Course Descriptions COURSES COURSES 2020-2021 • COLUMBIA COLLEGE CATALOG 151 COURSES: ABOUT COURSE DESCRIPTIONS About Course Descriptions term for lecture, or other required learning activities. The Total Student Course Numbering System Learning Hours listed for every course includes the number of hours spent in lecture plus the number of hours spent in lab (if applicable) NUMBER plus the recommended hours of study time. While the lecture and lab RANGE TYPE OF COURSE hours are fixed, the out-of-class study hours will vary from student to 1-99 CREDIT, BACCALAUREATE DEGREE/TRANSFER LEVEL student. Designated baccalaureate-level courses, transferable to four-year institutions and applicable to Associate Degree. Not all 1-99 Articulation of Courses with Other Colleges courses are UC-transferable. See “Transferability of Courses” on Columbia College articulates many of its courses with other public two- this page. and four-year colleges and universities in California. This allows units 70/170/270 CREDIT, SPECIAL TOPICS earned at Columbia College to satisfy academic requirements at other Instruction on a special topic within a broader discipline area schools. Please ask your counselor for information related to agree- (such as Child Development). Lecture and/or laboratory hours, ments establishing what courses will transfer and those that meet lower- units of credit, repeatability, and transferability may vary by division preparation for a baccalaureate major at a four-year university. offering. Check with the school to which student is transferring. 97 CREDIT, WORK EXPERIENCE Transferability of Courses Classes in career and technical fields in which students earn Courses that transfer to the California State University (CSU) and/or units of credit while working as paid or volunteer employees the University of California (UC) are designated at the end of the course in their field of study. Students may complete up to 16 units of description: work experience courses, but no more than 8 units per term. (Title 5, section 55253) • CSU—Transfer to CSU System • UC—Transfer to UC System 98/198 CREDIT, EXPERIMENTAL COURSES Classes in which a particular topic in a discipline (such as • UC/CSU—Transfer to both systems History) is treated with in-depth study. The topic, the number • UC or CSU—(Transfer credit limited. See a counselor.)* of units and hours, and prerequisites (if any), will be posted on class search connectColumbia. Experimental courses *These courses may have limits on the number of units that will transfer. may be repeated for credit with different topics only. For UC Students should see a counselor to determine if these limitations will impact campuses, these courses may transfer for elective credit and their transfer plans. will not fulfill requirements unless pre-authorized. It is the student’s responsibility to have the course pre-authorized by the Prerequisites/Corequisites/Recommended for Success appropriate UC department chair and admissions office. In accordance with the Title 5 of the California Educational Code, 99/199 CREDIT, INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSES Columbia College may restrict enrollment in college courses through Independent research and study of specialized areas/topics prerequisites, corequisites, advisories (“Recommended for Success”), not currently offered as Columbia College courses. Limitations and limitations on enrollment. Refer to page 37 for more information. apply. See page 43 and a counselor for more information. For UC campuses, 99 courses may transfer as electives or Noncredit Courses other credit if pre-authorized by the transfer school. It is the student’s responsibility to have the course pre-authorized by the Noncredit Adult Education courses are offered to meet the needs of appropriate UC department chair and admissions office. various populations within the community and may include courses in the following categories: English as a Second Language, Immigrant 100-199 CREDIT, ASSOCIATE-DEGREE APPLICABLE COURSES, NOT INTENDED FOR Education (including citizenship), Elementary and Secondary Basic TRANSFER Skills, Health and Safety, Courses for Adults with Substantial Disabili- Applicable to the Associate Degree; not intended for transfer, ties, Parenting, Home Economics, Courses for Older Adults, Short- but may be accepted for transfer credit by agreement with Term Vocational Courses (including apprenticeship), and Workforce specific four-year colleges and universities Preparation. The College’s Community Education program also offers 200-299 CREDIT, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COURSES noncredit courses in a wide variety of areas. Noncredit courses do not Not applicable to Associate Degree satisfy graduation, transfer, or vocational requirements although some are required to complete noncredit certificates. Noncredit courses are 300-399 NONCREDIT, NON-GRADED, NON-BASIC-SKILLS COURSES listed at the end of credit courses within each applicable discipline. 400-499 NONCREDIT, NON-GRADED, SUPPLEMENTAL LABORATORY COURSES Credit Value The number after the course indicates the unit credit value of the 500-599 CREDIT, VOCATIONAL COURSES NOT INTENDED FOR TRANSFER OR MAJOR; course. Courses listed in this catalog are described in “semester” units. Units may be used as elective credit to fulfill the 60-unit Some other colleges function on what is known as the “quarter” system. requirement for Associate Degree One unit of coursework completed in the quarter system equals .667 semester system units. 600-699 CREDIT, BASIC SKILLS, NOT TRANSFERABLE, NOT ASSOCIATE DEGREE-APPLICABLE COURSES Course Repetition COURSES COURSES 700-799 NONCREDIT, NON-GRADED BASIC SKILLS, ESL, AND LIFE SKILLS COURSES Courses may be repeated for credit only if: (1) the student has received a substandard grade (D, F, NC or NP) or (2) the course is approved as Course Descriptions repeatable by the College Curriculum Committee and is so identified in this catalog. See Repetition of Courses on page 41 for more information. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course, enrollment restrictions, as well as grading policy exceptions such as Field Trips P/NP, field trips, course-specific fees, allocation of class hours over the Field trips may be required in a number of courses where such a state- ment is not currently a part of the course description. 152 2020-2021 • COLUMBIA COLLEGE CATALOG COURSES: ANTHR ANTHR 7/SOCIO 7—Gender, Culture and Society, 3 units 54 Lecture Hours, 108 Out-of-Class Hours = 162 Total Student (ANTHROPOLOGY) Learning Hours ANTHR The course takes an inclusive bio-cultural evolutionary perspective ANTHR 1—Biological Anthropology, 3 units on gender, focusing on non-human primate societies as well as primitive (small scale) and modern (large scale) human societies. 54 Lecture Hours, 108 Out-of-Class Hours = 162 Total Student Learning Hours Factors such as culture, ecological conditions and historical circumstances, forces of stratification (e.g. age, social class), This course introduces the concepts, methods of inquiry, and socialization (e.g. rites of passage, conformity and deviance) as well scientific explanations for biological evolution and their application as the science (e.g. concepts, theories and methods) of studying these to the human species. Issues and topics will include, but are not topics will be addressed. Though course readings will represent many limited to, genetics, evolutionary theory, human variation and disciplines, the foundation readings reflect the perspectives of bio- biocultural adaptations, comparative primate anatomy and behavior, cultural anthropology as well as sociology. This emphasis addresses and the fossil evidence for human evolution. The scientific method the fundamental assumption that while sex differences are biological, serves as foundation of the course. Not repeatable. MJC equivalent: gender encompasses the traits that culture assigns and inculcates (ANTHR 101) Transfer: (CSU/UC) (CSU-GE: B2, D) (IGETC: (with varying degrees of success) in males and females. Credit may 4A, 5B) C-ID: (ANTH 110) be earned once for ANTHR 7 or SOCIO 7. Not repeatable. Transfer: ANTHR 1L—Biological Anthropology Laboratory, 1 unit (CSU/UC) (CSU-GE: D) (IGETC: 4D) C-ID: (SOCI 140) Prerequisite/Corequisite: Completion of ANTHR 1 with at least a ANTHR 10 — Archaeology, 3 units C or P, or concurrent enrollment in ANTHR 1 Formerly listed as: ANTHR 10 — Archaeology and Cultural 54 Laboratory Hours = 54 Total Student Learning Hours Prehistory This laboratory course is offered as a supplement to Introduction 54 Lecture Hours, 108 Out-of-Class Hours = 162 Total Student to Biological Anthropology either taken concurrently or in a Learning Hours subsequent term. Laboratory exercises are designed to introduce This course is an introduction to anthropological archaeology students to the scientific method and explore genetics, human including concepts, theories, and methods employed by variation, human and non-human primate anatomy and behavior, archaeologists in reconstructing past life ways of humans. Topics the primate/hominin fossil record and other resources to investigate include history and interdisciplinary nature of archaeological processes that affect human evolution. Not repeatable.Transfer: research; data acquisition, analysis and interpretation with (CSU) discussion of applicable data and models; cultural resource ANTHR 2—Cultural Anthropology, 3 units management; professional ethics; and selected cultural sequences. Not repeatable. MJC equivalent: (ANTHR 130) Transfer: (CSU/