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Classes Taken at Cal

The following is a list of all the classes that I attended while at the University of California at Berkeley:

Mathematics

  • Math 1A- Calculus
    An introduction to differential and integral calculus of functions of one variable, with applications and an introduction to transcendental functions.
  • Math 1B- Calculus
    Continuation of 1A. Techniques of integration; applications of integration. Infinite sequences and series. First-order ordinary differential equations. Second-order ordinary differential equations; oscillation and damping; series solutions of ordinary differential equations.
  • Math 55- Discrete Mathematics
    Logic, mathematical induction sets, relations, and functions. Introduction to graphs, elementary number theory, combinatorics, algebraic structures, discrete probability, theory, and statistics. Emphasis on topics of interest to students in computer science.

Computer Science

  • Comp Sci 61A- The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
    Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples.
  • Comp Sci 61B- Data Structures
    Fundamental dynamic data structures, including linear lists, queues, trees, and other linked structures; arrays strings, and hash tables. Storage management. Elementary principles of software engineering. Abstract data types. Algorithms for sorting and searching. Introduction to the Java programming language.
  • Comp Sci 61C- Machine Structures
    The internal organization and operation of digital computers. Machine architecture, support for high-level languages (logic, arithmetic, instruction sequencing) and operating systems (I/O, interrupts, memory management, process switching). Elements of computer logic design. Tradeoffs involved in fundamental architectural design decisions.
  • Comp Sci 160- User Interface Design
    The design, implementation, and evaluation of human/computer interfaces. Interface devices (keyboard, pointing, display, audio, etc.), metaphors (desktop, notecards, rooms, ledger sheets, tables, etc.), interaction styles and dialog models, design examples, and user-centered design and task analysis. Interface-development methodologies, implementation tools, testing, and quality assessment.
  • Comp Sci 182- Neural Cognition
    This is a course on the current status of interdisciplinary studies that seeks to answer the following questions: 1. How is it possible for the human brain, which is a highly structured network of neurons, to think and to learn, use, and understand language? 2. How are language and thought related to perception, motor control, and our other neural systems, including social cognition? 3. How do the computational properties of neural systems and the specific neural structures of the human brain shape the nature of thought and language? Much of the course will focus on the Neural Theory of Language (NTL), which seeks to answer these questions in terms of architecture and mechanism, using models and simulations of language and learning phenomena.
  • Comp Sci 188- Artificial Intelligence
    Basic ideas and techniques underlying the design of intelligent computer systems. Topics include heuristic search, problem solving, game playing, knowledge representation, logical inference, planning, reasoning under uncertainty, expert systems, learning, perception, language understanding.

Linguistics

  • Ling 5- Language and Linguistics
    An introduction to the scientific study of language.
  • Ling 5W- Linguistics Writing Workshop
    Taken concurrently with Linguistics 5. Additional readings, exercises in writing and in the analysis of writing passages and two large writing assignments on topics related to language and linguistics.
  • Ling 100- Linguistic Science
    A technical introduction to linguistic science. Practice in phonetics, production, and transcription; practice in phonological and morphological analysis; basic steps in grammatical parsing and textual analysis.
  • Ling 105- The Mind and Language
    Conceptual systems and language from the perspective of cognitive science. How language gives insight into conceptual structure, reasoning, category-formation, metaphorical understanding, and the framing of experience. Cognitive versus formal linguistics. Implications from and for philosophy, anthropology, literature, artificial intelligence, and politics.
  • Ling 110- Phonetics and Phonology
    Description, transcription, and analysis of human speech sounds in their physiological and acoustic aspects, especially as this aids our understanding of sound change and the psychological mechanisms serving speech.
  • Ling 130- Comparitive Historical Linguistics
    Methods of reconstruction. Types and explanations of language change. Dialectology. The establishment of language relationships and subgroupings.
  • Ling 139- Language Spread
    Linguistic background and the general principles of language spread. Mechanisms of language spread, including creolization-decreolization, language planning, and the role of bilingualism. Case studies in language spread, including Austronesian, Indo-European, Amerindian, Uralic, African, Sinitic, and Australian languages. Relationship of language spread to immigration and culture spreads.

Business

  • Bus Adm 10- The Corporation and the International Business Environment
    An introduction to the study of the modern business enterprise. The course is taught in five modules, the order of which may vary from semester to semester. The first examines the role and governance of business enterprise in a market economy. The second concentrates on financial issues, while the third looks at the problems of managing people in organizations. The fourth examines product pricing, marketing, and distribution issues and the last concentrates on the international business environment.
  • Bus Adm 160- Marketing
    The evolution of markets and marketing; market structure; marketing cost and efficiency; public and private regulation; the development of marketing programs including decisions involving products, price, promotional distribution.
  • Economics 1- Economics
    A survey of economics designed to give an overview of the field.
  • Statistics 21- Probability and Statistics for Business
    Descriptive statistics, probability models and related concepts, sample surveys, estimates, confidence intervals, tests of significance, controlled experiments vs. observational studies, correlation and regression.
  • Political Science 120A- International Relations
    Comparative foreign policy.

Psychology and Philosophy

  • Psychology 1- General Psychology
    Introduction to the principal areas, problems, and concepts of psychology.
  • Psychology 110- Biological Psychology
    Survey of relations between behavioral and biological processes. Topics include sensory and perceptual processes, neural maturation, natural bases of motivation, and learning.
  • Psychology 142- Cognitive Development
    Theory and research on intellectual growth from birth through adulthood with special attention to the development of logical and physical concepts.
  • Philosophy 132- Philosophy of the Mind
    Mind and matter; other minds; the concept "person."

Cognitive Science

  • Cog Sci 1- Intro to Cognitive Science
    An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. Lectures and readings will survey research from artificial intelligence, psychology, linguisitics, philosophy, neuroscience, and will cover topics such as the nature of knowledge, thinking, remembering, vision, imagery, language, and consciousness.
  • Cog Sci 100- Basic Issues in Cognitive Science
    Theoretical foundations and current controversies in cognitive science will be discussed. Basic issues in cognition--including perception, imagery, memory, categorization, thinking, judgment, and development will be considered from the perspectives of philosophy, psychology, computer science, and physiology. Particular emphasis will be placed on the nature, implications, and limitations of the computational model of mind.
  • Cog Sci 101- Mind and Language
    Conceptual systems and language from the perspective of cognitive science. How language gives insight into conceptual structure, reasoning, category-formation, metaphorical understanding, and the framing of experience. Cognitive versus formal linguistics. Implications from and for philosophy, anthropology, literature, artificial intelligence, and politics.

Other

  • English 1A- Reading and Composition
    Training in writing expository prose. Instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. Further instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature.
  • Music 27- Intro to Music
    Devoted to the development of listening skills, and a survey of major forms and types of Western art music.
  • Geology 39A- Frosh/ Soph Seminar
  • Rhetoric 41AC- Race and Identity
    The rhetorical construction of American identity. Drawing from among African American, Native American, Asian American, Latino, and European American oral and written traditions, the course will explore what it means to be "American." The course will analyze and compare specific performances of identity and consider how these performances construct, maintain, and revolutionize cultural and ethnic identifications.
  • Education 90- Learning From Text
    Study and reading skills.
  • Education 97- Field Study/ Teaching
    University organized and supervised field programs involving experiences in schools and school-related activities.
  • NE Studies 98- Middle Eastern Studies
  • Nutrition 10
    An overview of digestion and metabolism of nutrients. Foods are discussed as a source of nutrients, and the evidence is reviewed as to the effects of nutrition on health. Students are required to record their own diet, calculate its composition, and evaluate its nutrient content in light of their particular needs.
  • Castles and Country Homes: An Architectural Study
    Study of architecture of castles and country homes taken during summer at Oxford.


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