2025 Fall
ISF 100B 001 - LEC 001
Interdisciplinary Theories of the Self and Identity
Rakesh Bhandari
Class #:25969
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
24
Enrolled: 6
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:
11 unreserved seats
13 reserved for Interdisciplinary Studies Majors
Hours & Workload
4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 8 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
This course will explore how people come to develop and value the self as well their specific social identities. The course will draw on anthropology, sociology, neurobiology and philosophy to grapple with that which is most intimate yet often most opaque to us: our own selves. Yet we shall also explore the cultural limits of our unstable understanding of our individuated selves as well as the dialectic of self and other in the formation of identity.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
11 unreserved seats
13 reserved for Interdisciplinary Studies Majors
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None