Philosophy Course Descriptions

Current Philosophy Course Schedule 

PHIL 100: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL100.

This is a humanities course developing philosophical concepts through problems and systems of thought in selected Western philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Bacon, Kant, etc, it, furthermore, studies modern movements in Western culture such as dialectical materialism, pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and existentialism.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students explain Socrates' statement, "The unexamined life is not worth living," by applying the statement in at least two of the following areas: epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics.
    2. Students explain the branches of philosophy: epistemology, (coherence, relevance, truth, sources, and limits of knowledge), metaphysics (the nature of reality, self, and freedom), and value theory (ethical theories and aesthetic and philosophy of art theories)
    3. Students demonstrate an enhanced ability to articulate ideas about philosophical issues.
    4. Students demonstrate a basic understanding of the methods of philosophy.
    5. Students evaluate philosophical methods, assumptions, and principles to analyze philosophical ideas and positions including but not exclusive to contemporary problems and issues.
    6. Students evaluate philosophical arguments, methods, assumptions, and principles for epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics.

PHIL 102: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100.

This course represents a survey of the major theories of value in the writings of some prominent philosophies of Western culture and the Asian tradition, with special attention to a critical evaluation of their relevance to educational, ethical, esthetic, religious, and social problems of our times.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC 

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students define and competently use philosophical terminology in discussions of ethical concepts such as: acts and values; happiness and the good; prudence and morals; justice and equality; virtue and the virtues; theology and God's will; utilitarianism; Kant and Deontology; and pluralism.
    2. Students compare and contrast competing ethical theories and subject them to critical analysis.
    3. Students define major moral theories in the Western and non-Western.
    4. Students explain philosophical arguments, methods, fundamental assumptions, and principles in ethical theory including Deontology, Utilitarianism, Virtue Ethics, Ethical Relativism, Ethical Subjectivism, and Ethical Egoism.
    5. Students explain philosophical arguments, methods, fundamental assumptions, and principles in ethical theory including Deontology (Kantian theory), Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics.
    6. Students apply knowledge of major ethical theories to moral problems.

PHIL 103: PHILOSOPHICAL REASONING: CRITICAL THINKING IN PHILOSOPHY 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher or satisfactory completion of the Advanced Placement English Examination of the College Entrance Examination Board.

This course develops critical thinking skills necessary for evaluating and formulating argumentative/persuasive essays and practice in applying those skills. 
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation for what philosophical reasoning is by identifying the elements of philosophical arguments and counterarguments, learning how to read primary philosophical texts carefully and critically, completing basic research on topics of philosophy, and writing essays on subject matter relevant to philosophy using style manuals such as the University of Chicago, American Psychological Association (APA) or Modern Language Association (MLA) styles.
    2. Students identify the elements of philosophical arguments and counterarguments.
    3. Students recognize the difference between and arguments and non-arguments (explanations, descriptions, and reports).
    4. Students identify the conclusion of an argument.
    5. Students identify and evaluate the support for the conclusion.
    6. Students recognize the context and purpose of an argument.
    7. Students produce written work that follows Standard English and documentation.

PHIL 104: PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY: CHALLENGE AND CHANGE 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL100. This humanities course is designed to create understanding, appreciation, and tolerance of diverse cultures, particularly those of non-Western civilizations which are ethnic minority groups in American culture. Topics covered will include the nature of culture, the epistemology of cultural diversity, world views, religion, traditional values, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, cultural pluralism, and the philosophy of liberation.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students differentiate between cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, and stereotyping.
    2. Students understand and engage in the practice of philosophical inquiry relevant to global issues.
    3. Students know important philosophical concepts, philosophers and their contributions to world philosophy.
    4. Students read portions of Eastern and Western philosophical texts and recognize philosophical claims and assess the merit of the evidence.
    5. Students understand and write about critical issues concerning cultural influences and philosophical questions such as, “What is the meaning of life?” “What is good?” “Why does evil exist?” “What is a just society?”
    6. Students understand and write about environmental ethics, geopolitical movements and the philosophy of liberation, human rights, and social justice, among others international issues.
    7. Student identifies, appreciates, and writes about awareness of social change as it is viewed from the perspective of others who are culturally different from himself/herself.
    8. Students demonstrate an understanding and appreciation about what philosophy of cultural diversity is by: a) exhibiting basic literacy in the areas of cultural relativism, cultural diversity, the universal moral community, human rights, global justice, and worldviews; and, b) displaying an awareness of social changes and challenges as they are viewed from the perspective of others who are culturally different from the student.
    9. Students differentiate between cultural relativism and universal moral values.
    10. Students understand and engage in the practice of philosophical inquiry relevant to global cultural issues.
    11. Students demonstrate basic philosophical concepts, philosophers, and their contributions to world philosophy.
    12. Students read and analyze Eastern and Western philosophical texts, recognize philosophical claims, and assess the merit of the evidence
    13. Students use philosophical methods, assumptions, and principles to analyze philosophical ideas and positions, including contemporary problems and issues relevant to the global community.
    14. Students evaluate the philosophical presuppositions, as well as the philosophical presuppositions of others in order to assess the merits of these assumptions.

PHIL 105: PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND BEAUTY 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture.  Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of English Placement Process or ENGL 52, ENGL 72, or ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher.

This course will examine philosophical theories of aesthetics and philosophy of art by studying traditional and contemporary literary and other artistic expressions, while students are also engaged in understanding the fundamentals of philosophy. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students demonstrate an appreciation and understanding for the philosophical activity and theory of aesthetics and philosophy of art.
    2. Students define and competently use philosophical terminology in discussions of basic vocabulary of aesthetics and philosophy of art.
    3. Students recognize and explain different philosophical methods and styles in aesthetics and philosophy of art.
    4. Students define major movements of aesthetics and philosophy of art in the history of philosophy.
    5. Students to apply different aesthetic theories to specific artistic expressions and styles.
    6. Students demonstrate an understanding of course material by expressing oneself cogently and reflectively on the issues of beauty, art and philosophy.

PHIL 106: INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher.

This course gives an introduction to the basic principles of inductive and deductive reasoning, the uses of language, definition, analysis of fallacious arguments in various areas, and integration of composition and critical thinking skills.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students translate English arguments into symbolic form.
    2. Students identify the elements and types of arguments.
    3. Students distinguish between inductive and deductive forms of inference.
    4. Students assess the validity (and invalidity) of deductive arguments.
    5. Students identify non-argumentative passages such as explanation, illustration, conditional statements, reports, and unsupported assertions.
    6. Students demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking and understanding of deductive and inductive reasoning and competence in the basic analytical methods of logic.
    7. Students prove the validity (and invalidity) of deductive arguments by means of Venn diagrams and truth tables.
    8. Students apply rules of inference and equivalence in proving the validity of deductive arguments.

PHIL 107: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100.

This introductory level course will examine the nature of scientific reasoning and its relationship to technology, the development of modern technologies, and the impact of science and technology on society, personal life, and the environment. Major areas of philosophical inquiry will include metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students compare and contrast deductive and inductive forms of scientific reasoning.
    2. Students defend positions in a debate between scientific realist and anti-realist and subject them to critical analysis.
    3. Students compare and contrast at least two different theories of the philosophy of science and technology.
    4. Students use the vocabulary of the philosophy of science and technology.
    5. Students discuss at least two contemporary ethical, political, or cultural issues relevant to the philosophy of science and technology.
    6. Students think critically about at least two ethical, epistemological, methodological, ontological, or religious questions that arise in the philosophy of science and technology.

PHIL 108: PHILOSOPHY OF THE Americas 3.0 UNITS

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100.

This course will examine fundamental elements of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and political and social philosophy as found in four cultural worldviews: African- American philosophy, Anglo-American philosophy, Latin-American philosophy, and Native-American philosophy. This introductory course is designed to prepare students to analyze philosophical ideas and to critically assess commonality and divergence among these four worldviews on the subjects of human nature, moral community, freedom, truth, society, ultimate reality, economic justice, environment, and beauty.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students compare and contrast theories in metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics relevant to the four worldviews examined in the course.
    2. Students assess similarities and divergence among the four worldviews in the areas of economic justice, environment, and religious practices (influences of African, Indigenous Religions, and Christianity) and subject them to critical analysis.
    3. Students demonstrate a basic understanding of methods of philosophy.
    4. Students explain at least one aspect of the branches of philosophy (metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and political and social philosophy) in each of the four cultural worldviews: African-American Philosophy, Latin-American Philosophy, Native-American Philosophy, and Anglo-American.
    5. Students think critically about at least two ontological, epistemological, methodological, ethical, or religious questions that arise from the four worldview systems.

PHIL 109: PHILOSOPHY OF THE BODY, FEMINISM, AND GENDER 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100.

This course will examine philosophical scholarship on feminism, gender, and theory of the body in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics. Questions about gender identity, the nature of the self and personal identity, friendship, the feminist conception of knowledge, feminism and philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science; misogynist patterns in philosophical texts, male responses to feminism, moral theories, and feminist questions about beauty and art will be examined in the course, while students are also engaged in understanding the fundamentals of philosophy. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in WS 109 or have received credit in WS 109.
Transfer Credit: CSU 

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students explain traditional and non-canonical arguments in support of or against the ontology of gender and body.
    2. Students provide examples of theories on gender identity, the nature of the self and personal identity, friendship, and personal relationships.
    3. Students explain traditional and non-traditional theories of feminist conceptions of knowledge, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of science.
    4. Students compare and contrast male responses to contemporary moral, social, and political feminist theories.
    5. Students relate feminist questions about beauty and art to the traditional

PHIL 130: HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY 3.0 UNITS

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL72 or ESL 152 or ENGL 72, or ESL 152, or equivalent with a grade of "Pass" or "C" or higher or completion of the placement process with eligibility for ENGL 100. This course covers the genesis of Western philosophy and its development, ranging from the pre-Socratic philosophers, moving through Plato and Aristotle, and ending with the emergence of Neo-Platonism. This study includes the influence Hellenic society and culture had over Athens, Rome, Alexandria, Asia Minor: from 585 BC/BCE), with the earliest pre-Socratics, the 529 AD/CE, when Justinian closed Plato's Academy at Athens.

Special attention is paid to reading primary philosophical texts.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students understand the impossibility of knowing how the modern world was formed, unless one has studied the power and influence of the Ancient philosophers on religion, politics, law, science, history, and literature
    2. Students understand the role of interpretation of texts in deciding the position and key concepts, theories, and arguments of individual Ancient philosophers
    3. Students compare and contrast the main contributions and ideas of philosophers in the Ancient period
    4. Students know the difference between the Pre-Socratic, the Sophists, and the great systems of Plato and Aristotle
    5. Students list and define key thinkers of Ancient philosophy
    6. Students write good philosophical essays which reveal improved skill in the presentation and defense of arguments, especially as they relate to the study of Ancient philosophy

PHIL 140: HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72 or ESL 152, or equivalent with a grade of

"Pass" or "C" or higher or completion of the placement process with eligibility for ENGL 100. This course addresses 17th and 18th century philosophy with an emphasis on metaphysical, epistemological, political, and psychological developments of rationalism and empiricism in philosophical thought from Descartes to Kant and may include approximate precursors and successors. Special attention is paid to reading primary philosophical texts.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students define and competently use philosophical terminology in discussions of philosophy.
    2. Students recognize critical philosophical kills to present accurately and to interpret positions of seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophers, based on readings of their primary texts.
    3. Students critically analyze, evaluate, and compare and contrast major arguments,
      assumptions, principles, styles, and methods of seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophers.
    4. Students explain philosophical arguments, methods, background assumptions, and principles about the nature of reality, God, the self, the sources and limits of human knowledge, and freedom.
    5. Students understand and appreciate the emergence of modern philosophical thinking about the human mind (the relationship between reason and the emotions) and politics (social contract theories).

PHIL 160: SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture.  Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. Recommendation: PHIL 106 with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. This course is an introduction to propositional

(sentential) and predicate (quantificational) logic. PHIL 160 examines the basic concepts and achievements of modern logic. It aims to provide students with the ability to think rigorously, identify and deconstruct arguments, represent arguments in symbolic notation, and determine the validity of arguments using deductive proofs.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC 

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students assess whether an argument is valid or invalid, based on its underlying logical form.
    2. Students recognize the logical form of sentences in English.
    3. Students translate English arguments into symbolic form.
    4. Students identify validity by means of Venn diagrams and truth tables.
    5. Students recognize competence in the basic analytical method of formal logic by applying rules to prove validity in sentential logic by means of implicational rules, equivalence rules, conditional proof, and reduction ad absurdum proof.
    6. Students identify truth-tree techniques for evaluating arguments.
    7. Students apply inference rules for predicate logic, Universal Instantiation, Existential Instantiation, Existential Generalization, and Universal Generalization.
    8. Students explain some of the philosophical problems relevant to symbolic logic.

PHIL 200: WORLD RELIGIONS 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Recommendation: Satisfactory completion of the English Placement Process or ENGL52, ENGL 72 or ESL 152 or ENGL 155 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher is strongly recommended.

This course presents a comparative study of the major religions of the world including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc. The survey pertains to their origin, historic development, primary source book, theological doctrines and value system.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students identify the major religious traditions of the world and their principal teachings on ethics and metaphysics.
    2. Students analyze the ethical and spiritual teachings and practices.
    3. Students compare and contrast religions with regard to their sacred writings, rituals, and beliefs.
    4. Students identify founders, scriptures, and key philosophers in the world's major religions.
    5. Students analyze philosophical and religious ideas amongst religions, including their concepts of nature, ultimate reality, cosmology, and ethics.

PHIL 201: CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100. Recommendation: Satisfactory completion of READ 42 or READ 48 or equivalent with a grade of "C" or higher, or "Pass."

This course is a survey of the major philosophical movements that characterize the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the rise of Continental, Anglo-American, Marxist, Feminist, Asian, African, and Latin American philosophies. Students will become familiar with the diversity of styles, methods, and approaches that contemporary philosophers have developed in response to the problems of self and subjectivity; mind and  consciousness; alienation, anxiety, and authenticity; gender, race, nationality, and social justice; relativism, universalism, realism; and the role of meaning and language in philosophical inquiry.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC 

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students develop a philosophical analysis of a contemporary cultural, political, religious, or scientific problem.
    2. Students distinguish between analytic and continental approaches to doing philosophy.
    3. Students demonstrate a basic understanding of methods of philosophy.
    4. Students understand, explain, and assess at least three major philosophical movements that characterize the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the rise of Continental, Asian, African, Anglo-American, Feminist, Latin American, and Marxist philosophies.
    5. Students explain at least three of the following concepts examined by the above philosophical movements: self and subjectivity; mind and consciousness; alienation, anxiety, and authenticity; gender, modernity, post-modernity, and alter-modernity; race, nationality, and social justice.
    6. Students recognize and explain the role of language, meaning, and truth in philosophical inquiry.

PHIL 203: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL100.

This course will examine philosophical theories of the nature of religion, arguments for the existence of God, the nature of miracles, religious experience, faith and pragmatic reasons for belief, arguments from evil, God and morality, religious diversity, God and language, atheism and agnosticism, and life after death. The course will examine traditional and contemporary theories of philosophy of religion while students are also engaged in understanding the fundamentals of philosophy.
Transfer Credit: CSU

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students compare and contrast Western and non-Western approaches to religion and religious experience.
    2. Students understand the use the vocabulary of the philosophy of religion.
    3. Students explain critically the concepts of God, creation, miracles, faith, salvation, etc. and assess at least two arguments for the existence of God and two arguments against the existence of God.
    4. Students think critically about sacred texts and their interpretation.
    5. Students examine the relationship between science and religion.

PHIL 204: PHILOSOPHY OF THE BIBLE I (Hebrew SCRIPTURES) 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English

Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100. This course is a general introduction to the philosophical, religious, cultural and historical influences on the development of the Hebrew Scriptures. The methods of critical analysis of Biblical materials from an academic point of view will be presented and discussed.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC 

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students understand and critically appreciate the different methods of interpretation (historical, literary, cultural, and philosophical) of the Christian scriptures.
    2. Students compare, contrast, and criticize the philosophy of the nativity narratives in the gospels.
    3. Students explain the significance of the Dead Sea scrolls for the inter-testamental period.
    4. Students compare, contrast, and criticize the leading Jewish religious groups of the inter-testamental period.
    5. Students explain and evaluate the significance of the quest for the historical Jesus.
    6. Students explain the significance of "Q" in the New Testament Studies.
    7. Students discuss and evaluate the development of the New Testament Canon.
    8. Students explain how the early church was viewed by the Roman government.
    9. Students evaluate the reasons why some first -century Jews accepted Jesus as the Messiah and some rejected him.

PHIL 205: INTRODUCTION TO BIOETHICS

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100.

This introductory course examines moral theories and philosophical implications relevant to biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, such as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill. This course also studies ethical problems arising from biological research and the application of biological research in other fields such as social and political policies, the environment, and professional careers in medical and some scientific fields. Students learn about the principles of philosophical reasoning and the fundamentals of philosophy while engaged in understanding the elements of bioethics.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students think critically about at least two ontological, epistemological, methodological, ethical, or religious questions that arise in bioethics.
    2. Students compare and contrast at least two different aspects of issues examined in bioethics with respect to ethics (applied and meta-ethics), epistemology, and metaphysics.
    3. Students critically discuss and produce possible resolutions of at least two current issues relevant to bioethics.
    4. Students use effectively the vocabulary of the bioethics.

PHIL 206: PHILOSOPHY OF THE BIBLE II (CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES) 

Class hours: 3.0 Lecture. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 52, ENGL 72, ESL 152 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or completion of the English Placement Process with eligibility for ENGL 100.

This course is a general introduction to the philosophical, religious, cultural and historical influences on the development of the Christian Scriptures. The methods of critical analysis of Biblical materials from an academic point of view will be presented and discussed.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC 

Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Students understand and critically appreciate the different methods of interpretation (historical, literary, cultural, and philosophical) of the Christian scriptures.
    2. Students compare, contrast, and criticize the philosophy of the nativity narratives in the gospels.
    3. Students explain the significance of the Dead Sea scrolls for the inter-testamental period.
    4. Students compare, contrast, and criticize the leading Jewish religious groups of the inter-testamental period.
    5. Students explain and evaluate the significance of the quest for the historical Jesus.
    6. Students explain the significance of "Q" in the New Testament Studies.
    7. Students discuss and evaluate the development of the New Testament Canon.
    8. Students explain how the early church was viewed by the Roman government.
    9. Students evaluate the reasons why some first -century Jews accepted Jesus as the Messiah and some rejected him.

PHIL 298: DIRECTED STUDIES 1.0 UNIT

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, 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). 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 

PHIL 299: DIRECTED STUDIES 2.0 UNITS

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 (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