This course is an introduction to the historical development, theory and techniques of archaeological research and fieldwork. A comparative approach to study the development of ancient cultures will be utilized. The course will also focus on cultural resource management, survey and selection of field sites, dating, excavation, artifact classification, interpretation of data and written analysis. Some field work will be required.

This course builds on the visual language achieved in Graphic Design I and further develops communication skills, concepts and theories that create successful visual design. Topics include combining and utilizing design principles and exploration of visual organization theory and informational theory. Emphasis is placed upon developing an aesthetic which recognizes the visual impact of typographic choices. Students who complete this course will gain a further understanding of the principles of design and learn specific uses of design in advertising, corporate identity design, Web design, and interactive media.

This is a hands-on course covering the basic techniques of digital filmmaking, camera techniques, lighting and sound. Topics will include the theory and practice of concept and design, camera techniques, lighting, sound recording and other fundamentals of producing a short film in the digital video medium. Students will shoot and produce their own footage and record their own sound. Students will engage in various filming exercises, as well as in group and individual projects. In addition, students will be required to complete homework assignments outside of class time.

This course will prepare students for entry level employment in the automotive field as a first-level maintenance technician. The course will also introduce students to the Express Service training that the American Honda Program provides. Each student is assigned various vehicles and performs routine maintenance, inspection, and basic performance testing tasks that are commonly performed at automobile dealerships. In addition to gaining hands-on experience, successful students will build teamwork and cooperative skills, improve their time management practices, and develop sound workmanship values.

This course is part of the Automotive Basic Skills track emphasizing engine systems relevant to performance and driveability. Classroom theory, engine analyzers and test equipment will be utilized to diagnose modern automobile engine systems. Engine diagnostic strategies will be performed in the lab as they would be in industry. In addition to gaining hands-on experience, successful students will build teamwork and cooperative skills, improve their time management practices, and develop sound workmanship values.

This course will prepare students to diagnose and repair front and rear wheel drive automatic transmission systems. Topics include: stall and pressure testing, torque converters, planetary, CVT, and helical gear systems, overhaul practices, valve body repair, and on-car service techniques in both theory and practical application. Computerized powertrain diagnosis and repair will also be explored. Additional electronic transmission diagnosis and repair techniques are studied in Auto 174, Body Chassis Electronics. Both courses are recommended preparation for the ASE Automatic Transmission Exam.

This course will prepare students to diagnose and repair modern heating ventilation and air conditioning systems. Topics studied include systems inspection, diagnosis, and repair, leak testing, performance testing, mode control, refrigerant identification, recovery, flushing, evacuation, recharging, and safe handling procedures. Students will also learn to diagnose component malfunctions and using various refrigerant types. Auto 135 and 174 prepare students for the ASE Air Conditioning exam.

This course introduces students and entry level automotive technicians to the automotive electrical system. The course covers DC electrical theory, magnetism, Ohm's law, series and parallel circuits, passive components, and system dynamics. Students learn to calculate and measure voltage, resistance and current in theoretical and live circuits, build and test working models of typical automotive electrical systems using table top components and industry specific simulators, and practice diagnosis and repair procedures on a variety of vehicles. Students will also develop an understanding of modern electrical test equipment, such as DMMs, GDMMs, and DSO's, and industry standard troubleshooting and repair procedures. This course will prepare students for the ASE A6, Automotive Electrical Systems, certification examination.

This course will provide overview information about careers in Automotive Technology. Preparation for "on the job" experience will include presentations and discussions about professionalism, work ethics, diplomacy, consumerism, safety, hazardous wastes, tools and equipment, as well as employee, employer, and customer relations.

This is an advanced course that provides an in-depth study of the technology, maintenance, and repair of hybrid, plug-in, and all electric light duty passenger vehicles. Basic diagnostic, repair, and maintenance procedures of the unique systems associated with hybrid and electric vehicles will be discussed and practiced. Special tools and diagnostic equipment will be used during the laboratory exercises.

Students will learn how the Internet is used to access business resources. Additional business uses will be covered that include communicating with customers, vendors and business partners; accessing business news and financial information.

This course will introduce students to PHP and MySQL. This course will cover installation, configuration, and administration of PHP and MySQL. Students will use PHP for server-side processing of their dynamic web pages. Students will use SQL to build MySQL databases and tables, to access, insert, delete, and modify database content, and to administer user accounts. This course will use PHP to interact with MySQL database for simple Web-based applications.

This course assists students with career/major selection. Students will identify personal interests, abilities, goals, values, and lifestyle preferences. Students will examine career trends and opportunities, employment outlook and the nature of today's workplace. Students will learn about personal and professional planning as it relates to careers through job search techniques, resume writing, interviewing, career building and realistic decision making.

This course teaches the skills and knowledge necessary to create effective online learning environments using Canvas, a Course Management System (CMS). Students will explore examples of the Canvas content, learn to navigate the interface, add tools and content, and perform basic course management functions. This course also integrates the Course Design Rubric to train faculty how to not just build courses in the CMS, but how to build quality courses. Students will learn to customize their courses, focusing on course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, and learner support. By the end of the course they should have an in depth understanding of Canvas tools and be ready to begin using this CMS for their classes.

This course provides an overview of accessibility within online courses, focusing on the skills needed to make your course both technically accessible and usable to a broad range of students. The course covers how to use online tools, including your course management system (CMS), to create accessible resources, to retrofit existing resources, and to curate new resources. The focal point of the course is learning how to use editors (both in your CMS and in common software, such as Microsoft Word) to enhance accessibility.

Female participation and retention in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers is an international issue with critical social, economic and political implications. In this course, students will learn strategies for women and girls to overcome the societal and cultural barriers to STEM careers and focus on narrowing the gender gap in STEM. Students will do so by exploring emerging technologies and their potential impact in increasing women's access and success in STEM education and careers.

This course focuses on assisting students in developing strong grammar skills by emphasizing correct use of word forms, parts of speech, and basic sentence structure. It will help develop competence in sentence and paragraph skills.

This application-oriented course is for those interested in pursuing an engineering or engineering technology career. Problems and calculations encountered in technical areas such as manufacturing, computer aided systems, heating ventilation and air conditioning, engines and transmissions, structures, construction, laser and imaging technology, electrical and electronics are discussed and practiced through the use of appropriate basic math concepts. This course is intended to encourage and attract students into STEM fields by providing a basic training and understanding of how technical problems are solved using basic math concepts such as operations of fractions and decimals, percent, ratios and proportion, calculator usage, signed numbers, evaluating formulas, equation solving, geometry, the metric system, and measurement tools.

ESL 502 is a non-credit high-beginning level ESL course designed to improve students' listening, speaking, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary skills. Students will learn how to pronounce basic words correctly, engage in basic communication with others, understand/use basic grammar structures, and acquire/expand basic vocabulary.

This course is designed for students at the beginning level of English acquisition. The content includes the steps to become a citizen and the study of U.S. History and Government as they relate to the citizenship exam. This course provides instruction in reading and writing, sentence structure, and conversation skills in order to prepare for the U.S. Citizenship interview and test or transfer to the Advanced Citizenship class.

This course is for high beginning students and focuses on responding to personal questions, basic grammar structures and knowledge of U.S. history and government necessary to pass the citizenship test. Taking the citizenship test is not a requirement for the class.

This non-credit course is designed for students at an intermediate level of proficiency in English. The course will provide students the English language skills and knowledge needed to successfully search and apply for a variety of jobs in California as well as in the United States, using the latest technology and traditional methods. A combination of reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills will be practiced.

This non-credit ESL course is designed for non-native speakers at the middle intermediate level of English proficiency focusing on cultural exchange with native speakers. Students will acquire academic and idiomatic expressions as well as listening and speaking skills necessary for daily communication. Emphasis is also placed on students’ exposure to American culture and social interactions.

This interdisciplinary course is a combination of the humanities and social sciences. There is an emphasis on the learning of concepts and theories central to the study of Ethnic Studies. The class will also explore the culture concept. Included is an analysis of the interrelationship between the dominant group and various ethnic groups. This course will also serve as an introduction to the experiences and perspectives of selected racial/ethnic group relations in our society.

This course covers (1) the Asian backgrounds, migration, ethnic culture (particularly major religious beliefs, philosophical thoughts, value system, customs, and traditions), and American experiences APAs as a whole have in common; (2) unique aspects of each Asian American co-group, with more emphasis on the six largest groups: Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese Americans. Also of special importance are key concepts, theories, and perspectives pertinent to this study, as well as American experiences APAs share with other U.S. racial groups, especially African American and Latino Americans. This course is a combination of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

This course surveys the political, economic, cultural, social, and intellectual development of the United States. The course emphasizes the interactions among Europeans, Africans, and American Indians in North America beginning with European colonization, through the creation of the U.S. Republic, its expansion west, and the developments leading up to the Civil War and Reconstruction.

This course surveys the political, economic, cultural, social and intellectual development of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. The course emphasizes the U.S. expansion to the Pacific, its rise as a superpower through WW I and WW II, and the Cold War. Students will examine the role of major ethnic, gender and social groups in U.S. history. Along with History 017A, it meets the requirement in United States History, Constitution and state and local government. History 001 may not be combined with either History 017A or History 017B to meet the graduation requirement in United States History, Constitution and American Ideals.

This is an online course providing students with skills and competencies to use electronic information sources (the web, online catalogs, and databases) for course-related or personal research. Students will learn to define an information search, select the sources appropriate to their needs, use criteria for evaluating information sources, and document information sources using accepted formats. Student participation will be via email, discussions, and online chat.

This course is a practical approach to mathematics and data analysis. The course will examine how mathematics, fractions, decimals, percentages, algebraic functions, logarithmic calculations, order of operations, units of measurement, practical data analysis, probability, and statistical analysis are used in advanced manufacturing industries.

The course will introduce basic electrical theory from passive components through simple circuitry with an integrated test methods lab. The course will cover DC circuits and AC circuits, electrical theory, magnetism, Ohm's Law, series and parallel circuits, passive components, semiconductor devices, and basic circuitry. Students learn to calculate and measure voltage, resistance and current, build and test working models of typical electrical circuits using table top components and industry specific simulators, and practice troubleshoot diagnosis on a variety of circuits. Students will also develop an understanding of modern electrical test equipment, such as digital multimeter and oscilloscope, and industry standard troubleshooting and repair procedures. Field trips may be required.

Students are introduced to the philosophic history and disciplines of metaphysics and epistemology from Socrates to Wittgenstein. They will examine the ideas and methods of Western philosophy concerning knowledge, reality and values through the examination of primary texts. Topics include the sources and limits of knowledge and the nature of reality. Other topics that will be examined from a philosophical perspective include the nature of the self, truth, ethics, religion, science, language, beauty and art, and political theory.

This course covers the role and importance of the ideal of democracy and the evolution of the American and Californian political system. America's and California's political institutions (executive, legislative and judicial) and political processes (voting, lobbying, attitudes) are examined against the backdrop of America's and California's cultural diversity and political history. This course is a study of national, state and local government and politics with emphasis on the United States Constitution and the national and Californian governments. Note: Combined with HIST 1, meets US HIST & Constitution and State & Local Govt. requirements. Meets California Teachers Credential requirement.

This behavioral science course is a basic introduction to the scientific study of the psychological, biological and environmental influences on behavior. It is a survey of traditional and contemporary theories and attitudes about perception, consciousness, learning, memory, thinking, human development, intelligence emotions, motivation, personality, stress/adaptation, abnormal behavior/ treatment, and the social world. It is designed to give insight into oneself and others.

This course is an introduction to developmental psychology. Human development is traced from conception through death and dying. The biological, cognitive, psychological, social and cultural factors affecting development and the integration and interactions of these factors throughout the lifespan of human beings will be studied. The dynamic interrelationship of these factors to the uniqueness of, and differences between, individuals will also be considered. Development tasks and potential developmental crises in the contemporary multicultural society are identified for each age group.