"University of California-San Diego (UCSD)" Open Courses
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View Website 20th Century Art in China and Japan full-course Spring 2012
William Bryson, Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
A survey of the artistic works in the modern art and visual culture of Japan and China.
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View Website A Practical Introduction to Probability and Statistics full-course
Yoav Freund, Math—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Students in this class will be introduced to both probability and statistics and their uses.
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View Website Aging-Social and Health Policy Issues full-course Spring 2012
Leslie R. Lewis, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Introduces students to the nature and problems associated with aging.
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View Website AIDS Science and Society full-course
Evan Merkhofer, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This science class teaches students about the well-known immune deficiency disease, AIDS, the final stage in the HIV disease.
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View Website American Legal History to 1865 full-course
Michael Parrish, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course studies the history of American law and legal institutions, focusing on crime and punishment in the colonial era, the emergence of theories of popular sovereignty, the forging of the Constitution and American federalism, the relationship between law and economic change, and the crisis of slavery and the Union.
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View Website Ancient Egypt - History & Culture full-course
David Miano, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course examines the history, literature, and culture of ancient Egypt and its peoples from the origins of Egyptian civilization to the culture's eventual decline under the dominance of foreign powers.
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View Website Ancient Greek Civilization full-course
David Miano, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course examines the Ancient Greece, a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (ca. 600 AD).
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View Website Ancient Roman Civilization full-course
David Miano, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This class examines the rise of Ancient Rome, a thriving civilization that began growing on the Italian Peninsula in early 8th century BC and become one of the largest empires in the ancient world.
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View Website Animal Behavior & Communication full-course
James Nieh, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Starting with a broad overview of general animal behavior, this course delves deeply into various olfactory, visual and acoustic forms of animal communication.
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View Website Art and the Enlightenment full-course
William Bryson, Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course places Roccoco and neoclassical artists such as Watteau, Fragonard, Tiepolo, Hogarth, Reynolds, Vigee Lebrun, Blake, and David, within the context of art academies, colonialism, the Grand Tour, Enlightenment conceptualizations of history and nature, and the American and French Revolutions.
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View Website Basic Chemistry full-course Fall 2012
Carl Hoeger, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Prepares students for General Chemistry as it emphasizes quantitative problems and covers topics such as nomenclature, stoichiometry, basic reactions, bonding, and the periodic table.
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View Website Basic Chemistry full-course
Carl Hoeger, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course offers less prepared science majors the fundamental skills necessary to succeed in chemistry.
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View Website Behavior Modification full-course Fall 2012
David Peterzell, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course covers learning principles relevant to human behavior, applied behavior analysis, and applications of behavioral principles.
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View Website Biostatistics full-course Spring 2012
Scott Rifkin, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Students are introduced to statistical inference and hypothesis testing with and emphasis on the conceptual and logical basis of statistical methods.
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View Website Biostatistics II full-course
Florin Vaida, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This is the second part of the biostatistics course, which discusses the application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology.
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View Website Brain & Behavioral Development full-course
Leslie Carver, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course teaches students about the role brains play in behavioral development
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View Website Byzantine Empire full-course
Matthew Herbst, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course is all about the Byzantium empire and covers everything from cultural traditions to socio-political issues.
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View Website Calculus full-course
Mir Mirjalalieh Shiraz, Math—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Students enrolled in this course will study calculus, a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series.
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View Website Calculus & Analytic Geometry For Science & Engineering full-course Fall 2012
Michael B. Meredith, Math—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Students in this course will be introduced to vectors, three-dimensional geometry, multivariable differential calculus, and multiple integrals.
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View Website California Government & Politics full-course
Thad Kousser, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Students enrolled in this class will learn about the politics, policies, and bodies of government in the state of California.
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View Website Case Studies Health Care/Poor full-course
Leslie R. Lewis, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This class examines different case studies related to the state of health care for those below the poverty line.
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View Website Cellular Basis of Learning and Memory full-course Fall 2012
Jill Leutgeb, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
The course covers the cellular and molecular mechanisms regarding learning and memory.
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View Website Chemistry of Life full-course Spring 2012
Carl Hoeger, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course introduces nonscience majors to biochemistry through topics such as carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins.
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View Website Child Psychological Disorders full-course
Rachael Lapidis, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This class addresses diagnosis and treatment options for children with mental illnesses, such as anxiety disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, eating disorders, and schizophrenia.
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View Website Children's Literature full-course Fall 2012
Stephen Potts, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course covers significant literature that was written for children in various cultures and time periods.
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View Website Circadian Rhythms - Biological Clocks full-course Fall 2012
Susan Golden, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course examines the fundamentals of daily biological clocks in microbes, animals, and humans.
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View Website Circadian Rhythms-Bio Clocks full-course
Susan Golden, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This psychology/biology course studies circadian rhythms, any biological processes that display an endogenous, entrainable oscillation of about 24 hours.
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View Website Classical & Medieval Tradition full-course
Matthew Herbst, Liberal Arts—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
This course is designed to encourage students to think historically, comparatively, and in an interdisciplinary manner about world cultures when it comes to classical and medieval times.
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View Website Cognitive Neuroscience full-course
Terry Jernigan, Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
The relationship between mental and biological functions is the primary focus of this course, with an emphasis on brain interaction, emotion and memory.
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View Website Computer Organization & Systems Program full-course
Rajesh Gupta, Engineering & Computer Science—University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
During this course, students will learn the ins and outs of a computer and all that goes into it--hardware, programming, number systems and more, including future trends of the industry.