Agricultural and Resource Economics 213, 001 - Fall 2013
MICHAEL ANDERSON
Applied Econometrics - Standard and advanced econometric techniques are applied to topics in agriculture and resource economics. Techniques include limited dependent variables, time series analysis, and nonparametric analysis. Students will use computers to conduct statistical analyses.
Anthropology 124A, 001 - Fall 2013
PATRICK V. KIRCH
Archaeology of the South Pacific - Selected topics and research problems in the archaeology of the southern Pacific from prehistory through to the establishment of complex chiefdoms in many locales. Stress on current issues and interpretations.
KEVIN E. HEALY
The Graduate Group Introductory Seminar - An introduction to research in bioengineering including specific case studies and organization of this rapidly expanding and diverse field.
MARKUS PAULY, MICHAEL MEIGHAN, ROBERT L. FISCHER, DAVID A. WEISBLAT
General Biology Lecture - General introduction to cell structure and function, molecular and organismal genetics, animal development, form and function.
MICHAEL MEIGHAN
General Biology Laboratory - Laboratory that accompanies 1A lecture course. Intended for biological science majors, but open to all qualified students.
ALAN SHABEL, BRUCE G. BALDWIN, JOHN P. HUELSENBECK
General introduction to plant development, form, and function; population genetics, ecology, and evolution. Intended for students majoring in the biological sciences, but open to all qualified students.
ANTHONY D. JOSEPH
Operating Systems and System Programming - Basic concepts of operating systems and system programming. Utility programs, subsystems, multiple-program systems. Processes, interprocess communication, and synchronization. Memory allocation, segmentation, paging. Loading and linking, libraries. Resource allocation, scheduling, performance evaluation. File systems, storage devices, I/O systems. Protection, security, and privacy.
DAVID PATTERSON, ARMANDO FOX
Software Engineering - Ideas and techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems. Function-oriented and object-oriented modular design techniques, designing for re-use and maintainability. Specification and documentation. Verification and validation. Cost and quality metrics and estimation. Project team organization and management. Students will work in teams on a substantial programming project.
SATISH B RAO
Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems - Concept and basic techniques in the design and analysis of algorithms; models of computation; lower bounds; algorithms for optimum search trees, balanced trees and UNION-FIND algorithms; numerical and algebraic algorithms; combinatorial algorithms. Turing machines, how to count steps, deterministic and nondeterministic Turing machines, NP-completeness. Unsolvable and intractable problems.
PHILLIP COLELLA
Special Topics - Software Engineering for Scientific Computing
JOHN S. DENERO
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples. read more
PAUL HILFINGER
Data Structrues - Fundamental dynamic data structures, including linear lists, queues, trees, and other linked structures; arrays strings, and hash tables. Storage management. Elementary principles of software engineering. Abstract data types. Algorithms for sorting and searching. Introduction to the Java programming language.
UMESH VAZIRANI
Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory - Logic, infinity, and induction; applications include undecidability and stable marriage problem. Modular arithmetic and GCDs; applications include primality testing and cryptography. Polynomials; examples include error correcting codes and interpolation. read more
RICHARD ALLEN
Introduction to earthquakes, their causes and effects. General discussion of basic principles and methods of seismology and geological tectonics, distribution of earthquakes in space and time, effects of earthquakes, and earthquake hazard and risk, with particular emphasis on the situation in California.
East Asian Languages and Cultures 109, 001 - Fall 2013
JOHN R. WALLACE
History of the Culture of Tea in China and Japan - The course takes the traditions of tea in China and Japan as a way of viewing cultural similarities and differences between the two countries. It explores aesthetic, religious, and social aspects of China and Japan by showing how religion, philosophy, and the arts stimulated and were stimulated by the practice of the consumption of tea in social and ritualized contexts.read more
MARTHA OLNEY
Introduction to Economics - A survey of economics designed to give an overview of the field.
CALANIT KAMALA
Economic Analysis--Micro - Resource allocation and price determination.
DANIEL J. ACLAND
This course presents psychological and experimental economics research demonstrating departures from perfect rationality, self-interest, and other classical assumptions of economics and explores ways that these departures can be mathematically modeled and incorporated into mainstream positive and normative economics. read more
ERIC VAN DUSEN
Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy - Introduction to microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues.
TSU-JAE LIU
Integrated-Circuit Devices - Overview of electronic properties of semiconductor. Metal-semiconductor contacts, pn junctions, bipolar transistors, and MOS field-effect transistors. Properties that are significant to device operation for integrated circuits. Silicon device fabrication technology.
CLARK TU-CUONG NGUYEN
Linear Integrated Circuits - Single and multiple stage transistor amplifiers. Operational amplifiers. Feedback amplifiers, 2-port formulation, source, load, and feedback network loading. Frequency response of cascaded amplifiers, gain-bandwidth exchange, compensation, dominant pole techniques, root locus. Supply and temperature independent biasing and references. read more
Engineering 92, 001 - Fall 2013
FIONA DOYLE
Perspectives in Engineering - This series of lectures provides students, especially undeclared Engineering students, with information on the various engineering disciplines to guide them toward choice of major. Lecturers describe research activities, how they made their own career choices, and indicate future opportunities. Recommended for all Engineering Science students and required for Engineering undeclared students.
MIGUEL A. ALTIERI
Urban Garden Ecosystems - An ecosystem approach to the study of urban gardens with an organic perspective. Topics include fundamentals of horticulture, soil properties and fertility, pest and disease management, and food perservation. Laboratories include methods in garden design, plant propagation, compost technique, soil preparation, irrigation systems, pest management, individual or group projects, demonstrations, and discussions.
MIGUEL A. ALTIERI
Urban Garden Ecosystems - An ecosystem approach to the study of urban gardens with an organic perspective. Topics include fundamentals of horticulture, soil properties and fertility, pest and disease management, and food perservation. Laboratories include methods in garden design, plant propagation, compost technique, soil preparation, irrigation systems, pest management, individual or group projects, demonstrations, and discussions.
WAYNE MARCUS GETZ
Modeling and Management of Biological Resources - Models of population growth, chaos, life tables, and Leslie matrix theory. Harvesting and exploitation theory. Methods for analyzing population interactions, predation, competition. Fisheries, forest stands, and insect pest management. Genetic aspects of population management. Mathematical theory based on simple difference and ordinary differential equations.read more
ERIC VAN DUSEN
Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy - Introduction to microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues.
WAYNE MARCUS GETZ
Modeling and Management of Biological Resources - Models of population growth, chaos, life tables, and Leslie matrix theory. Harvesting and exploitation theory. Methods for analyzing population interactions, predation, competition. Fisheries, forest stands, and insect pest management. Genetic aspects of population management. Mathematical theory based on simple difference and ordinary differential equations.read more
History 162A, 001 - Fall 2013
DAVID WETZEL
Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914 - This upper division course looks at the rise and fall of the European great powers from the Peace of Westphalia, traditionally perceived as the beginning of the modern states system, to the coming of the First World War, an era of state and empire building. Economic and technological trends are naturally part of the story as well as cultural, social, and political forces.read more
Japanese 7A, 001 - Fall 2013
JOHN R. WALLACE
Introduction to Pre-Modern Japanese Literature and Culture - This course provides an overview of Japanese literature and cultural history, from the seventh to the 18th century.
RONALD HENDEL
Arts and Literature - This upper division course features significant engagement with arts, literature or language, either through critical study of works of art or through the creation of art. Art enables us to see the familiar world with new, often questioning eyes, and makes distant times and places, characters, and issues come alive in our imagination, which is essential to almost all intellectual endeavor. read more
BOB JACOBSEN
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
Mathematics 135, 001 - Fall 2013
LEO A. HARRINGTON
Introduction to the Theory of Sets - Set-theoretical paradoxes and means of avoiding them. Sets, relations, functions, order and well-order. Proof by transfinite induction and definitions by transfinite recursion. Cardinal and ordinal numbers and their arithmetic. Construction of the real numbers. Axiom of choice and its consequences.
THOMAS SCANLON
Analytic Geometry and Calculus - This sequence is intended for majors in the life and social sciences. Calculus of one variable; derivatives, definite integrals and applications, maxima and minima, and applications of the exponential and logarithmic functions.
Mathematics 16B, 001 - Fall 2013
JAMES W DEMMEL
Analytic Geometry and Calculus - Continuation of 16A. Application of integration of economics and life sciences. Differential equations. Functions of many variables. Partial derivatives, constrained and unconstrained optimization.
Molecular and Cell Biology 32, 001 - Fall 2013
TERRY MACHEN, ROBIN BALL
Introduction to Human Physiology - A comprehensive introduction to human cell biology. The course will concentrate on basic mechanisms underlying human life processes, including cells and membranes; nerve and muscle function; cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and gastrointestinal physiology; metabolism, endocrinology, and reproduction.
Molecular and Cell Biology 32L, 001 - Fall 2013
ROBIN BALL
Introduction to Human Physiology Laboratory - Experiments and demonstrations are designed to amplify and reinforce information presented in 32. Exercises include investigations into the structure and function of muscle, nerve, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, endocrine, and blood systems.
ERIC B. NORMAN
Nuclear Reactions and Radiation - Energetics and kinetics of nuclear reactions and radioactive decay, fission, fusion, and reactions of low-energy neutrons; properties of the fission products and the actinides; nuclear models and transition probabilities; interaction of radiation with matter.
CHRIS VULPE, ROBERT RYAN
Introduction to Human Nutrition - This course provides an overview of digestion and metabolism of nutrients. Foods are discussed as a source of nutrients, and the evidence is reviewed as to the effects of nutrition on health. The emphasis of the course is on issues of current interest and on worldwide problems of food and nutrition. read more
Philosophy 132, 001 - Fall 2013
JOHN R. SEARLE
Philosophy of Mind - Mind and matter; other minds; the concept "person."
JOHN JOSEPH CAMPBELL
The Nature of Mind - Introduction to the philosophy of mind. Topics to be considered may include the relation between mind and body; the structure of action; the nature of desires and beliefs; the role of the unconscious.
DMITRY BUDKER
Elective Physics: Special Topics - Topics vary from semester to semester. The subject matter level and scope of the course are such that it is acceptable as the required elective course in the Physics major.
Physics 7A, 001 - Fall 2013
STEVEN W. STAHLER
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Mechanics and wave motion
Physics 7C, 001 - Fall 2013
RUZA MARKOV
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Electromagnetic waves, optics, relativity, and quantum physics.
Physics 8A, 001 - Fall 2013
MARJORIE D SHAPIRO
Introductory Physics - Introduction to forces, kinetics, equilibria, fluids, waves, and heat. This course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Physics 8A, 002 - Fall 2013
ACHILLES SPELIOTOPOULOS
Introductory Physics - Introduction to forces, kinetics, equilibria, fluids, waves, and heat. This course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
MELVIN POMERANTZ
Introductory Physics - Introduction to electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics. The course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Physics 8B, 002 - Fall 2013
ACHILLES SPELIOTOPOULOS
Introductory Physics - Introduction to electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics. The course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
BOB JACOBSEN
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
Political Science 179, 001 - Fall 2013
ALAN DAVID ROSS
Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science - Political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
JOHN S. MCNAMARA
Introduction to Visual Thinking - A first course in the language, processes, and media of visual art. Course work will be organized around weekly lectures and studio problems that will introduce students to the nature of art making and visual thinking.
CHRISTOPHER GADE
General Psychology - Introduction to the principal areas, problems, and concepts of psychology. This course is required for the major; students not considering a psychology major are directed to 2.
ANN M. KRING
Clinical Psychology - Theoretical and empirical approaches to the explanation of psychological dysfunction. The relation between theories of psychopathology and theories of intervention. A critical evaluation of the effects of individual, family, and community approaches to therapeutic and preventive intervention. Thematic focus of the course may change from year to year. See department notices for details.
SERENA CHEN
Social Psychology - Survey of social psychology including interaction processes, small groups, attitudes and attitude change, and social problems.
Public Health 245, 001 - Fall 2013
MAUREEN LAHIFF
Introduction to Multivariate Statistics - The following topics are discussed in the context of biomedical and biological application: multiple regression, loglinear models, discriminant analysis, principal components. Instruction in statistical computing is given in the laboratory session.
ARTHUR L. REINGOLD
Epidemiologic Methods I - Principles and methods of epidemiology: study design, selection, and definition of cases and controls; sampling, data collection, analysis, and inference. Discussion session provides an opportunity to apply methods to problem sets and to discuss issues presented in lectures.
JENNIFER AHERN
Epidemiologic Methods II - This course is intended as an intermediate level course in the field of epidemiology. read more
Sociology 101, 001 - Fall 2013
MICHAEL BURAWOY
Sociological Theory I - First half of a year-long course on the history of social thought as a source of present-day problems and hypotheses.
FLETCHER H IBSER
Concepts in Computing with Data - An introduction to computationally intensive applied statistics. Topics will include organization and use of databases, visualization and graphics, statistical learning and data mining, model validation procedures, and the presentation of results.
RONALD WILLIAMS
Race and Public Policy - This course examines the formation and implementation of public policies directly relevant to the black community. While the policies analyzed differ from year to year, basic public policy methodology will be introduced each year.
Anthropology 1, 001 - Spring 2013
TERRENCE W. DEACON
Introduction to Biological Anthropology - An introduction to human evolution. Physical and behavioral adaptations of humans and their prehistoric and living relatives. Issues in evolutionary theory, molecular evolution, primate behavior, interpretation of fossils. Prehistoric activities, racial differences, genetic components of behavior are defined and evaluated.
Asian American Studies 132AC, 001 - Spring 2013
HATEM A BAZIAN
Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness - This course will examine and attempt to understand Islamophobia, as the most recently articulated principle of otherness and its implications domestically and globally.read more
KEVIN E. HEALY
The Graduate Group Introductory Seminar - An introduction to research in bioengineering including specific case studies and organization of this rapidly expanding and diverse field.
JENNIFER A DOUDNA, NIPAM PATEL, GARY L. FIRESTONE, MICHAEL MEIGHAN
General Biology Lecture - General introduction to cell structure and function, molecular and organismal genetics, animal development, form and function.
MICHAEL MEIGHAN
General Biology Laboratory - Laboratory that accompanies 1A lecture course. Intended for biological science majors, but open to all qualified students.
ALAN SHABEL, GEORGE RODERICK, LEWIS J FELDMAN
General introduction to plant development, form, and function; population genetics, ecology, and evolution. Intended for students majoring in the biological sciences, but open to all qualified students.
JOHN F. KIHLSTROM
Scientific Approaches to Consciousness - This course will examine the nature of human consciousness from the interdisciplinary perspective of cognitive science. It will cover topics from the philosophy of mind, cognitive linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computational models.
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
Computer Science 10, 001 - Spring 2013
DANIEL GARCIA
The Beauty and Joy of Computing - An introduction to the beauty and joy of computing. The history, social implications, great principles, and future of computing. Beautiful applications that have changed the world. How computing empowers discovery and progress in other fields. Relevance of computing to the student and society will be emphasized.
ANTHONY D. JOSEPH
Operating Systems and System Programming - Basic concepts of operating systems and system programming. Utility programs, subsystems, multiple-program systems. Processes, interprocess communication, and synchronization. Memory allocation, segmentation, paging. Loading and linking, libraries. Resource allocation, scheduling, performance evaluation. File systems, storage devices, I/O systems. Protection, security, and privacy.
JOHN KUBIATOWICZ
Special Topics - Advanced Operating Systems Structures and Implementation
AMIR ASHRAF KAMIL
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples. read more
JONATHAN SHEWCHUK
Data Structrues - Fundamental dynamic data structures, including linear lists, queues, trees, and other linked structures; arrays strings, and hash tables. Storage management. Elementary principles of software engineering. Abstract data types. Algorithms for sorting and searching. Introduction to the Java programming language.
Computer Science 61C, 001 - Spring 2013
DANIEL GARCIA
Machine Structures - The internal organization and operation of digital computers. Machine architecture, support for high-level languages (logic, arithmetic, instruction sequencing) and operating systems (I/O, interrupts, memory management, process switching). Elements of computer logic design. Tradeoffs involved in fundamental architectural design decisions.
Economics 100A, 001 - Spring 2013
CALANIT KAMALA
Economic Analysis--Micro - Resource allocation and price determination.
Economics 100B, 001 - Spring 2013
STEVEN A. WOOD
Economic Analysis--Macro - A study of the factors which determine national income, employment, and price levels, with attention to the effects of monetary and fiscal policy.
MARTHA OLNEY
American Economic History A survey of trends in the American economy; emphasis on factors explaining economic growth and on the changing distribution of the gains and losses associated with growth
EDWARD ANDREW MIGUEL
Global Poverty and Impact Evaluation - Rather than simply describing the causes and symptoms of global poverty, this course will explore the variety of tools available for rigorously measuring the impact of development programs. Through weekly case studies of field research, the course will cover impact evaluation theory and methods. read more
Economics 2, 001 - Spring 2013
JOSEPH W. H. LOUGH
Introduction to Economics--Lecture Format - The course provides a survey of economics principles and methods. It covers both microeconomics, the study of consumer choice, firm behavior, and market interaction, and macroeconomics, the study of economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Special emphasis is placed on the application of economic tools to contemporary economic problems and policies. read more
EDWARD ANDREW MIGUEL
Global Poverty and Impact Evaluation - Rather than simply describing the causes and symptoms of global poverty, this course will explore the variety of tools available for rigorously measuring the impact of development programs. Through weekly case studies of field research, the course will cover impact evaluation theory and methods. read more
LISA GARCIA BEDOLLA
The Politics of Educational Inequality - This course explores the state of U.S. public education, particularly how success within that system varies by race, class, and gender. It explores educational attainment across different groups within the U.S. and then looks at how the structure of educational policymaking affects different types of students. read more
SAYEEF SALAHUDDIN
Microelectronic Devices and Circuits - This course covers the fundamental circuit and device concepts needed to understand analog integrated circuits. After an overview of the basic properties of semiconductors, the p-n junction and MOS capacitors are described and the MOSFET is modeled as a large-signal device. Two port small-signal amplifiers and their realization using single stage and multistage CMOS building blocks are discussed. read more
RICHARD B. NORGAARD
Ecological Economics in Historical Context - Economists through history have explored economic and environmental interactions, physical limits to growth, what constitutes the good life, and how economic justice can be assured. Yet economists continue to use measures and models that simplify these issues and promote bad outcomes. read more
RICHARD B. NORGAARD
Ecological Economics in Historical Context - Economists through history have explored economic and environmental interactions, physical limits to growth, what constitutes the good life, and how economic justice can be assured. Yet economists continue to use measures and models that simplify these issues and promote bad outcomes. read more
English 127, 001 - Spring 2013
CHARLES F. ALTIERI
Modern Poetry - British and American poetry: 1900 to the present.
JUSTIN S. BRASHARES
Wildlife Ecology - Introduction to wildlife ecology and its relationship to management programs. Includes population, community, and ecosystem levels of organization, followed by selected case studies.
Environ Sci, Policy, and Management C11, 001 - Spring 2013
LYNN HUNTSINGER
Americans and the Global Forest - This course challenges students to think about how individual and American consumer decisions affect forest ecosystems around the world. A survey course that highlights the consequences of different ways of thinking about the forest as a global ecosystem and as a source of goods like trees, water, wildlife, food, jobs, and services. read more
RICHARD B. NORGAARD
Ecological Economics in Historical Context - Economists through history have explored economic and environmental interactions, physical limits to growth, what constitutes the good life, and how economic justice can be assured. Yet economists continue to use measures and models that simplify these issues and promote bad outcomes. read more
Geography 130, 001 - Spring 2013
NATHAN F. SAYRE
Food and the Environment - How do human populations organize and alter natural resources and ecosystems to produce food? The role of agriculture in the world economy, national development, and environmental degradation in the Global North and the Global South. The origins of scarcity and abundance, population growth and migration, hunger, and poverty.
JAMES VERNON
The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848-2000 - For many years, Britain was seen as the crucible of the modern world. This small, cold, and wet island was thought to have been the first to develop representative democracy, an industrial economy, rapid transport, mass cities, mass communication and mass culture, and, of course, an empire upon which the sun famously never set. read more
History 158B, 001 - Spring 2013
DAVID WETZEL
Europe in the 19th Century.
THOMAS W. LAQUEUR
European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present - This course is an introduction to European history from around 1500 to the present. The central questions that it addresses are how and why Europe--a small, relatively poor, and politically fragmented place-- became the motor of globalization and a world civilzation in its own right. read more
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
International and Area Studies 107, 001 - Spring 2013
CALANIT KAMALA
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory - This course is designed as a comprehensive overview of intermediate macroeconomic theory focusing on economic growth and international economics. It covers a number of topics including history of economic growth, industrial revolution, post-industrial revolution divergence, flexible-price and sticky-price macroeconomics, and macroeconomic policy. read more
International and Area Studies 207, 001 - Spring 2013
CALANIT KAMALA
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory - This course is designed as a comprehensive overview of intermediate macroeconomic theory focusing on economic growth and international economics. It covers a number of topics including history of economic growth, industrial revolution, post-industrial revolution divergence, flexible-price and sticky-price macroeconomics, and macroeconomic policy. read more
Legal Studies 103, 001 - Spring 2013
DAVID LIEBERMAN
Theories of Law and Society - An historical examination of major interpretations of law, morals and social development, with special emphasis on the social thought of the 18th and 19th centuries and including the writings of Marx, Maine, Durkheim, Weber and other contemporary figures.
Letters and Science C30U, 001 - Spring 2013
LYNN HUNTSINGER
Americans and the Global Forest - This course challenges students to think about how individual and American consumer decisions affect forest ecosystems around the world. A survey course that highlights the consequences of different ways of thinking about the forest as a global ecosystem and as a source of goods like trees, water, wildlife, food, jobs, and services. read more
CARLOS J. BUSTAMANTE
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
Mathematics 16B, 001 - Spring 2013
JAMES W DEMMEL
Analytic Geometry and Calculus - Continuation of 16A. Application of integration of economics and life sciences. Differential equations. Functions of many variables. Partial derivatives, constrained and unconstrained optimization.
Mathematics 1A, 001 - Spring 2013
SLOBODAN SIMIC
Calculus - This sequence is intended for majors in engineering and the physical sciences. An introduction to differential and integral calculus of functions of one variable, with applications and an introduction to transcendental functions.
Mechanical Engineering 102A, 001 - Spring 2013
ALBERT PISANO
Introduction to Mechanical Systems for Mechatronics - Design, rapid prototyping, assembly, test, and evaluation of mechanical components and sub-systems used in mechatronic systems. Laboratory and mechatronic instrumentation. Design and optimization of beams and chassis. Two- and three-position synthesis of positioning mechanisms. Planar indexing via mechanical linkages. Rotary motion-conversion via cam-follower mechanisms. read more
OMER SAVA
Fluid Mechanics - This course introduces the fundamentals and techniques of fluid mechanics with the aim of describing and controlling engineering flows.
WILLIAM B. TURNER
Freedom of Speech and the Press - The course considers the history and contemporary meaning of the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the press. Emphasizing the real world implications of major Supreme Court decisions, the course examines restrictions on speech and press imposed by national security, libel, injurious speech, and privacy, as well as issues of access to information and government regulation of new media.
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
DANA D. DEPIETRO, MARGARET LARKIN
Introduction to Near Eastern Art and Archaeology - The ancient Near East (present-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Turkey) is considered the cradle of civilization. Here in Mesopotamia and its neighboring regions, the first cities arose, writing was invented, armies forged the earliest empires, and complex religious beliefs were expressed in art and architecture. read more
Philosophy 132, 001 - Spring 2013
JOHN R. SEARLE
Philosophy of Mind - Mind and matter; other minds; the concept "person."
Physics 7A, 001 - Spring 2013
STEVEN W. STAHLER
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Mechanics and wave motion
Physics 7A, 002 - Spring 2013
ACHILLES SPELIOTOPOULOS
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Mechanics and wave motion
Physics 7A, 003 - Spring 2013
ACHILLES SPELIOTOPOULOS
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Mechanics and wave motion
Physics 7B, 002 - Spring 2013
CATHERINE BORDEL
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Heat, electricity, and magnetism.
Physics 8A, 001 - Spring 2013
TRISTAN LAINE SMITH
Introductory Physics - Introduction to forces, kinetics, equilibria, fluids, waves, and heat. This course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
MICHAEL DEWEESE
Introductory Physics - Introduction to forces, kinetics, equilibria, fluids, waves, and heat. This course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Physics 8B, 001 - Spring 2013
JOEL FAJANS
Introductory Physics - Introduction to electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics. The course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Physics 8B, 002 - Spring 2013
JOEL FAJANS
Introductory Physics - Introduction to electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics. The course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
CARLOS J. BUSTAMANTE
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
YAACOV YADGAR
Special Topics in Area Studies
Political Science 179, 001 - Spring 2013
ALAN DAVID ROSS
Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science - Political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
JOHN S. MCNAMARA
Introduction to Visual Thinking - A first course in the language, processes, and media of visual art. Course work will be organized around weekly lectures and studio problems that will introduce students to the nature of art making and visual thinking.
Psychology 131, 001 - Spring 2013
STEPHEN HINSHAW
Developmental Psychopathology - This course will discuss linkages between developmental processes and child psychopathology. Included will be discussion of cognitive impairments in children, including learning disabilities and mental retardation; internalizing disorders, such as anxiety, withdrawal, and depression; externalizing disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder; and child abuse and neglect. read more
ALISON GOPNIK
Developmental Psychology - This course explores the development of children from birth to adolescence, in a wide range of areas including biological, cognitive, linguistic, social, and personality development. It also covers the effects of genes, experience, and social context on children's development.
JOHN F. KIHLSTROM
Scientific Approaches to Consciousness - This course will examine the nature of human consciousness from the interdisciplinary perspective of cognitive science. It will cover topics from the philosophy of mind, cognitive linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computational models.
Public Health 145, 001 - Spring 2013
MAUREEN LAHIFF
Statistical Analysis of Continuous Outcome Data - Regression models for continuous outcome data: least squares estimates and their properties, interpreting coefficients, prediction, comparing models, checking model assumptions, transformations, outliers, and influential points. Categorical explanatory variables: interaction and analysis of covariance, correlation and partial correlation. Appropriate graphical methods and statistical computing. read more
NICHOLAS P. JEWELL
Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data - Biostatistical concepts and modeling relevant to the design and analysis of multifactor population-based cohort and case-control studies, including matching. Measures of association, causal inference, confounding interaction. Introduction to binary regression, including logistic regression.
ALAN HUBBARD
Longitudinal Data Analysis - The course covers the statistical issues surrounding estimation of effects using data on subjects followed through time. The course emphasizes a regression model approach and discusses disease incidence modeling and both continuous outcome data/linear models and longitudinal extensions to nonlinear models (e.g., logistic and Poisson). read more
Statistics 155, 001 - Spring 2013
ELCHANAN MOSSEL
Game Theory - General theory of zero-sum, two-person games, including games in extensive form and continuous games, and illustrated by detailed study of examples.
ALAN HUBBARD
Longitudinal Data Analysis - The course covers the statistical issues surrounding estimation of effects using data on subjects followed through time. The course emphasizes a regression model approach and discusses disease incidence modeling and both continuous outcome data/linear models and longitudinal extensions to nonlinear models (e.g., logistic and Poisson). read more
Agricultural and Resource Economics 213, 001 - Fall 2012
MICHAEL ANDERSON
Applied Econometrics - Standard and advanced econometric techniques are applied to topics in agriculture and resource economics. Techniques include limited dependent variables, time series analysis, and nonparametric analysis. Students will use computers to conduct statistical analyses.
Asian American Studies 128AC, 001 - Fall 2012
HATEM A BAZIAN
Muslims in America - The course traces Islam's journey in America. It will deal with the emergence of identifiable Muslim communities throughout the U.S. and focus on patterns of migration, the ethnic makeup of such communities, gender dynamics, political identity, and cases of conversion to Islam. read more
VARIOUS SPEAKERS
The Graduate Group Introductory Seminar - An introduction to research in bioengineering including specific case studies and organization of this rapidly expanding and diverse field.
MARKUS PAULY, MICHAEL MEIGHAN, ROBERT L. FISCHER, DAVID A. WEISBLAT
General Biology Lecture - General introduction to cell structure and function, molecular and organismal genetics, animal development, form and function.
MICHAEL MEIGHAN
General Biology Laboratory - Laboratory that accompanies 1A lecture course. Intended for biological science majors, but open to all qualified students.
ALAN SHABEL, MIKE MOSER, BRUCE G. BALDWIN, JOHN P. HUELSENBECK
General introduction to plant development, form, and function; population genetics, ecology, and evolution. Intended for students majoring in the biological sciences, but open to all qualified students.
ALEXIS T. BELL
Transport and Separation Processes - Principles of mass transfer with application to chemical processes. Diffusion and convection. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer; mass transfer coefficients. Design of staged and continuous separations processes.
ANGELICA STACY
Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal gases, thermochemistry, introduction to thermodynamics and equilibrium, acid-base and solubility equilibria, introduction to oxidation-reduction reactions, introduction to chemical kinetics.
K. PETER VOLLHARDT
Conjugation, aromatic chemistry, carbonyl compounds, carbohydrates, amines, carboxylic acids, amino acids, peptides, proteins, and nucleic acid chemistry. Ultraviolet spectroscopy and mass spectrometry will be introduced.
Civil and Environmental Engineering 100, 001 - Fall 2012
MARK T STACEY
Elementary Fluid Mechanics - Fluid statics and dynamics, including laboratory experiments with technical reports. Fundamentals: integral and differential formulations of the conservation laws are solved in special cases such as boundary layers and pipe flow. Flow visualization and computation techniques are introduced using Matlab. Empirical equations are used for turbulent flows, drag, pumps, and open channels.read more
DANIEL GARCIA
The Beauty and Joy of Computing - An introduction to the beauty and joy of computing. The history, social implications, great principles, and future of computing. Beautiful applications that have changed the world. How computing empowers discovery and progress in other fields. Relevance of computing to the student and society will be emphasized.
ION STOICA
Operating Systems and System Programming - Basic concepts of operating systems and system programming. Utility programs, subsystems, multiple-program systems. Processes, interprocess communication, and synchronization. Memory allocation, segmentation, paging. Loading and linking, libraries. Resource allocation, scheduling, performance evaluation. File systems, storage devices, I/O systems. Protection, security, and privacy.
DAVID PATTERSON, ARMANDO FOX
Software Engineering - Ideas and techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems. Function-oriented and object-oriented modular design techniques, designing for re-use and maintainability. Specification and documentation. Verification and validation. Cost and quality metrics and estimation. Project team organization and management. Students will work in teams on a substantial programming project.
RAVI RAMAMOORTHI
Foundations of Computer Graphics - Techniques of modeling objects for the purpose of computer rendering: boundary representations, constructive solids geometry, hierarchical scene descriptions. Mathematical techniques for curve and surface representation. Basic elements of a computer graphics rendering pipeline; architecture of modern graphics display devices. read more
JOHN S. DENERO
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples. read more
PAUL HILFINGER
Data Structrues - Fundamental dynamic data structures, including linear lists, queues, trees, and other linked structures; arrays strings, and hash tables. Storage management. Elementary principles of software engineering. Abstract data types. Algorithms for sorting and searching. Introduction to the Java programming language.
UMESH VAZIRANI
Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory - Logic, infinity, and induction; applications include undecidability and stable marriage problem. Modular arithmetic and GCDs; applications include primality testing and cryptography. Polynomials; examples include error correcting codes and interpolation. read more
RICHARD ALLEN
Introduction to earthquakes, their causes and effects. General discussion of basic principles and methods of seismology and geological tectonics, distribution of earthquakes in space and time, effects of earthquakes, and earthquake hazard and risk, with particular emphasis on the situation in California.
Economics 100A, 001 - Fall 2012
CALANIT KAMALA
Economic Analysis--Micro - Resource allocation and price determination.
Economics 100B, 001 - Fall 2012
STEVEN A. WOOD
Economic Analysis--Macro - A study of the factors which determine national income, employment, and price levels, with attention to the effects of monetary and fiscal policy.
GLENN A. WOROCH
Economic Statistics and Econonmetrics - Introduction to problems of observation, estimation, and hypothesis testing in economics. This course covers the linear regression model and its application to empirical problems in economics.
Economics C181, 001 - Fall 2012
CALANIT KAMALA
International Trade - The theory of international trade and its applications to tariff protection.
PETER BERCK
Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy - Introduction to microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues.
VIVEK SUBRAMANIAN
Electronic Techniques for Engineering - This course serves as an introduction to the principles of electrical engineering, starting from the basic concepts of voltage and current and circuit elements of resistors, capacitors, and inductors.
BERNHARD E. BOSER
Microelectronic Devices and Circuits - This course covers the fundamental circuit and device concepts needed to understand analog integrated circuits. After an overview of the basic properties of semiconductors, the p-n junction and MOS capacitors are described and the MOSFET is modeled as a large-signal device. Two port small-signal amplifiers and their realization using single stage and multistage CMOS building blocks are discussed. read more
SAYEEF SALAHUDDIN
Integrated-Circuit Devices - Overview of electronic properties of semiconductor. Metal-semiconductor contacts, pn junctions, bipolar transistors, and MOS field-effect transistors. Properties that are significant to device operation for integrated circuits. Silicon device fabrication technology.
SAYEEF SALAHUDDIN
Integrated-Circuit Devices - Overview of electronic properties of semiconductor. Metal-semiconductor contacts, pn junctions, bipolar transistors, and MOS field-effect transistors. Properties that are significant to device operation for integrated circuits. Silicon device fabrication technology.
VIVEK SUBRAMANIAN
Electronic Techniques for Engineering - This course serves as an introduction to the principles of electrical engineering, starting from the basic concepts of voltage and current and circuit elements of resistors, capacitors, and inductors.
CLARK TU-CUONG NGUYEN
Physics, fabrication, and design of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Micro and nanofabrication processes, including silicon surface and bulk micromachining and non-silicon micromachining. Integration strategies and assembly processes. Microsensor and microactuator devices: electrostatic, piezoresistive, piezoelectric, thermal, magnetic transduction. Electronic position-sensing circuits and electrical and mechanical noise. CAD for MEMS.
English 45C - Fall 2012
CHARLES F. ALTIERI
Literature in English - Historical survey of literature in English from Chaucer through the 20th century. A. Literature in English through Milton. B. Literature in English from the late-17th through the mid-19th century. C. Literature in English from the mid-19th through the 20th century.
MICHAEL ANDERSON
Health and Environmental Economic Policy - This course introduces students to key issues and findings in the field of health and environmental economics. The first half of the course focuses on the theoreticl and statistical frameworks used to analyze instances of market failure in the provision of health and environmental goods. The second half focuses on policy-relevant empirical findings in the field.
PETER BERCK
Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy - Introduction to microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues.
Environmental Economics and Policy C181, 001 - Fall 2012
CALANIT KAMALA
International Trade - The theory of international trade and its applications to tariff protection.
Geography 10 - Fall 2012
NATHAN F. SAYRE
World Regions, Peoples, and States - This course will provide a framework for recognizing and analyzing the major distinctive regions of the world in comparative context. The most important interrelations between environment, economy, ethnicity, and the national identity and viability of states will be explored.
RICHARD CANDIDA SMITH
The United States from the Late 19th Century to the Eve of World War II - During the first half-century before World War II, the United States became an industrialized, urban society with national markets and communication media. This class will explore in depth some of the most important changes and how they were connected. We will also examine what did not change, and how state and local priorities persisted in many arenas. read more
History 162A, 001 - Fall 2012
DAVID WETZEL
Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914 - This upper division course looks at the rise and fall of the European great powers from the Peace of Westphalia, traditionally perceived as the beginning of the modern states system, to the coming of the First World War, an era of state and empire building. Economic and technological trends are naturally part of the story as well as cultural, social, and political forces.read more
MAXIMILIAN AUFFHAMMER
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory - This course is designed as a comprehensive overview of intermediate microeconomic theory. It covers a number of topics including consumer and demand theory, firm, production and cost theory, competitive market theory, imperfect competition, welfare economics, choice under uncertainty and information. All analysis conducted in the course relies on graphical and algebraic techniques.
MAXIMILIAN AUFFHAMMER
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory - This course is designed as a comprehensive overview of intermediate microeconomic theory. It covers a number of topics including consumer and demand theory, firm, production and cost theory, competitive market theory, imperfect competition, welfare economics, choice under uncertainty and information. All analysis conducted in the course relies on graphical and algebraic techniques.
Japanese 7A, 001 - Fall 2012
JOHN R. WALLACE
Introduction to Pre-Modern Japanese Literature and Culture - This course provides an overview of Japanese literature and cultural history, from the seventh to the 18th century.
MICHAEL K. POLLAN
Edible Education: Telling Stories About Food and Agriculture - As the costs of our industrialized food system become impossible to ignore, a national debate over the future of food and farming has begun. Telling stories about where food comes from, how it is produced (and might be produced differently) plays a critical role in bringing attention to the issues and shifting politics. read more
Legal Studies 145, 001 - Fall 2012
ROBERT D. COOTER
Law and Economics I - The course will apply microeconomic theory analysis to legal rules and procedures. Emphasis will be given to the economic consequences of various sorts of liability rules, remedies for breach of contract and the allocation of property rights. The jurisprudential significance of the analysis will be discussed.
FRANKLIN ZIMRIN
Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice - This course examines the premises, doctrine, and operational behavior of juvenile courts, particularly in relation to the commission of seriously anti-social acts by mid-adolescents. read more
MICHAEL K. POLLAN
Edible Education: Telling Stories About Food and Agriculture - As the costs of our industrialized food system become impossible to ignore, a national debate over the future of food and farming has begun. Telling stories about where food comes from, how it is produced (and might be produced differently) plays a critical role in bringing attention to the issues and shifting politics. read more
YURY G KOLOMENSKY
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
RICHARD ALLEN
Introduction to earthquakes, their causes and effects. General discussion of basic principles and methods of seismology and geological tectonics, distribution of earthquakes in space and time, effects of earthquakes, and earthquake hazard and risk, with particular emphasis on the situation in California.
Mathematics 128A, 001 - Fall 2012
PER-OLOF PERSSON
Numerical Analysis - Programming for numerical calculations, round-off error, approximation and interpolation, numerical quadrature, and solution of ordinary differential equations. Practice on the computer.
Mathematics 16B, 001 - Fal 2012
JON WILKENING
Analytic Geometry and Calculus - Continuation of 16A. Application of integration of economics and life sciences. Differential equations. Functions of many variables. Partial derivatives, constrained and unconstrained optimization.
Mathematics 1A, 003 - Fall 2012
SLOBODAN SIMIC
Calculus - This sequence is intended for majors in engineering and the physical sciences. An introduction to differential and integral calculus of functions of one variable, with applications and an introduction to transcendental functions.
ATHULAN VIJAYARAGHAVAN
Precision Manufacturing - Introduction to precision engineering for manufacturing. Emphasis on design and performance of precision machinery for manufacturing. read more
CLARK TU-CUONG NGUYEN
Physics, fabrication, and design of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Micro and nanofabrication processes, including silicon surface and bulk micromachining and non-silicon micromachining. Integration strategies and assembly processes. Microsensor and microactuator devices: electrostatic, piezoresistive, piezoelectric, thermal, magnetic transduction. Electronic position-sensing circuits and electrical and mechanical noise. CAD for MEMS.
Molecular and Cell Biology 104, 001 - Fall 2012
MICHAEL B. EISEN, CRAIG MILLER, MATTHEW D. WELCH
Genetics, Genomics, and Cell Biology - This course will introduce students to key concepts in genetic analysis, eukaryotic cell biology, and state-of-the-art approaches in genomic medicine. Lectures will highlight basic knowledge of cellular processes with the basis for human diseases, particularly cancer. Prerequisite courses will have introduced students to the concepts of cells, the central dogma of molecular biology, and gene regulation. read more
Molecular and Cell Biology 110, 001 - Fall 2012
QIANG ZHOU, KATHLEEN COLLINS, EVA NOGALES
Molecular Biology: Macromolecular Synthesis and Cellular Function - Molecular biology of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and their viruses. Mechanisms of DNA replication, transcription, translation. Structure of genes and chromosomes. Regulation of gene expression. read more
Molecular and Cell Biology 32, 001 - Fall 2012
TERRY MACHEN, ROBIN BALL
Introduction to Human Physiology - A comprehensive introduction to human cell biology. The course will concentrate on basic mechanisms underlying human life processes, including cells and membranes; nerve and muscle function; cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and gastrointestinal physiology; metabolism, endocrinology, and reproduction.
Molecular and Cell Biology 32L, 001 - Fall 2012
ROBIN BALL
Introduction to Human Physiology Laboratory - Experiments and demonstrations are designed to amplify and reinforce information presented in 32. Exercises include investigations into the structure and function of muscle, nerve, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, endocrine, and blood systems.
ERIC B. NORMAN
Nuclear Reactions and Radiation - Energetics and kinetics of nuclear reactions and radioactive decay, fission, fusion, and reactions of low-energy neutrons; properties of the fission products and the actinides; nuclear models and transition probabilities; interaction of radiation with matter.
Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology 103, 001 - Fall 2012
DANICA CHEN, HEI SOOK SUL
Nutrient Function and Metabolism - Delivery of nutrients from foods to mammalian cells; major metabolic pathways; function of nutrients in energy metabolism, nitrogen and lipid metabolism, structural tissues and regulation; essentiality, activation, storage, excretion, and toxicity of nutrients.
Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology 166, 001 - Fall 2012
BETHANY HENDRICKSON, MARIAH LAFLEUR
Nutrition in the Community - This course addresses basic nutrition in the context of the community. It explores nutrition programs that serve various segments of the population and the relationships of these programs to nutrition policy at the local, national, and international levels. Community assessment is used as the basis for program planning, implementation, and evaluation. read more
JOHN JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Theory of Meaning - Language as social behavior. Language compared to other sign systems. The foundations of semantics, truth, meaning, reference. Issues of logical form in belief sentences, indirect discourse, sentences about causality, events, actions. Relations between thought and language.
JOHN JOSEPH CAMPBELL
The Nature of Mind - Introduction to the philosophy of mind. Topics to be considered may include the relation between mind and body; the structure of action; the nature of desires and beliefs; the role of the unconscious.
Physics 7B, 001 - Fall 2012
CATHERINE BORDEL
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Heat, electricity, and magnetism.
Physics 7B, 002 - Fall 2012
ACHILLES SPELIOTOPOULOS
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Heat, electricity, and magnetism.
Physics 7B, 003 - Fall 2012
ACHILLES SPELIOTOPOULOS
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Heat, electricity, and magnetism.
Physics 8A, 001 - Fall 2012
MARJORIE D. SHAPIRO
Introductory Physics - Introduction to forces, kinetics, equilibria, fluids, waves, and heat. This course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Physics 8A, 002 - Fall 2012
MICHAEL DEWEESE
Introductory Physics - Introduction to forces, kinetics, equilibria, fluids, waves, and heat. This course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
Physics 8B, 002 - Fall 2012
MELVIN POMERANTZ
Introductory Physics - Introduction to electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics. The course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
YURY G KOLOMENSKY
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
TRISTAN LAINE SMITH
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Honors sequence corresponding to 7A-7B-7C, but with a greater emphasis on theory as opposed to problem solving. Recommended for those students who have had advanced Physics on the high school level and who are intending to declare a major in physics. read more
Political Science 179, 001 - Fall 2012
ALAN DAVID ROSS
Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science - Political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
Psychology 130, 001 - Fall 2012
ANN M. KRING
Clinical Psychology - Theoretical and empirical approaches to the explanation of psychological dysfunction. The relation between theories of psychopathology and theories of intervention. A critical evaluation of the effects of individual, family, and community approaches to therapeutic and preventive intervention. Thematic focus of the course may change from year to year. See department notices for details.
Psychology 2, 002 - Fall 2012
DAVID WHITNEY, MATTHEW P. WALKER
Principles of Psychology - An overview of psychology for students who will not major in the field. This course satisfies the prerequisite for upper division decade courses.
KIRK R. SMITH
Environmental Health Sciences - This course will give an introduction to the major human and natural activities that lead to release of hazardous materials into the environment as well as the causal links between chemical, physical, and biological hazards in the environment and their impact on human health, including those related to climate change. read more
Discussion for Public Health 200C2.
Public Health 245, 001 - Fall 2012
MAUREEN LAHIFF
Introduction to Multivariate Statistics - The following topics are discussed in the context of biomedical and biological application: multiple regression, loglinear models, discriminant analysis, principal components. Instruction in statistical computing is given in the laboratory session.
ARTHUR L. REINGOLD
Epidemiologic Methods I - Principles and methods of epidemiology: study design, selection, and definition of cases and controls; sampling, data collection, analysis, and inference. Discussion session provides an opportunity to apply methods to problem sets and to discuss issues presented in lectures.
JACK COLFORD
Epidemiologic Methods II - This course is intended as an intermediate level course in the field of epidemiology. read more
JACK COLFORD, PAUL J. GERTLER
Health Issues Seminars - A discussion of current developments and issues in public health of interest to faculty and students of the department as a whole. Content varies from semester to semester depending upon current issues and interests.
ANN SWIDLER
Introduction to Sociology - Introduces students who are considering majoring in sociology to the basic topics, concepts, and principles of the discipline. This course is required for the major; 1 or any version of 3 is prerequisite for other sociology classes; students not considering a sociology major are directed to any version of 3.
Statistics 133, 001 - Fall 2012
FLETCHER H IBSER
Concepts in Computing with Data - An introduction to computationally intensive applied statistics. Topics will include organization and use of databases, visualization and graphics, statistical learning and data mining, model validation procedures, and the presentation of results.
Statistics 2, 001 - Fall 2012
FLETCHER H IBSER
Introduction to Statistics - Population and variables. Standard measures of location, spread and association. Normal approximation. Regression. Probability and sampling. Binomial distribution. Interval estimation. Some standard significance tests.
MICHAEL COHEN
Introduction to American Studies - American culture and cultural change, with attention to the multicultural basis of American society and emphasis on the need for multiple methods of analysis. The course will consistently draw on the arts, material culture, and various fields affecting cultural production and meaning. read more
Anthropology 1, 001 - Spring 2012
TERRENCE W. DEACON
Introduction to Biological Anthropology - An introduction to human evolution. Physical and behavioral adaptations of humans and their prehistoric and living relatives. Issues in evolutionary theory, molecular evolution, primate behavior, interpretation of fossils. Prehistoric activities, racial differences, genetic components of behavior are defined and evaluated.
Asian American Studies 132AC, 001 - Spring 2012
HATEM A BAZIAN
Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness - This course will examine and attempt to understand Islamophobia, as the most recently articulated principle of otherness and its implications domestically and globally.read more
JOSHUA SIMON BLOOM
Special Topics in Astrophysics - Topics will vary from semester to semester. See department for announcements.
RICHARD MALKIN, GARY L. FIRESTONE, MICHAEL MEIGHAN, FYODOR URNOV
General Biology Lecture - General introduction to cell structure and function, molecular and organismal genetics, animal development, form and function.
MICHAEL MEIGHAN
General Biology Laboratory - Laboratory that accompanies 1A lecture course. Intended for biological science majors, but open to all qualified students.
GEORGE RODERICK, CRAIG MORITZ, LEWIS J FELDMAN, MIKE MOSER
General introduction to plant development, form, and function; population genetics, ecology, and evolution. Intended for students majoring in the biological sciences, but open to all qualified students.
HEINO NITSCHE
General Chemistry - Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal gases, thermochemistry, introduction to thermodynamics and equilibrium, acid-base and solubility equilibria, introduction to oxidation-reduction reactions, introduction to chemical kinetics.
Chemistry 3AL, 001 - Spring 2012
JOSHUA DEITCH
Organic Chemistry Laboratory - Introduction to the theory and practice of methods used in the organic chemistry laboratory. An emphasis is placed on the separation and purification of organic compounds. Techniques covered will include extraction, distillation, sublimation, recrystalization, and chromatography. Detailed discussions and applications of infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will be included.
Civil and Environmental Engineering 100, 001 - Spring 2012
MARK T STACEY
Elementary Fluid Mechanics - Fluid statics and dynamics, including laboratory experiments with technical reports. Fundamentals: integral and differential formulations of the conservation laws are solved in special cases such as boundary layers and pipe flow. Flow visualization and computation techniques are introduced using Matlab. Empirical equations are used for turbulent flows, drag, pumps, and open channels.read more
MARIOS AGATHOKLIS PANAGIOTOU
Structural Engineering - Introduction to design and analysis of structural systems. Loads and load placement. Proportioning of structural members in steel, reinforced concrete, and timber. Structural analysis theory. Hand and computer analysis methods, validation of results from computer analysis. Applications, including bridges, building frames, and long-span cable structures.
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
DANIEL GARCIA
The Beauty and Joy of Computing - An introduction to the beauty and joy of computing. The history, social implications, great principles, and future of computing. Beautiful applications that have changed the world. How computing empowers discovery and progress in other fields. Relevance of computing to the student and society will be emphasized.
ANTHONY D. JOSEPH, ION STOICA
Operating Systems and System Programming - Basic concepts of operating systems and system programming. Utility programs, subsystems, multiple-program systems. Processes, interprocess communication, and synchronization. Memory allocation, segmentation, paging. Loading and linking, libraries. Resource allocation, scheduling, performance evaluation. File systems, storage devices, I/O systems. Protection, security, and privacy.
RASTISLAV BODIK
Programming Languages and Compilers - Survey of programming languages. The design of modern programming languages. Principles and techniques of scanning, parsing, semantic analysis, and code generation. Implementation of compilers, interpreters, and assemblers. Overview of run-time organization and error handling.
DAVID PATTERSON, ARMANDO FOX, KOUSHIK SEN
Software Engineering - Ideas and techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems. Function-oriented and object-oriented modular design techniques, designing for re-use and maintainability. Specification and documentation. Verification and validation. Cost and quality metrics and estimation. Project team organization and management. Students will work in teams on a substantial programming project.
CHRISTOS H PAPADIMITRIOU, SATISH B RAO
Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems - Concept and basic techniques in the design and analysis of algorithms; models of computation; lower bounds; algorithms for optimum search trees, balanced trees and UNION-FIND algorithms; numerical and algebraic algorithms; combinatorial algorithms. Turing machines, how to count steps, deterministic and nondeterministic Turing machines, NP-completeness. Unsolvable and intractable problems.
PIETER ABBEEL
Basic ideas and techniques underlying the design of intelligent computer systems. Topics include heuristic search, problem solving, game playing, knowledge representation, logical inference, planning, reasoning under uncertainty, expert systems, learning, perception, language understanding.
PAUL HILFINGER
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples. read more
EDWARD A. LEE
Introduction to Embedded Systems - This course introduces students to the basics of models, analysis tools, and control for embedded systems operating in real time. Students learn how to combine physical processes with computation. Topics include models of computation, control, analysis and verification, interfacing with the physical world, mapping to platforms, and distributed embedded systems. read more
Economics 1, 001 - Spring 2012
J. BRADFORD DELONG
Introduction to Economics - A survey of economics designed to give an overview of the field.
Economics 100B, 001 - Spring 2012
STEVEN A. WOOD
Economic Analysis--Macro - A study of the factors which determine national income, employment, and price levels, with attention to the effects of monetary and fiscal policy.
CRISTIAN J SANTESTEBAN
Advanced Microeconomic Theory - This course explores some issues in advanced microeconomic theory, with special emphasis on game-theoretic models and the theory of choice under uncertainty. Specific applications will vary from year to year, but will generally include topics from information economics and models of strategic interaction.
Economics 121, 001 - Spring 2012
GLENN A WOROCH
Industrial Organization and Public Policy - The organization and structure of production in the U.S. economy. Determinants of market structure, business behavior, and economic performance. Implications for antitrust policy.
GORDON RAUSSER
Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy - Introduction to microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues.
CLARK TU-CUONG NGUYEN
Linear Integrated Circuits - Single and multiple stage transistor amplifiers. Operational amplifiers. Feedback amplifiers, 2-port formulation, source, load, and feedback network loading. Frequency response of cascaded amplifiers, gain-bandwidth exchange, compensation, dominant pole techniques, root locus. Supply and temperature independent biasing and references. read more
Electrical Engineering 227A, 001 - Spring 2012
LAURENT EL GHAOUI
Introduction to Convex Optimization - Convex optimization is a class of nonlinear optimization problems where the objective to be minimized, and the constraints, are both convex. Contrarily to the more classical linear programming framework, convex programs often go unrecognized, and this is a pity since a large class of convex optimization problems can now be efficiently solved. read more
EDWARD A. LEE
Introduction to Embedded Systems - This course introduces students to the basics of models, analysis tools, and control for embedded systems operating in real time. Students learn how to combine physical processes with computation. Topics include models of computation, control, analysis and verification, interfacing with the physical world, mapping to platforms, and distributed embedded systems. read more
English 180E, 001 - Spring 2012
MAURA BRIDGET NOLAN AND CHARLES F. ALTIERI
The Epic - Reading and discussion of epics, considering their cultural and historical contexts, the nature of their composition, and the development of the form.
WILLIAM BEAN
Wildlife Ecology - Introduction to wildlife ecology and its relationship to management programs. Includes population, community, and ecosystem levels of organization, followed by selected case studies.
Environ Sci, Policy, and Management C11, 001 - Spring 2012
LYNN HUNTSINGER
Americans and the Global Forest - This course challenges students to think about how individual and American consumer decisions affect forest ecosystems around the world. A survey course that highlights the consequences of different ways of thinking about the forest as a global ecosystem and as a source of goods like trees, water, wildlife, food, jobs, and services. read more
GORDON RAUSSER
Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy - Introduction to microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues.
History 162A, 001 - Spring 2012
DAVID WETZEL
Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914 - This upper division course looks at the rise and fall of the European great powers from the Peace of Westphalia, traditionally perceived as the beginning of the modern states system, to the coming of the First World War, an era of state and empire building. Economic and technological trends are naturally part of the story as well as cultural, social, and political forces.read more
History 186, 001 - Spring 2012
DANIEL SARGENT
International and Global History since 1945 - This course explores great and complex global historical changes that have taken place since the end of the second World War. read more
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
Integrative Biology 31, 001 - Spring 2012
ROY L. CALDWELL
The Ecology and Evolution of Animal Behavior - Principles of evolution biology as they relate to animal behavior and behavioral ecology with broad coverage of animal groups. Special attention will be paid to the emerging discipline of behavioral ecology.
Japanese 155, 001 - Spring 2012
JOHN R. WALLACE
Modern Japanese Literature - This course is an introduction to Japanese modernism through the reading and discussion of representative short stories, poetry, and criticism of the Taisho and early Showa periods. We will examine the aesthetic bases of modernist writing and confront the challenge posed by their use of poetic language. read more
Japanese 7B, 001 - Spring 2012
JOHN R. WALLACE
Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture - An introduction to Japanese literature in translation in a two-semester sequence. 7B provides a survey of important works of 19th- and 20th-century Japanese fiction, poetry, and cultural criticism. The course will explore the manner in which writers responded to the challenges of industrialization, internationalization, and war. read more
WILLIAM J. DRUMMOND
The Wire: When Journalism Meets Drama - The goal of the class is to make students aware of how the issues of crime, policing, and identity are framed and mediated through television, as well as through conventional journalism. The class will explore the relationship between real crime, popular fiction, and television, specifically The Wire.
JUSTIN MCCRARY, ERIC L. TALLEY
Law and Economics I - The course will apply microeconomic theory analysis to legal rules and procedures. Emphasis will be given to the economic consequences of various sorts of liability rules, remedies for breach of contract and the allocation of property rights. The jurisprudential significance of the analysis will be discussed.
JONATHAN S. SIMON
Punishment, Culture, and Society - This course surveys the development of Western penal practices, institutions, and ideas (what David Garland calls "penality") from the eighteenth-century period to the present. Our primary focus will be on penal practices and discourses in the United States in the early 21st century. read more
Letters and Science C30U, 001 - Spring 2012
LYNN HUNTSINGER
Americans and the Global Forest - This course challenges students to think about how individual and American consumer decisions affect forest ecosystems around the world. A survey course that highlights the consequences of different ways of thinking about the forest as a global ecosystem and as a source of goods like trees, water, wildlife, food, jobs, and services. read more
YURY G KOLOMENSKY
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
Mathematics 16A, 001 - Spring 2012
SANTIAGO CANEZ
Analytic Geometry and Calculus - This sequence is intended for majors in the life and social sciences. Calculus of one variable; derivatives, definite integrals and applications, maxima and minima, and applications of the exponential and logarithmic functions.
Mathematics 16B, 001 - Spring 2012
BENJAMIN E. JOHNSON
Analytic Geometry and Calculus - Continuation of 16A. Application of integration of economics and life sciences. Differential equations. Functions of many variables. Partial derivatives, constrained and unconstrained optimization.
Mathematics 16B, 002 - Spring 2012
BENJAMIN E. JOHNSON
Analytic Geometry and Calculus - Continuation of 16A. Application of integration of economics and life sciences. Differential equations. Functions of many variables. Partial derivatives, constrained and unconstrained optimization.
Mathematics 1B, 001 - Spring 2012
SLOBODAN SIMIC
Calculus - Continuation of 1A. Techniques of integration; applications of integration. Infinite sequences and series. First-order ordinary differential equations. Second-order ordinary differential equations; oscillation and damping; series solutions of ordinary differential equations.
Mathematics 1B, 003 - Spring 2012
F. MICHAEL CHRIST
Calculus - Continuation of 1A. Techniques of integration; applications of integration. Infinite sequences and series. First-order ordinary differential equations. Second-order ordinary differential equations; oscillation and damping; series solutions of ordinary differential equations.
WILLIAM B TURNER
Freedom of Speech and the Press - The course considers the history and contemporary meaning of the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the press. Emphasizing the real world implications of major Supreme Court decisions, the course examines restrictions on speech and press imposed by national security, libel, injurious speech, and privacy, as well as issues of access to information and government regulation of new media.
GEOFFREY D. NUNBERG, PAUL DUGUID
History of Information - This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as "the information age." We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the world of Short Message Service (SMS) and blogs. read more
Molecular and Cell Biology 110, 001 - Spring 2012
RICHARD CALENDAR, KATHLEEN COLLINS, EVA NOGALES
Molecular Biology: Macromolecular Synthesis and Cellular Function - Molecular biology of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and their viruses. Mechanisms of DNA replication, transcription, translation. Structure of genes and chromosomes. Regulation of gene expression. read more
Philosophy 132, 001 - Spring 2012
JOHN R. SEARLE
Philosophy of Mind - Mind and matter; other minds; the concept "person."
BERNARD SADOULET
Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics - Basic concepts of statistical mechanics, microscopic basis of thermodynamics and applications to macroscopic systems, condensed states, phase transformations, quantum distributions, elementary kinetic theory of transport processes, fluctuation phenomena.
Physics 7C, 001 - Spring 2012
ACHILLES SPELIOTOPOULOS
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Electromagnetic waves, optics, relativity, and quantum physics.
Physics 8B, 002 - Spring 2012
MICHAEL DEWEESE
Introductory Physics - Introduction to electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics. The course presents concepts and methodologies for understanding physical phenomena, and is particularly useful preparation for upper division study in biology and architecture.
YURY G KOLOMENSKY
Descriptive Introduction to Physics - The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics.
ROBERT L. FISCHER, JENNIFER C. FLETCHER
Plant Molecular Genetics - A consideration of plant genetics and molecular biology. Principles of nuclear and organellar genome structure and function: regulation of gene expression in response to environmental and developmental stimuli; clonal analysis; investigation of the molecular and genetic bases for the exceptional cellular and developmental strategies adopted by plants.
Political Science 179, 001 - Spring 2012
ALAN DAVID ROSS
Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science - Political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
Psychology 130, 001 - Spring 2012
ANN M. KRING
Clinical Psychology - Theoretical and empirical approaches to the explanation of psychological dysfunction. The relation between theories of psychopathology and theories of intervention. A critical evaluation of the effects of individual, family, and community approaches to therapeutic and preventive intervention. Thematic focus of the course may change from year to year. See department notices for details.
Psychology 131, 001 - Spring 2012
STEPHEN HINSHAW
Developmental Psychopathology - This course will discuss linkages between developmental processes and child psychopathology. Included will be discussion of cognitive impairments in children, including learning disabilities and mental retardation; internalizing disorders, such as anxiety, withdrawal, and depression; externalizing disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder; and child abuse and neglect. read more
Public Health 145, 001 - Spring 2012
MAUREEN LAHIFF
Statistical Analysis of Continuous Outcome Data - Regression models for continuous outcome data: least squares estimates and their properties, interpreting coefficients, prediction, comparing models, checking model assumptions, transformations, outliers, and influential points. Categorical explanatory variables: interaction and analysis of covariance, correlation and partial correlation. Appropriate graphical methods and statistical computing. read more
NICHOLAS P. JEWELL
Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data - Biostatistical concepts and modeling relevant to the design and analysis of multifactor population-based cohort and case-control studies, including matching. Measures of association, causal inference, confounding interaction. Introduction to binary regression, including logistic regression.
Statistics 2, 001 - Spring 2012
SHOBHANA STOYANOV
Introduction to Statistics - Population and variables. Standard measures of location, spread and association. Normal approximation. Regression. Probability and sampling. Binomial distribution. Interval estimation. Some standard significance tests.
Statistics 21, 001 - Spring 2012
FLETCHER H IBSER
Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business - Descriptive statistics, probability models and related concepts, sample surveys, estimates, confidence intervals, tests of significance, controlled experiments vs. observational studies, correlation and regression.