2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Undergraduate Courses
000 to 499 subdivided as follows:
000 to 099 designate courses which normally are not counted towards a student’s baccalaureate.
100 to 299 designate Lower Division courses. This category is further subdivided as follows:
100 to 199 designate undergraduate Lower Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at a freshman or sophomore level. Such courses generally do not require any prerequisite course work for fully matriculated students.
200 to 299 designate undergraduate Lower Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at sophomore level. Courses in this category require specific or general prerequisites which are usually completed at the freshman level.
300 to 499 designate Upper Division courses. This category of courses is further subdivided as follows:
300 to 399 designate undergraduate Upper Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at a junior or senior level. These courses presume specific or general prerequisite course work at the Lower Division level.
400 to 499 designate undergraduate Upper Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at the senior level. Courses in this category have prerequisites which students have usually completed at the junior level.
Graduate Courses
500 to 899 subdivided as follows:
500 to 599 designate courses offered at the graduate level which prepare students for a graduate degree program or designate professional teacher-training courses.
600 to 699 designate courses at the master’s and credential level.
700 to 799 designate courses at the doctoral level.
800 to 899 designate courses at the School of Law.
5000 to 6999 designate courses at the MBA level.
7000 to 7999 designate courses at the doctoral Nursing level.
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Counseling Psychology |
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CPSY 607 - Counseling Theory/Pract
Unit(s): 3
An overview of the theories of counseling including the stages and elements of effective counseling as they pertain to the three domains of school counseling, academic/career, personal, and social development; practical skills in counseling students with personal and interpersonal problems; evaluation of counseling outcomes as they relate to self-esteem, learning and achievement; effective referral practices and interventions in response to personal, school, or community crises; and self-awareness, sensitivity to others and skillfulness in relating to individuals will be demonstrated and practiced with emphasis on an understanding of principles associated with the building of self-esteem and personal and social responsibility.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 608 - Preven Interven Schools
Unit(s): 3
The course is designed to provide students with knowledge of comprehensive prevention and early intervention models for addressing student and school issues that pose barriers to learning. Emphasis is on the following: 1) the development of collaboration and coordination skills to establish partnerships among school, family, and community service organizations for the purpose of creating comprehensive counseling and support service programs, 2) the development and implementation of educational strategies and other preventive approaches for reducing school violence and other social problems students face in schools; and 3) the enhancement of interpersonal and social skills in students that can foster self-esteem, positive attitudes toward learning and motivation for achievement.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 609 - Academic Counseling
Unit(s): 3
This course offers an overview of academic counseling skills and strategies, learning theories, and school resources to support and ensure the academic success of diverse pupils in public schools. Emphasis in diversity, context, and sociopolitical issues that impact equity in learning and educational opportunity/outcomes will be provided to prepare students with multicultural and advocacy academic counseling skills. Specific academic counseling needs for diverse students in the middle and high school years will be covered.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 610 - Advanced Multicultural Counsel
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to explore a) the process of counseling with diverse communities, b) the cultural and ethical sensitivity in the assessment and counseling process, and c) the theories to conceptualize clients. Emphasis will be placed on the counselor as an advocate for marginalized communities. The role of race, power, and privilege in counseling relationships at individual, group, family and systemic levels will also be explored.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 611 - Problem Solving Counsel
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to teach the foundations of brief, problem oriented counseling techniques, with particular emphasis on the problem solving model, cognitive behavioral counseling approaches, and methods of assessment and case formulation with individuals (children and adolescents), couples, and families. Students will have the opportunity to practice these skills in laboratory format, as well as become familiarized with some current literature in problem solving techniques.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 612 - Lifespan Counseling
Unit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to developmental theory and its practical application for school counselors. An overview of the psychological, biological, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, and environmental factors that influence the growth and development through the lifespan will be provided. Counseling strategies and interventions based on lifespan developmental theory to meet the personal, social, and academic needs of students will be included.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 613 - Group Counseling Skills
Unit(s): 3
Theory of human communication and application of group counseling skills with children and adolescents. Experiencing group process, including giving and receiving feedback, group roles, interpersonal communication, and problem solving. Planning, conducting and evaluating a group counseling session. Learning effective group leadership skills, stages of a group, and types of groups for schools. Teaching interpersonal skills to students and creating early intervention strategies for addressing problem behaviors.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 614 - Career Counseling
Unit(s): 3
This course will provide an overview of theoretical and practical aspects of career counseling for youth, with a special emphasis on multicultural and sociopolitical issues. We will explore key multicultural models and research pertinent to students’ career development. We will also critically examine traditional career development theories, as well as major career assessment and occupation information systems. An overview of components and evaluation of career counseling interventions and programs in school/community settings will also be provided.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 615 - Assessment-Counselor
Unit(s): 3
Principles of measurement and test construction. Identification and selection of testing instruments, including behavioral assessment, achievement, personality, aptitude and ability assessment. Cultural biases, ethical issues, politicization of assessment and other limitations of assessment. Administration, scoring, interpretation, and presentation of assessment results.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 617 - Consult:Parent, Teacher&School
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide an overview of the complex role a school counselor plays with parents, teachers, schools and greater education system. Students will learn (1) how to assist teachers and parents with identifying and meeting children’s and adolescents’ instructional and developmental needs, (2) develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive counseling and guidance program according to the needs of the school, (3) demonstrate effective leadership as an agent of change within the school, (4) coordination strategies that build collaborative partnerships among school staff, parents, and community resources to enhance student support services that are mutually beneficial to all parties and provide respect for the natural hierarchy with the school and community.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 618 - Law and Ethics
Unit(s): 3
This course will provide knowledge of legal and ethical standards in the practice of school counseling and professional clinical counseling to deliver competent services. Professional and ethical standards will be considered as they relate to the relationship between the counselor’s sense of self and human values. Licensing laws and the process of credentialing and licensure will be reviewed and discussed. A variety of legal and ethical standards will be introduced such as confidentiality, communicating and collaborating with others, mandated reporting requirements, threat to self and other, attendance, truancy, school records and record keeping, violence in schools, and special education law. Differences between the practice of school counseling and professional clinical counseling will be considered.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 619 - Fieldwork Practicum
Unit(s): 1
100 hour initial practicum orienting the pupil personnel services candidate to the work of the school counselor in K-12 public schools or community colleges. Candidates learn legal and practical differences between the role of a school counselor and a therapist; compare and contrast counseling roles at the elementary, middle, secondary, and post secondary levels; learn the role and responsibilities of all school personnel on site and at the district level, and participate in school-based meetings under the supervision of an approved Mentor Counselor and from a university faculty member.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 620 - PPS Traineeship I
Unit(s): 1
100 hour initial practicum orienting the pupil personnel services candidate to the work of the school counselor in K-12 public schools. Candidates learn legal and practical differences between the role of a school counselor and a therapist; compare and contrast counseling roles at the elementary, middle and secondary levels; learn the role and responsibilities of all school personnel on site and at the district level, and participate in school-based meetings under the supervision of an approved Site Supervisor from a university faculty member.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 621 - PPS Traineeship II
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide students with the guidelines and standards regarding field experience activities and hours required for the Pupil Personnel Services Credential and Master’s degree in Counseling (with a specialization in School Counseling). In this course students continue to gain an understanding of the professional expectations of a school counselor who works in diverse K-12 educational setting. Practical experiences in counseling and guidance activities are under the supervision of site and university personnel in approved settings. The instructor maintains frequent contact with the mentor counselor or site supervisor. The major focus will be to provide additional counseling tools and information not typically covered by the core curriculum but critical to the delivery of school counseling services.
Prerequisite: CPSY 620 with a minimum grade of B-
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 622 - PPS Traineeship III
Unit(s): 3
150 hours in applying skills from the program’s courses of instruction within a K-12 school or community agency. Working with students individually, in a group or in a family context. Providing academic advising, logistical duties, consulting, counseling projects, and personal counseling of students. Includes counseling students of a culture different from the credential candidate’s. Supervision from an approved Mentor Counselor and from a university faculty member.
Prerequisite: CPSY 621
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 623 - Trauma and Crisis Counseling
Unit(s): 3
The course is designed to provide students with knowledge of and competencies in trauma and crisis counseling in urban and multicultural contexts. We specifically investigate ecological, developmental, and social variables that impact ethnic minority and low-income communities and their experience of trauma. Trauma associated with racism, poverty, violence, immigration, refugee status, homelessness, abuse, death, injury, health, and crime (as well as other conditions and issues) will be explored. Cultural, psychological, social, and biological differences in the experiences of trauma will be addressed. Culturally relevant intervention models and strategies will be discussed for various forms of crisis and trauma. These include the use of cultural-ecological crisis assessment and intervention models for school and community-based settings.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 624 - Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
Unit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods in education and psychology including basic research designs, methods of data recruitment and collection, consent, and ethical issues. Students also learn how to critically analyze published research and how to use computer technology for accessing existing data and information according to the standards of the American School Counselor Association.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 625 - Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis and Interpretation
Unit(s): 1
This course is an introduction to quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpretation in education and psychology. Students analyze data they have collected from the previous semester to investigate the efficacy of their counseling interventions. Students present their findings to their peers and a group of faculty and researchers.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 626 - Addictions Counseling
Unit(s): 2
This course presents theoretical and practical explorations of the causes of and treatments for addictions and substance abuse. Students enrolled in this course will learn how to assess and intervene with client systems affected by substance use, abuse, and various behavioral addictions, drawing from a range of theories for understanding and models of intervention. Students will gain knowledge regarding multicultural approaches to identification, evaluation, treatment, and prevention of substance abuse and addiction, including populations at risk and the role of support systems.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 627 - PPS Traineeship IV
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide students with guidelines and standards regarding field experience activities and hours required for the Pupil Personal Services Credential and Master’s degree in Counseling (with a specialization in School Counseling). In this course students continue to gain an understanding of the professional expectations of a school counselor who works in diverse K-12 educational setting. Practical experiences in counseling and guidance activities are under the supervision of site and university personnel in approved settings. The instructor maintains frequent contact with the mentor counselor or site supervisor. The major focus will be to provide additional counseling tools and information not typically covered by the core curriculum but critical to the delivery of school counseling services.
Prerequisite: CPSY 622
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 628 - Child and Parent Therapy
Unit(s): 3
Counseling children and parents through client assessments, case conceptualization, goal setting, data collection, and behavior and interactional strategies. Emphasis on systems methods and evidence-based treatment strategies. Consultation with parents, teachers and other professionals in a variety of settings.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 629 - Alcohol/Substance Abuse
Unit(s): 1
Study of the interactional patterns, dynamics, etiology, types, legal and medical aspects, and the treatment of alcoholism and other kinds of chemical substance dependency.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 630 - Individ/Systms Assmnt
Unit(s): 3
Students will be exposed to a wide variety of assessment procedures including structured interviews, standardized and non-standardized tests, and behavioral assessments. Coursework includes assessment of individuals, couples, and family interactions using empirically validated models applied to clinical and non-clinical populations. Assessment of Chronic/Serious mental illness and dual diagnosis is covered, as are Career Theory and career assessment and the relationship between family, work and mental illness.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 631 - Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Unit(s): 3
This course provides an overview of the basic concepts, history, process of psychotherapy, mechanisms of change, and applications of the major schools of counseling and psychotherapy, including behavioral, psychodynamic, and humanistic. This course uses a multicultural lens to examine each school of thought or theory. That is, each school of thought or theory is evaluated based on its culture-bound factors and applicability to diverse populations. Finally, this course will thoroughly examine current trends and pressing questions in the practice of counseling with attention to interviewing skills.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 632 - Child & Adolescent Development
Unit(s): 3
This course will provide an overview of child and adolescent development, and will include developing the knowledge and skills in counseling children and adolescents. Students will learn to assess behavior and incorporate developmentally, ethnically, legally, and gender appropriate strategies to meet the needs of counseling children and adolescents. Analysis, synthesis, and appropriate application of child development and counseling theories to the practice of counseling children and adolescents is emphasized.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 634 - Ethical/Legal/Prof Issue
Unit(s): 3
Course features the roles and responsibilities of Marriage and Family Therapists according to the laws and ethical principles governing practice. Particular emphasis will be given to the ethics codes of major professional associations, family law and statutes covering mental health practice for MFTs in California, and legal mandates pertaining to children in schools.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 635 - Human Sexuality
Unit(s): 1
This course will provide the basic understanding of human sexuality, including the study of physiological, psychological, and sociocultural variables associated with sexual behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and the assessment and treatment of psychosexual dysfunction. The course will review these concepts through a family system and developmental lens over the lifecycle.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 637 - Traineeship I
Unit(s): 3
A Level 1 supervised experience in marriage and family therapy in an institutional setting under professional supervision. Course focus will be on case conceptualization of fieldwork experiences and development of clinical skills, specifically assessment, treatment planning and intervention strategies. Case management and client centered advocacy strategies, such as accessing community resources will also be addressed.
Prerequisite: CPSY 646 with a minimum grade of B-
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 638 - Traineeship II
Unit(s): 3
A Level 2 supervised experience in marriage and family therapy in an institutional setting under professional supervision. This course is a continuation of Traineeship I, expanding upon each students knowledge, goals, and clinical growth.
Prerequisite: CPSY 637 with a minimum grade of B-
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 639 - Indiv & Fam Psychopathol
Unit(s): 3
Course includes an understanding of individuals and family psychopathology through the examination of a variety of models, with a focus on the interaction of culture, economics and diagnosis. Basic knowledge of the diagnostic process and criteria associated with diagnostic categories in the DSM-IV-TR are explored. Students are provided with opportunities to interact with mental health consumers.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 640 - Relationship Therapy
Unit(s): 3
The focus of this course is on relationships: the ways in which people develop as relational beings, their approach towards relating to others, and the way in which the therapy relationship is navigated to promote behavioral and intra-psychic change. The course will review the formation and dynamics of interpersonal relationships in the individual, family, couples, and other relationships. Developmental, intergenerational, identity and cultural influences on the understanding relationships dynamics will be examined. In addition, this course will critically examine the clinical and research literature on relationships and family treatment of mental health issues. Major theoretical approaches towards work with families, couples and other relationship constellations will be reviewed, including: Bowen, strategic, structural, experiential, cognitive-behavioral, psychoanalytic, solution-focused, narrative, emotion-focused, Gottman method, and integrative approaches. These theories will be examined for their intervention effectiveness with diverse communities and relationships.
Prerequisite: CPSY 631 with a minimum grade of B- and CPSY 642 with a minimum grade of B-
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 642 - Counseling Methods
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of foundational counseling skills and the opportunity to practice the skills acquired in the course. The focus of the course is on the foundational microskills (counseling skills) that form the basis of the counseling process, regardless of theoretical orientation. Student will learn to effectively use the counseling skills to work with diverse clients and will be required to demonstrate an understanding and proficiency in the use of these basic counseling skills.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 643 - Career Couns: Thry/Pract
Unit(s): 2
Career counseling theory and applications. Focus on career planning, interest assessment, employment counseling, vocational information resources, use of technology, current trends and implications for individuals and family development.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 644 - Child, Elder & Adult Abuse
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course covers a broad range of domestic violence issues, including assessment, detection, reporting, and intervention strategies in intimate partner abuse, child abuse, and elder abuse for marriage and family therapists. Includes knowledge of community and governmental resources, cultural factors, mandated reporting, and same gender abuse dynamics. Course analyzes patterns of emotional, physical, sexual, and economic or fiduciary abuse along with prevention strategies for changing systemic cycles.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 645 - Prob Solv Ther & Coun
Unit(s): 3
Course features counseling models on multimodal levels, such as cognitive, behavioral, and interactional. Primary emphasis in individual counseling within a broader systemic context, with secondary emphasis on couples therapy. Course integrates two or more time-limited, problem-solving therapies. Practice includes the integration and demonstration of skills and techniques from the models explored.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 646 - Community Mental Health
Unit(s): 3
This course helps students understand the model of community mental health recover and the skills needed for mental health practice. Students will participate in hands-on experiences through a community mental health immersion experience, in addition to learning about strength and evidence based therapeutic interventions aimed at mental health consumers of community mental health care.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 647 - Gp Work Clinical Settings
Unit(s): 3
An overview of the theories and practice of group counseling and consultation, with an emphasis on evidenced-based group therapy models such as cognitive-behavioral, problem solving, and psychoeducation and their application to a variety of populations. Students will conduct in-class group therapy sessions, participate in or observe mental-health consumer groups, design a community workshop or therapeutic group.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 649 - Sexuality & Gender Issues
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed for counseling and mental health service professionals whose work will bring them into contact with clients experiencing problems and concerns with their sexuality and gender. We will examine the social psychological theories and research on how gender and sexuality shapes self-conceptions and social interactions across many domains. The course is designed to develop: students’ knowledge base related to human sexuality and gender experiences, an understanding of the varied sexuality and gender-related issues which may be encountered in therapy practice, students’ skills in assessment and intervention skills with regard to sexuality and gender-related experiences, and increased awareness of one’s personal perceptions, attitudes in regard to sexuality and gender. Course participants will become more effective in identifying, assessing and intervening with issues related to sexuality and gender. Throughout the course, we will critically analyze the role of power and privilege in human sexuality and gender with an inclusive lens that recognizes the diversity in sexual and gender identities.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 650 - Trauma and Crisis Counseling
Unit(s): 3
This course provides opportunities for both theory and skill development by examining crisis and trauma counseling, including crisis theory; multidisciplinary responses to crises, emergencies, or disasters; cognitive, affective, behavioral, and neurological effects associated with trauma; brief, intermediate and long-term approaches; assessment strategies for clients in crisis and principles of intervention for individuals with mental or emotional disorders during times of crisis, emergency, or disaster. Trauma associated with racism, poverty, violence, immigration, refugee status, homelessness, abuse, death, injury, health, and crime (as well as other conditions and issues) may also be explored. Cultural, psychological, social, and biological differences in the experience of trauma will be addressed and culturally relevant intervention models and strategies will be discussed.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 651 - Adult Dev & Geropsychology
Unit(s): 3
This course will provide an overview of the biological, psychological, and social developmental tasks and life events of the adult years, including a family and vocational perspective. There will be a focus on sociocultural, gender and family issues salient to relationships, separation, nontraditional and blended families, and geropsychology. Issues of aging and long-term care are stressed. Analysis, synthesis, and appropriate application of adult development and aging and the practice of counseling adults and older adults are emphasized.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 654 - Career Counseling
Unit(s): 3
This course will provide an overview of major career development theories, techniques, and their application to providing career counseling for diverse populations. Sociopolitical issues, family influences, and multicultural factors will be integrated throughout the course content. In addition to career development theory, the significance of work in clients’ lives and their mental health (i.e., psychology of work) will be explores. An overview of career assessments, career counseling practice, and online career information systems will also be provided.
Prerequisite: CPSY 634 with a minimum grade of B-
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 657 - Ind & Fam Lifespan Devel
Unit(s): 3
Overview of theory and research on the psychological, biological, and social aspects of human growth and development across the lifespan, with attention to family development and dynamics. Relationship of developmental concepts to counseling strategies in school and family counseling.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 658 - Advanced Tech Cognitive Beh Therap
Unit(s): 3
This is the third course in the Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies sequence. This course provides students with an in depth knowledge of evidence-based behavioral approaches to a variety of clinical problems and their relation to trauma, such as depression, anxiety disorders (including PTSD), and serious psychological issues (psychotic behavior, substance abuse, etc.). In addition, students will learn to integrate material from the previous two courses in the Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies sequence and come away with solid skills in crisis/trauma assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, brief and long term approaches to trauma, and outcome measurement. Lastly, students will develop an awareness of the multi-systemic psychological sequelae and effects of trauma from a behavioral perspective.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 661 - Adult Life Transitions Therapy
Unit(s): 3
Application of adult development and life transitions theories to the practice of counseling adults and their families. Strategies and techniques for assessing and assisting adults in initiating, understanding, coping with, and resolving major life transitions issues, as well as the psychological and health implications of life events such as loss, economic change, trauma, illness, substance abuse and relationship changes.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 663 - Therapy in Later Life
Unit(s): 2
An examination of the psychological, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of later life and the impact of cultural attitudes on individuals and their families. Students will learn counseling strategies for use with later life clients and their families, in addition to strategies for addressing significant challenges impacting clients such as anxiety, depression, chronic mental illness, poverty, dual-diagnosis and loss.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 665 - Sub Abuse & Addictions Coun
Unit(s): 3
This course is a study of the etiology, assessment, treatment of, and dynamics associated with various types of addiction, including alcoholism and other substance use disorders. Theories of addiction counseling will be reviewed, as will the application of these theories to counseling and therapy work with individuals, couples, families, and groups of diverse cultural identities and communities. The etiology of addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders will also be addressed with consideration given to the influence of developmental issues, cultural context, and biological determinants. Students will develop conceptual knowledge, practical skills, and self-awareness concerning the development of addiction, assessment strategies, diagnosis, treatment planning and intervention using a recovery model framework.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 670 - Intermed Tech in Cognitive and Behavior Therapies
Unit(s): 3
This is the second course in the Cognitive and Behavior Therapies Core Theory and Practice Sequence covering basic evidence-based techniques in Cognitive and Behavior Therapy. This is a competency-based course model, emphasizing practice and mastery of traditional Cognitive and Behavior therapy techniques, with a focus on relationship applications.
Prerequisite: CPSY 678 with a minimum grade of B
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 671 - Spanish for Mental Health Clinicians
Unit(s): 3
Taught by a bilingual mental health clinician with knowledge of the mental health lexicon required to provide adequate clinical services to Spanish-dominant clients, this course utilizes readings, exercises, and interactive activities to improve the conversational, writing, listening, and reading Spanish language skills of students in professional contexts. Students enrolled in this course will discuss the clinical terminology and colloquial terms that helping professionals often use during the assessment and treatment of mental health concerns. Students will review samples of clinical records written in Spanish and engage in oral presentations that will increase language proficiency.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Certificate and Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 672 - Counsel Theory and Interventions
Unit(s): 3
This course will introduce students to Spanish microcounseling skills and evidence-based practices that address the particular mental health needs of Latinx populations. Students will learn how to conduct interviews, to conceptualize, and plan treatment in Spanish. In addition, they will learn about the delivery of culturally congruent interventions that take into consideration the specific linguistic, social, and cultural concerns of Latinx clients. Using role-plays and case vignettes, students will practice working with presenting concerns such as immigration challenges, acculturative stress, oppressive social attitudes and anti-immigrant sentiments.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Certificate and Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 673 - Latinx Psychology
Unit(s): 3
This course centers on the systemic interactions of Latinx clients and their families, as well as the sociocultural and political context in which those interactions take place. The instructor will provide an overview of the landscape of Latinx populations and introduce students to the cultural, societal, and historical influences that have shaped their current economic and political standings. In addition, the course will introduce students to topics such as Latinx family compositions and dynamics, acculturation, ethnic and cultural identity, generational differences, religion and spirituality, indigenous knowledge, beliefs, and value systems.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Certificate and Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education
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CPSY 674 - Immigration and Asylum Evaluations
Unit(s): 3
This course seeks to facilitate a deeper understanding of the legal and psychological factors that impact immigrant clients, potentially contributing to their mental health concerns or distress. Additionally, this course will emphasize the resilience of immigrant clients and address some of the stressful events they face including forced separation, humiliating removal proceedings, deportation, and lengthy bars from admission into the U.S. By the end of this course, students will be familiar with the legal marriage petition and asylum processes.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Certificate and Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 675 - Immersion Latin America
Unit(s): 1
The culture and language immersion course taught in Latin America, is an intensive eight-day program that focuses on helping students explore their own sociocultural identities within the context of Latinx culture. Surrounding themselves with the rich cultural heritage and resources of Latin America, students will experience linguistic and clinical immersion through in-service-learning activities in the mental health care systems of the local communities. Students will be receiving Spanish-language tutoring, will be learning directly from mental health professionals practicing in that country, and will be engaging in experiential exercises that address the impact of heritage on experience of privilege, prejudice, and oppression. In addition, students will engage in various cultural events (e.g., learning about indigenous healing practices) and excursions that will help enrich their understanding of Latinx culture.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Certificate and Graduate; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 677 - Counsel Across Cultures
Unit(s): 3
Course features an understanding of multicultural issues in counseling with diverse ethnic groups, cultures, and social classes in American society. Emphasis is on developing cultural sensitivity to one’s own cultural value system and the values and attitudes of diverse groups in cross-cultural counseling settings; increasing awareness of the effects that culture, race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation have on human development and the counseling process; and on learning effective counseling strategies and generic counseling methods that accommodate a diversity of cultures.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 678 - Cog Behav Therapies:Theory Prc
Unit(s): 3
This is the first course in the Cognitive and Behavior Therapies Core Theory and Practice Sequence. Students will develop an understanding of how scientific inquiry leads to evidence-based empirical treatments and current ‘best’ practices in psychotherapy. Essential elements and methods common to beginning practice will be introduced and rehearsed.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 683 - Clinical Psychopharm
Unit(s): 3
This course explores basic principles and applications of psychopharmacology in the mental health field. Students will survey principles of drug action and neurotransmitter systems in the nervous system and various classes of psychiatric drugs. The historical, social, economic, political and cultural influences on the use of psychiatric medication are also explored.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 684 - Couples Therapy
Unit(s): 3
This course is an overview of systems theory as applied to intimate dyadic interactions. Although primarily based upon a behavioral model, the major theories of family therapy will be referred to, and multicultural and developmental models will be highlighted. Special emphasis will be placed on practical approaches that are accessible and useful in contemporary settings. Committed couples in all forms will be included such as gay, transgender, married and unmarried.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 687 - Family Systems Therapy
Unit(s): 3
The course features the understanding and application of evidence based family systems model such as strategic, structural, cognitive and behavioral. Practice includes the integration and demonstration of skills and techniques from each model. The impact of major family system disruptions such as chronic mental illness, chemical dependence, dual diagnosis, trauma, and loss are also explored.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 690 - Research Methods
Unit(s): 3
An introduction to the process, methods, and research literature pertaining to counseling individuals and families. Application of basic research concepts through literature critique, literature review, and mini-proposal development. Students will learn to become professional consumers of research regarding the relationship between research and treatment. Course will focus upon and emphasize evidence-based treatment and outcome research.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 691 - Traineeship III
Unit(s): 1
A Level III supervised experience in marriage and family counseling in an institutional setting under professional supervision.
Prerequisite: CPSY 638 with a minimum grade of B-
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 697 - Directed Study
Unit(s): 1 to 3
Independent, in-depth study of a specific educational topic.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CPSY 698 - Special Topic Seminar
Unit(s): 1 to 3
Exploration of one or more selected topics in Counseling Psychology.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
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CDS 100 - Ideal of Ctznshp:Hist Amer Ppl
Unit(s): 4
This course provides an introduction to the historic struggles of diverse Americans to be recognized as citizens of the United States. Using the framework of citizenship, the course explores the ways that systems of power and inequality have been both constructed and challenged throughout American history.
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CDS 195 - FYS: First Year Seminar
Unit(s): 4
Youth is a category that includes a broad range of personalities, experiences, peer groups, aspirations, family and community influences, and hopes and prospects for the future. Youth are everywhere at the same time they are seemingly nowhere, invisible, or silenced when it comes to many social decisions that are made that directly affect and shape their lives and futures. Considered a temporary, transitional stage between childhood and adulthood, youth are often read or misinterpreted as apathetic, caring only about themselves, concerned only for their generation or peers, or obsessed with their electronic devises, athletic shoes, or other material items. At the same time, generation after generation youth represent to many the key and strongest hope for a better future towards sustainability and social justice.
The San Francisco Bay Area has a rich tradition of involving and engaging its youth as well as youth driven social movements. Countless community organizations that serve youth have burgeoned in the last several years with the explicit charge and mission to not only work for youth but alongside with youth, building leadership and community organizing capacity. This course provides insight into the multiple cultures of and many social issues for youth in San Francisco and in the Bay Area. Our aim is to capture and generate questions, concerns and projects that connect to the most marginalized youth and their communities, education, and futures in ways that do not paint young people as total victims. We approach youth as a social constituency and achievement, as well as a formation for organizing, movement work, and praxis, situated at the crossroads of globalization, the neoliberal state and its institutions (e.g., schools, juvenile justice, social welfare), popular culture, material/cultural consumption, and social power.
In keeping with the aims of this course, potential connections between coursework and city organizations will be pursued, perhaps through guest lectures or off-campus fieldtrips. Some relevant urban organizations include: Youth Speaks (spoken word/performance), United Playaz (violence prevention), and Larkin Street Services (queer homeless youth of color).
Restriction: Class restricted to Freshman
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CDS 200 - Intersectional Theory
Unit(s): 4
A course in Intersectional Theories of gender, race, ethnicity, and class including introductions to Critical Race Theory, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, and Class analysis.
Prerequisite: CDS 100 or HIST 128
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CDS 201 - Practicing Critical Dvrsty Std
Unit(s): 4
A methods course that focuses on community engagement and specific problems of research in diverse communities. Special focus on participatory action research models.
Prerequisite: CDS 200
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CDS 301 - Narratives of US America
Unit(s): 4
A core course in literary, artistic, and creative inquiry and production, focusing specifically on critical diversity in the arts and humanities. Course will be comparative and interdisciplinary. Focus on texts and/or performance around diversity and social justice issues. Topics will vary.
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CDS 303 - Perform & Cultural Resistance
Unit(s): 4
Performance & Cultural Resistance studies how creative expression is central to the understanding, formation, and self-definition of historically marginalized communities across the United States of America. Students will study how socio-political theories and concepts manifest themselves as embodied practice in the realm of ritual and performance, and how the latter represent, record, and disseminate relationships of power, cultural resistance, and cultural affirmation.
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CDS 305 - From Slavery to Obama
Unit(s): 4
Through an in-depth examination of the long history of white supremacy and the black struggle against it, this course is designed to enable honest and critical discussion about race in America. Readings, lectures and activities will focus on those events and individuals that have decisively shaped and influenced America’s efforts to abolish slavery and address its historical consequences and subsequent efforts to create a society based on values of racial equality and social justice.
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CDS 376 - Asian Pac Communities in HI
Unit(s): 4
In this course, we critically examine the historical and contemporary experiences of various peoples of Hawai’i. We focus on the ways peoples come to see, know, enact, and practice individual and collective senses of self that are both structurally and self-defined along the axes of race/ethnicity, culture, history, gender, class, land, and residence.
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CDS 390 - Special Topics
Unit(s): 2 to 4
Exploration of one or more selected topics in the field.
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CDS 398 - Directed Study
Unit(s): 1 to 4
A course in the area of the proposed topic for directed study. Written permission of the instructor required.
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CDS 400 - CDS Capstone
Unit(s): 4
This course serves as the culmination of the Critical Diversity Studies (CDS) major and an advanced study of critical materials in the interdisciplinary Jeld of CDS.
Prerequisite: CDS 100 and CDS 200 and CDS 201
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DANC 110 - Ballet
Unit(s): 1 to 2
Introductory classes in various dance styles and techniques including ballet, jazz dance, modern dance, tap, social and ballroom, swing, flamenco, ethnic/folk dance and creative movement. (Course may be repeated for credit.)
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DANC 111 - Ballet (Beg)
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course focuses on the elements of ballet technique at the beginning level. The class is designed to develop body awareness and alignment, a sense of balance and strength in movement, and basic knowledge of ballet terms, positions, and simple step combinations. Students will learn the French terminology for basic steps and their translation. Students will begin with floor exercises to understand alignment and body placement. They will then work facing the barre to further refine this knowledge. Later in the course, the barre will be held with one hand for most of the exercises. By the end of the class, students will be executing steps in the center of the room.
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DANC 112 - Contemporary Dance (Beg)
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This beginning-level course will explore a variety of contemporary dance movement styles and develop basic technical skills. Special focus will be given to sound body alignment principles and the dynamic use of weight. Contemporary dance comprises those movement practices occurring right now in the world, and it is typically a hybrid of many different forms and practices that combine to create a well-rounded and expressive dancer. This class incorporates elements from modern dance, postmodern dance, release technique, floor work, inversions, yoga, experiential anatomy, and improvisation.
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DANC 113 - Hip Hop (Beg)
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course will focus on different forms and qualities of Hip-Hop dance technique. Styles of Hip-Hop such as Popping, Locking, Gliding, Isolations, House, Hip-Hop party dances, and popular choreographic forms will be emphasized. This course will introduce and develop the foundations of Hip-Hop dance techniques at a beginner level.
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DANC 114 - Global Street Dance
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This class is an introduction to the exciting and evolving movement culture known as Global Street Dance. This unifying term describes the wide variety of street and club dances that have emerged from urban environments around the world in the past 50 years. This class will provide an overview of various street dance styles and focus specifically on: Global Hip-Hop, Afro-House, southern style street dances, House and Voguing. Together, we will explore techniques for approaching these multiple styles and find practical ways to integrate these movement vocabularies into choreography and performance.
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DANC 115 - African Dance Forms
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This class introduces students to African Dance styles and techniques, taught in the context of their social, occupational, and religious functions. Providing increasingly complex movement sequences and rhythmic structures, the emphasis is on technical proficiency, clarity of expression, and quality of performance.
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DANC 116 - Ballroom, Latin & Swing
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This is a beginner level course which covers the basic technique, positions and figures of the social dance forms Merengue, Cha-Cha, Swing, Tango, Waltz, and Mambo. Students will become familiar with the specific placement of head, arm, torso and steps of these dances as well as basic techniques involved when dancing with a partner.
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DANC 131 - Music for Dancers
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course will introduce students to ways of understanding and utilizing music and sound as part of the process of dance-making. In addition to learning fundamental musical concepts, students will also learn basic sound editing skills in the creation of their own music/sound scores. The combined practice of studying and making music will develop student’s abilities to communicate musical problems and ideas clearly and knowledgeably to dancers, choreographers, musicians and composers
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DANC 132 - Body in Performance: Laban
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course provides an introduction to Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals and their applications to movement description, observation, and execution. Students in all artistic disciplines will develop physical approaches to their training that address core support, postural concerns, injury prevention and rehabilitation. Through the cultivation of a vital, conscious relationship with one’s body, dancers, actors and musicians will become aware of personal movement patterns that help and/or hinder expressive potential.
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DANC 140 - Dance Cultures and Subcultures
Unit(s): 4
This intergenerational course brings Fromm Institute students and USF students together in an introduction to dance’s culture-making functions. Taking an embodied approach to learning about popular dance in American society, with a focus on current and historical in the SF Bay Area, the course illuminates how dance practices inform and are informed by larger national and international values. The course includes historical/scholarly readings, guest lectures by dance professionals, videos, discussions, attendance at live events, and yes, dancing! Areas of study may include ballroom, tango, lindyhop, ballet, street dance, club/drag performance, dance film, Broadway musicals, and dance on social media. No prior dance experience required.
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DANC 150 - Dance Appreciation
Unit(s): 4
The course provides an overview of theater, dance, and musical theater focusing on the current state of the arts, but also examining their roots and possible futures. Areas covered include scenography, costuming, movement, acting and directing, forms of dance, choreography, theater and dance criticism.
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DANC 160 - The Art of Walking
Unit(s): 4
This class examines how we map urban identities (the city, its neighborhoods, and individuals) through own bodily experiences (moving, seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling). Over the semester, we will use a variety of artistic strategies to ask how the city serves as a canvas, page, or stage for artistry, how it acts as a dynamic character in artistic creation, and how the act of walking itself becomes a creative one. No prior experience necessary.
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DANC 181 - Dance and Social History
Unit(s): 4
This course examines dance in relationship to society and issues of social justice. With the history of 20th century dance as the backdrop, we examine how dance artists have addressed identity, culture, and politics through body techniques and aesthetic choices. Looking at the relationships between ballet, jazz, modern, post-modern, hip hop, and social and vernacular forms, we interrogate the ways political and social structures affect which voices are heard and which bodies are seen. Course includes creative and scholarly research, attendance at off-campus events, guest artist master classes, interdisciplinary meetings with music and theater students, and engagement with the broader Bay Area community. This course is required for PASJ Dance Majors and open to others. Some prior movement experience helpful but not required.
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DANC 195 - FYS: First-Year Seminar
Unit(s): 4
First Year Seminars are designed and taught by faculty who have a special passion for the topic. All FYSeminars are small classes (16 students) that count toward the university Core. Many FYSeminars include enrichment activities such as excursions into the city or guest speakers. FYSeminars are only open to students in their first or second semester at USF, and students may only take one FYS, in either Fall or Spring. For a detailed description of this course, and other FYSeminars this semester, go to this webpage by cutting and pasting the link: https://myusf.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/first-year-seminars
Restriction: Class restricted to Freshman
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DANC 200 - Composition I
Unit(s): 4
Prerequisites: PASJ 130 or DANC 130. Examines the elements of creative movement, with attention to motivation and the use of dance for the expression of ideas and feelings. (Required for Performing Arts Majors.)
Restriction: Field of Study restricted to Perf. Arts & Soc. Justice Major, Dance Minor, Dance Concentration
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DANC 210 - Ballet (Int)
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This intermediate level course is appropriate for students at the intermediate level and advanced students who would like to refine their technique in a respectful and mindful environment. Students gain a deeper understanding of ballet fundamentals while having the opportunity to challenge themselves with a deeper ballet vocabulary and complex combinations at barre and center. A strong emphasis is placed on how to establish alignment and placement of traditional ballet form. Artistry and musicality are emphasized. Course may be repeated for credit.
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DANC 211 - Contemporary Dance (Int)
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course covers intermediate level principles underlying the evolving style of contemporary dance. Students develop functional efficiency, strength, flexibility, musicality and range of motion as a means of honing their physicality and developing their artistry. May be repeated for credit.
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DANC 212 - Jazz/Theater Dance (Int.)
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course is designed to advance and refine the students’ jazz theater dance technique, in order for them to experience the great traditions of musical theater. A continuation of the ideas introduced in Beginning Jazz Theater Dance, this class will explore more advanced ways of developing strength, flexibility and stylistic versatility.
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DANC 213 - Hip Hop (Int.)
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This course focuses on hip hop dance as a choreographic form and tool for sequencing movement for improvisation and performance. Various distinct styles and qualities such as popping, locking, gliding, isolations, and overall control are emphasized. This course expands on the foundations of hip hop dance techniques at an intermediate to advanced level.
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DANC 220 - Folklórico, Danza & Culture
Unit(s): 4
This course explores how danza (dance) shaped Mexican history and continues to impact contemporary culture in both México and the United States. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of dance as a bridge between the foundations of Mexican heritage and spaces of belonging that affect Mexican communities today. The course focuses on both theory/criticism and practice/presentation. No dance experience is necessary.
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DANC 230 - Composition I
Unit(s): 4
Examines the elements of creative movement, with attention to motivation and the use of dance for the expression of ideas and feelings. (Required for Performing Arts Majors.)
Prerequisite: DANC 180 or THTR 182 or PASJ 181 or PASJ 182 or DANC 150
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DANC 231 - Composition II
Unit(s): 4
The final Dance Studio, explores choreography, the techniques and tools of composition, space and design, rhythm and pulse, duration and time, energy and dynamics. (Required for Performing Arts Majors.)
Prerequisite: DANC 130 or PASJ 130 or ^PFA 130 and PASJ 230 or DANC 230 or ^PFA 230
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DANC 250 - Philippine Dance and Culture
Unit(s): 4
This course studies the culture, tradition, politics, and development of Philippine dances and rituals through a variety of methods: lecture/discussion, videos, live performance, and movement classes.
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DANC 260 - Hip Hop Dance and Culture
Unit(s): 4
This is a course in critical thinking, movement and engagement with Hip Hop Culture, understood as an American experience defined by the oppressed. We will begin by considering the social conditions that gave rise to this community, and the art and aesthetics that defined its movement innovations and musical styles. We will then explore the commercialization and globalization of Hip Hop, the ways in which Hip Hop speaks to youth and speaks about oppression, violence, identity, culture, and power, and how Hip Hop is a form of cultural politics and activism toward social justice through the body. The course includes reading, video viewing, live performance attendance, and studio exercises. Students will also share in the cultural practices of the Bay Area Hip Hop community. No prior dance experience is required.
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DANC 295 - TYS: Transfer Year Seminars
Unit(s): 4
Transfer Year Seminars (TYS) are designed and taught by faculty who have a special passion for the topic. All TYSeminars are small classes (16 students) that count toward the university Core. Many TYSeminars include enrichment activities such as excursions into the city or guest speakers. TYSeminars are only open to transfer students who are in their first or second semester at USF, and students may only take one TYSeminar, in either Fall or Spring. For a detailed description of this course, and other TYSeminars offered this semester, go to this webpage by cutting and pasting the link: https://myusf.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/first-year-seminars
Prerequisite: TRNS 1XX
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DANC 300 - Composition II
Unit(s): 2 to 4
The final Dance Studio, explores choreography, the techniques and tools of composition, space and design, rhythm and pulse, duration and time, energy and dynamics. (Required for Performing Arts Majors.)
Prerequisite: concurrent DANC 200
Restriction: Field of Study restricted to Perf. Arts & Soc. Justice Major, Dance Minor, Dance Concentration
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DANC 310 - Ballet (Int./Adv.)
Unit(s): 1 to 3
Continuing development of ballet technique with emphasis on more advanced ballet combinations, port de bras, musicality, and artistry. Course may be repeated for credit.
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DANC 311 - Contemporary Dance (Int/Adv)
Unit(s): 1 to 3
This course covers intermediate/advanced level principles underlying the evolving style of contemporary dance. Students further develop functional efficiency, strength, flexibility, musicality and range of motion as a means of honing their physicality and refining their artistry. More advanced concepts such as qualitative versatility, phrasing awareness, innovative physical decision-making, and attention to performance are explored. May be repeated for credit.
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