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Course Description Information
2015-2016 Catalog
Class Periods:
College classes may not meet every day in the
week. The number of lecture or laboratory periods for each
week is indicated in the course description. The schedule of
classes (issued as a separate publication) will indicate which
hours of the day and which days in the week the class is
scheduled. Courses marked “offered infrequently” are not
usually scheduled each semester.
Course Certification:
Lists of courses certified by Reedley
College as being baccalaureate level are on file at receiving
institutions. Copies are also available through the counseling
offices and major advisors. General Education designations
and baccalaureate level courses are also indicated in the
course description. These courses change constantly. Check
with a counselor for most updated listing of courses.
Field Trips:
Certain classes have field trips scheduled which
contribute substantially to the understanding of the course.
Some of these trips are scheduled for evenings or Saturdays.
Field trips scheduled during hours of the official school day
may be considered as part of instruction. Students pay their
own expenses on field trips if possible.
Prerequisites/Corequisites/
Advisories
Students are urged to study the description of courses in
this catalog to ensure that prerequisites are satisfied before
registering for a course. Correct registration at an early date
is important.
It is the student’s responsibility to be certain that he/she has
met the necessary prerequisite(s) for any course taken. The
student may be dropped from any class where it is verified
that the necessary prerequisite has not been met.
It should be understood by the student that whether or not
a prerequisite is specifically stated, the instructional staff
of this college assumes that each student who enrolls in
a transfer-level course possesses sufficient competencies in
the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to be able to
profit from instruction.
Advisory indicates that the institution recommends, but does
not require, certain course work be taken prior to enrolling
in the described course.
Corequisite indicates that the course must be taken
simultaneously with another course if not already completed.
Prerequisite is defined to mean a condition of enrollment
that a student must meet in order to register in a course
or program. A student may challenge a prerequisite by
completing the Prerequisite/Corequisite Challenge Form
available in the Counseling Center. A “C” or better grade is
required in the prerequisite course(s).
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.
C-ID - C-ID is a common numbering system. Courses form
different colleges with the same C-ID may be used in place
of one another
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
AERO Aviation Maintenance Technology
AG
Agriculture
AGNR
Agriculture and Natural Resources
AMT
Aviation Maintenance Technology
ANTHRO Anthropology
ART
Art
AS
Animal Science
ASL
American Sign Language
ASTRO Astronomy
AUTOT Automotive Technology
BA
Business Administration
BIOL
Biology
CHDEV Child Development
CHEM Chemistry