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Fall2016CourseOfferings
CollegeofCreativeStudiesFall2016
CourseOfferings
Fall2016CourseOfferingsARTCS15,Section1 EC#01271
ArtColloquium
ArtColloquiumisdesignedtoassistyouinmakingthemostofyourexperienceasaCCSartstudent.ItisrequiredforallCCSArtMajorswhoareenteringUCSBasfreshmenortransferringintoCCSinthefallquarter.ThiscourseisalsoopentostudentsintheDepartmentofArtwhoarethinkingaboutapplyingtotheCCSArtProgramThiscoursewill:-acquaintyouwithCCSprivileges,expectations,courseofferingsandprocedures-familiarizeyouwithUCSBcampusofferingsandopportunitiesavailabletoyouasartstudents-introduceyoutopotentialresearchtracks-supportyourdevelopingstudiopractice-buildcommunityanddialoguebetweentheCCSartstudentsandDepartmentofArtWewillmeetweeklyasagrouponThursdayYoumustalsoattendIntrotoContemporaryArtAdditionalrequirementsoutsideofclasswillbelistedinthecoursesyllabus.EnrollintheArtColloquium(ARTCS15)for3.0unitswithnoLetterGrade.EnrollinIntrotoContemporaryArt(ARTST1C)for2.0unitswithLetterGrade.Instructor: LindaEkstromTime: Thursday2:30pm-4:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room136
Fall2016CourseOfferingsArtCS102,Section1 EC#01370 MaterialsandPracticesofPainting Thisclassisathoroughtreatmentofwhateverypaintershouldknowaboutmaterialsandcraft.Topicsinclude:thehistoryofmaterialsandtechniquesandtheirrelationshiptotheformalaspects(andtherebythemeanings)ofpaintings"traditional"versusnewmaterialsstudiopracticesandmethodshealthandsafetyissues.Therewillbeapresentationbytheinstructoreachweekinclass.Attendanceiscompulsory.Therewillalsobeawrittenexaminationattheendofthequarter,successfulcompletionofwhichwillaccountfortwoofthe4unitsofferedforthisclass.AcoursematerialsfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor: DanConnallyTime: TuesdayandThursday11:30am-2:20am Place: BLDG.494,Room136
Fall2016CourseOfferingsArtCS105,Section1 EC#01453
Artists’Books:BeginningandIntermediate
Thiscoursewillexplorethebookasart--astructureandspaceforthecontainmentandinterplayofform,textandvisualelements.Bothtechniqueandcontentwillbeaddressedtofindappropriatepairingsbetweenthebookstructureandthatwhichthestructurecontains.Wewillcreateavarietyofbindingswithinthetraditionofartists’books,coveringabroadrangeofoptionsforyourfuturebookprojects.Whilethecoursewillexploreartists’booksasagenrehavingaparticularhistory,context,andtraditionofitsown,wewillalsoseeexamplesofhowthebookoperatesasasymbolicform,assculptureextendedintospace&asacomponentwithinanartist’slargerbodyofwork.Atanappropriatetimeduringthequarterthefocuswillshifttoeachstudent'sindividualresearchandcourseprojecttheyplantodevelopoverthesecondhalfofthequarter.Advancedstudentsmaytakethiscourseonanindependenttrackanddeveloptheirworkoutsideofthecoursesyllabus.Enrollmentislimitedto12.Intermediateandadvancedstudentsmaytakethiscourseonanindependenttrackanddeveloptheirworkoutsideofthecoursesyllabus.InadditiontotheweeklyclassmeetingthecoursewillalsohavearequiredlabonThursdayeveningsfrom6:30-8:20.AcoursematerialsfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.RequiredTextbooks:Golden,A.MakingHandmadeBooks,100+Bindings,StructuresandFormsLarkCraftsISBN-10:1600595871orISBN-13:978-1600595875Instructor: LindaEkstromTime: Wednesday1:00pm-4:20pm Thursday6:30pm-8:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room107
Fall2016CourseOfferingsArtCS112,Section1 EC#01537
IndependentProjects
Intensiveexplorationofindividualprojectsinthevisualartswiththehelpoftheinstructor.Therewillbegroupdiscussions,assignedreading,andone-on-onemeetingswithDan.You'llneedtosubmitawrittendescriptionoftheworkyouplantoundertakeatthefirstclassmeeting.Towardtheendofthequarter,eachclassmemberwillpresenthisorherworktotheclassforcriticalresponse.Youmustdevoteatleasttwelvehoursofworkoutsideclasseachweektoearnfourunits.Enrollmentbyconsentoftheinstructor.Instructor: DanConnallyTime: Tuesday4:00pm-5:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room136
Fall2016CourseOfferingsARTCS112,Section2 EC#01545
ProfessionalPracticesforArtists
Thiscoursewillfocusintensivelyonthepreparationsnecessaryforemergingartistsenteringtheworldofprofessionalartisticpractice.Ourweeklyclasseswillbebuiltaroundreadings,discussions,andthesharingofwrittenwork.Writingwillbeanecessarycomponent.Inacontemporaryartworldincreasinglydependentuponconceptually-drivenandtext-basedworksofart,howdoeswritingclarify,obscure,orbecomeaworkofartitself?Whatistheroleofthecuratorinmediatingthiskindofwriting?Whatistheroleoftheartistandthecritic?Havetheserolesincreasinglymerged?Thiswriting-intensivecourseexploresthenuancesofthecontemporaryartworld.Someoftheissueswewillcoverinclude:alternativespacesandtheirhistoriesandroleinemergingartists,careers,contemporaryartcriticism,digitalnetworkingforartists,residencyandgrantprogramsforemergingartists,artistsascuratorsandadministrators,andthebasicsofart-as-entrepreneurship.Prerequisites:Upperlevelartmajors,honorsartmajors,andartcsmajorsInstructor: JenniSorkinTime: Monday5:30pm-8:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room136
Fall2016CourseOfferingsBiologyCS10,Section1 EC#02915
BiologyColloquium
THISCOURSEISDESIGNEDFORANDREQUIREDOFNEWCREATIVESTUDIESBIOLOGYMAJORS(bothincomingstudentstoUCSBandtransferstudentsfromtheCollegeofLettersandScience).Itwillprovidearoadmaptoentertheworldofresearchandpointthewaytobecomingajuniorcolleagueratherthananundergraduatestudent.Wewilldiscussstylesofresearch,creativity,philosophyofscience,andfaculty-studentrelationships.We'llalsointroduceyoutothetoolsnecessarytoreadresearchpapers,toseekpreexistinginformationinthelibraryandontheweb,togenerateanddevelopyourownideasandpapers.InthelatterpartofthecoursewewillusethisinformationtodeterminehowtogainaccesstoaresearchlaboratoryatUCSBandhowtomovemostrapidlytowardsintellectualparitywiththesponsoringprofessors,graduatestudents,andpostdocsinthelaboratory.Normativenumberofunitsearnedis2.Prerequisites:CCSBiologymajorInstructor: ClaudiaTylerandJohnLattoTime: Wednesday3:00pm-4:50pm Place: BLDG.494,Room143
Fall2016CourseOfferingsBiologyCS12,Section1 EC#02931
IntroductoryBiology
BiologyCCS12isanaugmentationtotheMCDB1Aclass,designedspecificallyforCCSbiologystudentsenrolledinthatclass.Thecoursecontentwillfocusonintroductorybiochemistry,molecularcellbiology,developmentandgenetics,butitwillalsoincludecontentonunderstandinghowtheUniversityworksandsuccessfullynavigatingone'sfirstyearatUCSB.Thecoursewillemphasizeresearch,criticalanalysisandcontemporaryrelevance,integratingMCDB1AcoursematerialwiththeprimaryWritingandLiterature.Thecoursewillmeetonceperweekforonehour.Instructor: StuFeinsteinTime: Thursday8:00am-8:50am Place: BLDG.494,Room143
Fall2016CourseOfferingsBioCS101,Section1 EC#03012
PhysiologyofStress
Theportionofthevertebratenervoussystemthatcontrolsthe“stressresponse”–thesympatheticNS-servesacriticalfunction,aidinginsurvivalandenablinggreatfeatstobeaccomplished:theabilitytosuddenlyoutrunafastandhungrypredator,orfightoffathreateningcompetitorevenifout-sizedorout-numbered.Generally,thisresponseisactivatedinemergencysituationsthatrequireananimalto“fight”ortake“flight”.Humansoftenactivatethestressresponseevenwhennoexternalthreatorchallengeispresent–wecansitinachairandjustthinkingaboutsomethingirritatingorstressfulcanstimulateoursympatheticnervoussystemstoproduceadrenaline,increaseheartrate,andactivateotherrelatedreactions.Whenwedothatoverextendedperiodsthereareimpactsonmanyaspectsofourphysiologythatcanaffectoverallhealth.Inthisclasswewilllearnaboutthe“fightorflight”response,andhowitaffectsthebodywhenengagedshortandlong-term.Wewillreadtheinformativeandentertainingbook,“WhyZebrasDon’tGetUlcers”,aswellasrecentpublishedstudiesonhumanstress.Wewillalsohaveguestspeakers,whowilldiscusssomehealthfultechniquesformanagingstressinourdailylives.Normativenumberofunitsawardedfortheclassis2,withtheoptionofanadditionalunitawardedforaresearchprojectinareaofstudent’sinterestRequiredTextbooks:Sapolsky,R.M.WhyZebrasDon’tGetUlcers:TheAcclaimedGuidetoStress,Stress-RelatedDiseases,andCopingHolt3rdedISBN:978-0-8050-7369-0,ISBN10:0-8050-7369-8Instructor: ClaudiaTylerTime: Tuesday9:00am-10:50am Place: BLDG.494,Room143
Fall2016CourseOfferingsComputingCS1A,Section1 EC#09225
ComputerProgrammingandOrganization1
**ThiscourseisopenONLYto1styearenteringCCSComputingMajors.Allothersarebypermissionoftheinstructoronly.**ThiscourseisthefirsthalfofatwoquartersequenceCMPTGCS1ACMPTGCS1B)designedtopreparestudentstotakeupperdivisioncoursesinComputing,andparticipateinundergraduateresearchprojectsinComputingunderthedirectionofCCSandCollegeofEngineeringComputingfaculty.Inbothquarters,thecourseispairedwithCMPTGCS1L,"ProgrammingLab",wherestudentsundertakeindividualandgroupprogrammingprojectstobuildandreinforcetheirskillsandknowledge.1Aprovidesstudentswiththeopportunitytobuildskillsandknowledgeinthefollowingareas:problemsolvingandalgorithmdevelopment,CandC++programming,softwaredevelopmenttools,programminglanguageparadigms(structured,functionalandobject-orientedprogramming),basicUNIXutilitiesandtools,basicdatastructuresincludingarraysandlinkedlistsrepresentationsoflists,stacks,queues,andbinarytrees,binaryandlinearsearch,sortingtechniques,iterationvs.recursion,basicrunningtimeanalysis,datarepresentation.InadditiontobasicskillsinCandC++(whichisafundamentalpreparationforupperdivisionCScoursesatUCSB),otherprogramminglanguagessuchasJava,Scheme,Python,JavaScriptandothersmaybeexploredeitherbecauseoftheprinciplestheyillustrate,orbasedonstudentinterest.Prerequisites:ALL spots are RESERVED for incoming 1st year CCS Computing majors, students that have been admitted as double majors in CCS Computing plus another major. RequiredTextbooks:Savitch,W. ProblemSolvingwithC++,9thEdition PearsonISBN:9780133591743
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMain,M.andSavich,W. DataStructuresandOtherObjectsUsingC++,4thEdition PearsonISBN:9780132129480Instructor: PhillConradTime: TuesdayandThursday11:00am-12:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room143ComputingCS1L,Section1 EC#09241
ProgrammingLab
Thiscourseisrequiredforallfreshmen(first-year)andlowerdivisionCCSComputingmajors.Studentstakingthiscoursewillhaveanopportunitytobuildapieceofsoftwareoftheirowndesign,guidedbytheinstructor,andsupportedbythecommunityoffellowstudents.Itisahands-onprojectandassignment-basedcoursewherestudentswillgainstrongpracticalandtechnicalskillsinvariousprogramminglanguagesincludingC,C++,andJava,UNIX/Linux:shell,tools,utilitiesandprogrammingenvironments,userinterfaces,andsoftwareengineeringprinciples.ThecourseisopentoallCCSstudentswhoneedadditionaltrainingandpracticalinsightthatisneededtotakeupperdivisionComputingCourses.Thisisa4unitscreditcourse.Unitsawardedwillbebaseduponattendance,generalhomeworkassignments,andindividualprojects.Instructionandhandsonlabworkwillbe100%intheclassroom,wherestudentsareexpectedtoworkontheirownlaptopcomputers.Ifthestudentdoesnotownacomputerhe/sheshouldcheckwiththeinstructorforalternativearrangements.ThiscourseroughlycorrespondstoCMPSC48intheCollegeofEngineeringComputingcurriculum.Instructor: MuratKaraormanTime: MondayandWednesday6:00pm-8:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room143
Fall2016CourseOfferingsComputingCS2,Section1 EC#09266
FoundationsofComputerScience
Mathematicalfoundationsofcomputerscience,includinglogic,sets,functions,introductiontoalgorithmsandtheiranalysis,methodsofproof,induction,basicsofcounting,modulararithmetic,discreteprobability,recurrences,divide-and-conquer,generatingfunctions,treesandgraphs,graphalgorithms.Instructor: OmerEgeciogluTime: MondayandWednesday12:30pm-1:50pm Place: BLDG.494,Room143
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMathCS101A,Section1 EC#31187
ProblemSolvingSeminarI
Varioustopicsinnumbertheoryincludingmodulararithmetic,andirrationalnumbers.Instructor: KarelCasteelsTime: TuesdayandThursday3:00pm-4:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room164b
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMathCS120,Section1 EC#31237
TopicsinDiscreteMathI
Thegoalofthiscourseistoexploresomecommonproblemsolvingtechniquesandtheirapplications.Theclasswillhaveanon-standardstructureinthesensethatclasswork,collaborationandstudentpresentationswillbethenorm.Instructor: KarelCasteelsTime: Monday,WednesdayandFriday3:00pm-4:20pm Place: BLDG494Room164b
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMathCS128,Section1 EC#31260
IntroductiontoHigherMathematics
Thisclassisaformalintroductiontothelanguageandcultureofmathematics.Unlikepreviousclassesyoumayhavehad,thegoalofthisclassisnottocoveranyspecificsubject;rather,itsaimistoteachitsstudentshowtorigorouslythinkandtalkaboutmathematics.Specifictopicsmayincludesomeofthefollowing:SetTheoryandProofs,NumberSystems,Relations,EquivalenceRelations,Functions,Polynomialequations,Cardinality,ModularArithmeticandGroupTheory…Instructor: MaribelBuenoCachedinaTime: Monday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday11:00am-12:50pm Place: BLDG.494,Room164b
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMath130A,Section1 EC#58040
MULTIDIMENSIONALANALYSISI
ThetopicsofthisclasswillincludeTopologyofR^n,LimitsandContinuity,DirectionalderivativesandtheDifferential,Chainrule,Classificationofcriticalpoints,MaximaandMinima,Taylor’sformulainseveralvariables,Classificationofcriticalpoints,MultivariableMeanValueTheorem,InverseandImplicitMappingTheorems.RequiredTextbooks:Edwards,C.H.AdvancedCalculusofSeveralVariablesDoverISBN-10:0122325508Instructor: XuYangTime: TuesdayandThursday3:00pm-4:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room164b
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMusicCompositionCS101,Section1 EC#36541
IndividualInstructioninMusicComposition
Oneononeinstructioninmusiccomposition,withanemphasisonmusicinthenotatedtradition.StudentsshouldcomebyOldLittleTheater154Btosignupforaweeklylessontimepriortothefirstdayofclasses.PrioritygiventoCCSMusicCompositionmajors.Allothersrequirethepermissionofinstructor,priortoenrolling.Instructor: LeslieHoganTime: TBA Place: BLDG.494,Room154
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMusicCompositionCS101,Section2 EC#36558
CCSCOMPOSITIONTUTORIAL
PrivatetutorialinstructioninComposition,centeredaroundtheoriginalworkmajorscompletetowardsexitportfolios,recitalsandjuries.PrincipallyforCCSMusicCompositionmajors.Thecourseisconsideredupper-division(juniorlevel).
Prerequisites:
Thisisnotabeginningcourseincomposition;itisamajorscourse.ItisopentoallCCSenteringfreshmen;othersmustdemonstrateworkalreadydonetoanupper-divisionlevel.SeetheMusicDepartmentforlowerdivisioncoursesyoucantakeinmusiccomposition.
Instructor: JeremyHaladynaTime: TBARooms: MusicBuilding,Room0313
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMusicCompositionCS102,Section1 EC#36608
ContemporaryCounterpoint,ASurveywithPractice
Contemporaryconcertmusic...thephrasedoesn'timmediatelybringcounterpointtomind.Yetwhenthebookiswrittenonceandforallontheperiod,itscontrapuntalaspectswillmeritaweightychapter(andseverallighterones,too).Thistwice-a-weekcoursewillfocusonexercisesdesignedtomakeusseewhycomposersoptforcounterpointandwhatguidingprinciplestheyadoptinitsexecution.(Oneofthemostinterestingaspectsofthestudyisthat,inthecenturyjustpassed,forinstance,therearenearlyasmanymethodsasmasters,withamultitudeofvalidsolutions.)Someofthetopicstoucheduponwillinclude:parallelsinvisualmovementandthefinearts,thepolytonalcounterpointofMilhaud,neo-tonalcounterpointasredesignedbymastersKoechlinandHindemith,syntheticmodalcounterpointaspracticedbyMessiaenandJolivet,theatonal,pre-serialcounterpointoftheNewViennaSchool,andtexturalcounterpointasdevelopedbyGuntherSchullerandothers.Thecoursewillbetaughtinafun,"workshop"style.Thismeansyoushouldbepreparedtoreceiveconstructivefeedbackonyourwork(asitdevelops)fromboththeinstructorandotherclassmembers.ThiscoursesatisfiesthecounterpointREQUIREMENTforCreativeStudiesMusicCompositionmajors,andisrecommendedalsoforL&SMusicmajors.
Fall2016CourseOfferings**ForCreativeStudiesMusicMajors,whilethiscoursealonemaybeusedinsatisfactionofthecounterpointrequirement,studyoftraditionalspeciescounterpointisamostvaluableadjunct.**Instructor: JeremyHaladynaTime: MondayandWednesday12:00pm-1:20pmPlace: BLDG.494,Room154MusicCompositionCS105,Section1 EC#36673
MusicDerivedfromOtherSources
ThisseminarofferstenillustratedlecturesinwhichProf.Barlowdemonstrateshowmusiccanbederivedfromlanguage,othermusic,algorithms,visualimagesandsoundrecordings.Intheselectures,hewillprofuselyillustratetheseconceptsbyhisowncompositions,inadditiontothoseofcontemporarycolleagues.Allstudentswillbeexpectedtowriteabriefreportontheclassattheendofthecourse,explainingwhattheygainedfromitweekbyweek.Instructor: ClarenceBarlowTime: Tuesday3:00pm-4:50pm Place: BLDGMusic,Room1145
Fall2016CourseOfferingsMusicCompositionCS105,Section2 EC#36681
FavoriteThings
Imitationmaybethesincerestformofflattery,butthiscoursewillgoonestepfurther.FIRST,studentswillanalyzeandpresenttheirfavoriteworks,whetheracousticorelectronic;tonaloratonalorserial;chamberororchestral.THEN,studentswillwritemusicoftheirown,basedonasingle,well-definedelementfromtheworkstheyadmire.Thegoalhereisnottowrite"inthestyleof"buttousetheworksanalyzedasasourceofinspirationand/orameansofexploringnewtechnique(s).Studentswillwriteallmusicforthesame3-5memberensemble,tobecollaborativelydeterminedatthebeginningofthequarter,withthegoalofhavingacompletedmulti-movementworkforchamberensembleattheendofthequarter.Instructor: LeslieHoganTime: TuesdayandThursday12:30pm-1:50pm Place: BLDG.494,Room154
Fall2016CourseOfferingsPHYSICSCS15A,Section1 EC#39545
ExperimentalPhysics
Signupforonelabsectionortheother(WednesdayORFriday-NOTBOTH!)Thisisthefirstquarterofayear-longclassdesignedtohelpyoulearntodoexperimentalphysicsresearch.Inthefirstquarter,youwillinvestigatethreesystemsexperimentally.Itwillbeuptoyoutodecidewhattomeasure,howtomeasureit,andwhatthedatamean.Eachofyouwillworkaloneonyourownexperiments,andwriteashortpaperabouteachone.Thesubjectsoftheexperimentswillbe:1.Attenuationofalaserbeambycoppersulfatesolutions.2.Theperiodofapendulum.3.Flowthroughsmalldiametertubes.Youwillhaveaccesstotheclassroomforself-directedworkontheexperiments.Eachweekyouwillmeetwiththeinstructortogooveryourprogressandgetguidance.Thesecondandthirdquarterswillcovercomputercontrolofexperimentalapparatusandmechanical
Fall2016CourseOfferingsdesignandfabrication.Thepreparationprovidedbythisclasshashelpedmanystudentsgetsummerpositionsinresearchlabsoncampusandelsewhere.AlabfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.RequiredText:Taylor,J. AnIntroductiontoErrorAnalysis,2ndEd. UniversityScienceBooksISBN-13:9780935702750OptionalText:Williams,J. Style:TheBasicsofClarityandGrace LongmanISBN-13:978-0321953308Instructor: DavidWeldTime: Wednesday,2:00pm-2:50pm(Lecture) Wednesday,3:00pm-5:50pm(Lab)Place: BroidaHall,Rm.3314
Fall2016CourseOfferingsPHYSICSCS15A,Section2 EC#39552
ExperimentalPhysics
Signupforonelabsectionortheother(WednesdayORFriday-NOTBOTH!)Thisisthefirstquarterofayear-longclassdesignedtohelpyoulearntodoexperimentalphysicsresearch.Inthefirstquarter,youwillinvestigatethreesystemsexperimentally.Itwillbeuptoyoutodecidewhattomeasure,howtomeasureit,andwhatthedatamean.Eachofyouwillworkaloneonyourownexperiments,andwriteashortpaperabouteachone.Thesubjectsoftheexperimentswillbe:1.Attenuationofalaserbeambycoppersulfatesolutions.2.Theperiodofapendulum.3.Flowthroughsmalldiametertubes.Youwillhaveaccesstotheclassroomforself-directedworkontheexperiments.Eachweekyouwillmeetwiththeinstructortogooveryourprogressandgetguidance.Thesecondandthirdquarterswillcovercomputercontrolofexperimentalapparatusandmechanicaldesignandfabrication.Thepreparationprovidedbythisclasshashelpedmanystudentsgetsummerpositionsinresearchlabsoncampusandelsewhere.AlabfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.RequiredTexts:Taylor,J. AnIntroductiontoErrorAnalysis,2ndEd. UniversityScienceBooksISBN13:9780935702750OptionalText:Williams,J. Style:TheBasicsofClarityandGrace LongmanISBN-13:978-0321953308Instructor: DavidWeldTime: Wednesday,2:00pm-2:50pm(Lecture) Friday,3:00pm-5:50pm(Lab)Place: BroidaHall,Rm.3314
Fall2016CourseOfferingsPHYSICSCS31,Section1 EC#39602
NewtonianMechanicsThisclassisrequiredforallCCSPhysicsfreshmen.Vectors.Kinematics.Newton'slawsofmotion.Workandenergy.Conservativeforces.Momentum.Conservationofmomentum.Centerofmassmotion.Collisions.Systemsofvariablemass.Introductiontorotations.**Note:Allenrolledstudentsmustattendboththelectureandweeklyassignedproblemsession.**RequiredTexts:Kleppner,D.andKolenkow,R. AnIntroductiontoMechanics,2ndEd. CambridgeUniversityPressISBN:978-0-521-19811-0OptionalTexts:Halliday,D.,Resnick,R.andKrane,K.S. Physics,5thEdition JohnWiley&SonsISBN:978-0-471-32057-9Feynman,R.P.,Leighton,R.B.andSands,M.TheFeynmanLecturesonPhysics, BasicBooksISBN:978-0-465-02493-3VolumeI:MainlyMechanics,Radiation,andHeat
TheMillenniumEditionInstructor: SathyaGuruswamyTime: Tuesday&Thursday,3:30pm-4:50pm(Lecture) Wednesday,1:00pm-2:50pm(ProblemSessionI) Wednesday,3:00pm-4:50pm(ProblemSessionII)Place: Bldg.387Room104(Lecture) Bldg.387Room104(ProblemSessions)
Fall2016CourseOfferingsPHYSICSCS34,Section2 EC#39610
ElectromagnetismElectricfields.ElectricPotential.ElectricCurrents.DCcircuits.MagneticFields.TheVectorPotential.Prerequisite:PhysicsCS33orequivalent,vectorcalculusandconsentofinstructor.**Note:Allenrolledstudentsmustattendboththelectureandweeklyassignedproblemsession.**RequiredTexts:Resnick,Halliday&Krane Physics WileyPurcell ElectricityandMagnetism McGraw-HillFeynman TheFeynmanLecturesinPhysicsVolumeII AddisonWesleyInstructor: TengizBibilashviliTime: Tuesday&Thursday,3:30pm-4:50pm(Lecture) Thursday,1:00pm-2:50pm(ProblemSessionI) Thursday,10:00am-11:50am(ProblemSessionII)Place: Bldg.387Room103(Lecture) Bldg.387Room103(ProblemSessions)
Fall2016CourseOfferingsWritingandLiteratureCS10,Section1 EC#00000
IntroductiontoCreativeWriting
Thiscoursewillintroducestudentstothemethodsandpracticeofcreativewritingwithafocusonfiction.Duringthefirstfewweeksofthequarterwe'llengageinwritingactivitiesthataddressvariousissuesofmovement,invention,imagery,revision,dialogueetc.--andthenyou'llputthosetechniquestoworkinyourownwork.Instructor: JerveyTervalonTime: Friday11:30am-10:50am Place: BLDG.494,Room143
Fall2016CourseOfferingsWritingandLiterature120,Section1 EC#00000
FictionWorkshop
FictionWritingWorkshop:Style,offersthemotivatedundergraduatefictionwritertheopportunitytoexperimentwithanumberofliterarystylesbymodelingtheirproseafterseveralwell-knownliterarystylists,asdirectedbytheinstructor.Thenstudentswillhavetheopportunitytoexperiencewhatit’sliketoparticipateinagraduatefictionworkshopinpreparationforsimilarworkshopsInstructor: JerveyTervalonTime: Friday2:00pm-4:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room160b
Fall2016CourseOfferingsWritingandLiteratureCS121,Section1 EC#00000
DiariestoStories
Thediaryasaliteraryformisasoldasthehills.It'sincrediblyflexible.Authorsofallkindshavekeptdiaries:thecommonwriter,thekingandqueen,therag-picket,thepoet,themurderer,themortician,thechild,thestudent,theteacher(lessoftenthanthestudent),thephilosopher,thephilanderer,theconcubine,thecritic(lessoftenthantheteacher),thecurmudgeon,thecur.Theirinterestsinkeepingdiarieshavevariedasmuchastheirvocationsandluck.Oneelementaloneiscommontodiaries:theentry.Inthestrictestsenseoftheworddiary,itshouldbedaily,adailyentry.Writersoftenwholekeepingrecordsoftheirdailylives,thoughts,remembrances,andimaginings,haveworkedtowardstories.That'swhatyou'llbedoinginthisclass.OptionalTextbooks:Boswell'sLondonJournalInstructor: CarolineAllenTime: TuesdayandThursday1:00pm-2:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room160b
Fall2016CourseOfferingsWritingandLiteratureCS161DS,Section1 EC#00000
TopicsinMultimediaWriting:DigitalStorytelling
Wewillreadanddiscussexamplesofdigitalstoriesthatemployarangeofapproaches,andstudentswillproduceashort-andlong-versionmultimedia,interactive,digitalnarrative.Projectsdrawonanunderstandingofnarrativestructure,creativepractice,research,anduseofmultimediatools/codetoproduceacompellingnarrativeexperience.Possiblegenresincludefiction,journalism,documentary,memoir,researchpresentation,essay,historicalaccount.Possiblemodes/mediaincludecombinationsofaudio,graphics,animation,video,music,socialmedia,andcoding.Nopriorexperiencewithsoftwareisnecessary.Instructor: MadeleineSorapureTime: MondayandWednesday4:00pm-5:15pm Place: BLDGPhelps,Room1518
Fall2016CourseOfferingsWritingandLiteratureCS153PA,Section1 EC#00000ReadingLikeaWriter-ThematicStudy:PortraitoftheArtistasaYoungPerson
Inthiscoursewereadcoming-of-agenovelsandmemoirsdepictingtheprocessofgrowingintoone'stalent,focusingonthehardshipsandrewardsoffollowingachildhoodpassionintoanadultcommitmenttothelifeofanartist(includingwritersandmusicians).Assignmentswillincludecriticalpapersaswellasexercisesinfindingone'sownvoice,nurturingthetalent,andcommitmenttotheartisticprocess(nomatterwhat).RequiredTextbooks:West, R. The Fountain Overflows NYRB Classics Hemingway, E. A Moveable Feast Scribner; Reprint ed. Cather, W. Song of the Lark Dover Publications Patchett, A. Truth and Beauty Harper Lamott, A. Hard Laughter North Point Press 1st ed. Henri, R. The Art Spirit Basic BooksInstructor: CarolineAllenTime: TuesdayandThursday3:00pm-4:20pm Place: BLDG.494,Room160b
Fall2016CourseOfferings
Winter2017CourseOfferings
CollegeofCreativeStudies
Winter2017CourseOfferings
Winter2017CourseOfferings
PAINTINGARTCS101,Section1EC#01149Throughacombinationofassignmentsandself-determinedprojectstheinstructorhopestoaidstudentsintheirpursuitofadeeperunderstandingofthelanguage(s)ofpaintingandhelpthemmakethepaintingstheywanttomake.ThisclassisopentoCCSstudentsandL&SArtmajorsatJuniorlevelorabove.AcoursematerialsfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):DanConnallyDaysandTimes:Tuesday,1pm-4:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room120
Winter2017CourseOfferings
LIFEDRAWINGARTCS101,Section2EC#01156Manyprofessionalartistsdrawfromliferegularlythroughouttheircareers.Inadditiontoworkingontheirown,artistsoftengatheronceaweektoshareamodelandworktogether.(Thisisnotlimitedtofigurative,orevenrealistartists;thisincludesabstractpainters,poets,singers,andotherartistswhovaluethedisciplineanddiscoveryparticulartothisactivity).Thisclassfollowsthattradition.Thereisnogroupassignment.Thegoalistoexploreand"push"individualpractice..Eachartistisworkingonherownideaswiththeunderstandingthatthereisvaluetoseeingtheprocessandprogressofothers.Thisclassaddsaformalcritiqueattheendtoaidstudentsinunderstandingandarticulatingtheprinciplesandpracticeofdrawingthenude.Alllevelsandmajorswelcome.CCSArtstudentshavepriorityandareencouragedtorepeatthisclassregularly.TherewillbeanoptionalsectionTBA.Instructor(s):HankPitcherDaysandTimes:Tuesday,9am-12:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room120OptionalTextbooks:SirKennethClarke,TheNude:AStudyinIdealForm
Winter2017CourseOfferings
ILOVEISLAVISTAARTCS102EC#01198IloveIslaVistaThisclassisaboutmakingartaboutourneighbor,neighbors,andneighborhood.Thisismostlyforpaintinganddrawingstudents,butisopentostudentswhowouldwanttoworkinothervisualandliteraryforms.Collaborationisalsoanoption.Alllevelsofexperiencearewelcome.Instructor(s):HankPitcherDaysandTimes:Monday,9am-11:50amRooms:Bldg.494,Room120
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LETTERPRESSPRINTING:METALANDWOODENTYPEARTCS105EC#01271"Thehistoryoftypographyreflectsacontinualtensionbetweenthehandandthemachine,theorganicandthegeometric,thehumanbodyandtheabstractsystem"EllenLuptonThiscoursewillintroducestudentstoletterpressprintingwithemphasisonhandsetmetalandwoodentype.Studentswilldevelopletterpressprintingskillsandexpandtheirunderstandingofthehistoryandpracticeofmovabletypeasameanstocreateprintworksofuniquequalityandvisualinterest.Topics,suchastypography,2Ddesign&colortheory,textualcontentinprintworksandartists'books,andmore,willbeaddressed.Theworkofprintmaking,sooftendisguisedinthefinalform,willrequirediligencethroughoutthequarter.Thisisnotacourseforthestudentwhohasanyromanticnotionsaboutletterpressprinting.Theartformislaborintensive,preciseandsystematic.Oneshouldcomepreparedandreadytogettheirhandsdirty.Classandlabareintegraltothecourseandstudentsmustattendbothtogainadequateknowledge.Studentsalsowillbeexpectedtocompleteworkoutsideoftheclassandlabmeetingtimestodeveloptheircourseprojects.Thiscourseisopentonon-majors,however,prioritywillbegiventobookartsmajors.Contactinstructorforanapprovalcode.ekstrom@arts.ucsb.eduInstructor(s):LindaEkstromDaysandTimes:Wednesday,1pm-4:20pmandWednesdays6pm-7:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room107
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EXPLORINGTHEACTOFMAKINGMULTIPLESARTCS120EC#01404Inthisclass,studentswillusemold-makingasawaytoreproducesculpturalforms.Wewillresearchelementsofrepetitioninfilm,fashion,sport,.gifs,tonumerousartisticpractices.Wewillalsodiscussrepetitivebehaviorsfoundthroughoutsuperstitions,traditions,andmentaldisorders,andquestionthevalueofasinglepreciousobjectversesmany.Artistswhoworkwithinthesethemes-CharlieChaplin,FelixGonzalez-Torres,AnneHamilton,andTehchingHsieh,aswellasOlympicathletes-offerinspirationforstudentconceptsandpractice.Thebasicopenfacetilemoldwillstartthediscussionofmultiplesandleadustoplasterandsiliconetwo-partmolds,whereeachstudentwillchooseanobjecttodevelopfurther.Themesofculturalmemory,identity,andreenactmentwillalsobevisited.Instructor(s):EmilyBakerDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,9:30am-12:20pmRooms:ARTS0641
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INTRODUCTORYBIOLOGY:EVOLUTION&DIVERSITYBIOLOGYCS20EC#02972Lecture,fieldandlaboratoryactivitiesexploretheevolutionaryoriginanddiversificationoflifeinaphylogeneticcontext,fromBacteriaandArchaeatoPlants,FungiandAnimals.ThisclassisopentoandrequiredforfirstyearCCSBiologystudentswhohavecompletedMCDB1A.Instructor(s):JohnLattoClaudiaTylerDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,11am-12:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:DavidE.Sadava,DavidM.Hillis,H.CraigHeller,MayBerenbaum,Life:TheScienceofBiology,10thEditionW.H.Freeman
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ADVANCEDBIOLOGYCOLLOQUIUM:NEXTSTEPSBIOLOGYCS101EC#03038THISCOURSEISDESIGNED(andstronglyencouraged)FORCREATIVESTUDIESBIOLOGYMAJORSINTHEIRJUNIORYEAR(seniorsmayalsobenefit-checkwithcourseinstructors).Inthisseminarcoursewewillworkonyournextsteps,post-graduation.Whilethecontentwillfocusonpreparationsforgraduateschool,itwillbenefityouinanyprofessionaltrajectoryyouhaveinmind.Topicswillinclude:*Findingtherightgradschoolforyou*Applyingtogradschool-GRE's,lettersofrec,resumes*Grantapplications*Posterpresentations*Researchtalks*Outreach:talkingtothepublicNormativenumberofunitsforthiscourseis2.Instructor(s):JohnLattoClaudiaTylerDaysandTimes:Wednesday,11am-12:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
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PROBLEMSOLVINGINGENERALCHEMISTRYCHEMISTRYCS103EC#07229ThiscourseisanadjuncttoChemistry2B(honorsgeneralchemistry).Problemsolvingskillswillbedevelopedandsupplementallectureswillreinforcekeyconcepts.Whenappropriate,experimentsintheupperdivisionundergraduatelaboratorymaybeperformedtoexaminechemicalconceptsinalaboratorysetting.AllCCSstudentsenrolledinChemistry2Aareencouragedtoenrollinthiscourse.Instructor(s):LeroyLavermanDaysandTimes:WednesdayandFriday,9am-9:50amRooms:Bldg.494,Room160B
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CHEMICALAPPLICATIONSOFGROUPTHEORYCHEMISTRYCS110EC#62737Thiscoursewillexploretheuseofgrouptheoryandsymmetryasappliedtowardschemicalsystemsandmolecules.Abasicintroductiontothemathematicsofgrouptheoryisgiven.Pointgroupsandsymmetryoperationswillbeintroducedandappliedtowardsthenormalcoordinateanalysisofmolecularvibrationsaswellastheconstructionofmolecularorbitalsfromsymmetryadaptedlinearcombinationsofatomicorbitals.Instructor(s):LeroyLavermanDaysandTimes:MondayandWednesday,11am-12:15pmRooms:GIRV2115RequiredTextbooks:Bishop,D.M.,GroupTheoryandChemistryDoverPress
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COMPUTERPROGRAMMINGANDORGANIZATIONCOMPUTINGCS1BEC#09084Topicsinprogrammingandtheorganizationofcomputers,includingalgorithms,dataandcontrolstructures,programdesign,searchingandsorting,recursion,systemsprogramming,registertransferlanguage,andlogicdesign.Thiscourseisthesecondhalfofatwoquartersequence(CS1A/CS1B)designedtopreparestudentstotakeupperdivisioncoursesinComputerScience,andparticipateinundergraduateresearchprojectsinComputerScienceunderthedirectionofCCSandCollegeofEngineeringComputerSciencefaculty.Inbothquarters,thecourseispairedwithCS1L,"ProgrammingLab",wherestudentsundertakeindividualandgroupprogrammingprojectstobuildandreinforcetheirskillsandknowledge.CS1Bfocusesonmoderncomputerarchitecturesfromgroundup.Thegoalistodevelopacompleteunderstandingofhowhardwareandsoftwarecomestogether,andhowprogramminglanguagesevolveaslayeredabstractionsstartingfromlogicgates.Wecoverthefullspectrumoflanguagesfrominstructionsetarchitectures,toassembly,structuredhigh-level,toobject-orientedandscriptinglanguages.Wecontinuewithlanguagetranslationandfoundationaloperatingsystems,andnetworkingparticularlyasitrelatestomoderncomputerandcommunicationarchitectures.AlthoughclassspacemaybeacquiredviaGOLD,finalenrollmentwillbedeterminedbytheinstructor.Thiscourseisrequiredforallfirst-yearCCSComputingstudentsTopicsinprogrammingandtheorganizationofcomputers,includingalgorithms,dataandcontrolstructures,programdesign,searchingandsorting,recursion,systemsprogramming,registertransferlanguage,andlogicdesign.Thiscourseisthesecondhalfofatwoquartersequence(CS1A/CS1B)designedtopreparestudentstotakeupperdivisioncoursesinComputerScience,andparticipateinundergraduateresearchprojectsinComputerScienceunderthedirectionofCCSandCollegeofEngineeringComputerSciencefaculty.Inbothquarters,thecourseispairedwithCS1L,"ProgrammingLab",wherestudentsundertakeindividualandgroupprogrammingprojectstobuildandreinforcetheirskillsandknowledge.CS1Bfocusesonmoderncomputerarchitecturesfromgroundup.Thegoalistodevelopacompleteunderstandingofhowhardwareandsoftwarecomestogether,
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andhowprogramminglanguagesevolveaslayeredabstractionsstartingfromlogicgates.Wecoverthefullspectrumoflanguagesfrominstructionsetarchitectures,toassembly,structuredhigh-level,toobject-orientedandscriptinglanguages.Wecontinuewithlanguagetranslationandfoundationaloperatingsystems,andnetworkingparticularlyasitrelatestomoderncomputerandcommunicationarchitectures.AlthoughclassspacemaybeacquiredviaGOLD,finalenrollmentwillbedeterminedbytheinstructor.Thiscourseisrequiredforallfirst-yearCCSComputingstudentsInstructor(s):MuratKaraormanDaysandTimes:MondayandWednesday,6pm-7:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
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PROGRAMMINGLABCOMPUTINGCS1LEC#09100Thiscourseisrequiredforallfreshmen(first-year)andlowerdivisionCCSComputerSciencemajors.Ahands-onprojectandassignment-basedcoursewheretheprincipleemphasisofthecoursewillbetogainstrongpracticalandtechnicalskillsinC,C++,andJavaprogramming,UNIX:shell,tools,utilitiesandprogrammingenvironments.Furtheremphasiswillbeonalgorithms,userinterfaces,andsoftwareengineeringprinciples.ThecourseisopentoallCCSstudentswhoneedadditionaltrainingandpracticalinsightthatisneededtotakeupperdivisionComputerScienceCourses.Thisisavariable4-6unitcreditcourse,studentsareexpectedtodoworktoearn4units,butencouragedtoputmoreeffortwhichcanleadtoextraunits.Unitsawardedwillbebaseduponattendance,generalhomeworkassignments,andindividualprojects.Instructionwillbe25%classroom,and75%hands-onworkintheclassandonactualprogrammingprojects(approximately3labhoursperweek).Instructor(s):MuratKaraormanDaysandTimes:MondayandWednesday,7:30pm-8:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
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FACULTYRESEARCHSEMINARINCOMPUTERSCIENCECOMPUTINGCS10EC#09126ThegoalofthiscourseistoprepareundergraduatestudentstoengageinresearchinComputerScience.Targetaudience(s):*AllfirstyearCCSComputingStudents*StudentsthatwanttogetinvolvedinresearchasanundergradwithaCSfacultymember*StudentsconsideringgoingontogradschoolinCS*CCSCSandComputingstudentspreparingfortheirmid-residencyreviewStudentswillhavetheopportunitytobothgetasenseofthebreadthofComputerScienceresearchthroughattendingFacultyResearchPresentations,andparticipatingindiscussionsaboutfacultyresearch.StudentswillattendaseriesofpresentationsbyUCSBCSfacultymembers,eachofwhichwillpresentanoverviewoftheirresearch.Facultymemberswillbepresentingthesetalksasawayofrecruitingstudentsintotheirownresearchlabs.Studentsenrolledinthecoursewillbeexpectedtoattendthesetalks,listentothespeakers,andbepreparedtoaskthepresenter(s)atleastonequestionafterthetalkabouttheirresearcharea,orabouttheprocessofdoingresearchinComputerScience.ThesepresentationswilloccurFridaysfrom1-2pm.Therewillalsobea30minutediscussion(2-2:30pm)immediatelyfollowingeachofthefacultytalkswiththestudentsfromthiscourse,andtheinstructor.Studentsmayearn1unitoflowerdivisioncreditbyparticipatinginthispartofthecourseprovidedtheyhavearriveontimeforthetalks,haveareasonableattendancerecordandparticipateinthediscussions.Backgroundneededtotakethiscourse:OpentoCMPCS,CMPSC,CPTCSmajors,andothersbypermissionoftheinstructor.Thiscourseisopen,withpermissionoftheinstructor,toallUCSBstudentsregardlessofmajororcollege,thathavesufficientComputerSciencepreparationtobeabletomeaningfullyparticipateinthecourse,andhaveaseriousintentionandcapacitytodoresearchinComputerScience.See"prerequisites"belowformoreinformation.Questions?
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[email protected]/orPrerequisites:Opentothesemajors:*CPTCS(CCSComputing)*CMPCS(CCSComputerScience)*CMPSC(CoEComputerScience)*CMPEN(CoEComputerEngineering)andotherswithappropriatebackgroundbypermissionoftheinstructor.Studentsenrollinginthiscourseshouldhavecompletedoneofthefollowing:-thefirstquarteroftheCollegeofCreativeStudiesComputingprogram:CCSCOMPUTINGCS1A,1L,and2,OR-AtleastthefollowingcoursesfromthelowerdivisionoftheCollegeofEngineering:CMPSC16,24,40.Thiscoursewillbeastretchforallofus.Wewillbelisteningtotalksaimedtoagrad-studentlevelaudienceaboutcutting-edgeresearch.Itwillbeoverourheadsagoodbitofthetime,andwewillhavetoworkveryhardjusttobegintounderstandwhatwearehearing.Ifthatsoundsexciting,thenthiscoursemayberightforyou.Ifnot,thenyoushouldprobablynotenroll.Ascheduleofthetalkscanbefoundhere.Instructor(s):OmerEgeciogluDaysandTimes:Fridays,1pm-2pmand2pm-2:30pmRooms:HFH1132andHFH1152
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EXPLORATIONSINCRYPTOGRAPHYCOMPUTINGCS130HEC#09167http://koclab.cs.ucsb.edu/teaching/ccs130h/Instructor(s):CetinKayaKocDaysandTimes:Friday,3pm-5:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
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AdventuresinEpistemology:Science,Mythology,andIntuitionINTERDISCIPLINARYSTUDIESCS120EC#28258Thiscoursewillexplorehowweknowthingstobetrue.Science,myths,andintuition/artallgiveuswaysofknowingandexpressingtruths.Whatarethesimilaritiesbetweenthesemodes?Howaretheydifferent?Whenaresomemoreappropriatethanothers?Toexplorethesequestions,studentswillreadtextsonphilosophyofscience,mythologicalstudies,andliteratureandart.Wewillexaminetherelativevirtuesofknowledge,experience,andpersonalnarrative.Classdiscussionswilladdressthesedifferingtruthsandcoursecreativeprojectswillallowstudentstoexpressdifferenttruthsinunderstandingthemselvesandrealproblems.Instructor(s):SteveSmithDaysandTimes:Tuesday9am-9:50amandThursday9am-10:50amRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:SamirOkasha(2016).PhilosophyofScience:AVeryShortIntroduction(2ndEdition).Oxford.ISBN-13:978-0198745587Campbell,J.(2008).HerowithaThousandFaces(3rdEdition).NewWorldLibraryISBN-13:978-1577315933
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PROBLEMSOLVINGIIMATHEMATICSCS101BEC#32722ThesecondcoursediscussingvariousmathematicaltechniquesandproblemsolvingstrategiesInstructor(s):KarelCasteelsDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,3pm-4:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room160B
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ADVANCEDLINEARALGEBRAIMATHEMATICSCS108AEC#32771Inthiscourse,wewillcoverthemaintopicsinLinearAlgebra:Algebraofmatrices,linearsystemsofequations,vectorspaces,linearindependence,basisanddimension,infinite-dimensionalvectorsspaces,lineartransformations,matrixrepresentation,isomorphisms,quotientspaces,dualspaces,anddeterminantsThelanguageandconceptsofmatrixtheoryand,moregenerally,oflinearalgebrahavecomeintowidespreadusageinthesocialandnaturalsciences,computerscience,andstatistics.Inaddition,linearalgebracontinuestobeofgreatimportanceinmoderntreatmentsofgeometryandanalysis.Instructor(s):MariaIsabelBuenoCachadinaDaysandTimes:Monday,Wednesday,Thursday,andFriday,1pm-2:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room164BRequiredTextbooks:Friedberg,S.H.,Insel,A.J.,Spence,L.E.,LinearAlgebraPrenticeHall,4thed.
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NTRODUCTIONTOREALANALYSISMATHEMATICSCS117EC#32797FoundationsofrealanalysiswithrigorousproofsInstructor(s):BirgeHuisgen-ZimmermanDaysandTimes:Monday,Wednesday,andFriday,11am-12:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room164BRequiredTextbooks:EdwardD.Gaughan,IntroductiontoAnalysis,FifthEditionAmericanMathematicalSociety
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TOPICSINDISCRETEMATHEMATICSMATHEMATICSCS120EC#32813Anintroductiontographtheorywithafocusongraphcoloring.Instructor(s):KarelCasteelsDaysandTimes:MondayandWednesday,3pm-4:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room164B
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COMPLEXANALYSISIMATHEMATICSCS122AEC#32854Thisisthefirstofatwo-quarterintroductorycourseoncomplexanalysis.Complexanalysisisanoldandbeautifulsubject,anditisalsoextremelyuseful.Wewillexploreitsanalyticandgeometricsides,balancingtheoryandcomputation.Topicswillincludecomplexnumbers,differentiabilityoffunctionsofonecomplexvariable,Cauchy-Riemannequations,conformalmapping,Cauchy'sTheorem,CauchyIntegralFormulaanditsconsequences.Instructor(s):ThomasSiderisDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,11am-12:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room164BOptionalTextbooks:JerroldMarsdenandMichaelHoffman,BasicComplexAnalysis,3rdeditionW.H.Freeman
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MULTIDIMENSIONALANALYSISII:INTEGRATIONMATHEMATICSCS130BEC#62729Thisisthesecondpartofatwo-quartersequenceonMultidimensionalAnalysis.Thiscoursefocusesonintegration.Wewillstartwithabriefreviewofintegrationinonevariable.Thefirstpartofthecoursewillpresentthemainideasofmultipleintegrals:volumeandthen-dimensionalintegral,Riemannsums,iteratedintegralsandFubini'stheorem,thechangeofvariablestheorem,andimproperintegrals.Thesecondpartofthecoursestudieslineandsurfaceintegrals,Green'stheorem,andStokes'theorem.Instructor(s):MariaIsabelBuenoCachadinaDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,3:30pm-5:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room164BRequiredTextbooks:C.H.Edwards,Jr.,AdvancedCalculusofSeveralVariablesDoverPublications
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INDIVIDUALINSTRUCTIONINMUSICCOMPOSITIONMUSICCS101,Section1EC#38174Oneononeinstructioninmusiccomposition,withanemphasisonmusicinthenotatedtradition.StudentsshouldcomebyOldLittleTheater154Btosignupforaweeklylessontimepriortothefirstdayofclasses.Instructor(s):LeslieHoganDaysandTimes:TBDRooms:Bldg.494,Room154B
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CCSCOMPOSITIONTUTORIALMUSICCS101,Section2EC#38182PrivatetutorialinstructioninComposition,centeredaroundtheoriginalworkmajorscompletetowardsexitportfolios,recitalsandjuries.PrincipallyforCCSMusicCompositionmajors.Thecourseisconsideredupper-division(juniorlevel).Prerequisites:Thisisnotabeginningcourseincomposition;itisamajorscourse.ItisopentoallCCSenteringfreshmen;othersmustdemonstrateworkalreadydonetoanupper-divisionlevel.SeetheMusicDepartmentforlowerdivisioncoursesyoucantakeinmusiccomposition.Instructor(s):JeremyHaladynaDaysandTimes:TBDRooms:MUSIC0313
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"RHYTHMOFTHENEWS,PARTI"MUSICCS105,Section1EC#38281NoteWell:Thisisthefirstquarterofatwoquarter,projectbasedcourse.Studentsmustplantoenrollinthesecondquarterofthecourse.InPart1ofthiscourse,CollegeofCreativeStudiesmusiccompositionmajorswillselectawrittennewsarticleandexploretheconnectionbetweenmusicandthewrittenword.Studentswilllearnhowtoexamineandinternalizesuchthingsasphrasestructure,theactualsoundsthatwordsandphrasesproduce,thetoneofthestory,pointofview,etc.,andwillwriteanoriginalworkofnomorethan3-4minutesdurationtobeusedinPart2ofthiscourse.InPart2,taughtbyGerryHansen,participantswillrealizetheirreactionstotheirselectednewsstories,creatingaperformanceoftheirchoice,usingactors,performanceart,dance,constructedvideo,etc.,toaccompanytheirmusiccreatedinPart1.Theculminationofthiscoursewillresultinthefinalprojectsbeingfilmedusingmulti-cameraandgreenscreenpossibilitiesinKerrHallStudioA.Instructor(s):LeslieHoganDaysandTimes:Monday,12pm-2:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room154
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READINGSINNEWMUSICMUSICCOMPOSITIONCS105,Section2 EC#38299THISCOURSEISA***REQUIRED***COURSEFORCCSMUSICCOMPOSITIONMAJORS,WHOMUSTENROLLINATLEASTONEUNIT'SCREDIT.AVAILABLETOOTHERUNDERGRADUATESSTUDYINGCOMPOSITIONONASPACE-AVAILABLEBASIS.Inthefirstanalysis,thecourseconcernsitselfwithREADING.Thatis,itprovidesanopportunitytotryoutyourmusicwithrealmusiciansandconductorinastudiosetting.Justoccasionally,whenthingsworkwell,theresultcanbeanadequaterecordedperformance,invaluableforgraduateschoolapplications,competitions,andforpersonalarchiving.CreativeStudiesfundingisannuallysetasidetorentthestudioandsothatwemayhirethebestmusiciansintheorbitoftheuniversityforthesereadings.ThisyearwecontinueintheUCSBSoundRecordingfacility,secondfloor,KerrHall,thankstothegoodofficesofthestaffofInstructionalDevelopment.Inthesecondanalysis,thiscoursemayprove—onoccasion—“AMOUNTAINTOPEXPERIENCE.”*Participantsshouldbringtake-awaymediawiththemtoeachclasssession:flashdrive,USBporta-drive,orCD-R/RW.*RecordingserviceswillonlybecontractedforthoseCCSandL&Sundergraduatemusicmajorswho*officiallyenroll*andwho*attendclassregularly.*CCSMusicMajorsareREQUIREDtoenrollintheclassforatleastoneunit,andmayonlybeexcusedwiththepermissionofthefacultyadvisor.Sessionsarescheduledfrom12noonto3pm.Eachsessionmustbecompletedinthetimeallotted,withnorun-over.Comepreparedtothefirstclasswiththefollowing:*solopianopieces.We'llrecordasmanyaswecan.Ifpossible,dropoffyourpianopiecestoJeremyorLeslieinadvanceofthefirstclassmeeting.SESSIONONEispartlyaWORKINGsession!*listofpiecesyouwouldliketohaverecorded,arrangedinpriorityorder.Includefullinstrumentationandanaccurateduration.Itishighlyrecommendedthatyouplacefinishedworksatthetopandthatworks-in-progressshouldbealesserpriority.Wealreadyneedaccuratepercussionlists,ifapplicable.Performancematerialswillbeemaileddirectlytoplayerstoexpeditedelivery.Youwillbenotifiedwhentodothis.Haveanothercopyofthescoreandpartsavailableatthesessionincaseofemergency.Instructor(s):JeremyHaladynaLeslieHoganDaysandTimes:
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Wednesday,12pm-2:50pmRooms:KerrHall,Room2110PitchasaCompositionalToolMUSICCS105,Section3EC#38307"PitchasaCompositionalTool",MUS211B.Thisistheweek-by-weekcurriculumforthecourse:TheScalingofSubjectivePitchSensoryConsonanceandDissonancePitchIntonationandTemperamentMeasuringHarmonicityTheRationalizationofScalesTheNorthIndianRágaSystemMusicallyrelevantPhoneticsWhatisMicrotonality?ParametricAspectsofTimbreDiachrony:Rhythm–Pitch–TimbreInstructor(s):ClarenceBarlowDaysandTimes:Tuesday,4:00pm-6:00pmRooms:MUSIC1129
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EXPERIMENTALPHYSICSPHYSICSCS15B,Section1EC#41178Signupforonelabsectionortheother(WednesdayORFriday-NOTBOTH!)Thisisthesecondquarterofayear-longclassdesignedtohelpyoulearntodoexperimentalphysicsresearch.Thesecondquarterwillfocusonhowpersonalcomputerswithmulti-functiondataacquisitionboardsareusedtocontrolexperimentsandtakedata.TheboardswillbecontrolledusingNationalInstrumentsLabVIEWsoftware.Aftersomeinitialexercises,youwillwriteyourownLabVIEWprograms,whichwilluseadataacquisitioncardtoproducesignalsandtoreadtime-dependentanalogsignalsandconvertthemtodigitalformat.Youwillthenwriteafeedbackcontrolprogramthatmeasuresthetemperatureofacopperrodandchangesthevoltageappliedtoaheatersoastokeepthetemperatureconstant.Priorprogrammingexperienceisnotrequired.Pleasenote,however,thattherealpurposeofthecourseisnottoteachyouLabVIEW!Instead,youwillbeexpectedtolearnitbyyourself,withanoccasionalbitofhelp.Thisismuchclosertowhatwillhappenwhenyouareworkinginalab.Everyoneinthelabwhoknowswhattheyaredoingwillbetoobusytoteachyou!Asasecondcomponenttothecourse,wewilltakethetimetoexploreanumberoftheresearchlabshereoncampusthatmightbeofinteresttoyou.Nothingbeatsworkinginalabforlettingyoufindoutwhatdoingphysicsislike(littleresemblancetoclasses!),whatgoingtograduateschoolwouldbelike,andwhatuseallthisbooklearningreallyis(alotactually).So,eachofyouwillvisitacoupleoflabsduringthequarterandreportbacktotheclassonwhatyoudiscovered.AlabfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):DeborahFygensonDaysandTimes:Wednesday,2pm-2:50pmandWednesday,3pm-5:50pmRooms:SSMS1301(W2-2:50);Broida3314(W3-5:50)RequiredTextbooks:Essick,J.,Hands-OnIntroductiontoLabVIEWforScientistsandEngineersOxfordUniversityPressMoore,J.,BuildingScientificApparatusPeachpitPress
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EXPERIMENTALPHYSICSPHYSICSCS15B,Section2EC#41186Signupforonelabsectionortheother(WednesdayORFriday-NOTBOTH!)Thisisthesecondquarterofayear-longclassdesignedtohelpyoulearntodoexperimentalphysicsresearch.Thesecondquarterwillfocusonhowpersonalcomputerswithmulti-functiondataacquisitionboardsareusedtocontrolexperimentsandtakedata.TheboardswillbecontrolledusingNationalInstrumentsLabVIEWsoftware.Aftersomeinitialexercises,youwillwriteyourownLabVIEWprograms,whichwilluseadataacquisitioncardtoproducesignalsandtoreadtime-dependentanalogsignalsandconvertthemtodigitalformat.Youwillthenwriteafeedbackcontrolprogramthatmeasuresthetemperatureofacopperrodandchangesthevoltageappliedtoaheatersoastokeepthetemperatureconstant.Priorprogrammingexperienceisnotrequired.Pleasenote,however,thattherealpurposeofthecourseisnottoteachyouLabVIEW!Instead,youwillbeexpectedtolearnitbyyourself,withanoccasionalbitofhelp.Thisismuchclosertowhatwillhappenwhenyouareworkinginalab.Everyoneinthelabwhoknowswhattheyaredoingwillbetoobusytoteachyou!Asasecondcomponenttothecourse,wewilltakethetimetoexploreanumberoftheresearchlabshereoncampusthatmightbeofinteresttoyou.Nothingbeatsworkinginalabforlettingyoufindoutwhatdoingphysicsislike(littleresemblancetoclasses!),whatgoingtograduateschoolwouldbelike,andwhatuseallthisbooklearningreallyis(alotactually).So,eachofyouwillvisitacoupleoflabsduringthequarterandreportbacktotheclassonwhatyoudiscovered.AlabfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):DeborahFygensonDaysandTimes:Wednesday,2pm-2:50pmandFriday,3pm-5:50pmRooms:SSMS1301(W2-2:50);Broida3314(F3-5:50)RequiredTextbooks:Essick,J.,Hands-OnIntroductiontoLabVIEWforScientistsandEngineersOxfordUniversityPressMoore,J.,BuildingScientificApparatusPeachpitPress
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MECHANICSANDWAVESPHYSICSCS32EC#41269Rotationalmotion.Angularmomentum.Oscillatorymotion.Gravityandcentralforcemotion.Elasticwaves.MustbeaCCSPhysicsMajortoregisterorotherwisemusthaveinstructorapproval.Instructor(s):FrancescRoigBrianYoungbloodDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,3:30pm-4:50pmWednesday,1pm-2:50pmWednesday3pm-4:50pmRooms:Bldg.387,Room104RequiredTextbooks:KleppnerandKolenkow,AnIntroductiontoMechanicsCambridgeResnick,Halliday,andKrane,Physics,Volume1(5thedition)WileyFeynman,LeightonandSands,TheFeynmanLecturesonPhysics,Vol.IBasicBooks
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MECHANICSANDWAVESPHYSICSCS32EC#41269Rotationalmotion.Angularmomentum.Oscillatorymotion.Gravityandcentralforcemotion.Elasticwaves.MustbeaCCSPhysicsMajortoregisterorotherwisemusthaveinstructorapproval.Instructor(s):FrancescRoigBrianYoungbloodDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,3:30pm-4:50pmWednesday,1pm-2:50pmWednesday3pm-4:50pmRooms:Bldg.387,Room104RequiredTextbooks:KleppnerandKolenkow,AnIntroductiontoMechanicsCambridgeResnick,Halliday,andKrane,Physics,Volume1(5thedition)WileyFeynman,LeightonandSands,TheFeynmanLecturesonPhysics,Vol.IBasicBooks
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ELECTROMAGNETISMANDOPTICSPHYSICSCS35EC#41350Magneticinduction.MagneticMaterials.ACCircuits.Maxwell'sequations.Electromagneticwaves.Fermat'sprinciple.Rayoptics.Waveoptics.Diffraction.Polarizationoflight.Breakdownofclasstimewillbeasfollows:*LectureonTuesdayfrom3:30to4:50*LectureonThursdayfrom11to12:20*ProblemsessionsThursdayfrom1to2:50andfrom3to4:50Instructor(s):TengizBibilashviliBrianYoungbloodDaysandTimes:1)Tuesday,3:30pm-4:45pm(Lecture);2)Thursday,11:00am-12:15pm(Lecture);3)Thursday,1:00pm-2:50pm(ProblemSession);4)Thursday,3:00pm-4:50pm(ProblemSession);Rooms:1)GIRV2119;2)CHEM1171;3)494160B;4)HSSB3202;RequiredTextbooks:Resnick,Halliday,&Krane,Physics,vol.2WileyPurcell,ElectricityandMagnetismCambridgeFeynman,TheFeynmanLecturesinPhysicsVolumeIIBasicBooks
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VECTORANALYSISWITHAPPLICATIONSTOPHYSICSPHYSICSCS140EC#41418ThisclassisopenONLYtoFirstyearCCSPhysicsMajors.PartialDifferentiation.PowerSeriesforfunctionsofmorethanonevariable.SurfaceandVolumeintegrals.VectorFields-gradient,divergence,curl.Gauss'theorem.Stoke'stheorem.ApplicationstoPhysics.Instructor(s):FrancescRoigDaysandTimes:Friday,2pm-3:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room164B
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WRITING&LITERATURECOLLOQUIUMWRITINGANDLITERATURECS1EC#60475UCSBfacultyworkinginCreativeWriting,WritingStudies,andLiteraryStudiespresenttheirresearchorcreativeworktoexposestudentstoexamplesoftopics,theories,andmethodsinthosedisciplines.Instructor(s):KaraMaeBrownDaysandTimes:Tuesday,5:30pm-6:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
Winter2017CourseOfferings
FRESHMANSEMINARWRITINGANDLITERATURECS2EC#60483StudentsengageindiscussionsofthepresentationsgivenintheWritingandLiteratureColloquium.Focusesonintroducingthedisciplinesandexploringtherelationshipsbetweenthematerialandthestudents'interests.Instructor(s):KaraMaeBrownDaysandTimes:Thursday,5:30pm-6:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
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TheArtofthePodcast:WelcometoNightValeWRITINGANDLITERATURECS5EC#67470“Afriendlydesertcommunitywherethesunishot,themoonisbeautiful,andstrangelightspassoverheadwhileweallpretendtosleep.WelcometoNightVale.”-WelcometoNightVale,Episode1:“Pilot”Thisfictionalradioshowfromthesci-fi,horror,fantasytownofNightValehassparkedaninterestinthepreviouslyunderutilizedmediumofpodcasts.Inthe4yearssinceitspilotepisode,thepopularityofWelcometoNightValehasexplodedamongmodernaudiences.Inthiscourse,wewillbeexploringhowWelcometoNightVale,thepodcast,anditsspin-offcreations(WelcometoNightVale:TheNovel,andAliceIsn’tDead)havetakenadvantageofthisnewmethodofstorytellingtocreateacompellingstoryandstrange,mystifyinguniversewherethestrangebecomesmundane,wherealltheconspiraciesaretrue,andwhereafriendlyvoicespeakssoftlytoyouoftheabjecthorrorsandeverydaymishapsthatplagueacommunity.StudentLeader:CanelleIrmas**AMAXIMUMOF2UNITSMAYBEEARNEDINTHISCLASS**Instructor(s):CarolineAllenDaysandTimes:Thursday,4pm-5:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:ISBN:978-0-06-246861-1Author:JosephFink&JeffreyCranorTitle:MostlyVoid,PartiallyStars:WelcometoNightValeEpisodes,Volume1Edition:FirstEditionPublisher:HarperCollinsISBN:978-0-06-235142-5Author:JosephFink&JeffreyCranorTitle:WelcometoNightVale:ANovelEdition:FirstEditionPublisher:HarperCollins
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TheMakingofSpectrumLiteraryJournalW&LCS5,Section2EC#80184Ourcolloquiumwillconsistoftheproductionandpromotionofthe60theditionofSpectrum,thelongest-runningliteraryjournalinSantaBarbaraandtheUCsystem.This60theditionwillbeananthologyofthebestworkfromthepastdecadeofSpectrumpublications.CourseworkwillmainlyconsistofreadingpasteditionsofSpectrumandresearchingpastauthors'contactinformationtorequestpermissiontoreprint.Allstudentsinthecoursewillbestaffreadersandsomewilltakeonadditionalrolessuchascontenteditorandsocialmediamanager.Theclasswillmeetonceaweekforatwo-hoursession.Wewillreadatotalof17journals,ensuringthateachjournalisreadatleasttwice.Readerswillselectoutstandingpiecestobeconsideredforthefinaljournal.Wewillthencontacttheauthorstorequestpermissiontopotentiallyreprinttheirwork.StudentLeaders:CorinneGuichardandSteenalisaTilcockInstructor(s):KaraMaeBrownDaysandTimes:Thursday,7:00pm-8:30pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
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INTRODUCTIONTOLITERARYSTUDIESWRITINGANDLITERATURECS30EC#62711AcreativeengagementwiththestudyofliteratureInstructor(s):YunteHuangDaysandTimes:Monday,3pm-5:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:GertrudeStein,TenderButtonDoverErnestFenollosa,TheChineseWrittenCharacterasaMediumforPoetryCityLightsSusanHowe,TheMidnightNewDirectionsYunteHuang,CharlieChanNorton
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CREATIVENONFICTIONWORKSHOPWRITINGANDLITERATURECS130EC#60491"Themostessentialgiftforagoodwriterisabuilt-inshockproofs**tdetector.Thisisthewriter'sradar,andallgreatwritershaveit."ErnestHemingway.InParisReviewSpring1958,fromtheOxfordDictionaryofQuotations,369:14.Thiscoursewillintroducestudentstothemethodsandpracticeofwritingnonfictionwithafocusonthememoirandthepersonalessayinitsmanymanifestations.Duringthefirstfewweeksofthequarterwe'llengageinwritingactivitiesthataddressvariousissuesofobservation,invention,imagery,revision,dialogandthephilosophicalquestionswritingmemoirgenerateetc.--andthenyou'llputthosetechniquestoworkinyourownnarratives.Instructor(s):JerveyTervalonDaysandTimes:Friday,11:30am-1:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:Hemingway,E.,AMoveableFeastScribner
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TRAVELWRITINGWORKSHOPWRITINGANDLITERATURECS131EC#60509StudentswillreadexamplesofcontemporarytravelwritingfromtheBestofAmericanTravelWritinganthologiesof2015and2016,andRebeccaSolnit'scollectionofautobiographicalessays/meditationsonwhatitmeanstowillinglycourtuncertainty,asonedoesintravel.Wewillalsoinvestigatethemeaningofhomeanditsrelationtotheever-evolvingandperhapstravelingself.Travelwritingcanincludemanykindsofwritingandsubjectmatter,includingwritingaboutfood,music,clothes,language,politics,andenvironmentaldisaster.Studentsinthiscoursewillwritefourtravelpiecestobereadaloudanddiscussedinclass.Ourconcernswillincludethewritingitself,especiallytheskillsinvolvedincreatingasenseofplace,movement,andcharacter.Instructor(s):CarolineAllenDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,1pm-2:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:AndrewMcCarthyandJasonWilson,eds.TheBestAmericanTravelWriting2015MarinerBooksBillBrysonandJasonWilson,eds.,TheBestAmericanTravelWriting2016MarinerBooksRebeccaSolnit,AFieldGuidetoGettingLostPenguinbooks
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SPIRITUALPOETRY:RUMI,RILKE,ANDLEVERTOVWRITINGANDLITERATURECS153SPEC#60517"Literature,"saidF.R.Leavis,"isthesuprememeansbywhichwerenewoursensuousandemotionallifeandlearnanewawareness."Inthisseminarwewillexplorethreegreatpoets--Rumi,Rilke,andDeniseLevertov--withLeavis'remarkasaguidinglight.Otherguidinglights:Howcanthesepoetshelpuswithoursuffering?Howcantheyhelpus--borrowingfromRilke--keepholyallthatbefallsus?And,finally,whatcanwelearnfromthesepoetstostrengthenourownwriting?Instructor(s):TeddyMackerDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,2:30pm-3:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:RainerMariaRilke;StephenMitchell,TheSelectedPoetryofRainerMariaRilkeVintageRumi;ColemanBarksTheEssentialRumi,NewExpandedEditionHarperOneDeniseLevertov,TheCollectedPoemsofDeniseLevertovNewDirectionsRogerHousden,RiskingEverything:110PoemsofLoveandRevelationHarmony
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DRAWINGARTCS101,Section1EC#01123Thisclassismeanttohelpyoufind/createapersonallanguageofdrawing.Itismeantforpersonswhowanttomakeimagesandwanttodosoinacontextofexplorationandresponse.Iwillpropose(andinsomecases,insistupon)certainexperiments,butIameagertohearyourideasforproductiveprojects.Mostofthedrawingthatgoesonintheclasswillnotbeprescribedbyme,unlessyouwantitso.Inanycase,youshouldcometoclasswithideasforimages,andtoolsandenergytorealizethem.AcoursematerialsfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):DanConnallyDaysandTimes:Tuesday,1:00pm-3:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room136
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LifeDrawingARTCS101,Section2EC#01131Thisclassismodeledafterthetraditionofartistsgatheringonceaweektoshareamodelandworktogether.Notjustfigurativeartists,thisincludessculptors,poets,musicians,andotherartistswhovaluethedisciplineanddiscoveryparticulartothisactivity.Firstwedrawfromthemodelfor3hoursandthenwecritiquefor1hour.Studentsatalllevelsandfromalldisciplinesarewelcome.Therearenoassignments.Thegoalistoexploreanddevelopindividualideas.Eachartistworksonherownproblemswiththeunderstandingthatthereisvaluetoseeingtheprocessandprogressofothers.Thecritiqueattheendofthedrawingsessiondiscussesprinciplesandthepracticeofdrawingthenudeinrelationtotheworkoftheindividualstudentsintheclass.Thegoaloftheinstructorduringthedrawingsessiontoassistandnotdirect.ThePose:Themodelwillkeepthesameposeforeach3-hoursession.Pleasenotethatstudentswishingtodo"gesture"drawingsmaymovearoundtheroomtohavedifferentposestodraw.Materials:Thereisnorestrictiononsizeormediumexceptthattheworkbemonochromatic.(Redchalkonwhitepaperismonochromatic,redchalkongreenpaperispolychromatic)Therearedrawingboardsintheclassroomandbasicwhitedrawingpaperisprovided.Studentsareencouragedtoexperimentwithdifferentmaterialstosuitetheirpractice.Therewillbeanoptionaleveningdrawingsessiononceaweek.TimeTBD.CCSartmajorsareencouragedtorepeatthisclassasoftenastheywish.Prerequisites:Opentoallstudents,CCSandL&SArtStudentshavefirstpriorityAcoursematerialsfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):HankPitcherDaysandTimes:
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Tuesday,9:00am-12:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room120LifePaintingARTCS101,Section3EC#01149Opentoallstudents.Thegoalistodevelopindividualskillsandideas.Firstwepaintfromthemodelfor3hoursandthenwecritiquefor1hour.Themodelwillkeepthesamebutadifferentposeforeach3-hoursession.Wemaycarryoveraposefortwosessionstowardstheendoftheclass.Materials:Thereisnorestrictiononsizeormediumbutoiloracrylicarepreferable.CCSstudentshavefirstpriority.AcoursematerialsfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):HankPitcherDaysandTimes:Thursday,9:00am-12:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room120
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FIELDRESEARCH:LOSANGELESCONTEMPORARYARTARTCS112,Section3EC#01347UCSBandSantaBarbaracanbeconsideredanextensiontothenorthofoneofthemajorartcentersoftheworld-LosAngeles.ThisquarterwewillhavetheopportunitytoseeanumberofsubstantialartexhibitionsandvenuesthroughouttheLosAngelesarea.Thecoursewilltakestudentsonfourone-dayfieldtrips,toviewartfirsthandandseeasmanyvenuesaspossible.Field-tripswilltakeplaceoneither,Friday,SaturdayorSunday,dependingonstudentconsensusandschedules.Particularstobedeterminedatourfirstclassmeeting.Weeklyclassmeetingswillincludelecturesanddiscussionsontopicsrelatedtocontemporaryart,overviewsofthevenueswewillvisit,anddiscussionsuponreturnoftheworksweviewed.Logisticsfortravelingwillalsobeorganizedattheweeklymeetings.Transportationneeds:Studentswillberesponsibleforcarpooltravel,andforsharingexpenseswiththosewhodrive.Ratioof1:4-1Car(withseatbelts&insurance!)forevery4students,includingthedriver.Studentswillingtodrivewillhaveenrollmentpriority..Writemeforanapprovalcode.Pleaseletmeknowifyouareabletodrive:[email protected](s):JaneMulfingerDaysandTimes:Friday,9:00am-10:20amRooms:Bldg494,Room143
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RESEARCHANDPRACTICE:INDEPENDENTSTUDIOPROJECTSARTCS112,Section1EC#01321Studentswilldevelopindependentartprojectswithinaseminarsetting.Eachstudentwilldefinetheirproject,createatimelineforproductionandmeetweeklywiththemembersofthecoursetoallowforinputandcritiqueasindividualprojectsprogress.Studentswillbeexpectedtoconductresearchpertinenttotheirprojectandincorporatethisinthediscussionoftheirwork.Acoursereaderwillbecompiledbytheinstructorwithonearticlecontributedbyeachstudentaccordingtotheirindividualresearch.Thegoalofthiscourseistoadvanceone'sstudiopracticeandartwork.Studentsmayexploreanewdirectionintheirwork,orcreateanewbodyofworkoralimitededitionseries,orfinalizeworkforanexhibition.StudiovisitswillbeincludedandwewilltakeonefieldtriptoLosAngeles.EMAILINSTRUCTORforanAPPROVALCODEekstrom@arts.ucsb.eduIncludeadescriptionofyourprojectforthecourse.Instructor(s):LindaEkstromDaysandTimes:Tuesdays,5:30pm-8:50pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room136
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READINGPAINTINGARTCS112,Section2EC#01339Inthisclasswe'llreadaneclecticassortmentoftexts-essays,artists'statementsandinterviews-withaneyetowardunderstandingthewaysinwhichpaintersrepresentthemselvesandtheirwork.We'llalsoconsiderthecriticalwritingsofseveralartists.Therewillbeweeklywritingassignments.EnrollmentislimitedtoArtmajorsandLiteraturestudentsbutexceptionswillbeconsidered.Instructor(s):DanConnallyDaysandTimes:Wednesdays,5:00pm-6:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room136
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THEAPPARATUS:INVESTIGATIONSOFPERFORMATIVESCULPTUREARTCS125,Section1EC#01396Whatdowater-wings,theBowflex,microscopes,andcrutcheshaveincommon?Inthiscourse,studentswillcreateaworkingdefinitionofwhatanapparatusisinrelationtotheirbody,andrelateittothestudyofergonomics.Wewillstudytheplasticityoftheword"apparatus"whilepursuingthecraftofperformanceandofconstruction.Fromthisbroaderunderstanding,studentswillexploreconstructionmethodsinbuildingtheirfirstapparatus,asimplebox,whichwillalsoserveastheirstage.Basedonthethemesofembodiedmemory,ritual,andrangeofmotion,studentswillevolvetheirunderstandingoftheapparatusastheyinteractwithitastheirperformancepartner.Wewillfocusonthebookendsofperformance,timing,andhowtoengagetheaudience,aswellashowtodisplayperformativeephemeraandresidue.Instructor(s):EmilyBakerDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,9:00am-11:50amRooms:Arts0641OptionalTextbooks:BattcockandNickasTheArtofPerformanceHopkins,JohnTheTheatreoftheBauhaus
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IntroMycology:TheFUNgusAmongUsBIOLOGYCS10,Section1EC#02782Thiscourseaimstohavestudentscollectivelydiscovertherolefungusplaysecologically,aswellasitscurrentandpotentialhumanusessuchasmedicine,remediation,pesticides,andtheculinaryarts.Studentswilleachconductoneweeklygroupprensetationonarecentscientificpaperoftheirchoosinghighlightinganinterestingpropertyoffungusanditspotentialhumanapplication.StudentLeader:GabbyNajmInstructor(s):JohnLattoDaysandTimes:Tuesday,3:00pm-4:45pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:Stamets,P.MyceliumRunning:HowMushroomsCanHelpSavetheWorld
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WALKINGBIOLOGYBIOLOGYCS25,Section1EC#02840"Thepleasures,thevaluesofcontactwiththenaturalworld,arenotreservedforthescientists.Theyareavailabletoanyonewhowillplacehimselfundertheinfluenceofalonelymountaintop-orthesea-orthestillnessofaforest;orwhowillstoptothinkaboutsosmallathingasthemysteryofagrowingseed."-RachelCarson,LostWoods(1954)Thisfieldcourseisdesignedtointroducenon-biologists(andbiologyfreshmen)tothe"wild"naturalhabitatsaroundus.WewillvisitadiverserangeofhabitatsinSantaBarbara,includingoakwoodlands,chaparral,coastaldune,saltmarsh,sandybeach,rockyintertidal,andstream.Ineachofthesenaturalcommunitieswewillobservepatterns,learnaboutitsnaturalhistoryanddiscussecologicalandevolutionaryquestions.Advancedbiologystudentsinterestedingeneralfieldexperiencearealsowelcome.Therewillbeseveralreadingandwritingassignments.Normativenumberofunitsforthiscourseis3.Instructor(s):ClaudiaTylerDaysandTimes:Thursdays,1:00pm-3:50pmRooms:Bldg494,Room136RequiredTextbooks:Lentz,JoanEastonANaturalist'sGuidetotheSantaBarbaraRegionHeydayBooks
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INTRODUCTORYBIOLOGY:ECOLOGYANDPHYSIOLOGYBIOLOGYCS30,Section1EC#02865THISCOURSEISDESIGNEDANDREQUIREDFORNEWCREATIVESTUDIESBIOLOGYMAJORS(incomingstudentstoUCSB)Thiscourseintroducesstudentstothefundamentalconceptsofecologyandphysiology,integratingthetwoandcombiningthemwithevolutionaryprinciplesintroducedinBiolCS20tobetterunderstandthedistributionandabundanceoforganisms.Studentswillbeexposedtoprimaryresearchliteratureandclassicexperiments.Prerequisites:ThisclassisopentoandrequiredforfirstyearCCSBiologystudentswhohavecompletedMCDB1A,andeitherBiolCS20orEEMB3.Instructor(s):JohnLattoDaysandTimes:TuesdaysandThursdays,11:00am-12:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room143
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ADVANCEDCOLLOQUIUMII:SCIENCECOMMUNICATIONBIOLOGYCS101,Section1EC#02881Studentswilllearnthebasicsofandpracticewrittenandoralcommunicationofscientificfindingstovarioustargetaudiences.Emphasisisoncommunicatingthescientificresearchprocessaswellasinterpretationandsignificanceoffindings.Studentswillalsoidentifyandcritiqueselectionsofcurrentscienceinthenews.**Thisclassisopentoallmajors.**Instructor(s):KathyFoltzDaysandTimes:Mondays,3:00pm-4:50pmRooms:Bldg494,Room143OptionalTextbooks:Otto,ShawnTheWaronScienceMilkweedEditionsPublishing
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PROBLEMSOLVINGINGENERALCHEMISTRYCHEMISTRYCS103,Section1EC#06874Problemsolvingskillswillbedevelopedandsupplementallectureswillreinforcekeyconcepts.Whenappropriate,experimentsintheupperdivisionundergraduatelaboratorymaybeperformedtoexaminechemicalconceptsinalaboratorysetting.Instructor(s):LeroyLavermanDaysandTimes:MondayandWednesday,10:00am-10:50amRooms:Bldg494,Room160B
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MIDRESIDENCYREVIEWCOMPUTINGCS10,Section1EC#08599ThiscourseisrequiredforallCCSCSmajorsthatarescheduledtodoamid-residencyreviewinthe2016-2017schoolyear.ThisincludesallstudentsthatmatriculatedinFall2015asfreshmenorjuniortransfersthathavenotyetpresentedandpassedanMRR.ItalsoincludesanystudentsthatwanttograduateinSpring2017thathavenotyetpassedanMRR.Prerequisites:OnlyopentoCCSCSandCCSComputingmajors.Instructor(s):OmerEgeciogluDaysandTimes:Wednesdays,11:00am-12:20pmand5:00pm-6:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room143
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TopicsinMachineLearningCOMPUTINGCS10,Section2EC#08607WewillstudydifferentmethodsandtechniquesinMachineLearning,StatisticalInference,NaturalLanguageProcessing,andDeepLearning.Topicswillincludemotivationandexplorationof:differentmachinelearningmodels,techniquesfordatatransformationandmodelevaluation.Studentswillhavetheopportunitytocompleteprojectsfordifferentobjectivessuchasenhancingresearchunderstanding,participatinginmachinelearningcompetitionsorprepareforamachinelearninginternshipinindustry.Thisisastudent-ledcolloquium.ThestudentleadersareKevinMaltaandDanielSpokoyny.Instructor(s):MuratKaraormanDaysandTimes:Tuesdays&Thursdays,5:00-5:50pmRooms:Building494,Room143
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COMPUTINGFORTHECLOUDANDINTERNETOFTHINGSCOMPUTINGCS130E,Section1EC#08631ThetermCloudhaslongbeenusedasametaphorfortheInternet.ServersconnectedtotheCloudprovidedataand/orcomputingservicestoauthorizedclientsusingstandardprotocols.TheCloudconcealsacomplexinfrastructurewhichmakesitrelativelyeasytodevelopclientandtheserverapplicationsthatcanbedeployedanywheregeographicallywithhighavailability.TheInternetofThings(IoT)isthenetworkofphysicalobjects,devices,vehicles,buildingsandotheritemswhichareembeddedwithelectronics,software,sensors,andnetworkconnectivity,whichenablestheseobjectstocollectandexchangedata.Cloudcomputingisanaturalevolutionofnetworkcomputing,andencompassesmanybroadcomputingparadigms:distributed,grid,utility,on-demand,opensource;Webservices;P2P;Web2.0,infrastructureasaservice(IaaS),platformasaservice(PaaS),softwareasaservice(SaaS).CloudcomputingisaparadigmofcomputinginwhichdynamicallyscalableandoftenvirtualizedresourcesareprovidedasaserviceovertheInternet.IoTisthenextstepintheevolutionofComputingwhereadvancesinCloudandcommunicationtechnologieswillleadtobillionsofsmartobjectstoconnecttotheInternet.IoTenablesanexchangeofdataandservicesneveravailablebeforeandinamoresecureway.LeadbyindustrygiantsApple,Microsoft,IBM,GoogleandAmazondesigningIoTstandardsandinterfacespecificationsandinfrastructureforbothopenandclosedeco-systemsandhardwarevendorssuchasTI,Intel,NvidiaofferingmicrocontrollersandSDKswealreadyhaveaproliferationofsmartIoTdevices.Therevolutionisstillatitsinfancy,yetabouttoexplode.Thisisavariable-unit,advanced,hands-oncourse.ThecoursewillstartwithlecturestylecoveringoftheevolutionaryfoundationsofcloudcomputingandthenfocusontheemergingIoTspecifications,infrastructuresandsecuritytechnologiestobuildIoTdevices,coveringthestillevolvingstate-of-the-artpractices,tools,languages,protocols,infrastructuresusedforbuildingIoTsolutions.Guestspeakersfromindustryandacademiawillcovervarioustopicsandtechnologiesinthefield.Additionalfocuswillbeplacedonsecurityandauthenticationandinternetofthingsrelatedtopics.Eachstudentwillworkonaresearchpaperorprojectandwillreceive4-6unitsbasedontheextentofwork.Instructor(s):MuratKaraormanDaysandTimes:TuesdaysandThursdays,6:00pm-7:50pmRooms:
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Bldg494,Room143Comparative(Machine)LanguageMorphologyCOMPUTINGCS130E,Section2EC#71175Toomanyprogrammersspendtheirtimeworkingwithasingleprogramminglanguage:theyfinditdifficulttoswitchbetweenprogramminglanguages,theyfindittakesawhiletolearnanewprogramminglanguage,andtheylookdownonsolutionsthatmightinvolveworkingwithmultipleprogramminglanguagesatthesametime.Thegoalofthiscourseistogivestudentsfamiliaritywithanumberofprogramminglanguages:eachlanguagewillbequicklydemonstrated(languageswillnotbecoveredindepth),andafewkeydefiningfeatureswillbeanalyzedindetail(thethingsthatreallymakethatlanguagedifferentorunique).Thegoalisthatbytheendofthecoursenewlanguagescanbepickedupquicklybecausetheirfeatureswillfeel"familiar"tooneofthemanyexistinglanguagesthattheyhavealreadyseen.Initial(Conceptual)Structure:Basics:Recipes,Lisp,SchemeParsing:LL,LR,LALR,GLRStructure:Python,VisualBasicMachines:C,C++98,FORTRANObjects:Smalltalk,Objective-CBusiness:Java,JavaScriptPerspective:Algol68,GoTypes:OCaml,Scala,SwiftLaziness:Haskell,ClojureMicrosoft:C#,F#,MC++,VB.NETLayers:CoffeeScript,TypeScriptSearch:SQL,RegEx,XPathStrange:GNUMake,XSL/T,C++11Unix:awk,sed,sh,findScripting:Perl,Ruby,PHPEmbedding:TCL,Lua,GuileDeclarative:Prolog,ErlangScience:Mathematica,R,MATLABInstructor(s):OmerEgeciogluJayFreemanDaysandTimes:Wednesday,6:00pm-9:30pm
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Rooms:Bldg.494,Room143INTRODUCTIONTOQUANTUMCOMPUTINGCOMPUTINGCS130G,Section1EC#08649Inthisadvancedtopicscoursewewilllookatthetheoryofquantumcomputation,fromacomputerscienceperspective.Topicsthatwewillcoverare:elementaryquantummechanics,quantumbits,quantuminformation,quantumgatesandcircuits,quantumalgorithms,teleportation,quantumcryptography,Shor'squantumalgorithmforfactoringintegersanddiscretelogarithms,Grover'squantumsearchingalgorithm,lowerboundsinquantumcomputation.Timepermittingwewillalsolookintosmallexperimentsthatimplementsomeoftheseideas.Instructor(s):WimvanDamDaysandTimes:Thursdays,1:00pm-2:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room143OptionalTextbooks:Aaronson,ScottQuantumComputingSinceDemocritusCambridgeUniversityPress
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ADVANCEDLINEARALGEBRAIIMATHEMATICSCS108B,Section1EC#30635Thisisafirst-yearcoursewhichispartofasequenceoftwoconsecutivecourses.Inthiscourse,wewillcoverthefollowingtopicsinLinearAlgebra:Determinants,eigenvalues,eigenvectors,anddiagonalization,canonicalforms,andinnerproductandnorm,Gram-Schmidtprocess.Iftimepermits,wewillalsocovertopicsamongthefollowing:adjointofalinearoperator,normalandself-adjointoperators,unitaryandorthogonaloperators,spectraltheorem.Thelanguageandconceptsofmatrixtheoryand,moregenerally,oflinearalgebrahavecomeintowidespreadusageinthesocialandnaturalsciences,computerscience,andstatistics.Inaddition,linearalgebracontinuestobeofgreatimportanceinmoderntreatmentsofgeometryandanalysis.Instructor(s):MariaIsabelBuenoCachadinaDaysandTimes:Mondays,Wednesdays,Thursdays,Fridays,1:00pm-2:50pmRooms:Bldg494,Room164B
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SELECTEDTOPICSINDISCRETEMATHEMATICSIIIMATHEMATICSCS120,Section1EC#30643Topicsingametheory,fromcombinatorialgamesthroughtoclassicalgametheory.Instructor(s):KarelCasteelsDaysandTimes:TuesdaysandThursdays,3:00pm-4:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room164BRequiredTextbooks:DeVos,MattandKent,DeborahA.GameTheory:APlayfulIntroductionAmericanMathematicalSociety
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PROBABILITYMATHEMATICSCS121,Section1EC#30692ThisisanintroductorycourseonProbabilityTheory,withanemphasisoncombinatorics.Wewillcoverthebasicformalismsofprobability,discreteandcontinuousdistributions,generatingfunctions,conditioning,LawofLargeNumbers,LargeDeviation,andCentralLimitTheorem.ApplicationstoBiology,ComputerScience,Engineering,andPhysicswillbediscussed.Instructor(s):TomoyukiIchibaDaysandTimes:MondaysandWednesdays,9:30am-10:50amRooms:Bldg494,Room164BOptionalTextbooks:Pitman,JimProbability(SpringerTextsinStatistics)Springer
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INTRODUCTIONTOTHEORYOFCOMPLEXVARIABLESMATHEMATICSCS122B,Section1EC#30700Thisisthesecondofatwo-quarterintroductorycourseoncomplexanalysis.Wewillcontinueourexplorationoftheanalyticandgeometricsidesofthesubject,balancingtheoryandcomputation.Topicswillincludepowerseries,Laurentseries,classificationofsingularities,residuetheorem,thegeneralhomologicalformofCauchy'stheoremandintegralformula,argumentprinciple,Rouché'stheorem,Riemannmappingtheorem,analyticcontinuation,Riemannsurfaces,etc.Instructor(s):ThomasSiderisDaysandTimes:TuesdaysandThursdays,11:00am-12:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room164BOptionalTextbooks:Marsden,J.andHoffman,M.BasicComplexAnalysisW.H.Freeman
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INDIVIDUALINSTRUCTIONINMUSICCOMPOSITIONMUSICCS101,Section1EC#35246Oneononeinstructioninmusiccomposition,withanemphasisonmusicinthenotatedtradition.StudentsshouldcomebyOldLittleTheater154Btosignupforaweeklylessontimepriortothefirstdayofclasses.Instructor(s):LeslieHoganDaysandTimes:TBARooms:Bldg.494,Room154B
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CCSCOMPOSITIONTUTORIALMUSICCS101,Section2EC#35253PrivatetutorialinstructioninComposition,centeredaroundtheoriginalworkmajorscompletetowardsexitportfolios,recitalsandjuries.PrincipallyforCCSMusicCompositionmajors.Thecourseisconsideredupper-division(juniorlevel).Prerequisites:Thisisnotabeginningcourseincomposition;itisamajorscourse.ItisopentoallCCSenteringfreshmen;othersmustdemonstrateworkalreadydonetoanupper-divisionlevel.SeetheMusicDepartmentforlowerdivisioncoursesyoucantakeinmusiccomposition.Instructor(s):JeremyHaladynaDaysandTimes:TBARooms:MUSIC0313
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POSTMODERNISMINMUSIC:SCANNINGTHEHEREANDNOWMUSICCS105,Section1EC#35386Inthis"proactiveseminar"course,JeremyHaladynachallengeseachparticipanttograpplewithwhat'ssoundingtodayinconcertmusicacrosstheglobe.Hereitisstillnotaquestionofmusicpackagedforanddisseminatedonlyonmasschannels,thoughpartofthecoursewillinvolvedeterminingtowhatextentthatsituationisnowchanging.Startingwiththerepertoryofthemajorworldconcertvenuesand"art-music"festivals,wewillattempttoidentifyasmanydistinctvectorswithinpostmodernismaswecan.Whichvectorscantracetheirancestryclearbacktothemiddle'60swhenthetoo-tightmodernistsnakeskininartmusicbegantobeshed?Whichvectorshavearisenonlyinrecentdecades?HowdocomposerssuchastheUK'sSteveMartlandorAmerica'sJohnAdamsseemtoalignphilosophicallywiththemovement?DoprominentAsianandexpatriateAsiancomposerssuchasChenYiandTanDunseemtofit?Doesthepostmodernistmovementflyinthefaceofcontinuingtechnologicaldevelopmentinmusic,orcanwepositsomedegreeofcongruence?There'sclearlyalottothinkabout,andforthecomposersintheclass,"it'syourhereandnow."THISCOURSEISOPENTOALLCCS/L&SMUSICMAJORSfirstandthentoALLOTHERMAJORSonaspace-availablebasis.Therewillbestudentlisteningandinternetassignments,selectedlibraryreservearticlesonpostmodernismandafinalprojectinwhichstudentswillelecteithertoauthorapositionpaper(withcitations)orapostmodernistmusicalcomposition,alongcertainguidelines.Instructor(s):JeremyHaladynaDaysandTimes:MondaysandWednesdays,12:00pm-1:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room154RequiredTextbooks:Gloag,KennethPostmodernisminMusicCambridgeUniv.Press
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RHYTHMOFTHENEWS,PART2MUSICCS105,Section2EC#35394InPart2ofMUSCS105:RhythmoftheNews,CollegeofCreativeStudiesmusiccompositionmajorswillrealizetheirreactionstotheirselectednewsstories,creatingaperformanceoftheirchoice,usingactors,performanceart,dance,constructedvideo,etc.,toaccompanytheirmusiccreatedinPart1.Theculminationofthiscoursewillresultinthefinalprojectsbeingfilmedusingmulti-cameraandgreenscreenpossibilitiesinKerrHallStudioA.MusthavetakenMUSCS105:RhythmoftheNews,Part1Instructor(s):GerryHansenDaysandTimes:TuesdaysandThursdays,7:00pm-8:50pmRooms:Bldg494,OLT
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SOFTWAREOPENFORUMMUSICCS105,Section3EC#35402Inthiscourse,studentsareencouragedtowritetheirownmusicsoftwareinthelanguagePython,gettingguidancefrommoreexperiencedstudentsand/orofferingadvicetothelessexperienced.Instructor(s):ClarenceBarlowDaysandTimes:Wednesdays,4:00pm-6:00pmRooms:MusicBldg,Room1129
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EMBODIEDSONICMEDITATION:ACREATIVESOUNDEDUCATIONMUSICCS105,Section4EC#35410Whatisthedifferencebetweenhearingandlistening?Whataretheconnectionsbetweenourlistening,bodilyactivities,andthelucidmind?Thisinterdisciplinarycourseonacousticecology,soundart,andmusictechnologywillgiveyoutheanswers.Throughdeeplistening(PaulineOliveros),compassionatelistening(ThichNhatHanh),soundwalking(Westerkamp),andinteractivemusiccontrolledbymotioncapture,theunifyingthemeofthiscourseisanengagementwithsonicawareness,environment,andself-exploration.Particularlywewilllookintohowwegenerate,interpretandinteractwithsound;andhowimbalancesinthesoundscapemayhaveadverseeffectsonourperceptionsandthenature.Thesepracticesarecombinedwithreadingsandmultimediademonstrationsfromsoundtheory,audioengineering,toaestheticsandphilosophy.Studentswillengageinhands-onaudiorecordingandmixing,human-computerinteraction(HCI),groupimprovisation,environmentalfilmstreaming,andsoundscapefieldtrip.Theseexperiencesleadtoafinalprojectincomputer-assistedmusiccompositionandcreativeliveperformance.Bytheendofthecourse,studentswillbeabletousecomputersoftwaretocreatesound,designtheirownmusicalinstruments,aswellasconnectwiththemselves,othersandtheworldaroundtheminanauthenticlevelthroughmusicalexpressions.Instructor(s):JiayueCeciliaWuDaysandTimes:MondaysandWednesdays,1:30pm-2:50pmRooms:Bldg494,Room143
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EXPERIMENTALPHYSICSPHYSICSCS15C,Section1EC#38182Signupforonelabsectionortheother(WednesdayORFriday-NOTBOTH!)Thisisthethirdquarterofayear-longclassdesignedtohelpyoulearntodoexperimentalphysicsresearch.Thethirdquarterwillfocusonthedesignandconstructionofscientificapparatus.Youwilllearnaboutmaterials,fasteners,andbasicprinciplesofmechanicaldesign.Youwillhavetheopportunitytousea3-DCAD(ComputerAidedDesign)programthatwillletyoubuildpartsinthreedimensionsandthenobtaintherequisitemachinedrawingsfromwhicheverviewsyouchoose.Toputallthisnewknowledgetowork,theclasswilldesignandbuildspecializedresearchinstrumentsandlecturedemonstrationequipmentforuseoncampus.Prerequisites:PhysCS15AandPhysCS15B.AlabfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):GeorgiosKoutroulakisDaysandTimes:Wednesday,2:00pm-2:50pm;Wednesday,3:00pm-5:50pmRooms:BRDA6334
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EXPERIMENTALPHYSICSPHYSICSCS15C,Section2EC#38190Signupforonelabsectionortheother(WednesdayORFriday-NOTBOTH!)Thisisthethirdquarterofayear-longclassdesignedtohelpyoulearntodoexperimentalphysicsresearch.Thethirdquarterwillfocusonthedesignandconstructionofscientificapparatus.Youwilllearnaboutmaterials,fasteners,andbasicprinciplesofmechanicaldesign.Youwillhavetheopportunitytousea3-DCAD(ComputerAidedDesign)programthatwillletyoubuildpartsinthreedimensionsandthenobtaintherequisitemachinedrawingsfromwhicheverviewsyouchoose.Toputallthisnewknowledgetowork,theclasswilldesignandbuildspecializedresearchinstrumentsandlecturedemonstrationequipmentforuseoncampus.Prerequisites:PhysCS15AandPhysCS15B.AlabfeewillbeassessedtoyourBARCaccount.Instructor(s):GeorgiosKoutroulakisDaysandTimes:Wednesday,2:00pm-2:50pm;Friday,3:00pm-5:50pmRooms:BRDA6334
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WAVES,KINETICTHEORY,ANDRELATIVITYPHYSICSCS33,Section1EC#38216Soundwaves.Fluiddynamics.Kinetictheoryofmatter.TheMaxwell-Boltzmanndistribution.Specificheat.Thespecialtheoryofrelativity.Note:Allenrolledmustattendboththelectureandoneweeklyassignedproblemsession.ThiscourseisrequiredforCCSPhysicsfreshmen.Prerequisite:PhysicsCS32andvectorcalculus,orequivalent.ClassisclosedtoONLYCCSPHYSICSFRESHMEN.Instructor(s):SathyaGuruswamyBrianYoungbloodDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,3:30pm-4:50pm;Wednesday1:00pm-2:50pm;Wednesday3:00pm-4:50pmRooms:Bldg.387,Room104RequiredTextbooks:Ohanian,ModernPhysics,2ndeditionBenjaminCummings
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QUANTUMPHYSICSPHYSICSCS36,Section1EC#38224Wave-particleduality.Photons.Matterwaves.Theuncertaintyprinciple.TheSchroedingerequation.Potentialwellsandbarriers.Thequantizedsimpleharmonicoscillator.Thehydrogenatom.Prerequisities:PhysicsCS34and35orequivalentInstructor(s):TengizBibilashviliBrianYoungbloodDaysandTimes:TuesdayandThursday,3:30pm-4:50pm;Thursday11:00am-12:50pm;Thursday,1:00pm-2:50pmRooms:PHELP1440RequiredTextbooks:JohnR.Taylor,ChrisD.Zafiratos,MichaelA.DubsonModernPhysicsforScientistsandEngineersUniversityScienceBooksFeynman,Leighton,Sands,FeynmanLecturesonPhysicsVol.IIITheNewMillenniumEdition:QuantumMechanicsBasicBooks
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PHYSICSCOLLOQUIUMPHYSICSCS140,Section1EC#38232StudentswilllearnhowtoreadaboutadvancedtopicsofPhysics,frombooksandscientificarticles.Insomecasestheywillstateandsolveproblemsrelatedtotheirtopic.Mostofclasstimewillbebasedonthestudents'presentationsandcommunication.Instructor(s):TengizBibilashviliDaysandTimes:Friday,1:00pm-2:50pmRooms:NH1109
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First-YearsWritingWorkshopColloquiumWRITING&LITERATURECS5,Section1EC#71167ThisclassisintendedforstudentswithinthenewWriting&LiteraturemajorfortheCollegeofCreativeStudies.Whilethestudentshavetakenclasseswitheachotherpreviously,theyhavenothadachancetolearntocritiqueeachother'sworks,andthiscoursewillworktoremedythat.Thegoalfortheendofthiscoursewillhavetwoparts.Onewilbeforthestudentstobecomecomfortablewitheachother,knowingthattheycantrusteachotherwiththeirwriting.Thesecondpartwilfocusonlearninghowtocritique,andthedifferenttechniquesthatstudentscanusetodoso.Oneunitwillbeearnedforcomingtoatleast8classes,andthesecondwillbeearnedforsharingone'sworkandofferingrealconstructivecriticismtootherswhosharetheirwork.Becausethisgroupofpeoplewillbetogetherforthenextfewyears,thisisanopportunityforthemajortocreateasafespacewithineachother.StudentLeader:KomalSuraniInstructor(s):KaraMaeBrownDaysandTimes:Monday,8:00pm-9:20pmRooms:Bldg.494,Room143
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INTRODUCTIONTOWRITINGSTUDIESWRITINGANDLITERATURECS20,Section1EC#54866Providesanintroductiontotheintellectualorientation,practices,andepistemologiesofWritingStudies.Instructor(s):KaraMaeBrownDaysandTimes:Mondays,5:30pm-8:00pmRooms:Bldg494,Room143RequiredTextbooks:Adler-Kassner,LindaandWardle,ElizabethNamingWhatWeKnow:ClassroomEdition-ThresholdConceptsofWritingStudiesUtahStateUniversityPress
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POETRYWORKSHOPWRITINGANDLITERATURECS110,Section1EC#54874Inthemain,thiscourseisaworkshop,meaningyou'llpresentyourownpoetrytotheclassforcarefuldiscussion.You'llalsoreadwidely.LuChiinhisfamousArsPoeticasays,"Whencuttinganaxehandlewithanaxe,surelythemodelisathand."Heedingthiswisdomwewillusethepoemsinourbooksasouraxehandles,ourmodelstoemulate.You'llturninaportfolioof12poemsatthequarter'send.Instructor(s):TeddyMackerDaysandTimes:TuesdaysandThursdays,2:30pm-4:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room160BRequiredTextbooks:Bass,EllenMulesofLoveBOAHirshfieldJaneGivenSugar,GivenSaltHarperPerennialMiloszCzeslawABookofLuminousThingsMarinerBooks
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SCREENWRITING:FROMSTORYTOSCREENPLAYTOSHORTFILMWRITINGANDLITERATURECS141,Section1EC#54882Inthiscoursewe'llstartwiththerawmaterialofashortstory/vignette/memoir/documentary,workshopit,thenadaptitforscreenplayformatthenwe'llshootitasashortusingiPhoneorsimilartechnologyforclassproject.Obviously,we'llreinventthewheeltogreateffect.http://iphonefilmmaker.com/watch/Instructor(s):JerveyTervalonDaysandTimes:Fridays,11:30am-1:50pmRooms:Bldg494,Room143
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ELENAFERRANTE:THENEAPOLITANQUARTETWRITINGANDLITERATURECS151EF,Section1EC#54890ElenaFerranteconsidersthefourvolumesoftheNeapolitanQuartettobeonelongnovel.Themaincharactersaretwowomen,LenaandLila,whomeetwhenthey'resixyearsold,bothlivinginaviolentandmisogynisticworking-classneighborhoodofNaplesinthe1950s.Thebookbeginswiththedisappearance,inhersixties,ofoneofthewomen,andthenarrator'sattempttocapturethelife,throughwriting,ofherfriendwhohasdisappeared.Ferrante'sbooksarefamouslyfemaledriven,andaboutdrivenfemales,womenwhostrugglewiththeirownwomanhood,withhowtobeamotherandadaughter,awifeandafriend,andalsofindmeaningfulandsatisfyingwork.Someadmirershavedescribedthewriting's"radicalemotionalintensity"asakindoffemininewriting--fierce,unsentimental,honest,andfulloffeeling.What'smadetheNeapolitanQuartetamustreadforanybodywholovesagoodnovelisnotjustthegreatwriting,buttheplots.Theseareexcitingpage-turners,fullofsurprises.Atangentialaspectofthenovelsisthat"ElenaFerrante"isapseudonymandlittleisknownabouttheactualauthor,thoughrecentlyanItalianjournalistclaimstohavediscoveredheridentity.Thepersonwhogoesbythename"ElenaFerrante"hasinterestingthingstosayaboutwhyshechoosestoremainunknown,outsideofthepubliceye.We'lltalkaboutthattoo."ElenaFerrantewillblowyouaway."--AliceSebold"Nothingquitelikethishaseverbeenpublishedbefore."TheGuardian"TheNeapolitannovelsmovefarfromcontrivance,logic,orrespectabilitytoaskuncomfortablequestionsabouthowwelive,howwelove,howwesingeanexistenceinadeeplyflawedworldthatexpectsprettyacquiescencefromitswomen.Inalltheirbeauty,theirugliness,theirdevotionanddeceit,thesegirlsenchantandrepulse,likelife,likeourveryselves."TheSydneyMorningHeraldInstructor(s):CarolineAllenDaysandTimes:TuesdaysandThursdays,1:00pm-2:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room160BRequiredTextbooks:Ferrante,ElenaMyBrilliantFriendEuropaFerrante,ElenaTheStoryofaNewNameEuropaFerrante,ElenaThoseWhoLeaveandThoseWhoStayEuropaFerrante,ElenaTheStoryoftheLostChildEuropaOptionalTextbooks:
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Ferrante,ElenaFrantumagliaBLOGS,PODCASTS,ANDVIDEOESSAYS:MEDIACRITICISMFORTHEDIGITALAGEWRITINGANDLITERATURECS161NM,Section1EC#68312"Everyone'sacritic,"thesayinggoes.Thegrowthofuser-friendlyonlinepublishingvenueshasmadethisallthemoretrue.Thiscoursetackleshowtowriteeffectivelyandpersuasivelyaboutpopularmediainthedigitalera.Itteachesthebasicsofmediacritiqueandintroducesstudentstoaudioandvideoeditingtoolstocreatemultimediacriticism.Wewillreadandanalyzenotablecriticismpiecesoncontemporarymusic,film,andtelevision;writeshortblogreviewsonthemediaofstudents'choice;andcreateadigitalversionofareviewintheformofapodcastorvideoessay.Havingaccesstoalaptopispreferablebutshouldnotprohibitstudentsfromjoiningthisclass.Instructor(s):JuanLlamasRodriguezDaysandTimes:MondaysandWednesdays,1:00pm-2:20pmRooms:Bldg494,Room160BRequiredTextbooks:Corrigan,TimothyAShortGuidetoWritingaboutFilmPearsonKeathley,ChristianandMittell,JasonTheVideographicEssay:CriticisminSoundandImageCabooseBooks(thiswillnotbeavailablefromtheUCSBBookstore,butisavailablefromAmazon:ISBN9781927852040)