Law Enforcement Option – Major #8872

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The program map below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program. Individual circumstances might require some changes to this path. It is always recommended that you meet with your pathway counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.


This certificate of achievement is designed for students considering careers as a police officer, deputy sheriff, or highway patrol officers.


Upon completion of the program, students will:
  1. 1. Describe the development and history of law enforcement in the western world.
  2. 2. Compare and contrast legal and constitutional issues.
  3. 3. Compare and contrast components of the American criminal justice system.
Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Term 1

15 units

CRIM 1
Introduction to Criminology

3 units
Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
Characteristics of the criminal justice system in the U.S. with cross cultural content; evolution of prevailing principles; crime measurement; theoretical explanations for criminality and responses to it; future challenges; functions of the police, courts and correctional system; legal process, sentencing, and incarceration policies. (A, CSU, UC)
Course Details:
      1. CSU Transfer Course

        Candidates who have competed the Basic Academy or Reserve Level 1 program may request to waive 6 units from: CRIM 1, 6, 7, and 12. (See your Pathway Counselor to submit the paperwork)

        CRIM 5
        Community Relations

        3 units
        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)
        Course Details:
            1. CSU Transfer Course
            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

            CRIM 6
            Concepts of Criminal Law

            3 units
            Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
            Analysis of criminal liability in the U.S.; classification of crimes (persons, property, morals, and public welfare), elements of offenses; common and statutory law; acceptable evidence; defenses; prosecution and defense decision making. (A, CSU, UC)
            Course Details:
                1. CSU Transfer Course

                  Candidates who have competed the Basic Academy or Reserve Level 1 program may request to waive 6 units from: CRIM 1, 6, 7, and 12. (See your Pathway Counselor to submit the paperwork)

                  CRIM 7
                  Concepts of Enforcement Services

                  3 units
                  Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                  Role expectations for line enforcement officers; patrol, traffic and public service responsibilities; physical and psychological officer survival. (A, CSU)
                  Course Details:
                      1. CSU Transfer Course

                        Candidates who have competed the Basic Academy or Reserve Level 1 program may request to waive 6 units from: CRIM 1, 6, 7, and 12. (See your Pathway Counselor to submit the paperwork)

                        Major Course

                        3 units

                        Select one of the following (9 units in total required): 

                        *See counselor for courses that double count for General Education*

                        3 units
                        AFRAM 1
                        Introduction to African American Studies
                        3 units
                        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)
                        Course Details:
                        1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                        1. C: Ethnic Studies
                        2. 7: Ethnic Studies
                        1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                        2. F - Ethnic Studies
                        3. CSU Transfer Course
                        1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                        or
                        AFRAM 4
                        Classical African Societies
                        3 units
                        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)
                        Course Details:
                        1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                        1. F: History
                        1. D6 - History
                        2. CSU Transfer Course
                        1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                        3 units
                        AMIND 31
                        American Indian Culture
                        3 units
                        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)
                        Course Details:
                        1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                        1. C: Ethnic Studies
                        2. 7: Ethnic Studies
                        1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                        2. F - Ethnic Studies
                        3. CSU Transfer Course
                        1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                        or
                        AMIND 34
                        The American Indian in Contemporary Society
                        3 units
                        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)
                        Course Details:
                        1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                        1. C: Ethnic Studies
                        1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                        2. CSU Transfer Course
                        1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                        3 units
                        CLS 11
                        Introduction to Chicano-Latino Studies
                        3 units
                        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)
                        Course Details:
                        1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                        1. C: Ethnic Studies
                        2. 7: Ethnic Studies
                        1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                        2. F - Ethnic Studies
                        3. CSU Transfer Course
                        1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                        or
                        CLS 14
                        Sociology of the Mexican American Community
                        3 units
                        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)
                        Course Details:
                            1. CSU Transfer Course
                            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                            or
                            SOC 14
                            Sociology of the Mexican American Community
                            3 units
                            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)
                            Course Details:
                                1. CSU Transfer Course
                                1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                CRIM 3
                                Legal Aspects of Evidence

                                3 units
                                Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                Categories of evidence, and the legal rules relating to admission or exclusion with attention to history and development. (A, CSU)
                                Course Details:
                                    1. CSU Transfer Course

                                      CRIM 9
                                      Crime Scene Forensic Evidence

                                      3 units
                                      Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                      Introduction to forensics in criminal investigations; methods to properly locate, identify, handle, and analyze physical evidence; analysis of crime scenes; pattern evidence; instruments firearms; questioned documents; and controlled substances. (A, CSU)
                                      Course Details:
                                      1. Prerequisite: CRIM 8
                                        1. CSU Transfer Course

                                          CRIM 11
                                          Juvenile Delinquency

                                          3 units
                                          Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                          Origin, development, and organization of the juvenile justice system in the U.S.; theories relating to the causes and prevention of juvenile delinquency, and the treatment of youthful offenders; legal processes, and constitutional standards. (A, CSU)
                                          Course Details:
                                              1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                CRIM 13
                                                The Constitution and Your Individual Rights

                                                3 units
                                                Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                                History and development of the Constitution; analysis of notable cases; historic protection of individual rights; ability of government to limit those prerogatives. (A, CSU, UC)

                                                CRIM 19
                                                Work Experience Education

                                                3 units
                                                Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
                                                Supervised employment extending the classroom based on occupational learning related to criminology. Collaborative learning objectives established specific to criminology. Orientation hours may be required. (A, CSU)
                                                Course Details:
                                                    1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                      3 units
                                                      PSYC C1000
                                                      Introduction to Psychology
                                                      3 units
                                                      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)
                                                      Course Details:
                                                      1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                      1. I: Psychology
                                                      1. D9 - Psychology
                                                      2. E - Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
                                                      3. CSU Transfer Course
                                                      1. E2 - Lifetime Skills
                                                      or
                                                      PSYC C1000H
                                                      Introduction to Psychology - Honors
                                                      3 units
                                                      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)
                                                      Course Details:
                                                      1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                      1. I: Psychology
                                                      1. D9 - Psychology
                                                      2. E - Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
                                                      3. CSU Transfer Course
                                                      1. E2 - Lifetime Skills

                                                      3 units
                                                      SOC 1A
                                                      Introduction to Sociology
                                                      3 units
                                                      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)
                                                      Course Details:
                                                      1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                      1. J: Sociology & Criminology
                                                      1. D10 - Sociology and Criminology
                                                      2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                      1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                      or
                                                      SOC 1AH
                                                      Honors Introduction to Sociology
                                                      3 units
                                                      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)
                                                      Course Details:
                                                      1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                      1. J: Sociology & Criminology
                                                      1. D10 - Sociology and Criminology
                                                      2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                      1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                                      SOC 2
                                                      American Minority Groups

                                                      3 units
                                                      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)
                                                      Course Details:
                                                      1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                      1. J: Sociology & Criminology
                                                      1. D10 - Sociology and Criminology
                                                      2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                      1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                                      WSTS 10
                                                      Changing Roles of Women

                                                      3 units
                                                      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)
                                                      Course Details:
                                                        1. D: Gender Studies
                                                        1. D4 - Gender Studies
                                                        2. CSU Transfer Course

                                                          Term 2

                                                          16 units

                                                          CRIM 8
                                                          Criminal Investigation

                                                          4 units
                                                          Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                                          Techniques, procedures, and ethical considerations involved in criminal investigation; organization of the process; crime scene logistics; searches; recovery and preservation of evidence; documentation; scientific examination; and trial presentation. (A, CSU)
                                                          Course Details:
                                                              1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                                CRIM 12
                                                                Criminal Justice Communications

                                                                3 units
                                                                Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                                                Fundamentals of information gathering; preparation of public safety reports, testifying; formal and informal communication with public and official agencies. (A, CSU)
                                                                Course Details:
                                                                    1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                                      Candidates who have competed the Basic Academy or Reserve Level 1 program may request to waive 6 units from: CRIM 1, 6, 7, and 12. (See your Pathway Counselor to submit the paperwork)

                                                                      CRIM 15
                                                                      Introduction to Police Ethics

                                                                      3 units
                                                                      Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                                                      Examination of issues relating to ethical standards and violations in the criminal justice system; practical and theoretical solutions; morality and ethics in human behavior. (A, CSU)
                                                                      Course Details:
                                                                          1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                                            Major Course

                                                                            6 units

                                                                            Select two of the following (9 units in total required): 

                                                                            3 units
                                                                            AFRAM 1
                                                                            Introduction to African American Studies
                                                                            3 units
                                                                            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)
                                                                            Course Details:
                                                                            1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                            1. C: Ethnic Studies
                                                                            2. 7: Ethnic Studies
                                                                            1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                                                                            2. F - Ethnic Studies
                                                                            3. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                            or
                                                                            AFRAM 4
                                                                            Classical African Societies
                                                                            3 units
                                                                            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)
                                                                            Course Details:
                                                                            1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                            1. F: History
                                                                            1. D6 - History
                                                                            2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                                                            3 units
                                                                            AMIND 31
                                                                            American Indian Culture
                                                                            3 units
                                                                            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)
                                                                            Course Details:
                                                                            1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                            1. C: Ethnic Studies
                                                                            2. 7: Ethnic Studies
                                                                            1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                                                                            2. F - Ethnic Studies
                                                                            3. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                            or
                                                                            AMIND 34
                                                                            The American Indian in Contemporary Society
                                                                            3 units
                                                                            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)
                                                                            Course Details:
                                                                            1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                            1. C: Ethnic Studies
                                                                            1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                                                                            2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                                                            3 units
                                                                            CLS 11
                                                                            Introduction to Chicano-Latino Studies
                                                                            3 units
                                                                            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)
                                                                            Course Details:
                                                                            1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                            1. C: Ethnic Studies
                                                                            2. 7: Ethnic Studies
                                                                            1. D3 - Ethnic Studies
                                                                            2. F - Ethnic Studies
                                                                            3. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                            or
                                                                            CLS 14
                                                                            Sociology of the Mexican American Community
                                                                            3 units
                                                                            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)
                                                                            Course Details:
                                                                                1. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                                or
                                                                                SOC 14
                                                                                Sociology of the Mexican American Community
                                                                                3 units
                                                                                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)
                                                                                Course Details:
                                                                                    1. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                    1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                                                                    CRIM 3
                                                                                    Legal Aspects of Evidence

                                                                                    3 units
                                                                                    Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                                                                    Categories of evidence, and the legal rules relating to admission or exclusion with attention to history and development. (A, CSU)
                                                                                    Course Details:
                                                                                        1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                                                          CRIM 9
                                                                                          Crime Scene Forensic Evidence

                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                          Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                                                                          Introduction to forensics in criminal investigations; methods to properly locate, identify, handle, and analyze physical evidence; analysis of crime scenes; pattern evidence; instruments firearms; questioned documents; and controlled substances. (A, CSU)
                                                                                          Course Details:
                                                                                          1. Prerequisite: CRIM 8
                                                                                            1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                                                              CRIM 11
                                                                                              Juvenile Delinquency

                                                                                              3 units
                                                                                              Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                                                                                              Origin, development, and organization of the juvenile justice system in the U.S.; theories relating to the causes and prevention of juvenile delinquency, and the treatment of youthful offenders; legal processes, and constitutional standards. (A, CSU)
                                                                                              Course Details:
                                                                                                  1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                                                                    CRIM 13
                                                                                                    The Constitution and Your Individual Rights

                                                                                                    3 units
                                                                                                    Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                                                                                    History and development of the Constitution; analysis of notable cases; historic protection of individual rights; ability of government to limit those prerogatives. (A, CSU, UC)

                                                                                                    CRIM 19
                                                                                                    Work Experience Education

                                                                                                    3 units
                                                                                                    Effective Term: 2024 Fall Semester
                                                                                                    Supervised employment extending the classroom based on occupational learning related to criminology. Collaborative learning objectives established specific to criminology. Orientation hours may be required. (A, CSU)
                                                                                                    Course Details:
                                                                                                        1. CSU Transfer Course

                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          PSYC C1000
                                                                                                          Introduction to Psychology
                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          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)
                                                                                                          Course Details:
                                                                                                          1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                                                          1. I: Psychology
                                                                                                          1. D9 - Psychology
                                                                                                          2. E - Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
                                                                                                          3. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                                          1. E2 - Lifetime Skills
                                                                                                          or
                                                                                                          PSYC C1000H
                                                                                                          Introduction to Psychology - Honors
                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          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)
                                                                                                          Course Details:
                                                                                                          1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                                                          1. I: Psychology
                                                                                                          1. D9 - Psychology
                                                                                                          2. E - Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
                                                                                                          3. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                                          1. E2 - Lifetime Skills

                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          SOC 1A
                                                                                                          Introduction to Sociology
                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          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)
                                                                                                          Course Details:
                                                                                                          1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                                                          1. J: Sociology & Criminology
                                                                                                          1. D10 - Sociology and Criminology
                                                                                                          2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                                          1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                                                          or
                                                                                                          SOC 1AH
                                                                                                          Honors Introduction to Sociology
                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          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)
                                                                                                          Course Details:
                                                                                                          1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                                                          1. J: Sociology & Criminology
                                                                                                          1. D10 - Sociology and Criminology
                                                                                                          2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                                          1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                                                                                          SOC 2
                                                                                                          American Minority Groups

                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          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)
                                                                                                          Course Details:
                                                                                                          1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                                                                                                          1. J: Sociology & Criminology
                                                                                                          1. D10 - Sociology and Criminology
                                                                                                          2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                                          1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                                                                                                          WSTS 10
                                                                                                          Changing Roles of Women

                                                                                                          3 units
                                                                                                          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)
                                                                                                          Course Details:
                                                                                                            1. D: Gender Studies
                                                                                                            1. D4 - Gender Studies
                                                                                                            2. CSU Transfer Course
                                                                                                              Total: 31 units