2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Academic Courses
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SP 8 GENDER COMMUNICATION
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Focuses on the interactive relationships between gender and communication designed to enable the student to better understand how communication takes place between men and women in various settings. Includes verbal and nonverbal aspects of communication; social and cultural expectations and roles; and problem analysis and decision-making specific to gender conflict. Enables students to appreciate gender differences and to listen and interact more effectively.
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SP 20 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Designed to reveal how culture influences interaction patterns. Includes the theory and the process of communicating with people across cultural, ethnic, and racial divides, interaction in various contexts such as interpersonal relationships, small groups, and work environments.
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SP 30 INTRODUCTION TO ORAL INTERPRETATION
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Survey of prose, poetry, and drama. Focuses on the analysis and criticism of literature, examines various interpretive theories within the context of the period written. Students will present and perform literary selections. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in SP 30 and SP 32.
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SP 32 INTERPRETERS’ THEATRE
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: SP 30
Stressing the techniques of script preparation, direction, and staging of literature. Coursework will culminate in a student-performed and directed Interpreters’ Theatre. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in SP 30 and SP 32.
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SP 106 FORENSICS ACTIVITY
1 Unit 1 hour lecture 1 hour lab
Transfers: CSU
Emphasizes preparation and presentation of materials for college-sponsored speech and forensic activities, tournaments and festivals, high-school assemblies, and civic organizations. Events include debate, public speaking, and oral interpretation of literature. Participation is required for credit. Offered as open-entry/open-exit.
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SP 106 FORENSICS ACTIVITY
2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Emphasizes preparation and presentation of materials for college-sponsored speech and forensic activities, tournaments and festivals, high-school assemblies, and civic organizations. Events include debate, public speaking, and oral interpretation of literature. Participation is required for credit. Offered as open-entry/open-exit.
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SP 106 FORENSICS ACTIVITY
3 Units 1 hour lecture 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Emphasizes preparation and presentation of materials for college-sponsored speech and forensic activities, tournaments and festivals, high-school assemblies, and civic organizations. Events include debate, public speaking, and oral interpretation of literature. Participation is required for credit. Offered as open-entry/open-exit.
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Theatre Arts |
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TA 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Establishes a working vocabulary and begins exploring basic skills of the acting process. Through theatre games and improvisations, the actor explores imagination as the actor’s primary resource and the basic approach to text through action. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 1, 2 , 3 , and 4 .
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TA 2 SCENE STUDY I
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: TA 1
Beginning scene study with an emphasis on truthful connection to partner and self, deep emotional honesty, introducing objectives and given circumstances in working toward a method of approach. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 1 , 2, 3 , and 4 .
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TA 3 SCENE STUDY II
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: TA 2
Further study in the application of given circumstances, objective, and action to a text and the development of a technique to make text based acting choices. Performing scenes from the plays of Ibsen and Chekhov is stressed. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 1 , 2 , 3, and 4 .
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TA 4 ACTING STYLES I
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: TA 3
Primarily using the works of Shakespeare, this course focuses on the acting demands of heightened poetic language. Verse analysis, physical games, and how to master classical dialog. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4.
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TA 10 MUSICAL THEATRE TECHNIQUES
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Principles and techniques of the various performance methods and styles involved in performing for the musical theatre. Solo and choral singing, and acting will be taught. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 10, 107, and 212.
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TA 11 STAGE MOVEMENT
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course explores movement as a tool to aid in the acting process and to enhance the actor’s physical ability to communicate on stage. Emphasis is on the integration of verbal and non-verbal forms of communication focusing on basic movement skills, physical awareness, strength, flexibility, relaxation, control, and movement improvisation. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 11, 35 , 136 , 290 , and SP 35.
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TA 12 DIRECTING
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: TA 1
An introduction to the role of the director in modern theatrical production. Study of the director’s interpretation of dramatic literature, with emphasis on the communication of intellectual and emotional concepts through composition, picturization, movement, and rhythm.
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TA 15 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE - DRAMA
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Limitation: Audition or interview
Emphasizes the preparation of serious dramatic productions for public performance, including acting, technical, and production management. Open-entry/open-exit course. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 15, 16 , 17 , 18, 19 , 113 , and 125 .
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TA 16 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE - COMEDY
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Limitation: Audition or interview
Emphasizes the preparation of comic productions for public performance, including acting, technical, and production management. Open-entry/ open-exit course. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 15 , 16, 17 , 18, 19 , 113 , and 125 .
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TA 17 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE - MIXED GENRES
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Limitation: Audition or interview
Emphasizes the preparation of comic productions of mixed genres for public performance including acting, technical, and production management. Open-entry/open-exit course. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 15 , 16 , 17, 18, 19 , 113 , and 125 .
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TA 19 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE - MUSICAL THEATRE
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Limitation: Audition where student will demonstrate and performance and production practices and skills.
Provides instruction and supervised participation in musical theatre rehearsal and performance presented fully on stage. All productions are entered into Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival competitions. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 113, and 125.
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TA 20 THEATRE APPRECIATION
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Focuses on the relationship of theatre to various cultures throughout history and on the contributions of significant individual artists. Introduces students to elements of the production process, including playwrighting, acting, directing, design, and criticism. Students will survey different periods, styles, and genres of theatre through play reading, discussion, films, and viewing and critiquing live theatre. Requires attendance of theatre productions.
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TA 22 MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY AND APPRECIATION
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Introduces the student to the history and literature of the musical theatre from mid-19th century to present day. Explores the stylistic distinctions found in the musical as well as its social and cultural significance. Emphasis is placed on the contributions and influence of the individual writer, composer, or lyricist.
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TA 25 THEATRE HISTORY - PRIMITIVE TO RENAISSANCE
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
The study of the history of theatre from the Origins of Theatre through the 17th Century. The history and development of theatre and drama are studied in relationship to cultural, political and social conditions of the time. Plays are read for analysis of structure, plot, character and historical relevance.
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TA 26 THEATRE HISTORY - RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Reading and discussing significant plays selected from the major forms of world drama since the Renaissance. Emphasis on themes, characterization, and philosophical and cultural influences on content and production styles.
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TA 35 VOICE AND DICTION
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Emphasizing principles and practices in vocal and articulatory development and control, drills in phonation, resonance, and vocal variety, drills for clarity and ease in articulation. Begin to work on developing a dialect and heightened text. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 11 , 35, 136 , 290 , and SP 35.
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TA 43 STAGE MAKE-UP
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
A study of theory and practice in make-up for the stage. Emphasis on the development of individual skill in techniques of character analysis, application in pigment, hair design, and selection and use of equipment. Crew assignment for college productions is required and will provide instruction in make-up techniques.
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TA 107 SCENE STUDY FOR AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Prerequisite: TA 10
Concentrates on scene study, characterization, song repertory, and ensemble performance in American musical theatre. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 10 , 107, and 212 (formerly TA 210).
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TA 108 AUDITION TECHNIQUES
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Emphasizes the process of auditions for both theatre and film/TV. Includes cold readings, script analysis, interviews and unrehearsed scenes, resume writing techniques, interview techniques and casting instruction for the actor. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 108, 111, and 116.
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TA 110 CHICANA(O) LATINA(O) THEATRE
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU
Focusing on the evolution of Chicana/o Latina/o dramatic literature, course will analyze playwrights and theatre groups that express the Chicana/o Latina/o experiences in the United States, examining relevant “actos”, plays, and documentaries to their contributions in the development of the Chicana/o Latina/o Theatre movement.
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TA 111 MUSICAL THEATRE AUDITION TECHNIQUES
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Recommended Preparation: MUS 1 , TA 10
Designed for students preparing to audition for musical theatre productions. Every aspect of the musical audition will be addressed, emphasizing music selection, preparation, and building of repertoire. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 108, 111, and 116 (formerly TA 211).
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TA 113 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE - CHILDREN’S THEATRE
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Audition or interview
Emphasizes the preparation of play production for the child audience for public performance. This course is open-entry/open-exit course. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 113, and 125.
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TA 116 AUDITION AND INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES FOR KCACTF AND URTA
1 Unit 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Develops technical skills, acting skills and interview skills specific to participation in the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival auditions and the University Resident Theatre Association auditions. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 108, 111, and 116 (formerly TA 214).
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TA 125 REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE - NEW WORKS (MUSICAL)
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Audition Student required to demonstrate prior knowledge and training in Musical Theatre performance.
Recommended Preparation: TA 1 and 10
Emphasizes the preparation of new work for the musical theatre. Includes character analysis, script analysis, and development of a new work or previously unpublished work. Class will culminate in a public ‘staged reading’ of a new theatrical work. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 113, and 125.
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TA 128 THEATRE, PERFORMANCE, AND CULTURE
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU
Theatre and cinema from a historical and cultural perspective. Explores how the theatre and performance of a culture are influenced by, and reflective of, the historical and cultural attributes of that culture. Performance may include, but is not limited to theatre, film, and media.
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TA 136 ADVANCED VOICE AND DICTION
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU
Prerequisite: TA 35
Recommended Preparation: TA 1
A continuation of the work begun in TA 35 with application to classical text and accents. Continue to deepen understanding of vocal production and acquire additional tools for gaining mastery of the physical means of voice production. Begin putting the tools of IPA and diction work begun in previous classes to more complex use in poems and classical literature. Practice exercises for centering the breath and body, locating and releasing tension, exploring pitch, tone, and range, developing a free and responsive voice. Solidify understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet and use it for working with both classical texts and poems, as well as development of at least one foreign and one regional American accent. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 11 , 35 , 136, 290 ,and SP 35.
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TA 150 SUMMER CONSERVATORY MUSICAL THEATRE
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: By audition only
Specializing in musical theatre training as cast or an orchestra member for a specific theatrical production. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 150, 152, 153, 154, and 155 (formerly TA 250).
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TA 151 SUMMER CONSERVATORY MUSICAL THEATRE - PRODUCTION
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Recommended Preparation: ETT 40 or 142
Students will gain practical experience in a Summer Conservatory style production in any of the following: stage management, construction, scenery, properties, costume, lighting, sound, and running crews (formerly TA 251).
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TA 152 SUMMER CONSERVATORY EARLY 20TH CENTURY MUSICAL THEATRE
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: By audition only
Musical theatre training as a cast member for a theatrical production originally written and performed from 1900-1942. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 150, 152, 153, 154, and 155 (formerly TA 252).
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TA 153 SUMMER CONSERVATORY MID 20TH CENTURY MUSICAL THEATRE
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: By audition only
Specializes in musical theatre training as a cast member for a Summer Conservatory style production originally written in the mid 20th century. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 150, 152, 153, 154, and 155(formerly TA 253).
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TA 154 SUMMER CONSERVATORY LATE 20TH CENTURY MUSICAL THEATRE
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: By audition only
Specializing in musical theatre training as a cast member for a theatrical production originally written and performed from 1967-1999. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 150, 152, 153, 154, and 155 (formerly TA 254).
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TA 155 SUMMER CONSERVATORY CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL THEATRE
2 Units 6 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: By audition only
Musical theatre training as a cast member for a theatrical production originally written and performed after 2000. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 150, 152, 153, 154, and 155 (formerly TA 255).
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TA 290 ACTING FOR TELEVISION AND FILM
3 Units 2 hours lecture 3 hours lab
Principles and techniques of various performance methods involved in acting for television and motion pictures. An acting course for the screen. Includes acting in film and television commercials, episodic screen work, and electronic journalism. Concentration on agents, unions, photos, resumes for entertainment industry employment. Directed exercises and dramatic scenes. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in TA 11, 35, 136, 290, and SP 35.
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TOUR 250 INTRODUCTION TO THE EXCITING WORLD OF TRAVEL & TOURISM
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Introduction to the basics of the travel industry and its various avenues for an exciting career. Methods for both domestic and international itineraries along with understanding industry documents will be discussed. There will be discussions of industry regulations, airline and baggage fees, internet options and career opportunities in all aspects of the travel industry. This will include hotels, car rentals, rail service and cruises. There will also be discussion of travel opportunities that are available in consultation, sales, corporate, leisure, business and meeting planning. Related hospitality opportunities will also be discussed.
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TOUR 252 WORLD DESTINATIONS AND RESORTS–WESTERN HEMISPHERE
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Provides knowledge of hotels, sightseeing and tourist attractions, geographical locations, and local transportation in major destinations within the Western hemisphere. Areas covered include the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Bermuda Islands, and Central and South America.
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TOUR 253 WORLD DESTINATIONS-EUROPE
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Study sightseeing highlights, tourist attractions, currency, customs and local transportation in major destinations within the most visited countries of Europe.
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TOUR 254 WORLD DESTINATIONS-PACIFIC, ASIA, AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Study accommodations, sightseeing highlights, tourist attractions, currency, customs and local transportation in countries most visited by American tourists in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific.
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TOUR 255 SELLING DREAMS - THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Identifies the many segments of the Travel Industry including Airlines, Hotels, Cruises, Tours, Car Rentals, and Rail. Summarizes their place and importance to the traveling public. Serves as an introduction into the travel industry and related positions and careers. Analyzes the differences between sales and marketing. Explores target marketing, demographics, how to sell, advertising, telephone sales, resume writing and interviewing.
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TOUR 257 TOURS AND CRUISES
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Methods and practices for booking tours and cruises worldwide. Fundamentals of the tour and cruise industry, including various products and comparisons.
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TOUR 259 AIRLINE COMPUTER TRAINING
2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
Recommended Preparation: TOUR 250
Designed for advanced travel and tourism students with emphasis on basic SABRE computer training including P.N.R. (Passenger Name Record).
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TOUR 260 ADVANCED AIRLINE COMPUTER TRAINING
2 Units 1 hour lecture 3 hours lab
Recommended Preparation: TOUR 259
Designed for the advanced travel and tourism students with emphasis on advanced SABRE computer training, including invoice/itinerary and PHASE IV applications.
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Tutoring |
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TU 100 FUNDAMENTALS OF TUTORING
2 Units 1 hour lecture 2 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
A general introduction to tutoring and skills needed to be an effective tutor. Includes theories of learning and practical applications. Training in learning styles, using questioning techniques, college resources, prioritizing feedback, and modeling will be provided. Individual differences in learning styles will be discussed and the importance of encouraging independence and good study habits will be stressed. Students will participate in supervised tutoring in the college Learning Resource Center.
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TU 300 SUPERVISED TUTORING
0 Unit 12 hours learning center
Designed to provide assistance for all students who require additional support in their courses at the college, including basic skills, advanced and honors levels. Students are assisted by trained tutors who promote self-regulated learning, critical thinking, and problem solving on the part of student learners. Students are supported to monitor their own learning processes. This course is open-entry/open-exit.
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WS 10 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S STUDIES
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
An exploration of the core concepts of women’s and gender studies focusing on the ways in which the categories of gender as a social construct impact social institutions, cultural practices and the lives of women and men. The course focuses on the ways in which differences of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and age define gendered experiences and identities.
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WS 10H HONORS INTRO TO WOMEN’S STUDIES
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
An exploration of the core concepts of women’s and gender studies focusing on the ways in which gender as a social construct impacts social institutions, cultural practices and the lives of women and men. Emphasis is on how differences of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and age define gendered experiences and identities. The Honors course is enhanced by a seminar format, more challenging reading assignments, more extensive writing assignments, and a smaller class size. Course may be taken for a letter grade only. Credit may be earned for WS 10 or 10H, but not both.
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WS 11H HONORS INTRODUCTION TO FEMINIST THEORY
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
A challenge to the popular conception that feminism equals male bashing. Explores various definitions of feminism, the different ways women and men have conceptualized what it means to be a feminist, and how the concept of gender is used to critique society. Focus is on the contributions of feminist thought to understanding relations of power and privilege; analyses of the origins and operation of gender inequality; the intersection of gender with other categories of power and hierarchy such as race, ethnicity, and class; and feminist contributions to social protests and movements for change. (formerly, WS 111H).
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WS 15 INTRODUCTION TO QUEER STUDIES
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Introduction to the ways that gender and sexuality, combined with race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and other differences, shape and are shaped by social, economic, political, and cultural forces and institutions. Designed to provide students with the opportunity to understand the dynamics of gender, sexuality, race, class, and other markers of identity; social and political movements for change; and individual and social transformations within a global context.
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WS 31 GENDER AND POPULAR CULTURE
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Examines how forms of popular culture such as advertising, film, television, social media and music construct gender and how those constructions become cultural norms. Explores how popular culture defines and shapes ideas of women, men, race, class and sexuality.
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WS 120 WOMEN AND CAREERS
3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU
Complete process of self-evaluation, decision-making, and goal setting. Offers the opportunity to reassess career aspirations, to explore the current job market, and to become acquainted with successful job-hunting and career-planning techniques.
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