Course Descriptions

BUS 105 SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

3.0 Units 3.00 hours Lecture, Transfers: CSU

Social media implications, opportunities, and challenges for business and communications professions. Students will participate in content creation. They will learn practical, ethical, and effective use of an array of social media sites, applications, and resources. They will evaluate the impact, effectiveness, and design of various elements of social media marketing.

BUS 196 WORKPLACE SUCCESS SKILLS

1.0 Unit 1.00 hour Lecture, Transfers: CSU

Teaches the employability skills needed to succeed in a professional career field or work organization. The focus of this class is to teach students transferable skills necessary to succeed in the ever-changing workplace through teamwork, problem-solving, communication, self-management and responsibility, and career readiness. Students will enhance soft skills, workplace skills, interpersonal skills, communication skills, and leadership skills.

BUS 1 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS

3.0 Units 3.00 hours Lecture, Transfers: CSU, UC

Business concepts and practices; develops knowledge, thinking skills, and related business skills with regard to forms of ownership, management, finance, marketing, production, competition, technologies, global business, entrepreneurship, legal considerations, controls through which business organizations operate and other aspects of business.

CIMP 8A PROGRAMMING WITH PYTHON

3.0 Units 2.00 hours Lecture 3.00 hours Lab, Transfers: CSU, UC

Introductory programming course teaching standard algorithmic programming concepts using the Python programming language. Class covers syntax, variables, strings, conditions, flow control structures loops, switches, classes, database connections, utilities, short-circuit evaluations and frameworks. Class also covers data structures using sets, frozen sets, lists, arrays and dictionaries. No prior coding experience necessary. Class includes many python programming assignments and one large programming project. 25 hours of online instruction in addition to in-person class meetings. 

ENV 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

3.0 Units 3.00 hours Lecture, Transfers: CSU, UC

Introduction to environmental studies that includes an overview of human activities within the global ecosystem. Examines population growth, energy use, agricultural techniques, water quantity and quality, biodiversity, air quality, and waste disposal, and searches for solutions while exploring future options.

SOC 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3.0 Units 3.00 hours Lecture, Transfers: CSU, UC

Introduction to the scientific study of society and human behavior, including core concepts and theories. Topics explored through the sociological perspective include: social institutions, culture, human behavior and relationships, social forces, socialization, social structure, social class, social inequality, gender, and social change. Credit may be earned for SOC 1 or 1H, but not both.

MUS 28 HISTORY OF ROCK

3.0 Units  3.00 hours Lecture, Transfers: CSU, UC

A study of the elements of rock music tracing the development and evolution of its styles and structures, including sociological and political aspects, from rock's beginning to the present time.