2020-21 Course Fees
Note for financial aid recipients: A modest allowance for course materials fees is included in the cost of attendance budget on which your financial aid is based. If high course material fee costs are preventing you from enrolling in a course(s) and you need additional assistance, contact the Financial Aid Office to discuss your options.
Anthropology | Art | Biochemistry| Biology: EEB | Biology: MCDB | Biomolecular Engineering | Chemistry | Computational Media | Computer Science and Engineering | Cowell College | Crown College | Digital Arts and New Media | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Education | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Environmental Studies | Film and Digital Media | Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology | Music | Politics | Theater Arts
ANTH 180 Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology $25
ANTH 189 Archaeology Field Methods $25
ART 10D 2D Foundation $28
ART 10E 3D Foundation $25
ART 20G Introduction to Print Media and Drawing $80
ART 20H Introduction to Sculpture and Public Art $78
ART 20I Introduction to Photography $80
ART 20J Introduction to Drawing and Painting $56
Art 20K Introduction to New Media and Artmaking $30
ART 26 Introduction to Printmaking $70
ART 80D Introduction to Photography $25
ART 105 Introduction to 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and More $14
ART 106C Introduction to Stop Motion Animation $100
ART 106E Introduction to 3D Modeling and Animation $45
ART 108 New Media and Social Practice Artmaking $50
ART 110 Intermediate/Advanced Drawing $40
ART 111 Figure Drawing $58
ART 112 Mixed Media Works on Paper $40
ART 113 Illustrating Stories: Fantasy and Documentary Narratives $50
ART 119 Special Topics in Drawing $50
ART 125 Environmental Art Studio $55
ART 130 Intermediate/Advanced Painting $50
ART 132 Figure Painting $50
ART 133 Abstract Painting $50
ART 138 Facture and Meaning $50
ART 139 Special Topics in Painting $50
ART 147T Design Studio: Costume $25
ART 150 Darkroom Practices $85
ART 152A Photographic Book $85
ART 152C View Camera Photography $85
ART 153 Still to Moving: Topics in Cinematography for Artists $30
ART 154A Photography & Engagement $85
ART 154B Photography Place, Environment $100
ART 154C After Archives: Phtographers and Research $100
ART 155 Photo Field Research Quarter (PFRQ): California Road Trip $550
ART 156, Project Development in Photography $75
ART 158 Advanced Photography $75
ART 159 Special Topics in Photography $75
ART 161B Relief/Mixed Media Printmaking $65
ART 162A Intaglio I $105
ART 163A Lithography I $60
ART 163C Magnified Imagination: A Printmaking Approach $65
ART 164A Screenprinting $90
ART 165 Print Media in Visual Communication $70
ART 166 Art of Bookmaking $55
ART 168 Photo-based Printmaking $105
ART 169 Special Topics in Printmaking $70
ART 172 Public Art: Memory, Landscape, and Artist as Activist $55
ART 175 Taking Art ot the Streets $80
ART 180B Sculpture II $75
ART 181 Art, Power & Politics $80
ART 182 Materiality of Color $80
ART 183 Metal Fabrication $95
ART 184 3D Art and Design Studio 1 $120
ART 185, 3D Art and Design: Printing and Prototyping $120
ART 186 Art and Globalization $80
ART 188 Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture (Foundry) $175
ART 189 Special Topics in Sculpture $65
ART 190B Senior Project $54
ART 194 Forms and Ideas $25
ART 199 Tutorial $50
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
BIOC 110L Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory $350
Biology: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BIOE 75 Scientific Diving Certification $440
BIOE 82 Introduction to Field Research and Conservation $180
BIOE 85 Natural History of the UCSC Natural Reserves $65
BIOE 112L Ornithology Field Studies $60
BIOE 114L Field Methods in Herpetological Research $435
BIOE 117L Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants Laboratory $30
BIOE 122L Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory $25
BIOE 124L Mammalogy Laboratory $10
BIOE 127L Ichthyology Laboratory $20
BIOE 129L Biology of Marine Mammals Laboratory $80
BIOE 133L Exercise Physiology Laboratory $15
BIOE 134L Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Laboratory $15
BIOE 137L Molecular Ecology Laboratory $120
BIOE 141L Behavioral Ecology Field Course $50
BIOE 145L Field Methods in Plant Ecology $60
BIOE 150L Ecological Field Methods Laboratory $120
BIOE 151B Ecology and Conservation in Practice Supercourse $1,450
BIOE 153A Introduction to Arctic Ecology $2,570
BIOE 155L Freshwater Ecology Laboratory $145
BIOE 158L Marine Ecology Laboratory $20
BIOE 159A Marine Ecology Field Quarter $3,000
BIOE 161L Kelp Forest Ecology Laboratory $500
BIOE 170L Molecular Ecology and Evolution Laboratory $10
Biology: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
BIOL 100L Biochemistry Laboratory $30
BIOL 101L Molecular Biology Laboratory $35
BIOL 105L Eukaryotic Genetics Laboratory $60
BIOL 106L Eukaryotic Genetic Engineering $50
BIOL 109L Yeast Molecular Genetics Laboratory $10
BIOL 110L Cell Biology Laboratory $60
BIOL 111L Immunology Laboratory $75
BIOL 115L Eukaryotic Molecular Biology Laboratory $125
BIOL 120L Development Laboratory $70
BIOL 121L Environmental Phage Biology Laboratory $120
BIOL 130L Human Physiology Laboratory $5
BIOL 187L Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory $60
BME 21L Introduction to Basic Laboratory Techniques $50
BME 51A Applied Electronics for Bioengineers Part 1 $90
BME 51B Applied Electronics for Bioengineers Part 2 $18
BME 128L Protein Engineering Laboratory $140
BME 129B Project Design and Implementation in Biomolecular Engineering II $80
BME 129C Project Design and Implementation in Biomolecular Engineering III $80
BME 140 Bioinstrumentation $40
CHEM 1M General Chemistry Laboratory $18
CHEM 1N General Chemistry Laboratory $18
CHEM 8L Organic Chemistry Laboratory $40
CHEM 8M Organic Chemistry Laboratory $40
CHEM 110L Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory $30
CHEM 122 Principles of Instrumental Analysis $180
CHEM 146A Advanced Laboratory in Organic Chemistry $40
CHEM 146B Advanced Laboratory in Inorganic Chemistry $240
CHEM 146C Advanced Laboratory in Physical Chemistry $75
CHEM 151L Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory $85
CHEM 164 Physical Chemistry Laboratory $50
CHEM 169 Chemistry and Biology of Drug Design and Discovery $170
CMPM 170 Game Design Studio I $25
CMPM 171 Game Design Studio II $65
CMPM 172 Game Design Studio III $25
Computer Science and Engineering
CSE 100L Logic Design Laboratory $15
CSE 121L Microprocessor System Design Laboratory $180
CSE 123A Engineering Design Project I $110
CSE 123B Engineering Design Project II $10
CSE 125L Logic Design with Verilog Laboratory $5
CSE 129B Capstone Project II $10
CSE 129C Capstone Project III $10
CSE 157 Internet of Things $110
CSE 225 Introduction to ASIC Systems Design $15
COWL 70A Introduction to Book Arts $60
COWL 70B Intermediate Book Arts $60
COWL 70C Advanced Book Arts $60
CRWN 185 Career and Internship Preparation $11
DANM 140 Introduction to 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and More $14
DANM 219 Introduction to Electronics for Artmaking $118
EART 5L California Geology Laboratory $15
EART 10L Geologic Principles Laboratory $10
EART 20L Environmental Geology Laboratory $30
EART 100 Vertebrate Paleontology $10
EART 101 Invertebrate Paleobiology $80
EART 109 Elements of Field Geology $170
EART 120 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy $40
EART 121 The Atmosphere $15
EART 135L Practical Geochemistry $50
EART 142 Engineering Geology for Environmental Scientists $60
EART 146 Groundwater $5
EART 150 Structural Geology $200
EART 189B Summer Field Study $1,375
EART 204 Earth and Planetary Sciences Foundations $30
EDUC 221 Science Learning and Teaching in Elementary Classrooms $10
EDUC 231Teaching Science in the Secondary Classroom $10
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 8 Robot Automation: Intelligence through Feedback Control $5
ECE 101L Introduction to Electronics Circuits Laboratory $25
ECE 102L Properties of Materials Laboratory $5
ECE 118 Introduction to Mechatronics $150
ECE 121 Microcontroller System Design $47
ECE 129B Capstone Project II $10
ECE 129C Capstone Project III $10
ECE 130L Introduction to Optoelectronics Laboratory $15
ECE 135L Electromagnetic Fields and Waves Laboratory $12
ECE 157L RF Hardware Design Lab $112
ECE 167 Sensing and Sensor Technologies $57
ECE 171L Analog Electronics Laboratory $15
ECE 173 High-Speed Digital Design $112
ECE 177L Power Electronics Laboratory $68
ECE 218 Mechatronics $150
ENVS 18 Natural History Illustration $60
ENVS 19 Topics in Natural History $70
ENVS 25 Environmental Policy and Economics $22
ENVS 80F Introduction to Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems $20
ENVS 106A Natural History of Birds $35
ENVS 107A Natural History Field Quarter $800
ENVS 109B Ecology and Conservation in Practice Supercourse $1,450
ENVS 115L Exercises in Geographic Information Systems $20
ENVS 130C Field Experiences in Agroecology and Sustainable Food $22
ENVS 130L Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory $15
ENVS 133 Agroecology Practicum $55
ENVS 144 Global Climate Change Politics $40
ENVS 167L Freshwater and Wetland Ecology Lab $40
ENVS 215L Exercises in Geographic Information Systems $20
Fees for film courses may be less than published below or not charged for a particular quarter. Contact the Film and Digital Media Department for more information.
FILM 20A Introduction to Film Studies $2
FILM 20B Introduction to Television Studies $2
FILM 20C Introduction to Digital Media $2
FILM 20P Introduction to Production Technique $15
FILM 80T Technothrillers $1
FILM 120 Introduction to Film Theory and Criticism $2
FILM 130 Silent Cinema $4
FILM 132A International Cinema to 1960 $4
FILM 132B International Cinema, 1960 to Present $4
FILM 134A American Film, 1930–1960 $4
FILM 134B American Film, 1960–Present $4
FILM 136A Experimental Film and Video $12
FILM 136B History of Television $5
FILM 136C Visual Culture and Technology: History of New Media $8
FILM 160 Film Genres $8
FILM 162 Film Authors $8
FILM 165A Film, Video, and Gender $15
FILM 165B Race on Screen $15
FILM 165C Lesbian, Gay, Queer Film and Video $15
FILM 165D Asian Americans and Media $15
FILM 165E Chicana/o Cinema, Video $12
FILM 165G Gender and Global Cinema $5
FILM 168 National Cinema and Culture $15
FILM 170A Fundamentals of Digital Media Production $35
FILM 170B Fundamentals of Film and Video Production $190
FILM 171A Sound $161
FILM 171F Special Topics Workshop: Autobiographical Film $210
FILM 171S Special Topics in Film and Digital Media Production $175
FILM 172 Narrative Video Workshop $292
FILM 173 Narrative Digital Media Workshop $210
FILM 175 Documentary Video Workshop $210
FILM 176 Experimental Video Workshop $210
FILM 177 Digital Media Workshop: Computer as Medium $40
FILM 178A Personal Computers in Film and Video $147
FILM 185D Sound and Image in Theory and Criticism $12
FILM 185R The Film Remake $12
FILM 185S Advanced Topics in Film Studies $12
FILM 185X Eye Candy Seminar $12
FILM 187 Advanced Topics in Television Studies $8
FILM 189 Advanced Topics in Digital and Electronic Media Studies $5
FILM 194A Film Theory Seminar $15
FILM 194B Electronic Media Theory Seminar $15
FILM 194C New Media Theory Seminar $15
FILM 194D Film History Seminar $12
FILM 194E International Cinemas $15
FILM 194F Film and the Other Arts $15
FILM 194G New(s) Media $15
FILM 194S Special Topics Seminar $12
FILM 196A Senior Project in Narrative Production $292
FILM 196C Senior Documentary Workshop $292
FILM 197 Senior Digital Media Workshop $20
FILM 283 New Media Art and Digital Culture $20
Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology
METX 119L Microbiology Laboratory $10
METX 135L Functional Anatomy Laboratory $45
MUSC 1C University Concert Choir $10
MUSC 2 University Orchestra $15
MUSC 3 Large Jazz Ensemble $10
MUSC 9 Wind Ensemble $10
MUSC 59 Opera Workshop $100
MUSC 60 Fundamental Keyboard Skills $150
MUSC 61 Individual Lessons: Half Hour $350
MUSC 62 Individual Lessons: One Hour $650
MUSC 63 Group Instrumental and Vocal Lessons $100
MUSC 102 University Orchestra $15
MUSC 103 University Concert Choir $10
MUSC 159A Opera Workshop $10
MUSC 159B Opera Workshop $10
MUSC 160 University Opera Theater $10
MUSC 161 Individual Lessons: One Hour $650
MUSC 162 Advanced Individual Lessons: One Hour $650
MUSC 166 Chamber Singers $10
MUSC 196B Senior Recital Preparation (with individual lessons) $650
MUSC 261 Graduate Applied Instruction $650
POLI 179 Global Climate Change Politics $40
THEA 14 Drawing $28
THEA 17 Costume Construction $25
THEA 18 Drafting for Theatrical Production $20
THEA 18C Drafting: Computer Aided $20
THEA 19 Design Studio: Lighting Studio A $30
THEA 30 Introduction to Dance Theory and Technique $30
THEA 31A Dance Studio I: Asian or Asian Diasporic Practice $30
THEA 31B Dance Studio I: Ballet $30
THEA 31C Dance Studio I: Contemporary Dance Theory and Technique $30
THEA 31E The Dance Experience $21
THEA 33C Dance Studio I $30
THEA 36 Introduction to Dance Composition $30
THEA 37 African Dance $50
THEA 52 Basic Stagecraft $25
THEA 80Z Indian Dance $30
THEA 114 Sound Design and Engineering for the Theater $20
THEA 115A Design Studio: Scenic Design $18
THEA 117 Design Studio: Costume $25
THEA 118 Design Studio: Scene Painting $25
THEA 119 Design Studio: Lighting Studio B $30
THEA 131A Dance Studio II: Asian or Asian Diasporic Practice $30
THEA 131B Dance Studio II: Ballet $30
THEA 131C Dance Studio II: Advanced Contemporary Forms and Practices $30
THEA 135 Choreography I $30
THEA 136 Choreography II $21
THEA 137 Studies in Performance (Dance) $30
THEA 137A Studies in Performance (Dance): Asian $30
THEA 139 Random: With a Purpose $30
Revised: 08/10/20
