printer friendly pageAA 100: Introduction to Aeronautics and Astronautics
The principles of fluid flow, flight, and propulsion; the creation of lift and drag, aerodynamic performance including takeoff, climb, range, and landing performance, structural concepts, propulsion systems, trajectories, and orbits. The history of aeronautics and astronautics. Prerequisites:
MATH 41, 42; elementary physics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Alonso, J. (PI)
ANTHRO 161: Human Behavioral Ecology (ANTHRO 261)
Theory, method, and application in anthropology. How theory in behavioral ecology developed to understand animal behavior is applied to questions about human economic decision making in ecological and evolutionary contexts. Topics include decisions about foraging and subsistence, competition and cooperation, mating, and reproduction and parenting.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Bird, R. (PI)
;
Codding, B. (PI)
ANTHRO 171: The Biology and Evolution of Language (ANTHRO 271, HUMBIO 145L)
Language as an evolutionary adaptation of humans. Comparison of communicative behavior in humans and animals, and the inference of evolutionary stages. Structure, linguistic functions, and the evolution of the vocal tract, ear, and brain, with associated disorders (stuttering, dyslexia, autism, schizophrenia) and therapies. Controversies over language centers in the brain and the innateness of language acquisition. Vision, color terminology, and biological explanation in linguistic theory.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Fox, J. (PI)
;
Satterthwaite-Phillips, D. (TA)
ANTHRO 175: Human Osteology (ANTHRO 275, HUMBIO 180)
The human skeleton. Focus is on identification of fragmentary human skeletal remains. Analytical methods include forensic techniques, archaeological analysis, paleopathology, and age/sex estimation. Students work independently in the laboratory with the skeletal collection.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
DeGusta, D. (PI)
APPPHYS 79N: Energy Options for the 21st Century
Preference to freshmen. Choices for meeting the future energy needs of the U.S. and the world. Basic physics of energy sources, technologies that might be employed, and related public policy issues. Trade-offs and societal impacts of different energy sources. Policy options for making rational choices for a sustainable world energy economy.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Fox, J. (PI)
;
Geballe, T. (PI)
BIO 7S: Introduction to Biology
The major fields of biology: biochemistry, the cell, evolution, and diversity. Foundation for higher-level biology courses.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Khalfan, W. (PI)
BIO 11N: Biotechnology in Everyday Life
Preference to freshmen. The science that makes transgenic plants and animals possible. Current and future applications of biotechnology and the ethical issues raised.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Walbot, V. (PI)
BIO 26N: Maintenance of the Genome
Preference to freshmen. Focus is on DNA repair systems that monitor the genome to ensure genomic stability in the face of natural endogenous threats to DNA and those due to radiation and genotoxic toxic environmental chemicals. Redundancy of the genetic message ensured by complementary DNA strands facilitates recovery of information by excision repair when one of the strands is damaged. Predisposition to cancer is often a consequence of defective DNA repair. Relevance for oncology, aging, developmental biology, environmental health, and neurobiology.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Hanawalt, P. (PI)
BIO 33N: Conservation Science and Practice
Preference to freshmen. Interdisciplinary. The science and art of conservation today. The forces that are driving change in Earth's atmosphere, lands, waters, and variety of life forms. Which broad dimensions of the biosphere, and which elements of ecosystems, most merit protection? The prospects for, and challenges in, making conservation economically attractive and commonplace. Field trip; project.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA, GER: DB-NatSci
BIO 41: Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology
Emphasis is on macromolecules (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids) and how their structure relates to function and higher order assembly; molecular biology, genome structure and dynamics, gene expression from transcription to translation. Prerequisites:
CHEM 31X (or 31A,B), 33;
MATH 19, 20, 21 or 41, 42. Recommended:
CHEM 35.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
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