for the great ethic and legal debates of the 21st century, applies theoretical and methodological tools of social science, jurisprudence, and philosophy to examine the complex interplay between transnational values and international norms governing social interaction. We explore the shifting nature of important international norms in an effort to clarify how their evolution is influenced by transnational value changes, and vice versa. Particular attention is paid to the changing contents of social concepts such as sovereignty, citizenship, human rights, work, marriage, life and war, and how these changes - often unleashed by the powerful forces of globalization -- are reflected in the laws governing transnational intercourse. The ultimate questions this course intends to answer are a) whether or not the ever closer interconnection of peoples and nations is inevitably leading to the emergence of a universal value system, and if so, b) whether this homogenization of values can be achieved peacefully and c) what kind of values will ultimately prevail. Satisfies L&S breadth requirements: (PV) Philosophy&Values, (IS) International Studies or (SBS) Social & Behavioral Sciences.

ISF C101, Economic Geography of the Industrial World (4 units)
Instructor: RICHARD WALKER, TT 2:00-3:30 PM, 141 McCone, Exam 5, CCN: 45812
In this class, we look at the geographic side of economic life and modern industry in the advanced capitalist world. Geography is an indelible part of all economic processes, whether production, consumption, trade, finance or extraction (though sorely neglected in traditional economic theory). It rears its head in the string of factories, multinational corporations, global trade, the design of malls, subcontracting networks, immigration, the shape of cities, international currency exchange, and much more. It comes into play at all scales, as well, from the location of an office park and build-up of Silicon Valley to the European Union and trans-Pacific manufacturing systems. While probing the geographic dimension, we will also engage such fundamental economic questions as: what causes growth? why do recessions occur? is the consumer sovereign? is technology the key? what are the wages of labor? when are resources obsolete? what is the value of a dollar? Nor will we forget to spice things up with classic problems of political economy: inequality, national rivalry, warfare, imperialism, corruption, state planning, class conflict, and the like. Satisfies L&S breadth requirements: (IS) International Studies and (SBS) Social & Behavioral Sciences.

ISF C145, Multicultural Europe (4 units)
Instructor: RENATE HOLUB, TT 2:00-3:30 PM, 101 LSA, Exam 5, CCN: 45833
This is an interdisciplinary course that welcomes students from all disciplinary backgrounds. In it, we will focus on the most significant transformations taking place in Europe since the end of World War II. These pertain to 1) the formation of the European Union, and 2) to Europe's participation in processes of globalization (informational capitalism and global migration movements). The formation of the European Union has produced a tendency towards homogenizing central institutions of Europe's individual nation states (constitutional, economic, financial, political, educational, security , etc.). Europe's participation in globalization processes has tended towards cultural pluralism, particularly in light of the fact that major migration waves into Europe originate from Muslim majority countries. Both processes - homogenization and multiculturalization - are currently at the center of debates in the public spheres of Europe's individual nation states. We will identify the most important topics of these "national debates" on multiculturalism such as religion, secularism, laicization, citizenship, ethnicity, identity, nationalism, migration, Euro Islam, Islamism, etc. In order to understand differences and similarities in these "national approaches" to multiculturalism, we will look at the most important cultural and constitutional facts in relation to religion and secularism the 25 member states of the European Union historically share. The purpose of the course is to equip the students with basic historical and geographical skills in order to critically think about the most important debates that are emerging from the public spheres of the individual nation states of the European Union at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Satisfies L&S breadth requirements: (HS) Historical Studies,
(IS) International Studies and (SBS) Social & Behavioral Sciences.

ISF C155, Social Implications of Computer Technology (2 units - p/np)
Instructor: BRIAN HARVEY, WF 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM, 380 SODA, Exam 1, CCN: 45835
(Also listed as Computer Science C195)
Topics include electronic community; the changing nature of work; technological risks; the information economy; intellectual property; privacy; artificial intelligence and the sense of self; pornography and censorship; professional ethics. Students will lead discussions on some of these topics.

ISF C160, Forms of Folklore (4 units)
Instructor: Charles Briggs, MWF 9:00-10:00 AM, 155 DWINELLE, Exam 16, CCN: 45836
A worldwide survey of the major and minor forms of folklore with special emphasis upon proverbs, riddles, superstitions, games, songs, and narratives. Note: Satisfies a core method requirement for the ISF major: may be substituted for 100B only. Satisfies L&S breadth requirements: (AL) Arts and Literature and (SBS) Social & Behavioral Sciences .

ISF C184, Information Technology for Competitive Advantage (4 units)
Instructor: LARRY DOWNES, TT 5:00-6:30 PM, 155 DWINELLE, Exam 14, CCN: 45839
In the last decade, information technology (IT) has moved from back-office applications aimed at improving productivity to strategic applications that can radically change the dynamics of companies, industries, and economic sectors. This course will explore the technological, economic, and social conditions that have made such killer apps possible. Students will learn how to think strategically and entrepreneurially about IT whether for personal, business, or non-profit applications.

FOR ISF DECLARED MAJORS ONLY

ISF 188, Thesis Workshop (Preliminary Thesis Prep) (2 units)
Sec 1, Tu 6:00-8:00 PM, 2 EVANS, Instructor: Renate Holub, CCN: 45842 Sec 2, Th 6:00-8:00 PM, 2 EVANS, Instructor: Renate Holub, CCN: 45845

Focus: This course is a highly recommended course for ISF majors. Students will develop a proposal for the senior thesis, locate research sources on campus, engage in preliminary research on their thesis topic, and develop a preliminary but solid bibliography. This course will allow students to begin the preparatory work needed for the successful completion of their senior theses.

ISF 190, Senior Thesis (4 units)
Sec 1, MW 3:00-4:00 PM, 7 Evans, Instructor: Urs Cipolat, CCN: 45848
Sec 2, TT 3:00-4:00 PM, 385 LeConte, Instructor: Robert Ehrlich, CCN: 45851
Sec 4, MW 10-11 AM, 385 LeConte, Instructor: Earl Klee, CCN: 45857

Attendance in ISF 190 is required during the first two weeks of class (or you may be dropped). NOTE: if you are planning to do the CREATIVE OPTION in relation to your thesis, please see Robert Ehrlich immediately during his drop-in office hours.

ISF H195, Honors Thesis (4 units)
Instructor: Wren, TT 1:00-2:00 PM, 61 Evans, CCN: see instructor
You must see Professor Wren during Spring or Summer, 2005 to get the CCN for ISF H195!!! Honors thesis student should contact the course instructor during the PREVIOUS semester to discuss their options for completing an Honors Thesis. (Please be sure that your meet the GPA requirements for the honors class: 3.5 overall GPA and 3.5 GPA in all courses taken to fulfill the major requirements, this includes the world civ pre-req classes, l00A/B, and area of concentration taken at UCB. You can determine your own GPA in the major by simply adding up all course grade points and dividing them by the number of course units, referring to your DARS report or using the website http://www.reshall.berkeley.edu/academics/resources/gpa/

SPECIAL SEATING FOR ISF MAJORS - Fall 2005

ECONOMICS -
These seats will be held for ISF Juniors and Senior during Phase 1 only:
121 - Industrial Organization & Public Policy (5 seats)
REQUIRES PRE-REQS: ECON 100A OR ECON 101A!
152 -- Wage Theory and Policy (10)
181 -- International Trade (10 seats)
182 - International Monetary Economics (10 seats)
REQUIRES PRE-REQS: ECON 100A&B OR ECON 101A&B!

PSYCHOLOGY -
These seats being held ONLY during Phase I for ISF Seniors:
141 - Development During Infancy (20 seats)
150 -- Personality Psychology (50 seats)
160 - Social Psychology (21 seats)
166AC- Cultural Psychology (10 seats)

SOCIOLOGY -
Get on a wait list for Sociology classes if possible. In Phase II, ISF majors will be given preference for remaining seats not taken up by Sociology majors.