Academics

AP Calculus BC

Test Score: 3

AP Physics 1

Test Score: 5

AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

Test Score: 4

AP Physics C: Mechanics

Test Score: 4

AP English Language

Test Score: 5

AP English Literature

Test Score: 5

Nature and causes of weather phenomena, including atmospheric global circulation, clouds and storms, lightning and precipitation, fronts and cyclones, and tornadoes and hurricanes.

Designed for physical sciences students. Practical, hands-on introduction to seven of most popular algorithms of machine learning (ML). Students gain most practical skills to start working in industry or research immediately, using popular Python programming language, together with SciKitLearn ML library, and covering essential theory to understand what algorithms do. Focus on solving typical problems that arise in physical sciences. Covers algorithms in broad areas of ML, including supervised learning (regression and classification) and unsupervised learning (clustering and dimensionality reduction). Lectures and programming exercises.

Use of balance, volumetric techniques, volumetric and potentiometric analysis; Beer's law, applications for environmental analysis and materials science. 

Survey of chemical processes, quantum chemistry, atomic and molecular structure and bonding, molecular spectroscopy.

Intermolecular forces and organization, phase behavior, chemical thermodynamics, solutions, equilibria, reaction rates and laws. 

Study of Greek life and culture from age of Homer to Roman conquest. Readings focus on selections from works of ancient authors in translation. Lectures illustrated with images of art, architecture, and material culture. 

Introduction to myths and legends of ancient Greece and/or Rome, role of those stories in their societies, and modern approaches to studying them. 

Introduction to study of interpersonal and mass communication using interdisciplinary approach. Exploration of basic methods and theoretical perspectives that social scientists and others use to study interpersonal and mass communication, and basic concepts used to describe and explain that communication. Historical overview of each major mass media. Study of significant current topical issues related to means of communication that reach large numbers of people. 

General introduction to geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes and history of Earth's global ocean system. 

Introduction to engineering design while building teamwork and communication skills and examination of engineering majors offered at UCLA and of engineering careers. Hands-on experience with state-of-art Internet of things (IoT) technology to offer students opportunity to rapidly develop innovative and inspiring systems that provide ideal introduction to computing systems and IoT applications specific to their major field. IoT technology has become one of most important advances in technology history with applications ranging from wearable devices for healthcare to residential monitoring systems, natural resource protection and management, intelligent vehicles and transportation systems, robotics systems, and energy conservation. Completion of hands-on engineering design projects, preparation of short report describing projects, and presentation of results. 

Students develop skills in computer-aided design (CAD), 3D printing, mechanical design, electronics, and manufacturing. These concepts are applied to team-based design and construction of controllable underwater robot. Students design chassis, electronics bay, and how to seal robot. Students team projects culminate in oral presentation and underwater obstacle course competition.

General introduction to different types of materials used in engineering designs: metals, ceramics, plastics, and composites, relationship between structure (crystals and microstructure) and properties of technological materials. Illustration of their fundamental differences and their applications in engineering. 

Differential calculus and applications; introduction to integration.

Transcendental functions; methods and applications of integration; sequences and series.

Introduction to differential calculus of several variables, vector field theory. 

Introduction to integral calculus of several variables, line and surface integrals. 

 Introduction to linear algebra: systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, linear independence, subspaces, bases and dimension, orthogonality, least-squares methods, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, matrix diagonalization, and symmetric matrices.

Introduction by faculty members and industry lecturers to mechanical and aerospace engineering disciplines through current and emerging applications in aerospace, medical instrumentation, automotive, entertainment, energy, and manufacturing industries.

Fundamentals of computer programming taught in context of MATLAB computing environment. Basic data types and control structures. Input/output. Functions. Data visualization. MATLAB-based data structures. Development of efficient codes. Introduction to object-oriented programming. Examples and exercises from engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences.

Methods of solving ordinary differential equations in engineering. Review of matrix algebra, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors. Solution of systems of first-order ordinary differential equations using matrix methods. Introduction to Laplace transforms and their application to ordinary differential equations. Introduction to boundary value problems, partial differential equations, and separation of variables.

Fundamentals of computer graphics and two- and three-dimensional modeling on computer-aided design and drafting systems. Students use one or more online computer systems to design and display various objects.

Review of vector representation of forces, resultant force and moment, equilibrium of concurrent and nonconcurrent forces. Area moments and products of inertia. Support reactions, free-body diagrams. Forces in simple models of mechanical and aerospace structures. Internal forces in beams, shear and moment diagrams. Stress and strain components in solids, equilibrium equations, Hooke's law for isotropic solids. Bending and shear stresses in beams. Deflection of symmetric beams and indeterminate problems. Stresses in thin-walled pressure vessels and in circular cylinders under torsion. 

Fundamental concepts of Newtonian mechanics. Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions. Impulse-momentum and work-energy relationships.

Introductory course dealing with application of principles of mechanics to flow of compressible and incompressible fluids. 

Phenomenological thermodynamics. Concepts of equilibrium, temperature, and reversibility. First law and concept of energy; second law and concept of entropy. Equations of state and thermodynamic properties. Engineering applications of these principles in analysis and design of closed and open systems.

Introduction to two-dimensional elasticity, stress-strain laws, yield and fatigue; bending of beams; torsion of beams; warping; torsion of thin-walled cross sections: shear flow, shear-lag; combined bending torsion of thin-walled, stiffened structures used in aerospace vehicles; elements of plate theory; buckling of columns.

Motion, Newton laws, work, energy, linear and angular momentum, rotation, equilibrium, gravitation. 

Fluid mechanics, oscillation, mechanical waves, and sound. Electric charge, field and potential, capacitors, and dielectrics. Currents and resistance, direct-current circuits. 

Magnetic fields, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, inductance, and alternating current circuits. Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, light, geometrical optics, interference and diffraction. Special relativity. 

Computerized measurements of uniform and accelerated motion, including oscillations. Analysis of data and comparison of results to predictions, including least-squares fitting. Conception, execution, and presentation of creative projects involving motion.

Sound waves and electric circuits, taken by digital oscilloscopes and analyzed by Fourier transformation. Geometrical and physical optics. Conception, execution, and presentation of creative projects involving sound waves or electric circuits. 

Imparts students with critical strategies to achieve undergraduate excellence at top-tier research institution. Study of research university's mission, rigors, and expectations of students, as well as its pedagogical implications. Cultivation of formal space on campus where UCLA students learn to engage collaboratively with their diverse community of scholars; to comprehend and apply effective learning strategies and theoretical foundations of college student development; to navigate complex structure of UCLA; to practice resilience and growth mindset; to think critically about diversity and their identity; and to be fully aware of their value to intellectual fabric of institution as contributors to innovative research and scholarship.