Designed for freshmen/sophomores. Introduction to fundamental principles and concepts necessary to carry out sound geographic analysis with geographic information systems (GIS). Reinforcement of key issues in GIS, such as geographic coordinate systems, map projections, spatial analysis, and visualization of spatial data. Laboratory exercises use database query, manipulation, and spatial analysis to address real-world problems

Synthetic overview of optical media and aesthetic movements covering past two centuries: photography and industrialization/Romanticism (1850 to 1900), cinema and modernism (1900 to 1950), television and postmodernism (1950 to 2000), and digital media and unimodernism (2000 to 2050). How such movements can inform generative work and how understanding these media becomes essential in emerging era of digital humanities

Fieldwork, two hours. Participation in archaeological excavations or other archaeological research in Near East under staff supervision. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading

Seminar, two hours; laboratory, one hour. Selected topics in analysis and interpretation of Near Eastern archaeological finds in museum collections. Students work with objects in Heeramanek Collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. S/U or letter grading

Seminar, two hours; research group meeting, one hour. Ancient Egyptian museum collections around world, data sets, provenance and dating studies, collection history and agenda, museology, and exhibition history. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. S/U or letter grading.

Seminar, three hours. Opportunity to research aspects of topics in ancient Egyptian archaeology. Topics vary each year. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C165. S/U or letter grading.

Lecture, three hours. Basic understanding of newly introduced methods and techniques throughout field of archaeology to implement them and to appreciate and evaluate results of their use by others who have embedded them in their scholarly publications or theoretical models. Systematic instruction in digital data management and mining, scientific analysis of materials (including geological and biochemical techniques), and visual presentation of data and research results (ranging from simple graphs to virtual reality). Concurrently scheduled with course CM169. S/U or letter grading.

Seminar, three hours. Requisites: Archaeology M201A, M201B. How to design archaeological projects in preparation for MA thesis or PhD phase. Students do exploratory research to select subject, then write research design that could form basis for extensive paper, grant application, or oral examination. Students work closely with faculty members and report weekly on their progress. Preparation of at least two oral progress-report presentations, one on theoretical framework and one on practical aspects of project. Final written research design that incorporates theoretical and practical aspects of research and formulates bridging arguments required. S/U or letter grading.

Survey of various roles computers may play in design; development of new applications. Topics include representation, search, evaluation functions, and communication

Designed for graduate design | media arts majors. Introduction to state-of-art software programs and techniques necessary for design of interactive and multimedia applications

Basic tools necessary for high-level cuttingedge empirical research. Coverage of variety of methods suited for empirical studies that apply to experimental data, quasi-experimental data, panel data, and cross-sectional data.

Introduction to theory, experimentation, evaluation, and future of computer systems in education, with emphasis on computer-assisted instruction (CAI), and use of computers to teach programming and to foster development of writing, computational, and filing skills

Designed to develop conceptual and technical skills needed for designing and executing empirical research utilizing statistical packages. Each student conducts two original studies. Equal emphasis on techniques of data analysis and interpretation of results.

Introduction to use of computers in educational environment. Discussion of issues on why and how to integrate computers into curriculum and hands-on practice that allows students to demonstrate skills discussed.

Examination of roles of technology in educational institutions and leadership issues associated with these roles

Development of conceptual and practical understanding of research and evaluation in higher education. Topics include basic statistics, survey design, data analysis, assessment issues, and research proposal writing

Theory and practice of design of technology-supported learning environments. Examination of how theories of learning guide design and enactment of learning environments in classrooms and informal settings and how research on such environments informs theory and design.

Current issues and trends in design of interactive educational media. Design and development of prototype educational media applications, integration plans for established or experimental educational media into formal learning settings, or evaluations of specific learning environments.

Emphasis on instructional practices that integrate use of technology in urban public schools. Study and analysis of comprehensive specialized use of appropriate computerbased technology to facilitate teaching and learning process, and debriefing of field experiences integrating technology-related tools

Emphasis on instructional practices that support English language learners in urban public schools. Study and analysis of delivery of comprehensive specialized instruction for English learners and debriefing of field experiences implementing adopted instructional programs for development of academic language, comprehension, and knowledge in core academic curriculum.

Use of range of pedagogical approaches to theory and practice of critical media literacy that necessarily involves understanding of new technologies and media forms. Study of both theory and production techniques to inform student analysis of media and critical media literacy projects

Hands-on production experience as integral component of course CM278.

Practice in writing and using computer programs for analysis of literary style, content, and authorship

Through critical reading of publications by scholars, officials, and culture-bearers involved in intangible cultural heritage policy and practice, examination of history of heritage conservation; concepts of tangible and intangible heritage; pioneering roles of Japan, South Korea, and UNESCO in making intangible cultural heritage focal point of much cultural policy worldwide; tensions among international ideals, nation-state nationalisms, regionalism, ethnicity, and indigeneity in creating intangible cultural heritage policies in different settings; U.S. equivalents to intangible cultural heritage policies and practices in other countries; roles of private individuals, community initiative, and professional organizations in cultural preservation schemes; and related concept of sustainability.

Lecture, demonstration, and practice. Basic skills for research on and about music that is essential to student careers as ethnomusicologists, specifically information technology skills, acoustics, and representational tools for nonlinguistic acoustic phenomena. Basic understanding of acoustics, ability to represent sounds in various graphic forms appropriate to them, and ability to locate and organize information sources related to field of ethnomusicology.

Designed for graduate students. Examination and study of research methods, techniques, and resources related to film and television research, including development of computer skills for preparation of bibliographies, online database searching and retrieval and, when appropriate, use of computer/videodisc technology for research.

Critical study of reception and use of television and electronic media and examination of theoretical approaches to culture and audience research. Consideration of issues of cultural taste, consumerism, style/lifestyle, identity, and relationships between audience, industry, and mass-marketed images/commodities

Prior technical knowledge not required; technical assistance is available. Creation of individual original research projects in film/television history and analysis destined for audio-visual medium, finalized as high-resolution DVDs. Projects may be extensions of research intended for print publication, dissertation chapters, conference presentations, teaching, etc. Equal emphasis on acquiring basic skills needed to create visual essays and on methods of research for this new form of scholarly research. Comparison of limits and advantages of print versus audio-visual publication. Use of Adobe Production Suite.

Survey of computer applications relevant to film study, principally computer-videodisc systems and image capture technology.

Comprehensive survey to introduce students to emerging digital technologies, resulting new media, and their artistic, economic, and social implications. Topics include digital editing, digital previsualization, multimedia, World Wide Web, interactive television, and virtual reality.

Introduction to various methods of digital production, with focus on photo manipulation, desktop nonlinear postproduction, and distribution on World Wide Web.

Critical survey of various scholarly traditions and methods (ethnographic, sociological, political-economic, geographic) that have been used to study film and television production practices as cultural, social, and industrial phenomena, as basis for individual student research projects

Examination of contemporary production studies research and transmedia practices, including innovations in marketing, licensing, distribution, industrial organization, creative work, new technologies, and evolving relations between fans and producers in digital economy.

Designed for graduate students. Nonfictional film and its relation to contemporary culture.

How to use appropriate technology to become more effective teaching assistants. Pedagogical impact of tools, including course management software, presentation technologies, and Internet. Discussion of technological resources available on campus. Use of unfamiliar tools to gain confidence in ability to incorporate new technologies in teaching.

Introduction to expressive and aesthetic potential of interactive digital media and its theoretical issues. Exploration of methodologies and tools for media integration, interface design, and interactive audiovisual construction. Students conceive, produce, and master individual interactive multimedia projects.

Exploration of creative aspects of World Wide Web as medium for personal/collective expression. Students produce Web works and serve them online. Contextualization of medium by looking at its history, embedded ideology, and sociopolitical consequences.

Critical studies seminar with major hands-on laboratory component that explores impact of new digital technologies on contemporary culture and aesthetics. Students do laboratory projects using visualization, image manipulation tools, and Internet authoring tools

Individualized research projects conducted on UNIX platforms within structured course environment. All aspects of modest but original project, including data acquisition, ingestion, and analysis; interpretation of results and presentation in publication-style format.

Development of broad base of knowledge and set of skills that foster conduct of high-quality geographic data analysis

Survey of modern methods used in analysis of spatial data. Implementation of various techniques using real data sets from diverse fields, including neuroimaging, geography, seismology, demography, and environmental sciences.

Designed for M.L.I.S. students. Scholarly communication system is in disarray. It is no longer clear what it means to publish articles and books. Digital distribution is norm, whether peer-reviewed in journals or by blogs or social media. Scholarly communication is becoming more atomized in small units of research objects that can be combined in many ways. Open access publishing, now required by many funding agencies and universities, has altered relationships between authors, readers, publishers, and libraries. Survey of evolving landscape of scholarly communication, providing introduction to publishing, technology, and policy issues such as open access, mass digitization, institutional repositories, computable publications, and altmetrics.

Question of what diversity and culture mean in era of distributed networks and massive technological diffusion looms. Part of this involves problem of how to work with differing ways of knowing, with differing ontologies. It is now widely accepted that global cultures and communities differ in way they practice knowledge, understanding, and making meaning of their worlds. How we draw boundaries around culture and community has become increasingly complicated, as culture becomes increasingly mediated and community has elements of local place and global imagination. How are political, economic, and cultural identities being shaped in global media culture? How does this shape nature of how power functions? How does this impact heritage, economy, politics, and identity? L

Introduction to long-term management of digital administrative, information, communications, imaging, or research systems and records. Topics include electronic recordkeeping, enterprise and risk management, systems analysis and design, metadata development, data preservation, and technological standards and policy development.

Nature of digital media and networking necessitates reformulation of traditional concepts such as authenticity, authorship, and originals; information systems and metadata that are specifically designed to manage preservation process; new ethical, rights, and collaborative frameworks; and economic, legal, and policy tools with which to manage digital information over long term. Introduction to strategies, techniques, and standards, as well as continuing challenges related to preserving born-digital/born-networked/digitized materials (e.g., electronic records, digital archives, video games, scientific simulations, digital humanities environments, sound and moving image materials, social media and personal digital archives). Implications for digital preservation of new technologies and their applications.

Social, cultural, and technical practices—formal and informal, institutional and personal—through which documents, records, and other forms of information are organized and represented. Design, development, and evaluation of techniques and tools, including data models, metadata schemata, search engines, and management systems in support of curatorship, stewardship, discovery, and use.

Introduction to computer programming and survey of foundational computer science topics, including boolean logic, computer architecture, operating systems, algorithms, networks, and databases. Focus on practical skills for manipulating library and archive metadata, such as searching, sorting, regular expressions, writing database queries, calling application program interface (API), and handling multiple serialization formats (XML, JSON, CSV, Excel). Emphasis on working with standard metadata encodings, such as MARC and EAD.

Survey of social, behavioral, design, and evaluation issues in human/computer interaction, with readings from several disciplines. Extensive use of technology demonstrations and class discussions. Recommended for students in any discipline involved in design or implementation of information technologies.

Theories, principles, and practicalities of database systems, including data models, retrieval mechanisms, evaluation methods, and storage, efficiency, and security considerations.

Design implications of interaction between users and features of automated information systems and interfaces that are specific to information-seeking process. Emphasis on search strategy and subject access through use of thesauri and other vocabularies

Access to and analysis of information through visualization has become increasingly prevalent as digital tools have made creation of such visualizations easier and more popular. Many software tools for such visualizations come from statistical packages; others come from GIS or spatial mapping, while others are more diagrammatic in design. Basic organization of graphical user interfaces depends on visualization of function, structure of and assumptions about user experience, and other graphical features that embody models of information in daily use. What are ways in which organization of visualization presents arguments about knowledge? What historical and critical tools can be brought into useful dialog with contemporary visualizations?

Content varies from term to term to allow emphasis on specialized topics such as vocabulary control, file design, indexing, classification, text processing, measurement of relevance, evaluation of information systems, and social and policy issues related to information technology and services

Theories, principles, and application of design as methods for discovery, exploration, and evaluation of user requirements, functionality, values, and system structure.

Identification, analysis, and discussion of critical intellectual, social, and technological issues facing the profession. Topics may include (but not limited to) expert systems, literacy, electronic networks, youth at risk, information literacy, historical bibliography, preservation of electronic media, etc.

Identification, analysis, and discussion of critical intellectual, social, and technological issues facing the profession. Topics may include (but not limited to) expert systems, literacy, electronic networks, youth at risk, information literacy, historical bibliography, preservation of electronic media, etc.

Identification, analysis, and discussion of critical intellectual, social, and technological issues facing the profession. Topics may include (but not limited to) expert systems, literacy, electronic networks, youth at risk, information literacy, historical bibliography, preservation of electronic media, etc.

Identification, analysis, and discussion of critical intellectual, social, and technological issues facing the profession. Topics may include (but not limited to) expert systems, literacy, electronic networks, youth at risk, information literacy, historical bibliography, preservation of electronic media, etc.

Introduction to variety of metadata provided for digitized and other electronic information resources. Introductory theory and practice designing and applying metadata