Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

152 Course Description Information 2018-2019 Catalog 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 coursemust 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 systemwithout 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 AG Agriculture AGBS Agriculture Business AGED Agriculture Education 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