UCLA Extension courses

This survey course presents an overview of the real-world aspects of producing as practiced in the various sectors of filmed entertainment, from script development through pre-production and production. Topics include the producer's interface with the writer,…

Introduction to Counseling for College Admission explores the college admission process from both the student and counselor perspectives, with emphasis on student research, application, selection and counselor information dissemination and responsibility.…

Learn about early care, education approaches and how to identify quality care. This online course on teaching young children introduces the approaches, history and development of early childhood education programs. The course offers an overview of…

This online early childhood development course focuses on the social and cultural dynamics between the young child, the family and the community. Students develop communication skills between young children, peer groups, parents and teachers. They investigate…

The primary goal of this course is for each student to gain increased ability to effectively and efficiently teach K-12 physical education in pursuit of the added authorization credential. Students learn strategies for teaching California standards-based…

Instruction covers how to plan and lead developmentally appropriate music activities for young children. Students participate in rhythm, song, instrument, and movement activities that enhance children's participation in group "circle time" and independent…

This course introduces students to Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) and theory by incorporating strategies for creating a student-centered classroom. Students will learn to define anti-racism, identify embedded privilege and reflect on and recognize…

This course offers an overview of the leadership, supervision and professional development of staff; and how to guide the center and the staff toward a high-quality, developmentally appropriate philosophy and implementation of a program. Instruction covers…

This course offers an overview of administering a child care center. An introduction to the logistical and philosophical details of planning, implementation, and appropriate care and education is presented. Instruction covers national professional guidelines…

This course is an overview of the various methods for changing, adapting and managing individual children’s behavior. Instruction covers assertive discipline, behavior modification and other authoritarian and egalitarian approaches to behavior change in young…

This course covers the study of the perception of color, its permutations, and its dimensions using traditional as well as contemporary methods with an emphasis on individual experimentation through lab exercises and demonstrations. Topics include the color…

Instruction explores the components of a quality infant/toddler care program: costs, staffing, appropriate environments, developmental experiences, health issues and parent involvement. Instruction emphasizes the special needs of infants in a group care…

Instruction examines staff organization for effective communication and interpersonal relationships and covers criteria for selecting and evaluating personnel; the administrative role in promoting professional growth, teaching effectiveness and sensitivity to…

Students learn introductory drafting, lettering and perspective drawing techniques as they relate to the field of Landscape Architecture and professional standards. All work product is developed from Tongva Park, a real site located in Santa Monica. At the…

This course fulfills California requirements for (a) a subject-specific pedagogy course for teaching reading in a Multiple Subject Credential program (CA Preliminary Multiple Subject Credential Program Standards, 2017) and (b) a course in developing English…

In this fast-paced, fun, and exhilarating novel writing course, you do the unthinkable: write a novel in ten weeks from start to finish. Tapping into the rich material inside your subconscious, you do mini exercises in class that form the plot, characters,…

The Prose Poem is either a profound paradox or an absurdist joke—in your tiny handheld mirror is an even smaller figure repeating a question as if it were a riddle: “A poetry freed from the definition of poetry, and a prose free of the necessities of…

This course satisfies the final requirement for Certificate in Creative Writing candidates by providing a structured environment in which to engage in activities that help writers move from workshop feedback reliance toward self-directed writing and revision.…

This course gives students an overview of copyediting processes involved in preparing a manuscript for editorial review or publication. Appropriate for writers of all genres and those seeking to develop professional skills in copyediting, students learn best…

To be successful, editors draw from a broad base of skills while taking the entire publishing process into account. They are avid, active readers in their own right who understand the way the publishing market works. Beyond that, they also understand the…

This holistic approach to movement, voice, and speech aims at liberating and enhancing the performer's natural capacity for moving, sounding and speaking as applied to performance on camera. Using techniques developed by Alexander, Spolin, and Sills, learn to…

Part one of a four-part survey of environmental arts of the Western world. This course covers the architectural and arts history of the Aegean, Greek, Roman, early Christian and Byzantine cultures encompassing early Medieval, Romanesque and Gothic periods.…

Science fiction and fantasy novels are immensely popular and have inspired some of our most beloved, successful and long-lived media franchises. But speculative novels are challenging to write due to their complex settings, their need to orient readers to an…