DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Consult a counselor to develop an educational plan. | Visit the Transfer Center for additional information about transferring. time to completion, please visit the Gainful Employment HOSPITALITY HOTEL SALES & Disclosure website at: http://wlac.edu/Gainful- Employment/index.aspx. MARKETING (CA) MAJOR CODE: 1307.07 Required courses ...... 30 Gainful Employment BUS 001 Introduction to Business ...... 3 To find information about the careers for which this certificate HOSPT 100 Introduction to Hospitality ...... 3 prepares you, the costs associated with the program, median HOSPT 135 Meeting, Convention Planning ...... 3 debt accumulated by students completing the program, and HOSPT 302 Introduction to Hotel/Motel Operations .... 3 time to completion, please visit the Gainful Employment HOSPT 303 Hotel Front Office Operations ...... 3 Disclosure website at: http://wlac.edu/Gainful- HOSPT 310 Hospitality Sales ...... 3 Employment/index.aspx. OR ...... MARKET 001 Principles of Selling ...... 3 Required courses ...... 18 HOSPT 311 Hospitality Marketing ...... OR BUS 001 Introduction to Business ...... 3 MARKET 021 Principles of Marketing ...... 3 HOSPT 100 Introduction to Hospitality Industry ...... 3 HOSPT 320 Hospitality Law ...... 3 HOSPT 302 Introduction to Hotel/Motel Operations ... 3 OR HOSPT 310 Hospitality Sales...... 3 BUS 005 Business Law ...... 3 OR HOSPT 325 Guest Relations Management ...... 3 MARKET 001 Principles of Selling ...... 3 HOSPT 330 Managing Technology & E-Commerce .... 3 HOSPT 311 Hospitality Marketing ...... 3 OR MARKET 021 Principles of Marketing ...... 3 HOSPT 325 Guest Relations Management ...... 3 HOSPITALITY FRONT DESK & BACK
OFFICE OPERATIONS (CA) MAJOR CODE: 1307.06 INTERNATIONAL AREA Gainful Employment To find information about the careers for which this certificate STUDIES prepares you, the costs associated with the program, median debt accumulated by students completing the program, and SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISION time to completion, please visit the Gainful Employment Disclosure website at: http://wlac.edu/Gainful- Employment/index.aspx. INTERNATIONAL AREA STUDIES – Required courses ...... 18 AFRICA (AA) MAJOR CODE: 2210.10 HOSPT 100 Introduction to Hospitality Industry...... 3 HOSPT 302 Introduction to Hotel/Motel Operations .... 3 HOSPT 303 Hotel Front Office Operations ...... 3 The Associate in Arts International Area Studies—Africa HOSPT 325 Guest Relations Management ...... 3 cultivates global citizens who specialize in Africa and who HOSPT 330 Managing Technology and E-Commerce 3 study the world from an international/global perspective. HOSPT 310 Hospitality Sales ...... 3 Integral to this is to be conversant with African and global OR politics and governance, markets, culture and society, MARKET 001 Principles of Selling ...... 3 languages and area studies.
Student learning outcomes promote knowledge of Africa as well as enhance awareness of the region and its diverse peoples and cultures and the roles these play in the larger global community.
136 WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE | 2020 - 2022 CATALOG AA-T Associate in Art Degree for Transfer CA Certificate of Achievement AS-T Associate in Science Degree for Transfer CN Certificate of Completion (noncredit) AA Associate of Arts degree CY Certificate of Competency (noncredit) AS Associate of Science degree SC Skills Certificate (non-transcripted)
The Associate in Arts in International Area Studies- Africa Degree-applicable elective units ...... 15 degree will enable students to pursue multiple pathways to transfer or careers with a strong understanding of one of the most dynamic regions of the world, Africa. The Student TOTAL ...... 60 Learning Outcomes for this degree focus on politics and governance, markets, culture and society, languages, and *Recommended foreign language courses: area studies. FRENCH 1 Elementary French I ...... 5 Program Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion FRENCH 2 Elementary French II ...... 5 of this program, students will be able to… FRENCH 3 Intermediate French I ...... 5 FRENCH 4 Intermediate French II ...... 5 • Develop a process that can lead to insights in understand a culture other than your own. • Interact with sympathy and respect to cultural mores, beliefs, and traditions within a global context. • Acquire knowledge of the key patterns, themes, INTERNATIONAL AREA STUDIES – events, and figures of the past and present, across the global spectrum. ASIA (AA) MAJOR CODE: 2210.10 • Utilize and exercise available resources to conduct
topic investigations in order to analyze what one The Associate in Arts International Area Studies—Asia sees and experiences within a global vision. cultivates global citizens who specialize in Asia and who study • Develop cross-cultural competency, empathy, and the world from an international/global perspective. Integral to insight into the human experience that transcends this is to be conversant with Asian and global politics and demographic categorizations. governance, markets, culture and society, languages and area • Seek out and engage in opportunities that broaden studies. their perspective and increase their responsibility to community both locally and globally. Student learning outcomes promote knowledge of Asia as well • Address social, behavioral, and cultural issues to as enhance awareness of the region and its diverse peoples respond to the challenges of work, family, and cultures and the roles these play in the larger global community, and the world at large. community. • Apply and relate their understanding of international The Associate in Arts International Area Studies—Asia degree trade and initiatives to develop multiple perspective will enable students to pursue multiple pathways to transfer or on globalization issues and their impact on economic careers with a strong understanding of one of the most decision makers. dynamic regions of the world, Asia. The Student Learning Note: in addition to the following degree requirements, two Outcomes for this degree focus on politics and governance, semesters of a foreign language are recommended.* markets, culture and society, languages, and area studies.
Required courses ...... 27 Program Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to… ANTHRO 102 Cultural Anthropology ...... 3 ART 141 Introduction of African Art ...... 3 • Develop a process that can lead to insights in ECON 002 Macro Economics ...... 3 understand a culture other than your own. GEOG 002 Cultural Elements of Geography...... 3 • Interact with sympathy and respect to cultural mores, HISTORY 027 History of Africa ...... 3 beliefs, and traditions within a global context. HISTORY 087 Intro to World Civilization II ...... 3 • Acquire knowledge of the key patterns, themes, POL SCI 002 Comparative Politics ...... 3 events, and figures of the past and present, across POL SCI 007 International Relations ...... 3 the global spectrum. POL SCI 060 Intro to Globalization ...... 3 • Utilize and exercise available resources to conduct topic investigations in order to analyze what one Additional LACCD GE plan units ...... 18 sees and experiences within a global vision. (21 units, minus 3 major units that may be double-counted as GE)
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• Develop cross-cultural competency, empathy, and one of the most dynamic regions of the world, Latin America. insight into the human experience that transcends The Student Learning Outcomes for this degree focus on demographic categorizations. politics and governance, markets, culture and society, • Seek out and engage in opportunities that broaden languages, and area studies: their perspective and increase their responsibility to Program Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion community both locally and globally. of this program, students will be able to… • Address social, behavioral, and cultural issues to respond to the challenges of work, family, • Develop a process that can lead to insights in community, and the world at large. understand a culture other than your own. • Apply and relate their understanding of international • Interact with sympathy and respect to cultural mores, trade and initiatives to develop multiple perspective beliefs, and traditions within a global context. on globalization issues and their impact on economic • Acquire knowledge of the key patterns, themes, decision makers. events, and figures of the past and present, across Required courses ...... 27 the global spectrum. • Utilize and exercise available resources to conduct ANTHRO 102 Cultural Anthropology ...... 3 topic investigations in order to analyze what one ECON 002 Macro Economics ...... 3 sees and experiences within a global vision. GEOG 002 Cultural Elements of Geography...... 3 • Develop cross-cultural competency, empathy, and HISTORY 074 Asian Civilizations ...... 3 insight into the human experience that transcends HISTORY 087 Intro to World Civilization II ...... 3 demographic categorizations. POL SCI 002 Comparative Politics ...... 3 • Seek out and engage in opportunities that broaden POL SCI 007 International Relations ...... 3 their perspective and increase their responsibility to POL SCI 060 Intro to Globalization ...... 3 community both locally and globally. • Address social, behavioral, and cultural issues to Additional LACCD GE plan units ...... 18 respond to the challenges of work, family, (21 units, minus 3 major units that may be double-counted as community, and the world at large. GE) • Apply and relate their understanding of international trade and initiatives to develop multiple perspective Degree-applicable elective units ...... 15 on globalization issues and their impact on economic TOTAL ...... 60 decision makers.
Note: in addition to the following degree requirements, two semesters of a foreign language are recommended.* INTERNATIONAL AREA STUDIES – Required courses ...... 27 LATIN AMERICA (AA) MAJOR CODE: 2210.10 ANTHRO 102 Cultural Anthropology...... 3 ECON 002 Macro Economics...... 3 GEOG 002 Cultural Elements of Geography ...... 3 The Associate in Arts International Area Studies—Latin HISTORY 087 Intro to World Civilization II ...... 3 America cultivates global citizens who specialize in Latin POL SCI 002 Comparative Politics ...... 3 America and who study the world from an international/global POL SCI 007 International Relations ...... 3 perspective. Integral to this is to be conversant with Latin POL SCI 017 Gov’t & Politics of Latin America ...... 3 American and global politics and governance, markets, culture POL SCI 060 Intro to Globalization ...... 3 and society, languages and area studies. SPANISH 010 Latin American Civilization ...... 3
Student learning outcomes promote knowledge of Latin Additional LACCD GE plan units ...... 18 America as well as enhance awareness of the region and its diverse peoples and cultures and the roles these play in the (21 units, minus 3 major units that may be double-counted as larger global community. GE)
The Associate in Arts International Area Studies—Latin Degree-applicable elective units ...... 15 America degree will enable students to pursue multiple TOTAL ...... 60 pathways to transfer or careers with a strong understanding of *Recommended foreign language courses:
138 WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE | 2020 - 2022 CATALOG AA-T Associate in Art Degree for Transfer CA Certificate of Achievement AS-T Associate in Science Degree for Transfer CN Certificate of Completion (noncredit) AA Associate of Arts degree CY Certificate of Competency (noncredit) AS Associate of Science degree SC Skills Certificate (non-transcripted)
SPANISH 1 Elementary Spanish I ...... 5 • Address social, behavioral, and cultural issues to SPANISH 2 Elementary Spanish II ...... 5 respond to the challenges of work, family, SPANISH 3 Intermediate Spanish I ...... 5 community, and the world at large. SPANISH 4 Intermediate Spanish II ...... 5 • Apply and relate their understanding of international trade and initiatives to develop multiple perspective
on globalization issues and their impact on economic decision makers. INTERNATIONAL AREA STUDIES –
MIDDLE EAST (AA) Note: in addition to the following degree requirements, two MAJOR CODE: 2210.10 semesters of a foreign language are recommended.*
Required courses ...... 27 The Associate in Arts International Area Studies—Middle East cultivates global citizens who specialize in the Middle East and ANTHRO 102 Cultural Anthropology...... 3 who study the world from an international/global perspective. ANTHRO 134 Peoples & Culture of the Middle East ..... 3 Integral to this is to be conversant with Middle East and global ART 141 Introduction of African Art ...... 3 politics and governance, markets, culture and society, ECON 2 Macro Economics...... 3 languages and area studies. GEOG 2 Cultural Elements of Geography ...... 3 HISTORY 87 Intro to World Civilization II ...... 3 Student learning outcomes promote knowledge of the Middle POLI SCI 2 Comparative Politics ...... 3 East as well as enhance awareness of the region and its POLI SCI 7 International Relations ...... 3 diverse peoples and cultures and the roles these play in the POLISCI 60 Intro to Globalization ...... 3 larger global community.
The Associate in Arts International Area Studies—Middle East Additional LACCD GE plan units ...... 18 degree will enable students to pursue multiple pathways to transfer or careers with a strong understanding of one of the (21 units, minus 3 major units that may be double-counted as most dynamic regions of the world, the Middle East. The GE) Student Learning Outcomes for this degree focus on politics Degree-applicable elective units ...... 15 and governance, markets, culture and society, languages, and area studies: TOTAL ...... 60 Program Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion *Recommended foreign language courses: of this program, students will be able to… ARABIC 1 Elementary Arabic I ...... 5 • Develop a process that can lead to insights in ARABIC 2 Elementary Arabic II ...... 5 understand a culture other than your own. • Interact with sympathy and respect to cultural mores, beliefs, and traditions within a global context. • Acquire knowledge of the key patterns, themes, events, and figures of the past and present, across the global spectrum. KINESIOLOGY • Utilize and exercise available resources to conduct KINESIOLOGY & ATHLETICS DIVISION topic investigations in order to analyze what one sees and experiences within a global vision. • Develop cross-cultural competency, empathy, and insight into the human experience that transcends KINESIOLOGY (AA-T) demographic categorizations. MAJOR CODE: 0835.00 • Seek out and engage in opportunities that broaden their perspective and increase their responsibility to community both locally and globally. The West Los Angeles College curriculum for the Associate in Art in Kinesiology Transfer Degree is designed to prepare students for transfer to bachelor degree programs in
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