Course Descriptions
Health Science HS-121
3 units
Fundamentals of Healthful Living
LEC 48-54
This course is designed to provide general education students with an opportunity to learn about the maintenance and improvement of their health and wellness. Course topics will include personality development, emotional development, emotional problems, stress management, fitness, nutrition, drugs, tobacco, alcohol and their use and abuse, communicable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, conception to birth, birth control and parenting, aging and environmental health. Prerequisite: None. AA/AS General Education: B2 or E--Transfers to both UC/CSU--CSU Area(s): E1--
HS-123
3 units
Drugs: Use and Abuse
LEC 48-54
This course offers a comprehensive understanding of drug and alcohol use and abuse in our society. It includes the history, composition, use and effects of commonly abused drugs. It meets the drug education requirements for teacher credentialing and is one sequential course in the MSJC Alcohol and Drug Studies certificate program. Prerequisite: None. AA/ AS General Education: B2 or E--Transfers to both UC/CSU--CSU Area(s): E1--
HS-299 Special Projects: Health Science
1-3 units IS 16-54
Students with previous course work in the program may do special projects that involve research and special study. The actual nature of the project must be determined in consultation with the supervising instructor. May be taken 4 times for credit. Prerequisite: Previous Health Science classes; a contract must be completed with the instructor prior to enrollment. Transfers to CSU only
3 units
History of World Civilizations to 1500
LEC 48-54
The course explores the origin and development of civilizations in Europe, the Near East, India, Africa, the Americas and East Asia. Using a comparative approach between the world’s major civilizations, students will examine social structure and daily life, political systems, cultural values and assumptions, and economic development. Prerequisite: None. AA/AS General Education: B2 or C and F--Transfers to both UC/CSU--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 4F--CSU Area(s): C2--
HIST-103H
3 units
Honors History of World Civilizations to 1500
LEC 48-54
The course explores the origin and development of civilizations in Europe, the Near East, India, Africa, the Americas and East Asia. Using a comparative approach between the world’s major civilizations, students will examine social structure and daily life, political systems, cultural values and assumptions and economic development. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program. AA/AS General Education: B2 or C and F--Transfers to both UC/CSU--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 4F--CSU Area(s): C2, D6--
HIST-104
3 units
History of World Civilizations: Since 1500
LEC 48-54
A survey of the modern world from 1500 to the present. Using a comparative approach between the world’s major civilizations, students will examine interconnections between major European, Middle Eastern, African, South and North American, and Asian civilizations and will explore social structure and daily life, industrialization, colonization, cultural development, revolutions and protests, and independence movements. Emphasis will be placed on structures, values, and inter-relationships. Prerequisite: None. AA/AS General Education: C or F--Transfers to both UC/CSU--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 4F--CSU Area(s): C2, D6--
HIST-104H
History HIST-101
3 units
Western Civilization I: to 1500
LEC 48-54
History 101 is the first course in a two-semester series. This semester traces the economic, social, political and cultural developments in the Western Cultural sphere from the rise of civilization in the Near East to approximately 1500. Prerequisite: None. Recommended Preparation: Collegiate level reading and writing skills. AA/AS General Education: B2 or C-Transfers to both UC/CSU--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 4F--CSU Area(s): C2, D6--
HIST-102
HIST-103
3 units
Western Civilization II: from 1500 to the Present Era LEC 48-54 History 102 is the second in a two-semester series.This semester traces the economic, social, political and cultural trends in the Euro-American sphere from the Reformation to world of the late 20th century. Prerequisite: None. Recommended Preparation: College level reading and writing skills. AA/AS General Education: B2 or C--Transfers to both UC/CSU--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 4F--CSU Area(s): C2, D6--
3 units
Honors History of World Civilizations: Since 1500 LEC 48-54 A survey of the modern world from 1500 to the present. Using a comparative approach between the world’s major civilizations, students will examine interconnections between major European, Middle Eastern, African, South and North American, and Asian civilizations and will explore social structure and daily life, industrialization, colonization, cultural development, revolutions and protests, and independence movements. Emphasis will be placed on structures, values, and inter-relationships. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program. AA/AS General Education: C or F--Transfers to both UC/CSU--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 4F--CSU Area(s): C2, D6--
HIST-105
3 units
World Environmental History
LEC 48-54
By studying topics and problems in environmental history, students will explore human interaction with the global environment from earliest times to the present. The course will cover such broad themes as the agricultural and industrial revolutions, the integration of world ecozones, the impact of technological change on the environment, and recent international efforts to limit environmental modifications. Prerequisite: None. AA/AS General Education: B2--Transfers to both UC/CSU--IGETC Area(s): 4F--CSU Area(s): D6--
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