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582012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendumgies. Students taking this course previously asTransportation Planning and Policy 289 cannotrepeat it for credit. Taking other Transportation Planningand Policy 289 offerings does not preclude takingTransportation Planning and Policy 220 forcredit. (Same course as Transportation Planning andPolicy 220.) Offered in alternate years.—III. Handy(new course—eff. winter 13)279. Discrete Choice Analysis of TravelDemand (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering 114. Behavioral and statisticalprinciples underlying the formulation and estimationof discrete choice models. Practical application ofdiscrete choice models to characterization of choicebehavior, hypothesis testing, and forecasting.Emphasis on computer exercises using real-worlddata sets. (Same course as Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering 254.)—III. (III.) Mokhtarian(new course—eff. fall 12)281. Transportation Survey Methods (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Statistics 13; Civiland Environmental Engineering 251 recommended.Description of types of surveys commonly used intransportation demand modeling, including traveland activity diaries, attitudinal, panel, computer,and stated-response surveys. Discussion of sampling,experimental design, and survey design issues.Analysis methods, including factor, discriminant andcluster analysis. Not open for credit to students whohave taken Civil and Environmental Engineering255. (Same course as Transportation Technologyand Policy 200.)—II. (II.) Mokhtarian(new course—eff. fall 12)GeologyNew and changed courses inGeology (GEL)Lower Division2G. The Blue Planet: Introduction to EarthScience Discussion (1)Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 concurrently.Small group discussion and preparation ofshort papers for course 2. GE credit: SciEng,Wrt | SE.—I. (I.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)3G. History of Life: Discussion (1)Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 concurrently.Small group discussion and preparation ofshort papers for course 3. GE credit: SciEng,Wrt | SE, WE.—II. (II.) Motani(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)3L. History of Life Laboratory (1)Laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 3 concurrently.Exercises in understanding fossils as the cluesto interpreting ancient life, including their functionalmorphology, paleoecology, and evolution. GEcredit: SciEng | SE.—II. (II.) Motani(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)12. Evolution and Paleobiology ofDinosaurs (2)Lecture—2 hours. Introduction to evolutionary biology,paleobiology, ecology and paleoecology, usingdinosaurs as case studies. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—II. (II.) Carlson(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)17. Earthquakes and Other Earth Hazards(2)Lecture—2 hours. Impact of earthquakes, tsunami,volcanoes, landslides, and floods on humans, structures,and the environment. Discussion of the causesand effects of disasters and catastrophes, and onprediction, preparation, and mitigation of naturalhazards. GE credit: SciEng | SE, SL.—I, II, III. (I, II,III.) Kellogg(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)18. Energy and the Environment (3)Lecture—3 hours. Conventional and alternativeenergy resources and their environmental impacts.Basic principles, historical development, currentadvantages and disadvantages, future prospects.Oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, geothermal,water, tidal, solar, hydrogen, and other sources ofenergy for the 21st century. GE credit: SciEng | SE,SL, WE.—II. (II.) Verosub(new course—eff. winter 10)20. Geology of California (2)Lecture—2 hours. The geologic history of California,the origin of rocks and the environments in whichthey were formed, the structure of the rocks and theinterpretation of their structural history, mineralresources, and appreciation of the California landscape.GE credit: SciEng | SE, SL, VL.—II. (II.)Osleger(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)25. Geology of National Parks (2)Lecture—2 hours. Appreciation of the geologicframework underlying the inherent beauty of U.S.National Parks. Each park provides a visual focusfor understanding a variety of geologic processessuch as mountain building, volcanism, stream erosion,and glacial action. GE credit: SciEng | SE, SL,VL.—I. (I.) Osleger(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)50. Physical Geology (3)Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: high school physicsand chemistry. The Earth, its materials, its internaland external processes, its development throughtime by sea-floor spreading and global plate tectonics.Students with credit for course 1 or the equivalentmay receive only 2 units for course 50. GEcredit: SciEng | SE.—I. II. (I, II.) Billen, Lesher(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)50L. Physical Geology Laboratory (2)Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: high school physicsand chemistry. The Earth, its materials, its internaland external processes, its development throughtime by sea-floor spreading and global plate tectonics.Students with credit for course 1 or the equivalentmay receive only 2 units for course 50. GEcredit: SciEng | SE, SL.—I, II. (I, II.) Billen, Lesher(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)60. Earth Materials: Introduction (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:Chemistry 2A; Mathematics 16A or 21A; course 1or 50, 50L. Physical and chemical properties ofrocks, minerals and other earth materials; structureand composition of rock-forming minerals; formationof minerals by precipitation from silicate liquids andaqueous fluids and by solid state transformations.GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I. (I.) Day(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)62. Optical Mineralogy (2)Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:course 60 (may be taken concurrently); high schoolphysics is strongly recommended. Optical propertiesof inorganic crystals; techniques of mineral identificationusing the polarizing microscope; strategiesfor studying rocks in thin section. GE credit:SciEng | SE, VL.—I. (I.) Day(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)81. Learning in Science and Mathematics(2)Lecture/discussion—2 hours; field work—2 hours.Exploration of how students learn and developunderstanding in science and mathematics classrooms.Introduction to case studies and interviewtechniques and their use in K-6 classrooms to illuminatefactors that affect student learning. Limitedenrollment. (Same course as Education 81.) (P/NPgrading only.) GE credit: SS, VL, WE.—I, II, III. (I, II,III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)91. Geology of Campus Waterways (1)Lecture/discussion—1 hour; fieldwork—1 hour.Research characterizing geological processes inwaterways on campus including links among hydrologic,atmospheric, physical, and human processes;carbon cycling and interpreting processes from sediments;field research techniques; research projectdesign and implementation; implications of resultsfor society and environmental policy. May berepeated for credit three times. (P/NP grading only.)GE credit: SE, SL.—Sumner(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)92. Internship (1-12)Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: consent ofinstructor; lower division standing. Work-learn experienceon and off campus in all subject areas offeredby the department. Internships supervised by a memberof the faculty. May be repeated for credit up to12 units. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit: SE.—I, II,III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)98. Directed Group Study (1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeatedfor credit. May be repeated for credit up to threetimes. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit: SE.—I, II, III.(I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor; lower divisionstanding. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit: SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Upper Division101. Structural Geology (3)Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 50 and 50L,Physics 7A or 9A, Mathematics 16B or 21B, or consentof instructor. Study of processes and products ofrock deformation. Introduction to structural geologythrough a survey of the features and geometries offaults and folds, techniques of strain analysis, andcontinuum mechanics of rock deformation. GEcredit: SciEng | SE.—II. (II.) Cowgill, Oskin(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)101L. Structural Geology Lab (2)Laboratory—6 hours; fieldwork—2 hours. Prerequisite:courses 50 and 50L, Physics 7A or 9A, and101 (may be taken concurrently); or consent ofinstructor. Class size limited to 15 students per session.Laboratory study of the processes and productsof rock deformation. Introduction to the practice ofstructural geology through observations and analysisof rock deformation, including field measurementtechniques and geologic mapping. GE credit:SciEng | SE, VL.—II. (II.) Cowgill, Oskin(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)103. Field Geology (3)Fieldwork and laboratory—9 hours; 7-8 days onweekends during quarter. Prerequisite: course 101Lor consent of instructor. Field mapping projects andwriting geological reports. Weekly classroom meetingsdevoted to preparation of maps, cross sections,stratigraphic sections, rock descriptions, and reports.GE credit: SciEng | SE, VL, WE.—III. (III.) Cowgill(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)107. Earth History: Paleobiology (3)Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 3-3L or BiologicalSciences 1B. The evolution and ecologicalstructure of the biosphere from the origin of life to thepresent. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I, III. (I, III.) Carlson,Motani(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience