UCSB Summer Sessions is proud to offer the opportunity for gifted high school students to enroll in the UCSB San Fernando Valley while still in high school! The Center offers university credit in regular UCSB courses that transfer to universities nationwide. You will gain valuable university experience and become more competitive as you begin to apply to universities.
We invite you to take part in this unique program, one of the only of its kind that takes advantage of cutting-edge technology from one of the nation’s prestigous universities - UC Santa Barbara.
Summer 2007 Courses
COURSE |
DESCRIPTION |
MEETS |
Intro to Cultural Anthropology: ANTH 2
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This 4-unit course examines the nature of culture through a survey of the range of cultural phenomena, including material culture, social organization, religion, and other topics. |
Lecture: MTWTh 2:00-3:10
Discussion Section: Fri 9:30-10:40 |
Intro to Shakespeare: ENG 15 |
This 4-unit course provides an introduction to Shakespeare. A number of major plays are read with close attention to language, dramatic structure and historical context. |
Lecture: MTWTh 3:30-4:55
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Human Physiology: Exercise and Sport Studies, ESS 40 |
This 3-unit course is an integrated survey of human physiology that includes the skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, respiratory, circulatory, digestive and urinary systems and how they function in homeostasis and human health. |
Lecture: TWThF 11:00-12:20 |
Global History, Culture and Ideology: GLOBL 1 |
This 4-unit course is a survey of the historical processes that have brought different areas of the world into closer contact. Topics include ideologies of nationalism, democracy, and liberalism; international trade and migrations; technological changes; colonialism; the globalization of culture; and the reactions to them. |
Lecture: MTWTh 2:00-3:15
Discussion Section: Fri 12:30-1:20 |
Intro to History of Latin America: HIST 8 |
This 4-unit course deals with major issues in Latin America's historical formation: pre-Hispanic cultures, the Spanish conquest, the role of colonial institutions, the development of trade, 18 th -century reform, independence, the formation of nations; and identify major issues in current Latin American affairs. |
Lecture: MTWTh 11:00-12:15
Discussion Section: Fri 11:00-11:50 |
Genetics and Human Disease: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, MCDB 24
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This 3-unit course is an introduction to genetics with an emphasis on humans. Topics focus on human diseases with strong evidence for genetic components. Diseases covered iuclude cancer, cystic fibrosis, Huntington's, muscular dystrophy, and others. |
Lecture: MTW 3:30-4:55
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Intro to Sociology: SOC 1 |
This 4-unit course covers the basic concepts and issues in the study of human society. The structures and processes of human conduct, social organization, and social change. |
Lecture: MTWTh 12:30-1:50
Discussion Section: F 9:30-10:30 |
Admission Requirements
Students entering the 11th or 12th grade in the fall of 2007 who have completed at least 12 A-G subject requirements with a minimum GPA of 3.3. students are required to submit the following:
UCSB Summer Sessions Off Campus Pre-College Programs
2214 SAAS Building, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2010
Contact: Doris O'Leske , 805-893-2069