LTCC CATALOG <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong> 151 ESL - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCEESL 555 U.S. CITIZENSHIPHours per week: 4This course provides an introduction to U.S. history and government,American customs and institutions, and naturalization procedures.Course topics will include development of listening skills andEnglish speaking proficiency. Special emphasis will be placed onunderstanding local, county, state, and federal government agencies.Students will be given <strong>the</strong> opportunity to become more active incommunity affairs and will be encouraged to participate in <strong>the</strong>governmental process.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 556 ADVANCED ESLHours per week: 12This course will provide students with continued fluency andcommunication skills in English. Focus will be on reading au<strong>the</strong>nticmaterials on abstract topics, descriptive writing, short essays, andcompletion of more complex forms and applications.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 561 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 1Hours per week: 6This course provides integrated skills which emphasize basic survivalEnglish with reinforcement of oral and written communicationskills. Emphasis is also given to developing vocabulary and readingskills for <strong>the</strong> workplace. This course is designed for students whohave minimal oral English language skills.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 562 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 2Hours per week: 6This course provides integrated skills for students with limitedEnglish skills. Through listening, speaking, reading and writingactivities, <strong>the</strong> student will learn basic life skills and begin to utilizespoken and written English. Special emphasis will be given toworkplace English.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 563 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 3Hours per week: 6This course is designed for students who have a basic understandingof oral and written English. The focus of this level is for <strong>the</strong> studentto become more proficient with oral, reading, and writing skills.Special emphasis will be given to workplace English. Essentialgrammar structures will be introduced in context. The students atthis level have a functional knowledge of English.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 564 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 4Hours per week: 6Students at this level have an intermediate understanding of writtenand oral English. The focus of this level is for <strong>the</strong> students tobecome more proficient using complex oral, reading, and writingskills. Essential grammatical structures will be introduced in context.Special emphasis will be given to workplace English. The students atthis level have a high intermediate proficiency level of English.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCEEVS 101 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCELecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course is designed to introduce students to biological systems andassociated chemical and physical processes and structures. Studentswill also explore human interactions with <strong>the</strong> environment. Thecourse will include <strong>the</strong> following topics: basic ecology, populationissues, energy and resource use and consequences, pollution, globalchange, and conservation issues.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCEVS 131 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed to meet <strong>the</strong> needs of students for studies inareas of special interest. Topics and credit will vary from quarter toquarter and will be included under this cover title published in <strong>the</strong>schedule for <strong>the</strong> quarter in which <strong>the</strong> course will be offered.Transfers to CSUEVS 132 OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCELecture 0, Lab 0, Units 1-6Occupational Work Experience is for students who are employed injobs related to <strong>the</strong>ir educational or occupational goals. This programextends knowledge gained in <strong>the</strong> classroom to <strong>the</strong> workplace, helpsstudents identify new and challenging objectives at work, andencourages professional growth and advancement.Transfers to CSUCOREQUISITE: Students must be available to work or volunteer 4 to 40 hoursper week for an approved business and must have an application on file each quarterenrolled.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated up to a total of twenty-four (24) units, six unitsmaximum per quarter.EVS 133 OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE –INTERNSHIPLecture 0, Lab 0, Units 1-6Occupational Work Experience Internship is supervised placementat a worksite related to <strong>the</strong> student’s educational or occupationalgoals. The program will assist students in acquiring desirable workexperience, attitudes, and awareness of career opportunities in <strong>the</strong>irchosen field of study.Transfers to CSUCOREQUISITE: Students must be available to work or volunteer 4 to 40 hoursper week for an approved business and must have an application on file each quarterenrolled.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated up to a total of twenty-four (24) units, six unitsmaximum per quarter.EVS 191 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students in occupational, technical orcollege preparatory areas of special interest. Topics and credits willvary from quarter to quarter and will be included under this covertitle published in <strong>the</strong> schedule of classes for <strong>the</strong> quarter in which <strong>the</strong>course will be offered.English - ESL - Environmental Science
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - ETHNIC STUDIES152LTCC CATALOG <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong>EVS 231 SPECIAL PROJECTSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students wishing to pursue a specific topicof study. Emphasis is placed on individualized instruction and studentproject planning. The student must arrange for project and creditapproval by <strong>the</strong> instructor prior to registering for this course.Transfers to CSUEVS 291 SPECIAL PROJECTSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students wishing to pursue a specifictopic of study in occupational, technical or college preparatory areas.Emphasis is placed on individualized instruction and student projectplanning. The student must arrange for project and credit approval by<strong>the</strong> instructor prior to registering for this course.ETHNIC STUDIESETH 100 CURRENT LATINO ISSUESLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course is designed to expose students to <strong>the</strong> various currentissues facing <strong>the</strong> Latino community in <strong>the</strong> United States, especiallyin California. Topics to be examined include, but are not limited to,public health policy, immigration, education, farmworkers, and o<strong>the</strong>rlabor issues. Also to be introduced are <strong>the</strong> lobbying activities on behalfof <strong>the</strong> Latino community at <strong>the</strong> federal and state levels.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 131 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed to meet <strong>the</strong> needs of students for studies inareas of special interest. Topics and credit will vary from quarter toquarter and will be included under this cover title published in <strong>the</strong>schedule for <strong>the</strong> quarter in which <strong>the</strong> course will be offered.Transfers to CSUETH 191 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students in occupational, technical orcollege preparatory areas of special interest. Topics and credits willvary from quarter to quarter and will be included under this covertitle published in <strong>the</strong> schedule of classes for <strong>the</strong> quarter in which <strong>the</strong>course will be offered.ETH 201 MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURELecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course investigates <strong>the</strong> Indo-Hispano roots of Mexico andMexican-Americans living in <strong>the</strong> United States. Particular emphasis isplaced on <strong>the</strong> development of Mexican-American popular culture andits expression through music, radio, television, newspapers, literature,and festivities in urban and rural areas. Focus is placed on <strong>the</strong> surfaceculture, such as food and dance as well as elements of <strong>the</strong> deep culture,including religion and family customs.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 202A MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: PRE-COLU<strong>MB</strong>IAN TO 1848Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, <strong>the</strong> first of a three-part series, introduces <strong>the</strong> studentto <strong>the</strong> major socio-historic and political events and tensions of <strong>the</strong>southwestern United States from <strong>the</strong> Mexican-American perspective.Events to be covered include <strong>the</strong> original indigenous inhabitants,Spanish conquest and colonization, such as <strong>the</strong> establishment of <strong>the</strong>mission system, independence from Spain, and <strong>the</strong> Mexican-AmericanWar of 1846-1848.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 202B MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: 1848TO 1960Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, <strong>the</strong> second of a three-part series, covers <strong>the</strong> majorsocio-historic and political events and continuing tensions of <strong>the</strong>southwestern United States after <strong>the</strong> Mexican-American War of 1846-48 from <strong>the</strong> Mexican-American perspective. Events to be coveredinclude life in <strong>the</strong> Southwest after <strong>the</strong> Mexican-American War, loss ofproperty, <strong>the</strong> resistance movements, <strong>the</strong> Repatriation of <strong>the</strong> 1930's,and <strong>the</strong> phenomenon of <strong>the</strong> Zoot Suiters of <strong>the</strong> 1940's.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 202C MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: 1960TO PRESENTLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, <strong>the</strong> third of a three-part series, covers <strong>the</strong> majorsocio-historic and political events and continuing tensions of <strong>the</strong>southwestern United States from <strong>the</strong> 1960's to <strong>the</strong> present from <strong>the</strong>Mexican-American perspective. Events to be covered include <strong>the</strong>emergence of political and educational opportunities for Mexican-Americans, <strong>the</strong> L.A. high school walkouts, César Chávez and <strong>the</strong>United Farmworkers Union, <strong>the</strong> struggle for a separate identity, and<strong>the</strong> advent of Mexican-American (Chicano) Studies.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 203A HISTORY OF MEXICO:PRE-COLU<strong>MB</strong>IAN TO 1821Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, <strong>the</strong> first of a three-part series, introduces <strong>the</strong> student to<strong>the</strong> major events in <strong>the</strong> history of Mexico from <strong>the</strong> first indigenouscivilizations to <strong>the</strong> independence movement from Spain. Topics to becovered include <strong>the</strong> first inhabitants to establish <strong>the</strong>mselves in Mexico,<strong>the</strong> development of indigenous religious beliefs, <strong>the</strong> rise of <strong>the</strong> Azteccivilization, <strong>the</strong> Spanish conquest, life in New Spain, and <strong>the</strong> move forindependence from Spain.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 203B HISTORY OF MEXICO: 1821 TO 1910Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, <strong>the</strong> second of a three-part series, covers <strong>the</strong> majorsocio-historic and political events in <strong>the</strong> history of Mexico from <strong>the</strong>beginning of its independence from Spain to <strong>the</strong> advent of <strong>the</strong> MexicanRevolution. Topics to be covered include <strong>the</strong> founding of a Mexicanempire, <strong>the</strong> first years of <strong>the</strong> Mexican Republic, <strong>the</strong> war with <strong>the</strong> U.S.,Cinco de Mayo, Benito Juarez, and <strong>the</strong> dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.