# Moorpark College — full catalog > Generated 2026-06-21T18:17:28.445Z from a crawl of moorparkcollege.edu. 1351 records (247 programs · 1104 courses · 0 resource pages). # Accounting ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M50 — Principles of Income Taxation - ACCT M51 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) - ACCT M52 — Taxation of Business Entities - ACCT M53 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance II (VITA II) - ACCT M60 — Excel for Accounting - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/accounting/ --- # Anatomy ## Courses - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/anatomy/ --- # Animal Care and Training Program Purpose: Students who complete the Animal Care & Training program will acquire the practical knowledge and skills to further wildlife conservation and animal welfare through the successfully performance of scientific observations, providing appropriate animal husbandry, and applying animal behavior modification to a wide variety of domestic and non-domestic animals. In addition, students will develop skills in critical thinking, communicating effectively, and working as a dynamic team member. ## Courses - ANCT M01A — Animal Care & Handling I - ANCT M01AL — Animal Care & Handling Lab I - ANCT M01B — Animal Care & Handling II - ANCT M01BL — Animal Care & Handling Lab II - ANCT M02A — Zoo Work Skills First Year Fall - ANCT M02C — Zoo Work Skills First Year Spring - ANCT M02D — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Summer - ANCT M02E — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Fall - ANCT M09 — Animal Behavior - ANCT M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANCT M12 — Anatomy and Physiology of Mammals - ANCT M14A — Projects I - ANCT M15A — Wildlife Education I - ANCT M15AL — Wildlife Education I Lab - ANCT M15B — Wildlife Education II - ANCT M15BL — Wildlife Education II Lab - ANCT M15CL — Wildlife Education III Lab - ANCT M15D — Wildlife Education IV - ANCT M15DL — Wildlife Education IV Lab - ANCT M17 — Animal Diversity - ANCT M18 — Animal Health and Safety - ANCT M19 — Animal Nutrition - ANCT M21A — Animal Training I - ANCT M21AL — Animal Training I Lab - ANCT M21B — Animal Training II - ANCT M21BL — Animal Training II Lab - ANCT M23A — Elementary Veterinary Care I - ANCT M23AL — Elementary Veterinary Care I Laboratory - ANCT M24 — Avian and Herptile Care - ANCT M26 — Applied Primate Behavior - ANSC M08 — Applied Wildlife Conservation - ANSC M09 — Animal Behavior - ANSC M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANSC M17 — Animal Diversity - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - MATH M05 — College Algebra for STEM Studies - ZOO M01 — Introduction to Zoology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/animal-care-and-training/ --- # Animal Science Program Purpose: Students completing courses in Animal Science will examine basic principles of science related to animals. Student will examine basic principles of animal behavior, diversity and conservation. ## Courses - ANCT M08 — Applied Wildlife Conservation - ANCT M09 — Animal Behavior - ANCT M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANCT M17 — Animal Diversity Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/animal-science/ --- # Animal Care and Training, Associate in Science **Degree** Animal Care and Training (ANCT) classes are open only to students enrolled in the ANCT program by the Application and Enrollment Procedure. ## Courses - ANCT M01A — Animal Care & Handling I - ANCT M01AL — Animal Care & Handling Lab I - ANCT M01B — Animal Care & Handling II - ANCT M01BL — Animal Care & Handling Lab II - ANCT M02A — Zoo Work Skills First Year Fall - ANCT M02C — Zoo Work Skills First Year Spring - ANCT M02D — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Summer - ANCT M02E — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Fall - ANCT M02F — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Spring - ANCT M08 — Applied Wildlife Conservation - ANCT M09 — Animal Behavior - ANCT M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANCT M12 — Anatomy and Physiology of Mammals - ANCT M14A — Projects I - ANCT M14B — Projects II - ANCT M15A — Wildlife Education I - ANCT M15AL — Wildlife Education I Lab - ANCT M15B — Wildlife Education II - ANCT M15BL — Wildlife Education II Lab - ANCT M15CL — Wildlife Education III Lab - ANCT M15D — Wildlife Education IV - ANCT M15DL — Wildlife Education IV Lab - ANCT M15EL — Wildlife Education Spring Spectacular Lab - ANCT M17 — Animal Diversity - ANCT M18 — Animal Health and Safety - ANCT M19 — Animal Nutrition - ANCT M21A — Animal Training I - ANCT M21AL — Animal Training I Lab - ANCT M21B — Animal Training II - ANCT M21BL — Animal Training II Lab - ANCT M21P — Animal Training Practicum - ANCT M23A — Elementary Veterinary Care I - ANCT M23AL — Elementary Veterinary Care I Laboratory - ANCT M23B — Elementary Veterinary Care II - ANCT M24 — Avian and Herptile Care - ANCT M26 — Applied Primate Behavior - ANCT M26L — Applied Primate Behavior Lab - ANCT M27 — Animal Ethical and Legal Issues - ANCT M30A — Zoo Days I - ANCT M30B — Zoo Days II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/animal20care20and20training/animal-care-and-training-as/ --- # Animal Care and Training, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Students who complete the ANCT program will acquire the practical knowledge and skills to successfully perform scientific observations, provide appropriate animal husbandry, and apply animal behavior modification to a wide variety of domestic and non-domestic animals to further animal welfare and wildlife conservation. In addition, students will develop skills in critical thinking, communicating effectively, and working as a dynamic team member. ## Courses - ANCT M01A — Animal Care & Handling I - ANCT M01AL — Animal Care & Handling Lab I - ANCT M01B — Animal Care & Handling II - ANCT M01BL — Animal Care & Handling Lab II - ANCT M02A — Zoo Work Skills First Year Fall - ANCT M02C — Zoo Work Skills First Year Spring - ANCT M02D — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Summer - ANCT M02E — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Fall - ANCT M02F — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Spring - ANCT M08 — Applied Wildlife Conservation - ANCT M09 — Animal Behavior - ANCT M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANCT M12 — Anatomy and Physiology of Mammals - ANCT M14A — Projects I - ANCT M14B — Projects II - ANCT M15A — Wildlife Education I - ANCT M15AL — Wildlife Education I Lab - ANCT M15B — Wildlife Education II - ANCT M15BL — Wildlife Education II Lab - ANCT M15CL — Wildlife Education III Lab - ANCT M15D — Wildlife Education IV - ANCT M15DL — Wildlife Education IV Lab - ANCT M15EL — Wildlife Education Spring Spectacular Lab - ANCT M17 — Animal Diversity - ANCT M18 — Animal Health and Safety - ANCT M19 — Animal Nutrition - ANCT M21A — Animal Training I - ANCT M21AL — Animal Training I Lab - ANCT M21B — Animal Training II - ANCT M21BL — Animal Training II Lab - ANCT M23A — Elementary Veterinary Care I - ANCT M23AL — Elementary Veterinary Care I Laboratory - ANCT M23B — Elementary Veterinary Care II - ANCT M24 — Avian and Herptile Care - ANCT M26 — Applied Primate Behavior - ANCT M26L — Applied Primate Behavior Lab - ANCT M30A — Zoo Days I - ANCT M30B — Zoo Days II - ANSC M09 — Animal Behavior - ANSC M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANSC M17 — Animal Diversity Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/animal20care20and20training/animal-care-and-training-coa/ --- # Anthropology, Associate in Arts **Degree** Training in anthropology will prepare one for any career that involves working at the interface between two or multiple cultures. Specialized preparation in this subject can lead to some of the world's most interesting work, including the study of human cultures, archaeological excavation and interpretation, primate behavior, and social research into economics, politics, law, religion, art, and music, as well as work in applied areas such as marketing, development work, and cultural resource management. ## Courses - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M01L — Biological Anthropology Lab - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ANTH M05 — Archaeological Field Methods - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M10 — Archaeological Survey and Mapping - ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion - ANTH M12 — Archaeological Laboratory Procedures - ANTH M122 — Independent Study-Anthropology - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - ANTH M14 — Monkeys, Apes, and Humans - ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs - ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya - ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology - ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing - ANTH M19 — Professionalism in Archaeology: Cultural Resource Management - ANTH M80 — Work Experience Education in Anthropology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/anthropology/anthropology-aa/ --- # Anthropology, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M01L — Biological Anthropology Lab - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ANTH M05 — Archaeological Field Methods - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M10 — Archaeological Survey and Mapping - ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion - ANTH M12 — Archaeological Laboratory Procedures - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - ANTH M14 — Monkeys, Apes, and Humans - ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs - ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya - ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology - ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing - ANTH M19 — Professionalism in Archaeology: Cultural Resource Management - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab - GEOL M121 — Earth Science with Lab - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - MUS M04 — Survey of World Music - MUS M04H — Honors: Survey of World Music - PHIL M11 — World Religions: West - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/anthropology/anthropology-aat/ --- # Archaeology, Associate in Arts **Degree** This specialized program in Archaeology is not intended to be used as a license for independent unsupervised archaeological research. Rather it is designed to introduce students to archaeological research, and provide opportunities to actively participate in supervised archaeological survey, excavation, and artifact analysis. ## Courses - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M01L — Biological Anthropology Lab - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ANTH M05 — Archaeological Field Methods - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M10 — Archaeological Survey and Mapping - ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion - ANTH M12 — Archaeological Laboratory Procedures - ANTH M122 — Independent Study-Anthropology - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs - ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya - ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology - ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing - ANTH M19 — Professionalism in Archaeology: Cultural Resource Management - ANTH M80 — Work Experience Education in Anthropology - BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M03 — Earth History - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/anthropology/archaeology-aa/ --- # Art, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts program provides students with a curriculum that is preparatory for transfer to most universities and professional schools of art. The Art program allows students to focus in Two Dimensional or Three-Dimensional artwork. The program empowers students with strong fundamental skills and the creation of portfolio level artwork. With a portfolio students can apply to be accepted into high level art colleges. ## Courses - ART M110 — Gallery Practice/Portfolio - ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design - ART M23 — Three-Dimensional Design - ART M30 — Drawing and Composition I - ART M31 — Drawing and Composition II - ART M32 — Life Drawing I - ART M33 — Life Drawing II - ART M34 — Life Drawing III - ART M35 — Life Drawing Portfolio - ART M40A — Illustration I - ART M40B — Illustration II - ART M40C — Illustration III - ART M40D — Illustration Portfolio - ART M43 — Acrylic Painting I - ART M44 — Acrylic Painting II - ART M45 — Acrylic Painting III - ART M46 — Acrylic Painting Portfolio - ART M49 — Watercolor I - ART M50 — Watercolor II - ART M70 — Ceramics I - ART M71 — Ceramics II - ART M72 — Ceramics III - ART M73 — Ceramic Portfolio - ART M74 — Glaze Design I - ART M75 — Glaze Design II - ART M77A — Sculpture I - ART M77B — Sculpture II - ART M77C — Sculpture III - ART M77D — Sculpture Portfolio - ART M79A — Figure Sculpture I - ART M79B — Figure Sculpture II - ART M79C — Figure Sculpture III - ART M79D — Figure Sculpture Portfolio - ART M90 — Printmaking I - ART M91 — Printmaking II - ART M92 — Printmaking III - ART M93 — Printmaking Portfolio - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - MAKR M103 — Introduction to Digital Fabrication Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/art-history/art-aa/ --- # Art History, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Art History for Transfer (AA-T in Art History) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree in Art History, or Studio Art - Art with Emphasis or Concentration in Art History, or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AA-T in Art History within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within t… ## Courses - ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design - ART M23 — Three-Dimensional Design - ART M30 — Drawing and Composition I - ART M31 — Drawing and Composition II - ART M32 — Life Drawing I - ART M33 — Life Drawing II - ART M40A — Illustration I - ART M43 — Acrylic Painting I - ART M44 — Acrylic Painting II - ART M49 — Watercolor I - ART M50 — Watercolor II - ART M70 — Ceramics I - ART M71 — Ceramics II - ART M79A — Figure Sculpture I - ART M90 — Printmaking I - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M130 — Design I - DES M131 — Design II - DES M143 — 3D Fundamentals - DES M150 — Web Design - FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHOT M20 — Intermediate Photography Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/art-history/art-history-aat/ --- # Studio Arts, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Studio Arts Transfer (AA-T) Degree is intended to meet the lower division requirement for Studio Arts majors (or similar majors) at a CSU campus that offers a Studio Arts baccalaureate degree. The degree helps to develop a strong foundation level of art skills in a variety of mediums and techniques. Courses will stimulate conceptual thinking, problem-solving and critical analysis through direct application and experience, as well as foster an understanding of art within history and culture. Students who major in the field of art have a variety of opportunities open to… ## Courses - ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design - ART M23 — Three-Dimensional Design - ART M30 — Drawing and Composition I - ART M31 — Drawing and Composition II - ART M32 — Life Drawing I - ART M33 — Life Drawing II - ART M43 — Acrylic Painting I - ART M44 — Acrylic Painting II - ART M49 — Watercolor I - ART M50 — Watercolor II - ART M70 — Ceramics I - ART M71 — Ceramics II - ART M77A — Sculpture I - ART M90 — Printmaking I - ART M91 — Printmaking II - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M131 — Design II - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHOT M20 — Intermediate Photography Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/art-history/studio-arts-aat/ --- # Astronomy Program Purpose: Students who complete Astronomy courses will be able to identify, compare and contrast physical properties of astronomical objects; visualize the general structure and scale of the universe and our place within it; locate, identify and contrast prominent astronomical objects in the night sky; identify, comprehend and interpret elementary equations used in astronomy; and understand basic astronomical tools. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/astronomy/ --- # Biological Sciences, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Biological Science degree is in alignment with the University of California (UC) Transfer Pathways and is intended to prepare students who plan to transfer to a UC as a Biology major. In addition to meeting the minimum UC transfer admission requirements, students completing this degree will have met the major preparation requirements for admission to the UC. Students are encouraged to work with a counselor and consult the ASSIST database for possible additional coursework and transfer requirements. ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I - CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biological-sciences/biological-sciences-as/ --- # Biology, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Science in Biology for Transfer (AS-T) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor's degree in Biology, or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AS-T in Biology within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within that major) have been designated as “similar” to this degree at each CSU campus, please refe… ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PHYS M10B — General Physics II - PHYS M10BL — General Physics II Laboratory - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biological-sciences/biology-ast/ --- # Pre-Allied Health, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** To earn a Pre-Allied Health Certificate of Achievement students must complete 21 specified units. This program prepares the student for entry into many health professional programs. These courses provide some of the prerequisites for advanced training in the medical field for occupations such as nursing, dental hygiene, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical laboratory technicians, and radiological sciences. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biological-sciences/pre-allied-health-coa/ --- # Bachelor of Science in Biomanufacturing **Degree** The bachelor of science in Biomanufacturing (BS in Biomanufacturing) degree program will develop the skills, abilities, and knowledge students need to work in the unique environment of biological manufacturing. It will prepare students for employment in technical or quality positions in the manufacturing sector of the biotechnology industry, which includes biotherapeutics, diagnostics, supplies and services, and industrial products. Students will gain knowledge in biology, chemistry, engineering, statistics, quality, regulatory affairs, and business. Students will use biomanufacturing laborat… ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOT M301 — Biomanufacturing Process Sciences and Engineering Principles - BIOT M302 — Design of Experiments for Biomanufacturing - BIOT M303 — Design of Biomanufacturing Facilities, Critical Utilities, Processes, and Equipment - BIOT M304 — Bioprocess Monitoring and Control - BIOT M307 — Advanced Topics in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs - BIOT M405 — Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Technologies - BIOT M406 — Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning - BIOT M408 — Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing - BIOT M409 — Methods in Quality Improvements, Investigations, and Audits - BIOT M410 — Emerging Trends in Biomanufacturing Quality - BUS M400 — Project Management - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - ENGL M300 — Technical Writing - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - PHIL M400 — Ethics in the Age of Emerging Technology - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biomanufacturing-bachelor-degree/ --- # Biomedical Device Manufacturing, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Biomedical Device Manufacturing Certificate provides skills for the manufacturing of medical devices including basic quality control, government regulations as well as applied skills such as machining and working in an ultra-clean environment. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biotechnology/biomedical-device-manufacturing-coa/ --- # Biotechnology, Associate in Science **Degree** Biotechnology is a rapidly growing industry with projections for continued growth and exciting opportunities for employment. The Biotechnology Program is one of several in the State with a comprehensive curriculum in biomanufacturing. This program is designed in consultation with members of local industry (Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, and others) to provide the essential technical experiences and training needed for this thriving field. The curriculum balances basic science courses with practical laboratory applications. ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biotechnology/biotechnology-as/ --- # Biotechnology, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Biotechnology is a rapidly growing industry with projections for continued growth and exciting opportunities for employment. The Biotechnology Program is one of several in the state with a comprehensive curriculum in biomanufacturing. This program is designed in consultation with members of local industry (Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, and others) to provide the essential technical experiences and training needed for this thriving field. The curriculum balances basic science courses with practical laboratory applications. ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biotechnology/biotechnology-coa/ --- # Biotechnology Manufacturing Operator, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Biotechnology Manufacturing Operator Certificate of Achievement offers fundamental skills often needed for entry-level positions in biotechnology manufacturing. This program prepares students for operating and maintaining machinery and production lines. Students will learn how to monitor equipment for proper functioning to ensure adherence to safety regulations and protocols. ## Courses - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/biotechnology/biotechnology-manufacturing-operator-coa/ --- # Botany ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BOT M06 — Plants and Society Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/botany/ --- # Accounting, Associate in Science **Degree** The degree prepares students for accounting positions in the private and public sectors, in areas such as banking and finance, retail and wholesale, and government. ## Courses - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting - ACCT M40 — Accounting Ethics - ACCT M50 — Principles of Income Taxation - ACCT M51 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) - ACCT M52 — Taxation of Business Entities - ACCT M53 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance II (VITA II) - ACCT M60 — Excel for Accounting - ACCT M62 — Quickbooks For PCs - ACCT M70 — Payroll Accounting - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M39 — Business Communication - BUS M70 — Introduction to Global Business Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/accounting-as/ --- # Accounting II, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Accounting II is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge required for entry-level positions in accounting industry, government, financial institutions, and small businesses. The program encompasses classroom instruction and extensive hands-on application with both manual and computerized accounting systems. ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting - ACCT M40 — Accounting Ethics - ACCT M50 — Principles of Income Taxation - ACCT M51 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) - ACCT M52 — Taxation of Business Entities - ACCT M60 — Excel for Accounting - ACCT M62 — Quickbooks For PCs - ACCT M70 — Payroll Accounting - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - BUS M39 — Business Communication Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/accounting-coa/ --- # Accounting I, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Accounting I will provide students with the skills and knowledge required for entry-level bookkeeping positions in small businesses. The program encompasses classroom instruction and extensive hands-on application with both manual and computerized accounting systems. ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M60 — Excel for Accounting - ACCT M62 — Quickbooks For PCs Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/accounting-one-coa/ --- # Business Administration, Associate in Science **Degree** This program prepares students for business careers across diverse industries such as accounting, banking, biotechnology, entertainment, entrepreneurship, global business, healthcare, law, and technology. Graduates may also find opportunities in government agencies and non-profit organizations. Within these sectors, business professionals manage various functions, including budgeting, operations, marketing, planning, purchasing, sales, supervision, supply chain management, and more. ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting - ART M112 — Business of Art - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M31 — Introduction to Management - BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - BUS M33 — Business Law - BUS M35 — Sales Techniques - BUS M37 — Marketing - BUS M39 — Business Communication - BUS M41 — Principles of Retailing - BUS M70 — Introduction to Global Business - BUS M71 — Global Marketing - BUS M72 — Supply Chain Management - BUS M73 — Import/Export Fundamentals - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality - KIN M25 — Fitness Management - MUS M07 — Introduction to Music Business - PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/business-administration-as/ --- # Business Administration 2.0, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** A degree in business leads to a broad range of employment opportunities in a variety of industries such as banking, health care/biotechnology, law, entertainment, defense, computer/electronics, and education, as well as in government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. ## Courses - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M33 — Business Law - BUS M39 — Business Communication - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/business-administration-ast-2.0/ --- # Business Administration, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** This program prepares students for business careers across diverse industries such as accounting, banking, biotechnology, entertainment, entrepreneurship, global business, healthcare, law, and technology. Graduates may also find opportunities in government agencies and non-profit organizations. Within these sectors, business professionals manage various functions, including budgeting, operations, marketing, planning, purchasing, sales, supervision, supply chain management, and more. ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting - ART M112 — Business of Art - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M31 — Introduction to Management - BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - BUS M33 — Business Law - BUS M35 — Sales Techniques - BUS M37 — Marketing - BUS M39 — Business Communication - BUS M41 — Principles of Retailing - BUS M70 — Introduction to Global Business - BUS M71 — Global Marketing - BUS M72 — Supply Chain Management - BUS M73 — Import/Export Fundamentals - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality - KIN M25 — Fitness Management - MUS M07 — Introduction to Music Business - PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/business-administration-coa/ --- # Business Information Systems, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Students completing the Certificate of Achievement in Business Information Systems will have learned a comprehensive understand plus practical experience solving business problems with the major software programs in the Microsoft Office Suite. (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Project) The student will also be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams to get Digital Badges and Certifications. ## Courses - BIS M10 — Microsoft Windows – Introduction - BIS M20 — Microsoft Office - Intro. - BIS M21A — MS Word – Intermediate - BIS M21B — Microsoft Word – Advanced - BIS M22A — MS PowerPoint – Intermediate - BIS M23A — Microsoft Excel – Intermediate - BIS M23B — MS Excel – Advanced - BIS M24 — MS Access – Introduction - BIS M25 — MS Outlook – Introduction - BIS M26 — MS Project – Introduction - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M39 — Business Communication Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/business-information-systems-coa/ --- # Global Business, Associate in Science **Degree** Students completing the A.S. Degree in Global Business will gain comprehensive knowledge of traditional business operations within a global framework. The program integrates the fundamentals of global trade, marketing, supply chain management, and importing/exporting of goods. This degree focuses on business practices used in a culturally diverse, global economy and is designed for the student seeking entrepreneurship or career advancement opportunities in global business. ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M31 — Introduction to Management - BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - BUS M33 — Business Law - BUS M35 — Sales Techniques - BUS M37 — Marketing - BUS M39 — Business Communication - BUS M70 — Introduction to Global Business - BUS M71 — Global Marketing - BUS M72 — Supply Chain Management - BUS M73 — Import/Export Fundamentals - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality - PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business - POLS M04 — International Relations - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/global-business-as/ --- # Global Business, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Students completing the Certificate of Achievement in Global Business will gain a broad perspective of traditional business operations within a global framework. The program integrates the fundamentals of global trade, marketing, supply chain management, and importing/exporting of goods. This certificate focuses on business practices used in a culturally diverse, global economy and is designed for the student seeking entrepreneurship or an entry-level career in global business. ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M31 — Introduction to Management - BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - BUS M33 — Business Law - BUS M35 — Sales Techniques - BUS M37 — Marketing - BUS M39 — Business Communication - BUS M70 — Introduction to Global Business - BUS M71 — Global Marketing - BUS M72 — Supply Chain Management - BUS M73 — Import/Export Fundamentals - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality - PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business - POLS M04 — International Relations - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/global-business-coa/ --- # Hospitality Management, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** A study of Hospitality Management offers practical and theoretical knowledge of the management of staff, upkeep and sanitary standards of facilities, customer service, marketing, sales, accounting, purchasing, production, and operations. Students will gain a global perspective of the Hospitality industry and an opportunity to understand the legal and ethical considerations affecting organizations in the industry. ## Courses - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M33 — Business Law - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - ENSC M01L — Environmental Science Lab - ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality - HOSP M120 — Hospitality Cost Control - HOSP M130 — Introduction to Food and Beverage Management - HOSP M140 — Introduction to Hotel Management - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/hospitality-management-ast/ --- # Hospitality Management, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** A study in Hospitality Management offers practical and theoretical knowledge of management of hospitality staff, upkeep and sanitary standards of lodging and foodservice facilities, customer service, marketing, sales, accounting, purchasing, production, and operations. Students will gain a global perspective of the Hospitality industry and an opportunity to understand the legal and ethical considerations affecting organizations in the industry. Students completing the Certificate of Achievement in the Hospitality Management program will expand their knowledge of the fundamentals of operations… ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M31 — Introduction to Management - BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - BUS M33 — Business Law - BUS M35 — Sales Techniques - BUS M37 — Marketing - BUS M39 — Business Communication - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality - HOSP M120 — Hospitality Cost Control - HOSP M130 — Introduction to Food and Beverage Management - HOSP M140 — Introduction to Hotel Management - HOSP M170 — Hospitality Supervision and Guest Relations - HOSP M200 — Introduction to Event Management - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/hospitality-management-coa/ --- # Taxation I, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Taxation I prepares students for entry-level positions as income tax preparers with knowledge of both state and federal individual taxation, using professional level tax return preparation software. ## Courses - ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M50 — Principles of Income Taxation - ACCT M51 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/business-administration/taxation-coa/ --- # Chemistry, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science (AS) degree in Chemistry prepares students for upper division course work for advanced degrees in Chemistry offered by four-year institutions. The major preparation aligns with that of a California State University (CSU) or other independent or out-of-state university. In addition, earning this degree suggests an achievement of technical skills that may be helpful in seeking immediate employment. ## Courses - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I - CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/chemistry/chemistry-as/ --- # Chemistry, Associate in Science for UC Transfer **Degree** This Associate in Science degree in Chemistry for UC Transfer degree is intended to enhance student transfer and increase academic preparation for CCC students as they prepare to transfer into a Chemistry program at a UC campus. Along with the Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG), students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the UC system, but not necessarily to a particular UC campus or major of their choice. Students should consult with a counselor for more information on university admission and transfer requirements, as this degree in Chemistry may not be the best option for… ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANPH M01 — Human Anatomy and Physiology - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - ANTH M14 — Monkeys, Apes, and Humans - ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs - ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya - ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology - ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - BIOL M02C — Genetics and Molecular Biology - BIOL M03 — Marine Life and Its Environment - BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California - BIOL M06 — Ecology - BIOL M16 — Human Biology - BIOL M17 — Heredity, Evolution and Society - BOT M01 — Introduction to Botany - BOT M06 — Plants and Society - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I - CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II - CHIN M110 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin II - CJ M08 — Introduction to Constitutional Law - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COMM M13 — Gender Communication - COMM M25 — Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism - COMM M26 — Rhetoric of Popular Culture - DANC M01 — Dance Appreciation - DANC M01H — Honors: Dance Appreciation - DANC M03 — Dance History - DANC M31 — World Dance Cultures - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M101 — Design History - DES M101H — Honors: Design History - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ECON M170 — Economic History of the US - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - ENGL M13A — Survey of American Literature I - ENGL M13B — Survey of American Literature II - ENGL M14 — Introduction to Poetry - ENGL M15A — Survey of English Literature I - ENGL M15B — Survey of English Literature II - ENGL M16 — Introduction to Fiction - ENGL M17 — Shakespeare - ENGL M20 — Introduction to Drama - ENGL M29A — The Bible as Literature (Old Testament) - ENGL M29B — The Bible as Literature (New Testament) - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - ENGL M40 — Children's Literature - ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions - ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies - ETHS M04 — Chicana/o History II: 1848 to Present - ETHS M10 — Introduction to African American Studies - ETHS M40 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies - FREN M110 — Elementary French II - FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M104 — Introduction to Documentary Studies - FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II - FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - FTMA M109 — Contemporary American Cinema - FTMA M110 — Contemporary Global Cinema - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - GEOG M10 — Geography of California - GERM M110 — Elementary German II - HED M20 — Introduction to Public Health - HED M21 — Social Determinants of Health, Disparities and Equities - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - HIST M124 — Sports in American History - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 - HIST M143 — History of California - HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present - HIST M25 — History of the United States - HIST M25H — Honors: History of the United States - HUM M07 — Survey of the Arts - HUM M10A — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: The Roots of the Humanities - HUM M10B — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: Humanities and the Modern World - HUM M11 — Conflict and the Human Condition - HUM M14 — Humanities in the United States - JAPN M110 — Elementary Japanese II - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III - MATH M35 — Applied Differential Equations - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - MUS M01 — Music Fundamentals - MUS M04 — Survey of World Music - MUS M04H — Honors: Survey of World Music - MUS M08 — Music Appreciation - MUS M08H — Honors: Music Appreciation - MUS M09A — Western Music History I - MUS M09AH — Honors: Western Music History I - MUS M09B — Western Music History II - MUS M09BH — Honors: Western Music History II - NTS M07 — Cultural Foods - PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy - PHIL M05 — Critical Thinking and Analytic Writing - PHIL M08 — Philosophy of Religion - PHIL M11 — World Religions: West - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - PHIL M13 — The Classical Mind - PHIL M14 — The Modern Mind - PHIL M21 — Ethics of Living and Dying - PHOT M40 — History of Photography - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - PHYS M20C — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics - PHYS M20CL — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - POLS M01 — Introduction to Politics - POLS M02 — Comparative Politics - POLS M04 — International Relations - POLS M05 — National, State and Local Politics - POLS M06 — Introduction to Political Theory - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - PSY M02 — Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M02H — Honors: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M03 — Personal Growth and Social Awareness - PSY M04 — Child Psychology - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M08 — Abnormal Psychology - PSY M10 — Dying and Death - PSY M13 — Human Sexuality - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - PSY M16 — Personality Theories - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SJS M120 — Introduction to Women's Studies - SJS M130 — Introduction to LGBTQ Studies - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology - SOC M212 — Introduction to Sociology of Religion - SOC M216 — Sociology of Deviant Behavior - SOC M218 — Organized Crime and Terrorism - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II - SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN M200S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I - SPAN M210 — Intermediate Spanish II - SWHS M110 — Introduction to Social Work and Human Services - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - ZOO M01 — Introduction to Zoology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/chemistry/chemistry-uctp/ --- # Child and Adolescent Development, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** A major in Child and Adolescent Development offers lower division coursework examining classical and contemporary research that promotes positive developmental outcomes spanning conception through emerging adulthood. This option of study is intended for students who aspire to careers in developmental research, public policy, social work, school psychology, and similar fields. ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - BIOL M02C — Genetics and Molecular Biology - BIOL M03 — Marine Life and Its Environment - BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California - BIOL M16 — Human Biology - BIOL M17 — Heredity, Evolution and Society - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M04 — Observation and Assessment - CD M04L — Observation and Assessment Laboratory - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CD M11 — Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education - CD M12 — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum - CD M12L — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum Lab - CD M14 — Introduction to Curriculum - CD M15 — Care and Education Programs: Infants/Toddlers - CD M16 — Strategies for Working with Challenging Behaviors - CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - EDU M02 — Introduction to Elementary Teaching - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - HED M01 — Health and Society - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M25 — History of the United States - HIST M25H — Honors: History of the United States - MATH M10 — Mathematics for Elementary Teachers - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science - PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - PSY M04 — Child Psychology - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/child-development/child-adolescent-development-aat/ --- # Child Development, Associate in Science **Degree** The Child Development program prepares students for an Associate in Science Degree with a major in Child Development and for completion of certificates of achievement. Students may also complete coursework leading to Child Development permits granted by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The Child Development program is designed for students interested in developing a general understanding of child growth and development within the family and cultural context. Through the study of Child Development, students develop both knowledge of subject matter and professional skills tha… ## Courses - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M04 — Observation and Assessment - CD M04L — Observation and Assessment Laboratory - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CD M11 — Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education - CD M12 — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum - CD M12L — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum Lab - CD M14 — Introduction to Curriculum - CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/child-development/child-development-as/ --- # Child Development, Associate Teacher Certificate of Achievement **Degree** The Child Development Associate Teacher Certificate of Achievement is designed for students intending to work in Child Development/Early Childhood Education, or a similar field, or for students interested in studying Child Development for general understanding of child growth and development within the family and cultural context. Students who complete the Child Development/Early Childhood Education program will develop the knowledge of subject matter and professional skills that enable them to work in the Early Education and Family Development fields, or any related professional area. ## Courses - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M04 — Observation and Assessment - CD M04L — Observation and Assessment Laboratory - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CD M07 — Music in Early Childhood Education - CD M09 — Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math in Early Childhood Education - CD M10 — Language Arts and Literacy in Early Childhood Education - CD M11 — Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education - CD M12 — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum - CD M12L — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum Lab - CD M14 — Introduction to Curriculum - CD M15 — Care and Education Programs: Infants/Toddlers - CD M16 — Strategies for Working with Challenging Behaviors - CD M18 — Reflective Practice Seminar - CD M21 — Infant and Toddler Development - CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition - CD M70 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Social and Emotional Development - CD M71 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Language and Literacy - CD M72 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: English Language Development - CD M73 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Mathematics - CD M74 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Visual Arts - CD M75 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Performing Arts - CD M76 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Physical Development - CD M77 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Health - CD M78 — CA Preschool Foundations & Frameworks: History/Social Science - CD M79 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Science Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/child-development/child-development-associate-teacher-coa/ --- # Child Development, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Child Development is designed for students interested in studying Child Development for general understanding of child growth and development within the family and cultural context. Students who complete the Child Development program will develop the knowledge of subject matter and professional skills that enable them to work in the Early Education and Family Development fields, or any related professional area. ## Courses - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M04 — Observation and Assessment - CD M04L — Observation and Assessment Laboratory - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CD M11 — Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education - CD M12 — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum - CD M12L — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum Lab - CD M14 — Introduction to Curriculum - CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/child-development/child-development-coa/ --- # Early Childhood Education, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** Early Childhood Education is the study of the physical, social-emotional and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through adolescence. The purpose of this major is to provide a sound academic program in child development and to prepare students to work with children and families in a variety of school and community settings. Early Childhood Education students pursue careers in early care and education, early childhood program administration; parent education; elementary school teaching; community college teaching; or work with a variety of counseling, social service a… ## Courses - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M04 — Observation and Assessment - CD M04L — Observation and Assessment Laboratory - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CD M11 — Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education - CD M12 — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum - CD M12L — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum Lab - CD M14 — Introduction to Curriculum - CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/child-development/early-childhood-education-ast/ --- # Registered Behavior Technician, Proficiency Award The primary role of a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) is to directly implement treatment plans with individuals of all ages who could be typically or atypically developing. This program is designed to prepare students for RBT certification. In these courses, students will learn about the clinical concepts and applications of the core tasks that are likely to be performed by behavior technicians. Students will practice implementing procedures to reach high fidelity. Instructors will provide in-vivo feedback to students, similar to that which would be delivered in-field by their supervisin… ## Courses - RBT M01 — Registered Behavior Technician: Knowledge Skills - RBT M01L — Registered Behavior Technician: Clinical Applications Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/child-development/registered-behavior-technician-pa/ --- # Transitional Kindergarten, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Transitional Kindergarten Certificate of Achievement is designed for students who intend to work in transitional kindergarten and early education. Students who complete the program of study will develop the subject matter knowledge, skills, and professional competencies to teach effectively in the transitional kindergarten. According to California Education Code, any credentialed teacher assigned to teach TK, or a combination class of kindergarten and TK, will need to earn at least 24 units in child development/early childhood education. ## Courses - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M04 — Observation and Assessment - CD M04L — Observation and Assessment Laboratory - CD M11 — Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education - CD M16 — Strategies for Working with Challenging Behaviors - CD M18 — Reflective Practice Seminar - CD M70 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Social and Emotional Development - CD M71 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Language and Literacy - CD M72 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: English Language Development - CD M73 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Mathematics - CD M74 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Visual Arts - CD M75 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Performing Arts - CD M76 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Physical Development - CD M77 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Health - CD M78 — CA Preschool Foundations & Frameworks: History/Social Science - CD M79 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Science Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/child-development/transitional-kindergarten-coa/ --- # Chinese ## Courses - CHIN M100 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/chinese/ --- # College Strategies Program Purpose: Students who complete college strategies courses will be able to improve learning, peer mentoring, and leadership skills. ## Courses - COUN M05 — College Strategies Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/college-strategies/ --- # Commercial Photography ## Courses - DES M126 — Image Editing - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHTC M31A — Studio Lighting I - PHTC M50 — Laboratory Practice in Photography I - PHTC M51 — Laboratory Practice in Photography II - PHTC M52 — Laboratory Practice in Photography III - PHTC M53 — Laboratory Practice in Photography IV Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/commercial-photography/ --- # Communication Studies 2.0, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** Communication Studies is specifically focused on the study of human communication within such contexts as interpersonal relationships, small groups, organizations, and cultures. Topics of study vary accordingly and include such areas as language and meaning, nonverbal communication, conflict management, leadership, problem solving, and interviewing. Students examine the role that communication plays in managing their interactions in both personal and professional contexts. While there is some specific communication skill development in the introductory courses, most courses focus on understan… ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - COMM M02 — Introduction to Persuasion - COMM M05 — Oral Interpretation of Literature - COMM M06 — Small Group Communication - COMM M10A — Forensics I - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COMM M13 — Gender Communication - COMM M16 — Readers Theatre - COMM M17 — Computer-Mediated Communication - COMM M18 — Introduction to Organizational Communication - COMM M19 — Communication and Leadership - COMM M20 — Business and Professional Speech - COMM M23 — Introduction to Health Communication - COMM M25 — Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism - COMM M26 — Rhetoric of Popular Culture - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/communication-studies/communication-2-studies-aat/ --- # Organizational Communication, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** students with vital knowledge and skills in business-specific communication strategies. After successfully completing this certificate students will be better equipped to obtain employment and/or advancement in a wide variety of professional settings. ## Courses - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - COMM M06 — Small Group Communication - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COMM M13 — Gender Communication - COMM M17 — Computer-Mediated Communication - COMM M18 — Introduction to Organizational Communication - COMM M19 — Communication and Leadership - COMM M20 — Business and Professional Speech Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/communication-studies/organizational-communication-coa/ --- # CNSE: Advanced Network Specialist, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** To earn an Advanced Network Specialist Certificate of Achievement students must complete 38-42 units in basic and advanced networking courses. Students will have advanced knowledge in networking and have completed multiple courses using Microsoft and Cisco curriculum. Students will be well positioned for an entry level job in help desk or technical support employment. ## Courses - CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals - CNSE M05 — Fundamentals of Computer Networking - CNSE M100 — Cybersecurity Analysis - CNSE M105 — AWS Cloud Foundations - CNSE M106 — Cloud Architecture - CNSE M13 — Internetworking and TCP/IP - CNSE M18 — Cisco System Computer Networking A - CNSE M19 — Cisco System Computer Networking B - CNSE M30 — MS Windows Administration - CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server - CNSE M55 — Linux Networking and System Administration - CNSE M56 — CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Preparation - CNSE M67 — VMware vSphere Fundamentals - CNSE M80 — Work Experience Education in Computer Network Systems Engineering - CNSE M82 — Introduction to Network Security - CNSE M83 — Introduction Computer Forensics - CNSE M84 — Certified Ethical Hacker - CNSE M86 — Firewall Administration Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cnse-advanced-network-specialist-coa/ --- # CNSE: Basic Network Specialist, Proficiency Award To earn a CNSE: Basic Network Specialist Proficiency Award, students must complete 15.0-16.0 units in basic networking courses. Students will have basic foundational knowledge in networking and have completed basic courses in either Microsoft, Cisco or CompTIA curriculum. Students will be positioned for an entry-level job at a help desk. ## Courses - CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals - CNSE M05 — Fundamentals of Computer Networking - CNSE M13 — Internetworking and TCP/IP - CNSE M18 — Cisco System Computer Networking A - CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server - CNSE M82 — Introduction to Network Security Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cnse-basic-network-specialist-pa/ --- # CNSE: Cisco System Network Associate, Proficiency Award **Degree** To earn a Cisco System Network Proficiency Award, students must complete 8 units in the Cisco curriculum. Students will obtain advanced knowledge of Cisco networking technology. Students will be positioned to solve technical issues dealing with Cisco technologies in a medium-sized organization. Completion of these two courses prepares students to take the Cisco CCNA Professional Certification Exams. ## Courses - CNSE M18 — Cisco System Computer Networking A - CNSE M19 — Cisco System Computer Networking B Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cnse-cisco-system-network-associate-pa/ --- # CNSE: Technical Support Specialist, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** To earn a Certificate of Achievement in CNSE: Technical Support Specialist, students must complete a minimum of 20-22 units. The Technical Support Specialist program offers training in the fundamentals of computer hardware, networking, and software applications. The program is oriented towards hands-on courses in order to prepare students for employment in the computer service and support industry. Computer support specialists provide technical assistance, support, and advice to customers and other users. This occupational group includes technical support specialists and help-desk technicians… ## Courses - CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals - CNSE M05 — Fundamentals of Computer Networking - CNSE M06 — Cisco Fundamentals of IT Essentials: PC Hardware & Software - CNSE M105 — AWS Cloud Foundations - CNSE M106 — Cloud Architecture - CNSE M30 — MS Windows Administration - CNSE M55 — Linux Networking and System Administration - CNSE M67 — VMware vSphere Fundamentals - CNSE M82 — Introduction to Network Security - CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cnse-technical-support-specialist-coa/ --- # CNSE: Windows Administration, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** To earn a Windows Administration Certificate of Achievement , students must complete 9 units in operating system administration curriculum. Students will obtain an advanced knowledge of Microsoft and Linux networking technology. Students will be well positioned to solve technical issues dealing with Microsoft technologies in a medium-sized organization. Completion of this certificate program prepares students to take the Microsoft Certified IT Professional and Linux+ exams. ## Courses - CNSE M105 — AWS Cloud Foundations - CNSE M30 — MS Windows Administration - CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server - CNSE M55 — Linux Networking and System Administration - CNSE M67 — VMware vSphere Fundamentals Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cnse-windows-administration-coa/ --- # CNSE: Windows Engineering, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** To earn a Windows Engineering Certificate of Achievement students must complete at least 18.0 units in Microsoft and Network Administration related curriculum. Students will obtain an advanced knowledge of Microsoft networking technology such as Microsoft Server and Microsoft Desktop. Students will be well positioned to solve technical issues dealing with Microsoft technologies in a large enterprise organization. Completion of this certificate program prepares students to take the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist examinations. ## Courses - CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals - CNSE M06 — Cisco Fundamentals of IT Essentials: PC Hardware & Software - CNSE M13 — Internetworking and TCP/IP - CNSE M30 — MS Windows Administration - CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server - CNSE M55 — Linux Networking and System Administration - CNSE M67 — VMware vSphere Fundamentals - CNSE M80 — Work Experience Education in Computer Network Systems Engineering Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cnse-windows-engineering-coa/ --- # Computer Network Systems Engineering, Associate in Science **Degree** Students who complete and obtain the Associate in Science degree in Computer Network System Engineering will have a strong foundation in networking and have completed courses aligned with Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA. Students will have intermediate level skills for help desk or technical support employment while having completed their A.S. Degree. ## Courses - CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals - CNSE M05 — Fundamentals of Computer Networking - CNSE M06 — Cisco Fundamentals of IT Essentials: PC Hardware & Software - CNSE M105 — AWS Cloud Foundations - CNSE M106 — Cloud Architecture - CNSE M13 — Internetworking and TCP/IP - CNSE M18 — Cisco System Computer Networking A - CNSE M19 — Cisco System Computer Networking B - CNSE M30 — MS Windows Administration - CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server - CNSE M55 — Linux Networking and System Administration - CNSE M67 — VMware vSphere Fundamentals - CNSE M80 — Work Experience Education in Computer Network Systems Engineering - CNSE M82 — Introduction to Network Security Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/computer-network-systems-engineering-as/ --- # Cybersecurity Administration, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Cybersecurity Administration Certificate of Achievement award prepares students for entry-level cyber security jobs. Students who complete the award will be able to secure networks by performing penetration testing, security audits, assist with investigations, and oversee security policies. Course choices include network security, Windows and Linux security, web security and protocols. Students completing this 11-unit award can continue obtaining cybersecurity professional certification. ## Courses - CNSE M100 — Cybersecurity Analysis - CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server - CNSE M56 — CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Preparation - CNSE M84 — Certified Ethical Hacker Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cybersecurity-administration-coa/ --- # Cybersecurity, Associate in Science **Degree** The Cybersecurity program prepares students for careers as security analysts. Students who complete the program will be able to secure networks by performing penetration testing, security audits, digital forensics and investigations, developing security policies, and providing overall security guidance to organizations. Topics include network security, Windows and Linux security, intruder detection systems and firewalls, web security and protocols, virtualization and cloud security, and security policies and procedures. ## Courses - CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals - CNSE M06 — Cisco Fundamentals of IT Essentials: PC Hardware & Software - CNSE M100 — Cybersecurity Analysis - CNSE M105 — AWS Cloud Foundations - CNSE M111 — Azure Cloud Fundamentals - CNSE M13 — Internetworking and TCP/IP - CNSE M170 — Cloud Security - CNSE M18 — Cisco System Computer Networking A - CNSE M19 — Cisco System Computer Networking B - CNSE M30 — MS Windows Administration - CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server - CNSE M55 — Linux Networking and System Administration - CNSE M56 — CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Preparation - CNSE M57 — Scripting for Security Management - CNSE M80 — Work Experience Education in Computer Network Systems Engineering - CNSE M82 — Introduction to Network Security - CNSE M83 — Introduction Computer Forensics - CNSE M84 — Certified Ethical Hacker - CNSE M86 — Firewall Administration Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cybersecurity-as/ --- # Cybersecurity Penetration Tester, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Cybersecurity Penetration Tester Certificate of Achievement prepares students for entry-level cybersecurity jobs. Students who complete the award will be able to secure networks by performing penetration testing, security audits, assist with investigations, and oversee security policies. Course choices include network security, ethical hacking, advanced Linux and scripting, and Python security. Students completing this 11 unit award can continue obtaining cybersecurity professional certification. ## Courses - CNSE M100 — Cybersecurity Analysis - CNSE M56 — CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Preparation - CNSE M82 — Introduction to Network Security - CNSE M84 — Certified Ethical Hacker Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-network-systems-engineering/cybersecurity-penetration-tester-coa/ --- # Computer Programming, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** A computer programmer is a professional who is skilled in writing small, medium to large-scale computer applications. This requires the knowledge and practice of a variety of areas in Computer Science. This certificate focuses on learning and using advanced programming techniques like C++, Java, and Python to build a variety of software applications. In addition, it covers core computer science concepts such as Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, Data Structure, and Database Theory. ## Courses - CS M10DB — Database Management Systems and Applications - CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java - CS M10P — Introduction to Computer Programming using Python Language - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - CS M135 — Programming Concepts and Methodology II - CS M145 — Computer Architecture and Organization Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-science/computer-programming-coa/ --- # Computer Science, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** Computer Science is concerned with the design, modeling, analysis, and applications of computer-related systems. The Computer Science program at Moorpark College prepares students for further study in Computer Science by providing the training necessary to understand, design, implement, and use the software and hardware of digital systems. ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - CS M135 — Programming Concepts and Methodology II - CS M145 — Computer Architecture and Organization - CS M155 — Discrete Structures - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M21 — Discrete Mathematics - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-science/computer-science-ast/ --- # Mobile App Developer (iOS), Proficiency Award The Mobile App Developer (iOS) Proficiency Award offers students a chance to learn about mobile development. This certificate provides students with the knowledge of building client side applications that meet industry standards as well as write applications running over the network. Furthermore, students are exposed to different animation techniques giving them the ability to create fun and interactive applications. ## Courses - CS M25M — iOS Development I - CS M26M — iOS Development II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-science/mobile-app-developer-pa/ --- # Web Design, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** This program helps students design and develop applications and scripts for the World Wide Web (WWW). Web programmers need to be knowledgeable on a variety of Internet technologies (HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Java, PHP, AJAX, and SQL), and database management system. They are chiefly responsible for providing the programming which makes web pages interactive or allows users to interact with back-end applications and databases. Web programmers are instrumental in making electronic commerce on the Internet possible. ## Courses - CS M10DB — Database Management Systems and Applications - CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java - CS M10P — Introduction to Computer Programming using Python Language - CS M15W — Client-Side Web Development Using HTML/JavaScript - CS M16PH — Server-Side Development using PHP Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-science/web-design-coa/ --- # Web Development, Proficiency Award Web Development Proficiency Award is designed for students who want to gain knowledge of both client and sever development. The award offers students to learn about creating interactive web pages that interact with server code (in PHP) to provide users with dynamic content. The award also covers important security and ethical concerns developers must take into consideration when writing client/server code. ## Courses - CS M15W — Client-Side Web Development Using HTML/JavaScript - CS M16PH — Server-Side Development using PHP Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/computer-science/web-development-pa/ --- # Counseling Program Purpose: Counseling Services provides counseling classes that emphasize career development and student success. Also consider courses under College Strategies. Students will work in coordination with a counselor, at appropriate times throughout their education cycle at Moorpark College to: ## Courses - COL M01 — College Strategies - COUN M01 — Student Success - COUN M01H — Honors: Student Success - COUN M02 — Career and Life Planning - COUN M05 — College Strategies - COUN M10 — Student Success: EOPS - COUN M23 — PASS Academy I - LS M03 — Personal Development and Study Strategies Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/counseling/ --- # Administration of Justice, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** Students who complete Criminal Justice courses will utilize the Community Policing philosophy of partnerships to interact with and influence the diverse community that the Criminal Justice System serves and will acquire the practical knowledge and skills to successfully pass the Criminal Justice Law Enforcement vocational entrance exams and academy programs. ## Courses - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M01H — Honors: Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - CJ M03 — Community Relations - CJ M04 — Legal Aspects of Evidence - CJ M05 — Principles and Procedures of the Justice System - CJ M06 — Criminal Investigative Report Writing - CJ M07 — Principles of Civil Law - CJ M08 — Introduction to Constitutional Law - CJ M09A — Bujinkan Fundamentals-Practical Self-Defense - CJ M09B — Bujinkan Intermediate - Practical Self-Defense - CJ M10 — Tactical Patrol Procedures - CJ M11 — Criminal Investigation - CJ M12 — Introduction to Conflict Resolution - CJ M14 — Juvenile Procedures - CJ M15 — Legal Aspects of Cyber Investigation - CJ M17 — Anatomy of a Murder - CJ M18 — Narcotics Investigation - CJ M40 — Ethics in Criminal Justice - CJ M41 — Introduction to Probation, Parole and Corrections - CS M01 — Introduction to Computer Science - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/criminal-justice/administration-justice-ast/ --- # Administration of Justice, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Administration of Justice Certificate of Achievement is designed to serve students who wish to directly enter the workforce with practical knowledge and skills. It will also satisfy the needs of current practitioners and provide opportunity for promotion. ## Courses - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - CJ M03 — Community Relations - CJ M04 — Legal Aspects of Evidence - CJ M05 — Principles and Procedures of the Justice System - CJ M09A — Bujinkan Fundamentals-Practical Self-Defense - CJ M17 — Anatomy of a Murder - CJ M41 — Introduction to Probation, Parole and Corrections - CJ M43 — Criminal Justice Employment Preparation Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/criminal-justice/administration-justice-coa/ --- # Criminal Justice, Associate in Science **Degree** The Criminal Justice program at Moorpark College is both academic and professional in that it is an interdisciplinary attempt to relate intellectual issues and practitioner perspectives to the challenge of crime in a free society and allows for the development of depth in one of the subjects substantive subsystems (i.e. law enforcement, juvenile, court or corrections). ## Courses - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M01H — Honors: Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - CJ M03 — Community Relations - CJ M04 — Legal Aspects of Evidence - CJ M05 — Principles and Procedures of the Justice System - CJ M06 — Criminal Investigative Report Writing - CJ M10 — Tactical Patrol Procedures - CJ M11 — Criminal Investigation - CJ M14 — Juvenile Procedures - CJ M18 — Narcotics Investigation - CJ M41 — Introduction to Probation, Parole and Corrections Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/criminal-justice/criminal-justice-as/ --- # Fundamentals of Law, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Administration of Justice Certificate of Achievement Law is designed to serve students who wish to directly enter the workforce with practical knowledge and skills relating to employment in the field of law. It will also support current law practitioners in pursuit of qualified personnel in supporting private and public legal sectors. ## Courses - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - CJ M04 — Legal Aspects of Evidence - CJ M07 — Principles of Civil Law - CJ M08 — Introduction to Constitutional Law - CJ M12 — Introduction to Conflict Resolution Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/criminal-justice/fundamentals-law-coa/ --- # Law, Public Policy, and Society, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Science in Law, Public Policy, and Society for Transfer (AA-T) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor's degree in American Studies, Communications, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Global Intelligence and National Security, International Relations, Philosophy, Political Science, Social and Behavior Sciences (Political Economy Concentration), or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included The AS-T in the AA-T in Law, Public Policy and S… ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - BUS M33 — Business Law - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M01H — Honors: Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - CJ M03 — Community Relations - CJ M04 — Legal Aspects of Evidence - CJ M05 — Principles and Procedures of the Justice System - CJ M14 — Juvenile Procedures - CJ M41 — Introduction to Probation, Parole and Corrections - CJ M80 — Work Experience Education in Criminal Justice - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - COMM M02 — Introduction to Persuasion - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COUN M02 — Career and Life Planning - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies - ETHS M04 — Chicana/o History II: 1848 to Present - ETHS M10 — Introduction to African American Studies - ETHS M40 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 - HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - LS M03 — Personal Development and Study Strategies - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - POLS M01 — Introduction to Politics - POLS M02 — Comparative Politics - POLS M04 — International Relations - POLS M06 — Introduction to Political Theory - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/criminal-justice/law-public-policy-society-aat/ --- # Commercial Dance, Proficiency Award The Dance Proficiency Award provides training in essential areas of dance technique emphasized in commercial dance industries: jazz, tap, hip hop, and ballroom. The emphasis of this proficiency award is on performance technique and skills acquisition that will serve students in film, television, musical theater and other commercial dance pursuits. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/dance/commercial-dance-pa/ --- # Dance, Associate in Arts **Degree** This Dance degree program provides training in five areas of technique: ballet, modern, jazz, improvisation and dance somatics. Integral parts of the curriculum are practical experience in concert performance and production work as well as a theoretical background in choreography and dance history. ## Courses - DANC M03 — Dance History - DANC M10B — Ballet II - Beginning - DANC M10C — Ballet III - Intermediate - DANC M11B — Jazz Dance II - Beginning - DANC M11C — Jazz Dance III - Intermediate - DANC M12B — Modern Dance II - Beginning - DANC M12C — Modern Dance III -Intermediate - DANC M15A — Choreography I: Beginning - DANC M17 — Musical Theater Dance - DANC M18 — Dance Somatics/Conditioning for Dance - DANC M19A — Conditioning Dance: Pilates I - DANC M19B — Conditioning Dance: Pilates II - DANC M19C — Conditioning Dance: Pilates III - DANC M20A — Movement Improvisation I - DANC M20AH — Honors: Movement Improvisation I - DANC M20B — Movement Improvisation II - DANC M20C — Movement Improvisation III - DANC M55A — Dance Rehearsal & Performance I - DANC M55B — Dance Rehearsal & Performance II - DANC M56 — Performing Dance Ensemble Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/dance/dance-aa/ --- # Dance Arts, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Dance Arts Certificate provides students a flexible pathway for studying the field of dance as an art to meet their personal and professional goals. Students select a focus for their course within the following four categories: dance technique, dance lecture, dance theory/creative applications, and general dance/production courses. The program cultivates skills that are beneficial in nearly every aspect of life and makes connections to nearly all fields of study and research by cultivating essential skills in observation, reflection, analysis, and communication. ## Courses - DANC M01 — Dance Appreciation - DANC M01H — Honors: Dance Appreciation - DANC M03 — Dance History - DANC M10A — Ballet I-Fundamentals - DANC M10B — Ballet II - Beginning - DANC M10C — Ballet III - Intermediate - DANC M10D — Ballet IV - Advanced - DANC M11A — Jazz Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M11B — Jazz Dance II - Beginning - DANC M11C — Jazz Dance III - Intermediate - DANC M11D — Jazz Dance IV - Advanced - DANC M12A — Modern Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M12B — Modern Dance II - Beginning - DANC M12C — Modern Dance III -Intermediate - DANC M12D — Modern Dance IV - Advanced - DANC M13A — Tap I - Fundamentals - DANC M13B — Tap II - Beginning - DANC M13C — Tap III - Intermediate - DANC M13D — Tap IV - Advanced - DANC M15A — Choreography I: Beginning - DANC M15B — Choreography II: Intermediate - DANC M16A — Hip Hop I - Fundamentals - DANC M17 — Musical Theater Dance - DANC M18 — Dance Somatics/Conditioning for Dance - DANC M20A — Movement Improvisation I - DANC M20AH — Honors: Movement Improvisation I - DANC M24 — Introduction to Dance Education - DANC M30A — Ballroom Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M30B — Ballroom Dance II - Beginning - DANC M31 — World Dance Cultures - DANC M31L — World Dance Forms - DANC M51 — Elements of Dance Production - DANC M55A — Dance Rehearsal & Performance I - DANC M55B — Dance Rehearsal & Performance II - DANC M55C — Dance Rehearsal & Performance III - DANC M55D — Dance Rehearsal & Performance IV - DANC M56 — Performing Dance Ensemble - DANC M70A — MC Spirit Practice and Performance I - DANC M70B — MC Spirit Practice and Performance II - DANC M70C — MC Spirit Practice and Performance III - DANC M70D — MC Spirit Practice and Performance IV Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/dance/dance-coa/ --- # Design, Associate in Science **Degree** The Design program prepares students for freelance careers and/or entry-level employment in specialized design agencies, advertising, public relations and related services, printing and publishing firms, newspaper, periodical, book publishers, and television and motion picture studios. Students learn to infuse words and images with life and meaning, whether by creating layouts for print, an interface for the mobile device, setting type, or using design thinking to deliver design solutions to art directors and clients. Students explore creative, technical, critical, and design-based solutions… ## Courses - ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design - ART M23 — Three-Dimensional Design - ART M30 — Drawing and Composition I - ART M32 — Life Drawing I - ART M40A — Illustration I - ART M43 — Acrylic Painting I - ART M49 — Watercolor I - ART M70 — Ceramics I - ART M90 — Printmaking I - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M101 — Design History - DES M101H — Honors: Design History - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M125A — Digital Illustration I - DES M125B — Digital Illustration II - DES M126 — Image Editing - DES M127 — Digital Layout - DES M130 — Design I - DES M131 — Design II - DES M132 — Design III - DES M133 — Typography I - DES M134 — Typography II - DES M135 — Social Media Design - DES M136 — Advertising Design - DES M142 — Motion Graphics - DES M143 — 3D Fundamentals - DES M150 — Web Design - DES M151 — UI/UX Design - DES M190 — Design Portfolio - DES M191 — Design Business Practices - DES M80 — Work Experience Education in Design - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - GAME M101 — Introduction to Game Design - MAKR M103 — Introduction to Digital Fabrication - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/design/design-as/ --- # Design Fundamentals, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Design Fundamentals Certificate of Achievement provides the student with a foundation in Design and Media Arts and an understanding of the digital process when designing for print and screen. They will also engage in creative processes that combine art and technology to inform, persuade, organize, stimulate, locate, identify, attract attention and provide pleasure. These new skills will give the student the qualifications needed for entry level positions in Design and Media Arts industries, to start their own business, and/or for university transfer. ## Courses - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M130 — Design I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/design/design-fundamentals-coa/ --- # Graphic Design, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Graphic Design prepares students to work in publishing companies, in-house design departments, studios, advertising agencies, and other visual arts occupations. Students completing this program will be well-versed in design principles and apply them in computer illustration, image manipulation, print-based page layout, and production. ## Courses - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M125A — Digital Illustration I - DES M127 — Digital Layout - DES M130 — Design I - DES M131 — Design II - DES M133 — Typography I - DES M190 — Design Portfolio - DES M80 — Work Experience Education in Design Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/design/graphic-design-coa/ --- # Media Arts, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Media Arts program prepares students for freelance careers and/or entry-level employment in specialized design and digital media agencies, advertising, public relations and related services, and animation, special effects, web and interactive, as well as television and motion picture studios. Students learn to tell visual stories by infusing words, images, motion and interaction with life and meaning, whether by creating UI/UX and web design for screen or the mobile device, time-based design and animation, design thinking to deliver digital media solutions to art directors and clients. St… ## Courses - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M130 — Design I - DES M142 — Motion Graphics - DES M143 — 3D Fundamentals - DES M150 — Web Design - DES M151 — UI/UX Design - DES M190 — Design Portfolio - DES M80 — Work Experience Education in Design Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/design/media-arts-coa/ --- # UI/UX Design Basics, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in UI/UX Design Basic prepares students to work in computer systems design and related services, publishing industries, management, scientific and technical consulting services, advertising, public relations, and related services. Students completing this program will be well-versed in human-computer interaction and web design principles, and apply them to UI/UX design, media integration, site structure, styling, and production. ## Courses - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M130 — Design I - DES M135 — Social Media Design - DES M150 — Web Design - DES M151 — UI/UX Design - DES M190 — Design Portfolio - DES M191 — Design Business Practices Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/design/ui_ux_design_basics-coa/ --- # Web Design Basics, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Web Design Basics prepares students to work in computer systems design and related services, publishing industries, management, scientific and technical consulting services, advertising, public relations, and related services. Students completing this program will be well-versed in web design principles and apply them to UI/UX design, media integration, site structure, styling, and production. ## Courses - CS M15W — Client-Side Web Development Using HTML/JavaScript - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M130 — Design I - DES M135 — Social Media Design - DES M150 — Web Design - DES M190 — Design Portfolio - DES M191 — Design Business Practices Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/design/web-design-basics/ --- # Economics, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Economics for Transfer (AA-T in Economics) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor's degree in Economics, or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AA-T in Economics within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within that major) have been designed as “similar” to this degree at each CSU campu… ## Courses - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M39 — Business Communication - COMM M07 — Argumentation and Debate - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ECON M170 — Economic History of the US - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III - MATH M31 — Introduction to Linear Algebra - MATH M35 — Applied Differential Equations - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/economics/economics-aat/ --- # Elementary Teacher Education: Integrated Programs, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Elementary Teacher Education program is designed for students who aspire to become elementary or special education teachers and offers a breadth of study across disciplines. Elementary Teacher Education incorporates subject matter that prepares students to teach elementary education level subjects including science, mathematics, literature, history, geography and the arts. ## Courses - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - DANC M01 — Dance Appreciation - DANC M01H — Honors: Dance Appreciation - DANC M24 — Introduction to Dance Education - EDU M02 — Introduction to Elementary Teaching - EDU M10 — Developing Literacy in Diverse Classrooms - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - ENGL M40 — Children's Literature - GEOL M121 — Earth Science with Lab - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST M143 — History of California - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - MATH M10 — Mathematics for Elementary Teachers - MUS M08 — Music Appreciation - MUS M08H — Honors: Music Appreciation - MUS M24 — Introduction to Music Education - PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science - PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/education/elementary-teacher-education-aat/ --- # Emergency Medical Technician, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The EMT program prepares the student to render prehospital basic life support at the scene of an emergency, during transport of the sick and injured, and/or during interfacility transfers within an organized EMS system. The program integrates ethics, anatomy, physiology, basic life support, communication skills, patient assessment, trauma care and transport of the prehospital patient. The EMT Program is approved by the Ventura County EMS Agency, State of California and the National Registry of EMTs. ## Courses - EMT M01 — Emergency Medical Technician - EMT M01L — Emergency Medical Technician Lab Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/emergency-medical-services/emergency-medical-technician-coa/ --- # Emergency Medical Services, Associate in Science **Degree** The Emergency Medical Services- Paramedic Program is a two year Associate of Science (AS) degree in career preparation. The AS option provides students an opportunity to complete the Emergency Medical Technician Program, and the Paramedic Program with additional course work to obtain a degree. ## Courses - PM M10 — Paramedic Studies - PM M20 — Paramedic Clinical Rotation and Field Preceptorship Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/emergency-medical-services/ems-as/ --- # Electronics Engineering Technology, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Electronics Engineering Technology prepares students to work in an engineering industry to design, create, build, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and enhance any products, machines, and sensory devices that use electronic and electrical components. Students completing this program will be well versed in the principles of operation of various electronic and electrical components and circuits, and their applications in a variety of settings and functions. This mastery will be accomplished by engaging the students in contextualized and experiential learning wher… ## Courses - ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD - ENGT M02 — Digital Circuits - ENGT M04 — Basic Electronics - ENGT M06 — Introduction to Microprocessors and Microcontrollers - ENGT M10 — Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology - ENGT M12 — Radar Fundamentals - ENGT M20 — Electronic Devices - ENGT M28 — Capstone Project in Electronics Engineering Technology - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M06 — Trigonometry - MATH M07 — Precalculus and Trigonometry - MATH M24 — Calculus I Readiness for STEM Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/engineering/electronics-engineering-technology-coa/ --- # Engineering, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Engineering develops and advances the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, and to evaluate solutions of these problems based on engineering concepts and principles. ## Courses - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - ENGR M01 — Introduction to Engineering - ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD - ENGR M07 — SolidWorks I-Engr Mech Design - ENGR M08 — SolidWorks II-Engr Design Practicum - ENGR M10 — Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB - ENGR M12 — Engineering Materials - ENGR M12L — Engineering Materials Laboratory - ENGR M16 — Engineering Statics and Strength of Materials - ENGR M18 — Engineering Dynamics - ENGR M20 — Electrical Engineering Fundamentals - ENGR M20L — Electrical Engineering Fundamentals Laboratory - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - PHYS M20C — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics - PHYS M20CL — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/engineering/engineering-as/ --- # Engineering, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Engineering, with its many different specialties, is a field of study that draws heavily from the foundational concepts in physics and chemistry and it uses mathematics as a tool to find analytic and numerical solutions to engineering problems. Engineering principles and achievements are omnipresent, dynamic, and ever-changing. The curriculum offered in the Certificate of Achievement in Engineering is not only rooted in the foundational scientific and mathematical concepts, but it also encompasses the long-standing and the evolving principles in engineering and their real-world applications.… ## Courses - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - ENGR M01 — Introduction to Engineering - ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD - ENGR M10 — Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB - ENGR M12 — Engineering Materials - ENGR M12L — Engineering Materials Laboratory - ENGR M16 — Engineering Statics and Strength of Materials - ENGR M18 — Engineering Dynamics - ENGR M20 — Electrical Engineering Fundamentals - ENGR M20L — Electrical Engineering Fundamentals Laboratory - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/engineering/engineering-coa/ --- # Engineering Computer Aided Design and Drafting: SOLIDWORKS, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Engineering Computer-Aided Design and Drafting: SOLIDWORKS prepares students to work in the engineering industry to create technical drawings for the design of many different products, machines, and structures ranging in size from small microchips to large aircrafts. Students completing this program will be well versed in 3-D SOLIDWORKS drawing software, and will be prepared to take the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate-Academic, and Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional examinations. Students earning the two Certifications in SOLIDWORKS will be able to enter their… ## Courses - ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD - ENGR M07 — SolidWorks I-Engr Mech Design - ENGR M08 — SolidWorks II-Engr Design Practicum Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/engineering/engineering-computer-aided-design-drafting-solidworks-coa/ --- # Environmental Engineering Technology, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate in Environmental Engineering Technology prepares the students to work in an environmental industry with environmental engineers in order to assess environmental pollution problems, to determine and institute pollution prevention methods and remediation strategies. Students will learn relevant scientific and engineering concepts and gain practical knowledge in identifying, designing, and assessing solutions to environmental pollution problems. Students will also learn the proper maintenance of technical documents to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental… ## Courses - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD - ENGR M33 — Intro to Environmental Engr - ENGR M33L — Environmental Engineering Lab - ENGR M35 — Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste Management - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/engineering/environmental-engineering-technology-coa/ --- # Mechatronics Engineering Technology The Certificate of Achievement in Mechatronics Engineering Technology prepares students to work in an engineering industry to design, create, build, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and enhance any electromechanical systems which use automation including robotics. Students completing this program will be well versed in the principles of operation of integrated electronic, electrical, and mechanical components and systems through the use of computer controls. This mastery will be accomplished by engaging the students in contextualized and experiential learning where the foundational principles… ## Courses - ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD - ENGT M02 — Digital Circuits - ENGT M04 — Basic Electronics - ENGT M06 — Introduction to Microprocessors and Microcontrollers - ENGT M10 — Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology - ENGT M12 — Radar Fundamentals - ENGT M30 — Programmable Logic Controllers - ENGT M32 — Electrical and Mechanical Devices - ENGT M38 — Capstone Project in Mechatronics Engineering Technology - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M06 — Trigonometry - MATH M07 — Precalculus and Trigonometry - MATH M24 — Calculus I Readiness for STEM Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/engineering/mechatronics-engineering-technology-coa/ --- # English as a Second Language **Degree** Program Purpose: Students who successfully complete English as a Second Language courses will improve their English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills for professional development or to mainstream into college-level courses. ## Courses - ESL M11 — Academic Reading and Writing I - ESL M12 — Academic Reading and Writing II - ESL M13 — Academic Reading and Writing III - ESL M901 — High-Beginning Noncredit ESL - ESL M902 — Low-Intermediate Noncredit ESL - ESL M903 — High-Intermediate Noncredit ESL - ESL M904 — Advanced Noncredit ESL - ESL M911 — Academic Reading and Writing I - ESL M912 — Academic Reading and Writing II - ESL M913 — Academic Reading and Writing III Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/english-second-language/ --- # English, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The study of English offers a basic understanding of reading and writing skills and an appreciation of literature. The more practical skills offered by the study of English -- effective reading, writing, and thinking -- are applicable to all education careers and civic responsibilities. ## Courses - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - BUS M39 — Business Communication - COMM M05 — Oral Interpretation of Literature - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - ENGL M10A — Creative Writing - ENGL M10B — Advanced Creative Writing - ENGL M13A — Survey of American Literature I - ENGL M13B — Survey of American Literature II - ENGL M14 — Introduction to Poetry - ENGL M15A — Survey of English Literature I - ENGL M15B — Survey of English Literature II - ENGL M16 — Introduction to Fiction - ENGL M17 — Shakespeare - ENGL M20 — Introduction to Drama - ENGL M29A — The Bible as Literature (Old Testament) - ENGL M29B — The Bible as Literature (New Testament) - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - ENGL M40 — Children's Literature - ENGL M47 — Literary Magazine Publication - FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications - HUM M07 — Survey of the Arts - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/english/english-aat/ --- # Environmental Science, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science degree in Environmental Science prepares students for upper-division coursework for advanced degrees in Environmental Science offered by some four-year institutions. In addition, earning this provides students with a knowledge base that will prepare them for work in environmental research, conservation, or consulting. ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - ENSC M01L — Environmental Science Lab - ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions - ENSC M03 — Energy Resources and Conservation - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOL M05 — The World Ocean - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/environmental-science/environmental-science-as/ --- # Environmental Science, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** Environmental science is the study of both natural and engineered systems—from ecosystems and climate to AI-driven monitoring, robotic sensing platforms, energy storage infrastructure, blockchain-verified carbon markets, and multiomic biotechnology. The field now operates at the convergence of seven pillars: artificial intelligence, robotics, energy systems, blockchain/digital infrastructure, multiomics, economics/policy, and entrepreneurship. As these technologies reshape how we monitor, manage, and build sustainable systems, environmental scientists must develop skills that span traditional… ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PHYS M10B — General Physics II - PHYS M10BL — General Physics II Laboratory - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/environmental-science/environmental-science-ast/ --- # Environmental Studies, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts degree in Environmental Studies prepares students for upper-division coursework for advanced degrees in Environmental Science or Environmental Studies offered by some four-year institutions. In addition, earning this provides students with a knowledge base that will prepare them for work in environmental research, conservation, or consulting. In addition, earning this degree provides a well-rounded basic education to prepare students for entry-level positions in business, government, or non-governmental organizations. ## Courses - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - ENSC M01L — Environmental Science Lab - ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions - ENSC M03 — Energy Resources and Conservation - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/environmental-science/environmental-studies-aa/ --- # Landscape Management, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** The primary goal of the Landscape Management program is to prepare students for fulfilling entry-level management positions within the landscape industry. Courses that will contribute to their preparation include business management applications, plant identification, ecological and sustainability concepts, landscape management principles, and personnel management. Upon completion of the LM program students will have the option to either enter a career with a regional or national landscape company or to pursue an entrepreneurial career as the owner of a landscape management company. ## Courses - ENSC M971 — Landscape Management - Plant Selection - ENSC M972 — Financial Principles for Landscape Contracting - ENSC M973 — Management Principles for Landscape Contracting - ENSC M974 — Landscape Ecology and Management Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/environmental-science/landscape-management-cert-of-completion/ --- # Photovoltaic Technology, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Photovoltaic (PV) Technology is designed for students who would like to develop the skills needed to work as solar technicians. It is an excellent way to obtain certification for changing careers or to gain initial employment in the field and suggests an achievement of technical skills that may be helpful in seeking immediate employment as a solar panel installer, inspector, technician, or business development specialist. The proficiency award is designed to prepare students for the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) PV Installer Certifica… ## Courses - ENSC M03 — Energy Resources and Conservation - ENSC M07 — Applied Solar Technology - ENSC M07L — Applied Solar Technology Lab - ENSC M122 — Independent Study - Environmental Science - ENSC M80 — Work Experience Education in Environmental Science Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/environmental-science/photovoltaic-technology-pa/ --- # Ethnic Studies Program Purpose: Students of Ethnic Studies learn to reframe and centralize the experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicano-Latinos, and Native Americans in the United States. Not just a passive study, Ethnic Studies emphasize resistance and liberation in order to eliminate all forms of injustice and racial oppression. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/ethnic-studies/ --- # Film Studies, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts Degree in Film Studies provides a foundational overview of the history, evolution, and influence of the cinematic art form, and teaches students to analyze film and other forms of narrative media for aesthetic, cultural, and thematic context. ## Courses - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M104 — Introduction to Documentary Studies - FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II - FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - FTMA M109 — Contemporary American Cinema - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - FTMA M124 — Introduction to Television Studio - FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M140 — Beginning Audio Production - FTMA M170 — Digital Editing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/film-studies-aa/ --- # Film, Television, and Electronic Media, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Science in Film, Television, and Electronic Media for Transfer (AS-T in Film, Television, and Electronic Media) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor's degree in Radio-Television-Film, Television-Film, Television, Video, Film, and Electronic Arts, or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AS-T in AS-T in Film, Television, and Electronic Media within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies… ## Courses - FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M104 — Introduction to Documentary Studies - FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II - FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - FTMA M109 — Contemporary American Cinema - FTMA M110 — Contemporary Global Cinema - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - FTMA M116 — Media Writing - FTMA M124 — Introduction to Television Studio - FTMA M125 — Intermediate Television Studio - FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I - FTMA M126B — Non-Fiction/Reality Production II - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M139 — Social and Multimedia Production - FTMA M140 — Beginning Audio Production - FTMA M145A — Beginning Radio and Podcasting - FTMA M145B — Intermediate Radio and Podcasting - FTMA M170 — Digital Editing - FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I - FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II - FTMA M192A — Television Studio Production Portfolio I - FTMA M192B — Television Studio Production Portfolio II - FTMA M194A — Documentary Production Portfolio I - FTMA M194B — Documentary Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/film-television-electronic-media-ast/ --- # Film, Television, and Media, Associate in Arts **Degree** To earn an Associate in Arts degree with a major in Film Television Media Arts students complete 18 specified units, plus General Education Degree requirements. The study of Film Television Media Arts leads to a broad range of employment opportunities in the entertainment industry as well as a valid transfer pathway. Students can seek careers in various production jobs such as: Film and Television Producers, Film and Television Directors, Film and Video Editors, Camera Operators for Television and Motion Pictures, and Broadcast Technicians. As a transfer pathway, students will be well equippe… ## Courses - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II - FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - FTMA M116 — Media Writing - FTMA M124 — Introduction to Television Studio - FTMA M125 — Intermediate Television Studio - FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M139 — Social and Multimedia Production - FTMA M140 — Beginning Audio Production - FTMA M145A — Beginning Radio and Podcasting - FTMA M170 — Digital Editing - FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I - FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II - FTMA M192A — Television Studio Production Portfolio I - FTMA M192B — Television Studio Production Portfolio II - FTMA M194A — Documentary Production Portfolio I - FTMA M194B — Documentary Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/film-television-media-aa/ --- # FTMA: Audio, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The FTMA: Audio – Certificate of Achievement (COA) introduces students to the fundamentals of directing for the mediums of film and television. ## Courses - FTMA M124 — Introduction to Television Studio - FTMA M125 — Intermediate Television Studio - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M140 — Beginning Audio Production - FTMA M145A — Beginning Radio and Podcasting - FTMA M145B — Intermediate Radio and Podcasting - FTMA M170 — Digital Editing - FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I - FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II - FTMA M192A — Television Studio Production Portfolio I - FTMA M192B — Television Studio Production Portfolio II - FTMA M194A — Documentary Production Portfolio I - FTMA M194B — Documentary Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts - MUS M40A — Pro Tools Fundamentals I - MUS M40B — Pro Tools Fundamentals II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/ftma-audio-coa/ --- # FTMA: Directing, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The FTMA: Directing – Certificate of Achievement (COA) introduces students to the fundamentals of directing for the mediums of film and television. The training provided for this certificate may lead to positions in management or in other creative branches of the Entertainment Industry. Study is focused toward developing competence in specific areas of directing. ## Courses - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I - FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II - FTMA M192A — Television Studio Production Portfolio I - FTMA M192B — Television Studio Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts - THA M09A — Acting for Film and Television I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/ftma-directing-coa/ --- # FTMA: Editing, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The FTMA: Editing – Certificate of Achievement (COA) introduces students to the fundamentals of post-production for the mediums of film and television. The training provided for this certificate may lead to positions in management or in other creative branches of the Entertainment Industry focused on specific areas of editing. After successfully completing this certificate, students will be able to demonstrate professional skills in editing that will enable them to work in entry level post-production jobs such as assistant editor, editor, assistant sound editor, sound editor, post-production… ## Courses - DES M142 — Motion Graphics - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M170 — Digital Editing - FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I - FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/ftma-editing-coa/ --- # FTMA: Film, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The FTMA: Film - Certificate of Achievement (COA) introduces students to the fundamentals of production for film. The training provided for this certificate may lead to positions in management or in other creative branches of the Entertainment Industry. Study is focused toward developing competence in specific areas of film production. ## Courses - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I - FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II - FTMA M194A — Documentary Production Portfolio I - FTMA M194B — Documentary Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/ftma-film-coa/ --- # FTMA: Screenwriting, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The FTMA: Screenwriting – Certificate of Achievement (COA) introduces students to the fundamentals of writing for the various mediums in the Entertainment Industry. ## Courses - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - FTMA M116 — Media Writing - FTMA M124 — Introduction to Television Studio - FTMA M125 — Intermediate Television Studio - FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV - FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production - FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I - FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts - THA M21A — Playwriting I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/ftma-screenwriting-coa/ --- # FTMA: Television, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The FTMA: Television – Certificate of Achievement (COA) introduces students to the fundamentals of television production. ## Courses - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M124 — Introduction to Television Studio - FTMA M125 — Intermediate Television Studio - FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I - FTMA M126B — Non-Fiction/Reality Production II - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - FTMA M170 — Digital Editing - FTMA M192A — Television Studio Production Portfolio I - FTMA M192B — Television Studio Production Portfolio II - FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/film-television-media-arts/ftma-television-coa/ --- # French ## Courses - FREN M100 — Elementary French I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/french/ --- # Game Design, Associate in Science **Degree** The Game Design program is designed to prepare students for freelance careers and/or entry-level employment as independent game developers with game design and development companies. Students explore creative, technical, critical, and design-based solutions to real-world issues such as understanding and awareness of diseases, equality, and financial management, making statements through games and gameplay, and training or educating for careers or scenarios outside of games. All of this will come together to meet the rigors of a dynamically evolving array of game-oriented professions. ## Courses - ART M40A — Illustration I - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M151 — UI/UX Design - ENGL M10A — Creative Writing - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - GAME M101 — Introduction to Game Design - GAME M102 — Game Design Technologies I - GAME M105 — 3D for Game Design - GAME M110 — Game Theory and Mechanics - GAME M115 — Game Level Design - GAME M202 — Game Design Technologies II - GAME M210 — Game Design Studio - GAME M80 — Work Experience Education in Game Design - MUS M03 — Introduction to Music Technology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/game-design/game-design-as/ --- # Game Design, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Game Design program is designed to prepare students for freelance careers and/or entry-level employment as independent game developers or with game design and development companies. ## Courses - ART M40A — Illustration I - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - ENGL M10A — Creative Writing - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - GAME M101 — Introduction to Game Design - GAME M102 — Game Design Technologies I - GAME M105 — 3D for Game Design - GAME M110 — Game Theory and Mechanics - GAME M202 — Game Design Technologies II - MUS M03 — Introduction to Music Technology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/game-design/game-design-coa/ --- # General Course Information Occasionally there may be changes concerning course numbers, titles, units of credit, prerequisites, hours, or course descriptions made after publication of the Catalog. Efforts will be made through the Schedules of Classes, public media, and at the time of registration, to notify students of any changes other than as described in the Catalog. ## Courses - ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M12 — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CNSE M85A — Cybersecurity of IOS Networks - CNSE M85B — Cisco Fundamentals of PIX Firewalls - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10B — General Physics II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/general-course-information/ --- # California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CaI-GETC), Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** To earn the Certificate of Achievement in Cal-GETC, students must: Complete a minimum of 34-semester units in Cal-GETC Areas 1-6 as specified. Each course must be at a minimum of 3 semester/4 quarter units (except Area 5C). Complete all courses with a grade of “C” or better or “P.” A “C” grade is defined as a minimum of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. A “C-“ grade valued at less than 2.0 grade points on a 4.0 scale cannot be used for Cal-GETC certification or the COA. A course taken on a “Credit/Pass” basis can be used if the college’s policy states that a “credit or Pass” designation is equivalent to a… ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANPH M01 — Human Anatomy and Physiology - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M01L — Biological Anthropology Lab - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - ANTH M14 — Monkeys, Apes, and Humans - ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs - ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya - ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology - ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - AST M01 — An Introduction to Astronomy - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - BIOL M02C — Genetics and Molecular Biology - BIOL M03 — Marine Life and Its Environment - BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California - BIOL M06 — Ecology - BIOL M16 — Human Biology - BIOL M16L — Human Biology Lab - BIOL M17 — Heredity, Evolution and Society - BOT M01 — Introduction to Botany - BOT M06 — Plants and Society - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I - CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II - CHIN M110 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin II - CJ M08 — Introduction to Constitutional Law - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COMM M13 — Gender Communication - COMM M25 — Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism - COMM M26 — Rhetoric of Popular Culture - CS M155 — Discrete Structures - DANC M01 — Dance Appreciation - DANC M01H — Honors: Dance Appreciation - DANC M03 — Dance History - DANC M31 — World Dance Cultures - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M101 — Design History - DES M101H — Honors: Design History - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ECON M170 — Economic History of the US - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - ENGL M13A — Survey of American Literature I - ENGL M13B — Survey of American Literature II - ENGL M14 — Introduction to Poetry - ENGL M15A — Survey of English Literature I - ENGL M15B — Survey of English Literature II - ENGL M16 — Introduction to Fiction - ENGL M17 — Shakespeare - ENGL M20 — Introduction to Drama - ENGL M29A — The Bible as Literature (Old Testament) - ENGL M29B — The Bible as Literature (New Testament) - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - ENGL M40 — Children's Literature - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - ENSC M01L — Environmental Science Lab - ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions - ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies - ETHS M04 — Chicana/o History II: 1848 to Present - ETHS M10 — Introduction to African American Studies - ETHS M40 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies - FREN M110 — Elementary French II - FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M104 — Introduction to Documentary Studies - FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II - FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - FTMA M109 — Contemporary American Cinema - FTMA M110 — Contemporary Global Cinema - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - GEOG M05 — Introduction to Weather and Climate - GEOG M10 — Geography of California - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab - GEOL M03 — Earth History - GEOL M03L — Earth History Lab - GEOL M05 — The World Ocean - GEOL M05L — The World Ocean Lab - GEOL M121 — Earth Science with Lab - GEOL M18 — Field Geology - GEOL M61 — Natural Disasters - GERM M110 — Elementary German II - HED M20 — Introduction to Public Health - HED M21 — Social Determinants of Health, Disparities and Equities - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - HIST M124 — Sports in American History - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 - HIST M143 — History of California - HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present - HIST M25 — History of the United States - HIST M25H — Honors: History of the United States - HUM M07 — Survey of the Arts - HUM M10A — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: The Roots of the Humanities - HUM M10B — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: Humanities and the Modern World - HUM M11 — Conflict and the Human Condition - HUM M14 — Humanities in the United States - JAPN M110 — Elementary Japanese II - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M05 — College Algebra for STEM Studies - MATH M07 — Precalculus and Trigonometry - MATH M11 — College Algebra for the Liberal Arts - MATH M12 — Mathematical Reasoning for Liberal Arts - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - MATH M16B — Applied Calculus II - MATH M21 — Discrete Mathematics - MATH M24 — Calculus I Readiness for STEM - MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III - MATH M31 — Introduction to Linear Algebra - MATH M35 — Applied Differential Equations - MATH M42DS — Mathematics of Machine Learning for Data Science - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - MUS M01 — Music Fundamentals - MUS M04 — Survey of World Music - MUS M04H — Honors: Survey of World Music - MUS M08 — Music Appreciation - MUS M08H — Honors: Music Appreciation - MUS M09A — Western Music History I - MUS M09AH — Honors: Western Music History I - MUS M09B — Western Music History II - MUS M09BH — Honors: Western Music History II - NTS M07 — Cultural Foods - PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy - PHIL M05 — Critical Thinking and Analytic Writing - PHIL M08 — Philosophy of Religion - PHIL M11 — World Religions: West - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - PHIL M13 — The Classical Mind - PHIL M14 — The Modern Mind - PHIL M21 — Ethics of Living and Dying - PHOT M40 — History of Photography - PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science - PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PHYS M01 — Descriptive Physics - PHYS M01L — Descriptive Physics Laboratory - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PHYS M10B — General Physics II - PHYS M10BL — General Physics II Laboratory - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - PHYS M20C — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics - PHYS M20CL — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - POLS M01 — Introduction to Politics - POLS M02 — Comparative Politics - POLS M04 — International Relations - POLS M05 — National, State and Local Politics - POLS M06 — Introduction to Political Theory - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - PSY M02 — Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M02H — Honors: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M03 — Personal Growth and Social Awareness - PSY M04 — Child Psychology - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M08 — Abnormal Psychology - PSY M10 — Dying and Death - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSY M13 — Human Sexuality - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - PSY M16 — Personality Theories - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SJS M120 — Introduction to Women's Studies - SJS M130 — Introduction to LGBTQ Studies - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology - SOC M212 — Introduction to Sociology of Religion - SOC M216 — Sociology of Deviant Behavior - SOC M218 — Organized Crime and Terrorism - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II - SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN M200S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I - SPAN M210 — Intermediate Spanish II - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors - SWHS M110 — Introduction to Social Work and Human Services - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - ZOO M01 — Introduction to Zoology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/general-education-options/cal-getc-coa/ --- # Moorpark College General Education All Students pursuing an Associate Degree, an Associate in Arts (AA) or Associate in Science (AS), must complete General Education requirements in addition to coursework in their major or area of emphasis. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANPH M01 — Human Anatomy and Physiology - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M01L — Biological Anthropology Lab - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - ANTH M14 — Monkeys, Apes, and Humans - ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs - ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya - ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology - ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing - ART M30 — Drawing and Composition I - ART M70 — Ceramics I - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - AST M01 — An Introduction to Astronomy - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - BIOL M02C — Genetics and Molecular Biology - BIOL M03 — Marine Life and Its Environment - BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California - BIOL M06 — Ecology - BIOL M16 — Human Biology - BIOL M16L — Human Biology Lab - BIOL M17 — Heredity, Evolution and Society - BIOL M18 — Human Biology for Pre-Health - BOT M01 — Introduction to Botany - BOT M06 — Plants and Society - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I - CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II - CHIN M100 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin I - CHIN M110 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin II - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M01H — Honors: Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - CJ M03 — Community Relations - CJ M08 — Introduction to Constitutional Law - CJ M09A — Bujinkan Fundamentals-Practical Self-Defense - CJ M09B — Bujinkan Intermediate - Practical Self-Defense - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - COMM M02 — Introduction to Persuasion - COMM M05 — Oral Interpretation of Literature - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COMM M13 — Gender Communication - COMM M25 — Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism - COMM M26 — Rhetoric of Popular Culture - COUN M01 — Student Success - COUN M01H — Honors: Student Success - COUN M02 — Career and Life Planning - COUN M05 — College Strategies - COUN M10 — Student Success: EOPS - CS M01 — Introduction to Computer Science - CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - CS M155 — Discrete Structures - DANC M01 — Dance Appreciation - DANC M01H — Honors: Dance Appreciation - DANC M03 — Dance History - DANC M10A — Ballet I-Fundamentals - DANC M11A — Jazz Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M12A — Modern Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M24 — Introduction to Dance Education - DANC M26 — Teaching Principles for Dance - DANC M31 — World Dance Cultures - DANC M53 — Careers in Dance - DANC M56 — Performing Dance Ensemble - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M101 — Design History - DES M101H — Honors: Design History - DES M130 — Design I - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ECON M170 — Economic History of the US - EMT M01 — Emergency Medical Technician - EMT M05 — Emergency Medical Responder - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - ENGL M10A — Creative Writing - ENGL M10B — Advanced Creative Writing - ENGL M13A — Survey of American Literature I - ENGL M13B — Survey of American Literature II - ENGL M14 — Introduction to Poetry - ENGL M15A — Survey of English Literature I - ENGL M15B — Survey of English Literature II - ENGL M16 — Introduction to Fiction - ENGL M17 — Shakespeare - ENGL M20 — Introduction to Drama - ENGL M29A — The Bible as Literature (Old Testament) - ENGL M29B — The Bible as Literature (New Testament) - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - ENGL M40 — Children's Literature - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - ENSC M01L — Environmental Science Lab - ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions - ENSC M03 — Energy Resources and Conservation - ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies - ETHS M04 — Chicana/o History II: 1848 to Present - ETHS M10 — Introduction to African American Studies - ETHS M40 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies - FREN M100 — Elementary French I - FREN M110 — Elementary French II - FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M104 — Introduction to Documentary Studies - FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II - FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - FTMA M109 — Contemporary American Cinema - FTMA M110 — Contemporary Global Cinema - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - GEOG M05 — Introduction to Weather and Climate - GEOG M10 — Geography of California - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab - GEOL M03 — Earth History - GEOL M03L — Earth History Lab - GEOL M05 — The World Ocean - GEOL M05L — The World Ocean Lab - GEOL M121 — Earth Science with Lab - GEOL M18 — Field Geology - GEOL M61 — Natural Disasters - GERM M100 — Elementary German I - GERM M110 — Elementary German II - HED M01 — Health and Society - HED M03 — Nutrition, Fitness, and Stress Management - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - HED M20 — Introduction to Public Health - HED M21 — Social Determinants of Health, Disparities and Equities - HED M22 — Personal Health and Wellness - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - HIST M124 — Sports in American History - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 - HIST M143 — History of California - HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present - HIST M25 — History of the United States - HIST M25H — Honors: History of the United States - HUM M07 — Survey of the Arts - HUM M10A — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: The Roots of the Humanities - HUM M10B — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: Humanities and the Modern World - HUM M11 — Conflict and the Human Condition - HUM M14 — Humanities in the United States - ITAL M100 — Elementary Italian I - ITAL M110 — Italian II - JAPN M100 — Elementary Japanese I - JAPN M110 — Elementary Japanese II - KIN M01 — Introduction to Kinesiology - KIN M13 — Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries - KIN M13L — Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries Lab - KIN M16 — Personal Training Principles - KIN M17 — Teaching Group Fitness - KIN M18 — Foundations of Fitness - KIN M20 — Movement Analysis & Corrective Exercise - KIN M21 — Strength and Conditioning for Performance - KIN M22 — Youth, Women, and Senior Training for Fitness Professionals - KIN M25 — Fitness Management - LAT M100 — Elementary Latin I - LS M03 — Personal Development and Study Strategies - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M05 — College Algebra for STEM Studies - MATH M06 — Trigonometry - MATH M07 — Precalculus and Trigonometry - MATH M10 — Mathematics for Elementary Teachers - MATH M11 — College Algebra for the Liberal Arts - MATH M12 — Mathematical Reasoning for Liberal Arts - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - MATH M16B — Applied Calculus II - MATH M21 — Discrete Mathematics - MATH M24 — Calculus I Readiness for STEM - MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III - MATH M31 — Introduction to Linear Algebra - MATH M35 — Applied Differential Equations - MATH M42DS — Mathematics of Machine Learning for Data Science - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - MUS M01 — Music Fundamentals - MUS M02A — Music Theory I - MUS M04 — Survey of World Music - MUS M04H — Honors: Survey of World Music - MUS M08 — Music Appreciation - MUS M08H — Honors: Music Appreciation - MUS M09A — Western Music History I - MUS M09AH — Honors: Western Music History I - MUS M09B — Western Music History II - MUS M09BH — Honors: Western Music History II - NS M35 — Holistic Healthcare Practices - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science - NTS M07 — Cultural Foods - PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy - PHIL M05 — Critical Thinking and Analytic Writing - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - PHIL M08 — Philosophy of Religion - PHIL M09 — Introduction to Symbolic Logic - PHIL M11 — World Religions: West - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - PHIL M13 — The Classical Mind - PHIL M14 — The Modern Mind - PHIL M21 — Ethics of Living and Dying - PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHOT M40 — History of Photography - PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science - PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PHYS M01 — Descriptive Physics - PHYS M01L — Descriptive Physics Laboratory - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PHYS M10B — General Physics II - PHYS M10BL — General Physics II Laboratory - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - PHYS M20C — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics - PHYS M20CL — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - POLS M01 — Introduction to Politics - POLS M02 — Comparative Politics - POLS M04 — International Relations - POLS M05 — National, State and Local Politics - POLS M06 — Introduction to Political Theory - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - PSY M02 — Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M02H — Honors: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M03 — Personal Growth and Social Awareness - PSY M04 — Child Psychology - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M08 — Abnormal Psychology - PSY M10 — Dying and Death - PSY M13 — Human Sexuality - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - PSY M16 — Personality Theories - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SJS M120 — Introduction to Women's Studies - SJS M130 — Introduction to LGBTQ Studies - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology - SOC M212 — Introduction to Sociology of Religion - SOC M216 — Sociology of Deviant Behavior - SOC M218 — Organized Crime and Terrorism - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - SPAN M100 — Elementary Spanish I - SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II - SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN M200S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I - SPAN M210 — Intermediate Spanish II - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors - SWHS M110 — Introduction to Social Work and Human Services - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M02A — Acting I - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - ZOO M01 — Introduction to Zoology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/general-education-options/mc-ge/ --- # General Studies: Creative Arts and Humanities The curriculum within the Creative Arts and Humanities area of emphasis examines the artistic expressions and cultural activities of human beings, providing students with the opportunity to explore the variety of majors offered within these disciplines before committing to a major. From the interdisciplinary perspective, the degree allows students to choose from courses in many disciplines, including but not limited to: Art, Art History, Dance, Film, Writing, Literature, Music, Philosophy, History, World Languages, Theatre, and related courses. ## Courses - ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design - ART M23 — Three-Dimensional Design - ART M30 — Drawing and Composition I - ART M32 — Life Drawing I - ART M33 — Life Drawing II - ART M40A — Illustration I - ART M40B — Illustration II - ART M43 — Acrylic Painting I - ART M44 — Acrylic Painting II - ART M49 — Watercolor I - ART M50 — Watercolor II - ART M70 — Ceramics I - ART M71 — Ceramics II - ART M74 — Glaze Design I - ART M75 — Glaze Design II - ART M77A — Sculpture I - ART M77B — Sculpture II - ART M79A — Figure Sculpture I - ART M79B — Figure Sculpture II - ART M90 — Printmaking I - ART M91 — Printmaking II - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - CHIN M100 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin I - CHIN M110 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin II - COMM M05 — Oral Interpretation of Literature - COMM M26 — Rhetoric of Popular Culture - DANC M01 — Dance Appreciation - DANC M01H — Honors: Dance Appreciation - DANC M03 — Dance History - DANC M10A — Ballet I-Fundamentals - DANC M10B — Ballet II - Beginning - DANC M11A — Jazz Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M11B — Jazz Dance II - Beginning - DANC M12A — Modern Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M12B — Modern Dance II - Beginning - DANC M13A — Tap I - Fundamentals - DANC M13B — Tap II - Beginning - DANC M15A — Choreography I: Beginning - DANC M15B — Choreography II: Intermediate - DANC M16A — Hip Hop I - Fundamentals - DANC M16B — Hip Hop II - Beginning - DANC M19A — Conditioning Dance: Pilates I - DANC M19B — Conditioning Dance: Pilates II - DANC M20A — Movement Improvisation I - DANC M20AH — Honors: Movement Improvisation I - DANC M20B — Movement Improvisation II - DANC M30A — Ballroom Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M30B — Ballroom Dance II - Beginning - DANC M31 — World Dance Cultures - DANC M55A — Dance Rehearsal & Performance I - DANC M55B — Dance Rehearsal & Performance II - DANC M69 — MC Spirit Team Conditioning 1 - DANC M70A — MC Spirit Practice and Performance I - DANC M70B — MC Spirit Practice and Performance II - DES M100 — Design and Society - DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society - DES M101 — Design History - DES M101H — Honors: Design History - DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media - DES M125A — Digital Illustration I - DES M125B — Digital Illustration II - DES M130 — Design I - DES M131 — Design II - DES M133 — Typography I - DES M134 — Typography II - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - ENGL M10A — Creative Writing - ENGL M10B — Advanced Creative Writing - ENGL M13A — Survey of American Literature I - ENGL M13B — Survey of American Literature II - ENGL M14 — Introduction to Poetry - ENGL M15A — Survey of English Literature I - ENGL M15B — Survey of English Literature II - ENGL M16 — Introduction to Fiction - ENGL M17 — Shakespeare - ENGL M20 — Introduction to Drama - ENGL M29A — The Bible as Literature (Old Testament) - ENGL M29B — The Bible as Literature (New Testament) - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - ENGL M40 — Children's Literature - FREN M100 — Elementary French I - FREN M110 — Elementary French II - FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema - FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies - FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics - FTMA M104 — Introduction to Documentary Studies - FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II - FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present - FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - FTMA M109 — Contemporary American Cinema - FTMA M110 — Contemporary Global Cinema - FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting - GAME M101 — Introduction to Game Design - GAME M102 — Game Design Technologies I - GAME M202 — Game Design Technologies II - GERM M100 — Elementary German I - GERM M110 — Elementary German II - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present - HUM M07 — Survey of the Arts - HUM M10A — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: The Roots of the Humanities - HUM M10B — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: Humanities and the Modern World - HUM M11 — Conflict and the Human Condition - HUM M14 — Humanities in the United States - ITAL M100 — Elementary Italian I - ITAL M110 — Italian II - JAPN M100 — Elementary Japanese I - JAPN M110 — Elementary Japanese II - LAT M100 — Elementary Latin I - MATH M11 — College Algebra for the Liberal Arts - MATH M12 — Mathematical Reasoning for Liberal Arts - MUS M01 — Music Fundamentals - MUS M04 — Survey of World Music - MUS M04H — Honors: Survey of World Music - MUS M05 — Electronic Music - MUS M07 — Introduction to Music Business - MUS M08 — Music Appreciation - MUS M08H — Honors: Music Appreciation - MUS M09A — Western Music History I - MUS M09AH — Honors: Western Music History I - MUS M09B — Western Music History II - MUS M09BH — Honors: Western Music History II - MUS M10 — Concert Choir - MUS M11 — Songwriting - MUS M13A — Fundamentals of Vocal Technique I - MUS M13B — Fundamentals of Vocal Technique II - MUS M24 — Introduction to Music Education - MUS M25A — Class Piano-Beginning I - MUS M25B — Class Piano-Beginning II - MUS M32A — Class Guitar-Beginning I - MUS M32B — Class Guitar-Beginning II - PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy - PHIL M08 — Philosophy of Religion - PHIL M11 — World Religions: West - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - PHIL M13 — The Classical Mind - PHIL M14 — The Modern Mind - PHIL M21 — Ethics of Living and Dying - PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHOT M40 — History of Photography - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SPAN M100 — Elementary Spanish I - SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II - SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN M200S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I - SPAN M210 — Intermediate Spanish II - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M02A — Acting I - THA M02B — Acting II - THA M03A — Voice and Diction I - THA M03B — Voice and Diction II - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - THA M09A — Acting for Film and Television I - THA M09B — Acting for Film and Television II - THA M21A — Playwriting I - THA M21B — Playwriting II - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts - TTHA M23A — Lighting Design I - TTHA M23B — Lighting Design II - TTHA M25A — Scene Design I - TTHA M25B — Scene Design II - TTHA M27A — Costume Design I - TTHA M27B — Costume Production - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup - TTHA M29 — Production Makeup II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/general-studies/creative-arts-and-humanities/ --- # General Studies: Interdisciplinary Studies The courses that fulfill the Interdisciplinary Studies area of emphasis stem from the liberal arts/studies perspective by providing a breadth of knowledge and examining a diverse array of academic disciplines. The coursework is designed to enable students to: explore how knowledge across multiple disciplines is interrelated; think critically and creatively; write and speak clearly, coherently, and thoughtfully; read, understand, and evaluate all forms of text; evaluate the positive value and essential role of diversity, and formulate their own goals for continued learning and inquiry based on… ## Courses - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ARTH M100 — Understanding Art - ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M16 — Human Biology - BIOL M16L — Human Biology Lab - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CD M10 — Language Arts and Literacy in Early Childhood Education - CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - DANC M24 — Introduction to Dance Education - EDU M02 — Introduction to Elementary Teaching - EDU M08 — Children's Art within a Multicultural Perspective - EDU M10 — Developing Literacy in Diverse Classrooms - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - ENGL M13A — Survey of American Literature I - ENGL M13B — Survey of American Literature II - ENGL M15A — Survey of English Literature I - ENGL M15B — Survey of English Literature II - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - ENGL M40 — Children's Literature - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - GEOL M121 — Earth Science with Lab - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - MATH M10 — Mathematics for Elementary Teachers - MATH M11 — College Algebra for the Liberal Arts - MATH M12 — Mathematical Reasoning for Liberal Arts - MUS M08 — Music Appreciation - MUS M08H — Honors: Music Appreciation - MUS M24 — Introduction to Music Education - PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science - PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - PSY M04 — Child Psychology - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/general-studies/interdisciplinary-studies/ --- # General Studies: Society, Human Behavior and Culture The Society, Human Behavior and Culture area of emphasis examines people as members of society. The courses are designed to develop students’ awareness of the method of inquiry used by the social and behavioral sciences to stimulate critical thinking about the ways people respond to their societies and to promote appreciation of how societies and social subgroups operate. The degree includes introductory or integrative survey courses in Anthropology, Geography, Economics, Ethnic Studies, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work and Human Services, or related disciplines. ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - ANTH M14 — Monkeys, Apes, and Humans - ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs - ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya - ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology - ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M39 — Business Communication - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M01H — Honors: Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - CJ M03 — Community Relations - CJ M08 — Introduction to Constitutional Law - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - COMM M06 — Small Group Communication - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COMM M13 — Gender Communication - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ECON M170 — Economic History of the US - ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies - ETHS M04 — Chicana/o History II: 1848 to Present - ETHS M10 — Introduction to African American Studies - ETHS M40 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies - FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - GEOG M10 — Geography of California - HED M01 — Health and Society - HED M03 — Nutrition, Fitness, and Stress Management - HED M20 — Introduction to Public Health - HED M21 — Social Determinants of Health, Disparities and Equities - HED M22 — Personal Health and Wellness - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - HIST M124 — Sports in American History - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 - HIST M143 — History of California - HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present - HIST M25 — History of the United States - HIST M25H — Honors: History of the United States - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality - HOSP M140 — Introduction to Hotel Management - HOSP M200 — Introduction to Event Management - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science - NTS M07 — Cultural Foods - PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy - PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - POLS M01 — Introduction to Politics - POLS M02 — Comparative Politics - POLS M04 — International Relations - POLS M05 — National, State and Local Politics - POLS M06 — Introduction to Political Theory - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - PSY M03 — Personal Growth and Social Awareness - PSY M04 — Child Psychology - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M08 — Abnormal Psychology - PSY M10 — Dying and Death - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSY M13 — Human Sexuality - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - PSY M16 — Personality Theories - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SJS M120 — Introduction to Women's Studies - SJS M130 — Introduction to LGBTQ Studies - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology - SOC M212 — Introduction to Sociology of Religion - SOC M216 — Sociology of Deviant Behavior - SOC M218 — Organized Crime and Terrorism - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors - SWHS M110 — Introduction to Social Work and Human Services Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/general-studies/society-human-behavior-culture/ --- # General Studies: Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Studies The Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Studies area of emphasis helps students explore and critically examine the physical universe, its life forms, and its natural phenomena that affect many aspects of life. Through introductory or integrative courses such as Anatomy, Animal Science, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Network Engineering Systems, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physiology, Physics, and other STEM-related courses, students will: learn the roles of hypothesis, measurements, and analysis in the d… ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANCT M08 — Applied Wildlife Conservation - ANCT M09 — Animal Behavior - ANCT M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANCT M12 — Anatomy and Physiology of Mammals - ANCT M18 — Animal Health and Safety - ANCT M19 — Animal Nutrition - ANPH M01 — Human Anatomy and Physiology - ANSC M09 — Animal Behavior - ANSC M09L — Animal Behavior Lab - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M01L — Biological Anthropology Lab - AST M01 — An Introduction to Astronomy - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II - BIOL M02C — Genetics and Molecular Biology - BIOL M03 — Marine Life and Its Environment - BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California - BIOL M06 — Ecology - BIOL M16 — Human Biology - BIOL M16L — Human Biology Lab - BIOL M17 — Heredity, Evolution and Society - BIOL M18 — Human Biology for Pre-Health - BOT M01 — Introduction to Botany - BOT M06 — Plants and Society - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I - CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II - CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals - CNSE M05 — Fundamentals of Computer Networking - CNSE M06 — Cisco Fundamentals of IT Essentials: PC Hardware & Software - CS M01 — Introduction to Computer Science - CS M10DS — Introduction to Data Science - CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java - CS M10P — Introduction to Computer Programming using Python Language - CS M10R — Introduction to R Programming - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - ENGR M01 — Introduction to Engineering - ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD - ENGR M10 — Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB - ENGT M02 — Digital Circuits - ENGT M04 — Basic Electronics - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - ENSC M01L — Environmental Science Lab - ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab - GEOG M05 — Introduction to Weather and Climate - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab - GEOL M03 — Earth History - GEOL M03L — Earth History Lab - GEOL M05 — The World Ocean - GEOL M05L — The World Ocean Lab - GEOL M121 — Earth Science with Lab - GEOL M18 — Field Geology - GEOL M61 — Natural Disasters - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M05 — College Algebra for STEM Studies - MATH M06 — Trigonometry - MATH M07 — Precalculus and Trigonometry - MATH M24 — Calculus I Readiness for STEM - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - NS M20 — Pharmacology - NS M25 — Basic Pathophysiology - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - PHIL M09 — Introduction to Symbolic Logic - PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science - PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PHYS M01 — Descriptive Physics - PHYS M01L — Descriptive Physics Laboratory - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PHYS M10B — General Physics II - PHYS M10BL — General Physics II Laboratory - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - PHYS M20C — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics - PHYS M20CL — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory - PSY M02 — Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M02H — Honors: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors - ZOO M01 — Introduction to Zoology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/general-studies/stem/ --- # Geographic Information Systems Program Purpose: Students who complete Geographic Information Systems courses will be able to utilize GIS mapping and data management software to store, retrieve, manipulate, analyze and display spatial data. ## Courses - ANTH M03 — Archaeology - ENGR M01 — Introduction to Engineering - ENGT M10 — Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology - ENSC M01 — Environmental Science - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/geographic-information-systems/ --- # Geography, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** Students who complete Geography courses will examine the spatial organization of physical features and human activities at a variety of spatial scales from local to global. Students will be able to locate features on the surface of the earth, explain why they are located where they are, and describe how places are similar and/or different. Students will also examine human interactions with the environment and describe how physical and cultural landscapes change through time. Students completing physical geography courses will be able to describe the processes that drive earth’s climate, creat… ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - GEOG M05 — Introduction to Weather and Climate - GEOG M10 — Geography of California - GEOL M03 — Earth History - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - GIS M02 — GPS and Map Analysis - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M06 — Trigonometry - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/geography/geography-aat/ --- # Geology, Associate in Science **Degree** The major requirements for the Associate in Science degree in Geology prepares students for upper division course work for advanced degrees in Geology offered by four-year institutions. In addition, earning this degree suggests an achievement of technical skills that may be helpful in seeking immediate employment. ## Courses - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - ENSC M03 — Energy Resources and Conservation - GEOG M01 — Physical Geography - GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab - GEOG M10 — Geography of California - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab - GEOL M03 — Earth History - GEOL M03L — Earth History Lab - GEOL M05 — The World Ocean - GEOL M05L — The World Ocean Lab - GEOL M18 — Field Geology - GEOL M61 — Natural Disasters - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - GIS M23 — Remote Sensing of the Environment - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/geology/geology-as/ --- # Geology, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Science in Geology for Transfer (AS-T in Geology) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree in Geology, or a “similar” major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AS-T in Geology within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within that major) have been designated as “similar” to this degree at each CSU campus,… ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - GEOL M02 — Physical Geology - GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology - GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab - GEOL M03 — Earth History - GEOL M03L — Earth History Lab - GEOL M04 — Mineralogy - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/geology/geology-ast/ --- # German ## Courses - GERM M100 — Elementary German I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/german/ --- # Health Education The objective of the Health Education major is the development and education of students in preparation for professional careers in a variety of health fields. The curricula, based upon a foundation in the liberal arts and the natural and behavioral sciences, are directed to special preparation for the various activities in the specific health fields. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - HED M01 — Health and Society Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/health-education/ --- # Health Sciences, Associate in Arts **Degree** This program prepares the student for entry into many health professional programs. These courses provide some of the prerequisites for advanced training in the medical field for occupations such as nursing, dental hygiene, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical laboratory technology, radiologic technology, and emergency medical services. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M13 — Introduction to Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - BIOL M18 — Human Biology for Pre-Health - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/health-sciences/health-sciences-aa/ --- # History, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** History is an evolving record of human emotion, human aspiration, human frustration, and human success. Historians study the goals, fears, interests, opinions, and prejudices of people in the past. What made people the way they were? What is the impact of their thought and action on people today and what is their impact on people tomorrow? As a study of people, history offers both a necessary understanding of one’s place in the human experience and the conceptual framework for a lifelong avocation. ## Courses - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 - HIST M143 — History of California - HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/history/history-aat/ --- # Hospitality ## Courses - HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/hospitality/ --- # Humanities Humanities, broadly defined, is the study of the cultural activities and artistic expressions of human beings. Humanities courses may introduce students to art, literature, architecture, music, dance, philosophy, morality, religion, the sciences, gender and ethnicity, pop culture, and related fields. To explore specific career options, check the software and online resources available in the University Transfer Center located in Fountain Hall, (805) 378-1536. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/humanities/ --- # Italian ## Courses - ITAL M100 — Elementary Italian I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/italian/ --- # Japanese ## Courses - JAPN M100 — Elementary Japanese I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/japanese/ --- # Exercise Science, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science Degree in Exercise Science program will prepare students for careers in the entry level jobs in the fitness and health industry. This program provides knowledge and leadership skills necessary for preparing students to become Certified Personal Trainers and/or Certified Group Fitness Instructors. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - HED M03 — Nutrition, Fitness, and Stress Management - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - KIN M13 — Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries - KIN M16 — Personal Training Principles - KIN M17 — Teaching Group Fitness - KIN M18 — Foundations of Fitness - KIN M80 — Work Experience Education in Kinesiology - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/kinesiology/exercise-science-as/ --- # Exercise Science: Fitness Specialist, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Fitness Specialist Certificate of Achievement will prepare students for careers in entry-level jobs in the fitness and health industry. This program provides applied knowledge and leadership skills necessary for students to become Personal Trainers and/or Group Fitness Instructors. In addition to acting as a primary hiring qualification for major fitness employers, the earning of this certificate may also serve as a means for current fitness professionals to earn wage increases and career advancement. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - HED M03 — Nutrition, Fitness, and Stress Management - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - KIN M13 — Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries - KIN M16 — Personal Training Principles - KIN M17 — Teaching Group Fitness - KIN M18 — Foundations of Fitness - KIN M80 — Work Experience Education in Kinesiology - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/kinesiology/exercise-science-fitness-specialist-coa/ --- # Kinesiology, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** Students who complete coursework toward an Associate in Arts in Kinesiology for Transfer Degree (AA-T in Kinesiology) will utilize the science of Kinesiology to better understand and explain problems and issues with human movement, fitness, and health. Students will also apply the science of Kinesiology to complete the program outcomes which include the ability to understand, appreciate and achieve the maximum benefits provided by physical movement for the development of an individual’s health and wellness. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II - DANC M10A — Ballet I-Fundamentals - DANC M10B — Ballet II - Beginning - DANC M11A — Jazz Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M11B — Jazz Dance II - Beginning - DANC M12A — Modern Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M12B — Modern Dance II - Beginning - DANC M13A — Tap I - Fundamentals - DANC M13B — Tap II - Beginning - DANC M16A — Hip Hop I - Fundamentals - DANC M17 — Musical Theater Dance - DANC M19A — Conditioning Dance: Pilates I - DANC M19B — Conditioning Dance: Pilates II - DANC M30A — Ballroom Dance I - Fundamentals - DANC M30B — Ballroom Dance II - Beginning - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - HED M22 — Personal Health and Wellness - KIN M01 — Introduction to Kinesiology - KIN M23 — Walking for Fitness - KIN M24 — Running for Fitness and Conditioning - KIN M31 — Body Conditioning/Fitness - KIN M32 — Body Conditioning/Free Weights - KIN M33 — Power Lifting/Free Weights - KIN M34 — Body Conditioning Boot Camp - KIN M40 — Cardio Step and Sculpt - KIN M42 — Aerobic Dance Fitness - KIN M43 — Cardio Kickboxing - KIN M50 — Pilates Mat - KIN M51 — Core Stability and Stretch - KIN M52 — Core Fitness with Cardio - KIN M53 — T'ai Chi - KIN M54 — Yoga - KIN M71 — Golf - KIN M72 — Tennis - KIN M82 — Basketball - KIN M84 — Soccer - KIN M85 — Softball - KIN M87 — Volleyball - KIN M92 — Hiking and Backpacking - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/kinesiology/kinesiology-aat/ --- # Spanish, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Spanish for Transfer degree (AA-T in Spanish) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree in Spanish, or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AA-T in Spanish within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. please refer to CSU’s Associate Degree for Transfer Major and Campus Search webpage and seek guidance from a College counselor. Students completing this degree… ## Courses - ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - CHIN M110 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin II - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies - FREN M110 — Elementary French II - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GERM M110 — Elementary German II - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - JAPN M110 — Elementary Japanese II - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - SPAN M100 — Elementary Spanish I - SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II - SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN M200S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I - SPAN M210 — Intermediate Spanish II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/languages-world/spanish-aat/ --- # Learning Skills Program Purpose: Provides instruction designed to meet the educational needs of students with or without disabilities. ## Courses - LS M07A — Basic Math Skills I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/learning-skills/ --- # Laser Cutting and Engraving Level I, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** This noncredit Certificate of Completion in Laser Cutting and Engraving Level I is designed to help students develop a foundation in MakerSpace and design thinking with a specialization in laser cutting and engraving. ## Courses - MAKR M901 — Introduction to MakerSpace and MakerSpace Safety - MAKR M903 — Introduction to Design Thinking - MAKR M910 — Adobe Illustrator for the MakerSpace I - MAKR M925 — Laser Cutting and Engraving I - MAKR M928 — Laser Cutting and Engraving Production Shop Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/makerspace/laser-cutting-engraving-level-i-coc/ --- # Screen Printing for Textiles Level I, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** This noncredit Certificate of Completion in Screen Printing for Textiles Level I is designed to help students develop a foundation in MakerSpace and design thinking with a specialization in screen printing on textiles. ## Courses - MAKR M901 — Introduction to MakerSpace and MakerSpace Safety - MAKR M903 — Introduction to Design Thinking - MAKR M910 — Adobe Illustrator for the MakerSpace I - MAKR M930 — Screen Printing for Textiles I - MAKR M935 — Screen Printing for Textiles Production Shop Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/makerspace/screen-printing-textiles-level-i-coc/ --- # Data Science, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Data Science, with its many applications, is a field of study that draws heavily from the foundational concepts in statistics and machine learning and uses programming to explain or predict outcomes from data. Data Science principles and achievements are omnipresent, dynamic, and ever-changing. The curriculum offered in the Certificate of Achievement is Data Science is designed both for those who are preparing to transfer to a four-year university to complete their Bachelor’s in Data Science, Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Network Systems Engineering, Hospitality Manageme… ## Courses - BUS M140 — Business Information Systems - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - CS M10DB — Database Management Systems and Applications - CS M10DS — Introduction to Data Science - CS M10ML — Cloud Data Science and Machine Learning - CS M10P — Introduction to Computer Programming using Python Language - CS M10R — Introduction to R Programming - HOSP M120 — Hospitality Cost Control - HOSP M130 — Introduction to Food and Beverage Management - HOSP M140 — Introduction to Hotel Management - HOSP M170 — Hospitality Supervision and Guest Relations - MATH M37DS — Probability & Statistics for Data Science - MATH M42DS — Mathematics of Machine Learning for Data Science - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - PHIL M122 — Independent Study - Philosophy - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - POLS M122 — Independent Study - Political Science - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/mathematics/data-science-coa/ --- # Mathematics 2.0, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** The program for the Associate in Science Degree in Mathematics offers training in both pure and applied mathematics, leading to careers in research, education, business, industry, and government, including such professions as educators, statisticians, actuaries, and operations research analysts. Many areas, such as the physical and social sciences, engineering, economics, and business, are dependent upon the use of applied mathematics in developing solutions to practical problems. ## Courses - CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java - CS M10P — Introduction to Computer Programming using Python Language - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - ENGR M10 — Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III - MATH M31 — Introduction to Linear Algebra - MATH M35 — Applied Differential Equations - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/mathematics/mathematics-ast/ --- # Microbiology ## Courses - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/microbiology/ --- # Audio Engineering I, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Audio Engineering Certificate I program is designed to equip students with the technical skills and knowledge necessary for careers in audio production, recording, and sound engineering. This program provides hands-on training with industry-standard tools and technologies, including Pro Tools and Live Sound Reinforcement, preparing students for well-rounded, fundamental workforce skills in roles such as recording engineer, live sound technician, and audio post-production specialist. ## Courses - MUS M01 — Music Fundamentals - MUS M02A — Music Theory I - MUS M02AL — Musicianship I - MUS M03 — Introduction to Music Technology - MUS M05 — Electronic Music - MUS M07 — Introduction to Music Business - MUS M40A — Pro Tools Fundamentals I - MUS M40B — Pro Tools Fundamentals II - MUS M41 — Live Sound Reinforcement - MUS M42 — Audio Over Internet Protocol - MUS M80 — Work Experience Education in Music Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/music/audio-engineering-i-coa/ --- # Music, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Music for Transfer Degree (AA-T in Music) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a Bachelor's degree in General Music or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AA-T in Music within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within that major) have been designated as “similar” to this degree at each CSU campu… ## Courses - MUS M02A — Music Theory I - MUS M02AL — Musicianship I - MUS M02B — Music Theory II - MUS M02BL — Musicianship II - MUS M02C — Music Theory III - MUS M02CL — Musicianship III - MUS M02D — Music Theory IV - MUS M02DL — Musicianship IV - MUS M10 — Concert Choir - MUS M100 — Advanced Concert Choir - MUS M18 — Jazz Ensemble - MUS M180 — Advanced Jazz Ensemble - MUS M21 — Wind Ensemble - MUS M210 — Advanced Wind Ensemble - MUS M23 — Moorpark Symphony Orchestra - MUS M230 — Moorpark Symphony Orchestra - Advanced - MUS M30A — Applied Music-Woodwind - MUS M30B — Applied Music - Brass - MUS M30C — Applied Music - Strings - MUS M30D — Applied Music - Piano - MUS M30E — Applied Music - Classical Guitar - MUS M30F — Applied Music - Percussion - MUS M30G — Applied Music - Voice Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/music/music-aat/ --- # Music Technology, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Music Technology Certificate of Achievement is designed for students seeking a career as a professional musician. It will better prepare a student to secure a job in the music industry by building skills related to music technology. After successfully completing this certificate a student could be hired as a composer, recording artist, music production assistant, assistant audio engineer, audio technician, assistant music supervisor, or artists & repertoire (A&R) assistant. ## Courses - CS M01 — Introduction to Computer Science - CS M10DS — Introduction to Data Science - CS M10P — Introduction to Computer Programming using Python Language - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - FTMA M140 — Beginning Audio Production - MUS M02A — Music Theory I - MUS M02AL — Musicianship I - MUS M03 — Introduction to Music Technology - MUS M05 — Electronic Music - MUS M07 — Introduction to Music Business - MUS M25A — Class Piano-Beginning I - MUS M25B — Class Piano-Beginning II - MUS M25C — Class Piano-Intermediate I - MUS M25D — Class Piano-Intermediate II - MUS M33 — Popular Music Ensemble - MUS M35 — Music Industry Networking and Negotiations - MUS M80 — Work Experience Education in Music Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/music/music-technology-coa/ --- # Songwriting, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Songwriting Certificate of Achievement provides students with fundamental tools, techniques, and best-practices necessary to succeed as a songwriter. Students explore lyric writing, melody, harmony, theory, arranging, and strategies employed by some of the most well-known songwriters. After successfully completing this certificate a student will be equipped with the tools necessary to start a career as a songwriter. Students may also be hired as a composer, recording artist, music producer, or arranger. ## Courses - MUS M02A — Music Theory I - MUS M02AL — Musicianship I - MUS M02B — Music Theory II - MUS M02BL — Musicianship II - MUS M03 — Introduction to Music Technology - MUS M05 — Electronic Music - MUS M07 — Introduction to Music Business - MUS M10 — Concert Choir - MUS M11 — Songwriting - MUS M13A — Fundamentals of Vocal Technique I - MUS M18 — Jazz Ensemble - MUS M21 — Wind Ensemble - MUS M23 — Moorpark Symphony Orchestra - MUS M25A — Class Piano-Beginning I - MUS M32A — Class Guitar-Beginning I - MUS M33 — Popular Music Ensemble - MUS M34 — Contemporary Vocal Ensemble - MUS M36 — Chamber Music Ensemble Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/music/songwriting-coa/ --- # English as a Second Language: Academic, Certificate of Competency **Degree** This noncredit Certificate of Completion certifies that students have completed two courses in intermediate and advanced ESL. These courses help students build a foundation in English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, as well as study and computer skills. The Certificate is designed to help students transition into college-level courses. ## Courses - ESL M903 — High-Intermediate Noncredit ESL - ESL M904 — Advanced Noncredit ESL Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/english-second-language-academic-cocy/ --- # English as a Second Language: Advanced Writing and Communication **Degree** This noncredit Certificate of Completion certifies that students have completed two courses in the ESL sequence: advanced academic reading/writing and oral communication. These courses equip ESL students with the academic reading, writing, and speaking skills necessary to successfully complete college-level work, including: critically engaging with complex academic texts, developing critical thinking skills, producing well-structured, multi-paragraph essays which incorporate evidence from reputable sources, and presenting a well-organized speech on a given topic in front of the class. ## Courses - ESL M913 — Academic Reading and Writing III - ESL M940 — ESL Academic Oral Communication Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/english-second-language-advanced-cocy/ --- # English as a Second Language: Foundational, Certificate of Competency **Degree** This noncredit Certificate of Competency certifies that students have completed two foundational courses in ESL. These courses help students build a foundation in English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, as well as study and computer skills. The Certificate is designed to help students and community members improve their opportunities and success at school and work. ## Courses - ESL M901 — High-Beginning Noncredit ESL - ESL M902 — Low-Intermediate Noncredit ESL Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/english-second-language-foundational-cocy/ --- # English as a Second Language: Reading and Writing Skills for College **Degree** This noncredit Certificate of Completion certifies that students have completed two courses in the ESL academic reading and writing sequence. These courses equip ESL students with the academic reading and writing skills necessary to meet the demands of college-level coursework, including: engaging with complex texts, developing critical thinking skills, and producing well-structured, coherent academic writing which integrates evidence from reputable sources. ## Courses - ESL M911 — Academic Reading and Writing I - ESL M912 — Academic Reading and Writing II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/english-second-language-reading-cocy/ --- # SolarTech, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** The SolarTech Certificate of Completion is designed for students who desire to develop the skills needed to work in a number of solar photovoltaic disciplines. The two courses in the Program are designed to fit into a 18-week, 50-hour period. The Program is an excellent way to gain initial employment in these fields primarily as a solar panel installer, including wireless monitoring systems; and, to a significant extent, logistics, sales, marketing and maintenance & operations. ## Courses - ENSC M901 — Introduction to Photovoltaics (PV) - ENSC M903 — OSHA 10 Construction Safety Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/solartech-cocn/ --- # Technical Theatre: Audio Production, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** This noncredit Certificate of Completion in Audio Production is designed to provide Career Technical Education students in Audio Production with additional hands-on and/or experiential training with advanced equipment, technologies, leadership opportunities coupled with building employability and job search skills. ## Courses - TTHA M900 — Skills in Technical Theatre/Film/TV - TTHA M902 — Applied Technology for Theatrical Audio Production Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/technical-theatre-audio-production-cocn/ --- # Technical Theatre: Lighting for Production, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** This noncredit Certificate of Completion in Lighting for Technical Theatre is designed to provide Career Technical Education students in Lighting with additional hands-on and/or experiential training with advanced equipment, technologies, leadership opportunities coupled with building employability and job search skills. ## Courses - TTHA M900 — Skills in Technical Theatre/Film/TV - TTHA M901 — Applied Technology for Theatrical Lighting Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/technical-theatre-lighting-production-cocn/ --- # Technical Theatre: Stage Management, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** This noncredit Certificate of Completion in Stage Management is designed to provide Career Technical Education students in Stage Management with additional hands-on and/or experiential training with advanced equipment, technologies, leadership opportunities coupled with building employability and job search skills. ## Courses - TTHA M900 — Skills in Technical Theatre/Film/TV - TTHA M903 — Applied Practices for Theatrical Stage Management Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/technical-theatre-stage-management-cocn/ --- # Vinyl Cutting and Printing Level I, Certificate of Completion **Certificate** This noncredit Certificate of Completion in Vinyl Cutting and Printing Level I is designed to help students develop a foundation in MakerSpace and design thinking with a specialization in vinyl cutting and printing. ## Courses - MAKR M901 — Introduction to MakerSpace and MakerSpace Safety - MAKR M903 — Introduction to Design Thinking - MAKR M910 — Adobe Illustrator for the MakerSpace I - MAKR M920 — Vinyl Cutting and Printing I - MAKR M923 — Vinyl Cutting and Printing Production Shop Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/noncredit-programs-courses/vinyl-cutting-printing-level-i-cocn/ --- # Nuclear Medicine ## Courses - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - NS M17 — Healthcare Ethics - RADT M01A — Radiographic Practice I - RADT M01AL — Radiographic Clinical Lab I - RADT M01B — Radiographic Technique I - RADT M01BL — Radiographic Technique Lab I - RADT M02A — Radiographic Practice II - RADT M02AL — Radiographic Clinical Lab II - RADT M02B — Radiographic Technique II - RADT M02BL — Radiographic Technique Lab II - RADT M03 — Advanced Radiographic Technique - RADT M03B — Radiographic Pathology - RADT M03L — Radiographic Clinical Lab III - RADT M04 — Introduction to Image-Intensified Fluoroscopy - RADT M04L — Radiographic Clinical Lab IV - RADT M09 — Basic Skills for the Radiologic Technologist - RADT M10A — Introduction to Radiologic Technology - RADT M10AL — Introduction to Radiologic Technology Lab - RADT M10B — Introduction to Radiographic Technique - RADT M11 — Radiographic Lab I - RADT M12 — Radiographic Lab II - RADT M14 — Radiographic Film Critique Lab - RADT M30 — Nuclear Medicine Practice I - RADT M32 — Principles of Nuclear Medicine I - RADT M34A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IA - RADT M34B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IB - RADT M40 — Nuclear Medicine Practice II - RADT M42 — Principles of Nuclear Medicine II - RADT M44A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIA - RADT M49 — Radiography Summer Practicum - RADT M50 — Nuclear Medicine Seminar - RADT M52A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIIA - RADT M52B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIIB Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/nuclear-medicine/ --- # Nursing Science, Associate in Science **Degree** Students who complete the Associate Degree in Nursing Science Program will acquire the knowledge and skills of the five critical competencies of safety/technical, critical thinking/clinical reasoning, communication, responsibility/accountability, and organization/prioritization. These competencies are essential to the function of the Registered Nurse in the direct care of patients. ## Courses - NS M01 — Beginning Nursing Science - NS M01L — Beginning Nursing Lab I - NS M02 — Intermediate Nursing Science I - NS M02L — Intermediate Nursing Lab I - NS M03 — Intermediate Nursing Science II - NS M03L — Intermediate Nursing Science Clinical Laboratory II - NS M04 — Advanced Nursing Science - NS M04L — Advanced Nursing Science Clinical Laboratory - NS M11 — Nursing Skills Laboratory I - NS M12 — Nursing Skills Laboratory II - NS M13 — Nursing Skills Laboratory III - NS M14 — Nursing Skills Laboratory IV Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/nursing-science/nursing-science-as/ --- # Nutrition and Dietetics, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Science in Nutrition and Dietetics for Transfer (AS-T Nutrition/Dietetics) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AS-T in Geology within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within that major) have been designated as “sim… ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - BIOL M02B — General Biology II - BIOL M16 — Human Biology - BIOL M16L — Human Biology Lab - BUS M30 — Introduction to Business - BUS M33 — Business Law - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II - CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I - CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M05 — College Algebra for STEM Studies - MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I - MATH M16B — Applied Calculus II - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science - NTS M07 — Cultural Foods - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PHYS M10A — General Physics I - PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab - PHYS M10B — General Physics II - PHYS M10BL — General Physics II Laboratory - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/nutrition-science/nutrition-dietetics-ast/ --- # Paramedic Studies, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Students who complete the Paramedic Program will acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the core professional responsibilities of a paramedic as a prehospital care provider, including the assessment and triage of emergent, urgent, and non-urgent prehospital medical care. Applies basic and advanced knowledge and skills necessary to determine patient physiologic, psychological, and psycho-social needs. Covers administration of medications, interpretation and use of diagnostic findings to implement prehospital patient treatment, facilitate referrals and/or access to a higher level of ca… ## Courses - PM M10 — Paramedic Studies - PM M20 — Paramedic Clinical Rotation and Field Preceptorship Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/paramedics/paramedic-studies/ --- # Philosophy, Associate in Arts **Degree** Students completing the Associate in Arts in Philosophy will expand their ability to evaluate philosophical positions critically and systematically, and to formulate and defend philosophical positions. ## Courses - PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy - PHIL M05 — Critical Thinking and Analytic Writing - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - PHIL M08 — Philosophy of Religion - PHIL M09 — Introduction to Symbolic Logic - PHIL M13 — The Classical Mind - PHIL M14 — The Modern Mind Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/philosophy/philosophy-aa/ --- # Philosophy, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The study of Philosophy invites students to carefully analyze and thoughtfully respond to the fundamental ideas and basic concerns present in the human experience. The goal is to examine ourselves, our culture, and our world and the persisting questions regarding human thought and action. Instruction in philosophy teaches, not what to think, but how to think. The program also develops skills in analytical and critical thinking and writing that are excellent preparation for professional and other careers. ## Courses - BUS M33 — Business Law - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present - PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy - PHIL M05 — Critical Thinking and Analytic Writing - PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic - PHIL M08 — Philosophy of Religion - PHIL M09 — Introduction to Symbolic Logic - PHIL M11 — World Religions: West - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - PHIL M13 — The Classical Mind - PHIL M14 — The Modern Mind - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/philosophy/philosophy-aat/ --- # Photography, Associate in Science **Degree** The Photography program is designed for students to acquire the skills necessary to enter the very competitive profession of photography. Instruction is provided in both black and white and color photography, analog and digital technologies, along with mastery of the latest equipment. ## Courses - ART M110 — Gallery Practice/Portfolio - ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design - ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHOT M20 — Intermediate Photography - PHOT M30A — Advanced Photography I - PHOT M40 — History of Photography - PHTC M31A — Studio Lighting I - PHTC M35 — Introduction to Photojournalism - PHTC M37 — Professional Practices for Photographers - PHTC M50 — Laboratory Practice in Photography I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/photography/photography-as/ --- # Photography, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** To earn a Certificate of Achievement in Photography, students complete 19.5 specified units. This program is designed for students to acquire the skills necessary to enter the very competitive profession of photography. Instruction is provided in both black and white and color photography, analog and digital technologies, along with mastery of the latest equipment. ## Courses - ART M110 — Gallery Practice/Portfolio - FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHOT M20 — Intermediate Photography - PHOT M30A — Advanced Photography I - PHOT M30B — Advanced Photography II - PHOT M40 — History of Photography - PHTC M31A — Studio Lighting I - PHTC M31B — Studio Lighting II - PHTC M35 — Introduction to Photojournalism - PHTC M37 — Professional Practices for Photographers - PHTC M50 — Laboratory Practice in Photography I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/photography/photography-coa/ --- # Studio Lighting, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** The Certificate of Achievement in Studio Lighting introduces students to the fundamentals of using artificial light in a photographic studio and on location. This award will prepare students seeking a career in the commercial photography industry as a photographer or as a photographer's assistant. ## Courses - PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography - PHTC M31A — Studio Lighting I - PHTC M31B — Studio Lighting II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/photography/studio-lighting-coa/ --- # Physical Science Program Purpose: Students who complete Physical Science courses will apply fundamental physical science laws and equations describing physical science phenomena to analyze both quantitatively and qualitatively specific problems in the physical science universe; recognize, comprehend, and apply the similar principles in the various discipline of physical science, and critically evaluate and analyze observations and measurements through the use of accepted scientific methods and report the results in formal papers that conform to the style of modern scientific writing. ## Courses - PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science - PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/physical-science/ --- # Physics 2.0, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** Students who complete Physics courses will apply fundamental physical laws and equations describing physical phenomena to analyze both quantitatively and qualitatively specific problems in the physical universe; recognize, comprehend, and apply the similar principles in the various disciplines of physics, and critically evaluate and analyze observations and measurements through the use of accepted scientific methods and report the results in formal papers that conform to the style of modern scientific writing. ## Courses - CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors - MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III - MATH M31 — Introduction to Linear Algebra - MATH M35 — Applied Differential Equations - PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids - PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory - PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism - PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory - PHYS M20C — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics - PHYS M20CL — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/physics/physics-ast/ --- # Asian Studies, Associate in Arts **Degree** Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide an integrated approach to the study of the history, culture, governments and current problems of this increasingly important region of the world. ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian - BUS M70 — Introduction to Global Business - CHIN M100 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin I - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I - ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography - GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present - JAPN M100 — Elementary Japanese I - JAPN M110 — Elementary Japanese II - MUS M04 — Survey of World Music - MUS M04H — Honors: Survey of World Music - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - POLS M02 — Comparative Politics - POLS M04 — International Relations - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/political-science/asian-studies-aa/ --- # Political Science, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The discipline of Political Science is the study of how people are governed and how they govern themselves. It examines the process by which scarce resources are allocated to an expanding population with ever-increasing demands. The discipline looks at American politics as an experience in “self-government” and highlights how our system is different from the political systems developed by other countries. The study of Political Science also includes the examination of how diversity impacts American government. The discipline also seeks to understand how nations deal with each other, what kind… ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M143 — History of California - HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 - HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present - HIST M164 — History of Latin America - HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 - HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present - NTS M07 — Cultural Foods - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - POLS M01 — Introduction to Politics - POLS M02 — Comparative Politics - POLS M04 — International Relations - POLS M05 — National, State and Local Politics - POLS M06 — Introduction to Political Theory - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/political-science/political-science-aat/ --- # Psychology, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Psychology for Transfer degree (AA-T in Psychology) is designed for students intending to major in Psychology and transfer to a four-year institution, and for students interested in studying Psychology for a general understanding of the human mind and behavior useful in any career and in everyday life. A major in psychology provides a scientific study of the mind and behavior of individuals and groups in contemporary society. The major also provides a background for upper-division and graduate study in the field of psychology and related specialties. Furthermore, this… ## Courses - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - PSY M02 — Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M02H — Honors: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience - PSY M03 — Personal Growth and Social Awareness - PSY M04 — Child Psychology - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M08 — Abnormal Psychology - PSY M10 — Dying and Death - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSY M13 — Human Sexuality - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - PSY M16 — Personality Theories - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/psychology/psychology-aat/ --- # Public Health, Associate in Science for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Sciences in Public Health Transfer Degree (AS-T in Public Health) provides preparation for students interested in careers in public health. Typical employment opportunities in the field are in areas of gerontology, health promotion, hospitals/health care facilities, community and public health programs, public and private health, and human services agencies (city, county, state, and national), long-term care facilities, diabetes education programs, occupational health, industrial hygiene, and professional consulting organizations. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I - CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures - HED M20 — Introduction to Public Health - HED M21 — Social Determinants of Health, Disparities and Equities - HED M22 — Personal Health and Wellness - KIN M01 — Introduction to Kinesiology - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSY M13 — Human Sexuality - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - SPAN M100 — Elementary Spanish I - SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II - SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN M210 — Intermediate Spanish II - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/public-health/public-health-ast/ --- # Nuclear Medicine, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** Nuclear Medicine is a sub-specialization of the Radiologic Technology program designed to train technologists to operate cameras that detect and map the radioactive isotopes in a patient’s body to create diagnostic images. The Nuclear Medicine course pathway will lead to a certificate of achievement and will fulfill qualifications to sit for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) credentialing exam for Nuclear Medicine. ## Courses - RADT M30 — Nuclear Medicine Practice I - RADT M32 — Principles of Nuclear Medicine I - RADT M34A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IA - RADT M34B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IB - RADT M40 — Nuclear Medicine Practice II - RADT M42 — Principles of Nuclear Medicine II - RADT M44A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIA - RADT M44B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIB - RADT M50 — Nuclear Medicine Seminar - RADT M52A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIIA - RADT M52B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIIB Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/radiologic-technology/nuclear-medicine-coa/ --- # Radiologic Technology, Associate in Science **Degree** Students who complete the Radiologic Technology program will be qualified to enter the dynamic field of Diagnostic Medical Imaging as a competent and compassionate Radiographer and as a member of the health care team. ## Courses - RADT M01A — Radiographic Practice I - RADT M01AL — Radiographic Clinical Lab I - RADT M01B — Radiographic Technique I - RADT M01BL — Radiographic Technique Lab I - RADT M02A — Radiographic Practice II - RADT M02AL — Radiographic Clinical Lab II - RADT M02B — Radiographic Technique II - RADT M02BL — Radiographic Technique Lab II - RADT M03 — Advanced Radiographic Technique - RADT M03B — Radiographic Pathology - RADT M03L — Radiographic Clinical Lab III - RADT M04 — Introduction to Image-Intensified Fluoroscopy - RADT M04L — Radiographic Clinical Lab IV - RADT M09 — Basic Skills for the Radiologic Technologist - RADT M10A — Introduction to Radiologic Technology - RADT M10AL — Introduction to Radiologic Technology Lab - RADT M10B — Introduction to Radiographic Technique - RADT M11 — Radiographic Lab I - RADT M12 — Radiographic Lab II - RADT M14 — Radiographic Film Critique Lab - RADT M15 — Venipuncture/ECG for RADT - RADT M49 — Radiography Summer Practicum Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/radiologic-technology/radiologic-technology-as/ --- # Social Justice Studies Examines, via inter-disciplinary study, race and ethnicity in the United States. Examines social justice movements in relation to ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Provides a basis for a better understanding of the socio-economic, cultural, and political conditions among key social groups. ## Courses - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SJS M120 — Introduction to Women's Studies - SJS M130 — Introduction to LGBTQ Studies Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/social-justice-studies/ --- # Social Work and Human Services Overviews social welfare and the societal institutions in the U.S. that structure the provision of social services. Presents a historical perspective on the development of U.S. social work and human services. Highlights current service delivery systems, their policies and procedures, and the tasks of culturally responsive social workers and human service workers within those settings. ## Courses - SWHS M110 — Introduction to Social Work and Human Services - SWHS M120A — Social Work and Human Services Seminar - SWHS M120B — Social Work and Human Services Fieldwork Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/social-work-and-human-services/ --- # Social Justice Studies, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Social Justice Studies major is an “area of emphasis” (AOE) focused on developing critical and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality and identity. It has specifically been designed to prepare students at the community college level for transfer into a variety of CSU majors including but not limited to: African American Studies; Africana Studies; American Indian Studies; American Studies; Arabic Language, Literature and Culture; Asian American Studies; Chicano/Chicana Studies; Ethnic Studies; Gender Studies; Labor and Employment Studies; Labor Studi… ## Courses - ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies - ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World - ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture - ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - COMM M13 — Gender Communication - ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies - ETHS M04 — Chicana/o History II: 1848 to Present - ETHS M10 — Introduction to African American Studies - ETHS M40 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies - FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema - HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 - HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans - HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture - HIST M137 — History of American Women - HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women - HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 - HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History - PHIL M11 — World Religions: West - PHIL M12 — World Religions: East - POLS M04 — International Relations - POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SJS M120 — Introduction to Women's Studies - SJS M130 — Introduction to LGBTQ Studies - SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/sociology/social-justice-studies-aat/ --- # Social Work and Human Services, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** This degree will acquaint students with the fundamentals of the human services system and the profession of Social Work, including an introduction to the theories, principles, and values on which human services are offered and social work is practiced in the United States. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology - BIOL M02A — General Biology I - BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I - CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence - CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community - CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community - CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ M01H — Honors: Introduction to Criminal Justice - COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy - PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics - PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSY M08 — Abnormal Psychology - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors - SWHS M110 — Introduction to Social Work and Human Services - SWHS M120A — Social Work and Human Services Seminar - SWHS M120B — Social Work and Human Services Fieldwork Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/sociology/social-work-and-human-services-aat/ --- # Sociology, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Sociology for Transfer (AA-T in Sociology) is designed for students intending to major in Sociology, or a similar major and for students interested in studying Sociology for a general understanding of social behavior useful in any career or life area. Students who complete the Sociology program will utilize the sociological perspective to better understand self in the context of social groups and social institutions in society. The program will also prepare students who are interested in studying Sociology for a general understanding of social behavior, the web and rh… ## Courses - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - PSY M05 — Social Psychology - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family - SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology - SOC M212 — Introduction to Sociology of Religion - SOC M216 — Sociology of Deviant Behavior - SOC M218 — Organized Crime and Terrorism - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/sociology/sociology-aat/ --- # Spanish ## Courses - SPAN M100 — Elementary Spanish I - SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II - SPAN M110S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers - SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN M200S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/spanish/ --- # Statistics 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. ## Courses - MATH M37DS — Probability & Statistics for Data Science - PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/statistics/ --- # Theatre Arts, Associate in Arts for Transfer **Degree** Theatre Arts is a complex discipline that offers theoretical training and hands-on experience for students interested in careers in acting, directing, play writing; as well as lighting, scenic, sound, costume and makeup design. The study of global practices in Theatre Arts encourages all students to enrich their abilities in communication, critical analysis, self-expression and encourages cultural competency. ## Courses - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M02A — Acting I - THA M02B — Acting II - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - THA M08 — Script Analysis - THA M10A — Theatre Production: Performance I - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts - TTHA M23A — Lighting Design I - TTHA M25A — Scene Design I - TTHA M27A — Costume Design I - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-aat/ --- # Theatre Arts: Acting, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Theatre Arts: Acting Degree offers theoretical instruction and hands-on experience for students concentrating on transfer and direct career preparation. Interested students may pursue careers in acting, directing, play writing, as well as lighting, set, sound, costume and make-up design. ## Courses - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M02A — Acting I - THA M02B — Acting II - THA M02C — Acting III - THA M03A — Voice and Diction I - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - THA M08 — Script Analysis - THA M09A — Acting for Film and Television I - THA M10A — Theatre Production: Performance I - THA M10B — Theatre Production: Performance II - THA M14A — Improvisational Comedy I - THA M18 — Auditioning Techniques - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-acting-aa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Acting, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** A Certificate of Achievement in Theatre Arts: Acting will better prepare a student to secure a job in the professional theatre industry. After successfully completing this certificate a student could be hired as a: stage manager, actor, playwright, crew member in the film and/or television industry, production assistant, casting assistant or general theatre technician. ## Courses - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M02A — Acting I - THA M02B — Acting II - THA M02C — Acting III - THA M03A — Voice and Diction I - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - THA M08 — Script Analysis - THA M09A — Acting for Film and Television I - THA M10A — Theatre Production: Performance I - THA M14A — Improvisational Comedy I - THA M18 — Auditioning Techniques - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-acting-coa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Acting, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Theatre Arts: Acting introduces students to the fundamentals of acting. This award will prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production as an actor, casting associate, manager’s assistant or agent trainee. ## Courses - THA M02A — Acting I - THA M02B — Acting II - THA M03A — Voice and Diction I - THA M08 — Script Analysis - THA M09A — Acting for Film and Television I - THA M10A — Theatre Production: Performance I - THA M10B — Theatre Production: Performance II - THA M14A — Improvisational Comedy I - THA M18 — Auditioning Techniques Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-acting-pa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Audio, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Technical Theatre Arts: Audio introduces students to the fundamentals of audio. This program will prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production in audio for the stage, studio, location and/or live musical concerts. ## Courses - FTMA M140 — Beginning Audio Production - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-audio-pa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Costumes, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Technical Theatre Arts: Costumes introduces students to the fundamentals of costuming. This program will prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production in costuming. ## Courses - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M27A — Costume Design I - TTHA M27B — Costume Production Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-costumes-pa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Directing, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** A Certificate of Achievement in Theatre Arts: Directing will better prepare a student secure a job in the professional theatre industry. After successfully completing this certificate a student could be hired as a: stage manager, actor, playwright, crew member in the film and/or television industry, production assistant, casting assistant or general theatre technician. ## Courses - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M02A — Acting I - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - THA M10A — Theatre Production: Performance I - THA M15A — Stage Direction I - THA M21A — Playwriting I - THA M52A — Theatre for Young Audiences I - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts - TTHA M23A — Lighting Design I - TTHA M25A — Scene Design I - TTHA M27A — Costume Design I - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup - TTHA M50 — Performing Arts Management Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-directing-coa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Lighting, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Technical Theatre Arts: Lighting introduces students to the fundamentals of lighting. This program will prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production in stage, studio or location lighting. ## Courses - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts - TTHA M23A — Lighting Design I - TTHA M23B — Lighting Design II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-lighting-pa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Makeup, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Technical Theatre Arts: Makeup introduces students to the fundamentals of production makeup. This program will prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production in production makeup. ## Courses - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup - TTHA M29 — Production Makeup II Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-makeup-pa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Performing Arts Management, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Technical Theatre Arts: Performing Arts Management introduces students to the fundamentals of “front of the house” responsibilities including: box office, marketing and publicity. This program will help prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production in publicity, marketing and sales. ## Courses - BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M50 — Performing Arts Management Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-performing-management-pa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Playwriting, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Theatre Arts: Playwriting introduces students to the fundamentals of writing for the stage. This program will help prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production as a writer’s assistant, staff writer or playwright. ## Courses - THA M08 — Script Analysis - THA M10A — Theatre Production: Performance I - THA M21A — Playwriting I Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-playwriting-pa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Technical Theatre, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Theatre Arts: Technical Theatre Degree provides introductory knowledge of technical theatre. After successfully completing this degree, a student could be hired as a: stage manager, actor, playwright, crew member in the film and/or television industry, production assistant, casting assistant or general theatre technician. ## Courses - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - THA M08 — Script Analysis - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts - TTHA M23A — Lighting Design I - TTHA M23B — Lighting Design II - TTHA M25A — Scene Design I - TTHA M25B — Scene Design II - TTHA M27A — Costume Design I - TTHA M27B — Costume Production - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-technical-aa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Technical Theatre, Certificate of Achievement **Certificate** A Certificate of Achievement in Theatre Arts: Technical Theatre will better prepare a student to secure a job in the professional theatre and/or film and television industries. After successfully completing this certificate a student could be hired as a: stage manager, lighting technician, costumer, or general crew member in theatre, film and/or television industries. ## Courses - THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre - THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre - THA M04 — History of the Theatre - THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts - TTHA M23A — Lighting Design I - TTHA M23B — Lighting Design II - TTHA M25A — Scene Design I - TTHA M25B — Scene Design II - TTHA M27A — Costume Design I - TTHA M27B — Costume Production - TTHA M28 — Production Makeup Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-technical-coa/ --- # Theatre Arts: Technical Theatre - General, Proficiency Award The Proficiency Award in Technical Theatre Arts: General introduces students to the fundamentals of Technical Theatre. This program will help prepare students seeking a career in theatre or film and/or television production as a scenic carpenter, deck crew and/or assistant stage manager. ## Courses - TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I - TTHA M11B — Theatre Production: Technical II - TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/moorpark/programs-courses/theatre-arts/theatre-arts-technical-general-pa/ --- # Earn a Bachelor of Science Degree **Degree** Admission to a bachelor of science degree program is based on a multi-criteria selection process. For the admission process and program requirements, refer to the individual program's page linked below: Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/graduation-requirements/earn-bs/ --- # Addictive Disorders Studies, Associate in Science **Degree** This Addictive Disorders Studies Associate in Science degree is a CAADE (California Association of Alcohol/Drug Educators) and CCAPP (California Consortium of Addiction Program and Professionals) approved program that prepares students for several different careers in the Addiction Counseling field. Students completing this program will have the necessary education, knowledge, skills and attitudes required to be effective in the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Students will learn the responsibilities of a Certified Addictions Treatment Counselor (CATC) by doing intakes, screening and ass… ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/addictive-disorders-studies/addictive-disorders-studies-as/ --- # Addictive Disorders Studies in the Criminal Justice System, Associate in Science **Degree** The Addictive Disorders Studies in the Criminal Justice System Associate in Science degree prepares students to enter the field of treatment providers to incarcerated clients in county, state, and federal correctional programs and those recently released from such institutions. Emphasis will be given to the special knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for those who work in the criminal justice system or other related human services. Students with this degree will also be trained to work in the adolescent and adult drug court systems, pre-release and after-care programs, and intensive pro… Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/addictive-disorders-studies/addictive-disorders-studies-criminal-justice-system-as/ --- # Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Associate in Science **Degree** The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) Associate in Science program at Oxnard College is a Career Technical Education program that provides occupational training to prepare students for jobs in the HVAC/R industry, including the green economy sector, especially related to heat pumps and renewable energy technologies. The program also provides valuable hands-on practice for existing HVAC/R technicians who desire to expand and update their knowledge and skills to advance in the industry. Students in the program learn the theoretical, technical, and problem-solving skills essential for… Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/air-conditioning-refrigeration/air-conditioning-refrigeration-as/ --- # Deaf Studies, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Deaf Studies degree prepares interested students for a multitude of careers working with Deaf and hard of hearing people in fields such as ASL/English Interpretation, Deaf Studies, Deaf Education and social services by providing the linguistic and cultural foundation needed to pursue these programs at the university level. A series of four courses in American Sign Language and a Deaf Studies course comprise the core requisites of the degree, which can be completed in two years along with fulfillment of general education requirements. Field experiences embedded within… Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/american-sign-language/deaf-studies-aa/ --- # Art - Two-Dimensional Studio, Associate in Arts **Degree** ## Courses - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/art-history/art-two-dimensional-studio-aa/ --- # Automotive Body and Fender Repair, Associate in Science **Degree** The Automotive Body and Fender Repair Associate in Science degree program at Oxnard College prepares students to enter the automotive repair industry as entry-level technicians and provides continuous skills improvement training for employed technicians in the field. The program emphasizes hands-on training in body, fender, collision repair, painting, and automotive graphics so that students have the skills necessary to gain employment in the industry. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/automotive-body-fender-repair/automotive-body-fender-repair-as/ --- # Automotive Technology, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Automotive Technology prepares students as entry-level technicians for the automotive field. This program will provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully perform diagnosis and repair in the automotive shop environment, using a combination of classroom and hands-on shop experiences. Students will be prepared to pass National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certification tests including A1 Engine Repair, A4 Suspension and Steering, A5 Brakes, A6 Electrical/Electronic Systems, A8 Engine Performance and G1 General Service… Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/automotive-technology/automotive-technology-as/ --- # Business Management, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Business Management will prepare students to compete for management positions within an organization. These positions would include responsibilities for formulating and implementing policies, employee relations, long-range planning, and overseeing the work of other levels within the organization. ## Courses - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/business/business-management-as/ --- # Chemistry, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Chemistry is designed for students who plan to transfer to earn a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry at a California State University or other independent or out-of-state university. The AA in Chemistry introduces the concepts and principles upon which chemical knowledge is based, including chemical structures and nomenclature, stoichiometry and solving of chemical equations, the thermodynamics of chemical reactions, and theories of chemical bonding. Students will develop skills for critical/analytical thinking, perceptive reading/observation… ## Courses - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/chemistry/chemistry-aa/ --- # Chicana/o Studies, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Chicana/o Studies advances a critical understanding of the Chicana/o and Latina/o experience in the United States. The curriculum is designed to provide an awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the language, history, culture, politics, and creative accomplishments and contributions of Chicana/o and Latina/o communities. Whether completing the AA in preparation for transfer to a Bachelor's degree program in Chicana/o Studies or to deepen one's understanding of Chicana/o culture, students pursuing the AA in Chicana/o Studies will have the opportunity to select from… Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/chicana-o-studies/chicana-o-studies-aa/ --- # Coastal Environmental Studies, Associate in Science **Degree** This degree focuses on the interaction between humans and the coastal environment including biological, physical, and economic impacts. Students will use the scientific method and an understanding of ecological principles to critically analyze information on the ways human activities affect the environment. The A.S. in Coastal Environmental Studies is primarily intended for students pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Studies or Environmental Science at a UC after transfer. ## Courses - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/coastal-environmental-studies/coastal-environmental-studies-as/ --- # Computer Networking Information Technology, Associate in Science **Degree** The Computer Networking/IT Associate in Science Degree prepares students for excellent career opportunities that are in demand such as an IT support specialist, network specialist, network engineer, network administrator, cybersecurity professional, WLAN specialist, cloud and virtualization specialist, and IT sales positions. Every CNIT course is mapped to a specific IT industry certification exam to help ensure that the training is current and prepares students for IT jobs that are in demand. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/computer-networking-information-technology/computer-networking-information-technology-as/ --- # Culinary Arts, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Culinary Arts prepares students for entry-level positions as a culinarian, baker, or food service manager trainee. In these positions, employees are required to prepare menus, requisition supplies, supervise equipment use, maintain varied records, and coordinate data with accountants and others in the organization. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/culinary-arts-restaurant-management/culinary-arts-as/ --- # Restaurant Management, Associate in Science **Degree** The Restaurant Management Associate in Science degree prepares students to obtain employment in the restaurant management field as food service unit managers, multi-unit managers, corporate executives, or corporate trainers. Career opportunities for trained personnel are almost limitless. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/culinary-arts-restaurant-management/restaurant-management-as/ --- # Dental Assisting, Associate in Science **Degree** The Dental Assisting Program introduces students to the high demand field of professional dental assisting. Dental assistants are a significant and valuable member of the dental health care team. Students are trained to perform a wide variety of duties including working chairside as patients are examined and treated, sterilizing instruments, and applying anti-cavity agents to teeth. Dental assisting students are also taught to perform laboratory duties such as taking impressions and making temporary crowns. Additionally, the Dental Assisting Program offers curriculum on executing office dutie… ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/dental-assisting/dental-assisting-as/ --- # Dental Hygiene, Bachelor of Science **Degree** ## Courses - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/dental-hygiene/dental-hygiene-bs/ --- # Early Childhood Studies, Associate in Science **Degree** The Early Childhood Studies Associate in Science degree at Oxnard College is designed to prepare students for the role of Teacher, with responsibility for implementing developmentally appropriate early childhood teaching strategies under guided supervision. Students will utilize practical classroom experiences to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behaviors, and build a comprehensive understanding of children and families. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/early-childhood-education/early-childhood-studies-as/ --- # Economics, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Economics program at Oxnard College is built primarily around two lower division Economics courses that transfer to all major universities in California and to universities in other states of the U.S. These are the 1) Principles of Microeconomics, and 2) Principles of Macroeconomics. In addition, the program offers a general, more applications-based course in Economics (Contemporary Economic Issues). Beyond these, the Economics program links with other courses at Oxnard College that transfer to major universities to offer students sound educational and career pathways. Students whose tran… ## Courses - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/economics/economics-aa/ --- # Film, Television, and Electronic Media Production, Associate in Science **Degree** *Program was changed after publication of catalog. Please see addendum for details. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/film-television-electronic-media/film-television-electronic-media-as/ --- # Fire Company Officer, Associate in Science **Degree** The Fire Company Officer Associate in Science degree program provides comprehensive instruction in the skills necessary for success as a Company Officer/first line supervisor in the Fire Service industry. This program is designed to meet the needs of in-service professionals interested in pursuing a supervisory position where an Associate degree is required in order to take the Captain’s promotional exam as well as those seeking to advance their knowledge in this area. The major courses in this program are aligned with California Fire Marshal Company Officer model curriculum and all courses w… Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/fire-technology/fire-company-officer-as/ --- # Fire Technology, Associate in Science **Degree** The Fire Technology program prepares students to enter the field of fire technology as a firefighter. Firefighters are required to carry out emergency duties such as fire suppression, rescue, first aid, medical services, hazardous materials mitigation, and other duties as assigned. Non-emergency duties include fire prevention, public education, training, station and equipment maintenance, and other related tasks. Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/fire-technology/fire-technology-as/ --- # Health Sciences, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/health-education/health-sciences-as/ --- # Paralegal Studies, Associate in Science **Degree** The Paralegal Studies Associate in Science degree at Oxnard College is designed to prepare students to be a paralegal with responsibility for assisting attorneys in preparation of cases for trial or arbitration, researching existing laws, and performing a moderate degree of investigation. Upon completing the major requirements for the Associate in Science in Paralegal Studies, students will be prepared for careers under the supervision of an attorney in law offices, corporations, non-profits, government agencies, courts, and other businesses where knowledge of paralegal practice and training… Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/paralegal-studies/paralegal-studies-as/ --- # Pre-Health Professions, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Pre-Health Professions degree prepares students for further study in a variety of health professions. While designed for programs offered within the Ventura County Community College District, including, dental hygiene, nursing, and radiologic technology, completion of this major may prepare students for transfer into other two and four year health professions programs. These include, but are not limited to nursing, radiologic technology, physician’s assistant, respiratory technology, sonography, nuclear medicine, pharmacy, clinical laboratory assistant, occupationa… ## Courses - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/pre-health-professions/pre-health-profession-as/ --- # Human Services, Associate in Science **Degree** The Human Services program prepares students to support individuals and families in areas like mental health, addiction recovery, youth services, homelessness, and more. Students gain real-world skills to work as case managers, advocates, youth workers, paraeducators, and more across settings such as group homes, community agencies, and social service organizations. Through hands-on experience and coursework in diversity, intervention strategies, and social issues, students can earn a certificate or associate degree that leads to meaningful work or transfer opportunities. ## Courses - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/oxnard/programs-courses/sociology/human-services-as/ --- # Food Safety, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Food Safety is designed to prepare students to develop the critical skills necessary to meet the needs and challenges of food safety regulations and compliance. This program combines core concepts of business with the additional skills and knowledge necessary to ensure state and federal food safety regulations are implemented and followed in all aspects of food production, from the field to the retailer. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/agriculture/food-safety-as/ --- # Veterinary Technology, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Veterinary Technology prepares students for careers within the veterinary and animal healthcare industry as Veterinary Technicians. Through the integration of hands-on experiential learning and curriculum designed to meet the highest veterinary industry standards, students will be engaged in various aspects of veterinary medicine and technology. Graduates will be prepared to enter the expanding animal healthcare industry as part of a team of individuals dedicated to the care of domestic animals, small and large. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/agriculture/veterinary-technology-as/ --- # Architectural Design, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Architectural Design provides a balance of architectural technical design, with lower division courses that provide students with a diverse foundation of knowledge in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning, which prepares them for careers in a wide range of design fields. The program prepares students to work as architectural technicians or designers in an architectural, engineering, or development office. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/architecture/architectural-design-as/ --- # Architectural Science, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Architectural Science provides a balance of architectural technology and architectural design; courses provide students with a diverse foundation of knowledge in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning, which prepares students for careers in a wide range of design fields. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/architecture/architectural-science-as/ --- # Ceramics, Associate in Arts **Degree** ## Courses - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/art/ceramics-aa/ --- # Fine Art, Associate in Arts **Degree** ## Courses - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/art/fine-art-aa/ --- # Automotive Career Education, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Automotive Career Education provides technical preparation in the skills required to maintain, inspect, service, repair, and diagnose vehicles and is suitable for students wishing to further their education and career opportunities. Students who pursue the degree option can benefit from the combination of hands-on, skills-competency based education combined with general education and work experience. Further education can be pursued through transfer opportunities. Four-year degree programs can benefit automotive technicians and students who are pursuing related fie… ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/automotive-career-education/automotive-career-education-as/ --- # Accounting Technician, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Accounting Technician provides the skills necessary for an entry-level job as a bookkeeper, accounting clerk, accounting technician or auditing clerk. Students will learn how to keep accurate accounting records for assets, liabilities, and equity, including revenues, expenses, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll. They will be able to complete bank reconciliations, payroll tax reports, and simple federal and state income tax returns. A code of ethics will be stressed throughout the program. Students who successfully complete this program may continue t… ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/business/bookkeeping-as/ --- # Medical Assistant - Administrative, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Medical Assistant—Administrative assists students in developing the skills needed for a career as a medical assistant, trained in either administrative (front office) or clinical (back office) skills or both. This comprehensive program provides the opportunity for students to develop effective communication skills, computer skills, and technical skills that lead to success in working in a variety of healthcare settings. Jobs in this field include: front office medical assistant, medical secretary, back office medical assistant, entry level medical biller, hospital… ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/business/medical-assistant-administrative-as/ --- # Medical Assistant - Multi-Skilled, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate of Science in Medical Assistant—Multi-Skilled assists students in developing the skills needed for a career as a medical assistant, trained in either administrative (front office) or clinical (back office) skills or both. This comprehensive program provides the opportunity for students to develop effective communication skills, computer skills, and technical skills that lead to success in working in a variety of healthcare settings. Jobs in this field include, front office medical assistant, medical secretary, back office medical assistant, entry level medical biller, hospital a… ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/business/medical-assistant-multi-skilled-as/ --- # Small Business Management, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/business/small-business-management-as/ --- # Digital Marketing, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in D igital Marketing develops skills and strategies required for incorporating digital media into the integrated business plans of organizations. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/business/social-media-marketing-as/ --- # Speech-Language Pathology Assistant, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/child-development/speech-language-pathology-assistant-as/ --- # Construction Technology, Building Inspection Option, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/construction-technology/construction-technology-building-inspection-option-as/ --- # Construction Technology, Construction Management Option, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/construction-technology/construction-technology-construction-management-option-as/ --- # Forensic Science, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/criminal-justice/forensic-science-as/ --- # Diesel Mechanics, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Diesel Mechanics is designed to prepare students for employment in the diesel engine repair workforce. Students will be taught the advanced knowledge and high technology skills that will prepare them for a career as a diesel technician in the 21st century. The program curriculum incorporates lecture and laboratory activities. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/diesel-mechanics/diesel-mechanics-as/ --- # Drafting Technology: Industrial Design and Manufacturing Option, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/drafting/drafting-technology-industrial-design-manufacturing-option-as/ --- # Environmental Science, Associate in Arts (AA) **Degree** ## Courses - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/environmental-science-resource-management/environmental-science-aa/ --- # General Studies—Arts and Humanities, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in General Studies— Arts and Humanities will examine the cultural activities and artistic expressions of human beings. Courses are designed to develop students' awareness of the artistic and cultural ways in which people throughout the ages and in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them. The coursework will also develop students' aesthetic understanding and ability to make value judgments based on a culture’s norms. This emphasis enables students to take courses that will satisfy lower division major preparation requirements for areas wi… ## Courses - ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/general-studies-options/general-studies-pattern-i-arts-humanities-area-emphasis-aa/ --- # General Studies—Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in General Studies—Natural Sciences and Mathematics will examine the physical universe, its life forms, and the measurement of natural phenomena. Students will develop an understanding of and appreciation for the scientific method, mathematical evaluation, and the relationships between science, mathematics, and other human activities. This degree enables students to take courses that will satisfy lower division major preparation requirements for areas including, but not limited to: Allied Health, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geological Sciences, Geography,… ## Courses - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/general-studies-options/general-studies-pattern-i-natural-sciences-emphasis-aa/ --- # General Studies—Social and Behavioral Sciences, Associate in Arts (AA) **Degree** The Associate in Arts in General Studies—Social and Behavioral Sciences will examine people as members of society. Courses are designed to develop students' awareness of the method of inquiry used by the social and behavioral sciences; to stimulate critical thinking about the ways people respond to their societies; and to promote appreciation of how societies and social subgroups operate. This emphasis enables students to take courses that will satisfy lower division major preparation requirements for majors in, but not limited to, Anthropology, Economics, Ethnic Studies, Geography, History,… ## Courses - ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics - ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/general-studies-options/general-studies-pattern-i-social-behavioral-sciences-emphasis-aa/ --- # General Studies—Liberal Studies, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in General Studies—Liberal Studies will examine a diverse array of academic disciplines, providing a breadth of knowledge necessary to prepare students in the subject matter required for a multiple subject teaching credential in elementary or special education. In addition, the coursework is designed to enable students to: explore how knowledge across multiple disciplines are interrelated; think critically and creatively; write and speak clearly, coherently, and thoughtfully; read, understand, and evaluate all forms of text; evaluate the positive value and essential role… ## Courses - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/general-studies-options/general-studies-patterns-ii-iii-liberal-studies-emphasis-aa/ --- # Advanced Manufacturing, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Advanced Manufacturing prepares students with the latest information and technology in both the lecture and laboratory settings. Students have access to the most modern software and hardware to learn concepts within: additive manufacturing, laser technology, 3-5 axis CNC milling, CNC Turning, CMM inspection, CAD/CAM fundamentals, and general manufacturing processes, industrial tools and technologies found in industry. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/manufacturing-technology/advanced-manufacturing-as/ --- # Music, Associate in Arts **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/music/music-aa/ --- # Nursing, Associate in Science **Degree** *ANAT V01, PHSO V01, MICR V01 must be taken within 7 years of application date. ## Courses - ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy - ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology - CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry - CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I - COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking - COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors - COMM M07 — Argumentation and Debate - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors - MICR M01 — General Microbiology - PHSO M01 — Human Physiology - PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology - PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors - SOC M115 — Social Problems - SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics - STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/nursing-science/nursing-as/ --- # Emergency Medical Services: Paramedic Studies, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science Emergency Medical Services—Paramedic Studies is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs ( caahep.org ) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions ( coaemsp.org ). Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/paramedic/emergency-medical-services-paramedic-studies-as/ --- # Photography, Associate in Arts **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/photography/photography-aa/ --- # Basic Law Enforcement Academy, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Basic Law Enforcement Academy credit program includes a nine hundred ten (910) hour Police Science class certified by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and administered by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in collaboration with the Ventura County Community College District (Ventura College), as well as an eighty (80) hour orientation course (POSC V01A). POSC V01 is a basic training course required by POST for all new law enforcement officers in the state of California. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing - ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/police-science/basic-law-enforcement-academy-as/ --- # Social Work/Human Services, Associate in Arts **Degree** The Associate in Arts in Social Work/Human Services is structured around interrelated components including theoretical foundations/intervention strategies, client population/cultural diversity, research/evaluation, and skill development/field experience. Human Services professionals provide support for individuals and families as they move through the network of social services designed to assist individuals in need. ## Courses - COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing - PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology - SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology - STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/social-work-human-services/social-work-human-services-aa/ --- # Wastewater Science, Associate in Science **Degree** ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/water-science/wastewater-as/ --- # Water Science, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Water provides students with the technical training they need to pursue a career in the municipal potable water and wastewater industries. Waterworks operators protect public health by ensuring that plant operations comply with state and federally mandated potable water quality and wastewater disposal standards. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/water-science/water-science-as/ --- # Welding Technology, Associate in Science **Degree** The Associate in Science in Welding Technology offers numerous training options. Students can enroll into process-specific courses, such as: shielded metal arc-welding, flux-core arc-welding, gas metal arc-welding, or gas tungsten arc-welding to acquire skill sets on ferrous and non-ferrous metals. ## Courses - ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing Source: https://catalog.vcccd.edu/ventura/programs-courses/welding/welding-technology-as/ --- # ACCT M01 — Introduction to Accounting 3 credits · 3 hours Covers the fundamentals of double-entry bookkeeping and the debit/credit method of recording transactions. Includes the full bookkeeping cycle from recording transactions to preparing financial statements. Emphasizes service enterprises operating as sole proprietorships. --- # ACCT M40 — Accounting Ethics 3 credits · 3 hours Explores ethics in the accounting profession. Emphasizes theories of ethics and their applications, the California State Board of Accountancy’s rules of ethics, the American Institute of Certificated Public Accountants' (AICPA) Code of Professional Conduct, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) ethics standards, implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and ethical requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Uses case studies to develop students' ability to recognize, analyze, and resolve ethical challenges faced by accounting professionals, as well as their skill… --- # ACCT M50 — Principles of Income Taxation 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the principles of federal and California taxation relating to individual income taxes. Emphasizes the preparation of personal tax returns. --- # ACCT M51 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the preparation of Federal and California income tax returns and use of tax preparation software. Emphasizes tax topics including capital gains and losses, business income and expenses, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Credit, filing status, dependency exemptions, basic deductions, and adjustments. Serves the local community as students participating in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program prepare income tax returns for qualifying individuals at no cost. --- # ACCT M52 — Taxation of Business Entities 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students with a basic understanding of concepts of U.S. federal and state income taxation of business entities including corporations, S-corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. --- # ACCT M53 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance II (VITA II) 3 credits · 3 hours Continues the development of preparation and review of basic to advanced Federal and California income tax returns and use of tax preparation software. Develops skill sets of effective Quality Reviewers, Site Coordinators, and Supervisors. Emphasizes tax topics including capital gains and losses, business income and expenses, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Credit, filing status, dependency exemptions, basic deductions, and adjustments. Serves the local community as students participating in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program pre… --- # ACCT M60 — Excel for Accounting 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the use of accounting principles and accounting data analysis using Excel. Includes the creation of professional worksheets, the use of formulae and functions, charts, database, basic macros, and other Excel features with emphasis on accounting as a financial analysis tool. --- # ACCT M62 — Quickbooks For PCs 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces computerized accounting, integrating the principles of accounting to an automated system in use by many accounting professionals. Includes setting up business books and working with inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, financial statements and reports. --- # ACCT M70 — Payroll Accounting 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the application of payroll accounting concepts, procedures and related internal controls. Includes calculation of federal and state payroll taxes and withholdings, preparation and filing of governmental forms, and record keeping systems and procedures. --- # ACCT M80 — Work Experience Education in Accounting 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ACCT M110 — Financial Accounting 3 credits · 3 hours Examines financial accounting from both the user and preparer perspective, emphasizing public corporations. Explores accounting as an information system, why it is important and how it is used by investors, creditors and others in making decisions. Emphasizes recording and reporting of business transactions with a focus on the accounting cycle, the application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and the form and content of the basic financial statements. Includes issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flow, internal con… --- # ACCT M120 — Managerial Accounting 3 credits · 3 hours Examines how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations, and controlling. Focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure, cost-volume-profit analysis, profit planning, standard costs, operational and capital budgeting, cost control, costing systems in a manufacturing environment, performance analysis, and ethics. --- # ANAT M01 — Human Anatomy 4 credits · 4 hours Examines the anatomy of human organs and organ systems from a functional perspective that focuses on an understanding of the design of the human body. Teaches, in the laboratory setting, how to distinguish tissue types through histological specimens. Studies the three-dimensional relationship of body structures through required non-human mammalian dissection. Demonstrates, using human cadavers, the gross anatomy of the human body. --- # ANAT M122 — Independent Study - Anatomy 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Anatomy through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Anatomy instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ANCT M01A — Animal Care & Handling I 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces concepts of basic zoo keeping practices used in the husbandry of domestic and non-domestic animals. Includes topics such as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations, record keeping, and the Teaching Zoo protocols with an emphasis on safety and sanitation. --- # ANCT M01AL — Animal Care & Handling Lab I 4 credits · 4 hours Provides students the opportunity to practice the application of basic animal care concepts in the care and handling of the animal population at the Teaching Zoo. Develops essential zoo keeping skills for the care of domestic and non-domestic animals through a “hands-on” approach. --- # ANCT M01B — Animal Care & Handling II 1 credits · 1 hours Instructs students in basic animal care practices used in the professional husbandry of domestic and non-domestic animals. Includes topics such as restraint, enrichment, enclosure design and identification methods. --- # ANCT M01BL — Animal Care & Handling Lab II 4 credits · 4 hours Continues to cover basic zoo keeping skills by providing the student with the opportunity to apply the theory and principles of animal care and handling with the Teaching Zoo's animals. Develops essential skills for the care of domestic and non-domestic animals through a “hands-on” approach. Provides the student with the opportunity to demonstrate the required proficiency to conduct large carnivore shifting procedure. --- # ANCT M02A — Zoo Work Skills First Year Fall 1 credits · 1 hours Provides the first year/first semester student a hands-on living classroom for supervised on-the-job zoo keeping experience and skill practice in animal care and handling. Includes work assignments such as zoo operations team member, holiday and weekend zoo keeping, assisting with daily zoo operations, zoo maintenance and improvement projects, day watch with safety rounds, leading tours, and assisting with educational experiences. --- # ANCT M02C — Zoo Work Skills First Year Spring 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Introduces the first year, spring semester student a hands-on learning experience in the living classroom of the zoo. Provides supervised on-the-job zoo keeping experience and additional skill practice in animal care and handling. Includes participating as team leader of an assigned area in the zoo, increased responsibilities for assigned animals, holiday/spring break zoo keeping, weekend area, zoo daily operations, maintenance and improvement projects, day watch with safety rounds, leading tours, and participating in educational experiences. --- # ANCT M02D — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Summer 2 credits · 2 hours Provides the second year summer session student a hands-on living classroom for supervised on-the-job intermediate zoo keeping experience and skill practice in animal care, handling and training. Includes work assignments such as conducting training sessions with assigned animals, participating as a zoo operations team member or leader, holiday/weekend zoo keeping, intermediate zoo daily operations, maintenance and improvement projects, day watch with safety rounds, and conducting tours. --- # ANCT M02E — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Fall 3 credits · 3 hours Provides the second year fall session student a living classroom for supervised on-the-job intermediate to advanced zoo keeping experience and skill practice in animal care, handling and training. Includes mentoring 1st year students working in the zoo and guest experiences, maintaining husbandry behaviors with assigned animals, participating as a zoo operations team member and leader, holiday/weekend zoo keeping, intermediate zoo daily operations, maintenance and improvement projects, day watch with safety rounds, and conducting tours. --- # ANCT M02F — Zoo Work Skills Second Year-Spring 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides the second year spring session student a living classroom for supervised on-the-job advanced zoo keeping experience and skill practice in animal care, handling and training. Includes practicing guest experiences and participating in zoo fundraising planning and efforts, mentoring 1st year students with manager positions and animal assignments, working as a zoo operations team member and leader, holiday/weekend zoo keeping, advanced zoo daily operations, maintenance and improvement projects, day watch with safety rounds and conducting tours. --- # ANCT M02G — ANCT Animal Care Skills Review 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides structured hands-on practice of animal care for returning Animal Care and Training (ANCT) students in animal care protocols, safety rounds, and guest experience. Utilizes the zoo as a hands-on living classroom. --- # ANCT M08 — Applied Wildlife Conservation 2 credits · 2 hours Develops global awareness and knowledge about wildlife, the environment, and conservation in zoos and in the wild. Examines human values related to wildlife, cultural and social interaction with wildlife, wildlife issues, and responsible human actions. --- # ANCT M09 — Animal Behavior 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of animal behavior with an emphasis on learning theory, especially classical and operant conditioning. Provides understanding on how to apply the concepts of ethology and behavior modification to the maintenance and training of animals under professional care. --- # ANCT M09L — Animal Behavior Lab 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides students with opportunities to develop skills in behavior modification and observational research. Requires students to demonstrate such skills through training a rat and conducting observational research on animals under professional care. --- # ANCT M12 — Anatomy and Physiology of Mammals 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces a practical system-by-system approach to the basic anatomical structure of domestic and non-domestic mammals. Discusses the physiological function of domestic and non-domestic mammals. Limitations on Enrollment: Accepted to Animal Care and Training Program. --- # ANCT M14A — Projects I 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides student with experience at an animal facility such as a zoo, animal training/entertainment facility, conservation or wildlife education site, or a conference related to the animal industry. Introduces student to daily operations at such a site. --- # ANCT M14B — Projects II 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides students with an in-depth experience at an animal facility such as a zoo, animal training/entertainment or wildlife education site. Furthers students' experience related to daily operations at such sites. --- # ANCT M15A — Wildlife Education I 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Introduces the student to the use of live animals for educational presentations in zoos and other situations. Focuses on public speaking, environmental education, interpretation techniques, and the handling of animals for presentations. --- # ANCT M15AL — Wildlife Education I Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides the student with the opportunity to develop public speaking skills, interpretation techniques, and animal handling skills appropriate for educational presentations in zoos and other situations. Creates opportunities to perform presentations to both large and small audiences and conduct tours of the Teaching Zoo. --- # ANCT M15B — Wildlife Education II 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Instructs the student in the use of live animals for educational presentations in zoos and other situations. Covers topics including messaging, public relations issues, nonverbal communication, and proper terminology. --- # ANCT M15BL — Wildlife Education II Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students with the opportunity to develop wildlife education skills, including interpretation and animal handling techniques. Focuses on presentation skills before a variety of audiences and the conducting of tours of the Teaching Zoo. --- # ANCT M15CL — Wildlife Education III Lab 2 credits · 2 hours Provides a range of supervised educational experiences, including presentations, tours and up close animal experiences with audiences. Focuses on opportunities for students to practice educational and conservation messaging with the public. Provides students an opportunity to develop and perform a scripted show. --- # ANCT M15D — Wildlife Education IV 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Teaches the design, development and implementation of wildlife education outreach programs for audiences of various ages, cultural orientations, and developmental levels. Introduces students to the concepts of creating flexible plans specific to working with live animals and the transporting of animals to an outside venue. Focuses on the concepts of reading and engaging with all audiences. --- # ANCT M15DL — Wildlife Education IV Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides second year Animal Care & Training (ANCT) students with the opportunity to develop and implement wildlife education programs for audiences of various ages, cultural orientations and developmental levels. Introduces students to creating educational and engaging content, bio-fact preparations and the safe transport and presentation of animals away from zoo grounds. --- # ANCT M15EL — Wildlife Education Spring Spectacular Lab 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides a supervised Wildlife Education presentation involving interpretation of live animals for the annual Spring Spectacular event to be repeated over several weekends at the Teaching Zoo. Focuses on advanced animal handling, safety and training. --- # ANCT M15FL — Wildlife Interpretation 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students with a fundamental knowledge of wildlife interpretation, practical training in wildlife interpretation. Includes practical skills in creating interpretive programs. --- # ANCT M17 — Animal Diversity 3.5 credits · 3.5 hours Surveys invertebrate and vertebrate animals, both terrestrial and marine. Focuses on classification, general characteristics, adaptations, animal recognition, evolutionary history, and basic concepts of ecology. --- # ANCT M18 — Animal Health and Safety 2 credits · 2 hours Provides an introduction to the human health and safety issues associated with the keeping of animals in human care. Addresses the personal safety of the animal caretaker, as well as zoonosis concerns, animal escapes, and natural disasters. Presents the essentials of a preventive medicine program for animals with emphasis on procedures for proper hygiene and sanitation, quarantine, necropsy and routine medical screening and care, as well as occupational health programs for personnel. --- # ANCT M19 — Animal Nutrition 2 credits · 2 hours Provides the student with a basic understanding of factors relating to the feeding of domestic and non-domestic animals under human care. Introduces the student to a basic understanding of the nutritional needs of animals under human care and in the wild. --- # ANCT M21A — Animal Training I 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the students to basic techniques of animal training, including operant conditioning theory, record keeping, and developing a training plan. Concentrates on the history of animal training, reasons for training animals, and factors affecting training success and shaping of new behaviors. --- # ANCT M21AL — Animal Training I Lab 2 credits · 2 hours Provides students the opportunity to develop basic animal training techniques through hands-on work with animals at the teaching zoo. Emphasizes behavioral observations, development of training plans, maintenance of training records, and shaping the behavior of one or more animals. --- # ANCT M21B — Animal Training II 1 credits · 1 hours Presents animal training techniques used for the training of husbandry behaviors. Concentrates on desensitization for medical behaviors, protected contact training, training groups of animals, and the training implications of enrichment. --- # ANCT M21BL — Animal Training II Lab 2 credits · 2 hours Provides students the opportunity to develop the skills needed to train husbandry behaviors through hands-on work with animals at the teaching zoo. Allows students to practice training animals in protected contact settings. --- # ANCT M21C — Animal Training III 1 credits · 1 hours Presents advanced techniques of animal training and studio animal training. Includes problem solving, career issues, complex training, and animal behavior management. --- # ANCT M21P — Animal Training Practicum 1 credits · 1 hours Provides hands-on experience in the training of animals. Requires students to develop training plans and work cooperatively with co-trainers, addressing training problems as necessary. --- # ANCT M23A — Elementary Veterinary Care I 2 credits · 2 hours Provides the student with a basic understanding of veterinary medicine and veterinary care. Introduces the principles of safety and prevention of common diseases. Includes methods of diagnosis and treatment. --- # ANCT M23AL — Elementary Veterinary Care I Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students with basic veterinary care experiences. Introduces methods of diagnosis and treatment to assist veterinary personnel with procedures in basic veterinary care. --- # ANCT M23B — Elementary Veterinary Care II 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces musculoskeletal diseases of domestic and wild animals. Provides the student with an understanding of common diseases and methods of diagnosis and treatment. --- # ANCT M24 — Avian and Herptile Care 1 credits · 1 hours Provides a basic introduction to the anatomy, physiology, husbandry, and emergency first aid of birds, reptiles and amphibians. Identifies how to find a veterinarian specializing in these species. --- # ANCT M26 — Applied Primate Behavior 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces primate behavior and its application to successful handling and training of nonhuman primates. Includes comparison of new and old world primates and discussion of state and federal laws governing the care of primates. --- # ANCT M26L — Applied Primate Behavior Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Focuses on observation and analysis of primate behavior at the Teaching Zoo. Includes the application and evaluation of operant conditioning and environmental enrichment techniques specific to nonhuman primates. --- # ANCT M27 — Animal Ethical and Legal Issues 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the ethical issues involving animal ownership and use in research, education, food production, exhibition, entertainment and animals as companions. Examines major animal rights groups, the legal issues relating to animal care and treatment, and the involvement of local to international regulatory agencies. --- # ANCT M30A — Zoo Days I 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides students a short-term experience in zoo keeping at the Los Angeles Zoo. Builds skills related to day-to-day interaction with a variety of species. --- # ANCT M30B — Zoo Days II 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Continues zoo keeping training at the Los Angeles Zoo. Develops skills and protocols to enhance public and animal safety. Builds skills related to day-to-day interactions with various zoo species. --- # ANCT M34 — Practical Résumés for Animal Professionals 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides résumé and cover letter writing information and practice for specific animal-related careers. Focuses on the various styles as well as résumés in electronic format. Develops written personal résumés and cover letters using different formats. --- # ANCT M36 — Effective Interviews for Animal Professionals 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides job interviewing information and practice for animal-related careers. Includes current interviewing styles, sample questions, legal parameters, and appropriate dress, demeanor, and responses. --- # ANCT M80 — Work Experience Education in Animal Care and Training 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # EATM M122 — Independent Study - Exotic Animal Training Management 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Exotic Animal Training Management through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Exotic Animal Training Management instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. Interested students should contact a EATM instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # EATM M60Z — Animal Training for Zoo Prof. 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Applies to Associate Degree. --- # ANSC M08 — Applied Wildlife Conservation 2 credits · 2 hours Develops global awareness and knowledge about wildlife, the environment, and conservation in zoos and in the wild. Examines human values related to wildlife, cultural and social interaction with wildlife, wildlife issues, and responsible human actions. --- # ANSC M09 — Animal Behavior 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of animal behavior with an emphasis on learning theory, especially classical and operant conditioning. Provides understanding on how to apply the concepts of ethology and behavior modification to the maintenance and training of animals under professional care. --- # ANSC M09L — Animal Behavior Lab 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides students with opportunities to develop skills in behavior modification and observational research. Requires students to demonstrate such skills through training a rat and conducting observational research on animals under professional care. --- # ANSC M17 — Animal Diversity 3.5 credits · 3.5 hours Surveys invertebrate and vertebrate animals, both terrestrial and marine. Focuses on classification, general characteristics, adaptations, animal recognition, evolutionary history, and basic concepts of ecology. --- # ANTH M01 — Biological Anthropology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the scientific method as used in the study of humans as biological organisms. Focuses on human evolution and diversity, including genetics, evolution, primatology, paleoanthropology, human variation, and biocultural adaptation. Examines how humans relate to other living organisms and how the tools of science are used to reconstruct the past history of our species. --- # ANTH M01L — Biological Anthropology Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides hands-on understanding of principles of evolution and genetics. Covers comparative vertebrate anatomy, modern and fossil hominids, primatology, variation in modern human populations, medical genetics and adaptability. Introduces molecular biological methods. --- # ANTH M02 — Cultural Anthropology 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses upon concepts and methods for analyzing cultural systems, illustrated with examples drawn largely from non­-Western societies. Emphasizes the structure and evolution of human behavior in all major aspects of culture. --- # ANTH M03 — Archaeology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the history, goals and methods of archaeology. Explores the excitement and romance of archaeology through examples of archaeological finds from throughout the world, including Egypt, Stonehenge, and the Maya. Illustrates the concepts and techniques common to the process of archaeology via hands-on, in-class activities that replicate real archaeological explorations and excavations. --- # ANTH M05 — Archaeological Field Methods 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces practical hands-on archaeology by participation in an on-going archaeological project. Emphasizes the methods of site excavation, recognition of artifacts while in the ground, recording of archaeological discoveries, archaeological ethics, and primary sorting of archaeological materials. --- # ANTH M06 — Introduction to Native American Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the origins and development of Native American cultures within North America from an anthropological perspective. Assesses the contribution of archaeology and anthropology to our understanding of Native culture, from the peopling of the New World to the growth of complex societies such as Chaco Canyon and Cahokia. Examines the history of Native and Non-Native contact through time, including relations with the Federal Government. --- # ANTH M07 — Peoples and Cultures of the World 3 credits · 3 hours Considers the differences and commonalities among several human sociocultural groups. Utilizes a variety of theoretical orientations and topical foci. Employs case studies of individual cultures to discuss and understand ethnographic methodologies, while utilizing comparisons of these cultures as an introduction to the cross-cultural perspective. --- # ANTH M08 — Linguistic Anthropology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of language and communication from an anthropological perspective. Examines the basic components of language, including morphology, phonology, syntax and semantics. Provides an overview of how humans interact and communicate using verbal and nonverbal language and how language both reflects and shapes thought, culture, and power/status. Exposes students to anthropological theories of language origin, language use, and cultural issues associated with language in cross-cultural contexts. --- # ANTH M09 — Sex, Gender, and Culture 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the biological and socio-cultural aspects of sexuality and gendered experiences. Highlights both the diversity and shared meanings of such experiences by analyzing and comparing examples from traditional and contemporary world cultures. Examines how gender and sexuality intersect with religion, kinship, ethnicity, politics, and economics. --- # ANTH M10 — Archaeological Survey and Mapping 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces archaeological field research through the application of survey and mapping techniques, including the initial discovery, evaluation, and recording of archaeological sites. Emphasizes the use of a compass, reading and drawing of scale maps, evaluation of soil and terrain formations, initial recording and collection of surface artifacts, and various other specialized observation and recording techniques. --- # ANTH M11 — The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an introduction to human belief systems around the world and the manners in which anthropology investigates these. Examines the functions and structures of belief systems, cross-cultural classifications of religions, shamanism, religious change, and religious systems in global perspective. Analyzes the historical, social, and psychobiological factors that influence the development of religions, and emphasizes the application of cultural relativism when considering other cultures and beliefs. --- # ANTH M12 — Archaeological Laboratory Procedures 3 credits · 3 hours Provides hands-on experience working with archaeological collections. Examines the processing, sorting, washing, stabilizing, analysis and final cataloging of an excavation collection. Introduces federal and state laws concerning archaeological excavation and curation. Considers the requirements for employment with local contract archaeology firms. --- # ANTH M13 — The Chumash and Their Neighbors: Indians of California 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the aboriginal inhabitants of California. Examines the religion, diet, social structure, and everyday lives of the many different cultures that inhabited the area using both archaeological and anthropological evidence. Emphasizes local tribes such as the Chumash and considers the effects of European contact on modern California Indian tribes. --- # ANTH M14 — Monkeys, Apes, and Humans 3 credits · 3 hours Explores principles of animal behavior and ecology from an evolutionary perspective. Uses primates (including humans) to investigate such topics as predator avoidance, foraging strategies, mating behaviors, mother-infant bonding, the development of social groups, and cognition. Addresses research methodology and requires an observational project of primates. --- # ANTH M15 — Egyptology: Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the splendor of ancient Egypt with an emphasis on the contributions of archaeology. Cultivates an understanding of the historical and cultural development of Egypt by studying pyramid construction, pharaohs, religious beliefs, warfare, technology, the Nile, and famous explorers and looters. --- # ANTH M16 — Mysteries of the Ancient Maya 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the ancient Maya civilization of southern Mexico and Central America. Surveys Maya origins, agriculture, art, religion, ritual, hieroglyphic writing, material culture, cities, and the history of archaeology in Mesoamerica. Highlights the ancient Maya collapse and investigates the contributions of the enduring Maya culture. --- # ANTH M17 — Forensic Anthropology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the field of forensic anthropology through a study of the history and methods of forensic anthropology and the role it plays in the medico-legal system. Includes the human skeletal system, forensic archaeology, and recovery and techniques for analyzing human skeletal remains. --- # ANTH M18 — Culture, Health, and Healing 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the roles of biology, culture, society, and globalization in shaping illness, health, and health-seeking behaviors. Introduces research methodologies, ethics, core concepts, and theoretical perspectives in the social sciences and anthropology, including interpretive, biocultural, ecological, historical, political-economic, and phenomenological approaches. Compares and contrasts the culture of biomedicine with non-Western healing systems with particular attention to explanatory models, views of the body, and the role of ritual. Engages with contemporary topics including medical plural… --- # ANTH M19 — Professionalism in Archaeology: Cultural Resource Management 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the historical, legal, and operational aspects of Cultural Resource Management (CRM) archaeology. Focuses on the historical and legal aspects of CRM, in particular on the lasting impact of key legislation, such as the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Highlights the organization and daily operation of a CRM archaeology project, focusing on the phases of CRM research in the context of technological innovations, budget and time constraints, Native American consultation, monitoring, and the goals of CRM technical reports. Di… --- # ANTH M80 — Work Experience Education in Anthropology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ANTH M122 — Independent Study-Anthropology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of anthropology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Anthropology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ART M20 — Two-Dimensional Design 3 credits · 3 hours Provides foundation level understanding of the elements and principles of two-dimensional design. Teaches design elements and principles in both theory and practical applications through specific two-dimensional projects using a variety of materials. --- # ART M23 — Three-Dimensional Design 3 credits · 3 hours Provides foundation level understanding of the elements and principles of three-dimensional design. Teaches design elements and principles in both theory and practical applications through specific weekly three-dimensional projects using a variety of materials. --- # ART M30 — Drawing and Composition I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the principles, elements, and practices of drawing, employing a wide range of subject matter and drawing media. Focuses on observational skills, technical abilities, and creative responses to materials and subject matter. Emphasizes pictorial composition, perspective, and rendering. Explores a broad spectrum of drawing from historical and contemporary artists through presentations and discussions. --- # ART M31 — Drawing and Composition II 3 credits · 3 hours Continues the development of fundamental drawing skills and concepts with the introduction of more intermediate methods. Emphasizes the study of illustrative drawing, analytic abstraction concepts and intermediate-level problems in rendering. Expands exploration of varied media such as pen and ink, watercolor washes and collage, and emphasizes experimentation, personal expression and further development of drawing skills. Includes presentations and discussions of historical and contemporary examples of a wide range of drawing. --- # ART M32 — Life Drawing I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces drawing the human figure from live models. Emphasizes structure, proportion, form and composition through an introduction of linear and tonal techniques. Explores various drawing media, including but not limited to charcoal, conte crayon, graphite and pen and ink. Includes presentations and discussions on historical and contemporary examples of figure drawing. --- # ART M33 — Life Drawing II 3 credits · 3 hours Expands drawing the human figure from live models. Explores various media including color. Continues studies in structure, proportion, form, and composition. Encourages experimentation in working towards an individual style in drawing the human form. --- # ART M34 — Life Drawing III 3 credits · 3 hours Encourages independent, self-expressive approaches to form and content in observational drawings from live models and in outside projects. Continues practice of linear and tonal concepts in a variety of media. Emphasizes consistent engagements with structure, proportion, form, composition, and content. --- # ART M35 — Life Drawing Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Emphasizes development of individual style through advanced drawing techniques and creative experimentation with media in drawing the human figure from live models. Requires the creation of a series of projects reflecting an individual and contemporary approach to drawing, documented within a final portfolio. --- # ART M40A — Illustration I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces pen and ink, acrylic paint, scratchboard, graphite and charcoal as principal means of rendering. Analyzes topical themes and individual story lines as potential subject matter for weekly drawings. --- # ART M40B — Illustration II 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces intermediate studies in pen and ink, watercolor washes, acrylic paint and mixed media. Explores individual style appropriate to magazine, newspaper and book illustration. --- # ART M40C — Illustration III 3 credits · 3 hours Emphasizes development of individual style through advanced illustration techniques and creative experimentation of media. Requires the creation of a series of projects reflecting personal voice and style. --- # ART M40D — Illustration Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Expands advanced conceptual and technical illustration skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to illustration, documented within a final portfolio. --- # ART M43 — Acrylic Painting I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic acrylic painting techniques, skills and concepts. Emphasizes realistic representation, along with the exploration of the expressive and abstract applications of paint. --- # ART M44 — Acrylic Painting II 3 credits · 3 hours Continues the development of fundamental acrylic painting techniques, skills and concepts, with the introduction of more intermediate methods. Emphasizes technical competence, with a focus on exploring a greater range of unique acrylic painting materials. --- # ART M45 — Acrylic Painting III 3 credits · 3 hours Explores advanced acrylic painting techniques, skills and concepts. Encourages personal self-expression through experimentation with and interpretation of subject matter. Contemporary materials and concepts will be synthesized in the creation of dynamic acrylic paintings. --- # ART M46 — Acrylic Painting Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Expands advanced conceptual and technical acrylic painting skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to acrylic painting, documented within a final portfolio. --- # ART M49 — Watercolor I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic techniques, materials and concepts of watercolor media. Builds from simple exercises to more complex problems to be solved in personal and creative ways. --- # ART M50 — Watercolor II 3 credits · 3 hours Continues study in the transparent watercolor medium through intermediate techniques, materials, concepts and subject matter. Exercises and projects build upon course work completed in Watercolor I. --- # ART M70 — Ceramics I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces and offers practice in elementary clay construction methods and glazing techniques. Explores basic ceramic design concepts, form, color, texture, decoration, and craftsmanship. --- # ART M71 — Ceramics II 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the functional/sculptural forms of elementary clay construction. Introduces the development of glazes, decoration and firing methods. --- # ART M72 — Ceramics III 3 credits · 3 hours Explores clay bodies, glaze materials and calculations, and firing techniques through independent projects. Develops individual growth and creative expression. --- # ART M73 — Ceramic Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Expands advanced conceptual and technical ceramics skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to ceramics, documented within a final portfolio. --- # ART M74 — Glaze Design I 3 credits · 3 hours Examines glaze formulation and ceramic technology, including clays and kiln firing. Continues work in all forms of clay construction, techniques and design. --- # ART M75 — Glaze Design II 3 credits · 3 hours Investigates glaze experimentation. Develops techniques for formulating new glazes, including firing at various temperatures. --- # ART M77A — Sculpture I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces formal, spatial and conceptual problems in sculpture. Focuses on techniques in materials such as paper, cardboard, plaster, wood, wire, and clay. Encourages personal expression through the investigation of materials. --- # ART M77B — Sculpture II 3 credits · 3 hours Expands technical and conceptual skills while developing self-expression and personal style in sculpture. Offers problem solving assignments with media and content of choice as students explore new material. --- # ART M77C — Sculpture III 3 credits · 3 hours Explores advanced concepts and techniques in the sculpting. Encourages individual and self-expressive approaches through experimentation with materials and subject matter. --- # ART M77D — Sculpture Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Expands advanced conceptual and technical sculpting skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to sculpting, documented within a final portfolio. --- # ART M79A — Figure Sculpture I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic principles, materials and techniques of sculpting the human figure from live models. Emphasizes structure, proportion, balance, and self-expression in three-dimensional form. Explores various sculpting materials such as clay, wire, and mixed media. Includes presentations and discussions on historical and contemporary examples of figurative sculpture. --- # ART M79B — Figure Sculpture II 3 credits · 3 hours Continues the development of fundamental skills in the sculpting of the human figure from live models, with the introduction of more intermediate concepts and methods. Includes materials such as clay, wire, and mixed media. Emphasizes technical competence, while encouraging self-expressive approaches to sculpting the human form. --- # ART M79C — Figure Sculpture III 3 credits · 3 hours Explores advanced concepts and techniques in the sculpting of the human figure from live models. Encourages individual and self-expressive approaches through experimentation with materials and subject matter. --- # ART M79D — Figure Sculpture Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Expands advanced conceptual and technical figure sculpting skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to sculpting the live model, documented within a final portfolio. --- # ART M80 — Work Experience Education in Art 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ART M90 — Printmaking I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic techniques, aesthetic concepts and history in the medium of printmaking. Focuses on relief and intaglio printmaking processes. --- # ART M91 — Printmaking II 3 credits · 3 hours Expands work in intaglio and relief printmaking. Emphasizes individual exploration of solutions and experimental techniques. --- # ART M92 — Printmaking III 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on tonal techniques for the intaglio printmaking process using aquatint, soft ground and lift ground. Studies paper types, and image registration for color prints through projects and demonstrations. --- # ART M93 — Printmaking Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Expands advanced conceptual and technical printmaking skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to printmaking, documented within a final portfolio. --- # ART M110 — Gallery Practice/Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces gallery practices through exhibition selection and design, installation, documentation, and promotion of exhibits in the campus art gallery. Involves the development of a personal portfolio that will prepare students for transfer and/or professional artistic activity outside the college environment. --- # ART M112 — Business of Art 3 credits · 3 hours Provides artists with essential entrepreneurial skills to turn their creative practice into a sustainable career. Emphasizes hands-on experience in developing products, building a business plan, managing finances, understanding legal rights, branding, and promoting work in both digital and traditional marketplaces. --- # ART M122 — Independent Study - Art 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Art instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ART M123 — Independent Study II - Art 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows additional independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art through research, study, practice, and/or exhibition. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Art instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ARTH M80 — Work Experience Education in Art History 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ARTH M100 — Understanding Art 3 credits · 3 hours Studies general art concepts including the major principles and techniques used to create visual art objects in diverse media. Assists students in developing informed perceptions and evaluations of works of art and understanding of the diverse historical, cultural and theoretical contexts across the world and across time. Examines art theory, terminology, themes, design principles and other components of visual and performing arts. --- # ARTH M100H — Honors: Understanding Art 3 credits · 3 hours Studies general art concepts including the major principles and techniques used to create visual art objects in diverse media. Assists students in developing informed perceptions and evaluations of works of art and understanding of the diverse historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts across the world and across time. Examines art theory, terminology, themes, design principles, and other components of visual and performing arts. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications, and enrichment opportunities. --- # ARTH C1100 — Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era 3 credits · 3 hours This course introduces students to visual art and architecture from prehistory to the medieval era with a focus on art from Europe, North Africa, and the near East. The course will further consider global interactions involving these regions. --- # ARTH C1200 — Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary 3 credits · 3 hours This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary period with a focus on art from Europe. The course will further consider global interactions involving this region. --- # ARTH M122 — Independent Study - Art History 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art History through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. --- # ARTH M130 — History of Art: Asian 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an overview of the art and architecture of India, Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. Examines key styles and monuments of Asian art within the context of the historical and religious background. --- # ARTH M150 — History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary 3 credits · 3 hours Investigates the theory and practice of visual arts and architecture from about 1850 to the present. Examines the various movements and explores how they reflect social and technological changes in the modern western era, including globalization in art. --- # AST M01 — An Introduction to Astronomy 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the origins, history, and accomplishments of the science of astronomy. Covers observational astronomy, light, telescopes, the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology. --- # AST M80 — Work Experience Education in Astronomy 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # AST M122 — Independent Study - Astronomy 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Astronomy through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Astronomy instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ANPH M01 — Human Anatomy and Physiology 6 credits · 6 hours Introduces the structures and the relationships of human body parts. Explores how the functioning of human body parts are related to their structures. Combines the study of anatomy and physiology which allows students to effectively integrate the study of structure with functioning of the system. Utilizes themes of hierarchical structural organization and the maintenance of homeostasis to form the framework for the study of the human system at both macroscopic and microscopic levels. Examines the structure/function relationship through the required dissection of mammalian brain, heart, and ey… --- # BIOL M01 — Introduction to Biology 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces non-majors to science and scientific methodology through a study of the basic principles of biology. Focuses on student understanding of the unity and diversity of life through discussions of topics that include biological chemistry, metabolism, cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, evolution of living systems, and ecology. Examines the implications of the science of biology on human affairs. Credit Limitation - MC, CSU, and UC: no credit if taken after BIOL M02A or BIOL M02AH . --- # BIOL M02A — General Biology I 5 credits · 5 hours Introduces students to major biological themes and principles that are fundamental to an understanding of life processes in any field of biology today. Includes the scientific process, experimental design, biological chemistry, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure and function, cellular metabolism, cell reproduction and its controls, cell communication, genetics, molecular biology, DNA technology and evolutionary processes. Credit Limitation: Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a… --- # BIOL M02AH — Honors: General Biology I 5 credits · 5 hours Introduces students to major biological themes and principles that are fundamental to an understanding of life processes in any field of biology today. Includes the scientific process, experimental design, biological chemistry, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure and function, cellular metabolism, cell reproduction and its controls, cell communication, genetics, molecular biology, DNA technology and evolutionary processes. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications, and enrichment opportunities. Credit Limitat… --- # BIOL M02B — General Biology II 5 credits · 5 hours Surveys the basic biology and diversity of unicellular and multicellular organisms. Emphasizes general biological principles, classification, structure, function and evolutionary adaptations of organisms (including plants, fungi, animals, and unicellular organisms) to their environments. Credit Limitation: Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a grade of "C" or better or "P". Moorpark College Honors program requires a letter grade. --- # BIOL M02BH — Honors: General Biology II 5 credits · 5 hours Surveys the basic biology and diversity of unicellular and multicellular organisms. Emphasizes general biological principles, classification, structure, function and evolutionary adaptations of organisms (including plants, fungi, animals, and unicellular organisms) to their environments. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. Credit Limitation: Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed… --- # BIOL M02C — Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 credits · 5 hours Focuses on inheritance and macromolecular functioning of the cell. Emphasizes data analysis and problem-solving skills. Includes analysis of inheritance patterns, structure and expression of DNA in viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Covers regulation of gene expression, RNA and protein functioning, and examination of current DNA analysis technologies and their applications. --- # BIOL M03 — Marine Life and Its Environment 4 credits · 4 hours Examines marine organisms and their relationships to their environment while emphasizing intertidal and offshore life forms. Includes an investigation of behavior, ecology, morphological and physiological adaptations and environmental relationship to humans. --- # BIOL M05 — Field Biology: A Natural History of California 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the ecology, taxonomy, and natural history of plant life in the diverse ecosystems of California. Uses the principles of evolution, ecology, and geology to illustrate the structure of plant communities that form the basis of ecosystems. Includes identification of dominant plant species in each community and visits to desert, salt and fresh water wetlands, chaparral, and mountain habitats to explore plant, animal, and environmental interactions and the impact of humans on these environments. --- # BIOL M06 — Ecology 4 credits · 4 hours Examines the abiotic and biotic interactions between organisms and their environment. Covers the unifying theory of evolution by natural selection, population genetics, and diversification of life on earth. Considers adaptions as they tie to the environment, especially temperature, water, energy, nutrient and social relations. Evaluates population growth, dynamics, distribution and abundance that impact community interactions (predation, mutualism & competition). Includes nutrient cycling and trophic structure. Focuses these investigations relative to ecosystems, behavioral ecology, populatio… --- # BIOL M12A — Environmental Control and Process Support 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and medical devices. Presents an overview of the manufacturing process and introduces environmental control and process support with a focus on Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)/Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), clean room procedure, monitoring techniques, and required documentation. --- # BIOL M12B — Manufacturing: Quality Control and Validation 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Introduces validation and quality control. Reviews manufacturing process, including formulation, lyophilization, packaging and filling. Focuses on validation, systems evaluations, testing and reporting. --- # BIOL M12C — Manufacturing: Cell Culture and Microbial Fermentation 3 credits · 3 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Introduces cell culture and microbial fermentation. Focuses on bacterial techniques, microbial assessment, mammalian cell culture, bioreactor fermentation, and media preparation. Compares small and large industrial scale cell culture. --- # BIOL M12D — Bioprocessing: Recovery and Purification 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Introduces bioprocessing, recovery, and purification techniques. Focuses on protein separation and purification, chromatography, large-scale recovery, and identification of assays. Reviews skills necessary for a successful job search in the field of biotechnology. --- # BIOL M12E — Business & Government Regulation 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Examines manufacturing from the perspective of company operations involved with the drug or medical device development process. Focuses on business practices and governmental regulations. --- # BIOL M13 — Introduction to Biotechnology and Molecular Biology 4 credits · 4 hours Examines the role of molecular biology in the manufacturing of commercial pharmaceutical and agricultural products. Introduces basic biotechnology laboratory skills, including documentation, safety, and solution and buffer preparation. Develops student proficiency in aseptic techniques, spectrophotometry, molecular biology techniques, and electrophoresis. --- # BIOL M16 — Human Biology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the biology of humans covering basic cell structure, organ systems, inheritance, reproduction, development and aging, disease process, and human evolution and ecology. Explores biology as a scientific endeavor and analyzes the functioning of the human body both as an integrated system and as a part of the ecosystem with special attention to physiological structure and function. Emphasizes acquisition of knowledge needed to make intelligent decisions on bioethical issues that face society. --- # BIOL M16L — Human Biology Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides hands-on laboratory activities to support the understanding of human biology. Explores, through laboratory exercises, human anatomy and physiology, the scientific method and appropriate data analysis. --- # BIOL M17 — Heredity, Evolution and Society 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces principles of modern genetics and evolutionary theory with specific reference to the human species. Examines scientific method, biological laws governing heredity in individuals and populations, biological factors that influence health and disease, and the interplay between the human population and the environment. Analyzes the world's economic, demographic, and political problems from a biological perspective and discusses possible solutions. --- # BIOL M18 — Human Biology for Pre-Health 3 credits · 3 hours Covers major aspects of human biology related to health science careers. Emphasizes the chemical, molecular, and physiological mechanisms underlying most common disease conditions. --- # BIOL M50A — Bridge to Biotechnology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Develops practical, hands-on experience with laboratory techniques used in the field of biotechnology. Applies specific techniques that vary depending on the current state of technology. Provides a bridge for entry-level and high school students who are interested in exploring the field of biotechnology. --- # BIOL M80 — Work Experience Education in Biology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # BIOL M122 — Independent Study - Biology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Biology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Biology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # BOT M01 — Introduction to Botany 5 credits · 5 hours Emphasizes the physical and chemical aspects of life as related to plants. Includes cellular organization, metabolism, reproduction, heredity, ecology, evolution, and plant kingdom survey. Examines the anatomy and physiology of representative plants in each of the major plant groupings. --- # BOT M06 — Plants and Society 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces basic concepts related to plant structure, function, genetics, evolution, and domestication. Examines the economic, aesthetic, and ecological roles of plants, and considers the role of plants as a force in shaping civilizations. Stresses the importance of plants and plant products in everyday life, as well as their ritualistic and pharmacological uses. Presents basic scientific principles and techniques using examples from plants and their products to gain an understanding of science and its value in today's society. --- # BOT M122 — Independent Study - Botany 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Botany through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Botany instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # MICR M01 — General Microbiology 5 credits · 5 hours Emphasizes microbiological principles and lab techniques related to the morphology, metabolism, genetics, classification, and ecology of bacteria. Characterizes viruses and eukaryotic microorganisms. Focuses on human disease including characteristics of pathogens, immunology, and epidemiology. Practices laboratory exercises including aseptic technique, staining, the determination of bacterial growth conditions and requirements, and the identification of an unknown bacterium. Applies microbiology in clinical applications. --- # MICR M122 — Independent Study-Microbiology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Microbiology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Microbiology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # PHSO M01 — Human Physiology 4 credits · 4 hours Studies the physiological principles, function, integration and homeostasis of the human body at the cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and organism level: integumentary system, bone, skeletal system, smooth and cardiac muscles, nervous system, sensory organs, cardiovascular system, lymphatic and immune systems, respiratory system, urinary system, digestive system, endocrine system, and reproductive system. Utilizes laboratory computer simulations and experiments to demonstrate basic principles and introduce physiological techniques and instruments. --- # PHSO M01H — Honors: Human Physiology 4 credits · 4 hours Studies the physiological principles, function, integration and homeostasis of the human body at the cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and organism level: integumentary system, bone, skeletal system, smooth and cardiac muscles, nervous system, sensory organs, cardiovascular system, lymphatic and immune systems, respiratory system, urinary system, digestive system, endocrine system, and reproductive system. Utilizes laboratory computer simulations and experiments to demonstrate basic principles and introduce physiological techniques and instruments. Honors work challenges students to be mo… --- # PHSO M122 — Independent Study - Physiology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Physiology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Physiology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ZOO M01 — Introduction to Zoology 5 credits · 5 hours Covers the comparative structure, function, evolution, and a survey of animal phyla. Includes development, morphology and physiology, microevolution and macroevolution, taxonomy and systematics, molecular and morphological phylogeny, and animal behavior. --- # ZOO M122 — Independent Study - Zoology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Zoology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Zoology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # BIOT M02A — Environmental Control and Process Support 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and medical devices. Presents an overview of the manufacturing process and introduces environmental control and process support with a focus on Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)/Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), clean room procedure, monitoring techniques, and required documentation. --- # BIOT M02B — Manufacturing: Quality Control and Validation 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Introduces validation and quality control. Reviews manufacturing process, including formulation, lyophilization, packaging and filling. Focuses on validation, systems evaluations, testing and reporting. --- # BIOT M02C — Manufacturing: Cell Culture and Microbial Fermentation 3 credits · 3 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Introduces cell culture and microbial fermentation. Focuses on bacterial techniques, microbial assessment, mammalian cell culture, bioreactor fermentation, and media preparation. Compares small and large industrial scale cell culture. --- # BIOT M02D — Bioprocessing: Recovery and Purification 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Introduces bioprocessing, recovery, and purification techniques. Focuses on protein separation and purification, chromatography, large-scale recovery, and identification of assays. Reviews skills necessary for a successful job search in the field of biotechnology. --- # BIOT M02E — Business & Government Regulation 2 credits · 2 hours Provides skills training in industrial biotechnology with emphasis on manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Examines manufacturing from the perspective of company operations involved with the drug or medical device development process. Focuses on business practices and governmental regulations. --- # BIOT M10 — Introduction to Biotechnology and Molecular Biology 4 credits · 4 hours Examines the role of molecular biology in the manufacturing of commercial pharmaceutical and agricultural products. Introduces basic biotechnology laboratory skills, including documentation, safety, and solution and buffer preparation. Develops student proficiency in aseptic techniques, spectrophotometry, molecular biology techniques, and electrophoresis. --- # BIOT M80 — Work Experience Education in Biotechnology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # BIOT M301 — Biomanufacturing Process Sciences and Engineering Principles 5 credits · 5 hours Builds upon the scientific knowledge underlying chemical engineering principles to design, develop, and optimize key parameters in a biomanufacturing process. Includes the optimization of media composition, fermenter and bioreactor design, the design of downstream processes, instrumentation, engineering systems, and process control systems in process development to maximize the yield and integrity of a protein pharmaceutical. --- # BIOT M302 — Design of Experiments for Biomanufacturing 4 credits · 4 hours Teaches the formal approach called “Design of Experiments” (DoE), a system that optimizes a process, makes it more robust, and minimizes variability from external sources through the methodical varying of key parameters and a formalized approach to the analysis, interpretation, and application of the results. Builds upon the statistical concepts required for DoE including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, statistical models, and analysis of variance (ANOVA), and elucidates the approach to systematically vary the parameters of a biomanufacturing project to improve its operation. --- # BIOT M303 — Design of Biomanufacturing Facilities, Critical Utilities, Processes, and Equipment 4 credits · 4 hours Analyze and evaluate how the design of a biomanufacturing facility uses one-way personnel flow and one-way material flow to maintain appropriate levels of cleanliness and sterility that promote the production of safe and effective products. Analyze the design of the processes, equipment, and instrumentation used in biological production to generate critical utilities, aseptic systems, environmental control and monitoring, upstream production, and downstream (recovery and purification) production within a regulated environment. --- # BIOT M304 — Bioprocess Monitoring and Control 5 credits · 5 hours Covers the measurement, monitoring, modeling, and control of biomanufacturing processes. Utilizes statistical methodology for measuring, analyzing, and controlling quality during the manufacturing process including control charts and the analysis of process capabilities. --- # BIOT M307 — Advanced Topics in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs 4 credits · 4 hours Builds upon previous knowledge of quality assurance and regulatory affairs to study the harmonized quality system approaches of the International Committee on Harmonisation (ICH). Pays special attention to the topics of quality risk management, qualification, and validation. Covers topics in the American Society for Quality’s Body of Knowledge for a Certified Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Professional examination. --- # BIOT M405 — Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Technologies 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the emerging field of cell and gene therapy manufacturing for cancer and other therapies. Examines the differences between the new technologies and traditional Biotechnology processes. --- # BIOT M406 — Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning 3 credits · 3 hours Examines how companies manage the complete flow of materials in a supply chain from suppliers to customers. Covers the design, planning, execution, monitoring, and control of raw materials, personnel resources, inventory management, and distribution. Prepares students to take the Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) certification test administered by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). --- # BIOT M408 — Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing 4 credits · 4 hours Covers the Six Sigma approach to the maintenance and improvement of biomanufacturing processes. Incorporates the DMAIC phases: design, measure, analyze, improve, and control. Includes the use and implementation of lean manufacturing tools that biomanufacturing companies use to reduce waste. Prepares students to take the certification test administered by the American Society for Quality for qualification with a white belt in Six Sigma. --- # BIOT M409 — Methods in Quality Improvements, Investigations, and Audits 4 credits · 4 hours Examines the investigational methods used by quality assurance departments to analyze process deviations and make the decision about the severity of the deviation. Prepares students to write industry-standard Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) report to conclude what corrective and preventative actions result from the investigation. Explains how a company would perform an internal audit in anticipation of an inspection by the Food and Drug Administration or an external audit for the supplier of a key raw material. Provides students the body of knowledge required for American Society… --- # BIOT M410 — Emerging Trends in Biomanufacturing Quality 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the process by which the quality systems of biomanufacturing evolve by examining a selected current trend in the laws and regulations governing pharmaceutical manufacturing. Evaluates the effectiveness of the laws and regulations governing pharmaceutical manufacturing. --- # BIOT M50A — Bridge to Biotechnology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Develops practical, hands-on experience with laboratory techniques used in the field of biotechnology. Applies specific techniques that vary depending on the current state of technology. Provides a bridge for entry-level and high school students who are interested in exploring the field of biotechnology. --- # BUS M30 — Introduction to Business 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization’s policy and practices within the U.S. and a global society. Focuses on how these influences impact the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design; leadership; human resource management; organized labor practices; marketing; organizational communication; technology; entrepreneurship; legal, accounting, and financial practices; the stock and securities market; and… --- # BUS M31 — Introduction to Management 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the fundamental concepts of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Focuses on the role of management and leadership including: planning and decision-making; organizational strategy; innovation and change; organizational design; motivation and performance of organizations, teams, and individuals; and business ethics in the context of a complex and multi-cultural/international environment. --- # BUS M32 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on establishing and managing entrepreneurial ventures such as small business, with emphasis on planning, financing, staffing, marketing, site selection, budgeting, legal concerns, and regulatory issues. Considers the rewards and perils of being an entrepreneur and owning a business. --- # BUS M33 — Business Law 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions. Explores the origins of legal systems, sources of law, and judicial and administrative processes and procedures. Focuses on contract law, including torts, agency, criminal law, business organizations, sales and leases, and ethics. --- # BUS M35 — Sales Techniques 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces principles of personal selling, including strategies for long-term selling relationships. Focuses on adaptive selling techniques, prospecting, handling objectives, gaining commitment, negotiation, and closing the sale. --- # BUS M37 — Marketing 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic concepts and practices of modern marketing. Includes an overview of marketing, strategic planning, the marketing environment, market research, consumer behavior, target marketing, product, price, distribution, and promotion, and global marketing. --- # BUS M39 — Business Communication 3 credits · 3 hours Applies the principles of ethical and effective communication to the creation of letters, memos, emails, and written and oral reports for a variety of business situations. Emphasizes planning, organizing, composing, and revising business documents using word processing software for written documents and presentation-graphics software to create and deliver professional-level oral reports. --- # BUS M41 — Principles of Retailing 3 credits · 3 hours Examines nature and scope of retailing, methods of merchandising, and attributes of successful retail firms. Covers strategy, multichannel retailing, site locations, pricing, and floor design and layout. Focuses on issues related to careers in retailing, store management, promotional strategies, organizational structure, and customer service. --- # BUS M70 — Introduction to Global Business 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an introduction to global business, marketing, supply chain management, finance and logistics. Examines how political, economic, and cultural differences affect the global business environment. Covers issues related to economic theories, government policies, foreign exchange, and monetary systems and their impact on the strategy and structure of global business. Introduces issues related to the importing and exporting of goods, logistics, and production. --- # BUS M71 — Global Marketing 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an overview of modern global marketing, addressing both standardized and localized strategies. Examines the global marketing process, its impact on market entry, and key elements such as foreign market analysis, cultural adaptation, and the international application of the marketing mix. --- # BUS M72 — Supply Chain Management 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a detailed overview of the global supply chain, encompassing industry standards, regulations, logistics, and pricing. Explores emerging trends and their effects on goods tracking, information flow, technology, demand planning, and production/inventory management. --- # BUS M73 — Import/Export Fundamentals 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an overview of the fundamentals of importing and exporting goods with an emphasis on export-related programs and the network of government support agencies that are involved in international trade. Focuses on finding new market segments overseas, logistics, documentation, contract administration, terminology, quality control, and payment procedures. --- # BUS M80 — Work Experience Education In Business 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # BUS M140 — Business Information Systems 3 credits · 3 hours Examines information systems and their role in business. Focuses on information systems, database management systems, networking, e-commerce, ethics and security, computer systems hardware and software components. Emphasizes application of these concepts and methods through hands-on projects developing computer-based solutions to business problems. --- # BUS M400 — Project Management 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the core characteristics of project management including project selection, initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing. Considers topics such as project scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, and risk and procurement management. --- # BIS M10 — Microsoft Windows – Introduction 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides an introductory understanding of the Microsoft operating system. Examines how this operating system is used to manage applications, folders, and files by the user. --- # BIS M20 — Microsoft Office - Intro. 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Emphasizes integration features and advanced Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology. Student will need access to a computer loaded with Microsoft Office Professional to complete Office exercises. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam. (Formerly CIS M128.) Applies to Associate Degree. --- # BIS M21A — MS Word – Intermediate 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides a basic understanding of word processing with Microsoft Word including document creation, formatting, and editing. Covers creating, editing, and formatting business letters, multiple-page reports, newsletters, and cover letters. Includes instruction in complex document creation, construction of tables, use of mail merge, and manipulation of columns and formatting. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam for MS Word. --- # BIS M21B — Microsoft Word – Advanced 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides an advanced understanding of word processing including templates, document review, advanced editing review, and revision control. Covers accessibility, forms, mail merge function, building blocks, and macros. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam for MS Word Advanced. Recommended Preparation: BIS M20 and BIS M21A . Limitations on Enrollment: Current CPR certification for health care provider (American Heart Association) or professional rescuer (American Red Cross). Applies to Associate Degree. --- # BIS M22A — MS PowerPoint – Intermediate 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides a basic understanding of presentations using MS PowerPoint including formatting, ordering and editing slides. Covers using shapes, objects, images and media in presentations, as well as using the slideshow and animations to create a flow and pace to a presentation. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam for PowerPoint. Recommended Preparation: BIS M20 . Applies to Associate Degree. --- # BIS M23A — Microsoft Excel – Intermediate 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides a basic understanding of spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel including spreadsheet creation, formatting, and editing. Covers creating, editing, and formatting financial information, using mathematical formulas and functions to summarize and report numerical information. Includes creation of charts to visually present data. --- # BIS M23B — MS Excel – Advanced 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides an advanced understanding of spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel. Includes data validation, advanced charts and tables, conditional formatting, format trouble shooting, and data analysis. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam (Excel Advanced). Recommended Preparation: BIS M20 and BIS M23A . Applies to Associate Degree. --- # BIS M24 — MS Access – Introduction 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an understanding of database structure and usage of Microsoft Assess. Includes creating tables, queries, form reports, working with different types of data and fields and managing a database. This course prepares the student for the Microsoft Office User Specialist certification exam for MS Access. --- # BIS M25 — MS Outlook – Introduction 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides a basic understanding of email with Microsoft Outlook. Includes configuration, search options, managing calendars, managing tasks, and managing contact groups. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam for MS Outlook. Recommended Preparation: BIS M20 . Applies to Associate Degree. --- # BIS M26 — MS Project – Introduction 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides a basic understanding of project management with Microsoft Project. Covers the concepts of tasks, resources, timelines, milestones, constraints, charts and reports. --- # BIS M900 — Keyboarding – Introduction 0 credits · 0 hours Develops the fundamental skills in the operation of the keyboard. Includes letter, number, symbol, special keys, and the numeric keypad. --- # BIS M920 — Microsoft Office - Introduction 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Emphasizes integration features and advanced Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology. Student will need access to a computer loaded with Microsoft Office Professional to complete Office exercises. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam. --- # BIS M921A — MS Word – Intermediate 0 credits · 0 hours Provides a basic understanding of word processing with Microsoft Word including document creation, formatting, and editing. Covers creating, editing, and formatting business letters, multiple-page reports, newsletters, and cover letters. Includes instruction in complex document creation, construction of tables, use of mail merge, and manipulation of columns and formatting. This course begins preparation for the Microsoft Office User certification exam for MS Word. --- # HOSP M80 — Work Experience Education In Hospitality Management 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # HOSP M100 — Introduction to Hospitality 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the structural overview of the hospitality industry: food and lodging, resorts, tourism enterprises, attractions, and related operations. Introduces customer service, cultural/economic trends, and career opportunities. --- # HOSP M120 — Hospitality Cost Control 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the analysis and management of food, beverage, labor and other costs within a hospitality operation. Examines problem-solving and application of cost control techniques to maximize profits while managing expenses. Investigates establishing standards, cost-volume-profit analysis, forecasting, purchasing and storage controls, menu costing and pricing, theft prevention and labor control. --- # HOSP M130 — Introduction to Food and Beverage Management 3 credits · 3 hours Explores and develops techniques and procedures of management as they relate to commercial and institutional food and beverage facilities. Examines functions of management, marketing, menu development, effective cost controls in purchasing, labor, and service techniques. --- # HOSP M140 — Introduction to Hotel Management 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the operations and components of a hotel-resort facility. Explores front office, housekeeping, food and beverage, sales and marketing, accounting, property maintenance, human/resource management, and information systems. --- # HOSP M170 — Hospitality Supervision and Guest Relations 3 credits · 3 hours Investigates the structure and practices of supervision in the hospitality industry: recruiting, hiring, training, retention, discipline, and employee engagement. Introduces guest relations practices: customer service, conflict resolution, ethics, etiquette, and serving guests with unique and diverse needs. --- # HOSP M200 — Introduction to Event Management 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the structure and financial performances of the events industry: social events, corporate meetings, conferences, conventions, and expositions. Introduces event planning, client management, attendee engagement, cultural/economic trends, and career opportunities in the event industry. --- # CHEM M01A — General Chemistry I 5 credits · 5 hours Studies atomic theory and stoichiometry; nomenclature and chemical reactions; thermochemistry; quantum theory and the electronic structure of atoms; chemical bonding and molecular structure; physical behavior of gases; states of matter and phase equilibria; and solutions. Addresses, through hands-on laboratory activities, spectroscopy; distillations; quantitative, qualitative and statistical analyses; titrations; thermochemistry; gravimetric and volumetric analyses; and colligative properties. --- # CHEM M01AH — Honors: General Chemistry I 5 credits · 5 hours Studies atomic theory and stoichiometry; nomenclature and chemical reactions; thermochemistry; quantum theory and the electronic structure of atoms; chemical bonding and molecular structure; physical behavior of gases; states of matter and phase equilibria; and solutions. Addresses, through hands-on laboratory activities, spectroscopy; distillations; quantitative, qualitative and statistical analyses; titrations; thermochemistry; gravimetric and volumetric analyses; and colligative properties. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, rea… --- # CHEM M01B — General Chemistry II 5 credits · 5 hours Examines chemical kinetics; phase equilibria; equilibria in gases and solutions; acids and bases; solubility and complex ions; thermodynamics; electrochemistry; qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses. Provides an overview of nuclear chemistry, coordination chemistry, and organic chemistry. Addresses, through hands-on laboratory activities, chemical kinetics; equilibria; thermodynamics; spontaneous oxidation-reduction reactions and electrolysis; selective precipitation; titrations; and exposure to ultraviolet, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. --- # CHEM M07A — Organic Chemistry I 5 credits · 5 hours Emphasizes molecular structure, chemical and physical properties, and the preparation and reactivities of organic molecules with an emphasis on reaction mechanisms, synthesis, structure determination, and applications. Involves, through hands-on laboratory work, the use of appropriate methods, techniques, and instrumentation for the synthesis, purification and identification of organic compounds discussed in the lecture portion. --- # CHEM M07B — Organic Chemistry II 5 credits · 5 hours Continues the study of functional groups such as carboxylic acids and their derivatives, other carbonyl-containing compounds, amines and aromatics. Emphasizes reaction mechanisms, synthesis, and structure determination using nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopy. Introduces aspects of biochemistry including the study of proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. Involves, through hands-on laboratory work, multi-step synthetic routes, chromatography, and applications of basic techniques. --- # CHEM M11 — Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry 5 credits · 5 hours Covers general, organic, and biological chemistry with an emphasis placed on medical applications. Explores topics in general chemistry such as the modern view of the atom, molecules, chemical compounds, reactions, and calculations. Includes topics in organic and biochemistry such as hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones, amines, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. --- # CHEM M12 — Introductory Chemistry I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces basic principles of chemistry with reference to measurement, chemical nature of matter and energy, and atomic theory. Presents the chemical concepts of elements and compounds, the periodic table, bonding, molecular structure, nomenclature, chemical reactions, equations, and calculations. --- # CHEM M13 — Introductory Chemistry II 5 credits · 5 hours Introduces fundamental concepts of general chemistry including kinetics, equilibria, pH, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Covers topics in organic and biochemistry including structure, nomenclature, and reactions of organic compounds and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, enzymes, and nucleic acids. --- # CHEM M80 — Work Experience Education in Chemistry 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # CHEM M122 — Independent Study - Chemistry 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Chemistry through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Chemistry instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # CD M02 — Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. Emphasizes interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Introduces developmental theory and reinforces investigative research methodologies by observing children, evaluating individual differences, and analyzing characteristics of development at various stages. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten,… --- # CD M03 — Child, Family, and Community 3 credits · 3 hours Studies the processes of socialization focusing on the interrelationship of family, school, and community. Examines the influence of multiple societal contexts. Explores the role of collaboration between family, community, and schools in supporting children’s development, birth through adolescence. --- # CD M03H — Honors: Child, Family, and Community 3 credits · 3 hours Studies the processes of socialization focusing on the interrelationship of family, school, and community. Examines the influence of multiple societal contexts. Explores the role of collaboration between family, community, and schools in supporting children’s development, birth through adolescence. --- # CD M04 — Observation and Assessment 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the appropriate use of assessment and observation tools and strategies to document young children’s development and learning. Emphasizes the use of findings to inform and plan learning environments and experiences. Examines recording strategies, rating systems, portfolios, and multiple assessment tools, along with strategies for collaboration with families and professionals. Prepares those working with students in early care and learning, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and/or early primary classrooms. --- # CD M04L — Observation and Assessment Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Provides an opportunity for students to analyze child behavior in a designated child development center through direct observation. Applies observation techniques to early childhood teaching practice. Requires use of specific observation tools to observe children’s development and their interactions with adults, children, materials, and activities. Prepares those working with students in early care and learning, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and/or early primary classrooms. --- # CD M05 — Teaching in a Diverse Society 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the development of social identities in diverse societies including theoretical and practical implications of oppression and privilege as they apply to young children, families, programs, classrooms, and teaching. Examines the historical and current perspectives on diversity and inclusion and the impact of systemic societal influences on children’s development, learning and school experiences. Explores various classroom strategies emphasizing developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate anti-bias approaches supporting all children in becoming competent members of a d… --- # CD M07 — Music in Early Childhood Education 3 credits · 3 hours Explores theoretical foundations and developmentally appropriate practices for designing supportive environments, selecting appropriate materials, and developing, presenting, and evaluating music curriculum for young children. Stresses creative movement, dance, rhythm, and song as essential components of the physical, social, emotional, creative and cognitive development of young children. Encourages integration and application of music throughout the curriculum and an appreciation of diversity. --- # CD M08 — Children's Art within a Multicultural Perspective 3 credits · 3 hours Presents theoretical foundations and practices for designing art curricula that reflect P-12 educational state standards and common core standards. Emphasizes the creation of hands-on artistic projects, the importance of art in the child's development, and the understanding of multicultural art traditions in subject matter, materials, and processes. Provides opportunities for students to gain basic art skills, understand the creative process, and investigate the critique process. Examines supportive environments and selecting materials and experiences appropriate to individual children. Exami… --- # CD M09 — Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math in Early Childhood Education 3 credits · 3 hours Presents theoretical foundations and developmentally appropriate practices for designing curriculum in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for use with young children. Examines the creation of supportive environments, selection of appropriate materials, and development, presentation, and evaluation of curriculum. Emphasizes science, technology, engineering, and math curricula that emerges from the interests of children and is facilitated through the inquiry approach. --- # CD M10 — Language Arts and Literacy in Early Childhood Education 3 credits · 3 hours Presents theoretical foundations and developmentally appropriate practices for designing supportive environments, selecting appropriate materials, and developing, presenting, and evaluating curriculum in the language arts for young children. Introduces current research on children’s development of language and literacy, creativity, and cognition. --- # CD M11 — Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys historical contexts and theoretical perspectives of developmentally appropriate practice in early care and education for children birth through age eight. Explores the typical roles and expectations of early childhood educators. Identifies professional ethics, career pathways, and professional standards. Introduces best practices for developmentally appropriate learning environments, curriculum, and effective pedagogy for young children including how play contributes to children's learning, growth, and development. --- # CD M12 — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum 2 credits · 2 hours Provides opportunities for student teachers to demonstrate developmentally appropriate early childhood program planning and teaching competencies under the supervision of ECE/CD faculty and other qualified early education professionals. Utilizes practical classroom experiences to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behaviors, and build a comprehensive understanding of children and families. Emphasizes reflective practice as student teachers design, implement, and evaluate approaches, strategies, and techniques that promote development and learning. Explores care… --- # CD M12L — Early Childhood Education Teaching Practicum Lab 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides supervision at a designated child development center, allowing students to demonstrate early childhood teaching competencies, make connections between theory and practice, and develop professional behaviors. Requires hands-on application of procedures and practices. Provides opportunity to implement and evaluate developmentally appropriate experiences that promote positive development and learning for young children. --- # CD M14 — Introduction to Curriculum 3 credits · 3 hours Presents an overview of developmentally appropriate curriculum and environments for children birth through age eight. Analyzes research of children’s development, theories of learning and development, and examples from various models of developmentally appropriate practice to plan environments and curriculum in all content areas to support children’s development and learning integrated throughout indoor and outdoor settings. --- # CD M15 — Care and Education Programs: Infants/Toddlers 3 credits · 3 hours Applies current theory and research to the care and education of infants and toddlers in group settings. Examines essential policies, principles and practices that lead to quality care and developmentally appropriate curriculum for children from birth to 36 months. Meets CA Title 22 regulations for infant-toddler teachers and program directors. Approved for Continuing Education hours by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number 02811 for 30 contact hours. --- # CD M16 — Strategies for Working with Challenging Behaviors 3 credits · 3 hours Identifies developmentally appropriate behaviors, challenging behaviors and the various influences that affect children’s behavior. Analyzes children’s behaviors and select strategies to make positive changes. Emphasizes communicating effectively with young children, guiding children of varying ages, promoting self-control, conflict resolution, and problem-solving. Emphasizes the connection between children’s social and emotional development and their success in the classroom, and how the teachers’ perceptions, experiences, and behavior influence child behaviors. Prepares those working with s… --- # CD M18 — Reflective Practice Seminar 2 credits · 2 hours Examines teaching philosophies utilizing the reflective practice cycle process. Uses a variety of instructional strategies, including purposeful play, to assess and support children’s learning and development. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M21 — Infant and Toddler Development 3 credits · 3 hours Examines infants and toddlers from pre-conception to age three including physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional growth and development. Applies theoretical frameworks to interpret behavior and interactions between heredity and environment. Emphasizes the role of family and relationships in development. Meets CA Title 22 regulations for infant-toddler teachers and program directors. Approved for Continuing Education hours by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number 02811 for 30 contact hours. --- # CD M23 — Health, Safety, & Nutrition 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the laws, regulations, standards, policies, procedures, and best practices related to health, safety, and nutrition in care and education settings for children birth through middle childhood. Focuses on the teacher’s role in prevention strategies, nutrition and meal planning, integrating health safety and nutrition experiences into daily routines, and overall risk management. --- # CD M24 — Administration in Early Childhood Education I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces principles and practices of administering early childhood programs. Examines administrative tools, philosophies, and techniques needed to organize, open, and operate an early care and education program. Emphasizes program types, budget, management, regulations, laws, development and implementation of policies and procedures. --- # CD M25 — Administration in ECE II: Personnel and Leadership 3 credits · 3 hours Examines effective strategies for personnel management and leadership in early care and education settings. Includes legal and ethical responsibilities, supervision techniques, professional development, and reflective practices for a diverse and inclusive early care and education program. --- # CD M26 — Adult Supervision and Mentoring in Early Childhood Education 2 credits · 2 hours Studies the methods and principles of supervising student teachers, volunteers, staff, and other adults in early childhood or school-age care and education programs. Emphasizes the roles and development of early childhood professionals as mentors and leaders. --- # CD M70 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Social and Emotional Development 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the social and emotional development domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including the strands of self, social interaction, and relationships. Provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M71 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Language and Literacy 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the language and literacy development domain in the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including the strands of listening and speaking, reading, and writing. Provides practical considerations for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M72 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: English Language Development 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the English language learners domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including strands of listening, speaking, reading and writing for children acquiring English as a second language. Provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M73 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Mathematics 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the mathematics domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including the strands of number sense, algebra and functions, measurement, geometry, and mathematical reasoning. Provides strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M74 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Visual Arts 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the visual arts domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including artistic expression and response, and skills using various art mediums. Provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M75 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Performing Arts 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the performing arts domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including strands of music, drama, and dance. Provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M76 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Physical Development 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the physical development domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including strands of fundamental movement skills, perceptual-motor skills and movement concepts, and active physical play. Provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M77 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Health 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the health domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including strands of health habits, safety, and nutrition. Provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M78 — CA Preschool Foundations & Frameworks: History/Social Science 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the history and social science domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including strands of self and society, civics, history, geography, ecology, and economics. Provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M79 — CA Preschool Foundations and Frameworks: Science 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the science domain of the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including the strands of scientific inquiry, physical, life, and earth sciences and provides practical strategies for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Prepares those working with students in early care and education programs including transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and early education classrooms. --- # CD M80 — Work Experience Education in Child Development 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # CD M122 — Independent Study - Child Development 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Child Development through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Child Development instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # RBT M01 — Registered Behavior Technician: Knowledge Skills 2.5 credits · 2.5 hours Introduces the core tasks that are likely to be performed by behavior technicians: measurement, assessment, skill acquisition, behavior reduction, documentation and reporting, and professional conduct and scope of practice. Presents evidence-based instruction on behavioral concepts, procedures for skill acquisition, strategies for problem behavior reduction, and professional and ethical conduct. Prepares students for the competency assessment required of all RBT credential applicants. --- # RBT M01L — Registered Behavior Technician: Clinical Applications 0.25 credits · 0.25 hours Provides opportunity to perform fundamental skills of a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT®) under the direction and supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst® (BCBA®) or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst® (BCaBA®). Provides hands on instruction on behavioral concepts. Prepares students for the competency assessment required of all RBT credential applicants. --- # CHIN M100 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces beginning Chinese Mandarin language in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number CEP2811 for 60 contact hours. --- # CHIN M110 — Elementary Chinese: Mandarin II 4 credits · 4 hours Continues intermediate level Mandarin Chinese language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Places strong emphasis on the expansion of vocabulary, mastery of intricate sentence structures, and the facilitation of extended conversations on a diverse range of subjects within the Chinese-speaking environment. Integrates Chinese customs, traditions, literary works, and contemporary societal aspects. Continues the exploration of Chinese history, culture, and customs through cross-cultural comparisons. Equivalent to three years of high school Chinese. --- # COL M01 — College Strategies 3 credits · 3 hours Develops students’ learning strategies for college and life skill success. Examines and practices critical thinking, study methods, learning styles, time management, test preparation and test-taking, and self-regulated learning. Addresses psychological, physiological, and sociological issues that impact the culture of higher education and help prepare students for college readiness. --- # COL M05 — Supervised Tutoring Across the Curriculum 0 credits · 0 hours Participate in individual and/or group tutoring designed to assist students in reviewing course material, preparing for class assignments and tests, and building study skills. --- # COL M901 — College Success: Academic Skills 0 credits · 0 hours Serves as a bridge for success in college courses. Introduces foundational skills, including effective study practices and online learning habits. Includes asynchronous modules on study skills and online learning as well as in-person workshops with Moorpark College tutors. Enhances students’ mindset and readiness for college-level courses. --- # COL M902 — Tutoring Methods 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces methods for tutoring individuals and groups. Examines learning theories and instructional pedagogies, and provides opportunities for application of skills to tutoring sessions. Does NOT apply to Associate Degree. --- # PHTC M31A — Studio Lighting I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic studio lighting techniques and principles utilizing artificial light sources as used in commercial and fine art photographic applications. Emphasizes the control and quality of light. Includes studio and location portraiture. --- # PHTC M31B — Studio Lighting II 3 credits · 3 hours Builds upon basic studio lighting techniques and principles utilizing artificial light sources as used in commercial and fine art photographic applications. Furthers understanding of the control and quality of light in product photography. Includes instruction in photographing reflective and non-reflective surfaces, glass, metal, and food. --- # PHTC M33 — Image Editing 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on image editing, currently using Adobe Photoshop for photography, design, and media arts. Includes appropriate techniques for tonal and color adjustments, creating masks, non-destructive editing, adjustment layers, retouching, and compositing. --- # PHTC M35 — Introduction to Photojournalism 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces aspects of digital photography applicable to documentary, multimedia, film, mass communication, broadcast and print journalism. Concentrates on translating ideas to images for reproduction in print and multimedia presentations. Stresses storytelling and lighting techniques and explores philosophical, historical and ethical issues in the field of photojournalism. Introduces professional photographic practices. --- # PHTC M37 — Professional Practices for Photographers 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the principles and practices within commercial photography. Covers issues such as career choices, insurance, promotion, portfolio development, releases, estimates, invoicing, image licensing, and copyright issues for photographers. --- # PHTC M50 — Laboratory Practice in Photography I 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides an opportunity for students who wish additional time in the lab to develop and expand their digital or film processing skills or studio lighting capabilities. Allows students to develop and enhance their commercial photography portfolio geared towards commercial industry specifications. --- # PHTC M51 — Laboratory Practice in Photography II 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides an opportunity in the lab to develop competency and expand the student's digital or film processing skills or studio lighting capabilities. Allows students to develop and enhance their commercial photography portfolio geared towards competent commercial industry specifications. --- # PHTC M52 — Laboratory Practice in Photography III 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides an opportunity in the lab to develop proficiency and expand the student's digital or film processing skills or studio lighting capabilities. Allows students to develop and enhance their commercial photography portfolio geared towards proficient commercial industry specifications. --- # PHTC M53 — Laboratory Practice in Photography IV 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides an opportunity in the lab to develop mastery and expand the student's digital or film processing skills or studio lighting capabilities. Allows students to develop and enhance their commercial photography portfolio geared towards advanced commercial industry specifications. --- # COMM C1000 — Introduction to Public Speaking 3 credits · 3 hours 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. --- # COMM C1000H — Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors 3 credits · 3 hours 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. This is an Honors Course. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications, and enrichment opportunities. --- # COMM C1004 — Interpersonal Communication 3 credits · 3 hours This course covers theory, research, and application of ethical one-to-one communication practices in various and diverse interpersonal relationships including in personal, professional, and social situations. --- # COMM M02 — Introduction to Persuasion 3 credits · 3 hours Examines historical and contemporary approaches to persuasive messages throughout time. Focuses on the presentation of persuasive appeals, and learning to construct, deliver, and critique persuasive messages. Explores practical application of advanced principles of audience adaptation and ethics through the presentation of various types of persuasive speeches and situations. --- # COMM M05 — Oral Interpretation of Literature 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an introduction to the principles of interpretation of literature from each of the major genres (prose, poetry, drama) as well as the techniques of performance. Studies literary craft as well as evaluating, analyzing, and performing selections from each of the major genres of literature. --- # COMM M06 — Small Group Communication 3 credits · 3 hours Applies principles of communication in a variety of group contexts. Examines the theory, application, and evaluation of group communication processes, including problem solving, conflict management, decision-making, and leadership. --- # COMM M07 — Argumentation and Debate 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces theory, methodology, and practice of critical listening, critical thinking and oral argument, including training in claims, methods of analysis, stock issue policy analysis, evidence and proof, and cross-examination considerations. Examines types of debatable propositions, effective listening and note taking, research methodology, and delivery skills. Practices team and Lincoln/Douglas formats on class-selected topics and issues. --- # COMM M10A — Forensics I 2 credits · 2 hours Provides training and supervised preparation for participating in collegiate competitive and non-competitive speech activities, such as debate, public speaking, and oral performance of literature. Requires participation in interscholastic competition either as competitor or critic. --- # COMM M10B — Forensics II 2 credits · 2 hours Provides intermediate training and supervised preparation for participating in collegiate competitive speech activities, such as debate, public speaking, and oral performance of literature. Requires participation in interscholastic competition. --- # COMM M10C — Forensics III 2 credits · 2 hours Provides advanced training and supervised preparation for participating in collegiate competitive speech activities, such as debate, public speaking, and oral performance of literature. Requires participation in interscholastic competition. --- # COMM M10D — Forensics IV 2 credits · 2 hours Provides advanced training and supervised preparation for participating in collegiate competitive speech activities, such as debate, public speaking, and oral performance of literature. Requires participation in interscholastic competition as competitors and as critics. --- # COMM M12 — Intercultural Communications 3 credits · 3 hours This course is an introduction to intercultural communication in contemporary, historical, and geographical contexts. A critical social/behavioral scientific approach is used to examine the influence of cultures, languages, and social patterns on how members of groups relate among themselves and with members of different ethnic and cultural groups. Students explore theories and practice of communication within and between cultures, develop communication competence in diverse cultural contexts, and develop a greater understanding of the role of power, privilege, history, globalization, discour… --- # COMM M13 — Gender Communication 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the role, influence, effects, and significance of gender on our everyday communication interactions. Analyzes issues of gender and communication by examining the theoretical perspectives used to explain gender phenomena, gender socialization, and male and female interactions and stereotypes. Explores, with an emphasis on improving communication skills, the relationship between gender and communication as it pertains to the nature of gender(s), the language of gender, and gender differences in verbal and nonverbal communication. --- # COMM M16 — Readers Theatre 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the principles of interpretation of literature from all the major genres (prose, poetry, drama) as well as the techniques of group performance. In groups, students will create, stage, and perform a reader's theatre incorporating each of the major genres of literature. --- # COMM M17 — Computer-Mediated Communication 3 credits · 3 hours Addresses the fundamental aspects of interpersonal communication and considers how different types of computer-mediated communications (CMC) technologies such as e-mail, instant messaging, video conferencing, and social network sites affect communication processes. Examines social networks, online relationship formation, privacy and safety issues, online games, and the convergence of mass and interpersonal communication. --- # COMM M18 — Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the fundamental principles of communication in organizations including organizational communication models, the role of ethics and diversity, basic communication skills, interviewing skills. Examines such topics as communicating in groups and teams, conflict management, leadership, presentation skills and identifying and amending ineffective communication within organizations. Focuses on analyzing, adapting, and improving communication strategies in organizational settings by applying and practicing the knowledge and skills acquired in this course. --- # COMM M19 — Communication and Leadership 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the fundamental elements of communication in relation to leadership theories, ethics, styles, and perspectives. Examines the development of a personal philosophy of leadership that includes an understanding of self, others, and community. Prepares students for leadership roles in business, government, nonprofits, education, and community-based organizations. --- # COMM M20 — Business and Professional Speech 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on effective speaking skills needed in leadership positions, including an awareness of presentation techniques, group dynamics, argumentation and persuasion strategies, organizational structure, and interpersonal situations in the business environment. Builds on individual needs and interests. --- # COMM M23 — Introduction to Health Communication 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the theory and practice of health communication in culturally diverse settings. Explores patient-caregiver communication, the social, cultural, and political influences on healthcare access and utilization, and the role the mass media plays in disseminating healthcare information. Focuses on understanding and improving health communication among health professionals and clients and with the general public. --- # COMM M25 — Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the principles of reasoning and rhetoric and their application to the analysis and evaluation of public discourse. Examines both the technique and the substance of discourse by exploring rhetorical strategies, quality of argument, quality of support for claims, use of language, fallacies, as well as the demands placed on the speaker by the audience. Emphasizes the integration of critical thinking principles with techniques of effective written and spoken discourse. --- # COMM M26 — Rhetoric of Popular Culture 3 credits · 3 hours Studies U.S. popular culture. Examines the role of popular culture in the United States as a mediator of cultural values and attitudes. Evaluates representation of popular culture in advertising, film, television, sports, and politics. --- # COMM M32 — Social Media Strategies 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces students to the knowledge and skills to effectively meet the growing need for Social Media technology within organizations. Covers the basics of content creation; students will determine which platform best meets the needs of organizations and their targeted audiences; and, learn how to measure social media success. Utilizes ethical frameworks to evaluate social media and social networks. --- # COMM M80 — Work Experience Education in Speech 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # COMM M122 — Independent Study - Speech 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Communication Studies through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Communication Studies instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # CNSE M01 — Networking Fundamentals 4 credits · 4 hours Provides an overview of the architecture, structure, functions, components and models of the Internet and other computer networks. Covers topics such as Internet Protocol (IP) addressing, network technologies, media and topologies, protocols, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layer, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Layer, security, management tools, and Local Area Network (LAN) versus Wide Area Network (WAN) environments. --- # CNSE M05 — Fundamentals of Computer Networking 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the current networking hardware and software skills necessary to succeed in the dynamic field of networking. Includes networking fundamentals such as the networking standards and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, transmission basics, network protocols, topologies and access methods, network operating systems, and troubleshooting and network security. --- # CNSE M06 — Cisco Fundamentals of IT Essentials: PC Hardware & Software 4 credits · 4 hours Provides an in-depth introduction to computer hardware and operating systems. Covers the functionality of hardware and software components and best practices in maintenance, security, and safety. Teaches, through hands-on activities and labs, how to assemble and configure a computer, install operating systems and software, and troubleshoot hardware and software problems. Includes concepts such as security, networking, and responsibilities of an information and communication technology professional. --- # CNSE M13 — Internetworking and TCP/IP 4 credits · 4 hours Examines protocols used in Internetworking. Focuses on Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) versions 4 and 6. Explores protocol architectures and devices such as switches and routers. Applies tools used in network management including Wireshark Protocol Analysis software. --- # CNSE M18 — Cisco System Computer Networking A 4 credits · 4 hours Provides introduction to architecture, structure, functions and components of digital networks. Introduces wireless local area networks (WLAN) and network security concepts. Covers how networks operate and perform basic configurations for routers and switches, and implement Internet Protocol (IP). Covers operations on routers and switches including troubleshooting network equipment while configuring advanced functionality using security best practices. Course prepares students for the Cisco Certification Exam. --- # CNSE M19 — Cisco System Computer Networking B 4 credits · 4 hours Provides intermediate-level instruction on routing and LAN (local area network) switching, VLANs (virtual local area networks), routing protocols, access control lists (ACLs), and network management. Covers WANs (wide area networks), WANs design, point-to-point protocol (PPP), virtual private networking and network management. Covers deployment of a variety of security best practices, and includes automation and programming of network services. Course prepares students for the Cisco Certification Exam. --- # CNSE M30 — MS Windows Administration 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an in-depth, hands-on introduction to Microsoft client operating system administration. Covers creating and administering user and group accounts, network resources security, network printer server set-up and administration, resources and events auditing, and backup procedures. --- # CNSE M31 — MS Windows Network Server 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an in-depth, hands-on introduction to Microsoft Windows Server technical support. Covers server installation, server environment configuration, management of system policies, file system, partition, and fault tolerance. Includes protocols configuration, remote access services implementation, internetworking and intranetworking, and troubleshooting. --- # CNSE M49 — Microsoft SQL Server Client Application Architecture 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides advanced level instruction in database management emphasizing client-server interface requirements using Microsoft Access. Fourth in a four-course series to provide comprehensive Microsoft SQL Server database management skills. Server-side skills are presumed. --- # CNSE M50 — Fundamentals of Voice over IP 2 credits · 2 hours Provides the student with fundamental knowledge to configure, troubleshoot and implement Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) using IP Telephony technologies. Includes configuration of Call Manager Express phone systems using gateways and trunks. OTHER: Basic networking skills including access-list creation, and command line router configuration. Student should be familiar with: 1) Basic configuration experience with router command line syntax 2) How to configure features and configure interfaces. 3) Creating and applying access-list statements. Prepares students for relevant certification exams. --- # CNSE M52 — Cisco Semester 6-Remote Access 4 credits · 4 hours . --- # CNSE M55 — Linux Networking and System Administration 3 credits · 3 hours Teaches the knowledge and skills needed to install, configure, operate, and manage the Linux operating system. Covers topics in Linux system and network administration, Linux network services, Linux Internet services, Linux system maintenance, and security and technical problem solving. --- # CNSE M56 — CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Preparation 3 credits · 3 hours Examines advanced security topics and use of security tools. Includes user access management, advanced storage, automation, networking, logging, software management and security administration tasks with heavy emphasis on applied security. Covers topics from Comptia Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) certification exam. --- # CNSE M57 — Scripting for Security Management 3 credits · 3 hours Examines creating and modifying scripts for communications with security and network based applications. Covers scripting using Python, BASH, and Powershell for system administration, web interaction, network and host security and penetration testing. Provides knowledge and hands-on experience applying various programming concepts while using security tools. --- # CNSE M67 — VMware vSphere Fundamentals 3 credits · 3 hours Provides training using VMware's ESXi platform used by organizations which provide virtualized cloud computing systems. Teaches students how to manage virtual machines, virtual networks, and virtual storage and to administer vCenter Server. Requires students to perform labs dealing with data protection, authentication, monitoring virtual environments, high availability, scalability, patch management, and other VMware components. This course helps prepare students to pass VMware Certified Professional Exam. --- # CNSE M68 — VMware Optimize and Scale 3 credits · 3 hours Provides training using VMware's ESXi platform used by organizations which provide virtualized cloud computing systems. Teaches students how to optimize and scale the vSphere environment, troubleshoot operational faults, and identify root causes. Requires students to perform labs using vSphere ESXi Shell, vSphere Management Assistant, and vSphere Auto Deploy. Completion of this course also satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam. --- # CNSE M79 — Fundamentals of Project Management 2 credits · 2 hours Examines foundations of project management, including project integration, scope, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement, and the application of interpersonal communication skills. Utilizes various project management software and examines case studies. --- # CNSE M80 — Work Experience Education in Computer Network Systems Engineering 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # CNSE M81 — Introduction to Cyberspace Law 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides a framework about the law and cyberspace, examining the extent to which the Internet is currently under control and the extent to which it can or should be controlled. Regulation strategies are identified and discussed including legislation, policy changes, administrative agency activity, international cooperation, architectural changes, private ordering, and self-regulation. Also applies major regulatory models to some of the most volatile Internet issues, including cyber-security, consumer fraud, free speech rights, intellectual property rights, and file-sharing programs. --- # CNSE M82 — Introduction to Network Security 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a comprehensive overview of network security. Covers general security concepts, communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, and operational/organizational security needs. --- # CNSE M83 — Introduction Computer Forensics 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a comprehensive overview of computer and network forensics tools and strategies including evidence collection and analysis. Demonstrates techniques used by forensics professionals to collect evidence including Intrusion Detection, Distributed Denial of Service Attacks, Buffer Overflow, and virus distribution attacks. --- # CNSE M84 — Certified Ethical Hacker 2 credits · 2 hours Provides training using the latest tools, techniques, and exploits used in network penetration. Focuses on students' performance in labs related to digital reconnaissance, hacking strategies, bypassing intruder detection systems, firewall management, network sniffing, and testing of security settings on Windows and Linux systems. Course prepares students to pass the Certified Ethical Hacker exam given by the EC-Council. --- # CNSE M85A — Cybersecurity of IOS Networks 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on cybersecurity processes and policy with an emphasis on router, switch and firewall hands-on skills. Covers router and switch security, firewall implementation, Access Control Lists (ACLs), Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA), intrusion detection, monitoring, and management, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) implementation. Covers the first half of the Cisco Network Security Curriculum. --- # CNSE M85B — Cisco Fundamentals of PIX Firewalls 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an in-depth introduction to Cisco Private Internet Exchange (PIX) Firewall technology. Topics of PIX Firewall include translations and connections, Access Control Lists (ACLS), Authentication, authorization, Accounting (AAA), advanced protocols and intrusion detection, Virtual Private Network (VPN), and management. Covers the second half of the Cisco Fundamentals of Network Security Curriculum. --- # CNSE M86 — Firewall Administration 3 credits · 3 hours Covers knowledge and skills needed to install, configure, verify, and manage firewalls. Provides instruction on how to secure internal networks from public Internet users. --- # CNSE M87 — Cisco Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Basic knowledge to plan, administer, and maintain a virtual private network (VPN). This course covers virtual private network fundamentals, Cisco VPN family products, Cisco IOS (Internetwork operating system) VPNs, Cisco PIX (Private Internet Exchange) Firewall VPNs, Cisco VPN concentrator VPNs, and scaling Cisco VPN solutions. --- # CNSE M88 — Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides comprehensive knowledge to design, deploy, and manage the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System (CSIDS). Explains why network security is crucial in today's converged networking environment, how CSIDS improves the security on a network, and how to install and configure CSIDS. --- # CNSE M100 — Cybersecurity Analysis 3 credits · 3 hours Provides training for security analysts in areas of vulnerability and threat analysis. Includes instruction in the use of threat detection tool sets to perform security architecture analysis, and interpret results to mitigate vulnerabilities. Covers how to best handle security incidents. --- # CNSE M105 — AWS Cloud Foundations 3 credits · 3 hours Provides training for students who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts and experience configuring cloud components. Includes a detailed overview of cloud concepts, Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. This course helps prepare students to pass the AWS Cloud Foundations Exam from Amazon.com. --- # CNSE M106 — Cloud Architecture 3 credits · 3 hours Provides training for students who seek an overall understanding of designing distributed applications and systems in the cloud. Includes a detailed overview of designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems. This course helps prepare students to pass the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Architect Exam from Amazon.com. --- # CNSE M107 — AWS Cloud System Operations 3 credits · 3 hours Provides training for students who seek an overall understanding of how to provision cloud technologies, design cloud architectures, implement performance and security controls, and manage the overall tuning of cloud technologies. Covers cloud system operations such as high availability, deployment, storage, data management, networking, automation and optimization using Amazon Web Services. Aligns with Amazon Web Services System Operations Certification Exam. This course helps prepare students to pass the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SysOps Exam from Amazon Web Services. --- # CNSE M111 — Azure Cloud Fundamentals 3 credits · 3 hours Provides training for students who seek an understanding of Microsoft cloud fundamentals. Covers Azure services and resource subscriptions, storage, virtual machine management, virtual networks, active directory identities, core services, security and compliance, pricing, and cloud management tools. Aligns to current Microsoft Azure cloud certification. --- # CNSE M170 — Cloud Security 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an overview of the architectural concepts and design requirements including cloud security, platform and application security, cloud operations and legal compliance. Emphasizes cloud security principles and practices. --- # CS M01 — Introduction to Computer Science 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an introduction to various topics in computer science. Discusses computer hardware, computer operating systems, algorithms, computer programming, computer networks, the Internet, databases, ethical issues, and current events which involve technology issues. --- # CS M10DB — Database Management Systems and Applications 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces modern database concepts while emphasizing the relational database model. Includes such topics as design methodologies, normalization of tables to reduce redundancies, supertypes and subtypes to reduce nulls, data integrity, referential integrity, and using locks and other techniques for concurrency control in a multi-user database. Describes the factors that should be balanced during the design of a database. Documents databases, entity relationship diagrams, relational schemas, and data dictionaries are described. Applies the principles by performing exercises using MS SQL Server… --- # CS M10DS — Introduction to Data Science 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of Data Science. Studies machine learning which is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed. Distinguishes supervised and unsupervised machine learning (Data Mining) algorithms. Studies the emergence of massive datasets containing millions or even billions of observations which provides the primary incentive for the field, such data sets arise, for instance, in large-scale retailing, telecommunications, astronomy, engineering… --- # CS M10J — Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the basic components, syntax, and semantics of the Java programming language are covered. Uses the Java computer language to introduce basic programming concepts such as algorithms, data and control structures, debugging, documentation, graphical user interface (GUI) and object-oriented programming. --- # CS M10ML — Cloud Data Science and Machine Learning 2 credits · 2 hours Utilizes various cloud based Data Science tools and services available from Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform to perform data science analysis and machine learning. Uses various examples of how data science and machine learning is used to process vast amounts of collected data to derive predictive analysis. Uses tools such as AWS SageMaker and Amazon Forecast and computer vision tools such as Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Ground Truth, image and video processing and other AWS data science services. Uses Natural Language processing such as Amazon Polly, Amazon Comprehend, and Amazon Transl… --- # CS M10P — Introduction to Computer Programming using Python Language 4 credits · 4 hours Provides an introduction to computer programming and algorithm design using the Python programming language. Covers the fundamentals of computer programming: basic data types, switching and looping constructs, functions, recursion, objects, arrays, and lists, and basic input and output, both interactive and with files. Explains some principles of algorithm design and analysis as well as techniques for testing programs. --- # CS M10R — Introduction to R Programming 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces computer programming and algorithm design using the R programming language. Covers an introduction to R, from installation to most of the statistical concepts, and machine learning. Includes the fundamentals of computer programming concepts: basic data types, variables, if-else, loops, functions, vectors, objects, matrices, arrays, data frames, lists, factors, basic input, data visualization, and output with files. Explains some principles of algorithm design and analysis as well as techniques for testing programs. --- # CS M15W — Client-Side Web Development Using HTML/JavaScript 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces students to different methodologies used to develop webpages. Explains the syntax and semantics of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). Introduces the different tools to create dynamic and static webpages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript. Develops written, oral communication and analysis skills in students so they can review and critique web content from a developer's perspective. --- # CS M16PH — Server-Side Development using PHP 3 credits · 3 hours Applies best coding practices using Personal Home Page (PHP) language. Introduces different techniques to connect client side code hypertext markup language (HTML) with databases using queries. Performs different input/output (I/O) operations to manipulate data. Enables students to manage sessions and track user activities among different pages using sessions, cookies and database queries. --- # CS M25M — iOS Development I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces students to the basics of mobile app development using iOS as a development platform. Assists students in building foundation programming skills to create well-designed mobile apps based on user requirements. Applies core graphics and touch handling techniques to allow users to interface with their applications. --- # CS M26M — iOS Development II 3 credits · 3 hours Exposes students to different programming standards relating to mobile/user interaction. Develops the skills needed to create network-based apps. Develops code that uses mobile device peripherals such as Global Positioning System (GPS), camera and maps to provide users with better services. --- # CS M80 — Work Experience Education in Computer Science 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # CS M122 — Independent Study - Computer Science 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Computer Science through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Computer Science instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # CS M125 — Programming Concepts and Methodology I 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an introduction to the C++ programming language. Covers the basic components, syntax, and semantics of the C++ programming language. Introduces basic programming concepts such as algorithms, data and control structures, documentation, structured programming, arrays, and pointers. --- # CS M135 — Programming Concepts and Methodology II 3 credits · 3 hours Presents the design of programming applications using software engineering techniques. Discusses the development of large programs, data abstraction and structures and the associated algorithms. --- # CS M145 — Computer Architecture and Organization 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the organization and behavior of real computer systems at the assembly language level. Studies the mapping of statements and constructs in a high-level language into sequences of machine instructions. Discusses the internal representation of simple data types and structures and examines numerical computation, data representation errors and procedural errors. --- # CS M155 — Discrete Structures 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the discrete structures used in computer science with an emphasis on their applications. Covers functions, relations, sets, basic logic, proof techniques, basics of counting, graphs and trees, and discrete probability. --- # COUN M01 — Student Success 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces strategies, attitudes and skills that promote academic success. Identifies personal obstacles to academic success with emphasis on study skills, learning styles, time management, procrastination, goal setting, stress management, concentration, adjusting to college, healthy living, and successful relationships. Introduces campus student support resources. --- # COUN M01H — Honors: Student Success 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces strategies, attitudes and skills that promote academic success. Identifies personal obstacles to academic success with emphasis on study skills, learning styles, time management, procrastination, goal setting, stress management, concentration, adjusting to college, healthy living, and successful relationships. Introduces campus student support resources. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # COUN M02 — Career and Life Planning 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a thorough study for career development, academic goals, and life planning. Includes assessment tools for identifying personality type; clarifying interests, skills, and values; and establishing college majors and careers. Addresses psychological and social issues that impact career and life choices. Covers decision-making processes, labor market trends, career research, interviewing skills, and résumé writing. --- # COUN M03 — Orientation to Moorpark College 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Introduces college services and requirements in order to help students define and achieve their educational goals. Investigates a variety of topics such as: associate degree and transfer requirements, basics of time management, planning a career and major, financial aid and scholarship opportunities, using the college library, and other student services and workshops. Culminates in the development of an individual education plan. --- # COUN M05 — College Strategies 3 credits · 3 hours Develops students’ learning strategies for college and life skill success. Examines and practices critical thinking, study methods, learning styles, time management, test preparation and test-taking, and self-regulated learning. Addresses psychological, physiological, and sociological issues that impact the culture of higher education and help prepare students for college readiness. --- # COUN M10 — Student Success: EOPS 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces college information, resources, and skills that promote student success. Presents the history of Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and the role of past and current theory on social justice and advocacy that strengthens EOPS. Covers campus resources, and strategies to navigate the college system such as the college catalog, website, portal, and university websites. Provides instruction on educational planning to reach certificate, degree, and transfer goals. Identifies student learning challenges and examines study skill strategies to ensure student success. Offered… --- # COUN M20 — Self-Paced Career Assessment 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Introduces online self-assessment tools to identify and prioritize values, interests, skills, and personality attributes in a self-paced format culminating in options for college majors and/or future careers. Includes assignments and activities to help narrow down career options to a manageable size and to strategize next steps congruent with individual goals and objectives. --- # COUN M23 — PASS Academy I 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides PASS (Probation and Student Success) students with strategies, attitudes and skills that promote satisfactory academic progress. Includes personal interest and values assessment, time management, learning styles, career/major exploration, academic probation/dismissal, and student support services. --- # COUN M901 — College Success: Student Support 0 credits · 0 hours Helps students successfully navigate their college journey and prepare for transfer, career, and personal success. Explores transfer opportunities to the UC, CSU, private, and out-of-state universities. Teaches essential enrollment tips and become familiar with the many programs, services, and resources Moorpark College has to offer. Engages in guided activities and discussions to explore careers and majors. Develops educational plans and gain strategies to achieve academic and professional goals. Empowers students to make informed decisions, transition confidently into college life, and buil… --- # CJ M01 — Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the history and philosophy of criminal justice in America, reviewing system recapitulation, sub-system identification, role expectations and interrelationships. Examines crime, punishment and rehabilitation theories, and ethics, education and training issues. --- # CJ M01H — Honors: Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the history and philosophy of criminal justice in America, reviewing system recapitulation, sub-system identification, role expectations and interrelationships. Examines crime, punishment and rehabilitation theories, and ethics, education and training issues. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. Course Credit Limitation: Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a grad… --- # CJ M02 — Concepts of Criminal Law 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the historical development and philosophy of law. Reviews constitutional provisions, definitions and classifications of crimes and their application to the criminal justice system. Examines concepts of the law as a social force. Explores crimes against persons, property and the state as social, religious and historical ideology. Defines common and statutory law and the nature of acceptable evidence and defenses to crimes. Employs legal research and review of case law methodology to introduce students to criminal law. --- # CJ M03 — Community Relations 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the complex interrelationship and role expectations among the various agencies and the public in addressing crime and conflict. Emphasizes the challenges and prospects of administering justice within a diverse multicultural population. Examines the professional image of the criminal justice system and the development of positive relationships between the system and the public. Studies the consensus and conflicting values in culture, religion and law. Focuses on community policing and its fundamentals. --- # CJ M04 — Legal Aspects of Evidence 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the origin, development, philosophy and constitutional basis of evidence. Includes examination of constitutional and procedural considerations affecting arrest, search and seizure; kinds and degrees of evidence and rules governing admissibility; and judicial decisions interpreting individual rights. --- # CJ M05 — Principles and Procedures of the Justice System 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the role and responsibilities of each segment within the criminal justice system: law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Reviews each subsystem’s procedures from initial entry to final disposition as well as the relationship each segment maintains with its system members. Examines statutory law and constitutional law precedents. --- # CJ M06 — Criminal Investigative Report Writing 3 credits · 3 hours Emphasizes the practical aspects of gathering, organizing, and preparing written reports for criminal justice activities on local, state and federal levels. Introduces techniques of communicating facts, information, and ideas effectively in a simple, clear and logical manner for various types of criminal justice system reports, letters, memoranda, directives and administrative reports appropriate for court presentation. --- # CJ M07 — Principles of Civil Law 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces students to the principles of the primary areas of American Civil Law, providing an overview of Civil Tort Law, Contracts, Real Property, Corporations, Community Property, Family Law, Wills, Trusts and Estate Law. Explores and exposes students to the general principles of United States Civil Law with emphasis upon current issues relating and impacting both the criminal and civil systems of justice. Provides a strong foundation in statutory and case law with a focus upon practical application. --- # CJ M08 — Introduction to Constitutional Law 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the critical study of landmark cases as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Interprets the historical context, processes, and modern application of policy utilized by the U.S. Supreme Court in reaching its decisions. Emphasizes the protection of individual rights and privileges as set forth in the Bill of Rights. Explores the formal and informal processes applied to judicial interpretation and precedent. --- # CJ M09A — Bujinkan Fundamentals-Practical Self-Defense 2 credits · 2 hours Presents the art, history, philosophy and practice of Bujinkan, one of the oldest martial arts system in Japan, and its application to the personal safety and survival of modern career professionals working in the fields of criminal justice, healthcare, mental health and related emergency services. Emphasizes self-defense survival principles and techniques stressing non-violent, safe control of physical and mental conflict situations. --- # CJ M09B — Bujinkan Intermediate - Practical Self-Defense 2 credits · 2 hours Presents intermediate-level art, history, philosophy and practice of Bujinkan, one of the oldest martial arts system in Japan, and its application to the personal safety and survival of modern career professionals working in the fields of criminal justice, healthcare, mental health and related emergency services. Emphasizes self defense survival principles and techniques stressing non-violent, safe control of physical and mental conflict situations. --- # CJ M10 — Tactical Patrol Procedures 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces responsibilities, procedures, philosophies, techniques, and methods of police patrol. Includes patrol preparation, field observation, field interviews, handling of complaints, mechanics of arrest, police ethics and professionalism. --- # CJ M11 — Criminal Investigation 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the fundamentals of investigation. Includes crime scene search and recording; collection and preservation of physical evidence; scientific aids and modus operandi; sources of information; interviews and interrogation; surveillance; follow-up and case preparation. --- # CJ M12 — Introduction to Conflict Resolution 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces practical approaches to resolving common human conflicts arising in interactions related to community, labor, law, business and criminal justice. Examines practical theory and methodology focusing on constructive communication, ethics, cultural awareness and sensitivity with the goal of resolving conflicts in ways that are beneficial to all parties in conflict. --- # CJ M14 — Juvenile Procedures 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses upon the organization, functions, and jurisdiction of juvenile agencies. Covers the processing and detention of juveniles; juvenile case disposition; and juvenile statutes and court procedures. --- # CJ M15 — Legal Aspects of Cyber Investigation 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an overview of the legal aspects of computer investigations and the criminal justice system, as it applies to investigating computer crimes. Analyzes evolving search and seizure requirements and exceptions with emphasis on constitutional law, criminal law and procedural law as they apply to investigating computer crime. Discusses how to anticipate defenses to computer crimes and how to effectively communicate findings in reports and in courtrooms. --- # CJ M17 — Anatomy of a Murder 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the historical and contemporary analysis of criminal homicide. Uses case studies to examine the nature and extent of murder, including serial murder and sex crime related murder. Includes victimology, suspect profiling and investigative techniques and procedures for the identification, collection, preservation and presentation of evidence from a homicide crime scene. --- # CJ M18 — Narcotics Investigation 3 credits · 3 hours Reviews identification of marijuana, opiates, dangerous drugs, hallucinogens, and their paraphernalia. Includes principles of identifying and dealing with the “user;” laws and court decisions relating to the offender; fundamentals of search and arrest strategies; report writing and court testimony; and prevention and control of drug abuse within society. --- # CJ M40 — Ethics in Criminal Justice 3 credits · 3 hours Examines ethical issues in the three components of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, judicial courts, and corrections. Explores the various ethical dilemmas, value definitions, and their application to decision-making by police, court, probation, parole, and corrections. Reviews the key elements of ethical guidelines, individual aspects of ethical codes, courtroom testimony and admissibility issues. Includes ethical standards for all written reports, procedural and substantive law issues. --- # CJ M41 — Introduction to Probation, Parole and Corrections 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces an overview of the historical aspects of punishment and the development of contemporary correctional philosophy in the United States. Focuses on legal and practical aspects, practices and procedures of probation, parole and the correctional institutions. Examines rehabilitation issues, legal issues, general laws, and operations of correctional institutions, and the relationship between corrections and other components of the criminal justice system. --- # CJ M43 — Criminal Justice Employment Preparation 2 credits · 2 hours Assists students in identifying areas of training and knowledge necessary to qualify for employment in the criminal justice field. Focuses on the skills necessary to pass the law enforcement entry-level physical agility test. --- # CJ M80 — Work Experience Education in Criminal Justice 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # CJ M122 — Independent Study - Criminal Justice 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Criminal Justice through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Criminal Justice instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # DANC M01 — Dance Appreciation 3 credits · 3 hours Examines dance through lectures and viewing dance performances both live and on video. Presents the developments of dance within each of the major genres and analyzes the factors which have influenced change in dance historically, culturally, and as an art form. --- # DANC M01H — Honors: Dance Appreciation 3 credits · 3 hours Examines dance through lecture and viewing dance performances both live and on video. Presents the developments of dance within each of the major genres and analyzes the factors which have influenced change in dance historically, culturally, and as an art form. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # DANC M03 — Dance History 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces an array of historical and cultural influences on American concert dance forms. Explores the values seen in ballet from its origin in Renaissance Europe to the present. Addresses the cultural streams fostering the emergence of twentieth century modern and jazz dance, including the contemporary scene which is international and eclectic. --- # DANC M09A — Introduction to Dance: Ballet 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces fundamental ballet technique and terminology, general principles of alignment, centering and posture as it relates to ballet. Includes exercises at the barre to develop flexibility, strength, control, coordination and resilience and center practice of port de bras, simple adage and allegro movements. Moorpark College Faculty has defined Ballet Technique as a family of courses which includes DANC M09A , M10A , M10B , M10C , M10D and M40 . A student may take a maximum of four (4) courses from a family. --- # DANC M10A — Ballet I-Fundamentals 2 credits · 2 hours Continues to introduce new movement and terminology that is part of the fundamental ballet technique. Focuses on proper alignment in Barre exercises for a strong technical foundation. Begins training in center with adage and allegro patterns. Moorpark College Faculty has defined Ballet Technique as a family of courses which includes DANC M09A , M10A , M10B , M10C , M10D and M40 . A student may take a maximum of four (4) courses from a family. --- # DANC M10B — Ballet II - Beginning 2 credits · 2 hours Continues development of ballet technique at the beginning level. Focuses on consistency, stamina and details in performance of ballet at the barre and in simple center sequences. Emphasizes the mechanics and performance of transitions, weight shifts, balances, turning and extension in preparation for intermediate-level training. Addresses specific student needs for improvement. Moorpark College Faculty has defined Ballet Technique as a family of courses which includes DANC M09A , M10A , M10B , M10C , M10D and M40 . A student may take a maximum of four (4) courses from a family. --- # DANC M10C — Ballet III - Intermediate 2 credits · 2 hours Continues the study of ballet technique at the intermediate-level both at the barre and in center work, with emphasis on the physical discipline within ballet forms and the physical abilities necessary to execute movements. Develops an appreciation of ballet as a creative art form. Moorpark College Faculty has defined Ballet Technique as a family of courses which includes DANC M09A , M10A , M10B , M10C , M10D and M40 . A student may take a maximum of four (4) courses from a family. --- # DANC M10D — Ballet IV - Advanced 2 credits · 2 hours Presents analysis and application of kinesthetic principles for advanced ballet to further develop skills, techniques and physical capabilities. Analyzes and discusses current trends in ballet and applies them in performance. Moorpark College Faculty has defined Ballet Technique as a family of courses which includes DANC M09A , M10A , M10B , M10C , M10D and M40 . A student may take a maximum of four (4) courses from a family. --- # DANC M11A — Jazz Dance I - Fundamentals 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces basic movement skills in jazz dance technique, emphasizing an understanding and appreciation of jazz as an artistic dance form. Focuses on alignment of the body, strength, flexibility, simple locomotor patterns and stylistic movement. --- # DANC M11B — Jazz Dance II - Beginning 2 credits · 2 hours Develops jazz dance technique at the beginning level. Continues to develop the student's alignment of the body, strength, flexibility, coordination in locomotor patterns and stylistic movement. --- # DANC M11C — Jazz Dance III - Intermediate 2 credits · 2 hours Develops jazz dance skills at the intermediate level. Emphasizes style and refinement of technical ability. Stresses more complex patterns and combinations to promote fluency in the dance form. --- # DANC M11D — Jazz Dance IV - Advanced 2 credits · 2 hours Presents analysis and application of jazz dance technique at the advanced level with an emphasis on connectivity, fluency and mastery of the genre. Emphasizes performance style, form, technical ability and choreographic skills at the advanced/pre-professional level. --- # DANC M12A — Modern Dance I - Fundamentals 2 credits · 2 hours Covers the fundamentals of modern dance techniques based on the teaching of modern dance masters such as Graham, Humphrey, Limon and Laban. Develops fundamental modern technique, basic locomotor movements, movement dynamics and qualities, elements of modern dance history, evaluation and application of dance composition, and the understanding and appreciation of modern dance as an art form. --- # DANC M12B — Modern Dance II - Beginning 2 credits · 2 hours Continues to develop the basic skills in modern dance techniques based on the teaching of modern dance masters such as Graham, Humphrey, Limon, and Laban. Develops beginning modern technique, simple improvisation and composition, the understanding of the principles of alignment and motion, and the experience of movement in more complex rhythmic forms. --- # DANC M12C — Modern Dance III -Intermediate 2 credits · 2 hours Continues to study intermediate modern dance technique with an emphasis on increasing flexibility, strength and coordination. Studies dance phrases/combinations as they integrate elements of rhythm, design, dynamics and motivation. Develops an appreciation of modern dance as a creative art form. --- # DANC M12D — Modern Dance IV - Advanced 2 credits · 2 hours Studies modern dance technique and performance at the advanced level with an emphasis on increasing flexibility, strength and coordination. Integrates elements of rhythm, design, dynamics and motivation in classroom phrases/combinations and performance. Develops an appreciation of modern dance as a creative art form. --- # DANC M13A — Tap I - Fundamentals 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Introduces the fundamentals of tap dance technique and performance. Emphasizes the rudiments of tap as the foundation for more advanced practices. --- # DANC M13B — Tap II - Beginning 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Further develops tap dance technique at the beginning level. Focuses on the development of the motor skills and coordination of the dancers, expanding their tap dance vocabulary and fluency as performers. Integrates elements of style in performance and contextualizes the dance through historical awareness. --- # DANC M13C — Tap III - Intermediate 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Builds upon basic tap vocabulary and techniques. Introduces musical theory concepts as they apply to the syncopated rhythms of tap dance providing an opportunity to further develop motor coordination and rhythm. Explores the fusion of tap with other dance techniques. --- # DANC M13D — Tap IV - Advanced 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Develops tap dance vocabulary and techniques at the advanced-level. Presents challenging syncopated rhythms and high-level motor coordination. Integrates the performance of tap tricks including pick ups, pull backs and wings, into complex rhythmic patterns. Emphasizes stylistic elements in various historical contexts. Furthers the development of the individual in choreographing for tap dance. --- # DANC M15A — Choreography I: Beginning 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the theory and techniques of dance composition basics. Focuses on movement generation as enhanced through the analysis of choreographic exercises in space, time, shape and movement dynamics. Emphasizes student application of choreographic concepts through the development of solo and group movement compositions. --- # DANC M15B — Choreography II: Intermediate 2 credits · 2 hours Expands upon the principles of dance composition as an art form through practical and theoretical applications. Explores the concepts of space, time and energy in creating dances. Integrates dance movement technique as a form of expression to communicate literal and non-literal themes. Emphasizes small group choreography as well as improvisations. --- # DANC M16A — Hip Hop I - Fundamentals 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Introduces the fundamentals of hip hop dancing, pop and lock, hip hop funk, krumping, freestyling, break dancing, syncopations and rhythms as applied in commercial hip hop venues. Develops flexibility, strength, control, coordination, endurance, style and the understanding and appreciation of hip hop and its cultural significance and history. --- # DANC M16B — Hip Hop II - Beginning 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Presents principles of hip hop dance as a technique and embodied cultural practice at the beginning level. Builds upon foundational knowledge to further develop techniques such as pop and lock, hip hop funk, krumping, freestyling, break dancing, syncopations and rhythms as applied in commercial hip hop venues. Develops flexibility, strength, control, coordination, endurance, style and the understanding and appreciation of hip hop and its cultural significance and history at the beginning level. --- # DANC M16C — Hip Hop III - Intermediate 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Continues the development of hip hop dance as a technique and embodied cultural practice at the intermediate level. Focuses on performance accuracy and personal style in choreographic and improvisational settings as applied in commercial hip hop venues. Applies flexibility, strength, control, coordination, endurance, style and the understanding and appreciation of hip hop and its cultural significance and history at the intermediate level. --- # DANC M16D — Hip Hop IV - Advanced 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Continues the development of hip hop dance as a technique and embodied cultural practice at the advanced level with an emphasis on leadership in an ensemble setting, choreographic tasks and collaborative projects. Emphasizes the creative and cultural application of the dance form to current commercial practices and specific techniques needed to meet those needs. --- # DANC M17 — Musical Theater Dance 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Emphasizes performance specific to the American musical in either a complete production of a single musical or as a revue of dance production numbers from two or more musicals. Focuses on musical theater dance skills through rehearsal and performance. --- # DANC M18 — Dance Somatics/Conditioning for Dance 2 credits · 2 hours Presents information pertaining to the anatomy, kinesiology, nutrition, basic injury prevention and self-care practices needed for a dancer's best performance. Includes a survey of supplemental training methods often used by dancers to support their performance. Practices fundamental conditioning and repatterning techniques often used to improve dance performance. Introduces somatic practices which may include Yoga, Pilates, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Resistance Training, Foam Rolling, Franklin Imagery or other current conditioning practices which will support a dancer's training and overall he… --- # DANC M19A — Conditioning Dance: Pilates I 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the fundamental somatic work of Joseph H. Pilates to improve posture and alignment using apparatus, mat, and supplemental techniques. Focuses on improving strength, and flexibility alignment using the Pilates principles of: Control, Centering, Coordination, Precision, Flow and Dynamics as they apply to human movement and performance. --- # DANC M19B — Conditioning Dance: Pilates II 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces and practices level II somatic work of Joseph H. Pilates for apparatus and mat. Develops further strength, and flexibility alignment using the Pilates principles: Control, Centering, Coordination, Precision, Flow and Dynamics as they apply to human movement and performance. --- # DANC M19C — Conditioning Dance: Pilates III 2 credits · 2 hours Presents level III somatic work of Joseph H. Pilates for apparatus and mat. Continues to develop strength and flexibility alignment using the Pilates principles. Introduces exercise modifications as a means for injury recuperation, strengthening and well-being. --- # DANC M20A — Movement Improvisation I 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the art and practice of improvisational dance. Focuses on movement generation through the study of time, space, shape, effort and body. Stimulates the discovery of the joy of movement and the entering into a free environment in which to explore the unique and creative language of physical expression. --- # DANC M20AH — Honors: Movement Improvisation I 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the art and practice of improvisational dance. Focuses on movement generation through the study of time, space, shape, effort and body. Stimulates the discovery of the joy of movement and the entering into a free environment in which to explore the unique and creative language of physical expression. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # DANC M20B — Movement Improvisation II 2 credits · 2 hours Continues the development of improvisational techniques for performance and composition. Emphasizes solo performance skills in an improvisational setting. --- # DANC M20C — Movement Improvisation III 2 credits · 2 hours Furthers the development of improvisational movement techniques focusing on performing with a partner or group in a contact improvisation or site specific context. Explores the use of the body, space, shape, effort and time as it relates to creating improvisational performances using weight sharing and support between people and objects. --- # DANC M24 — Introduction to Dance Education 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Presents pedagogical principles and best practices for teaching dance as art in elementary education. Introduces the elements of dance, best practices, cultural, historical, and global considerations. --- # DANC M26 — Teaching Principles for Dance 3 credits · 3 hours Presents principles and best practices for teaching dance in a variety of dance-focused contexts. Introduces the elements of dance, best practices, cultural, historical and global considerations. Focuses on frameworks for creative movement and methodology for dance technique classes, in both private and public sectors. Introduces developmentally appropriate and standards-based curriculum, and incorporates hands-on performing arts experiences. --- # DANC M30A — Ballroom Dance I - Fundamentals 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Introduces beginning ballroom dance techniques through a focus on one or more ballroom dances. Includes history, music and fundamental practices of one or more of the following: cha-cha, salsa, waltz, fox trot, samba or tango. --- # DANC M30B — Ballroom Dance II - Beginning 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Continues to develop techniques in ballroom dancing at the beginning level by reviewing basic steps and increasing styling techniques for the fox trot, swing, waltz, cha-cha, tango, rumba, samba, mambo, polka and selected novelty dances. --- # DANC M30C — Ballroom Dance III 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Continues to develop techniques in ballroom dancing at the intermediate level by reviewing basic steps and increasing styling techniques for the fox trot, swing, waltz, cha-cha, tango, rumba, samba, mambo, polka and selected novelty dances. Focuses on fluid sequencing through the basic steps and their variations while building strength and coordination for shared weight or supporting lifts. --- # DANC M30D — Ballroom Dance IV 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Continues to develop techniques in ballroom dancing at the advanced level by reviewing basic steps and increasing styling techniques for the fox trot, swing, waltz, cha-cha, tango, rumba, samba, mambo, polka and selected novelty dances. Focuses on fluid sequencing through the basic steps and their variations with an emphasis on shared weight or supporting lifts. --- # DANC M31 — World Dance Cultures 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys dance practices around the world. Analyzes similarities and differences among dance practices in reference to geographical zones, societal structures and values, religious practices, historical events, and other related art practices within the culture. --- # DANC M31L — World Dance Forms 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces students to the historical and cultural aspects of world dance through dance training and performance. Includes a survey of different world dance forms or an in-depth look at a selected world dance form. Facilitates students' cultural awareness and personal expression through culturally relevant and socially functioning dance forms. --- # DANC M32 — Swing Dance 1 credits · 1 hours Reviews American Swing Dance as originated in the 20th century. Introduces movement theory, dance vocabulary, dance courtesy, fundamentals of music as they relate to dance, and dance history. Includes vintage or early vernacular dance forms as well as current trends. --- # DANC M40 — Ballet Variations 2 credits · 2 hours Continues development of technical skills through the practice of ballet repertory. Emphasizes developing artistic expression in Romantic, Classical and Contemporary variations and pas de deux. Moorpark College Faculty has defined Ballet Technique as a family of courses which includes DANC M09A , M10A , M10B , M10C , M10D , and M40. A student may take a maximum of four (4) courses from a family. --- # DANC M51 — Elements of Dance Production 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the basic elements of dance production and performance: staging, lighting, publicity, make-up, costumes, set design and construction. Culminates in the application of knowledge through participation in a dance production or dance-related event. --- # DANC M53 — Careers in Dance 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of the dance industry. Focuses on best practices for navigating the business and industry aspects of a dance-related career and how to find and maintain gainful employment within the field. --- # DANC M55A — Dance Rehearsal & Performance I 2 credits · 2 hours Covers the specific demands of being a member of a large dance ensemble. Focuses on learning repertory choreographed by students, faculty, and guest artists through rehearsal and performance. Explores various styles and genres of dance. Culminates in a performance of the works learned in a formal concert environment. --- # DANC M55B — Dance Rehearsal & Performance II 2 credits · 2 hours Covers the specific demands of performing in a small- or medium-sized dance ensemble with greater performance responsibilities and attention to consistency of dance technique in performance. Focuses on learning repertory choreographed by students, faculty, and guest artists. Explores various styles and genres of artistic dance. Culminates in a performance of the works learned in a formal concert environment. --- # DANC M55C — Dance Rehearsal & Performance III 2 credits · 2 hours Covers the specific demands of performing in a small dance ensemble, duet or solo. Emphasizes increased technical demands including nuances in style as identified and explored through dance theory. Emphasizes performance style, increased physical demands, and more demanding rehearsal technique. Focuses on learning repertory choreographed by students, faculty, and guest artists through rehearsal and performance. Explores various styles and genres of artistic dance. Culminates in a performance of the works learned in a formal concert environment. --- # DANC M55D — Dance Rehearsal & Performance IV 2 credits · 2 hours Covers the specific demands of performing a leadership role within a dance performance and ensemble. Focuses on leadership responsibilities including leading warm-up, acting as a choreographer or assistant choreographer, directing small practice sessions and assisting in the coaching of newer performers. Focuses on learning repertory choreographed by students, faculty, and guest artists through rehearsal and performance. Explores various styles and genres of artistic dance. Culminates in a performance of the works learned in a formal concert environment. --- # DANC M56 — Performing Dance Ensemble 2 credits · 2 hours Emphasizes performance skills and techniques in preparation for non-athletic competitive environments where students can have their dance works adjudicated in intercollegiate events and conferences to promote excellence in choreography and/or performance. Provides opportunities for intermediate to advanced dance students to rehearse and present choreography in a multitude of performance venues on campus or in the community. Includes outreach activities, staging, site specific performances and touring. Requires participation in intercollegiate academic dance competitive events. --- # DANC M69 — MC Spirit Team Conditioning 1 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the best practices for competitive dance and cheer teams, collectively known as spirit squads. Offers skills development in dance and cheer performance techniques for participants of all levels. Includes choreographed cheer and dance routines performed regularly at Moorpark College athletic events, community outreach programs, and Moorpark College performing arts events. --- # DANC M70A — MC Spirit Practice and Performance I 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces the best practices for competitive dance and cheer teams, collectively known as spirit squads. Offers skills development in dance and cheer performance techniques for participants of all levels. Includes choreographed cheer and dance routines performed regularly at Moorpark College athletic events, community outreach programs, and Moorpark College performing arts events. --- # DANC M70B — MC Spirit Practice and Performance II 2 credits · 2 hours Continues the best practices for competitive dance and cheer teams, collectively known as spirit squads. Includes, during this second semester, skills that further develop movement and cheer performance techniques for participants of all levels. Includes choreographed cheer and dance routines performed regularly at Moorpark College athletic events, community outreach programs, and Moorpark College performing arts events. --- # DANC M70C — MC Spirit Practice and Performance III 2 credits · 2 hours Develops best practices in squad leadership for competitive dance and cheer teams, collectively known as spirit squads. Offers skills development in movement and cheer performance techniques for participants at an intermediate to advanced level. Includes, possibly, an invitation to choreograph routines to be performed at Moorpark College athletic events, community outreach programs, and Moorpark College performing arts events. --- # DANC M70D — MC Spirit Practice and Performance IV 2 credits · 2 hours Continues development of best practices in squad leadership for competitive dance and cheer teams, collectively known as spirit squads. Offers skills development in movement and cheer performance technique for participants at an intermediate to advanced level. Includes, possibly, an invitation to choreograph routines to be performed at Moorpark College athletic events, community outreach programs, and Moorpark College performing arts events. --- # DANC M80 — Work Experience Education in Dance 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # DANC M122 — Independent Study - Dance 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of dance through research, study, practice or performance. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Dance instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # DES M80 — Work Experience Education in Design 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # DES M100 — Design and Society 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the fundamentals of design including design theory, the language and history of design, and contemporary design practices. Emphasizes the basic principles and the human experience in design, including graphic design and advertising, industrial design, environmental design, and media arts. --- # DES M100H — Honors: Design and Society 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the fundamentals of design including design theory, the language and history of design, and contemporary design practices. Emphasizes the basic principles and the human experience in design, including graphic design and advertising, industrial design, environmental design, and media arts. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # DES M101 — Design History 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the major issues in twentieth century design and identifies possible future trends. Focuses on the period beginning with the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late nineteenth century and continuing through the modern and postmodern design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Explores relationships with history, culture, technology, art, and social values. --- # DES M101H — Honors: Design History 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the major issues in twentieth century design and identifies possible future trends. Focuses on the period beginning with the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late nineteenth century and continuing through the modern and postmodern design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Explores relationships with history, culture, technology, art, and social values. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # DES M121 — Introduction to Digital Media 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the tools and techniques, as well as the concepts, and principles of design and production in Digital Media. Includes basic computer skills, digital image capture, image manipulation, illustration, layout, time-based media, 3D, web design, and emerging technologies. Investigates the historical and conceptual relationship between art, media, and technology. --- # DES M125A — Digital Illustration I 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on digital illustration, currently using Adobe Illustrator for illustration, design, and media arts. Explores appropriate techniques for drawing vector-based paths, perspective, color systems, rendering of light and shade, and Illustrator's typographic capabilities. --- # DES M125B — Digital Illustration II 3 credits · 3 hours Continues the development of digital illustration techniques, skills, and concepts. Expands students' creative, conceptual, and technical abilities. Focuses on visual storytelling methods and explores output in a variety of printing processes. --- # DES M126 — Image Editing 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on image editing, currently using Adobe Photoshop for photography, design, and media arts. Includes appropriate techniques for tonal and color adjustments, creating masks, non-destructive editing, adjustment layers, retouching, and compositing. --- # DES M127 — Digital Layout 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on producing single-page and multi-page documents, preparing documents for print, and creating press-ready output. Explores the page layout, font and color management, formatting type, working with paragraph styles, importing images, defining and applying color and graphic effects, creating PDFs and packaging files for printing. Introduces the printing processes, papers, bindings and proofing methods. --- # DES M130 — Design I 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a solid foundation in the use of the elements and principles of visual design, concept development, the creative design process, production, presentation techniques, and visual storytelling. Requires hands-on experience in visual problem solving through a variety of media. --- # DES M131 — Design II 3 credits · 3 hours Furthers basic design skills and develops conceptual and technical abilities to amplify content through form, image, typography, symbolism and experimentation. Requires hands-on experience in creative problem solving including the exploration of rhythm and balance, texture, figure/ground, visual hierarchy, color, time and motion, and other components, through a variety of media. --- # DES M132 — Design III 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an advanced level knowledge in the use of the elements of visual language and their relationship to experience, expression and communication. Emphasizes, through projects and exercises, the different aspects of analytical and inventive design thinking through concept development, design and composition using type and image, production and presentation skills. --- # DES M133 — Typography I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the fundamentals of typography, letterforms, typographic terminology, and methods. Explores type families, grid construction, typographic hierarchies, organizations, and selecting and combining type. Surveys the histories of some important typefaces and the conventions and best practices that govern how type is organized, composed, and set; and explores the expressive potential of typography. --- # DES M134 — Typography II 3 credits · 3 hours Furthers and refines the basic typographic skills using scale, hierarchy, composition, and type choice in creating a variety of forms, including publications, posters, screen-based media, and environments. Emphasizes the clarity and legibility of the message; sequential page design and detailing; integration of type and image; hierarchies and scale relationships; display typography; typographic word-marks as identities. --- # DES M135 — Social Media Design 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the tools, techniques, and the strategies for visual communication across the social media channels. Explores the creation of solutions to clearly communicate visual messages online. Emphasizes creative problem solving and strategies as applied to social media design. --- # DES M136 — Advertising Design 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of advertising with emphasis on conceptual process and development, and basic advertising methodologies and techniques. Emphasizes the application of conceptual advertising principles and design. Examines the importance of research, copywriting and marketing knowledge in the development of advertising campaigns. --- # DES M142 — Motion Graphics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces motion graphics fundamentals, including compositing, visual effects, type in motion, and animation techniques. Includes concept development, storytelling, and aesthetics in creating motion graphics, including composition, color, motion, and timing. Produces animated sequences by using digital images, vector-based content, video, and audio. --- # DES M143 — 3D Fundamentals 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the fundamental concepts and tools used in the creation of 3D digital animation, including modeling, texture mapping, lighting, animation, and rendering. Explores the creation of characters, environments, and animation through visual narrative and design strategies, as well as a working knowledge of the industry standard software. --- # DES M150 — Web Design 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces web design fundamentals, including the design process, target audience, site maps, information architecture, interface design, and usability. Includes web hosting, file management, FTP, optimizing images, color theory, web typography, HTML, CSS, and the basics of responsive web design. Using current industry standard technology develops the necessary skills for design and development of websites. --- # DES M151 — UI/UX Design 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces all stages of the UI/UX development process, from user research to defining a project’s strategy, scope, and information architecture, to developing sitemaps and wireframes. Emphasizes current best practices and conventions in UX design and applies them to create effective and compelling screen-based experiences, interface design and interaction design for websites or apps. --- # DES M190 — Design Portfolio 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students the opportunity to create new projects and refine existing projects for entry-level positions and for transfer institutions. Includes design process, message making, building form and composition, and technical execution. Requires completed projects which meet the professional standards. --- # DES M191 — Design Business Practices 3 credits · 3 hours Explores opportunities for employment in the design community, best practices for freelance design, and methods for overseeing the production of finished design artifacts. Emphasizes knowledge in all steps of design from concept and copyright to manufacturing, retail, and billing clients. --- # ECON M80 — Work Experience Education in Economics 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ECON M170 — Economic History of the US 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the economic development of the U.S. emphasizing a topical approach. Includes the development of business cycles, trade, banks in the new nation, manufacturing, tariffs, slavery, big business, labor, government regulation and deregulation leading to a modern industrial nation. --- # ECON C2001 — Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits · 3 hours An introductory course using microeconomic models to understand individual decisions by consumers and firms, market outcomes including market failure, elasticity, market structures, labor markets, inequality, and the impact of government policies. Part 2 Introduces the student to the functioning of the market mechanism, its strengths and weaknesses, and to the role of the consumer and the producer in the modern global economy. Examines the behavior of the consumer, and that of the profit-maximizing firm in regard to cost, price and output, within varying levels of competition, and government… --- # ECON C2002 — Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credits · 3 hours An introductory course using models of the domestic and international economy to understand national income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, inequality, the financial system, and monetary, fiscal, and other economic policies. Part 2 Introduces the student to the functioning of the national economy in a global environment, its economic institutions, and to the issues of economic policy related to levels of employment, prices, economic growth, national income accounting and international trade and exchange rates. Examines alternate economic systems, the interplay between the governmen… --- # ECON C2002H — Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors 3 credits · 3 hours An introductory course using models of the domestic and international economy to understand national income, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, inequality, the financial system, and monetary, fiscal, and other economic policies. This is an honors course. Introduces the student to the functioning of the national economy in a global environment, its economic institutions, and to the issues of economic policy related to levels of employment, prices, economic growth, national income accounting and international trade and exchange rates. Examines alternate economic systems, the interplay be… --- # EDU M02 — Introduction to Elementary Teaching 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the concepts and issues related to teaching. In addition to class time, the course requires a minimum of 45 hours of structured fieldwork in public school elementary classrooms that represent California’s diverse student population and includes cooperation with at least one carefully selected and campus-approved certificated classroom teacher. --- # EDU M08 — Children's Art within a Multicultural Perspective 3 credits · 3 hours Presents theoretical foundations and practices for designing art curricula that reflect P-12 educational state standards and common core standards. Emphasizes the creation of hands-on artistic projects, the importance of art in the child's development, and the understanding of multicultural art traditions in subject matter, materials, and processes. Provides opportunities for students to gain basic art skills, understand the creative process, and investigate the critique process. Examines supportive environments and selecting materials and experiences appropriate to individual children. Exami… --- # EDU M10 — Developing Literacy in Diverse Classrooms 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an understanding of learning and teaching literacy in a diverse, technologically complex society. Focuses on providing students with knowledge of a comprehensive balanced literacy approach. Identifies and utilizes the major descriptors of developing literacy, covering appropriate assessment methods and instruments, and a developmental and analytical appreciation for writing strategies, conventions, applications, and interpretation of texts and genres. --- # EDU M80 — Work Experience Education in Education 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # EMT M01 — Emergency Medical Technician 6 credits · 6 hours Prepares students to render pre-hospital basic life support at the scene of an emergency, during transport of the sick and injured, or during inter-facility transfer. Introduces topics in the field of emergency care including anatomy, physiology, patient assessment, medical and traumatic emergencies and injuries. --- # EMT M01L — Emergency Medical Technician Lab 2 credits · 2 hours Prepares the student to render pre-hospital basic life support at the scene of an emergency, during transport of the sick, injured or during inter-facility transfer. Applies the theory of patient assessment and emergency care presented in skills lab setting in a mock casualty emergency situation. Provides skills training and clinical experience in an emergency room and/or on an emergency vehicle. Materials Fee: There is a materials fee for this course. The fee varies based on market value. --- # EMT M04 — Emergency Medical Technician-Refresher 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Updates the skills and knowledge of the emergency medical technician to meet State/National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) requirements for recertification. Reviews life support assessment, emergency interventions and the use of emergency equipment and supplies. Course Credit Limitation: Can be used only once toward AA/AS Degree. --- # EMT M05 — Emergency Medical Responder 3 credits · 3 hours Covers immediate lifesaving care to critical patients. Provides basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide lifesaving interventions while awaiting additional Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response and to assist higher level personnel at the scene and during transport. Instills knowledge for Emergency Medical Responders (EMR) to function as part of a comprehensive EMS team under medical oversight, and utilizing basic interventions with minimal equipment. Prepares students in the fields of Professional and Volunteer Firefighters and Peace Officers. --- # ENGR M01 — Introduction to Engineering 2 credits · 2 hours Explores the branches of engineering, the engineering profession, the interface of the engineer with society, and engineering ethics. Explains the engineering education process and explores effective strategies for students to reach their full academic potential. Introduces the methods of engineering analysis, engineering design and problem solving. Develops written, computer and oral communication skills in analyzing and presenting data in engineering design and problem solving. --- # ENGR M04 — Engineering Design/CAD 3 credits · 3 hours Develops engineering drawing skills through manual and computer-aided drafting (CAD) in two- and three-dimensions. Improves three-dimensional spatial visualization skills. Utilizes principles of orthographic drawing, pictorial drawing, and descriptive geometry. Covers principles of orthographic projections, graphical presentation of normal, inclined, and oblique surfaces, auxiliary and sectional views, dimensioning, and tolerances. Builds an understanding for engineering problem solving and the engineering design process through design projects. --- # ENGR M05 — 2-Dimensional Computer-Aided Drawing and Design with AutoCAD 3 credits · 3 hours Develops further engineering drawing skills through computer-aided design (CAD) software in two dimensions using AutoCAD. Includes instruction in 2D vector-based drawings for architectural design, industrial design, and various civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering projects. Covers technological approaches and best practices in representing engineering design concepts in response to a problem need. Continues to develop a deeper understanding and a more sophisticated working knowledge of AutoCAD's many features and capabilities in preparation for industry certification, namely the Auto… --- # ENGR M07 — SolidWorks I-Engr Mech Design 3 credits · 3 hours Develops further engineering drawing skills through computer-aided design (CAD) software in three dimensions using Solidworks. Enhances three-dimensional (3D) spatial visualization and refinement of 3D modeling representations. Covers principles in mechanical design, design methodology, design for manufacturing, and cultivates topics in engineering materials selection and metal forming/removal theory through various case studies and examples. Advances the understanding of the engineering design process and problem solving through design projects. --- # ENGR M08 — SolidWorks II-Engr Design Practicum 3 credits · 3 hours Develops further the various application and analysis tools available in SolidWorks for a more comprehensive three-dimensional modeling of engineering designs. Explores various features for model configuration and modification, including using linked variables and equations. Advances a professional level of understanding of the engineering design process and problem solving through design projects. --- # ENGR M10 — Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB 3 credits · 3 hours Utilizes the MATLAB environment to provide students with a working knowledge of computer-based problem solving methods relevant to science and engineering. Introduces the fundamentals of procedural and object-oriented programming, numerical analysis, and data structures. Presents problem solving examples which draw from practical applications in engineering, physics, and mathematics. --- # ENGR M12 — Engineering Materials 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the interrelationships between processing, structure, properties, and performance of various engineering materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and semiconductors. Investigates the effects of heat, stress, imperfections, and chemical environments upon material properties and performance. Emphasizes developing an ability to select appropriate materials to meet engineering design criteria. Requires a design project on material properties, selection, and application. --- # ENGR M12L — Engineering Materials Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Provides opportunities to directly observe and study the interrelationships between engineering materials' structure and properties. Teaches the operation of engineering materials testing equipment, data gathering and analysis, and technical writing mechanics through formal laboratory reports. --- # ENGR M16 — Engineering Statics and Strength of Materials 4 credits · 4 hours Examines the relationships which exist between two important branches of mechanics, namely, statics and strength of materials. Applies the principles of statics to the study of forces both external and internal to the body, moments and couples, responsible for maintaining a state of equilibrium. Uses the principles of strength to investigate the effects of external and internal loadings on the stability and deformation of the body. Analyzes two- and three-dimensional force systems including frictional forces, support reactions, and distributed forces with respect to rigid bodies, trusses, fra… --- # ENGR M18 — Engineering Dynamics 3 credits · 3 hours Studies fundamentals of kinematics and kinetics in describing the motion of particles and rigid bodies, and introduces the concepts of free and forced mechanical vibrations. Investigates kinematics principles for analyzing rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles and plane motion of rigid bodies. Uses kinetics principles, including Newton’s laws of motion, work-energy and impulse-momentum principles, to examine causes of motion and to predict the type of motion caused by the application of forces. Studies mechanical vibrations of particles and rigid bodies in terms of simple harmonic m… --- # ENGR M20 — Electrical Engineering Fundamentals 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces analysis of electrical circuits using analytical techniques based on the application of circuit laws and network theorems. Studies direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) circuits containing resistors, capacitors, inductors, dependent sources, operational amplifiers, and switches. Investigates natural and forced responses of first and second order resistor-inductor-capacitor (RLC) circuits, use of phasors, AC power generation including power transfer and power factor correction calculations, and energy concepts. --- # ENGR M20L — Electrical Engineering Fundamentals Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Examines the operation of basic electrical and electronic circuits. Provides practical knowledge for designing, constructing, and trouble shooting of electrical circuits and basic operational amplifier circuits using real circuit components and circuit simulation software. Teaches the basic use of electrical testing and measuring instruments, including multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies, while considering tolerance value and non-ideal aspects of laboratory instruments. Emphasizes the interpretation of measured and simulated data based on principles of circuit… --- # ENGR M33 — Intro to Environmental Engr 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces local and global environmental pollution issues. Focuses on air, water, and soil pollution by identifying the various sources of contamination, examining the processes responsible for contaminant transformation and transportation, investigating the various methods of contaminant removal, and considering the effects of these contaminants on the health of humans and the ecosystems. Discusses and analyzes the relevant physical, chemical and biological principles responsible for all the aforementioned processes. Identifies and explains the applicable federal, state and local regulatory… --- # ENGR M33L — Environmental Engineering Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students with working knowledge of physical, chemical, and biological processes that control environmental pollution transport, transformation, and remediation. Explores various laboratory techniques in analytical chemistry and microbial biology related to identification and quantification of inorganic and organic contaminants present in soil, water, wastewater, and air samples. --- # ENGR M35 — Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste Management 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students with a working knowledge of solid waste and hazardous waste management practices including waste generation, minimization, transport, treatment, recycling, storage, and disposal. Identifies and explains the applicable federal, state, and local regulatory policies. Assesses the consequences of these regulations, and the various waste management practices, on the public health and safety as well as environmental sustainability. Surveys waste management techniques pertaining to plastic wastes, biomedical wastes, and electronic wastes. Draws examples and assignments from practic… --- # ENGR M80 — Work Experience Education in Engineering 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid internships that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of an internship paper, presentation, or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. Each unit of credit requires 54 hours of employment during the semester. Work Experience Education is available to all students. --- # ENGR M122 — Independent Study - Engineering 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Engineering through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with the instructor. Interested students should contact an Engineering instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ENGR M912 — Bridge to ENGR M12 - Engineering Materials 0 credits · 0 hours Prepares students to be successful in ENGR M12 by reviewing the necessary prerequisite materials. Includes chemistry concepts such as chemical bonds and thermodynamics, physics concepts such as force vectors, and mathematical concepts such as trigonometric principles, differentiation, integration, vector dot product, and graphing. --- # ENGR M916 — Bridge to ENGR M16 - Engineering Statics and Strength of Materials 0 credits · 0 hours Prepares students to be successful in Engineering Statics and Strength of Materials course - ENGR M16 by reviewing the necessary prerequisite materials. Includes physics and mathematics concepts such as treating forces as vectors, drawing free-body diagrams, applying Newton's laws of motion to static equilibrium, trigonometric principles, differentiation, integration, Cartesian vectors, vector addition and subtraction, vector magnitude and direction, vector dot product and vector cross product. --- # ENGT M02 — Digital Circuits 3 credits · 3 hours Studies the construction and application of logic circuits as they relate to modern electronic computers and digital systems by applying Boolean algebra, mathematics, and number systems. Analyzes basic gate and digital circuits and their integration (MSI - medium scale integration and LSI - large scale integration) into complete systems. Describes and incorporates circuit simplifications, mapping, digital counters, registers, encoders/decoders, converters and timing. --- # ENGT M04 — Basic Electronics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the basics of electrical theory and devices including Ohm's Law, magnetism, electromagnetism, voltage, resistance, current, inductance, capacitance, reactance, impedance, phase angle, power-factor, current control devices, sensors and actuators, transformers, motors, power distribution systems, and proper usage of electrical test equipment. Uses concepts of electrical power (Watts, Volt-Amps, Volts-Amps reactive units), energy, and Kirchoff's Laws, along with basic math to solve fundamental electrical problems related to both alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) circuit… --- # ENGT M06 — Introduction to Microprocessors and Microcontrollers 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the basics of microprocessor and microcontroller functions and architecture including internal operations, input/output (I/O) ports, tri-state buses, memory, instruction sets, interrupts, addressing modes, and address decoding. Uses machine language and assembly language programming and logical and mathematical operations for assembly, Peripheral Interface Adapter (PIA) interfacing as well as troubleshooting techniques. Includes the design of hardware, software, and interfacing circuitry to provide microprocessor- or microcontroller-based functions or systems. --- # ENGT M10 — Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces topics related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, regulations, and operating principles including aerodynamics, propulsion, flight mechanics, materials, design, mission planning, and various operating environments. Includes historical background, career opportunities, and professionalism in operating UAVs. Presents a wide range of UAV technology and its various uses in industry. Studies current and former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations regarding UAV systems and operations. Develops basic operating skills for quad-rotor configured unmanned aircrafts. This c… --- # ENGT M12 — Radar Fundamentals 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the basics of radar technology, emphasizing the fundamentals of modern civilian and defense radar systems. Examines the principles governing the operations and applications of radars used in air traffic controls, ships and boats, defense industry, automotive industry, testing instrumentation, and sensors. --- # ENGT M20 — Electronic Devices 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces electronic devices as components of electrical circuits responsible for regulating current flow for information processing and system control. Examines the purpose, construction, and circuit application of diodes, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), transistors, thyristors, integrated circuits (ICs), and optoelectronics. Explains the operation and the uses of potentiometers, switches, fuses, relays, and transformers. Applies basic electronic theory to analytical problem solving, experimentation, and circuit design relevant to the usage of the various electronic devices. --- # ENGT M28 — Capstone Project in Electronics Engineering Technology 2 credits · 2 hours Provides engineering design experience by requiring the integration of knowledge gained in previous coursework related to electronics engineering technology. Incorporates the engineering design process, problem solving and troubleshooting, teamwork, project management, technical writing, and project presentation skills. --- # ENGT M30 — Programmable Logic Controllers 3 credits · 3 hours Examines fundamentals of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), with an emphasis on introductory programming of PLCs. Focuses on problem analysis with solutions that integrate programming formats, auxiliary commands and functions, common programming languages, and popular software programs used with PLCs. Includes instructions on PLC architecture, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs. --- # ENGT M32 — Electrical and Mechanical Devices 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the design and the architecture of electromechanical systems including robotics through the use of the engineering design process. Examines fundamentals and functions of various electrical and electronic components, mechanical components, and micro-computers, and their incorporation into a functioning electromechanical system. Develops skills to troubleshoot a malfunctioning electromechanical component or system. --- # ENGT M38 — Capstone Project in Mechatronics Engineering Technology 2 credits · 2 hours Provides engineering design experience by integrating the knowledge gained in previous coursework related to mechatronics engineering technology. Incorporates the engineering design process, problem solving and troubleshooting, teamwork, project management, technical writing, and project presentation skills. --- # ENGT M80 — Work Experience Education in Engineering Technology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ENGT M122 — Independent Study - Engineering Technology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Engineering Technology through research, study, and design projects. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with the instructor. Interested students should contact an Engineering Technology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific engineering technology project. --- # ESL M11 — Academic Reading and Writing I 5 credits · 5 hours Develops greater proficiency in reading comprehension and written communication for non-native speakers. Analyzes pre-college level articles from a variety of academic disciplines. Develops English proficiency and fluency by writing and rewriting thesis-based paragraphs and multi-paragraph compositions. --- # ESL M12 — Academic Reading and Writing II 5 credits · 5 hours Focuses on development of intermediate-level academic reading and writing skills for non-native speakers of English. Develops greater proficiency in reading interpretation, complex grammatical forms, academic vocabulary, and written expression in preparation for college-level coursework. --- # ESL M13 — Academic Reading and Writing III 5 credits · 5 hours Provides instruction and practice in critical and analytical writing with an emphasis on language structure and vocabulary development for non-native speakers of English. Emphasizes critical analysis and appreciation of culturally diverse readings, integrating ideas from readings into writing assignments, and refining the academic language fluency of non-native speakers of English. Integrates research, synthesis, documentation, and advanced language skills in academic writing covering culturally diverse reading content. --- # ESL M40 — ESL Academic Oral Communication 4 credits · 4 hours Prepares students to be effective oral communicators in a public speaking context through instruction in communication theory, organization patterns, and research techniques. Emphasizes training in academic listening skills, rhetorical strategies, and the ability to present original subject matter. --- # ESL M901 — High-Beginning Noncredit ESL 0 credits · 0 hours Develops listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, study, and computer skills relevant to school, work, and personal life for the high-beginning student with a limited foundation in English speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasizes comprehension, oral and written statements and questions, and introduction to American culture. --- # ESL M902 — Low-Intermediate Noncredit ESL 0 credits · 0 hours Develops listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, study, and computer skills relevant to school, work, and personal life for the low-intermediate student with a foundation in English speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasizes communication, past and future verb tenses, and vocabulary related to work and school. --- # ESL M903 — High-Intermediate Noncredit ESL 0 credits · 0 hours Develops listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, study and computer skills relevant to school, work, and personal life for the high-intermediate student with a foundation and experience in English speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasizes more advanced communication, progressive tenses and modal verbs, and basic academic vocabulary. --- # ESL M904 — Advanced Noncredit ESL 0 credits · 0 hours Develops listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, study, and computer skills relevant to school, work, and personal life for the advanced student with a strong foundation and experience in English speaking, reading, and writing. Prepares students for success in credit ESL and other courses as well as for the workplace. --- # ESL M911 — Academic Reading and Writing I 0 credits · 0 hours Develops greater proficiency in reading comprehension and written communication for non-native speakers. Analyzes pre-college level articles from a variety of academic disciplines. Develops English proficiency and fluency by writing and rewriting thesis-based paragraphs and multi-paragraph compositions. --- # ESL M912 — Academic Reading and Writing II 0 credits · 0 hours Focuses on development of intermediate-level academic reading and writing skills skills for non-native speakers of English. Develops greater proficiency in reading interpretation, complex grammatical forms, academic vocabulary, and written expression in preparation for college-level coursework. --- # ESL M913 — Academic Reading and Writing III 0 credits · 0 hours Provides instruction and practice in critical and analytical writing with an emphasis on language structure and vocabulary development for non-native speakers of English. Emphasizes critical analysis and appreciation of culturally diverse readings, integrating ideas from readings into writing assignments, and refining the academic language fluency of non-native speakers of English. Integrates research, synthesis, documentation, and advanced language skills in academic writing covering culturally diverse reading content. --- # ESL M940 — ESL Academic Oral Communication 0 credits · 0 hours Prepares students to be effective oral communicators in a public speaking context through instruction in communication theory, organization patterns, and research techniques. Emphasizes training in academic listening skills, rhetorical strategies, and the ability to present original subject matter. --- # ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing 4 credits · 4 hours 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. Emphasizes expository writing and research, demonstrating principles of thesis and support, rhetorical organization, control of diction, clear sentence and paragraph construction, and command of the conventions of English usage. Develops analytical and interpretive reading skills. --- # ENGL C1000H — Academic Reading and Writing - Honors 4 credits · 4 hours 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. Emphasizes expository writing and research, demonstrating principles of thesis and support, rhetorical organization, control of diction, clear sentence and paragraph construction, and command of the conventions of English usage. Develops analytical and interpretive reading skills. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignment… --- # ENGL C1003 — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature 4 credits · 4 hours Part 1 In this course, students receive instruction in analytical, critical, and argumentative writing. Students develop critical thinking, close reading and literary analysis skills, research strategies, information literacy, and knowledge of accurate documentation through the study of diverse literary works from a variety of literary genres, developing an appreciation for literature. --- # ENGL C1003H — Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature - Honors 4 credits · 4 hours Part 1 In this course, students receive instruction in analytical, critical, and argumentative writing. Students develop critical thinking, close reading and literary analysis skills, research strategies, information literacy, and knowledge of accurate documentation through the study of diverse literary works from a variety of literary genres, developing an appreciation for literature. This is an honors course. Part 2 Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # ENGL C1001 — Critical Thinking and Writing 3 credits · 3 hours In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. Develops advanced skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing. Focuses primarily on the analysis and evaluation of non-fiction works to develop logical reasoning as well as analytical and argumentative writing skills. --- # ENGL C1001H — Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors 3 credits · 3 hours In this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. This is an honors course. Develops advanced skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing. Focuses primarily on the analysis and evaluation of non-fiction works to develop logical reasoning as well as analytical and argumentativ… --- # ENGL M10A — Creative Writing 3 credits · 3 hours Practices critique and revision of original work in poetry and fiction and stresses writing techniques useful for finding a voice. Introduces advanced study of literary forms, emphasizing prose and poetry through practice, discussion, and analysis with a goal of publication. --- # ENGL M10B — Advanced Creative Writing 3 credits · 3 hours Practices critique and revision of original work in poetry and fiction and stresses writing techniques useful for finding a voice. Introduces advanced study of literary forms, emphasizing prose and poetry through practice, discussion, and analysis with a goal of publication. --- # ENGL M13A — Survey of American Literature I 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys American fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from the colonial period to the end of the Civil War. Includes works of Bradstreet, Edwards, Franklin, Poe, Melville, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, Equiano, and Stowe. --- # ENGL M13B — Survey of American Literature II 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys American fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry from the post-Civil War era to the present. Includes works of Twain, Frost, Hemingway, Eliot, Hughes, Morrison, and selected other authors, poets, dramatists, and essayists. --- # ENGL M14 — Introduction to Poetry 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of poetry, emphasizing theme, imagery, figurative language, symbolism, rhythm, and diction. Includes poetry in English and in translation. --- # ENGL M15A — Survey of English Literature I 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys major works of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 18th century in their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Includes selected works from Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and other major authors. --- # ENGL M15B — Survey of English Literature II 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys major works of British literature from the Romantic period to the present in their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Includes selected works of major Romantic, Victorian, and 20th-century writers. --- # ENGL M16 — Introduction to Fiction 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the analysis and interpretation of representative short stories and novels. Examines the connection between content and form in fiction, and compares/contrasts the approaches, content, and style among various writers, cultures, and time periods. --- # ENGL M17 — Shakespeare 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys several plays, including comedies, histories, tragedies, and problem plays. Discusses works of Shakespeare in their social context. Introduces the sonnets. --- # ENGL M20 — Introduction to Drama 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of drama in its historical, cultural, and biographical context. Studies plays ranging from ancient Greek tragedy to modern drama, emphasizing analysis and sound critical judgment. --- # ENGL M29A — The Bible as Literature (Old Testament) 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the 39 books of the Old Testament and the Old Testament Apocrypha through lecture, reading, and discussion. Emphasizes literary qualities such as characters, recurrent themes, motifs, images, and symbols, as well as major genres and representative forms of Biblical writings. --- # ENGL M29B — The Bible as Literature (New Testament) 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the New Testament through lectures, reading, and discussion. Emphasizes literary qualities such as characters, recurrent themes, motifs, images, and symbols, as well as major genres and representative forms of Biblical writings. --- # ENGL M30A — Masterpieces of World Literature I 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys important works of literature from the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa in their literary, historical, and cultural context. Includes works from the earliest to about 1650 CE. --- # ENGL M30B — Masterpieces of World Literature II 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys important works of literature from the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa in their literary, historical, and cultural context. Includes works from 1650 CE to the present. --- # ENGL M40 — Children's Literature 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces children's literature, focusing on discussion and literary analysis of the specific features, historical development, basic genres and kinds of children's literature (fairy tale, fantasy, picture book, adventure story, and contemporary realistic fiction). Covers classics from the golden age of children’s literature (1846 to 1908), 20th- and 21st-century picture books, poetry, and contemporary books for elementary and middle-grade readers. --- # ENGL M47 — Literary Magazine Publication 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the strategies and techniques of literary magazine production by using a project-based learning approach. Provides experience in reading, evaluating, editing, and producing literary manuscripts for publication. Produces The Moorpark Review, a creative arts magazine, and other student writing projects. --- # ENGL M80 — Work Experience Education in English 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ENGL M122 — Independent Study-English 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of English through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an English instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ENGL M300 — Technical Writing 3 credits · 3 hours Develops effective methods of research, organization, and presentation of findings typical of professional, technical, and scientific writing. Focuses on analytical reasoning and researching skills, including data collection, critical analysis of sources, documentation, and document design. --- # ENGL M91AS — English Composition Support 0 credits · 0 hours Provides corequisite support for English M01A students whose multiple measures assessment suggests they may need or want additional support. Supports student success in designated sections of ENGL C1000 through individualized instruction from the same instructor as the students' ENGL C1000 section. Incorporates student success skills and contextualizes reading and writing strategies in a workshop environment aligned with ENGL C1000 coursework. --- # ENSC M01 — Environmental Science 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the ways in which Earth operates. Includes understanding the mechanics of living and physical processes in biology, chemistry, physics, and the earth sciences. Emphasizes the relationship between humans and their environment, and the impact of technology on the global environment. Surveys energy, air, water, soil pollution, and conservation, and present sustainable solutions to these practices. --- # ENSC M01L — Environmental Science Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Explores environmental processes associated with life, Earth, and human society, including weather and climate, soil health, decomposition and cellular respiration, photosynthesis, population growth, food webs, biodiversity, the energy that powers life, the water cycle, water quality, and ocean acidification. Emphasizes scientific methodology and sampling methods to explore and test hypotheses in weekly labs. --- # ENSC M02 — Environment and Human Interactions 4 credits · 4 hours Examines the biological principles that govern ecosystems and help you analyze environmental problems that relate to the human population. Covers topics such as population growth, biotic communities, weather and climate, soil health, decomposition, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, the water cycle, energy, water quality, ocean acidification, the urban environment, environmental health, toxicology, and sustainable development. Includes the study of California’s major plant communities and their local environments. Emphasizes statistical and scientific methods to explore and test hypotheses… --- # ENSC M03 — Energy Resources and Conservation 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the energy resources that power our global civilization. Includes conventional and alternative methods of energy production, transportation, decarbonization, and the physics of energy use. Emphasizes the application of energy conservation in our economic and technological landscape, with attention to complexities that exist among the 3 Es: energy, the economy, and the environment. --- # ENSC M07 — Applied Solar Technology 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the fundamentals of solar technology and photovoltaic systems with a focus on design, installation, and maintenance. Emphasizes mechanical and electrical integration, system sizing, array layout, mounting, related electric codes, workplace safety standards, and troubleshooting. --- # ENSC M07L — Applied Solar Technology Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides hands-on learning of solar technology and photovoltaic systems. Emphasizes design, installation, and maintenance of residential and commercial projects. --- # ENSC M80 — Work Experience Education in Environmental Science 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ENSC M122 — Independent Study - Environmental Science 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of environmental science through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an environmental science instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ENSC M901 — Introduction to Photovoltaics (PV) 0 credits · 0 hours Presents the sun as a resource in building design. Covers photovoltaics (PV) cells and modules, inverters, high-level PV system design, and the economics of PV. Aimed at the incumbent worker in the photovoltaics field who wishes to understand the underlying principles of photovoltaics. Safety in the photovoltaic workplace is covered in ENSC M903 OSHA 10 Construction Safety. --- # ENSC M903 — OSHA 10 Construction Safety 0 credits · 0 hours Examines Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) policies, procedures, and standards, as well as construction safety and health principles. Includes scope and applications of the OSHA construction standards. Emphasizes those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide. --- # ENSC M971 — Landscape Management - Plant Selection 0 credits · 0 hours Examines plant characteristics as identification features. Emphasizes landscape plant functional characteristics applicable to California landscapes, e.g. drought tolerance, fire resistance, erosion control. Examines plant cultural requirements in relation to landscape site conditions. Provides a baseline for developing landscape plant palettes based upon aesthetic features, functionality and site conditions. --- # ENSC M972 — Financial Principles for Landscape Contracting 0 credits · 0 hours Discusses and illustrates financial management principles associated with the landscape design/build, maintenance and construction companies. Focuses on strategic planning, organization infrastructure, budgeting, pricing, estimating, job cost management, and proactive financial management. --- # ENSC M973 — Management Principles for Landscape Contracting 0 credits · 0 hours Discusses and illustrates applications of business management practices to the landscape industry. Emphasizes human resource management in terms of federal employment compliance, employee motivation for productivity enhancement, professional development, and leadership qualities. Introduces the concept of lean management as a resource for increasing production efficiency, and profitability. --- # ETHS M01 — Introduction to Chicana/o Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an interdisciplinary survey of Chicana/o culture and heritage through the centuries with an emphasis on the contemporary experience in the United States. Analyzes the economic, political, social, artistic and intellectual elements of the Chicana/o community, and studies the changing roles of the Chicana/o in American society. --- # ETHS M04 — Chicana/o History II: 1848 to Present 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys of the Chicanx experience beginning with the era of US imperialism wars of the expansion to the present, emphasizing the roles of Chicanx people in the political, social, and economic development of U.S. society. Utilizes theoretical frameworks and methodologies from Ethnic Studies and Chicanx Studies, historical themes and events will be analyzed through an intersectional lens that interrogates categories of identity and power, including Indigeneity, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. --- # ETHS M10 — Introduction to African American Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an interdisciplinary survey of African American culture and heritage from the 1600s to the present. Analyzes the economic, political, social, artistic and intellectual elements of the African American community. Explores concepts such as racialization, the intersection of class and gender, white supremacy and liberation while paying particular attention to the significant impact that African Americans have had on American culture as a whole. --- # ETHS M40 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces foundational concepts and theories of the Ethnic Studies discipline by focusing on the four historically racialized groups in the United States: Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans and the Chicana/o community. Explores the social and political construction of race and ethnicity and emphasizes liberation, self-determination, and contemporary activism. --- # FTMA M80 — Work Experience Education in Film Television Media Arts 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # FTMA M100 — Introduction to Mass Communications 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the mass communication media and their interrelationships with society, including history, structure, and trends in a global, digital age. Explores theory of mass communication, media effects, economics, gender and cultural diversity, and examines media law, ethics, technology, and social issues with an emphasis on media literacy. --- # FTMA M101 — Introduction to Cinema 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the art form of cinema. Includes topics such as a brief history of the movies, modes of production, form, style, genre, aesthetics, media industries, critical analysis, and socio-cultural and historical importance. Builds an appreciation for the art form and cultivates critical thinking about film. Combines lectures and discussions accompanied by screenings of appropriate films. --- # FTMA M102 — Introduction to Television Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the basic concepts, forms, styles, practices, and policies that have guided the evolution of television in the United States. Examines developments in programming, regulation, audiences, technological innovations, aesthetics, and the importance of significant cultural representations in television. --- # FTMA M103 — Introduction to Media Aesthetics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the analysis of sound and image in the media. Examines the broad questions of aesthetics, meaning, history and culture. Explores the media's narrative form in a wide variety of productions styles, including theatrical releases, sitcoms, dramas, commercials and reality-based programming. Includes topics such as modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, lighting, genre, and critical analysis of aesthetics. --- # FTMA M104 — Introduction to Documentary Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces documentary cinema and media through a formal, historical, social and political perspective. Focuses on analysis of various types of domestic and international documentary films with a wide range of subject matter. --- # FTMA M105 — History of International Cinema I: Emergence to World War II 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys international cinema from its emergence in the 1890s through World War II. Examines narrative, documentary and experimental film, and the medium's technical, aesthetic and theoretical developments. Focuses on historical, industrial, cultural and economic influences that contributed to the international art form. --- # FTMA M106 — History of International Cinema II: World War II to the Present 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys international cinema from the end of World War II to the present. Investigates the medium's technical, aesthetic, and theoretical developments through the examination of narrative, documentary, and experimental film. Focuses on the historical, cultural, industrial, and economic influences that contributed to the international art form. --- # FTMA M107 — Directors and Genres 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a focused study on the careers of selected cinema and media "auteurs" (directors) and examines their body of work in artistic, social, historical, and industrial terms. Examines recurring genres, themes, motifs, techniques, and aesthetic choices that define various directors' signature visual and narrative styles. --- # FTMA M108 — Women in Cinema 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality in American and/or international film using critical and historical perspectives. Surveys the economic, historical, and social influences upon these representations from early cinema to the present, focusing on both images of women onscreen and influences of women behind the scenes. Analyzes women's filmmaking, images of masculinity, and various "screen sexualities" and other representations of women. Introduces a variety of film theories and analytical perspectives. --- # FTMA M109 — Contemporary American Cinema 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes works of contemporary American cinema, examining socio-cultural, political and historical contexts as depicted in selected films from the 1970s to present day. Explores theme and focus, industrial practices (conglomerate and indie), narrative presentations, selected genres, and representations of different people groups (gender, race, class and sexuality). Examines key filmmakers and movements. --- # FTMA M110 — Contemporary Global Cinema 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces films from countries other than the United States and examines these countries’ genres, themes, styles, and industrial practices. Emphasizes cultural, economic, and political influences in the artistic work of the filmmakers. Explores cinematic and cultural theories such as transnationalism, global and local cinema, and Orientalism. --- # FTMA M115 — Introduction to Screenwriting 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces techniques in writing for film and electronic media. Emphasizes the preparation of scripts in proper formats, including fundamental technical, conceptual, and stylistic issues related to writing fiction and non-fiction scripts for informational and entertainment purposes in film and electronic media. Emphasizes basic screenplay structure, characters, conflict, theme and technical script formatting in the development of a short screenplay. --- # FTMA M116 — Media Writing 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces writing for television, radio, social, and other media. Emphasizes on preparing scripts in proper formats, including fundamental technical, conceptual and stylistic issues related to writing fiction and non-fiction projects for informational, broadcast news and entertainment purposes in television, social media and multimedia. Includes a writing evaluation component as a significant part of the course requirement. --- # FTMA M122 — Independent Study-Film Television Media Arts 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Film Television Media Arts through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Film Television Media Arts instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. May be taken for a maximum of 6 units. --- # FTMA M124 — Introduction to Television Studio 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces theory, terminology and operation of a multi-camera television studio and control room. Includes studio signal flow, directing, theory and operation of camera and audio equipment, switcher operation, fundamentals of lighting, graphics, video control and video recording and real-time video production. --- # FTMA M125 — Intermediate Television Studio 3 credits · 3 hours Provides intermediate-level instruction and work experience in studio productions. Offers hands-on experience with camera operation, technical directing, lighting design, set design and multi-camera directing. Emphasizes creation of new program formats. --- # FTMA M126A — Non-Fiction/Reality Production I 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a comprehensive overview of all digital production aspects of news, documentary, and reality programming from concept to finished project. Emphasizes the use of digital equipment for location reality-based productions. --- # FTMA M126B — Non-Fiction/Reality Production II 3 credits · 3 hours Continues to provide a comprehensive overview of all digital production aspects of news, documentary, and reality programming from concept to finished project. Emphasizes leadership roles for reality-based productions. --- # FTMA M130 — Beginning Single Camera Production 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the theory, terminology, and operation of single camera video production, including composition and editing techniques, camera operation, portable lighting, video recorder operation, audio control and basic editing. Focuses on the aesthetics and fundamentals of scripting, producing, directing on location, post-production, and exhibition/distribution. --- # FTMA M134 — Producing and Directing Film and TV 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces producing and directing for the film and TV camera. Includes conceptualization of visuals, storyboarding, shot breakdowns, auditioning the actor, staging the actor, staging the camera, art direction, lighting and sound strategies, editing, and on-set procedures and protocols. --- # FTMA M138 — Beginning Motion Picture Production 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the theory, terminology, and process of motion picture production for feature films, and films made for television and internet. Covers basic cinematography including the operation, function and creative uses of production and post-production equipment, scriptwriting, camera operation, shot composition, lighting, sound recording and mixing, and editing. --- # FTMA M139 — Social and Multimedia Production 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the use of narrative forms in interactive media to conceptualize, design, and produce engaging content for the major social platforms. Creates non-linear and interactive story structures. Includes topics on optimizing video production for mobile delivery, analyzing the effectiveness of social campaigns, and digital media storytelling with a journalistic emphasis. --- # FTMA M140 — Beginning Audio Production 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the theory and practice of audio production for radio, television, film and digital recording applications. Focuses on the fundamentals of sound design and aesthetics, microphone use, and digital recording equipment. Provides hands-on experience recording, editing, mixing and mastering audio. --- # FTMA M145A — Beginning Radio and Podcasting 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces theory and application in audio production for radio and podcasting. Focuses on digital production, audio console operation, use of recording equipment and microphones, tape editing, program formats and announcing. --- # FTMA M145B — Intermediate Radio and Podcasting 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses, at an intermediate-level, on the theory and application of audio production techniques for radio. Provides practical experience in radio station operations including programming, music, audio production techniques, and promotions. --- # FTMA M170 — Digital Editing 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces theory and application of film and video editing techniques using digital non-linear editing systems. Includes critical analysis of the editing process, editing complex scenes and creating visual effects. Focuses on the aesthetics and use of non-linear software for film and television including both narrative and non-narrative forms. --- # FTMA M190A — Film Production Portfolio I 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students the opportunity to design and create basic film projects for entry-level positions and for transfer institutions. Includes script development, budgeting, scheduling and production. Requires students to undertake practical assignments of film projects. --- # FTMA M190B — Film Production Portfolio II 3 credits · 3 hours Creates the opportunity for students to produce and direct intermediate-level film projects for entry­-level positions and for transfer institutions. Develops production skills as the director of photography, lightning director and executive producer, and requires students to undertake practical assignments for producing films. --- # FTMA M192A — Television Studio Production Portfolio I 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students the opportunity to design and create basic television studio projects for entry-­level positions and for transfer institutions. Includes pilot development, lighting, studio camera operation, and audio mixing. --- # FTMA M192B — Television Studio Production Portfolio II 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students the opportunity to design and create intermediate-level television studio projects for entry-level positions and for transfer institutions. Includes directing, technical directing, floor managing and studio camera operation. --- # FTMA M194A — Documentary Production Portfolio I 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students the opportunity to create and produce basic documentary film projects for entry-level positions and for transfer institutions. Includes researching, story outlining, budgeting, scheduling, production, and post-production. Requires students to undertake practical assignments of documentary projects. --- # FTMA M194B — Documentary Production Portfolio II 3 credits · 3 hours Provides students the opportunity to create and produce skilled documentary film projects for entry-level positions and for transfer institutions. Includes directing, researching, story outlining, budgeting, scheduling, production, and post-production. Requires students to undertake ambitious practical assignments of documentary projects. --- # FREN M80 — Work Experience Education in French 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # FREN M100 — Elementary French I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces beginning French in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number CEP2811 for 60 contact hours. --- # FREN M110 — Elementary French II 4 credits · 4 hours Continues beginning French acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second-semester level. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number CEP2811 for 60 contact hours. --- # FREN M122 — Independent Study - French 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of French through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a French instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # GAME M80 — Work Experience Education in Game Design 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # GAME M101 — Introduction to Game Design 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an overview of all aspects of the game industry. Introduces game design and development terminology, principles, tools, and techniques. Explores gameplay, game design production processes, play testing, game analysis, game story development, game pitches, and game design documents. Examines the history and theories of game design, explores a variety of game genres, and addresses common legal and ethical concerns in the game development industry. Uses game development tools to create simple prototypes that emphasize concepts learned during the course of the semester. --- # GAME M102 — Game Design Technologies I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the fundamentals, concepts, and vocabulary of computer game tools and techniques. Covers a variety of digital tools and game engines to create playable environments. Includes topics such as game design technologies, virtual world-building, game flow, pacing, schooling and planning, and deployment strategies such as desktop, console, and web. --- # GAME M105 — 3D for Game Design 3 credits · 3 hours Offers in-depth concepts for creating 3D assets for use in game engines and tools. Includes 3D modeling, UVW unwrapping, 2D and 3D texturing techniques, character and prop rigging, and animation. Covers 3D character modeling, texturing, and animation as well as building animated props and game environments for use in game engines. Emphasizes using industry standard software, techniques, and workflows. --- # GAME M110 — Game Theory and Mechanics 3 credits · 3 hours Covers the "rules of play" for game design. Applies the principles of theory and mechanics, as well as contemporary design techniques within the domain of analog game design. --- # GAME M115 — Game Level Design 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the process of designing video game levels on paper and quickly iterating on the designs. Explores architectural techniques and theories for game level designers to use in their own work. Connects architecture and level design in different ways that address the practical elements of how designers construct space and the experiential elements of how and why humans interact with this space. Implements final level designs using a commercial game engine to further understand how the level will be seen from the player's perspective. --- # GAME M202 — Game Design Technologies II 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an in-depth introduction to technologies and techniques used to create virtual reality and mobile games. Introduces looping, decision-making, objects, and events. Explores music, sound, utilities, and graphics implementation. Covers revision control environments and the workflow of packaging computer game-oriented apps for software publishing marketplaces. Exercises industry best practices for creating intuitive player controls, meaningful gameplay cues, visual consistency, and techniques for facilitating the suspension of disbelief. --- # GAME M210 — Game Design Studio 3 credits · 3 hours Emphasizes creating substantial, artistic game design concepts within an interdisciplinary team-driven environment. Covers advanced topics in game design, game programming, software project management, and indie game marketing channels. Includes design reviews, formal presentations, play testing, debugging, and job interview techniques. Includes the production of a comprehensive capstone project, corresponding web-based promotional presence, and a personal résumé and portfolio. --- # GIS M01 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic cartographic principles including map types, scales, projections, coordinate systems, as well as an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and software. Provides hands-on experience through the application of GIS technology to solve spatial problems and display geographic data. Introduces the application and relevance of GIS in a diverse set of academic disciplines and professional industries such as anthropology, archeology, geology, geography, urban planning, cartography, environmental science, emergency management, education, water resources, ethni… --- # GIS M02 — GPS and Map Analysis 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the use of a hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) unit in the field, the terminology, hardware, and technology. Integrates the use of the hand-held GPS unit to determine location and collect and analyze data. Includes such topics as map interpretation, spatial statistics, and cartography. --- # GIS M22 — Raster GIS & Spatial Analysis 3 credits · 3 hours Uses the ArcGIS software along with the Spatial Analyst and 3D extensions to explore the use of raster GIS data in analysis and visualization. Includes terrain analysis, hydrologic analysis, suitability analysis, and 3D modeling. --- # GIS M23 — Remote Sensing of the Environment 3 credits · 3 hours Uses ArcGIS software to analyze data collected by remote sensing systems such as satellite imagery, aerial photography and drone-acquired data. Introduces the basic concepts of remote sensing, characteristics of active and passive remote sensors, and remote sensing applications in academic disciplines and professional industries such as forestry, agriculture, plant science fundamentals, earth science, archeology, geology, geography, urban planning and land use, cartography, computer science, environmental science, water resources, marine science, aviation, UAS and drone engineering. --- # GIS M24 — Intermediate GIS Applications 3 credits · 3 hours Uses the ArcGIS ArcView software to explore intermediate topics in GIS applications. Includes geodatabase creation and editing, geoprocessing models, geocoding, and working with annotation. --- # GEOG M01 — Physical Geography 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys several branches of the natural sciences to provide students with an understanding of the processes responsible for the physical patterns of climate, water, soils, vegetation, and landforms found over the earth. Emphasizes understanding of human-induced agents of change within the physical world and human/environmental relationships. Includes tools of geographic inquiry such as: maps, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). --- # GEOG M01L — Physical Geography Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces students to the physical processes that shape the earth's surface and the tools used to study these processes. Provides hands-on practice in landscape description, measurement and analysis. --- # GEOG M02 — Cultural Geography 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the significance and distribution of various cultural elements and the impact of human activities on the natural environment. Takes an issue-based, or topical approach to understanding and explaining spatial patterns of the key components of culture such as population, migration, settlement, development, ethnicity, gender, agriculture, geopolitics, land-use, globalization, language and religion. Emphasizes the analysis of current world events. --- # GEOG M03 — World Regional Geography 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the world’s major regions. Emphasizes physical and cultural characteristics that distinguish the major areas of the world including population, resources, language, ethnicity and religion, economic development, climate and topography. Addresses key issues, current events and global problems. Facilitates students' understanding of world events, living styles and conditions, environments, and conflicts. --- # GEOG M03H — Honors: World Regional Geography 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the world’s major regions. Emphasizes physical and cultural characteristics that distinguish the major areas of the world including population, resources, language, ethnicity and religion, economic development, climate and topography. Addresses key issues, current events and global problems. Facilitates students' understanding of world events, living styles and conditions, environments, and conflicts. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications, and enrichment opportunities. --- # GEOG M05 — Introduction to Weather and Climate 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces meteorological phenomena, including atmospheric circulation and behavior, clouds, precipitation, wind systems, storms, and air pollution. Focuses on interrelationships between land, ocean, and atmosphere as well as weather instruments and their roles in reporting general and aviation weather conditions. --- # GEOG M10 — Geography of California 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces physical and human geography of California. Examines climate, geology, natural vegetation, water resources, indigenous history, settlement patterns, agriculture, and technological expansion. Includes a study of physiographic regions and the state's critical role in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for sustainable development. Examines California's numerous and evolving connections between peoples, places, and environments. --- # GEOG M80 — Work Experience Education in Geography 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # GEOG M122 — Independent Study - Geography 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of geography through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a geography instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # GEOL M02 — Physical Geology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces geologic materials and processes that shape the Earth and its environments. Examines global plate tectonic processes and their relationship to earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, formation of rocks, minerals and natural resources, and rock structures (folds and faults). Includes a study of mass movements and glacial, river, and coastal processes that form the Earth's landscapes. Emphasizes the relationships between humans and geologic processes. --- # GEOL M02H — Honors: Physical Geology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces geologic materials and processes that shape the Earth and its environments. Examines global plate tectonic processes and their relationship to earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, formation of rocks, minerals and natural resources, and rock structures (folds and faults). Includes a study of mass movements and glacial, river, and coastal processes that form the Earth's landscapes. Emphasizes the relationships between humans and geologic processes. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative though expanded assignments, applied research, and enrichment op… --- # GEOL M02L — Physical Geology Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides hands-on experience in identifying minerals, fossils, as well as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Introduces topographic and geologic map interpretation and requires students to practice using remote sensing, aerial photographs, and maps to recognize landforms and geologic structures. Emphasizes laboratory and field observation and analysis of geologic data. --- # GEOL M03 — Earth History 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the geologic history of the Earth including changes in the continents, oceans, atmosphere, climate, and life as recorded by fossils. Emphasizes global plate tectonics, changes in paleogeography, and biological evolution. Reviews concepts of geologic dating. --- # GEOL M03L — Earth History Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides hands-on experience identifying fossils, minerals, and rocks. Introduces geologic time, relative age relations in rocks, construction of paleogeographic maps, interpretation of geologic maps and cross sections, and fossil evidence of evolutionary trends throughout geologic time. --- # GEOL M04 — Mineralogy 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces basic concepts of mineralogy including crystallography, mineral chemistry, mineral origin, occurrence, and associations. Emphasizes, in the lab component, the identification of minerals in hand specimen and thin section and examination of field relations of minerals in outcrop. --- # GEOL M05 — The World Ocean 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the field of oceanography including a study of the features of the ocean floor, how ocean basins are made and destroyed, the chemical and physical aspects of seawater, ocean-atmosphere interactions, ocean circulation, waves, tides, and beaches with emphasis on the Southern California marine environment. Studies interactions between human society, marine life, and the ocean. --- # GEOL M05L — The World Ocean Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides hands-on experience interpreting and gathering oceanographic data. Examines coastal processes, marine geology, sedimentation, properties of seawater, ocean circulation, and plate tectonics. --- # GEOL M18 — Field Geology 1 credits · 1 hours Explores the rich geology of California through field investigation. Focuses on the following topics: faults, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, and tectonics. --- # GEOL M61 — Natural Disasters 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys natural phenomena that have extreme environmental effects on the earth: earthquakes, volcanoes, and mass movements; severe weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and droughts, tsunamis and storm surges; and impacts by meteors and comets. Emphasizes effects on human populations and includes strategies to mitigate and avoid disasters. --- # GEOL M80 — Work Experience Education in Geology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # GEOL M121 — Earth Science with Lab 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the essentials of Earth science including the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and exosphere. Examines the interactions between physical and chemical systems of the earth such as the tectonic cycle, rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, weather and climate. --- # GEOL M122 — Independent Study - Geology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of geology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a geology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # GERM M80 — Work Experience Education in German 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # GERM M100 — Elementary German I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces beginning German language in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in a cultural context. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number CEP2811 for 60 contact hours. --- # GERM M110 — Elementary German II 4 credits · 4 hours Continues beginning German acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. Provider approved by the California Board of Register Nursing. Provider number CEP 2811 for 60 contact hours. --- # GERM M122 — Independent Study - German 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of German through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a German instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # HED M01 — Health and Society 2 credits · 2 hours Focuses on the nature and function of health in our society and emphasizes major health concepts designed to contribute to the students’ understanding of healthy living. Includes: personal fitness, nutrition, mental health, personal relationships, harmful substances, environmental health, communicable diseases, chronic and degenerative diseases, reproduction and contraception, and consumer health. --- # HED M03 — Nutrition, Fitness, and Stress Management 3 credits · 3 hours Presents an integrated approach to health and physical fitness through the study of basic principles of exercise, nutrition and human behavior. Focuses on a holistic approach to lifestyle choices for the prevention of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Emphasizes personal responsibility in the application of nutrition, fitness, and stress management principles for weight control and prevention of chronic disease. --- # HED M05 — First Aid, CPR, AED & Emergency Procedures 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the background knowledge and practical skills necessary for rendering assistance in emergency and sudden illness First Aid situations. Evaluates lifestyle for health and safety concerns and sets appropriate personal goals for achieving a safer and healthier lifestyle. --- # HED M20 — Introduction to Public Health 3 credits · 3 hours Presents an overview of the disciplines of community and public health. Includes 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.… --- # HED M21 — Social Determinants of Health, Disparities and Equities 3 credits · 3 hours Examines personal and social determinants of health through the examination of the role individuals play in their own health and well being, along with the impact of environmental, social, structural, and cultural factors that play a role both in individual and community and public health. Explores health disparities and inequities in sexually diverse, gender, racial, and minority populations. Examines culturally competent ideas to bridge the health equity gap and improve population health will be developed. --- # HED M22 — Personal Health and Wellness 3 credits · 3 hours Explores, analyzes, personalizes, and discusses the following issues as they relate to the essential components of health and wellness: nutrition, physical activity/exercise/fitness, weight control, eating disorders and body image, media influences, mental health, stress, violence, substance use/abuse, sexuality and sexual orientation, sexually transmitted infections, reproductive choices/contraception, relationships, disease prevention, environment, health care, aging, and general public health issues. Emphasizes the skills necessary to implement lifestyle behaviors that can improve their he… --- # HED M80 — Work Experience Education in Health Education 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # HED M122 — Independent Study - Health Education 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Health Education through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Health Education instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # HS M15 — Pharmacology 3 credits · 3 hours Establishes a foundation for understanding future developments in drug therapy and for administering drugs efficiently and safely. Identifies pharmacology priniciples, basic pharmacological terminology and concepts, drug categories and their uses, drug mechanisms of action, as well as drug dosages, drug forms, routes of administration, and common generic and trade name medications. Applies drug information and mathematical calculations performed in clinical settings. --- # HS M20 — Health Science Careers 2 credits · 2 hours Reviews current status of health care industry. Explores health science careers and opportunities in employment, internships and volunteer work. Begins the preparation into a health career education. Includes individual assessment of aptitude and career interest. --- # HS M80 — Work Experience Education in Health Sciences 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 3 credits · 3 hours This course is a historical survey of the United States, from Indigenous North America to the end of Reconstruction. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. Explores the colonial foundation of American cultural heritage; growth of the US political party system; women and social reform; the institution of and movement to abolish slavery; the Civil War, including its causes and Reconstruction. --- # HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 3 credits · 3 hours This course is a historical survey of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. Surveys major political, economic and cultural themes and transformations in the United States since 1865 including Reconstruction, immigration, western expansion, political reform movements, industrialization, Civil Rights and Women's Rights, and the growth of the United States as a world power. Examines the experiences and contributions of diverse racial, ethnic, gender and socioeconomic groups within the context of the soc… --- # HIST M25 — History of the United States 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the political, economic, and social development of the United States. Traces the constant and changing values that shaped American institutions. Analyzes the diversity of the American people--the heroes Americans have treasured and the significant choices Americans have made. Course Credit Limitation - Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a grade of "C" or better or "P". Moorpark College Honors program requires a letter grade. --- # HIST M25H — Honors: History of the United States 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the political, economic, and social development of the United States. Traces the constant and changing values that shaped American institutions. Analyzes the diversity of the American people – the heroes Americans have treasured and the significant choices Americans have made. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. Course Credit Limitation - Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course compl… --- # HIST M80 — Work Experience Education in History 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # HIST M122 — Independent Studies-History 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of history through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a history instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # HIST M124 — Sports in American History 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the connections between American sporting practices and the broader cultural, political, social, intellectual, and economic patterns of American history from ca. 1500 to the present. Introduces various historical conceptions of “sport” and explore the role of sport in the development of American society, touching on issues of national identity, commercialism, race, ethnicity, class, and gender in sporting contexts. --- # HIST M131 — African American History to 1877 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys United States history with an emphasis on the African American experience from 15th century Africa to the era of Reconstruction. Focuses on the political, social, economic, cultural and intellectual trials of African Americans and their contributions to the growth and development of the United States. --- # HIST M133 — History of Mexican Americans 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the American experience from colonial beginnings to the present, emphasizing the history of Mexican Americans. Examines the changing roles and contributions of Mexican Americans in the context of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States. --- # HIST M135 — Native American History and Culture 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys Native American History from pre-Columbian origins to the present. Emphasizes Native American perspectives and interactions with European and Euro-Americans and the vital role of Native Americans in the creation and development of the United States. Examines the historical context of contemporary Native American cultural, political, economic and legal conditions. --- # HIST M137 — History of American Women 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys United States history from pre-colonial settlement to the present emphasizing the history of American women. Examines the experiences and contributions of African American, Asian American, European American, Latinx American, and Native American women within the context of the social, political, cultural and economic history of the United States. Course Credit Limitation - Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a grade of "C" or better or "P". Moorpark College Honors program requir… --- # HIST M137H — Honors: History of American Women 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys United States history from the pre-colonial era to the present, with emphasis on the history of American women. Examines the changing roles and contributions of American women in the context of the social, political and economic history of the United States. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications, and enrichment opportunities. Course Credit Limitation - Credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will be awarded only for the first course completed with a grade… --- # HIST M141 — African American History Since 1877 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys United States history with an emphasis on the African American experience from the era of Reconstruction to the present. Focuses on the political, social, economic, cultural and intellectual trials of African Americans and their contributions to the growth and development of the United States. --- # HIST M143 — History of California 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys California from the earliest Native cultures to the present. Examines the political, social, cultural, and economic developments in California and their impact on the United States. --- # HIST M145 — Race and Ethnicity in American History 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the ways in which race and ethnicity have been institutionalized into American government and society. Surveys the experiences of diverse communities in the United States, focusing on the obstacles and accomplishments in achieving equal rights and citizenship for all. --- # HIST M150 — World History: From Prehistory to 1500 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the world's major civilizations of Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas from pre-history through 1500 C.E. Examines each civilization's religions and cultural achievements, as well as its political, economic and social structures. --- # HIST M152 — History of Asia from Prehistory to 1600 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a broad overview of those societies and individuals that have provided key contributions to the development of Monsoon Asia. Covers the period from the earliest written records to 1600 CE, including selected topics from the Ancient, Classical, Post-Classical and Early Modern Periods. Emphasizes India and China, but all areas of Monsoon Asia are introduced, including Japan. --- # HIST M160 — World History: From 1450 to the Present 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the world’s major civilizations of Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas from 1500 to the present day. Surveys historical themes that are found in the world’s political, economic, social, religious and cultural structures from the Early Modern Period, the Era of Western Hegemony and the Modern Era. --- # HIST M162 — History of Asia From 1600 To The Present 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a broad overview of those societies and individuals that have provided key contributions to the development of Monsoon Asia. Covers the period from the arrival of the West to the present (c. 1600 - 2000 CE), including selected topics from the Late Traditional Period, the Era of Imperialism, and the Modern Period. Emphasizes China, India and Japan, but all areas of Monsoon Asia are introduced. --- # HIST M164 — History of Latin America 3 credits · 3 hours Provides a comprehensive survey of Latin American history focusing on the development of cultural, economic, and political practices and experiences in various Latin American nations. Examines United States-Latin American relations. --- # HIST M170 — Western Civilization: From Prehistory to 1600 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes important events and developments in Western Civilization from prehistory through the sixteenth century. Evaluates ideas, institutions, and contributions to include political, social and economic achievements within the Western world. --- # HIST M180 — Western Civilization: From 1600 To The Present 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes important events and developments in Western civilization from the seventeenth century to modern times. Evaluates ideas and institutions as well as political, economic and social structures. --- # HUM M07 — Survey of the Arts 3 credits · 3 hours Examines various art forms such as music, literature, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and film, from the perspective of the humanities. Emphasizes the history, techniques, meaning, and evaluation of individual works of art. --- # HUM M10A — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: The Roots of the Humanities 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces human cultural heritage from the earliest times to approximately 1000 CE, emphasizing major ideas of several periods of Western civilization from a perspective of cultural, ethnic, racial, class, gender, and religious diversity. Examines literature, philosophy, music, painting, and sculpture of each era. Highlights ethical choices and aesthetic responses possible within each period. --- # HUM M10B — Ethics, Culture and the Arts: Humanities and the Modern World 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces human cultural heritage from 1000 CE to the present, emphasizing major ideas of several periods of Western civilization from the Renaissance to the Modern world from a perspective of cultural, ethnic, racial, class, gender, and religious diversity. Examines literature, philosophy, music, painting and sculpture of each era. Highlights ethical choices and aesthetic responses possible within each period. --- # HUM M11 — Conflict and the Human Condition 3 credits · 3 hours Examines what causes humans to engage in various forms of conflict and what effects those conflicts have on the individuals who participate in them. Explores armed conflicts and nonmilitary conflicts such as civil rights actions and civil disobedience. Investigates the possibilities of justifiable conflict and what impact conflict has on the ideas of humanity. --- # HUM M14 — Humanities in the United States 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the ideas, traditions, and values of the United States of America. Investigates the architecture, crafts, fine art, literature, and philosophy of different periods in the history of the United States. Explores the impact of the humanities on the trajectory of the country. --- # HUM M80 — Work Experience Education in Humanities 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # HUM M122 — Independent Study - Humanities 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Humanities through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Humanities instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # ICA M01A — Intercollegiate Baseball - Men 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in baseball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M01B — Intercollegiate Baseball-Men/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in baseball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M02A — Intercollegiate Basketball-Men/Fall 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Basketball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M02B — Intercollegiate Basketball-Men/Spring 2.5 credits · 2.5 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Basketball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M03A — Intercollegiate Cross Country - Men 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in cross country. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M03B — Intercollegiate Cross Country - Men/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in cross country. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M04A — Intercollegiate Football - Men 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Football. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M04B — Intercollegiate Football-Men/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Football. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M07A — Intercollegiate Soccer - Men 4 credits · 4 hours Develops participants skills and playing intensity in Soccer to the highest level. Involves competition against other institutions, and travel. --- # ICA M07B — Intercollegiate Soccer-Men/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Soccer. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M10A — Intercollegiate Track and Field - Men 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in track and field. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. Involves competition against other institutions, and travel. --- # ICA M10B — Intercollegiate Track and Field - Men/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Track and Field. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M11A — Intercollegiate Volleyball - Men 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Volleyball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M11B — Intercollegiate Volleyball-Men/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Volleyball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M20A — Intercollegiate Basketball-Women/Fall 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Basketball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. Involves competition against other institutions, and travel. --- # ICA M20B — Intercollegiate Basketball-Women/Spring 2.5 credits · 2.5 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Basketball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. Involves competition against other institutions, and travel. --- # ICA M21A — Intercollegiate Cross Country-Women 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Cross Country. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M21B — Intercollegiate Cross Country-Women/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Cross Country. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M24A — Intercollegiate Soccer - Women 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Soccer. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M24B — Intercollegiate Soccer - Women/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Soccer. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M25A — Intercollegiate Softball-Women 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Softball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M25B — Intercollegiate Softball-Women/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Softball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M28A — Intercollegiate Track and Field - Women 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Track and Field. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M28B — Intercollegiate Track and Field-Women/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Track and Field. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M29A — Intercollegiate Volleyball - Women 4 credits · 4 hours Develops participants skills and playing intensity in volleyball to the highest level. --- # ICA M29B — Intercollegiate Volleyball-Women/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in Volleyball. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M35A — Conditioning and Training for Athletic Competition 1 credits · 1 hours Develops skills and conditioning for prospective athletes who are entering intercollegiate competition. --- # ICA M35B — In-Season Conditioning for Athletic Competition 1 credits · 1 hours Develops strength and conditioning for in season athletes who are participating in intercollegiate competition. Includes powerlifting and sports nutrition. --- # ICA M36 — Intercollegiate Women's Golf 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in golf. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M40 — Intercollegiate Beach Volleyball-Women 4 credits · 4 hours Develops participants' skills and playing intensity in Beach Volleyball to the highest level. --- # ICA M44A — Intercollegiate Wrestling - Women 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in wrestling. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M44B — Intercollegiate Wrestling - Women/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in wrestling. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M45A — Intercollegiate Wrestling - Men 4 credits · 4 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in wrestling. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ICA M45B — Intercollegiate Wrestling - Men/Off Season 1 credits · 1 hours Develops athletic skills and techniques in wrestling. Emphasizes team development and competitive improvement and intensity. --- # ITAL M80 — Work Experience Education in Italian 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # ITAL M100 — Elementary Italian I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces beginning Italian language in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. --- # ITAL M110 — Italian II 4 credits · 4 hours Continues further development of Italian proficiency in a cultural context via listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second-semester level. Emphasizes student interaction using authentic language in a cultural context. Explores cultural heritage and civilization of Italy through analysis and appreciation of level-appropriate Italian literary works. Integrates cross-cultural comparison through the integration of Italian traditions, customs, and contemporary societal aspects. Reinforces language skills via the use of technology including video, audio recordings, and internet sources.… --- # ITAL M122 — Independent Study - Italian 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Italian through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Italian instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # JAPN M80 — Work Experience Education in Japanese 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # JAPN M100 — Elementary Japanese I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces beginning Japanese language in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. --- # JAPN M110 — Elementary Japanese II 4 credits · 4 hours Continues beginning Japanese acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. Equivalent to three of high school Japanese. --- # JAPN M122 — Independent Study - Japanese 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Japanese through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Japanese instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # KIN M01 — Introduction to Kinesiology 3 credits · 3 hours Presents an overview of the importance of the sub-disciplines in kinesiology. Discusses career opportunities in the areas of teaching, coaching, allied health, and fitness professions. --- # KIN M13 — Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the concepts and practical skills of athletic training, including the prevention, recognition, evaluation, and management of athletic injuries. This course is designed for future athletic trainers, physical educators, coaches, physical therapists, and any person who plans on working with active individuals. Does NOT fulfill KIN activity/Health requirement for Associate degree. --- # KIN M13L — Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the concepts and practical skills of athletic training, including the prevention, recognition, evaluation, and management of athletic injuries. Includes diagnostic techniques, stretching, wrapping/taping, protective devices/bracing, modalities, and therapeutic exercise, amongst others. This course is designed for future athletic trainers, physical educators, coaches, physical therapists, and any person who plans on working with active individuals. Does NOT fulfill KIN activity/Health requirement for Associate degree. --- # KIN M16 — Personal Training Principles 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces exercise physiology, biomechanics, and anatomy as foundational concepts for appropriate exercise programming. Includes learning and applying popular pre-exercise assessments for a variety of populations and abilities. Relates the principles of exercise science and program design to prepare students for successful completion of a personal training certification and for fitness business. --- # KIN M17 — Teaching Group Fitness 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces exercise science concepts and their use in teaching group exercise. Emphasizes the integration of anatomy and applied kinesiology with teaching principles and techniques for a variety of group exercise formats. Stresses motor learning and effective group leadership, while teaching and monitoring human movement. --- # KIN M18 — Foundations of Fitness 3 credits · 3 hours Provides foundational information for fitness enthusiasts and those interested in pursuing a career as a fitness professional. Introduces muscular, cardiorespiratory, and other physiological systems essential for application to program design and its specificity to training goals. Includes muscular, neural, and skeletal anatomy in relation to proper movement, with the purpose of applying safe and effective exercise program design. Provides preparation for personal trainer certification exam. --- # KIN M20 — Movement Analysis & Corrective Exercise 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces advanced techniques in exercise science as they relate to postural analysis and movement impairments. Emphasizes an integrated approach to assessment and program design for correct exercise. Acts as preparation for industry-accepted corrective exercise credential. --- # KIN M21 — Strength and Conditioning for Performance 3 credits · 3 hours Instructs how to implement a comprehensive, systematic, and integrated training approach to address clientele's performance enhancement goals. Helps students bridge the gap between science and practical application to aid in human performance testing and implementation of proper progressive program design. Upon successful completion of the course, students will obtain the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Performance Enhancement Specialist credential. --- # KIN M22 — Youth, Women, and Senior Training for Fitness Professionals 3 credits · 3 hours Develops techniques to support the unique needs of various special populations including youth, women, and seniors. Covers safe and effective fitness program delivery in supporting health and fitness goals of these diverse populations. Does NOT fulfill KIN/PE activity/Health requirement for Associate Degree. --- # KIN M23 — Walking for Fitness 1 credits · 1 hours Provides exercise and fitness training through walking with the emphasis on improvements in cardiovascular conditioning and muscle tone. Stresses assessment and the challenge of overall development of personal fitness. --- # KIN M24 — Running for Fitness and Conditioning 1 credits · 1 hours Emphasizes improved physical health and cardiovascular fitness through running and overall conditioning. Includes endurance training with a gradual increase in distance. --- # KIN M25 — Fitness Management 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the history of the health and fitness industry related to industry trends, consumer behaviors, and business challenges. Includes strategies for customer outreach, client retention, and staff recruitment. Applies effective practices for those seeking leadership roles in a variety of fitness business models. Prepares student for advancement opportunities in the corporate world or those seeking entrepreneurial careers. --- # KIN M31 — Body Conditioning/Fitness 1 credits · 1 hours Develops and encourages positive, lifetime habits with regard to cardiovascular efficiency, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition. Uses cardiovascular and strength machines along with circuit training and other fitness devices. --- # KIN M32 — Body Conditioning/Free Weights 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces muscular conditioning, emphasizing muscular endurance, strength, and size improvements. Incorporates the use of a variety of resistance training systems and equipment to enhance flexibility, balance training, coordination, and body composition management. --- # KIN M33 — Power Lifting/Free Weights 1 credits · 1 hours Builds strength, power and bulk; exercises center on the development of core strength and multi-joint power lifts. Emphasizes, in the conditioning phase, the development of agility, quickness, coordination, balance and speed through the implementation of competitive drills and routines. --- # KIN M34 — Body Conditioning Boot Camp 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces boot camp style methods for total body conditioning designed to improve cardiovascular and muscle endurance, muscular strength, agility, and flexibility. Provides a wide-range of fitness activities with interval training. Includes both indoor and outdoor fast-paced activities over a variety of terrain, and emphasizes functionality that can enhance performance in everyday activities or sports. Allows activities to be adapted to varied levels of ability and fitness. --- # KIN M40 — Cardio Step and Sculpt 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces a wide variety of movement skills integrating a STEP platform, aerobic intervals, and other techniques to improve cardiovascular endurance, muscular conditioning, agility, balance, and flexibility. Allows activities to be adapted to varied levels of ability and fitness. --- # KIN M42 — Aerobic Dance Fitness 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces cardiovascular conditioning with dance-like rhythmic movement blending a variety of contemporary and global dance styles with traditional aerobic fitness practices. Improves cardiovascular and muscular endurance, flexibility, mind-body connection, and stress reduction. Allows activities to be adapted to varied levels of ability and fitness. --- # KIN M43 — Cardio Kickboxing 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces cardiovascular conditioning combining elements of martial arts, boxing, and aerobics to provide overall physical conditioning and toning. Improves cardiovascular and muscular endurance, coordination, and strength. Uses equipment such as punching bags, jump ropes, and weights, and does not involve physical contact between competitors. Allows activities to be adapted to varied levels of ability and fitness. --- # KIN M50 — Pilates Mat 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the study and practice of Pilates, a conditioning program based on the teachings of Joseph H. Pilates. Emphasizes activities designed to correct muscular imbalances and improve body alignment by incorporating strength, flexibility, and relaxation techniques. Integrates controlled body movement, mental focus, and breathing techniques, to enhance postural symmetry, core stabilization, and joint mobility. --- # KIN M51 — Core Stability and Stretch 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces a wide variety of concepts and physical conditioning techniques focusing on core musculature, balance, coordination, and flexibility. Includes movement skills using a variety of fitness modalities, body weight, and props, to elicit both intrinsic and extrinsic core conditioning. Improves balance, flexibility, mobility, strength, enhances posture, body awareness, and reduces stress. Adapts activities to varied levels of ability and fitness. --- # KIN M52 — Core Fitness with Cardio 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces a variety of concepts and practices for muscular and cardiovascular conditioning, focusing on the core of the body. Presents movement skills using aerobics, body weight, balance or resistance props, and other appropriate techniques to enhance core and cardiovascular fitness, and weight management. Allows activities to be adapted to varied levels of ability and fitness. --- # KIN M53 — T'ai Chi 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the study and practice of T'ai Chi and Qigong, an internal martial art designed to increase physical and mental strength by incorporating energy circulation, breathing, and mindfulness. Focuses on stances, footwork, and whole body movement sequences that improve agility, postural alignment, balance, and relaxation to rejuvenate the body, reduce stress, and improve health. --- # KIN M54 — Yoga 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the concepts and practices of fundamental yoga-based poses, breathing techniques, and mental focus designed to enhance strength, flexibility, balance, body awareness, and stress reduction. Emphasizes on safety, proper body alignment, posture, and movement efficiency. --- # KIN M55 — Mind Body Fitness 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces mindful movement practices that integrate breathing techniques, mental focus, and controlled body movements to enhance somatic awareness, posture, holistic wellness, and stress reductions. Explores a variety of mindful movement arts like Yoga, Ta Chi, Pilates, dance fitness, and somatics. Includes activities that are adaptable to varied abilities and fitness. --- # KIN M71 — Golf 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the fundamental skills of golf. Covers rules, etiquette, equipment and strategies needed for playing golf. --- # KIN M72 — Tennis 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the development of basic skills and techniques of tennis. Covers etiquette, rules and strategies of the game, including both singles and doubles. --- # KIN M80 — Work Experience Education in Kinesiology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # KIN M82 — Basketball 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the fundamentals of basketball. Develops offensive and defensive skills and techniques through drills and games. --- # KIN M84 — Soccer 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the fundamentals of soccer. Develops the offensive and defensive skills and techniques through competitive drills and games. --- # KIN M85 — Softball 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces basic rules, sportsmanship, fundamental skills, and strategies needed for playing softball. --- # KIN M87 — Volleyball 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the basic skills and techniques of volleyball. Covers rules and strategies of volleyball as a team sport. --- # KIN M92 — Hiking and Backpacking 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the adventure of hiking and backpacking. Covers conditioning, skills, information and resources for the sport covered. Emphasizes safety procedures. --- # KIN M122 — Independent Study- Kinesiology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of kinesiology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Kinesiology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # LAT M100 — Elementary Latin I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces beginning Latin acquisition in a cultural context through listening, reading, writing, and some speaking. Emphasizes student interaction with language of graded complexity in cultural context. --- # SPAN M80 — Work Experience Education in Spanish 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # SPAN M100 — Elementary Spanish I 5 credits · 5 hours Introduces beginning Spanish language in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. --- # SPAN M110 — Elementary Spanish II 5 credits · 5 hours Continues beginning Spanish language acquisition in a cultural context through listening, speaking, reading and writing at the second semester level. Emphasizes student interaction with authentic language in cultural context. --- # SPAN M110S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers 5 credits · 5 hours Develops further Spanish language skills for Spanish speakers or for students who are linguistically equivalent to a heritage speaker of Spanish. Enhances and expands reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills through the analysis of literary works and the study of advanced grammar. Analyzes historical and current events, art, culture, diversity, and literary works of Chicanx, Latinx, and Spanish writers and explores the geographical and linguistic diversities of the Spanish-speaking world. Emphasizes the value and the diversity of Hispanic cultures of all Spanish-speaking countries and… --- # SPAN M122 — Independent Study - Spanish 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Spanish through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Spanish instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # SPAN M200 — Intermediate Spanish I 5 credits · 5 hours Emphasizes further practical competence and communicative skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, through the study of Spanish-speaking cultures and literary readings. Introduces structures and strategies to express opinions and discuss some abstract topics. Furthers an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. --- # SPAN M200S — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I 5 credits · 5 hours Develops further existing Spanish language skills for Spanish speakers raised in the United States with a focus on reading and writing. Reinforces and expands listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through the analysis of cultural, philosophical, historical, and literary works and the study of grammar unique to Spanish heritage speakers’ needs and experiences. Analyzes historical and current events, art, multimedia, arguments and literary works of prominent Chicanx, Latinx, and Spanish figures. Develops a critical awareness of the linguistic diversities and sociopolitical issues of t… --- # SPAN M210 — Intermediate Spanish II 5 credits · 5 hours Emphasizes an awareness of cultural norms, values and culturally relevant customs and events. Expands upon culture and facilitate language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing through the study of Spanish-speaking cultures and literary readings. Facilitates the expression of more complex ideas, opinions, and abstract concepts. Reviews the more complex linguistic structures and more sophisticated communicative skills. --- # LS M02 — Basic Writing Skills 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic English writing skills, including grammar, usage, and correct sentence structure. Emphasizes composing clear, well-organized paragraphs and short essays. Note: Designed specifically for students with disabilities who are otherwise not yet able to benefit from general college classes even with appropriate academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and services. --- # LS M03 — Personal Development and Study Strategies 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces strategies and skills to enhance academic success and personal growth for lifelong learning. Includes gaining self-awareness of personal responsibility, motivation, learning style preferences, career and life planning, goal setting, communication, stress reduction and the development of a self-management system. Integrates self-awareness through learning specific study strategies, including note taking, test taking, and research. Emphasizes critical thinking skills and engagement with resources on campus and in the community. --- # LS M07A — Basic Math Skills I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces foundational math concepts designed for students who have difficulty understanding and applying mathematical concepts. Incorporates strategies for addressing and overcoming math fears and supports learners who may have experienced a gap in their education. Covers basic operations with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. Applies introductory math test-taking strategies and mnemonic skills for learning and recalling math operations that can be used in subsequent math courses. Utilizes various learning strategies to help students break down the barriers to learning mathematics. No… --- # LS M07B — Basic Math Skills II 3 credits · 3 hours Expands foundational math concepts designed for students who have difficulty understanding and applying mathematical concepts. Incorporates additional strategies for addressing and overcoming math fears and supports learners who may have experienced a gap in their education. Includes percents, proportions, measurement, signed number arithmetic, and basic algebra. Expands on previous math test-taking strategies and mnemonic skills for learning and recalling math operations. Continues utilizing various learning strategies to help students to break down the barriers to learning mathematics. Note… --- # MAKR M103 — Introduction to Digital Fabrication 3 credits · 3 hours Provides foundation-level understanding of the elements and principles of three-dimensional design in both theory and practical applications using a variety of materials. Focuses on drawing, modeling and building three-dimensional physical forms from digital designs. Explores modeling simple and complex objects, surfaces and spaces and develops them physically using a laser cutter, 3D printing, and computer numerical control (CNC) milling technology. --- # MAKR M110 — MakerSpace Design for Artists 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces artists to digital design and fabrication methods as it relates to traditional art making practices. Explores a variety of fabrication processes including vinyl printing, laser cutting, heat pressing, embroidery, 3D printing, and screen printing. Provides hands-on experience in creating products and artist tools. --- # MAKR M901 — Introduction to MakerSpace and MakerSpace Safety 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces students to the MakerSpace and general MakerSpace safety protocols. Provides a context for the role that MakerSpace plays in the design process and culture. Prepares students to use the campus MakerSpace in a safe and effective manner. Does NOT Apply to Associate Degree. --- # MAKR M902 — MakerSpace Lab 0 credits · 0 hours Provides students access to MakerSpace equipment through hands-on projects. Explores digital fabrication methods and evaluation of outcomes through reflective critical thinking. --- # MAKR M903 — Introduction to Design Thinking 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces students to the design thinking process. Includes problem solving methodology, evaluation, and critical thinking that allows students to arrive at solutions that challenge preconceived ideas. Facilitates a maker focused, hands-on approach to understanding and applying the design thinking process. --- # MAKR M910 — Adobe Illustrator for the MakerSpace I 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces students to Adobe Illustrator in relation to entry-level design and MakerSpace equipment. Teaches how to create Illustrator documents for laser cutting, vinyl cutting, vinyl printing, and screen printing. --- # MAKR M920 — Vinyl Cutting and Printing I 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces students to the vinyl cutter, vinyl printer and heat press. Offers practical experience for how to prepare designs for the vinyl cutter and vinyl printer, and how to safely and effectively use these MakerSpace tools. --- # MAKR M923 — Vinyl Cutting and Printing Production Shop 0 credits · 0 hours Offers practical experience in vinyl cutting and printing. Covers workflows, operation of equipment, and the production of projects within a team environment. --- # MAKR M925 — Laser Cutting and Engraving I 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces students to laser cutting and engraving. Offers practical experience in preparing designs for laser cutting and engraving. Instructs the proper, safe, and effective operation of this MakerSpace tool. --- # MAKR M928 — Laser Cutting and Engraving Production Shop 0 credits · 0 hours Offers practical experience in laser cutting and engraving. Covers workflows, operation of equipment, and the production of projects within a team environment. --- # MAKR M930 — Screen Printing for Textiles I 0 credits · 0 hours Introduces students to the process of screen printing on textiles. Offers practical experience for how to take a project from the design phase through the printing and curing process. Shows how to safely and effectively work in a screen printing shop. --- # MAKR M935 — Screen Printing for Textiles Production Shop 0 credits · 0 hours Offers practical experience in screen printing. Covers workflows, operation of screen printing presses, and the production of projects within a team environment. --- # MATH C2210 — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals 5 credits · 5 hours A first course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable. Topics include limits and continuity of functions, techniques and applications of differentiation, an introduction to integration, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. This course is primarily intended for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. --- # MATH C2210H — Calculus I: Early Transcendentals - Honors 5 credits · 5 hours A first course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable. Topics include limits and continuity of functions, techniques and applications of differentiation, an introduction to integration, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. This course is primarily intended for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. This is an honors course. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments and enrichment opportunities. --- # MATH C2220 — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals 5 credits · 5 hours A second course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable. Topics include applications of integration, techniques of integration, infinite sequences and series, and the calculus of parametric and polar equations. This course is primarily intended for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. --- # MATH C2220H — Calculus II: Early Transcendentals - Honors 5 credits · 5 hours A second course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable. Topics include applications of integration, techniques of integration, infinite sequences and series, and the calculus of parametric and polar equations. This course is primarily intended for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. This is an honors course. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments and enrichment opportunities. --- # MATH M05 — College Algebra for STEM Studies 4 credits · 4 hours Covers quadratic equations, linear and non-linear inequalities, absolute value equations and inequalities, complex numbers, functions, polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, and systems of equations. Includes the theory of polynomial equations and analytic geometry, conic sections, sequences and series. --- # MATH M06 — Trigonometry 3 credits · 3 hours Studies the trigonometric functions, their inverses and their graphs. Covers identities and proofs related to trigonometric expressions and solving trigonometric equations, right triangles, and general triangles using the law of cosines and the law of sines. Provides an introduction to polar coordinates, vectors, and vector operations. --- # MATH M07 — Precalculus and Trigonometry 6 credits · 6 hours Integrates college algebra and trigonometry. Includes basic algebraic concepts, equations and inequalities of the first and second degree, systems of equations and inequalities, functions and graphs, linear and quadratic functions, polynomial functions of higher degree, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, analytical trigonometry, and polar coordinates. --- # MATH M10 — Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the development of quantitative reasoning skills through in-depth, integrated explorations of topics in mathematics, including real numbers systems and subsystems. Emphasizes the comprehension and analysis of mathematical concepts and applications of logical reasoning. --- # MATH M11 — College Algebra for the Liberal Arts 3 credits · 3 hours Covers theory of functions including operations on functions, graphs, domain and range, and evaluation. Includes types of functions such as linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions. Analyzes graphs including curve sketching, intercepts, transformations, vertices and asymptotes. Covers linear and non-linear inequalities, solving exponential and logarithmic equations and complex numbers. Course is intended primarily as a prerequisite for students taking Business Calculus, and for students requiring college algebra content for non-STEM majors. --- # MATH M12 — Mathematical Reasoning for Liberal Arts 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces liberal arts students to mathematical ideas necessary for their careers and daily lives. Includes topics in logic, quantitative information in the real world, managing finances, statistical reasoning, and mathematics in politics. Enhances mathematical ideas with topics in fields such as the arts, quantitative reasoning, and more. --- # MATH M16A — Applied Calculus I 3 credits · 3 hours Covers limits, continuity, and differentiation. Applies differential calculus to problems in business, economics, social and biological sciences. Introduces anti-differentiation and its applications in business and economics. --- # MATH M16AS — Support for Applied Calculus 2 credits · 2 hours Reviews the core prerequisite skills, competencies, and concepts for Applied Calculus. Intended for students who are concurrently enrolled in MATH M16A , Applied Calculus I. Includes learning skills, computational skills developed in college algebra, the vocabulary of algebra, translation from English to algebra, basic business math concepts such as cost, revenue, and profit, and evaluation of literal expressions and functions. Prerequisites: MATH M16A --- # MATH M16B — Applied Calculus II 3 credits · 3 hours Includes integration, elementary and separable differential equations, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, relative maxima and minima, Lagrange multipliers, method of least squares, double integrals, infinite series, Taylor approximation, and Newton’s method. Applies calculus to problems in business, economics, and social and biological sciences. --- # MATH M19 — Math for Health Sciences 1 credits · 1 hours Covers ratios, fractions, decimals and percents. Includes unit conversions, metric and household abbreviations, use of formulas, proportion and unit simplification. Coaches how to perform mental estimations and mental calculations. --- # MATH M21 — Discrete Mathematics 3 credits · 3 hours Covers elements of discrete mathematics which have application to computer science. Includes the following topics: logic, sets, functions, relations, proof techniques, mathematical induction, recurrence relations, graphs, trees, discrete probability, Boolean algebra and a brief introduction to programming. --- # MATH M24 — Calculus I Readiness for STEM 4 credits · 4 hours Highlights the essentials of college algebra and trigonometry in preparation for Calculus with Analytic Geometry I. Includes basic algebraic concepts, equations of the first and second degree, inequalities, systems of equations, functions and graphs, linear and quadratic functions, polynomial functions of higher degree, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, and analytical trigonometry. --- # MATH M24S — Support for Calculus I Readiness 2 credits · 2 hours Focuses on the foundational skills in algebra which are necessary for a student to strengthen the skills for successful Calculus readiness. Covers function evaluation, factoring, graphical characteristics, simplifying rational expressions, logarithmic rules, function composition, solving polynomials, graphing exponential functions, and geometric formulas of area. --- # MATH M25AE — Integrated Calculus I 2 credits · 2 hours Focuses on the foundational skills in algebra and trigonometry which are necessary for a student to successfully complete calculus. Includes basic algebraic concepts, equations of the first and second degree, inequalities, systems of equations, functions and graphs, linear and quadratic functions, polynomial functions of higher degree, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, and analytical trigonometry. --- # MATH M25C — Calculus with Analytic Geometry III 5 credits · 5 hours Covers vectors in plane and in three-dimensional space, dot and cross products, spherical and cylindrical coordinates, vector-values functions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, and Lagrange multipliers. Presents multiple integrals and their applications, vector calculus with line and surface integrals, Green’s, Stokes', and Divergence Theorems and applications. --- # MATH M31 — Introduction to Linear Algebra 3 credits · 3 hours Develops the techniques and theory needed to solve and classify systems of linear equations. Covers solution techniques including row operations, Gaussian elimination, and matrix algebra. Investigates the properties of vectors in two and three dimensions, leading to the notion of an abstract vector space. Presents vector space and matrix theory including topics such as inner products, norms, orthogonality, eigenvalues, eigenspaces, and linear transformations. Involves selected applications of linear algebra. --- # MATH M35 — Applied Differential Equations 3 credits · 3 hours Covers ordinary differential equations, equations with constant coefficients, variation of parameters, Laplace transforms, systems of linear equations, first order differential equations, series solutions, and existence and uniqueness of solutions. Emphasizes applications to physics and engineering, and provides an introduction to numerical solutions. --- # MATH M37DS — Probability & Statistics for Data Science 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces statistical learning for data science. Emphasizes the following types of statistical models: Regression (Multiple Linear and Polynomial Regressions), Classification (Naive Bayes, Discriminant Analysis, Logistic Regression), Supervised Machine Learning (K-Nearest Neighbor, Tree models and their extensions), and Unsupervised Machine Learning (Principal Component Analysis, K-Means clustering). Covers applications of statistical programming for data science and the ethical use of data. --- # MATH M42DS — Mathematics of Machine Learning for Data Science 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces machine learning algorithms with linear algebra for data science. Emphasizes the mathematical foundations of ensemble methods, discriminant analysis, deep learning, and neural networks as well as the ethical use of data. Covers applications of algebraic programming for data science. --- # MATH M122 — Independent Study - Mathematics 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of mathematics through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. --- # MATH M725A — Bridge to MATH C2210 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Reviews the prerequisite materials necessary to be successful in MATH C2210 . Includes rationalizing denominators, factoring, logarithms, piecewise functions, and trigonometric functions. Prerequisites: MATH C2210 --- # MATH M725B — Bridge to MATH C2220 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Reviews the prerequisite materials necessary to be successful in MATH C2220 . Includes differentiation of algebraic and transcendental functions, integration, u-substitution, and the chain rule for differentiation. Prerequisites: MATH C2220 --- # MATH M905 — Bridge to College Algebra ( MATH M05 , MATH M07 or MATH M11 ) 0 credits · 0 hours Reviews the prerequisite material necessary to be successful in either MATH M05 , MATH M07 or MATH M11 . Includes factoring expressions; equations of lines; rational, radical and quadratic expressions and equations; and logarithms. Prerequisites: MATH M05, MATH M07, MATH M11 --- # MATH M905S — Support for College Algebra 0 credits · 0 hours Provides review for topics necessary for success in College Algebra, including linear equations and inequalities, graphing, factoring, and rational expressions. Covers systems of linear equations, rational functions, rational exponents and radicals, complex numbers, quadratic equations, graphs of parabolas, functions, composition and inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions. --- # MATH M911S — Support for College Algebra for Liberal Arts 0 credits · 0 hours Reviews topics necessary for success in College Algebra for Liberal Arts, including linear equations and inequalities, graphing, factoring, and rational expressions. Covers systems of linear equations, rational functions, rational exponents and radicals, complex numbers, quadratic equations, graphs of parabolas, functions, composition and inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions. --- # MATH M915 — Bridge to Statistics (MATH M15) 0 credits · 0 hours Reviews prerequisite material for successful completion of MATH M15. Reviews numbers and the number line, operations on numbers, sets and set notations, and equations and inequalities. Provides practice on graphing points and lines in two dimensions, reading tables and graphs, and approximating areas. Prerequisites: MATH M15 --- # MATH M915S — Support for Introductory Statistics 0 credits · 0 hours Reviews the prerequisite material necessary to be successful in MATH M15. Covers numbers and the number line, operations on numbers, sets and set notations, equations and inequalities. Includes graphing points and lines in two dimensions, reading tables and graphs, and approximating areas. Prerequisites: MATH M15 --- # STAT C1000 — Introduction to Statistics 4 credits · 4 hours 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. --- # STAT C1000H — Introduction to Statistics - Honors 4 credits · 4 hours 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. Honors work… --- # MUS M01 — Music Fundamentals 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces notation and primary elements of tonal music. Incorporates the following concepts: staff notation in treble and bass clefs, rhythm and meter; basic properties of sound; intervals; diatonic scales and triads; and diatonic chords. --- # MUS M02A — Music Theory I 3 credits · 3 hours Incorporates, through guided composition and analysis, the following concepts: rhythm and meter; basic properties of sound; intervals; diatonic scales and triads; diatonic chords, basic cadential formulas and phrase structure; dominant seventh; figured bass symbols; and non-harmonic tones. Develops skills in handwritten notation. --- # MUS M02AL — Musicianship I 1 credits · 1 hours Applies the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials developed in Music Theory I. Utilizes ear training, sight-singing, analysis, and dictation. --- # MUS M02B — Music Theory II 3 credits · 3 hours Incorporates the concepts from Music Theory I. Teaches, through guided composition and analysis, an introduction to two-part counterpoint, voice leading, and diatonic harmony, and rhythmic concepts from various cultural backgrounds. Provides an introduction to secondary/applied chords, modulation, and form. --- # MUS M02BL — Musicianship II 1 credits · 1 hours Applies the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials developed in Music Theory II. Utilizes ear training, sight-singing, analysis, and dictation. --- # MUS M02C — Music Theory III 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces chromatic harmony, secondary/applied chords, modulation, borrowed chords, and an introduction to Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords. Explores simple forms and stylistic traits from contemporary genres such has hip hop as well as classical structures. Applies these concepts through writing and analysis. --- # MUS M02CL — Musicianship III 1 credits · 1 hours Applies the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials developed in Music Theory III. Utilizes ear training, sight-singing, analysis, and dictation. --- # MUS M02D — Music Theory IV 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces 9th, 11th and 13th chords, extended harmonies and jazz theory; and 20th century techniques such as: Impressionism, tone rows, set theory, pandiatonicism, polytonalism, metric modulation, additive rhythms, and extended instrumental techniques. Explores rhythmic concepts and tuning systems from multiple cultural and musical traditions. --- # MUS M02DL — Musicianship IV 1 credits · 1 hours Applies rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials developed in Music Theory IV. Utilizes ear training, sight-singing, analysis, and dictation. --- # MUS M03 — Introduction to Music Technology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the concepts, techniques, terminology and uses of music technology. Addresses ethical, aesthetic, economic, and social problems in technology applications. Includes the use of current hardware and software for music notation, sequencing, synthesis, digital audio, and music performance and practice. --- # MUS M04 — Survey of World Music 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys world music traditions, examining style, performance practice, and cultural context. Provides students an appreciation of the range and diversity of musical expression in a variety of world cultures, Western and Non-Western. --- # MUS M04H — Honors: Survey of World Music 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys world music traditions, examining style, performance practice, and cultural context. Provides students an appreciation of the range and diversity of musical expression in a variety of world cultures, Western and Non-Western. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # MUS M05 — Electronic Music 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the techniques and elements of electronic music production. Includes topics such as synthesis, sampling, and musical instrumental digital interface (MIDI) sequencing. Requires the creation of compositions utilizing electronic music techniques. --- # MUS M07 — Introduction to Music Business 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of the music industry. Emphasizes and examines the various areas of the music business, the functions of each area, and the relationships between areas. Includes the topics of music publishing; copyright and intellectual property; music licensing; unions and guilds; performance rights organizations; personal and business financial management; artists and management; and recording industry. --- # MUS M08 — Music Appreciation 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces history of music, emphasizing understanding and enjoyment. Investigates basic elements of music, including structure of musical compositions as well as orchestral instrumentation. Focuses on styles, characteristics, and composers representative of, but not limited to, Western classical tradition, with directed listening of major musical examples. --- # MUS M08H — Honors: Music Appreciation 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces history of music, emphasizing understanding and enjoyment. Investigates basic elements of music, including structure of musical compositions as well as orchestral instrumentation. Focuses on styles, characteristics, and composers representative of, but not limited to, Western classical tradition, with directed listening of major musical examples. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # MUS M09A — Western Music History I 3 credits · 3 hours Explores musical activity, influences, and contributions of Greek and Roman civilizations. Traces development of music of Western world from Romanesque period to Baroque, including major composers as well as instrumental and vocal forms of each period. Requires listening to, identifying, and analyzing representative works of each period. --- # MUS M09AH — Honors: Western Music History I 3 credits · 3 hours Explores musical activity, influences, and contributions of Greek and Roman civilizations. Traces development of music of Western world from Romanesque period to Baroque, including major composers as well as instrumental and vocal forms of each period. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, in depth study of chosen works and enrichment opportunities. Requires listening to, identifying, and analyzing representative works of each period. --- # MUS M09B — Western Music History II 3 credits · 3 hours Studies changing styles, techniques, and forms of music from the middle of the 18th century to the present, emphasizing artistic philosophy of each period. Analyzes style and forms of representative works of composers representing these various stylistic eras. Requires listening and analysis outside of classroom. --- # MUS M09BH — Honors: Western Music History II 3 credits · 3 hours Studies changing styles, techniques, and forms of music from the middle of the 18th century to the present, emphasizing artistic philosophy of each period. Analyzes style and forms of representative works of composers representing these various stylistic eras. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, in ­depth study of chosen works and enrichment opportunities. --- # MUS M10 — Concert Choir 1 credits · 1 hours Studies, rehearses, and performs choral literature, from the Renaissance to the modern day. Emphasizes the development of vocal production and tone quality, balance and blend, and musical precision and accuracy. --- # MUS M11 — Songwriting 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the process, skills, and techniques of songwriting. Analyzes the chord structure, form, rhythm, melody, harmony, and lyrics of various songs. Requires demonstration of understanding through composition and performance of original song. --- # MUS M12 — Vocal Ensemble 2 credits · 2 hours Prepares students to participate in a vocal ensemble that performs choral music from various time periods, styles, and cultures. Focuses on repertoire specific to chamber vocal ensembles. --- # MUS M13A — Fundamentals of Vocal Technique I 2 credits · 2 hours Develops singing ability, including correct posture, breathing techniques, voice placement and resonance, vowel production, diction, range extension, and performance. Includes familiar, traditional, art songs, and selections from musical theater. --- # MUS M13B — Fundamentals of Vocal Technique II 2 credits · 2 hours Continues and expands development of vocal potential to correct faulty singing and to lay foundation for proper vocal production. Emphasizes vocal exercises as well as material sung in additional languages such as Italian, French, Spanish, or German. --- # MUS M13C — Advanced Vocal Development I 2 credits · 2 hours Continues development of proper vocal production. Emphasizes vocal exercises as well as English, Italian, German, French, and Spanish art songs. Introduces opera and oratorio literature. --- # MUS M13D — Advanced Vocal Development II 2 credits · 2 hours Further expands advanced vocal development through study and performance. Includes more challenging material, emphasizing operatic and oratorio literature as well as more difficult art songs. --- # MUS M18 — Jazz Ensemble 1 credits · 1 hours Participate and perform in small and large jazz ensembles. Includes sight-reading, jazz chord theory, and improvisation. --- # MUS M21 — Wind Ensemble 1 credits · 1 hours Provide a setting for wind and percussion instrumentalists who aspire to focus on standard wind ensemble and symphonic band repertoire. Rehearses and performs in public concerts. Applies to Associate Degree. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. --- # MUS M23 — Moorpark Symphony Orchestra 1 credits · 1 hours Provides a venue in which intermediate and advanced orchestral instrumentalists can rehearse and perform. Focuses on orchestral performance practices covering wide stylistic eras from Baroque to the modern. --- # MUS M24 — Introduction to Music Education 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Presents pedagogical principles and best practices for teaching music in elementary education. Introduces the elements of music, vocal and instrumental pedagogy. Analyzes the role of elementary music education with historical, cultural, and global perspectives. --- # MUS M25A — Class Piano-Beginning I 2 credits · 2 hours Provides piano instruction for students with little or no prior piano experience. Includes the fundamentals of piano playing, music reading, technique, improvisation, scales, chords, and simple piano literature. --- # MUS M25B — Class Piano-Beginning II 2 credits · 2 hours Reinforces the fundamentals of piano playing, including music reading techniques, articulation, improvisation, scales, chords, and simple piano literature. Emphasizes the further development of independence of hands. Introduces sharp key signature and harmony. --- # MUS M25C — Class Piano-Intermediate I 2 credits · 2 hours Provides further development of greater independence of hands and reinforces the fundamentals of expressive piano playing at the early-intermediate level. Includes an overview and study of the didactic works of the major important composers at the early-intermediate level, with emphasis on historically accurate interpretation. --- # MUS M25D — Class Piano-Intermediate II 2 credits · 2 hours Provides further development of greater independence of hands and reinforces the fundamentals of expressive piano playing at the later-intermediate level, including music reading, technique, improvisation, scales, and chords. includes an overview and study of the didactic works of the major important composers at the later-intermediate level, with emphasis on historically accurate interpretation. --- # MUS M30A — Applied Music-Woodwind 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for woodwind instruments through private instruction. Emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. --- # MUS M30B — Applied Music - Brass 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for brass instruments through private instruction. Emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. --- # MUS M30C — Applied Music - Strings 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for string instruments through private instruction. Emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. --- # MUS M30D — Applied Music - Piano 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for keyboard instruments through private instruction. Emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. --- # MUS M30E — Applied Music - Classical Guitar 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for guitar instruments through private instruction. Emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. --- # MUS M30F — Applied Music - Percussion 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for percussion instruments through private instruction. Emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. --- # MUS M30G — Applied Music - Voice 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for voice through private instruction. Emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. --- # MUS M31A — Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop I 2 credits · 2 hours Studies the skills necessary for the performer in a live musical theatre or opera production. Emphasizes script and score analysis, role preparation, theatre and rehearsal etiquette and technique, and singing technique. Focuses on opera or musical theatre literature from antiquity to the 20th century. Includes a culminating performance project such as a live scene, opera, or musical. --- # MUS M31B — Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop II 2 credits · 2 hours Studies the skills necessary for the performer in a live musical theatre or opera production. Emphasizes script and score analysis, role preparation, theatre and rehearsal etiquette and technique, and singing technique. Focuses on contemporary opera or musical theatre literature from the 20th and 21st centuries. Includes a culminating performance project such as a live scene, opera, or musical. --- # MUS M32A — Class Guitar-Beginning I 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces basic skills required to play and read simple melodies, scales, arpeggios and chords on acoustic guitar. Develops strumming patterns, basic fingerpicking, musical phrasing, counting and performing in groups, and applying a variety of styles and genres. --- # MUS M32B — Class Guitar-Beginning II 2 credits · 2 hours Develops skills to play and read melodies, scales, arpeggios and bar chords on acoustic guitar with fretboard fluency in multiple positions. Builds strumming and fingerstyle patterns, musical phrasing, improvisation, and counting and performing in groups, applying a variety of styles and genres. --- # MUS M33 — Popular Music Ensemble 1 credits · 1 hours Conducts performances of contemporary popular music, original student songs, and compositions. Accommodates acoustic and electric instrumentalists as well as percussionists and vocalists. Focuses on preparing and performing the repertoire of popular music styles. introduce students to performance options with instruments such as turntables, push-button controllers, or other digital performance tools & media. --- # MUS M34 — Contemporary Vocal Ensemble 2 credits · 2 hours Provides students the opportunity to study, rehearse, and perform contemporary vocal literature to include jazz and a cappella music. Emphasizes the development of skills needed to perform within a specialized ensemble that performs contemporary vocal repertoire. Limitation on Enrollment: Audition and instructor approval are required. --- # MUS M35 — Music Industry Networking and Negotiations 1 credits · 1 hours Introduces the soft skills necessary to succeed in the music industry. Explores various strategies for cultivating and leveraging professional relationships. Emphasizes negotiation strategies to effectuate positive outcomes in various contractual agreements most common within the music industry. --- # MUS M36 — Chamber Music Ensemble 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students an opportunity to rehearse and perform in small mixed ensembles (such as strings, keyboards, or percussion). Develops ensemble balance, musical phrasing, dynamics, and interpretation through analyzing and performing standard repertoire from Medieval to 21st-Century. Creates workplace skillsets, for example: responsibility, team building, communication, production management, marketing, public stage performance, and collaboration. --- # MUS M40A — Pro Tools Fundamentals I 2 credits · 2 hours Covers the fundamental concepts and principles of navigating ProTools. Discusses how to build sessions using live audio, Musical Instrument Digital Interfaces (MIDI), and virtual instruments. Develops skills in editing session media, audio processing, and mixing techniques that will allow them to create a basic project from setup to mixdown. --- # MUS M40B — Pro Tools Fundamentals II 2 credits · 2 hours Explores expanded techniques in recording, editing and mixing. Examines and develops skills required for session management, and effective use of Musical Instrument Digital Interfaces (MIDI), audio manipulation, signal processing, and submixing to improve commercial mixing. Provides opportunities to produce sessions for mid-size recordings. --- # MUS M41 — Live Sound Reinforcement 3 credits · 3 hours Equips students with skills to prepare and to operate a live sound set up. Develops the elements of Public Address (PA) Systems. Surveys employment opportunities available to audio engineers. Develops workplace skillsets relevant to the 21st-century live audio engineer, for example: signal flow, power, decibels/frequencies, system tuning, live sound mixing, monitors, front of house, stage-manager overview, DMS lighting systems, wireless systems, business, and stage safety. --- # MUS M42 — Audio Over Internet Protocol 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the principles, technologies, and applications of audio over IP (AoIP) systems, with a focus on Dante and AVB protocols. Surveys other significant AoIP protocols for the purposes of designing, implementing, and troubleshooting audio networks in professional settings. --- # MUS M51 — Hip Hop Appreciation 3 credits · 3 hours Covers the evolution of Hip Hop, its origins, and influences. Analyzes Hip Hop through the music, culture, and social impacts. Includes a survey of Hip Hop styles, leaders, and technological influences. --- # MUS M51H — Honors: Hip Hop Appreciation 3 credits · 3 hours Covers the evolution of Hip Hop, its origins, and influences. Analyzes Hip Hop through the music, culture, and social impacts. Includes a survey of Hip Hop styles, leaders, and technological influences. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # MUS M80 — Work Experience Education in Music 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # MUS M100 — Advanced Concert Choir 1 credits · 1 hours Provides advanced study, rehearsal, and performance of choral literature from various time periods, genres, and cultures. Emphasizes the advanced development of vocal production and tone quality, balance and blend, and musical precision and accuracy. --- # MUS M120 — Advanced Vocal Ensemble 2 credits · 2 hours Prepare students to participate in a vocal ensemble that performs advanced choral music from various time periods. Expands knowledge of advanced choral literature from the western canon. Introduces advanced non-western choral literature. --- # MUS M122 — Independent Study - Music 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Music through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. --- # MUS M123 — Independent Study - Music II 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows additional independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Music through research, study, practice, or performance. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Music instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # MUS M134 — Advanced Contemporary Vocal Ensemble 2 credits · 2 hours Provides students the opportunity to study, rehearse, and perform advanced contemporary vocal literature to include jazz and a cappella music. Emphasizes the development of skills needed to perform within a specialized ensemble that performs advance contemporary vocal literature. Introduces advanced vocal techniques in jazz, contemporary, and commercial voice. Expands knowledge of microphone techniques and sound system usage. Possible off-campus performances and local venues. Possible participation in festivals, workshops, and competitions. Annual participation in International Championship o… --- # MUS M180 — Advanced Jazz Ensemble 1 credits · 1 hours Explores advanced concepts in sightreading, jazz chord theory, historical context, and improvisation. Requires participation and performance at an advanced skill level in small and large jazz ensembles, including concerts. --- # MUS M210 — Advanced Wind Ensemble 1 credits · 1 hours Provides an advanced setting for wind and percussion instrumentalists who aspire to focus on standard wind ensemble and symphonic band repertoire. Requires rehearsals and performances in public concerts. --- # MUS M230 — Moorpark Symphony Orchestra - Advanced 1 credits · 1 hours Provides a venue in which advanced orchestral instrumentalists can rehearse and perform. Focuses on orchestral performance practices covering wide stylistic eras from Baroque to the modern. --- # ENSC M974 — Landscape Ecology and Management 0 credits · 0 hours Discusses Landscape Ecology and Management and the environmental factors that govern California biomes. Includes topics such as climate, soil conditions, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, sustainability, and precipitation patterns. Emphasizes the adaptability of native plants to the California climate. --- # TTHA M900 — Skills in Technical Theatre/Film/TV 0 credits · 0 hours Offers practical experience in developing workforce employability skills for Technical Theatre, Film and Television. Covers communication skills, team building, leadership and workforce interview preparation, industry specific job searches, websites, unions and apprenticeships. --- # TTHA M901 — Applied Technology for Theatrical Lighting 0 credits · 0 hours Offers practical experience in theatrical lighting. Covers design, hanging and focusing of instruments, programming lighting cues and executing cues during a live performance. --- # TTHA M902 — Applied Technology for Theatrical Audio Production 0 credits · 0 hours Offers practical experience in theatrical audio production. Covers design, creating, recording and mixing audio effects, running cabling for microphones and speakers, and operating multi-channel audio boards during a live production. --- # TTHA M903 — Applied Practices for Theatrical Stage Management 0 credits · 0 hours Offers methodologies for stage management of a theatrical production. Covers blocking notation, prompt book assembly, and best practices for universal communication in a theatrical production. --- # TTHA M904 — Applied Practices for Theatrical Costumes 0 credits · 0 hours Presents material and practical experience in theatrical costuming. Covers design, stitching techniques, sewing from patterns, building costumes and managing a stock room, creating a costume plots and crewing or leading a costume crew for a live performance. --- # TTHA M905 — Applied Practices for Theatrical Makeup 0 credits · 0 hours Offers practical experience in theatrical makeup. Covers design, corrective, age and non-realistic make-up techniques, hair styling and wig management, crewing or leading a makeup and/or hair crew for a live performance. --- # RADT M01A — Radiographic Practice I 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on routine and trauma radiographic anatomy. Includes positioning and procedures of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder girdle, bony thorax, pelvic girdle, and vertebral column. --- # RADT M01AL — Radiographic Clinical Lab I 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides an opportunity for practical application of theory on patients in a clinical setting. Includes proper positioning and exposure of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder girdle, bony thorax, pelvic girdle and spinal column. --- # RADT M01B — Radiographic Technique I 3 credits · 3 hours Covers production of radiation and interactions with matter. Includes manipulation and image quality of radiographic equipment. --- # RADT M01BL — Radiographic Technique Lab I 1 credits · 1 hours Provides basic knowledge in factors that govern and influence the production and recording of radiographic images. Uses class demonstrations and experiments to illustrate the application of radiographic equipment for digital radiographic imaging. Includes the performance of basic quality control experiments. --- # RADT M02A — Radiographic Practice II 3 credits · 3 hours Emphasizes routine, trauma, geriatric and pediatric radiographic imaging of the skull, paranasal sinuses and facial bones. Focuses on fluoroscopic and contrast media procedures of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems with an introduction to angiographic and interventional procedures. --- # RADT M02AL — Radiographic Clinical Lab II 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides an opportunity for practical application of theory on patients in a clinical setting. Includes proper positioning and exposure of the skull, paranasal sinuses, facial bones; fluoroscopic and contrast media procedures of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems; and pediatric and surgical radiography. Takes place in the radiology department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. --- # RADT M02B — Radiographic Technique II 3 credits · 3 hours Covers basic principles of radiation protection and radiobiology as well as state and federal regulations for diagnostic uses of radiation. Includes problem solving, quality assurance and quality control, automatic exposure control, digital systems and an introduction to Computed Tomography (CT). --- # RADT M02BL — Radiographic Technique Lab II 1 credits · 1 hours Applies radiation health and safety requirements in the acquisition of a radiograph with optimum image quality. Includes quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) experiments for radiographic equipment. --- # RADT M03 — Advanced Radiographic Technique 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the advanced radiography student to the theory of computed tomography including physics, instrumentation, patient care and imaging procedures. Covers cross sectional anatomy using computed tomography and magnetic resonance images. --- # RADT M03B — Radiographic Pathology 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces advanced concepts in radiography and various types of diseases encountered in radiology. Examines the skeletal, respiratory, central nervous, gastrointestinal, genito-urinary, hepatobiliary, hematopoetic, and reproductive systems. --- # RADT M03L — Radiographic Clinical Lab III 10.5 credits · 10.5 hours Provides an opportunity for practical application of theory on patients in a clinical setting. Includes proper positioning of entire skeletal system, utilization of fluoroscopy for surgical procedures using the C-arm and to perform upper and lower gastrointestinal exams using proper contrast media. --- # RADT M04 — Introduction to Image-Intensified Fluoroscopy 1 credits · 1 hours Covers the principles of fluoroscopic imaging including equipment, image formation and recording. Emphasizes image quality, analysis and radiation protection. --- # RADT M04L — Radiographic Clinical Lab IV 10.5 credits · 10.5 hours Provides an opportunity for practical application of the advanced radiography theory and lab content of upper and lower extremity, upper and lower gastrointestinal, and genitourinary studies using contrast media, fluoroscopy, and C-arm in surgical exams. Includes limited rotations in computer tomography, magnetic resonance, radiation therapy, ultrasound, cardiac catheterization and special interventional radiographic procedures in assigned clinical setting. --- # RADT M09 — Basic Skills for the Radiologic Technologist 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides basic knowledge of client care skills to those preparing for a career in Radiography. Focuses on the essential principles and practices of safe effective care in this constantly changing medical field. Integrates safety, communications, documentation, and cultural diversity throughout the course. --- # RADT M10A — Introduction to Radiologic Technology 2 credits · 2 hours Provides the new radiography student with entry-level information to begin clinical practice with a diverse client population in a radiology department. Emphasizes radiation protection, equipment manipulation and safety, sterile technique, and career options in radiology. Includes anatomy and positioning for chest and abdomen procedures. --- # RADT M10AL — Introduction to Radiologic Technology Lab 2.5 credits · 2.5 hours Permits the new radiography student to participate in a simulated radiography department setting in the on-campus Radiography skills lab. Provides radiography students opportunities to learn and practice equipment manipulation, radiation protection procedure, basic radiographic positions and projections positions, and chest and abdomen anatomy and procedures. Materials Fee: There is a materials fee for this course. The fee varies based on market value. --- # RADT M10B — Introduction to Radiographic Technique 2 credits · 2 hours Provides a basic knowledge of radiographic equipment design and operations. Covers introduction to radiation production, radiation protection and different types of digital radiographic equipment. --- # RADT M11 — Radiographic Lab I 1 credits · 1 hours Provides an opportunity for practical applications of theory focuses on routine and trauma radiographic anatomy through simulated clinical experiences in a radiography skills lab. Offers hands-on positioning with a mock patient as well as the creation of actual radiographs of an x-ray phantom using conventional and digital equipment. --- # RADT M12 — Radiographic Lab II 1 credits · 1 hours Provides an opportunity for practical applications of theory. Focuses on fluoroscopic and contrast media procedures of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. Introduces angiographic and interventional procedures through simulated clinical experiences in a radiography skills lab. Offers hands-on positioning with a mock patient as well as the creation of actual radiographs of an x-ray phantom using conventional and digital equipment. --- # RADT M14 — Radiographic Film Critique Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides radiographic film critique to integrate clinical practice and classroom education. Evaluates technical errors on radiographs and reviews strategies for avoiding future errors. Includes a review for licensure examinations. --- # RADT M15 — Venipuncture/ECG for RADT 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Provides the basic techniques of venipuncture in an upper extremity for the administration of radiographic contrast materials. Describes complications associated with contrast administration and appropriate actions to resolve these complications. Introduces the basic concepts of the electro-cardiogram (ECG). This course is also available to Certified Radiologic Technologist. Upon completion of in ­class portion of the course, students will need to perform an additional ten (10) venipunctures at a clinical site under the direct supervision of a physician to satisfy the state of California's tr… --- # RADT M17 — Healthcare Ethics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces theoretical and applied ethics as they relate to problems in medicine, healthcare, and the human life sciences. Examines foundational moral principles and the main moral theories. Provides an introduction to ethics in general, a foundation for understanding legal implications in healthcare and a framework for analyzing and resolving ethical problems through the application of ethical principles and critical thinking. --- # RADT M30 — Nuclear Medicine Practice I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces nuclear medicine as a specialty within radiologic technology. Focuses on equipment and radiopharmaceutical agents used to perform routine procedures on the skeletal, cardiovascular, central nervous, digestive and endocrine/exocrine systems. --- # RADT M32 — Principles of Nuclear Medicine I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces principles of basic nuclear medicine procedures, patient care, and radiation safety. Focuses on the safe operation of non-imaging instruments including monitoring equipment, dose calibrators, well counters, uptake probes, liquid scintillation systems, and the gamma probe. --- # RADT M34A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IA 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides an opportunity for practical application at a designated clinical site. Focuses on nuclear medicine imaging of the skeletal, cardiovascular, central nervous, digestive, and endocrine/exocrine systems. Utilizes the lab in the nuclear medicine department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. OTHER: Materials Fee: There is a materials fee for the course. The fee varies based on market value. --- # RADT M34B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IB 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides an opportunity for intermediate practice of nuclear medicine procedures. Focuses on the imaging of the bone, cardiovascular, central nervous, digestive and endocrine/exocrine systems procedures. Utilizes lab in the nuclear medicine department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. --- # RADT M40 — Nuclear Medicine Practice II 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the equipment and radiopharmaceutical agents used to perform imaging procedures of the genitourinary, hematopoietic, respiratory systems. Includes in-vitro, oncology and inflammation imaging for the adult and pediatric populations. --- # RADT M42 — Principles of Nuclear Medicine II 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on patient care, radiation safety, and principles of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Includes introduction to positron emission tomography (PET) instrumentation, and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) oncology. --- # RADT M44A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIA 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides an opportunity for practical application of nuclear medicine procedures at a designated clinical site. Focuses on nuclear medicine imaging of the respiratory, genitourinary, hematopoietic systems, as well as inflammatory/tumor and pediatric procedures. Utilizes lab in the Nuclear Medicine department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. --- # RADT M44B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIB 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides an opportunity for intermediate practical application of nuclear medicine exams of the respiratory, genitourinary, and hematopoietic systems. Includes inflammatory/tumor, and pediatric procedures of the same areas. Utilizes lab in the Nuclear Medicine department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. --- # RADT M49 — Radiography Summer Practicum 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides clinical experience in a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. Focuses on the improvement of clinical skills for exams of the axial and appendicular skeletal system. Includes active participation and use of fluoroscopy and contrast media to perform genitourinary, gastrointestinal exams. Furthermore, it encourages active participation is special radiographic procedures, and surgical exams using C-arm. A materials fee of $40.00 or current market pricing will be charged at registration. Takes place in the radiology department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. --- # RADT M50 — Nuclear Medicine Seminar 2 credits · 2 hours Provides a review of all nuclear medicine procedures of the central nervous, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, skeletal, and hematopoietic systems. Includes nuclear medicine radiation protection policies, regulations and quality control programs. Includes preparation for the NMTCB (Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board) exams. --- # RADT M52A — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIIA 2.5 credits · 2.5 hours Provides an opportunity for advanced practical application of nuclear medicine procedures. Includes the skeletal, cardiovascular, central nervous, digestive, endocrine/exocrine, respiratory, genitourinary, and hematopoietic systems. Utilizes lab in the Nuclear Medicine department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. OTHER: Materials Fee: There is a materials fee for the course. The fee varies based on market value. --- # RADT M52B — Nuclear Medicine Clinical Lab IIIB 2.5 credits · 2.5 hours Continues the advanced practical application of nuclear medicine procedures of the skeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, central nervous, endocrine, genitourinary, hematopoietic systems. Includes advanced practice of inflammatory/tumor procedures for adult and pediatric patients. Utilizes lab in the Nuclear Medicine department of a pre-assigned clinical affiliate. --- # RADT M122 — Independent Study - Radiologic Technology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Radiologic Technology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Rad Tech instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # NS M01 — Beginning Nursing Science 4 credits · 4 hours Part 1: Provides the theoretical concepts of patient-centered, evidence-based, fundamental nursing care of adult and geriatric patients using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations in common and emerging healthcare settings. Presents the foundations of nursing practice and the nursing process, legal and ethical frameworks, diversity, head-to-toe assessment and documentation addressing all body systems for the adult and geriatric client, theoretical concepts of skills associated with activities of daily living, maintenance of a safe environment, and growth and… --- # NS M01L — Beginning Nursing Lab I 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Part 1: Applies fundamental, patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to simulated patients in the skills lab setting and one selected adult/geriatric patient in extended, rehabilitation, or acute care settings using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations. Focuses on practice and demonstration of communication, physical assessment, activity of daily living, identification of actual and potential health deviations, and documentation of the nursing process. Part 2: Applies beginning medical-surgical, patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to 1-2 adu… --- # NS M02 — Intermediate Nursing Science I 5 credits · 5 hours Part 1: Provides the theoretical concepts of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care of maternity and pediatric patients using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations in common and emerging healthcare setting. Part 2: Provides theoretical concepts of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing intermediate medical/surgical nursing care using the nursing process to adult patients with health deviations including basic respiratory, peripheral vascular disease, hematology and oncology, and basic gastrointestinal disease processes in common and emerging healthc… --- # NS M02L — Intermediate Nursing Lab I 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Part 1: provides the application of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to 1-2 mother/newborn couplets for maternity and 1-2 pediatric clients using the nursing process related to health promotion and deviations in common and emerging healthcare settings. Part 2: provides the application of patient-centered, evidence-based intermediate medical/surgical nursing care to 2 adult patients with common, acute, and chronic healthcare needs in common and emerging healthcare settings using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations. --- # NS M03 — Intermediate Nursing Science II 5 credits · 5 hours Part 1: Provides the theoretical concepts of patient-centered, evidence-based intermediate medical-surgical nursing care of adult patients with common to complex, acute, and chronic healthcare needs using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations in common and emerging healthcare settings. Includes concepts of care of patients with healthcare deviations of the renal/urinary, male reproductive, endocrine, advanced gastrointestinal, and neurologic systems. Part 2: Provides the theoretical concepts of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to psychiatric and… --- # NS M03L — Intermediate Nursing Science Clinical Laboratory II 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Part 1: Provides the application of patient-centered, evidence-based intermediate medical-surgical nursing care to 2-3 adult patients with common to complex, acute, and chronic health care needs in the acute care setting using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations. Part 2: Provides the application of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to psychiatric and geriatric patients in the acute and community health care settings using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations. --- # NS M04 — Advanced Nursing Science 4 credits · 4 hours Part 1: Provides theoretical concepts of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to adult patients with common to complex, acute, and chronic healthcare needs using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations in emerging healthcare settings. Part 2: Provides the theoretical concepts of nursing leadership and management in common and emerging healthcare settings. --- # NS M04L — Advanced Nursing Science Clinical Laboratory 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Part 1: Provides application of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to 1-6 adult patients with common to complex, acute, and chronic healthcare needs in the acute care setting using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations. Part 2: Provides the application of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to patients in a precepted acute care environment using the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations. --- # NS M05L — Nursing Science Clinical Review 4.5 credits · 4.5 hours Provides structured remediation for returning intermediate to advanced nursing students in the application of patient-centered, evidence-based nursing care to 2-3 adult patients, in the acute care setting, with common to complex, acute, and chronic healthcare needs. Utilizes the nursing process related to health promotion and self-care deviations. --- # NS M11 — Nursing Skills Laboratory I 1 credits · 1 hours Provides application of theory from beginning nursing science. Utilizes simulated clinical experience, computer-assisted instruction, audio-visual aids, case study discussions, and individualized remediation. --- # NS M12 — Nursing Skills Laboratory II 1 credits · 1 hours Provides application of theory from intermediate nursing science. Utilizes simulated clinical experience, computer-assisted instruction, audio-visual aids, case study discussions, and individualized remediation. --- # NS M13 — Nursing Skills Laboratory III 1 credits · 1 hours Provides application of theory from intermediate to advanced nursing science. Utilizes simulated clinical experience, computer-assisted instruction, audio-visual aids, case study discussions, and individualized remediation. --- # NS M14 — Nursing Skills Laboratory IV 1 credits · 1 hours Provides application of theory from advanced nursing science. Utilizes simulated clinical experience, computer-assisted instruction, audio-visual aids, case study discussions, and individualized remediation. --- # NS M15 — Role Transitions: LVN to RN 1 credits · 1 hours Focuses on preparing the Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) for re-entry into the student role and the transition into the new role as a Registered Nurse (RN). Assists the students to reflect on this changing role and to practice skills needed to become a successful student. Stresses the difference between the LVN and RN as care provider, leader, teacher and patient advocate. Emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills utilized in the nursing process. --- # NS M16 — Study Skills for Nursing Students 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces skills that promote the academic preparation of pre-nursing students. Develops techniques for improving study skills, communication, time management, test-taking, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and math skills for dosage calculations. Emphasizes creating a framework for success in preparation for becoming a nursing student. --- # NS M17 — Healthcare Ethics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces theoretical and applied ethics as they relate to problems in medicine, healthcare, and the human life sciences. Examines foundational moral principles and the main moral theories. Provides an introduction to ethics in general, a foundation for understanding legal implications in healthcare and a framework for analyzing and resolving ethical problems through the application of ethical principles and critical thinking. --- # NS M18 — Nursing Skills Summer Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Provides application of theory from nursing science. Utilizes simulated clinical experience, computer-assisted instruction, audio-visual aids, case study discussions, and individualized remediation. --- # NS M19 — Medical Terminology 3 credits · 3 hours Prepares students for healthcare careers with a focus on understanding and communicating medical information. Teaches the language of medicine, focusing on medical terminology. Assists the student in learning and communicating medical terms related to anatomy, physiology, diseases, diagnoses, pharmacology, therapeutics and common abbreviations. --- # NS M20 — Pharmacology 3 credits · 3 hours Establishes a foundation for understanding future developments in drug therapy and for administering drugs efficiently and safely. Identifies pharmacology priniciples, basic pharmacological terminology and concepts, drug categories and their uses, drug mechanisms of action, as well as drug dosages, drug forms, routes of administration, and common generic and trade name medications. Applies drug information and mathematical calculations performed in clinical settings. --- # NS M25 — Basic Pathophysiology 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the fundamentals of pathophysiology, focusing on physiologic changes and altered functions resulting from disease processes. Applies principles of anatomy, physiology, and chemistry as the foundation for study of the pathogenesis of various disorders. Explores clinical manifestations, diagnostic approaches, preventative measures, and current therapeutic regimens of selected disorders. --- # NS M30 — Basic Cardiac Dysrhythmia Interpretation 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Introduces the skills necessary to interpret basic cardiac dysrhythmias and identify related healthcare interventions. Covers a systematic approach for the identification and classification of dysrhythmias according to site of origin and prognosis. --- # NS M35 — Holistic Healthcare Practices 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Explores healthcare practices that complement the Western/allopathic mode of health care. Provides concepts of relaxation therapy, meditation, guided imagery, therapeutic touch and other energy healing modalities, nutrition, and use of herbs for treatment of most common ailments. --- # NS M40 — Labor and Delivery Room Nursing 2 credits · 2 hours Develops the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of nurses in promoting a safe labor and delivery. Develops critical thinking and clinical reasoning in caring for the intrapartum patient. Utilizes a systematic approach to assessment and prioritization of nursing care for the intrapartum client and the fetus. --- # NS M49 — Nursing Practicum 2.5 credits · 2.5 hours Enables the intermediate nursing student to participate in a paid practicum cooperatively planned by an employing agency and the nursing faculty. Provides the student nurse with a supportive educational program to assist in practicing learned technical skills, critical thinking and clinical reasoning strategies, communication skills, and organization and prioritization. --- # NS M78 — Introduction to Operating Room Nursing 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces operating room (OR) nursing, including the scrub and circulating roles of the OR nurse. Focuses on the application of the nursing process with the perioperative client. Combines lecture and skills laboratory classes, as well as a clinical preceptorship. --- # NS M79 — Intermediate Operating Room Nursing 4 credits · 4 hours Provides basic competencies in perioperative nursing in both scrub and circulating roles. Focuses on surgical specialties: general, gynecological, neurology, orthopedic, urology, and vascular; including the use of laparoscopy, laser and other complex surgical equipment. Focuses on preoperative assessment and planning, intra-operative implementation and postoperative evaluation. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number CEP 2811 for 22.5 contact hours. --- # NS M122 — Independent Study - Nursing 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Nursing through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Nursing instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # NTS M01 — Introduction to Nutrition Science 3 credits · 3 hours Examines scientific concepts of nutrition related to the function of nutrients within the human body and current health issues. Focuses on the nutrient requirements throughout the life cycle, as well as an emphasis on individual needs. --- # NTS M07 — Cultural Foods 3 credits · 3 hours Evaluates the historical and cultural aspects of traditional and contemporary food habits of Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans. Examines the influence of industry, technology, politics, the economy, and religion on food patterns. Reviews the role of ethnic families, their therapeutic uses of food, and their nutrition education practices. --- # PM M10 — Paramedic Studies 18.5 credits · 18.5 hours Focuses on the core professional responsibilities of a paramedic including the assessment and triage of emergent, urgent, and non-urgent pre-hospital medical care. Applies basic and advanced knowledge and skills necessary to determine patient physiologic, psychological, and psycho-social needs. Covers administration of medications, interpretation and use of diagnostic findings to implement pre-hospital patient treatment, facilitate referrals and/or access to a higher level of care. --- # PM M20 — Paramedic Clinical Rotation and Field Preceptorship 18 credits · 18 hours Provides supervised hospital based and prehospital field training to paramedic students after successful completion of the Paramedic Studies ( PM M10 ) coursework. Incorporates the didactic paramedic instruction into a practical clinical environment where paramedic students will perform assessments, determine patient priority, develop patient treatment plans and provide interventional patient care to emergency and non-emergency patients. Develops critical thinking skills, promotes decision making related to diversity and equity relating to emergency medical patients, incorporates didactic ins… --- # PHIL M01 — Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits · 3 hours Explores systematically the concepts of knowledge, reality, and value, including review of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Introduces idealism, realism, skepticism, materialism, and relativism. --- # PHIL M01H — Honors: Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits · 3 hours Explores systematically the concepts of knowledge, reality, and value, including review of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Introduces idealism, realism, skepticism, materialism, and relativism. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # PHIL M02 — Introduction to Ethics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the systematic study of consequentialist, deontological and virtue theories as well as meta-ethical theories. Includes such topics as freedom and responsibility, justice, and moral relativism. --- # PHIL M02H — Honors: Introduction to Ethics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the systematic study of consequentialist, deontological and virtue theories as well as metaethical theories. Includes such topics as freedom and responsibility, justice, and moral relativism. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # PHIL M03 — Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the major social and political theories in Western thought. Explains the organization of societies and the formation of governments. Examines the concept of justice, equality, rights and duties, class, and power structures. --- # PHIL M05 — Critical Thinking and Analytic Writing 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces critical reasoning, including analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, and identification of assumptions and perspectives. Emphasizes oral and written analysis and argumentation, clarifying fact, belief and value, and identifying and avoiding common fallacies of thought, logic and language. --- # PHIL M07 — Introduction to Logic 3 credits · 3 hours Explores deductive and inductive reasoning, definitions, verification, argument forms, and analyzes formal and informal fallacies. Analyzes the nature of arguments for validity and soundness. Includes a study of formal techniques of sentential logic and predictive logic. --- # PHIL M08 — Philosophy of Religion 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces philosophical issues that arise from reflection on religious beliefs and practices. Includes such topics as the nature of religion, the existence of God, mysticism and religious experience, divine perfection and the problem of evil, faith and reason, religion and morality, life after death, and the diversity of religious beliefs. --- # PHIL M09 — Introduction to Symbolic Logic 3 credits · 3 hours Covers elements of sentential and quantificational symbolic logic. Analyzes forms of reasoning and structure of language. --- # PHIL M11 — World Religions: West 3 credits · 3 hours Compares the major ideas of western religious traditions. Explores cultural and historical contexts in which these religions arose, and recent forms of these traditions. --- # PHIL M12 — World Religions: East 3 credits · 3 hours Compares the major ideas of the world's eastern religious traditions. Explores how cultural and historical contexts in these religions arose, as well as recent forms of these traditions. --- # PHIL M13 — The Classical Mind 3 credits · 3 hours Studies ancient and medieval philosophy. Focuses on the development of central philosophical themes such as Plato’s concept of the soul and Aristotle’s metaphysics. --- # PHIL M14 — The Modern Mind 3 credits · 3 hours Studies the beginning of modern philosophy. Explores skepticism and rationality, the mind/body problem, and other problems. --- # PHIL M21 — Ethics of Living and Dying 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of ethics in relation to biomedical issues. Examines topics such as genetic engineering, use of stem cells, abortion and the use of aborted tissue. Analyzes the ethics of physician-assisted suicide, death with dignity, and euthanasia. --- # PHIL M22 — Ethics of Business 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes major ethical traditions with a focus on the nature of obligation, right action, responsibility and altruism. Examines the application of ethics to issues in business and professional life. --- # PHIL M80 — Work Experience Education in Philosophy 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # PHIL M122 — Independent Study - Philosophy 1 credits · 1 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Philosophy through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent study project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Philosophy instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # PHIL M400 — Ethics in the Age of Emerging Technology 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes ethical problems in the research, funding, and applications of emerging technologies with a focus on the fields of biotechnology and cybersecurity. Applies major ethical frameworks to case studies illustrating ethical problems in various fields such as biotechnology and cybersecurity. --- # PHOT M10 — Beginning Photography 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the technical, expressive, social, and historical aspects of photography. Encourages the development of personal artistic expression and visual perception through the use of various photographic techniques. Includes topics in exposure, composition, content, lighting, digital camera use, and processing of digital photographs. May include instruction in analog film processing and darkroom printing techniques. --- # PHOT M20 — Intermediate Photography 3 credits · 3 hours Continues the exploration of photography as a creative medium with required technical and conceptual skills. Encourages personal expression through practice and the analysis of historical precedents. Includes such topics as exposure, color, white balance, contrast control, editing, digital printing, scanning negatives, Adobe Lightroom, and fine-tuning the camera. Explores in-depth natural and artificial light, including an introduction to studio lighting. Teaches Medium and Large Format photography techniques. --- # PHOT M30A — Advanced Photography I 3 credits · 3 hours Refines technical and aesthetic understanding in black and white and/or color photography. Includes demonstrations and assignments in advanced photographic techniques such as large format cameras. Emphasizes creative expression, conceptualization, portfolio development, and expansion of the student's understanding of theoretical issues regarding the history and practice of photography. Strengthens the artist's personal statement through major individual projects. --- # PHOT M30B — Advanced Photography II 3 credits · 3 hours Further refines technical and aesthetic mastery of black and white and/or color photography. Emphasizes demonstrations and assignments in advanced photographic techniques such as large format cameras. Emphasizes creative expression, conceptualization, exhibition quality portfolio development, and increased expansion of the student's understanding of theoretical issues regarding the history and practice of photography. Further strengthens the artist's personal statement through major individual projects. --- # PHOT M40 — History of Photography 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the history of technical developments and aesthetic trends in photography from Daguerre to the present. Explores relationships with history, culture, technology, art, and social values. --- # PHOT M80 — Work Experience Education in Photography 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # PHOT M122 — Independent Study-Photography 1 credits · 1 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of photography through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a photography instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # PHSC M01 — Principles of Physical Science 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces facts, principles and laws from physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Includes motion, force, energy, wave motion, electricity and magnetism, light, atomic and nuclear structure, chemical bonding and chemical reactions, solutions, organic chemistry, the solar system and planet Earth. --- # PHSC M01L — Principles of Physical Science Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Examines some of the basic phenomena in physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Applies common, modern laboratory instruments, in hands-on experiments. Teaches the principles of data taking, reduction, synthesis, and analysis, in addition to the writing of scientific reports. --- # PHSC M80 — Work Experience Education in Physical Science 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # PHSC M122 — Independent Study - Physical Science 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Physical Science through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Physical Science instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # PHYS M01 — Descriptive Physics 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, thermodynamics, wave motion, electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics. Examines topics such as kinematics, atomic nature of matter, relativity, and nuclear physics. --- # PHYS M01L — Descriptive Physics Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Examines the basic phenomena in mechanics, thermodynamics, wave motion, electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics. Introduces the use of common real-world modern laboratory instruments, learned and practiced during the experiments. Teaches elementary principles of data taking, data reduction, synthesis, and analysis, as well as the writing of scientific reports. --- # PHYS M10A — General Physics I 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the basics of statics, mechanics, and wave motion. Includes kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids, waves, simple harmonic motion and thermodynamics. --- # PHYS M10AL — General Physics I Lab 1 credits · 1 hours Examines basic phenomena in mechanics, thermodynamics, and wave motion. Applies common, modern laboratory instruments in hands-on experiments using real world data. Teaches the principles of data taking, reduction, synthesis, and analysis, in addition to the writing of scientific reports. --- # PHYS M10B — General Physics II 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces electricity, magnetism, direct-current circuits, optics, and modern physics. Uses trigonometry to develop the subject matter. Examines topics such as geometric optics, physical optics, relativity, quantum physics, and nuclear physics. Designed for students who need a trigonometry-based physics course. --- # PHYS M10BL — General Physics II Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Examines the basic real-world phenomena in electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics. Applies common modern laboratory instruments in hands-on experiments. Teaches and relates the principles of data taking, reduction, synthesis, and analysis, in addition to the writing of scientific reports using appropriate units and significant figures. --- # PHYS M20A — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the basic principles of the mechanics of solids and fluids. Uses calculus to develop the subject matter. Covers kinematics, Newtonian mechanics including rotational dynamics, work, energy, fluid statics and dynamics, and simple harmonic motion. --- # PHYS M20AL — Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Examines the basic laws of the mechanics of solids and fluids. Applies common, modern laboratory instruments in hands-on experiments with real world data. Teaches the principles of data taking, reduction, synthesis, and analysis, in addition to the writing of scientific reports. --- # PHYS M20B — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the basic principles of thermodynamics and electromagnetism. Uses calculus to develop the subject matter. Includes the following topics: temperature, heat, the laws of thermodynamics, electrostatics, capacitance, DC circuits, magnetic forces and fields, electromagnetic induction, AC circuits, Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic waves. --- # PHYS M20BL — Thermodynamics, Electricity, and Magnetism Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Examines the basic phenomena in thermodynamics and electromagnetism. Uses real-world modern instruments such as digital and analog voltmeters, ammeters, and oscilloscopes. Teaches the principles of data taking, reduction, synthesis, and analysis, in addition to the writing of scientific reports. --- # PHYS M20C — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the basic principles of wave motion, optics, and modern physics using calculus to develop the subject matter. Includes the following topics: classical wave theory, wave-particle duality, reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, optical elements and systems, applications of Schrodinger’s equation, atomic structure, molecular structure, the quantum nature of solids, consequences of special and general relativity, nuclear physics, particle physics, and cosmology. --- # PHYS M20CL — Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Laboratory 1 credits · 1 hours Examines some of the basic phenomena in wave motion, optics, and modern physics. Uses real world modern instruments such as digital and analog voltmeters, ammeters, digital storage oscilloscopes, frequency counters, lasers, spectrometers, optical energy and poser meters during the experiments. Teaches the principles of data taking, reduction, synthesis, and analysis, in addition to the writing of scientific reports. --- # PHYS M80 — Work Experience Education in Physics 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # PHYS M122 — Independent Study - Physics 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Physics through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Physics instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # POLS C1000 — American Government and Politics 3 credits · 3 hours 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. --- # POLS C1000H — American Government and Politics - Honors 3 credits · 3 hours 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. This is an honors course. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # POLS M01 — Introduction to Politics 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the nature and scope of political science including basic concepts, terms, contending theories, institutions, and subfields in the discipline. Describes the methodology and research techniques employed by political scientists. Covers subfields such as Political Theory, American Government, Comparative Politics, and International Relations. --- # POLS M02 — Comparative Politics 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the political behavior, institutions, interests, identities, and public policy of various governments. Includes case study examples taken from Europe and Asia. --- # POLS M04 — International Relations 3 credits · 3 hours Studies the organization and operation of the international political system. Examines the relationships between theory, powerful states, international institutions, and the contemporary issues that are presently threatening the peace and prosperity of millions of people worldwide. Covers topics in the strategic interactions between domestic and international politics as well as considering the economic, environmental, and security policy of important states. --- # POLS M05 — National, State and Local Politics 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the purpose and evolution of federalism from the founding to modern times. Introduces the study of subnational units including the three branches of state government and the structure of local governments. Compares and contrasts the structure of the national government to state and local structures. Considers the challenges and problems that cities face in a federal system. Examines elections at all levels of government in order to determine how electoral systems promote diversity, representation and participation. --- # POLS M06 — Introduction to Political Theory 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the various approaches to political theory across time, issues, and authors. Analyzes selected political theories and ideologies, relevance of theory to contemporary problems, and new approaches to political thought. Evaluates the contribution of theories towards a comprehensive understanding of political life and political institutions. --- # POLS M09 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods 3 credits · 3 hours Surveys the research methods employed in political science. Introduces the topics of research design, experimental procedures, descriptive methods, and instrumentation. Examines the collection, interpretation, and reporting of research data, as well as the ethics of research. --- # POLS M20A — Mock Trial A 2 credits · 2 hours Introduces basic concepts of the legal system of the United States, explains the legal analysis process, how to make effective and persuasive oral presentations, and basic rules and techniques of trial advocacy. Specializes in areas of public discourse (law, teaching, political science and any field requiring a high amount of public speaking). --- # POLS M20B — Mock Trial B 2 credits · 2 hours Continues with intermediate concepts of the legal system of the United States, focuses on how to develop effective and persuasive oral presentations, and emphasizes rules and techniques of trial advocacy. Continues to develop public speaking and improvisation skills through practicing in class. --- # POLS M20C — Mock Trial C 2 credits · 2 hours Focuses on making effective and persuasive oral presentations, and advanced rules and techniques of trial advocacy. Covers advanced topics such as objections and improvisation. --- # POLS M20D — Mock Trial D 2 credits · 2 hours Covers advanced concepts of the legal system of the United States, including the most commonly used objections and exploring effective defenses against objections. Focuses on performance and persuasive oral presentation skills. Focuses on refining public speaking and improvisation skills through class activities. --- # POLS M80 — Work Experience Education in Political Science 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # POLS M122 — Independent Study - Political Science 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Political Science through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent study project. Includes one-­on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Political Science instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # PSYC C1000 — Introduction to Psychology 3 credits · 3 hours 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. Part 2: Optional Expanded Description Explores the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, focusing on a broad range of psychological theories and concepts, methods, and research findings. Covers topics such as the biological bases of behavior and mental processes, perception, cognition and consciousness, learning,… --- # PSYC C1000H — Introduction to Psychology - Honors 3 credits · 3 hours 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. Part 2: Optional Expanded Description Explores the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, focusing on a broad range of psychological theories and concepts, methods, and research findings. Covers topics such as the biological bases of behavior and mental processes, perception, cognition an… --- # PSY M02 — Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the scientific study of the biological bases of behavior and its fundamental role in the neurosciences. Addresses physiological, hormonal, and neurochemical mechanisms, and brain-behavior relationships underlying the psychological phenomena of sensation, perception, regulatory processes, emotion, learning, memory, and psychological disorders. Notes historical scientific contributions and current research principles for studying brain-behavior relationships and mental processes. Discusses ethical standards for human and animal research in the context of both invasive and non-invasiv… --- # PSY M02H — Honors: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the scientific study of the biological bases of behavior and its fundamental role in the neurosciences. Addresses physiological, hormonal, and neurochemical mechanisms, and brain-behavior relationships underlying the psychological phenomena of sensation, perception, regulatory processes, emotion, learning, memory, and psychological disorders. Notes historical scientific contributions and current research principles for studying brain-behavior relationships and mental processes. Discusses ethical standards for human and animal research in the context of both invasive and non-invasiv… --- # PSY M03 — Personal Growth and Social Awareness 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on how psychology is used in everyday life and is related to other social sciences. Surveys different psychological perspectives and theoretical foundations and how these are applied across a person’s life taking into account the influence of factors such as culture, gender, ethnicity, historical cohort, and socio-economic status. Provides a broad understanding of how scientists, clinicians, and practitioners study and apply psychology. --- # PSY M04 — Child Psychology 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the stages of development: Prenatal and pregnancy, first 2 years, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence and emerging adulthood. Addresses biological, physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. Examines the influences of culture, family, society, and the environment on psychological development. --- # PSY M05 — Social Psychology 3 credits · 3 hours Considers individual human behavior in relation to the social environment. Examines the power of the situation, other individuals, and the social group. Emphasized topics include: aggression, prejudice and stereotypes, interpersonal attraction, attitudes and attitude change, conformity, group phenomena, gender roles, cultural norms, person perception, and social cognition. --- # PSY M06 — Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic research concepts and principles of behavioral science; descriptive and experimental research approaches; hypothesis formation and testing; experimental variables and controls; validity and reliability; experimental and quasi-experimental research designs; and research ethics. Examines research design and methodology through a review of research in a variety of the subdivisions of Psychology. --- # PSY M07 — Developmental Psychology (Lifespan) 3 credits · 3 hours Provides an overview, from a psychological perspective, of human development from conception through death, including biological and environmental influences. Examines theories and research of physical, cognitive, personality, social, and cultural aspects of development, as well as attention to developmental problems. --- # PSY M08 — Abnormal Psychology 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the scientific study of psychopathology and atypical behaviors, broadly defined. Investigates abnormal behavior from a variety of perspectives including biological, psychological, and sociocultural approaches. Surveys theory and research in abnormal behavior, and introduces intervention and prevention strategies for psychological disorders. --- # PSY M10 — Dying and Death 3 credits · 3 hours Explores issues and decisions concerned with dying and death over the life span. Covers topics such as historical and cross-cultural perspectives, death socialization, medical ethics, the health-care system, legal issues, and after-life concerns. --- # PSY M13 — Human Sexuality 3 credits · 3 hours Explores psychological, biological, sociological, cultural and historical perspectives of human sexual behavior. Emphasizes the diversity of human sexual development and current research. Covers topics such as theoretical approaches to sexuality, sex research, sexual anatomy, physiology, sexual arousal and response, gender identity, sexual orientation, contraception, pregnancy, attraction, love & communication, sexually transmitted infections, HIV & AIDS, variations in sexual behavior, sexual challenges and therapies, sexual coercion and harassment, and sex work. --- # PSY M14 — Cross-Cultural Psychology 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the impact of cultural and societal influences on the psychological development of ethnic groups. Integrates traditional theoretical approaches in psychology to current cross-cultural research and theory in the study of African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Latinos. Covers research methodology; identity formation and ethnicity; cognition and intelligence; language development; family and gender roles; psychological stressors; behavioral disorders and clinical assessment; cross-cultural counseling techniques; and prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes. --- # PSY M16 — Personality Theories 3 credits · 3 hours Examines major topics in the field of personality psychology including theoretical approaches, assessment measures, and the philosophies and historical contributions of key figures to the study of personality. Includes topics such as psychoanalytic, neo-analytic, biological, behavioral, humanistic and existentialist, trait, interpersonal, cognitive, and interactionist theories and individual differences in personality. --- # PSY M80 — Work Experience Education in Psychology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # PSY M122 — Independent Study - Psychology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Psychology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Psychology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # PSY M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics and appropriate use of statistical techniques to analyze and interpret applications based on data from the social and behavioral sciences and related fields including psychology, sociology, education, criminal justice, health science, economics, business, anthropology, and political science. Includes probability theory, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques. Covers descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions, statistical inference, correlation and linear regression, z-test, one and two sample t-tests,… --- # SJS M110 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Examines, via inter-disciplinary study, race and ethnicity in the United States. Examines social justice movements in relation to ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Provides a basis for a better understanding of the socio-economic, cultural, and political conditions among key social groups. --- # SJS M120 — Introduction to Women's Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces students to the origins, purpose, subject matter, and methods of Women's Studies and to feminist perspectives on a range of social issues affecting women of diverse backgrounds. Studies gender and its intersections with race, class, sexuality, dis/ability, age, religion, and other systems of difference. --- # SJS M130 — Introduction to LGBTQ Studies 3 credits · 3 hours Examines a broad range of contemporary gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues in various contexts including bio-medical, sociological, political, racial and sexual. Focuses on intersectionality and social justice. --- # SWHS M110 — Introduction to Social Work and Human Services 3 credits · 3 hours Overviews social welfare and the societal institutions in the U.S. that structure the provision of social services. Presents a historical perspective on the development of U.S. social work and human services. Highlights current service delivery systems, their policies and procedures, and the tasks of culturally responsive social workers and human service workers within those settings. --- # SWHS M120A — Social Work and Human Services Seminar 1 credits · 1 hours Provides the student who is participating in a supervised field experience in a community organization, agency, or institution with a weekly class meeting that provides the academic element to the experiential course offering. Provides the student with an opportunity to develop skills that would facilitate gaining employment in the human services field. --- # SWHS M120B — Social Work and Human Services Fieldwork 2 credits · 2 hours Facilitates a supervised field experience in the area of Social Work/Human Services (community organization, agency, or institution) allowing the student to apply practitioner and organizational knowledge, and learn new skills outside the classroom environment. Provides students with an opportunity to develop skills in preparation for gaining employment in the human services field. --- # SOCI C1000 — Introduction to Sociology 3 credits · 3 hours This course introduces students to Sociology: the study of people, groups, and institutions that shape people’s lives. Through a mix of theory, research, and real-world examples, students explore key sociological concepts like culture, inequality, power, collective action, and social change. With content reflecting diverse histories and lived experiences, students make connections between their lives and the social forces that influence individual opportunities and choices. Students in this course will develop a critical lens that allows them to better understand and transform themselves and… --- # SOCI C1000H — Introduction to Sociology - Honors 3 credits · 3 hours This course introduces students to Sociology: the study of people, groups, and institutions that shape people’s lives. Through a mix of theory, research, and real-world examples, students explore key sociological concepts like culture, inequality, power, collective action, and social change. With content reflecting diverse histories and lived experiences, students make connections between their lives and the social forces that influence individual opportunities and choices. Students in this course will develop a critical lens that allows them to better understand and transform themselves and… --- # SOC M80 — Work Experience Education in Sociology 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # SOC M115 — Social Problems 3 credits · 3 hours Identifies and analyzes contemporary social problems. Includes the role of power and ideology in the definition of social problems, their causes and consequences, evaluations of proposed solutions, and methods of intervention. --- # SOC M120 — Introduction to Research Methods 3 credits · 3 hours Examines fundamental elements of empirical research and the ways in which sociologists gather, evaluate and critique social data. Includes attention to the nature of theory, hypotheses, variables, and ethics of research. Applies qualitative and quantitative analytic tools including logic and research design, such as survey, observational, experimental, case study, and comparative historical research. Focuses on data analysis using a software package. --- # SOC M122 — Independent Study - Sociology 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Sociology through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Sociology instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # SOC M125 — Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 4 credits · 4 hours Introduces the concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics and appropriate use of statistical techniques to analyze and interpret applications based on data from the social and behavioral sciences and related fields including psychology, sociology, education, criminal justice, health science, economics, business, anthropology, and political science. Includes probability theory, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques. Covers descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions, statistical inference, correlation and linear regression, z-test, one and two sample t-tests,… --- # SOC M130 — Introduction to Marriage and Family 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes from a social perspective intimacies, relationships and commitments in partnerships, marriages, and families, with special focus on family as an institution. Includes the examination of historical and recent changes, present nature and the socio-cultural and economic forces shaping these changes. --- # SOC M140 — Introduction to Gender 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the social construction of gender, trans-gender, masculinity and femininity historically and cross-culturally. Integrates into this examination the variations that exist among people of different gender in relation to class, race and sexuality. Analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. Explores at both a macro and micro level how institutions shape gender and how individuals are socialized to “do” gender. Applies feminist scholarship. --- # SOC M150 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the cultural, political, and economic practices and institutions that support or challenge racism, and racial and ethnic inequalities. Studies patterns of interactions between various racial and ethnic groups, as well as the experiences within each group and reviews how racial and ethnic experiences vary. --- # SOC M160 — Introduction to Criminology 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes the sociological aspects of crime, criminal behavior, and the criminal justice system. Explores the history and social construction of crime and criminality and examines the definition of crime and its violations as well as the laws and methods used to control criminal behavior. Discusses the measurement of crime and basic theoretical explanations of criminal behavior. --- # SOC M212 — Introduction to Sociology of Religion 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the foundational role religion plays in influencing beliefs values, laws and practices in society. Introduces the student to Sociological concepts in the study of religious life via examples from world religions practiced in the United States and elsewhere. Examines how social changes affect religious life in society. --- # SOC M216 — Sociology of Deviant Behavior 3 credits · 3 hours Examines the various perspectives, theories, and forms of sociological deviance. Focuses on such deviance as alcohol and drug use, sexual, criminal, mental, religious, and suicidal behaviors. --- # SOC M218 — Organized Crime and Terrorism 3 credits · 3 hours Analyzes the cultural and historical bases of organized crime and terrorism. Discusses the social and theoretical background of the phenomena, the roles of culture and religion, and examples of organized criminal and terrorist activities. Reviews the social, legal, military, and criminal justice options in dealing with organized crime and terrorism. --- # THA M01 — Introduction to Theatre 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the relationship of theatre to various cultures throughout history, and on the contributions of significant individual artists. Introduces elements of the production process including playwriting, acting, directing, design, and criticism. Surveys different periods, styles and genres of theatre through play reading, discussion, films and viewing and critiquing live theatre, including required attendance of theatre productions. --- # THA M01H — Honors: Introduction to Theatre 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on the relationship of theatre to various cultures throughout history, and on the contributions of significant individual artists. Introduces elements of the production process including playwriting, acting, directing, design, and criticism. Surveys different periods, styles and genres of theatre through play reading, discussion, films and viewing and critiquing live theatre, including required attendance of theatre productions. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # THA M02A — Acting I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces basic acting theories leading to classroom performance. Emphasizes exercises that develop memorization, improvisation, focus, concentration, stage movement, and vocal production. Develops cultural competency through the interpretation of diverse texts. --- # THA M02B — Acting II 3 credits · 3 hours Emphasizes intermediate level theories, techniques and skills in character analysis, monologue and scene presentation. Includes an introduction to classical material, performance in various styles and genres, and continues work in vocal projection and stage movement. --- # THA M02C — Acting III 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the vocal and physical requirements utilized in classical acting techniques. Features exercises which will include psychological characterizations, use of props and costumes, and analysis of classical texts from various styles, periods and cultures. --- # THA M02D — Acting IV 3 credits · 3 hours Explores further studies in characterization, emphasizing timing, vocal styles, movement and sense memory. Focuses on performance of classical material and a variety of scenes from plays of contrasting styles and genres. --- # THA M03A — Voice and Diction I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study of speech production, designed to enhance vocal quality and improve diction. Emphasizes specific areas of speech production including proper posture and breath control, vocal flexibility and expressiveness, energy, volume, tone and articulation. --- # THA M03B — Voice and Diction II 3 credits · 3 hours Develops intermediate skills and furthers the study of speech production to enhance vocal quality and improve diction. Emphasizes specific areas of speech production and how they are utilized in different mediums and venues. --- # THA M04 — History of the Theatre 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the major innovations, trends, works, and playwrights in historical theatrical movements from classical Greek and Roman theatre through the 17th century. Examines the social, cultural, political and diverse context of specific dramatic movements and the influences of theatre on society. --- # THA M04H — Honors: History of Theatre 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the major innovations, trends, works, and playwrights in historical theatrical movements from classical Greek and Roman theatre through the 17th century. Examines the social, cultural, political and diverse context of specific dramatic movements and the influences of theatre on society. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-word applications and enrichment opportunities. --- # THA M08 — Script Analysis 3 credits · 3 hours Explores the reading, analyzing and understanding of play scripts in a variety of genres and styles. Develops skills in how to read a play to discover its structure, the playwright's methods of creating plot, character and imagery, and an understanding of how theatrical texts are distinct from other forms of literature. --- # THA M09A — Acting for Film and Television I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces techniques required in acting before the camera (blocking, movement, rapid line learning, etc.) as it pertains to the Internet, film and television and varies from work on the stage. Emphasizes elementary techniques for working with microphones and cameras in preparation for performing in student films and television productions. --- # THA M09B — Acting for Film and Television II 3 credits · 3 hours Provides intermediate level techniques required in acting before the camera (blocking, movement, rapid line learning, etc.) as it pertains to film and television versus work on the stage. Emphasizes introductory to intermediate techniques for working with microphones and cameras in preparation for performing in student films and television productions. --- # THA M09C — Acting for Film and Television III 3 credits · 3 hours Explores further intermediate to advanced level techniques required in acting before the camera (blocking, movement, rapid line learning, etc.) as it pertains to film and television versus from work on the stage. Emphasizes intermediate techniques for working with microphones and cameras in preparation for performing in student films and television productions. --- # THA M09D — Acting for Film and Television IV 3 credits · 3 hours Provides advanced level techniques required in acting before the camera (blocking, movement, rapid line learning, etc.) as pertains to film and television versus work on the stage. Emphasizes advanced techniques for working with microphones and cameras in preparation for performing in student films and television productions. --- # THA M10A — Theatre Production: Performance I 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to rehearse and perform as actors utilizing introductory level skills in a college production staged for public performance. Involves the use of varying content from different lifestyles, periods and cultures with production schedules and will range from classical to contemporary, published comedic, dramatic and/or musical theatre material. --- # THA M10B — Theatre Production: Performance II 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to rehearse and perform as actors utilizing introductory to intermediate level skills in a college production staged for public performance. Involves the use of varying content from different lifestyles, periods and cultures with production schedules and will range from classical to contemporary, published comedic, dramatic and/or musical theatre material. --- # THA M10C — Theatre Production: Performance III 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to rehearse and perform as an actor utilizing intermediate to advanced level skills in a college production staged for public performance. Involves the use of varying content from different lifestyles, periods and cultures with production schedules and will range from classical to contemporary, published comedic, dramatic and/or musical theatre material. --- # THA M10D — Theatre Production: Performance IV 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to rehearse and perform as an actor utilizing advanced level skills in a college production staged for public performance. Involves the use of varying content from different lifestyles, periods and cultures with production schedules and will range from classical to contemporary, published comedic, dramatic and/or musical theatre material. --- # THA M14A — Improvisational Comedy I 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides introductory level instruction in improvisational and ensemble acting skills, as well as the development of culturally sensitive solo and group comedic material. Culminates with a public performance of the material developed in class. --- # THA M14B — Improvisational Comedy II 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides introductory to intermediate level instruction in improvisational and ensemble acting skills, as well as the development of culturally sensitive solo and group comedic material. Culminates with a public performance of the material developed in class. --- # THA M14C — Improvisational Comedy III 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides intermediate to advanced level instruction in improvisational and ensemble acting skills, as well as the development of culturally sensitive solo and group comedic material. Culminates with a public performance of the material developed in class. --- # THA M14D — Improvisational Comedy IV 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides advanced level instruction in improvisational and ensemble acting skills, as well as the development of culturally sensitive solo and group comedic material. Culminates with a public performance of the material developed in class. --- # THA M15A — Stage Direction I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces art and craft of stage direction, including analysis of material, coordinating technical elements and working with actors. Includes practical experience assistant directing or directing scenes by published and/or original playwrights from various styles, periods and cultures. --- # THA M15B — Stage Direction II 3 credits · 3 hours Explores further the study in the art and craft of stage direction. Includes practical experience through directing one-act plays, comedy sketches and/or monologues from diverse styles, periods and cultures for a live audience. --- # THA M18 — Auditioning Techniques 1.5 credits · 1.5 hours Provides training in various forms of audition for theatre, film, television and television commercials. Emphasizes exercises in cold reading and exercises that feature the improvised dramatization of interview situations. Includes instruction in the business aspects of being a working actor: preparing a resume, creating self promotional materials, seeking an agent, interviewing with industry professionals and interacting with other actors in audition situations. --- # THA M21A — Playwriting I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the basic components of constructing a play. Focuses on creating characters, exploring themes, structuring plots and writing believable dialogue through the creation of dramatic monologues, scenes and a one-act play. --- # THA M21B — Playwriting II 3 credits · 3 hours Develops, at the intermediate level, the components of constructing a play. Focuses on complex character creation, in-depth exploration of theme, structuring plot and writing complex dialogue through the creation of dramatic monologues and scenes. --- # THA M52A — Theatre for Young Audiences I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces practical experience in the development, rehearsal and performance of plays to be presented with technical support for young diverse audiences and the general community. Includes both dramatic and movement-based components. --- # THA M52B — Theatre for Young Audiences II 3 credits · 3 hours Offers an intermediate level of practical experience in the development, rehearsal and performance of plays to be presented with technical support for young audiences and the general community. Includes both dramatic and movement-based components. --- # THA M80 — Work Experience Education in Theatre Arts 1 credits · 1 hours Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. --- # THA M122 — Independent Study - Theatre Arts 0.5 credits · 0.5 hours Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Theatre Arts through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact a Theatre Arts instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic. --- # TTHA M11A — Theatre Production: Technical I 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to perform a range of introductory supervised technical theatre assignments in support of a college production staged for public performance. Includes such supervised duties as scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, assisting in costume and makeup labs, assisting audio operations and/or supporting box office and house management staff. --- # TTHA M11B — Theatre Production: Technical II 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to perform a range of introductory to intermediate level supervised and/or assist to crew lead for technical theatre assignments in support of a college production staged for public performance. Includes such supervised duties as scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, assisting in costume and makeup labs, assisting audio operations, supporting box office and house management staff, assistant director, assistant stage manager and/or assistant crew head. --- # TTHA M11C — Theatre Production: Technical III 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to perform a range of intermediate to advanced level supervised technical theatre assignments in support of a college production staged for public performance. Includes such supervised duties as assist in the design of scenic elements, props, costumes, make-up and/or publicity materials, advanced scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, assisting in costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations, supporting box office and house management staff, assistant director, assistant stage manager and/or lead a crew head. --- # TTHA M11D — Theatre Production: Technical IV 3 credits · 3 hours Allows students to perform a range of advanced level supervised technical theatre assignments in support of a college production staged for public performance. Includes performing duties as designer of scenic elements, props, costumes, make-up and/or publicity materials, advanced scenic and prop construction, designing, operating and supervision of hanging lighting equipment, supervising in costume and makeup labs, audio operations, box office operation and house management, assistant director, stage manager and/or lead a crew head. --- # TTHA M12A — Technical Theatre Practicum I 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students introductory level training and experience in the various backstage areas of technical theatre support through participation as a crew member for a live theatrical production. Includes one or more of the following activities: stage management, scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, assisting in costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations and/or supporting box office and house management staff. --- # TTHA M12B — Technical Theatre Practicum II 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students introductory to intermediate level training and experience in the various backstage areas of technical theatre support through participation as a crew member for a live theatrical production. Includes one or more of the following activities: stage management, scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, assisting in costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations and/or supporting box office and house management staff. --- # TTHA M12C — Technical Theatre Practicum III 1 credits · 1 hours Provides students intermediate level training and experience in the various backstage areas of technical theatre support through participation as a crew member for a live theatrical production. Includes one or more of the following activities: stage management, scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, assisting in costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations and/or supporting box office and house management staff. --- # TTHA M20 — Stagecrafts 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the theory and practice of basic scenic construction, lighting and audio operations, scenic painting, costuming, makeup, prop construction, various design aspects, backstage organization, and career possibilities. Provides entry-level practical hands-on experience in all areas of performing arts technical production. Explores theatre as a collaborative artform encompassing a diverse array of individuals, styles, cultures, aesthetics, and interpretations. --- # TTHA M23A — Lighting Design I 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces the study and execution of stage lighting practices with an emphasis on equipment, control, composition and color. Includes practical experience in the hanging, focusing, circuiting and operation of lighting equipment. --- # TTHA M23B — Lighting Design II 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses in greater depth on the design aspect of stage lighting with the primary emphasis being the development of a complete light plot and working schedule for a play in production. Places special emphasis on projections and special effects including the use of a computer for lighting design and light plots in practical application. --- # TTHA M25A — Scene Design I 3 credits · 3 hours Explores stage scenery as an interpretive, diverse, and collaborative art. Develops skills including researching and concept work, designing floor plans, drawing/drafting techniques, scenic construction and painting methods, and learning traditional and computer-aided drafting conventions. Requires the exploration of various styles, cultures, and periods; as well as the development of individual design ideas and their execution. --- # TTHA M25B — Scene Design II 3 credits · 3 hours Focuses on scenic design and implementation in the dramatic arts at an advanced level. Explores the creation of a final concept, a full set of design drawings/drafts (traditional and digital), paint treatments, material needs, and other design components based on the project needs. Involves taking design components and turning them into realized design project work. Examines various styles, cultures, and periods; as well as the development of individual design ideas and subsequent execution. --- # TTHA M27A — Costume Design I 3 credits · 3 hours Explores costume history, styles, design, and basic construction techniques from diverse cultures, peoples, backgrounds and styles as an introduction to theatrical costuming. Includes the use of appropriate fabrics and materials for costume design. --- # TTHA M27B — Costume Production 3 credits · 3 hours Explores, at an intermediate-level, costume history, costume design, and construction for costumes in production. Includes the use of appropriate fabrics, materials, and sewing techniques for costuming a live production. --- # TTHA M28 — Production Makeup 3 credits · 3 hours Explores theatrical makeup design and application for stage and screen. Includes the study of age makeup, non-realistic makeup, makeup effects, three dimensional makeup techniques and applications. Covers design concepts for character development, application of basic types of makeups including historical and stylized, and demonstration of standard knowledge for makeup materials. Discusses vocabulary, safety procedures and skincare for application and removal of stage makeups. --- # TTHA M29 — Production Makeup II 3 credits · 3 hours Explores, at an intermediate level, the techniques of makeup for production. Focuses on design and execution of character makeup for stage. --- # TTHA M50 — Performing Arts Management 3 credits · 3 hours Introduces marketing, promotion, and sales of theatrical, music, dance and all other performance events through social media and traditional practices. Studies the theories and practices of selecting a subscription season, creating marketing materials, operating the box office and interfacing with the public in the "front of the house." Requires participation in various management and services activities throughout an entertainment venue.