May 18, 2024

2018-2019 Catalog

2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Lower Division Courses numbered 1–99 are designed primarily for freshmen and sophomores but are open to all students for lower division credit. (Graduate students requesting to enroll in lower-division undergraduate courses will not receive unit credit nor will the course fulfill degree requirements.) Upper Division Courses courses numbered 100–199 are open to all students who have met the necessary prerequisites as indicated in the catalog course description. Preparation should generally include completion of one lower division course in the given subject or completion of two years of college work.

GRADUATE COURSES

Courses numbered 200–299 are open to graduate students. (Undergraduate students must obtain the signature of the instructor, School Dean, and the Dean of Graduate Studies. Graduate level units will count towards the required 120 units for graduation; however students are urged to meet with their academic advisor in order to determine if graduate course units may be used to fulfill a graduation requirement.)

CROSS-LISTED/CONJOINED COURSES

Cross-listed Courses are the same course offered under different course subjects at the same level (either undergraduate or graduate) that share the same meeting time, requirements, units, etc. Conjoined Courses are the same course but one is undergraduate and one is graduate.

COREQUISITE COURSE

A corequisite course is a course that must be taken at the same time as another course.

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites for courses should be followed carefully; the responsibility for meeting these requirements rests on the student. If you can demonstrate that your preparation is equivalent to that specified by the prerequisites, the instructor may waive these requirements for you. The instructor also may request that a student who has not completed the prerequisites be dropped from the course. If the prerequisite for a course is not satisfied, students must obtain the approval of the instructor (or school designee) of the course they wish to take.

For all undergraduate courses a “C-” or better grade is required for a course to be used as a prerequisite for another course. If a course was taken for a “P/NP” grade then a “P” grade is required.

For all graduate courses a “B” or better grade is required for a course to be used as a prerequisite for another course. If a course was taken for a “S/U” grade then a “S” grade is required.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

No credit is allowed for completing a less advanced course after successful completion (C-or better) of a more advanced course in the foreign languages. This applies only to lower division foreign language courses, not upper division courses.

GRADING OPTIONS

Unless otherwise stated in the course description, each course is letter graded with a P/NP or S/U option (unless required for your major or graduate program). The policy regarding Grading Options , can be found in an alternate section of the catalog.

More information about Course Substitutions and Course Materials and Services Fees can be found in alternate areas of the catalog.

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Earth Systems Science
	ESS 120: Introduction to Ecological and Environmental Microbiology Units: 4 Fundamentals of microbiology in ecological and environmental systems, including the distribution of microbial diversity throughout terrestrial, extreme, and marine environments; microbial control of global biogeochemical cycles; and environmental services provided by microorganisms. Both classical and contemporary biochemical, molecular, and genomic approaches to microbial physiology, metabolism, and ecology will be discussed. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 121 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (CHEM 010 or CHEM 010H or equivalent exam) and (ESS 001 or BIO 001 or ENVE 020 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ESS 124: Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology Units: 4 Ecosystem ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their physical environment within an Earth-system context. Focuses on energy, water, and nutrient flows through the living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and nonliving (soils, atmosphere) components of both natural and human-modified terrestrial ecosystems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 157 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: BIO 148 or ESS 148 Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 125: Microbial Ecology Units: 4 Advanced study of microbiological systems and techniques. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ESS 120 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 126: Environmental Genomics Units: 4 Introduction to the principles and methods of genomics as applied to the understanding of ecosystems. Topics include population genetics, adaptation to environmental change, and genomic analysis of environmental microbial communities; experimental and computational methods relevant to environmental genomics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: BIO 141 or ESS 120 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 128: Theoretical Ecology Units: 4 Advanced study of the application of theoretical and quantitative methods for the analysis and interpretation of populations, communities and ecosystems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: BIO 145 and (MATH 012 or MATH 022 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 129: Paleoecology Units: 3 Introduction to the relationships of fossil organisms to one another and to their physical environment, focusing on terrestrial paleoecology of the past 2.5 million years. This class will introduce past environments, discuss common proxies for studying paleoecology, and examine ecological principles as applied to the past. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 129 Conjoined with: ES 229 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (BIO 148 or ESS 148) and (one lower-division BIO or ESS course, or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 130: Plant Biology Units: 4 Introduces students to the basics of plant biology. Topics covered include plant biochemistry and metabolism, anatomy, reproduction, evolution, and ecological interactions, as well as the interactions between plants and humans in the context of agriculture, medicine, and global change. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 130 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (BIO 001 or equivalent exam) and (CHEM 002 or CHEM 002H or equivalent exam) Open only to the following class level(s): Sophomore Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 131: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Units: 4 Chemistry and physics of the troposphere and stratosphere, including atmospheric aerosols. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ESS 020 or ENVE 020) and (CHEM 008 or CHEM 008H) and (PHYS 009 or PHYS 009H) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 132: Applied Climatology Units: 3 Spatial and temporal patterns in climate and their association with land surface characteristics and processes. Methods for exploiting these for hypothesis testing, modeling, and forecasting. Applications include seasonal forecasting, ecological modeling, and analysis of processes such as flooding and wildfire. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: ENVE 116 Conjoined with: ES 232 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ENVE 110 or ESS 110 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 133: Flora of California Units: 5 An introduction to the plant diversity of California. It consists of lectures, discussions, and field trips. The field trips focus on plant identification in the foothills of the Central Sierra Nevada and help illustrate concepts presented in lecture such as endemism, plant/soil interactions, and vegetation types. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 133 Conjoined with: ES 227 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: BIO 001 or ESS 001 or BIO 148 or ESS 050 or equivalent exam Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 134: Air Pollution and Resources Units: 3 Chemistry and physics of atmospheric pollutants, urban air pollution, visibility, mitigation, and resource economics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Conjoined with: ES 234 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ESS 100 or ENVE 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 141: Environmental Science and Policy Units: 4 In depth-analysis of environmental case studies. Focus on science critical to policy development and implementation, the policy-making process, and policy outcomes. Special emphasis on interaction between scientific information and policy-making. Example topics include Western water resources, biodiversity conservation, and global warming. Emphasis on written and oral communication and critical analysis. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: ENGR 141, GEOG 141 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (WRI 010 or equivalent exam) and any lower-division BIO, ECON, ENVE, ESS, POLI, or PUBP course or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 148: Fundamentals of Ecology Units: 4 Introduction to the principles of ecology at population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and global scales. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 148 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: BIO 001 or BIO 005 or ESS 001 or ESS 005 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 149: Conservation Biology Units: 4 Detailed examination of the evolutionary, ecological, management, and policy issues related to the conservation of ecosystems, species, and genetic diversity. Theory and practical aspects of biological conservation are presented, with special reference to case studies from California. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 149 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (BIO 001 or equivalent exam) and (MATH 018 or MATH 032 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No BIO 148 recommended View course scheduling information
	ESS 150: Geomorphology and Surface Processes Units: 4 Observation and analysis of earth surface processes and the development of landforms and landscape. The interaction between surficial processes and tectonic, biologic, hydrologic, climatic, and atmospheric processes. Evaluation of environmental hazards and engineering solutions. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ESS 020 or ENVE 020 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 156: Ecological Dynamics Units: 3 Introduction to theoretical ecology, involving a tour through population dynamics, stochastic processes, and ecological networks. Students will become familiar and comfortable with basic theoretical models in ecology and understand how these models are used to gain information about biological systems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 156 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (BIO 001 or equivalent exam) and (MATH 021 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 170: Fundamentals of Soil Science Units: 3 Examines the soil as a natural resource and soils as ecosystems. Soil science explores the major physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils, and fundamental processes that regulate interaction of the terrestrial biosphere with other components of the earth system. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Conjoined with: ES 201 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (CHEM 002 or CHEM 002H or equivalent exam) and (BIO 001 or ESS 001 or equivalent exam) Corequisite: ESS 170L Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 170L: Soil Science Laboratory Units: 1 An introduction to common laboratory methods used in soil science. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Conjoined with: ES 201L Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Corequisite: ESS 170 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 172: Sustainability of Agricultural Ecosystems Units: 4 Application of ecological theory to understand sustainable management of agricultural ecosystems at local to global scales. Topics include nutrient cycling, biodiversity, landscape connectivity, soil fertility, organic matter management, and climate resilience. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 172 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ESS 148 or BIO 148 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ESS 174: Stable Isotope Ecology Units: 4 The fundamentals of stable isotope ecology, biochemistry, and geochemistry using both lecture and lab. Isotope systematics for carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur and how they operate in plants, animals, soils, microbes, and enzymes are the course’s framework. Lab section will teach sample preparation and hypothesis building using stable isotopes. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: BIO 174 Conjoined with: ES 274 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ESS 148 or BIO 148 Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 179: Critical Zone Science Units: 4 The Critical Zone (CZ) is defined as the Earth’s outer layer from vegetation canopy to the soil and groundwater that sustains human life. Teaches the importance and overall functioning of the CZ, and the temporal and spatial scales at which the CZ may be studied. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ESS 100 or ESS 110 or ESS 124 or BIO 157 or ESS 148 or BIO 148 or ESS 170 Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 180: Field Methods in Earth Systems Units: 4 Field techniques in chemistry, hydrology, geology, ecology, and microbiology, emphasizing principles of measurement, observation, and interpretation; integration of diverse data sets. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (CHEM 010 or CHEM 010H or equivalent exam) and (MATH 012 or MATH 022 or equivalent exam) and (PHYS 008 or PHYS 008H or PHYS 018 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ESS 190: Undergraduate Seminar Units: 1 Weekly seminar of current topics in earth and environmental systems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ESS 192: Topics in Environmental Systems Lower Unit Limit: 2 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Treatment of a special topic or theme in Environmental Systems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 4 Conjoined with: ES 292 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No Course may be repeated 4 times for credit in different subject area View course scheduling information
	ESS 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ESS 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 1 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ESS 199: Upper Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 1 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
Economics
	ECON 001: Introduction to Economics Units: 4 Introduction to economics principles and methods, including microeconomics (operation of the economy at the individual and firm level) and macroeconomics (nature and functions of the national economy in a global context). Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 005: Introduction to Business and Finance Units: 4 Provides an introduction to the modern business enterprise. It covers the role of the business enterprise in the global economy; financial tools, including the time value of money and capital budgeting; product pricing and marketing; and personal financial management. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 006A: Financial Accounting I Units: 4 A broad introduction to accounting. Students draw up and interpret accounts and are introduced to some key ideas of auditing. Covers the fundamental accounting concepts and how to apply them; record accounting entries, prepare accounts for different business entities and understand the differences between them, the basic principles of auditing. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 006B: Financial Accounting II Units: 4 Covers tools of financial accounting, including accounting for revenues and costs in the income statement; cash flows; and assets, liabilities, and equity in the balance sheet. There will be in-depth coverage of accounting for cash, receivables, inventories, property, plant and equipment, depreciation, and intangible assets. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 006A Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 007: Managerial Accounting Units: 4 Learn what financial information is needed within an organization; where to obtain this information; and how managers can use this information. Topics include cost behavior and forecasting, capital budgeting, activity-based costing and management, costs of quality and productivity improvement programs, cost-volume analysis, tactical decision making and transfer pricing. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 006A Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 010: Statistical Inference Units: 4 Introduction to the application of social scientific methods to the study of economics, politics, and management. Covers research design, random sampling, descriptive and inferential statistics, hypothesis testing, and the linear regression model with an emphasis on applications. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: MATH 005 or MATH 011 or MATH 021 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 090X: Freshman Seminar Units: 1 Examination of a topic in economics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 092: Internship in Economics Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to Economics in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of Economics. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of Economics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 1 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 099: Lower Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 100: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Units: 4 Price determination and resource distribution theory under conditions of perfect and imperfect competition. General equilibrium and welfare economics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 001 or equivalent exam) and (MATH 011 or MATH 021 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 101: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Units: 4 Analysis of output, employment, interest rates, and the price level. The effects of these on changes in monetary and fiscal variables. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 001 or equivalent exam) and (MATH 011 or MATH 021 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 105: Corporate Finance Units: 4 Explores corporate decision making in allocating investment funds to capital projects and alternative methods of raising capital from financial markets. Related topics include asset pricing, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, valuation of bonds, stocks, and options. Particular attention is paid to how managers maximize shareholder wealth. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 001 or ECON 005 or equivalent exam) and (ECON 010 or equivalent exam) and ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 108: Marketing and Consumer Behavior Units: 4 Outlines the foundations of marketing and its relationship with consumer behavior. Emphasis on the fundamental concepts underlying modern marketing practices including consumer preferences, product value, pricing strategies, retail markets, brand loyalty, advertising, product development and marketing ethics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 110: Econometrics Units: 4 Introduction of problems of observation, estimation and hypotheses testing in economics through the study of the theory and application of linear regression models, critical evaluation of selected examples of empirical research and exercises in applied economics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 010 or equivalent exam) and (MATH 011 or MATH 021 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 111: American Economic History Units: 4 Analysis of output, employment, interest rates, and the price level. 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. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 001 or equivalent exam) and (ECON 010 or POLI 010 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 115: Economics of Industrial Organization Units: 4 Examination of firm behavior in various competitive environments. Extends the theory of the firm and introduces real-world complications, such as contract enforcement, property rights, and limited information. Analyzes the determinants of market power by firms, strategic interactions among firms, and the role of government regulation. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 116: Organizational Strategy Units: 4 Discusses critical issues in the design and functioning of effective organizations, and the interplay of organization and strategy. The course focuses mainly on the firm as an organization. Topics covered include: the boundary of the firm, firm structure, arrangements within the firm, alliances and contracts between firms, trust and culture in the firm and the responsibility of the firm to society. Theoretical issues will be illustrated through case studies and student projects. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 010 or POLI 010 or quivalent exam) and ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 120: Economics of the Environment and Public Policy Units: 4 Provides a systematic analysis of environmental policy issues using microeconomic theory. Topics covered include elements of welfare economics, theories of environmental policy instruments, the law and economics of environmental regulation, economics of recycling, and international environmental issues. Specifically, this course outlines the need for and the means of providing economically efficient environmental management. The emphasis will be on the fundamental concepts utilized in environmental policy. To facilitate this process, students will gain an advanced understanding of economic theory, focusing on the foundational elements relevant to environmental policy. In addition, the incompatibility of individual and social objectives will be outlined as they relate to environmental policy. The main emphasis of this course is to enhance students’ ability to critically assess contemporary environmental policy. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 121: The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions Units: 4 Addresses issues of money, banking, and financial institutions. Topics covered include: the structure of central banks and the Federal Reserve system, theories of money demand and money supply, the relationship between money supply and overall economic activity, and the role the Federal Reserve plays in economic stabilization. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 126: Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Units: 4 In-depth look at the innovation ecosystem both domestic and abroad; considering what spurs innovation, how new ideas flow, and the long run implications both domestic and abroad. Covers the startup process, and basics of funding and business feasibility. Considers intellectual property management and how to guard one’s ideas both domestically and abroad. Finally looks at public policy, innovation and economic growth in the US, considering macroeconomic implications rather than solely firm level. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 001 or equivalent exam) and (ECON 010 or POLI 010 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 131: History of Economic Thought Units: 4 Studies the foundations and evolution of modern economic thought, from the Mercantilists of the 1500s to Smith, Marx, Keynes and the Post-Keynesians. In-depth look at the ever changing ways that economic theorists view the market, resources and their distribution. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 140: Labor Economics Units: 4 Analysis of the economic forces that shape labor markets, institutions, and performance in the United States and other countries, with special attention to the determinants of labor supply and demand, human capital investment, and government policy. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 010 or POLI 010 or equivalent exam) and (ECON 100 or MGMT 100) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 142: The Economics of Gender and Poverty Units: 4 Analyzes economic issues pertaining to gender inequalities in developed and developing countries. In the development side, the focus is on the roots and current challenges of gender disparities. It also studies the main gender gaps present in the U.S. and other high-income countries, and the advances achieved in the last century. The intersection played between gender disparities and poverty is discussed, particularly as it pertains to welfare policies within and outside the U.S. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 145: Health Economics Units: 4 An economic analysis of policies and institutions in the U.S. health care sector: supply and demand for health services, conceptual and policy issues relating to health insurance, and economic analysis of efficient regulatory policies toward the health care sector. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 147: Introduction to Economic Growth Units: 4 Provides an introduction to the processes that have led to the differential acquisition of wealth across the world. In so doing, we will discuss the accumulation of factors of production, the growth of technology and innovation, and harder to measure cultural and institutional factors associated with economic well-being. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 101 or MGMT 101 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 149: Economics of Sports Units: 4 Applies economic theory to topics such as league structure, team decision making, labor-relations, incentive structures, stadium financing and the role of public policy on competitive sports. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 and (ECON 010 or equivalent exam) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 150: Economic Development Units: 4 Problems of underdevelopment and poverty, policy issues, and development strategy. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 151: The Economics of Government and Business Units: 4 The influence of governmental revenue and expenditure decisions on economic performance. Examines such issues as public goods and externalities, as well as specific expenditure and taxation programs. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 010 and ECON 100 and ECON 110 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 153: Judgment and Decision Making Units: 4 An introduction to the study of human judgment and decision making. Topics include decision making under uncertainty, financial choices, health decision making, group decisions, rational theories of choice behavior, and improving decision making. The material will be related to cognitive science, psychology, economics, and other social sciences. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: COGS 170, MGMT 153, POLI 153 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: COGS 001 or ECON 001 or PSY 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 155: Political Economics Units: 4 Tools of political economics: preferences and institutions, electoral competition, agency, partisan politics. Redistributive politics: general interest politics, special interest politics. Comparative politics: electoral rules, separation of powers, political regimes. Dynamic politics: fiscal policy, growth. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 156: Urban and Regional Economics Units: 4 Discussion of urban and regional economies focusing on the interactions of individuals and firms in markets. Topics include the size and distribution of cities, location decisions of households and firms, housing, labor, and real estate markets, transportation, environment, and regional growth and development. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 158: Economics of Regulation Units: 4 Examines government regulation of market processes (“economic regulation”), using the principles of economic analysis. The course will be divided into three parts. First will be an in-depth look at the history of regulation, primarily in the United States, to provide a firm understanding of the scope, evolution and ubiquity of regulation. Second will be the theoretical treatment of several key regulatory issues: natural monopoly, oligopoly, price-setting and franchising. Finally, regulation (and in some cases deregulation) of certain specific industries will be explored: telecom, energy, transportation, solid waste and financial services. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 161: International Finance and Trade Units: 4 Examines the determination of exchange rates, managing exchange rate risk, and the international macroeconomy. Topics may include the balance of payments mechanism, international banking and credit risk, the economics of foreign direct investment, international financial crises, and policy issues in international finance such as fixed versus floating exchange rates. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 or MGMT 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 163: Economics of Investments, Futures, and Options Units: 4 Covers the investment environment for financial securities. Price formation in commodity and financial futures and options markets will be examined. Additional topics include: the theory of inter-temporal price formation, common approaches used to forecast prices, statistical analysis of historical price behavior, and futures and options market regulation. Course Details Anticipated term(s) course will be offered: Fall Spring Summer Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: (ECON 010 or equivalent exam) and ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 164: Economics of Emerging Markets Units: 4 Analysis of the economics of foreign investment in emerging economies such as the newly industrializing economies of Asia and Latin America. Emphasis will be placed on understanding international capital flows, foreign direct investment, privatization of industry, the role of exchange rate and currency risk, and models of foreign portfolio investment. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 101 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 170: Game Theory Units: 4 Consideration of non-cooperative games in the strategic and extensive form as well as applications of game theory to issues in social science and philosophy. Topics may include: solution concepts for non-cooperative games; epistemic foundations for solution concepts; indefinitely repeated games; theories of equilibrium selection; experimental game theory. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 171: Advanced Econometrics Units: 4 Develops techniques that are commonly used in empirical research beyond that of OLS. Students will learn how to analyze data, make informed conclusions, and critique the limitations and assumptions of empirical analysis. Emphasizes the application of econometrics through the use of cutting edge statistical software packages. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 110 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 172: Experimental Economics Units: 4 Outlines the methods and research conducted using controlled lab experiments in economics. Covers auctions, behavioral economics, game theory, markets, public goods, social preferences and decision under uncertainty and risk by surveying current literature and methods. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 190: Topics in Economics Units: 4 Intensive treatment of a special topic or problem in economics. May be repeated for credit in different subject area. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 3 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 Open only to following major/minor(s): Management & Business Economics (Undergraduate) - MBE Economics (Undergraduate) - ECON Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 192: Internship in Economics Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to Economics in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of Economics. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of Economics. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 196: Senior Thesis in Economics I Units: 4 First part in a year-long capstone seminar that culminates in the presentation of a senior thesis in economics. In this semester, students study research methods in economics, formulate a theoretical or empirical question for their thesis, and conduct a literature review. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 100 and ECON 110 Open only to following major/minor(s): Economics (Undergraduate) - ECON Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 197: Senior Thesis in Economics II Units: 4 Second part in a year-long capstone seminar that culminates in the presentation of a senior thesis in economics. In this semester, students develop and conduct the research proposed in the first semester, write the thesis, and present their work to faculty and peers. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: ECON 196 Open only to following major/minor(s): Economics (Undergraduate) - ECON Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 199: Upper Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 240: Advanced Labor Economics I Units: 4 Covers recent developments in research on labor economics and provides a basis for students to develop a research program in this area. Discusses human capital investment, the wage structure and inequality, labor demand, labor market institutions, internal and local labor markets. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 290: Quantitative Labor Studies Seminar Units: 3 Research presentations by visiting scholars in the area of quantitative labor studies. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 3 Crosslisted with: MGMT 290 Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ECON 295: Graduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Supervised research. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 298: Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 6 Group project under faculty supervision. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ECON 299: Directed Independent Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Independent project under faculty supervision. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: Unlimited Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
Education
	EDUC 010: The Essentials of Educational Practice and Policy Units: 4 Introduction to key elements in education: teaching and learning, school organization, education policy, politics, and philosophical goals of education. Topics include educational reform, testing and accountability, school finance, student diversity, and bilingual education. Focus is on California’s education system, with comparative perspectives from other states and countries. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EDUC 090X: Freshman Seminar Units: 1 Examination of a topic in education. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
	EECS 205: Probability and Stochastic Processes Units: 4 Introduction of probability theory and stochastic processes. Topics: discrete-time Markov chains, conditional expectation and martingales, limiting behavior of sequences of random variables, Poisson process and continuous-time Markov chains, renewal processes and queuing theory, detection and estimation, wide-sense stationary processes and spectral density, Kalman filter and Wiener filter, and Brownian motion. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: MATH 032 and MATH 141 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 207: Digital Image Processing Units: 4 The fundamentals of digital image processing theory and techniques. Topics include two-dimensional linear system theory, image enhancement, image restoration, wavelet-based analysis, image compression and image reconstruction from projections. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Undergraduate level MATH Undergraduate course on signals and systems strongly recommended View course scheduling information
	EECS 243: Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education Units: 1 Focuses on teaching first-year graduate students from a variety of graduate programs skills in computational methods, programming languages, team science, project development, problem solving, social networking, and career preparation. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: CHEM 243, COGS 243, MATH 243, ME 243, PHYS 243, PSY 243, QSB 243 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	EECS 245: Parallel Computing Units: 4 Advanced course on parallel computing. Students will learn the state-of-the-art parallel architectures and programming methods, including heterogeneous computing systems, parallel programming models, and performance modeling and optimization. Students will also gain deep knowledge on challenges and research opportunities in modern large-scale parallel systems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Prior knowledge in Parallel Computing recommended View course scheduling information
	EECS 250: Advanced Topics in Computer Systems Units: 4 Computer systems research, including operating systems, database systems, internet infrastructure systems and sensor networks systems. Covers a broad array of research topics in computer systems and engages you in top-flight systems research. The first part is devoted to basic thematic issues and underlying techniques in computer systems, while the second part goes deeper into topics related to scalable, parallel and distributed systems. Based on a discussion of important research papers, and a research project. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 6 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): IGP Elec Eng & Computer Sci (Graduate) - IGEC Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 252: Embedded Computer Systems Units: 4 Concentration on methodologies and technologies for design of embedded systems. Topics include hardware and software platforms for embedded systems, techniques for modeling and specification of system behavior, software organization, real-time operating system scheduling, real-time communication and packet scheduling, low-power battery and energy-aware system design, timing synchronization, fault tolerance and debugging, and techniques for hardware and software architecture optimization. Covers theoretical foundations as well as practical design methods. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 6 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): IGP Elec Eng & Computer Sci (Graduate) - IGEC Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 255: Advanced Human-computer Interaction Units: 4 Explores the theory, design procedure, programming practices, and evaluation methods in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with a particular focus on input and interaction techniques. Introduces students to recent developments in the area and provides them with the methods to design, develop, and evaluate existing or novel interactive systems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Strong skills in computer and/or Web programming strongly preferred. View course scheduling information
	EECS 260: Optimization Units: 4 Introduction of theory and numerical methods for continuous multivariate optimization (unconstrained and constrained), including: line-search and trust-region strategies; conjugate-gradient, Newton, quasi-Newton and large-scale methods; linear programming; quadratic programming; penalty and augmented Lagrangian methods; sequential quadratic programming; and interior-point methods. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: MATH 023 and MATH 024 and MATH 141 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 262: Networking of Embedded Sensor Systems Units: 4 Wireless and sensor systems have achieved significant maturity in the past five years. Experimental systems research in this area has developed a wide range of innovative solutions to practical problems. There is also a fairly large literature on practical experience with these systems. The class samples a wide range of current research on experimental networked wireless and sensor systems. Exploration ranges from low-level systems and components (self-configuration, localization, time-synchronization), to networking (medium access, routing, transport), and higher-level systems issues (programming, deployment, and management). Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 6 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): IGP Elec Eng & Computer Sci (Graduate) - IGEC Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 263: Cloud Computing Units: 4 Introduces the following topics: Cloud definition and classifications, resource virtualization, motivations and economics of Cloud Computing, scheduling and load balancing, flow scheduling, cloud pricing, Security management in the cloud, Databases in the cloud, Mobile cloud, video streaming cloud, federated Clouds and multi-Clouds, and various case studies from the Industry. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite: CSE 150 and CSE 160 or equivalent courses Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 265: Computational Geometry Units: 4 Design and analysis of efficient and robust algorithms for geometric problems in two and three dimensions. Computational geometry algorithms are needed to solve problems in robotics, GIS, solid modeling, etc. Theoretical studies will be complemented by programming assignments. Undergraduate level knowledge of algorithm design and analysis, and linear algebra with programming experience in C/C++/Java and Matlab is strongly suggested. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 267: Computer Graphics Units: 4 Covers the main algorithms and techniques required to implement modern computer graphics applications transformations, illumination and shading, the OpenGL rendering pipeline, ray tracing, scene graphs, curves and surfaces, solid modeling and representation, meshes, physics based animation, quaternions, and keyframe animation. Includes practical experimentation of the main techniques in projects developed in C++. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 270: Robot Algorithms Units: 4 In depth study of algorithmic techniques to solve fundamental robotic problems, with a particular emphasis on probabilistic aspects. Sensor fusion, mission planning, and other selected topics are covered as well. Theory is complemented by a personal semester long project assigned to every student. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	EECS 271: Theory of Computation Units: 4 Introduces the main computational models defining the theory of computation and illustrates fundamental theorems defining the limits of what can be computed. Topics include: finite and pushdown automata; nondeterministic models; regular languages and context-free grammars; Turing machines; and decidability problems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Senior level math knowledge and the fundamentals of computer algorithms required View course scheduling information
	EECS 272: Program Verification and Model Checking Units: 4 Presents foundational concepts, techniques, and tools to verify whether a complex hardware or software system meets its target functional properties. Formal verification will be studied using model checking methods based on temporal logic formulations. Laboratory assignments will complement topics studied in theory. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	EECS 273: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Units: 4 Design and analysis of computational simulations of human behavior and brain function. Techniques for modeling active membranes, individual neurons, the dynamics produced by recurrent excitation and lateral inhibition, synaptic plasticity, and the computational role of neurotransmitters. Formal models of perception, attention, learning, memory, language, categorization, and cognitive control. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Crosslisted with: COGS 223 Conjoined with: CSE 173 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	EECS 274: Computer Vision Units: 4 Introduces algorithms and techniques for understanding contents in single and multiple images. Covers low-level, mid-level, high-level vision and recent research developments. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 3 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No CSE 185, linear algebra, vector calculus, basic knowledge in probability and statistics, as well as programming skills View course scheduling information
	EECS 275: Matrix Computation Units: 4 Numerous engineering problems can be formulated and solved via matrices. This course covers advanced algorithms for matrix computation and analysis. The introduced algorithms and numerical techniques are also important for solving linear/nonlinear systems and optimization problems. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: Yes Repeat Limit: 2 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes Linear algebra, programming skills required View course scheduling information
	EECS 276: Machine Learning Units: 4 Survey of techniques for the development and analysis of software that learns from experience. An introduction to computational learning theory. Bayesian approaches to learning. Instance-based methods and case-based learning. Decision tree learning. Inductive logic. Artificial neural networks. Kernel methods. Reinforcement learning. Learning from demonstrations and explicit instruction. Course Details Repeatable for Credit: No Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information

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ESS 120: Introduction to Ecological and Environmental Microbiology

ESS 124: Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology

ESS 125: Microbial Ecology

ESS 126: Environmental Genomics

ESS 128: Theoretical Ecology

ESS 129: Paleoecology

ESS 130: Plant Biology

ESS 131: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

ESS 132: Applied Climatology

ESS 133: Flora of California

ESS 134: Air Pollution and Resources

ESS 141: Environmental Science and Policy

ESS 148: Fundamentals of Ecology

ESS 149: Conservation Biology

ESS 150: Geomorphology and Surface Processes

ESS 156: Ecological Dynamics

ESS 170: Fundamentals of Soil Science

ESS 170L: Soil Science Laboratory

ESS 172: Sustainability of Agricultural Ecosystems

ESS 174: Stable Isotope Ecology

ESS 179: Critical Zone Science

ESS 180: Field Methods in Earth Systems

ESS 190: Undergraduate Seminar

ESS 192: Topics in Environmental Systems

ESS 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research

ESS 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study

ESS 199: Upper Division Individual Study

ECON 001: Introduction to Economics

ECON 005: Introduction to Business and Finance

ECON 006A: Financial Accounting I

ECON 006B: Financial Accounting II

ECON 007: Managerial Accounting

ECON 010: Statistical Inference

ECON 090X: Freshman Seminar

ECON 092: Internship in Economics

ECON 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research

ECON 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study

ECON 099: Lower Division Individual Study

ECON 100: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

ECON 101: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

ECON 105: Corporate Finance

ECON 108: Marketing and Consumer Behavior

ECON 110: Econometrics

ECON 111: American Economic History

ECON 115: Economics of Industrial Organization

ECON 116: Organizational Strategy

ECON 120: Economics of the Environment and Public Policy

ECON 121: The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions

ECON 126: Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

ECON 131: History of Economic Thought

ECON 140: Labor Economics

ECON 142: The Economics of Gender and Poverty

ECON 145: Health Economics

ECON 147: Introduction to Economic Growth

ECON 149: Economics of Sports

ECON 150: Economic Development

ECON 151: The Economics of Government and Business

ECON 153: Judgment and Decision Making

ECON 155: Political Economics

ECON 156: Urban and Regional Economics

ECON 158: Economics of Regulation

ECON 161: International Finance and Trade

ECON 163: Economics of Investments, Futures, and Options

ECON 164: Economics of Emerging Markets

ECON 170: Game Theory

ECON 171: Advanced Econometrics

ECON 172: Experimental Economics

ECON 190: Topics in Economics