Senior Seminar Program
Winter Quarter 2007 Enrollment Information
Please go to the Schedule of Classes website to see enrollments. To enroll in these seminars, use the Course Pre-Authorization system to be cleared to add a seminar, then use WebReg during your enrollment time to finalize enrollment.
Please use the Virtual Advising Center, VAC to contact the advisor of the department or program offering the seminar for all non-enrollment questions.
Department of Bioengineering
Bioinstrumentation Seminar
BENG 192 B00
Section ID: 585705
Gough, David (
dgough@ucsd.edu)
Location: PFBH 391
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 7:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26; March 5, 12, 19, 26.
A seminar addressing approaches to implementation of bioengineering designs with a focus on bioinstrumentation. Discussions will focus on testing an validation to meet specifications. This course is for undergraduate senior students.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Biomechanics Seminar
BENG 192 E00
Section ID: 585708
Omens, Jeff (
jomens@ucsd.edu) &
Schmid-Schoenbein, Geert (
gwss@bioeng.ucsd.edu)
Location: PFBH 291
Mondays, 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26; March 5, 12, 19, 26.
A seminar addressing approaches to implementation of bioengineering designs with a focus on biomechanics. Discussions will focus on testing and validation to meet specifications. This course is for undergraduate senior students.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Cardiac Bioengineering Seminar
BENG 192 A00
Section ID: 585704
Omens, Jeff (
jomens@ucsd.edu) &
Mc Culloch, Andrew (
amcculloch@ucsd.edu)
Location: PFBH 291
Mondays, 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26; March 5, 12, 19, 26.
A seminar addressing approaches to implementation of bioengineering designs with a focus on the heart. Discussions will focus on testing and validation to meet specifications. This course is for undergraduate senior students.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Cell Systems Bioengineering Seminar
BENG 192 D00
Section ID: 585707
Hasty, Jeff (
hasty@bioeng.ucsd.edu)
Location: PFBH 391
Mondays, 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26; March 5, 12, 19, 26.
A seminar addressing approaches to implementation of bioengineering designs with a focus on cell systems. Discussions will focus on testing and validation to meet specifications. This course is for undergraduate senior students.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Design & Development of Drug Delivery Systems
BENG 192 G00
Section ID: 586310
Sah, Robert (
rsah@ucsd.edu)
Location: PFBH 391
Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 11, 18, 25; February 1, 8, 15; March 1, 8.
Seminar for seniors in science and engineering. Overview of major dosage forms (transdermal, oral, IV, occular, etc.) and considerations in the development and application of such systems. Includes pharmacokinetics, biomaterials, energy sources, controllers, sensors/feedback). Discussion of papers, presented by students.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Neural Engineering Seminar
BENG 192 F00
Section ID: 585709
Silva, Gabriel (
gsilva@ucsd.edu) &
Lieber, Richard (
rlieber@ucsd.edu)
Location: PFBH 391
Fridays, 4:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 12, 19, 26 February 2, 9, 16, 23 March 2, 9, 16.
A seminar addressing approaches to implementation of bioengineering designs with a focus on neural and muscular systems. Discussions will focus on testing and validation to meet specifications. This course is designed for undergraduate senior students.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Tissue Engineering Seminar
BENG 192 C00
Section ID: 585706
Sung, Amy (
amysung@bioeng.ucsd.edu) &
Sah, Robert (
rsah@ucsd.edu)
Location: PFBH 291
Mondays, 3:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26; March 5, 12, 19, 26.
A seminar addressing approaches to implementation of bioengineering designs with a focus on tissue engineering. Discussions will focus on testing and validation to meet specifications. This course is for undergraduate senior students.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the Sciences
CHEM 192 A00
Section ID: 583654
Sailor, Michael (
msailor@ucsd.edu)
Location: Pacific Hall 4500
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 7:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 19, 26; March 5.
This interactive workshop will introduce science undergraduates to the mechanics of founding and building a high-tech company. The course is taught in collaboration with Prof. John M. Newsam, a venture partner at NGEN Partners, LLC and Managing Director of fqubed, Inc.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Cinematic Arts and Film Studies
Satantango, for a Metaphysical Cinema
FILM 192 A00
Section ID: 586311
Gorin, Jean-Pierre (
jp.gorin@gmail.com)
Location: Mandeville 106
Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14,
21, 28.
Satantango (1994) by Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr has imposed itself as a seminal work. It defies narrative conventions by its length (7 hours),its metaphysical breadth and its visual sumptuosity. This seminar will study in detail the originality of filmmaker's strategies.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Internet Measurement: What have we learned? - CANCELLED
CSE 192 A00
Section ID: 584808
Marzullo, Keith (
marzullo@cs.ucsd.edu) &
Claffy, Kimberly (
kclaffy@ucsd.edu)
Network measurement was neglected in the Internet's early stages, taking lower priority to increasing the network's speed, capacity, and coverage. Interest in network measurement has expanded, showing a growing understanding of the Internet's structure and behavior. We will examine both technical and policy issues as well as historical context of internet measurement.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Introduction to Computer Audition - CANCELLED
CSE 192 B00
Section ID: 585711
Dubnov, Shlomo (
sdubnov@ucsd.edu)
Computer Audition (CA) is a general field of sound understanding by computer that encompasses fields of machine listening, music information retrieval, aspects of audio engineering and computer music. In the seminar I will review the field and introduce a MATLAB CA toolbox.
Prerequisites: Acoustics, or equivalent physics course; basic programming; signal processing is an advantage. Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of History
The End of the World: Millenarian Rebellion and Race War in 19th-Century Mexico
HITO 192 A00
Section ID: 580651
Meade, Everard (
emeade@ucsd.edu)
Location: HSS 5086
Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. to 8:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14.
The “civilization” of Mexico’s northern frontier and its conversion into a modern border with the United States involved revolutions in transport and communications, but also race war and religious rebellion. This seminar will examine this dark underbelly of progress in late 19th-century Mexico.
Prerequisites: HILA 131 concurrent registration. Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Linguistics
Fiction and Metaphor in the Law
LIGN 192 A00
Section ID: 581989
Schane, Sanford (
sschane@ucsd.edu)
Location: AP&M 2452
Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13, 20, 27.
Doesn’t the law deal with ‘real’ facts? It may come as a surprise to learn that the law has its fictions, where one assumes as true principles that are false. In discussing these fictions judges will resort to metaphorical language. Why are there legal fictions? Why are they often based in metaphor?
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Literature
Contemporary Social Movements in San Diego
LTWL 192 A00
Section ID: 585687
Mariscal, Jorge (
gmariscal@ucsd.edu) &
Pellow, David Naguib (
dpellow@ucsd.edu)
Location: Cross Cultural Center
Fridays, 11:00 a.m. to 12:50 a.m.
Seminar will meet January 19, 26; February 2, 9, 16.
An introduction to local activism in the San Diego region that promotes diverse progressive agendas. Students will read some social movement theory in preparation for direct dialogues with individual activists who will visit the seminar. Collaboration with the UCSD Cross-Cultural Center.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Humorous Poetry, Popular Songs and Hymns: A Workshop - CANCELLED
LTWR 192 A00
Section ID: 583818
Lewin, Ralph (
rlewin@ucsd.edu)
Each week we will criticize verse published by others, including the instructor, to review their good and bad features. Students will also need to submit their own verse for similar review. We will discuss choice of topic, verse, form and length, scansion, rhymes and rhyming patterns, etc.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Sex and Love in the Middle Ages
LTWL 192 B00
Section ID: 585712
Lampert-Weissig, Lisa (
llampert@ucsd.edu)
Location: LIT 355
Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
Seminar will meet January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14, 21, 28.
This course will explore questions of love and sexuality in medieval texts. Topics include "courtly love," marriage, same-sex love, and the connection between sexuality and spirituality.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Music
Morton Feldman and La Monte Young - CANCELLED
MUS 192 C00
Section ID: 583819
Curtis, Charles (
crcurtis@ucsd.edu)
Selected late works by these two legends of American experimental music will be analyzed in depth. Advanced score-reading skills required.
Prerequisites: Music majors only. Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Music, Acoustics, and Architecture
MUS 192 B00
Section ID: 583657
Steiger, Rand (
rand@ucsd.edu)
Location: Mandeville 127
Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. to 9:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet February 15, 22; March 1.
LMN Architects, and the distinguished acoustician Dr. Cyril Harris have recently finished the design of a new building and concert hall for the Department of Music. We will look at the process for designing the building, and study the architectural drawings and plans in detail.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Russian Mystical Music - CANCELLED
MUS 192 E00
Section ID: 585713
Lytle, Cecil (
clytle@ucsd.edu)
A study of late 19th century piano music by Russian and eastern European composers who employ fantasical elements from literature and religion to compose mystical music. Composers to be studied include Scrianbin, Liszt, and Gurdjieff.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
The Musical Offering - CANCELLED
MUS 192 D00
Section ID: 584851
Karis, Aleck (
akaris@ucsd.edu)
J.S. Bach wrote this tribute to Friedrich II in 1747, based on a theme written by the king. We will discuss the historical context of this late masterpiece and analyze its great fugues, canons, and trio sonata.
Prerequisites: Must be able to read music. Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Why Music? A Biosocial Inquiry
MUS 192 A00
Section ID: 583656
Borgo, David (
dborgo@ucsd.edu)
Location: Mandeville 125
Tuesdays, 2:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 16, 23, 30; February 6.
What is the evolutionary significance of music? Why do we make and experience it in such diverse ways around the globe? This seminar investigates the biological, neurological, and sociological dimensions of music, and the ways in which they are interrelated.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Philosophy
Philosophy of Social Justice
PHIL 192 B00
Section ID: 585714
Doppelt, Gerald (
jdoppelt@ucsd.edu)
Location: HSS 7077
Mondays, 4:00 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12.
We will carefully examine John Rawls' influential theory of liberalism and social justice in modern society. We will examine major criticisms of this theory made by feminists, communitarians, libertarians, theorists of race and defenders of multi-culturalism. Students debate issues of justice.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Wine, Talk, and Winetalk
PHIL 192 A00
Section ID: 583658
Cohen, Jonathan (
joncohen@aardvark.ucsd.edu)
Location: HSS 7077
Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 11, 18, 25; February 1, 8.
How do people use words to talk about wine? Do they manage to pick out perceptual categories? How well do they succeed in communicating about wine? We'll approach these and related questions by reading Adrienne Lehrer's classic, Wine and Conversation.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Political Science
Rousseau and Political justice
POLI 192 A00
Section ID: 583659
Strong, Tracy (
tstrong@ucsd.edu)
Location: SSB 353
Tuesdays, 5:00 p.m. to 6:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 9, 16, 23, 30.
A close reading of Rousseau's SOCIAL CONTRACT and related texts.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Senior Research Seminar in Political Science
POLI 192 B00
Section ID: 583820
Hajnal, Zoltan (
zhajnal@ucsd.edu) &
Strom, Kaare (
kstrom@ucsd.edu)
Location: SSB 102
Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 10, 24; February 7, 21; March 7, 14, 21, 28.
The seminar is a supplement to the senior honors seminar and will give students an opportunity to work more closely with two faculty members to design and carry out a research project on a topic of their choice.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in Poli Sci 191b. Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Climate Change, Global Warming
SIO 192 A00
Section ID: 583660
Wahlen, Martin (
mwahlen@ucsd.edu)
Location: York Hall 3030
Fridays, 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
Seminar will meet January 12, 19, 26; February 2, 9, 16, 23; March 2, 9, 16.
Elements of physics of climate and principles of the green house effect will be introduced. The basics of the global cycles of radiatively important atmospheric trace gases will be discussed. Data and evidence for global warming will be presented.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
Department of Sociology
Oil and the Future of America
SOCE 192 A00
Section ID: 581722
Evans, Ivan (
ievans@ucsd.edu)
Location: SSB 101
Mondays, 3:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.
Seminar will meet January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12.
The exhaustion of oil, which most experts agree is imminent, poses fundamental questions for the US. The seminar examines the evolution of America’s “addiction to oil”, the global politics that oil has generated and the development of alternatives energy sources to end oil.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor
What’s for Dinner? Local and Global Perspectives on Ethical Food Consumption
SOCE 192 B00
Section ID: 585715
Linton, April (
aplinton@ucsd.edu)
Location: SSB 101
Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
Seminar will meet January 16, 23, 30; February 6.
We will begin by reading two new and important popular books; The Way We Eat: Why our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer and James Mason and The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Then we will look at how experts on social movements, globalization, and international development are grappling with the question “What’s for dinner?”
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; department stamp and/or consent of instructor