Current Courses - Fall 2011
INFORMATION FOR FALL 2011
INCOMING TRANSFER STUDENTS

WINTER 2012

SUMMER 2011

9/16/11
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
FALL 2011 COURSE LISTING

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY IN ALL CLASSES
AND SECTIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE QUARTER

All majors meeting the pre-requisites of a class will be allowed to enroll during WebReg. WebReg times are allocated by class standing so declared majors should not suffer any adverse effects from the system. If you try to WebReg for a class that is full, put yourself on the waitlist as the university now uses an automatic waitlist system to add students into classes. If a seat opens you will be added into this class automatically.

IMPORTANT DATES:

First day of classes – Thursday, Sept 22, 2011
Automatic wait-lists officially end – October 6, 2011
DEADLINE TO ADD WITHOUT ADD CARD – October 7, 2011
DEADLINE TO DROP w/o “W” – October 21, 2011

For course descriptions please visit the UCSD catalog at:
http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/courses/COMM.html

 

GENERAL COMMUNICATION:

LOWER DIVISION

Go to http://blink.ucsd.edu for more important enrollment and registration information for 2011 – 2012

For course descriptions please visit the UCSD catalog at:
http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/courses/COMM.html

GENERAL COMMUNICATION:

LOWER DIVISION

COGN 20
Introduction to Communication (4) – Patrick Anderson
Lecture MWF 2:00 – 2:50 WLH 2001
Section ID’s:

A01 719955 M 9:00 – 9:50am HSS 2150
A02 719956 M10:00 - 10:50 Sequo 147
A03 719957 Tu 8:00 – 8:50am Centr 220
A04 719958 Tu 1:00 – 1:50 WLH 2110
A05 719959 W 9:00 – 9:50am U413 1
A06 719960 W 10:00 – 10:50 WLH 2208
A07 719961 W 2:00 – 2:50 HSS 2152
A08 719962 W 3:00 – 3:50 Solis 110
A09 719963 Th 11:00 – 11:50 Centr 220
A10 719964 Th 12:00k– 12:50 WLH 2110
A11 719965 F 12:00 – 12:50 Sequo 147
A12 719966 F 1:00 – 1:50 U413 1

 

UPPER DIVISION

COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

COCU 110
Cinema in Latin America (4) – Isaac Artenstein
W 6:30 – 9:20pm Peter 102
Section ID 729304

COCU 120
The Problem of Voice (4) – Tom Humphries
TuTh 11:00 – 12:20 CSB 005
Section ID 719947
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

COCU 130
Tourism: Global Industry and Culture (4) – Michele Goldwasser
TuTh 11:00 – 12:20 WLH 2111
Section ID 719948
Prerequisite: COCU 100

COCU 136
Concepts of Freedom (4) – Valerie Hartouni
TuTh 12:30 – 1:50 Peter 102
Section ID 719949
Prerequisite: COCU 100

COCU 144
Globalization of Culture and Communication (4) – Heidi Feldman
TuTh 12:30 – 1:50 WLH 2111
Section ID 719950
Prerequisite: COCU 100

COCU 148
Communication & Environment (4) – Suzanne Burg
TuTh 9:30 – 10:50am WLH 2204
Section ID 719951
Prerequisite: COCU 100

COCU 175 A00
Topics in Communication (4) – Denise McKenna
Title: New Media in the 19th Century
TuTh 12:30 – 1:50 Pcynh 121
Section ID 719952
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

"What happened when old media was new? This course examines the emergence of new media forms in the 19th century, particularly in relation to the politics of class, race, sexuality and gender. Media technologies under consideration will include: lithography, photography, the telegraph and the telephone, typewriters, gramophones, and cinema." Prerequisite: Upper division standing.

COCU 183
Popular Music, Social Practices, and Cultural Politics (4) – Heidi Feldman
TuTh 8:00 – 9:20am Pcynh 122
Section ID 726627

 

COMMUNICATION GENERAL

COGN 150
Required Senior Seminar (4) – Robert Horwitz
Title: Communication and Religion
W 9:00 – 11:50 TMCA 127
Section ID 719968
Prerequisite: Senior standing

Most scholars accepted the secularization thesis, that as society became more modern and standards of living rose, the importance of religion would diminish and would be confined to the private sphere. Instead, over at least the last 30 years or so, religion in the United States, evangelical Protestantism in particular, has become a prominent feature in American culture and politics. The course examines this phenomenon, looking at the relationship between religion, communication, culture, and politics in the United States. Topics to be covered include fundamentalism and its transformation with the creation of the Moral Majority, the culture wars, televangelism and the popular culture of religion, the new Christian right as the base of the Republican Party. Prerequisite: Senior Standing.

COGN 150
Required Senior Seminar (4) – Carl McKinney
Title: Communicating Sex
Th 3:00 – 5:50 MCC 201
Section ID 726475
Prerequisite: Senior Standing

This seminar explores the politics and practices of producing, distributing, and consuming representations of human sex and sexuality. Using historical and theoretical work on sexuality, visual culture, human interaction, media technologies, communication law, and the entertainment industries, we will critically assess a variety of written, visual, and interactive texts and engage ongoing debates about the social, cultural, and political values of sexual representation. Students will develop research projects culminating in a seminar paper that reflects critical analysis of relevant issues and texts. Though this seminar is not specifically about pornography, this will necessarily be an area of inquiry. Understanding the politics of sexual representation requires attention to the classification of particular representations as pornographic, rather than artistic, erotic, educational, or scientific. Students should be prepared to read texts and view images that they may find offensive. Prerequisite: Senior Standing.

COGN 150
Required Senior Seminar (4) Camille Campion
Title: Telling Stories
Prerequisites: Senior standing
Lecture: MW 5:00 - 7:50 in MCC 133
Section ID: 719284

Description: How do stories communicate knowledge and construct meaning? Furthermore, how can we use people's personal experiences to illuminate real and abstract issues? This seminar will explore practical and research uses of personal stories across a range of contexts and mediums. We will focus on life stories, life histories, and personal narratives and what they reveal about identity, community, and society. We will concentrate especially on race, gender, and activism.  During the seminar, students will learn how to document, analyze and present life stories. Since the seminar is oriented toward a finished product, we will spend considerable time on the projects and relevant research skills, coupled with reviewing a reasonable number of texts, films and music that illuminate the construction and dissemination of life stories.

COGN 175
Academic Internship Program (2) – Dan Martinico
Section ID 719969

These 2 units must be taken concurrently with an AIP 197.

COGN 191A
Honors Seminar (4) – Gary Fields
M 4:00 – 6:50 MCC 201
Section ID 728871

 

COMMUNICATION
HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING

COHI 100
Introduction to Comm Human Information Processing (4) – Morana Alac
TuTh 8:00 – 9:20PM York 2722
Prerequisite: COGN 20
Section ID’s by section:

A01 720090 M 8:00 – 8:50am HSS 2152
A02 720091 M 9:00 – 9:50am York 3000A
A03 720092 Tu 8:00 – 8:50am Centr 203
A04 720093 Tu 4:00 – 4:50 WLH 2110
A05 720094 W 10:00 – 10:50am CSB 004
A06 720095 W 11:00 – 11:50 CSB 005
A07 720096 W 4:00 – 4:50 HSS 2152
A08 720097 W 5:00 – 5:50 HSS 2152
A09 720098 F 1:00 – 1:50 Center 201
A10 720099 F 1:00 – 1:50 HSS 2321
A11 720100 F 2:00 – 2:50 HSS 2152
A12 720101 F 3:00 – 3:50 WLH 2110

COHI 123
Children and Media (4) – Michele Goldwasser
TuTh 3:30 – 4:50 Center 119
Section ID 720103
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

COHI 136
Gender and Science (4) – Chandra Mukerji
TuTh 2:00 – 3:20 Centr 207
Section ID 720104
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

COHI 175
Topics in Communication, Human Information Processing (4) - Stephen Mandiberg
Title: Repetition and (New) Media: Remember, Replay, Remix (description below)
MW 5:00-6:20pm CENTR 222
Section ID 729404
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

Description: This class explores the phenomenon of repetition theoretically by placing it into a historical trajectory of media repetition from memory to film, video games, and Internet memes. Writings include response papers, and a drafted final paper. Syllabus upon request from< smandiberg@ucsd.edu >.

 

COMMUNICATION MEDIA METHODS

COMT 100
Non-Linear Digital Editing (4) – Dan Martinico
M 3:00 – 5:50 MCC 222
Section ID 720105
Prerequisite: COGN 21 and 22

COMT 110
News Media Workshop (4) - Dean Calbreath
TuTh 6:30 – 7:50 WLH 2209
Section ID 720106
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

COMT 115
Media & Design in Social Learning Contexts (6) – Michael Cole
MW 1:30 – 2:50 CRB 305
Prerequisite: COHI 100 or HDP 1
Section ID’s:

A01 720108 TuTh 3:30 – 5:20 off campus site
A02 720109 MW 4:00 – 6:00 off campus site

COMT 115 B00
Media and Design in Social Learning Contexts (6) – Michael Cole
TuTh 1:30 – 2:50 CRB 305
Prerequisite: COHI 100 or HDP 1
Section ID’s:

B01 720111 MW 3:30 – 5:30
B02 720112 TuTh 3:30 – 5:30

COMT 116
Practicum in Child Development (4) – Caroline Collins
TuTh 9:30 – 10:50 Solis 110

All sections meet at an off campus educational site. Locations will be announced the first day of class.
Section ID’s:

A01 720114 MW 9:00 – 10:30
A02 720115 MW 10:30 – 12:00
A03 720116 MW 4:00 – 5:30
A04 720117 TuTh 3:00 – 4:30
A05 720118 Tu 4:30 – 6:00
A06 720119 W 3:00 – 4:30
A07 720120 W 9:30 – 11:00

COMT 120
Documentary Sketchbook (4) – Isaac Artenstein
W 2:00 – 4:50 MCC 140
Section ID 727183
Prerequisite: COGN 21 and 22

COMT 175 A00
Topics in Communication, Media Methods (4) – Michael Cole
Title: Practicum in Community based Communication
MW 2:00 – 3:20 (SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW!) MCC 133
Section ID 720121
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

IMPORTANT INFORMATION _ This course will require a lab meeting on MW 3:30 – 5:00 SO PLAN YOUR SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY. THE FULL TIME COMMITMENT FOR THIS CLASS WILL BE MW 2:00 – 5:00.

This course will be a practicum-style, largely hands-on course that investigates the practical and theoretical foundations of creating a new form of University-Community communicative system involving UCSD and two communities in Southeast and South San Diego. Students will engage with faculty and students from Communication and Visual Arts to design and put into action a variety of computer-based and telecommunications design activities for area youth. They will both engage in the activities with the youth and participate in a broader effort to use an advanced digital video display combined with state of the art conferencing facilities that can link these three locales in San Diego in a new variety of community to community communication.

Class meets twice weekly, Monday and Wednesday from 2-5 at one of the Community facilities. Class will consist of two parts each time: discussion and examination of key readings relevant to the project around which the course is organized followed by collaborative work with local youth on computer-based design work for which no special prior knowledge is required. Student work will be evaluated in terms of week participation in the activity at the site and a final project, to be conducted in small groups with the local youth.

The course will meet at the community site. Arrangements for transportation made as part of admission to class. Prerequisites: Upper division standing.

COMT 175 B00
Topics in Communication Media Methods (4) – Antonieta Mercado
Title: Content Analysis
TuTh 6:30 – 7:50pm Solis 111
Section ID 725641
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

History uses methodology of quantitative and qualitative analysis of media content.  Includes conceptual issues concerning the quantification of meaning and practical procedures for coding and data analysis. It also studies examples of qualitative studies, their importance and relevance. Students read samples of studies using content analysis and carry out their own pilot analyses.  Prerequisite: Upper-Division Standing.

COMT 175 C00
Topics in Communication – Media Methods (4) – Patricia Montoya
TuTh 5:00 – 6:20 MCC 133
Section ID 729326

This course emphasizes the structural character of the scripting process.  The class will analyze different structural and conceptual scripting and editing techniques in traditional and experimental non-fiction and essay film and video. With special attention to format and style, the projects created in this class will be an exploration of the student’s passion, particular interests and voice. 

 

COMMUNICATION AS A SOCIAL FORCE

COSF 129
Television and Citizenship (4) – John McMurria
TuTh 2:00 – 3:20 Center 113
Section ID 720122
Prerequisite: COSF 100

COSF 134
Communication, Politics, and Citizenship in America (4) - Jeffery Minson
TuTh 5:00 - 6:20 Pcynh 121
Section ID 729277

Selected topics, both historical and contemporary, on the public sphere, political participation, and the meaning of citizenship. Topics may include: voting practices, the role of political parties, social and cultural dimensions of citizenship, and shifts in public understanding of what counts as "political."
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

COSF 143
Propaganda and Persuasion (4) – Chad Harris
MW 7:00 – 8:20 Pcynh 122
Section ID 720124
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

COSF 175 with Nadine Kozak "Blogging" - CANCELLED 6/23/11

COSF 182
Surveillance, Media and the Risk Society (4) – Kelly Gates
TuTh 8:00 – 9:20am Center 109
Section ID 720125
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

COSF 184
Mass Media and Politics in Africa (4) – Jericho Burg
TuTh 2:00 – 3:20 Peter 103
Section ID 720126
Prerequisite: COSF 100

COSF 185
Gender, Labor and Culture in the global Economy (4) – Boatema Boateng
TuTh 3:30 – 4:50 Peter 103
Section I D 720127
Prerequisite: Upper division standing

 

COMMUNICATION – GRADUATE CLASSES

COGR 223
Communication Law and Policy (4) – Robert Horwitz
Tue 2:00 – 4:50 MCC 201
Section ID 727769

COGR 225C
Colloquium in Science Studies (4) – Robert Westman
M 4:00 – 6:20 HSS 3027
Section ID 720088

COGR 261
Mediational Approaches to Culture/Mind (4) – Michael Cole
M 9:00 – 11:50 MCC 201
Section ID 720024

COGR 282
Reading and Memory (4) - Chandra Mukerji
T 9:30 - 12:20 MCC 201
Section ID 729629

COGR 294
History of Communication Research (4) – Boatema Boateng
M 12:00 – 2:50 MCC 201
Section ID 720026

COGR 296
Communication Research as an Interdisciplinary Activity (4) – Val Hartouni
W 9:00 – 11:50 MCC 201
Section ID 720027