Music, Vocal Majors - Major #5820

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. Critical reading of diverse voices is a major component of this course. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. This is an honors course. 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
This course presents an overview of the disciplines of community and public health. Topics include the basic concepts and terminologies of public health; an overview of various public health professions and organizations; the study, prevention and control of diseases in the community; the analysis of the social determinants of health; strategies for eliminating disease, illness, and health disparities among various populations; community organizing and health promotion programming; school health promotion; environmental health and safety; and an overview of the healthcare delivery system in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the development of knowledge and preliminary skills to serve as an effective advocate for community and public health. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2021 Fall Semester
Examines personal financial management from an economic and behavioral perspective. Emphasis on the life-long impact financial decisions have on individuals, families and society. Topics include time value of money, opportunity cost and marginal analysis; tax strategies; financial planning strategies; financial monitoring and reporting; money & credit management; purchasing strategies and large asset acquisition; risk management through home, health, auto and disability insurance; saving and investing; and retirement and estate planning. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course emphasizes the processes of socialization focusing on the interrelationship of family, school, and community. The course examines the influence of multiple societal contexts including race, equity, and language. Students will explore the role of collaboration between family, community, and schools in supporting children’s development, birth through adolescence. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines basic theories, research concepts, and principles of typical and atypical physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development at each major stage of life from conception to death are examined. All major topics of human development (e.g. human behavior, sexuality, nutrition, health, stress, key relationships of humankind to the social and physical environment, and implications of death and dying) are presented in an integrated manner. Observations of children, adolescents and adults are required. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. An emphasis will be on the interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students will observe children of varying ages to evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is designed to assist students in developing the necessary tools for future success by providing structures and activities that illustrate the relationship between interpersonal and intrapersonal interactions. Course topics include development of student's personal strengths, interpersonal relationships, personal values, healthy lifestyle choices, and success skills. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Nutrition and diet patterns throughout the life cycle play an integral role in physical health, emotional health, and the prevention of chronic disease. Students will study this relationship through learning about nutrients and their interactions in the human body. Nutrition will be discussed through the lens of different social, psychological, and cultural considerations. This course includes consumer information on food distribution systems and food safety. Not open to students with credit in Food and Nutrition 40. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Nutrition and diet patterns throughout the life cycle play an integral role in physical health, emotional health, and the prevention of chronic disease. Students will study this relationship through learning about nutrients and their interactions in the human body. Nutrition will be discussed through the lens of different social, psychological, and cultural considerations. This course includes nutrient metabolic pathways in its course content. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Contemporary scientific concepts and medical information designed to promote health, prevent disease, increase life span, and improve the quality of life involving the cardiovascular system, physical fitness, nutrition, emotional health, human sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, reproduction and birth control, heredity, substance abuse, cancer, consumer and environmental health and health care systems. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course presents an overview of social, economic, biological and psychological aspects of aging. Course study includes exploration of challenges and strengths of aging people with emphasis on consumerism, housing, health, leisure time, family roles, retirement, widowhood and sexuality. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course teaches the physical and psychological aspects of drug use, including abuse and addiction, physical and psychological dependencies, physiological effects of commonly used drugs, and treatment and prevention. (It is not open to students with credit in Human Services 45.) (A, CSU)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to psychology, which is the study of the mind and behavior. Students focus on theories and concepts of biological, cognitive, developmental, environmental, social, and cultural influences; their applications; and their research foundations. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to psychology, which is the study of the mind and behavior. Students focus on theories and concepts of biological, cognitive, developmental, environmental, social, and cultural influences; their applications; and their research foundations. This is an honors course. The Honors section of this course places a greater emphasis on understanding the human being as an integrated physiological, social, and psychological organism and further enriches that perspective with data and theories from related disciplines. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores human sexual attitudes, behaviors and values in contemporary society from a biological, psychological, social, cultural, historical and lifespan perspective. The topics included in this course include research methods used to study sexuality, the sexual anatomy, physiology and reproductive structures of males and females and related health issues, gender identity and gender roles, contraception and abortion, conception, pregnancy and birth, sexual orientation, attraction and love, relationships and communication, sexual response and variations in sexual behavior, sexual dysfunctions, sexually transmitted infections, the causes and consequences of sexual victimization, atypical sexual behavior, and the commercialization of sex. The topics are presented in an explicit and scientific manner. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course provides students with information about psychological principles and concepts important to their personal and social adjustment, taking into account the influence of factors such as their culture, gender, ethnicity, generational cohort, and socio-economic status. An emphasis is placed on the way in which students can apply psychological research and principles to their everyday lives. Topics include personality, lifespan development, physical and mental health, the effects of stress and stress management, gender roles, interpersonal relationships, sexuality, work, and leisure. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines basic theories, research concepts, and principles of typical and atypical physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development at each major stage of life from conception to death are examined. All major topics of human development (e.g. human behavior, sexuality, nutrition, health, stress, key relationships of humankind to the social and physical environment, and implications of death and dying) are presented in an integrated manner. Observations of children, adolescents and adults are required. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. An emphasis will be on the interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students will observe children of varying ages to evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A micro and macro overview of rape including the history of rape, a study of what creates a rape culture, social and psychological characteristics and pathology of rapists, sociological impact upon and psychology of the survivor. Includes examination of various forms of sexual assault such as acquaintance rape, marital rape, male rape, gang rape and child sexual assault. The sociological foundation and history of current laws and their execution are also explored. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A micro and macro study of the historical and contemporary problem of domestic violence. Overview of the battered spouse syndrome, characteristics of the survivor and the batterer, therapeutic approaches and development of legislation. Various forms of domestic violence such as child abuse, elder abuse, and violence in same gender relationships are also studied. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course presents an overview of social, economic, biological and psychological aspects of aging. Course study includes exploration of challenges and strengths of aging people with emphasis on consumerism, housing, health, leisure time, family roles, retirement, widowhood and sexuality. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Explores personal and social aspects contributing to the relationships and social problems facing children: socialization, the dysfunctional family, abuse, deprivation, disabilities and special needs, drugs, delinquency and sexuality. (A, CSU)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Sociological analysis of marriage and the family, including historical and contemporary changes, and the socio-cultural and economic forces shaping these changes. Topics may include but are not limited to: love, courtship, mate selection, sexuality, family planning, pregnancy and childbirth, sexually transmitted diseases, family conflict, conflict resolution, communication skills, divorced families, step-families, aging and widowhood. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2017 Fall Semester
A micro and macro overview of rape including the history of rape, a study of what creates a rape culture, social and psychological characteristics and pathology of rapists, sociological impact upon and psychology of the survivor. Includes examination of various forms of sexual assault such as acquaintance rape, marital rape, male rape, gang rape and child sexual assault. The sociological foundation and history of current laws and their execution are also explored. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2017 Fall Semester
A micro and macro study of the historical and contemporary problem of domestic violence. Overview of the battered spouse syndrome, characteristics of the survivor and the batterer, therapeutic approaches, and development of legislation. Various forms of domestic violence such as child abuse, elder abuse, and violence in same gender relationships are also studied. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
Writing and analysis; fundamentals of music. Designed for the music major. Introduction to the notation and primary elements of tonal music with regard to music from Western history and non-Western cultures: Examples from music literature will demonstrate staff notation in treble and bass clefs, rhythm and meter; basic properties of sound; intervals; diatonic scales and triads; and diatonic chords. History and social context of the above concepts will be discussed. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Course covers content of MUS 1A with extra lab time and guided practice. Appropriate for students desiring extra support due to no prior music experience. Writing and analysis; fundamentals of music. Designed for the music major. Introduction to the notation and primary elements of tonal music with regard to music from Western history and non-Western cultures: Examples from music literature will demonstrate staff notation in treble and bass clefs, rhythm and meter; basic properties of sound; intervals; diatonic scales and triads; and diatonic chords. History and social context of the above concepts will be discussed. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Study and performance of choral music for large ensemble. Repertoire is drawn from a variety of historical periods of classical music and different world cultures. Concert, festival, and tour participation required. Students working toward the Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer (AA-T) are advised to enroll in 1 unit only. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Study and performance of advanced-level choral music for large ensemble. Repertoire is drawn from a variety of historical periods of classical music and different world cultures. Concert, festival and tour participation required. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
The rehearsal, study, research, and performance of scenes and complete operatic works from the Baroque and Classical periods. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
The study, rehearsal, research, and performance of major Romantic operatic works. Performances include vocal concerts, galas, reviews and fully staged operas or operettas. Audition required. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Study and performance of choral music, with emphasis on major choral works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and orchestral/choral works. Participation in concerts and festivals required. Students working toward the Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer (AA-T) are advised to enroll in 1 unit only. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 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-GE, UC, I)

Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
This course covers using probability and predictive techniques to facilitate decision-making using data from disciplines including business, social sciences, psychology, life sciences, health sciences, and education. The analysis will incorporate EXCEL/Other Statistical Software and a graphing calculator. Descriptive measures include central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions, central limit theorem, time series, index numbers, statistical inference using one and two sample hypothesis tests using both the standard and t distributions for both means and proportions, estimation, correlation, regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and nonparametric methods including Chi-squared. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)

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 with topics including angles, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, right and oblique triangles, graphs, identities, trigonometric equations, vectors, polar coordinates, DeMoivre’s Theorem, and applications. (A, CSU)

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: 2024 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to ordinary differential equations including applications from a variety of disciplines. The course introduces the theoretical aspects of differential equations, including establishing when solution(s) exist, and techniques for obtaining solutions, including, series solutions, Laplace transforms and linear systems. This course is not intended for students who have taken Math 17. (A, CSU, UC)

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 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 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 is an introduction to mathematical problem-solving, statistics, social choice (voting and fair division), and management science. The mathematical concepts taught in this course emphasize application for quantitative analysis that can be used in daily life. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Students will study angles; parallel lines; congruent and similar triangles; geometric constructions; right triangle trigonometry; application of formulas for perimeter, area, and volume of geometric figures; and inductive and deductive reasoning. (A)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
This course covers topics include polynomial, rational, and algebraic expressions and equations; linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions; systems of equations and inequalities; radicals; graphing functions and relations. (A)

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
In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. Emphasis is placed on the organization and criticism of public discourse. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
In this course students will study a variety of interpersonal communication theories, research, concepts, and principles. Students will learn and apply the importance of interpersonal communication, verbal and nonverbal communication, diversity and culture, relationships, and conflict. This will be achieved through research and analysis of interpersonal interactions and self reflection. (A, CSU-GE, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores the theories and practices of influence, advocacy, and reasoning from the perspective of both persuader and audience. Rhetorical and social theories of persuasion are studied, and historical and contemporary persuasive messages are analyzed. Students also practice by preparing effective and ethical persuasive speeches and other appeals. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to group communication as a vehicle for solving problems, reaching decisions, making recommendations on policy and communicating group decisions to a larger audience. Students will study and practice the theories, behaviors and processes of group communication. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An introduction to group communication as a vehicle for solving problems, reaching decisions, making recommendations on policy, and communicating group decisions to a larger audience. Students will study and practice the theories, behaviors, and processes of group communication. Honors sections will also focus on a more in-depth analysis of group communication theory and its application. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course covers the analysis, reasoning, advocacy, and criticism of ideas. It emphasizes derived conclusions based on valid evidence and sound inferences without using fallacies of thought and language. Students demonstrate basic principles through a variety of oral presentations and written assignments, and students are required to write a minimum of 5000 words during the semester. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Study and performance of choral music for large ensemble. Repertoire is drawn from a variety of historical periods of classical music and different world cultures. Concert, festival, and tour participation required. Students working toward the Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer (AA-T) are advised to enroll in 1 unit only. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Study and performance of advanced-level choral music for large ensemble. Repertoire is drawn from a variety of historical periods of classical music and different world cultures. Concert, festival and tour participation required. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
The rehearsal, study, research, and performance of scenes and complete operatic works from the Baroque and Classical periods. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
The study, rehearsal, research, and performance of major Romantic operatic works. Performances include vocal concerts, galas, reviews and fully staged operas or operettas. Audition required. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Study and performance of choral music, with emphasis on major choral works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and orchestral/choral works. Participation in concerts and festivals required. Students working toward the Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer (AA-T) are advised to enroll in 1 unit only. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Fundamentals, theory, and terminology; elementary piano techniques, scales, and keyboard harmony; easy compositions drawn from the repertoire of varying historical periods of classical music and different world cultures. Designed for the general student and the classroom teacher. Not intended for students who have had previous piano instructions. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2022 Fall Semester
Progressively advancing solo and ensemble work. Baroque, classic, romantic, 20th century literature and world music literature as appropriate to the students development level. Artistic self-expression will be developed through fingering, harmonizing melodies, sight-reading, and duets. Designed for the general student and the classroom teacher. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to African-American Studies: a critical interdisciplinary study of African American culture, history, and heritage from Pre Colonial West Africa through the 21st Century. This course will include an introduction to 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; an exploration of African American cultural development during the era of Reconstruction; an evaluation of African American political movements in response to social injustice and African American creative production; an analysis of the assimilation of African American culture into mainstream American culture during the 20th century; and finally, to examine and evaluate the African American community of the 21st Century. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
This course provides a chronological in-depth examination of how the systems and social institutions of the United States of America have influenced and impacted the lives of African Americans and their communities from the Colonial Era through the first decade of the 21st Century. This course will examine and analyze cultural norms and value systems retained from traditional African societies that were adapted for survival in the United States; evaluate and analyze the impact of the Great Migration from 1865 through 1975, compare and contrast the social political and economic bases of the Reform Movement, Civil Rights Movement, and Pan African Liberation Movement, and evaluate and interpret how the underlying economic, political, and ethnocentric issues of racism in the United States have impacted African American communities and social institutions from Reconstruction to the election of President Barack Obama. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course provides an in-depth analysis of African Civilization from its earliest origins through the European Colonial period that includes geographical and topographical survey of the African continent, examination of the traditional African cultural traits represented in cultures and societies throughout the African continent, and evaluation and analysis of contact between African and Non-African societies during Arab and European Colonial eras. Topics covered in this course will include ancient African societies; classical African civilizations along the Nile River Complex; African cultural institutions including: religion, law, art, science, education, social obligations, and the centrality of the family unit; and the consequences of the subordination of African people throughout the world at the beginning of the European Colonial era. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
This course provides an in-depth analysis of the disbursement of African people throughout the world through European Colonialism and African enslavement through the analysis of the importance of African enslavement to racism and capitalism in the United States of America; examine the legacy of African resistance to enslavement and racial oppression; identify the historical contributions of Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean; and, finally, compare and contrast the creative production process of African Americans during the 20th Century. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
History of the struggle for civil and human rights in American history, focusing on the African American movement. Legal, moral, ethical, religious and humanistic foundations of the Movement. Forms of discrimination, segregation and oppression and various forms of resistance to them. Efforts to protect human and civil rights in the United States. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
This course analyzes the social, political, and cultural history of African American women in US society from an interdisciplinary perspective through lectures, discussions, films and other collaborative activities. This course will analyze the complex ways that ethnicity, class and gender have shaped African American women’s lives and the strategies they have used to empower themselves and their communities within and in comparison to structures of white supremacy and patriarchy and the intersections of socialization, familial relationships, history, art, language, politics, laws, economics, health, psychology, domestic violence, rape, sexuality, and gender. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
The Native nations of North American (American Indians) from antiquity to the present. An interdisciplinary approach to examining pre- and post settler-colonial American Indian societies and cultures. Studying the effects of invasion and colonization with an emphasis on self-preservation and maintaining tribal sovereignty. This course analyzes the racialization of American Indians, Eurocentrism, relationship to place, forced assimilation, intergenerational trauma, Indigenous cosmology and ceremony, social justice, and self-determination. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
The history of the American Indian nations from antiquity to the mid-20th century, with an emphasis on pre-Columbian life, the European invading nations, settler-colonial policy, and federal-Indian relations in the United States. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
American Indian in North America after the Second World War to the present; emphasis on current events and legislation; issues involving the inherent sovereignty of American Indian nations, civil rights, cultural preservation, and place in modern global society. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores concepts, methods of inquiry, and scientific explanations for biological evolution and its application to the human species. Topics include: genetics, evolutionary theory, human variation and biocultural adaptations, comparative primate anatomy and behavior, and the fossil evidence for human evolution. The scientific method serves as the foundation of the course. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores how anthropologists study and compare human cultures. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the diversity of human experience, focusing on a set of central issues: how people around the world make their living (subsistence patterns); how they organize themselves socially, politically and economically; how they communicate; how they relate to each other through marriage, family and kinship ties; what they believe about the world (religion and belief systems); how they express themselves creatively (the arts and expressive culture); how they make distinctions among themselves; how they have shaped and been shaped by the past; and how they navigate culture change and processes of globalization. Ethnographic case studies highlight these similarities and differences, and introduce students to how anthropologists do their work, employ professional anthropological research ethics and apply their perspectives and skills to understand humans around the globe. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an enhanced exploration of how anthropologists study and compare human culture. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the diversity of human experience, focusing on a set of central issues: how people around the world make their living (subsistence patterns); how they organize themselves socially, politically and economically; how they communicate; how they relate to each other through marriage, family and kinship ties; what they believe about the world (religion and belief systems); how they express themselves creatively (the arts and expressive culture); how they make distinctions among themselves; how they have shaped and been shaped by the past; and how they navigate culture change and processes of globalization. Ethnographic case studies highlight these similarities and differences, and introduce students to how anthropologists do their work, employ professional anthropological research ethics and apply their perspectives and skills to understand humans around the globe. The Honors section of this course places greater emphasis on various anthropological theories and data-gathering methods, as well as historical and contemporary debates within the discipline of anthropology. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the physical and cultural evolution of the human species, tracing its development from the earliest manifestations of "humanness" to the emergence and growth of civilization. Looking at the archaeological record is the methodology of the course. The curriculum encompasses a brief introductory overview of the methodologies employed in archaeology, highlighting the interdisciplinary character inherent in modern archaeological research. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course serves as an introduction to the examination of concepts, theories, data, and models within the field of archaeology, aiming to enhance understanding of the human past. It encompasses discussions on the characteristics of scientific inquiry, delves into the historical context and interdisciplinary facets inherent in modern archaeological research. The curriculum covers various aspects such as dating techniques, survey methods, excavation procedures, analytical approaches, and interpretation methodologies, incorporating selected cultural sequences for a comprehensive exploration. Additionally, the course addresses cultural resource management and emphasizes the importance of professional ethics. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the use of film by anthropologists as a research and educational tool. Films depicting different cultures from around the world are viewed and evaluated. Various attributes of ethnographic film are examined. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A survey of history, geography, socio-political, religious systems, and cultural achievements of Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Olmec, Zapotec, Teotihuacano, Mayan, Toltec, and Aztec/Mexican. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Examine the histories, cultures, migration, and U.S. settlement patterns of diverse peoples from Southeast Asia. These people include the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Khmu, Mien, and the Hmong. (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
Explore historical and cultural background of Hmong people who have migrated into the United States of America. Examine their cultural identity, acculturation process, clan system, family dynamics, influential factors that shape their culture, and successes in America. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Historical and cultural background of major Asian groups that have immigrated into the United States; including Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, South Asians, and Southeast Asians. Examines immigration patterns, cultural identity, family influences, community formation, interracial relationships, civic participation, and experiences with discrimination. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Issues of contemporary relevance related to Asian Americans, including: stereotypes, anti-Asian violence, educational inequities, workplace discrimination, media representations, race relations, community leadership, law and public policy, and civic and political engagement. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
What every educated citizen should know about law as a social process and about American law and legal institutions. The historical origins of law as well as the role law plays in modern western and non-western societies. Institutional sources of law; legal reasoning; judicial decision making and remedies; an overview of the civil and criminal litigation process; administrative law and procedure; alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; ethics and the legal system. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
The introductory course explores the Chicano/a/x and Mexican American community, culture(s) and heritage(s) in American society from an interdisciplinary approach. Focus on sociocultural challenges, struggles, and social justice movements that define the Chicano/a/x experience. Examination of the ancestral roots, dynamic migration/immigration trends, conflict, racialization processes, liberation struggles, socialization process, and sociopolitical patterns from ancient Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica to the present. Overview of trends and patterns in Latino/a/x populations at-large will also be explored. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A survey of Mexican American history from the ancient Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica to the Mexican American War of 1846-48. Special emphasis is placed on American History from 1492 into the mid 1800's, and upon understanding the historical and contemporary dynamics of colonialism and imperialism. Introduction of concepts such as race, racism, racialization, white supremacy, settler colonialism, indigeneity, and mestizaje. Focus on the impact of European arrival in the Americas, the history of Indigenous, African, and mixed-race people in the formation of Mexico. Spanish and Mexican settlement in what would become the U.S. Southwest, and the early history of Mexicans in the United States. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A survey of Mexican American history from the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 to the present, with an emphasis on understanding the historical and contemporary dynamics of racism and white supremacy. Introduction of concepts such as race, racism, racialization, eurocentrism, settler colonialism, indigeneity, and self-determination. Focus on the history of people of Mexican descent in the United States, and exploration of topics such as the Mexican-American War and its aftermath, interpersonal and institutional racism, segregation, immigration and the border, the Zoot Suit Riots and Chicano/a/x participation in WWII, and the many facets of the Chicano/a/x Civil Rights Movement. Introduction to the study of U.S.-Mexico relations, 1848-present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
An examination of Chicano-Latino political issues, interaction with governmental and political structures, legislation, political parties, pressure groups, political socialization, and political change. In-depth discussion of the Chicano Movement and Chicano-Latino political organizations. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
A sociological examination of the Chicano and Latino in American society: this course examines family, religion, education, race and racialization, social class, gender, and political and social institutions. An emphasis is placed on social problems, social issues, and social change relevant to the Chicano-Latino community. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Chicana and Mexican American women in contemporary society. Special emphasis is placed on the role and impact of family, church, education, economics, and politics. An exploration of gender, sexuality, racialization, and intersectionality will occur, as well as a critical review of how struggle, resistance, racial and social justice, solidarity, and liberation emerge in Chicana experiences. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A survey of history, geography, socio-political, religious systems, and cultural achievements of Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Olmec, Zapotec, Teotihuacano, Mayan, Toltec, and Aztec/Mexican. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A social, economic, and political survey of Mexican history from the colonial (1521) to the contemporary period. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Service learning in community, civic, or legal setting from a Chicano/a/x Studies and community-based perspective and approach. Develop a working understanding of issues impacting the political, economic, and social fabric of the Chicano/a/x community. An introduction to Participatory Action Research and grassroots organizing. A working understanding of issues impacting the political, economic, and social fabric of the Latino community. Civic engagement related to coursework utilizing practical applications of course concepts. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
This course is an introduction to the skills needed for effective parenting and the importance of nurturing young children. This course will also address the developmental needs of children and the use of effective communication skills, positive discipline strategies and effective use of discipline; and family structure and function. (A, CSU)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. An emphasis will be on the interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students will observe children of varying ages to evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Relationship between our communities and the justice system in addressing crime and conflict; challenges and potential for administering criminal justice within a multicultural society with conflicting values in culture, religion, and law. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to Economics provides an introduction to market economies and contemporary economic issues through a survey of microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts. Topics include supply and demand, gains from specialization and trade, the role of government in the economy, market failures, measuring the macroeconomy, economic policy, and economic growth. This course is not designed for students majoring in Business or Economics. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to Microeconomics provides an introductory analysis focusing on the economic choices of households, businesses, and the government. Topics include supply and demand, market equilibrium, elasticity, gains from specialization and trade, consumer and producer welfare, production costs, market structures, factor markets and market failure. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Honors Introduction to Microeconomics provides an introductory analysis focusing on the economic choices of households, businesses, and the government. Topics include: supply and demand, market equilibrium, elasticity, gains from trade, consumer and producer welfare, production costs, market structures, factor markets and market failure. Honors sections will discuss and analyze contemporary economic society in a historical context. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Introduction to Macroeconomics provides an introductory analysis of the economy as a whole. Topics include market-based economic systems, measurements of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics and economic growth. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Honors Introduction to Macroeconomics provides an introductory analysis of the economy as a whole. Topics include: market-based economic systems, measurements of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics and economic growth. Honors sections will discuss and analyze the works of historical economic figures. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Interdisciplinary examination of race, ethnicity, racism, and racial and ethnic identity in U.S. society with focus on African American, Asian American, Native American, and Latina and Latino American communities. Emphasis on comparative and relational analysis and exploration of the intertwined histories of racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., institutional racism, resistance against racism, solidarity across racial and ethnic lines, and social and racial justice movements. Introduction to the history of Ethnic Studies as a discipline and key concepts in the field, such as the intersection of race and racism as they relate to class, gender, sexuality, religion, spirituality, national origin, immigration status, ability, tribal citizenship, sovereignty, language, and/or age in African American, Asian American, Native American, and Latina and Latino American communities. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Evaluation, debate, and critical analysis of law and legal issues that affect individuals, their families, and communities. Practical and historical aspects of civil, criminal, constitutional, immigration, and consumer law in a diverse society, with an orientation toward civic involvement in the local community. Includes an interdisciplinary exploration of themes such as equality, citizenship, access, and social justice. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a survey of basic concepts, theories, and patterns in human and cultural geography. Emphasis is placed on spatial patterns of culture, the interaction between culture and the physical environment, and cultural change. Specific topics may include reading and interpretation of maps, human impacts on the environment, agriculture and food systems, cultural landscapes, urban geography, geography of religion, gender and sexuality, geopolitics, and globalization. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introductory survey of world regional geography. Emphasis is placed on cultural, economic, political, and physical characteristics of regions, and the influence of geography on population patterns, use of natural resources, and geopolitical relationships amongst countries. Covers Europe, Russia and the Post-Soviet region, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is an introductory survey of world regional geography. Emphasis is placed on cultural, economic, political, and physical characteristics of regions, and the influence of geography on population patterns, use of natural resources, and geopolitical relationships amongst countries. Covers North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Australia and Oceania. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is a survey of world regional geography. Emphasis is placed on cultural, economic, political, and physical characteristics of regions, and the influence of geography on population patterns, use of natural resources, and geopolitical relationships amongst countries. This course covers all the following regions: Europe, Russia and the Post-Soviet region, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Australia and Oceania. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course covers the physical, human, and regional geography of California. Course content includes geology and geomorphology (landforms), weather and climate, vegetation patterns, water resources, and natural hazards; historical patterns of Native American and Spanish settlement; statehood and 19th century American settlement; and contemporary patterns of population, migration, ethnic diversity, and political and economic geography. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Study of the interconnectedness and interdependence of global processes. Review of the complexity of world societies and issues and related policy dilemmas, through an interdisciplinary approach. Special attention paid to political, economic, social, historical, and cultural patterns that mark globalization processes. Included among explored topics are the environment, migration, human rights, peace, conflict, global trade, and economic linkages. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
Introduces origins, current status, and future trends of major transnational issues. Focus on global governance and responsibilities. Topics can include population trends, economic development, basic human needs, human rights, international conflict and security, and environmental concerns. (A, CSU, UC, I)

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
The history, politics, social life, literature, art, architecture, religion and archaeology of Rome from the foundation of the city to the early Byzantine period. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Political, social, and economic development from the colonial period through the Reconstruction Era. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Political, social and economic development since Reconstruction Era; the US as a world power. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Political, social and economic development since the Reconstruction Era; the US as a world power. In addition, honors sections offer more in-depth study of modern U.S. history, critically evaluate controversies in historiography, and place greater emphasis on the use of history in understanding the modern world. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Political, social, economic, and cultural history of the British Isles from pre-history to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An analytical survey of Islamic history from the life of Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire. Discussion of the political and military aspects of Islam, Islamic science and medicine, and mystical movements within Islam. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An intensive survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period. Discussion of the Homeric poems, the development of the polis system in Athens and Sparta, the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, and Hellenistic science and technology. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Economic, political, and social developments in World Civilization from the emergence of human communities to around 1600. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Causes, events, and consequences of the American Civil War. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Social, political, cultural, and economic history of women in American society; employment, domesticity, feminism, struggles for equal rights; racial, ethnic, religious, geographic, and class differences. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Survey of religion in the United States from the colonial period to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course introduces students to the historical development of various forms of business and labor organization, and technological innovation in the United States. Students will focus on the relationship between these developments and the social, political, and economic history of the United States from 1789 to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
A social, economic, and political survey of Mexican history from the colonial (1521) to the contemporary period. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Growth and development of California politically, economically and culturally from Spanish colonization to the present, emphasizing the period since statehood. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
History of the struggle for civil and human rights in American history, focusing on the African American movement. Legal, moral, ethical, religious and humanistic foundations of the Movement. Forms of discrimination, segregation and oppression and various forms of resistance to them. Efforts to protect human and civil rights in the United States. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course covers political, social, cultural, intellectual, and economic development in East Asia from prehistory to the present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course presents an overview of social, economic, biological and psychological aspects of aging. Course study includes exploration of challenges and strengths of aging people with emphasis on consumerism, housing, health, leisure time, family roles, retirement, widowhood and sexuality. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course is the introduction to the social, economic, political, historical and philosophical components important in the development of the US social welfare system and the social work profession. Instruction maintains an emphasis on the knowledge base, value systems, and specific fields of social work practice. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
An introduction to political science, designed to familiarize students with basic political concepts, ideologies, systems, and discipline subfields. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Comparative analysis of different kinds of political systems; their history, political institutions, processes and policies; the environments in which they occur and their consequences. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers both applied and theoretical training for students of social justice. It is a multidisciplinary exploration of social change and popular democratic action. The course focuses on the meaning and development of political power in modern democracies. Throughout the course, students will explore various topics, including institutional and mass forums for civic engagement, mass recruitment and mobilization, gender and race-sensitive approaches to leadership style, democratic ethics, and strategic and tactical action. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
How nations manage their relations with other nations, their perceptions of themselves and of each other, and their use of power to achieve their objectives. Issues facing the U.S. and the world community. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Preparation for simulated United Nations conferences. Focus on international diplomacy through study of member countries and their national policies. Practice on speech, debate, negotiation, and writing techniques. Students will be expected to attend at least two Model United Nations conferences during the semester. (A, CSU)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course focuses on the ways in which psychological, biological, situational, cultural, and gender-related influences affect human thinking and behavior. The topics covered in this course include research methods and ethical principles, the self, social perception, social beliefs and judgments, the relationship between attitudes and behavior, principles and methods of persuasion, conformity and obedience, attraction and intimacy, prosocial behavior and altruism, aggression, prejudice and discrimination, and group influences. The course also will focus on how social psychological research and principles can be applied to address contemporary social issues such as climate change, physical and emotional health, the legal system, conflict and conflict resolution. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores human sexual attitudes, behaviors and values in contemporary society from a biological, psychological, social, cultural, historical and lifespan perspective. The topics included in this course include research methods used to study sexuality, the sexual anatomy, physiology and reproductive structures of males and females and related health issues, gender identity and gender roles, contraception and abortion, conception, pregnancy and birth, sexual orientation, attraction and love, relationships and communication, sexual response and variations in sexual behavior, sexual dysfunctions, sexually transmitted infections, the causes and consequences of sexual victimization, atypical sexual behavior, and the commercialization of sex. The topics are presented in an explicit and scientific manner. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course focuses on biological mechanisms that are central to fundamental concepts and issues of psychology. Topics include basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and genetics; research methods in biological psychology; the physiological mechanisms underlying sensation, perception, consciousness, sleep, emotion, stress, sexual behavior, hunger, eating, language, learning, memory, neurological disorders, psychopharmacology, and psychological disorders; and the influence of environmental and psychological factors on biology. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. An emphasis will be on the interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students will observe children of varying ages to evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Basic concepts, theoretical approaches, and methods of sociology. Analysis and explanation of social structure, culture, socialization, the self and social interaction, group dynamics, institutions, deviance, stratification, social change, social problems, and global dynamics. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Basic concepts, theoretical approaches, and methods of sociology. Analysis and explanation of social structure, culture, socialization, the self and social interaction, group dynamics, institutions, deviance, stratification, social change, social problems, and global dynamics. Places a greater emphasis than SOC 1A on methods of conducting scientific research in the field of sociology. Additional emphasis is placed on contemporary social issues as explored through supplemental readings. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Overview of sociological, institutional, demographic, and social-psychological aspects of ethnicity and race. Examination of non-dominant groups in the United States. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course presents an overview of social, economic, biological and psychological aspects of aging. Course study includes exploration of challenges and strengths of aging people with emphasis on consumerism, housing, health, leisure time, family roles, retirement, widowhood and sexuality. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
A sociological examination of the Chicano and Latino in American society: this course examines family, religion, education, race and racialization, social class, gender, and political and social institutions. An emphasis is placed on social problems, social issues, and social change relevant to the Chicano-Latino community. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Explores personal and social aspects contributing to the relationships and social problems facing children: socialization, the dysfunctional family, abuse, deprivation, disabilities and special needs, drugs, delinquency and sexuality. (A, CSU)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Sociological analysis of marriage and the family, including historical and contemporary changes, and the socio-cultural and economic forces shaping these changes. Topics may include but are not limited to: love, courtship, mate selection, sexuality, family planning, pregnancy and childbirth, sexually transmitted diseases, family conflict, conflict resolution, communication skills, divorced families, step-families, aging and widowhood. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
The traditional and changing roles of women in Western society, including the effects of these roles on women as individuals, in their personal relationships, and their status in society. The contributions and contrasting perspectives of minority/ethnic women are an integral part of the course content. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
Social, political, cultural, and economic history of women in American society; employment, domesticity, feminism, struggles for equal rights; racial, ethnic, religious, geographic, and class differences. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Chicana and Mexican American women in contemporary society. Special emphasis is placed on the role and impact of family, church, education, economics, and politics. An exploration of gender, sexuality, racialization and intersectionality will occur as well as a critical review of how struggle, resistance, racial and social justice, solidarity, and liberation emerge in Chicana experiences. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
This course analyzes the social, political, and cultural history of African American women in US society from an interdisciplinary perspective through lectures, discussions, films and other collaborative activities. This course will analyze the complex ways that ethnicity, class and gender have shaped African American women’s lives and the strategies they have used to empower themselves and their communities within and in comparison to structures of white supremacy and patriarchy and the intersections of socialization, familial relationships, history, art, language, politics, laws, economics, health, psychology, domestic violence, rape, sexuality, and gender. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
The interdisciplinary field of LGBTQ+ Studies through the disciplines of history, literature, law, science, political science, media, psychology, and education. Issues to be covered will include but not be limited to identity development and coming out, cultural ideology, sub-cultures, activism, marriage, parenting, and community. Theoretical perspectives concerning the historical development of sexual identity and the marginalization of sexual minority communities within social institutions in contemporary U.S. society and around the world will be explored. The intersectionality of class, race, and gender is an integral component of the course. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)

Effective Term: 2017 Spring Semester
Designed for students with disabling conditions. Development and/or maintenance of basic physical/mental skills with an introduction to basic nutrition, disability and pharmaceutical issues. Measured cardiovascular fitness, stretching, nutritional evaluation and current disability/pharmaceutical topics. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2017 Spring Semester
Designed for students with disabling conditions. Development and/or maintenance of basic physical skills, knowledge, and attitude for successful participation in aquatics. Measured skill performance and cardiovascular fitness. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2017 Spring Semester
Designed for students with disabling conditions. Sports skills of Frisbee, Frolf, Bocci, Horseshoe. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2017 Spring Semester
Designed for students with disabling conditions. Development and/or maintenance of strength. Adapted fundamental/advanced strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course is designed for students with disabilities. The emphasis is on the development and/or maintenance of basic physical/mental conditioning through walking. There will be cardiovascular fitness, stretching, nutritional evaluation and current topics about disability will be covered. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course is designed for students with disabilities. The emphasis is on the development and/or maintenance of flexibility, strength, and fitness using progressive resistance, stretching, and cardiovascular fitness activities. A very basic introduction to nutrition and current topics that may pertain to various disabilities. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will learn basic techniques and styles of Beginning Hip Hop dance, both historical and current, emphasizing musicality, rhythms, and the basic movement required to develop Beginning Hip Hop skills. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will learn Intermediate level techniques and styles of Hip Hop dance, both historical and current, emphasizing musicality, rhythms, and the movement required to develop intermediate Hip Hop skills. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will learn skills and techniques that promote body awareness, mental health and conditioning to improve body alignment, enhance and expedite body ability for dance skills, and aid in preventing injuries common to various dance styles. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will study modern dance technique, exercises and improvisations involving body movement, rhythm, design, dynamics, and expression. This will include body conditioning exercises for posture, strength, and flexibility. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will study pre-intermediate modern dance technique, exercises and improvisations involving body movement, rhythm, design, dynamics, and expression. Body conditioning exercises for posture, strength, technique and flexibility. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will learn the beginning level of classical ballet technique, using barre exercises and center work. Students will learn beginning ballet terminology and concepts. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will learn part two, beginning level of classical ballet technique, using barre exercises and center work. Students will learn beginning ballet terminology and concepts. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will learn Intermediate level Ballet technique. They will use barre exercises, across the floor and center work. The class will include a demonstration of creating and teaching a ballet phrase. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will learn pre-advanced ballet technique. They will use barre exercises, across the floor and center work. The class will include a demonstration of creating and teaching a ballet phrase and a short combination. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This class will teach students the fundamental technique of Jazz dance. Students will utilize basic steps and isolated body parts. They will be instructed to use appropriate conditioning exercises for strength, flexibility, balance, and alignment done to a rhythmic form of jazz and other contemporary music. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This class will be a progressive refinement of the jazz dance technique. Students will be building upon the skills and technique covered in Dance 14. A variety of jazz styles will be introduced to the students. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will be introduced to a variety of tap styles, sequences, and dance patterns to develop rhythm, coordination, and balance. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
History and origin of Mexican dance, from the pre-Columbian era through the arrival of the Spaniards. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreography. Examination of the role of gender in this art form. Dances practiced and performed at the beginning level. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
History and origin of Mexican dance, from the pre-Columbian era through the arrival of the Spaniards. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreography. Examination of the role of gender in this art form. Dances practiced and performed at the pre-intermediate level. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students will progressively refine their tap dance technique, building upon skills and techniques covered in Dance 16. Students will be presented with more advanced tap steps and styles. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students in this class will learn modern dance technique warm up and exercises for development of movement vocabulary, strength, flexibility, alignment, range of motion, and rhythmic coordination. Guided group improvisations will be used for the development of personal movement vocabulary, creative outlet, and to hone in on basic cognitive and improvisational skills. There will be a study of modern dance as an art form, including brief discussions on history and theory. The study of dance composition theories and conceptual approaches will be discussed. Students will create work studies in the form of solos and group work. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students in this class will learn intermediate level modern dance technique warm up and exercises for the further development of movement vocabulary, strength, flexibility, alignment, range of motion, and rhythmic coordination. Guided group improvisations will be used for the development of personal movement vocabulary, creative outlet, and to hone intermediate level cognitive and improvisational skills. There will be a study of modern dance as an art form, including brief discussions on history and theory. The study of dance composition theories and conceptual approaches will be discussed. Students will create solo and group work on a complex and multi-dimensional level. The student will be guided to hone in on one’s own artistic voice and to be able to articulate their reasons for creation in an intelligent, comprehensive manner. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course introduces students to the experience of performing a dance concert on the stage. The students will be utilizing various dance techniques, learning the rehearsal process, memorizing choreography and the expectations included in performance etiquette. This course includes opportunities for students to learn production activities that support the dance concert. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course is an intro/beginning level for students who want to experience performing a dance concert on the stage. The students will be utilizing various dance techniques, learning the rehearsal process, memorizing choreography and expectations included in performance etiquette. This course includes opportunities for students to learn production activities that support the dance concert. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
Students selected for this course will be preparing to be dance participants in American College Dance Association conference. The student will partake in a variety of workshop classes and participate as a viewer at the adjudication concerts. The students will have the opportunity to perform before professional dance experts. Students selected for this course will participate and help coordinate the annual FCC Dance Expo event. NOTE: faculty select students for this course. The number of students who can partake varies from year to year. (A, CSU)

Effective Term: 2023 Spring Semester
History of the origin of Mexican dance, from the arrival of the Spaniards to the present time. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreographies. Dances practiced and performed at the intermediate level. (A, CSU, UC)

Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
History of the origin of Mexican dance, from the arrival of the Spaniards to the present time. Analysis of the form, function, and symbolism of the music, musical instruments, movements, and choreographies. Dances practiced and performed at the advanced level. (A, CSU, UC)