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Course Criteria
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2.00 - 8.00 Credits
Seminar, two to eight hours; outside study, four to 16 hours. Designed for undergraduate students who are part of research group. Discussion of research methods and current literature in field or of research of faculty members or students. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.
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3.00 Credits
Tutorial, to be arranged. Limited to juniors/seniors. Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. May be repeated for credit with school approval. Individual contract required; enrollment petitions available in Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Learning and teaching of basic water quality concepts and wetland functions in one of two middle school classrooms in Los Angeles. Topics include photosynthesis, respiration, basic water quality parameters (pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, turbidity), basic contaminant chemistry and metal precipitation, and role of wetlands in microbial water quality. Field trip with middle school students to Ballona Wetlands. Letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Seminar, two hours; outside study, four hours. Introduction to issues of professional practice in structural engineering. Content and organization of model building codes and material-specific reference standards. Interpretation of architectural and structural design drawings and specifications. Material-independent structural calculations such as tributary area, multistory column loads, and estimation of simple seismic and wind loads. P/NP grading.
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2.00 Credits
Seminar, two hours. Current topics and research methods in civil and environmental engineering. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(same as Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M168.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Requisite: course 130 or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 156A or 166A. Introduction to basic concepts of finite element methods (FEM) and applications to structural and solid mechanics and heat transfer. Direct matrix structural analysis; weighted residual, least squares, and Ritz approximation methods; shape functions; convergence properties; isoparametric formulation of multidimensional heat flow and elasticity; numerical integration. Practical use of FEM software; geometric and analytical modeling; preprocessing and postprocessing techniques; term projects with computers. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Recommended requisite: course 153. Microbial cell and its metabolic capabilities, microbial genetics and its potentials, growth of microbes and kinetics of growth, microbial ecology and diversity, microbiology of wastewater treatment, probing of microbes, public health microbiology, pathogen control. Letter grading.
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1.00 Credits
(Same as Environmental Health Sciences M166L.) Laboratory, two hours; outside study, two hours. Corequisite: course M166. General laboratory practice within environmental microbiology, sampling of environmental samples, classical and modern molecular techniques for enumeration of microbes from environmental samples, techniques for determination of microbial activity in environmental samples, laboratory setups for studying environmental biotechnology. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Greek not required. Study of Greek life and culture from age of Homer to Roman conquest. Readings focus on selections from works of ancient authors in translation. Lectures illustrated with images of art, architecture, and material culture. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 10 or 20. Study of origins, development, and nature of literary genre of biography in cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Comparisons with modern biographical traditions in literature and film. P/NP or letter grading.
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