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Fall 2025 Courses

 

SUBJECT AND COURSE #

CLASS TITLE

CREDITS

FORMAT

Start & End Dates

AJ 102
Concepts of Criminal Law
3
Face-to-Face
T & TH
4:20pm-6:20pm
(IHS)
09/02-12/06
ANTH 102
Cultural Anthropology 
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
ART 102
History of Art II
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
AUT 135
Automotive Techniques and Applications
3
Face-to-Face
M & W
3:30pm-8:35pm (CUHS)
09/02-12/06
AUT 160
Engine Performance Tune-Up
3
Face-to-Face
T & TH
3:30pm-6:50pm
(CUHS)
09/02-12/06
CHIC 100
Intro to Chicana/o Studies
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
COMM C1000
Intro to Public Speaking
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
COUNS 120
College Success Skills
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
ECON 101
Intro to Micro Economics
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
ENGL C1000
Academic Reading and Writing
4
Face-to-Face
T & TH
3:30pm-5:35pm
(IHS)
08/11-12/06
HIST 121
US History: Reconstruct-Present
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
MUS 102
Intro to Music Lit & Listening
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
POLS C1000
American Gov & Politics
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
PSYC C1000
Introduction to Psychology
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06
SOC 101
Introduction to Sociology
3
ONLINE
09/02-12/06

* Subject to change


AJ 102 Concepts of Criminal Law
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

The course covers the historical development of law and constitutional provisions; definitions and the classification of crime and their application to the system of administration of justice; legal research, study of case law, methodology, and concepts of law as a social force are presented. Crimes against persons, property, government, and organized crime are discussed. (C-ID: AJ 120) (CSU/UC)

 

ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

This course explores how anthropologists study and compare human culture. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the broad arc 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 family and kinship ties; what they believe about the world (belief systems); how they express themselves creatively (expressive culture); how they make distinctions among themselves such as through applying gender, racial and ethnic identity labels; how they have shaped and been shaped by social inequalities such as colonialism; and how they navigate culture change and processes of globalization that affect us all. 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. (CSU/UC)

 

ART 102 History of Art II
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary period. This course may be taken by itself, after, before, or concurrently with ART 100. (CSU/UC)

 

AU T 135 Automotive Techniques and Applications
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 18.0 Lecture, 108.0 Lab
(Letter Grade Only)

This course is designed for students that already completed classes in brakes, suspension, wheel alignment, and basic automotive electronics or students who are currently employed in the automotive field. This course consists of reviews of hands-on using worksheets related to diagnose brake repair, steering/suspension repair and four wheel alignment. In addition, the student will be using the latest diagnostic equipment and service techniques of the automotive field. (Nontransferable, AA/AS degree only)

 

AU T 160 Engine Performance Tune-Up
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 36.0 Lecture, 54.0 Lab
(Letter Grade Only)

This course provides operating theory and hand-on experience in the operation, diagnosis, and repair of automotive fuel systems with carburetors, basic throttle body and part fuel injection systems. Students learn to use the four gas analyzers. (CSU)

 

CHIC 100 Introduction to Chicana/o Studies
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass)

This course offers an introduction to Chicana/o studies as an academic discipline. It focuses on its origins, development, and theories that contribute to its formation. Furthermore, it analyzes and evaluates Chicana/o perspectives on revisionist history; demographics; employment; political and socioeconomic trends; education; and the arts. This course will also examine, compare and contrast, such topics as cultural values, social organization, urbanization patterns of the Chicana/o in the U.S., migration, identity and gender roles as well as their struggles in education, politics and legislation. Due to the nature of the subject, students will be exposed to some Spanish phrases, words, and expressions. (CSU/UC)

 

COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

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. (CSU/UC)

 

COUN 120 College Success Skills
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

This course is designed to assist students in learning how to reach their collegiate and life planning goals. Topics include college orientation, study skills, cultural diversity awareness, self-evaluation of personal characteristics related to educational success, and transitioning to college life. The central theme of the course is a holistic approach to the individuality of students in higher education, which include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and age. Strategies covered will include skills such as creative goal setting, note-taking, listening, time-management, learning styles, critical thinking, test taking, library and financial resources and educational program planning. Course is recommended for new and continuing students. (CSU)

 

ECON 101 Introduction to Micro Economics
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

This introductory course focuses on choices of individuals and individual firms and what guides decision making in market-based economies. Emphasis given to scarcity, opportunity cost, resource allocation, supply and demand, elasticity, market failures, cost theory, price and output determination under various market structures, factor markets and the principles of economic analysis. (CSU/UC)

 

ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing
Unit(s): 4.0 Class Hours: 72.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)
Prerequisite(s): Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process.

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. (Formerly ENGL 110) (CSU/UC

 

HIST 121 United States History: Reconstruction to the Present
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

This course is a survey of American history from Reconstruction to the present. This course will cover the major political, economic, social, gender, racial, cultural and intellectual transformations of the modern American eras. Of special note will be an examination of America's rise to global power. At the completion of this course students will have a broad understanding of the most important ideas, personalities, movements, and events in the modern period. (CSU/UC)

 

MUS 102 Introduction to Music Literature & Listening
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

An introduction to music literature with emphasis on listening experience. Students study the expressive materials of music and the major forms of music literature including music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras as well as 20th century, Jazz, American music, Rock, and Non-Western music. Emphasis placed on the skills and understanding necessary for lifelong music listening experiences. (CSU/UC)

 

POLS C1000 American Government and Politics
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

This course is an introduction to government and politics in the United States and California. Students examine the constitutions, structure, and operation of governing institutions, civil liberties and civil rights, political behaviors, political issues, and public policy using political science theory and methodology. (Formerly POLS 102) (CSU/UC)

 

PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

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. (Formerly PSY 101) (CSU/UC)

 

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
Unit(s): 3.0 Class Hours: 54.0 Lecture
(Letter Grade Only)

Introduction to the study of society. Overview of major concepts, methods and theoretical perspectives including: culture, social structure, institutions, socialization, gender, race, social class, inequality, deviance, and social control. Topics include macro and micro theories. (CSU/UC)

 

Dual Enrollment