Jun 26, 2024

2013-2014 Catalog

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.

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English
	ENG 154: Emily Dickinson: Her Poems, Her Letters, Her Life [4 units] “This was a Poet – it is That/Distills amazing sense/From ordinary Meanings –” We’ll examine the poems of Emily Dickinson and explore how she expressed her thoughts on nature, love, God, pain, death, and womanhood. We’ll learn how to analyze difficult poetry, and produce a creative response to her work. 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. View course scheduling information
	ENG 164: Author Study [4 units] A close examination of one particularly influential writer, in addition the work of that writer’s contemporaries, predecessors, and descendants. An exploration of how this writer uniquely expressed her or his ideas, and their influence on later writers. 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. View course scheduling information
	ENG 165: Tragic Drama: from Ancient Greece to the Present Day [4 units] By reading several plays, we will question what makes a play a tragedy and what function tragedy serves diverse societies, from Ancient Greece to Elizabethan England to 19th century Russia to modern America. We will also think about these plays in performance by watching filmed productions and acting out scenes. 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. View course scheduling information
	ENG 185: Reading from the Margin [4 units] Explores the question of how to read canonical works from the margins. We will analyze such issues as: difference and sameness; the construction of the self and of the other; and reading as a culturally-situated activity. 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 ). View course scheduling information
	ENG 186: Language, Gender, and Culture [4 units] Explores questions like: How do patterns of speaking reflect, perpetuate, and create our experience of gender? Does gender connect to language change? What do controversies about sexism and other biases in language suggest about the connections between language, thought, and political struggles? 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 ). No background in linguistics is necessary. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENG 190: Senior Thesis [4 units] In this capstone course for the English major, you will demonstrate, extend, and reflect on your learning. You will demonstrate and extend your learning by producing a thesis, and you will reflect on your learning in a short essay that discusses your major as part of your entire education. Prerequisite: Senior Standing. Restricted to students who have completed the English major lower-division requirements. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	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: Junior Standing. Must have completed any lower division ENG or LIT course. Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated 2 times for credit. 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. Prerequisite: 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 Prerequisite: English majors only. Junior Standing. Restricted to students who have completed the English major lower division requirements and required survey courses. Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail 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. Prerequisite: 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. 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 and MATH 021 . Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research [1-5 units] Supervised research. Permission of instructor required. 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/Fail 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/Fail only. Course may be repeated for credit. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 100: Environmental Chemistry [4 units] Chemical principles of Earth and environmental systems focusing on environmental processes in water, soil, and air. Emphasis on acid-base chemistry, aqueous speciation, mineral and gas solubility, oxidation and reduction, and isotopes. Prerequisite: CHEM 010 and (MATH 022 or PHYS 008 or MATH 012 ). Offered fall only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 105: 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. Prerequisite: MATH 021 and PHYS 008 . Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 110: Hydrology and Climate [4 units] Basics of the hydrological cycle and the global climate system. Fundamentals of surface water hydrology, hydrometeorology, evaporation, precipitation, statistical and probabilistic methods, unit hydrograph, and flood routing. Prerequisite: (ENVE 020 or MATH 015 ) and (MATH 022 or MATH 012 ). Normal Letter Grade only. 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 or consent of instructor. 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 . 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: BIO 001 and ENVE 020 . Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 130: Meteorology and Air Pollution [4 units] Basic physics and thermodynamics of the atmosphere; fundamentals of atmospheric sciences important to environmental problems; chemistry and physics of atmospheric pollutants; visibility; air quality modeling; emissions; and air pollution control strategies. Prerequisite: ENVE 020 or ESS 020 . Normal Letter Grade only. Offered spring only. 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. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 140: Water Resources Planning and Management [3 units] Quantitative analytical methods in water resources planning and management; introduction to systems analysis, multi-objective planning and risk assessment. Design Project. Prerequisite: ENVE 020 and ENGR 155 . Normal Letter Grade only. 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 and PHYS 008 . 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 or MGMT 100 ) and (ECON 010 or POLI 010 ) or consent of instructor. Normal Letter Grade only. 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. 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. Prerequisite: Junior standing. 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: (ENGR 155 or ECON 100 ) and MATH 024 or consent of instructor. 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 or consent of instructor. 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: (ENVE 020 or ESS 020 ) and (ENVE 100 or ESS 100 ) and ENGR 120 . 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 . View course scheduling information
	ENVE 183: Field Methods in Subsurface Hydrology [1-3 units] Introduction to fundamental field instruments used for vadose zone and subsurface field investigations. Analysis of groundwater wells and of a (hypothetical) contaminated site. Field workshops. Prerequisite: ENVE 112 . Offered fall only. 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 . 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: Senior Standing and ENVE 100 and ENVE 110 and ENVE 130 (may be taken concurrently) and ENVE 160 (may be taken concurrently). Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 191: Professional Seminar [1 units] 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. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 192: Topics in Environmental Systems [1-6 units] Examination of a topic in environmental engineering. 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. 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/Fail only. View course scheduling information
	ENVE 199: Upper Division Individual Study [1-5 units] Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. 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, the 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. View course scheduling information
	ES 201L: Environmental Soil Science Lab [1 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. Prerequisite: ES 201 , which may be taken concurrently. Normal Letter Grade only. Laboratory included. 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. 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. 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. View course scheduling information
	ES 205: Watershed Biogeochemistry [3 units] Movement, storage, and transformations involving water, nutrients, and solutes in natural and human impacted watersheds; biological and chemical processes; modeling of biogeochemical processes. Interactions of watersheds with lakes and streams. Graduate requirements include more in-depth investigation of one or more topics and preparation of paper. View course scheduling information
	ES 206: Instructional Methods in Environmental Systems [3 units] Instrumental analytical methods and quantitative analysis applied to the study of environmental materials, including inorganic, organic, and biological substances. Completion of an individual research project and preparation of a project report is required for graduate credit. 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. 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. Course may be repeated for credit. 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. Normal Letter Grade only. 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. Permission of instructor required. Normal Letter Grade only. 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. View course scheduling information
	ES 218: 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. Graduate requirements include preparation of a detailed case analysis. 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. View course scheduling information
	ES 222: Dynamics of Organic Matter in Soils and Sediments [3 units] ES 222 will 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. 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. 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. Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 227: Flora of California [5 units] Introduces students 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. 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. 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 or consent of instructor. 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. View course scheduling information
	ES 234: Air Pollution and Resources [3 units] Chemistry and physics of atmospheric pollutants, urban air pollution, visibility, mitigation, and resource economics. Prerequisite: ESS 100 or consent of instructor. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. 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. 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 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. Knowledge of the topics covered in ENGR 135 or ES 235 Heat Transfer are necessary for the successful completion of this course. Normal Letter Grade only. Course may be repeated 1 time for credit. 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. 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. View course scheduling information
	ES 248: Advanced Topics in Ecology [3 units] Course 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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
	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. Course may be repeated for credit. Discussion, Laboratory included. View course scheduling information
	ES 295: Graduate Research [1-12 units] Supervised research. Permission of instructor required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Course may be repeated for credit. 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. 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. 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 appropriate score on French Placement 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 appropriate score on French Placement 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 appropriate score on French Placement 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/Fail 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. 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/Fail 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/Fail 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. The course emphasizes the importance of the interaction between writer, reader, purpose and message. FRE 103 focuses on the four major modes of writing and oral practice. Prerequisite: FRE 004 or equivalent (4-5 in AP French or appropriate grade in Language Placement Exam). Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	FRE 192: 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. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Permission of instructor required. Pass/Fail only. Course may be repeated 2 times for credit. View course scheduling information
Geography
	GEOG 010: Introduction to Spatial Analysis [4 units] Teaches the value of geography as a basis for organizing and discovering information; the nature and meaning of maps, and the concepts and tools for spatial analysis: the description, organization, linkage, manipulation and communication of geographical information. Discussion included. View course scheduling information
	GEOG 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 course) or consent of instructor. Discussion included. View course scheduling information
	GEOG 142: Geography of Resource Management [4 units] Climate and biogeography of Western US relevant to Forestry, Fire, and Water Resources management introduced via the writings of 19th Century explorers and surveyors of the West and recent scientific literature. Analyze role of climate and biogeographic information in public resource management policy debates of 1870s-1910s versus present day. Geographic perspective on long term repercussions of early 20th Century resource management policy choices. Prerequisite: Any lower division HIST, LIT, PUBP, BIO, ENVE, ESS course and WRI 010 or consent of instructor. Discussion included. View course scheduling information
Global Arts Studies Program
	GASP 001: Introduction to Global Arts Studies [4 units] Study of global arts with an integrated approach that examines visual arts, music, and a variety of other subjects offered by the Global Arts Studies Program. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	GASP 002: Introduction to Music Studies [4 units] Explores the fundamentals of music through various idioms, genres and traditions. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information
	GASP 003: Introduction to Visual Culture [4 units] An introduction to visual material in art and mass media from cultures throughout the world. Emphasizes the development of students’ own critical skills in analyzing and understanding visual culture. Topics include artworks from the antiquity to postmodernism, as well as issues in mass media, pop culture, and cyberspace. Normal Letter Grade only. View course scheduling information

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ENG 154: Emily Dickinson: Her Poems, Her Letters, Her Life

ENG 164: Author Study

ENG 165: Tragic Drama: from Ancient Greece to the Present Day

ENG 185: Reading from the Margin

ENG 186: Language, Gender, and Culture

ENG 190: Senior Thesis

ENG 192: Internship in English

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 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research

ENVE 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study

ENVE 099: Lower Division Individual Study

ENVE 100: Environmental 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 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: Watershed Biogeochemistry

ES 206: Instructional 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

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

ES 237: Viscous Flows

ES 238: Air Pollution Control

ES 240: Water Resources Planning and Management

ES 248: Advanced Topics in Ecology

ES 252: Remote Sensing of the Environment