Summer Session 2025
- For day, time, room, and TA information, see our PDF Schedule (Coming Soon) or the class search tool https://registrar-apps.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm.
- For all courses not described here, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/hum/
Summer Session I
HUM 001 Native California and Public History
Marc Dadigan
This course introduces students to the practice of public history by examining how Indigenous peoples throughout California have used public history to advocate for environmental justice, human rights and the continuation of their distinct ways of knowing and being. In this course, public history is broadly defined as public narratives that provide regular people with a meaningful encounter with the past, from museum exhibits to podcasts. Through the lens of Native American Studies, students will learn how power is wielded and resisted through the telling of history. They will also have the opportunity to create their own public history projects.
Summer Session II
HUM 01 Intro to Sound Studies
Max Gibson
Welcome to an Introduction to Sound Studies! Our culture prioritizes visual experience, yet sound is present in all aspects of our daily lives, whether through listening devices, video games, Muzak, telephones, or the environment.
In this class you will learn about sound historically, culturally, scientifically, and experientially. You will learn how to describe and analyze sonic phenomena. Together we will undertake soundwalks; make soundscape compositions; explore case studies of sound in media, race, religion, politics, warfare, marine life, and sonic art; and you will document your own sonic experiences and reflections through weekly journals across the course.
