Course for PEP students only. Outside enrollment not allowed.

We've all seen the skeletons of dinosaurs and other fossil organisms in museums, although most people don't go beyond gaping at their size. Paleontologists can actually use information from those bones, and other lines of evidence, to find out about how these animals lived - how they moved, what they ate, even how they breathed. They can also make inferences about the environments of these animals - what was the vegetation, how much water was there, what was the temperature. And while this information is interesting in its own right by telling us something about our Earth's past, it can also be used to tell us something about how our world will change in the future in light of current climate change. Find out how we get this information, what we do with it, and the work of paleontologists in this xOPEN course.

Food is complex subject given that production, procurement, preparation, consumption, and exchange of edible matter is biologically vital to human growth, development, and function and critical to many aspects of society and culture. Food studies is growing cross-disciplinary field of research, teaching, and advocacy that encompasses and draws from cultural anthropology and geography, food law and policy, urban planning, sociology, literature, history, public health, nutrition, environmental science, molecular and cell biology, science and technology studies (STS), agronomy, and other disciplines. Survey of some of these wide-ranging topics and disciplines that define food studies.

This introduction to literary analysis includes close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from one or more of the principal modes of literature: poetry, prose, fiction, and drama. This course looks at twentieth-century American short stories set in diverse regional, ethnic, gendered, and imagined communities. These are stories that speak to America's reality, sometimes puzzling, often frightening, more often than not just plain hilarious. This course also looks at short philosophical essays published in the eighteenth-century by perhaps the greatest English essayist, Samuel Johnson: his brief and pointed comments on social life and human experience provide just the opportunity to read broad and true observations of human nature expressed in prose of a very high stylistic and conceptual order. Transferable for UC credit. 

Elements of Earth science; study of Earth materials; nature and interpretation of geologic evidence; study of geologic processes; historical aspects of geology. Transferrable for UC Credit.

General overview and introduction to the most exciting and fundamental topics encompassing the field of neuroscience. This course examines the basic physiology of the brain and nervous system and the revolutionary developments now affecting our understanding of the brain. Transferable for UC credit.

This course introduces the trainee to the Advanced Prosthodontics Dental Clinic. The trainee will directly observe dentists, specialists and dental residents treat patients with complex dental needs. Trainees will learn about the different accommodations needed to treat this patient population. Because these are advanced and at times very complex situations, the trainee will better understand the applications of techniques in this introductory course on the clinical dental management of prosthodontic patients. 

This course introduces the trainee to the Advanced Prosthodontics Dental Clinic. The trainee will directly observe dentists, specialists and dental residents treat patients with complex dental needs. Trainees will learn about the different accommodations needed to treat this patient population. Because these are advanced and at times very complex situations, the trainee will better understand the applications of techniques in this introductory course on the clinical dental management of prosthodontic patients. 

Understanding, planning, and conducting research are crucial components during post-doctoral education in dentistry. This course is designed to build fundamental knowledge to begin small studies, and/or participate in small-to-medium-sized translational and clinical studies at the residency level. Following the Residency Research Course Part 1, this Part 2 course will continue to provide the fundamentals for research at the residency level, shifting the focus on the knowledge, skills, and techniques in making scientific presentations and writing. 

Understanding, planning, and conducting research are crucial components during post-doctoral education in dentistry. This course is designed to build fundamental knowledge to begin small studies, and/or participate in small-to-medium-sized translational and clinical studies at the residency level. Following the Residency Research Course Part 1, this Part 2 course will continue to provide the fundamentals for research at the residency level, shifting the focus on the knowledge, skills, and techniques in making scientific presentations and writing. 

This is a seminar course with the discussion leader in charge of becoming familiar with the journal issue listed and purposefully selecting articles to distribute to each of the trainees who will review them each week for discussion. All trainees will participate in the discussion.  This course is meant to augment the trainee’s clinical observations in the Advanced Prosthodontics Clinic.

This is a seminar course with the discussion leader in charge of becoming familiar with the journal issue listed and purposefully selecting articles to distribute to each of the trainees who will review them each week for discussion. All trainees will participate in the discussion.  This course is meant to augment the trainee’s clinical observations in the Advanced Prosthodontics Clinic.

This is a seminar session to assess the trainee’s observations during the quarter with regards to Advanced Prosthodontics Procedures. All trainees will have to undergo all four modules of this seminar at the beginning and conclude at the end of each quarter. The lab session is to assess the trainee’s lab skill in basic dental procedures and augment as needed. All trainees will have to undergo this hand-on lab training at the beginning of each quarter. Simple Cast Preparation and Wax-up procedures will be discussed. Basic Patient Management and Interactions while in the Graduate Prosthodontics Clinic will be discussed. 

This is a seminar session to assess the trainee’s observations during the quarter with regards to Advanced Prosthodontics Procedures. All trainees will have to undergo all four modules of this seminar at the beginning and conclude at the end of each quarter. The lab session is to assess the trainee’s lab skill in basic dental procedures and augment as needed. All trainees will have to undergo this hand-on lab training at the beginning of each quarter. Simple Cast Preparation and Wax-up procedures will be discussed. Basic Patient Management and Interactions while in the Graduate Prosthodontics Clinic will be discussed. 

The chemistry, physical properties and microstructure of dental ceramics, acrylics, and metals; clinical concerns and choices with dental materials; mechanical testing and characterization of dental ceramics. Prosthodontics residents should understand the principles for the selection and proper use and selection of materials in order to achieve successful restorations.  Basic knowledge of the thermal and mechanical properties as well as the microstructure of dental material is essential to analyze the causes of eventual failures.

The chemistry, physical properties and microstructure of dental ceramics, acrylics, and metals; clinical concerns and choices with dental materials; mechanical testing and characterization of dental ceramics. Prosthodontics residents should understand the principles for the selection and proper use and selection of materials in order to achieve successful restorations.  Basic knowledge of the thermal and mechanical properties as well as the microstructure of dental material is essential to analyze the causes of eventual failures.

This course introduces the trainee to the Advanced Prosthodontics Dental Clinic. The trainee will directly observe dentists, specialists and dental residents treat patients with complex dental needs. Trainees will learn about the different accommodations needed to treat this patient population. Because these are advanced and at times very complex situations, the trainee will better understand the applications of techniques in this introductory course on the clinical dental management of prosthodontic patients. 

This course introduces the trainee to the Advanced Prosthodontics Dental Clinic. The trainee will directly observe dentists, specialists and dental residents treat patients with complex dental needs. Trainees will learn about the different accommodations needed to treat this patient population. Because these are advanced and at times very complex situations, the trainee will better understand the applications of techniques in this introductory course on the clinical dental management of prosthodontic patients.