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2020-2021 Catalog & Addendums

Catalog

  1. College Overview & Academic Policies (pages 1-59)
  2. Degree and Certificate Requirements (pages 60-122)
  3. Course Listings (pages 123-351)
    1. Correction to Course Listings
      When the 2020-2021 Course Catalog was published, the "Formerly" notations within the Course Listings were inadvertently omitted. Please see the PDF for the list of courses which should have included this notation, along with the notation for each course. We regret the error and apologize for any inconvenience.
      Course Listing Corrections
  4. Staff, Faculty and Campus Information (pages 352-372)

Fall 2020 Addendum

Updated August 21, 2020

Degree & Certificate Requirements
Updated requirements:
 
  • Apprenticeship - Plumbing Technology AS degree

  • Child Development:

    1. Early Childhood Education Certificate of Specialization, replaced with Certificate of Achievement in Early Childhood Education Fundamentals

    2. Inclusion and Children with Special Needs Certificate of Specialization, replaced with Certificate of Achievement in Early Childhood Special Education

    3. School-Age Child Care Certificate of Specialization, replaced with Certificate of Achievement in Elementary After Care Education

  • Dental Assisting AS degree and certificate of achievement

  • Foothill General Education Requirements (Area V, Communication & Analytical Thinking; Area VI, United States Cultures & Communities)


 Course Listings

Updated courses:
  • ANTH 1H, 1HL, 2AH
  • ART 2C
  • D A 50, 71
  • ENGL 1BH, 1CH

All honors courses have been updated to remove the prerequisite of "Honors Institute participant":

  • ACTG 1BH, 1CH
  • ANTH 1H, 1HL, 2AH
  • ART 2AH, 2BH
  • ASTR 10BH, 54H
  • BIOL 54H
  • BUSI 22H
  • CHEM 1AH, 1BH, 13AH, 13BH, 13CH
  • CNSL 8H
  • COMM 1AH, 1BH
  • ECON 9H, 54H
  • ENGL 1AH, 1BH, 1CH, 11H, 43AH, 43BH, 45AH, 45BH, 47AH, 47BH
  • HIST 4CH, 17CH, 54H
  • HUMN 1H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 7H, 44H, 54H
  • LIBR 10H
  • MATH 1AH, 1AHP, 1BH, 1BHP
  • MDIA 1H, 11H
  • MUS 2AH, 2BH, 2CH, 8H
  • PHOT 8H, 10H, 11H
  • PHYS 12H
  • POLI 2H, 3H, 9H, 15H
  • PSYC 1H, 54H
  • SOC 1H, 54H

Winter 2021 Addendum

Updated Dec. 4, 2020

Course Listings
Updated courses:
  • EMS 52, 53
  • ENGL 1AH, 1BH
  • MATH 1B, 1BH, 1C
Reactivated courses:
  • THTR 38A
Deactivated courses:
  • EMS 52A, 53A

For more information regarding catalog addendums and to view catalog archives, see the catalog addendum and archive page.

Spring 2021 Addendum

Updated March 5, 2021

Degree & Certificate Requirements
Updated requirements:
  • Non-Credit: Emergency Medical Technology certificate of completion

Course Listings
Updated courses:
  • EMS 401, 402
Deactivated courses:
  • EMS 401A,  402A

For more information regarding catalog addendums and to view catalog archives, see the catalog addendum and archive page.

2019-2020 Catalog & Addendums

Fall 2019 Addendum

Degree & Certificate Requirements
UPDATED REQUIREMENTS
  • Apprenticeship - Plumbing Technology AS degree
  • Foothill General Education Requirements (Area IV, Social & Behavioral Sciences)

Course Listings
NEW COURSES
    • C S 55A, 55B, 55C, 55D
    • NCEL 426, 427, 435, 436 & 437
    • NCEN 401A, 442A & 442B
    • R T 70A

 

UPDATED COURSES
  • ATHL 4, 4E, 11, 12, 21, 21F, 22, 22F, 31, 31F, 32, 32F, 33, 33F, 41A, 41B, 42, 42F, 44, 44F, 45, 45F

Winter 2020 Addendum

Degree & Certificate Requirements
UPDATED REQUIREMENTS
  • Apprenticeship - Plumbing Technology AS degree
  • Foothill General Education Requirements (Area II, English)
  • Theatre Arts program: Actor Career Certificate deactivated

Course Listings
NEW COURSES
  • BUSI 12
  • C S 48A
  • ESLL 201A
  • ITSC 101, 105, 106, 110, 113, 114, 115, 123, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 134

 

UPDATED COURSES
  • ENGL 1A, 1S, 1T

Spring 2020 Addendum

Updated March 3, 2019

Degree & Certificate Requirements
UPDATED REQUIREMENTS
  • Dental Hygiene BS degree: Completion Track added

2018-2019 Catalog & Addendums

Effective Fall 2018

 
Degree & Certificate Requirements

p. 66  –  Added MATH 180
p. 72  –  Added MATH 180
p. 73  –  Corrected courses for Area 3, Arts
p. 73  –   Corrected courses for Area 3, Humanities
p. 73  –   Corrected courses for Area 4, Social & Behavioral Sciences
p. 74  –   Corrected courses for Area C-1, Arts
p. 74  –   Corrected courses for Area D, Social Sciences
p. 74  –  Corrected courses for Area E, Lifelong Understanding
p. 76-131  –  Edited footnote to include MATH 180
p. 121  –  Revised Radiologic Technology program

Course Listings

p. 270  –  Revised MATH 48A
p. 270  –  Added MATH 180
p. 271  –  Added MATH 248A
p. 313  –  Revised R T 53A
p. 313  –  Revised R T 53B
p. 313  –  Revised R T 53C
p. 314  –  Added R T 61A
p. 314  –  Revised R T 61B
p. 315  –  Added R T 74
p. 315  –  Added R T 201
p. 315  –  Added R T 202
p. 316-337  –  Text reflow caused new pagination/no other changes

Effective Winter 2019

Degree & Certificate Requirements

p. 112 – Revised Non-Credit: Bridge to College Level Mathematics program
p. 121 – Revised Respiratory Therapy program

Course Listings

p. 286        Revised NCBS 405
p. 319        Revised RSPT 86
p. 319        Revised RSPT 87A
p. 319        Revised RSPT 87B

Effective Spring 2019

Degree & Certificate Requirements

None

Course Listings

To ensure compliance with AB 705, prerequisites and Advisory statements have been updated on a number of courses.

Please use the Online Searchable Course Catalog to view the listing for each of the following courses, which includes any updates that have been made effective Spring quarter 2019.

Note: Course Listings in the 2018-2019 Course Catalog  have not been updated; please refer to the Online Searchable Course Catalog to ensure you’re viewing the most up-to-date information for each course.


Updated Prerequisites
  • CHEM 1A, 1AH, 9, 20, 25, 30A
  • CRWR 6, 39A
  • C S 18
  • ECON 1A, 1B
  • ENGL 1A, 1AH
  • ENGR 6, 10
  • MATH 1A, 1AH, 10, 11, 12, 22, 42, 44, 48A, 48B, 105, 217
  • PHT 54A
  • PHYS 2A, 6
  • PSYC 7
  • RSPT 52
  • R T 55A
  • SOC 7
  • THTR 2A, 2B

Updated Advisory Statements
  • ACTG 1A, 1B, 1BH, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66, 67, 68A, 68B, 68C, 75, 76
  • APAV 53B
  • BIOL 8
  • BUSI 11, 18, 70, 87, 90A, 95, 96
  • CHLD 51A
  • COMM 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 54A, 55
  • CNSL 6, 86, 87, 88, 89
  • CRWR 25A, 41A
  • C S 1A, 1AH, 1B, 2A, 2AH, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 49
  • ECON 1A, 1B, 9
  • ENGL 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18A, 22, 24, 31, 34C, 37, 40, 41, 49, 50C, 80
  • ENGR 6
  • GEOG 1, 2, 5, 10, 11
  • GIST 11
  • HIST 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17A, 17B, 17C, 18, 19, 20
  • HUMN 58
  • JRNL 2
  • MATH 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B, 10, 11, 12, 17, 22, 42, 44, 48A, 48B, 48C, 67, 217, 248A
  • MDIA 11, 12
  • NCBS 403B
  • PHIL 24, 30
  • PHT 200L
  • POLI 1, 2, 3, 9, 15
  • PSE 20, 41, 43, 56
  • PSYC 21
  • RSPT 50A
  • SOSC 1, 2
  • SPED 1, 2, 65
  • WMN 5, 11, 21

Additionally, the course descriptions for the following have been updated:

  • NCBS 403A, 403B

2018-2019 Addendums

2017-2018 & Past Years

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