Available Classes in Social Sciences
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ANTH 1L: Biological/Physical Anthropology Laboratory
Description: Laboratory activities and exercises developed as an adjunct to Anthropology 1 (Introduction to Biological/Physical Anthropology) including the identification of fossils through examination of fossil casts, the study of human artifacts, observation of primate behavior and structure, and problem-solving in case studies of human genetics.
CRN: 10693 SECTION: EN3 DAYS & TIMES: To Be Arranged -
LOCATION: CTBA ONLINE START & END DATES: 06/23/2025 - 07/31/2025
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ANTH 4: Language and Culture
Description: An introduction to the core concepts of linguistic anthropology and the study of language in culture and society, including how language perpetuates the identity of individuals through their social interactions and their culture in everyday speech events. Topics such as identity, social status, gender, race, and institutional power, are examined in contemporary language use. Traditional study of the methods of linguistic anthropologists as well as the study of the biological basis of communication and speech, the structure of language, language origins, language through time, language variation, the ethnography of communication, sociolinguistics, nonverbal communication and writing, and how cultural context sets meaning.
CRN: 10193 SECTION: EN1 DAYS & TIMES: To Be Arranged -
LOCATION: CTBA ONLINE START & END DATES: 06/16/2025 - 08/07/2025
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ANTH 5: Cultures of the U.S. in Global Perspective
Description: Issues relevant to understanding constructs of race, class, gender and culture in U. S. society from a global perspective. Factors affecting at least three major U.S. cultural communities (such as African American, Asian American, Latino American and others) including impacts of globalization, patterns of migration, permeability of cultural communities in the U.S., the cultural politics of identity and inclusion and exclusion, and other factors influencing modern U.S. society.
CRN: 10313 SECTION: EN1 DAYS & TIMES: To Be Arranged -
LOCATION: CTBA ONLINE START & END DATES: 06/23/2025 - 07/31/2025
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ANTH 12: Magic, Religion, Witchcraft and Healing
Description: Cross-cultural perspectives on spirituality, religious practice, myth, ancestor beliefs, witchcraft and the variety of religious rituals and practitioners found in the cultures of the world. Examination of the cosmologies of different cultures through the anthropological perspective. Emphasis is placed on how knowledge of the religious practices and beliefs of others can help us to understand the multicultural world in which we live. Comparison of the ways in which diverse cultures confront the large and fundamental questions of existence: those dealing with the meaning of life, birth and death, and with the relationship of humans to each other and to their universe.
CRN: 10350 SECTION: EN1 DAYS & TIMES: To Be Arranged -
LOCATION: CTBA ONLINE START & END DATES: 06/16/2025 - 08/07/2025
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ECD 34: Literacy: Preschool Foundations
Description: Introduction to the language and literacy development domain in the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including the strands of listening and speaking, reading, and writing. Provides practical considerations for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain. Applicable to required or professional development units for Child Development Permit holders, pre-school, transitional kindergarten, and early-primary teachers.
CRN: 10380 SECTION: EN1 DAYS & TIMES: To Be Arranged -
LOCATION: CTBA ONLINE START & END DATES: 07/07/2025 - 07/25/2025
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ECN 1: Principles of Microeconomics
Description: Economic analysis of market systems, price theory, including supply and demand analysis, marginal utility, elasticity, cost and revenue concepts, perfect and imperfect competition, international trade theory, pricing of the factors of production, poverty and income inequalities.
CRN: 10269 SECTION: 81 DAYS & TIMES: MTWTh 12:00pm-01:30pm
LOCATION: C500 506 START & END DATES: 06/16/2025 - 08/07/2025
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ECN 2: Principles of Macroeconomics
Description: Economic analysis of the theory of income determination, including national income analysis, business cycles, the consumption function, the multiplier, fiscal policy, monetary policy, money and banking, the public debt, economic growth and
development, comparative economic systems and international trade.
CRN: 10270 SECTION: 81 DAYS & TIMES: MTWTh 02:30pm-04:00pm
LOCATION: C500 506 START & END DATES: 06/16/2025 - 08/07/2025
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HIS 8: U.S. History Since Reconstruction
Description: A survey of United States history from 1877 to the present with a special emphasis on the interaction amongst and the experiences of diverse racial/ethnic (African Americans, European Americans, Native Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and Middle Eastern Americans), gender and socioeconomic groups in American History. Includes analysis of (1) the U.S. Constitution as a living document in the context of historical change, and (2) significant issues related to California state and local governments.
CRN: 10318 SECTION: EN4 DAYS & TIMES: To Be Arranged -
LOCATION: CTBA ONLINE START & END DATES: 07/07/2025 - 08/07/2025
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PSY 1: General Psychology
Description: Introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Provides an overview of major psychological concepts and theories in such areas as consciousness, learning, memory, motivation, perception, personality, stress, and social behavior.
CRN: 10195 SECTION: 51 DAYS & TIMES: MTWTh 01:00pm-03:25pm
LOCATION: C500 552 START & END DATES: 07/07/2025 - 08/07/2025
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PSY 1: General Psychology
Description: Introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Provides an overview of major psychological concepts and theories in such areas as consciousness, learning, memory, motivation, perception, personality, stress, and social behavior.
CRN: 10639 SECTION: 62 DAYS & TIMES: MTWTh 08:00am-10:05am
LOCATION: C500 553 START & END DATES: 06/23/2025 - 07/31/2025
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PSY 1: General Psychology
Description: Introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Provides an overview of major psychological concepts and theories in such areas as consciousness, learning, memory, motivation, perception, personality, stress, and social behavior.
CRN: 10066 SECTION: 61 DAYS & TIMES: MTWTh 10:30am-12:35pm
LOCATION: C500 552 START & END DATES: 06/23/2025 - 07/31/2025
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PSY 5: Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Description: Statistics as applied to the behavioral and social sciences. Applications using data from disciplines including psychology, social sciences, business, life science, health science, and education. The use of probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques to facilitate decision-making. Topics include: descriptive and inferential statistics; probability and sampling distributions; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance (ANOVA), chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings.
CRN: 10327 SECTION: 81 DAYS & TIMES: TTh 01:00pm-05:30pm
LOCATION: C500 507 START & END DATES: 06/16/2025 - 08/07/2025
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PSY 6: Abnormal Psychology
Description: An overview of the field of abnormal psychology. Introduces students to the major classifications of mental health disorders from the perspective of symptoms and behavior, causes, diagnosis and treatment. Examines historical, socio-cultural and contemporary understanding of mental illness. Includes disorders of mood, anxiety, psychosis, substance abuse, personality and other disorders in adults and children.
CRN: 10640 SECTION: 61 DAYS & TIMES: MTWTh 10:30am-12:35pm
LOCATION: C500 553 START & END DATES: 06/23/2025 - 07/31/2025
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SOCI 4: Marriage and Family Relations
Description: This course introduces students to the sociological analysis of family as an institution, including historical and recent changes, present nature(s), and the socio-cultural and economic forces shaping these changes. Areas of focus in this course include the sociological perspective of the family including mate selection, marital roles, marital adjustment, sexual adjustment, reproduction, child rearing, marital dissolution, and problems associated with the family in modern industrial society.
CRN: 10910 SECTION: ENP DAYS & TIMES: To Be Arranged -
LOCATION: CTBA ONLINE START & END DATES: 06/16/2025 - 08/07/2025