Life Management provides individuals with skills for understanding and using resources for effective functioning now and in the future. Students will explore day-to-day resources including time, energy, and money. Major topics include steps in value clarification, goal setting, decision making, problem solving, time management, health, money management, education and career planning, communication skills, handling change and stress, and conflict management. In addition, the course explores the effect of cultural forces and future trends on goals, values, standards, and time management.

Students will study the child from the prenatal period through adolescence. The physical, social-emotional and cognitive aspects of development are explored. This course is required for ECE majors and recommended for nursing and psychology majors, and anyone wanting to understand the development of children. Transferable: Equivalent to C.D. 60 at SJSU.

This course surveys current health issues. Topics include the latest information on defining health; global and national health issues; mental health; use of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs; nutrition; common infectious and non infectious diseases including risk factors and prevention; human sexuality; and environmental health issues. Primary emphasis is directed to the individual's total emotional, intellectual and social health across the life span. Students are empowered to make intelligent, analytical decsions related to personal and community health. This course meets the Health Education requirement for California Teaching Credentials.

This is the first of two courses designed to develop basic ability to understand, speak, read, and write the Spanish language. Course content includes aspects of the culture of Latin America and Spain. Not recommended for native speakers of Spanish. This course corresponds to two years of high school study.