ASL/English Interpreting - Major #5507

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This survey of classic and contemporary African-American literature aims to promote understanding and appreciation of the complex African-American experience through the development of close reading, analysis, and well-organized writing skills. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. It is designed for students who have no knowledge of Armenian. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Exploration of the history of Imperial China, the major religions/philosophies, and the culture of the Chinese. Cultural topics will include written language, martial arts, games, art, and mythology. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is a beginning course which introduces American Sign Language (ASL) as used by Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind people in the United States and parts of Canada. The focus is on the basic vocabulary, grammar, and culture of the Deaf community. Students will become familiar with the literary and artistic contributions of this culture. It is designed for students with no knowledge of American Sign Language. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This is a High-Beginning American Sign Language course which expands on the foundation of skills and knowledge learned in ASL 1 and builds on conversational expressive and receptive practices. It provides in-depth information on the culture of the Deaf community and the literary and artistic contribution of its members. (A, CSU, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is an intermediate course designed to help students develop an understanding of conversational American Sign Language above the beginning and high-beginning levels. It provides students with suggestions for beginning the translation process, along with improvements in speed and fluency. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is a fourth semester American Sign Language course in which a formal method of thinking, organizing, receiving, and sending non-verbal messages in American Sign Language is taught. The cultural context of the Deaf community for which American Sign Language serves as the primary language. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to an in-depth study of Deaf culture and the deaf community that will address the cultural values, language, identity, rules of interaction, and traditions. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to historical events that have impacted the Deaf community. Students will explore the evolution of Deaf education and American Sign Language while also comparing pathological and cultural views of Deaf people. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Students will study American Sign Language literature that has been passed down from one generation to the next by people of Deaf culture. Students will be exposed to Visual Vernacular, ABC stories, satire, and folklore where the values, morals, and life experiences of Deaf people are portrayed. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. It is designed for students who have no knowledge of Chinese. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of Chicano-Latino classic and popular literature. Reading and critical analysis of novels, short stories, poetry, and plays. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction of written works from major genres to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of the Bible, Old and New Testaments, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of folklore in literature, film, and the visual arts from around the world to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to the craft of poetry through the study and analysis of the works of established and peer writers. Students will practice writing in various genres and will be introduced to the workshop method. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to the craft of fiction through the study and analysis of the works of established and peer writers. Students will practice writing in various fiction genres and will be introduced to the workshop method. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This survey of classic and contemporary African-American literature aims to promote understanding and appreciation of the complex African-American experience through the development of close reading, analysis, and well-organized writing skills. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of literature by women in fiction, drama, poetry, biography, and essay. Covers multicultural and international literature from classical to contemporary periods, in addition to feminist and gender theory, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of written works for themes, authors, or genres through close readings, contextual approaches, interpretations, critical evaluations, to promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. The topic of the course will vary with the instructor, for example, “Rites of Passage in the American Consciousness,” “The Detective as Hero”; Emily Dickinson, Carlos Fuentes; Popular Literature, Science Fiction, etc. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to basic mythic themes in literature, film, and the visual arts and their ultimate form and continued presence in the arts. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, from antiquity to the early to mid-seventeenth century. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, from the mid-seventeenth century period to 1950. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, since 1950. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of British and Irish fiction, poetry, and drama from the earliest writings through 1800 to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of British and Irish fiction, poetry, and drama from the Romantic, Victorian, and Contemporary periods to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An introduction to the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of short stories, novels, poetry, essays, and plays from American writers through 1865 in order to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of short stories, novels, poetry, essays, and plays from American writers from 1865 to the present in order to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces the close analysis of film and television texts. Examines the broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture. Explores the diverse possibilities presented by the cinematic art form through an examination of a wide variety of productions, national cinemas, and film movements. Topics include modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology and critical analysis. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers a survey of international film history from the invention of cinema in the 1890s to 1960, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shaped this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers a survey of international film history from 1960 to the present, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shape this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course focuses on the relationship between moving images and culture, including the images of race, ethnicity, class, and gender in film; the ways in which ideologies are conveyed through popular movies, and the technological, industrial, and aesthetic factors affecting screen content. Lectures, discussions, and readings are supplemented by screenings of representative films. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is designed for students who have no knowledge of French. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course teaches culture and facilitates language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will continue to interact with authentic language in context. Content is expanded beyond “survival” needs of the immediate environment in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary, but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course will be taught in French. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is designed for students who have no knowledge of German. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual developments of European civilization from its prehistoric antecedents in the Middle East to the rise of modern European nations in the seventeenth century. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Social, economic, political, military, and cultural history of European civilizations, and their relationship with the world, from the 17th century to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. It is designed for students who have no knowledge of Hmong. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An integrated study of the art, music, literature, philosophy, and drama of human civilization from the Greeks through the Renaissance. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An integrated study of the art, music, literature, philosophy, and drama of human civilization from the seventeenth century to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to basic mythic themes in literature, film, and the visual arts and their ultimate form and continued presence in the arts. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is designed for students who have no knowledge of Japanese. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Examination of the nature of language, its historical development, its structural elements, and the stages of language acquisition. Emphasis on systematic linguistic description of language knowledge and usage. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

This course explores some of the deepest questions about human life. What does it mean to be human? How can God coexist with evil? What is the evidence for God’s existence anyway? Do we have free will or are our thoughts and actions determined by forces outside our control? What is your mind? Is it nothing more than activity in your brain, or is your mind a soul? What is a soul, and are there good reasons to think souls are real? What is knowledge, why is it valuable, and how can you tell when you have it? Can we know anything with certainty, and does that matter? This class will provide an opportunity to explore these and similar questions, in conversation with texts from some of the greatest minds in human history. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores some of the deepest questions about human life. What does it mean to be human? How can God coexist with evil? What is the evidence for God’s existence anyway? Do we have free will or are our thoughts and actions determined by forces outside our control? What is your mind? Is it nothing more than activity in your brain, or is your mind a soul? What is a soul, and are there good reasons to think souls are real? What is knowledge, why is it valuable, and how can you tell when you have it? Can we know anything with certainty, and does that matter? This class will provide an opportunity to explore these and similar questions, in conversation with texts from some of the greatest minds in human history. Honors sections may also focus on an historical overview, or a more in-depth study of a significant branch of philosophy, e.g., philosophy of race, gender, or global issues. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Western political theory is grounded in philosophy. This class introduces Western political theory as it was first formulated by ancient philosophers like Plato and Aristotle; as it was expanded by philosophers such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Mill; as it was modernized by philosophers like Rawls and Nozick; and as it has been criticized by philosophers such as Charles Mills, Gloria Anzaldua, and other contemporary theorists. The class engages in examination of theoretical approaches to politics, of fundamental problems that arise in political contexts, and of proposed solutions to those problems. Students will analyze the relevance of political theory to contemporary political problems. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the concepts of morality and values, representative ethical theories, and their applications to contemporary moral problems. Ethical theories covered may include the good life, moral relativism, deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and feminist and social justice approaches to ethics. Contemporary moral problems may include abortion, environmental ethics, racial and gender justice, euthanasia/assisted suicide, etc. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the concepts of morality and values, representative ethical theories, and their applications to contemporary moral problems. Ethical theories covered may include the good life, moral relativism, deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and feminist and social justice approaches to ethics. Contemporary moral problems may include abortion, environmental ethics, racial and gender justice, euthanasia/assisted suicide, etc. Honors sections may also involve a more in-depth study of a significant area of ethics or moral philosophy, and will require additional writing. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to ancient philosophy with an emphasis on Greek thought from the Pre-Socratic philosophers to Aristotle. Students will examine early explanations about the origins of the universe, the nature of the universe, as well as early theories about knowledge and human nature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines 16th through 18th century philosophy, with an emphasis on broad epistemological and/or metaphysical developments of empiricism and rationalism in philosophical thought from Descartes to Kant and may include approximate precursors and successors. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Examination of various theoretical approaches to politics and of basic political problems and proposed solutions. Analysis of selected political theories and of the relevance of theory to contemporary problems. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is designed for students who have no knowledge of Portuguese. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This introductory course teaches beginning language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is not recommended for students who understand and/or speak Spanish at home. This course is not open to students qualified for or with credit in Spanish 2NS, 3NS, or 4NS. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is not recommended for students who understand and/or speak Spanish at home. This course is not open to students qualified for or with credit in Spanish 3NS or 4NS. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is designed for the student with a basic life experience using the Spanish language. This course focuses on the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and culture in Spanish. It is not open to students with credit in Spanish 2. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course teaches culture and facilitates language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will continue to interact with authentic language in context. Content is expanded beyond “survival” needs of the immediate environment in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary, but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course will be taught in Spanish. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is designed for heritage speakers of Spanish or other linguistically qualified students. It provides instruction that builds upon the existing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and the cultural heritage and knowledge of these students. The course will increase awareness of linguistic registers, discuss items beyond the familiar routine and develop an appreciation for Hispanic cultures as manifested in Spanish-speaking countries and in the United States. This course will be conducted entirely in Spanish. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to expand upon culture and facilitate language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will interact with more sophisticated authentic language in context. Content continues to expand in order to express more complex ideas in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will continue to demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course will be taught in Spanish. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course reviews a selection of Hispanic short stories, culture, and civilization. It continues with the development of Spanish-language skills in reading, writing, and speaking. Students will read and discuss articles and short stories, view and discuss films, and will present oral and written reports. This course places emphasis on the U.S., Mexico, and Spain. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course reviews a selection of Hispanic short stories, culture, and civilization. It continues with the development of Spanish-language skills in reading, writing, and speaking. Students will read and discuss articles and short stories, view and discuss films, and will present oral and written reports. This course places emphasis on Latin America. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers in-depth development of Spanish written grammar. It is designed for advanced students of Spanish who want to improve their writing skills. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces business and culture from the Spanish-speaking world. It provides students with vocabulary and discourse skills necessary to function effectively in a Spanish-speaking commercial environment. This course will develop the student’s geographic literacy and cultural understanding of Latin America and it will include translation and interpretation activities, cross-cultural communication skills, and case study analysis. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces metrics, rhyme, and rhythm in Spanish poetry. It covers a selection of poems written from Medieval Spain to contemporary Spain and Latin America. Students will analyze poems through close readings of the texts and in connection to their respective historical and cultural contexts. The focus will be on techniques of reading, methods of analysis and the particularities of the poems read. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of the theatre history and dramatic literature of Western culture from 19th century to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of literature by women in fiction, drama, poetry, biography, and essay. Covers multicultural and international literature from classical to contemporary periods, in addition to feminist and gender theory, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Critical reading of diverse voices is a major component of this course. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Major components include critical reading of diverse voices and writing strategies. Honors sections may include more extensive research with a focus on academic journals, as well as critical thinking that includes in-depth analysis and synthesis of ideas. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Emphasis is placed on the organization and criticism of public discourse. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Particular emphasis is placed on the organization and criticism of public discourse. As an Honor's section, this course employs enhanced methods such as the use of research, advocacy and debate, in addition to exploring prominent speakers and the analysis of famous speeches. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Elements of discrete mathematics which have applications to computer science. Topics include sets, propositional and predicate logic, relations and functions, mathematical induction, graphs, and trees. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

In this course students will learn the following mathematical concepts: applications of linear; exponential and logarithmic functions; solving systems of linear equations using matrix operations and inverses; solving linear programming techniques using graphing methods and simplex methods; applying interest theory concepts to solve mathematical finance problems; calculate probability; determine the number of values within sets using Venn Diagrams and counting principles; use graphs and properties to determine limits, rates of change, and derivatives of a function. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is a college level course in algebra for majors in business, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Students will study polynomial, rational, radical, exponential, absolute value, and logarithmic functions; systems of equations; theory of polynomial equations; analytic geometry; and sequences/series. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is a college level course in algebra for majors in business, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Students will study polynomial, rational, radical, exponential, absolute value, and logarithmic functions; systems of equations; theory of polynomial equations; analytic geometry; and sequences/series. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course covers advanced algebra and trigonometric topics including; equations and inequalities; polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions; graphing; analytic geometry; and conic sections; vectors; matrices; systems of equations, the binomial theorem, sequences, and series. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to differential and integral calculus. This includes analytical geometry, differentiation and integration of functions, limits, continuity, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, and applications of differentiation. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is a second course in single variable differential and integral calculus that covers advanced applications and techniques of integration, differential equations, and sequences and series. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course includes solid analytical geometry; partial differentiation; integral calculus of multivariable functions; two and three dimensional vectors; vector valued functions; topics in vector calculus including Green’s, Divergence, and Stokes’ Theorems. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
In this course students will develop quantitative reasoning through an in-depth study of topics including real number systems and subsystems. The emphasis is on comprehension and analysis of mathematical concepts and applications of logical reasoning. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course includes topics of probability, statistics, geometry, measurement, motion geometry, and tessellations. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is an introductory course in ordinary differential equations and linear algebra. Topics for this course include first-order ordinary differential equations, including separable, linear, homogeneous of degree zero, Bernoulli and exact with applications and numerical methods. Students will also study solutions to higher order differential equations using undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, power series, with applications; solutions to linear and non-linear systems of differential equations, including numerical solutions; matrix algebra, solutions of linear systems of equations, and determinants; vector spaces, linear independence, basis and dimension, subspace and inner product space, including the Gram-Schmidt procedure; as well as linear transformations, kernel and range, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and symmetric matrices. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course includes applications of linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions; matrix operations; and inverse matrices; linear programming techniques, mathematics of finance, probability, and counting theory; as well as limits, rates of change, and derivatives. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This class covers topics including matrices and linear transformations; vector spaces; determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors. This course is not intended for students who have taken Math 17. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course includes the following topics: descriptive statistics, sampling, hypothesis testing, estimation, selected non-parametric techniques, ANOVA, and regression, with applications from psychology, biology, and social sciences. This course is designed for psychology majors and UC transfers. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course includes the following topics: descriptive statistics, sampling, hypothesis testing, estimation, selected non-parametric techniques, ANOVA, and regression, with applications from psychology, biology, and social sciences. This course is designed for psychology majors and UC transfers. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to statistical thinking and processes, including methods and concepts for discovery and decision-making using data. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-squared, and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Students apply methods and processes to applications using data from a broad range of disciplines. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to statistical thinking and processes, including methods and concepts for discovery and decision-making using data. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-squared, and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Students apply methods and processes to applications using data from a broad range of disciplines. This is an honors course. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course provides a survey of African American Art from Pre Colonial Africa through the 21st century that includes an introduction to Nile Valley Civilizations, West African societies of the 15th and 16th centuries prior to European Colonial Expansion, an examination of the transition into the era of African enslavement in Colonial America, explore African American cultural development during Reconstruction, analyze African American political movements in response to social injustice and evaluate the assimilation of African American culture into mainstream American culture during the 20th century, and evaluate the African American community of the 21st Century. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course will focus on the unique and creative contributions of African American Women in the latter half of the 20th century and into the 21st century. The historical evaluation of the role of women creatives will include an introduction to the general spiritual principles from traditional African perspectives; specifically, Ancient Kemet (Egypt), Yoruba, and South African societies prior to European Colonial Expansion, and will examine the various ways African American Women have been ongoing facilitators in the areas of writing, performance, music, and the visual arts through immersive art lab work on projects. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course will assess the importance and influence of the history and development of the music of African Americans from the colonial era through the 21st century. Through the analysis of the music traditions of West Africa, and the relationship that music has to African traditions and ceremony; this course will evaluate the sustained African roots through the development of African American culture. This course will include in depth examination of innovations in African American music, such as Gospel, Soul and Hip Hop, as well as contributions to the music industry as a whole, and the influence that music has had in socio-economic and political institutions of the United States and internationally. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An interdisciplinary approach examining American Indian cultures and art traditions of North America. Introducing pre-contact and early-contact-era traditions, spiritual practices, and the evolution of American Indian art forms in contemporary times. Exploring the concepts, designs, and techniques of Indigenous art of the Americas. Emphasis on North American Indian tribes and the impact of settler-colonial policy on the traditional Indigenous relationship to place. The art studied will begin from ancient Indigenous civilizations to contemporary art movements. This course also examines socio-political critiques expressed in post-modern Native American art that are responding to topics concerning Social Justice, Eurocentrism, Cultural Appropriation, and Primitivism. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course will focus on the history of architecture from prehistory to the Middle Ages including Europe, Asia, Africa, and Pre-Columbian America. Also included is the relationship between social, cultural, religious, and physical conditions that influenced the built environment. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course covers history of architecture from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Included is the relationship between social, cultural, religious, and physical conditions that influenced the built environment. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the visual arts and human creativity across history and diverse global cultures. Topics include the media of art, techniques, design principles, subject matter, style and theories of art within a historical context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Art 5 is a survey of Western art and visual culture from prehistory to the Gothic era. Historical eras and cultures studied include Paleolithic, Neolithic, ancient Near East, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Islamic, Byzantine, Romanesque and Medieval Europe. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Art 5H is a survey of Western art and visual culture from pre-history to the Gothic era. Historical and cultural eras include the Paleolithic, Neolithic, ancient Near East, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, early Islamic and Medieval Europe. The Honors section includes research and writing assignments using primary and secondary source material in addition to oral presentations. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Art 6 course covers the development of major historical styles in European and American art and architecture from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Historical styles include the Italian and Northern Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and avant-garde movements of the 20th century. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Art 6H is an introductory survey of European and American art and architecture from the Renaissance to the 20th century covering the major historical styles. The Honors section will include research and writing assignments using primary and secondary source material and oral presentations. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Art 50 is an introduction to the visual arts and artistic traditions of Africa, Oceania and Indigenous North America. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Art 55 is an introduction to the visual arts and artistic traditions of Asia including the Indian subcontinent, China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the art and architecture of the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico & Central America) and Andean South America prior to European contact. Students will learn about the visual culture of civilizations such as the Olmec, Maya, Toltecs, Aztecs, Paracas, Nazca, Moche, & Inca. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Art 70 is a global survey of modern and contemporary art from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Topics and historical styles covered include Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Modernism, Abstract Expressionism and Post-Modern globalism. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
ASAMER 55 is an introduction to the visual arts and artistic traditions of Asia including the Indian subcontinent, China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Analysis of Mexican, Chicano, and Latino art from the historical to the contemporary. The course explores contemporary art forms and their ancestral cultural base, and includes a survey of Mexican, Chicano, and Latino artistic expressions. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the art and architecture of the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico & Central America) and Andean South America prior to European contact. Students will learn about the visual culture of civilizations such as the Olmec, Maya, Toltecs, Aztecs, Paracas, Nazca, Moche, & Inca. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a survey of dance as a historical form of cultural and theatrical expression. Emphasis on the growth of ballet, modern and jazz dance from their origins to the current trends in the United States will be studied. Dance 30 does not meet the Physical Education requirement. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course provides a clear context for appreciating the fundamental components of film as art and as social expression. It Investigates the origins, evolution, and transformations of various film genres such as film noir, the Western, science-fiction, the musical, horror, war, or the crime film. The course covers the formal and thematic conventions of each genre and the genre as a reflection of the social environments that produced them. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Fundamental theory of music: pitch, rhythm, meters, scales, keys, key signatures, intervals, rhythm, and scale dictation. Designed for the general student, the music major with limited music theory experience, the commercial music student, and the classroom teacher. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Middle Ages through the 21st century. Concert attendance required. Designed for the general student. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Music of western civilization from ancient to the present; emphasis on listening. Designed for the music major and the general student with a music background. Outside listening and concert attendance required. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An exploration of global cultures through music. Students discover the characteristics and social contexts of indigenous, historical, and popular music from cultures including African, American Indian, Central Asian, Latin American, Pacific Island, and South Asian/Indian. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Vocal and instrumental jazz music from the 1890’s through the present. Concert attendance required. Designed for the general student and commercial music student. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the music of the most important rock artists and groups from the 1950s through the present. The sociological, economic and cultural factors that shaped rock music, as well as the music’s influence on popular culture, will also be covered. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course surveys the art of theatre. Students will learn about the process of creating theatre through study of the production process and the many artists who participate in the creation of theatre. Through videos and attendance at live theatre, students will also learn the various forms of theatre, such as tragedy and comedy and various modes of presentation, both presentational and representational. Students will also be introduced to theatre's historical roots and its diversity as expressed in various cultures throughout the globe. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of the Theatre history and dramatic literature of Western culture from Ancient Greeks through 18th Century. The history and development of theatre and drama are studied in relationship to cultural, political, and social conditions of the time. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of the theatre history and dramatic literature of Western culture from 19th century to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This survey of classic and contemporary African-American literature aims to promote understanding and appreciation of the complex African-American experience through the development of close reading, analysis, and well-organized writing skills. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Exploration of the history of Imperial China, the major religions/philosophies, and the culture of the Chinese. Cultural topics will include written language, martial arts, games, art, and mythology. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is a High-Beginning American Sign Language course which expands on the foundation of skills and knowledge learned in ASL 1 and builds on conversational expressive and receptive practices. It provides in-depth information on the culture of the Deaf community and the literary and artistic contribution of its members. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is an intermediate course designed to help students develop an understanding of conversational American Sign Language above the beginning and high-beginning levels. It provides students with suggestions for beginning the translation process, along with improvements in speed and fluency. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This is a fourth semester American Sign Language course in which a formal method of thinking, organizing, receiving, and sending non-verbal messages in American Sign Language is taught. The cultural context of the Deaf community for which American Sign Language serves as the primary language. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to an in-depth study of Deaf culture and the deaf community that will address the cultural values, language, identity, rules of interaction, and traditions. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to historical events that have impacted the Deaf community. Students will explore the evolution of Deaf education and American Sign Language while also comparing pathological and cultural views of Deaf people. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Students will study American Sign Language literature that has been passed down from one generation to the next by people of Deaf culture. Students will be exposed to Visual Vernacular, ABC stories, satire, and folklore where the values, morals, and life experiences of Deaf people are portrayed. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of Chicano-Latino classic and popular literature. Reading and critical analysis of novels, short stories, poetry, and plays. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction of written works from major genres to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of the Bible, Old and New Testaments, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of folklore in literature, film, and the visual arts from around the world to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This survey of classic and contemporary African-American literature aims to promote understanding and appreciation of the complex African-American experience through the development of close reading, analysis, and well-organized writing skills. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of literature by women in fiction, drama, poetry, biography, and essay. Covers multicultural and international literature from classical to contemporary periods, in addition to feminist and gender theory, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of written works for themes, authors, or genres through close readings, contextual approaches, interpretations, critical evaluations, to promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. The topic of the course will vary with the instructor, for example, “Rites of Passage in the American Consciousness,” “The Detective as Hero”; Emily Dickinson, Carlos Fuentes; Popular Literature, Science Fiction, etc. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to basic mythic themes in literature, film, and the visual arts and their ultimate form and continued presence in the arts. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, from antiquity to the early to mid-seventeenth century. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, from the mid-seventeenth century period to 1950. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a comparative study of selected works, in translation and in English, of literature from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, since 1950. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of British and Irish fiction, poetry, and drama from the earliest writings through 1800 to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of British and Irish fiction, poetry, and drama from the Romantic, Victorian, and Contemporary periods to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An introduction to the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of short stories, novels, poetry, essays, and plays from American writers through 1865 in order to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of short stories, novels, poetry, essays, and plays from American writers from 1865 to the present in order to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers a survey of international film history from the invention of cinema in the 1890s to 1960, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shaped this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers a survey of international film history from 1960 to the present, including the development of narrative, documentary, and avant-garde film of the period; the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that shape this medium; and its impact on diverse societies and cultural values. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course focuses on the relationship between moving images and culture, including the images of race, ethnicity, class, and gender in film; the ways in which ideologies are conveyed through popular movies, and the technological, industrial, and aesthetic factors affecting screen content. Lectures, discussions, and readings are supplemented by screenings of representative films. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course teaches culture and facilitates language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will continue to interact with authentic language in context. Content is expanded beyond “survival” needs of the immediate environment in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary, but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course will be taught in French. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual developments of European civilization from its prehistoric antecedents in the Middle East to the rise of modern European nations in the seventeenth century. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Social, economic, political, military, and cultural history of European civilizations, and their relationship with the world, from the 17th century to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An integrated study of the art, music, literature, philosophy, and drama of human civilization from the Greeks through the Renaissance. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An integrated study of the art, music, literature, philosophy, and drama of human civilization from the seventeenth century to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to basic mythic themes in literature, film, and the visual arts and their ultimate form and continued presence in the arts. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Examination of the nature of language, its historical development, its structural elements, and the stages of language acquisition. Emphasis on systematic linguistic description of language knowledge and usage. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

This course explores some of the deepest questions about human life. What does it mean to be human? How can God coexist with evil? What is the evidence for God’s existence anyway? Do we have free will or are our thoughts and actions determined by forces outside our control? What is your mind? Is it nothing more than activity in your brain, or is your mind a soul? What is a soul, and are there good reasons to think souls are real? What is knowledge, why is it valuable, and how can you tell when you have it? Can we know anything with certainty, and does that matter? This class will provide an opportunity to explore these and similar questions, in conversation with texts from some of the greatest minds in human history. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores some of the deepest questions about human life. What does it mean to be human? How can God coexist with evil? What is the evidence for God’s existence anyway? Do we have free will or are our thoughts and actions determined by forces outside our control? What is your mind? Is it nothing more than activity in your brain, or is your mind a soul? What is a soul, and are there good reasons to think souls are real? What is knowledge, why is it valuable, and how can you tell when you have it? Can we know anything with certainty, and does that matter? This class will provide an opportunity to explore these and similar questions, in conversation with texts from some of the greatest minds in human history. Honors sections may also focus on an historical overview, or a more in-depth study of a significant branch of philosophy, e.g., philosophy of race, gender, or global issues. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Western political theory is grounded in philosophy. This class introduces Western political theory as it was first formulated by ancient philosophers like Plato and Aristotle; as it was expanded by philosophers such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Mill; as it was modernized by philosophers like Rawls and Nozick; and as it has been criticized by philosophers such as Charles Mills, Gloria Anzaldua, and other contemporary theorists. The class engages in examination of theoretical approaches to politics, of fundamental problems that arise in political contexts, and of proposed solutions to those problems. Students will analyze the relevance of political theory to contemporary political problems. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the concepts of morality and values, representative ethical theories, and their applications to contemporary moral problems. Ethical theories covered may include the good life, moral relativism, deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and feminist and social justice approaches to ethics. Contemporary moral problems may include abortion, environmental ethics, racial and gender justice, euthanasia/assisted suicide, etc. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the concepts of morality and values, representative ethical theories, and their applications to contemporary moral problems. Ethical theories covered may include the good life, moral relativism, deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and feminist and social justice approaches to ethics. Contemporary moral problems may include abortion, environmental ethics, racial and gender justice, euthanasia/assisted suicide, etc. Honors sections may also involve a more in-depth study of a significant area of ethics or moral philosophy, and will require additional writing. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to ancient philosophy with an emphasis on Greek thought from the Pre-Socratic philosophers to Aristotle. Students will examine early explanations about the origins of the universe, the nature of the universe, as well as early theories about knowledge and human nature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines 16th through 18th century philosophy, with an emphasis on broad epistemological and/or metaphysical developments of empiricism and rationalism in philosophical thought from Descartes to Kant and may include approximate precursors and successors. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to teach language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. The students will continue to interact with authentic language in a cultural context. This course is not recommended for students who understand and/or speak Spanish at home. This course is not open to students qualified for or with credit in Spanish 3NS or 4NS. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is designed for the student with a basic life experience using the Spanish language. This course focuses on the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and culture in Spanish. It is not open to students with credit in Spanish 2. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course teaches culture and facilitates language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will continue to interact with authentic language in context. Content is expanded beyond “survival” needs of the immediate environment in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary, but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course will be taught in Spanish. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is designed for heritage speakers of Spanish or other linguistically qualified students. It provides instruction that builds upon the existing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and the cultural heritage and knowledge of these students. The course will increase awareness of linguistic registers, discuss items beyond the familiar routine and develop an appreciation for Hispanic cultures as manifested in Spanish-speaking countries and in the United States. This course will be conducted entirely in Spanish. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course continues to expand upon culture and facilitate language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will interact with more sophisticated authentic language in context. Content continues to expand in order to express more complex ideas in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will continue to demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course will be taught in Spanish. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
It continues to provide instruction that builds upon the existing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and the cultural heritage and knowledge of these students. The course will continue to increase awareness of linguistic registers, discuss items beyond the familiar routine and expand upon their appreciation for Hispanic cultures as manifested in Spanish-speaking countries and in the United States. This course will be conducted entirely in Spanish. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course reviews a selection of Hispanic short stories, culture, and civilization. It continues with the development of Spanish-language skills in reading, writing, and speaking. Students will read and discuss articles and short stories, view and discuss films, and will present oral and written reports. This course places emphasis on the U.S., Mexico, and Spain. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course reviews a selection of Hispanic short stories, culture, and civilization. It continues with the development of Spanish-language skills in reading, writing, and speaking. Students will read and discuss articles and short stories, view and discuss films, and will present oral and written reports. This course places emphasis on Latin America. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers in-depth development of Spanish written grammar. It is designed for advanced students of Spanish who want to improve their writing skills. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces metrics, rhyme, and rhythm in Spanish poetry. It covers a selection of poems written from Medieval Spain to contemporary Spain and Latin America. Students will analyze poems through close readings of the texts and in connection to their respective historical and cultural contexts. The focus will be on techniques of reading, methods of analysis and the particularities of the poems read. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of literature by women in fiction, drama, poetry, biography, and essay. Covers multicultural and international literature from classical to contemporary periods, in addition to feminist and gender theory, to develop close reading and analytical writing skills, promote appreciation and critical understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introductory overview of astronomy. Topics include local sky observing, the motions of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, the solar system, star formation and stellar evolution, black holes, galaxies, and cosmology. Optional field trips. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a descriptive introduction to the origin, evolution, and current state of the solar system. The topics in this course include the history of astronomy; the Sun and its role within the solar system; the origins and characteristics of planets, satellites, ring systems, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, and other interplanetary debris; and Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The discussion of current interplanetary missions and exoplanetary systems around other stars will also be included. There may be optional field trips. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a descriptive introduction to the nature and evolution of stars and galaxies as well as the origin and evolution of the universe. An emphasis will be placed on the observational evidence used by cosmologists to help develop their theories. A study of the types of stars, including the sun, binary stars, variable stars, white dwarfs, neutron stars is included. Types of galaxies and their distribution in the universe, dark matter, dark energy, supernovae, and black holes will be examined. There may be optional field trips. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Development of atomic theory; atoms, isotopes, molecules, and ions; compounds; classification of matter; formulas and equations; stoichiometry; introduction to aqueous reactions: precipitation, acids and bases, and gas forming and redox reactions; gas laws; kinetic molecular theory of gases; thermochemistry; modern atomic theory; VSEPR theory; valence bond (hybridization) and molecular orbital theories; intermolecular forces; properties of liquids; solids and crystal structures; solution behavior; colligative properties; associated laboratory experiments; and volumetric (titrimetric) and gravimetric analysis methods. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)