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2022-2023 Catalog: September 2022 Edition [ARCHIVED]
Course List
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Course Information
Below is a list of all courses available at IVC. To search for a particular course, use the Course Filter feature. If you are experiencing difficulty in using the keyword/phrase search, use the “Type” drop-down feature instead of the keyword search.
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KNES 17 CORE TRAINING III 2 Units - 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course is designed to improve the athlete’s core strength, coordination, balance, quickness, and agility. Emphasis will be placed on medicine ball and bosu ball training for muscle enhancement to maximize performance. NR
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KNES 20 BEGINNING GOLF 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces golf techniques, rules and etiquette. Students practice chipping, putting and golfing strategies, and incorporate these skills in playing a round of golf. Students are responsible for balls, green fees and clubs. KNES 20 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 20 BEGINNING GOLF 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces golf techniques, rules and etiquette. Students practice chipping, putting and golfing strategies, and incorporate these skills in playing a round of golf. Students are responsible for balls, green fees and clubs. KNES 20 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 22 INTERMEDIATE GOLF 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 20 or some prior golfing experience
This course presents intermediate-level ball-striking techniques, golf rules and course etiquette. Students study and practice chipping, putting and hitting at the local driving range/practice facility with all clubs allowed in a competitive round of golf. Students are responsible for balls, golf clubs, and range fees. KNES 22 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 22 INTERMEDIATE GOLF 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 20 or some prior golfing experience
This course presents intermediate-level ball-striking techniques, golf rules and course etiquette. Students study and practice chipping, putting and hitting at the local driving range/practice facility with all clubs allowed in a competitive round of golf. Students are responsible for balls, golf clubs, and range fees. KNES 22 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 23 ADVANCED GOLF 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 20 or KNES 22 or professional golf lessons, and experience playing standard length golf courses.
This course provides training for those seeking improvement in their golf technique and knowledge. Emphasis is on developing ball-striking skills, and on scorecard evaluation, strategy, course management, and proper application of the rules of golf. Students are responsible for balls, golf clubs, and range fees. NR
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KNES 25 TENNIS I 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces the official singles and doubles games at the beginning level. It also provides an exercise program for those striving for a healthy lifetime activity. Students practice forehand and backhand strokes, serves, basic strategies, footwork, scoring, and court etiquette. Students must provide a racquet and two cans of tennis balls. KNES 25 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 25 TENNIS I 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces the official singles and doubles games at the beginning level. It also provides an exercise program for those striving for a healthy lifetime activity. Students practice forehand and backhand strokes, serves, basic strategies, footwork, scoring, and court etiquette.Students must provide a racquet and two cans of tennis balls. KNES 25 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit NR
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KNES 26 TENNIS II 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 25
This course is designed to help the intermediate tennis student improve fundamental skills, analyze weaknesses, and practice offensive and defensive strategies in singles and doubles/mixed doubles games. It will emphasize game play, development of tactics, and court coverage to encourage a more powerful game. Students must provide a racquet and two cans of tennis balls. KNES 26 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 26 TENNIS II 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 25
This course is designed to help the intermediate tennis student improve fundamental skills, analyze weaknesses, and practice offensive and defensive strategies in singles and doubles/mixed doubles games. It will emphasize game play, development of tactics, and court coverage to encourage a more powerful game.Students must provide racquet and two cans of tennis balls. KNES 26 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 27 TENNIS III 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 26
This course is designed to help the advanced tennis student improve specific skills and strategies. Students work on refining their serves, strokes, and specialty shots, and on analyzing/playing to their individual and team strengths and opponents’ weaknesses. = Student must provide racquet and two cans of tennis balls. KNES 27 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 27 TENNIS III 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 26
This course is designed to help the advanced tennis student improve specific skills and strategies. Students work on refining their serves, strokes, and specialty shots, and on analyzing/playing to their individual and team strengths and opponents’ weaknesses.Students must provide a racquet and two cans of tennis balls. KNES 27 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 28 TENNIS IV 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 27
This course is designed to help the advanced tennis student improve specific skills and strategies in competitive game situations. KNES 28 may be taken a maximum of once for 1 unit. NR
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KNES 28 TENNIS IV 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 27
This course is designed to help the advanced tennis student improve specific skills and strategies in competitive game situations. KNES 28 may be taken a maximum of once for 1 unit. NR
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KNES 32 INTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course provides an opportunity for students to participate in individual and team sports. Sports offered vary by semester and may include volleyball, soccer, tennis, basketball, and golf. This course is taught on a pass/no-pass basis only. KNES 32 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 32 INTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course provides an opportunity for students to participate in individual and team sports. Sports offered vary by semester and may include volleyball, soccer, tennis, basketball, and golf. This course is taught on a pass/no-pass basis only. KNES 32 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 61 BASKETBALL I 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course focuses on developing basic basketball skills and preparing students for beginning team play. KNES 61 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 61 BASKETBALL I 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course focuses on developing basic basketball skills and preparing students for beginning team play. KNES 61 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 62 BASKETBALL II 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 61 strongly recommended
This course focuses on developing intermediate basketball skills and preparing students for team play. KNES 62 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 62 BASKETBALL II 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 61 strongly recommended
This course focuses on developing intermediate basketball skills and preparing students for team play. KNES 62 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 63 BASKETBALL III 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 62 strongly recommended
This course is designed for players who have mastered the fundamental skills, strategies, and rules of basketball and seek to develop advanced-level physical and mental skills for competitive play. In addition to refining offensive and defensive skills, students analyze game tactics and evaluate strategies for strengthening personal and team performance. KNES 63 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 63 BASKETBALL III 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 62 strongly recommended
This course is designed for players who have mastered the fundamental skills, strategies, and rules of basketball and seek to develop advanced-level physical and mental skills for competitive play. In addition to refining offensive and defensive skills, students analyze game tactics and evaluate strategies for strengthening personal and team performance. KNES 63 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 64 BASKETBALL IV 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 62 strongly recommended
KNES 64 provides instruction at an advanced level in the rules, strategies and skills of basketball for students refining their skills in competitive play. Includes round-robin play during the last half of the semester. NR
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KNES 71 SOCCER I 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces the official game of soccer, including basic techniques of shooting, passing, receiving, crossing, heading, kicking, dribbling, trapping and shielding. Students practice fundamental rules, scoring, and strategies. NR
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KNES 72 SOCCER II 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 71 strongly recommended
This course is designed to strengthen fundamental soccer skills. Emphasis is on scrimmages and applying offensive and defensive group strategies in competitive play. The course also introduces tactical strategies for each player: forwards, midfielders, fullbacks, and goalkeepers. NR
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KNES 73 SOCCER III 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 72 strongly recommended
This course focuses on refining soccer skills and game tactics for the individual, group and team. Students practice ball-juggling skills and apply more sophisticated offensive, mid-field and defensive strategies in game situations. The course also covers injury prevention and safety. NR
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KNES 74 SOCCER IV 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 73 strongly recommended
This course is designed for players who have mastered the fundamental skills, strategies, and rules of soccer and seek to develop advanced-level physical and mental skills for competitive play. In addition to refining offensive and defensive skills, students analyze game tactics and evaluate strategies for strengthening personal and team performance. KNES 74 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 74 SOCCER IV 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 73 strongly recommended
This course is designed for players who have mastered the fundamental skills, strategies, and rules of soccer and seek to develop advanced-level physical and mental skills for competitive play. In addition to refining offensive and defensive skills, students analyze game tactics and evaluate strategies for strengthening personal and team performance. KNES 74 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 76 VOLLEYBALL I 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces the fundamental strategies and skills of volleyball, including setting, passing, spiking, blocking, and serving, as well as the beginning concepts of team and tournament play. KNES 76 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 76 VOLLEYBALL I 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces the fundamental strategies and skills of volleyball, including setting, passing, spiking, blocking, and serving, as well as the beginning concepts of team and tournament play. KNES 76 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 77 VOLLEYBALL II 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 76
This course gives intermediate students an opportunity to improve their volleyball skills. Students practice passing, setting, hitting, serving and blocking, as well as basic offensive and defensive systems of play. The course includes discussions of rules and strategy. KNES 77 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 77 VOLLEYBALL II 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 76
This course gives intermediate students an opportunity to improve their volleyball skills. Students practice passing, setting, hitting, serving and blocking, as well as basic offensive and defensive systems of play. The course includes discussions of rules and strategy. KNES 77 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 78 VOLLEYBALL III 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 77
This course presents advanced volleyball techniques and tactics for team and tournament play. The course offers advanced skills, court positioning, defensive techniques, and team strategy, both offensive and defensive. KNES 78 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 78 VOLLEYBALL III 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 77
This course presents advanced volleyball techniques and tactics for team and tournament play. The course offers advanced skills, court positioning, defensive techniques, and team strategy, both offensive and defensive. KNES 78 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 79 VOLLEYBALL IV 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 78
This course is designed for advanced level volleyball players who wish to further develop technique and enhance their individual skills and team strategies. Course includes offensive and defensive systems. KNES 79 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 79 VOLLEYBALL IV 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 78
This course is designed for advanced level volleyball players who wish to further develop technique and enhance their individual skills and team strategies. Course includes offensive and defensive systems. KNES 79 may be taken once for a maximum of 1 unit. NR
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KNES 81 BASEBALL I 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces the fundamental skills, base positions, safety considerations, and strategies of baseball. Emphasis is on individual skill development in game settings, including batting, bunting, throwing, case running, and fielding techniques; offensive and defensive situations; and associated game rules. NR
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KNES 82 BASEBALL II 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 81 strongly recommended
This course is designed to develop intermediate-level baseball skills. The course presents tactical strategies for batters, runners, basemen, catchers, pitchers, and outfield players. Emphasis is on applying appropriate offensive and defensive strategies in practical game situations. NR
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KNES 83 BASEBALL III 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: KNES 82 strongly recommended
This course is designed for players who have mastered the fundamental skills, strategies, and rules of baseball and seek to develop advanced-level physical and mental skills for competitive play. In addition to refining offensive and defensive skills (throwing, catching, fielding, hitting, bunting, base running, pitching, and sliding), students analyze game tactics and evaluate strategies for strengthening personal and team performance. NR
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KNES 84 BASEBALL IV 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course focuses on developing offensive and defensive techniques and skills for the advanced player. NR
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KNES 85 INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETIC TRAINING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course studies both the theory and the practice of preventing, recognizing, and rehabilitating common athletic injuries. Students gain practical experience in basic taping, wrapping, and bracing. The course is designed to assist athletic training majors, physical therapy majors, kinesiology majors, coaches, and athletes. NR
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KNES 86 THEORY OF COACHING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This generic foundations course is designed for individuals interested in coaching sports at various levels. The course examines the philosophy of coaching; the role and responsibilities of the modern coach; techniques for motivating and communicating with athletes; principles and methods of training; developing and organizing sports programs; nutrition for health and performance; and managing injuries and emergencies. NR
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KNES 93 MOVEMENT ANATOMY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course, part of the Fitness Professional Certificate Program, discusses movement as it relates to exercise and sports. The course examines the composition, structure, function and movements of bones and joints; the structure and actions of skeletal muscle; and the practical application of kinesiological principles in developing structurally sound exercise program. NR
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KNES 94 EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY 3 Units -
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course, part of the Fitness Professional Certificate Program, examines how the body functions under conditions of exercise stress. Students will study the practical implications of muscle function, cardiorespiratory and hormonal function; metabolism; body composition, training techniques; and the influence of the environment on exercise. NR
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KNES 95 PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course, part of the Fitness Professional Certificate Program, provides a thorough review of the structure, action and performance of skeletal muscle for those intending to teach strength training. The course studies anatomy and physiology; muscular strength and endurance; flexibility; training sequences; available equipment; and safety factors, including contraindications. NR
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KNES 97 SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES IN SPORT 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course will explore past, current, and future trends of social-cultural issues in sport. Students will receive a hands on, integrated educational experience to enhance their professional skills and knowledge. Literature, discussions, and multi-media presentations will be used to survey how social-cultural issues impact sports and society. Students will engage in discussion and debate over topics such as media’s role in sports, gender equity, racial barriers, concussions, performance enhancing drugs, women in sports, fantasy sports, ESports, along with a number of other social-cultural issues that impact sports and society. NR
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KNES 98 SPORTS APPRECIATION 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course will explore past, current and future trends of sports and their impact on society. This course will give students hands-on integrated educational experience to enhance their professional skills and knowledge. Literature, discussions, multi-media presentations and video content will be used to survey the evolution of sports and social issues. Topics will focus on the interaction of sport in the areas of youth, high school, college and professional athletics, athletes with disabilities, politics, sexual/gender orientation, women, e-sports, doping, local sport, extreme sports, end of career, and finally spectators view of sport. Understanding how physical activity impacts culture will help students gain an appreciation for the important role sports play in the development of society. NR
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KNES 99 INTRODUCTION TO KINESIOLOGY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
An introductory course to the interdisciplinary approach to the study of human movement. An overview of the importance of the sub-disciplines in kinesiology will be discussed along with career opportunities in the areas of teaching, coaching, allied health, and fitness professions. C-ID: KIN 100. NR
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KNES 100 INTRODUCTION TO THERAPY AND CAREER EXPLORATION OF REHABILITATION 3 Units - 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Designed to provide information and practical experience to students pursuing a career in physical therapy, occupational therapy, recreation therapy, adapted physical education, speech pathology or other health care fields that work with special populations. TBA hours to be completed in adapted kinesiology program or related settings. NR
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KNES 101 INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS MANAGEMENT 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU
Introduction to the field of sports management: career opportunities, human resource management, leadership, strategic planning, teamwork, ethics and values, marketing and advertising, finance, managing facilities, sports and the law, economics of sport and community impact. NR
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KNES 106 EXERCISE TESTING AND PRESCRIPTION 3 Units - 2.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
This course is a part of the Fitness Professional Certificate Program. A review of tests for determination of muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, body composition and aerobic endurance for normal adults. Study of the application of exercise guidelines for normal adults based upon the standards of the American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. NR
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KNES 107 TEACHING TRADITIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION SPORTS/MOVEMENTS 3 Units - 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
This course prepares students with the skills of teaching progressions and sport specific teaching strategies for traditional team sports of volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball and football. The knowledge base will also include histories, skills, rules, and how to meet the state content standards. Appropriate teaching strategies are intended to promote active participation and experiential learning. This course is intended to prepare students who may want to become physical education teachers at the secondary school level. NR
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KNES 212 SPORTS MEDICINE INTERNSHIP I 1.5 Units - 4.5 hours lab
This course provides practical instruction of the introductory skills in the prevention, recognition, and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries. It affords students the opportunity to study and apply athletic training techniques by assisting the IVC Sports Medicine staff working with the intercollegiate athletic teams. Students will be assessed based on evaluation standards established by the university undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP). KNES 213 (integration of skills) and KNES 214 (mastery of skills) complete the recognized ATEP sequence. NR
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KNES 213 SPORTS MEDICINE INTERNSHIP II 1.5 Units - 4.5 hours lab
Recommended Preparation: KNES 212 strongly recommended
This course is second in a three-part sequence based on the recognized university undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP). It applies the skills introduced in KNES 212 by providing practical instruction in the integration of skills in the prevention, recognition, and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries. It affords students the opportunity to study and apply athletic training techniques by assisting the IVC Sports Medicine staff working with the intercollegiate athletic teams. Students will be assessed based on evaluation standards established by ATEP. KNES 214 (mastery of skills) completes the recognized ATEP sequence. NR
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KNES 214 SPORTS MEDICINE INTERNSHIP III 1.5 Units - 4.5 hours lab
Recommended Preparation: KNES 212 and KNES 213 strongly recommended
This course is third in a three-part sequence based on the recognized university undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP). Students will concentrate on mastering the skills used in the prevention, recognition, and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries. It affords students the opportunity to study and apply athletic training techniques by assisting the IVC Sports Medicine staff working with the intercollegiate athletic teams. Students will be assessed based on evaluation standards established by ATEP. NR
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KNES 215 FITNESS PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP 3 Units - 1 hour lecture, 6 hours lab
This course is designed to provide students with practical experience in screening individuals for risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Students perform physical testing and formulate an individualized exercise prescription based on fitness testing parameters. NR
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KNEA 1 ADAPTED PERSONALIZED FITNESS 0.5 Unit - 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This fitness class stresses strength, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, balance, and gait. It is designed for students who have participated in physical therapy or have a chronic medical diagnosis, or permanent disability. NR
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KNEA 1 ADAPTED PERSONALIZED FITNESS 1 Unit - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
This fitness class stresses strength, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, balance, and gait. It is designed for students who have participated in physical therapy or have a chronic medical diagnosis, or permanent disability. NR
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LGL 11 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course presents the constitutional, legal, and administrative principles that regulate activities of administrative agencies, on both the state and federal level. Substantive topics will include administrative delegation of power, rule making, agency discretionary powers, remedies, and judicial review. LGL 11 was formerly offered as LGL 211. NR
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LGL 15 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course presents fundamental concepts of environmental law with an emphasis on policy considerations. Topics include significant legislation in the area with emphasis on California law. Also covered will be ethical issues dealing with environmental concerns. NR
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LGL 21 SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE LAW 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
In this course, students will examine U.S. law and regulation of governing mass media, from print to the Internet. Students will also examine the ethical conflicts faced by media professionals. Topics include: freedom of speech, citizen journalism, defamation, privacy, copyright, obscenity, truth, ethics, social media and advertising. This course will help prepare future media producers to work in industries that have significant influence over society. LGL 21 was formerly offered as LGL 221. NR
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LGL 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: PARALEGAL STUDIES 1 Unit - 1 hour lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Application must be approved by CWE coordinator.
This course provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. Students extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. One unit of credit will be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. A maximum of four units may be applied toward major requirements or a certificate. NR
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LGL 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: PARALEGAL STUDIES 2 Units - 2 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Application must be approved by CWE coordinator.
This course provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. Students extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. One unit of credit will be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. A maximum of four units may be applied toward major requirements or a certificate. NR
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LGL 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: PARALEGAL STUDIES 3 Units - 3 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Application must be approved by CWE coordinator.
This course provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. Students extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. One unit of credit will be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. A maximum of four units may be applied toward major requirements or a certificate. NR
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LGL 168 COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE: PARALEGAL STUDIES 4 Units - 4 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Application must be approved by CWE coordinator.
This course provides students an opportunity for supervised work experience. Students extend their classroom-based occupational learning by working at a job related to their major and to their occupational goal. Student, instructor, and employer will cooperatively develop a minimum of three learning objectives. One unit of credit will be awarded for each 75 hours of paid or 60 hours of volunteer employment for successful completion of learning objectives, and for attendance at scheduled seminar sessions. A maximum of four units may be applied toward major requirements or a certificate. NR
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LGL 201 INTRODUCTION TO PARALEGAL STUDIES AND ETHICS 2 Units - 2 hours lecture
This course explores the dynamic of working as a paralegal, career opportunities in the legal environment, and the skills necessary to succeed in the field. Focus is on rules of ethics and the ethical guidelines that paralegals must follow. Topics include identifying career opportunities, performing legal investigations, evaluating sources, investigating facts and applying rules to facts, interviewing clients, witnesses, and experts, understanding discovery documents, providing litigation assistance, researching the law, drafting legal documents using computer software to conduct research and prepare documents, representing clients at administrative agencies where authorized by law, and understanding legal/ethical issues. NR
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LGL 202 COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC RESEARCH 3.5 Units - 3 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab
Recommended Preparation: CIM 116.1
This course introduces computer software used in law offices and other legal environments including Microsoft Office, calendaring, billing, docketing and indexing programs. Includes training in the use of electronic methods of performing research. NR
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LGL 203 BUSINESS LAW CONTRACTS AND TORTS 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: LGL 201
This course is an introduction to laws relating to the conduct of business, with an emphasis on the role and responsibilities of the paralegal. Topics include contracts, the Uniform Commercial Code, sales of personal and real property, negotiable instruments, agency, employment, torts, liability, nuisance, ethics, and social responsibility. NR
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LGL 205 INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
This course provides instruction in the fundamentals of legal research, analysis, and writing for the paralegal. Topics include the reading and analysis of statutes; research using primary authorities, secondary sources, and computer- assisted research tools; law office writing, including transmittal and client opinion letters, pleadings, law office memorandums, case briefs, and memorandums of law; and legal citation rules. NR
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LGL 206A CIVIL LITIGATION I 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
This course introduces civil law processes and procedures with an emphasis on the role of the paralegal in civil litigation investigation, jurisdiction, pleadings, and discovery. Topics include evidence gathering and investigation, jurisdiction, venue identification, initiation of civil proceedings, drafting the complaint, filing a lawsuit, defending and testing a lawsuit, and discovery procedures. NR
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LGL 206B CIVIL LITIGATION II 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Prerequisite: LGL 206A
This course continues the study of litigation processes and procedures, focusing on the role of the paralegal in civil litigation. Topics include motions, subpoenas, trial preparation, alternative dispute resolution, settlement, trial procedures, dismissal, judgment, and judgment enforcement. NR
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LGL 208 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: LGL 205
This course provides an introduction to wills, trusts, and estates and the role of the paralegal/legal assistant in estate planning and administration, and probate. Topics include wills, intestacy, trusts, guardianships, conservatorships, advance directives, incapacitation, estate planning, taxation, probate procedures, and ethical considerations. NR
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LGL 209 BANKRUPTCY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: LGL 205
This course provides an overview of bankruptcy laws and processes from the perspective of both the debtor and the creditor. Topics include the Bankruptcy Code and Rule, debtor relief, bankruptcy litigation, liquidation, creditor claims, and reorganization proceedings. The course covers the paralegal’s responsibilities in researching and preparing legal documents related to bankruptcy. NR
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LGL 210 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Prerequisite: LGL 201
This course examines the different types of intellectual property (“IP”), the law associated with IP, and the paralegal’s role including registration, prosecution, maintenance, protection, enforcement, and other controversies surrounding IP, such as infringement and dilution. The course will cover trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. Students will analyze different types of IP, learn how to protect IP in the US and internationally, prosecute applications, maintain registration, protect IP, and enforcement of IP rights. The course includes an assessment of legal definitions, legal research and writing, and preparation of legal memorandum and IP forms. NR
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LGL 212 APPLIED LEGAL TECHNOLOGY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: LGL 202
This course extends the paralegal student’s computer knowledge to the new and advanced areas of applied legal technology. Topics include advanced functions of Word Processing software, spreadsheet software and Adobe Acrobat professional; Legal timekeeping and billing, Databases, and Litigation support software. NR
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LGL 213 LEGAL ETHICS 2 Units - 2 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: LGL 201
Description: An examination of ethical regulations, considerations and responsibilities facing legal professionals including legal assistants and paralegals. Focus will be on the unauthorized practice of law, confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, conflicts of interest and evolving ethical issues within the legal profession. NR
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LGL 220 FAMILY LAW 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
This course will present an overview of the law relating to dissolution of marriage, separation, annulment, paternity, custody, guardianship and adoption. Students will be expected to understand substantive and procedural aspects of the law presented. Students will draft a Complaint, a judgment and a motion. NR
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LIB 10 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION LITERACY AND LIBRARY RESEARCH 2 Units - 2 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course provides a thorough introduction to the resources available to a college student both in the academic library and online. Major topics include reference tools, print and electronic periodicals, online catalogs and databases, digital libraries and bibliographic formats. Students practice techniques for developing research questions, creating search strategies, locating library materials, organizing information, evaluating the credibility of resources, and culminating in a final project. This course is recommended for all students. NR
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LIB 11 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC DATABASES 1 Unit - 1 hour lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course introduces students to electronic database resources used for college research. Emphasis is on search options, content, and the evaluation and citing of online materials, including references to full-text journal articles; E-book collections; and government publications. This course is recommended for all students. NR
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LIB 20H ADVANCED RESEARCH AND INFORMATION COMPETENCY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Limitation: Honors course
Students will learn to locate and retrieve high quality information resources that are relevant to a sustainable research topic of their choice. Students will learn how to use information ethically, with emphasis on their role as information creators, users and consumers. Students will examine contemporary issues in information literacy, including the value of information as a commodity, the contextual nature of authority, and the influence of information as a power structure. LIB 20H is an honors-only course without a non-honors equivalent. Students interested in taking a less rigorous option in library studies should consider LIB 10. NR
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LIB 112 INFORMATION COMPETENCY: INTERNET SEARCHING 1 Unit - 1 hour lecture
Transfers: CSU
This course is an introduction to online research with an emphasis on information competency and literacy skills necessary for academic study. Course content includes the effective and efficient use of web-search strategies, specialized search tools, techniques for evaluating web resources, recognizing plagiarism, and appropriate bibliographic documentation of scholarly resources retrieved from the Internet. NR
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LANG 201 LANGUAGE TEACHING 201 2 Units - 2 hours lecture
This course introduces students to language learning and teaching, including a brief history of language teaching methods, current theories of language learning, and practical aspects of second language teaching. Students will practice supervised language teaching in classes offered by Irvine Valley College. NR
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LIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: WR 1
LIT 1 introduces the major types of literary expression as well as recurrent themes and motifs, conventions, concerns, and values central to literature and to the understanding of literary texts and contexts. Students read from and respond extensively to literary materials that reflect diversity in genre, historical period, and cultural expression. In this endeavor students will learn how literature might embody and generate meaning, reflect and create culture and engage the human imagination. C-ID: ENGL 120. NR
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LIT 7 SURVEY OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course surveys the historical and cultural development of children’s literature. It focuses on critically reading and analytically responding to various forms of children’s literature beginning with the oral tradition and its multicultural roots and extending to contemporary texts. The course reviews the social, emotional, and cognitive role literature plays for children. Course topics include the history of children’s literature, literary genres, dominant elements and conventions, mainstream and academic responses to children’s literature, and criteria for evaluating books for children. NR
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LIT 16 SURVEY IN CONTEMPORARY CREATIVE NONFICTION 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Tranfers: CSU, UC
Surveys contemporary creative nonfiction through critically reading and analytically responding to various forms of the genre including but not limited to memoir, essay, literary journalism, and audio storytelling. The course reviews definitions of creative nonfiction, dominant narrative and structural elements consistent across forms, and the ethical considerations related to limitations of memory, subjectivity, and writing creatively while adhering to fact. NR
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LIT 20 SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1776 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (C-ID ENGL 100) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate method
This course offers a general introduction to and survey of the history of literature written in the British Isles from the pre-Norman period to the American Revolution. Emphasis is placed on major (influential or otherwise significant) texts and authors; intellectual and historical contexts within which literary works arose; the development of literary traditions, conventions, and genres; and theemergence of a “national” literature. C-ID: ENGL 160. NR
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LIT 21 BRITISH LITERATURE FROM BLAKE TO THE PRESENT 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (C-ID ENGL 100) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate method.
This course examines the major genres, issues, and themes central to the study of British literature from the rise of English Romanticism to late modern and contemporary British authors and texts. Students study Romanticism, Victorian literature, Modernism, post-war disillusion, and British literary culture since the Second World War, and examine the social and cultural contexts that shape the development and characteristics of these literary movements. C-ID: ENGL 165. NR
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LIT 22 AMERICAN LITERATURE TO TWAIN 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (C-ID ENGL 100) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate method.
This course examines the genesis of American literary traditions and what, in the views of diverse observers, it meant to be an American. The course surveys American literature from the narratives of exploration and encounter through the captivity narratives and sermons of the Colonial period; covers the political treatises and self-examination of the Enlightenment and Federalist period; and culminates in the Romanticism of the mid-nineteenth century with consideration of dominant and alternative voices. C-ID: ENGL 130. NR
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LIT 23 AMERICAN LITERATURE: TWAIN TO THE PRESENT 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Prerequisite: Eligibility for college-level composition (C-ID ENGL 100) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate method.
Surveys the rich cultural diversity of American literature from Twain through the present. Literary selections represent the distinctively American treatment of such genres as tales, slave narratives, essays, drama, poetry, short fiction, and novels. The course examines the textual features and thematic concerns of the literature of Realism, Naturalism, Regionalism, Modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, the Post-war period, Post-modernism, and the Contemporary period, and considers the historical and intellectual influences on the development of this literature. The course also addresses varieties of critical approaches to the literature, and explores forces at work in the construction of the American canon. C-ID: ENGL 135. NR
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LIT 24 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Literature 24 examines the work of selected contemporary writers from various traditions, media, and cultures. Emphasis is on contemporary writers from the fifties through today in fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and poetry. Students will study these writings from a recent historical perspective to determine major themes and concerns of contemporary literature. NR
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LIT 30 INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for WR 1
Literature 30 introduces the novel, exploring its history, variations, flexibility and limitations as a literary genre. Students read from a variety of major novels-classic to contemporary and from a variety of cultures-in order to study the diversity of novelistic form and content and to discuss the various uses of and critical approaches to the form. NR
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LIT 31 INTRODUCTION TO SHORT FICTION 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course studies short fiction from its classical origins to the short stories of contemporary authors. Students examine representative short stories within diverse historical, cultural, and literary traditions, and analyze how writers use central conventions and combine major elements of fiction such as plot, character and setting to establish theme and achieve desired narrative effect. NR
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LIT 32 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course is an introductory, historical study of the poetry of various cultures from antiquity to the present. The course introduces poetic conventions and traditions as well as terms and concepts fundamental to the study of poetry, as drawn from prosody, rhetoric, aesthetics, and criticism. In addition, the course explores important movements and essential concerns in the history of poetics. NR
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LIT 33 INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course surveys the development of drama and dramatic literature from Greek antiquity through contemporary drama. Students critically read, discuss, and write analytically in response to important playwrights and plays, and other dramatic works, reflecting a diversity of periods, traditions, and movements; and genres, conventions, and themes central to the study of dramatic literature. The course emphasizes how students might interpret and argue meaning in a dramatic text within its historical, social, and literary contexts. NR
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LIT 40 INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT) 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course offers a non-sectarian, general introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament and Apocrypha) as a literary text. The course specifically studies the historical, cultural, and literary contexts out of which the Hebrew Bible emerged; the development of the Pentateuch, the Prophets, the Psalms, wisdom literature and apocalyptic writings; the process of collecting and ordering the Canon; critical approaches to the text; representations of major characters; the persistence and transformation of major themes; questions of audience; literary genres central to the study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near-Eastern literature; and the influence of the Hebrew Bible on the New Testament and subsequent Western literary texts. NR
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LIT 41 INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course offers a non-doctrinal introduction to the New Testament as a literary text. The course specifically studies the historical, cultural and literary contexts out of which the New Testament emerged; the gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the epistles, Revelation, and the formation of the Canon; portrayals of Jesus of Nazareth; conflicts in the first-century church; themes, characters, literary genres, and theories of audience central to the study of the New Testament; theories of authorship and dating of New Testament books; and the influence of the New Testament on subsequent select works of Western literature. NR
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LIT 42 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC credit pending
This course offers a non-sectarian, general introduction to the Bible (Hebrew Bible and New Testament) as a literary text and a text in translation. The course studies the cultural, historical, and literary contexts out of which the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament emerged, the formation of their canons, the history of translations into English, the challenges with reading a text in translation, critical approaches to the texts, representations of major characters, the persistence and transformation of major themes, literary genres central to literature in the Ancient Near East and the Roman Empire, and the influence of the Bible on Western literary texts. NR
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LIT 43 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course provides a close study of William Shakespeare’s dramatic work, including early and late plays selected from the histories, comedies, tragedies, satires, and romances. The course emphasizes Shakespeare’s variety and development as a dramatic artist. Consideration is given to the social, cultural, and political milieu from which the plays emerged, as well as to the role, function, and performance of dramatic literature within Elizabethan and Jacobean England. NR
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LIT 45 WOMEN IN LITERATURE 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for college-level composition as determined by college assessment or other appropriate method.
Literature 45 examines the works of selected women poets, novelists, short story writers, essayists, and dramatists from various historical periods and cultures. Emphasis is on the participation of women in traditional and nontraditional literary activity, the major themes and issues in women’s writing, and the distinctive forms and language that may apply in works by women. NR
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LIT 46 ETHNICITY IN LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES 3 Units - 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course examines the literature of a historically underrepresented ethnic group whose identity and concerns are traditionally ignored or stereotyped by the larger, dominant culture in which it exists. Special emphasis will be placed on the following: (1) the historical and social conditions which fostered the literary production (2) the relation between this literature and the traditional literary and critical canon by which it is ignored or marginalized; (3) the way the very existence of such literature challenges the validity of a traditional canon; (4) the way this literature works to define the cultural and personal identity of members of the ethnic culture; and (4) the ways this literature works to revise the perception of this culture within the dominant culture. NR
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