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Probability

EC ENGR 131A Probability. (Instructor: Prof. L. Dolecek) introduction to basic concepts of probability, including random variables and vectors, distributions and densities, moments, characteristic functions, and limit theorems. Applications to communication, control, and signal processing. Introduction to computer simulation and generation of random events. Letter grading.

Writing for Public Speaking

Course for PEP students only. Outside enrollment not allowed.

Digging Up the Past: Finding out about past ecosystems

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.

The Play's the Thing

Great theater has the power to both entertain and inspire. At its best, a play can inform and even transform lives. This course features spectacle theater from Greek origins to today's socially relevant musicals, the work of our best playwrights, plays about famous people, and a focus on the actors' craft. Short scenes from staged plays on video, as well as actors performing live scenes and monologues via Zoom will be presented and discussed. We explore what engages us, makes us laugh, what touches our hearts, and what helps us live richer lives in tough times.

Brain Made Simple: Neuroscience for the 21st Century

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.

Food Studies Graduate Certificate Colloquium

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.

Introduction to Earth Science

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.

Critical Reading and Writing

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.

Accessories for Residential Interiors

This concentrated six-week course examines the appropriateness, timing, aesthetics, function and availability of accessories in residential interior design through slide demonstrations, guest lecturers and field trips to the marketplace. Covers lamps and lighting, wall-hangings and art, area rugs and Oriental carpets, and antique accessories.

History of Environmental Arts: Part IV

Part four of a four-part survey of environmental arts of the Western world, this course traces the major movements in architecture, interior design, furniture, and decorative arts of the twentieth century. Subjects covered include Viennese Secessionism, Art Deco, Romantic Revivalism, De Stijl, Bauhaus, International Style, Mid-Century Modernism, Postmodernism, and Contemporary. Instruction focuses on the built environment influenced by geographical location and the social, religious, economic, and political forces of history. Buildings and interiors are discussed in terms of function, symbolism, methods of fabrication, style, use of color, ornament, and significance. Illustrated lectures, readings, and student projects develop an appreciation of the design influences of the twentieth century that inform current developments in the built environment of the twenty-first century.

History of Environmental Arts: Part II

Part two of a four-part survey course on the environmental arts of the Western world. This course traces the architecture, landscape architecture, furniture, art, and decorative arts from the Italian Renaissance to the beginning of the nineteenth century in France, England, and America. Periods covered include the Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassic. Instruction focuses on the man-built environment influenced by geographical location and the social, religious, economic, and political forces of history. Major monuments are discussed in terms of function, symbolism, methods of fabrication, style, use of color, ornament, and significance. Illustrated lectures, readings, and student projects develop an appreciation of the rich cultural heritage of the Western world. Students learn how to utilize library and museum resources and recognize and evaluate significant environmental design movements. Intended to establish an understanding of the achievements of the past in order to more fully understand the present.

National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty

is designed for college seniors and provides them the foundation to understand their role as military officers and how they are directly tied to our National Security. It is an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level.

National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty

Residential Remodeling

This introductory course explores current information on the challenges and pitfalls of residential remodeling. Remodeling is presented as a series of steps covering potential resale value; remodeling cost and financing; architectural planning and design; household safety considerations; geologic, site, and structural engineering; resistance to earthquake damage; home mechanical systems (electrical, plumbing, heating, and cooling); building department procedures and limitations; and residential construction. Illustrated lectures and a field trip are conducted by design professionals and craftspeople who specialize in remodeling. Participants also review the redistribution of existing space and the quest for new space to satisfy ever-changing modern lifestyle needs. Kitchens, family rooms, baths, and master suites receive special attention.

Landscape Architecture Information Session

Alumni, current students and program instructors are on hand at this free information session to answer any questions you may have regarding the program. If you are interested in becoming a landscape designer or a landscape architect, sign up today! Program director discusses path to licensure, program curriculum, financial aid and career opportunities. Don't miss this opportunity to get tons of information about the program and how you can start a new career.

Draw Your Birth Flower

Experience the beauty of botanical art through hands-on, precision drawing sessions. In this workshop, we focus on the purity of line and the delicate structural details of your birth flower, or the birth flower of someone you love. The class is designed to help you capture the organic elegance of nature in a sophisticated, monochromatic style that serves as a deeply personal and lasting gift.

Disruptive Design: Creative Pathways in AI

As creatives, how do we adapt to living through this revolution of design and creative expression? How do we navigate and find the “new best practices” to leverage this rapid disruption of artificial intelligence? Join Roosevelt Brown, renowned product and footwear designer, to explore how to lead and thrive in a rapidly changing design landscape. He will discuss how legacy and traditional product design workflows can be transitioned within integrated AI models, highlighting strategies of digital tools deployment within the traditional design process. It is important to maintain the magic that comes through hours of preparation, cultivation, curation, passion, and years of lived experience. Your unique design voice needs to lead AI tools that foster authentic creative outcomes. Using footwear design as a case study, the discussion explores a heritage industry’s transition to modern workflows.

Creating Comics by Hand

Comics are a holistic art form incorporating drawing, design, and narrative. This class provides a comprehensive walkthrough of creating a comic from scratch, by hand. Students receive a survey of the medium’s history, determine the type of project they would like to create, then, after discussing materials, embark on creating their comic. Each student will produce a personal, unique work while honing their skills as an artist.

Four Legal Nuggets -A Basic Guide to Interior Design Law

This seminar serves as an introduction to some of the legal issues that impact interior designers. The seminar covers some of the most common sources of legal problems in interior design, including vague terms in contracts and intellectual property issues. The seminar will also illustrate subtleties regarding topics such as sales tax and arbitration that might not be apparent to most interior designers. This seminar is appropriate for students with all levels of interior design education and experience.

Diagnosis and Management of Patients in Advanced General Dentistry I

Trainees will be involved in providing patient care in the AEGD clinic. Trainees will be expected to didactically master various dental disciplines including periodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, endodontics, implant and restorative dentistry prior to engaging in clinical activities. Topics will also include diagnosis, treatment planning and evidence-based practice. This course intends to augment the trainee’s didactic knowledge and technical skill in general dentistry and understanding the interdisciplinary relationships in patient care.