Course Descriptions AH‑149
1-4 units
Occupational Internship: Paid 75-300/Unpaid 60-240 Medical Assisting Clinical The purpose of this course is to enable eligible students to include supervised on-the-job training as an integral part of the total college educational program. This is accomplished through a planned program of learning experiences which combines academic and vocational learning at school with new learning experiences on the job in an occupational setting. *NOTE: TBA (to be arranged) hours are included in the total hours listed above. May be taken 4 times for credit. Prerequisite: Each student must be enrolled for the full semester and have completed one course in the discipline. A training agreement must be completed prior to registration. Please refer to the Occupational Internship Student Handbook for specific information. --Transfers to CSU only
AH‑154
3 units
Medical Office Operations LEC 32-36/LAB 48-54 This course contains advanced terminology: legal and medical implications of preparing and securing medical documents; transcription materials and exercises adapted from actual medical documents. This course introduces basic, universal concepts of medical insurance and billing procedures. Prerequisite: None.
--Transfers to CSU only
ASL‑103
4 units
American Sign Language III LEC 64-72 This course, the third in a series of ASL courses, is designed to expand proficiency with targeted lexicon, classifiers, structure, syntactical principles, and facial/body morphology as used within Deaf culture. Using ASL principles students will translate idiomatic usages of English into conceptually accurate ASL. This course is intended for students interested in expanding their skills and pursuing greater competence in an additional language. This course meets the general education requirements for foreign language for MSJC, CSU, and UC. Prerequisite: ASL-101 (with a grade of C or better). --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C --Transfers to both UC/CSU --CSU Area(s): C2
American Sign Language 4 units
American Sign Language I LEC 64-72 This course is the first in a series of ASL courses designed to introduce American Sign Language as it is used within the Deaf culture and introduce students to the basic structure, vocabulary and conversational strategies of the language. The culture of the Deaf community is also studied. This course is intended for students interested in learning to communicate with members of the Deaf community as well as in pursuing a competence in an additional language. This course meets the general education requirements for foreign language for MSJC, CSU, and UC. Prerequisite: None. --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
ASL‑104
4 units
American Sign Language IV LEC 64-72 This course, the fourth in a series of ASL courses, presents a continuation of skills learned in ASL 103 and is adding more complex ASL grammatical features and vocabulary to the description of increasingly complex constructs, processes and situations. It incorporates multiple character roles shifting into medium-length stories, narratives and the discussion of hypothetical issues. Information on cultural values and attitudes as they relate to the Deaf Community is also examined. This course meets the general education requirements for foreign language for MSJC, CSU, and UC. Prerequisite: ASL-103 (with a grade of C or better). --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C --Transfers to both UC/CSU
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 6A
--IGETC Area(s): 6A
--CSU Area(s): C2
--CSU Area(s): C2
ASL‑101
3 units
Fingerspelling, Numbers & Classifiers LEC 48-54 This course provides an in-depth study of fingerspelling techniques and study of number systems in ASL. The course will focus on the 26 hand configurations of the manual alphabet, numbers, and Fingerspelled Loan Signs. This course addresses the use of classifiers and complex grammatical features in ASL. Classifiers will be defined and categorized. Prerequisite: ASL-101(with a grade of C or better).
--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 6A
--Transfers to CSU only
ASL‑100
ASL‑102
4 units
ASL‑105
4 units
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
American Sign Language V LEC 64-72 This course, the fifth in a series of ASL courses, presents a continuation of skills learned in ASL-104 and is adding advanced complex ASL grammatical features and advanced vocabulary to the description of increasingly complex constructs, processes and situations. It incorporates multiple character role shifting and space referencing in the presentations, narratives and the discussion of hypothetical issues. Information on cultural values and attitudes as they relate to the Deaf Community is also examined. This course is a requirement for the AA degree in ASL Interpreting or Deaf Studies. Prerequisite: ASL-104 (with a grade of C or better).
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
--IGETC Area(s): 3B, 6A
--Transfers to CSU only
--CSU Area(s): C2
--CSU Area(s): C2
American Sign Language II LEC 64-72 This course, the second in a series of ASL courses, presents a continuation of skills learned in ASL 100 and is designed to increase proficiency in American Sign Language structure, vocabulary and conversational strategies as used within Deaf Culture. This course is intended for students interested in expanding their skills and pursuing greater competence in an additional language. This course meets the general education requirements for foreign language for MSJC, CSU, and UC. Prerequisite: ASL-100 (with a grade of C or better).
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