2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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History |
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HIST 365 - Themes in World History Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Explores the major trends in global approaches to history. These include anthropological, diaspora, environmental, and world systems approaches. Topics will vary by semester. Repeatable up to 6 units. |
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HIST 366 - Oceans of World History Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Discusses the main approaches to world history through the lens of the Earth’s three major oceans: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. |
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HIST 369 - California History and Culture Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the cultural and institutional development of California prior to the 16th century and since. |
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HIST 370 - History of Colonial North America Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the history of colonial encounters between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in North America from the 1400s through the Seven Years’ War. Focuses on the social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental shifts that shaped North America’s colonial era. Graded: Letter Grade |
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HIST 371 - The Founding of the United States Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Study of the Revolutionary era and its political and social influence on the constitution. |
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HIST 372 - United States Industrialization and Progressivism Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the nation’s geographic and industrial expansion. Social and political problems up to the end of WWI will also be examined. |
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HIST 373 - American Labor History Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This is an in-depth study of the individual, group, and organized experience of the American working people from colonial time to the twentieth century. |
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HIST 374 - United States Since 1945 Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the cultural, social, and political transformation of the nation after World War II. Among the various topics of the course, specific attention is given to how international affairs influenced domestic life and society. |
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HIST 375 - The United States and the World Since 1900 Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Explores the historical forces that have shaped U.S. relations with the world, examining ideas of empire and expansion, the role of ideological, economic, and cultural issues in influencing relationships, and the people who shaped U.S. diplomacy (of various kinds). Assesses the interactive relationship of U.S. influence abroad, as well as the influence of the world on life in the U.S. Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 379 - Vietnam Wars in Global History Units: 3 Examines Vietnam’s wars in the twentieth century, the first against France (1946-1954), and the second against the United States (1965-1973), from both local and global perspectives. Special attention will be paid to the wars’ origins, conduct, legacies, and historiography, as well as issues of colonialism, ethics and war, human rights, and the human experience of the war mediated by race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. Graded: Letter Grade |
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HIST 380 - History of the Pacific Islands Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the history of the Pacific from human settlement to the present. Special attention will be paid to cross- cultural encounters, religious conversion, imperialism, and post-colonial realities in the region. The course employs interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. |
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HIST 381 - Traditional East Asia to 1600 Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Covers the history of East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) from prehistoric times to roughly 1600 AD. Focus is placed on cultural, institutional, and social developments in civilizations of this region to provide a historical foundation, from the Asian perspective, for understanding the roots of modern globalization. Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 382 - Modern East Asia Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the rise of East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) from 1600 to the present. Provides an East Asian perspective on themes of globalization that have shaped modern nation states around the world, including colonization and imperialism, and industrialization. Topics covered include war, revolutions, and governments, as well as philosophies and cultural trends. Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 385 - The Modern Middle East Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Offers an introduction to the history and politics of the Middle East and North Africa from the early 20th century to the present. Topics include: the place and role of religion in the region; colonialism; the decline of the Ottoman empire; the emergence of various nationalisms; the creation of modern states; and the ideological, political, and social conflicts and struggles associated with the region. Some attention will be devoted to the rise and fall of political regimes, the dynamics of consent and dissent, and to role of trans-national, trans-regional, and global forums. Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 388 - History of Modern Southeast Asia Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Exploration of Southeast Asian history from the sixteenth century to the present. Analyzes major changes across the entire Southeast Asian region-Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Singapore, and Timor Leste-during key historical periods, including the rise and fall of traditional kingdoms, the era of modern imperialism, the impact of World War II, the rise of national revolutions, and the emergence of new nations. Graded: Letter Grade |
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HIST 389 - Indian Ocean World Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines intersecting histories of the Indian Ocean as the setting in which peoples from East Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Sub-Continent, East Asia, and Southeast Asia encountered one another and exchanged ideas, goods, and even diseases over many centuries. A particular emphasis on the environment, the spread of religious and other cultural ideas and practices, port cities, migrant and diasporic communities, piracy, colonialism, and various globalizing trends throughout history. Graded: Letter Grade |
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HIST 390 - Women and Gender in East Asia Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the history of women and gender in East-Asian history from roughly 1000 CE to the modern era. We will examine social and political institutions, as well as cultural practices to examine the evolution of femininity and masculinity, and identify common and divergent experiences of gender and sexuality through these civilizations. Topics covered include: the family, Confucian norms, love and marriage, wartime gender constructions, and cultural impact of modernization. Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 391 - Traditional China Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course studies the social, political, economic, and cultural traditions in China from ancient times to the end of the Ming Dynasty. |
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HIST 392 - Modern China Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course explores the social, political, economic, and cultural changes in China from to the rise of the Ch’ing Dynasty to 1949. |
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HIST 393 - Contemporary China Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural developments in China since 1949. |
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HIST 394 - Traditional Japan Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course studies the social, political, economic, and cultural traditions in Japan from ancient times to the fall of the Tokugawa regime. |
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HIST 395 - Modern Japan Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course studies the social, political, economic, and cultural changes in Japan from the Meiji Restoration to the present. |
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HIST 396 - East Asia: Then and Now Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course examines of the social, political, economic, and cultural foundations in China, Korea, and Japan. Emphasis is given to the profound political, economic, and other transformations taking place in these countries in the twentieth century. |
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HIST 397 - Pop Culture Along the Pacific Rim: Japan and U.S. in the Modern Age Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the connections and parallels between two civilizations along the Pacific Rim through the lens of popular culture in the modern era. Topics covered include: youth culture, countercultures and subcultures, war and reconstruction, mass media, and cultural stereotypes. Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 401 - Immigration, Race, and Citizenship in the United States Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Examines the broad arc of immigration history in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The course traces the diverse experiences of immigrants from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In addition to exploring the immigrant experience, the course analyzes the evolving relationship between immigration and constructions of race, ethnicity, and citizenship across time and place. Graded: Letter Grade GenEd: UDGE-D CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives |
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HIST 402 - Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 402) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Examines the cultural, economic, political, and social experience of Mexicana/os of the region from the U.S conquest to the 1990’s. Particular attention is given to the interactions of this community with other ethnic and racial groups. The course utilizes literature, film, and art as mediums of learning about the culture and history of Chicana/os. Same as: CHS 402 GenEd: UDGE-D CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives |
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HIST 403 - The American Intellectual Tradition Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course explores American thought from Puritanism, transcendentalism, and pragmatism to contemporary trends represented in thinkers from Richard Mather, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Emerson, William James, and John Dewey to Reinhold Hiebuhr. It also addresses those dissenting voices resonantly expressed in American life from Ann Hutchinson, Roger Williams, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and W. E. B. Du Bois to Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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HIST 412 - Law and Society Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Investigates a wide range of issues including, but not limited to: the origins of the law in classical civilizations; the interplays between/among law, religion, government, and morality; evolutions of diverse legal systems in different societies and traditions; legal and ethical challenges of modern sciences; the rule of law in an international environment; and the debate over the extent and limits of the laws in coping with social and technological problems of modern life. |
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HIST 413 - World Religions and Classical Philosophies Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): HIST 211 or Equivalent Studies and compares major religions and philosophical schools in the ancient world. Examines how different societies and peoples have formed their basic assumptions concerning the universe, faith, human nature, and society, and how those fundamental assumptions have affected their chosen modes of thinking, ways of life, organizations of society, forms of government, and approaches to knowledge. |
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HIST 414 - Women and Gender in History Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course examines the role of women and gender in human experience. Topics may vary. They include, but are not limited to, gender and work, gender and religion, gender in literature, gender and race, gender and sexuality, gender and family, gender and social change, and constructions of masculinity and femininity. Fulfills the thematic category of the History major. |
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HIST 415 - Society and Radicalism Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week This course studies the emergence of different styles of protests and radicalism in the modern world. Topics include, but are not limited to, radical thinkers, theories, philosophies, organizations, strategies, movements, as well as the roles and influences they had in society. |
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HIST 416 - All Over the Map: Cartography and Historical Narrative Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Explores the role of maps and their boundaries in shaping historical narratives. Focus will be placed on the history of map-making as well as on the ability of cartographic texts to serve as tools of power. The course is thematically grounded in the history of cartography and introduces students to elements of spatial theory. Graded: Letter Grade |
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HIST 420 - History of Mexico Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the social and political history of Mexico from the period of European contact to the present. The modern phase of Mexico’s history is examined in relation to the overall development of North America. |
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HIST 421 - History Of The Mexican Revolution, 1876-1930 Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Evaluates the social and political causes and consequences of the Mexican Revolution. Particular attention is also given to the influence and intervention of the United States of America in Mexico’s economic and domestic affairs. Graded: Letter Grade |
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HIST 430 - Tradition and Transformation: Literature, History, and Cultural Change (Cross-listed as ENGL 430) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): ENGL 105 or HIST 300 and Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Bringing literature and history together, this course exposes students to a diverse range of work in art, literature, films, and history. It cultivates the students’ intellectual understanding of the topic from both a cross-disciplinary and a cross-cultural perspective. It emphasizes reading, writing, analytical skills, and communication skills. Topics and themes may vary under the same title. Repeatable by topic. Repeatable up to 9 units. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: ENGL 430 GenEd: UDGE-C, UDGE-D CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives |
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HIST 436 - Psychology and History of East Asian Warrior Cultures (Cross-listed as PSY 436) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Examines the psychological and historical roots of warrior cultures in East Asia. Characteristics such as duty, enlightenment, honor, loyalty, and discipline will be examined in the context of the individual and group psychology of warrior cultures throughout history. Psychological and historical conceptions of violence, aggression, and strategy will also be explored. Students will be encouraged to relate values derived from Asian warrior cultures to their own lives, while reflecting on the applicability of these ideas to modern life. Same as: PSY 436 GenEd: UDGE-D CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches |
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HIST 442 - The African Diaspora (Cross-listed as ANTH 442) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Examines the dispersal of Africans to other continents over the last two thousand years. Special attention will be paid to the African slave trade, identity formation, and nationalism. The course employs interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, art history, linguistics, and literature. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: ANTH 442 GenEd: UDGE-D CI Mission Category(s): International Perspectives, Multicultural Perspectives |
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HIST 452 - History of Southern Africa Since 1600 Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of southern Africa from the pre-colonial era, through the establishment of a permanent European presence, to the establishment of modern nation-states. |
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HIST 470 - People and Everyday Life in Early America Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week The course focuses on those ordinary men and women whose daily works and activities made what American society was. It covers the time span from the 1600’s to the early 1800’s. Topics include, but not limited to, popular religion, work ethics and labor systems, family and marriage, festivities, leisure, and games, law and order, mass-control policies, crime and punishment, trades, craftsmanship, farming and industries, issues of gender, race, and ethnicities, early popular unrest, collective actions, and protests. |
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HIST 472 - History And Psychology Of The Great War (Cross-listed as PSY 472) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): History or Psychology major with upper division standing Examines the historical and psychological roots and implications of World War One. Explores the historical causes of this conflict by focusing on the rise of nationalism, imperial expansion, and increasing militarization. Traces the psychological and philosophical implications of such phenomena as shell-shock, Existentialism, and the rise of fascist thought. Graded: GCR Same as: PSY 472 |
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HIST 490 - Special Topics Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Investigates a prominent topic of historical interest. Topics vary by semester. Repeatable by topic up to 12 units. |
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HIST 491 - Historiography Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): HIST 300 or consent of the instructor Description: This course surveys major historians and their theoretical and methodological approaches to the discipline from the nineteenth century to the present day. The course is designed to update students to the most influential theories in the study of history. Included in this survey are theoretical approaches based on the writings of Braudel, Foucault, Freud, and Marx. Graded: Letter Grade |
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HIST 492 - Internship/Service Learning Units: 3 Variable hours per week Prerequisite(s): HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor On-site work for a historical agency such as an archive, museum, or historical society, acquiring skills in archiving documents, historical preservation, and circulation of historical information. Requires assigned readings in theory and history, and a research project. Completed projects may be shared with the campus community. Lab Fee $15 Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 494 - Independent Research Units: 3 Variable hours Prerequisite(s): HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor Independent reading and/or research project under the direction of a faculty member. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units Graded: Student Option |
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HIST 497 - Directed Studies Units: 1-3 Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and Consent of Instructor Exploring an important historical topic under the direction of a faculty member. Significant written reports expected. Topics vary. Repeatable up to 6 units. Graded: Student Option - Graded or Credit/No Credit |
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HIST 499 - Capstone In History Units: 3 Three hours seminar per week. Prerequisite(s): HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor. Under the supervision of a faculty advisor, students complete a project approved by the faculty advisor which will integrate prior course work with the general expectations of the Program. Completed projects may be disseminated to the campus community. Graded: Student Option |
Information Technology |
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IT 105 - Introduction to Programming (Cross-listed as COMP 105) Units: 3 Three hours lecture taught in a laboratory per week Provides a balanced view of computing and an introduction to the world of computer science. In-depth coverage of the design, development, and expression of algorithms. Covers a variety of concepts relevant to the beginning student, including computer organization and design. Not open to students who have completed COMP 150. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMP 105 GenEd: B4, E |
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IT 151 - IT Programming Units: 3 Two hours of lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): MATH 301 and COMP 105 /IT 105 or equivalent Introduction to programming in C in the Unix environment including input/output, recursion and pointers. Introduction to composite data types such as arrays, records, strings and sets. Topics include: abstract data types, stacks, queues and linked lists. Brief introduction to trees and graphs. No credit given toward the Computer Science Degree. |
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IT 152 - Programming for Health Informatics Units: 4 Four hours in the lab per week Description: Introduction to computer programming for Health Informatics professionals. Design and implementation of data structures and algorithms for solving system, network, and security problems in management and administration of Health Information Systems. Graded: Letter Grade |
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IT 221 - Unix System Programming I (Cross-listed as COMP 221) Units: 3 Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 151 or IT 151 or IT 152 Description: Fundamentals of the UNIX operating system, including the command line interface (CLI), shell commands and related utilities. C will be covered at an accelerated pace, appropriate for students who already know another programming language. Fundamental C libraries, and basic UNIX system calls, will be covered. Principles of the program development cycle as applied to a UNIX environment will also be presented. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMP 221 |
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IT 380 - Web Programming Units: 3 Three hours lecture in the lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 151 or IT 151 ; and MATH 300 or MATH 301 This course provides an overview of the many languages and techniques used in web programming. This includes Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, JSP and ASP, as well as database query languages and XML. Sample applications are built for dynamic web pages and web sites. Effective Fall 2012, changed from IT 280 |
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IT 400 - eCommerce Units: 3 Three hours of lecture in the lab per week Prerequisite(s): IT 380 and COMP 420 /IT 420 Fundamentals of database driven web sites. Online accounts, cookies, shopping carts, data collection and storage, and data security. Covers user interface design, navigation and site search strategies and database support. |
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IT 401 - Web Intelligence Units: 3 Three hours of lecture in the lab per week Prerequisite(s): IT 402 Using web programming to extract information, using intelligent search engines, artificial intelligence techniques (expert systems, agents). Topics include: data mining, data warehousing, natural language processing, decision support systems, and intelligent agents. |
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IT 402 - Advanced Web Programming Units: 3 Three hours of lecture in the lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 151 or IT 151 or IT 152 Covers a variety of programming languages, including Java, C, C++, Perl, ASP, and PHP. This course focuses on building applications that are useful to IT professionals, such as applications for network security, maintenance and surveillance. |
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IT 403 - Advanced Programming for Health Informatics Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): IT 152 Course in computer programming for Health Informatics professionals. Design and implementation of advanced algorithms and sophisticated data structures. Emphasis on large data sets relevant to Health Information Systems. |
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IT 405 - Mobile Application Development (Cross-listed as COMP 405) Units: 3 Three hours lecture in the lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 151 or IT 151 or IT 152 Introduction to mobile application development environments. Students will write programs for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablet computers, and automotive and wearable devices. Topics covered include programming standards, operating systems, and programming for mobile devices. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMP 405 |
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IT 420 - Database Theory and Design (Cross-listed as COMP 420) Units: 3 Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): MATH 300 or MATH 301 ; and COMP 151 or IT 151 Topics include: database structure including: structure definition, data models, semantics of relations, and operation on data models; database schemas: element definition, use and manipulation of the schema; elements of implementation.; algebra of relations on a database; hierarchical data bases. Discussion of information retrieval, reliability, protection and integrity of databases. Same as: COMP 420 |
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IT 421 - Unix System Programming II Units: 3 Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 221 /IT 221 The use of the Unix operating environment including command line Unix utilities, vi and emacs editors, regular expressions, text processors and Unix shells, fundamental Perl
and its application in programming CGI. Writing in C utilities that control the operating environment through the use of system calls. Developing programs using Unix facilities. Not open to Computer Science majors.
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IT 424 - Computer System Security (Cross-listed as COMP 424) Units: 3 Three hours lecture in the lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 151 or COMP 221 /IT 221 or IT 152
Recommended: COMP 362 or IT 421 Description: Security techniques in operating systems, data bases, and computer networks. Analysis of formal security models. Introduction to cryptography, and public key security schemas. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMP 424 |
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IT 428 - Computer Networks for Health Informatics Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): IT 152 Basic software design and analysis considerations in networking computers into coherent, cooperating systems for health-related applications. Issues of privacy and security will be emphasized.
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IT 429 - Computer Networks (Cross-listed as COMP 429) Units: 3 Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 232 and COMP 362 ; or COMP 221 /IT 221 and IT 421 Description: Basic software design and analysis considerations in networking computers into coherent, cooperating systems capable of processing computational tasks in a distributed manner. Network topology, routing procedures, message multiplexing and process scheduling techniques will be discussed. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMP 429 |
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IT 464 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design I (Cross-listed as COMP 464, ART 464) Units: 3 Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 350 and MATH 240 ; or COMP 221 and MATH 301 Topics include: fundamental concepts of computer graphics graphics devices graphics languages interactive systems applications to art, science, engineering and business trade-offs between hardware devices and software support. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMP 464 , ART 464 |
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IT 466 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design II (Cross-listed as COMP 466, ART 466) Units: 3 Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 464 / IT 464 Advanced concepts of computer graphics. Topics include computer graphics software and hardware, mathematical basis of geometric modeling, data base management in manufacturing environments, imagining and visualization. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMP 466, ART 466 |
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IT 490 - Special Topics for IT Units: 3 Three hours of lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in the BSIT program The course addresses current issues in Information Technology. Specialized topics will be studied. Repeatable by topic up to 9 units. |
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IT 491 - Capstone Preparation Units: 1 Two hours activity per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 362 or IT 421 ; and Senior Standing in the Information Technology Program Description: Research and develop a proposal for a significant capstone project under faculty supervision. Repeat 3 times up to 3 units. Graded: Letter Grade |
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IT 492 - Internship Units: 1 - 3 Two to six hours activity per week Prerequisite(s): Upper-Division Standing and Program approval of written proposal Description: Supervised work and study in an industrial or scientific setting involving development of degree-related skills. Graded: Letter Grade |
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IT 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3 Variable hours activity per week Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing and Program Approval of Written Proposal Supervised project involving research in Information Technology. Repeatable by topic up to 9 units. |
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IT 497 - Directed Studies Units: 3 Six hours activity per week Prerequisite(s): Program approval of written proposal Supervised project involving library research in the field of Information Technology or its applications. |
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IT 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3 Three hours independent study per week Prerequisite(s): IT 491 Description: Design, and implement a capstone project under faculty supervision, and present the results in a poster/demonstration session at the end of semester. Graded: Letter Grade |
Library |
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LIB 211 - Discerning Information in an Interconnected World (Cross-listed as COMM 211) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Provides students with strategies to help them make sense of our information-saturated world. Students should critically assess information; differentiate the perspectives of information seekers from providers; and evaluate our sources of knowledge through issues such as: surveillance, surrogates, privacy, information-seeking behavior, information control, intellectual property, digital democracy, and emerging information communication technologies. Graded: Letter Grade Same as: COMM 211 GenEd: A3 |
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LIB 344 - The Library: Collections, Services, & Instruction (Cross-listed as BUS 344, ECON 344, EDUC 344) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) A study of university, school (K-12), public, and special libraries from business, economic, library science, and educational perspectives. Analyzes how these perspectives are linked within library practices. A study of local libraries and field trips. Same as: BUS 344 , ECON 344 , EDUC 344 GenEd: UDGE-D CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches |
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LIB 497 - Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Units: 3 3 hours Research per week Prerequisite(s): Program approval will be required to substitute this course as an elective in a major. A research intensive class during which students will craft an original scholarly or creative work employing unique collections housed at the John Spoor Broome Library relevant collections at other institutions may also be utilized. All students are required to attend and/or present their research at the Sage Research Symposium or similar conference. Repeatable up to 9 units. Graded: Credit / No Credit |
Liberal Studies |
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EDAP 427 - Social Studies in Integrated Art Units: 4 Four hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Liberal Studies B.A., Integrated Teaching Credential Emphasis Focuses on standard based curriculum for the Social Sciences and Arts including needs of English Language Learners, exceptional children, and technology for teaching and learning. Graded: Letter Grade |
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EDAP 429 - Teaching Science in Elementary Schools Units: 4 Four hour lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Liberal Studies B.A., Integrated Teaching Credential Emphasis Study of the application of recommended methods for teaching physical, life and earth science, health and physical education to students (K-8) based on research and theory. Students reflect upon their personal development and abilities to integrate theory and practice in science, health and physical education with other subject areas. Needs of English Language Learners and exceptional children, technology for teaching and learning are integrated. Graded: Letter Grade |
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LS 110 - Computer Literacy for Educators (Cross-listed as COMP 110) Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week An introduction to computer systems, including web applications, word processing, spreadsheets, and databases, emphasizing their use in educational settings. Not open to Computer Science majors. Same as: COMP 110 GenEd: E |
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LS 200 - Juvenile Justice System Service Learning Units: 2 One hour seminar and two hours activity per week Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment Provide tutoring and mentoring for juvenile justice students in study skills and fundamental social and critical thinking skills required to be a successful college student. Repeatable up to 12 units. Graded: Credit/No Credit |
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LS 220 - Developing Literacy in Diverse Classrooms Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Provides an understanding of learning and teaching literacy in a diverse, technologically-complex society. Focus is on providing students with knowledge of a comprehensive, balanced, literacy approach, including an understanding and use of the major descriptors of developing literacy, appropriate assessment methods and instruments, and a developmental and analytical appreciation for writing strategies, conventions, applications, and interpretation of texts and genres. Graded: Letter Grade |
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LS 300 - Liberal Studies Service-Learning Units: 3 Two hours seminar and two hours activity per week Prerequisite(s): Junior standing Concentrated Studies majors only Consent of Instructor required for enrollment A service-learning course designed to broaden involvement in community projects, engage in critical reflection, build social networks with other Concentrated Studies students, and develop written and verbal communication skills. Graded: Letter Grade |
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LS 322 - Health Issues in Education Units: 2 Two hours lecture per week Survey of school health programs with in-depth study of selected health education curricula and topic areas, including: alcohol, tobacco, drugs, communicable diseases, and nutrition. Development of strategies and methods for teaching controversial areas. Effective Fall 2019, changed from HLTH 322 |
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LS 490 - Capstone Course Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing Faculty-designed course that integrates prior course work and disseminates the final course project to the campus community. |
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LS 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3 Prerequisite(s): Upper-division standing Students design and implement a study project in conjunction with a faculty member. Three repeats allowed. Repeatable up to 9 units. |
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LS 497 - Directed Studies Units: 1-3 Prerequisite(s): Upper-division standing Provides student credit for curricular activities under the direction of a Liberal Studies faculty member. Three repeats allowed. Repeatable up to 9 units. |
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LS 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3 Varies per week Prerequisite(s): Senior standing Description: In conjunction with a faculty advisor, students design and complete a project that integrates prior course work and disseminate the project to the campus community . Graded: Letter Grade |
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LSES 428 - K-12 Literacy: Multicultural and Multilingual Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Liberal Studies, B.A. Integrated Teaching Credential Emphasis Corequisite(s): None Topics include: developmental theory and practice of the reading and writing process through the school years K-12; study skills; foundations of reading and writing theory and practice for students who speak English as a first or second language; teaching reading and writing to native English speakers and English language learners in English-only, multilingual, and bilingual contexts; literacy and language development needs of English learners and exceptional children; literacy in the content areas; technology for teaching and learning is integrated. Graded: Letter Grade |
Mathematics |
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MATH 97 - Statistics Support Units: 1 Two hours activity per week Corequisite(s): For students in Placement Categories III or IV, and following the Statistics Pathway, one from the following: MATH 201 or MATH 202 /PSY 202 Offers guided problem-solving activities and assistance with numerical, logical, and algebraic reasoning skills to support students co-enrolled in MATH 201 or MATH/PSY 202. Repeat 3 times up to 3 units Graded: Crd/No Crd |
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MATH 98 - Pre-Calculus Support Units: 1 Two hours activity per week Corequisite(s): For students in Placement Categories III or IV, and following the Pre-Calculus Pathway: MATH 105 . Offers guided problem-solving activities and assistance with numerical, logical, and algebraic reasoning skills to support students co-enrolled in MATH 105 - Pre-Calculus. Repeat 3 times up to 3 units Graded: Crd/No Crd |
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MATH 99 - Quantitative Reasoning Support Units: 1 One hour lecture Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): For students in Placement Categories III or IV, and following the Quantitative Reasoning Pathway, one from the following: COMP 105/IT 105, COMP 121, MATH 101, MATH 108, MATH 137, MATH 207, MATH 208, MATH 230/PHIL 230. Offers guided problem-solving activities and assistance with numerical, logical, geometric, and algebraic reasoning skills to support students co-enrolled in a GE Area B4 quantitative reasoning course. Repeat 3 times up to 3 units Graded: Crd/No Crd |
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MATH 101 - College Algebra Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Topics include: basic set theory, number systems and their algebraic properties; systems of equations and inequalities; basic analytic geometry, matrix algebra and elementary functions; and problem-solving. GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 103 - Stretch Pre-Calculus I Units: 4 Four hours lecture per week First semester in two-semester, stretch sequence covering pre-calculus topics with embedded support, including algebraic reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Students will: engage in cooperative and active learning; learn about functions, including notation, representations, and interpretation for various families of functions (focusing on five: linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, and rational exponent); demonstrate understanding of fundamental concepts from arithmetic, geometry, and intermediate algebra; and determine appropriate problem-solving techniques, including numerical methods, algebraic reasoning, or graphical techniques (including use of graphing software). Successful completion of MATH 103 prepares students to enroll in MATH 104 in the following semester to fulfill their first year Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning requirement (GE Area B4). Graded: Crd/No Crd |
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MATH 104 - Stretch Pre-Calculus II Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): MATH 103 Second semester in two-semester, stretch sequence covering pre-calculus topics with embedded support, including algebraic reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Students will engage in cooperative and active learning, and will continue: to learn about functions, including notation, representations, and interpretation for various families of functions; in-depth study of functions addressed in Stretch Pre-Calculus I by including families of exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions; to develop higher levels of understanding of fundamental concepts from arithmetic, geometry, and intermediate algebra; and to determine appropriate problem-solving techniques, including numerical methods, algebraic reasoning, or graphical techniques (including use of graphing software). Graded: Letter Grade GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 105 - Pre-Calculus Units: 4 Four hours lecture per week Topics include: number systems and their algebraic properties; systems of equations and inequalities; basic analytic geometry of lines and conic sections; elementary functions, including polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic, with emphasis on trigonometric functions, fundamental theorem of algebra, and theory of equations; polar equations and curves. GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 108 - Mathematical Thinking Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Presents the diversity of mathematics and the spirit in which it is employed in various situations, including different problem-solving strategies, inductive-deductive reasoning, paradoxes, puzzles, and mathematical modeling. The contributions of various cultures and influences of other disciplines to mathematical thinking are studied. GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 137 - Strategies and Game Design Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Introduces mathematics to the analysis of games. The principles of game theory including graphs, logic, algebra, geometry, and probability are connected to game design, computer graphics, and game strategies in various contexts. Applicable algorithms and techniques are demonstrated through appropriate computer gaming examples. Course Fee $40 Graded: Letter Grade GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 140 - Calculus for Business Applications Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): A passing score on the Calculus Placement Examination or MATH 101 or MATH 104 or MATH 105 An integrated course in analytic geometry and calculus in the context of business and economics applications. Functions, limits, derivatives, integrals, and mathematical modeling are used in problem-solving in decision-making context. GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4 Four hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): A passing score on the Calculus Placement Examination or MATH 104 or MATH 105 A course in analytic geometry and calculus. Topics include elementary and transcendental functions, their properties, limits, derivatives, integrals, and mathematical modeling. GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 151 - Calculus II Units: 4 Four hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): MATH 150 . Topics include: differentiation, integration, sequences, infinite series, and power series. |
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MATH 199 - Stretch College Statistics I Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week First semester in two-semester, stretch sequence covering statistical reasoning with embedded support, including operations on numbers and sets, equations and inequalities, reading tables and graphs, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Students will engage in cooperative and active learning, and learn how probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques are used to facilitate decision-making. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis, including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Students will determine appropriate problem-solving techniques to address statistical questions using real-world or simulated data from broad range of disciplines, incorporating software or other technology. Successful completion of MATH 199 prepares students to enroll in MATH 200 in the following semester to fulfill their first year Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning requirement (GE Area B4). Graded: Crd/No Crd |
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MATH 200 - Stretch College Statistics II Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): MATH 199 Second semester in two-semester, stretch sequence covering statistical reasoning with embedded support, including operations on numbers and sets, equations and inequalities, reading tables and graphs, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Students will engage in cooperative and active learning, and learn how probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques are used to facilitate decision-making. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis, including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Students will determine appropriate problem-solving techniques to address statistical questions using real-world or simulated data from broad range of disciplines, incorporating software or other technology. Graded: Letter Grade GenEd: B4 |
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MATH 201 - Elementary Statistics Units: 3 Three-hour lecture per week Critical reasoning using a quantitative and statistical, problem-solving approach to solving real-world problems. Topics include: probability and statistics, sample data, probability and empirical data distributions, sampling techniques, estimation and hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and correlation and regression analysis. Students will use standard statistical software to analyze real-world and simulated data. GenEd: B4 |
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