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ACCT 481 Honors Financial Accounting 4 Units
*Offered in Fall 2013 (class schedule) Enroll now
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
Advisory: ACCT 101; MATH 100 or BUS 105
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 72 hours LEC
This course covers accounting systems and the preparation and interpretation of financial statements primarily for external uses by stockholders, creditors, regulators, and other stakeholders. It includes accounting for assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, and expenses. Emphasis is placed on examination, development, and use of accounting systems, internal controls, and resulting financial statements. Special consideration will be given to financial statement analysis tools and the impact of ethics and fraud on financial reporting. This course provides enhanced exposure to Financial Accounting curriculum appropriate for the intensive study of the Honors Program. This course is not open to students who have already completed ACCT 301.
ANTH 480 Honors Physical Anthropology 3 Units
*Offered in Fall 2013 (class schedule) Enroll now
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area IV; CSU Area B2; IGETC Area 5B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is an in depth introduction to the science of physical anthropology. This seminar style honors course approaches the topical material through class discussion which encourages problem solving techniques focusing on current anthropological issues. Weekly topical issues will be presented in a case study format. Critical thinking skills are emphasized in responding to these issues. The following topics are included in the course: evolutionary theory, heredity, human variation, taxonomy and behavior of the living primate and the fossil evidence of human evolution.
BIOL 482 Honors Introduction to Marine Environment 4 Units
*Offered in Fall 2013 (class schedule) Enroll now
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area IV; CSU Area B2; CSU Area B3; IGETC Area 5B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC ; 54 hours LAB
This course is an honors level introduction to oceanography and marine biology. Using a seminar style, it explores sea water, marine geology, marine algae, marine vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and the ecology of various marine zones. Field trips focusing on inter-tidal organisms of the Central California Coast are required. The course is not open to students who have completed BIOL 370.
CISP 480 Honors Introduction to Structured Programming 5 Units
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
Advisory: CISC 310 (Introduction to Computer Information Science)
Hours: 72 hours LEC, 54 hours LAB
This honors course combines the content of both CISP 300 and CISP 360 and presents it in an accelerated fashion emphasizing projects and collaborative work. It introduces methods for solving typical computer problems through algorithm design, continuing with implementation through structured programming and objects, as well as documentation, testing, and debugging. Topics include assessing and analyzing computer problems and requirements documents, and developing programming plans from which source code versions of programs are created. Additionally, data representation, data types, variables, constants, operators, and expression evaluation are covered, along with control structures, interactive and file input/output, standard libraries, arrays, pointers, methods (functions), classes, and objects. Pseudocode and an object-oriented language are used to create program solutions.
ENGWR 480 Honors College Composition 3 Units
*Offered in Fall 2013 (class schedule) Enroll now
Prerequisite: Placement through assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area II(a); CSU Area A2; IGETC Area 1A
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This honors composition course requires the analysis of professional essays and at least one full-length volume of non-fiction that exhibit complexity in both subject and structure. It emphasizes writing carefully reasoned, stylistically sophisticated essays of varying lengths and in varying rhetorical modes; at least one of those essays requires research and appropriate MLA documentation. Essays written during the term will total at least 6,500 words. One or more additional hours per week in the Learning Resources Center or Writing Across the Curriculum or Reading Across the Disciplines programs may be required.
ENGWR 481 Honors College Composition and Literature 3 Units
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; ENGWR 300 or 480 with a grade of “C” or better.
General Education: AA/AS Area II(b); CSU Area A3; IGETC Area 1B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This is an advanced course in critical reasoning and writing about literature. It examines the four major genres--the novel, the short story, poetry, and drama by authors representing diverse perspectives. It will explore principles of formal and informal logic, characteristics of sophisticated writing, and means of recognizing logical fallacies. Written analyses will total at least 6,500 words and will include material from secondary sources, cited and documented according to MLA format. Attendance at a live theater production may be required. One or more additional hours per week in the Learning Resource Center or Writing Across the Curriculum or Reading Across the Disciplines programs may be required.
ENGWR 482 Honors Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking 3 Units
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; ENGWR 300 or 480 with a grade of “C” or better.
Advisory: ENGRD 310 or 312
General Education: AA/AS Area II(b); CSU Area A3; IGETC Area 1B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This is a course in critical reasoning, reading, and writing requiring a high level of competence in English composition. Complex texts (essay and book-length works) reflecting a variety of cultural, historical, and philosophical perspectives will be read, discussed, and analyzed. The course includes inductive and deductive reasoning, fallacious reasoning, and use of persuasive language. The minimum word requirement of 6,500 words will be divided among at least four formal essays, ranging from 1,000-3,000 words each, two of which will include primary and secondary research and MLA format. Several group and individual class presentations will be required.
HIST 480 History of Western Civilization - Honors 3 Units
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(b); AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C; CSU Area D6; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
A survey of western civilization from its origins in the Ancient Middle East until the Renaissance. The emphasis will be on the social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual forces that have served to shape the modern world. The focus will be on challenging student to interpret the past by critically analyzing both primary sources and relevant works by leading historians.
HIST 481 History of Western Civilization - Honors 3 Units
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(b); AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C; CSU Area D6; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is a survey of western civilization from the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis will be on the social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual forces that have served to shape the modern world. The focus will be on challenging students to interpret the past by critically analyzing both primary sources and relevant works by leading historians.
HIST 483 History of the United States - Honors 3 Units
*Offered in Fall 2013 (class schedule) Enroll now
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(a); CSU Area D6; CSU Area F1; IGETC Area 4F
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is an in-depth study of American history from the Colonial through the American Civil War eras. Particular emphasis will be placed on the interrelationships of the developing American political, economic, social, and cultural institutions.
HIST 484 History of the United States - Honors 3 Units
Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(a); CSU Area D6; CSU Area F1; IGETC Area 4F
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is an intense study of American history from 1865 to the present day. Particular emphasis will be placed on the interrelationships of American political, economic, social, and cultural developments.
POLS 481 Introduction to Government: United States - Honors 3 Units
?Prerequisite: Placement into ENGWR 480 through the assessment process.
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course analyzes the U.S. government's historic origins, philosophical and theoretical justification, constitutional structures and how these institutions work. It examines and describes the procedural aspects of the political system including holding elections, campaigning, voting, lobbying, legislating, executing and adjudicating law. It provides an analysis of contemporary problems and issues. It also describes California state and local governments' constitutional base, structures and functions, political process, problems and issues. Conducted in a seminar format, this course emphasizes participatory classroom styles of learning and the material used is more substantial and sophisticated. In addition, there are extensive research projects on American institutions, political processes, and political behavior designed to challenge and motivate. This course is not open to students who have completed POLS 301.
PSYC 480 Honors General Principles 3 Units
*Offered in Fall 2013 (class schedule) Enroll now
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above; ENGWR 300 or 480 with a grade of “C” or better. ENGRD 015 with “C” or better, or placement through assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(b); CSU Area D9; IGETC Area 4I
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is for psychology majors, behavioral science majors and other students who desire a challenging, critical thinking and issues oriented introduction to general principles. Topics include the scientific method, statistics, biological determinants and general processes of behavior such as development, learning, verbal behavior, intelligence, perception, motivation, emotion, personality and mental health. Using a seminar style, the focus will be on encouraging thorough analysis and evaluation of psychological theories and research studies as they relate to practical, everyday issues.
PSYC 481 Honors Abnormal Behavior 3 Units
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above; PSYC 300 or PSYC 480 with a grade of “C” or better; ENGWR 300 OR ENGWR 480 with a grade of “C” or better.
General Education: AA/AS Area III(b); CSU Area D9; CSU Area E1; IGETC Area 4I
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is for psychology majors, behavioral science majors, and others who desire a challenging, critical thinking, and issues-oriented exploration of normality and abnormality. Examination of the origins, symptoms and treatment of psychological disorders through first-person accounts, role of multicultural factors, and various theoretical stances. The focus is on thorough analysis and evaluation of biopsychosocial theories and research studies as they relate to the development and persistence of behavior disorders and treatment approaches.