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UGBA 155 (Leadership) with Edward Kass. This class will meet on  TuTh 2:00PM-3:30PM . UGBA 191L (Leadership Communication) with Suzanne Houlihan. This class will meet for a total of  8   Mondays,  2:00PM-4:00PM (Instructional Dates are as follows:  January 27, February 3, February 10, February 24, March 2, March 9, March 16, and March 30) .  See attached flyer for more details.   

Special Topics in Media Studies:  Beauty Inequality, Gendered Nationalism and Intersectionality MEDIAST 190-001 (#30400  M/W 12:00-2:00pm) The aim of the course is to explore the changing meanings of beauty through different geopolitical, historical and cultural contexts. This course introduces students to central concepts and theories in the multidisciplinary field of feminist cultural studies. Beauty is an integral part of our value system, and shapes our desires, identifications, and aspirations. Beauty cultures integrate local, transnational, and international characteristics derived from fashion, media, advertising and national and global beauty discourses. Because of this, beauty is a useful analytical tool with which to investigate intersection cultural power relations at different levels: the personal, the national and the global We will examine the beauty pageant industry, the skin-lightening and the cosmetic surgery industry in a number of societies around the g...

This course examines contemporary Xicanx/Latinx artistic production, from early-1980s to the 2010s, through an examination of the historical, aesthetic and philosophical foundations of these artistic movements. 1racing the inspira­tions of contemporary Xicanx and Latinx art from the Chicana/o Art Movement and Latin American Contemporary Art to understand how the development of these movements were part of a political, cultural, and social revolution. Students will have the opportunity to take what they learn from lecture and discussion and work on an art project on campus. CHICANO 180, 003 Monday, 3-6PM Class # 19257 4 Units

Below is a list of Special Topics courses which were added recently to the UGBA Spring 2020 schedule. Non-Haas students are encouraged to add themselves to the waitlist during the remaining Phase II enrollment period. Once adjustment period starts on January 6th, students from the waitlist will be added to UGBA courses on a space available basis. UGBA 167.1 (Class Number: 11623) Special Topics in Marketing:  Marketing Analytics  with Giovanni Compiani -  3 units ; MW 12:30PM-2:00PM UGBA 192T.5 (Class Number: 11781) Topics in Corporate Social Responsibility:  Impact Startup Disco  w/ Jorge Calderon-  1 unit ; This is uniquely scheduled on weekends with the following schedule:  Friday, January 24th - 5pm-7pm Friday, February 7th - 4pm-8pm Saturday, February 8th - 9am-4pm Sunday, February 9th - 12pm-4pm UGBA 192T.6 (Class Number: 32509) Topics in Corporate Social Responsibility:  Financial Tools for Social Impact  w/ Brent Copen-...

JS121, Arts & Culture in Israel, taught by visiting professor Stephanie Rotem from Tel Aviv University still has open seats!

American Studies 10 – “Frontiers” in American History and Culture TTh 9:30-11:00 am -  141 McCone; plus one one-hour discussion section per week Instructors: C. Palmer/M. Brilliant Class # 18860 -  4 units Few, if any, concepts in American history and culture resonate more powerfully and reverberate more persistently than the “frontier.” This course will explore multiple manifestations of the frontier in United States history and culture, from the nineteenth century western frontier, to the early twentieth century overseas frontier associated with U.S. expansion abroad, to the mid-twentieth century’s “crabgrass” (or, suburban), “atomic,” and “final” (space) frontiers, to the late twentieth century’s “digital” / “electronic” frontier.  Each of these frontiers will serve as a lens through which we will introduce students to the concepts and methods of American Studies. This course satisfies the Historical Studies AND the Social and Behavio...

GEOG 167AC:  MIGRATION, BORDER GEOGRAPHIES and DECOLONIAL MOVEMENTS Instructor: Diana Negrín da Silva Tu-Th 12:30-2:00 Class number #30924 Sharecropper  (1952) Elizabeth Catlett (Washington D.C. 1915-Cuernavaca, Mexico 2012) T his course examines how today’s Latinx geographies were shaped by racialized and regionalized discourse and practice, setting the foundation for contemporary struggles over political, economic and social borders and identities along and across the Latin American diaspora.   Specifically, the course incorporates the study of the United States’ relationship with Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean in order to understand how these histories map onto the productions of borders, regimes of migration and citizenship, and movements that increasingly articulate a decolonial turn in intellectual thought and within political and social action. We begin by exploring Mesoamerica and the Caribbean as physical and human spaces that we...

Big Ideas Courses L&S 25 : Thinking Through Art and Design@Berkeley: Public Art and Belonging (L. Raiford, L. Kroiz)                                    Breadth: Arts and Literature L&S Discovery Courses L&S C60U/GERMAN C25 : Revolutionary Thinking: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud (K. Feldman)                               Breadth: Philosophy and Values L&S C70T/ASTRON C12/EPS C12 : The Planets (C. Dressing, R. Jeanloz)                           Breadth: Physical Science L&S C70V/PHYSICS C10 : Physics for Modern Citizens (N. Ji)                           Breadth: Physical Science L&S C70W/PHYSICS C21 : Physics and Music (T. Buehler)   ...

Apply to join  DevEng 290:   Innovation in Disaster Response  - a new class offered in Spring 2020! In this class, students will leverage technology toolkits (e.g. machine learning, IoT, AR/VR) to work on challenges related to Disaster Response. Students will learn methods from design and systems thinking to create a technology-based intervention that addresses specific needs identified by problem partners (including Google.org and the World Bank). Interventions will be designed for specific use cases, tested and presented to a committee of external stakeholders for feedback at the end of the course.  All disciplinary backgrounds welcome - no technical experience is required! Information sessions: Monday Nov 25, 4 pm, Blum Hall B100 Thursday Dec 5, 4 pm, Blum Hall 330 Wednesday Dec 11, 3 pm Blum Hall 330 Course details and application link:  DevEng 290: Innovation in Disaster Response Class # 27940 Friday 1-4pm Apply here :  bit.ly/idr-b...

SPANISH 142:  Spanish-American Fiction in English Translation Prof. Estelle Tarica | 4 units | MWF, 3-4pm  | CN: 32672  This course will be devoted to reading and analysis of modern and contemporary fiction by Spanish-American authors. We will read novels by Alejandro Zambra, Roberto Bolaño, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Yuri Herrera, Valeria Luiselli and Julián Herbert. We will approach these works as windows onto the past and present of the region and discuss themes of memory, human rights, national and ethnic identities, globalization, and the pathways of political change. The course will explore the diverse practices of reading and critical analysis that these literary works may demand. Secondary readings will provide historical, literary-historical and political context and will be an important part of our discussion. These readings will also help us hone in on a key question that has been central to the tradition of Spanish-American literary cr...

UGBA 127.1:  Special Topics in Accounting:  Financial Reporting and Decision Making for Real Life Success . This is a brand new course and enrollment into this class is available exclusively to non-Haas majors including graduate and PhD students (see attached course fliers for both undergraduates and graduate students). For questions about this course, please contact the instructor,  Professor Yaniv Konchitchki at  yaniv@haas.berkeley.edu    UGBA 135.1 and UGBA 135.2:   Personal Financial Management  (see course flier below) UGBA 19T.2:  Special Topics in Corporate Social Responsibility:  Edible Education  (see course flier below) UGBA 194.2:  Undergraduate Colloquium on Business Topics:  Colloquium in Leadership. Also a brand new course  (see course flier below)