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2023 Courses

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Course List

  • Intro to Cultural and Social Anthropology

    Available
    Catalog Number
    ANTHRO 1S
    Course Cost
    $3846.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate
    Summary

    This course introduces basic anthropological concepts and presents the discipline's distinctive perspective on society and culture. The power of this perspective is illustrated by exploring vividly-written ethnographic cases that show how anthropological approaches illuminate contemporary social and political issues in a range of different cultural sites.

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    Details

    Class Number
    12123
    Units
    3
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Ben Baker, Kerem Ussalki
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    T/Th, 1:30P-3:20P
    Cross Listings
    ANTHRO 201S
  • Painting and Collage

    Available
    Catalog Number
    ARTSTUDI 145S
    Course Cost
    $3846.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate
    Summary

    In this introductory class painting and collage techniques are explored and combined in order to expand visual language. Paint as a traditional medium will be unified with the prefabricated nature of collage in order to create aesthetic harmony and produce sensations of volume, space, movement, and light on a flat surface. Various collage materials will be pulled from magazines, newspapers, old books, cloth and found materials that interplay with acrylic paint applications

    Details

    Class Number
    23612
    Units
    3
    Interest Area
    Creativity and Design
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Jessica Monette, Pablo Tut
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    M/W 1:30P-3:20P
  • Printing Without a Press

    Available
    Catalog Number
    ARTSTUDI 148S
    Course Cost
    $3846.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate
    Summary

    In this introductory class, we explore printmaking through different techniques and approaches without using a press. This approach allows students to learn techniques to make prints anywhere. Class projects will focus on relief, monotypes, rubbings, and collage prints. This process will allow students to experiment with different forms of accessible tools such as spoons, doorknobs, cardboard, styrofoam, etc. Admission determined on or before the first day of class. Please enroll before the first day if you would like to be considered for admission.

    Details

    Class Number
    23613
    Units
    3
    Interest Area
    Creativity and Design
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Wendy Liu
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    T/Th, 1:30P-3:20P
  • Cell Phone Photography

    Available
    Catalog Number
    ARTSTUDI 173S
    Course Cost
    $3846.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate
    Summary

    The course combines the critical analysis of cell phone photography with the creation of photographic art works that explore this specific medium's experimental, social and documentary potential. The increasing ubiquity of cell phone photography has had a widespread impact on the practice of photography as an art form. We will consider and discuss the ways in which the platforms of cell phone photography (Instagram, Snapchat) are democratizing image-making and transforming notions of authorship and subjectivity to an unprecedented extent, but also how the use of new technological tools help expand notions of creativity and aesthetic standards.

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    Details

    Class Number
    23614
    Units
    3
    Interest Area
    Creativity and Design
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Yunfei Ren, Joanna Keane Lopez
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    M/W, 10:30A-12:20P
  • Understand Energy-Essentials

    Available
    Catalog Number
    CEE 107S
    Course Cost
    $3846.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
    Summary

    Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy as a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. Fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts and will be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world.

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    Details

    Class Number
    5963
    Units
    3
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Gragg, Diana
    Dates
    -
    Prerequisites

    Algebra

    Schedule
    M/F, 9:00A-10:50A
    Cross Listings
    CEE 207S
  • Energy Efficient Buildings

    Available
    Catalog Number
    CEE 176A
    Course Cost
    $3846.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
    Summary

    Quantitative evaluation of technologies and techniques for reducing energy demand of residential-scale buildings. Heating and cooling load calculations, financial analysis, passive-solar design techniques, water heating systems, photovoltaic system sizing for net-zero-energy all-electric homes.

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    Details

    Class Number
    23556
    Units
    3
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Douglas, Kyle
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    M/W/F, 1:30P-2:20P
  • Energy Storage Integration - Vehicles, Renewables, and the Grid

    Available
    Catalog Number
    CEE 176C
    Course Cost
    $5128.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
    Summary

    This course will describe the background on existing energy storage solutions being used on the electric grid and in vehicles with a primary focus on batteries and electrochemical storage. It will discuss the operating characteristics, cost and efficiency of these technologies and how tradeoff decisions can be made. The course will describe the system-level integration of new storage technologies, including chargers, inverters, battery management systems and controls, into the existing vehicle and grid infrastructure. Specific focus will be given to the integration of electric vehicle charging combined with demand-side management, scheduled renewable energy absorption and local grid balancing. This course may be taken for 3 units; or 4 units if taken with the optional laboratory session.

    Details

    Class Number
    23568
    Units
    4
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Sambor, Daniel
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    T/Th, 1:30P-2:50P
  • Sustainability Design Thinking

    Available
    Catalog Number
    CEE 176G
    Course Cost
    $3846.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
    Summary

    Application of design thinking to make sustainability compelling, impactful and realizable. Analysis of contextual, functional and human-centered design thinking techniques to promote sustainable design of products and environments by holistically considering space, form, environment, energy, economics, and health. Includes Studio project work in prototyping, modeling, testing, and realizing sustainable design ideas. High school students can enroll with instructor consent, please contact the instructor and request permission.

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    Details

    Class Number
    12144
    Units
    3
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 8 weeks
    Instructors
    Katz, Glenn
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    M/W, 2:30P-4:20P
    Cross Listings
    CEE 276G
  • Understanding the Natural and Unnatural World through Chemistry

    Available
    Catalog Number
    CHEM 121
    Course Cost
    $6410.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
    Summary

    Students enrolled in this course will appreciate the transformative power of molecular science on the modern world and how foundational knowledge of chemistry enables profound discoveries in biological, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, engineering, energy, and materials science research. This course integrates the lessons of CHEM 31 and CHEM 33 through an examination of the structure-function properties of carbon-based molecules. Specific emphasis is given to the chemistry of carbonyl- and amine-derived compounds, polyfunctionalized molecules, reaction kinetics and thermodynamics, mechanistic arrow-pushing, and retrosynthetic analysis. Students will be empowered with a conceptual understanding of chemical reactivity, physical organic chemistry, and the logic of chemical synthesis. The singular nature of molecular design and synthesis to make available functional molecules and materials will be revealed. A three-hour lab section provides hands on experience with modern chemical methods for preparative and analytical chemistry.

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    Details

    Class Number
    23540
    Units
    5
    Interest Area
    Natural Sciences
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 4 weeks
    Instructors
    Megan Brennan
    Dates
    -
    Prerequisites

    CHEM 33 or co-requisite CHEM 100

    Schedule
    MTWTh, 9:30A-11:20A
  • Chemical Principles I

    Available
    Catalog Number
    CHEM 31A
    Course Cost
    $6410.00
    Population
    High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
    Summary

    For students with moderate or no background in chemistry. Stoichiometry; periodicity; electronic structure and bonding; gases; enthalpy; phase behavior. Emphasis is on skills to address structural and quantitative chemical questions; lab provides practice. Recitation.

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    Details

    Class Number
    23520
    Units
    5
    Interest Area
    Natural Sciences
    Course Format & Length
    In-Person, 4 weeks
    Instructors
    Nathanial Brown
    Dates
    -
    Schedule
    MTWTh, 9:30A-11:20A

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