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Course Description Information
2016-2017 Catalog
Symbols and Abbreviations
A - Course description designation for those courses which
are associate degree applicable.
P-NP - Course description designation for courses available on
a credit/no credit grading basis as well as a letter grading basis.
P-NP Only - Course description designation for courses not
available on a letter grading basis.
Grading Scale Only - Course descriptions that do not indicate
a grading basis are offered on a grading scale only.
CSU - Transferable to the California State University
system.
CSU-GE - Meets the general education requirements for
California State University transfer certification. Completion
of all courses in the California State University General
Education transfer certification pattern will permit a student
to transfer to a campus in the California State University
system without having to complete additional lower division
general education courses after transfer.
I - Meets the requirements of the Intersegmental General
Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC). Completion of
all IGETC requirements will permit a student to transfer to a
campus in either the California State University or University
of California system without having to complete additional
lower division general education courses after transfer.
UC - Transferable to the University of California system.
Course Abbreviations
ACCTG Accounting
ANTHRO Anthropology
ART
Art
ASL
American Sign Language
BA
Business Administration
BIOL
Biology
CHDEV Child Development
CHEM Chemistry
CHIN Chinese
COMM Communication
COTR
Cooperative Work Experience Education
COUN Counseling
CRIM Criminology
CSCI
Computer Science
DANCE Dance
ECON Economics
EDUC Education
ENGL
English
ENGR
Engineering
FILM Film
FN
Foods and Nutrition
FRENCH French
GEOG Geography
GEOL
Geology
GERMAN German
HONORS Honors
HIST
History
HLTH Health Science
INTDS
Interdisciplinary Studies
IS
Information Systems
LIBSKL
Library Skills
LING
Linguistics
MATH Mathematics
MKTG Marketing
MUS
Music
OT
Office Technology
PE
Physical Education
PHIL
Philosophy
PHOTO Photography
PHYS
Physics
POLSCI
Political Science
PSY
Psychology
SCI
Science
SOC
Sociology
SPAN Spanish
STAT
Statistics
WTD Water Treatment and Distribution
Course Number Extensions
H
Honors
I
Intensive
L
Lab
LS
Language Skills
NS
Native Speakers
R
Reading
W
Writing