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: 4000
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Relationship and awareness of criminal justice agencies to diverse populations such as gender, racial, and sexual orientation: including discrimination and hate crimes.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4028
Section Number: 70
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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: 4032
Section Number: 70
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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: 4036
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4038
Section Number: 71
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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: 4040
Section Number: 70
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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: 4042
Section Number: 70
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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: 4044
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4046
Section Number: 71
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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: 4100
Section Number: 70
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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: 4102
Section Number: 70
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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: 4128
Section Number: 70
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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: 4132
Section Number: 70
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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: 4170
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4172
Section Number: 71
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OR

Reference Number: 4174
Section Number: 72
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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: 4182
Section Number: 70
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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: 4206
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4208
Section Number: 71
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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: 4212
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4214
Section Number: 71
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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: 4220
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4222
Section Number: 71
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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: 4226
Section Number: 71
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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: 4300
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4302
Section Number: 71
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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: 4324
Section Number: 70
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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: 4332
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: 4364
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: 4368
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: 4370
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: 4494
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4492
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4498
Section Number: 72
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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: 4506
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4508
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4510
Section Number: 72
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OR

Reference Number: 4512
Section Number: 73
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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: 4372
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4374
Section Number: 71
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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: 4376
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: 4534
Section Number: 70
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OR

Reference Number: 4536
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4538
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4540
Section Number: 73
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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: 4542
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: 4346
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: 4560
Section Number: 70
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