May 17, 2024

2021-2022 Catalog

2021-2022 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.

WORLD LANGUAGES

No credit is allowed for completing a less advanced course after successful completion (C-or better) of a more advanced course in the world languages. This applies only to lower division world 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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Mechanical Engineering
	ME 199: Upper Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ME 202: Transport Phenomena Units: 4 Systematic analysis of fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer phenomena, with emphasis on the analogies and specific techniques used in treating such boundary value problems. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge of the topics in ENGR 135 View course scheduling information
	ME 210: Linear Multivariable Control Units: 3 Modeling, analysis, and design of linear multi-input, multi-output control systems, including both state space and transfer matrix approach, with an emphasis on stability, controllability, stabilizability, observability and detectability are discussed. Both time-invariant and time-varying systems, and continuous-time and discrete -ime systems are both covered. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: EECS 210 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Elec Eng & Computer Sci (Graduate) - EECS Mechanical Engineering (Graduate) - MECE Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge in Control Engineering is strongly recommended. View course scheduling information
	ME 211: Nonlinear Controls Units: 4 Phase plane and singularities. Methods for nonlinear analysis. Lyapunov stability theory. Passivity. Lyapunov control design. Topics of nonlinear controls including feedback linearization, sliding control and back stepping design. Adaption algorithms and system identification. Discussion of current research topics in nonlinear controls. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ME 212: Advanced Controls: Robustness and Optimality Units: 4 Introduces advanced methods of multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) control system robustness analysis and optimal design. Covers both Pontryagin’s maximum principle based optimal control and operator-theoretical approaches including LQR, LQG, and H2, H-infinite techniques. Robust control techniques include QFT, H-infinity, mu-synthesis, and interval polynomial approaches. Other advanced control techniques such as finite horizon control, networked control systems, self-optimizing control and fractional order control ideas will be covered too. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: ME 210 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 220: Continuum Mechanics Units: 3 Cartesian tensors in mechanics, kinematics of deformation, concepts of stress and strain, balance principles, objectivity, equilibrium and compatibility equations, constitutive relations, field equations, problems in elasticity. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Sound background in linear algebra, vector mechanics and undergraduate level understanding of stress and strain. View course scheduling information
	ME 229: Tribology Units: 3 Covers adhesion, friction, wear, and lubrication from a bottom-up perspective; microscopic physical origins of concepts including roughness, elasticity, plasticity, friction coefficients, and wear coefficients; surface energies, forces, and their measurement; atomistic origins of friction. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: MBSE 229 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 231: Conduction Heat Transfer Units: 3 Heat conduction fundamentals; one-and multi-dimensional steady state; transient conduction; hyperbolic conduction. Solution methods (separation of variables, integral transforms, integral method, numerical methods). Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge in the undergraduate physics sequence and knowledge in undergraduate thermodynamics Undergraduate heat transfer recommended View course scheduling information
	ME 232: Convective Heat and Mass Transfer Units: 3 Explores fluid transport properties and relevant conservation equations. Momentum, heat and mass transfer in laminar and turbulent internal and external flows. Buoyancy driven flows (free convection). Heat transfer in high-speed flow. Convective mass transfer. Special topics in heat and mass transfer; e.g., ablation, combustion, forced convection boiling and condensation (2-phase flow). Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: ES 233 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge of undergraduate thermodynamics, heat transfer and graduate fluid mechanics strongly advisable View course scheduling information
	ME 236: Advanced Mass Transfer Units: 4 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. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Crosslisted with: ES 236 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: ENGR 135 or ES 235 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 237: Radiative Heat Transfer Units: 3 Thermal radiation fundamentals; radiative properties of opaque surfaces; radiative exchange between opaque surfaces; radiative transfer equation; radiative properties of gases and particles; radiative exchange in participating media. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge in the undergraduate physics sequence and knowledge in undergraduate thermodynamics Undergraduate heat transfer recommended View course scheduling information
	ME 240: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Units: 3 Introduction to sustainability concept in manufacturing and product development and its relation to cost. Primary focus on defining and evaluating a product’s design in terms of Design for Sustainability requirements. Topics such as Life Cycle Assessment of parts options for materials, designs and fabrication processes are covered. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Prior knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes recommended. View course scheduling information
	ME 241: Nonlinear Dynamics Units: 3 Review of linear systems and stability theory, methods for analysis of nonlinear dynamics including perturbation methods, method of multiple time scale, averaging method, harmonic balance method, direct numerical integrations and cell mapping methods, bifurcation theory, resonances, chaos, and parametrically excited systems. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Prior knowledge of Calculus, Ordinary Differential Equations, Complex Analysis, Linear Algebra, Matrix Theory, Vibration, and Dynamics is required. View course scheduling information
	ME 243: Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education Units: 1 Focuses on teaching first-year graduate students from a variety of graduate programs skills in computational methods, programming languages, team science, project development, problem solving, social networking, and career preparation. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: CHEM 243, COGS 243, EECS 243, MATH 243, PHYS 243, PSY 243, QSB 243 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ME 244: Introduction to Multi-body Dynamics Units: 3 Rigid body mechanics (Rotation parameterization, Newton-Euler equations, inertia tensor), Interconnected bodies (joints, actuators, controllers), Equations of motion (Lagrange’s equations, Lagrange multipliers, body jack, DAEs) and Analyses (kinematic, static, quasi-static, dynamic, kinetostatic, linear-dynamic). Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Conjoined with: ME 144 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Background in vector mechanics, differential equations, numerical methods, linear algebra, MATLAB-Simulink, and Vibrations required View course scheduling information
	ME 245: Structural Vibration and Identification Units: 3 Solution methods for structural vibration analysis such as weighted residuals and Ritz expansion, matrix computation, data-driven modeling, and identification of structural systems are discussed in depth. Advanced methods for modeling and identification are also covered including linear and nonlinear regression analysis, neural networks, deep-learning, algebraic method, and operational calculus. Recent research advances in the literature will also be discussed. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No General knowledge of strength of materials and vibrations at undergraduate level is preferred. View course scheduling information
	ME 250: Compressible Flows Units: 4 Addresses the effects of compressibility in viscous and inviscid flows; steady and unsteady inviscid subsonic and supersonic flows; method of characteristics; small disturbance theories (linearized and hypersonic); shock dynamics; and hypersonic flows. Students are expected to be conversant in materials that are covered in ENGR 120 or the equivalent course. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 251: Viscous Flows Units: 3 Review of the Navier-Stokes equations; Stokes’ first and second problems; creeping flows; boundary layer theory; similarity and integral methods for boundary layer flows; stability and transition to turbulence. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Crosslisted with: ES 237 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge of the topics in ENGR 135 or ES 235 required View course scheduling information
	ME 254: Computational Fluid Dynamics Units: 4 Fundamentals of computational theory and computational methods. The first part covers material fundamentals to the understanding and application of numerical methods. The second part illustrates the use of such methods in solving different types of complex problems encountered in fluid mechanics and convective heat transfer. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 255: Theory and Modeling of Cold Plasmas Units: 3 Introduction to physical mechanisms relevant to the fourth state of matter: plasmas. Emphasis will be on low-temperature laboratory plasmas and will deal with topics including particle dynamics in electromagnetic fields, two-fluid and kinetic models that govern the physics of plasmas. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 259: Rheology Units: 3 Basic concepts (forces, displacements, stress, tensor, strain, etc.), linear and nonlinear elastic solids, linear viscous fluids, linear viscoelastic fluids and solids, and selected topics in nonlinear viscoelastic behavior. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and Statics and dynamics are highly recommended. View course scheduling information
	ME 260: Non-Imaging Optics Units: 4 Fundamentals and methodologies of non-imaging optics to design energy systems. The first part covers material fundamental to the understanding of imaging optics. This will lead into the non-imaging optical systems and the physics that made it possible to design solar energy concentrators. The second half of the course covers material dedicated to the designs of non-imaging optical systems applied to the solar energy field and optimization and analysis of these systems. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Conjoined with: PHYS 151 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ME 261: Energy Storage Units: 3 Covers energy storage schemes/devices with major focus on electrochemical storages including ionic batteries, fuel cells and super-capacitors. The course will cover operating principles, physics behind them, characterization methods and advantages/issues of each scheme. Exposure to thermodynamics is recommended but not mandatory. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Crosslisted with: MBSE 261 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 262: Fuel Cell Fundamentals, Modeling, and Diagnostic Units: 3 Introduces knowledge of electrochemistry and fuel cell operation followed by modeling and diagnostic of a fuel cell. Topics include transport, electrochemical reaction, impedance, cyclic voltammetry, etc. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: MBSE 262, ES 231 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No Knowledge of Chemistry, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics highly recommended View course scheduling information
	ME 280: Fractional Order Mechanics Units: 4 Preparation with fractional calculus (differentiation or integration of non-integer order) and fractional dynamic modeling of complex mechanical systems such as porous medias, particulate systems, soft matters etc. that have inherent nature of memory, heredity, or long-range dependence (LRD), or long range interactions at or across various scales. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Laboratory included Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ME 285: Seminar: Nanomaterials for Space Exploration Units: 1 Designed for students in materials engineering, physics, and chemistry. Intended to expose students to various nanomaterial-based devices, foster students’ critical thinking in postulating feasible approaches, and develop students’ communication and presentation skills. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: BEST 285, CHEM 285, PHYS 285 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 290: Topics in Mechanical Engineering Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 3 Lectures on special topics within Mechanical Engineering that are not covered in the regularly scheduled graduate courses. Each class will have a specific focus which will be defined by the instructor of the course on a semester-by-semester basis. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 291: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series Units: 1 Seminar series where external speakers deliver one-hour talks on current research and development in various mechanical engineering fields relevant to the graduate program, including but not limited to fluids, structures, dynamics and control and energy. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Discussion included Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Mechanical Engineering (Graduate) - MECE Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 292: Directed Study of Technical Writing Units: 1 Covers topics in technical writing for mechanical engineering graduate students. General instruction and guidelines will be given that can be used for writing an engineering thesis or dissertation as well as for posters/presentations, journal articles, fellowship applications, and research proposals. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Mechanical Engineering (Graduate) - MECE Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	ME 295: Graduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Supervised research Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ME 298: Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 6 Group project under faculty supervision Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	ME 299: Directed Independent Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 12 Independent project under faculty supervision Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
Nat Sciences Undergrad Studies
	Syllabus NSUS 010: Success in NatSci Preparatory Units: 2 Designed to empower students to achieve effective levels of performance within academic, personal, and professional endeavors through the use of proven educational and mental strategies, specifically within Natural Science majors. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Earth Systems Science (Undergraduate) - ESS Environmental Systems Science (Undergraduate) - ESY Applied Mathematical Sciences (Undergraduate) - MATH Chemistry (Undergraduate) - CHM Chemical Sciences (Undergraduate) - CHEM Undeclared Natural Sciences (Undergraduate) - UNS Physics (Undergraduate) - PHYS Biological Sciences (Undergraduate) - BIOS Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSUS 020: Success in NatSci Excellence Units: 2 Training in the skills necessary to succeed at UC Merced and overview of opportunities in research, education, and careers in science. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Earth Systems Science (Undergraduate) - ESS Environmental Systems Science (Undergraduate) - ESY Applied Mathematical Sciences (Undergraduate) - MATH Chemistry (Undergraduate) - CHM Chemical Sciences (Undergraduate) - CHEM Undeclared Natural Sciences (Undergraduate) - UNS Physics (Undergraduate) - PHYS Biological Sciences (Undergraduate) - BIOS Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
Natural Sciences Education
	Syllabus NSED 023: Introduction to Teaching Science in Elementary School Units: 1 Introduction to teaching science in elementary school. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Activities include seminars, discussions, and experimentation using inquiry-based learning modules. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 033 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 024 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 024: Fieldwork: Introduction to Teaching Science in Elementary School Units: 1 Fieldwork component for the NSED 023 course. Classroom observations and teaching practicum at an elementary school under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 034 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 023 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 033: Introduction to Teaching Mathematics in Elementary School Units: 1 Introduction to teaching mathematics in elementary school. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Activities include seminars, discussions, and experimentation using inquiry-based learning modules. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 023 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 034 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 034: Fieldwork: Introduction to Teaching Mathematics in Elementary School Units: 1 Fieldwork component for the NSED 033 course. Classroom observations and teaching practicum at an elementary school under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 024 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 033 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 043: Introduction to Teaching Science in Middle School Units: 1 Introduction to teaching science in middle school. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Activities include seminars, discussions, and experimentation using inquiry-based learning modules. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 053 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 044 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 044: Fieldwork: Introduction to Teaching Science in Middle School Units: 1 Fieldwork component for the NSED 43 course. Classroom observations and teaching practicum at a middle school under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 054 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 043 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 053: Introduction to Teaching Mathematics in Middle School Units: 1 Introduction to teaching mathematics in middle school. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Activities include seminars, discussions, and experimentation using inquiry-based learning modules. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 043 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 054 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 054: Fieldwork: Introduction to Teaching Mathematics in Middle School Units: 1 Fieldwork component for the NSED 053 course. Classroom observations and teaching practicum at a middle school under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 044 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 053 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 063: Introduction to Teaching Science in High School Units: 1 Introduction to teaching science in high school. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Activities include seminars, discussions, and experimentation using inquiry-based learning modules. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 073 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 064 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 064: Fieldwork: Introduction to Teaching Science in High School Units: 1 Fieldwork component for the NSED 63 course. Classroom observations and teaching practicum at a high school under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 074 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 063 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 073: Introduction to Teaching Mathematics in High School Units: 1 Introduction to teaching mathematics in High school. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Activities include seminars, discussions, and experimentation using inquiry-based learning modules. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 063 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 074 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 074: Fieldwork: Introduction to Teaching Mathematics in High School Units: 1 Fieldwork component for the NSED 073 course. Classroom observations and teaching practicum at a high school under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Emphasis on inquiry-based learning practices and effective research-based teaching strategies. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: NSED 064 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: (NSED 023 or NSED 033) and (NSED 024 or NSED 034) Prerequisite Courses with Concurrent Option: NSED 073 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	NSED 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 12 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Earth Systems Science (Undergraduate) - ESS Environmental Systems Science (Undergraduate) - ESY Applied Mathematical Sciences (Undergraduate) - MATH Chemistry (Undergraduate) - CHM Chemical Sciences (Undergraduate) - CHEM Physics (Undergraduate) - PHYS Biological Sciences (Undergraduate) - BIOS Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	NSED 099: Lower Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 100: Project Based Instruction: Assessment and Management for Beginning Teachers Units: 4 The course prepares students for careers in K-12 education. Students gain knowledge of classroom management strategies and learn how to organize a classroom, to plan units and to develop lesson plans. A special focus will be the techniques necessary to effectively teach in multicultural and multilingual schools. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 120: Classroom Interactions in Science and Mathematics: A Focus on Equity in Urban and Rural Schools Units: 4 Focusing on American education, we examine historical and current issues of diversity, noting controversial initiatives such as mainstreaming, bilingual education, multiculturalism, and gender-neutral or gender-segregated instruction. Students also consider cultural and linguistic challenges of teaching English language learners, including those who are generation 1.5 students. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Badge: Diversity and Identity Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	Syllabus NSED 130: Technology in Education Units: 3 Designed for students interested in careers in education, particularly at a K-12 level. Teaches students to use digital learning tools and to integrate technology in the classroom in an effective way, with a particular focus on using technology to support state standards in education. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Badge: Media and Visual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 150: Research Methods in Education Units: 4 The purpose of this course is to help pre-service teachers develop the required skills to carry out research in classroom settings to inform their daily instructional strategies. Pre-service teachers will gain hands-on experience in conducting research/action research in actual classrooms or any other school-learning environment. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: At least one lower-division NSED course and one lower-division NSED fieldwork Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 174: Contemporary Issues in Teaching with Fieldwork Units: 1 Combines study and observation of a K-12 classroom setting and reflection the aspects of teaching which have current importance in the field of education. The course includes fieldwork component where students will be working in classrooms of the local K-12 schools. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 3 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Two of the following courses: NSED 024, NSED 034, NSED 044, NSED 054, NSED 064, NSED 074 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	NSED 184: Apprentice Teaching Fieldwork Lower Unit Limit: 3 Upper Unit Limit: 9 Final part of the NSEC minor program which allows students to receive a single subject teaching credential upon graduation. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: NSED 100 and NSED 120 Corequisite Courses: UGIC 303 (UC Berkeley course) Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
Philosophy
	PHIL 001: Introduction to Philosophy Units: 4 An introduction to the main areas of philosophy using classic and contemporary sources. Consideration of central and enduring problems in philosophy, such as skepticism about the external world, the mind-body problem and the nature of morality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 002: Introduction to Ethics Units: 4 Consideration of basic questions and themes in moral philosophy through the study of historical and contemporary philosophical texts. Questions may include: Are moral rules relative? What is the best sort of human life? What sorts of acts are right? Should wealth be shared with those less fortunate? Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Societies and Cultures of the Past Badge: Ethics Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 003: Contemporary Moral Problems Units: 4 Consideration of topics in applied ethics, which may include euthanasia, abortion, economic justice, world hunger, the treatment of animals, and punishment. This course will also cover some more general approaches to ethical thinking, such as theories based on rights and entitlements. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Ethics Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 004: Critical Reasoning Units: 4 Covers informal logic, especially the analysis and assessment of arguments in natural language. Topics include premises and conclusions; ambiguity, vagueness, and other linguistic issues; the principle of charity; deductive validity and soundness; inductive force and inference; rhetorical ploys; formal, substantial, and other fallacies; argument reconstruction; and argument assessment. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 005: Introduction to Logic Units: 4 Introduction to the techniques of deductive reasoning. Topics include the translation between English and symbolic language, rules of inference, deductive vs. inductive reasoning, validity and soundness, truth tables, and proof techniques in statement and predicate logic. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Lower Division: Quantitative Reasoning Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 008: Love, Sex, and Gender Units: 4 Introduces the study of love, sex, and gender. Consideration of how our everyday lives are shaped by our relationships with other people and ourselves. Topics include the nature of love, monogamy, polyamory, consent, intersectionality, and theories of gender, sexism, and pornography. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Ethics Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 009: Phenomenology and Existentialism Units: 4 Consideration of central themes in phenomenology and existentialism and their philosophical origins in nineteenth century philosophy. Readings from such figures as Nietzsche, Husserl, Sartre, Freud, Merleau-Ponty, and Heidegger. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Discussion included Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 090X: Freshman Seminar Units: 1 Examination of a topic in philosophy. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 092: Internship in Philosophy Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to philosophy in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of philosophy. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of philosophy. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	PHIL 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	PHIL 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	PHIL 099: Lower Division Individual Study Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	PHIL 101: Metaphysics Units: 4 Inquiry into the fundamental nature of reality: the categories of being; the differences between abstract entities, concrete entities, substances, properties, and processes; what constitutes identity of objects through time; necessity and possibility; free will and determinism; space, time, and causation. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 005 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 102: Epistemology Units: 4 Consideration of basic questions in the study of knowledge, which concern what we know and how we know things. Topics to be covered may include: certainty, justification, perception, skepticism, and introspection. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Societies and Cultures of the Past Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 103: Philosophy of Mind Units: 4 Selected topics in the philosophy of mind, including the relation between mind and body, the self, personal identity, consciousness, and free-will. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 005 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 104: Ethical Theory Units: 4 An examination of core issues in moral philosophy. Topics may include: the nature of moral judgments, methods of ethical decision making, the relationship between morality and self-interest, and proposed resolutions to situations involving conflicting moral principles. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Societies and Cultures of the Past Badge: Global Awareness Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 105: Philosophy of Language Units: 4 Consideration of work by both philosophers and linguists on the nature of language and meaning. Topics include theories of truth and reference, speech acts, metaphor, pictorial representation, and the relation between the social and mental aspects of language. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 106: Philosophy of Science Units: 4 Provides an introduction to the philosophy of science. Topics might include induction and scientific reasoning, causation, explanation, laws of nature, model-based science, values in science, and realism and anti-realism. Examples will be drawn from a variety of natural and social scientific fields, such as environmental science, public health, and political science. Emphasizes primary literature in the field in a discussion-based format. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Sustainability Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 or PHIL 002 or PHIL 003 or PHIL 004 or PHIL 005 or PHIL 008 or PHIL 009 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 107: Philosophy of Religion Units: 4 An examination of core issues in the philosophy of religion, using classical and contemporary sources. Topics may include: arguments for and against the existence of God, differing concepts of the divine, the rationality of religious belief, mysticism, divine foreknowledge and free-will, death and immortality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 108: Political Philosophy Units: 4 An examination of core issues in political philosophy. Topics may include: descriptive and normative analyses of institutions, alternative justifications of political authority, classical and modern accounts of the social contract, theories of justice. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Societies and Cultures of the Past Badge: Global Awareness Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 109: Philosophy of Law Units: 4 Exploration of the nature of law, including the social nature of law, law’s authority and the relationship between law and the common good. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Global Awareness Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 110: Philosophy of Cognitive Science Units: 4 Consideration of philosophical and foundational issues in cognitive science, including the Turing Test, the Chinese Room argument, the nature of cognitive architecture, animal cognition, connectionism vs. symbolic artificial intelligence, and the possibility of thinking machines. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: COGS 110 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Media and Visual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 or COGS 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 110A: Topics in Philosophy of Cognitive Science Units: 4 Special topics in philosophy of cognitive science. Consideration of empirical work in cognitive science in relation to such topics as personal identity, the self, brain injury, emotion, and morality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 3 Crosslisted with: COGS 110A Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: COGS 001 or PSY 001 or PHIL 001 or equivalent exam Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 111: Philosophy of Neuroscience Units: 4 Considerations of questions at the intersection of philosophy and neuroscience. Specific topics may include the mind-body problem, free will, consciousness, religion, and the nature of the self. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 119: Topics in Philosophy of Science Units: 4 In-depth study of selected topics in the philosophy of science. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 122: Bioethics Units: 4 Provides an introduction to several areas of bioethical research, which is the study of moral problems in biotechnology, environmental ethics, healthcare, and medical research. We consider a broad range of issues, including: research on humans and non-human animals; reproductive technologies, such as surrogacy and transhumanism; life and death decision making, including euthanasia and cross cultural perspectives on euthanasia; climate change, including topics concerning global justice. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Badge: Ethics Badge: Sustainability Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 or PHIL 002 or PHIL 003 or PHIL 004 or PHIL 005 or PHIL 008 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 130: Ancient Philosophy Units: 4 An examination of some of the core issues and central texts of ancient philosophy. Questions to be covered include: What is happiness? What is the best life? What are the ultimate constituents of reality? What can we know? Is there a soul, and does it survive death? Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 131: Topics in Ancient Philosophy Units: 4 Selected topics in ancient philosophy, for example close readings of texts from Plato, Aristotle, the Presocratics, or Hellenistic philosophers. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 3 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Global Awareness Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 134: Modern Philosophy Units: 4 An examination of the works of several of the most important philosophers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Special attention will be devoted to the new theories of knowledge and the new moral theories proposed during this time. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 135: Topics in Modern Philosophy Units: 4 Explores themes in the philosophy of the modern period (late 16th to early 19th Centuries) from authors such as Astell, Berkeley, Conway, Cudsworth, Descartes, Elizabeth of Bohemia, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Leibniz, Locke, Machiavelli, Malbranche, Rousseau, Smith, and Spinoza. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 3 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 or PHIL 002 or PHIL 003 or PHIL 004 or PHIL 005 or PHIL 008 or PHIL 009 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 137: Topics in 19th Century Philosophy Units: 4 A study of some major works of important philosophers of the 19th Century such as Fichte, Hegel, Bentham, Marx, Mill, Schopenhauer, Sidgwick, Kierkegaard, or Nietzsche. The authors and works covered in this class might change from year to year and instructor to instructor. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 138: Topics in 20th Century Analytic Philosophy Units: 4 We will study some of the main ideas and arguments proposed in the analytic tradition in philosophy. We also discuss how some of the developments in analytic philosophy such as symbolic logic and subjective probability theory have influenced contemporary sciences such as mathematics, computer science and economics. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 141: Topics in Continental Philosophy Units: 4 In-depth study of one or more figures or topics in continental philosophy. Possible topics include German idealism, Marxism, phenomenology, existentialism, the Frankfurt school, cultural studies, and critical theory. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Crosslisted with: ENG 121 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL or ENG course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 150: Topics in Phenomenology Units: 4 Introductory topics in phenomenology (the study of conscious experience). Historical figures covered may include Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and de Beauvoir. Topics may include phenomenological method, intentionality, perception, cognition, other minds, and intersubjectivity, as well as application of phenomenological methods to themes in natural science, social science, art, and literature. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 157: Philosophy of Love and Friendship Units: 4 Philosophical exploration of the nature of love and friendship and their relation to morality and the good life. Topics may include the question of whether friends and lovers are essential to happiness, why we love others, and how love and friendship relate to morality. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 160: Mathematical Logic Units: 4 Introduction to the meta-theory of first-order logic. Topics include the consistency, compactness, completeness and soundness proofs for propositional and first-order logic; model theory; the axiomatization of number theory; Gödel’s incompleteness theorems and related results. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: MATH 160 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Approaches to Knowledge: Natural Science Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 005 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 170: Philosophy, Politics and Economics Units: 4 Explores issues in the intersection of philosophy, political theory and economic theory. We will consider how discoveries in political science and economics can advance some debates in traditional political and moral philosophy. Conversely, we will consider how the insights and methods of philosophy influence economics and political science. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Quantitative and Numerical Analysis Badge: Global Awareness Badge: Sustainability Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Ethics Badge: Leadership, Community, and Engaging the World Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: PHIL 001 Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 171: Free Will in Philosophy and Cognitive Science Units: 4 An exploration of the concept of free will and the plausibility of its existence through both philosophy and cognitive science. By the end of the course students will be conversant on the topic of free will and the latest developments in the debate. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: COGS 160 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: COGS 001 or any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 172: Experimental Philosophy Units: 4 Consideration of how philosophers and cognitive scientists have tried to bring experimental methods to bear on philosophical debates. Topics may include consciousness, free will, and moral psychology. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: COGS 161 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Badge: Diversity and Identity Badge: Practical and Applied Knowledge Badge: Ethics Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: COGS 001 or any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 173: Consciousness in Philosophy and Cognitive Science Units: 4 Exploration of the phenomenon of consciousness in both philosophy and cognitive science. By the end of the course, students will be conversant on different forms of consciousness and techniques for studying consciousness. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Crosslisted with: COGS 177 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Upper Division: Crossroads Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Approaches to Knowledge: Social Science Badge: Scientific Method Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: COGS 001 or any lower-division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 180: Topics in Philosophy Units: 4 Examines a special topic in philosophy. Topic varies by instructor and semester. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: Can be repeated 2 times so long as the topic is different each time Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option GE Requirements Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisite Courses: Any lower division PHIL course Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 190: Advanced Seminar in Philosophy Units: 4 Intensive treatment of a special topic or problem within philosophy. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 1 Normal Letter Grade only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: Yes Course may be repeated 1 time for credit in different subject area View course scheduling information
	PHIL 191: Senior Philosophy Assessment and Thesis Units: 4 Covers the philosophy program learning outcomes and culminates in an online test designed to assess student’s understanding of certain basic questions about philosophy. Students develop a research project and write it up as a final capstone paper, according to the standards of the philosophy discipline. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0 Normal Letter Grade only GE Requirements Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline Upper Division: Culminating Experience Requisites and Restrictions Open only to following major/minor(s): Philosophy (Undergraduate) - PHIL Open only to the following class level(s): Senior Instructor Permission Required: No View course scheduling information
	PHIL 192: Internship in Philosophy Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 4 Provides oversight and structure for a student’s internship in a field related to philosophy in community organizations, professional research projects, etc. connected to the study of philosophy. Students are required to write an original research paper or relevant product that demonstrates how the internship advanced their knowledge of philosophy. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 2 Pass/No Pass only Requisites and Restrictions Open only to the following class level(s): Junior Senior Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information
	PHIL 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Lower Unit Limit: 1 Upper Unit Limit: 5 Supervised research. Course Details Repeats Allowed for Credit: 99 Normal Letter Grade with Pass/No Pass option Requisites and Restrictions Instructor Permission Required: Yes View course scheduling information

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ME 202: Transport Phenomena

ME 210: Linear Multivariable Control

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PHIL 001: Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 002: Introduction to Ethics

PHIL 003: Contemporary Moral Problems

PHIL 004: Critical Reasoning

PHIL 005: Introduction to Logic

PHIL 008: Love, Sex, and Gender

PHIL 009: Phenomenology and Existentialism

PHIL 090X: Freshman Seminar

PHIL 092: Internship in Philosophy

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PHIL 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study

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