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Fall 2008 Courses 84 courses approved as of August 20, 2008 1:02AM.
cs/fw denotes courses that are based around community service or field work.
Title Units Time Status DeCal Internship 1-4 TBA open Bollywood! A Celebration of Hindi Cinema 2 W 5:00-8:30 open "Sex and the City" and the Contemporary Woman 2 Tu 5-7 open Racism and Inequity in Structures of Education (RISE) cs/fw 2 Tu 7-9 open Batman as American Mythology 2 TuTh 5-6pm open Cops & Robots: An Intro to Philip K. Dick 2 Tu 6-8 open The Lyrics and Music of Bob Dylan: Putting the Songs in Their Literary, Political, Social and Cultural Contexts 2 W 6-8 open Introduction to Chinese Cinema 1 W 7-8, 6-9 (see syllabus) open UNICEF: Awareness of Children in Developing Countries cs/fw 1 Wednesday 6-8pm open James Bond: Politics, Pop Culture, Hero 2 Th 5-7 full The Films of P.T. Anderson 2 M 6-8, Tu 6-7 open Experimental Fiction Workshop 1 W 5:30-7 open Chamber Music for Fun 2 7-8 open Bookworlds: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Analysis 2 Tu 6-8 open The Life and Legacy of Tupac Amaru Shakur 2 Tues 5-7 open E98: Surviving Berkeley Engineering 1 Tu 5-6 open W 5-6 open Tu 4-5 open W 4-5 open Th 5-6 open W 4-5 open Th 5-6 open Th 5-6 open W 4-5 open W 5-6 open Th 4-5 open W 5-6 open Greek Tragedy Collaboration Project — TuTh 6-7:30 open Video Game Level Design: Counter-Strike 2 Tues 5-7 open Media Bias and the 2008 Presidential Election 1 — — Berkeley Fiction Review 1-2 Tue 5:30-7 open Topics in Sexual Health 2 W 5-7 open Optometry 98 Section 1 1 Tuesday 5-6 PM open The Art of Longform Improvisation 1 — — Student Power: Organizing and Activism cs/fw 2 M 5-6:30 open CalStar Yoga cs/fw 2 Fri. 1-4 p.m. open Sports Literacy: A Cultural Guide to Baseball and Football 1 W 5-7 open The Art of Eating: Food, Community, and Performance 1 W 4-6p open Iran: 29 Years of Revolution 2 T: 6-8 open Perspectives On Genocide 2 W 5:30-7:30 open Sports Medicine 2 M 6:30-8 open Introduction to Leadership: Leadership and Organizational Dynamics 2 Tuesdays 4-6pm open Second Life DeCal 3 W 4-7 open Poetry Writing Workshop 2 W 5-7 open Amusing Ourselves to Death: The Desensitizing Effects of the Media 1 M 5:00-6:30 full Kierkegaard: An Introduction 2 — — The Modern Slave Trade 2 M 5-7 open The Zombie Film 2 W 6-9 open Design Bolivia cs/fw 2 — — Bookworlds: The Quest for Innocence 2 Tuesday 6-8 open Six Billion Paths: Finding your Authentic Voice for Social Change cs/fw 2 M 5-7 open Teach the Bay DeCal cs/fw 1-2 Mon 6-8 open Advanced Rubik's Cube DeCal 1 Tu 5-6 open Chemistry in Pop Culture 1 — — Storytelling and Characterization in Video Games 2 — — Craft of Facilitating 2-3 Wed 3-5 open hardboiled: Asian American Journalism cs/fw 1 W 6-7 open Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Workshop 2 M: 5:30-7:30 open Introduction to Chess 2 Tuesday 6-8 open Jade Ribbon Campaign DeCal cs/fw 2 Th 4-5:30PM open Israeli Folk Dancing - Beginners 1-2 Tu 6:30-8 (not for sure though) open Israeli Folk Dancing - Advanced 1-2 Tu 5-6:30 (not for sure though) open Learn How to Play Sather Tower Bells--Carillon Study 1 — — The History of the Cold War through Film 2 Wed 4-6 open The Politics of Piracy 1 T 5:00-6:30 open The Daily Cal DeCal: Intro to Photojournalism 2 Th 6:30-8:30 open W 3-5 open Asian Film Studies 2 W 5:30-7:30 open Pre Med 101 2 W 5:30 - 7 open SwingCal: Learn to Swing Dance 1 Tu: 6:30-8:30 open Tu: 6:30-8:30 open Water Treatment Design 1-2 — — Stem Cells: Science and Society 2 Mon 6-7pm open Tu 5-6pm open Wed 6-7pm open Fri 10-11am open TBA open Teach in Prison cs/fw 2 Wed 4-6 open Cantonese DeCal: Beginning/Intermediate 1-2 M W 5:15 - 6:30 open T TH 5:15 - 6:30 open M W 5:15 - 6:30 open T TH 5:15 - 6:30 open Bookworlds: The Ender Quartet 2 Tuesday, 6-8pm open Wallace Stevens: Long Poems 1 Tu 5-6 open Greek Folk Dancing 1 Th 5-7 open Berkeley Engineers and Mentors cs/fw 2-3 M 6-7 open Downstage Left: Creating Sketch Comedy with Improvisation 1 TuTh 5-6 open The Daily Cal DeCal: Intro to Newspaper Journalism 2 Tues 5-7 open UCBUGG: University of California, Berkeley Undergraduate Graphics Group 2 — — The University Unites: Cal Spirit and Traditions Then and Now 2 TBA open Beginner's Scrabble Strategy 2 W 5-7 open Advanced Scrabble Strategy 2 Th 5-7 open Bob Marley and Rastafarianism 2 W 6-8pm open South Park DeCal 2 — — LOST: Causation, Determinism, Free Will, and Logic — — — Issues: Berkeley Medical Journal 2 T 5:00-7:00 open Run Forest Run! A Rundown of the Representation of Politics in American Films 2 Tu 6:30-8:30pm open Berkeley Political Review: Introduction to Writing for a Political Magazine 2 — — The Daily Cal DeCal: In-depth Reporting 2 M 6-8 open PACE: Prepare to Achieve a College Education cs/fw 2 — — Intro to Handball 1 MonWed 2-3 open Big Ideas on the Progressive Public Policy Landscape 2 W 6-8 open Vietnam and Vietnamese Culture through Films 2 Tu 6 - 8:30 open X-Men: Icon of an Evolving Political Culture — MW 5-6 open
cs/fw denotes courses that are based around community service or field work.
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