This introductory course is designed for transfer students in business, information systems, and/or accounting. Topics include the accounting cycle, preparation and analysis of financial statements, internal control, depreciation, inventories, receivables, liabilities, stockholders' equity, ethical issues, and accounting as a decision-making tool.

This course introduces the student to an overview of the field of social and cultural anthropology. Topics include the development of the field of anthropology, the concept of culture, language and communication, subsistence patterns and economic systems. Other topics covered are sex and marriage, family, kinship and descent, political systems, belief systems, the expressive culture and the challenge of globalization.

Students are introduced to the fundamental elements and compositional principles of drawing. Lecture and studio practice will emphasize a variety of media, tools and techniques in studying the elements and principles of drawing, including line, shape, value, perspective, proportion, balance and unity.

This is an introductory course to the appreciation of the visual arts drawn from a wide variety of media, cultures and time periods. Students will learn to analyze art forms in regards to the elements and principles of art, and will be introduced to various technical procedures and materials, allowing students to make connections regarding these formal attributes and the work's content or meaning. The function and communication of visual arts within societal contexts will also be examined.

This course is an illustrated survey of Western Art History from the Prehistoric through the Gothic periods. Course content emphasizes painting, sculpture, and architecture from important centers of Western culture, and how art reflects historical, social, political, and religious attitudes of the time. Presentation of the material is through lecture with projected images. Comparative analysis of styles and artists with critical evaluation of aesthetics will be included. Topics include Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Romanesque, Byzantine, Medieval, and Gothic Art.

This course is an illustrated survey of Western Art History from the Renaissance through the present. Course content emphasizes painting, sculpture, and architecture from the most important centers of culture, and how art reflects historical, social, political, and religious attitudes of the time. Presentation of the material is through lecture with projected images. Comparative analysis of styles and artists with critical evaluation of aesthetics will be included. Topics include Early to High Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism and Post-Modernism.

This illustrated history of Modern Art will explore a wide range of artworks, including painting, sculpture, design, architecture, and photography, from the 19th and 20th centuries. Major schools of Western artistic expression to be explored include: Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Nabis, Symbolism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, Modernism, Social Realism, Abstract Expressionism, Op, Pop, New Realism, Surrealism, Futurism, Constructivism, and Feminism. Students will learn to evaluate art critically and will gain an understanding of how works of art serve to reflect the social, political, and philosophical ideas of the time. Field trips may be required.

This is an introductory science course for non-science majors covering topics of modern Astronomy. It highlights pivotal aspects in the history of Astronomy such as its distinction and further separation from Astrology. It lists the physical processes governing the origins of a star system and indicates the causes of the apparent motion of sky objects and cyclic sky events. The sources of periodical astronomical events such as phases of the moon, solar and lunar eclipses, meteor showers, and seasons are identified and related via the fundamental laws of physics. The astronomical tools of photometry and spectroscopy are introduced for their indispensable role in analysis towards the detection of planets around other stars, the investigation of dark matter and dark energy, and the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life. Additional topics include the origins of galaxies, large scale structure, and a full description of the Big Bang theory.

This course introduces students to biology using humans as the exemplary organism. It covers the scientific method, biological chemistry and molecules, cell structure, evolution and the biological relationship of humans to all organisms, common human pathogens, human organ systems, human genetics and biotechnology, and the effect of human interactions with the environment. The course is intended for non-science majors.

This is an introductory biology course for non-science majors. The course covers the general principles and basic concepts of biology including the characteristics and classification of living systems, cells, metabolism, development, health, reproduction, genetics, evolution and ecology. This course may be a prerequisite, but it is not designed to fulfill requirements of the biology or pre-professional majors.

This course discusses the importance of human heredity in our lives. Students will study the rapidly changing areas of human heredity including patterns of inheritance, specific genetic disorders, recombinant DNA and other genetic-based biotechnologies, the role of genetic counseling and genetic tests, reproductive therapies, and bioethics. This is a CSU/UC transferable general education life science course suitable for non-majors.

Students are introduced to the world of plants and their ecological importance to humans. Topics include the impact of plants on development of civilizations; the need for conservation; and the role of plants in the total environment. Class meetings may be held at alternative off campus sites.

Students are introduced to cellular physiology and metabolism. Students study the physiological processes of the human body systems including nervous, endocrine, muscular, urinary, respiratory, sensory, digestive, cardiovascular and reproductive. Other topics include disease and the loss of homeostasis in the body. This course is designed for college degrees in nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and certain science and preprofessional majors.

Students study laws and regulations affecting business decisions including legal concepts and cases in the areas of ethics, business torts, contracts, consumer and merchant sales, competition, environment, agency, employment and business organizations.

This course is an introduction to computer programming and the fundamentals of application development. The focus is on problem solving and program design, including analysis, data structures, programming logic, and fundamental design techniques for event-driven programs. Students will code their designs in a modern programming language and development platform. Debugging and testing will be treated as extensions of the coding task.

This course provides students with an understanding of basic principles of general and interpersonal communication. It enables them to develop better interpersonal effectiveness through discussion of both effective and ineffective communication techniques, emphasizing the practice of constructive interactive skills.

Students are taught the skills of speechmaking. Students focus on the following basic elements: rhetorical theory, researching, organizing and outlining a topic, analyzing an audience, effective use of language, ethics, effective presentation aids, critical listening, credibility, and physical delivery. Students will be required to attend speech activities outside of the classroom environment.

This course provides students with an understanding of how to support intelligent decision making by using reasoned discourse. This course will covers instruction in logical analysis of modern controversies, the formulation of propositions for argument, construction of arguments, and application through discussion and debate. This course emphasizes the importance of competent advocacy in a free society.

This course is an introduction to basic computer programming concepts using both the procedural and an object-oriented paradigm. It is intended for non-computer science majors, and for students interested in COMSC 075 who would like a more gradual entry into computing fundamentals. Topics include hands-on practice with software engineering tools, simple programs, variables, control structures, functions, input/output, and introduction to abstraction. Specifications, adherence to style guidelines, and the importance of testing to ensure that programs are usable, robust, and modifiable, will be addressed throughout the course.

This course is an introduction to computer science using an object-oriented programming language. Students will write computer programs that include control structures, iteration, methods and argument passing, and classes. Problem solving, documentation, programming style, and program design and development are addressed throughout the course.

This course covers data abstraction and structures as well as associated algorithms for linear lists, stacks, queues, trees, and other linked structures, arrays, strings, and hash tables. Software engineering techniques are applied to the design and development of large programming projects in an object-oriented environment. Searching and sorting algorithms are also covered.

This course covers the C programming language for students who already know how to program. It includes computation, input and output, flow of control, functions, arrays, strings, pointers, linked structures, use of dynamic storage, and implementation of abstract data types. The course concludes with coverage of object-oriented programming in C++.

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 surveys effective study skills and methods by contrasting ineffective study habits with techniques that maximize learning and memory. Emphasis is on promoting healthy changes in lifestyle that manage stress, improve health and overall well-being. Techniques to change behavior such as setting goals, managing time, increasing concentration, and controlling procrastination are practiced. Lecture topics include effective listening and note-taking skills, textbook reading, marking and vocabulary systems, memory strategies, and research paper methods using library resources. This course orientates students to transition to college course expectations and procedures. (Formerly GUIDE-095)

Students will explore dance from an aesthetic, historic, and cultural point of view. Students will examine the elements of dance including body, space, time, and dynamic qualities and develop a vocabulary with which to analyze and write critically about dance. Dance will be explored in many of its genres including social dance, jazz dance, ballet, modern, and dance from cultures around the globe from historical and contemporary perspectives. Attendance at a live dance performance may be required.

This course explains the forces affecting national economies such as variations in money and credit, income, output, productivity, employment, prices and inflation. ECON 010A examines monetary and fiscal theories, explains the role the government plays in the U.S. and other national economies as a result of monetary and fiscal policies and through the exercise of its regulatory powers. The course also provides an overview of how changes in inflation rates, interest rates, and the international value of the dollar reflect variations in the economy. This course provides an overview of the effects the government has upon businesses and households as a result of its taxation and spending policies.

Microeconomics focuses on economic behavior of individual economic units such as consumers, firms, and resource owners. It examines the market system as a means of solving the problems in the production and distribution of goods and services in a society. An analysis of the effectiveness of the price system in providing the society with an equitable distribution of goods, services and income is featured. It explores some of the more urgent micro-economic problems such as monopoly power of big business and big unions, government regulations and consumer protection, the energy crisis, taxes and welfare.

Students will learn how to effectively implement instructional technology into an educational environment. Students will explore how Internet and online learning technology, combined with pedagogy, computer applications, digital media and web technology tools, can be used for teaching and learning.

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.

English 001A is the first course in a transfer level sequence (English 001A, 001B) designed to equip students with the skills necessary for writing college level compositions. The course emphasizes expository writing, critical reading, and research techniques. Students are required to produce a series of academic essays including a documented research paper in conventional format. Analysis of readings and the practice of writing processes create the bases for student essays. All English 001A students will take a Department Final which will be holistically scored by at least two faculty members and will represent 20% of their course grade.

English 001B, a second semester college composition course, emphasizes expository and argumentative writing directed toward an analysis of ideas and concepts from a wide variety of literature; English 001B includes discussion of fiction, drama, poetry, the essay, and other expository prose-- stressing critical reading in these genres. All English 001B students will take a Department Final which will be holistically scored by at least two faculty members and will represent 20% of their course grade.

This course presents the elements of critical reasoning and logic. Students will learn to identify the basic structures of arguments and the ways people use language to fortify or to falsify arguments. Students will analyze and demonstrate these techniques by writing and critiquing essays and using research strategies. This course is specifically designed to meet the IGETC critical thinking requirement.

This is an interdisciplinary course in which students examine the interaction between human societies and the environment. Students will study important physical and biological properties necessary for life on Earth. They will explore major issues that are bound to affect the future of humans on our planet including population growth, resource exploitation, pollution, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity. Students will also consider environmental policies and the prospects for a sustainable future. Field trips may be required. ENVIR-010 meets general education requirements for science with a lab and can be counted as either a life science or as a physical science course.

The content of this lab will facilitate skills development for the ESL 312 course. It is designed to supplement classroom instruction by providing students the opportunity to work on an individualized basis with software and web-based materials previously assigned by the ESL instructor, to attend workshops on grammar and composition, and to receive individual critique by an ESL instructor on assignments written for ESL 312.

This course is designed for non-native speakers at a high-intermediate level of English proficiency. Course content prepares students to read and respond to college-level texts, demonstrating literal and critical comprehension, and to expand vocabulary for academic purposes. Concurrent enrollment in ESL 312, ESL 314, and ESL 310L is recommended.

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 will examine contemporary and classic cinema, focusing primarily on US ethnic films from African- American, Native American, Latino, Asian-Pacific Islander, and Middle Eastern American cultures, as a tool to explore universal human themes as well as ethnic/cultural stereotypes.

This is a survey course designed to study the development of Mexican and Chicana/o culture in Mexico, the Southwest U.S. and beyond. Emphasis will be placed on the cultural history as well as the socio-psychological aspects in the study of people of Mexican origin. Specific areas of interest in the course include theory and analysis of the concept of culture and its application to the Mexican and Chicano communities. Other areas of interest include the Pre-Columbian period, the religions and philosophies, art, language, music, folklore, and lifestyles of the Chicana/o.

This course provides students with a basic theoretical background to study the ancestral origin of Vietnamese Americans, their migration to the U.S., and assimilation into U.S. culture and society. It follows the evolution of their cultural roots into their ethnic heritage, focusing on their religious and philosophical thoughts, customs, and value system. The course traces the emergence of their minority status, identity, and sense of community, and explores their current status and prospects of ethno-social mobility through education, employment, business, entrepreneurship, and politics. This course reflects the Humanities and Social Science areas.

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.

This introductory course examines the major physical, social and emotional, and cognitive/language developmental milestones for children, both typical and atypical, from conception through adolescence. There will be an emphasis on interactions between maturational processes and environmental factors. While studying developmental theory and investigative research methodologies, students will observe children, evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages.

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.

Students develop badminton skills and tactics for the beginner. They will also develop and improve shots and tactics in competitive play in both singles and doubles matches.

This course is designed to introduce the basic skills, techniques and rules of basketball. This is an excellent class for the student who took basketball in junior high/high school, but has not played the game for several years.

Students learn intermediate basketball skills such as passing, shooting different shots, and dribbling. Team play includes some introduction to 2-3 zone defense and person to person defense, and strategies of team play. Students will also learn team unity and respect.

Students will learn necessary skills and strategies for performing in basketball tournaments or club play. Tournament preparation for playing extended matches, maintaining readiness between games, team and tournament scoring, effective team communication, and strategies will be covered.

This course introduces students to emergency first aid procedures, CPR, and AED. The course is designed to prepare students to make appropriate decisions regarding first aid care and how to provide care for injuries or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives. Upon completion of this course, students will be eligible to take the exam for certification in First Aid, CPR, and AED.

This course will explore the broad spectrum of Kinesiology and Physical Education as an academic discipline and the required preparation and training for occupations involved with human movement, education, biomechanics, philosophy, allied health, fitness, recreation, coaching, and wellness. This course is an in-depth overview of current issues in Kinesiology and Physical Education.

This course is designed for individuals having very little or no tennis playing experience. The course includes an introduction to basic ground strokes, serves and volleys, playing rules and beginning level tactics. Students will participate in modified games appropriate to development as well as formal singles and doubles matches.

Students will learn rules, etiquette and basic skills regarding Table Tennis. Serve, forehand, backhand and loops will be introduced. Body position and readiness necessary to develop faster play will be practiced. Students will develop game playing skills during class practice with singles and doubles.

Table tennis skills, tactics and footwork for the advanced player. Mental training for shot anticipation, recovery positioning and return hitting zone is introduced. Service variety and tactics against attackers and defenders, loop shots against the push and block, counter-loops, counter-spin shots, and flick shots will be taught. Students perform regularly in competitive singles and doubles matches.

This entry level course will introduce techniques for improving cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility and weight management through the activity of walking and jogging. The class is designed for individuals having little or no previous experience in walking or jogging programs. Principles for improved health practices and healthy weight management will be covered. Throughout the class students will progress to more challenging routes as physical fitness improves.

This course provides information on preparation, training principles and suggested programs to follow for jogging for fitness. It also includes techniques to improve and progress to a higher level of aerobic capacity, as well as focus on the benefits of strength and flexibility programs related to jogging.

This course is designed to build upon and improve basic jogging skills, further improve cardiovascular endurance, build stamina important in performing everyday activities, and improve overall health.

This is a physical activity course designed to teach students how to use progressive weight resistance exercises to develop muscular strength and endurance while using both free weights and weight machines.

This is a physical activity course designed for students having some previous experience in weight training basics. Students will learn to utilize progressive training techniques including super-sets, pyramids, negatives and giant sets in their regular workouts. Personalized exercise routines will be established targeting specific training outcomes including adding muscle mass and/or decreasing body fat.

This course is an athletic-based cardio and strength circuit workout. The class will utilize resistance machines, as well as individual strength training and exercises for a complete body workout.

This course is designed to teach fitness walking. The student will learn fitness walking techniques, fitness walking exercise principles, and different fitness walking training programs. Students will participate in fitness walking throughout the semester and learn fitness walking measurement and evaluation techniques. This class is intended for walkers of any age, fitness level, and skill level.

Students participate in a variety of water-based activities aimed at improving teaching and leadership skills in outdoor adventure activities including kayaking, canoeing, paddle-board, and/or rafting. Most of the class time is spent developing outdoor adventure recreational leadership skills in a wilderness environment.

This course is designed to prepare students for the level of algebra required in calculus. Topics will include basic algebraic concepts, complex numbers, equations and inequalities, graphs of functions, system of equations and inequalities, linear and quadratic functions, polynomial functions of higher degree, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, matrices and determinants. Students may not receive credit for both Math 021 and Math 025.

This course is an intensive combined course in college algebra and trigonometry designed primarily as preparation for calculus. Students will study basic algebraic concepts, complex numbers, equations and inequalities, graphs of functions, system of equations and inequalities, linear and quadratic functions, polynomial functions of higher degree, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions, inverse functions, basic identities, vectors, polar coordinates, analytic geometry, and mathematical induction. Students may take both MATH 021 and MATH 022 or take only MATH 025.

This course is an introduction to the study of statistics. Students will learn methods of collecting data, displaying data, descriptive statistics with emphasis on understanding variation, empirical probability, probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and sample size, hypothesis testing, testing the difference between two independent population parameters, matched pairs analysis, one-way analysis of variance, chi-square tests, correlation and simple linear regression.

This course provides the opportunity for students with no previous musical experience, to develop an appreciation of the music of western cultures through the development of aural listening skills. The course focuses on the relationships between composers and the times in which they lived. Included in each unit of study is a discussion of the influence of government, philosophy, art, religion, and musical composition. Attendance at a live performance is required.

This course represents the basics of music theory at the fundamental level. It also incorporates the following concepts: staff notation in treble and bass clefs, rhythm and meter; basic properties of sound; intervals; diatonic scales and triads; and diatonic chords. Development of skills in handwritten notation is expected.

This course will provide a foundation of essential concepts of disease processes for students to examine and apply in their allied health field. The three areas of focus will include fundamental concepts and processes in pathophysiology, the relationship of developmental stages to pathophysiology, and specific disorders organized by body systems.

This course is a study of the interaction between drugs and living systems and their connection to the nursing practice. The major pharmacological classifications will be presented and integrated with the concepts of physiological and psychological principles. Nursing responsibilities relative to the administration of specific medications will be emphasized including safety, comfort, communication, teaching, health promotion, restorative/rehabilitative measures and cultural diversity.

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 is an introductory course in informal fallacies and critical reasoning. The course will focus on the critical thinking strategies and skills, the elements of an argument, distinctions between deductive and inductive logic, and comparing the strength of arguments. Students will study causal relations and scientific, statistical, moral, and legal reasoning. The course will present techniques for analyzing arguments used in political rhetoric, advertisements, editorials, scientific claims, social media and social commentary. There is a strong emphasis on the written expression and the application of critical thinking in a series of presentations, compositions, or a term paper.

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 the experimental and correlational methods used in psychological research. Students will learn to research the literature, design and perform experimental and non-experimental research, and write reports on the research findings. Students will perform statistical analyses on data collected from research conducted during lab sessions

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.

This course is designed to offer scientific information on human sexual functioning. It will include current research findings related to sexual behavior, social learning of sexual roles, anatomy and physiology of sexual response, social-cultural influence pertaining to sexual behavior, sexual adjustment and maladjustment. The course will also include topics covering sexual orientations and legal and political aspects of sexual behavior.

This course is a survey of the principles and basic concepts of sociology. It includes the analysis of American culture, social organization, group behavior, social stratification, racial and ethnic groups, and the dynamics of social change and other social processes.

Students will acquire vocabulary and grammar knowledge, in this first of two courses, to achieve novice-low to novice-mid proficiency moving towards the intermediate level in Spanish language skills including understanding, speaking, reading and writing Spanish. Students will develop an awareness of cultures of Latin America and Spain. This course is not recommended for native speakers of Spanish. This course corresponds to two years of high school study.

This is the second of two courses designed to achieve novice-mid to novice-high proficiency, to develop the basic abilities of understanding, speaking, reading and writing Spanish. Students will continue to develop an awareness of literature and cultures of Latin America and Spain.