Focuses on the role of forest ecosystems in social, political, and economic systems and how definitions and management of forests are contested. Students will gain and apply skills and tools from multiple social science disciplines to understand the short and long-term ramifications of forest management policies. Includes service-learning field trips. (May meet either the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures or Social Inequality requirement.) 1 unit - Lee.

This course explores music and cultural belonging in the contemporary American Southwest, and the many interweaving forms of music-making across the region. We will examine how tapestries of ethnicity and cultural identity are crafted, reflected, negotiated, and altered through musical expression. Our investigation will consider processes of settler- colonialism that have contributed to waves of migration across the region, and the forms of musical practice that have emerged from, and shaped, these processes. We will focus on various genres that comprise the musical fabric of the region, including modern Latin pop, Pueblo music, Mariachi, Hispanic folk music, Navajo country, Ranchera, Flamenco, Tejano, and Indigenous rock, and will explore the relationship of landscape with identity and musical practice among local musicians. 1 unit - Carrizo

In this course, students will read and write about a survey of U.S. Latinx and Chicanx fiction, poetry, history, autobiography, and film. Beginning in the mid-19th century and moving chronologically to the 21st century, we will examine the historical development of Latinx and Chicanx literature as writers engage with and debate about a wide array of common themes and concepts, including assimilation, gender, nationality, race, geography and territory, law, and colonialism.

In this course, students will read and write about a survey of U.S. Latinx and Chicanx fiction, poetry, history, autobiography, and film. Beginning in the mid-19th century and moving chronologically to the 21st century, we will examine the historical development of Latinx and Chicanx literature as writers engage with and debate about a wide array of common themes and concepts, including assimilation, gender, nationality, race, geography and territory, law, and colonialism.

This course invites students to explore regional and intercultural styles that inform New Mexican performative arts, such as music, literature, installation art, performance, and other forms of expressive culture to gain a better understanding of the intricacies of New Mexican culture and identities. Students are introduced to multiple disciplinary approaches such as history, literature, cultural studies, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and performance theory to better understand understanding of the ways in which the regional and transnational perspectives intersect in New Mexico. Students will participate in site-based learning opportunities through which they engage directly with local New Mexican performance artists, ethnomusicologists, singers, and composers. Together, we will analyze the complexities and multiplicities of perspectives within the New Mexican culture and challenge reductionist and monolithic viewpoints that have historically been imposed on the peoples and places of New Mexico. Students will experience deep engagement with the communities about which they are learning during a course trip to New Mexico (Covid situation permitting).