Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Exploration and application of range of interactive methods and arts-based strategies with participants from UCLA and broader Los…

Learn Italian online through our first year college-level course to develop linguistic fluency and gain proficiency in all four communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) as well as cultural competence. 

Learn Italian online through our first year college-level course to develop linguistic fluency and gain proficiency in all four communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as well as cultural competence.

Learn Italian online through our first-year college-level course to develop linguistic fluency and gain proficiency in all four communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as well as cultural competence.

Osher (50+).  This course introduces you to the elements of plays and will show you how they these artistic creations can inform and even transform lives.  Scenes are performed by professional actors.

This course stresses rhetorical techniques and skillful argument. Students analyze a variety of academic prose and write a minimum of 20 pages of revised text.

This introductory Earth Science course covers elements of Earth Science, Earth materials; nature and interpretation of geologic evidence; study of geologic processes, and historical aspects of geology.

We've all seen dinosaur skeletons and other fossil organisms in museums, but don’t know much beyond their size. Come learn how paleontologists use their bones and other lines of evidence to uncover how these animals lived.

Lecture, three hours. Comparative study of proto-Indo-European nominal and verbal morphology and its historical development into most important of oldest attested descendant languages. S/U or letter…

Seminar, three hours. Examination of transmission of Latin classical literature in late antiquity, Middle Ages, and Renaissance to understand processes by which Latin literature has been preserved.…

This introduction to literary analysis includes close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from one or more of the principal modes of literature: poetry, prose, fiction, and drama.

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Experiment with different sources for stories, such as life experiences, news articles, interviews, history, and mythology, and use in-class exercises to discover the best ways to tell them.

Learn how writers get their names out there and take advantage of opportunities to connect with readers in this practical course on personal branding and promotion.

Learn how a poem's form can elevate its impact as you experiment with and ultimately invent your own forms.

Learn the basics of nonfiction writing — which offers rich, detailed, and vivid portraits of real events — as you read the best examples of the genre, and begin your own works.

Get a strong introduction to writing for children, from picture books through complex young adult novels, in this workshop perfect for beginners.

Develop a deeper authenticity in your writing by learning how to blend lived experiences with imagined realities.

Set the groundwork for work as a freelance editor in this foundational course offering tools of the trade for successful editors.

Explore the basics of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in this introductory course for beginning writers searching for their unique voice.