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: 3012
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This is an introductory course for students interested in the accounting field. The focus is basic bookkeeping and accounting principles for small business enterprises. Emphasis is on the development of skills used to record business transactions, as well as the procedures to prepare financial statements and complete the accounting cycle. The course is designed for occupational students and for those who wish preparatory training before entering ACCT 200.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3036
Section Number: 60
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3034
Section Number: 68
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3030
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course 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. It also includes creation and use of spreadsheets to find the solutions to accounting problems.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3040
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is designed to introduce individuals, entrepreneurs and small businesses to the cost of labor and its related payroll taxes. Reporting requirements and withholding from employees' wages or salaries and for payroll taxes are studied. This course will focus on the liabilities, the records and control requirements of payroll accounting.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3042
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: MATH 090, ACCT 010, CIT 101 or CIT 114, ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 or 101H as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

This course is a study of the theory and practice of accounting applicable to recording, summarizing, and reporting of business transactions for external reporting and other external uses. Emphasis is placed on asset valuation, revenue and expense recognition, and analysis of various asset, liability, and capital accounts.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, UC.

Reference Number: 3048
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: ACCT 200.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

This course examines how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations, and controlling. The focus is on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure, and cost-volume-profit analysis. Profit planning, standard costs, operations and capital budgeting, cost control, and accounting for costs in manufacturing organizations are also examined.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3054
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is an introduction to common law, legal concepts, codes, and their history, and the philosophy and development of U.S. criminal law.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3066
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is about the origin, development, philosophy, and constitutional basis of the use of evidence. It also incorporates constitutional and procedural considerations affecting arrest, search and seizure, types of evidence, and rules governing admissibility, judicial decisions, and interpretation of individual rights. Case studies will also be covered in this class.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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

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

This course is an introduction to the paradigms and methods used to study cultural systems. This course examines topics that cover the range of cultural phenomena including material culture, language and communication, social organizations, subsistence strategies, economic and political systems, religion, art, cultural change and modernization.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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

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

This course is the systematic study of humans as biological organisms, including the origin of humanity and their place in nature, variation and adaptability, and modern biological diversity. There is also a focus on comparative primate behavior, genetics and heredity, human evolution and the underlying fossil records.

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

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

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

This course is a comparative study of religious expressions in tribal and/or ethnic 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 rituals, symbols, and beliefs of selected tribal peoples. This course is also offered as RELIG 110.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3116
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: 3128
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3130
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

An introduction to astronomy, the ultimate adventure. Our very big universe can be described by a small set of knowable rules through a logical method called science, where the excitement of an evolving and sometimes violent universe of stars and galaxies is explored. Topics include the night sky, motions of the Sun, the Moon, and the planets, light, properties and life-cycles of stars with a detailed look at our Sun, galaxies and the origin of the universe.

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

Reference Number: 4854
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 lecture/laboratory course in human anatomy. It is organized to explore the body both regionally and systemically. The course is primarily gross anatomy with an extensive dissection of the cat and other significant organs. Histological and cellular anatomy are included as they apply to various structures and systems.

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

Reference Number: 3332
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3336
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course will cover the basic principles and methods of marketing as practiced by all successfully managed business firms. This 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 for elective credit only.

Reference Number: 3360
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is designed for business majors and non-business majors who desire a greater knowledge of the fundamentals specifically related to the opening and operation of a small business. The course is designed to provide a working knowledge of the pitfalls associated with small business operations and how to recognize, prevent and solve problems.

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

Reference Number: 3364
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 008 or CIT 009 or CIT 010.
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: 3370
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is an integrated approach to personal finance focusing on practical financial decision making as well as the social, psychological, and physiological contexts in which those decisions are made. The student will examine the preparation for managing one's personal finances, including budgeting, borrowing, insurance, retirement investments, long-term health care and home ownership.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3380
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3378
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CHEM 101
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to the bonding, naming, structure, and chemical and biomolecular properties for different classes of organic compounds and biomolecules, with a focus on their cellular, medicinal and industrial importance.

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

Reference Number: 3432
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is an examination of underlying theoretical principles of developmentally appropriate practices applied to programs, environments, emphasizing the key role of relationships, constructive adult-child interactions, and teaching strategies in supporting physical, social, creative and intellectual development of all children. This course includes a review of historical roots of early childhood programs and the evolution of the professional practices promoting advocacy, ethics and professional identity.

Associate Degree Applicable.
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3500
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CD 105 or CD 105H.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course examines the effects of the family and the community on a child's development. Topics include the interactions among children, family, school, peers, media and community with an emphasis on ethnic diversity, cultural diversity, social class, disabilities, gender roles and their relationship to family behavior, values, morals and attitudes. Research and reviewing community resources relating to education, health and welfare are also highlighted.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3514
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: 3542
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3544
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3546
Section Number: 72
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: 3548
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3550
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is a review of basic grammar, punctuation, capitalization, vocabulary, and spelling. Emphasis is placed on grammar and vocabulary building for effective business communications.

Associate Degree Applicable.

Reference Number: 3554
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

An introduction to the personal computers at the machine level. Topics include the system board, keyboard, floppy and hard disk drives, interface cards, monitors, printers, machine organization, and design conventions.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3558
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CIT 080 and CIT 105
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Basic, hands-on instruction and practice with computer Operating Systems. Prepares the student to use, install, configure, upgrade, manage and troubleshoot Windows type Operating Systems. Topics include the function of major components of the Operating System Desktop; installation, configuration, and upgrade of Operating Systems in both a stand-alone and networked environment; and diagnosis and troubleshooting of Operating System errors. Prepares the student to take the CompTIA A+ Operating System Technologies certification exam. Recommended for students interested in pursuing a career as a computer technician or being able to resolve their own Windows technical problems.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3560
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: 3562
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: 3564
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: 3566
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: 3568
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3574
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3570
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: 3582
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3586
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3584
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3588
Section Number: 74
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: 3594
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: 3598
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3596
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: 3600
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3602
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course provides an introduction to a presentation graphics program for those who plan to make effective and compelling presentations. Instructions include 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: 3604
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
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: 3606
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

An introduction to human-to-computer and computer-to-computer communications. Topics include data transmission, modems, network configurations, protocols and software, telecommunication, teleprocessing, security, and the control and management of LAN’s and WAN’s.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU

Reference Number: 3612
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: MATH 095
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

An orientation in computer science for computer science majors. Topics include an overview of the computer discipline, the design and use of the computer devices, the art of problem solving and programming, and the representation of data. Includes hands-on experience in computer programming using languages such as Visual Basic.NET and C++.

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

Reference Number: 3614
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3616
Section Number: 71
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: 3618
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: CS 110
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

An introduction to the network-friendly language, Java. Topics include object-oriented design, multiple platform environment, program logic structures, graphical user interface, Visual J++, Java Applet and recursion.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3620
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course will emphasize local, state, and federal institutions in the role played by the offender and the correctional worker. Topics will include inmate subculture, violence and effects of crowding on inmates and staff, coping techniques for correctional officers in a hostile prison environment.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 3626
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: MATH 942 or eligibility for MATH 952 as determined by SBVC assessment process and ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 or 101H as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course provides an introduction to macroeconomic theory and the role of fiscal and monetary policies in economics with special emphasis on national economic problems, aggregate measures of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, financial institutions, economic growth, the business cycle and international economics.

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

Reference Number: 3668
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3670
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: MATH 942 or eligibility for MATH 952 as determined by SBVC assessment process and ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 or 101H as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course provides an introduction to microeconomic theory, including international economics, economic development, and comparative economics systems with special emphasis on microeconomic problems such as public goods provisioning and environmental regulations.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3680
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.

This course covers a representative survey of Chicano literature, including novels, drama, poetry, and essays which focus on the cultural, social, and political developments and themes that shape and characterize Chicano culture and literary expression. This non-transfer course is taught simultaneously with ENGL 163, a transfer-level course. Assignments differ for the two courses although students participate in the same lectures.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 3860
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.

This course is a writing course which emphasizes expository and argumentative essays. It includes reading and analysis of various forms of writing, instruction in library research and preparation of documented research papers.

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

Reference Number: 3904
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3906
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3908
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3910
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3912
Section Number: 74
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3914
Section Number: 75
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3916
Section Number: 76
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course provides students with 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.

Reference Number: 3940
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3942
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 3944
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

A survey of poetry and prose by prominent women writers, exploring historical and contemporary issues in women's lives.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3960
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course covers 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 transfer-level course is taught simultaneously with ENGL 075, a non-transfer course. Assignments differ for the two courses although students participate in the same lectures. This course is also offered as RELIG 175.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 3962
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is an exploration of health topics and their impact on an individual's health status. Awareness and assessment of current lifestyle behaviors and choices, identification of risk factors, and implementation of prevention strategies are emphasized.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4056
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4058
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4060
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: Eligible for ENGL 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course provides a general survey of United States history with an emphasis on political, economic, social, and cultural developments from the pre-Colonial period through the Civil War and Reconstruction period.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4084
Section Number: 50
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4076
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4078
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4080
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: Eligible for ENGL 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course covers a general survey of United States history with an emphasis on social, political, cultural and economic developments from the Reconstruction period to present times.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4102
Section Number: 50
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4094
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4096
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4098
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: Eligible for ENGL 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to United States history focusing on the experiences of racial and ethnic groups that spans from the early colonial period to present times. This course chronologically presents various racial and ethnic groups and their experiences through major social, political, economic, and cultural events in United States history.

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

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

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: Eligible for ENGL 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course covers the origins and development of civilizations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Near East and East Asia are explored. There is 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 developments to 1500.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4124
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4126
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: Eligible for ENGL 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course emphasizes the unique characteristics of world cultures as they entered into a critical period of increasing interaction. Specific themes include religion, economic and political revolution, the development of modern science, industrialism, imperialism, colonization and de-colonization, the rise and fall of superpowers, and the challenges of globalization.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4132
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4134
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is an introduction to the publishing industry, principles of collection development, bibliographic searching, acquisitions tools and techniques, accounting and budgeting principles. Also included is an overview of ordering, receiving, claiming procedures, and weeding.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4210
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: LIB 065.
LECTURE: 1.5 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 1.5 contact hours per week.

This class is an introduction to the application and integration of computer systems in libraries. Students will be exposed to a variety of computer applications, including online public access catalogs and automated circulation and cataloging systems. In addition, students will gain knowledge of Web 2.0 applications and emerging technology that could be used in libraries.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4214
Section Number: 70
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This course is a basic skills course in arithmetic including the fundamental operations of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions, and percents.

Reference Number: 4244
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4246
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: MATH 942 or MATH 942C or eligibility for MATH 952 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

This course is an introduction to mathematical properties; exponential notation; linear equations in one variable; algebraic word problems; variables; polynomials; and the appropriate operation rules for rational numbers, whole numbers and integers; an emphasis on speaking, listening, reading, and writing in communicable mathematics terminology.

Not applicable to the Associate Degree

Reference Number: 4266
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4276
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4284
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4286
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 4334
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

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

OR

Reference Number: 4338
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.

Builds on the skills of solving equations, manipulating polynomials, factoring, and algebraic fractions. This course includes simplifying complex fractions, finding real solutions to quadratic and rational equations, an introduction to linear inequalities, rational exponents and radicals, graphing equations of straight lines, solving linear systems of equations and application problems throughout the different topics.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 4402
Section Number: 60
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4380
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4396
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4398
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4400
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

Builds on the skills of solving equations, manipulating polynomials, factoring, and algebraic fractions. This course includes simplifying complex fractions, finding real solutions to quadratic and rational equations, an introduction to linear inequalities, rational exponents and radicals, graphing equations of straight lines, solving linear systems of equations and application problems throughout the different topics.

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

Reference Number: 4442
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is an introduction to probability, descriptive and inferential statistics, with applications to the natural sciences, business, economics, and the behavioral sciences.

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

Reference Number: 4460
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4462
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: MATH 095 or eligibility for MATH 102 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This transfer level course is designed for non-science majors and includes sets, propositional logic, inductive reasoning and applications, mathematical patterns, counting methods, and finite probability spaces.

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

Reference Number: 4466
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: 4676
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4678
Section Number: 71
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PREREQUISITE: ENGL 101 or ENGL 101H.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is 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: 4680
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: 4686
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: 4692
Section Number: 70
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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: 4694
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is a basic introduction to American politics that is designed to meet requirements in United States and California constitution and government with primary emphasis on the American national government. Topics covered include the political theory of democracy; the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights; the operations of national political institutions including Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court; the role of political parties; and an overview of California government and politics.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4954
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4956
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4958
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4966
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4952
Section Number: 74
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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: 5008
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5010
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5012
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5014
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 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: 5032
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: PSYCH 100 or PSYCH 100H.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a survey of lifespan developmental psychology from conception through aging. The focus is on five areas: (1) physical development, (2) social development, (3) cognitive development, (4) personality development, and (5) current theory and research which contribute to an understanding of human development over the lifespan.

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

Reference Number: 5040
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: PSYCH 100 or PSYCH 100H
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a survey of the psychological growth of the normal individual from conception through adolescence with emphasis on stages of development. Particular emphasis is given to physical development, intellectual development, social and emotional development during the first two decades of life. Other topics include good and bad parenting styles and the potential problems encountered by children and adolescents.

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

Reference Number: 5044
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course will give instruction and practice in performing and announcing. Topics include interpretation of copy, news casting, music continuity, interviewing, and the operation of audio equipment while performing. Students will practice commercial material and improvisational announcing.

Associate Degree Applicable.
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5048
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: ENGL 914
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course provides instruction and practice in writing and editing news for radio and television, including rewriting from wire copy, newspapers, and documents. Topics include how to write for speaking, writing objectively, journalism ethics, and legal issues such as libel and right to privacy.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5050
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: ENGL 914
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

Introduction to the techniques of narrative and documentary writing and scripting. Course includes the analysis and writing of radio, television, and film materials as well as storytelling and screenwriting.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5052
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course introduces the theory and practice of audio techniques in radio, television, film, and multimedia. Topics include acoustics, audio signal flow, use of sound and production equipment, and the aesthetic aspects of sound mixing.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5054
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: 5056
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This introductory course covers the organization of the television studio, control room, production language, and studio personnel. Topics include: sound recording and mixing, shooting composition and aesthetics, camera operation, studio lighting, microphones and audio techniques, basic television graphics, and an introduction to the video switcher.

Associate Degree Applicable.
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5060
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5058
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 5072
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5076
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5074
Section Number: 75
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 5078
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 5080
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: READ 920 or eligibility for READ 950 as determined through the SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Designed to assist students in improving reading through an emphasis on word attack skills, vocabulary development, general comprehension skills, and study skills.

Not applicable to Associate Degree

Reference Number: 5100
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5102
Section Number: 71
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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: 5124
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5126
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course includes the day-to-day operations in real estate, overview of brokerage procedures and the various roles of the employee. The successful completion of this course meets qualifications for sales person or broker licensing exam. (Formerly REALST 200)

Associate Degree Applicable.

Reference Number: 5132
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: REALST 100
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course addresses the purpose of appraisals, appraisal process, and the different methods, approaches, and techniques used to determine the value of various types of property. Successful completion of this course meets elective qualification for salesperson or broker licensing approval.

Associate Degree Applicable

Reference Number: 5134
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 or 101H as determined by SBVC assessment process and MATH 942 or eligibility for a higher level math class as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course includes the fundamentals of real estate including the basic laws and principles of California real estate. This includes the background and terminology necessary for advanced study of real estate. The successful completion of this course meets qualifications for sales person or broker licensing exam.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

Reference Number: 5140
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5138
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 4696
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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. 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 transfers to CSU and *UC.
* Contact a counselor for details.

Reference Number: 4698
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: 4700
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a comparative study of religious expressions in tribal and/or ethnic 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 rituals, symbols, and beliefs of selected tribal peoples. This course is also offered as ANTHRO 110.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4702
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 4704
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 4706
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: ENGL 101 or ENGL 101H.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course covers 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: 4708
Section Number: 70
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PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a study of images and interpretations of Jesus with three principle divisions: Jesus and the gospels or biblical tradition; Jesus and the historians, including the quest of historians and theologians for the Jesus of history; and Jesus and the arts (Jesus in art, music, film, and the literary arts, such as novels, poems, and plays.)

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4712
Section Number: 70
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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: 4714
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is a comprehensive examination of the social influences on human behavior focusing on a scientific and humanistic approach to the study of social patterns and processes, structure and function, conflict and change in society and culture in general with emphasis on American institutions in a multi-cultural society and their relationship to global patterns.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfer to CSU, UC.

Reference Number: 5168
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5170
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5172
Section Number: 72
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5174
Section Number: 73
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5176
Section Number: 74
Online Web Site: Click Here

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

This course is a comprehensive examination of the social influences on human behavior focusing on a scientific and humanistic approach to the study of social patterns and processes, structure and function, conflict and change in society and culture in general with emphasis on American institutions in a multi-cultural society and their relationship to global patterns. 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 transfer to CSU, UC.

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

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: 5182
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is an analysis of the major sociological perspectives pertaining to racial and ethnic relations in the United States and globally. There is an emphasis on historical and contemporary trends of these relations in the United States focusing on inter-ethnic and inter-group conflicts.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5184
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101 as determined by SBVC assessment process.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a study of the changing roles of women and men in contemporary United States. A sociological and humanistic approach will be utilized to analyze gender socialization and relations with an emphasis on gender in major social institutions: economic, political, mass media, medical, educational, religious and family structures with some comparisons to global contemporary trends.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 5186
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 4522
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 4524
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: SPAN 101
LECTURE: 5 contact hours per week.

In this course students continue to develop conversational, reading and writing skills in Spanish with emphasis on past tense verbs, grammar, vocabulary expansion and the culture of Spanish speaking countries.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4534
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 5 contact hours per week.

This is the first of two courses intended for native or heritage Spanish speakers whose formal training in the language has been incomplete. This course is designed to help students develop spelling, conversational, reading and writing skills with special emphasis on past tense verbs, grammar, vocabulary expansion and the culture of Spanish speaking regions. The course is conducted in Spanish and focuses on grammatical topics equivalent to those covered in Spanish 102.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

Reference Number: 4536
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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.

Reference Number: 5230
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 5262
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 5266
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

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: 5268
Section Number: 70
Online Web Site: Click Here

OR

Reference Number: 5270
Section Number: 71
Online Web Site: Click Here