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Click on the name of an online course offered at UC Berkeley Extension Online to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the course by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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Business Engineering for Internet Business Applications (X488.4) |
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Information Technology |
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This is a required course in the Internet Business and Technology Certificate Program.
This course will no longer be offered online after 2003. Click here to see the 2003 online schedule of courses. Please refer to Extension's online catalog for scheduling details on classroom courses.
This course introduces you to the justification, concepts, models, and processes organizations use to develop internet business applications from a business process perspective. Object technology will be emphasized for implementation. The instructor emphasizes the translation of strategic business objectives into an information systems architecture that combines data, process, workflow, financial, and simulation models.
Upon successful completion of this course, you should have a solid overview of how competition in virtually every industry requires a new methodology for designing and delivering information systems based on business process engineering, and why that technology is an ideal solution for internet business applications; the value of integrating different kinds of models at the design phase of a project; the process used to design a business model using the principles of convergent engineering; how object technology creates more robust, scalable, and adaptable information systems for the organization dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation. |
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Business Valuation (X431.9) |
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Business |
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In this course you learn to apply financial and economic theory to investment, financing, and dividend decisions in order to identify ways to maximize shareholder returns. The course is intended for analysts, bankers, mid-level treasurers, financial managers, and entrepreneurs.
You apply the principles of corporate finance to the theory of pricing. Practical methods for converting firms' accounting numbers into meaningful economic equivalents to determine costs of capital, total invested capital, free cash flow, corporate rate return, and economic profits are used in the valuation analysis for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, capital budgeting, initial public offerings/private placements, leveraged buyouts, performance-based executive compensation, agency costs, control premiums/costs of marketability, and real options. |
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Business Writing Review (X455) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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This hands-on course is designed for those of you who want to refresh and refine your business writing skills. It reviews the basics of composing effective letters, memos, and reports and emphasizes how to find the style and format that fits your subject and audience.
After completing the course, you will be able to:
- Write an effective business letter, memo, and short report
- Identify grammatical and punctuation problems in your writing
- Edit your writing
- Identify fuzzy language in business writing
- Organize your writing more effectively
- Feel more confident in your business writing ability |
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C++ Programming I (X412.1) |
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Computer Science |
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C++ is a popular, widely used object-oriented programming (OOP) language. C++ provides all the tools for OOP, such as data abstraction, inheritance, polymorphism, and generic programming. This course provides a solid introduction to all the major features of ANSI standard C++, including the newer syntactic and semantic constructs. Lucid, fluent examples are used to drive home each concept. It covers all major features of C++, such as objects, classes, pointers, single and multiple inheritance, virtual functions, templates, run-time type identification (RTTI), exceptions, and STL. |
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Calculus (X1A) |
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Science General |
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This course is an introduction to differential and integral Calculus of functions of one variable with applications, transcendental functions, techniques of integration, introduction to differential equations and infinite series, vectors, and introduction to differential and integral Calculus of several variables.
The course covers the key concepts of limit, derivative, and continuity as well as the main applications of derivatives in graphing functions and in optimizing functions. The course ends with an introduction to the fundamental theorem of Calculus which leads to the concept of integration and one of its main applications in calculating volumes through solids of revolution. |
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Calculus (X1B) |
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Science General |
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This continuation of X1A includes techniques of integration, applications of integration, infinite sequences and series, first-order ordinary differential equations, exact equations, second-order ordinary differential equations, oscillation and damping, and series of solutions of ordinary differential equations. Supervised final examination. |
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Calculus (X1A) |
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Science General |
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This course is an introduction to differential and integral Calculus of functions of one variable with applications, transcendental functions, techniques of integration, introduction to differential equations and infinite series, vectors, and introduction to differential and integral Calculus of several variables.
The course covers the key concepts of limit, derivative, and continuity as well as the main applications of derivatives in graphing functions and in optimizing functions. The course ends with an introduction to the fundamental theorem of Calculus which leads to the concept of integration and one of its main applications in calculating volumes through solids of revolution. |
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Classics of Children`s Literature (X75) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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During a 50-year period, from about 1860 to 1910, many of the major works of children's literature were published - among them, Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan, Treasure Island and The Wizard of Oz. This course examines these and other classics of children's literature with the aim of discovering what visions they present of childhood, of the social world, and of the self.
Particular attention is given to how these books address the two audiences of children's literature - the child and the adult. Most of these books create a world elsewhere, apart from daily reality - Wonderland, Oz, Never-never Land. The course explores the meanings these other worlds assume within their social settings. |
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Communicating Across Cultures: Marketing and Sales Challenges Around the World (X495.7) |
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Global transactions are rapidly becoming the norm in business, and marketing and sales professionals face a variety of communications challenges in adapting to the international marketplace. This course provides an overview of the theories of effective communication across cultures, with a focus on the specific culture-bridging tools and techniques needed by today's international sales and marketing practitioners.
Topics include framework models for understanding cross-cultural communications; specific regional and cultural values; regional taboos and cultural assumptions; and culture-bridging strategies for personal selling, business-to-business marketing, and marketing communications. Supervised final examination. |
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Communicating Across Cultures: Marketing and Sales Challenges Around the World (X495.7) |
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Marketing |
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Global transactions are rapidly becoming the norm in business, and marketing and sales professionals face a variety of communications challenges in adapting to the international marketplace. This course provides an overview of the theories of effective communication across cultures, with a focus on the specific culture-bridging tools and techniques needed by today's international sales and marketing practitioners.
Topics include framework models for understanding cross-cultural communications; specific regional and cultural values; regional taboos and cultural assumptions; and culture-bridging strategies for personal selling, business-to-business marketing, and marketing communications. Supervised final examination. |
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Comparative Philosophy (X11) |
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Philosophy |
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This course examines some fundamental philosophical questions from a variety of perspectives, including classical Western philosophy, Buddhism, Taoism, feminist thought, theology, Native American thought, and African thought.
The course is not intended as a survey of these various philosophical systems, but rather as an introduction to basic themes in ethics, epistemology, and political and social philosophy by examining first how they have been defined in Western philosophy and then how they have been approached in other systems of thought. |
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Composition and Literature (X2B) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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In this course you will learn to write about literature through the analysis, evaluation, and enjoyment of representative short stories, poems, plays, and a novel. A variety of English and American writers are covered, as well as works in translation.
Introductory Composition X2A is not a prerequisite to X2B. Supervised final examination. |
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Computer Networks (X482) |
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Information Technology |
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This course is a detailed introduction to the principles and methods used to create local area networks, to connect to the Internet and the World Wide Web, and to interconnect autonomous computers to share hardware, software, and data. Intended as the primary initial course in networking, it treats the material at the introductory/intermediate level. The course introduces the fundamentals and the framework necessary to keep pace with the rapid changes in networking technologies. Topics are covered using TCP/IP and the framework of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) layered model. |
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Computer Networks (X482) |
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Information Technology |
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This course is a detailed introduction to the principles and methods used to create local area networks, to connect to the Internet and the World Wide Web, and to interconnect autonomous computers to share hardware, software, and data. Intended as the primary initial course in networking, it treats the material at the introductory/intermediate level. The course introduces the fundamentals and the framework necessary to keep pace with the rapid changes in networking technologies. Topics are covered using TCP/IP and the framework of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) layered model. |
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Concepts of Physics (XSB10) |
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A survey of important concepts in physics for the nonscience major, the course covers historical and philosophical issues as well as introducing principles of physics: forces and motion, conservation laws, heat, vibrations and waves, and electricity and magnetism. In the second part of the course, students may study either topics in modern physics (relativity, quantum mechanics, and nuclear and elementary particle physics) or topics stressing physics in everyday life (properties of matter, sound, and light and practical uses of electricity).
Mathematics is not emphasized, but some algebra and geometry are used. Supervised final examination. |
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Concepts of Physics (XSB10) |
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Science General |
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A survey of important concepts in physics for the nonscience major, the course covers historical and philosophical issues as well as introducing principles of physics: forces and motion, conservation laws, heat, vibrations and waves, and electricity and magnetism. In the second part of the course, students may study either topics in modern physics (relativity, quantum mechanics, and nuclear and elementary particle physics) or topics stressing physics in everyday life (properties of matter, sound, and light and practical uses of electricity).
Mathematics is not emphasized, but some algebra and geometry are used. Supervised final examination. |
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Concepts of Relational Database Management Systems (X408) |
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Information Technology |
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This is an in-depth study of techniques for creating and using database applications, organized around the database life cycle. Main topics include requirements analysis and specification; logical database design; normalization; implementing the databases; recovery, concurrency, integrity, and security concerns; and using the database. The course is mainly oriented toward the relational data model and SQL. |
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Consumer Buying Behavior (X461.7) |
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Knowledge about the consumer is the necessary foundation for developing and implementing a successful marketing plan. This course covers theories of and methods for analyzing consumer behavior and examines the internal factors (beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, and emotions) and external factors (class, peer groups, family structure, culture) that affect consumer behavior, giving you the basis for developing an effective marketing plan. Supervised final examination. |
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Contract Management (X407.7) |
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Contract management is an essential part of project management. Contracts define the agreement between owner and contractor, or contractor and subcontractor, specifying each party's obligations in the execution of projects and how responsibilities and risks are allocated. The contract also functions as the basic written tool for controlling the project: it describes and defines the project, specifies how and when the project will be executed, and serves as the basis for communication among project team members.
This course employs lecture, case study, and class discussion to explore various aspects of project contracts, including types of contractual arrangements and fee options, the elements of project contracts and their purposes, and contract points and contract management examined from both owner and contractor perspectives. The course is broadly applicable, with relevance to such diverse fields as computer software, architecture, engineering, and construction. To maximize the course's relevance to actual work situations, students are encouraged to raise questions and issues from their own work experience in the online message board discussion.
This course is a new requirement for the Certificate Program in Project Management. |
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Cost Accounting (XB124) |
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Accounting |
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This course is an intensive study covering basic cost accumulation systems and refinements used to determine costs of products or activities in various types of enterprises. It emphasizes managerial cost analysis and management decision planning. |
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