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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of AJ 102. Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. An introductory course dealing with all aspects of public safety communication. The course will cover the techniques of effectively communicating facts, information, and ideas in a clear and logical manner for a variety of public safety systems reports, i.e. crime/violation/ incident reports, letters, memoranda, directives and administrative reports. Students will gain practical experience in interviewing, note taking, report writing and testifying. (CSU, AVC)
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16.00 Credits
16 units 717 hours total (452 hours lecture, 265 hours lab) Limitation on Enrollment: Completion of POST reading and writing skills examination. Completion of POST physical fitness assessment. Possession of valid Calif. driver's license. Certification of eligibility to possess firearms from Calif. Dept. of Justice (DOJ). Successful completion of a medical exam. Proof of health insurance. Enrollment may also be limited to persons hired by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for employment as a deputy sheriff. Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. Intensive basic peace officer instruction designed to satisfy the minimum requirements of a peace officer as established by California State law and regulated by California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). The course will emphasize patrol procedures, crowd control, criminal law, laws of arrest, investigative report writing, preliminary investigation, first aid, firearms and chemical agents, defensive tactics, hazardous materials and cultural diversity. (AVC)
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6.00 Credits
6 units 234 hours total (180 hours lecture/54 hours lab) Limitation on Enrollment: Enrollment is limited to students hired by the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department as Custody Assistants (CAs). CAs are a support position to the law enforcement function. Therefore, students will be subject to LASD background and fingerprint clearance through the California Department of Justice. Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. This course satisfies training requirements for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Custody Assistant (CA) position. Eligible students will receive training to assist deputy sheriffs supervise, control, and process inmates. (AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading and ENGL 099. This course provides an introduction to the study of humankind as a biological and "cultural" animal. General emphasisis placed on scientific explanations for human origins, modern human diversity, and the place of our species in the natural world. Specifically, emphasis is placed on the biological processes involved in organic evolution, fossil evidence of human evolutionary change, interpretations of the fossil record, physical and behavioral characteristics of primates, human genetics, modern human biological diversity, the biological significance of "race," and interpretationsof the archaeological evidence for the origin of culture. [CAN ANTH 2] (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading and ENGL 099. This course provides an introduction to the study of human culture. It is a general survey of human culture and variation the world over. Emphasis is placed on identifying the basic elements common to all human cultures and developing an understanding of the significance of both similarities and differences in cultural expression. An appreciation of the significance of ethnic and/or cultural diversity is stressed, as well as a basic understanding of the fundamental characteristics shared by all human cultures. The course provides an explanatory framework for cultural difference, both in the past and in the modern world. It also discusses ethnocentrism as a barrier to cross-cultural understanding. All of this provides an important basis for discussions of ethnic diversity within our own society as well as around the world. [CAN ANTH 4] (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading and ENGL 099. This course is an introduction to world prehistory, archaeology, and anthropology. Emphasis is placed on a general survey of human cultural development and prehistory throughout the world. The broad history of the human species is traced from its earliest beginnings through the advent of written history and early state political systems. Examples of various stages of cultural evolution, major cultural and social developments, and historical events will be drawn from all parts of the world. Methods and theories used by archaeologists in the identification of prehistoric and ancient cultural sequences in different culture areas of the world are discussed. [CAN ANTH 6] (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly A general survey of the origins and development of Native American culture in North America. Emphasis is placed on understanding the complex cultural processes which combined over thousands of years of cultural development to produce the rich and diverse cultural systems encountered by Europeans beginning in the fifteenth century. Emphasis is also placed on understanding the nature of Native American/European contact and the impact of that contact on both Native American and European culture. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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5.00 Credits
5 units 168 hours total An introduction to the history and prehistory of Peru, through the review of, and participation in, archaeological research. Students will receive lectures on Peruvian history and culture, and direct training in methods of archaeological research. Students will be active participants in an ongoing field research project on the southern coast of Peru sponsored by the California Institute of Peruvian Studies in cooperation with Peru's Instituto Nacionale de Cultura. (CSU, AVC)
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6.00 Credits
4 units 6 hours weekly An introduction to field and laboratory work in archaeology. Students participate in field survey and recording, archaeological excavation and data collection, and laboratory processing and analysis. (CSU, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading and ENGL 101. Instructional materials fee required for this course and must be paid at registration. This course explores and examines the elements of art, both in daily life and as part of culture. It develops the student's knowledge and appreciation of the visual art of our time and of the past. It allows discoveries through limited activities with
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