Here's what I'll be taking:
IN4MATX 209S. Seminar in Informatics. 2 Units.
Current research and research trends in informatics. Forum for presentation and criticism by students of research work in progress.
IN4MATX 261. Social Analysis of Computing. 4 Units.
The social and economic impacts of computing and information technologies on groups, organizations, and society. Topics include computerization and changes in the character of work, social control and privacy, electronic communities, and risks of safety-critical systems to people.
IN4MATX 299. Individual Study. 1-12 Units.
Individual research or investigation under the direction of an individual faculty member.
Academia is so funny with their course descriptions; the approach at SCAD, UT, and presumably at UCI is to make the description so broad that you can do whatever you want in the class. I'm pretty sure the first is a seminar of guest speakers, and the second is critical analysis of various texts on social computing; both sound great. I'm still working out the independent study.