Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N SAnnouncement of CoursesLIMITATIONS ONSCHEDULING COURSESSome courses in this catalog will not be scheduled in2011-2012. Additional courses may be added. SkylineCollege reserves the right to discontinue, postpone, orcombine classes and to change instructors when circumstanceswarrant such changes. Further, it reserves theright to cancel classes that do not reach a minimumenrollment.Unless otherwise designated, any course may beoffered either in day or evening. Additionally, somecourses are offered online. Specific information concerningclass hours and locations will be found in the currentClass Schedule.COURSE DESCRIPTIONSINFORMATIONCourses on the following pages form the basic offeringsat Skyline College. Generally in the following coursedescriptions, both semesters of a sequential course arelisted together if the first semester course is a prerequisiteto the second semester course. If there is no entry, thecourse has no prerequisite. All courses are offered for aletter grade, unless otherwise noted.The credit value of each course in semester units isindicated by the number in parentheses following the title.A semester unit of credit is based upon one hour of thestudent’s time at the college per week in lecture or recitationthroughout one semester, together with the timenecessary in preparation, or a longer time in laboratory orother exercises not requiring outside preparation. With anormal schedule of 15 college units, the average studentwill devote approximately 45 hours per week to classattendance and preparation.Skyline College reserves the right to make appropriatecourse and program changes during the course of theyear which may not be reflected in this catalog.COURSE NUMBERING ANDTRANSFERABLE CREDITThe course numbering system in use at SkylineCollege as part of the San Mateo County CommunityCollege District categorizes courses according to thefollowing:100-599 Courses generally transferable to a four-yearcollege or university.600-699 Courses varying in content and which areusually transferable.700-799 Courses that are part of a specific occupationalprogram and which are not generally regarded astransferable.800-899 Courses that are non-transferable in nature.Courses accepted by the University of California areindicated at the end of each course description as “UC’’.A complete list of transferable courses will be foundfollowing the course description section, pages 238-240.Courses identified by Skyline College as transferableto California State Universities are indicated at the end ofeach course description as “CSU.’’ Courses that fulfillgeneral education requirements show an area letterdesignation following. All transferable courses that satisfygeneral education to CSU are listed on pages 241-246.Because of changing regulations governing the transferabilityof courses among the segments of higher educationin California, students should consult a counselorfor current information about specific items.From time to time, a department may offer a coursewhich is experimental in nature, covers a special topic,or which consists of independent study tailored to astudent’s needs. Because such courses are never exactlythe same, you will not find them described in the catalog.They are, however, regular credit courses of the College.Usually they will be described in the Schedule of Classesor in other course advertising and will have a departmentname followed by one of the following numbers:670 Vocational Cooperative Education courses (1-4)Vocational Cooperative Education courses are offeredunder COOP 670 as well as the 670 number in a variety ofvocational disciplines. Courses numbered 670 are transferableto CSU.680, 880 Experimental CoursesCourses designed to study a particular area or problembeyond the scope of regularly offered courses. Thesecourses can be offered for a letter grade or for Credit/NoCredit.690 Individual Study in Department (1-3)Individual study of a particular area or problem beyondthe scope of regularly offered courses.Courses numbered 680 or 690 are generally transferable.Courses numbered 880 are not transferable. See acounselor for specifics.COURSE REPETITIONThe Board of Trustees of the San Mateo CountyCommunity College District has adopted a policy (DistrictRules and Regulations, Section 6.12) which permits astudent to repeat certain courses for credit a maximum ofthree times (total of four class enrollments).These courses require increasing levels of student performanceor provide significantly different course contenteach subsequent semester. Such courses will be designatedas “may be repeated for credit’’ in the CollegeCatalog. For more information on this policy, pleaseconsult your College counselor.132 w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u 2011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G