Culture, Art, and Technology
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2005-2006 General
Catalog, please contact the department for more information.
Lower-Division
CAT 1. Culture, Art, and Technology 1 (4)
A global historical overview of principles and patterns of human
development, with emphasis on technology and the arts. Traces
causes and consequences of cultural variation. Explores interactions
of regional environments (geographic, climatic, biological) with
social and cultural forces. Prerequisites: Sixth College students
only; may be taken concurrently with SDCC 1.
CAT 2. Culture, Art, and Technology 2 (6) Fundamental
shifts in one area of endeavor can have a profound impact on whole
cultures. Examines select events, technologies, and works of art
that revolutionized ways of inhabiting the world. Intensive instructions
in university-level writing: featured sections on information literacy.
Prerequisites: completion of UC Entry Level Writing requirement
and CAT 1; Sixth College students only.
CAT 3. Culture, Art, and Technology 3 (6) Students
engage with various interdisciplinary modes of apprehending the
near-future. Working in teams on community projects, they are challenged
to listen and communicate across cultures and develop cogent technological
and artistic responses to local problems. Writing and information
literacy instruction. Prerequisites: CAT 1, CAT 2; Sixth College
students only.
>CAT 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The
freshman seminar program is designed to provide new students with
the opportunity to explore
an intellectual topic with a
faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars
are offered in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges
and topics vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited
to fifteen to twenty students with preference given to entering
freshmen. Prerequisites: none.
CAT 97. Culture, Art, and
Technology Lower-Division Internship (2 or 4) Course
designated for lower-division Sixth College students to have
the opportunity
to work on a community-based or industry-based
project supervised by a faculty member and community or industry
mentor. Prerequisites: lower-division standing and cumulative
GPA of 3.0.
CAT 98. Culture, Art, and Technology Lower-Division
Group Study (2 or 4) Course designated
for lower-division Sixth College students to have the opportunity
to work together as a
group or team on a project
supervised by a faculty member in a specific department, not included
in a regular curriculum, where group emphasis would be more beneficial
and constructive then individual special studies. Prerequisites:
lower-division standing and cumulative GPA of 3.0.
CAT 99. Culture,
Art, and Technology Lower-Division Independent Research (2 or 4) Course
designated for lower-division Sixth College students to have the
opportunity to work on a research project supervised by
a faculty member in a specific department, where the subject of
content of the project cannot be represented by the academic department
or faculty member. Prerequisites: lower-division standing and
cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Upper-Division
CAT 125. Sixth Practicum Writing (2) Writing
to report and reflect on the practicum experience. Students will
link general
education to practicum projects, practice communicating
with people of various constituencies; use writing as a tool
for penetrating culture and for understanding self in relation
to community.
Prerequisites: upper-division standing, completion of CAT
1, 2, and 3 or (for transfer students) completion of general
education
requirements, including lower-division writing requirement. The
course should be taken either concurrently with the practicum
or
within on quarter of when the practicum project is completed.
CAT
195. Apprentice Teaching (4) Undergraduate
instructional assistance. Responsibilities in areas of learning
and instruction. May collect
course material and
assist with course projects, digital workshops, and collection,
organization
and analysis of formative assessment data. Prerequisites:
upper-division standing; 3.0 cumulative GPA; consent of instructor.
CAT
197. Culture, Art, and Technology Field Studies (4) Supervised
community-based or industry-based field work. Designated for
Sixth College students to have the opportunity to work on
a community-based or industry-based project supervised by a faculty
member and community or industry mentor, where the subject/content
of the project cannot be represented by a specific academic department.
Students will submit written evaluations each week of their ongoing
field study. Prerequisites: upper-division standing, completion
of CAT 1, 2, and 3 or (for transfer students) completion of general-education
requirements, including lower-division writing requirement.
CAT
198. Culture, Art, and Technology Directed Group Studies (4) Directed
group studies or, in group, field studies of a creative project.
Designated for Sixth College students to have the opportunity
to work together as a group or team on a project supervised by
a faculty member in a specific department, not included in a
regular curriculum, where group emphasis would be more beneficial
and constructive
than individual special studies. Prerequisites: upper-division
standing, completion of CAT 1, 2, and 3 or (for transfer students)
completion of general-education requirements, including lower-division
writing requirement.
CAT 199. Culture, Art, and Technology
Independent Studies (4) Individual
independent research or creative project. Designated for Sixth
College students to have
the opportunity to work on
a project supervised by a faculty member in a specific department,
where the subject or content of the project cannot be represented
by the academic department of the faculty member. Prerequisites:
upper-division standing, completion of CAT 1, 2, and 3 or (for
transfer students) completion of general-education requirements,
including lower-division writing requirement.
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