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  • 1.00 Credits

    Class hours: 0.5 Lecture/1.0 Laboratory Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment or completion of JOUR 101 with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. Recommendation: Concurrent enrollment or completion of JOUR 103 and/or concurrent enrollment or completion of RTV 152. This course focuses on broadcast newswriting and production techniques using the college radio station, WPMD, as a practical laboratory. Students will develop and research story ideas for regular news broadcasts on WPMD. Newsgathering and reporting for broadcast will be emphasized, along with ethics and legal aspects of communication. This course is not open to students currently enrolled in or who have completed RTV 170. This course may be taken a maximum of 4 times. Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 1.00 Credits

    Class hours: 1 lecture Prerequisite: JOUR 101 or equivalent with a grade of Credit or "C" or higher.Corequisite: Enrollment in 7 or more units, including Occupational Work Experience in Journalism, in a declared Journalism major. One unit of Occupational Work Experience in Journalism requires 60 non-paid hours or 75 paid hours of work per semester. Work Experience/Career Internship provides the opportunity for students to apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to related experiences on the job/training site. The aim of the course is to assist students in expanding specific job skills. This creates greater communication with increased understanding between the students/workers, the college, and the employers/trainers. First semester students meet with their instructors for a minimum of one hour per week. Students also pursue a program of self-evaluation to determine individual job weaknesses and strengths. Semester projects that relate to their major and job skills must be completed on the job/training site. Students will meet weekly with the instructor until their approved projects are completed. This course may be taken a maximum of 4 times. Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 1.00 Credits

    Class hours: 3.0 Independent Study A course to provide opportunity for individual research and field projects under the direction of a faculty member in a given department. With the guidance of the faculty member, students prepare and carry out a written learning agreement describing the purposes and outcomes of the project. Students should expect to meet with the supervising faculty member one to two hours each week for conferences. Credit is based upon the number of hours in the semester expected to complete the project (1 unit for 54 hours, 2 units for 108 hours). This course may be taken a maximum of 2 times. For selected disciplines, UC transfer credit may be possible after admission to a UC campus, pending review of appropriate course materials by UC staff. See a counselor for an explanation. Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 2.00 Credits

    Class hours: 6.0 Independent Study A course to provide opportunity for individual research and field projects under the direction of a faculty member in a given department. With the guidance of the faculty member, students prepare and carry out a written learning agreement describing the purposes and outcomes of the project. Students should expect to meet with the supervising faculty member one to two hours each week for conferences. Credit is based upon the number of hours in the semester expected to complete the project (1 unit for 54 hours, 2 units for 108 hours). This course may be taken a maximum of 2 times. For selected disciplines, UC transfer credit may be possible after admission to a UC campus, pending review of appropriate course materials by UC staff. See a counselor for an explanation. Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 1.00 Credits

    Class hours: 3.0 Laboratory Corequisite: JOUR 103 or JOUR 105 or JOUR 160L. Limitation of enrollment: editors of campus media. This course focuses on leadership aspects using the school newspaper, the Talon Marks, and the school magazine, Wings, as practical laboratories. Enrollments are limited to those named to editor positions of these campus media. This course may be taken for a maximum of 4 times.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 3.0 Lecture/1.0 Laboratory Recommendation: LAW 56 with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. This course is an introduction to civil procedures in litigation, including pre-suit claims and notices, jurisdiction, service of process, venue, statutes of limitations, parties, and joinder. Rules governing pleading in complaints and answers are covered, as well as demurrers and amended pleadings. Computerized legal forms are introduced. (Formerly BL 100) Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 3.0 Lecture This course is an introduction to careers in the legal field including the role of the paralegal/legal assistant in the law office and the rules of ethics which govern lawyers and legal assistants. The course also covers substantive law in the areas of crimes and torts and describes the structure of the legal system in the federal and state settings. An introduction to the law library and legal resources is provided. (Formerly BL 101) Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 3.0 Lecture/1.0 Laboratory Prerequisite: LAW 100 with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. Recommendation: LAW 56 with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. This course continues the study of California Civil Procedures through the trial of a civil matter. Students will study the elements of discovery and develop a written discovery plan. Students will draft motions, judicial arbitration materials, trial briefs, and settlement proceedings. This is an optional course concentrating in advanced civil litigation and writing. (Formerly BL 102) Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 3.0 Lecture Recommendation: LAW 101 and LAW 56 or equivalent with grades of Pass or "C" or higher. This course is designed to introduce students to the basic techniques of legal research. Emphasis will be placed upon techniques of modern legal research which include the use of the law library and the specific techniques of how to use the primary and secondary sources of the law, legal terms, research aids; and introduction to legal writing. Primary emphasis will be on the legal research in the state of California. (Formerly BL 103) Transfer Credit: CSU
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 3.0 Lecture Prerequisite: LAW 103 or equivalent with a grade of Pass, or "C" or higher. Recommendation: LAW 56 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher This is an advanced legal research course for the paralegal student. This course will utilize legal research skills to develop sophisticated techniques in the use of legal research materials both at the state and federal levels. Computerized legal research (Westlaw) and traditional research methods will be utilized in preparing complex legal research projects. Analysis of the law through practical application of legal research will be developed. Memorandums, points and authorities, and comprehensive briefs will be required. (Formerly BL 104) Transfer Credit: CSU
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