CLUSTER 180ACultural Heritage and Representation of Identity: Debates and Writing
Clusters · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Course 180A is requisite to 180B. Designed for transfer students. How tangible and intangible materials of human culture are used by their creators to fashion and refashion their identities over time and in different spaces. Introduction to multidisciplinary perspectives on human cultures and associated objects they create, different issues attendant on excavation, preservation, and presentation of these materials to different publics, and what all of this means to those whose heritage is being studied and/or exhibited through use of many rich cultural resources on and off campus. Examination of topics related to cultural heritage, with strong focus on debate and writing. Writing of weekly short essays or Op-ed pieces based on what students have learned.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CLUSTER 180A
- CLUSTER 180BCultural Heritage and Representation of Identity: Special Topics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.