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2013-2014 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. Note: For all 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. 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.
 

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

Economics
  

  • ECON 196: Senior Thesis in Economics I

    [4 units]

    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.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing and (ECON 100  or MGMT 100 ) and (ECON 130  or MGMT 130 ). Economics majors only. Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ECON 197: Senior Thesis in Economics II

    [4 units]

    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.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing and ECON 196 . Economics majors only. Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ECON 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study

    [1-5 units]

    Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ECON 199: Upper Division Individual Study

    [1-5 units]

    Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ECON 240: Advanced Labor Economics I

    [4 units]

    Covers recent developments in research on labor economics and provide a basis for students to develop a research program in this area. We discuss human capital investment, the wage structure and inequality, labor demand, labor market institutions, internal and local labor markets.

    Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 2 times for credit.


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  • ECON 290: Quantitative Labor Studies Seminar

    [3 units]

    Research presentations by visiting scholars in the area of quantitative labor studies.

    Course may be repeated 3 times for credit.


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  • ECON 295: Graduate Research

    [1-12 units]

    Supervised research.

    Permission of instructor required. Course may be repeated for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • ECON 298: Directed Group Study

    [1-6 units]

    Group project under faculty supervision.

    Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ECON 299: Directed Independent Study

    [1-12 units]

    Independent project under faculty supervision.

    Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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Education
  

  • EDUC 010: The Essentials of Educational Practice and Policy

    [4 units]

    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.

    Discussion included.


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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  

  • EECS 205: Probability and Stochastic Processes

    [4 units]

    Introduction of probability theory and stochastic processes. Topics: discrete-tim 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.

    Prerequisite: MATH 032  and MATH 141  or consent of instructor. Discussion included.


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  • EECS 207: Digital Image Processing

    [4 units]

    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. Undergraduate level math; undergraduate course on signals and systems is strongly recommended for successful completion of this course.

    Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 250: Advanced Topics Computer Systems

    [4 units]

    Computer systems research, including operating systems, database systems, internet infrastructure systems and sensor networks systems. The goal of the course is to cover a broad array of research topics in computer systems, and to engage 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. The class is based on a discussion of important research papers, and a research project.

    Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science majors only. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 5 times for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 252: Embedded Computer Systems

    [4 units]

    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. We cover theoretical foundations as well as practical design methods.

    Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science majors only. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 5 times for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 260: Optimization

    [4 units]

    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.

    Prerequisite: MATH 023 , MATH 024 , MATH 141  or consent of instructor. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 262: Networking of Embedded Sensor Systems

    [4 units]

    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. In this class, we sample a wide range of current research on experimental networked wireless and sensor systems. Our 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).

    Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science majors only. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 5 times for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 263: Cloud Computing

    [4 units]

    Introduce 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.

    Prerequisite: CSE 150  and CSE 160  or equivalent. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 265: Computational Geometry

    [4 units]

    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.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 267: Computer Graphics

    [4 units]

    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. The course includes practical experimentation of the main techniques in projects developed in C++.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 270: Robot Algorithms

    [4 units]

    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. Permission of instructor required.

    Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 271: Theory of Computation

    [4 units]

    Introduces the main computational model 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. Senior level math knowledge and the fundamentals of computer algorithms are necessary for successful completion of this course.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 273: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

    [4 units]

    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.

    Permission of instructor required. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 274: Computer Vision

    [4 units]

    Introduces algorithms and techniques for understanding contents in single and multiple images. It covers low-level, mid-level, high-level vision and recent research developments.

    Prerequisite: CSE 185  or consent of instructor, linear algebra, vector calculus, basic knowledge in probability and statistics, as well as programming skills. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 3 times for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 275: Matrix Computation

    [4 units]

    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.

    Prerequisite: Linear algebra, programming skills. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 2 times for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 276: Machine Learning

    [4 units]

    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.

    Permission of instructor required. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 277: Database Systems Implementation

    [4 units]

    Studies the internals of a database management system, with emphasis on query execution. The final goal of the class is to build a fully-functional database execution engine consisting of all the standard components: storage manager, buffer manager, query execution engine, query optimizer, and query compiler.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 280: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems

    [4 units]

    Overview of Internet development history and fundamental principles underlying TCP/IP protocol design. Discussion of current networking and distributed systems research topics, including latest research results in routing protocols, transport protocols, network measurements, network security protocols, and clean-slate approach to network architecture design. Fundamental issues in network protocol design and implementations applied to a variety of different applications and environments.

    Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science majors only. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 5 times for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 281: Advanced Topics in Robotics

    [4 units]

    Contemporary issues in mobile robotics, Topics include but are not limited to: cooperative mobile robotics, mathematical models for complex tasks (e.g. manipulation), humanoid robotics, human-robot interfaces, robot hardware and middleware.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 3 times for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 282: Advanced Topics in Machine Learning

    [4 units]

    Reviews advanced topics in machine learning. Each edition of the course will focus on a different topic. It will consist of formal lectures, presentation and discussion of papers, and implementation of algorithms in Matlab or C.

    Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 283: Advanced Topics in Intelligent Systems

    [4 units]

    Research in intelligent systems is multi-disciplinary and its foundation can be found from fields such as estimation, communication, and control. Other areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, networking, robotics, security, and signal processing are also highly related. This class will review the most current results in intelligent systems and help students prepare for research in intelligent systems. Topics will vary from semester to semester.

    Course may be repeated for credit. Discussion included.


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  • EECS 284: Large Scale Data Management

    [4 units]

    Aims to familiarize students with techniques for processing large amounts of data. Starting with the latest innovations in hardware, data processing architectures are presented as well as algorithms for managing large quantities of data. Although the main focus is data analytics, significant attention is dedicated to transactional databases.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 285: Advanced Topics in Motion Planning

    [4 units]

    Advanced algorithms in the motion planning research domain and reviews selected topics in applications to robotics, computer animation, cognitive science and bioinformatics. Includes development of a significant programming project and student-lead seminars. Consolidated programming skills, notions of computer graphics and robotics are recommended for successful completion of the course.

    Prerequisite: Consolidated programming skills, notions of computer graphics and robotics. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated for credit. Offered in fall only.


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  • EECS 286: Advanced Topics in Computer Vision

    [2-4 units]

    Current and advanced topics in computer vision. Students develop verbal and written presentation skills through critical evaluation of seminal works.

    Prerequisite: CSE 185  or consent of instructor. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • EECS 287: Computer Animation and Simulation

    [4 units]

    Reviews the main topics in computer animation, including: key frame animation and motion capture, direct and inverse kinematics, physics-based animation, particle systems and deformable surfaces, rigid body simulation, collision detection and motion planning. The course includes development of programming projects and student-lead paper presentations.

    Prerequisite: Consolidated programming skills and notions of computer graphics required. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • EECS 290: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Seminar

    [1 units]

    This invited speaker seminar course gives electrical engineering and computer science graduate students breadth exposure to all the areas in the field.

    Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science majors only. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • EECS 295: Graduate Research

    [1-12 units]

    Supervised research in computer science.

    Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • EECS 298: Directed Group Study

    [1-12 units]

    Group project under faculty supervision.

    Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • EECS 299: Directed Independent Study

    [1-12 units]

    Independent project under faculty supervision.

    Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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Engineering
  

  • ENGR 040: History of Technology in Society I

    [4 units]

    Starting from the Paleolithic period and moving forward to the end of the 18th century and the dawn of the Industrial Revolution this course will examine the process of technological change and its relationship to societal change.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENGR 041: History of Technology in Society II

    [4 units]

    Starting from the Industrial Revolution at the end of the 18th century and moving to the present, this course will examine the process of technological change and its relationship to societal change.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENGR 045: Introduction to Materials

    [4 units]

    Relationship between the structure, processing, properties, and performance of materials. The application of physical and chemical principles in the context of engineering materials: atomic bonding, crystal structure, defects, thermodynamics, and kinetics.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 002  and MATH 021  and PHYS 008  or consent of instructor. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 050: Statics

    [2 units]

    Fundamental concepts of mechanics, including statics, dynamics, and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies.

    Prerequisite: MATH 021  and PHYS 008  Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 052: Computer Modeling and Analysis

    [3 units]

    Basic tools needed for the design and analysis of engineering systems, including data collection, basic algorithm design, implementation and testing, and systems simulation.

    Prerequisite: CSE 001 and MATH 010 Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 053: Materials and the Environment

    [3 units]

    Impact of materials mining, processing, synthesis, use, and disposal on the environment, including cost-benefit analyses of environmentally “friendly” vs. “unfriendly” materials. Energy properties, cost, durability, disposal, and other considerations in materials selection. Materials challenges in fuel cell, battery, solar, and water filtration applications. Environmental costs and benefits of emerging nanotechnologies.

    Prerequisite: MATH 021  and PHYS 008  and   or consent of instructor. Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENGR 057: Statics and Dynamics

    [4 units]

    Fundamentals of statics. Kinematics and equations of motion of a particle for rectilinear and curvilinear motion. Planar kinematics of rigid bodies. Kinetics for planar motion of rigid bodies, including equations of motion and principles of energy and momentum.

    Prerequisite: MATH 021  and (PHYS 008  or PHYS 018 ). Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENGR 065: Circuit Theory

    [3 units]

    Introduces fundamental principles of circuit theory commonly used in engineering and science, like circuit parameters and fundamental laws, complex impedance and admittance, steady-sate and transient circuit response, Fourier and Laplace transforms, and common measurement instruments.

    Prerequisite: MATH 024  and (PHYS 009  or PHYS 019 ) Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research

    [1-5 units]

    Supervised research.

    Permission of instructor required. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 097: Engineering Service Learning

    [1-2 units]

    Multi-disciplinary teams of lower division (097) and upper division (197) students work with community organizations to engineer solutions to real-world problems. Students gain insight into the design process, and acquire professional skills. Upper division students will be assigned team and sub-team leadership positions and learn supervision and project management skills.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study

    [1-5 units]

    Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 099: Lower Division Individual Study

    [1-5 units]

    Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 108: BioEntrepreneurship

    [3 units]

    Introduces upper division undergraduate and graduate students to entrepreneurship. We start with a history of biotechnology and medical devices which hopefully inspires them to integrate entrepreneurship with engineering and/or life sciences. We work through case studies of start-up companies (including Genetech) brainstorm ideas about new inventions, and walk them through the requisite steps to start a new business venture (IP issues, team formation, raising capital).

    Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENGR 120: Fluid Mechanics

    [4 units]

    Introduction to and application of the mechanics of fluids and fluid flow in natural and engineered systems.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 057  and MATH 024 , which may be taken concurrently. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 135: Heat Transfer

    [4 units]

    Study of conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer, with applications to engineering problems.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 120  and ENGR 130  and MATH 131 . Normal Letter Grade only. Offered fall only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 140: Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

    [4 units]

    Topics include object-oriented programming concepts, such as classes, objects, methods, interfaces, packages, inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism.

    Prerequisite: CSE 020  and CSE 021 . Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 141: Environmental Science and Policy

    [4 units]

    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.

    Prerequisite: WRI 010  and (any lower division BIO, ECON, ENVE, ESS, POLI, or PUBP. Discussion included.


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  • ENGR 151: Strength of Materials

    [4 units]

    Stresses and strain in solids with symmetric and asymmetric loads. Stresses in pressure vessels and rotating shafts. Strength and failure, plastic deformation, fatigue and elastic instability.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 057  and ENGR 045 . Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 155: Engineering Economics Analysis

    [3 units]

    Microeconomic principles and methods. Time value of money, interest and equivalences, analysis of economic alternatives, depreciation, inflation and taxes, estimates of demand, cost and risk, decision theory.

    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Offered fall and spring.


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  • ENGR 160: Discrete Mathematics

    [4 units]

    Covers the basic concepts of discrete mathematics used in computer science and other disciplines that involve formal reasoning. The topics include logic, proof, counting, discrete probability, relations, graphs, trees, and Boolean algebra.

    Prerequisite: MATH 021  and MATH 022 . Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 166: Analog and Digital Electronics

    [3 units]

    Intended for the upper division engineering student to facilitate the student’s development into bioengineering investigation. The course has been designed to introduce fundamental principles of analog and digital electronics commonly used in biomedical research.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 065 . Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENGR 170: Introduction to Electron Microscopy

    [3 units]

    Principles and techniques of electron microscopy used in the study of materials. Emphasis upon practical applications.

    Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENGR 170L: Introduction to Electron Microscopy Laboratory

    [1 units]

    Laboratory for principles and techniques of electron microscopy used in the study of materials.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 175: Information Systems for Management

    [4 units]

    Introduces the students to organizational use of information systems and information technology, and discusses how these create value for organizations.

    Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Cognitive Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Economics, Environmental Engineering, Management, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering majors only. Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENGR 180: Spatial Analysis and Modeling

    [4 units]

    Principles of geographic information systems [GIS]; applications of GIS to environmental, water, and resource management issues; problem solving with GIS. Other topics include spatial analysis interpolation techniques and model integration.

    Prerequisite: MATH 021 . Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 191: Professional Seminar

    [1 unit]

    Presentation and discussion of professional engineering practices. Professional ethics and the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and private organizations pertaining to engineering.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing. Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only.


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  • ENGR 192: Intellectual Property for Engineers and Scientists

    [1 units]

    Aimed for undergraduate and graduate students who may pursue a career in research and technology. We examine the laws behind Intellectual Property, covering material on copyrights for technology protection, trademarks, trade secrets, patent information including the patenting process, claim drafting, design patents, engineering ethics, and more.

    Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENGR 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research

    [1-5 units]

    Supervised research.

    Permission of instructor required. Course may be repeated for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 197: Engineering Service Learning

    [1-2 units]

    Multi-disciplinary teams of freshman through senior students work with community organizations to design, build, and implement engineering-based solutions for real-world problems. Students gain insight into the design and development process.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study

    [1-5 units]

    Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 199: Upper Division Individual Study

    [1-5 units]

    Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 208: BioEntrepreneurship

    [3 units]

    Introduction for upper division undergraduate and graduate students to entrepreneurship. We start with a history of biotechnology and medical devices which inspires them to integrate entrepreneurship with engineering and/or life sciences. Case studies of start-up companies (including Genetech) brainstorm ideas about new inventions, and the requisite steps to start a new business venture (IP issues, team formation, raising capital).

    Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENGR 270: Introduction to Electron Microscopy

    [3 units]

    Principles and techniques of electron microscopy used in the study of materials. Emphasis upon practical applications. Graduate requirements include additional assignments, quiz problems, and a project.

    Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENGR 270L: Introduction to Electron Microscopy Laboratory

    [1 units]

    Laboratory for principles and techniques of electron microscopy used in the study of materials. Graduate requirements include additional laboratory reports and a research project.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 270 , which may be taken concurrently. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 292: Intellectual Property for Engineers and Scientists

    [1 Unit]

    Aimed for undergraduate and graduate students who may pursue a career in research and technology. We examine the laws behind Intellectual Property, covering material on copyrights for technology protection, trademarks, trade secrets, patent information including the patenting process, claim drafting, design patents, engineering ethics, and more.

    Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENGR 295: Graduate Research

    [1-6 units]

    Supervised research in engineering.

    Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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  • ENGR 298: Directed Group Study

    [1-6 units]

    Group project under faculty supervision.

    Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit. Laboratory included.


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  • ENGR 299: Directed Independent Study

    [1-6 units]

    Independent project under faculty supervision.

    Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit.


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English
  

  • ENG 020: Introduction to Shakespeare

    [4 units]

    An introduction to the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare, as well as the world of Elizabethan England. We will consider why Shakespeare’s works continue to be so popular, and students will both write about his works and act in or recite something he wrote.

    Discussion included.


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  • ENG 030: Literature of Childhood

    [4 units]

    We will read books written for children: books that explore the hilarity of childhood, but also its poignancies; and we will read books written for adults that use the idea of childhood to explore a variety of themes from poverty to race to gender.

    Discussion included.


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  • ENG 031: Introduction to African-American Literature and Culture

    [4 units]

    Examines the social thought, religious institutions, intellectual history, political challenges, literary traditions and expressive arts of people of African descent in the Americas. Among the focal points are the centrality of the African American experience to important legal, historical, political, and cultural developments in the formation of the United States.

    Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENG 100: Engaging Texts: Introduction to Critical Practice

    [4 units]

    Introduction to issues and approaches in literary theory and criticism, with an emphasis on applications of methods to selected literary texts. Provides an interdisciplinary survey and analysis of the critical tradition as well its major movements, schools, thinkers, tensions, and interventions. Documents and critical readings prepare students for textual interpretation.

    Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 101: Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Culture, 800-1660

    [4 units]

    We will read about men who battle green knights, lovers who communicate through a swan, and a sympathetic Satan. We will learn about England from the eighth through seventeenth centuries, the music and art of these periods, and the politics and religions that shape this literature.

    Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENG 102: Restoration, Early Colonial, & Early Romantic Literature and Culture: 1660-1837

    [4 units]

    A survey of the literature of the “Long Eighteenth Century,” in which the court literature of the Restoration, the neo-Classicism of the Augustans, the anti-Classicism of the Romantics, and much early colonial literature reflect the major cultural changes of the Enlightenment.

    Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENG 103: Victorian, Fin de siècle, and Early Twentieth Century Literature and Culture: 1837-1945

    [4 units]

    Presents historical and social movements such as imperialism, scientific empiricism, pre and post war social shifts, and the advent of consumerism and technology: all affect literature, literary production and readership. This course looks broadly at the times and closely at the literary production that seeks to understand and articulate them.

    Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENG 104: Postwar, Postcolonial, Postmodern Literature and Culture: 1945 to the present

    [4 units]

    Introduces students to an array of postcolonial/post-colonial and post-modern/postmodern literature and theory that signifies, plays with and forms an inter-textual relationship with narratives they will have encountered in earlier surveys in the ENG 100s sequence. Students are encouraged to be as daring as the texts they encounter.

    Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included.


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  • ENG 105: Shakespeare’s Medieval Inheritance

    [4 units]

    We will read a number of early English plays before exploring a selection of Shakespearean drama, to re-think this period of theatrical history. We will consider the emergence of the public theatre, the impact of the Reformation, and the roles of memory and ritual.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). ENG 101 or ENG 020 or ENG 056 recommended. Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 106: Early English Drama

    [4 units]

    Read medieval and Renaissance plays from a variety of genres, including mystery plays, moralities, musical interludes, comedies, and tragedies. We will also learn about the theatrical, religious, social, and political contexts that surround these plays.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 113: U.S. Latino/a Literature

    [4 units]

    Representative overview of U.S. Latino literature, from colonial times to the present. Through the analysis of works from different genres, the student is exposed to the main themes, techniques, styles, etc. of some of the most influential Latino authors, including several writers from the Central Valley. Taught in English.

    Prerequisite: CCST 060  or SPAN 050  or SPAN 051  or SPAN 060  or ENG 032  or ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 050  or LIT 051  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 .


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  • ENG 114: Latinos/as in Children’s Literature and Film

    [4 units]

    In-depth study of Latinos/as in children’s literature and film, with special attention to issues of representation and self-representation, reception, publishing, markets, stereotypes, historical evolution, bilingualism and other linguistic issues. Combines film analysis and literary criticism to explore how Latinos/as have been represented (and have represented themselves).

    Prerequisite: CCST 060  or SPAN 050  or SPAN 051  or SPAN 060  or ENG 032  or ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 050  or LIT 051  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 .


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  • ENG 115: Chicano/a Literature

    [4 units]

    Representative overview of Chicano/a literature, from colonial times to the present. Main aspects to be covered include: literary history , bilingualism and literature, ethnicity and race, gender parameters, the aesthetics of the borderlands, class and regional variations, migration and diaspora, children’s literature, among others. Taught in English.

    Prerequisite: CCST 060  or SPAN 050  or SPAN 051  or SPAN 060  or ENG 032  or ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 050  or LIT 051  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 .


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  • ENG 116: Literature and History of the 1960s

    [4 units]

    Examines factors within the United States, such as war protests, radical movements, and racial stands, which led to permanent changes in politics, society, and culture, and their literary and historical expression.

    Prerequisite: Junior Standing and (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 117: Literature of California

    [4 units]

    Through film, essays, poetry, and fiction (short and long) students will address California’s immigrant and migrant realities, acknowledge its economic turbulence, and explore the notion of a canonical literature focused on this hybrid and often confusing state.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 122: Nature Writing and the Environment

    [4 units]

    Explores a variety of genres and topics within the wide rubric of nature writing.

    Prerequisite: Junior Standing and (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 129: Topics in Literature and Culture

    [4 units]

    A seminar focusing on literature addressing a specific topic, developing advanced reading, writing, and research skills.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 3 times for credit.


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  • ENG 132: Human Rights and Literature

    [4 units]

    Traces the development of the social, legal and political discourses of global human rights, and the inter-related emergence of art forms—novels, stories, films, public spaces, monuments, museums, theater, paintings, sculpture, etc.—that embody, challenge and critically engage with human rights ideas.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 135: Voices of the People in Victorian England

    [4 units]

    We will read novels, plays, and poems that depict and/or are written by members of the working classes in Victorian England; we will interrogate the ways that working classes are portrayed by middle and upper class authors, but will also read texts written by members of the working classes.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 136: Narratives of and by Working Class Americans

    [4 units]

    This interdisciplinary course examines the rich tradition of the working class in the United States.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 150: Geoffrey Chaucer

    [4 units]

    We will read the extraordinary and extraordinarily influential work of the 14th century writer Geoffrey Chaucer, and learn about the ways in which his writing forever changed both Western literature and the English language.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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  • ENG 151: Advanced Shakespeare

    [4 units]

    Read several of Shakespeare’s plays; discover the political, religious, and social contexts that shaped these plays; and learn about both historical and modern-day performances of Shakespeare by viewing and acting in his plays.

    Prerequisite: (ENG 101  or ENG 102  or ENG 103  or ENG 104  or LIT 020  or LIT 021  or LIT 030  or LIT 031  or LIT 040  or LIT 041 ) and (ENG 056  or ENG 057  or ENG 058  or ENG 059  or ENG 062  or ENG 065  or LIT 032  or LIT 042  or LIT 055  or LIT 060  or LIT 061  or LIT 063  or LIT 067  or LIT 069 ). Normal Letter Grade only.


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