Version 1.5 - General Catalog - UC Davis

1162012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendum(minimum 3 units) or 194H, EnvironmentalToxicology 103A, Microbiology 104,Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior100, 101, Plant Biology 126 ........... 12-19Total Units for the Major................ 96-119CommunicationChanges to the CommunicationMajor Program RequirementsThe Major ProgramThe major in communication focuses upon humansymbolic behavior in interpersonal and mediatedcontexts.The Program. The program of study in communicationexamines communication processes at severaldifferent levels of analysis. Courses dealing withcommunication at the individual, interpersonal, organizationaland societal levels of analysis are offered.The emphasis in the program reflects the changingfocus in the discipline and society toward computermediatedcommunication, quantitative behavioralscience and cognitive science. Classes addressingsuch topics as communication and cognition, messagesystems, interpersonal communication, nonverbalcommunication, communication and persuasion,organizational communication, mass media effects,computer-mediated communication and public communicationcampaigns explore communication atthese levels of analysis. Related social sciencecourses are also part of the major.Preparatory Requirements. Before declaring amajor in communication, students must complete thefollowing courses with a combined grade point averageof at least 2.500 at the University of California(at least 3.000 GPA may be required for similarcourses taken at community college). All coursesmust be taken for a letter grade:Anthropology 4 or Linguistics 1.........4 unitsComputer Science 15 or Philosophy12.................................................4 unitsPsychology 1 ..................................4 unitsSociology 1....................................5 unitsStatistics 13 ....................................4 unitsCareer Alternatives. Communication graduateshave found careers in such fields as broadcast andprint journalism, administration, sales, management,politics and government, education, social work,and public relations. A communication degree isalso excellent preparation for law school or othergraduate programs.A.B. Major Requirements:UNITSPreparatory Subject Matter .................. 25Anthropology 4 or Linguistics 1................ 4Communication 1 or 3 or 5/Linguistics 5 .. 4Computer Science 15 or Philosophy 12 .... 4Psychology 1 ......................................... 4Sociology 1........................................... 5Statistics 13 ........................................... 4Depth Subject Matter ............................ 40Communication 101............................... 4Communication 102, 105, 134, 140.....16Select five of the following additionalcourses ...............................................20Communication 103, 135, 136, 137, 138,139, 142, 143, 144, 146, 152, 165,170, 172, 180, 189A, 189B, 189C,189D, Anthropology 117, 120, Economics122, Linguistics, 171, 177,182, PoliticalScience 165, Psychology 100, 107, 152,154, Sociology 126, 175, Statistics 102,106, 108Note: Many of the upper division coursesoffered by the other L&S departments havetheir own prerequisites not accounted for bylower division Communication courses. Tothe degree that students elect to take thosecourses having “hidden prerequisites,” thenumber of units necessary to complete themajor increases above the stated minimum.Total Units for the Major ....................... 65East Asian Languagesand CulturesChanges to the East AsianLanguages and Cultures MajorProgram RequirementsChineseA.B. Major Requirements:UNITSPreparatory Subject Matter ............... 0-30Chinese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; or 1BL, 2BL, 3BL; or1CN, 2CN, 3CN.Recommended:Chinese 10, 11, 50, ComparativeLiterature 14, Japanese 10, Linguistics 1,History 9A.Depth Subject Matter ............................ 40Chinese 106, 107, 111, 112, 113,114, 160............................................ 28Note: With prior approval of anundergraduate adviser, students alreadyproficient in Chinese at the third-year level(courses 111-112-113) should take threeother upper division Chinese courses instead.Three courses selected from Chinese 100A,101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 109A-I,110, 115, 116, 120, 130, 131, 132, 140,150; one of the three courses must be from101, 102, 103, 104, 109G ................. 12Recommended:Japanese 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106;Anthropology 148A-148B; Art History163A-163B; East Asian Studies 113;History 191A-F; Religious Studies 172; orother advanced literature and culturecourses selected in consultation with theundergraduate adviser.Total Units for the Chinese Major ..... 52-70JapaneseA.B. Major Requirements:UNITSPreparatory Subject Matter ............... 0-30Japanese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Recommended:Japanese 10, 15, 25, Chinese 10, 11, 50,Linguistics 1, History 9B.Depth Subject Matter ............................ 40Japanese 101, 102, 103, 111, 112,113.................................................... 24Eight units selected from Japanese 104, 105,106, 107, 108, 109, 115, 131, 132, 133,134, 135, 136, 141.............................. 8Eight units selected from Chinese 101, 102,103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109A-I,110; Anthropology 149A-149B; Art History164; Comparative Literature 153; History194A-194B-194C; Religious Studies 170,172; or other advanced literature and culturecourses selected in consultation with theundergraduate adviser............................ 8Total Units for the Japanese Major... 40-70Major Advisers. C. Chang, D. Gundry, and J.Sorensen (Japanese); C. Chu, M. Halperin and M.Yeh (Chinese)EngineeringChanges to Engineering MajorProgram RequirementsThe Major ProgramsThirteen majors, leading to the B.S. degree, areopen to students.Aerospace Science & EngineeringBiochemical EngineeringBiological Systems EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringChemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringComputer EngineeringComputer Science and EngineeringElectrical EngineeringElectronic Materials Engineering(not accepting new students)Materials Science and EngineeringMechanical EngineeringOptical Science and Engineering(not accepting new students)Two combined majors are offered leading to the B.S.degree:Chemical Engineering/Materials Scienceand Engineering (not accepting new students)Mechanical Engineering/Materials Scienceand Engineering (not accepting newstudents)Engineering: AppliedScienceChanges to Applied Science MajorProgram RequirementsLower Division Required CoursesUNITSApplied Science Engineering 1................ 4Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D............ 16Mathematics 22A-22B............................ 6Physics 9A-9B-9C-9D............................ 19Chemistry 2A ........................................ 5Civil Engineering 19 or Computer ScienceEngineering 30...................................... 4Engineering 17...................................... 4Engineering 45 (or 45 Y)........................ 4English 3 or University Writing Program 1,1Y, or 1V or Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3,or 4, or Native American Studies 5.......... 4Communication 1 or 3 ........................... 4General Education electives .................. 32Total Lower Division Units ..........102Upper Division Required CoursesApplied Science Engineering 108A,108B, 108L 115, 161A-B, 165, 166,and 167............................................. 36Electrical and Computer Engineering 130A,130B, and 135 ................................... 11Physics 104A ........................................ 4Chemistry 110A .................................... 4Engineering 190.................................... 3Optics electives ................................... 1616 units from the following: AppliedScience Engineering 116, 169, 170, 172;Biological Sciences 102; Chemistry 110B;Electrical and Computer Engineering 100,133, 136 A-B, 140A, 140B, 150A, 150BTechnical electives................................ 12Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience