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 Updated January 18, 2013 

USIE Spring Seminars

Tentative Course Listings

Undergraduate Student Initiated Education (USIE) is an innovative program designed to provide a select group of juniors and seniors in the College of Letters and Science with the opportunity to develop and facilitate, under close faculty supervision, a lower division seminar for their peers.

The student-facilitated Spring seminars are 1-unit and graded on a Passed/Not Passed basis. The following seminars are scheduled for Spring Quarter. Enrollment for the seminars is through URSA and is expected to open in late March. Each seminar is capped at no more than 20 students. Students can enroll in a USIE seminar only twice in their undergraduate careers. For more information about USIE courses, see http://www.college.ucla.edu/usie/.

Note: Units earned in USIE seminars do not count toward the College’s 216 maximum unit limit. Units do count toward Minimum Progress and Expected Cumulative Progress.

USIE Seminar
Title
Student Facilitator
Faculty Mentor
Communication Studies 88S Trial By Media: Close Look At Criminal Proceedings and Their Relationship with Media Hasti Ahangi Tim Groeling
English 88SA Red State Realism: White American Poverty in Contemporary American Literature, Film, and Song Kevin Mosby Reed Wilson
English 88SB Growing Up in the South: 20th-Century Bildungsromans Katherine Neipris Joseph Dimuro
English 88SC Fantasy Geography: Physical Space of Fictional Worlds Amy Sherrard Matthew Fisher
Film and Television 88S Mad About Mad Men: Multi-Perspective Critical Analysis of the Acclaimed Series Nicole Malek Jonathan Kuntz
History 88S History of Mystery: Minority Magicians, Their Portrayal, Struggle, and Success Angela Sanchez Eric Avila
Human Genetics 88S Beyond CSI: Forensic Applications of DNA Analysis Rebecca Wang Wayne Grody
Integrative Biology and Physiology 88S Time Is Brain: Complete Look Into the Epidemic of Strokes, from Patient to Lab Anadjeet Khahera Patricia Phelps
Philosophy 88S Paradoxes and Philosophical Riddles Seul Kee Baek Katrina Elliott
Political Science 88S Champions Made Here: Athletically Driven, Politically Motivated Mariah Williams Michael Lofchie
Psychology 88SA Costs of Gamifying Education Peter McPartlan Jim Stigler
Psychology 88SB Fast Cars and Battle Scars: Understanding the Modern Combat Veteran and PTSD Andrew Nicholls Christine Dunkel Schetter
Sociology 88S La Jouissance Ultime: Representations of Orgasm in Science, Literature, and Film Jewel Pereyra Abigail Saguy
Theater 88S Campus Fashion Fix: Exploring the Fashion Industry in Regards to American Culture and Identity Jennifer Lee Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Urban Planning 88S Global Food System: What Happens between Farm and Plate, and Why It Matters Niran Somasundaram Joanna Wheaton Susanna Hecht

New Impacted Course Policy for Summer Sessions

Effective Summer 2013, courses that are designated as impacted during the regular academic year are also treated as impacted courses during Summer Sessions. Summer impacted courses may be dropped on or before Friday of first week through URSA with no transcript notation. Drops of impacted courses after first week will carry a transcript notation of the week of the drop. The Schedule of Classes and URSA course information pages indicates if the class is impacted. For a list of impacted courses, see http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/soc/impact.htm. For more information about the policy, see “Dropping Impacted Courses” in the Enrollment section.

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