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THRS 305 - Feminist Theo/Third Worlds
Unit(s): 4
This is an examination of the emergence of diverse Christian Feminist Theologies from Africa, Asia and Latin America and their response to economic, political and religious-cultural challenges of the Third World.
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THRS 306 - Theology in HIV/AIDS Contexts
Unit(s): 4
This course examines the role of religion in HIV/AIDS contexts and explores theological positions guiding the Church¿s compassionate response to a world facing this global pandemic.
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THRS 307 - Exploring Buddhist Himalaya
Unit(s): 4
This 3-week study abroad course with 12-hour pre-departure class meetings will explore the history, culture, and religion of Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, India through reading materials, reciprocal service-learning opportunities at monastic and non-monastic institutions, lectures by local specialists and activists, conversations with Buddhist monastics and hermits about their beliefs and practices, observing cultural and religious festivities, and visiting sacred and historical sites. Through these learning resources, students will learn how Tibetan Buddhist culture continues to shape the lives of this largely immigrant community, and how individuals in turn give new meanings to their religion and culture in an era of globalization.
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THRS 308 - Who is Jesus? Intro to Xtology
Unit(s): 4
Jesus in the various Christologies of the New Testament, in the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries, and in the writings of key contemporary theologians. Who is Jesus for me today? Jesus in liturgy and prayer. Offered intermittently.
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THRS 310 - Christian Sacraments
Unit(s): 4
The course provides a broad overview of the Christian sacraments, their indispensible role in Christian life and praxis, as well as the immense inluence of the sacramental imagination on Western culture and thought.
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THRS 311 - Christian Forgiveness
Unit(s): 4
This course first examines forgiveness as a universal human action, drawing on linguistics and philosophy, before addressing the particular theological question in the Christian religion of how God’s forgiveness enters human life and history.
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THRS 312 - Christian Marriage
Unit(s): 4
Marriage as human reality and saving mystery; covenant and sacrament. Relational, psychological, sexual, inter-cultural, religious and financial aspects of marriage: goals, responsibilities, problems. Offered yearly.
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THRS 315 - Greek and Roman Religion
Unit(s): 4
An examination of the major religious themes and practices of ancient Greeks and Romans. While we will survey historical developments, our focus will be on the Classical Period for the Greeks and the Imperial Period for the Romans. Special consideration will be given to the relationship between beliefs, rituals and concerns of the state, as well as various reactions to ‘state religion’ by philosophers, practitioners in mystery cults, Jews, and Christians.
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THRS 318 - Rel Nonviolence/Pols Interpret
Unit(s): 4
This course explores the relationship between politics and religion through an examination of the phenomenon of religious nonviolence as it manifests among Jews and Muslims living in Israel and Palestine.
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THRS 320 - Rel & Cult in Late Antiquity
Unit(s): 4
Seminar which discusses the historical forces that shaped the evolution of Mediterranean society and religion from about 100 to about 500. Focus is on Christianity, but other religious traditions which pre-existed Christianity will also be considered. Offered intermittently.
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THRS 321 - Grace: Christian Transcendence
Unit(s): 4
Christian teachings on grace have helped shape Western civilization. The question of grace, therefore, is of interest to anyone interested in Western culture, from a secular as well as a religious view point. Popular discourse on religion in the Western world, however, could lead one to believe that the Christian religion is primarily concerned with contentious questions of right and wrong conduct. Is there more to religion than ethics? This course sets about answering this question systematically, offering an understanding of the category of ‘grace’ as a means to a deeper appropriation and understanding of the Western cultural heritage.
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THRS 322 - Liberation Theology
Unit(s): 4
This course engages with the transcendent biblical concept of justice as an irreversible commitment of God in history as articulated in the prophets, the Gospel of Jesus and emergent in liberation theologies in Latin America, Africa, Asia, in North America responses, in feminist responses, and in ecological knowledge, processes and paradigms. Offered yearly.
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THRS 324 - Jewish and Islamic Mysticism
Unit(s): 4
How have Jews and Muslims understood and articulated mystical experiences, their most intimate encounters with ultimate realities, God, and/or God’s messengers (e.g., angels)? What are the distinctive features of Jewish Mysticism? What are the particular characteristics of Islamic Mysticism? What are their shared elements? What are their areas of ideological and experiential contact? What are examples of when these distinct traditions have conflicted or collaborated with one another? How is it accurate, meaningful or fruitful to speak of a creative symbiosis between Islam and Judaism? What are the advantages and limits to the comparative method when analyzing God? Can God be understood through a single lens only or is the comparative method incumbent upon all who study mysticism? What are the social, political and spiritual implications of the historical interactions, intersections and transformations we observe in the evolution of these so-called Abrahamic mystical traditions? This seminar will approach these questions through a broad exploration of primary texts in translation and scholarly commentaries.
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THRS 325 - Modern Jewish Thought
Unit(s): 4
An overview of dominant modern and postmodern Jewish narratives related to the Jewish experience in terms of culture, history, philosophy, and theology, with a special focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Themes addressed may include the Jewish Enlightenment, the rise of Jewish existentialism, Jewish-Christian theological discourse, post-Holocaust theology, Jewish feminist thought, Jewish queer thought, and the Jewish American experience. Offered intermittently.
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THRS 329 - Contemp. Political Prophets
Unit(s): 4
This course explores the lives and thoughts of modern-day ‘prophets,’ individuals known for their social activism, political courage, and moral character. We will also examine the idea of a “political prophet,” the meaning of activism, and other relevant questions. “Prophets” will change intermittently.
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THRS 331 - Reserved for Zambia Course
Unit(s): 2
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THRS 333 - Islam Modern & Cont World
Unit(s): 4
This course examines modern and contemporary Muslim thought and movements in relation to historical, political, and social transformations from the late-eighteenth century to the present. Topics of study include debates on scriptural interpretation, the role of Islam in broader society and the state, radicalism and violence, and women’s and human rights.
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THRS 334 - East Asian Meditation Practces
Unit(s): 4
Can a study of East Asian spiritual traditions today help people to understand their own spirituality and work more effectively for the good of the entire human family and the environment that sustains it? Students will investigate this question by experimentally applying some views and practices offered by Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian schools of meditation.
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THRS 335 - What is Catholicism?
Unit(s): 4
This course serves as a primer for understanding the principal expressions, commitments, and claims of the Catholic faith. This course examines the beliefs and practices that Catholics hold in common with other Christians, as well as those that distinguish Catholics from other Christians, other religions, and the secular world.
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THRS 340 - Panamerican Saints: Hagio/Pols
Unit(s): 4
This course surveys the lives of saints, both Catholic and ‘popular,’ to examine how spirituality and political charisma cross-fertilize in social-justice movements. Includes studies of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Diana of Wales, Archbishop Romero, Rev. Jim Jones.
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THRS 341 - Contempltve Christian Practice
Unit(s): 2
The course will study Ignatian and other methods of Christian contemplative prayer and teach students to put them into practice. Portions of each class, and a day-long hiking retreat integrated into the course, will be dedicated to the practice of Christian meditation.
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THRS 342 - Contempltve Christian Theology
Unit(s): 2
Continuing the practice of Christian meditation from the previous class, this course will introduce the theology behind these practices and demonstrate the ‘mystical’ roots of Christianity through the study of Christian mystics, theologians and their writings.
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THRS 343 - Contemp Christian Dialogue
Unit(s): 2
This course will continue the practice of in-class meditation and examine how similar and distinctive meditative practices among the world’s religions help to foster inter-religious dialogue and deepen our awareness of unity among all people, and all creation.
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THRS 344 - Contemp Christian - Action
Unit(s): 2
This final course in the series will return to the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius and the Centering Prayer practices of Keating in order to demonstrate the Jesuit spiritual ideal of “finding God in all things,” beginning with oneself, and extending to all.
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THRS 345 - Religion of U.S. Latinos
Unit(s): 4
This course surveys the religious life of U.S. Latin@ Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical/Pentecostal faith communities. It reviews contemporary theological, literary, and sociological writings to understand the ways Latinos construct their faith life, with special attention to Chican@ faith and activism, and Latina feminism.
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THRS 353 - Global Catholicism
Unit(s): 4
This course examines the Catholic religion in its immense cultural diversity and universal scope. In its self-understanding, Catholicism transcends all inherited categories of exclusion and injustice. This course critically explores the tension between this transcendent vision of human flourishing and the human experience of Catholicism in its concrete doctrines and praxis, as well as its relationship with other religions, the arts and the intellectual enterprise.
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THRS 355 - Philip Theol & Revolutions
Unit(s): 4
The Philippines has witnessed two major revolutions. The first was an armed conflict for national independence and the second a nonviolent movement (‘People Power’) to restore democracy. We will examine how they were influenced by Catholic thought and practice.
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THRS 360 - Sacred Places, Sacred Times
Unit(s): 4
This course will explore several ancient sacred sites, their accompanying religious geographies, and some of the religious practices associated with them (such as pilgrimage) that continue to transmit a sense of mystery and value for contemporary men and women. Offered intermittently.
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THRS 361 - Religion and the Environment
Unit(s): 4
Explores the religious underpinnings of contemporary attitudes and practices concerning the environment. Both historical and contemporary understandings of nature as expressed in various religious traditions. Offered intermittently. Cross-listed With: ENVA 361
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THRS 363 - Religion in Latin America
Unit(s): 4
This course will situate religious pluralism in Latin America and the Caribbean within distinct sociocultural, political and economic contexts. A consideration of the roles that faith and belief play in peoples’ lives and culture in Latin America. Offered intermittently. Cross-listed With: LAS 301
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THRS 365 - Religion and Globalization
Unit(s): 4
This course emphasizes both the historical foundations of the world’s major religious traditions as well as how they have confronted and been shaped by the globalizing forces of modernity. Student research projects will require fieldwork in the Bay Area.
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THRS 367 - Intro to Buddhism
Unit(s): 4
This class explores the histories, doctrines, and practices of Buddhism(s). Emphasis will be on its historical and philosophical as well as how contemporary men and women live as practicing Buddhists. Through diachronic and synchronic examination, we will get a broad, complex picture of Buddhism(s), a significant Asian tradition that has now taken in root in the West.
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THRS 368 - Japanese Religion & Soc
Unit(s): 4
This course surveys nearly 2000 years of the religious traditions, heritage, and culture of the Japanese people. We will explore key texts, charismatic leaders, and periods of conflict and stability in our goal to understand both historical and contemporary religious and spiritual examples within Japan and abroad.
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THRS 370 - Zen Buddhism
Unit(s): 4
This course examines the origins, teachings, and practices of Zen Buddhism, from ancient China to contemporary East Asia and North America. It emphasizes both academic and participatory understanding of this tradition. Offered intermittently.
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THRS 371 - Hinduism
Unit(s): 4
Ancient, classical, medieval, modern and contemporary Hinduism. Offered intermittently.
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THRS 373 - Introduction to Islam
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to the depth and richness of religious concepts, worship, spiritual practice, and social institutions found in Islam. Offered yearly.
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THRS 378 - Jewish Mystical Imagination
Unit(s): 4
Through the reading of biblical, classical and contemporary mystical and kabbalistic texts in translation, we will examine the great themes of the Jewish mystical imagination. Instead of studying the material historically, we shall approach it as a comprehensive, coherent, and evolving theological worldview.
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THRS 379 - Buddhist Paths
Unit(s): 4
This course will tour the centuries as we try to understand the traditions, people, teachings, rituals, cultures, and allure of diverse ‘Buddhisms’ in the world today. Of particular concern will be local Buddhist institutions and their global links to Buddhist communities and traditions, near and far. Offered every other year.
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THRS 381 - Himalayan Rel & Cultures
Unit(s): 4
This course explores contemporary religions and cultures of the Himalayan regions such as Tibet, Nepal, and northern parts of India. We will examine the relationship between the local peoples and their sacred spaces, between societies and their shamanic healers, and between celibate virtuoso and non-celibate ritual specialists. It is through such analysis that students will learn how religions such as Buddhism, Bon, Hinduism, and shamanic healing practices shape the lives of the sturdy Himalayan people and how they in turn give new meanings to their cultures and societies.
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THRS 384 - Religion and Nonviolence
Unit(s): 4
This course for Majors and Minors centers on Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dorothy Day. Through spiritual autobiographies, critical theories, and fiction the course explores the theme of nonviolence as a political and religious force in the U.S., India, and elsewhere. Offered yearly.
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THRS 388 - Religion, Psych & Modern Lit
Unit(s): 4
A cross-disciplinary exploration into such themes as psychological types and disorders, the caricatures of power and love, the search for identity, authentic religious faith and its counterfeits. The method will be literary criticism, psychological analysis, and theological reflection. Literature will include fiction, essay, autobiography, poetry, and film. Offered intermittently.
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THRS 390 - Ethics
Unit(s): 4
Identify, analyze critically, and consider possible solutions to fundamental ethical problems and how they relate to contemporary issues, with a special focus on such topics as ecology, economic justice, international conflict, gender and sexuality, race, human rights, and religion. Offered regularly.
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THRS 391 - Buddhist Ethics
Unit(s): 4
Many in Europe and the U.S. associate Buddhism with its emphasis on ethical values such as nonviolence and care and concern for animals and the environment, something supported by Buddhist scriptures. This course introduces and examines the role of ethics within Buddhist traditions and teachings by analyzing the theoretical structure of ethical awareness and moral practice in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions, the two classical traditions in Buddhism. It also analyzes practical applications of Buddhist ethics in the contemporary world. We will address questions such as “What constitutes a moral life in Buddhism?” “Is the act of self-immolation non-violent?” “What would be a Buddhist moral response to the use of euthanasia and death penalty?” “Could war and environmental destruction be justified morally according to Buddhist ethical concepts?” “What does Buddhism have to say about homosexuality?” We will read both primary and secondary sources that will provide us etic as well as emic views on Buddhist ethics.
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THRS 395 - Special Topics
Unit(s): 1 to 4
Courses not offered in any regular rotation, but highlighting key issues and concerns.
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THRS 397 - Community Internships
Unit(s): 4
This internship course assists you in setting up an internship in a nonprofit organization in the San Francisco Bay Area in the fields of theology-religious studies and environmental studies, and is designed to help you and this particular group of students explore issues of spirituality and work. Offered yearly.
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THRS 398 - Directed Reading
Unit(s): 1 to 6
Written permission of the instructor and dean is required.
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THRS 404 - Environmental Ethics
Unit(s): 4
Provides an overview of ethical responsibilities for the natural world. The course explores the diverse ethical responses to environmental problems including contemporary philosophical and religious beliefs regarding nature. Offered intermittently. Cross-listed With: ENVA 404
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THRS 405 - Not Your Grade School Ethics
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to the Roman Catholic tradition of fundamental moral theology. In addition to an exploration of major themes in moral theology, selected issues in special ethics, especially sexual and medical ethics, will be used to show how the Church applies the fundamental themes of moral theology to practical life situations.
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THRS 422 - Liberation Theology in Spanish
Unit(s): 4
This course – offered entirely in SPANISH – engages with the transcendent biblical concept of justice as an irreversible commitment of God in history, as articulated in the prophets, the Gospel of Jesus and emergent in liberation theologies in Latin America and North America, including theologies of feminism and sexuality. Offered every other year.
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THRS 470 - Contemp Moral Issues
Unit(s): 4
Using principally Catholic and Protestant approaches, this course reflects philosophically and theologically on a representative spectrum of current moral issues from the areas of sexual ethics, ethics (including gender and reproductive issues), biomedical ethics (including genetics and end-of-life issues), abortion, war and peace, and globalization. Offered Fall.
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THRS 601 - Prin & Meth of Bib Interpret
Unit(s): 4
A critical mastering of the scientific pursuit of exegesis and its application to Old and New Testament texts. Offered intermittently.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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THRS 697 - Graduate Comp Seminar
Unit(s): 4
A personal systematic synthesis of all the courses taken by the student and a practical application of this synthesis to the student’s particular area of emphasis.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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USF 101 - Expedition USF
Unit(s): 1
USF101 is a 1-unit course designed for first-semester undergraduate students new to USF’s Hilltop campus. This class helps students learn about USF’s Jesuit mission, acclimate to the campus community, navigate the university’s academic requirements and resources, explore personal and professional goals, and map their individual pathways to graduation. Students will learn about these topics through reading, reflecting, discussing, and engaging in activities with classmates and other members of the USF community.
Restriction: Class restricted to Freshman
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UA 601 - History of Urbanism
Unit(s): 3
Urbanization is defining the planet, crafting our landscapes, and shaping the political economies of social life. In this course we focus on the American city, considering the historical challenges of urban growth, the role of political power, and the importance of race and nature in shaping metropolitan space and defining the potential for social justice. Through studies of a range of urban contexts, this course explores the contours of urban decline and resurrection, grounding current debates in historical context.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 602 - Issues in Urban Public Policy
Unit(s): 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles and concepts of policy analysis through practical examples involving urban public policy issues. The course will survey the seminal frameworks for urban policy and includes both the exploration of problem-solving and policy-design processes. The course will also consider the use of particular policy through a case study approach that includes regulation, inducements, subsidies, contracting and privatization.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 603 - Global Cities
Unit(s): 3
This course seeks to explore the urban experience under the phenomenon of globalization. It will examine processes of urbanization, from an interdisciplinary perspective, guided by the transnational exchange of capital and culture. The focus will be on cities outside the United States-in the Global North and South-which are shaped by global flows of commodities, capital, information, technology, and people. These interconnected cities have spawned a global elite, a growing middle-class, and a disenfranchised underclass, bringing with them distinct forms of settlement and consumption. While the course will review literature related to the theories and debates of urbanization in a global context, the focus of inquiry will be on the formation of spaces and subjects in the global city. Of particular interest will be how local initiatives and policies, related to spatial and subject formations, are being produced in response to global forces.
Prerequisite: UA 601 with a minimum grade of C and UA 602 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 604 - Rsrch Methds for Urban Affairs
Unit(s): 3
In this core course of the Graduate Program in Urban Affairs, students will be challenged to conceptualize community engagement in both theoretical and practical terms. How can theories of sustained engagement be woven into rigorous academic research to create a praxis that serves the city while advancing urban thinking? We will engage and challenge theories and methods of community-engaged research; at the same time, students will prepare to head into the field for an extended Capstone project.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 608 - Career Development Seminar I
Unit(s): 0
This seminar is designed to provide practical tools to assist students in their pursuit of careers in the fields of Urban and Public Affairs. Offered over the course of students’ first year in the program, its purpose is to guide students as they translate their academic and professional experience in the Public and Urban Affairs programs into internships and ultimately gainful employment in public service. In alignment with both the University’s mission to “change the world from here,” and the programs’ mission to cultivate leaders who will pursue careers that make a difference in non-profits, government offices and political entities, this course will also provide an opportunity for thoughtful reflection around students’ responsibility to contribute to the common good.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 609 - Career Development Seminar II
Unit(s): 0
This seminar is designed to provide practical tools to assist students in their pursuit of careers in the fields of Urban and Public Affairs. Offered over the course of students’ first year in the program, its purpose is to guide students as they translate their academic and professional experience in the Public and Urban Affairs programs into internships and ultimately gainful employment in public service. In alignment with both the University’s mission to “change the world from here,” and the programs’ mission to cultivate leaders who will pursue careers that make a difference in non-profits, government offices and political entities, this course will also provide an opportunity for thoughtful reflection around students’ responsibility to contribute to the common good.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 611 - Urban Field Study: SF Bay Area
Unit(s): 3
As urbanists, we cannot claim to know a city or a region unless we’ve studied the streets, watching for the signs of the past left in sidewalk imprints and abandoned infrastructures. In this class, we’ll walk the Bay Area, looking for evidence of the political geographies of the region, manifest in signage, architecture, and the vernacular landscapes of our neighborhoods. This course offers both an overview of local history, and lessons in the skill of seeing history and politics in everyday urban spaces. This course will take us over the hills and valleys of the Bay Area, with an emphasis on San Francisco.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 612 - Urban & Regional Planning
Unit(s): 3
This seminar provides a framework for understanding urban and regional planning in the U.S., as well as prominent theories of urban planning and current practice. The course is intended for those students considering a career in urban and regional planning, or who anticipate working with planning policies and institutions in pursuit of other policy objectives. The course covers a range of planning challenges, with a focus on issues facing local planners in the current moment; these may include transportation, regional growth, urban density and other concerns.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 614 - Housing, Community, Public Pol
Unit(s): 3
This class is an introduction to the critical issues in contemporary urban analysis. It explores the origins of globalization and its contemporary manifestations, including trade and investment policies, growing multinational corporate power, decreased relevance of political and institutional borders, reduced government regulation and the impact on local communities. Social, environmental and economic impacts of globalization are considered, as well as the origin and development of the concept of sustainability, and movements for social justice. The course incorporates perspectives from multiple disciplines: geography, economics, planning and sociology, in particular.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 615 - Critical Sustainabilities
Unit(s): 3
This course critically analyzes policy frameworks, political discourses, and development practices that seek to promote urban sustainability. Using historical and contemporary sustainability case studies, the course unpacks the changing logics of sustainability and offers an overview of key actors and trends. Drawing from scholarship in urban planning, geography and related fields, we will look at the impact of sustainability programs on a range of communities, asking: What is to be sustained – and for whom?
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 616 - GIS & Data Visualization
Unit(s): 1
This seminar offers a practical hands-on introduction to GIS and data visualization tools and technologies. Students will come out of the course with the ability to transform data into maps and images that help us better understand urban policy questions. The course also trains students in critical analysis of data sources and types, and teaches students to critically assess both maps and the map-making process.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 617 - Urban Public Finance
Unit(s): 3
This course examines the various public financial management techniques used by all levels of government, with an emphasis on understanding local governmental budgets and budgeting; capital budgeting and debt management; accounting; and auditing. We also expect to discuss labor negotiations/pensions, economic development, education funding and other facets of government from a financial perspective. The course connects theories of urban fiscal management with the political and policy questions that shape and impact everyday budgeting and financial decisions.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 620 - Urban Food Policy
Unit(s): 3
This course encourages students to critically analyze the politics of contemporary food provisioning. We will examine the role of policy and planning in shaping uneven landscapes of contemporary consumption and production, where widespread obesity exists alongside pervasive hunger, where “gourmet ghettos” can be found next door to “food deserts,” and where agricultural and food service workers are among the most likely to go hungry. Rather than simply focusing on problems in the conventional food system, we will extend our analysis to a wide variety of actors, institutions, and policy strategies aimed at promoting sustainability and equity - from urban gardens, community-supported agriculture, and food labeling, to food sovereignty and worker organizing campaigns.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 641 - Prospectus and Rsrch Practicum
Unit(s): 3
Students write their Master’s Capstone Project prospectus, establish the significance and scope of the project, frame research questions and expected research methods, and present a preliminary review of the relevant academic literatures. Students build a learning-community to support each other as they conduct research and complete internships. The course involves considerable peer review and feedback.
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UA 642 - Masters Capstone Project
Unit(s): 3
This writing-intensive seminar is a core class of the Urban Affairs MA program, required for students in their final semester in the program. This course is entirely devoted to mentorship, peer-review, and instructor feedback on the capstone project, which is the culminating work of USF’s Urban Affairs MA. Students take this course having completed the Prospectus Practicum, through which they should have written a prospectus and begun their community-engaged research.
Prerequisite: UA 641 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 690 - Special Topics
Unit(s): 0 to 3
Exploration of one or more selected topics in the field.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UA 698 - Directed Reading
Unit(s): 1 to 4
Majors initiate and complete significant reading under the direct supervision of faculty.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 602 - Issues in Urban Public Policy
Unit(s): 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles and concepts of policy analysis through practical examples involving urban public policy issues. The course will survey the seminal frameworks for urban policy and includes both the exploration of problem-solving and policy-design processes. The course will also consider the use of particular policy through a case study approach that includes regulation, inducements, subsidies, contracting and privatization.
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UPA 603 - Global Cities
Unit(s): 3
This course seeks to explore the urban experience under the phenomenon of globalization. It will examine processes of urbanization, from an interdisciplinary perspective, guided by the transnational exchange of capital and culture. The focus will be on cities outside the United States-in the Global North and South-which are shaped by global flows of commodities, capital, information, technology, and people. These interconnected cities have spawned a global elite, a growing middle-class, and a disenfranchised underclass, bringing with them distinct forms of settlement and consumption. While the course will review literature related to the theories and debates of urbanization in a global context, the focus of inquiry will be on the formation of spaces and subjects in the global city. Of particular interest will be how local initiatives and policies, related to spatial and subject formations, are being produced in response to global forces.
Prerequisite: (UPA 601 with a minimum grade of C and UPA 602 with a minimum grade of C) or (UA 601 with a minimum grade of C and UA 602 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 611 - Urban Field Study: SF Bay Area
Unit(s): 3
As urbanists, we cannot claim to know a city or a region unless we’ve studied the streets, watching for the signs of the past left in sidewalk imprints and abandoned infrastructures. In this class, we’ll walk the Bay Area, looking for evidence of the political geographies of the region, manifest in signage, architecture, and the vernacular landscapes of our neighborhoods. This course offers both an overview of local history, and lessons in the skill of seeing history and politics in everyday urban spaces. This course will take us over the hills and valleys of the Bay Area, with an emphasis on San Francisco.
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UPA 630 - Urban Power Seminar
Unit(s): 3
This historical examination of economic, social, and demographic forces that shape urban spaces and urban politics emphasizes the patterns, challenges, and opportunities associated with urban growth, while considering the role and forms of political power from grassroots to formal.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 631 - Rhet of Social Controversy
Unit(s): 3
This course considers the conditions, practice, and power of social controversy. Students gain a theoretical understanding of controversy, and put theory into practice through analyses of contemporary social controversies, learning to evaluate controversy while practicing oral and written arguments.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 632 - Urban Public Finance
Unit(s): 3
This course examines the various public financial management techniques used by all levels of government, with an emphasis on understanding local governmental budgets and budgeting; capital budgeting; cash and debt management; accounting; and auditing. Typically taught by practitioners with experience in local government, the course connects theories of urban fiscal management with the political and policy questions that shape and impact everyday budgeting and financial decisions.
Restriction: Degree restrictions exclude; Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 633 - UPA Colloquium
Unit(s): 0
This weekly UPA requirement includes visiting lecturers and presentations by USF faculty open to the campus community, interspersed with career-development training and support for UPA students. Students register for the colloquium every semester, for a total of four semesters.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 650 - Comm-Engaged Research Methods
Unit(s): 3
In this core course of the MA in Urban and Public Affairs, students are challenged to conceptualize community engagement in both theoretical and practical terms. How can theories of sustained engagement be woven into rigorous academic research to create a praxis that serves the city while advancing our own thinking? Students develop community-engaged research through a series of exercises leading to a substantive project. Each year the course has a fresh research direction, determined by faculty and community partners.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 651 - Leadership For The Common Good
Unit(s): 3
This seminar surveys the ethical dimensions of public service work, while students begin capstone research. The course is designed to integrate internship experiences and research design with rehection on ethics and leadership. Students leave with a clear capstone proposal and literature review.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 652 - Masters Capstone Project
Unit(s): 3
Master’s degree candidates propose, design and implement a substantial and professional-caliber project intended to integrate concepts, skills and methods learned in their coursework into a written paper. Topics are designed in conjunction with the internship experience whenever possible, and provide evidence that the degree candidate can apply the skills and knowledge learned in coursework to the analysis of a practical urban/ public affairs challenge. The project is designed and initiated in the Leadership for the Common Good course during the prior semester.
Prerequisite: UPA 651 with a minimum grade of B-
Restriction: Program restricted to MA-Urban and Public Affair
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UPA 661 - Urban & Regional Planning
Unit(s): 3
This seminar provides a framework for understanding urban and regional planning in the U.S., as well as prominent theories of urban planning and current practice. The course covers material useful for those students considering a career in urban and regional planning, or who anticipate working with planning policies and institutions in pursuit of other policy objectives. The course covers a range of planning challenges, with a focus on issues facing local planners in the contemporary moment; these may include transportation, regional growth, urban density, and other concerns.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 667 - Housing, Community and Policy
Unit(s): 3
Focusing on the role of housing in shaping urban life, this course focuses on the legacy and impact of housing policy interventions. The course focuses on strategies that community-based organizations and social movements have used to bring about change in US cities. The course trains students – often with hands-on projects – to critically challenge existing policies and solutions, and to look at political, economic and cultural dynamics of the urban housing challenge.
Restriction: Level Restrictions exclude Graduate
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UPA 690 - Special Topics
Unit(s): 0 to 3
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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UPA 698 - Directed Reading
Unit(s): 1 to 4
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URBS 100 - Introduction to Urban Studies
Unit(s): 4
Through this core class of the urban studies major, students will delve into theories and methods of urban studies. We will blend methods, learning to use historical understandings, political-economic analyses, and cultural landscape studies to better understand the rise and fall of cities. The core of the class will focus on California and the San Francisco Bay Area, taking advantage of our location in San Francisco to experience the theories and processes that we’ll study in the city around us. We will pay special attention to “our own back yard” through a set of field outings to neighborhoods whose stories reflect key urban patterns.
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URBS 220 - Urban Theories and Methods
Unit(s): 4
This course will draw on multiple writings on Urban Theory to construct a panorama of philosophical approaches to the city. The primary goal is for students to develop intellectual and analytical tools to be able to critically understand various urban forms, experiences and representations of the city, both globally and around the Bay Area. A basic premise for the course is that theory cannot be understood without praxis, so students will explore, by learning and applying specific research methods, how ideas both shape cities and are created by them. We will explore how the work of architects and urban planners generates human environments but also how other forces such as capital and social cohesion contribute to urban frameworks throughout the world. Students will have access to a textbook, Philosophy and the City by Sharon Maegher, to guide their explorations but they will also read several essays and chapters by significant figures in urban theory in order to see how the field has evolved and what its most salient characteristics are. In order to build a strong conceptual understanding of the city, students will explore sections on the Representations of the City, The Ideal City, The City and Social Justice, the City as Lived Experience, Urban Dialectics, and the Global City as part of this course. Through in-depth reading, lectures, discussions, and walking tours, students will develop the skills to analyze, critique, and reconsider cities and the way that they continue to evolve today.
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URBS 230 - Urban Planning and Design
Unit(s): 4
This course is intended to provide an overview of the history, theory and practice of urban planning and design. The class will begin with an overview of the history of planning and of urbanization and the development of the profession of urban planning. We will then consider historic and contemporary planning theory and practice and the various challenges and issues faced by urban planners and designers. We will also explore the fundamentals of urban design as they relate to all scales of the built environment - including regions, cities, districts, neighborhoods, blocks and parcels - and will discuss the concept of place attachment, nostalgia, and the basics of sound community planning.
Prerequisite: URBS 100
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URBS 240 - Urban Cultures
Unit(s): 4
This class begins with the notion stated by Argentine cultural critique Beatriz Sarlo, “There is no experience of the city without a representation of the city.” Therefore, a phenomenology of the city—a set of discourses that attempt to provide an understanding of the city through perceptions—must make reference, not only to the physicality and use of urban space, but also to its aesthetic representations.
Prerequisite: URBS 100 with a minimum grade of C
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URBS 310 - Urban Field Course
Unit(s): 4
‘It’s time to walk! As urbanists, we cannot deeply know a city or a region unless we’ve studied the streets, watching for the signs of the past left in sidewalk imprints and abandoned infrastructures. In this class, we’ll walk the Bay Area, looking for evidence of the political geographies of the region, manifest in signage, architecture, and the vernacular landscapes of our neighborhoods. This course offers an overview of local history, paired with lessons in the skill of seeing history and politics in everyday urban spaces. This course will take us over the hills and valleys of the Bay Area, with an emphasis on San Francisco.’
Prerequisite: concurrent URBS 100
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URBS 390 - Special Topics
Unit(s): 1 to 4
Exploration of one or more selected topics in the field.
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URBS 398 - Directed Studies
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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URBS 602 - Issues in Am Urban Publ Policy
Unit(s): 3
In this service-learning course, students will discuss and grapple with the issues and responsibilities of collecting and creating oral histories, nonfiction narratives and profiles. Proceeding from the premise that ordinary people have within them extraordinary stories, students will study the craft of the interview and the oral history, and discuss inherent issues of documentation, exploitation, confidentiality, authorship and more. In class, students will read published examples of oral histories, practice interview techniques and discuss supplementary research methods as they collect, transcribe, edit and revise “untold stories” in a variety of forms. This class is also a designated Service Learning (SL) class. Each student will dedicate a minimum of 25 hours during the semester to service.
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YPSP 100 - Intro to Philippine Studies
Unit(s): 4
This survey course is an overview of major concepts and themes in the field of Philippine Studies. Through an interdisciplinary and transnational lens, students will learn about topics such as indigenous history, colonialism, imperialism, gender and sexuality, religion, literature and the arts, economics, and politics as they relate to the experiences and cultures of Filipinos in the Philippines, United States, and around the globe.
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YPSP 101 - First Sem Filipino/Tagalog
Unit(s): 4
First Semester Filipino introduces students to the basic structure of the Philippine national language, its development, grammatical characteristics, and to learn basic ‘survival’ Filipino vocabulary. It also exposes students to important Filipino non-verbal discourse and communication patterns.
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YPSP 102 - Second Sem Filipino/Tagalog
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces non-native speakers to an intermediate understanding and comprehension of the Filipino language, its development, and grammatical characteristics. It exposes students to intermediate-level Filipino discourse, exchange, and vocabulary using a functional-situational approach. It also immerses intermediate level students to important Filipino non-verbal communication patterns.
Prerequisite: YPSP 101 or (TAGL 101 or FILI 101) or Placement-Filipino with a minimum score of 125
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YPSP 107 - Filipina Literature
Unit(s): 4
This class is dedicated entirely to Filipina (or Pinay) Lit. In this class, we will read and discuss poems, stories, memoir and diaries, novels, creative essays, and comix all written by Filipino women, about the lives and life experiences of Filipino women and girls in the world. This course asks the questions: How do our Filipina/Pinay authors and artists represent Filipina/Pinays throughout history and in contemporary times? What informs those representations? Who are our Filipina/Pinay narrators, characters, speakers? What are their narratives/life stories? How do they interact with one another? How do they grow? What do they learn? Do these women and girls have any power? What are their relationships to power and systems of knowledge?
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YPSP 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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YPSP 201 - Third Sem Filipino/Tagalog
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces non-native speakers to an advanced understanding and comprehension of the Filipino language, its development, and grammatical characteristics. It exposes students to advanced-level Filipino discourse, exchange, and vocabulary using a functional-situational and culture-media immersion approaches. It also immerses advanced level students to simple and complex Filipino verbal and non-verbal communication patterns.
Prerequisite: YPSP 102 or FILI 102 or TAGL 102 or Placement-Filipino with a minimum score of 135
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YPSP 202 - Fourth Sem Filipino/Tagalog
Unit(s): 4
Emphasis on speaking and listening skills given specific social-cultural situations, and reading and writing skills that center on cultural material. More grammatical structures. Exposure to and understanding of written material such as essays, poems, songs, and recipes.
Prerequisite: TAGL 201
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YPSP 205 - Barrio Fiesta: Introduction
Unit(s): 2
This course is an introductory immersion to the social, arts, cultural, political, linguistic, and historical experiences of the Filipino/a as Asians and as Americans through the ‘Barrio Fiesta’ a Philippine Cultural Night (PCN). Performance, promotion, and/or production participation is mandatory.
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