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FALL 2006 TRANSFER SEMINARS
CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS "Composing Music with Computers" Christopher Dobrian, Music Tu 3:30-4:20 pm, Music and Media Building Room 316 Course Code 87600 Many music composers and performers are using computers in experimental and unexpected ways. In addition to using computers for traditional tasks such as music notation, recording, and production, some adventurous musicians are also programming computers to play a more active role in music making, to actually compose music, improvise music, synthesize and process new sounds, and generate entire multimedia spectacles. The professor will discuss his own work and that of other musicians in this experimental research field of "musically intelligent" computers. Seminar sessions will include demonstrations and discussions; homework will include reading and listening assignments. (Note: This is not a hands-on class in the use of computer music software. See the UCI Catalogue for information on regularly offered computer music courses.) All majors welcome. Christopher Dobrian is a Professor in the Music Department of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine. He is a composer of instrumental and electronic music, teaches courses in composition, theory, and computer music, and directs the Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory (REALab), the Gassmann Electronic Music Studio and the Gassmann Electronic Music Series. His work in computer music focuses on the development of "artificially intelligent" interactive systems for composition, improvisation, and cognition. SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES "Neurodegenerative diseases: A major challenge in biomedical research" Jorge Busciglio, Neurobiology and Behavior Tu 12:00-12:50 pm, McGaugh Hall Room 1246 Course Code 87601 This seminar will review the latest research on neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, as well as new therapeutic strategies including the use of stem cells. At the same time, we will discuss study techniques and other tips to assure a successful transition to UCI. All majors welcome. Jorge Busciglio is Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior. His main research interest is to characterize the cellular and molecular pathways that lead to neuronal death in Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. He expects that elucidation of these pathological mechanisms will provide new therapeutic opportunities to prevent and/or delay neuronal dysfunction and death in the brain of affected patients. "Viruses and Disease" David Camerini, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry M 11:00-11:50 am, Natural Sciences I Room 2108 Course Code 87602 We will discuss the influenza and AIDS pandemics of the 20th and 21st centuries with readings, lecture-discussions and films. This will include the influenza pandemic of 1918 and what we have learned about the virus that caused it, the current potential for an avian H5N1 influenza pandemic and the current worldwide AIDS pandemic. David Camerini is Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry. His research concerns how the Human Immunodeficiency Virus causes AIDS and seeks methods for suppressing AIDS development in infected individuals. SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES "Successful Academic Writing at UCI" Susan Jarratt, Comparative Literature W 2-2:50 pm, Humanities Hall Room 143 Course Code 87605 This seminar offers an opportunity to reflect on your previous writing experiences and learn strategies for writing effectively in any major at UCI. We will discuss writing processes and analyze successful student papers and professional writing in several fields (social science, science, and humanities). We will look at the course syllabi and assignments for several upper-division courses, exploring the connections between research and writing in different disciplines. Students may bring in samples of their own academic writing-in-progress for discussion, and we will discuss differences and similarities between self-sponsored, public, and academic writing. At the end of the course, we will discuss the value of keeping a writing portfolio, and students will be introduced to various on-line resources for establishing an electronic portfolio. All majors welcome. Susan Jarratt is Professor of Comparative Literature and the Campus Writing Coordinator. Her interests lie in the rhetorical theories and practices of the ancient Mediterranean, in the historiographical arguments growing out of those texts and traditions, and in the contemporary situation of writing instruction in universities, particularly as those practices are responsive to social differences among students. SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES "The Sun, the Ozone Layer, and Melanoma" Pat Farmer, Chemistry M 3:00-3:50 pm, TBA Course Code 87604 Dr. Farmer's seminar will include discussions and/or readings on the unique cell biology of pigmentation, photochemistry and oxidative damage to cells, DNA mutations and carcinogenesis, health care and cancer research. Much of the general content will be from his own research presentations. All majors welcome. Pat Farmer is Associate Professor of Chemistry. His research focuses on the active sites of enzyme catalysts and how small changes in them may affect on their reactivity. He is also interested in melanin, the black pigment in hair and skin and is exploring their unique chemistry as a means of targeting melanoma, a cancer of the cells that make melanin. "The Quest for Life in the Universe" Virginia Trimble, Physics & Astronomy W 8:00-8:50 am, Frederick Reines Hall Room 2111 Course Code 87576 Are we unique? Humans have asked this for centuries, and modern science is beginning to be able to answer at least some of the associated questions about how stars and planets form, numbers of potentially habitable planets, potential for different kinds of complex chemistry in various environments, and possible ways of communicating across interstellar distances. The seminar will consist of reading and guided discussion on some of these issues. All majors are welcome, although students from physical and biological sciences, history and social sciences might find this seminar most interesting. Virginia Trimble is Professor of Physics and Astronomy. She is a graduate of Hollywood High School, UCLA, and the California Institute of Technology and holds an honorary MA from Cambridge University. Her current research interests embrace the structure and evolution of stars, galaxies and the universe, and of the communities of scientists who study them. She currently holds offices in the International Astronomical Union, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and serves on assorted committees for about half a dozen other professional organizations and foundations. She has received assorted, mostly minor, awards from the US National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Astronomical Society (London), the American Association of Physics Teachers, and a good many others. Publications? Well, she's had 500, but who's counting? SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY "Crime and Justice in America" Michael Gottfredson, Criminology, Law & Society W 4:00-4:50 pm, Administration 501 Course Code 87608 In this seminar we will study the nature of crime in the U.S. and popular means used to control it. Topics will include homicide trends, terrorism, gun control and the use of prisons. Our focus will be on social scientific evidence. All majors welcome. Michael Gottfredson is a Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. Professor Gottfredson's research and teaching specialties are crime and the criminal justice system. He is the author of several books, including Personal Liberty and Community Safety (1995); The Generality of Deviance (1994); and A General Theory of Crime (1990). He has published numerous articles in the professional literature about the causes of crime and crime policy. He has frequently consulted with state, county and federal governments concerning criminal justice policy.Dr. Gottfredson has served as the Director of the Criminal Justice Research Center, a private not-for-profit corporation in New York, and on the board of directors for The Parent Connection in Tucson and for the Crime and Justice Research Center in Philadelphia. COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES "Introduction to Immunology" Anshu Agrawal, Medicine Th 11:00-11:50 am, Social Science Laboratory Building Room 129 Course Code 87600 This course provides an introduction to immunology for students by focusing on cells, molecules and mechanisms operating in the normal immune system. Biology Majors preferred. Anshu Agrawal is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. The focus of his research is to understand the biology of dendritic cells of the immune system. These cells are critical mediators of both innate and adaptive immune responses. His lab is mainly interested in understanding the differences in the functioning of dendritic cells between young and aged human subjects and the consequences and mechanisms underlying these differences. "Air Pollution and Public Health: Toxicology, Mechanisms and Policy Implications" |
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