Studies in relationship between mass communication and social organization. Topics include history and organization of major media institutions, social forces that shape production of mass media news and entertainment, selected studies in media content, and effects of media on society. 

Osher (50+). This course examines how Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop, Folk, Country, Hip Hop, Rap and many more American music genres evolved in the USA. 

This course evaluates different nutrition and lifestyle habits of places where people are living longer and healthier than the rest of the world.

This course is designed for students to understand the process of brewing beer from raw materials into the package and out to the customer.

This course is part of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) Master of Science in Engineering Online (MSOL) program.  It is available only to students pre-approved by HSSEAS.  For more information contact msol.ucla.edu.

Using the plants of Southern California, students learn plant taxonomy through observation using illustration and journaling.

Students develop a solid knowledge of 3D Modeling with Rhinoceros in the context of landscape representation.

Gain an introduction to the essential basic commands of AutoCAD and their applications.

Osher (50+). In this course we study the music of Stravinsky.  

This course is part of UCLA’s Undergraduate Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program. It is available only to cadets participating in ROTC through UCLA.

This course is open only for students in the Food Studies Graduate Certificate program, and provides an overview of food studies encompassing a wide variety of fields.

The course provides the fundamentals of data conversion systems, and practical application of design and analysis of basic building blocks of data converters.

Learn the design of radio-frequency integrated circuits used for wireless communications. This class focuses on theoretical and practical RF circuit design techniques from architecture down to transistor level circuit design.

Join a small group of committed writers for six days of uninterrupted writing time, craft talks, and camaraderie in the idyllic setting of UCLA's Lake Arrowhead Conference Center.

Covers professional contract relations, responding to a request for proposal (RFP), and other areas of landscape architecture ethics and practice.

This course provides training on theoretical, design and practical aspects of current radar systems design and applications introducing a wide variety of commercial and government radar applications.

This course offers an introduction to fiber-optic communication systems and offers practical tools to reinforce understanding and design of these systems.

Osher (50+). This course reviews what we already know about the universe, theories about the origin of the universe, and the latest cosmic discoveries and space news.

This course offers each student the opportunity to create and develop a “Startup Company” deploying practical social entrepreneurship tools while taking advantage of expert guidance along the way. 

Students who successfully complete the course will be able to develop and produce professional 3-D project models using SketchUp.