July in Los Angeles, USA at UCLA

Projects in acting for television, video, and film.

Pre-requisite: course 1A.

Drawing as both independent expressive medium and as means of visualization.

Exploration of techniques, methods, and process of music production and larger issues in art of making music. Students learn how to foster and capture performance and emotion in music through variety of methods and tools, including artistic direction in studio and choices made in sound, arrangement, and application of technology.

Beginning-level study of ballet as movement practice.

Beginning-level study of variable movement practices.

Introduction to ceramic materials and processes, with emphasis on personal and cultural expression in ceramic media. Discussion of ceramics in contemporary artistic practice and social history of ceramic art.

For drawing, exploration of relationship between concept and image creation while fostering development of sound drawing and observation skills. For color, exploration of development of fundamental skills in mixing and applying pigments with brush on watercolor paper, as well as use of computer as tool for working with colors. Combination of painting and software to be predominant way of exploring and presenting ideas regarding color.

Introduction to concept of interactivity and field of media art that follows history of computer as media for artistic exploration in relation to print, animation, and interactivity. Discussion of potential and ideas related to interactivity, with focus on required skills for creating interactive work. Development of programming skills in service of creating examples of media art. Concepts and skills taught enhance student ability to excel in future courses about Internet, animation, interactive media, and game design. Discussion and readings on four themes–form/programming, motion, interactivity/programming, and interface.

Learning and employment of craft of songwriting. Examination, analysis, and implementation of song structure, lyric and melody writing, arranging, orchestrating, and recording techniques. Evolution of songwriting in modern society since advent of phonograph player/radio; how songs and society affect and reflect one another; how this has informed songs and songwriters.

Introduction to current music industry. Overview of career paths, monetization strategies, organizational behavior, and entrepreneurial thinking. Designed to serve as gateway for music industry degree programs. Students familiarize themselves with basic functions of industry that are covered in greater detail in upper-division coursework.

Exploration of issues in the business side of design media arts careers–as a freelancer, full-time staffer, or one’s own studio practice. Topics include understanding common studio structures and roles, developing studio credentials, billing and booking practices, proposal and contract writing, pricing models, and copyright and other legal matters. Consideration also of shifting studio processes, interviewing tips, negotiating, and other workplace issues. Features occasional guest panelists.

Songwriting workshop and guided-research practice that offers structure for collaborative development of new compositions designed to offer enhanced therapeutic benefit to listeners and participants. Study is rooted in transdisciplinary scholarship, orienting itself toward archives, research, and literature that study healing strategies drawn from diverse range of music-based creative and therapeutic practices. Open to students from all fields related to human health including dance, education, music, music therapy, neuroscience, psychology, public health, and other allied disciplines.

Pre-requisite: course 101 or 104.

Selected topics in design and media arts explored through variety of approaches that may include projects, readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. Topics announced in advance.

Pre-requisite: course 101 or 104.

Introduction to theories of three-dimensional form, spatial design, and lighting, using three-dimensional visualization and video tools. Tools originally designed for motion to be used to construct form. Use of aspects of time, such as speed and duration, to contemplate form and interaction. Exploration of virtual versus real form.

Focus on three typographic basics: letter, text, and grid. Introduction to fundamentals of typography. Assignments designed to develop understanding of form, scale, and shape of letters as single elements and as texture in layout. Emphasis on grid (structure and layout) and information hierarchy to create successful typographic messages.

Voice instruction for singers at beginning to intermediate level. Exploration of fundamentals of vocal technique, including overview of basics of proper breath control, resonance, care of voice, diction, and interpretation. Beginning vocal repertoire used as vehicle for understanding these concepts.

Pre-requisites: courses 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, and 101 or 104.

Online interaction today focuses on information through living, social platforms. Study goes beyond an average user’s perspective to critically examine the web through historical, political, and social lenses. Students are encouraged to holistically approach the web and its constituent code as a living kit of parts to be harnessed in novel and innovative ways. Examination of leading concepts of people-centered interactive design. User interface (UI) designers are focused on the design of the tool, while user interface (UX) designers are focused on a person’s experience of that tool. As digital technology industries rapidly alter ways of doing and thinking, design can amplify, shift, comment on, and/or criticize these changes. The role of designers today is to style and shape content, extracting information from abstract datasets, writing scenarios, and creating systems, all with a critical eye. Students are trained to research, analyze, prototype, and develop design concepts for digital media for distinct social and cultural contexts.

Pre-requisites: courses 21, 22, 25, and 101 or 104.

Focus on relationship of type to content, image, and materials. Acquisition of knowledge of and sensitivity to typography in context of complex communication problems in print and digital media. Research, concept and content development, and articulation of methodology for visualization.

Pre-requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36.

Emphasis on learning specific skills, incorporating technical description, historical contextualization, subjective reaction, and certain stylistic conventions necessary in writing about music. Satisfies Writing II requirement.

Beginning-level study of yoga.

Study of entrepreneurial communication from foundations in internal and external communication and development of data analysis, interpretation, and presentational skills utilized in existing, as well as in development of, contemporary innovative businesses.

Pre-requisites: course 1, Mathematics 31A, 31B, with grades of C or better.

Laws of demand, supply, returns, and costs; price and output determination in different market situations.

Pre-requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, with grades of C or better. Not open to students with credit for former Statistics 11. Introduction to theory and practice of mathematical statistics with emphasis on its use in economics. Introduction of basic statistical concepts such as random variables, probability distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

Exploration of issues in the business side of design media arts careers–as a freelancer, full-time staffer, or one’s own studio practice. Topics include understanding common studio structures and roles, developing studio credentials, billing and booking practices, proposal and contract writing, pricing models, and copyright and other legal matters. Consideration also of shifting studio processes, interviewing tips, negotiating, and other workplace issues. Features occasional guest panelists.

Topics are organized around cultivating principles of coaching and leadership and their applications in practice. Study exposes students to various thinkers and concepts in coaching and leadership through readings, presentations, guest speakers, and seminar discussions. Students are encouraged to apply these principles in practice. Topics emphasize ethic of social justice and how equity, inclusion, and diversity can be fostered through coaching and leadership.

Analysis of how following personal lives of media-created celebrities impacts self-esteem, connectedness, and personal relationships from cultural studies and social sciences perspectives, and how entities cultivate celebrity for financial gain. Topics include celebrity gossip and privacy, news sharing, public relations, and impact of social media on fan support, image construction, and damage control.

With lectures, screenings, and demonstrations, study of principles of digital cinematography. How tools and techniques affect visual storytelling process. Topics include formats, aspect ratios, cameras, lenses, special effects, internal menu picture manipulation, lighting, composition, coverage, high definition, digital exhibition, filtration, multiple-camera shooting.

Study of entrepreneurial communication from foundations in internal and external communication and development of data analysis, interpretation, and presentational skills utilized in existing, as well as in development of, contemporary innovative businesses.

Through discussions, screenings, demonstrations, and guests, exploration of script, previsualization, directing actors, directing camera coverage in relationship to story, practical on-set directing, and directing for camera.

Films often provide commentary about public issues. Examination of how films communicate to large audiences about history, society, and politics. Critical evaluation of these works to understand power and limitations of films as social persuasion.

Introduction to concept of interactivity and field of media art that follows history of computer as media for artistic exploration in relation to print, animation, and interactivity. Discussion of potential and ideas related to interactivity, with focus on required skills for creating interactive work. Development of programming skills in service of creating examples of media art. Concepts and skills taught enhance student ability to excel in future courses about Internet, animation, interactive media, and game design. Discussion and readings on four themes–form/programming, motion, interactivity/programming, and interface.

Survey of recent scientific approaches to dyadic communication and relationships. Surveys selection of experimental, observational, and quantitative methods, and how they can be applied to key issues in dyadic communication and interpersonal relationships. Topics include recent technological techniques for measuring and influencing dyads, including role of peripheral devices such as phones or other wearable devices. Consideration of dyadic processes including influence, mimicry, leadership, active listening, and more. Consideration also of how findings apply beyond dyads to teams.

Structural analysis of feature films and development of professional screenwriters’ vocabulary for constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing their own work. Screenings of films and selected film sequences in class and by assignment.

Advancement of students’ fluency in conversational English while increasing their awareness of American popular culture. Primer on American-style colloquial English and nuances of contemporary customs and values offered through guided immersion in popular cinema.

Pre-requisite: Satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing.

Examination of foundations of communication and public speaking. Consideration of number of basic theories related to study of communication and development of skills to enable composition and delivery of speeches in accordance with specific rhetorical concepts. Improvement of ability to analyze, organize, and critically think about communicative messages while becoming better equipped to articulate ideas.

Pre-requisite: course 101 or 104.

Selected topics in design and media arts explored through variety of approaches that may include projects, readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. Topics announced in advance.

Pre-requisites: courses 21, 22, 25, and 101 or 104.

Focus on relationship of type to content, image, and materials. Acquisition of knowledge of and sensitivity to typography in context of complex communication problems in print and digital media. Research, concept and content development, and articulation of methodology for visualization.

Theoretical and empirical overview of Chicana/Chicano educational issues in U.S., with special emphasis on disentangling effects of race, gender, class, and immigrant status on Chicana/Chicano educational attainment and achievement. Examination of how historical, social, political, and economic forces impact Chicana/Chicano educational experience.

Study of how U.S. educational system both promotes socioeconomic opportunities and maintains socioeconomic inequalities: historical and theoretical perspectives on role of education in U.S. society; trends in educational attainment; ways in which family background, class, race, and gender affect educational achievement and attainment; stratification between and within schools; effects of education on socioeconomic attainment, family, health, attitudes, and social participation; educational policies to improve school quality and address socioeconomic inequalities.

Topics are organized around cultivating principles of coaching and leadership and their applications in practice. Study exposes students to various thinkers and concepts in coaching and leadership through readings, presentations, guest speakers, and seminar discussions. Students are encouraged to apply these principles in practice. Topics emphasize ethic of social justice and how equity, inclusion, and diversity can be fostered through coaching and leadership.

Epidemiology is interdisciplinary science with goal of identifying and describing patterns of disease occurrence, identifying determinants of disease, and evaluating disease prevention and health care treatment efforts. With its focus on human populations, epidemiology is directly linked with public health research, policy, and practice. Introduction to fundamental definitions, concepts, methods, and critical thinking used in epidemiologic study. Designed to lay foundation for future study to evaluate factors related to health outcomes in human populations using epidemiologic principles.

Pre-requisite: course 14A or 20A with grade of C- or better. Corequisite: course 14B or 20B.

Use of balance, volumetric techniques, volumetric and potentiometric analysis; Beer’s law, applications for environmental analysis and materials science.

Pre-requisite: course 14A or 20A or 20AH with grade of C- or better. Corequisite: course 14B.

Introduction to volumetric, spectrophotometric, and potentiometric analysis. Use and preparation of buffers and pH meters. Synthesis and kinetics techniques using compounds of interest to students in life sciences.

Structural survey of human body, including skeletomuscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and genitourinary systems. Laboratory includes examination of human cadaver specimens.

Understanding of human body, its organization from molecular to cellular to tissues and organs, and how component parts function in integrated manner to permit life as we know it.

Beginning-level study of yoga.

Multidisciplinary examination of history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in U.S.

Interdisciplinary survey of diverse historical experiences, cultural factors, and ethnic/racial paradigms, including indigenousness, gender, sexuality, language, and borders, that help shape Chicana/Chicano identities. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills.

Multidisciplinary examination of representation, ideologies, and material conditions of Chicanas/Chicanos, including colonialism, race, labor, immigration, poverty, assimilation, and patriarchy. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills.

Advancement of students’ fluency in conversational English while increasing their awareness of American popular culture. Primer on American-style colloquial English and nuances of contemporary customs and values offered through guided immersion in popular cinema.

Pre-requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H.

Investigation of relationship of literature to one or more other arts, including music (opera, musical theater, popular music, jazz), painting, photography, other visual arts, sculpture and other plastic arts, performance art, dance, architecture. Topics vary and may include not only English literature but foreign literature in translation.

Designed for nonnative speakers of English to increase fluency and vocabulary while improving presentation skills, language usage, reasoning, style, and delivery. Conversation and pronunciation practice. Focus on theory and practice of public speaking, including selection of content, organization of ideas, language, and delivery. Practice in extemporaneous and manuscript speaking. Critical analysis of speeches in both contemporary and historical settings. Special emphasis on group discussions, evaluations, practice of both public and private speaking skills.

Exploration of role of spirituality and mindfulness practice in labor and immigrant rights movements. Focus on teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Thich Nhat Hanh, and other spiritual leaders. Uses specific case studies and workshop experiences. Includes videos and guest lectures by scholars and activists who integrate their spirituality into their daily work.

Coverage of children three to eight years old. Topics include physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of children, developmentally appropriate practices, child care quality, role of educator/caregiver, and other related issues.

Pre-eequisites: courses M101A and M101B (M101B may be taken concurrently), or Psychology 10, 100A, 100B, and 115. Not open for credit to students with credit for Psychology 116B.

Designed for Psychobiology, Psychology, and Neuroscience majors. Laboratory experience with various topics in behavioral neuroscience. Hands-on experience with important methodology and experimental approaches in neuroscience.

Analysis of how following personal lives of media-created celebrities impacts self-esteem, connectedness, and personal relationships from cultural studies and social sciences perspectives, and how entities cultivate celebrity for financial gain. Topics include celebrity gossip and privacy, news sharing, public relations, and impact of social media on fan support, image construction, and damage control.

Multidisciplinary examination of history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in U.S.

Survey of recent scientific approaches to dyadic communication and relationships. Surveys selection of experimental, observational, and quantitative methods, and how they can be applied to key issues in dyadic communication and interpersonal relationships. Topics include recent technological techniques for measuring and influencing dyads, including role of peripheral devices such as phones or other wearable devices. Consideration of dyadic processes including influence, mimicry, leadership, active listening, and more. Consideration also of how findings apply beyond dyads to teams.

Interdisciplinary survey of diverse historical experiences, cultural factors, and ethnic/racial paradigms, including indigenousness, gender, sexuality, language, and borders, that help shape Chicana/Chicano identities. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills.

Multidisciplinary examination of representation, ideologies, and material conditions of Chicanas/Chicanos, including colonialism, race, labor, immigration, poverty, assimilation, and patriarchy. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills.

Pre-requisite: Life Sciences 2 or 7C. Corequisite: course M101A.

Overview of human nervous system, brain development, anatomy and function, pathology. Introduction to brain circuits involved in fear and anxiety, memory, sensory, motor activities.

Theoretical and empirical overview of Chicana/Chicano educational issues in U.S., with special emphasis on disentangling effects of race, gender, class, and immigrant status on Chicana/Chicano educational attainment and achievement. Examination of how historical, social, political, and economic forces impact Chicana/Chicano educational experience.

Pre-requisite: English Composition 3 or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 101.

Creation of critical framework for understanding concept of disability from sampling of disciplinary perspectives. Organized around productive and central tension in disability studies–between disability as lived subjective experience that is both individual and communal, and disability as objective, medical, legal, and sometimes stigmatized category. Students encouraged to make connections between units and to create their own perspectives on disability in field that defines itself by how it changes.

Pre-requisites: course 100A, Life Sciences 2 or 7A or 15. Not open to students with credit for course M117A (or Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology M175A or Neuroscience M101A or Physiological Science M180A).

Designed for juniors/seniors. Nervous system anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and their relationship to behavior.

Pre-requisites: courses 10, 100A.

Interrelationships between the individual and his social environment. Social influences on motivation, perception, and behavior. Development and change of attitudes and opinions. Psychological analysis of small groups, social stratification, and mass phenomena.

Study of how U.S. educational system both promotes socioeconomic opportunities and maintains socioeconomic inequalities: historical and theoretical perspectives on role of education in U.S. society; trends in educational attainment; ways in which family background, class, race, and gender affect educational achievement and attainment; stratification between and within schools; effects of education on socioeconomic attainment, family, health, attitudes, and social participation; educational policies to improve school quality and address socioeconomic inequalities.

Exploration of role of spirituality and mindfulness practice in labor and immigrant rights movements. Focus on teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Thich Nhat Hanh, and other spiritual leaders. Uses specific case studies and workshop experiences. Includes videos and guest lectures by scholars and activists who integrate their spirituality into their daily work.

General introduction to geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes and history of Earth’s global ocean system.

General overview and introduction to most exciting and fundamental topics encompassing field of neuroscience.

Pre-requisite: course 31A with grade of C- or better.

Introduction to differential calculus of several variables, vector field theory.

Preparation: at least three and one half years of high school mathematics (including some coordinate geometry and trigonometry).

Pre-requisite: successful completion of Mathematics Diagnostic Test or course 1 with grade of C- or better.

Differential calculus and applications; introduction to integration.

Exploration of biology, evolution, and extinction of dinosaurs and close relatives, in context of history of biosphere. Information from paleontology, biology, and geology.

Pre-requisite: course 14A or 20A with grade of C- or better. Corequisite: course 14B or 20B.

Use of balance, volumetric techniques, volumetric and potentiometric analysis; Beer’s law, applications for environmental analysis and materials science.

Pre-requisite: course 14A or 20A or 20AH with grade of C- or better. Corequisite: course 14B.

Introduction to volumetric, spectrophotometric, and potentiometric analysis. Use and preparation of buffers and pH meters. Synthesis and kinetics techniques using compounds of interest to students in life sciences.

Pre-requisite: Life Sciences 2 or 7C. Corequisite: course M101A.

Overview of human nervous system, brain development, anatomy and function, pathology. Introduction to brain circuits involved in fear and anxiety, memory, sensory, motor activities.

Structural survey of human body, including skeletomuscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and genitourinary systems. Laboratory includes examination of human cadaver specimens.

Understanding of human body, its organization from molecular to cellular to tissues and organs, and how component parts function in integrated manner to permit life as we know it.

Pre-requisites: Life Sciences 3 and 4, or 7A, 7B, and 23L.

Historical foundations of microbiology; introduction to bacterial structure, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and ecology.

Pre-requisite: course 33A.

Techniques of proof, abstract vector spaces, linear transformations, and matrices; determinants; inner product spaces; eigenvector theory.

Pre-requisite: Chemistry 153A.

Evolution, biodiversity, and sequencing of genomes; bacterial and viral genomes; bioenergetics; gene knockouts; genomics of antibiotic resistance; proteomics. Guest lecturers from department and related departments who discuss key papers with focus on their areas of expertise.

Pre-requisites: courses 1A or 1AH, 1B or 1BH. Corequisite: course 1C or 1CH.

Sound waves and electric circuits, taken by digital oscilloscopes and analyzed by Fourier transformation. Geometrical and physical optics. Conception, execution, and presentation of creative projects involving sound waves or electric circuits.

Pre-requisite: course 1A or 1AH. Corequisite: course 1B or 1BH.

Computerized measurements of uniform and accelerated motion, including oscillations. Analysis of data and comparison of results to predictions, including least-squares fitting. Conception, execution, and presentation of creative projects involving motion.

Pre-requisites: Life Sciences 30A, 30B, or Mathematics 3A, 3B, 3C (3C may be taken concurrently).

Statics and dynamics of forces, motion, energy, including thermal energy, with applications to biological and biochemical systems.

Pre-requisite: course 5A.

Thermal properties of matter, free energy, fluids, ideal gas, diffusion, oscillations, waves, sounds, light, and optics, with applications to biological and biochemical systems.

Pre-requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, with grades of C or better. Not open to students with credit for former Statistics 11. Introduction to theory and practice of mathematical statistics with emphasis on its use in economics. Introduction of basic statistical concepts such as random variables, probability distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

Properties of sun, planets, asteroids, and comets. Astronomical observations relevant to understanding solar system and its origin. Dynamical problems, including examination of fallacious hypotheses. Meteoritic evidence regarding earliest history of solar system. Chemical models of solar nebula. Space exploration and its planning.