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2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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.
 

Public Health
  

  • MPH 628 - Aging and Public Health

    Unit(s): 2

    This course provides an introduction to issues related to aging from a public health perspective. Aging will be discussed from the perspective of all core subjects within public health. We will discuss social behavioral theories of aging, epidemiologic trends using data and statistics, social policies related to aging, and how the environment affects aging populations.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 629 - Intro to GIS for Public Health

    Unit(s): 2

    This course provides an overview of the basic concepts in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications to address public health issues. Students will learn how to use GIS to map and analyze temporal and spatial distributions of diseases, mortality, risk factors, health disparities and health services in populations, as well as their potential interconnections. This course will allow students to better understand how GIS findings can be used to develop public health strategies to reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality, and improve health of populations. Hands-on experiences include computer lab tutorials and public health case studies using GIS software.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 630 - Disaster Prep and Response

    Unit(s): 2

    This course will provide a basic review of the elements of disaster preparation and response. Starting with individual responsibilities and working through disaster planning and response at the neighborhood, city/county, state, federal, and international levels, students will explore existing structures, processes, and resources. In addition to natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms, and fires, we will cover manmade disasters, including chemical, biological, and radiological disasters; workplace/industrial disasters; extreme heat events; and pandemic/infectious disease disasters, such as Ebola. Local and state disaster preparation experts from public and private agencies, such as the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Red Cross, will be invited guest lecturers.Students will have an opportunity to discover the multi-disciplinary and multi-sectorial nature of disaster planning and response, as well as the roles for health and public health professionals.


    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 631 - PH Systems Leadership & Admin

    Unit(s): 4

    This core course will focus on preparing students to develop entry-level competencies in public health management, leadership and administration. Topics will include leadership, mission and vision definition, quality improvement, strategic planning and marketing, and other emerging topics necessary for the effective delivery and administration of public health services.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 632 - Environ & Occup Health Issues

    Unit(s): 4

    This course is designed to introduce the student to a wide range of issues where human health is related to the environment. Public health issues related to air, water, food, and soil will be examined. Occupational health issues and the unique exposures that workers will be explored. The basic framework for environmental and occupational policies in the U.S. will be reviewed.


    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 633 - Intro Comm Based Part Research

    Unit(s): 2

    This course will cover theories, principles and strategies of community-based participatory research (CBPR), and understanding of CBPR’s advantages and limitations, an appreciation of the ethics of CBPR, and the necessary skills for taking part in CBPR projects.


    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 634 - Public Health Law: Res & Legis

    Unit(s): 2

    In this course students learned that the law can be utilized to promote, or impede, proposed public health interventions at the local, state, and federal level. In this course, students develop a more nuanced appreciation of the relationship between law and public health, and practical skills in research and drafting public health legislation. Students will scrutinize the issues from the perspective of three different theories of contemporary public health law; as well as local ordinances.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Level Restricted to Graduate
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 635 - Soc Just, Health Pol, Ethics,

    Unit(s): 4

    An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the ethical, political and legal dimensions to promoting and protecting the public’s health. Examines the fundamental relationship of public health with social justice and the roles of public policy and law in promoting public health.


    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 636 - PH Program Mgmt & Evaluation

    Unit(s): 4

    Principles of formal program planning, evaluation and research methods in health care. Topics include the nature of evaluation, formulation of hypotheses, the role of evaluation in the program life cycle, evaluation research designs, the application of particular designs to selected problems in health care, relationship of statistical processes to specific evaluation designs, sampling, culturally appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods, data collection and analysis and interpretation of findings.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 637 - PH Policy: Issue, Theory, Advo

    Unit(s): 3

    The course introduces students to a multidisciplinary framework to approach public health policy issues with a focus on social justice. Students will use practical analytical tools to develop research policy briefs, letters to an editor, and an advocacy pitch to an elected representative. Students are provided with the knowledge and skills to conduct meaningful research for public health policy and the opportunity to apply those skills to engage pressing health poilcy problems.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Degree restricted to Master of Public Health
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 638 - Strategic Plan/Implement

    Unit(s): 4

    This course teaches the skills to develop and implement strategy in the context of public health. This course will draw heavily on cutting edge thinking in public health to address the social determinants of health and to improve population health, as well as on the traditional practices of public health departments in California. Multiple models for strategy development, analysis, and implementation in the public sector will be explored. The design of the course is to provide students with useful and actionable insights that they can apply as a manager, analyst, or as a leader in an organization.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Degree restricted to Master of Public Health
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 639 - Collab & Comm Organizing

    Unit(s): 2

    This course provides an introduction to principles and practices of collaboration and community organizing that contribute to more equitable health-promoting environments. It emphasizes the articulation of the linkage between structural bias and socio-economic inequities to population health disparities; as well as how to engage stakeholders from grassroots and institutional levels and build their capacity to collaborative plan and lead community action that improves health. Students will explore social justice and other underlying theories and principles of collaborative practice and community organizing, analyze key strategies used to build community engagement and empowerment, learn practical community organizing tools, and understand the roles that residents play as leaders and critical partners in population health improvement efforts.


    Restriction: Field of study restricted to Behavioral Health, Public Health Major
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 641 - PH Fieldwork Internship

    Unit(s): 1 to 4

    Students undertake an individually defined experience of 300 hours related to their identified MPH concentration. This internship culminates in a self-assessment on all of the MPH program competencies.


    Restriction: NHP Fieldwork Fee - 100
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 642 - PH Capstone Seminar

    Unit(s): 2

    Serves as a culminating synthesis experience in which students are expected to apply knowledge gained from their graduate experience. The course is designed to provide a final experience in which students demonstrate mastery of content and allow an opportunity for closure and connection between courses. The purpose of this capstone course is to facilitate the integration and synthesis of content through critical thinking; it is also a turning point for the student from education to professional practice.


    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 644 - Addressing Mental Health Issue

    Unit(s): 2

    This course will address disparities and sociocultural barriers to mental health issues in the community and how this population is treated. It will also focus on the development and application of cultural competence in public mental health practice.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 645 - Sexual Health in PH Practice

    Unit(s): 2

    This course addresses the intersection of sexual behavior, sexuality, public health, and human rights. Also addressed are issues related to sexual health and health policy. The scope of the subject matter will range from an analysis of local San Francisco policies to issues of global sexual health concern.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 646 - Adv Epi with Stat Software App

    Unit(s): 2

    This course is designed to build on the MPH graduate student’s knowledge of basic statistical techniques used in public health research. The focus of this course will be in using and applying associated statistical software packages to analyze data. Survey data will also be discussed.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 647 - Adolescent Health

    Unit(s): 2

    This course will provide an overview of adolescent development, the epidemiology and etiology of health and risk behaviors, effective intervention approaches, and methodological and ethical issues in research and intervention with adolescents. Special emphasis will be placed on the context of adolescent health, including attention to the multiple influences on adolescent health, underserved or marginalized adolescent populations, and adolescents living in the global south.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 648 - Proj Mgmt in Healthcare

    Unit(s): 2

    This Project Management course will provide the students the opportunity to understand and apply project management principles. This course will give the students the opportunity to develop the necessary skills to deliver projects on time, on budget and within resource constraints. The students will express the methodologies used to plan, document and implement their proposed healthcare project in an executive business case final report.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 651 - Applied Prac Exp Prep

    Unit(s): 1

    In this course, students will gain knowledge and skills needed for success in their applied practice/fieldwork experience (APE) and beyond through the exploration of professionalism and inter-professionalism in public health. Through practice of ethical and professional communication skills students will learn the role of public health practitioners within inter-professional teams to manage increasingly complex public health problems. Steps to establish the students’ applied practice experience will be covered including all documents required before fieldwork begins.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 653 - Research Methods in PH

    Unit(s): 2

    This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of research study design and methods used in public health with emphasis on epidemiology. During the course, students will gain basic skills to critically analyze published research, but also learn how to develop research projects in public health and epidemiology. The course will cover a variety of methodology used in public health and epidemiology research, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 654 - Global Health Policy: Intersec

    Unit(s): 2

    This course introduces students to global health policy and focuses particularly on issues at the intersection of policy, international law, and epidemiology, exploring pressing issues in governance, trade, human rights, and social determinants of health. Students examine the distinct conceptual frameworks that can be employed to critically examine a global health problem; and apply those frameworks to identify multiple points of intervention across the lifespan to reduce morbidity and mortality among affected populations. Students learn skills to conduct research in global health policy, and develop skills in presenting their research. This course is geared towards graduate students in public health and nursing who ideally have some prior training in international health affairs, law, or public policy.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Level Restricted to Graduate
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 655 - Global Health

    Unit(s): 2

    This introductory course provides an overview of the field of global health with a focus on the least developed countries. The student will gain an understanding of the distribution of the global disease burden and how it is measured, the key players in global health, the need for a multispectral approach to global health problems, and an understanding of the characteristics of successful health interventions.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 656 - Agriculture, Food & Nutrition

    Unit(s): 2

    This will be a survey course on the public health implications of agricultural processes; farm policies; food safety; food distribution and equity (including government sponsored nutrition programs); and emerging issues in food and agriculture.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; NHP Fieldwork Fee - 50
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 657 - Health Econ & Public Health

    Unit(s): 2

    This course provides a macro systems approach and an overview of health economics as it relates to public health. Course materials will touch on some fundamental components of the field and most importantly, demonstrate why economics is inseparable from public health.


    Prerequisite: MPH 612
    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 658 - Mobile App Devel for Pub Hlth

    Unit(s): 2

    This course allows students to plan, create, demonstrate and document mobile applications that address specified public health needs. Students will develop prototypes or final products using mobile application development software. Principles of planning, evidence-based design and evaluation are emphasized. The course reinforces the importance of writing skills for professional dissemination and for documentation of public health mobile application technology.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 659 - Essential Tools for PH Change

    Unit(s): 2

    Students will acquire skills for their public health ‘tool box’ which will include the basic elements of organizing and the specific skills of how to convene a focus group, facilitate meetings, give testimony, identify and develop true community partnerships, work with the media (including convene a press conference), and do research with grassroots communities in a collaborative and respectful manner.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 692 - Cult & Ling Prep for HC

    Unit(s): 0

    This elective course will prepare students working in health care to respond with sensitivity to the needs and preferences that culturally and linguistically diverse patients/consumers bring to the health encounter. Students will learn strategies to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS), so that access to care, to quality of care, and, ultimately, health outcomes may be improved. This course is a prerequisite to MPH694, for non-credit only.


    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 693 - Cult & Linguistic Prep for HC

    Unit(s): 2

    This elective course will prepare students working in health care to respond with sensitivity to the needs and preferences that culturally and linguistically diverse patients/consumers bring to the health encounter. Students will learn strategies to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS), so that access to care, to quality of care, and, ultimately, health outcomes may be improved. Students may take this class for credit if not planning to take MPH694 the following semester.


    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 694 - Cult & Ling Prep for HC Immers

    Unit(s): 2

    This elective clinical course affords the opportunity to apply knowledge and understanding of the impact of socioeconomic and political influences on the health and well-being of individuals and communities in a ‘low resource setting’. Students will participate in an immersion learning program in which they will live and work in a culture different from their own. Students will experience first hand the challenges or providing high quality, cultural competent health care in clinical environments with sub optimum resources. Linguistic preparation that will begin in prerequisite course will continue during the immersion through structured lessons in the language of the specific geographical area.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 698 - Special Topics

    Unit(s): 1 to 4

    Exploration of special topics in public health. Department approval required.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate
    School of Nursing and Health Professions
  

  • MPH 699 - 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.


    Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
    School of Nursing and Health Professions

Public Leadership
  

  • MPL 601 - Proseminar in Applied Politics

    Unit(s): 3

    This course is designed for students interested in learning about the elements of running for public office or managing a political campaign. Students learn about the components that go into a successful political campaign. Students choose a specific campaign and then write a detailed campaign plan designed for that particular campaign. Most importantly, students learn to think about campaigning for office in a more strategic and tactical way.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 602 - Writing for Public Policy

    Unit(s): 3

    Before stepping into the arena, you need to know how to communicate who you are and what you stand for to get people’s attention and earn their trust. This course will enable you to feel comfortable telling your life story across a range of formats and audiences, in spoken and in written word.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 603 - Quant Methods in Public Policy

    Unit(s): 3

    This course explores the use of quantitative information and research in politics and public policy. Students will be exposed to statistical and database software and the types of data suitable for polling, voter targeting, and demographic segmentation.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 604 - Opposition and Self-Research

    Unit(s): 3

    Research is the factual foundation for any campaign. To be successful, a campaign must use research to inform their strategy. Students will learn how to perform opposition research, and will also learn the role research plays during the course of the campaign.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 605 - Civil-Mil & Public Leadership

    Unit(s): 3

    This course looks at the ways the military and veterans’ community have interacted with the country’s civilian leadership, especially with Congress. The course begins with an overview of different theories of civilian control of the military, explores how each model has evolved since the cold war.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 606 - Strategic Comms and Media

    Unit(s): 3

    Utilizing skill-based seminars, the course will delve into durable, constructive engagement strategies related to conflict negotiation and facilitation, crisis management (aversion and response), and media relations.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 607 - Grassroots & Voter Targeting

    Unit(s): 3

    This class develops skills necessary to identify supporters and constituents within a given area, effectively mobilize them as allies in support of an important cause. The course will combine tried-and-true organizing techniques with cutting edge digital and data-driven technologies.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 608 - Public Policy Challenges

    Unit(s): 3

    This seminar surveys the behavioral and institutional dynamics of American politics and public policy with an emphasis on the historical development of the American state, American political culture, and the role of civic engagement and political participation in politics and government.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 609 - Capstone in Public Leadership

    Unit(s): 4

    Our capstone course asks you to bring to bear all that you have learned in the MAPL program: To combine theory with exploration and practice; to use the insights you have gleaned from political scientists and practitioners; to combine all that intelligence with your own energy, work ethic, creativity, and sound political instincts to create a winning campaign strategy for yourself or for another viable candidate for a specific race.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 611 - Writing for Public Speaking

    Unit(s): 1

    This course allows students time and space to reflect on the power of public speaking; practice writing scripts and talking points for appearances such as speeches, planned or impromptu livestreams, panel discussions, and public testimony; and deliver, review, and refine spoken communications in a workshop setting, with peer and instructor feedback.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 621 - American Democracy Overview

    Unit(s): 1

    This class serves as an introduction to the MA in Public Leadership Program. Areas covered include the basics of campaigning, special topics for veteran candidates, and an orientation to several areas of the program.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 622 - Political Law:Campaign Finance

    Unit(s): 1

    Political Law is a survey course that examines the regulation of politics - state and federal - focusing on a dynamic and controversial area of the law. The subject matter combines constitutional law, statutory development and application through administrative law - all in the context of the best and worst in the American political process. Lectures and reading cover campaign finance regulation, lobbying and ethics regulation and the tax laws affecting lobbying and political activities.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 623 - Fundraising and Budgeting

    Unit(s): 1

    This course introduces students to the elements of fundraising for political campaigns and organizations, and how those techniques can also be applied to nonprofit groups. This includes the fundamental best practices for fundraising, the intricacies of creating a finance plan, and culminates in the creation of a comprehensive fundraising strategy.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • MPL 624 - Survey Research Practicum

    Unit(s): 1

    This class focuses on the practical research skills required to design, field, and analyze a sample survey. It combines statistical theory with practice and exploration, bringing together the insights of political scientists and political practitioners.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences

Rhetoric and Language
  

  • RHET 100 - Editing & Proofreading Skills

    Unit(s): 1

    Open to all students. This one-credit course emphasizes recognizing and correcting errors in grammar, usage and syntax, and strengthens revision practices by having students revise and proofread their papers for other courses.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 101 - Academic Writing Workshop

    Unit(s): 2

    This course is designed for multilingual students for whom English is not the primary language. It will provide a variety of strategies to assist fully-admitted multilingual students in composing and editing their written work for other classes.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 102 - Writing Center for Credit

    Unit(s): 1

    Open to all students. This self-paced one-credit C/NC course allows students to work regularly with a Writing Center preceptor to revise papers done for other courses. In order to gain credit, the student must successfully complete a contract agreed upon by the student and instructor.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 103 - Public Speaking

    Unit(s): 4

    This course introduces students to rhetorical concepts that are fundamental to the study and practice of ethical and effective oral communication. Emphasis is on making effective presentations in classroom and public settings. Fulfills Core A1.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 104 - Argumentation and Debate

    Unit(s): 4

    This class will examine argumentation and debate and its relationship to public speaking. Instruction will focus on the evolution of argumentation from classical topresent, the theoretical bases of debate and the construction and critique of debaterhetoric. Students will use research and evidence to build arguments, analyze propositions and perform several mock-debates. This is a public speaking course that fulfills the Core A1 requirement.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 105 - Academic Discussion Workshop

    Unit(s): 2

    This course is designed for multilingual students for whom English is not the primary language. Students will develop academic discussion skills required for successful participation in college courses. This includes a focus on developing the ability to both contribute to and lead discussions. Students will have to ask and answer questions, take positions, react to others’ position, and evaluate discussion techniques of self and others.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 106 - Introduction to Composition

    Unit(s): 4

    This course focuses on preparing students for academic writing at the college level. The course emphasizes the connection between reading and writing. Students learn and practice the writing process, from idea to final essay (e.g., pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing), finding and evaluating sources, summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, citing, and documenting conventions. Individualized attention is given to grammar, vocabulary development, and rhetorical style. The minimum passing grade for this course is C-.


    Prerequisite: (SAT Read HI SAT Write HI with a minimum score of 650 or ACT Engl HI ACT Read HI with a minimum score of 30 or S16 EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT with a minimum score of 370 or TOEFL Total Score Internet with a minimum score of 86 or IELTS Overall Score with a minimum score of 7.0)
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 106N - Intro to Composition Intensive

    Unit(s): 6

    This course, designed for students who need additional practice in writing and reading, focuses on preparing students for academic writing at the college level. The course emphasizes the connection between reading and writing. In addition to four units of classroom instruction, students learn and practice the writing process, from idea to final essay (e.g., pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing) in a 2-hour computer writing lab each week. They learn and practice finding and evaluating sources, summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, citing, and documenting conventions. Individualized attention is given to reading, fluency, vocabulary development, and rhetorical style. The minimum passing grade for this course is C-.


    Prerequisite: (AEM 124 with a minimum grade of C or ESL 124 with a minimum grade of C) or (ACT Engl HI ACT Read HI with a minimum score of 29 or S16 EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT with a minimum score of 360 or TOEFL Total Score Internet with a minimum score of 80 or IELTS Overall Score with a minimum score of 7)
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 107 - Academic Reading Workshop

    Unit(s): 2

    This course is designed for multilingual students for whom English is not the primary language. It is designed to provide a variety of strategies to assist fully-admitted multilingual students in developing comprehension and fluency in reading materials for college classes.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 108 - Introduction to Composition

    Unit(s): 4

    Introduction to Composition prepares students for college-level composition by helping them gain competence in civic and academic discourse and write persuasively to a variety of audiences. The course emphasizes how writers can achieve focus and coherence; support their claims with evidence, including evidence drawn from outside sources; adapt appeals to emotion to particular audiences and purposes; and use syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling to establish their credibility as writers. To achieve these goals, students write a minimum of 6,000 words of revised prose in essays of increasing length and complexity. They develop these essays by writing drafts, revisions, or shorter pre-assignments every week; by assessing their own and other students’ writing in small-group and whole class workshops; and by drafting with an emphasis on revision, editing, and proofreading. The minimum passing grade for this course is C-.


    Prerequisite: (SAT Read HI SAT Write HI with a minimum score of 400 or ACT Engl HI ACT Read HI with a minimum score of 22) or (ESL 135 or RHET 106 or AEM 135)
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 109 - Academic Reading Workshop

    Unit(s): 2

    Rhetoric 109 introduces rhetorical readings across the disciplines and assists students in the development of strategies to approach the reading and comprehension of given assignments with emphasis on claims of value, fact, and policy and accompanying support and warrants. Pre- and post-diagnostic testing will be employed as a way of measuring entry-level skills, student progress, and exit-level proficiencies. All work will be initiated in-class to lead students to a level of proficiency that will ensure engagement in upper-level courses.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 110 - Written Communication I

    Unit(s): 4

    This course introduces students to college-level rhetoric though the composition of projects that respond to important social and academic issues. Students learn elements of rhetorical theory and develop the ability to critically analyze a moderate number of assigned texts.


    Prerequisite: SAT Read HI SAT Write HI with a minimum score of 1010 or ACT Engl HI ACT Read HI with a minimum score of 44 or S16 EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT with a minimum score of 550 or RHET 106 with a minimum grade of B or RHET 108 or TOEFL Total Score Internet with a minimum score of 100 or IELTS Overall Score with a minimum score of 7.5
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 110N - Written Comm I Intensive

    Unit(s): 6

    In order to prepare students for the kinds of writing typically required in college-level courses and in civic discourse, RHET 110 teaches the composition of thesis-driven argumentative essays that respond to important social and academic issues. In addition to four units of classroom instruction, students learn and practice the writing process, from idea to final essay (e.g., pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing) in a 2-hour computer writing lab each week. Using elements of rhetorical theory, students gain practice in composing brief to medium-length arguments that are focused, clearly organized, well supported and based on accurate critical reading of materials assigned by the instructor. Students develop skills in summary, paraphrase, and quotation; incorporating multiple sources in the service of a unified argument; and in addressing multiple points of view. Students are introduced to library research as a tool of academic inquiry and gain practice revising for whole-text coherence, as well as for clarity and correct usage. The minimum passing grade for this course is C-.


    Prerequisite: SAT Read HI SAT Write HI with a minimum score of 900 or ACT Engl HI ACT Read HI with a minimum score of 36 or S16 EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT with a minimum score of 500 or RHET 106 or RHET 106N or TOEFL Total Score Internet with a minimum score of 94 or IELTS Overall Score with a minimum score of 7.0
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 111 - Public Spkng/Health Profession

    Unit(s): 4

    This class is designed as an introductory course surveying the essential theory and skills related to public speaking. Its central focus concerns researching, organizing, delivering, and critically evaluating messages in the public context. Addition attention will be given to understanding and implementing the linguistic and visual strategies for explaining health- and science-related information to audiences.


    Restriction: Field of study restricted to Biology, Chemistry, Exercise and Sport Science, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Nursing, Physics Major
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 112 - Presentational Speaking

    Unit(s): 4

    This course introduces students to rhetorical concepts that are fundamental to the study and practice of ethical and effective public speaking. Emphasis is on oral communication–including group discussion, interviews, presentations–in business and professional contexts.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 113 - Academic Listening Workshop

    Unit(s): 2

    This course is designed for multilingual students for whom English is not the primary language who need to develop listening and note taking skills for academic purposes. Attention will be given to developing strategies that will increase students’ ability to comprehend, predict, summarize and review. Students will listen to authentic academic lectures and will engage in exercises that will evaluate comprehension of content as well as utilization of strategies.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 114 - Academic Vocabulary Workshop

    Unit(s): 2

    This workshop is designed for multilingual students for whom English is not the primary language. Its purpose is to provide a variety of strategies to assist fully-admitted multilingual students in improving the grammatical accuracy of their written work. Among these strategies is developing the metalinguistic awareness to talk about writing revisions and learning to use specific revising tools to address common and not so common grammatical error types that impede successful written communication. Students will be encouraged to bring their own writing assignments to class to edit and revise for grammatical concerns. Group discussions will focus on grammatical topics such as coherence, cohesion, sentence boundaries, and sentence complexity. Additional topics will also be addressed as they emerge from analysis of student writing.


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  • RHET 115 - Academic Grammar Workshop

    Unit(s): 2

    This workshop is designed for multilingual students for whom English is not the primary language. Its purpose is to help multilingual students develop advanced academic vocabulary using current research-based approaches to vocabulary learning. Using a variety of online and in class tools, students will analyze their current vocabulary knowledge, identify where to focus their learning activity, and develop an individualized vocabulary learning plan. In addition, as a group, students will work collaboratively and communicatively to promote multiple exposures to academic vocabulary and build fluency in speaking and writing using this vocabulary.


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  • RHET 120 - Written Communication II

    Unit(s): 4

    With a firm basis in the elements of rhetoric, critical reading, written argumentation, and library research established in RHET 110, students in RHET 120 learn to compose more ambitious arguments responding to and incorporating sources of greater number, length, complexity, and variety. In order to meet the demands of advanced academic discourse, students also (a) develop skills in critical analysis of challenging non-fiction prose texts from a range of disciplinary perspectives and subjects, with a particular focus on the linguistic and rhetorical strategies employed in these texts, and (b) conduct extensive library research in the process of planning and composing sophisticated academic papers. Students will also gain practice editing for stylistic fluency in accordance with conventions of advanced academic prose. Finally, students develop greater independence in formulating strategies for revision and expansion of written arguments. The minimum passing grade for this course is C-. This course fulfills Core A2, the University writing requirement.


    Prerequisite: RCOM 110 or RHET 110 or RHET 110N
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 125 - MB Scholars: Wrtg/Spkg in Cmty

    Unit(s): 4

    This year-long course examines social justice from the perspectives of rhetoric, language, and literature. It meets the learning outcomes of 0102-130/131, Written and Oral Communication and Core C1, Literature, with service learning and cultural diversity designations. Students must also register for 8 units of INTD 100. This course is a McCarthy Center Certified course. See website for more information and application form; applications are due May 1.


    Corequisite: INTD-100
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  • RHET 126 - MBS: Wrtg/Spkg in Cmty

    Unit(s): 4

    See RHET 125 for course description of RHET 125/126.


    Prerequisite: RCOM 125 or RHET 125
    Corequisite: RHET-127
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  • RHET 127 - Rhetoric, Diversity & Class

    Unit(s): 4

    Prerequisite: RHET 125
    Corequisite: RHET-126
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  • RHET 130 - Written & Oral Communication

    Unit(s): 4

    Written and Oral Communication (130/131) is an accelerated two-semester course (4 credit hours per semester) that, when completed with a grade of C- or better, meets the university requirement for writing and public speaking (Core A1 and A2). In the first semester, students learn the basic practices of oral and written argument by writing a minimum of 7000 words of revised prose in essays of increasing length and complexity, including one research paper, and by giving two prepared speeches. Students learn to use textual support for argument, to read critically, to use transitions and documentation, and to organize appeals in support of a claim. They learn methods of development, practice and delivery for a variety of speeches, including topic selection, speech outlines, audience analysis, and visual aids. In the second semester, students expand their skills of argumentation and style, writing a minimum of 9000 words of revised prose and giving a minimum of two speeches: written and oral arguments of fact, value and policy, including research. Students who take this course should NOT register for RHET 103, Public Speaking.


    Prerequisite: SAT Read HI SAT Write HI with a minimum score of 1200 or ACT Engl HI ACT Read HI with a minimum score of 55 or S16 EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT with a minimum score of 640
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  • RHET 131 - Written & Oral Communication

    Unit(s): 4

    See RHET 130 for course description of RHET 130/131.


    Prerequisite: RCOM 130 or RHET 130
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 135 - Comp for Multilingual Students

    Unit(s): 4

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  • RHET 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


    Prerequisite: SAT Read HI SAT Write HI with a minimum score of 1200 or ACT Engl HI ACT Read HI with a minimum score of 55 or S16 EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT with a minimum score of 640
    Restriction: Class restricted to Freshman
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 202 - Writing in the Arts

    Unit(s): 4

    This course emphasizes critical thinking and writing skills specifically as they relate to the discipline and theory of performing arts. In particular, this course will focus on the relationship between rhetoric and performance as two separate, but related fields of study and practice. The course introduces students to the concept of rhetoric as a practice and theory of communication, explores the concept of performance in theatre, anthropology, and politics, and considers how performances can be understood and analyzed as rhetorical acts. Recommended for majors in Performing Arts and Social Justice.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RCOM 110 or RHET 125 or RCOM 125 or RHET 130 or RCOM 130 or RHET 195 or RCOM 195 or RHET 110N
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 203 - Writing in Psychology

    Unit(s): 4

    This course features argumentation and critical writing, reading, and thinking skills as applied to analysis or articles central to the field of Psychology. Required for and restricted to Psychology majors. Fulfills Core A2 for qualified transfer students.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX or RHET 125 or RHET 130
    Restriction: Field of Study restricted to Psychology Major, Psychology Minor
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 204 - Writing for Media Studies

    Unit(s): 4

    This course emphasizes critical thinking and writing skills specifically as they relate to the discipline and theory of Media Studies. In particular, will help students understand the role of rhetoric in the media by giving them an overview of key readings - both literary and academic - from the Media Studies canon. The course will also help students approach texts in all forms of media - broadcast, film, print, music and online media - more critically. By introducing the study of rhetoric as a practice and theory of communication, students will be able to understand media texts as rhetorical acts.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 195 or RHET 110N or RHET 1XX or RHET 125 or RHET 130
    Restriction: Field of Study restricted to Media Studies Major, Media Studies Minor
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 205 - Writing for Social Sciences

    Unit(s): 4

    This course focuses on developing the reading, writing, and revising skills central to the social sciences. Coursework includes writing reviews of scholarly articles and research papers. To fulfill the Core A2 requirements, students must earn a C- or higher.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 125 or RHET 130 or RHET 1XX
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  • RHET 206 - Writing for the Sciences

    Unit(s): 4

    This course is designed to familiarize students with the discourse modesof the physical and life sciences and to develop writing skills for these disciplines, including writing reviews of scholarly articles, writing for the general public and writing a research paper. Through class discussion, group activities, writing, review and revision, students will improve critical thinking and writing skills and be able to communicate with a variety of audiences in a variety of genres. Open only to science and nursing majors.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 125 or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    Restriction: College restricted to College of Arts and Sciences and School of Nursing and Health Professions
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 208 - Writing for Politics

    Unit(s): 4

    This course features argumentation and critical writing, reading, and thinking skills as applied to analysis of texts central to the field of Politics. Required for and restricted to Politics majors and minors. Fulfills Core A2.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    Restriction: Field of Study restricted to Politics Major, Politics Minor
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 212 - Writing for Int’l Studies

    Unit(s): 4

    RHET 212 is designed to provide transfer students, with prior writing credits, an introduction to the standards and research methods expected at the University of San Francisco. The materials used in this course will address a variety of international topics that send students on virtual travels to other cultures and communities while addressing specific writing assignments. Students will become more aware of their global-citizenship as they fulfill the core writing requirements of this university stressing academic writing and research skills. A grade of C- or better is required to pass this course. Students may take 0102-251, Writing Studio, concurrently with this course. Fulfills Core A2.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 125 or RHET 110N or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 214 - Writing for Literary Studies

    Unit(s): 4

    This course emphasizes writing about literature through careful reading, close textual analysis, and thoughtful literary interpretation. Restricted to majors in English, Comparative Literature, and Modern and Classical Languages. Fulfills Core A2.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 125 or RHET 110N or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 216 - Writing for Advertising

    Unit(s): 4

    This course explores the functions, techniques, and skills involved in advertising communication writing with a primary emphasis on analyzing campaigns, copywriting, business and marketing communication, writing for the Web, and writing short scripts for radio and television. Aside from improving their advertising and business writing skills, students will work on developing their understanding of media aesthetics, persuasion and argument, organizational behavior, and production. They will also work on developing their own interpersonal communication skills and creativity as well as their presentation skills. The course is career oriented, so during the semester, students may be asked to carry out research for and participate in actual professional advertising activities. Students will also focus on those writing skills necessary to find and keep a job in advertising which may include cover letters, resumes, emails, and memos.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 125 or RHET 110N or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 250 - Academic Writing at USF

    Unit(s): 4

    This course is designed to provide transfer students with prior college composition credits an introduction to the standards and research methods expected at the University of San Francisco. It is an intensive course that will fulfill the Core writing requirement and stress academic writing and research skills. A grade of C- or better is required to pass this course.


    Prerequisite: RHET 1XX
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  • RHET 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: RHET 1XX
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 297 - Writing in Sociology

    Unit(s): 4

    This course features argumentation and critical writing, reading, and thinking skills as applied to analysis of texts central to the field of Sociology. Required for and restricted to Sociology majors. Fulfills Core A2 for qualified transfer students.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 125 or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 298 - Debate Practicum

    Unit(s): 2

    This course is designed to provide students with forensics (debate) training and competitive forensics experiences and to serve as a component of USF’s co-curricular, intercollegiate Debate Team.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 304 - Argumentation and Advocacy

    Unit(s): 4

    One popular textbook tells us that, “argument is everywhere.” In fact, many disciplines depend on argumentation as feature of their work: communication, philosophy, law, and linguistics. This course focuses on the growing and (often troubling) study of argument in the past half century by recognizing argumentation as a dynamic concept as well as an art of inquiry and advocacy. We will read challenging theoretical articles about argumentation and use thosetheories to explore argument practices in the fields of politics, law, and aesthetics. Along the way students will become more critical consumers of arguments as well as the individuals and institutions that produce them.


    Prerequisite: (RHET 125 or RHET 1XX or RHET 130 or RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 195)
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  • RHET 310 - Business & Technical Writing

    Unit(s): 4

    Students will learn the practices of writing in business and technical fields and contexts. Students will produce several major documents (at least one of them collaboratively) typically used in business and technical environments (such as a proposal, a report, an instruction manual, a trade journal article or a web site; a portfolio of correspondence), and will complete a variety of minor assignments (e.g., a Power Point presentation, an oral presentation, or an instruction sheet). Students will also develop skills in editing for correctness, clarity, and appropriateness of style and tone. Fulfills Core A2 for qualified transfer students.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 195 or RHET 110N or RHET 1XX or RHET 125 or RHET 130
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  • RHET 315 - Rhetoric of Caring

    Unit(s): 4

    This course enables students to learn about and practice environmental stewardism in the context of composition and service learning, through work with a San Francisco-based NPO specializing in outdoor science education for K-8 students.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 110N
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 320 - How Language Works

    Unit(s): 4

    This course provides students a foundation in linguistics, the study of human language, by focusing on the English language and its impact on society and societal institutions and issues, especially educational ones. In addition to examining the components and communicative function of languages (i.e., phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics), topics of language variation, language change and history, and the connection between academic linguistics and the everyday use of the English language will be covered. Fulfills Core A2 for qualified transfer students.


    Prerequisite: RCOM 110 or RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 130 or RHET 125 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 322 - Classical Rhetoric

    Unit(s): 4

    This course examines the creation and emergence of classical rhetorical theories and practices from early to late antiquity. Students will read, analyze and research the varying rhetorical traditions that helped shape educational practices and civic debate within different social contexts. This class also counts as an elective toward the Interdisciplinary Minor in Classical Studies. Fulfills Core A2 for qualified transfer students.


    Prerequisite: RHET 110 or RHET 110N or RHET 125 or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 323 - Rhet/Popular Culture

    Unit(s): 4

    This course examines the social and symbolic influence of popular culture, focusing both on cultural forms–such as advertising, television, film, music, and social media– and critical perspectives that shed light on their influence.


    Prerequisite: (RHET 110 or RHET 125 or RHET 130 or RHET 195 or RHET 1XX)
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  • RHET 325 - WRW Edit/Prod Workshop

    Unit(s): 2 to 4

    Using USF’s undergraduate journal ‘Writing for a Real World’ as its vehicle, this course emphasizes the essential skills of copy editing (i.e., mastery of grammar, style, citation, querying, and developing strong habits of verifying information). Working with real deadlines, students will learn layout and production essentials (InDesign basics will be emphasized).


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 327 - Writing Center Tutoring

    Unit(s): 2

    Writing Center Tutoring is a 2-unit class that prepares students to tutor in a writing center. WCT provides both a theoretical perspective and hands-on practice of tutoring. Upon successful completion of the course, students are eligible to apply for a tutoring position in USF’s Writing Center.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 328 - Speaking Center Internship

    Unit(s): 2

    In this course students will prepare to work in the USF Public Speaking Center. Participants will learn to peer tutor and coach oral communication skills. Upon completion of the course, students will be eligible to apply for a peer-coaching position in the USF Speaking Center.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 330 - Conflict Resolution

    Unit(s): 4

    This course provides an understanding of the role of communication in resolving and transforming conflict and will help students to assess and improve their own ways of responding to interpersonal, intra-group, intergroup, intercultural, organizational, and international conflict through the study and practice of the various processes of conflict intervention.


    Restriction: Class restricted to Sophomore, Junior and Senior
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 390 - Special Topics

    Unit(s): 2 to 4

    Exploration of one or more selected topics in the field.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 398 - Directed Study

    Unit(s): 1 to 6

    A course in the area of the proposed topic for directed study. Written permission of the instructor required.


    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 527 - Writing Center Tutoring

    Unit(s): 0

    Writing Center Tutoring is class that provides both theory and practice of writing center work. Upon successful completion of the course (B or higher), students are eligible to apply for a tutoring position in USF’s Writing Center.


    Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
    College of Arts and Sciences
  

  • RHET 690 - Special Topcs

    Unit(s): 1 to 4

    One-time offerings of special interest courses in various visual art areas.


    College of Arts and Sciences

Russian
  

  • RUSS 101 - First Semester Russian

    Unit(s): 4

    Grammar, composition, conversation, reading. Offered every Fall.


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