This class introduces students to the college environment, its educational opportunities, college services, academic procedures and policies, including graduation and transfer requirements. College survival skills such as educational planning, goal-setting, learning styles, time management, and interpersonal skills are key components of this course.

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.

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

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 4 contact hours per week.

A comprehensive course of study and practical application of basic federal and state income taxes. Includes history and objectives of the tax, research and analysis of current tax issues, along with the tax treatment of various types of entities, types of income, types of deductions and types of credits. Emphasis is on the individual as a taxpayer. Actual tax forms are studied and returns prepared.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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

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

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.

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.

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

This course is an introduction to the philosophy and history of the criminal justice system including the roles, function of the local, state, and federal jurisdictions. Additional discussion topics will include the roles, functions and interrelationships among law enforcement agencies, courts and corrections as well as crime causation, correctional theory, analysis, and the social impact of crime.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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

This is a study of the role and responsibilities of each segment within the administration of justice system, law enforcement, judicial, and corrections. It includes a past and present 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Principles of various types of investigations utilized in the justice system, including concepts of investigation, and the analysis, evaluation, preservation and documentation of evidence. Includes dealing with the public, techniques for handling crime scenes, interviews, evidence, surveillance, follow-up, technical resources, and case preparation.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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

Exploration of theories, philosophies, and concepts related to the role expectations of the line enforcement officer. Emphasis on patrol, traffic and public service responsibilities and their relationships to the administration of justice.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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

Organization, function and jurisdiction of juvenile agencies, processing and detention of juvenile status and court procedures.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

PREREQUISITE: None.

Supervised training in the form of on the job employment that will enhance the student's educational goals. The student's major and job must match. Students work 5-20 hours per week to earn units using the following formula: For paid work, 75 hours = 1 unit; for volunteer work, 60 hours = 1 unit. Students may earn a total of 16 units toward graduation in Work Experience 198 courses. Students MUST be working for pay or volunteer before registering for a Work Experience class. NOTE: Only one section of Work Experience may be taken during a semester.

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

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

The study of material remains, usually from the past, to describe and explain human behavior. Includes the methods, objectives, and history of archeology; a survey of the biological and cultural development of humanity as revealed by archaeological discoveries from around the world; and the contribution of archeology to an understanding of the present and the future.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

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.

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.

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

A systematic survey of North American Indian groups, from their prehistoric roots to the present. Includes their place in American history, U.S. Government policies and regulation, and future prospects for North American Indians.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

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.

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.

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.

PREREQUISITE: ARCH 200
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is designed to assist architecture students in the preparation of their portfolio. The design portfolio is required to transfer to most four-year/five-year Architecture programs. Students should be enrolled in their last semester at San Bernardino Valley College before enrolling in this course.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

The course is a survey of western art from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. The course provides an overview of the art and architecture of the following periods: the Stone Age, Ancient Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, the Greek and Roman Empires, the Etruscans, the Byzantine Empire, the Medieval periods in Europe, Romanesque, and Gothic.

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.

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.

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.

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 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. A series of laboratories supplement and enhance topics discussed in lecture.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.
Limited transfer to UC; contact a counselor for details.

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

Discussion of the ecological consequences of human resource use and population growth. Emphasis is on the earth's life support systems and current environmental problems threatening human health and species survival.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

For business majors and non-business majors who desire a greater knowledge of the fundamentals specifically related to the opening and operating of a small business firm. Designed to provide a working knowledge of the pitfalls associated with small business operations and how to recognize and solve these problems before they happen.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Introduction to the field of children's studies designed to familiarize students with the broad aspects of the profession, philosophy and principles of caring for children in a variety of settings.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week.

This course is a study of the growth and development of children from the prenatal period through adolescence with an emphasis on the physical, cognitive, social and emotional needs of children. Students will gain practical experience observing and recording children's behavior.

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

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.

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.

This course focuses on training in the application of the concepts, principles, and skills of effective public speaking. Concepts such as structure, adapting messages to culturally diverse audiences, research principles, and critical evaluation of evidence and arguments are explored. Delivery, listening, and feedback skills are also discussed and practiced in a variety of presentations.

This course explores 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). There is also a focus on critical analysis of media messages, effects of media on individual and society, and theories of communication.

This course focuses on the communication behaviors and values common to all cultures and ethnic groups and on the differences that insulate and divide people.

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.

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

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

PREREQUISITE: CIT 010 or CIT 009

 Procedures for arranging and tabulating materials and preparing letters and business forms with an emphasis on accuracy and speed. Designed to develop a keyboarding speed of 45 words per minute for five minutes.

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

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

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

This course focuses on the production of professional quality documents using Microsoft Word advanced features: mail merge, sorting, numbering, bullets, symbols, headers and footers, group activities, quick parts, themes and styles, references, tables, forms, and prepares students for Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam.

Associate Degree Applicable

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cisco Semester Six focuses on Remote Access to the network. This course will provide students with learning experiences in asynchronous dial-up, ISDN, DDR, X.25, Frame Relay, ODR, Wan backup, queing, compression, NAT, and AAA. This is the second in a serious of four courses recommended for CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification.

Associate Degree Applicable

PREREQUISITE: CIT 094
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Cisco Semester Seven focuses on LAN Switching. The course will provide students with learning experiences in traditional campus networks, LAN media types, basic switch configurations, VLANs, Multilayer Switching, HSRP, Multicasting, and Restricting Network Access. This is the third in a series of four courses recommended for CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification.

Associate Degree Applicable

PREREQUISITE: CIT 094
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Cisco Semester Eight focuses on Network Troubleshooting. The course will provide students with learning experiences in troubleshooting methodologies. It will include Protocol Overview, Management and Diagnostic Tools, Troubleshooting TCP/IPS, LAN Switches, VLANs, Routing and Switching Processes, Frame Relay, ISDNs, and AppleTalk. This is the fourth in a series of four courses recommended for CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification.

Associate Degree Applicable

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.

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.

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

This course utilizes the complex fundamentals of hardware computer concepts and software applications. It provides the skills to create advanced word processing documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

An introduction to Web Page design using hypertext markup language (HTML) and web design software.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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

An introduction course to graphic design using graphic software. Topics include the study of good graphic design skills and how to apply them, learning graphics software to create professional-looking documents and hands-on experiencing using the PC.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

An introduction to digital systems. Topics include Boolean algebra, truth tables, logic gates, number systems and codes, Karnaugh maps, flip-flops, counters and registers, digital arithmetic, combinatorial logic and functions.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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

An introduction to assembly language and machine organization. Topics include memory location, register references, data definitions, machine instructions, screen processing, disk storage and macros.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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

This course is an introduction to the object-oriented language, C++. Topics include object-oriented design, program logic structures, problem solving techniques, arrays and records, procedures and functions, classes and objects, pointers and references, inheritance, and polymorphism.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

PREREQUISITE: CS 120
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

Advanced programming using Visual Basic.NET with emphasis on software development and maintenance. Topics include object-oriented design, multiple class modules, interface and linking, windows and Internet controls, and database access.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

PREREQUISITE: CS 190
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

An introduction to data structures such as linked lists, stacks, queues and trees. Topics include algorithm development, storage allocation, data organization, information retrieval system software and language support features.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

This course will focus on the legal issues, probation & parole, specific laws and general operation of correctional institutions. The relationship between historical trends of adult & juvenile corrections and other components of the judicial system will also be examined.

Earned units for this course are applicable to an Associate Degree.
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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.

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.

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

Survey of the American economy and the development, functioning and significance of economic institutions. Emphasis on economic growth, the national debt, inflation and international economic problems.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.
Limited transfer to UC; contact a counselor for details.

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.

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.

This course provides an introduction to microeconomic theory, including economic development, international economics, and comparative economic systems with special emphasis on microeconomic problems such as the provisioning of public goods and environmental regulations. This course is intended for students in the Honors Program but is open to all students who desire more challenging coursework.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 and MATH 942 and READ 015

This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including the history of automated mapping. The course includes a brief introduction to basic cartographic principles, including map scales, coordinate systems and map projections.

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

An introduction to world geography emphasizing the nature of major world cultural regions, their social structure, religions, government, and economics.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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

An introduction to the study of the earth with emphasis on the materials that make up the earth; plate tectonics; the process that created the continents and the ocean basins; and the processes that change the landscape. Laboratory study (GEOL 111) is closely coordinated with the lecture.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.
Limited transfer to UC; contact a counselor for details.

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.

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.

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.

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

Principal figures, groups, issues and trends in religion from colonial times to the present including such topics as the Puritans, the growth of religious liberty in America; religion and social protest; the African-American religious experience; Catholics, Protestants and Jews, and contemporary religious phenomena. This course is also offered as RELIG 135.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

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

An introduction to the historical roots and development of Western Civilization from the Neolithic Age to the Renaissance. Includes the rise of Mediterranean civilization; the classical societies of Greece and Rome; the spread of Christianity; medieval European political, social and cultural achievements; and the European Renaissance.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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

An introduction to the history of Western Civilization from the Reformation to the present time. Includes the rise of the modern state system; the religious, political, scientific and technological revolutions and the cultural changes that accompany them; and the development of nationalism/imperialism and their economic/ideological foundations.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

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.

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

An introduction to the description, explanation, and treatment of eating disorders (e.g., bulimia, anorexia). Includes patterns of compulsive eating, chronic dieting, and the history and attitudes toward eating disorders. Biological, psychoanalytic, behavioral, and other theoretical perspectives and treatment approaches are surveyed. This course 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.

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.

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

Reviews eating disorders from a medical perspective including a review of the etiology and physiology of obesity, anorexia, compulsive eating, and bulimia. Reviews medical treatment and possible physical complications associated with specific eating disorders. This course 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.

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.

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: .5 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 1.5 contact hours per week.

Basic, hands-on instruction in the binding, repair, and care of printed library materials.

Associate Degree Applicable

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

This course is an introduction to the philosophy of library services; 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 a positive workplace attitude.

Associate Degree Applicable

PREREQUISITE: None.

This course is 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

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

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

Introduction to descriptive and subject cataloging, classification of materials using the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress systems, preparation of catalog cards and computer database records, and use of electronic bibliographic utilities.

Associate Degree Applicable

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

This course 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

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

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: .5 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 1.5 contact hours per week.

An introduction to the skills needed to effectively access print and online information sources, to critically evaluate the information retrieved, and to practice ethical behavior in regard to information technology.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

This course is a basic skills course in arithmetic including the fundamental operations of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions, and percents.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The lecture portion of OCEAN 100 without the required laboratory.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.
Limited transfer to UC; contact a counselor for details.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

This course addresses ethical and metaphysical themes as presented in literature from the classical to the modern period. Philosophical problems such as freedom and determinism, the nature of virtue, the meaning of death, and the individual's relationship to the state and the structure of reality are explored through the encounter with novels, plays, short stories, and film.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

PREREQUISITE: MATH 090
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: ENGL 015 or eligibility for ENGL 101.
LECTURE: 3 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

A first course in physics. Topics include motion, forces, energy, waves, light, electricity, magnetism and concepts of modern physics.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.
Limited transfer to UC; contact a counselor for details.

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.

PREREQUISITE: None.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: POLIT 100 or HIST 171.

This introductory course in world politics (international relations) surveys the principal actors, issues and processes involved in international relations. It includes paradigms and approaches in the study of world politics; foreign policy; issues of war and peace; international organizations; international law; globalization; international political economy, including global financial and trade institutions; human rights; and the global environment with respect to sustainable development.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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.

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.

This course is the study of personal growth and adjustment issues from a variety of theoretical perspectives and includes a review of the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy behavior patterns.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Examines the character and composition of radio and television advertising; writing and producing commercials for radio and television; advertising campaigns; the relationship between advertising agencies, stations and networks; audience and consumer ratings; and research techniques (Formerly COMM 113)

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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.

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

An introduction to the types of current communications technologies, how they are used, and how they interact with and affect one another. Includes telecommunications (phones and phone lines, ISDN, T-1) computers, satellites, television, cable and radio. (Formerly COMM 115)

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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.

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.

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.

PREREQUISITE: None.
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 6 contact hours per week.

This course is an introductory study of digital television technology and its uses in the marketplace. This course identifies the differences between digital and analog video, explores digital video interfaces, digital video platforms, the digital VTR, non-linear video editing, and the digital video studio. The focus is on all forms of digital video, but students receive hands-on training with digital video recording and editing equipment.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

PREREQUISITE: RTVF 120.
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: RTVF 121.
LECTURE: 2 contact hours per week and
LABORATORY: 3 contact hours per week.

This is the second class in a two-course sequence, with emphasis on individual and group production of short and long-form radio projects. Projects include remote broadcasts, promotional spots, features, music programming, and news; as well as project development, management and implementation. All student projects will air on the student radio-station KJRP, with some selected projects also airing on our PBS station, KVCR.

Associate Degree Applicable.
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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.

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.

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.

PREREQUISITE: RTVF 131
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 6 contact hours per week.

This course is an introductory study of the aesthetic and technical aspects of digital film production. This course emphasizes a critical awareness of the aesthetics of narrative film techniques as applied in the construction of the students’ productions. In this course, students produce their own narrative films and assist other students in other aspects of narrative film production including camera operation, set design, lighting, casting, and acting as a grip. Students should have a basic knowledge of digital video cameras and non-linear editing prior to taking this course.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

PREREQUISITE: RTVF 240
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 6 contact hours per week.

This course is an intermediate study of the technical aspects of digital film production. This course explores scripts, shot lists, treatments, sound and directing as applied in the construction of the students’ productions. In this course, students produce their own narrative films and assist other students in other aspects of narrative film production including camera operation, set design, lighting, casting and working as a grip.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

PREREQUISITE: RTVF 241
LECTURE: 1 contact hour per week and
LABORATORY: 6 contact hours per week.

This course is an advanced study of the technical aspects of digital film production. This course explores film scheduling, production, advanced editing techniques, budgeting, and distribution as applied in the construction of the students’ productions. In this course, students produce their own narrative films and assist other students in other aspects of narrative film production including camera operation, set design, lighting, casting, and working as a grip.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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

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

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.

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

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

This course addresses the analysis of real estate financing including lending policies and problems in financing transactions in residential, apartment, commercial and special purpose properties, emphasizing methods of financing. Successful completion of this course meets elective qualification for salesperson or broker licensing approval. (Formerly REALST 210)

Associate Degree Applicable.

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

This course is the study of real estate law with emphasis on applications in real estate brokerage and related fields. Successful completion of this course meets elective qualification for salesperson or broker licensing approval. (Formerly REALST 215)

Associate Degree Applicable.

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.

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 California Real Estate Commission requires this course in order to take the State of California Real Estate Salesperson and Broker License exams.

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

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

This course addresses 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
Course credit transfers to CSU for elective credit only.

PREREQUISITE: REALST 100

This course addresses the analysis of real estate financing including lending policies and problems in financing transactions in residential, apartment, commercial and special purpose properties.

DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: REALST 100

This course is the study of real estate law with emphasis on applications in real estate brokerage and related fields.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This course is a sociological analysis of health and illness in society. An examination of topics include the variations in experience of physical and mental health and illness, cultural, political, economic and other societal forces and trends that influence the organization of the medical system. Included in this analysis is the impact of social status on the quality of medical care and demography.

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 survey of the structure and developmental process of marriage and contemporary families. This analysis includes an examination of intimate relationships, racial-ethnic, class, gender, culture, socioeconomic, political and other systematic and demographic trends related to marriage and the family.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

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.

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

This course is an analysis of the interaction between the human life course and social structures with an emphasis on aging as a social process including adjustment to aging among individuals, families, generational cohorts and society. Historical, cultural, socioeconomic, political, other social contexts and public policy issues such as healthcare, housing and retirement in the United States will also be examined.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Theory-based introduction to basic concepts in human communication. Provides overview of the field of communication by addressing public, rhetoric, interpersonal, intercultural, group, organizational, mass and mediated communication. Individual and group presentations help students identify and analyze communication patterns and their effects as well as develop strategies for becoming better communicators.

Associate Degree Applicable
Course credit transfers to CSU and UC.

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.

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.

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.

PREREQUISITE: WST 071
DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORIES: CHEM 110 and WST 052C

This intermediate level course prepares students for apprenticeship or entry level position in the field of water treatment. It prepares students for California Department of Public Health (CDPH) T2 license exam. Successful completion of this course fulfills the training required to apply for CDPH T3 and D3 examination.

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

A general introduction to the principles and practice of hydraulics and water quality in the field of water supply distribution. Prepares students for the Department of Health Services (DHS) Grade I exam.

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