• English 100

COMPOSITION AND READING (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 838 or 848; or ESL 400, with a grade of C or higher (or appropriate skill level indicated by the English placement tests and other measures or equivalent). Description: Intensive reading and writing based on a study of primarily nonfiction materials. Students write a minimum of 8,000 words; writing emphasizes expository forms.

• English 110

COMPOSITION, LITERATURE, AND CRITICAL THINKING (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 with a grade of C or higher. Description: Introduction to the major imaginative genres of poetry, drama, and fiction. Students write 8,000 to 10,000 words in expository essays and other kinds of assignments employing methods of literary analysis and demonstrating skill in critical thinking.

• Math 125

ELEMENTARY FINITE MATHEMATICS (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: MATH 120 or 123 OR appropriate score on the College Placement Test and other measures as appropriate. Recommended Preparation: READ 400 or 405. Description: Introduction to finite mathematics. Includes systems of linear equations and inequalities, matrices, set theory, logic, combinatorial techniques, elementary probability, linear programming, and mathematics of finance. Places particular emphasis on applications.

• Math 120

INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA (5) Minimum of 80 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of MATH 110 or 112 OR appropriate score on the College Placement Test and other measures as appropriate. Recommended Preparation: MATH 115 and READ 830 and concurrent enrollment in READ 400 or 405. Description: A comprehensive review of elementary algebra with certain topics studied in greater depth. Extension of fundamental algebraic concepts and operations, problem solving and applications, linear, quadratic, rational, and radical equations, equations in two variables, graphs, systems of equations, complex numbers, exponential and logarithmic functions, sequences, and series.

• Math 110

ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA (5) Day: Minimum of 80 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the College Placement Test and other measures as appropriate OR MATH 811 with a grade of C or higher; OR MATH 802 with a grade of C or higher. Recommended Preparation: concurrent enrollment in READ 830. Description: A study of elementary algebra including introduction to: signed number operations, order of operations, linear equations and inequalities in one and two variables, systems of linear equations, exponents, polynomial operations, factoring, rational expressions and equations, roots, radicals and radical equations, and quadratic equations. (Units do not apply toward AA/AS degree.)

• Art 104

ART OF THE 20th CENTURY (3) Pass/No Pass or letter grade option. Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 838/848. Description: Survey of the principle styles of in western art from 1888 to 1999, from Post-Impressionism to Modernism and Post-Modernism, from Paris to New York and the West Coast.

• Film 100

100 INTRODUCTION TO FILM (3) Pass/No Pass or letter grade option. Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 848. Description: Introductory survey of fundamental film techniques and styles of expression. Emphasizes film appreciation, the language of film, and analysis for full film enjoyment. Lectures, screenings, discussions, quizzes, and writing of critical papers.

• Philosophy 100

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 100 and for READ 400 or 405. Description: Introductory survey of philosophical questions about the nature of reality; the prospects for human knowledge; and moral, political, and religious issues. Intended to help students clarify their own thinking about such questions through learning and discussing how philosophers have dealt with them.

• History 310

CALIFORNIA HISTORY (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 848 and completion of READ 400 or 405 with a grade of C or higher OR concurrent enrollment in READ 400, 405, or 415 OR appropriate skill level as indicated by the reading placement tests or other measures. Description: Survey of major topics in California's rapid growth, including the Indian culture; exploration and Spanish colonization; The mission-ranchero era; The Mexican period; the American takeover; the Gold Rush and the Vigilante eras; the constitutional, political, and economic growth of the State; federal policy and programs involving California, and contemporary social, multi-ethnic and economic issues as the most populous state in the Union.

• Ethnic 351

The Primal Mind and Cultural Diversity (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 848 and completion of READ 400 or 405 with a grade of C or higher OR concurrent enrollment in READ 400, 405, or 415 OR appropriate skill level as indicated by the reading placement tests or other measures. Description: Theory of origin and evolution of life. Migration from Africa. Comparative study of Native Americans with Eurasians. Origin of consciousness, self image and ego. Primal mind of the child; conception, pregnancy and birth. Intuitive mind and development of linear thinking.

• Sociology 340

HUMAN SEXUALITY (3) Pass/No Pass or letter grade option. Minimum of 48 lecture hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 848 and completion of READ 400 or 405 with a grade of C or higher OR concurrent enrollment in READ 400, 405, or 415 OR appropriate skill level as indicated by the reading placement tests or other measures. Description: A look at human sexuality from a psychological, physiological, and cultural point of view. Survey of sexual research; emphasizes the need for affiliation, commitment, and intimacy.

• Chemistry 210

GENERAL CHEMISTRY I (5) Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 96 lab hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisites: Completion of MATH 120 or MATH 123 with a grade of C or better or appropriate placement test score or other measures that indicate a proficiency in intermediate algebra. Recommended preparation:Completion of CHEM 192 with a grade of C or better. Eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848. Description:This is the first semester of a two-semester sequence class in general chemistry intended for students pursuing physical sciences, biological sciences, engineering and pre-professional majors. Includes a detailed study of basic principles of atomic and molecular structure and bonding, chemical reactions and equations including stoichiometry and thermochemistry, solutions and gas laws with an emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving skills. This course also includes laboratory study of these concepts, experimental chemistry techniques and the analysis and interpretation of experimental findings. Students who have not previously completed a chemistry course with lab should take CHEM 192 first. Extra supplies may be required. A materials fee as shown in the Schedule of classes is payable upon registration.

• Chemistry 192

ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY (4) Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 48 lab hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisite: MATH 110 or one semester course of algebra. Description: It is recommended that students enroll concurrently in MATH 115 or MATH 120 or 122. Chemical nomenclature and formula writing, and mathematical review, including logarithms and exercises in calculation relating to chemistry. (Provides preparation for students who do not have adequate preparation for CHEM 210 or 224.) Extra supplies may be required. A materials fee as shown in the Schedule of Classes is payable upon registration.

• Biology 100

INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE SCIENCES (3) Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 848 and completion of READ 400 or 405 with a grade of C or higher OR concurrent enrollment in READ 400, 405, or 415 OR appropriate skill levels as indicated by the reading placement tests or other measures. Description: Fundamental principles of life. The awareness of plant and animal interrelations and inter-dependencies. Examines the human role in the world of living things in relation to contemporary problems. One or more field trips may be required. (Intended for non-science majors with no previous experience in the biological sciences.)

• Spanish 120

Advanced Elementary Spanish (5) Pass/No Pass or letter grade option. Minimum of 80 lecture hours plus 32 lab hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisite: SPAN 110 or 112 or equivalent with Pass or a grade of C or higher. Description: Continuation of Spanish 110. Includes short readings that serve as a basis for classroom conversation. Spanish 110

• ELEMENTARY SPANISH (5)

Pass/No Pass or letter grade option. Minimum of 80 lecture hours plus 32 lab hours by arrangement per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or a higher English course. Description: Study of elementary Spanish structures and active vocabulary based on oral and written pattern drills. Conversation based on short readings containing only the structures already practiced.

• Reading 400

ACADEMIC TEXTBOOK READING (3) Pass/No Pass or letter grade option. Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement per term. Prerequisite: READ 830 with a grade of C or higher (or appropriate skill level indicated by the reading placement tests and other measures). Description: Experience the reading of full length textbook chapters and accompanying tests in a variety of college academic disciplines. Emphasizes the application of advanced study reading strategies to actual college chapters/tests; evaluation of textbook materials as critical and analytical readers; reading a book related to an academic area; and intensive work with college-level vocabulary.