PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 1 contact hours per week.

Introduces students to college environment, educational opportunities, college services, academic procedures and policies, graduation and transfer requirements. College survival skills such as educational planning, goal-setting, learning styles, time management, and interpersonal skills are key components.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU for elective credit only.

Reference Number: 3022
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3024
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Fundamentals of bookkeeping, such as recording transactions in journals, posting to ledgers, preparation of the trial balance and use of controlling accounts and related schedules. Practice in opening, adjusting and closing various professional sets of books. Recommended for occupational students and for those who wish preparatory training before entering ACCT 200.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3058
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Provides a comprehensive overview of accounting software. Topics covered include the analysis of source documents and the use of accounting software to prepare, understand, and interpret financial statements for a variety of management purposes. Also includes the solution of accounting problems using spreadsheet software and creating spreadsheets using formulas and graphics.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3068
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3070
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: BUSCAL 050 or ACCT 010.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

Development of the basic principles and practices applicable to the general accounting process, primarily in a sole proprietorship including transaction analysis, statement preparation and analysis, internal control, payroll, revenue recognition, and user analysis of accounting information and systems.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 3082
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: ACCT 200 or ACCT 100 and ACCT 101.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

Examination of the basic principles and practices of financial and managerial accounting relevant to partnerships and corporations. Application of these concepts in the fields of cost; income tax; department and branch accounting; income projections and decision making; and financial statement preparation and analysis.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3088
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Philosophy and history of the criminal justice system, including the roles, function of the local, state and federal jurisdictions. The roles, functions and interrelationships among law enforcement agencies, courts and corrections. Crime causation, correctional theory, analysis, and the social impact of crime.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3100
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A study of the role and responsibilities of each segment within the Administration of Justice System, law enforcement, judicial, corrections. A past, present and future exposure to each sub-system, procedures from initial entry to final disposition and the relationship each segment maintains with its system members.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3106
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

History, philosophy and the development of U.S. criminal law. Introduction to common law, legal concepts and codes.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3110
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Origin, development, philosophy, and constitutional basis of the use of evidence; constitutional and procedural considerations affecting arrest, search and seizure; types of evidence, and rules governing admissibility; interpretation of individual rights; and case studies.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3116
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The focus is on human behavior, studied through the approaches of archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology. Selected topics cover the range of cultural phenomena including material culture, social organization, and religion. This course qualifies for continuing education credit for nurses.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3162
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3164
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The systematic study of humans as biological organisms including the origin and antiquity of humanity, our place in nature, modern biological diversity including race, and the future prospects for the human species.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3172
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The systematic study of humans as biological organisms including the origin and antiquity of humanity, our place in nature, modern biological diversity including race, and the future prospects for the human species. Enrollment is limited to students eligible for the Honors Program.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3176
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A world-wide survey of the artistic achievement of past and present tribal peoples with an emphasis on the meaning of art in each society. Art works are surveyed through films, slides, field trips and examination of actual art works and include cultures of North American Indians, ancient America, the Pacific, Africa and Australia.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3178
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A comparative study of supernaturalism in tribal societies, both past and present including witchcraft, magic, totemism, mythology and ritual, nativistic movements, and the religious context of drug usage. Prehistoric religion will be examined, as well as the belief systems of selected tribal peoples. This course is also offered as RELIG 110.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3182
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A survey of Western architectural history from the early Egyptians to the Gothic Period, including a comparative study of architecture and architects with emphasis on the people, locations, structures, materials, and methods of construction.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3198
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3200
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3202
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Survey of Western architectural history, including a comparative study of architecture and architects, with emphasis on the people, locations, structures, materials, and methods of construction. Includes Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, Native American, American Colonial, Neoclassicism, Romantic Revival, 19th Century Industrialization, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Late 19th Century, Chicago School, Sullivanesque, Arts and Crafts, International Style, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Art Moderne, German Expressionism, Neo-Expressionism, Late Modernism, and Postmodernism.

Associate Degree Applicable.
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3206
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3208
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Covers the history and cultural influences of the American Cinema, including the origins of the motion picture, the rise and dominance of Hollywood, the decline of the Studio Era, and the emergence of the independent film. Topics include the historical context of the motion picture industry and its relevance to the contemporary viewer, the aesthetics of film, the director, and the studio system.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3232
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3234
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A study of script, directing, editing and other aspects of film making, aimed at providing a critical awareness of film technique and construction, and an understanding of what a successful film must possess.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3236
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This is a comprehensive laboratory course in human anatomy. It is organized to explore the body regionally and systemically. It is primarily oriented toward gross anatomy with extensive dissection of the cat. Histological and cellular anatomy are included as they apply to various structures.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 3486
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 010 and CIT 009
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is designed to help students develop the skills needed to successfully seek employment, including job search strategies, career paths, cover letter and resume writing, mock interviews, job applications, and positive workplace attitudes.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3516
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Introduction to the fundamental concepts of business in a changing world. Includes an overview of such areas as economic systems, management, marketing, accounting, finance, ethics, ownership, organization of business, the legal aspects and regulation of business, as well as globalization.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3524
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Principles and methods of marketing as practiced by all successfully managed business firms. Course is management-oriented, covering demand analysis, forecasting, product development, price determination, distribution channels, material handling, advertising and personal selling.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3530
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Preparation for managing personal finances including budgeting, borrowing, insurance, investments and home ownership.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3538
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: MATH 090 or SBVC assessment into MATH 095 or higher.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This comprehensive course provides a foundation for the concepts of chemistry. Some of the areas studied include the physical and chemical properties of common elements and compounds, the metric system, measurements and conversions, atomic structure, the periodic table, chemical equations and calculations, gases, solutions, ionization, and an introduction to organic and biochemistry. 

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 3608
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 1.5 contact hours per week.

This course provides keyboard mastery and proper techniques leading to maximum skill in typing. Use of speed and accuracy drills designed to develop a keyboarding speed of at least 18 NWPM (Net Words Per Minute). This is a Part I course students can complete in half a semester.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3744
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Fundamentals of keyboarding including operation of a standard keyboard by touch. Instruction and practice in formatting a variety of personal and business documents, such as letters, reports, and tables. Use of speed and accuracy drills designed to develop a keyboarding speed of 30 words per minute for five minutes. This is a combined Part I and Part II course students can complete in one semester.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3746
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3748
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3750
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3752
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CIT 013.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 020.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This is a comprehensive course in the development and maintenance of a database. It provides a working knowledge of designing a database that includes: setting field properties, storing, retrieving, printing, and indexing records, creating informational and technical queries, developing customized forms and reports, establishing different types of relationships, integrating Access with the Web, and creating a database switchboard. The course emphasis is on developing a practical ability to use a database in a Windows environment with full graphical user interface functionality.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3756
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 010 or CIT 009
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to word processing and the creation of professional quality documents using Microsoft Word software.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3758
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CIT 020
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The production of professional quality documents using Microsoft Word’s advanced features with bookmarks, annotations, macros, borders, frames, WordArt, Equation Editor, newspaper columns, styles, form templates, tables of contents, indexes, table of figures, table of authorities, charts, and hyperlinks, and preparation for Microsoft Certification exams.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3762
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to a personal information management program that helps organize a busy schedule. Students will learn how to track schedules, organize meetings, create e-mail messages, share information and data within workgroups, and maintain contact lists.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3764
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: MATH 952 AND CIT 105
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Designed to provide students with classroom and laboratory experience in the fundamentals of current and emerging networking technology. Topics covered include network topology, cabling, electrical considerations, the OSI model, Internet protocol, addressing, bridges, switches, hubs, and routers. This is the first course in a four-course CCNA preparation sequence.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3772
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CIT 091
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is the second in a series of four semester courses designed to prepare the student to test for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification. CCNA certification includes a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of networking for the small home/office market. Topics covered include router fundamentals, router setup and configuration, network management, routing and routed protocols, and network troubleshooting.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3774
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CIT 091.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is designed to provide students with classroom and laboratory experience in configuring routers, switches, and Wireless Access Points for various industry standard protocols. Includes LAN design fundamentals, Virtual LANs and Virtual Trunking Protocol. Equipment is configured to handle standard security issues as well as additional security concerns that are inherent with wireless access.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3776
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CIT 091.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

The fourth semester of the Cisco Academy program provides students with classroom and laboratory experience with Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security. WAN design, configuration, installation and management topics are included. Security issue relating to WAN access including user access control, packet and protocol filtering, and security policies are also covered.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3778
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A survey course for the use of software tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, presentation and database using Microsoft Office.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3782
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3788
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3784
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 010 or CIT 008
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The course covers basic computer concepts including hardware components and application software programs. Topics include components of a computer system (CPU, memory, ports, busses, etc.), operating systems and utilities programs, communication and network, ethical issues, and usage of the Internet. The course covers also the use of word processing software to generate business documents, the use of the spreadsheets. Students will learn how to create, modify, insert formulas, use what-if-analysis/goal seek concepts, and format worksheets professionally. In addition the course covers the use of database software and covers concepts such as creating tables, queries, forms, and reports, and the use of presentation software and personal information management software such as Outlook.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and *UC
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 3790
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3794
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3802
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3804
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to the computer operating system that simplifies the process of working with documents and applications. It will provide the necessary background to understand the graphical user interface of the most widely used operating system.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU for elective credit only.

Reference Number: 3808
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 100 or CIT 101
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Production of workbooks using EXCEL, which integrates spreadsheet analysis, information management, and graphics. Includes the design and the use of worksheets; how to enter labels, numbers, formulas, and create graphs; how to format worksheets professionally; how to use Excel functions in different applications and understand the concept of data management in Excel; how to use the concept of what-if-analysis; how to consolidate data in a 3-D workbook and establish File Linking; and how to integrate Excel with the Web.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3810
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3812
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 100 or CIT 101
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Development and maintenance of a database. Provides a working knowledge of designing a database and setting field properties, storing, retrieving, printing, and indexing records; creating informational and technical queries; developing customized forms and reports; establishing different types of relationships; integrating Access with the Web; and creating a database Switchboard. Emphasis on developing a practical ability to use a database in a Windows environment with full graphical user interface functionality.

Asscoiate Degree Applicable
Course credit transferfs to CSU.

Reference Number: 3814
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3816
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 105
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Introduction to a presentation graphics program for those who plan to make effective and compelling presentations. Instruction includes developing and customizing presentations by using charts, clip art, pictures, presentation templates, WordArt, and information and graphics from Word, Excel, and Access.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3818
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CIT 101
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course provides the basics of the Internet using current technology browser software. The course includes the effective use of web search portals, online collaboration software, and implications of security, privacy and ethical usage.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3820
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 101
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

An introduction to Web Page design in a hypertext language such as HTML, Fusion, or FrontPage. Topics include design and construction of effective web pages, the World Wide Web, Internet, searching and loading files, interface and navigation, color and graphics, text and image files, and updating a web site.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3822
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CIT 100 or CIT 101.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 102.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft’s built-in application programming language for Microsoft Office applications. Topics include: programming basics, automated formatting of Office documents, and design and construction of customized event-driven screens for Microsoft Office applications.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3824
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 101.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

An introduction to the components of relational database management including data definition language, data manipulation language, screen generation, the use of report writers, and Structured Query Language (SQL).

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3826
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

An introduction to a Web-based programming language, Visual Basic.NET as it applies to scientific, business and manufacturing settings. Topics include problem solving, graphical user interface, program design, software tools, structured logic, object-oriented programming, graphics and animation, procedures, arrays, files, and Web projects.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3842
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is designed to provide students with a base of knowledge as it relates to the impact of gangs in both correctional and community settings. It includes a review of the types of gangs, history, and criminal activities associated with gangs.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU for elective credit only.

Reference Number: 3858
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Introduction to macroeconomic theory and the role of fiscal and monetary policies in economics with emphasis on national economic problems.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 3904
Section Number: 50
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3898
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3900
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Introduction to microeconomic theory including international economics, economic development, and comparative economic systems with emphasis on microeconomic problems.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3914
Section Number: 50
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3910
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: ENGL 914 or eligibility for ENGL 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The English Bible as literature and as religion including an examination of the types of literature found in the Bible, the historical and religious context in which the literature was developed and an extensive reading of the two testaments. This non-transfer course is taught simultaneously with ENGL 175, a transfer-level course. Assignments differ for the two courses although students participate in the same lectures.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4110
Section Number: 60
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4108
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

A writing course which emphasizes expository and argumentative essays. Includes reading and analysis of various forms of writing, instruction in library research and preparation of documented papers.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 4148
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4150
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4152
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4154
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4156
Section Number: 74
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4158
Section Number: 75
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4160
Section Number: 76
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4162
Section Number: 77
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: ENGL 101
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

Further work in the expository and argumentative essay with emphasis on the critical examination of literature and on analytical and explicatory writing.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 4192
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4194
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4196
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: ENGL 101.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The English Bible as literature and as religion including an examination of the types of literature found in the Bible, the historical and religious context in which the literature was developed and an extensive reading of the two testaments. This course is also offered as RELIG 175.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4216
Section Number: 60
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4214
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4218
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The meaning of health as a fundamental quality of human life with emphasis on the importance of participation in a positive health program for the individual and the community.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4338
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4336
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

General survey of the history of the United States with an emphasis on political, economic, social and cultural developments from the discovery of the United States through the Civil War and Reconstruction period.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4350
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4352
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4354
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A general survey of the history of the United States from the Reconstruction era to present times. This course will emphasize the various social, political, cultural and economic forces which shaped North American history.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4376
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4378
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4382
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4380
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Explores the origin and development of civilizations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Near East and East Asia. Using a global perspective and a comparative approach between the world's major civilizations, students will examine social structure and daily life, evolution of complex political systems, cultural values and economic development to 1500.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4408
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4410
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4412
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Survey of the modern world from 1500 to the present. The course emphasizes the unique characteristics of world cultures as they entered into a critical period of increasing interaction, a process that led to the shaping of the modern world. Specific themes include religious, economic and political revolution; the development of modern science; industrialism; imperialism; rise and fall of super powers: colonization and de-colonization, fascism, communism, world wars, and contemporary history.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4420
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4422
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4424
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4426
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

With a focus on treatment, this course addresses assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and community support systems for people with eating disorders and their families. Qualifies for continuing education credit for nurses. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number 01480, for 45 contact hours.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 4452
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a study of the interpretation and practice of the legal/ethical responsibilities and liabilities encountered in providing and utilizing Human Services with special focus on privileged relationships, counseling, and confidentiality.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 4456
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week.

Introduction to the philosophy of library service; the history and types of libraries; the relationship of a library to the community it serves; the organizational structure of libraries; the role of the Library Technician; and the development of workplace attitude.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4542
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

An introduction to library circulation systems; customer service skills; bibliographic instruction; shelf maintenance; image in public service; dealing with problem patrons; and basic reference skills, including a review of standard print and computer-based reference sources and their usage

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4544
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 1.5 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 1.5 contact hours per week.

Provides an overview of a wide variety of media services within a library setting, ranging from the more traditional formats of film and video to the more recent compact disc technologies, digital audio, digitized video, telecommunications, and hypermedia.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4546
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: MATH 952, MATH 952D or eligibility for MATH 090 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

Covers the basic concepts typically presented in an introductory algebra course; operations with polynomials and rational expressions; rules of exponents; methods of factoring polynomials; solving linear, literal, and rational equations; solving linear inequalities; and solving applications modeled by linear equations.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4772
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4774
Section Number: 71
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OR

Reference Number: 4776
Section Number: 72
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PREREQUISITE: MATH 090 or eligibility for MATH 095 as determined through the SBVC assessment process OR BUSCAL 091.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

This is a second course in algebra which builds on the skills of solving equations. This course includes finding rational solutions to quadratic, absolute value and rational equations, solving linear and absolute value inequalities, rational exponents and radicals, graphic linear equations and inequalities in two variables, and solving systems of linear equations.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4828
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4830
Section Number: 71
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OR

Reference Number: 4832
Section Number: 72
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PREREQUISITE: MATH 095 or eligibility for MATH 102 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

This course includes the study of quadratic equations and inequalities and their applications, an introduction to functions including operations and inverses, exponential functions and their graphs, logarithmic functions and their graphs and properties, in depth work graphing functions with transformations, an introduction to sequences, series, and the Binomial Expansion Theorem. This course is designed for students with a strong foundation in algebra.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 4862
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a general introduction to the major problems in philosophy, with attention directed to both classical and modern philosophy as a basis for discussion of issues such as epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 5144
Section Number: 70
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Reference Number: 5146
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a general introduction to the major problems of philosophy, with attention directed to classical and modern philosophy as a basis for discussion of issues such as epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program but is open to all students who desire more challenging coursework.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 5148
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: ENGL 101 or ENGL 101H.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

An introduction to critical thinking focusing on argument and evidence and the ability to write coherent argumentative essays. Topics include recognition of the structures of reasoning in natural language, the evaluation of such reasoning (including informal fallacies), the uses and abuses of language, and an investigation of the rhetorical devices common in our culture. Students practice critical thinking by writing substantive arguments and essays.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5150
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Introduction to the techniques of critical thought including language analysis, inductive and deductive logic, symbolic logic and the development of scientific method.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5156
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to ethics focusing on the analysis of the basic ideas and principles underlying moral conduct. Theories such as utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and many others will form the basis of the course. Specific ethical problems arising in disciplines such as business, health care, administration of justice, and politics, as well as specific ethical problems confronting individuals, will also be addressed in this course.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5160
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5162
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a study of dying, death, and bereavement. Medical, ethical, legal, philosophical, and religious considerations will be explored (also offered as RELIG 180).

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5166
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Basic introduction to American government and politics designed to meet the state requirement in United States and California constitution and government, primarily concerned with American national government. Includes an introduction to democratic political theory, the scope of modern government, and state and local government in California.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5556
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5576
Section Number: 71
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OR

Reference Number: 5580
Section Number: 72
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OR

Reference Number: 5572
Section Number: 73
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course surveys the nature of human behavior and examines theories and principles pertaining to the topics of experimental design, perception, thinking, learning, personality, psychological testing, emotion and motivation. Includes essential features of the biological and neurological bases of behavior.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 5634
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5636
Section Number: 71
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OR

Reference Number: 5638
Section Number: 72
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OR

Reference Number: 5642
Section Number: 73
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OR

Reference Number: 5640
Section Number: 74
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OR

Reference Number: 5644
Section Number: 75
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course surveys the nature of human behavior and examines of theories and principles pertaining to the topics of experimental design, perception, thinking, learning, personality, psychological testing, emotion and motivation. Includes essential features of the biological and neurological bases of behavior. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program but is open to all students who desire more challenging course work.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5660
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course provides a survey of electronic media, including radio, television, film and multimedia. The impact of the media on culture and society is studied, including a look at media history, economics, technological development, programming, ratings, legal aspects and social aspects of broadcasting. An international perspective is given on all aspects of media studied.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5676
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 6 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to the principles of radio and audio aesthetics and production. It provides laboratory practice in conceiving, scripting, developing, and producing a variety of radio programs using a range of field and studio equipment including emerging digital technology.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5682
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: RTVF 120.
LECTURE: 2 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This post production course provides specialized training in digital audio work stations and synchronization with the visual image for radio, television, film, and multimedia. Topics include the use of audio post production techniques and the skills necessary to compete in the entertainment, communications, and multimedia industries.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5684
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: RTVF 120 or RTVF 130 or RTVF 133.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week

This course deals with radio and television station management functions, models, and operations. Students will program and manage the student radio and television stations and produce remote broadcasts. Students gain experience in station management by serving as the program director, music director, production supervisor, and on-air announcers. Students will develop an understanding of the operation of radio and television stations, audience rating methods, and their impact on programming design.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5708
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5710
Section Number: 71
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OR

Reference Number: 5716
Section Number: 72
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OR

Reference Number: 5718
Section Number: 73
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OR

Reference Number: 5706
Section Number: 74
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OR

Reference Number: 5712
Section Number: 75
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OR

Reference Number: 5714
Section Number: 76
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OR

Reference Number: 5720
Section Number: 77
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PREREQUISITE: RTVF 130.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This is the second level course in techniques of planning, producing, writing, and directing television programs; with an emphasis on polishing technical skills, creativity, and teamwork. Explores advanced video switching techniques, video recording and editing formats, program rundowns, timing, and advanced director's cues.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5722
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: RTVF 131 and RTVF 230
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 6 contact hours per week.

In this second-level course students plan, produce, write, shoot, and edit television programs using both studio production and single video camera and editing equipment. The course includes hands-on experience using remote video cameras, and linear and nonlinear editing equipment. Students will create their own video productions, individually and in teams.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5724
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: READ 950 or eligibility for READ 015 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Designed to foster general reading improvement with an emphasis on reading comprehension and vocabulary. Required laboratory practice assignments are based on diagnostic tests, which identify strengths and weaknesses.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 5758
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5760
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Fundamentals of real estate covering basic laws and principles of California real estate. Includes the background and terminology necessary for advanced study of real estate. The California Real Estate Commission requires this course in order to take the State of California Real Estate Salesperson License exam.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5770
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5772
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: REALST 100.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Day-to-day operations in real estate; overview of brokerage procedures and the various roles of the employee. Mandatory prerequisite to real estate broker’s examination.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU for elective credit only.

Reference Number: 5776
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introductory study of religion, with emphasis on religious experience, the origins and function of religion, and the various modes of religious expression. Necessarily broad in scope, this course will draw on Eastern, Western, ancient, and modern religious phenomena to help students understand various religious components, such as myth, ritual, scripture, art, doctrine, and mysticism.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 5168
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to the major religious traditions of the world with an emphasis on the beliefs, practices, and histories of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5170
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5172
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A comparative study of supernaturalism in primitive societies, both past and present including witchcraft, magic, totemism, mythology and ritual, nativistic movements, and the religious context of drug usage. Prehistoric religion will be examined, as well as the belief systems of selected tribal peoples. This course is also offered as ANTHRO 110.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5176
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to the diverse expression of religion in the United States. Although limited by the history and geography of one country, the course necessarily draws from religions around the globe to help students understand how religion has grown and developed in the U.S. So, this course deals with a wide variety of expressions of religion, including the Puritans, slave religion, the religious reform movements, the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim communities, the African American religious experience, Eastern religions in America, and contemporary syncretistic religious movements.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5132
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5134
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to myth and its function in culture through an examination of creation stories, end-of-the world stories, hero stories, and trickster stories. Although focusing on the narrative expression of religion, this course necessarily draws from many traditions, including Native American, Greek, Roman, European, Islamic, Chinese, Hindu, and Japanese traditions of myth. In addition, this class will examine modern American myths.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5178
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: ENGL 101.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

The English Bible as literature and as religion including an examination of the types of literature found in the Bible, the historical and religious context in which the literature was developed and an extensive reading of the two testaments. This course is also offered as ENGL 175.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5184
Section Number: 60
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OR

Reference Number: 5180
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5182
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a study of dying, death, and bereavement. Medical, ethical, legal, philosophical, and religious considerations will be explored (also offered as PHIL 180).

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5188
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Examination of the social influences on human behavior focusing on American social patterns and process; structure and function; conflict and change in society; multicultural conflicts; and a comparison of these processes with international and global patterns.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 5838
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5840
Section Number: 71
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OR

Reference Number: 5842
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5844
Section Number: 73
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OR

Reference Number: 5846
Section Number: 74
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Careful examination of the social influences on human behavior focusing on social patterns and processes, structure and function, conflict and change in society and culture in general with emphasis on American institutions in a multicultural society and their relationship to global patterns. Enrollment limited to students eligible for the Honors Program.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 5854
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an analysis of issues of concern in American society with an emphasis on social institutions and other areas such as crime, racism, sexism, aging, substance abuse, divorce, social inequality, poverty and social change.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5856
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

A descriptive and analytical survey of the structure and process of contemporary families and marriages. Includes analysis of these relationships as intimate relationships and social institutions.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5858
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

An analysis of the major sociological perspectives, race, and ethnic relations, domestic and global, with emphasis on the nature and trends in race/ethnic relations in American society and comparative cultures, focusing on inter-ethnic and inter-group conflicts.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5860
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Examines the changing roles of women and men in contemporary American society. A sociological and humanistic approach will be utilized to analyze gender roles in major social institutions: the family, religion, education, work, mass media, law, medicine, and political and economic structures.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5862
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 5 contact hours per week.

In this course students will develop the ability to converse, read, and write in Spanish. The course includes the study of essentials of pronunciation, vocabulary, idioms and grammatical structures along with an introduction to the cultures of Spanish speaking countries. This course corresponds to the first two years of high school study.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4950
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Training in the application of the concepts, principles, and skills of effective speech communication situations and public speaking.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 5878
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5898
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

An exploration of the history, effects, and role of the mass media in the U.S. The major forms of mass communication are studied (television, radio, film, newspapers and magazines). Focuses on critical analysis of media messages, effects of media on individual and society, and theories of communication. Students move beyond being "consumers" of media to "analysts" of media.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5950
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course focuses on the communication behavior and values common to all cultures and ethnic groups and on the differences that insulate and divide people. Students will examine influences on the communication process, including stereotyping, perception, prejudice, values, expectations, etc. Students will learn to overcome the communication problems that can result when members of other cultures communicate by evaluating their own intercultural communication patterns and learning skills to increase their effectiveness. Students will also acquire a greater appreciation for others.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5954
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course explores the gender differences evident in communication. Students will examine the theories concerning gender differences, issues of gender in a variety of contexts (families, relationships, the workplace, the media, school), and the differences in the communication patterns resulting from gender. Students will evaluate their own communication for evidence of gender patterns, and will discuss effective communication skills.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5956
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 5958
Section Number: 71
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