SOPHOMORES/JUNIORS!! Have your 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
2008? If so, you will want to take the ISF 189 - Thesis preparation
seminar this Fall! Set yourself up for success!!

EVERYONE: You must attend all class meetings during the 1st two
weeks or the instructor will most likely drop you from the ISF
courses. Be sure to check your enrollments throughout the semester -
you are ultimately responsible for maintaining your enrollments.
Please see Dawn Strough if you have any questions throughout the
semester.

ISF 61 - Moral Reasoning and Human Action: The Quest for Judgment (3 Units)
Instructor: EARL KLEE. TTh 9:30-11am, 150 GOLDMAN SCHOOL (GSPP), CCN: 45003
This Interdisciplinary survey course seeks to understand how we
define injustice, evil, and individual responsibility in modern
society. We will focus on human behavior in extreme situations -
war, life and death conflicts, genocide and mass killing - as well as
competing conceptions of human freedom and cooperation. Satisfies L&S
breadth requirements: Philosophy&Values

ISF 100A, Sec. 1 - Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural
Analysis (4 units)
Instructor: ROBERT EHRLICH, TTh 12:30-2pm, 105 NORTH GATE, CCN: 45006
This course will examine some of the major theoretical perspectives
that have emerged as a response to the nature of "modernity."
Utilizing works in the social sciences and the humanities, we will
explore some of the major political, economic, social, and cultural
transformations that have occurred in the context of the process of
modernization. Satisfies the following L&S breadth requirements:
(SBS) Social & Behavioral Sciences
Course Syllabus

ISF 100A, Sec. 1 - Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural
Analysis (4 units)
Instructor: RENATE HOLUB, TTh 9:30-11am, 101 BARKER, CCN: 45009
Focus: Modernity, Postcoloniality, Informationalism. This course
provides an interdisciplinary introduction to key trends,
methodologies, and concepts in social theory over the past 150 years
(modernity). Satisfies L&S breadth requirements: International
Studies, Philosophy&Values, or Social & Behavioral Sciences.
Course Syllabus

ISF 100B, Section 1 - Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural
Analysis: The Self (4 units)
Instructor: GARY WREN, TTh 2-3:30pm, 2 LECONTE, CCN: 45024
This class explores some of the key theories, concepts, and methods
which deal with the nature of the psyche, the processes of
development, and the relationship of the individual to society. We
will explore, in particular, the major elements of Freudian
psychoanalysis, Eriksonian ego psychology, and some contemporary
amendments of these. We will also discuss some of the ways such
theories serve to enhance understanding of various significant social
issues, such as the regulation of sexuality, race relations, the
function of mass media, and others. Satisfies L&S Breadth
requirements: Philosophy & Values or Social & Behavioral Sciences

ISF 100E - Globalization of Rights, Values, and Laws in the 21st
Century (4 units)
Instructor: URS CIPOLAT, TTh 9:30-11am, 60 EVANS, CCN: 45030
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: Philosophy & Values,
International Studies or Social & Behavioral Sciences

ISF C101 - Economic Geography of the Industrial World (4 units)
Instructor: RICHARD WALKER, TTh 2-3:30pm, 141 McCONE, CCN: 45033
This course will examine the following: industrialization,
urbanization, and economic growth in the global North, locational
patterns in manufacturing, retailing trade, and finance, geographic
dynamics of technical change, employment, business organization,
resource use, and divisions of labor, property, labor and social
conflict as geographic forces, local, national and continental
rivalries in a global economy, and challenges to U.S. dominance. Also
listed as Geography C110. Satisfies L&S Breadth requirements:
International Studies or Social & Behavioral Sciences.

ISF 189, Thesis Workshop (Preliminary Thesis Prep) (3 units)
Instructor: URS CIPOLAT, Tth 2-3pm, 3109 ETCHEVERRY, CCN: 45036
Highly recommended course for ISF majors. This workshop serves as
preparation for the Senior Thesis Writing Seminar ISF 190. The course
focuses on getting 2nd semester Juniors or 1st semester Seniors
started on their thesis projects. By the end of the class, you will
have developed a cover page (including a catchy title), a table of
contents, a solid introduction, a tentative bibliography for your
thesis, and -- if you are ambitious enough - your first chapter. You
will also be familiar with important research strategies and
resources such as research grants or the Doe, Moffitt and Law School
Libraries.

FOR ISF DECLARED MAJORS ONLY:

ISF 190, Senior Thesis (4 units)

Sec 1 - MW 10-11am, 385 Leconte, Instructor: Klee, CCN: 45039

Sec 2 - TTh 3-4pm, 385 Leconte, Instructor: Cipolat, CCN: 45042

Sec 3 - MW 4-5pm, 41 Evans, Instructor: , CCN: 45045

Attendance in ISF 190 is required during the first two week 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: GARY WREN, TTh 11-12am, 41 EVANS, CCN: see instructor
You must see Professor Wren during Spring 2007 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
or by using the GPA Calculator at
http://www.reshall.berkeley.edu/academics/resources/gpa/.