Lower Division Courses

1. Introduction to World Arts and Cultures. (5)  Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of concepts and theories involved in intercultural, interdisciplinary study of art, aesthetics, and performance. Examination of interactions among various modes of creative expression, role of style in daily life, performative representation of cultural identity and difference, and interaction of diverse artistic traditions. Letter grading.

2A. Lower Division Seminar: Practice-Based Research. (5)  (Formerly numbered 2.) Seminar, two hours; studio, two hours; outside study, 11 hours. Variable topics seminar with focus on practice-based research in arts. Skills may include development of dance/theatrical performance, video/filmic creation, interdisciplinary art-making, text-based creation of work, and more. In-depth investigative experience to understand practice-based research process from conception to presentation. Research inquiry methods may include readings and assigned written analysis, supervised fieldwork, individual and collaborative assignments in selected media, activist orientations, and practice-oriented processes. Substantial practice-based culminating project required. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Letter grading.

2B. Lower Division Seminar: Writing-Based Research. (5)  Seminar, four hours; outside study, 11 hours. Variable topics seminar with focus on scholarly research in arts. Study of culture and performance, including individual and cultural identity through arts, arts criticism, theoretical and analytical approaches to arts practice, and arts activism. Substantial culminating research paper required. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.

5. Beginning Global and Transcultural Forms. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices crossing national and cultural boundaries. Variable topics, such as body music, crosscultural textile creation, or mural painting, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

6. Beginning World Arts Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from sub-Saharan Africa and extending to cultures of African diaspora, including Brazil and the Afro-Caribbean. Variable topics, such as dance of Guinea, Mali, and Senegal or Afro-Caribbean masking traditions, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

7. Beginning World Arts Practices in Middle East/North Africa and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from the Middle East and North Africa. Variable topics, such as belly dancing or Israeli folk dance, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

8. Beginning World Arts Practices in Latin America and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from Latin America, including cultures of South and Central America. Variable topics, such as Argentine tango and Mexican folkloric dances, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

9. Beginning World Arts Practices in North America and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from North America, including the U.S., Canada, and Native America. Variable topics, such as Native American dance, jazz, and jazz-tap, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

10. Beginning World Arts Practices in East Asia and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from East Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan. Variable topics, such as movement and music techniques of Beijing Opera, Korean shamanic movement practices, and Kabuki theater, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

11. Beginning World Arts Practices in South Asia and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from South Asia and extending to cultures of South Asian diasporas, including communities in England and West Africa. Variable topics, such as Bharata Natyam (classical dance of India), bhangra (diasporic social dance), and hatha yoga, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

12. Beginning World Arts Practices in Southeast Asia and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from Southeast Asia. Variable topics, such as Cambodian court dance, Indonesian kechak, or Balinese legong, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

13. Beginning World Arts Practices in Europe and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Beginning-level study of world arts practices originating from Europe and extending to cultures of European diaspora, including the U.S. Variable topics, such as flamenco, Balkan folk dances, and classical ballet, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

15. Beginning Modern/Postmodern Dance. (2)  Laboratory, four hours. Study of dance technique. Critical viewing, reading, and discussion of modern/postmodern dance artists' works. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

16. Beginning Improvisation in Dance. (2)  Lecture, one hour; laboratory, three hours. Introduction to creative exploration in movement through improvisational and compositional exercises that access and develop imagination, find relationship between imagination and dance making, and enrich movement vocabulary. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

20. Culture: Introduction. (5)  Lecture, four hours. Introduction to key concepts and major theoretical and methodological debates that characterize field of cultural studies, including discussion of notions of culture, popular culture, subculture, youth culture, hegemony, gender, race, class, and national identity. Letter grading.

21. Introduction to Field-Based Research. (5)  Lecture, three hours. Introduction to methods, techniques, and issues in conducting field-based research, including nature, uses, and limitations of major data-gathering procedures, ethical concerns, sampling, checks and controls, teamwork, interventions, and results as not only tangible and impersonal outcomes of inquiry but also personal and tangible. Through readings, discussion, and hands-on exercises, students learn how to plan fieldwork projects and write proposals, prepare consent forms and deal with ethical issues, observe behavior, construct questionnaires, interview, use audiovisual documentation, and manage and present data. P/NP or letter grading.

22. Introduction to American Folklore Studies. (5)  Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 10 hours. Cultural/historical survey of role of folklore in development of American civilization and of influence of American experience in shaping folklore in American society; attention also to representative areas of inquiry and analytical procedures. P/NP or letter grading.

M23. Introduction to American Indian Studies. (5)  (Same as American Indian Studies M10.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; activity, one hour. Survey of selected Native North American cultures from pre-Western contact to contemporary period, with particular emphasis on early cultural diversity and diverse patterns of political, linguistic, social, legal, and cultural change in postcontact period. P/NP or letter grading.

24. World Arts, Local Lives. (5)  Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Use of Fowler Museum's long-term exhibition entitled 'Intersections: World Arts/Local Lives' as object of study to examine many insights that arts can offer into social, political, and religious experience. Drawing heavily on cultures of Africa, Asia, Pacific, and indigenous Americas, both ancient and contemporary, consideration of degree to which notions of aesthetics and efficacy are intertwined and interdependent in art forms made to intervene in people's lives in active, instrumental ways. Use of specific case studies to illustrate and interrogate theoretical paradigms. P/NP or letter grading.

45. Introduction to Dance Studies. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Introduction to discipline of dance studies, with focus on study of corporeality as key contemporary perspective on the body. Multidisciplinary approach to dancing bodies conceptualized as social constructs, including attention to gender, race, class, and national identity. P/NP or letter grading.

46. Survey of Dancing in Selected Cultures. (2)  Studio, three hours. Introduction to dances and their movement characteristics in global context. P/NP or letter grading.

47. World Dance Histories. (5)  Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Comparative framework for looking at dance practices through time as they have developed around world, questioning relation of dance to culture and politics and providing students with tools for investigating histories of any given dance form. P/NP or letter grading.

55. Intermediate World Arts Practices in Global and Transcultural Forms. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices crossing national and cultural boundaries. Variable topics, such as body music, crosscultural textile creation, or mural painting, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

56. Intermediate World Arts Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from sub-Saharan Africa or from cultures of African diaspora, including Brazil and the Afro-Caribbean. Variable topics, such as dance of Guinea, Mali, and Senegal or Afro-Caribbean masking traditions, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

57. Intermediate World Arts Practices in Middle East/North Africa and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from Middle East and North Africa. Variable topics, such as belly dancing or Israeli folk dance, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

58. Intermediate World Arts Practices in Latin America and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from Latin America, including cultures of South and Central America. Variable topics, such as Argentine tango and Mexican folkloric dances, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

59. Intermediate World Arts Practices in North America and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from North America, including the U.S., Canada, and Native America. Variable topics, such as Native American dance, jazz, and jazz-tap, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

60. Intermediate World Arts Practices in East Asia and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from East Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan. Variable topics, such as movement and music techniques of Beijing Opera, Korean shamanic movement practices, Kabuki theater, or Tai Chi, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

61. Intermediate World Arts Practices in South Asia and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from South Asia or from cultures of South Asian diasporas, including communities in England and West Africa. Variable topics, such as Bharata Natyam (classical dance of India), bhangra (diasporic social dance), and hatha yoga, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

62. Intermediate World Arts Practices in Southeast Asia and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from Southeast Asia. Variable topics, such as Cambodian court dance, Indonesian kechak, or Balinese legong, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

63. Intermediate World Arts Practices in Europe and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours. Intermediate-level study of world arts practices originating from Europe and extending to cultures of European diaspora, including the U.S. Variable topics, such as flamenco, Balkan folk dances, and classical ballet, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

65. Intermediate Modern/Postmodern Dance. (2)  Studio, four hours. Technical training with emphasis on increasing skill. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

67A. Theories and Methods in Dance Composition I: Languages. (4)  (Formerly numbered 67.) Seminar, two hours; studio, two hours; outside study, eight hours. Enforced requisite: course 16. Examination of diverse movement sources from which dances are made. How do different choreographers envision vocabularies of movement they use? How do they select or create movement out of which they create dance? Answers to these questions in relation to broad range of artistic approaches, acknowledging that dance-making occurs distinctively in different cultural contexts and different historical moments. Readings about and viewing of videos of selected artists' work and their different strategies for creating languages of their dances for comparison. Use of these analyses to assist in creative process for making new dances. P/NP or letter grading.

67B. Theories and Methods in Dance Composition II: Processes. (4)  (Formerly numbered 69.) Seminar, two hours; studio, two hours; outside study, eight hours. Enforced requisite: course 67A. Examination of diverse processes through which creation of dance can take place. How do different choreographers conceptualize creative process of dance-making? What kinds of strategies do they use for sequencing their materials? Answers to these questions in relation to broad range of artistic approaches, acknowledging that dance-making occurs distinctively in different cultural contexts and different historical moments. Readings about and viewing of videos of selected artists' work and their different strategies for their processes of creating dances for comparison. Use of these analyses to assist in creative process for making new dances. P/NP or letter grading.

70. Production Practicum. (2)  Lecture, 90 minutes; activity, three and one half hours. Introduction to practical perspectives on producing events in world arts and cultures, including but not limited to theatrical support and planning and executing lecture series. Introduction to professional stage production principles and hands-on experience in technical theater. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP grading.

78. Private Instruction in World Arts and Cultures. (2 to 4)  Studio, three to six hours. Designed for freshmen/sophomores. Private or semiprivate instruction in one world arts practice with distinguished community-based artist to be arranged by students and approved by instructor. May be repeated for maximum of 24 units. P/NP grading.

85. Sophomore-Year Proposal. (1)  Lecture, 90 minutes. Planning and execution of proposal for junior year of study, with attention to exploring resources of department and University as a whole. P/NP grading.

Upper Division Courses

100A. Art as Social Action. (5)  Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Discussion of what constitutes artist's social responsibility and in what ways art is qualified to engage in direct political action. Study of tension between powers of this world and powers of art. P/NP or letter grading.

100B. Art as Moral Action. (5)  Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. One's ability to distinguish between right and wrong action is culturally intuited, nurtured, and developed. Study of cultural strategies of moral engagement, persuasion, and inquiry in personal and public life, including acts of conscience and civil disobedience. P/NP or letter grading.

101. Theories of Performance. (5)  Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours. Requisite: course 85. Performance commonly refers to activities on proscenium stage. Explosion of that narrow notion of performance by delving into scholarship from young field of performance studies, which draws on disciplines of anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, linguistics, postcolonial theory, and sociology. Exploration in studio of concept of performing theory by creating interdisciplinary performance works that engage with and amplify theories studied. P/NP or letter grading.

102. Seminar: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Performance. (4)  Seminar, four hours. Requisite: course 101. Recent discussions of multiculturalism have demanded broader base of cultural literacy for society in general and from artists in particular. Moving beyond stereotyping and formalism, focus on areas of overlap and exchange, collaborations, collective creation, hybridization, and evolving possibilities of video and extended media. P/NP or letter grading.

103. Arts in Community. (5)  Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 85. Introduction to theoretical and practical understanding of field of community arts by and for multiple publics. Review of relevant issues in field and exploration of roles of artists and arts organizations in struggles for social change, representation, and community building. Through national and international examples, exploration of art works that emphasize participation of citizens in community-based and culturally relevant performance, art, and exhibition. Examination of processes of creative thinking, community involvement, collaborative enterprise, research, and education in community arts. Letter grading.

C106A. Advanced World Arts Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Advanced-level study of world arts practices originating from sub-Saharan Africa and African diaspora. Variable topics and genres, such as West Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Senegal) and diaspora (Haiti, Brazil, Caribbean, Cuba), including cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C406A. P/NP or letter grading.

C109A. Advanced World Arts Practices in North America and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Advanced-level study of world arts practices originating from North America, including the U.S., Canada, and Native America. Variable topics, such as Native American dance, jazz, and jazz-tap, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C409A. P/NP or letter grading.

110B. Dance in East Asia. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Survey of dances of Japan, China, and Korea and factors that have influenced their development and social function. Consideration of relationship of dance to other art forms. Lectures illustrated with demonstrations, films, and slides. P/NP or letter grading.

111B. Dance in South Asia. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Survey of dance forms in India and Sri Lanka. Factors influencing development of dance, its social function, and its relationship to other art forms. Lectures illustrated with demonstrations, films, and slides. P/NP or letter grading.

112B. Dance in Southeast Asia. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Survey of selected ritual, social, and court dances of Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Social, historical, and aesthetic factors. Lectures illustrated with demonstrations, films, and slides. P/NP or letter grading.

C113A. Advanced World Arts Practices in Europe and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Advanced-level study of world arts practices originating from Europe and extending to cultures of European diaspora, including the U.S. Variable topics, such as flamenco, Balkan folk dances, and classical ballet, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C413A. P/NP or letter grading.

114. Performance Practicum. (1 to 4)  Studio, three to 12 hours. Rehearsal and performance in selected community-based or theatrical work. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP grading.

C115. Advanced Modern/Postmodern Dance. (2)  Studio, six hours. Requisite: course 65. Studies in advanced modern/postmodern dance technique, with emphasis on performing skills. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C415. P/NP or letter grading.

116. Advanced Improvisation in Dance. (2)  Studio, four hours. Development of aesthetic perspective through use of imagery, sound, and other art. Concentration and projection. May be repeated twice. P/NP or letter grading.

117A. Theories and Methods in Dance Composition III: Locations. (4)  Seminar, two hours; studio, two hours; outside study, eight hours. Enforced requisites: courses 16, 67A, 67B. Examination of how location of dancing impacts its meaning. How does occasion of dance, concert, festival, ritual, or celebration influence experience of it? What are factors that need to be considered when locating dance in one particular place? Answers to these questions in relation to broad range of artistic approaches, acknowledging that dance-making occurs distinctively in different cultural contexts and different historical moments. Examination of range of locations for dances, including proscenium stages, theaters in round, parks, sidewalks, temples, amphitheaters, village squares, and other site-specific locations that endow dance with specific significance and how various artists have worked with place in construction of new dances. Use of these analyses to assist in creative process for making new dances. P/NP or letter grading.

117B. Theories and Methods in Dance Composition IV: Impacts. (4)  Seminar, two hours; studio, two hours; outside study, eight hours. Enforced requisite: course 117A. Examination of relation of dance to its audience. Synthesis of analyses undertaken in previous courses to determine how dances move their viewers. How do dances appeal to or address their audiences? How do dance vocabulary, sequencing, and location combine to create particular effects? Answers to these questions in relation to broad range of artistic approaches, acknowledging that dance-making occurs distinctively in different cultural contexts and different historical moments. Different approaches to dance result in highly distinctive kinds of responses from audiences. Focus on creation of three in-depth studies, each of which endeavors to construct distinctive kind of response from viewers. P/NP or letter grading.

117C. Advanced Topics in Choreography. (4)  (Formerly numbered 117.) Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours; outside study, six hours. Enforced requisites: courses 16, 67A, 67B. Directed exploration in composition, with focus on developing theme-based choreographic works that are informed by theoretical engagement with selected topics through lectures, readings, and discussion. Thematic topics include contemporary issues and concerns such as image, essence, and abstraction; home, history, and memory; interculturalism; constructing identity. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

118. Advanced Interdisciplinary Composition. (4)  Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours. Requisites: courses 16 and 67 or 69. Directed exploration in composition, with focus on developing works that engage two or more disciplines, such as dance, music, visual art, performance art. Theoretical engagement with selected topics through lectures, readings, and discussions. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

119. Advanced Intercultural Composition. (4)  Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours. Requisites: courses 16 and 67 or 69. Directed exploration in composition, with focus on works that engage techniques and practices of two or more cultures. Engagement with postcolonial theory through lectures, readings, and discussions. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

120. Selected Topics in Cultural Studies. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected topics in interdisciplinary study of arts and performance in cultural and historical context. Consult Schedule of Classes for topics to be offered in specific term. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

121. Ethnography of Performance. (4)  Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, eight hours. Development of observation and recording skills for study of performance events, including both analytical consideration of selected ethnographies and training in and application of field research methodologies. P/NP or letter grading.

122. Introduction to Folklore. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Survey of various forms of folklore and approaches to their identification, description, and analysis, including their historical and social significance. Introduction to expressive behavior of folk groups from throughout world and comparison through readings, lectures, film, and fieldwork, with attention to artistic, religious, and other traditions in relation to evolving popular culture. P/NP or letter grading.

C123. Arts of Identity: Survey of Expressive Cultures. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Introduction to study of arts, performance, and creativity in cultural context. Special attention to relationship between arts and identity and to role of artists in cultural survival and transformation. Concurrently scheduled with course C223. P/NP or letter grading.

M125A. Beyond Mexican Mural: Beginning Muralism and Community Development. (4)  (Same as Art M186A and Chicana and Chicano Studies M186A.) Studio/lecture, four hours. Corequisite: course M125AL. Investigation of muralism as method of community education, development, and empowerment. Exploration of issues through development of large-scale collaborative digitally created image and/or painting for placement in community. Students research, design, and work with community participants. P/NP or letter grading.

M125AL-M125BL-M125CL. Beyond Mexican Mural: Muralism and Community Laboratory. (4-2-2)  (Same as Art M186AL-M186BL-M186CL and Chicana and Chicano Studies M186AL-M186BL-M186CL.) Course M125AL is requisite to M125BL, which is requisite to M125CL. Mural and Digital Laboratory is art studio housed at Social and Public Art Resource Center in Venice, CA, where students work in community-based setting. Open to students during scheduled hours with laboratory tech support, it offers instruction as students independently and in collaborative teams research, design, and produce large-scale painted and digitally generated murals to be placed in community setting. P/NP or letter grading. M125AL. Beginning. Laboratory, four hours. Corequisite: course M125A; M125BL. Intermediate. Laboratory, four hours. Requisites: courses M125A, M125AL. Corequisite: course M125B; M125CL. Advanced. Laboratory, two hours. Corequisite: course M125C.

M125B. Beyond Mexican Mural: Intermediate Muralism and Community Development. (4)  (Same as Art M186B and Chicana and Chicano Studies M186B.) Studio/lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses M125A, M125AL. Corequisite: course M125BL. Continuation of investigation of muralism as method of community education, development, and empowerment. Exploration of issues through development of large-scale collaborative digitally created image and/or painting for placement in community. Students research, design, and work with community participants. Continuation of project through states of production to full scale and community approval. P/NP or letter grading.

M125C. Beyond Mexican Mural: Advanced Muralism and Community Development. (4)  (Same as Art M186C and Chicana and Chicano Studies M186C.) Studio/lecture, six hours. Requisites: courses M125B, M125BL. Corequisite: course M125CL. Continuation of investigation of muralism as method of community education, development, and empowerment. Exploration of issues through development of large-scale collaborative digitally created image and/or painting for placement in community. Students research, design, and work with community participants. Continuation of project through installation, documentation, and dedication, with work on more advanced independent projects. P/NP or letter grading.

M126. Whose Monument Where: Course on Public Art. (4)  (Same as Art M185 and Chicana and Chicano Studies M185.) Lecture, four hours. Recommended corequisite: course M125A or M125B or M125C. Examination of public monuments in U.S. as basis for cultural insight and critique of American values from perspective of artist. Use of urban Los Angeles as textbook in urban space issues such as who is 'public,' what is 'public space' at end of 20th century, what defines neighborhoods, and do different ethnic populations use public space differently. P/NP or letter grading.

M128. Chicana Art and Artists. (4)  (Same as Art M184 and Chicana and Chicano Studies M175.) Lecture, four hours. Introduction to Chicana art and artists. Examination of Chicana aesthetic. Chicana artists have developed unique experience and identity as artists and Chicanas. Letter grading.

C129. Food Customs and Symbolism. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to foodways, with particular attention to customs and symbolism in America. Topics include sensory realm, child rearing practices, foodsharing, food and identity, food and its emotional significance, aversions and taboos, advertising, changing food habits, and American diet. Concurrently scheduled with course C229. P/NP or letter grading.

M130. Space and Place. (4)  (Same as Architecture and Urban Design M130.) Lecture, three hours. Survey of array of spaces and places from cross-cultural or comparative perspective and with performance emphasis, with focus on mutual interaction of human beings and their created environments. Emphasis on 'common,' 'ordinary,' 'anonymous,' or 'vernacular' nonbuilt and built environments, which are built and used by members of small-scale, 'traditional,' and 'transitional' communities around world. P/NP or letter grading.

131. Folk Art and Aesthetics. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. General course concerned with folk art, aesthetics, and material culture and with theoretical concepts and methodologies utilized in their analysis. P/NP or letter grading.

132. Narrative and Oral Performance. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Survey of concepts of story as text versus narrating as oral performance, studies of individual narrators, how stories are composed in performance, interaction of narrator and audience, how place and experience become embodied in narratives, modes of representing oral narrating, and politics of stories and oral performance. P/NP or letter grading.

133. Textiles of the World. (4)  Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. How cloth and clothing was and continues to be hand-woven in indigenous societies. Use of textiles from Fowler Museum collection to coordinate hands-on experience with cultural history. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

134. Oral Traditions in Africa. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of African folk traditions: folktale, epic, heroic poetry, and folk song. P/NP or letter grading.

135. African Popular Arts. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Introduction to problems and issues in study of popular arts in sub-Saharan Africa. Lectures, readings, and audiovisual materials focus on broad spectrum of creative forms and processes, including visual and plastic arts, literature, performed genres such as music, poetry, theater, and dance, and everyday practices such as hair weaving, housepainting, personal adornment, and joke telling. P/NP or letter grading.

M136. Culture of Jazz Aesthetics. (4)  (Same as Anthropology M142R and Ethnomusicology M130.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Anthropology 9 or 33 or Ethnomusicology 20A or 20B or 20C. Aesthetics of jazz from point of view of musicians who shaped jazz as art form in 20th century. Listening to and interacting with professional jazz musicians who answer questions and give musical demonstrations. Analytical resources and historical knowledge of musicians and ethnomusicologists combined with those interested in jazz as cultural tradition. P/NP or letter grading.

C139. Afro-Caribbean Ritual Arts: Vodou and Santería . (4)  Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Ethnography of diaspora African religions, including Vodou, Santería, and Candomble. Lectures, readings, and video material focus on performance of ritual and its expression in religious art. Concurrently scheduled with course C239. P/NP or letter grading.

CM140. Women Healers, Ritual, and Transformation. (4)  (Same as Women's Studies CM143.) Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of role of women healers, historically and within contemporary culture-specific contexts. Exploration of psychological functions served by rites of passage and healing rituals and of role of arts in healing troubled communities. Concurrently scheduled with course CM240. P/NP or letter grading.

C141. Carnival and Festivity. (4)  Lecture, three hours; fieldwork, one hour. Study of traditional calendrical, religious, and local festivals and related events in their cultural and historical contexts, with emphasis on American festival occasions and their Old World antecedents. Topics include carnival and carnivalesque and politics of celebration. Concurrently scheduled with course C241. P/NP or letter grading.

C142. Myth, Magic, and Mind. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Consideration of metaphor and symbol, reflexive anthropology, and notion of culture as text applied to such examples as trickster figures, rhetorical devices including parable and irony, and arguably magical experience of humans 'shape-shifting' to become animals. Concurrently scheduled with course C242. P/NP or letter grading.

143A. Introduction to Museology: Museum Collections and Administration. (5)  Lecture, six hours. Introduction to history and functions of museums, tracing development to present. Collection, organization, management, and conservation of objects and legal and ethical issues surrounding these practices. P/NP or letter grading.

143B. Introduction to Museology: Museum Exhibitions and Education. (5)  Lecture, six hours. Requisite: course 143A. Conceptual development of exhibitions and formulation of educational and other goals for specified audiences. Design considerations, media applications, and installation process. P/NP or letter grading.

143C. Introduction to Museology: Selected Topics. (4)  Discussion, six hours; individual study, six hours. Requisites: courses 143A, 143B. Students pursue projects in area of museum operations, working with staff members and museum directors to produce papers on contemporary issues in museums. For example, one student might work under curator and director to examine cultural property issues as they pertain to contemporary museums, following suggested reading list. P/NP or letter grading.

144. Make Art/Stop AIDS. (5)  Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours. Can arts save lives? That is central question posed here in relation to global AIDS epidemic. Working in close connection with public health and epidemiology, exploration of arts as powerfully effective tool in AIDS prevention and treatment efforts. Review of literature of AIDS cultural analysis that emerged in late 1980s in the U.S. and application of that literature to international hot spots such as India, China, South Africa, and Brazil. Collaborative theory-in-action projects. P/NP or letter grading.

C145. Selected Topics in Dance Studies. (2 to 4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected topics in study of dance and corporeality. Consult Schedule of Classes for topics to be offered in specific term. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C245. P/NP or letter grading.

C146. Politics of Performance. (4)  Seminar, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Opportunity to reflect on artists and intellectuals as cultural workers operating in domains of ideology, aesthetics, and theory. Analysis of such keywords as ideology, aesthetics, theory, art, politics, intervention, intellectuals, and artists. Concurrently scheduled with course C246. P/NP or letter grading.

C147. Arts and Healing. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Interdisciplinary, contemporary arts-based model of healing applicable to persons leading Western modernist lifestyles and coping with two kinds of social crises during their lifetimes: (1) developmental transitions that are disruptive life-cycle changes that have potential to promote self-regeneration or self-fragmentation and (2) external transitions that are situational catastrophic events that evoke great terror and trigger fears of annihilation and chaos, but if successfully negotiated, have potential to promote revitalized sense of self, greater compassion for others, and restored sense of trust and hope in humanity. Concurrently scheduled with course C247. P/NP or letter grading.

C148. Dance as Healing and Therapy. (4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours; outside study/research, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to historical, theoretical, methodological, and ethical considerations involved in practice of dance as healing and therapy. Concurrently scheduled with course C248. Letter grading.

149. Dance in the Multicultural U.S. (4)  Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of dance performance in the U.S., with emphasis on genres that can be viewed in multicultural Los Angeles, from concert modern/postmodern dance, Mexican folklorico, and Japanese butoh to popular idioms and video dance. Attention to genres from Native America, Americas, Oceania, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Student projects involve creation of in-class performances. P/NP or letter grading.

150. History of Dance in Culture and Performance. (4)  Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Study of dance in historical and cultural context, its function in society and its relationship to contemporary artistic expression. Focus on topics from traditional and recent research in world dance. P/NP or letter grading.

C152. History and Theory of Modern/Postmodern Dance. (4)  Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours; outside study, six hours. Introduction to key figures in creation of modern dance, with special attention to their theories and philosophies and tracing of radical shift to postmodern dance that occurred in the mid-20th century. Contemporary developments, both historical and theoretical. Student projects involve choreography and writing. Concurrently scheduled with course C252. P/NP or letter grading.

C154. Dance and Folklore. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Consideration of vernacular tradition as site for cultural configuration, social construction, representation, and display of national, ethnic, and other affinity identities. Emphasis on various European and European-American dance idioms. Concurrently scheduled with course C254. P/NP or letter grading.

C155. Self and Culture. (4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of critical developmental processes and situational factors contributing to construction of sense of self and emergence of creativity and subjective relatedness in different cultural contexts. Concurrently scheduled with course C255. P/NP or letter grading.

C156. Frida Kahlo: Creation of Cultural Icon. (5)  (Formerly numbered 26.) Lecture, four hours. Examination of life of renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in light of (1) Mexico's political, religious, and social history that gave rise to mestizaje and machismo, two social conditions that strongly influenced construction of her mestiza and gender identity, as well as her revolutionary political ideals, (2) obstacles that 20th-century female artists living in patriarchal societies had to confront, (3) way her significant attachments influenced her construction of subjective sense of self and kinds of artwork she produced, (4) transcendent and self-regulatory functions her self-portraits served in maintaining her emotional equilibrium, (5) conversion of Kahlo's image after her death into cultural icon by culturally disenfranchised groups, and (6) psychosocial conditions and processes that tend to promote creation of cultural icons. Concurrently scheduled with course C256. P/NP or letter grading.

158. Choreographing Gender. (4)  Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of aesthetic codes and theatrical choreographic approaches as they intersect with construction of gender in the U.S., with close attention to race, class, and sexuality. P/NP or letter grading.

159. Movement Theories. (2)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Study of motor coordination patterns as related to expressive movement features for dance performance. Personalized attention and use of video to increase students' stylistic diversity. Development of movement efficiency for prevention of dance injuries. May be repeated twice. P/NP or letter grading.

160. Topics in Body Mechanics. (4)  Lecture, three hours; studio, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Variable topics course with discussion of injury prevention, anatomy for dancers, and study of biological and physical principles of human movement as related to dance. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP or letter grading.

161. Movement Observation and Analysis. (4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Use of variable theoretical frameworks and techniques such as labananalysis to emphasize culturally defined processes of observing, analyzing, and describing human movement. P/NP or letter grading.

C164. Public Writing in the Arts. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Survey of journalistic approaches to writing about the arts, with eye toward shaping critique of public writing practices and putting that critique into practice. Exploration of new modes of (and venues for) writing that rebalance power differential between art makers and commentators. Concurrently scheduled with course C264. P/NP or letter grading.

165. Foundations of Dance Education. (4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, three hours. Introduction to movement concepts, skills, and teaching principles for modern/postmodern dance instruction. Supervised teaching practicum included. P/NP or letter grading.

166. Dance as Culture in Education. (4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Theoretical and practical aspects of teaching ethnic dance, especially in higher education. P/NP or letter grading.

167. Creative Dance for Children. (4)  Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Introduction to movement concepts, skills, and principles for teaching children's dance; emphasis on dance as creative medium of expression. P/NP or letter grading.

C168. Beyond Academia: Making Art in the Real World. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Focus on understanding bureaucratic structures and regional histories conditioning creation of art in the real world, including such practical issues as publicity and grant-writing. Concurrently scheduled with course C268. P/NP or letter grading.

169. Repertory Tour Ensemble. (2 or 4)  Lecture, two hours; studio, four to six hours. Designed for World Arts and Cultures majors. Creation and presentation of performances in community, with special emphasis on problems of touring companies with variable repertoire. May be repeated once. P/NP or letter grading.

170. Advanced Production. (1)  Laboratory, three hours. Requisite: course 70. Further development and application of technical and administrative support practices in producing events in world arts and cultures, including but not limited to theatrical support and planning and executing lecture series. May be repeated for credit without limitation. P/NP grading.

171. Lighting Design for Dance Theater. (4)  Lecture, four hours; laboratory, two hours. Lighting for dance: examination of aesthetics, principles, and technical elements. Application to selected choreographies to be publicly performed. P/NP or letter grading.

172. Costume and Scenic Design Concepts for Dance Theater. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Study of theory for conceptualizing dance performance environments, communication through visual elements, artistic properties of costume and sets media, and procedures for producing dance costumes and sets in order to facilitate choreographer/designer communication. P/NP or letter grading.

C173. Sound Resources for Performance. (4)  Lecture, three hours; studio, one hour; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of music, in search of the interesting, new, and unusual. Investigation of musical possibilities via record store, Internet, and music library; environmental sounds and patterns; body (clapping, stepping, and singing); and hardware store (found sound). Participants collaborate with fellow students in creative efforts and in presentations of research results. Concurrently scheduled with course C273. P/NP or letter grading.

174A. Projects in World Arts and Cultures. (2)  (Formerly numbered 174.) Laboratory, four hours. Individualized major projects in choreography, performance, cultural studies, production, and media. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

174B. Projects in World Arts and Cultures. (4)  (Formerly numbered 174.) Laboratory, six hours. Individualized major projects in choreography, performance, cultural studies, production, and media. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

C175. Applied Folklore. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to methods and issues in application of folklore studies to such areas as education, health, museums, organization development, tourism, environmental planning, economic and community development, aging, art therapy, and public sector folklife. Concurrently scheduled with course C275. P/NP or letter grading.

177SL. Taking Action: Arts Practice and Community Service. (4)  (Formerly numbered 177.) Seminar, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Enforced requisite: course 103. Designed for juniors/seniors. Application of training in world arts and cultures through service projects designed by students in collaboration with selected community organizations and institutions. Reflection on impact of service on communities and theories. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

178. Advanced Private Instruction in World Arts and Cultures. (2 to 8)  Studio, three to 12 hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Private or semiprivate instruction in one world arts practice with distinguished community-based artist to be arranged by students and approved by instructor. May be repeated for maximum of 24 units. P/NP grading.

C180. Video Production in Arts. (4)  Lecture, one hour; laboratory, three hours. Fundamentals of video production: conceptualization, field recording (camera, lighting, sound, coverage), and editing (organizing raw footage, constructing a program, mastering finished tape). Emphasis alternates quarterly between ethnographic documentary and dance/choreography. May be repeated once for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C280. Letter grading.

181. Ethnographic Film. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Survey of ethnographic film and video, with focus on studies of expressive culture. Emphasis on critical and comparative approaches to visual study of culture, community, and arts. P/NP or letter grading.

182. Dance and the Visual Media. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Examination of aesthetic differences between dance, film, and video and exploration of new aesthetic when they are combined. Analysis of record and documentary dance film, choreo-cinema, and impact of MTV, as well as integration of media with performance. Letter grading.

C183. Film and Folklore. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to film criticism and folklore methodology. Topics include early examples of folklore on film, changing conceptions of folklore and uses of films about folklore, and examples of films by, with, and for folklorists. Concurrently scheduled with course C283. P/NP or letter grading.

C184. Production Arts Seminar. (4)  Seminar, four hours. Theory and practice of production administration, including hands-on case studies for producing public events in arts and academia. Topics include, but are not limited to, history and theories of producing, mission statements, budgeting, marketing, public relations, fund-raising, legalities, and archiving. Concurrently scheduled with course C243. P/NP or letter grading.

185. Junior-Year Proposal. (1)  Lecture, 90 minutes; outside study, 90 minutes. Requisite: course 85. Limited to World Arts and Cultures majors. Planning and execution of proposal (either senior focus or senior honors project) for senior-year study, with attention to exploring resources of department and University as whole. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP grading.

186A-186B. Senior Honors Projects in World Arts and Cultures. (5-5)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, 11 hours. Requisite: course 185. Course 186A is requisite to 186B. Limited to senior World Arts and Cultures majors. Application of concepts and content from interdisciplinary major to individual projects. Methodologies may include critical, comparative, ethnographic, and performance approaches. Lecture/seminar format with World Arts and Cultures faculty during first term; faculty-directed presentations of individual projects during second term. Letter grading.

195. Community or Corporate Internships in World Arts and Cultures. (2 to 4)  (Formerly numbered 176.) Tutorial, six hours. Internship in supervised setting in community agency or business. Students meet on regular basis with instructor and provide periodic reports of their experience. May be repeated for maximum of 8 units. Individual contract with supervising faculty member required. P/NP or letter grading.

199. Directed Research in World Arts and Cultures. (2 to 4)  Tutorial, two hours. Preparation: 3.0 grade-point average in major. Limited to juniors/seniors. Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. May be repeated for maximum of 8 units. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.

Graduate Courses

200. Proseminar: Study of Culture. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Introduction to history of culture concept in arts, humanities, and social sciences. Analysis of contemporary debates concerning ownership and use of word 'culture' and critical elucidation of study of culture. S/U or letter grading.

201. Theories of Performance. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Close reading and analysis of classic and contemporary studies of performance and related aesthetic practices. Familiarization with ways in which 'performance' is defined and deployed by scholars working in disciplines of anthropology, dance, folklore, linguistics, literature, musicology, performance studies, philosophy, sociology, and theater. S/U or letter grading.

202. Ethnography of Performance. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Survey of methods and methodological issues in ethnographic study of performance in cultural context. Field documentation, participant observation, oral history and interview techniques, performative dimensions of ethnographic research, ethics, and politics of ethnographic representation. S/U or letter grading.

203. Proseminar: Dance Studies. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Survey of theoretical issues and problems in study of dance and body movement in cultural, social, and historical context. S/U or letter grading.

204. The Body. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on the human body. Topics include representations of the body, body symbolism, embodiment of identity (including gender, race, ethnicity, and class identities), and analysis of dance and other somatic modes of performance. S/U or letter grading.

205. Folklore Theories and Methods. (4)  Lecture, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Introductory course in history, analytical perspectives, and current trends, including research techniques in contemporary folkloristics. S/U or letter grading.

206. Folklore Seminar. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Variable topics. Detailed consideration of particular folk genre, culture area, historical period, and/or theoretical issue in field of folklore. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

211A-211F. Advanced Choreography. (4 each)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Theoretical aspects of advanced choreography for students who have reached the level of self-initiation of substantial creative works. Refinement and realistic self-evaluation; critical counsel by acknowledged choreographers. S/U or letter grading.

216. Analyzing Narrative and Oral Performance. (5)  Lecture, four hours. Designed for graduate students. Exploration of ways of documenting individual narrators and interpreting their styles and repertoires; how narrators conceptualize and perform narrative discourse, impact of audience and 'situated event' on both narrating and 'the story,' how experiences and values are communicated through narrating, modes of representing oral narrating, and politics of narrative and oral performance. S/U or letter grading.

220. Seminar: Culture and Performance. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Designed for graduate students. Variable topics in interdisciplinary study of expressive culture, arts, and performance in social and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. S/U or letter grading.

222. Music for Dance. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course C173 or C273. Theory of aesthetic and functional relationship of music to dance. Letter grading.

C223. Arts of Identity: Survey of Expressive Cultures. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Introduction to study of arts, performance, and creativity in cultural context. Special attention to relationship between arts and identity and to role of artists in cultural survival and transformation. Concurrently scheduled with course C123. S/U or letter grading.

225A-225B. Theories of Movement: Labananalysis. (4-4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. Theories of Laban movement analysis as means for analyzing and describing human movement. Use of Laban movement analysis to increase movement observation skills and theoretical understanding of role of movement in dance, nonverbal behavior, and cross-cultural dance studies. Focus on complex movement patterns and timing. S/U or letter grading.

C229. Food Customs and Symbolism. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Introduction to foodways, with particular attention to customs and symbolism in America. Topics include sensory realm, child rearing practices, foodsharing, food and identity, food and its emotional significance, aversions and taboos, advertising, changing food habits, and American diet. Concurrently scheduled with course C129. S/U or letter grading.

230. Research Methods and Bibliography in Dance. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Survey of methods for scholarly analysis of dance materials using systems from social sciences, physical sciences, and humanities. S/U or letter grading.

232. Aesthetics of Dance. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Analysis of aesthetic concepts and critical methods used in writing about dance. S/U or letter grading.

C239. Afro-Caribbean Ritual Arts: Vodou and Santería. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Ethnography of diaspora African religions, including Vodou, Santería, and Candomble. Lectures, readings, and video material focus on performance of ritual and its expression in religious art. Concurrently scheduled with course C139. S/U or letter grading.

CM240. Women Healers, Ritual, and Transformation. (4)  (Same as Women's Studies CM243.) Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Examination of role of women healers, historically and within contemporary culture-specific contexts. Exploration of psychological functions served by rites of passage and healing rituals and of role of arts in healing troubled communities. Concurrently scheduled with course CM140. S/U or letter grading.

C241. Carnival and Festivity. (4)  Lecture, three hours; fieldwork, one hour. Study of traditional calendrical, religious, and local festivals and related events in their cultural and historical contexts, with emphasis on American festival occasions and their Old World antecedents. Topics include carnival and carnivalesque and politics of celebration. Concurrently scheduled with course C141. S/U or letter grading.

C242. Myth, Magic, and Mind. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Consideration of metaphor and symbol, reflexive anthropology, and notion of culture as text applied to such examples as trickster figures, rhetorical devices including parable and irony, and arguably magical experience of humans 'shape-shifting' to become animals. Concurrently scheduled with course C142. S/U or letter grading.

C243. Production Arts Seminar. (4)  (Formerly numbered 243.) Seminar, four hours. Theory and practice of production administration, including hands-on case studies for producing public events in arts and academia. Topics include, but are not limited to, history and theories of producing, mission statements, budgeting, marketing, public relations, fund-raising, legalities, and archiving. Concurrently scheduled with course C184. S/U or letter grading.

244. Folk Medicine. (4)  Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Exploration of fundamental concepts, analytical approaches, and recurrent questions in research on folk or traditional medicine, including categories and motivations of healers, varieties of illness, and treatment modalities such as use of faith- and plant-based remedies, along with issues about persistence, efficacy, and development of culturally sensitive healthcare. S/U or letter grading.

C245. Selected Topics in Dance Studies. (2 to 4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Selected topics in study of dance and corporeality. Consult Schedule of Classes for topics to be offered in specific term. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C145. S/U or letter grading.

C246. Politics of Performance. (4)  Seminar, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Opportunity to reflect on artists and intellectuals as cultural workers operating in domains of ideology, aesthetics, and theory. Analysis of such keywords as ideology, aesthetics, theory, art, politics, intervention, intellectuals, and artists. Concurrently scheduled with course C146. S/U or letter grading.

C247. Arts and Healing. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Interdisciplinary, contemporary arts-based model of healing applicable to persons leading Western modernist lifestyles and coping with two kinds of social crises during their lifetimes: (1) developmental transitions that are disruptive life-cycle changes that have potential to promote self-regeneration or self-fragmentation and (2) external transitions that are situational catastrophic events that evoke great terror and trigger fears of annihilation and chaos, but if successfully negotiated, have potential to promote revitalized sense of self, greater compassion for others, and restored sense of trust and hope in humanity. Concurrently scheduled with course C147. S/U or letter grading.

C248. Dance as Healing and Therapy. (4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours; outside study/research, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Introduction to historical, theoretical, methodological, and ethical considerations involved in practice of dance as healing and therapy. Concurrently scheduled with course C148. Letter grading.

C252. History and Theory of Modern/Postmodern Dance. (4)  Lecture, four hours; studio, two hours; outside study, six hours. Introduction to key figures in creation of modern dance, with special attention to their theories and philosophies and tracing of radical shift to postmodern dance that occurred in the mid-20th century. Contemporary developments, both historical and theoretical. Student projects involve choreography and writing. Concurrently scheduled with course C152. S/U or letter grading.

C254. Dance and Folklore. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Consideration of vernacular tradition as site for cultural configuration, social construction, representation, and display of national, ethnic, and other affinity identities. Emphasis on various European and European-American dance idioms. Concurrently scheduled with course C154. S/U or letter grading.

C255. Self and Culture. (4)  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Examination of critical developmental processes and situational factors contributing to construction of sense of self and emergence of creativity and subjective relatedness in different cultural contexts. Concurrently scheduled with course C155. S/U or letter grading.

C256. Frida Kahlo: Creation of Cultural Icon. (5)  Lecture, four hours. Examination of life of renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in light of (1) Mexico's political, religious, and social history that gave rise to mestizaje and machismo, two social conditions that strongly influenced construction of her mestiza and gender identity, as well as her revolutionary political ideals, (2) obstacles that 20th-century female artists living in patriarchal societies had to confront, (3) way her significant attachments influenced her construction of subjective sense of self and kinds of artwork she produced, (4) transcendent and self-regulatory functions her self-portraits served in maintaining her emotional equilibrium, (5) conversion of Kahlo's image after her death into cultural icon by culturally disenfranchised groups, and (6) psychosocial conditions and processes that tend to promote creation of cultural icons. Concurrently scheduled with course C156. S/U or letter grading.

C264. Public Writing in the Arts. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Survey of journalistic approaches to writing about the arts, with eye toward shaping critique of public writing practices and putting that critique into practice. Exploration of new modes of (and venues for) writing that rebalance power differential between art makers and commentators. Concurrently scheduled with course C164. S/U or letter grading.

C268. Beyond Academia: Making Art in the Real World. (4)  Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Focus on understanding bureaucratic structures and regional histories conditioning creation of art in the real world, including such practical issues as publicity and grant-writing. Concurrently scheduled with course C168. S/U or letter grading.

C273. Sound Resources for Performance. (4)  Lecture, three hours; studio, one hour; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Exploration of music, in search of the interesting, new, and unusual. Investigation of musical possibilities via record store, Internet, and music library; environmental sounds and patterns; body (clapping, stepping, and singing); and hardware store (found sound). Participants collaborate with fellow students in creative efforts and in presentations of research results. Concurrently scheduled with course C173. S/U or letter grading.

C275. Applied Folklore. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Designed for graduate students. Introduction to methods and issues in application of folklore studies to such areas as education, health, museums, organization development, tourism, environmental planning, economic and community development, aging, art therapy, and public sector folklife. Concurrently scheduled with course C175. S/U or letter grading.

C280. Video Production in Arts. (4)  Lecture, one hour; laboratory, three hours. Fundamentals of video production: conceptualization, field recording (camera, lighting, sound, coverage), and editing (organizing raw footage, constructing a program, mastering finished tape). Emphasis alternates quarterly between ethnographic documentary and dance/choreography. May be repeated once for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C180. Letter grading.

C283. Film and Folklore. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Introduction to film criticism and folklore methodology. Topics include early examples of folklore on film, changing conceptions of folklore and uses of films about folklore, and examples of films by, with, and for folklorists. Concurrently scheduled with course C183. S/U or letter grading.

375. Teaching Apprentice Practicum. (1 to 4)  Seminar, to be arranged. Preparation: apprentice personnel employment as teaching assistant, associate, or fellow. Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at UCLA. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.

400. Directed Professional Activities. (2 to 8)  Lecture, to be arranged. Directed projects in professional editing, bibliography, filmography, videography, conference and festival direction, and other professional activities. May not be applied toward M.A. degree requirements. May be repeated. S/U grading.

C406A. Advanced World Arts Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Advanced-level study of world arts practices originating from sub-Saharan Africa and African diaspora. Variable topics and genres, such as West Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Senegal) and diaspora (Haiti, Brazil, Caribbean, Cuba), including cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C106A. S/U or letter grading.

C409A. Advanced World Arts Practices in North America and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Advanced-level study of world arts practices originating from North America, including the U.S., Canada, and Native America. Variable topics, such as Native American dance, jazz, and jazz-tap, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C109A. S/U or letter grading.

C413A. Advanced World Arts Practices in Europe and Diaspora. (2)  Studio, three hours; outside study, three hours. Advanced-level study of world arts practices originating from Europe and extending to cultures of European diaspora, including the U.S. Variable topics, such as flamenco, Balkan folk dances, and classical ballet, in cultural and historical context. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C113A. S/U or letter grading.

C415. Advanced Modern/Postmodern Dance. (2)  Studio, six hours. Requisite: course 65. Studies in advanced modern/postmodern dance technique, with emphasis on performing skills. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Concurrently scheduled with course C115. S/U or letter grading.

441. Dance Production Practicum. (2 to 4)  Laboratory, four to eight hours (one or two hours may be individualized consultation). Skills and understanding of production components in roles of stage manager, production assistants, and producer. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. S/U grading.

451. Teaching Assistant Seminar. (2)  Seminar, one hour; laboratory, three hours. Required of all World Arts and Cultures Department teaching assistants. Lectures, discussion, readings, and practice teaching. May be repeated once for credit. S/U grading.

452. Directed Field Study in Dance Education. (2 to 8)  Seminar, one hour; field study, two hours minimum. Directed field study to provide teaching experience in the community school or other approved site. No more than 4 units may be applied toward M.A. degree requirements. S/U grading.

478. Advanced Private Instruction in World Arts and Cultures. (2 to 8)  Studio, three to 12 hours; outside study, three to 12 hours. Private or semiprivate instruction with distinguished community-based artist to be arranged by students and approved by instructor. May be repeated for maximum of 24 units. S/U grading.

480. Seminar: Research Topics. (2)  Seminar, two hours. Forum in which faculty, students, and visitors make presentations and obtain feedback on research being planned, conducted, or recently completed. Students required to make a presentation each term they are enrolled for credit. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. S/U grading.

490. Projects in Choreography and Performance. (2 to 8)  Tutorial, one three-hour rehearsal per unit per week minimum. Creation, casting, and rehearsing of culminating concert, reflecting professional achievement in choreography or performance, in first term. In second term, direction of on-stage rehearsals for culminating concert by each student leading to fully staged performance. May be repeated for a maximum of 16 units. S/U or letter grading.

495. Teacher Preparation in World Arts and Cultures. (2)  Seminar, two hours. Directed work in preparation of course syllabi and discussion of topics relevant to developing teaching skills. Fundamental principles and methods with which to design course syllabi and gather resources for courses. Topics include development of teaching philosophy, evaluating/selecting course content, teaching methodologies, assessment/evaluation/grading practices, and consideration of practical, administrative, and ethical issues. Students meet with instructor to review their specific needs as they progress in development and elaboration of course plans. Microteaching sessions provide context for applying concepts and principles discussed. S/U grading.

498. Professional Internship in Dance. (4, 8, or 12)  Seminar, to be arranged. Full- or part-time supervised fieldwork. Limited to M.F.A. students. Internship in dance, theater, film, or television organization. Participation in creative, administrative, or technical work of professionals in their specialties. S/U or letter grading.

596A. Directed Individual Study or Research. (2 to 8)  Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U or letter grading.

596R. Directed Study or Research in a Hospital or Clinic. (2 to 8)  Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.

597. Preparation for Master's Comprehensive Examination or Ph.D. Qualifying Examination. (2 to 8)  Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation for M.A. or M.F.A. comprehensive examination or Ph.D. qualifying examination. S/U grading.

598. Research for and Preparation of Master's Thesis. (2 to 8)  Tutorial, to be arranged. Research for and preparation of M.A. or M.F.A. thesis. S/U grading.

599. Research for and Preparation of Ph.D. Dissertation. (2 to 12)  Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation of research data and writing of Ph.D. dissertation. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.