May 20, 2024

2017-2018 Catalog

2017-2018 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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English
	ENG 192: Internship in English [1-4 units] Designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the classroom to a real world setting. Units will be awarded based on the number of internship hours successfully completed. Prerequisite: Any lower-division ENG course. Open only to standing(s): Junior, Senior. Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. Course may be repeated 2 times for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENG 193H: Honors Thesis Research [4 units] Students research a topic in preparation for producing an Honors thesis. Enrollment restricted to students admitted to the English Honors program. Open only to major(s): English. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENG 194H: Honors Thesis [4 units] Students write a 50-100 page thesis under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Enrollment restricted to students admitted to the English Honors program. Open only to major(s): English. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENG 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research [1-5 units] Individual directed research facilitates student’s engagement with a topic by offering shared research opportunities, and, through the interaction with a professor, the process of feedback, criticism, and discovery. Restricted to students who have completed the English major lower-division requirements. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENG 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study [1-5 units] Directed group study forms a coherent research cohort whose work is focused on one topic or a network of topics that relate Open only to major(s): English. Restricted to students who have completed the English major lower-division requirements and required survey courses. Open only to standing(s): Junior, Senior. Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENG 199: Upper Division Individual Study [1-5 units] Individualized study facilitates student’s engagement with a topic through the interaction with a professor, the process of feedback, criticism, and discovery. Restricted to students who have completed the English major lower-division requirements. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 2 times for credit. View course scheduling information
Environmental Engineering
	ENVE 010: Environment in Crisis [4 units] Human effects on Earth’s ecosystems, air, and waters. Social and technological solutions to interacting pressures from environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, water pollution, climate warming, and feeding Earth’s population. Science and policy topics appropriate for students majoring in fields other than science or engineering. Not open to majors for credit. Pass/No Pass option. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 020: Introduction to Environmental Science and Technology [4 units] Introduction to historical and current issues in the diverse field of environmental engineering. Principles of mass and energy balance. In-depth analysis of several key innovations from the field that have been instrumental in advancing the field. Design project. Prerequisite: (CHEM 010 or CHEM 010H or equivalent exam) and (MATH 021 or equivalent exam). Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 030: Evaluating Sustainable Spaces: Leadership in Energy, Environment & Design (LEED) [3 units] Examines the interactions between the environment and the social, scientific, and engineering conservation mechanisms needed to achieve and sustain an acceptable quality of life for all. Students will be positioned to sit for the professional certification exam to earn LEED Green Associates and ultimately LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) certification. Pass/No Pass option. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research [1-5 units] Supervised research. Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass option. Course may be repeated 4 times for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study [1-5 units] Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 099: Lower Division Individual Study [1-5 units] Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 100: Environmental Engineering Chemistry [4 units] Surveys of basic concepts, principles, and applications of environmental chemistry. The goal is to examine the role of chemistry in environmental systems and to employ basic principles in solving chemical problems related to environmental systems. Prerequisite: (CHEM 010 or CHEM 010H or equivalent exam) and (MATH 022 or equivalent exam). Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 105: Environmental Data Analysis [3 units] Provides students with probabilistic and statistical methods to analyze environmental data. Emphasizes both theoretical and applied aspects of data analysis methods. Weekly lab exercises are from environmental applications. Topics include: distribution, hypothesis test, linear regression, multiple regression, uncertainty analysis, outlier detection, sample design, and spatial and temporal data analysis. Prerequisite: (MATH 021 or equivalent exam) and (PHYS 008 or PHYS 008H or equivalent exam). Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ENVE 110: Hydrology and Climate [4 units] Basics of the hydrological cycle and the global climate system. Fundamentals of surface and subsurface hydrology, hydrometeorology, precipitation, evapotranspiration, statistical and probabilistic methods, unit hydrograph and flood routing. Prerequisite: ENVE 020 and ENGR 120 . Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion, Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 114: Mountain Hydrology of the Western United States [3 units] Principles of snow formation, occurrence, and measurement; components of evapotranspiration; runoff generation; groundwater recharge processes; water resource assessments; and resource management. Focus on California and the southwestern US. Design project. Prerequisite: ENVE 110 or ESS 110 . Normal Letter Grade only. Offered spring only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 116: Applied Climatology [3 units] 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. Prerequisite: ENVE 110 or ESS 110 . Pass/No Pass option. Cross-Listed with ESS 132 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 118: Global Change [4 units] Detection of, adaptation to, and mitigation of global climate change. Climate-change science, sources, sinks, and atmospheric cycling of greenhouse gases. Societal context for implementing engineered responses. Assessment of options for responding to the threat of climate change. Prerequisite: CHEM 002 or CHEM 002H or equivalent exam. Pass/No Pass option. Discussion included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 121: Environmental Microbiology [4 units] Fundamentals of environmental microbiology: physiology, biochemistry, metabolism, growth energetics and kinetics, ecology, pathogenicity, and genetics, with application to both engineered and natural environmental systems. Specific applications to water, wastewater, and the environmental fate of pollutants. Prerequisite: ENVE 020 and (BIO 001 or equivalent exam). Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 130: Meteorology and Air Pollution [4 units] Atmospheric sciences and meteorology. Chemistry of air pollutants and its fate. Gas-to-particle conversion. Nucleation and coagulation of aerosol. Oxidizing power of the troposphere. Ozone pollution. Wet and dry pollutants deposition. Air quality modeling. Global climate change. Impact on human health and natural environment. Prerequisite: ENVE 020 or ESS 020 . Normal Letter Grade only. Conjoined with ES 234 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 132: Air Pollution Control [3 units] Topics include government regulations, design and economics of air pollution control for point and spatial sources, strategies for regional air pollution control and engineering solutions. Air pollution control for both point and mobile sources is addressed in the context of case studies. Prerequisite: ENVE 130 . Normal Letter Grade only. Offered spring only. Conjoined with ES 238 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 140: Water Resources Planning and Management [3 units] Introduction to water resources planning and management, with an emphasis on California water problems. Water planning theory will form the basis for exploring applied analytical and quantitative methods in the field, including systems analysis, risk assessment, and geospatial modeling. A design project will focus on solving contemporary water management problems. Prerequisite: ENVE 110 or ESS 110 . Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 146: Hydraulic Systems Analysis and Design [4 units] Analysis and design of municipal hydraulic systems. Application of fluid mechanics to the design of water distribution networks, wastewater and storm water collection systems, and pumps and pump station. Emphasis is given to design projects aimed at developing design process skills, including problem specification, modeling, and analysis. Prerequisite: ENGR 120 . Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 152: Remote Sensing of the Environment [4 units] Fundamentals of electromagnetic remote sensing, concepts of information extraction and applications pertinent to environmental engineering and earth systems science. Topics include remote sensing principles, aerial photography, photogrammetry, image interpretation, image processing, and applications of remote sensing in a range of environmental applications (e.g. water resource, terrestrial ecosystems, climate change and other environmental topics). Prerequisite: (MATH 021 or equivalent exam) and (PHYS 008 or PHYS 008H or equivalent exam). Normal Letter Grade only. Offered fall only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 155: Decision Analysis in Management [4 units] Presents the tools of decision science using a quantitative approach with a focus on investment, finance, management, technology and policy decisions. These tools include decision tree analysis, risk and uncertainty analysis, stochastic dominance, the value of information, probability bias, and subjective probability. Prerequisite: ECON 100 and (ECON 010 or POLI 010 or equivalent exam). Normal Letter Grade only. Cross-Listed with MGMT 155 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 160: Sustainable Energy [4 units] Current systems for energy supply and use. Renewable energy resources, transport, storage, and transformation technologies. Technological opportunities for improving end-use energy efficiency. Recovery, sequestration, and disposal of greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel combustion. Prerequisite: ENVE 020 or ESS 020 . Normal Letter Grade only. Conjoined with ES 260 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 162: Modeling and Design of Energy Systems [3 units] Concepts and applications of solar thermal processes; applications of solar collectors for water heating; active and passive building heating and cooling; fundamentals and design of wind energy systems; economics of solar energy. Open only to standing(s): Junior, Senior. Normal Letter Grade only. Offered spring only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 164: Energy Policy and Planning Modeling [4 units] Introduce recent development of energy policy and present fundamental optimization and simulation tools for modeling firm and market behavior for the energy sector, with a focus on electric power. Prerequisite: MATH 024 and (ENGR 155 or ECON 100 ). Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 170: Contaminant Fate and Transport [3 units] Properties and behavior of organic and metal contaminants, in soils, groundwater, surface waters, and air. Emphasis on phase transfer and transport for organic compounds; complexation and surface processes for metals. Topics include modeling of environmentally important compounds, photochemical reactions, natural organic matter, sorption phenomena. Prerequisite: ENVE 100 or ESS 100 . Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 171: Environmental Organic Chemistry [3 units] Processes governing the distribution and transformation of anthropogenic organic chemicals in the environment. Topics include chemical-physical properties of organic chemicals, sorption processes, bioaccumulation, chemical transformations, photochemical transformations, modeling concepts. Prerequisite: ENVE 100 or ESS 100 . Pass/No Pass option. Conjoined with ES 210 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 176: Water and Wastewater Treatment [3 units] Water treatment, use, reclamation, and reuse. Introduction to modeling and designing treatment systems; both conventional and advanced technology. Use of mass balances for system evaluation and design. Design project. Prerequisite: ENGR 120 and (ENVE 020 or ESS 020 ) and (ENVE 100 or ESS 100 ). Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 181: Field Methods in Snow Hydrology [1-3 units] Properties and measurement of snow. Principles of snow metamorphism and melting. Field workshops. Prerequisite: ENVE 110 or ESS 110 . Normal Letter Grade only. Offered spring only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 182: Field Methods in Surface Hydrology [1-3 units] Measurement and interpretation of data; stream gauging, hydrography, and limnology exercises; evaporation studies; micrometeorological instruments and methods; discharge measurement; flood plain mapping; preparation of hydrologic reports. Field workshops. Prerequisite: ENVE 110 or ESS 110 . Pass/No Pass option. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 183: Field Methods in Subsurface Hydrology [1-3 units] Introduction to and experience with field work and instruments for characterizing and monitoring the subsurface environment, including soils, groundwater and engineered (e.g, landfill) systems. Project planning for safe and effective field work. Collecting, managing, and analyzing data. Prerequisite: ENVE 110 or ESS 110 . Pass/No Pass option. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 184: Field Methods in Environmental Chemistry [1-3 units] Introduction to the fundamental field instruments used for environmental chemistry field investigations. Air, water, and soil sample collection and preservation procedures. Particle separation and analysis, ion selective electrodes, colorimetric assays for nutrients and metallic species, extraction of organic species. Experimental design, measurements, and interpretation of data. Prerequisite: ENVE 100 or ESS 100 . Pass/No Pass option. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 190: Environmental Engineering Capstone Design [3 units] Students will work on multidisciplinary teams on selected and approved design projects, practice design methodology, complete project feasibility study and preliminary design, including optimization, product reliability and liability, economics, and application of engineering codes. Final report and presentation. Prerequisite: ENVE 100 and ENVE 110 and ENVE 130 , which may be taken concurrently, and ENVE 160 , which may be taken concurrently. Open only to standing(s): Senior. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. Cross-Listed with ENGR 190 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 191: Professional Seminar [1 unit] Presentation and discussion of professional environmental and water resources engineering practices. Professional ethics and the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and private organizations pertaining to environmental engineering. Pass/No Pass option. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 192: Topics in Environmental Systems [1-6 units] Examination of a topic in environmental engineering. Pass/No Pass option. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research [1-5 units] Supervised research. Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass option. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study [1-5 units] Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 199: Upper Division Individual Study [1-5 units] Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass option. View course scheduling information
Environmental Systems
	ES 200: Environmental Systems [3 units] Exploration of linkages in environmental systems and tools to evaluate important features of those systems. This is done by examining the characteristics of different Earth compartments (pedosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere) in terms of mass and energy balance, residence times and interactions. To provide a context, we examine how each of these compartments interacts with the global water cycle. Normal Letter Grade only. Offered spring only. View course scheduling information
	ES 201: Environmental Soil Science [4 units] An introduction to principles of soil science designed for graduate students in Environmental Systems and other groups. ES 201 examines the soil as a natural resource and soils as ecosystems. Soil is the reservoir on which most life on earth depends, as the primary source of food, feed, forage, fiber, and pharmaceuticals. Soil plays a vital role in sustaining human welfare, assuring future agricultural productivity and environmental stability. Environmental 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. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included. Conjoined with ESS 170 . View course scheduling information
	ES 201L: Environmental Soil Science Lab [1 unit] An introduction to principles of soil science designed for graduate students in Environmental Systems and other groups. ES 201 examines the soil as a natural resource and soils as ecosystems. Soil is the reservoir on which most life on earth depends, as the primary source of food, feed, forage, fiber, and pharmaceuticals. Soil plays a vital role in sustaining human welfare, assuring future agricultural productivity and environmental stability. Environmental 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. Prerequisite: ES 201 , which may be taken concurrently. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. Conjoined with ESS 170L . View course scheduling information
	ES 202: Chemistry and Mineralogy of Soils [3 units] Thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical process in soil systems. Topics include the formation and identification of common minerals, adsorption/desorption, precipitation/dissolution, and electrochemical reactions in soils. Graduate requirements include individual additional exercises and preparation of a research paper. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 203: Geochemistry of Earth Systems [3 units] Quantitative analysis of Earth systems using principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, and isotope geochemistry; solution-mineral equilibrium and phase relations; equilibrium and reactive transport approaches to modeling geochemical processes at ambient and elevated temperatures. Graduate requirements include individual student projects. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 204: Organic Geochemistry [3 units] Focus on organic chemical reactions in soils and sedimentary environments. Topics include the formation and weathering of natural organic matter and reactions of natural organic matter with pollutants. Graduate requirements include individual additional exercises and preparation of a research paper. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 205: Biogeochemistry [4 units] Examines biogeochemical cycles in watersheds, streams, oceans, and lakes for the elements of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulfur and other metals such as mercury. Includes weekly lecture and discussion sections. Assignments consist of problem sets, reading and discussion of scientific articles, and student analysis of case studies. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included. Conjoined with ESS 105 . View course scheduling information
	ES 206: Instrumental and Spectroscopic Methods in Environmental Systems [3 units] Instrumental and spectroscopic methods and quantitative analysis applied to the study of environmental materials, including inorganic, organic, and biological samples. Emphasis on practical applications and individual student research projects. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: Prior knowledge of Environmental Chemistry recommended. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 207: Environmental Data Analysis [3 units] The objective of this class is to provide students with probabilistic and statistical methods to analyze environmental data. This class emphasizes both theoretical and applied aspects of data analysis methods. Weekly lab exercises are from environmental applications. Topics include: distribution, hypothesis test, linear regression, multiple regression, uncertainty analysis, outlier detection, sample design, and spatial and temporal data analysis. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ES 208: Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Earth Materials [3 units] Surface, colloid, and interfacial chemistry related to soil, environmental, and microbial applications; properties, energetics, and reactivity of surfaces and interfaces of Earth materials; the role of mineral surfaces in promoting and catalyzing chemical phenomena at phase boundaries. Graduate requirements include individual additional exercises and preparation of a research paper. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 209: Chemistry and Mineralogy of Earth Materials [3 units] Chemical principles, structure, and bonding of minerals and Earth materials, including crystallography (symmetry, space groups, group theory), coordination chemistry, bonding models (valence bond, crystal field, and MO theories), and electronic and magnetic properties. Prerequisite: ESS 100 and CHEM 010 . Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Course may be repeated for credit. Conjoined with ESS 109 . View course scheduling information
	ES 210: Environmental Organic Chemistry [3 units] Processes governing the distribution and transformation of anthropogenic organic chemicals in the environment. Topics include chemical-physical properties of organic chemicals, sorption processes, bioaccumulation, chemical transformations, photochemical transformations and modeling concepts. Prerequisite: ENVE 100 or ESS 100 . Normal Letter Grade only. Conjoined with ENVE 171 . View course scheduling information
	ES 212: Subsurface Hydrology [4 units] Hydrologic and geologic factors controlling the occurrence and use of groundwater on regional and local scales. Physical, mathematical, geologic, and engineering concepts fundamental to subsurface hydrologic processes. Introduction to ground-water flow and transport modeling, with emphasis on model construction and simulation. Normal Letter Grade only. Conjoined with ESS 112 . View course scheduling information
	ES 214: Mountain Hydrology of the Western United States [3 units] Principles of snow formation, occurrence, and measurement; components of evapotranspiration; runoff generation; groundwater recharge processes; water resource assessments; and resource management. Focus on California and the southwestern US. Design project. Graduate requirements include more in-depth investigation of one or more topics and preparation of paper. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 218: Global Change Biology [3 units] Addresses different global change processes (climate change, habitat fragmentation, ozone pollution etc.); their impacts on organisms; and interactions and feedbacks between various global change factors and biological processes. Readings are taken from the recent scientific literature. Students will write a review article on a topic of their choice. Normal Letter Grade only. Cross-Listed with QSB 218 . View course scheduling information
	ES 221: Environmental Microbiology [4 units] Fundamentals of environmental microbiology: physiology, biochemistry, metabolism, growth energetics and kinetics, ecology, pathogenicity, and genetics, with application to both engineered and natural environmental systems. Specific applications to water, wastewater, and the environmental fate of pollutants. Graduate requirements include additional projects. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 222: Dynamics of Organic Matter in Soils and Sediments [3 units] A focus on dynamics of organic matter (OM) in soil and sediments. The course will explore the formation, storage, loss, and transformations of OM from physical, chemical, and biological perspectives. We will cover linkages of OM dynamics with atmospheric composition of greenhouse gases and their future climatic implications. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 224: Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology [3 units] Ecosystem ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. Focus on energy, water and nutrient flows through the living (plants, animals, microbes) and nonliving (soils, atmosphere) components of ecosystems. We examine both natural and human-modified terrestrial ecosystems. Graduate requirements include preparation and peer review of a research proposal. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 225: Microbial Ecology [3 units] Advanced study of microbiological systems and techniques. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ES 226: Environmental Genomics [4 units] 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. Graduate requirements include additional exercises and preparation of a research paper. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 227: Flora of California [5 units] 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. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included. Conjoined with BIO 133 , ESS 133 . View course scheduling information
	ES 228: Ecological Modeling [3 units] An advanced study of modeling population dynamics and the flow of energy and matter in ecosystems. Graduate requirements include additional exercises and preparation of a research paper. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 229: Paleoecology [3 units] 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 pass environments, discuss common proxies for studying paleoecology, and examine ecological principles as applies to the past. Recommended prior to enrollment: one upper division Ecology or Earth System Science course. Prerequisite: BIO 148 . Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Conjoined with BIO 129 , ESS 129 . View course scheduling information
	ES 232: Applied Climatology [3 units] 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. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Conjoined with ENVE 116 , ESS 132 . View course scheduling information
	ES 234: Air Pollution and Resources [3 units] Atmospheric sciences and meteorology. Chemistry of air pollutants and its fate. Gas-to-particle conversion. Nucleation and coagulation of aerosol. Oxidizing power of the troposphere. Ozone pollution. Wet and dry pollutants deposition. Air quality modeling. Global climate change. Impact on human health and natural environment. Prerequisite: ESS 100 . Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. Conjoined with ENVE 130 . View course scheduling information
	ES 235: Heat Transfer [4 units] Study of conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer, with applications to engineering problems. Graduate requirements include in-depth investigation of one or more topics and preparation of paper. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 236: Advanced Mass Transfer [3 units] Steady and unsteady mass diffusion; mass convection, simultaneous heat and mass transfer; Fick’s law in a moving medium; similarity and integral methods in mass transfer; high mass transfer theory; research project in mass transport. Knowledge of Heat Transfer is essential for success in this course. Normal Letter Grade only. Offered spring only. Cross-Listed with ME 236 . View course scheduling information
	ES 237: Viscous Flows [4 units] Study of the Navier-Stokes equations; Stokes’ problems; creeping flows; internal and external flows; similarity and integral methods in boundary layer flows; stability and transition to turbulence. Prerequisite: ENGR 135 or ES 235 . Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. Cross-Listed with ME 251 . View course scheduling information
	ES 238: Air Pollution Control [3 units] Physical and chemical principles for the capturing of air pollutants. Design of air pollution controls devices for particulate and gaseous pollutants emitted from stationary and mobile sources. State and Federal Regulations for point, mobile and area sources. Economics aspects of air pollution control to meet ambient air quality standards. In case studies, particular issues are addressed as they relate to the San Joaquin Valley. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Conjoined with ENVE 132 . View course scheduling information
	ES 240: Water Resources Planning and Management [3 units] Basic concepts of and issues in water resources management, water resources planning, institutional and policy processes. Quantitative analytical methods in water resources planning and management; introduction to systems analysis, multi-objective planning, and risk assessment. Design project. Graduate requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 241: Natural Resource Management [3 units] Covers planning, policy, management and governance of natural resources. Includes topics on systems involving wildfire, water, climate change, recreation, conservation, and extractive industries. Emphasis on interdisciplinary frameworks that address human dimensions of environmental change and resource use. Emphasis on the greater Southern Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley region. Open only to major(s): Environmental Systems. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 244: Phylogenetics: Speciation and Macroevolution [4 units] Provides the theory behind reconstruction of evolutionary relationships and introduces the comparative methods and tools of phylogenetics. Topics include use of morphological, molecular, and fossil data in distance, parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian frameworks for investigating geographic patterns and rates of speciation, phenotypic evolution, diversification, extinction, and biogeography. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion included. Cross-Listed with QSB 244 . View course scheduling information
	ES 245: Biogeography [3 units] Explores a diversity of current topics in Biogeography, providing an overview of the field’s history, development, and a prospectus for its near future. We will consider relevant methods, advances in related fields, and application of biogeographic information in a changing world. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 3 times for credit. Cross-Listed with QSB 245 . View course scheduling information
	ES 246: Community Ecology [3 units] Major themes and current topics in community ecology, including patterns in the diversity, abundance, and composition of species in communities and the processes underlying these patterns such as environmental filtering, species interactions, evolutionary history, and neutral processes. Prerequisite: BIO 148 recommended. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Cross-Listed with QSB 246 . View course scheduling information
	ES 248: Advanced Topics in Ecology [3 units] Utilizes directed readings and discussion of classical and current literature in ecology, including physiological, population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and global ecology studies. Normal Letter Grade only. Cross-Listed with QSB 248 . View course scheduling information
	ES 249: Topics in the History, Philosophy, and Practice of Science [3 units] Explores special topics in the history, philosophy, and practice of science, such as the nature of interdisciplinary interactions, the concept of “paradigm shift”, relationships between politics and science, and the influence of new technologies. Does not fulfill the “third course requirement” of QSB degrees except by petition to QSB EPC. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 3 times for credit. Cross-Listed with QSB 249 . View course scheduling information
	ES 252: Remote Sensing of the Environment [4 units] Fundamental and advanced concepts of electromagnetic remote sensing, information extraction and applications in environmental monitoring. Advanced topics include principles of image extraction, image correction, image enhancement, classification methods, and new development of sensor techniques. Reading materials and final research projects are required for graduate students. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 256: Ecological Dynamics [4 units] Survey of theoretical ecology, involving a tour through population dynamics, stochastic processes, and ecological networks. Both analytical and numerical (computational) approaches will be used to build and examine dynamic models, as well as to assess the role of theoretical vs. empirical approaches to understand the ecological processes. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Discussion included. Cross-Listed with QSB 256 . View course scheduling information
	ES 260: Sustainable Energy [4 units] Current systems for energy supply and use. Renewable energy resources, transport, storage, and transformation technologies. Technological opportunities for improving end-use energy efficiency. Recovery, sequestration, and disposal of greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel combustion. Graduate requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. Normal Letter Grade only. Conjoined with ENVE 160 . View course scheduling information
	ES 262: Modeling and Design of Energy Systems [3 units] Concepts and applications of solar thermal processes; applications of solar collectors for water heating; active and passive building heating and cooling; fundamentals and design of wind energy systems; economics of solar energy. Graduate-level requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 264: Energy Policy and Planning Modeling [4 units] Introduce recent development of energy policy and present fundamental optimization and simulation tools for modeling firm and market behavior for the energy sector, with a focus on electric power. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ES 270: Contaminant Fate and Transport [3 units] Properties and behavior of organic and metal contaminants, in soils, groundwater, surface waters, and air. Emphasis on phase transfer and transport for organic compounds; complexation and surface processes for metals. Topics include modeling of environmentally important compounds, photochemical reactions, natural organic matter, sorption phenomena. Graduate-level requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. View course scheduling information
	ES 274: Stable Isotope Ecology [4 units] Students will learn about stable isotope systems including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur and strontium. They will learn chemistry, physics, biology, and ecology of isotope compositions and fractionations. A lab component will teach sample preparation techniques. Students will measure samples and analyze data. Discussion period will discuss primary literature. Normal Letter Grade only. Discussion, Laboratory included. Conjoined with BIO 174 , ESS 174 . View course scheduling information
	ES 280: Natural Treatment Systems [3 units] Natural treatment systems presents a comprehensive overview of engineered wetland-based systems to remove pollutants from wastewater. Focusing on nutrient removal in free water surface treatment wetlands. Special attention is paid to developing the P-k-C* model to predict pollutant removal and other methods to quantify uncertainty in pollutant removal. Open only to major(s): Environmental Systems. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ES 290: Topics in Environmental Systems [1-3 units] Under faculty supervision, group of students meets each week for a semester in a student-led study group to pursue a specific topic of their choice that is not covered in other department courses. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	ES 291: Environmental Systems Seminar [1-3 units] Seminar on advanced engineering and science topics, environmental systems research, and relevant case studies. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. Offered fall and spring. View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ES 292: Topics in Environmental Systems [1-6 units] Treatment of a special topic or theme in environmental systems. May be repeated for credit in a different subject area. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. Course may be repeated for credit. Offered fall and spring. Discussion, Laboratory included. Conjoined with ESS 192 . View course scheduling information
	Syllabus ES 295: Graduate Research [1-12 units] Supervised research. Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit. Offered fall and spring. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 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. Offered fall and spring. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 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. Offered fall and spring. View course scheduling information
French
	FRE 001: Elementary French I [4 units] Introduction to speaking, reading, writing and understanding French. Classes conducted in French. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	FRE 002: Elementary French II [4 units] Introduction to speaking, reading, writing and understanding French. Classes conducted in French. Prerequisite: FRE 001 or equivalent exam. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	FRE 003: Intermediate French I [4 units] A review of French grammar with emphasis on building speaking and writing skills and on reading to build cultural understanding. Classes conducted in French. Prerequisite: FRE 002 or equivalent exam. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	FRE 004: Intermediate French II [4 units] A review of French grammar with emphasis on building speaking and writing skills and on reading to build cultural understanding. Classes conducted in French. Prerequisite: FRE 003 or equivalent exam. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	FRE 092: Internship in French [1-4 units] Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to French in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of French. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of French. Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. Course may be repeated 2 times for credit. View course scheduling information
	FRE 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research [1-5 units] Supervised research. Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass option. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	FRE 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study [1-5 units] Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	FRE 099: Lower Division Individual Study [1-5 units] Permission of instructor required. Pass/No Pass only. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	FRE 103: French Composition and Conversation [4 units] Develops students’ abilities to communicate in spoken and written French at an advanced level. Emphasizes the importance of the interaction between writer, reader, purpose and message. Focuses on the four major modes of writing and oral practice. Prerequisite: FRE 004 or equivalent exam. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information

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ENG 192: Internship in English

ENG 193H: Honors Thesis Research

ENG 194H: Honors Thesis

ENG 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research

ENG 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study

ENG 199: Upper Division Individual Study

ENVE 010: Environment in Crisis

ENVE 020: Introduction to Environmental Science and Technology

ENVE 030: Evaluating Sustainable Spaces: Leadership in Energy, Environment & Design (LEED)

ENVE 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research

ENVE 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study

ENVE 099: Lower Division Individual Study

ENVE 100: Environmental Engineering Chemistry

ENVE 105: Environmental Data Analysis

ENVE 110: Hydrology and Climate

ENVE 114: Mountain Hydrology of the Western United States

ENVE 116: Applied Climatology

ENVE 118: Global Change

ENVE 121: Environmental Microbiology

ENVE 130: Meteorology and Air Pollution

ENVE 132: Air Pollution Control

ENVE 140: Water Resources Planning and Management

ENVE 146: Hydraulic Systems Analysis and Design

ENVE 152: Remote Sensing of the Environment

ENVE 155: Decision Analysis in Management

ENVE 160: Sustainable Energy

ENVE 162: Modeling and Design of Energy Systems

ENVE 164: Energy Policy and Planning Modeling

ENVE 170: Contaminant Fate and Transport

ENVE 171: Environmental Organic Chemistry

ENVE 176: Water and Wastewater Treatment

ENVE 181: Field Methods in Snow Hydrology

ENVE 182: Field Methods in Surface Hydrology

ENVE 183: Field Methods in Subsurface Hydrology

ENVE 184: Field Methods in Environmental Chemistry

ENVE 190: Environmental Engineering Capstone Design

ENVE 191: Professional Seminar

ENVE 192: Topics in Environmental Systems

ENVE 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research

ENVE 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study

ENVE 199: Upper Division Individual Study

ES 200: Environmental Systems

ES 201: Environmental Soil Science

ES 201L: Environmental Soil Science Lab

ES 202: Chemistry and Mineralogy of Soils

ES 203: Geochemistry of Earth Systems

ES 204: Organic Geochemistry

ES 205: Biogeochemistry

ES 206: Instrumental and Spectroscopic Methods in Environmental Systems

ES 207: Environmental Data Analysis

ES 208: Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Earth Materials

ES 209: Chemistry and Mineralogy of Earth Materials

ES 210: Environmental Organic Chemistry

ES 212: Subsurface Hydrology

ES 214: Mountain Hydrology of the Western United States

ES 218: Global Change Biology

ES 221: Environmental Microbiology

ES 222: Dynamics of Organic Matter in Soils and Sediments

ES 224: Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology

ES 225: Microbial Ecology

ES 226: Environmental Genomics

ES 227: Flora of California

ES 228: Ecological Modeling

ES 229: Paleoecology

ES 232: Applied Climatology

ES 234: Air Pollution and Resources

ES 235: Heat Transfer

ES 236: Advanced Mass Transfer