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Course List

1. A

   Anthropology (1)

   • ANTHRO 1S - Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology

   Art & Art History (7)

   • ARTHIST 103S - Introduction to American Art
   • ARTSTUDI 141S - Drawing Outdoors
   • ARTSTUDI 147S - Drawing and Painting Intensive
   • ARTSTUDI 171S - Photography I: Digital
   • FILMPROD 106S - Image and Sound
   • FILMSTUD 103S - From Anima to Anime: An Introduction to East Asian Animated Media
   • FILMSTUD 4S - Language of Film

2. B

   Biology (3)

   • BIO 27S - Evolution: From DNA to Dinosaurs
   • BIO 28S - Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
   • BIO 8S - Introduction to Human Physiology

3. C

   Chemistry (9)

   • CHEM 1 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry
   • CHEM 1L - Organic Chemistry Lab I
   • CHEM 2 - Organic Chemistry of Carbonyl Containing Molecules
   • CHEM 2L - Organic Chemistry Lab II
   • CHEM 3 - Organic Chemistry of Biomolecules
   • CHEM 31A - Chemical Principles I
   • CHEM 31B - Chemical Principles II
   • CHEM 3L - Organic Chemistry Lab III
   • CHEM 4 - Biochemistry: Chemistry of Life

   Civil & Environmental Engineering (SEWSS) (12)

   • CEE 101S - Science and Engineering Problem Solving with MatLab
   • CEE 107S - Energy Resources: Fuels and Tools
   • CEE 165C - Water Resources Management
   • CEE 170S - Environmental Disasters
   • CEE 171F - New Indicators of Well-Being & Sustainability
   • CEE 175P - Persuasive Communication for Environmental Scientists, Practitioners, and Entrepreneurs
   • CEE 175S - Environmental Entrepreneurship & Innovation
   • CEE 176G - Sustainability Design Thinking
   • CEE 177L - Smart Cities & Communities
   • CEE 179S - Seminar: Issues in Environmental Engineering, Science & Sustainability
   • CEE 70 - Environmental Science & Technology
   • CEE 73 - Water: An Introduction

   Classics (3)

   • CLASSICS 14 - Greek and Latin Roots of English
   • CLASSICS 31 - Greek Mythology
   • CLASSICS 4L - Intensive Latin

   Communication (3)

   • COMM 107S - Media, Culture, and the Politics of Gender
   • COMM 112S - Welcome to Cyberspace: An Introduction to the Internet
   • COMM 113S - Digital Media and Behavior

   Comparative Literature (2)

   • COMPLIT 57 - Human Rights and World Literature
   • COMPLIT 71N - Islamic Identities

   Computer Science (6)

   • CS 106A - Programming Methodology
   • CS 106B - Programming Abstractions
   • CS 109 - Introduction to Probability for Computer Scientists
   • CS 110 - Principles of Computer Systems
   • CS 161 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms
   • CS 193C - Client-side Internet Technologies

4. E

   Earth System Science (1)

   • EARTHSYS 41N - The Global Warming Paradox

   Economics (4)

   • ECON 1 - Principles of Economics
   • ECON 111 - Money and Banking
   • ECON 140 - Introduction to Financial Economics
   • ECON 50 - Economic Analysis I

   Education, Graduate School of (1)

   • EDUC 117N - Losing My Religion: Secularism and Spirituality in American Lives

   Electrical Engineering (10)

   • EE 101A - Circuits I
   • EE 102A - Signal Processing and Linear Systems I
   • EE 216 - Principles and Models of Semiconductor Devices
   • EE 261 - The Fourier Transform and Its Applications
   • EE 263 - Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems
   • EE 264 - Digital Signal Processing
   • EE 278 - Introduction to Statistical Signal Processing
   • EE 364A - Convex Optimization I
   • EE 380 - Colloquium on Computer Systems
   • ENGR 40M - An Intro to Making: What is EE

   Engineering (1)

   • ENGR 145 - Technology Entrepreneurship

   English (10)

   • ENGLISH 131B - On the Road: American Travel Films
   • ENGLISH 131C - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence in Fiction
   • ENGLISH 132C - Cosmopolitan Crime: Global Detective Fiction
   • ENGLISH 133C - King Arthur's Court: Medieval and Modern
   • ENGLISH 135C - Reading and Writing the Personal Essay
   • ENGLISH 90 - Fiction Writing
   • ENGLISH 90V - Fiction Writing
   • ENGLISH 91 - Creative Nonfiction
   • ENGLISH 92 - Reading and Writing Poetry
   • ENGLISH 9CV - Creative Expression in Writing

   English for Foreign Students (22)

   • EFSLANG 683P - Workshop in Pronunciation for International Students
   • EFSLANG 683R - Workshop in Reading and Vocabulary for International Students
   • EFSLANG 683S - Workshop in Oral Communication for International Students
   • EFSLANG 683W - Workshop in Written Communication for International Students
   • EFSLANG 684C - Communicating in Engineering and Science
   • EFSLANG 684D - Effective Negotiation and Persuasion in English
   • EFSLANG 684S - Language and Culture of Silicon Valley
   • EFSLANG 687X - American Language and Culture: Silicon Valley First Session
   • EFSLANG 687Y - American Language and Culture: Silicon Valley Second Session
   • EFSLANG 688 - Intensive English and Academic Orientation for Foreign Graduate Students
   • EFSLANG 688A - Intensive Spoken English
   • EFSLANG 688B - Intensive Academic Writing
   • EFSLANG 688V - Intensive English and Academic Orientation for Stanford Visiting Scholars
   • EFSLANG 689B - Building Communication Skills through Improvisation
   • EFSLANG 689H - American Humor
   • EFSLANG 689P - Pronunciation
   • EFSLANG 689S - Exploring Silicon Valley Language and Culture
   • EFSLANG 689T - Interacting in California's Vineyard Culture
   • EFSLANG 689V - Vocabulary and Idiom
   • EFSLANG 691S - Oral Presentation
   • EFSLANG 695S - Pronunciation and Intonation
   • EFSLANG 698S - Writing Academic English

5. H

   Health & Human Performance (18)

   • PE 16 - Circuit Training
   • PE 26 - Tennis: Beginning
   • PE 27 - Tennis: Advanced Beginning
   • PE 28 - Tennis: Intermediate
   • PE 29 - Tennis: Advanced
   • PE 3 - Keep Calm, Jog On
   • PE 33 - Golf: Beginning
   • PE 34 - Golf: Advanced Beginning
   • PE 35 - Golf: Intermediate
   • PE 40 - Rock Climbing I: Beginning
   • PE 50 - Swimming: Beginning I
   • PE 51 - Swimming: Beginning II
   • PE 52 - Swimming: Intermediate
   • PE 81 - Yoga
   • PE 84 - Yoga/Pilates Fusion
   • WELLNESS 111 - Exploring Happiness
   • WELLNESS 130 - Meditation
   • WELLNESS 133 - Meditation Retreat

   History (2)

   • HISTORY 168 - American History in Film Since World War II
   • HISTORY 241D - Einstein and the Structure of Reality

6. I

   ICME (3)

   • CME 102 - Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers
   • CME 106 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers
   • CME 108 - Introduction to Scientific Computing

   International Relations (3)

   • INTNLREL 140A - International Law and International Relations
   • INTNLREL 145 - Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention
   • INTNLREL 168 - America as a World Power: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1914 to Present

7. L

   Language Center (14)

   • CHINLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year Chinese, Part 1
   • CHINLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year Chinese, Part 2
   • FRENLANG 120S - Advanced Conversation French
   • FRENLANG 15S - Intermediate Conversation French
   • FRENLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year French, Part 1
   • FRENLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year French, Part 2
   • GERLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year German, Part 1
   • GERLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year German, Part 2
   • JAPANLNG 1A - Accelerated First-Year Japanese, Part 1
   • JAPANLNG 2A - Accelerated First-Year Japanese, Part 2
   • SPANLANG 100S - Advanced Oral Communication
   • SPANLANG 15S - Intermediate Oral Communication
   • SPANLANG 1A - Accelerated First-Year Spanish, Part 1
   • SPANLANG 2A - Accelerated First-Year Spanish, Part 2

   Linguistics (2)

   • LINGUIST 61S - Language Evolution and Change
   • LINGUIST 67S - The Role of Language in Perception and Cognition

8. M

   Management Science & Engineering (8)

   • MS&E 140 - Accounting for Managers and Entrepreneurs
   • MS&E 20 - Discrete Probability Concepts and Models
   • MS&E 220 - Probabilistic Analysis
   • MS&E 238 - Leading Trends in Information Technology
   • MS&E 238A - Leading Trends in Information Technology
   • MS&E 240 - Accounting for Managers and Entrepreneurs
   • MS&E 260 - Introduction to Operations Management
   • MS&E 52 - Introduction to Decision Making

   Marine Biology, Hopkins Marine Station (1)

   • BIOHOPK 185H - Ecology & Conservation of Kelp Forest Communities

   Mathematics (7)

   • MATH 106 - Functions of a Complex Variable
   • MATH 113 - Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
   • MATH 115 - Functions of a Real Variable
   • MATH 19 - Calculus
   • MATH 382 - Qualifying Examination Seminar
   • MATH 51 - Linear Algebra and Differential Calculus of Several Variables
   • MATH 53 - Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra

   Mechanical Engineering (10)

   • ENGR 10 - Introduction to Engineering Analysis
   • ME 17 - The Science of Flames
   • ME 232 - Additive Manufacturing: From Fundamentals to Applications
   • ME 30 - Engineering Thermodynamics
   • ME 332 - Introduction to Computational Mechanics
   • ME 338 - Continuum Mechanics
   • ME 344 - Introduction to High Performance Computing
   • ME 354 - Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
   • ME 387 - Soft Tissue Mechanics
   • ME 420 - Applied Electrochemistry at Micro- and Nanoscale

   Music (8)

   • MUSIC 12AS - Introductory Piano Class, Level 1 (Group)
   • MUSIC 12BS - Introductory Piano Class, Level 2 (Group)
   • MUSIC 12CS - Introductory Piano Class, Level 3 (Group)
   • MUSIC 160S - Summer Orchestra
   • MUSIC 167S - Summer Chorus
   • MUSIC 65AS - Beginning Voice, Level 1 (Group)
   • MUSIC 65BS - Beginning Voice, Level 2 (Group)
   • MUSIC 72AS - Intermediate Piano Class (Group)

9. O

   Oral Communication (2)

   • ORALCOMM 118 - Public Speaking: Romancing the Room
   • ORALCOMM 219 - Public Speaking for Graduate Students

10. P

    Philosophy (6)

    • PHIL 27S - Human Nature
    • PHIL 28S - Introduction to Modern Philosophy
    • PHIL 31S - The Highest Good in Human Life
    • PHIL 38S - Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
    • PHIL 39S - Introduction to Ethics
    • PHIL 40S - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    Physics (5)

    • PHYSICS 15 - Stars and Planets in a Habitable Universe
    • PHYSICS 16 - The Origin and Development of the Cosmos
    • PHYSICS 21S - Mechanics and Heat with Laboratory
    • PHYSICS 23S - Electricity and Optics with Laboratory
    • PHYSICS 50 - Astronomy Laboratory and Observational Astronomy

    Political Science (4)

    • POLISCI 211B - International Cooperation and Institutions
    • POLISCI 251A - Introduction to Machine Learning for Social Scientists
    • POLISCI 101Z - Introduction to International Relations
    • POLISCI 133Z - Ethics and Politics of Public Service

    Program in Writing and Rhetoric (5)

    • PWR 1D-01 - Writing About Race and Ethnicity
    • PWR 1D-02 - Writing about Popular Culture: Rhetoric in American Media
    • PWR 1D-03 - Writing the Persuasive Essay: Analyzing the Science of Shopping
    • PWR 1HZ-01 - Introduction to College Writing
    • PWR 6VT - Writing in the University: Debates about the Politics and Technologies of Journalism

    Psychiatry (1)

    • PSYC 54N - Genes, Memes, and Behavior

    Psychology (9)

    • PSYCH 102S - Introduction to Neuroscience
    • PSYCH 105S - General Psychology
    • PSYCH 108S - Introduction to Social Psychology
    • PSYCH 110S - Introduction to Cultural Psychology
    • PSYCH 111S - Abnormal Psychology
    • PSYCH 113S - Developmental Psychology
    • PSYCH 115S - Personality Psychology
    • PSYCH 147S - Introduction to the Psychology of Emotion
    • PSYCH 148S - The Psychology of Bias: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

11. R

    Religious Studies (1)

    • RELIGST 32S - Buddhism in America

12. S

    Science, Technology, and Society (1)

    • STS 123 - Making of a Nuclear World: History, Politics, and Culture

    Sociology (6)

    • SOC 113 - Comparative Corruption
    • SOC 119D - The Power of Social Networks in Everyday Life
    • SOC 122D - As Simple as Fascists vs. Snowflakes? Free Speech and the University
    • SOC 133D - Globalization and Social Change
    • SOC 134D - The Sociology of Sex, Relationships, and Family
    • SOC 135D - Law and Inequality

    Statistics (12)

    • STATS 101 - Data Science 101
    • STATS 110 - Statistical Methods in Engineering and the Physical Sciences
    • STATS 116 - Theory of Probability
    • STATS 202 - Data Mining and Analysis
    • STATS 216V - Introduction to Statistical Learning
    • STATS 217 - Introduction to Stochastic Processes I
    • STATS 237 - Theory of Investment Portfolios and Derivative Securities
    • STATS 241 - Data-driven Financial and Risk Econometrics
    • STATS 245 - Data, Models, and Applications to Healthcare Analytics
    • STATS 366 - Modern Statistics for Modern Biology
    • STATS 390 - Consulting Workshop
    • STATS 60 - Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus

13. T

    Theater and Performance Studies (5)

    • DANCE 132 - Classical Ballet Variations
    • DANCE 148 - Intermediate Ballet
    • DANCE 48 - Beginning Ballet
    • DANCE 58 - Beginning Hip Hop
    • TAPS 20A - Acting for Non-Majors