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Areas of Study & Courses BTEC 299 Occupational Cooperative Work Certificate of Achievement Total Units Experience Laboratory Skills 39 This certificate is designed to meet the increasing need for trained and competent associates in laboratory environments. Certificate of Achievement The required courses provide students with fundamental Bioprocess Technology laboratory skills to start or enhance a career in the biosciences. Students completing this certificate can expect employment This certificate provides a foundation in, and practical utilizing their technical skills in the performance of tests application of, the technologies employed by biotechnology and routine tasks inherent to a wide range of laboratory companies engaged in the production of cell-derived products environments. This certificate is intended for the development of from small to large scales. Through a combination of applied general laboratory skills as well as professional growth for those lecture and hands-on laboratory instruction, students acquire already employed in the industry. the confidence, competence, and compliance for technical work in a regulated environment. Bioprocess technologies Program Student Learning Outcome Statement encompass the operation of specialized equipment and instrumentation used to produce biopharmaceuticals or Upon completion of the program, students will be able reagents utilized by biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and to successfully perform a technical laboratory task by academic research labs. Students learn to grow a variety employing the appropriate equipment and tools, safely and of cells, express a biomolecule of interest, and recover the effectively. desired biomolecule through a series of purification steps. They learn to follow good manufacturing practices by maintaining Required courses:   records in order to comply with quality system requirements BTEC 107 and government regulations. This certificate is designed for Exploring Biotechnology: Emerging 3 bioprocess-technician skill development as well as professional BTEC 108 Trends, Careers, and the Local development for those already employed in the industry. or BTEC 108H Industry or BIO 105 or BIO 204 Biomanufacturing: From Gene to 3-4 or BIO 204H Product Program Student Learning Outcome Statement BTEC 110 Biomanufacturing: From Gene to Product Upon completion of the program, students will be able or BTEC 110H (Honors) to successfully perform a technical laboratory task by employing the appropriate equipment and tools, safely and BTEC 120 Introductory Biology: Biotechnology in effectively. Total Units Society Required courses:   Foundations of Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology BTEC 110 Basic Techniques in Biotechnology 5 Foundations of Biology: Biochemistry, Cell or BTEC 110H Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology Basic Techniques in Biotechnology 3 (Honors) BTEC 120 (Honors) 1 1.5 Basic Techniques in Biotechnology 5 BTEC 211 Business and Regulatory Practices in 3 Biotechnology Basic Techniques in Biotechnology BTEC 221 (Honors) Technical Writing for Regulated Environments Business and Regulatory Practices in Biotechnology Bioprocessing: Cell Culture and Scale-up 14-15 BTEC 222 Bioprocessing: Large Scale 1.5 Certificate of Achievement Purification Research and Development Select at least one course from the following: 1-3 This certificate is designed to meet the increasing need for entry-level laboratory technicians, especially in the field of BTEC 107 Exploring Biotechnology: Emerging research and development. Technicians in this field must Trends, Careers, and the Local be proficient in the application of scientific methodology to Industry solve problems. They must learn and implement laboratory procedures and use specialized laboratory equipment. BTEC 108 Biomanufacturing: From Gene to Competency in organizational, computational, and Product communication skills is required. This program is designed to give students the theoretical background and practical BTEC 108H Biomanufacturing: From Gene to experience necessary to be a bench-level scientist in Product (Honors) both academic and industrial settings. Completion of this program prepares students to gain entry-level employment, BTEC 210 Data Analysis with Excel or with additional coursework students can transfer to BTEC 292 Internship Studies four-year institutions in the biosciences. Graduates of this biotechnology program can expect to be employed in various BTEC 299 Occupational Cooperative Work capacities, including quality control, applied research, product Experience Total Units 13-15 151MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses development, analytical testing, and academic (basic) Courses research. BTEC 107: Exploring Biotechnology: Emerging Trends, Careers, Program Student Learning Outcome Statement and the Local Industry Units: 3 Upon completion of the program, students will report Prerequisites: None that they were sufficiently developed to meet employer Acceptable for Credit: CSU expectations for entry-level performance in a technical Lecture 3 hours. laboratory. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Required courses:   This course introduces students to the emerging role of BTEC 107 biotechnology in modern society. It examines the origins and Exploring Biotechnology: Emerging 3 impact of the biotechnology industry from physiological and Trends, Careers, and the Local socio-cultural aspects, including how biotechnology advances Industry have transformed individual lives and communities. Topics include new technologies in development and the role of BIO 105 Introductory Biology: Biotechnology 3-4 biotechnology in addressing societal challenges, such as in Society the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Students are oriented to biotechnology careers, employment trends, and or BIO 204 Foundations of Biology: Biochemistry, Cell the required high-tech, high-touch workforce skills necessary or BIO 204H Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology for success in a globally and locally robust professional environment. Foundations of Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology BTEC 108: Biomanufacturing: From Gene to Product (Honors) Units: 3 Prerequisites: None BTEC 110 Basic Techniques in Biotechnology 5 Advisory: ENGL 100 or ENGL 100H. or BTEC 110H Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Basic Techniques in Biotechnology 3 BTEC 108H. BTEC 120 (Honors) 4-5 Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. BTEC 180 Business and Regulatory Practices in Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Biotechnology This course serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary Biostatistics field of biomanufacturing with content appropriate for a wide range of students, including non-science majors. Topics include or BTEC 180H Biostatistics (Honors) a general examination of biological and chemical principles or MATH 150 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I as they relate to the development, production, recovery, and analysis of products made by living organisms. Lecture or MATH 150H Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (Honors) content emphasizes the use of living systems to produce BTEC 210 therapeutics, foods, cosmetics, and fuels. The course addresses Data Analysis with Excel 1 how biomanufacturing may impact current societal challenges with a discussion of the scientific, business, and legal/ethical CHEM 150 General Chemistry I: For Science 5 issues. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BTEC 108 or BTEC 108H. Majors or CHEM 150H General Chemistry I: For Science Majors (Honors) CHEM 151 General Chemistry II: For Science 5 Majors or CHEM 151H General Chemistry II: For Science Majors (Honors) ENGL 100 Composition and Reading 4 or ENGL 100H Composition and Reading (Honors) Select at least 2 electives from below: 2 BTEC 201 Advanced Cell Culture BTEC 203 Techniques in DNA Amplification BTEC 204 Recombinant DNA BTEC 206 Principles of Separation and HPLC BTEC 207 Techniques in Immunochemistry BTEC 231 and ELISA BTEC 292 Gene Editing Techniques: CRISPR- Cas9 Internship Studies BTEC 299 Occupational Cooperative Work Experience Total Units 35-37 152    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses BTEC 108H: Biomanufacturing: From Gene to Product (Honors) BTEC 110H: Basic Techniques in Biotechnology (Honors) Units: 3 Units: 5 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: BIO 105, BIO 204, BIO 204H, BTEC 108, or Advisory: ENGL 100 or ENGL 100H. BTEC 108H. Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Advisory: MATH 64, MATH 64S and ENGL 100, or ENGL 100H BTEC 108. Enrollment Limitation: Concurrent enrollment in BIO 105, Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC BIO 204, BIO 204H, BTEC 108, or BTEC 108H if prerequisite not met Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. and not open to students with prior credit in BTEC 110. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. This course serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring field of biomanufacturing with content appropriate for a wide range of students, including non-science majors. Topics include This course focuses on the basic laboratory skills needed for a general examination of biological and chemical principles employment in the biotechnology/biomanufacturing industry. as they relate to the development, production, recovery, Students learn laboratory safety and documentation while and analysis of products made by living organisms. Lecture acquiring skills in the maintenance and calibration of basic content emphasizes the use of living systems to produce lab equipment, calculation and preparation of lab solutions therapeutics, foods, cosmetics, and fuels. The course addresses and media, and routine handling of cell cultures. Students also how biomanufacturing may impact current societal challenges develop fundamental skills in spectroscopy, centrifugation, with a discussion of the scientific, business, and legal/ethical performance of assays, gel electrophoresis, and the purification issues. This honors course offers highly motivated students the and handling of biological molecules, such as proteins. This opportunity to complete, document, and discuss independent honors course offers highly motivated students the opportunity scientific research. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BTEC 108 or to complete, document, and discuss independent scientific BTEC 108H. research. (Materials Fee: $30.00). UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. BTEC 110: Basic Techniques in Biotechnology Units: 5 BTEC 120: Business and Regulatory Practices in Biotechnology Prerequisites: BIO 105, BIO 204, BIO 204H, BTEC 108, or Units: 3 BTEC 108H. Prerequisites: None Advisory: MATH 64, MATH 64S and ENGL 100, or ENGL 100H Acceptable for Credit: CSU Enrollment Limitation: Concurrent enrollment in BIO 105, Lecture 3 hours. BIO 204, BIO 204H, BTEC 108, or BTEC 108H if prerequisite not met Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring and not open to students with prior credit in BTEC 110H. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC This course examines basic business principles and practices Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. utilized in the discovery, development, and production Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring phases of new product development. It explores the role of governmental oversight and regulation in assuring the safety, This course focuses on the basic laboratory skills needed efficacy, and quality of a biotechnology product. for employment in the biotechnology/biomanufacturing industry. Students learn laboratory safety and documentation BTEC 180: Biostatistics while acquiring skills in the maintenance and calibration of Units: 4 basic lab equipment, calculation and preparation of lab Prerequisites: MATH 28, MATH 30 or eligibility determined by the solutions and media, and routine handling of cell cultures. math placement process. Students also develop fundamental skills in spectroscopy, Advisory: BIO 110, BIO 111, BIO 105, BIO 202, BIO 204, BIO 204H, centrifugation, performance of assays, gel electrophoresis, and BTEC 108, or BTEC 108H. the purification and handling of biological molecules, such as Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in proteins. (Materials Fee: $30.00). UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit BTEC 180H. for BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This introductory statistics course covers the principles and practice of statistical design and analysis for scientific experimentation. Topics include hypothesis formation, experimental design and execution, data analysis, and communication with application to scientific fields, such as the biological and health sciences. The course includes laboratory application with extensive use of computer software for statistical analysis and simulation. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BTEC 180/BTEC 180H, BUS 204/BUS 204H, MATH 103/ MATH 103S, PSYC 104/PSYC 104H, or SOC 125. Some CSU campuses may also impose this credit limitation. 153MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses BTEC 180H: Biostatistics (Honors) BTEC 204: Recombinant DNA Units: 4 Units: 1 Prerequisites: MATH 28, MATH 30 or eligibility determined by the Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. math placement process. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Advisory: BIO 110, BIO 111, BIO 105, BIO 202, BIO 204, BIO 204H, Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 0.75 hour. BTEC 108, or BTEC 108H. Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring every 3rd sem Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in BTEC 180. This advanced course provides skills in recombinant DNA Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC technology used to analyze and manipulate DNA in the Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. biotechnology laboratory. Students learn about the process of Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring cloning and analyzing DNA and acquire the skills necessary to cut, piece together, and introduce new DNA molecules into This introductory statistics course covers the principles prepared host bacterial cells. and practice of statistical design and analysis for scientific experimentation. As an honors course, it offers an enriched BTEC 206: Principles of Separation and HPLC experience for highly motivated students through more in-depth Units: 1 coverage of course topics and the opportunity to analyze Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. data for an independent project. Topics include hypothesis Acceptable for Credit: CSU formation, experimental design and execution, data analysis, Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 0.75 hour. and communication with application to scientific fields, such Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring every 3rd sem as the biological and health sciences. The course includes laboratory application with extensive use of computer software This advanced course provides skills in the separation of for statistical analysis and simulation. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: biomolecules from complex mixtures using high performance Credit for BTEC 180/BTEC 180H, BUS 204/BUS 204H, MATH 103/ liquid chromatography (HPLC). Instruction focuses on MATH 103S, PSYC 104/PSYC 104H, or SOC 125. Some CSU understanding the principles of separation, acquiring skills campuses may also impose this credit limitation. in the separation of various biomolecules, and analyzing the outcome for the purpose of determining system performance BTEC 201: Advanced Cell Culture and biomolecular purification. The course assumes some prior Units: 1 knowledge of solution preparation, assays, and spectroscopy. Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC BTEC 207: Techniques in Immunochemistry and ELISA Lecture 0.50 hour, laboratory 1.50 hours. Units: 1 Course Typically Offered: Spring Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. Acceptable for Credit: CSU This advanced course teaches skills in the proper handling Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 0.75 hour. of cells from higher organisms, such as plants, mammals, Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring every 3rd sem and insects, that are routinely maintained in culture in the biotechnology laboratory. Instruction focuses on growth and This advanced course provides skills in the use of antibody manipulation techniques and long-term maintenance of reagents as a tool in the biotechnology laboratory. It focuses various laboratory cell cultures that may include anchorage- on the nature and specificity of antibody reagents for the dependent and suspension cell lines as well as stem cell identification and quantification of biological molecules. cultures. Students learn how to set up, perform, and analyze techniques utilizing antibodies, such as Westerns and ELISAs. BTEC 203: Techniques in DNA Amplification Units: 1 BTEC 210: Data Analysis with Excel Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. Units: 1 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Prerequisites: None Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 0.75 hour. Advisory: CSIT 101. Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring every 3rd sem Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 0.75 hour. This advanced course provides skills in the performance of the Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a technique commonly used to amplify DNA in forensics and the biotechnology laboratory. This course teaches students how modern spreadsheet Instruction focuses on understanding the process; potential programs can be used to collect and organize data for applications of DNA amplification; and the skills related to subsequent tabulation, summarization, and graphical display. the setup, performance, and evaluation of the technique's It utilizes various forms of scientific data to teach the techniques outcome. The course assumes some prior knowledge of and skill that facilitate the capture, analysis, and management solution preparation and gel electrophoresis. of data. Topics include importing and organizing data, filtering and sorting, graphing, and statistical analysis functions. 154    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses BTEC 211: Technical Writing for Regulated Environments BTEC 231: Gene Editing Techniques: CRISPR-Cas9 Units: 1 Units: 1 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. Advisory: BTEC 110 and ACE 150, ENGL 50, ESL 150, or eligibility Acceptable for Credit: CSU determined by the English placement process. Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 0.75 hour. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring Lecture 1 hour. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This advanced course provides skills in the performance of the revolutionary genome editing technique CRISPR-Cas9. This course provides the requisite tools to understand Instruction focuses on a deep understanding of this powerful why technical writing exists and how that writing works in and popular gene-editing technique to better appreciate conjunction with the many types of documents found in the promise, risks, and ethics behind its many applications. regulated environments. It also develops the techniques Laboratory activities develop skills related to the setup, needed to deliver clear and complete passages with precise performance, and evaluation of the technique's outcome. The language. Students apply best practices for technical writing to course assumes some prior knowledge of solution preparation a variety of documents, including reports, standard operating and aseptic streak-plating of bacterial cultures. procedures (SOP), and investigations. BTEC 292: Internship Studies BTEC 221: Bioprocessing: Cell Culture and Scale-up Units: 0.5-3 Units: 1.5 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per Advisory: BTEC 120 unit. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 2.25 hours. approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU This laboratory course develops the skills and knowledge Course Typically Offered: To be arranged related to the culture of cells in increasingly larger scales for the production of biological molecules. Students grow and monitor This course provides students the opportunity to apply the a variety of cells (bacterial, yeast, and/or mammalian) on a theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship laboratory scale that emulates the large-scale production used position in a professional setting under the instruction of a in industry. They become familiar with the cleaning, sterilization, faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students aseptic inoculation, operation, and monitoring of fermenters to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals and bioreactors. The course emphasizes the use of current employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and process control employability skills development, and examination of the world strategies, and students gain experience following Standard of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students Operating Procedures (SOPs). must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than BTEC 222: Bioprocessing: Large Scale Purification 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience Units: 1.5 (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H. community college attendance. Advisory: BTEC 120 Acceptable for Credit: CSU BTEC 296: Topics in Biotechnology Lecture 0.75 hour, laboratory 2.25 hours. Units: 1-4 Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU This laboratory course develops the skills and knowledge Lecture 1 hour. related to purification of biological molecules produced on Lecture 2 hours. a large scale. Students utilize the most common types of Lecture 3 hours. separation equipment, including tangential flow filtration, Lecture 4 hours. centrifugation, and column chromatography. They become Course Typically Offered: To be arranged familiar with the cleaning, sanitization, calibration, operation, and monitoring of large-scale purification equipment. The This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in course emphasizes the use of current Good Manufacturing Biotechnology that are not included in regular course offerings. Practices (cGMPs) and process control strategies, and students Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own gain experience following Standard Operating Procedures title and 296 number designation in the class schedule. (SOPs). 155MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses BTEC 299: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience BTEC 320: Design of Experiments for Biomanufacturing Units: 1-6 Units: 4 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: BTEC 110 or BTEC 110H and BTEC 180 or Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per BTEC 180H. unit. Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enroll bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or College. internship studies concurrently. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Fall Course Typically Offered: To be arranged This course teaches formalized design of experiments (DOE), a Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who are system that optimizes a process through the methodical varying employed in a job directly related to their major. It allows such of key parameters and a formalized approach to analyzing, students the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of their interpreting, and applying the results. DOE is designed to make discipline to their position and to undertake new responsibilities any process more robust and minimize variability from external and learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting, sources. The course builds upon the statistical concepts employability skills development, and examination of the world required for DOE, including hypothesis testing, confidence of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students may intervals, statistical models, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative The DOE approach systematically varies the parameters of a work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship biomanufacturing process to improve its operation. This course studies during community college attendance. is open only to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing bachelor's degree program. BTEC 300: Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning in Biomanufacturing BTEC 330: Advanced Topics in Quality Assurance and Units: 3 Regulatory Affairs Prerequisites: BTEC 120. Units: 4 Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the Prerequisites: BTEC 120. bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the College. bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Lecture 3 hours. College. Course Typically Offered: Fall Lecture 4 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring Students gain knowledge of how companies manage the complete flow of materials in a supply chain from suppliers to This course builds upon previous knowledge of quality customers. This course covers the design, planning, execution, assurance and regulatory affairs to study the harmonized monitoring, and control of raw materials, personnel resources, quality system approaches of the International Council for inventory management, and distribution. At the end students Harmonisation Q8 through Q11. The course pays special will have the knowledge required to take the CPIM (Certified attention to the topics of quality risk management, qualification, in Production and Inventory Management) certification test and validation. This course is open only to students enrolled in administered by APICS (the American Production and Inventory the biomanufacturing bachelor's degree program. Control Society). This course is open only to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing bachelor's degree program. BTEC 340: Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Units: 3 BTEC 310: Biomanufacturing Process Sciences Prerequisites: BTEC 120 and BTEC 180 or BTEC 180H. Units: 5 Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the Prerequisites: BTEC 221 and BTEC 222. bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the College. bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Lecture 3 hours. College. Course Typically Offered: Spring Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring This course covers the Six Sigma approach to the maintenance and improvement of biomanufacturing processes. This lecture/laboratory course examines the biological, It incorporates the DMAIC phases: define, measure, physical, and chemical scientific principles that support the analyze, improve, and control. The course covers the use design, development, and optimization of key parameters and implementation of lean manufacturing tools that in a biomanufacturing process. Process sciences covers biomanufacturing companies use to reduce waste. At the end the essential theories that underpin the biomanufacturing of the course, students will be prepared to take the certification operations from product formation through product purification test for qualification with a yellow belt in Six Sigma. This course and how those operations scale up and scale down. The topics is open only to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing include fermenter and bioreactor design and the design of bachelor's degree program. downstream processes that maximize the yield, safety, and efficacy of a protein pharmaceutical. This course is open only to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing bachelor's degree program. 156    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses BTEC 360: Design of Biomanufacturing Facilities, Critical BTEC 460: Capstone Seminar in Biomanufacturing Utilities, Processes, and Equipment Technologies Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: BTEC 120, BTEC 221, and BTEC 222. Prerequisites: BTEC 310. Enrollment Limitation: Concurrent enrollment in BTEC 221 and Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the BTEC 222 if prerequisites not met. bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Lecture 3 hours. College. Course Typically Offered: Fall Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring Students evaluate how the design of a biomanufacturing facility maintains appropriate levels of cleanliness and This course examines the breadth of products that are sterility and promotes the production of safe and effective produced through biological processes. The course will focus products. Students analyze the design of the processes, on the advances and emerging technologies in biological equipment, and instrumentation used in biological production production and purification operations. This course is open only to generate critical utilities, aseptic systems, environmental to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing bachelor's degree control and monitoring, upstream production, and downstream program. (recovery and purification) production within a regulated environment. This course is open only to students enrolled in the BTEC 470: Capstone Seminar in Biomanufacturing Quality biomanufacturing bachelor's degree program. Units: 3 Prerequisites: BTEC 330. BTEC 400: Bioprocess Monitoring and Control Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the Units: 4 bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Prerequisites: BTEC 310. College. Enrollment Limitation: Open only to students enrolled in the Lecture 3 hours. bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Course Typically Offered: Spring College. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. This course examines the process by which the quality systems Course Typically Offered: Fall of biomanufacturing evolve by examining a selected current trend in the laws and regulations governing biopharmaceutical This course covers the measurement, monitoring, modeling, manufacturing. Students evaluate the effectiveness of the laws and control of biomanufacturing processes and the statistical and regulations governing biopharmaceutical manufacturing. methodology used for measuring, analyzing, and controlling This course serves as a capstone experience for students in quality during the manufacturing process, including control biomanufacturing quality. This course is open only to students charts and the analysis of process capabilities. This course enrolled in the biomanufacturing bachelor's degree program. is open only to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing bachelor's degree program. Black Studies BTEC 410: Methods in Quality, Improvements, Investigations, Black Studies is the interdisciplinary study of the social, political, and Audits economic, and historical experiences of Africans in America Units: 4 and around the world. Black Studies focus on systematic Prerequisites: BTEC 330 and BTEC 340. racism, white supremacy, and anti-blackness with the ultimate Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the goal of overcoming systems of oppression throughout the bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta world.  Black Studies also investigates how race/ethnicity College. intersects with class, gender, and sexuality. Students take Lecture 4 hours. courses to prepare for a Black Studies major or to fulfill general Course Typically Offered: Fall education requirements. Career options include teaching at the high school and college level, social work, non-profit This course examines investigational methods used by quality work, human services, counseling, law enforcement, legal assurance departments to analyze process deviations and professions, and business. make decisions about severity of deviation. Students learn to write industry-standard corrective and preventive action Academic and Career Pathway: Social and Behavioral (CAPA) reports to conclude what corrective and preventive Sciences actions result from the investigation. The course also covers how a company would perform an audit in anticipation of Contact Information an inspection by the Food and Drug Administration or for the supplier of a key raw material. Course content is aligned with Chair: Bruce Hoskins Department: Sociology the American Society for Quality's Body of Knowledge for a Dean: Michael Fino Office: Building OC3100, Certified Quality Technician examination. This course is open https://www.miracosta.edu/ 760.795.6871 only to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing bachelor's academics/degree-and- degree program. certificate-programs/social- and-behavioral-sciences/ sociology/index.html 157MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses Courses lower-division major preparation. This degree may not be appropriate preparation for students transferring to a CSU BLST 240: Introduction to Black Studies campus not accepting this degree or to a university or college Units: 3 that is not part of the CSU system. Students should consult with Prerequisites: None a MiraCosta counselor for further information regarding the Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in most efficient pathway to transfer as a business administration SOC 240. major and to determine which CSU campuses are participating Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC in this program. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring To complete the degree, students must fulfill the following requirements: This course introduces students to the social and academic origins of Africans in America and around the world. By Complete a minimum of 60 CSU-transferable semester units. employing a sociological approach, students gain a broader and deeper understanding of the Black experience. This course Complete all courses required in the major with a “C” or \"P\" is intended for students who want to acquire fundamental or better. knowledge related to areas of study within the Black Studies discipline, various cultures of Africa, and the African Diaspora. Complete the CSU-GE (Plan B) or IGETC (Plan C)* general education pattern. Business Administration Obtain a minimum CSU-transferable GPA of 2.0. The Business Department offers theoretical and practical courses for students planning to transfer as business majors, Complete a minimum of 12 units in residence at MiraCosta career and technical courses that lead to certificates of College. proficiency and achievement, and courses designed to improve workplace skills. Career opportunities in business * Students completing IGETC may be awarded the degree, include accounting, marketing, finance, supply chain but they must complete a course from Area IC: Oral management, small business development, and management Communication to meet CSU admission requirements. in retail, service, manufacturing, government, and nonprofit organizations. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Academic and Career Pathway: Business and Technology  Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to develop communication, critical thinking, Contact Information financial analysis, and problem-solving skills that will effectively prepare them for advanced study in business at the university level. Chair: Annie Ngo Department: Business Required courses:   ACCT 201 Dean: Al Taccone Office: Building OC4800, Financial Accounting 4 or ACCT 201H https://www.miracosta.edu/ 760.795.6811 ACCT 202 Financial Accounting (Honors) academics/degree-and- or ACCT 202H Managerial Accounting 4 BUS 140 certificate-programs/business- or BUS 140H and-technology/business- ECON 101 Managerial Accounting (Honors) ECON 102 administration/index.html MATH 115 Legal Environment of Business 3 Full-Time Faculty or MATH 150 Legal Environment of Business (Honors) 3 or MATH 150H Principles of Economics: MACRO * 3 Annie Ngo BUS 204 Principles of Economics: MICRO * 5 Suganya Sankaranarayanan or BUS 204H Calculus with Applications * Nate Scharff or BTEC 180 Christina Sharp or BTEC 180H Calculus and Analytic Geometry I or MATH 103 or MATH 103S Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (Honors) or PSYC 104 Associate Degrees or PSYC 104H Business Statistics * 3-5 or SOC 125 Associate in Science Degree BUS 120 Business Statistics (Honors) Business Administration 2.0 for Transfer or BUS 120H Biostatistics Students completing this associate degree will have completed lower-division major preparation requirements for a business Biostatistics (Honors) administration degree, an emphasis or option within a business administration degree, or a degree considered similar to Statistics business administration at a participating California State University (CSU) campus. Following transfer to a participating Statistics with Integrated Support CSU campus, students will be required to complete no more than 60 units to obtain a bachelor’s degree; however, some Statistics for Behavioral Science CSU campuses accepting this degree may require additional Statistics for Behavioral Science (Honors) Introduction to Statistics in Sociology Introduction to Business 3 Introduction to Business (Honors) 158    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses or BUS 290 Business Communication maintain a successful business. Students choose from a variety or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) of electives, emphasizing either selected business skills or Total Units industry-specific expertise. Students may take courses in any 28-30 sequence. * Course satisfies a general education requirement on the Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CSU-GE or IGETC general education pattern. To ensure this degree is completed with no more than 60 units, students Upon completion of this program, the student will be able should select courses that will also satisfy a general education to develop a business plan, marketing plan, and financial requirement. Note: All of the statistics courses listed are also statements for a proposed business. GE courses. Required courses:   NOTES: ACCT 101 Practical Accounting 4 3 1. To ensure this degree is completed with no more than 60 or ACCT 201 Financial Accounting 3 units, students should select courses that also satisfy a 3 general education requirement on the CSU-GE or IGETC or ACCT 201H Financial Accounting (Honors) 9 general education pattern. Students are strongly advised to select courses that meet lower-division major preparation BUS 130 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 22 requirements at their intended transfer university and to Management complete the History, Constitution, and American Ideals requirement prior to transfer.  BUS 132 Marketing 2. Cal State University San Marcos (CSUSM) transfer: Students BUS 136 Human Relations in Business are required to use this degree pathway for the following emphases: Accounting, Business Analytics, Finance, Select at least 9 elective units from the following: General, Global Business, Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing. Students interested BUS 120 Introduction to Business in Business Administration with an emphasis in Global Supply Chain Management may complete the Business or BUS 120H Introduction to Business (Honors) Administration 2.0 for Transfer degree. BUS 134 Retail Management 3. San Diego State University (SDSU) transfer: Students may use this degree pathway for the General Business and Financial BUS 135 Personal Selling Services emphasis only. These students should select BUS 290/290H as a choice above. If CSIT 120, Fundamentals BUS 138 Business Promotion of Computer Information Systems, is not completed, the SDSU comparable course, MIS 180, will be required after BUS 144 Budgeting Basics transfer. Note: MiraCosta College is not in the SDSU local service area. Please see a counselor for further details. BUS 147 Personal Finance Associate in Arts Degrees BUS 152 Business Idea Generation and Entrepreneurship Feasibility Analysis Management Marketing BUS 153 Business Startup Fundamentals Retail Management Supply Chain Management (SCM) BUS 154 Funding the Entrepreneurial Venture Students may earn one of the above-named associate degrees BUS 155 Business Plan Development by completing a certificate of achievement and the general education courses required for MiraCosta College's Associate BUS 160 International Business in Arts degree (see Associate Degrees (p. 69)). Students should meet with a MiraCosta counselor to identify required courses BUS 289 Career Mentoring and to develop a written educational plan for the specific degree or certificate they wish to earn. BUS 292 Internship Studies Certificates CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence Certificate of Achievement CSIT 155 Social Media for Business Entrepreneurship HOSP 100 Introduction to Hospitality Students who start and run their own businesses enjoy the Management freedom of being their own boss with unlimited earning potential. This certificate program is for both current and HOSP 130 Conference and Special Event prospective entrepreneurs. It assists students in learning and Management applying the traits and skills necessary to start, operate, and MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals MTEC 160 Business of Music and Media I Total Units Certificate of Achievement Management The Management certificate benefits students who are trying to keep pace with an increasingly turbulent working environment. It is particularly appropriate for manufacturing firms facing strong international competition and for all service industries. Completion of the certificate gives students a solid introduction to various management philosophies and skills and is a valuable addition to their resume. Students choose from a variety of electives, emphasizing either selected skills or industry- specific expertise. Students may take courses in any sequence. 159MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses Program Student Learning Outcome Statement BUS 290 Business Communication 3 9 Upon completion of this program, the student will be able or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) to develop communication, critical thinking, and problem 21 solving skills that will effectively prepare her/him for a career Select at least 9 elective units from the following: in management. BUS 120 Introduction to Business or BUS 120H Introduction to Business (Honors) Required courses:   BUS 134 Retail Management BUS 136 Human Relations in Business BUS 117 Human Resources Management 3 BUS 131 Management Principles 3 BUS 160 International Business BUS 204 Business Statistics BUS 136 Human Relations in Business 3 Business Statistics (Honors) BUS 290 Business Communication 3 or BUS 204H Business Communication (Honors) or BUS 290H BUS 289 Career Mentoring BUS 292 Internship Studies Select at least 9 units from the following: 9 CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting CSIT 155 Social Media for Business or ACCT 202H Managerial Accounting (Honors) MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals BUS 120 Introduction to Business or BUS 120H Introduction to Business (Honors) Total Units BUS 130 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Certificate of Achievement BUS 133 Management Retail Management Project Management Retail management is an expanding career path supported by many industry sectors. Strong retail managers are BUS 134 Retail Management essential to business success in electronics, clothing, food, BUS 140 Legal Environment of Business entertainment, home furnishings, cosmetics, gifts, athletic equipment, pet supplies, and just about every other imaginable or BUS 140H Legal Environment of Business (Honors) consumer product and service. This certificate, designed BUS 204 Business Statistics in collaboration with industry leaders, provides the student Business Statistics (Honors) with many of the competencies required for success at the or BUS 204H management level within the vast retail industry. The program encompasses business essentials, such as accounting and BUS 289 Career Mentoring marketing, and emphasizes the \"soft skills\" of management and BUS 292 Internship Studies communication required for career success. This certificate has been endorsed by the Western Association of Food Chains and COMM 101 Public Speaking its member companies. COMM 106 Group Communication HOSP 100 Introduction to Hospitality Management Total Units 21 Certificate of Achievement Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Marketing Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Marketing is the process of planning and executing the to develop communication, marketing, and management conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, skills that effectively prepare him/her for a career in retail. goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives. It is critical to all business Required courses:   success. This program is for the student currently in or hoping to enter the marketing field. Students learn how products and BUS 117 Human Resources Management 3 services are developed, priced, promoted, and distributed; BUS 131 Management Principles 3 they also learn and practice marketing skills needed in the job market. Students may take courses in any sequence. Students BUS 132 Marketing 3 are encouraged to choose a variety of electives that best BUS 134 Retail Management 3 increase their skill set. BUS 136 Human Relations in Business 3 BUS 290 Business Communication 3 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) ACCT 101 Practical Accounting Upon completion of this program the student will be able 4 to develop communication, critical thinking, and problem solving skills that will prepare him/her for a career in or ACCT 201 Financial Accounting 3 marketing. or ACCT 201H Financial Accounting (Honors) CSIT 110 Computer Applications Required courses:   Total Units 25 BUS 132 3 BUS 135 Marketing 3 BUS 138 Personal Selling 3 Business Promotion 160    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses Certificate of Achievement operations, purchasing, warehousing, transportation, and Social Media for Business logistics. This program is for the student currently in or hoping to enter a career in supply chain management. A strong demand This program combines business skills in marketing, advertising, in the region for supply chain professionals provides numerous and communication with technical skills in social media and e- job opportunities in this field. This program also prepares commerce. Students gain a working knowledge of techniques students to obtain professional certifications specific to the field to increase and optimize business-oriented web traffic in various of SCM. Students may take courses in any sequence and are social media venues, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, encouraged to choose a variety of electives that best increase and other emerging social media and e-commerce platforms. their skill set for employment based on their area of focus. Students achieve focus through elective selections. Students should consider electives based on their need for building more Program Student Learning Outcome Statement skills with service and communication (BUS 136 and BUS 290), technical skills and software (CSIT 120 and CSIT 137), or web Upon completion of this program, the student will be able and graphic design (MAT 110 and MAT 125). Students can also to demonstrate supply chain management skills and gain real-world practical experience through internships (BUS/ strategies to support global supply chain and operations CSIT/MAT 292) and work experience (BUS/CSIT/MAT 299). management activities and decision-making. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Required courses:   BUS 128 3 Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Introduction to Supply Chain to develop a social media marketing plan using multiple Management platforms to reach his/her audience. BUS 140 Legal Environment of Business 3 Required courses:   or BUS 140H Legal Environment of Business (Honors) 3 BUS 132 Business Statistics BUS 138 BUS 204 CSIT 146 Marketing 3 or BUS 204H Business Statistics (Honors) 3 Business Promotion 3 BUS 290 Business Communication E-Commerce and Web Presence 3 3 or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) 6 CSIT 155 Social Media for Business Select at least nine units from the following: 9 18 Select a minimum of six units from the courses below: ACCT 201 Financial Accounting BUS 120 Introduction to Business or ACCT 201H Financial Accounting (Honors) or BUS 120H Introduction to Business (Honors) ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting BUS 136 Human Relations in Business or ACCT 202H Managerial Accounting (Honors) BUS 290 Business Communication BUS 131 Management Principles BUS 133 Project Management or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) BUS 141 Transportation and Logistics BUS 292 Internship Studies * BUS 299 Occupational Cooperative Work BUS 143 Warehousing Operations Experience * BUS 160 International Business CSIT 120 Fundamentals of Computer BUS 205 Manufacturing and Service Information Systems Operations CSIT 137 Google Apps for Business BUS 289 Career Mentoring CSIT 292 Internship Studies * BUS 292 Internship Studies CSIT 299 Occupational Cooperative Work COMM 215 Intercultural Communication Experience * CSIT 110 Computer Applications MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop or CSIT 120 Fundamentals of Computer Information Systems MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals MAT 292 Internship Studies * Total Units 21 MAT 299 Occupational Cooperative Work Experience * Certificate of Proficiency Total Units Business Administration *Students can take 1-3 units of the 292 and 299 courses. The Business Administration certificate allows business students to demonstrate they have acquired research, analysis, and Certificate of Achievement communication skills fundamental to business. Highly motivated Supply Chain Management students who have demonstrated they have completed at least three honors courses or contracts will earn the \"honors\" Supply chain management (SCM) is the handling of the entire designation on the certificate. production flow of a good or service, starting from the raw components to delivering the final product to the consumer. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement It is particularly critical in today’s increasingly globalized environment across many industries. Career options in SCM include positions in several functional areas: manufacturing, 161MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses Upon completion of this program, the student will have BUS 160 International Business learned and applied discipline-specific research, analysis, BUS 204 Business Statistics and communications skills in business and accounting. Business Statistics (Honors) or BUS 204H Business Communication Required courses:   BUS 290 Business Communication (Honors) Computer Applications Choose a minimum of four courses. Students who 12-14 or BUS 290H Fundamentals of Computer CSIT 110 Information Systems complete three courses with (H) designation will earn an CSIT 120 honors endorsement on the certificate. Total Units BUS 120 Introduction to Business 9-11 or BUS 120H Introduction to Business (Honors) BUS 140 Legal Environment of Business Certificate of Proficiency or BUS 140H Legal Environment of Business (Honors) Business Quick Startup BUS 204 Business Statistics This program offers short, targeted, intensive classes designed or BUS 204H Business Statistics (Honors) to allow students to quickly complete their certificate and Business Communication start a business. Business Quick Startup is designed to meet a BUS 290 variety of needs, including those of students with a concept they want to bring to market; those who may be interested or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) in starting their own business but need to assess feasibility for ACCT 201 Financial Accounting an idea; and business owners who have identified an internal conceptual weakness needing improvement. This certificate is or ACCT 201H Financial Accounting (Honors) action-oriented and students will have tools they need to begin operations at the completion of the program. ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting or ACCT 202H Managerial Accounting (Honors) Total Units 12-14 Certificate of Proficiency Program Student Learning Outcome Business Fundamentals Upon completion of this program, the student will be able This certificate introduces and provides an overview of the to develop a professional business plan with all supporting issues and skills involved in business education and/or startup documentation. careers in business. An introductory business course covering marketing, management, and finance is combined with Required courses:   additional skills-based business courses. Together, these BUS 132 courses provide a foundation for work and/or study related to BUS 152 Marketing 3 business. 2 Business Idea Generation and 1 Feasibility Analysis 1 2 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement BUS 153 Business Startup Fundamentals 3 BUS 154 Funding the Entrepreneurial Venture Upon completion of this program, the student will be able BUS 155 Business Plan Development 12 to explain and differentiate the various business disciplines/ functions using appropriate terminology and context. Select a minimum of 3 units from the following elective courses: Required courses:   ACCT 104 Payroll Accounting BUS 120 Introduction to Business 3 ACCT 145 Individual Income Tax or BUS 120H Introduction to Business (Honors) AUTO 105 Automotive Reconditioning and Detailing Choose two courses: 6-8 ACCT 101 Practical Accounting CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence CSIT 155 Social Media for Business ACCT 201 Financial Accounting or ACCT 201H Financial Accounting (Honors) DESN 101 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting or ACCT 202H Managerial Accounting (Honors) DESN 203 Solid Modeling HORT 121 BUS 117 Human Resources Management Sustainable Landscape and Turf HORT 166 Management BUS 131 Management Principles HOSP 130 Introduction to Sustainable BUS 132 Marketing Agriculture BUS 133 Project Management Conference and Special Event Management BUS 134 Retail Management BUS 135 Personal Selling Total Units BUS 136 Human Relations in Business BUS 138 Business Promotion BUS 140 Legal Environment of Business or BUS 140H Legal Environment of Business (Honors) 162    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses Certificate of Proficiency DESN 204 Modeling, Prototyping, and Entrepreneurship Fundamentals Manufacturing MAT 120 This certificate gives students planning their own business a Total Units Media Design 1: Production great start by introducing classes and topics dealing with the three fundamental concerns of all business: money and 15 finance (accounting), pursuing creative ideas and selling (marketing), and hiring, working with, and developing people Certificate of Proficiency (human relations). Students who complete this certificate are Retail Assistant encouraged to then pursue the Entrepreneurship Certificate of Achievement. This certificate covers topics essential to the retail workplace and addresses basic skills required for success in that setting. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Upon completion of this program the student will be able to develop basic financial, communication, and personal to develop basic marketing and sales skills that will enable management skills that will prepare him/her to create an him/her to acquire a position in a retail environment. entrepreneurial venture. Required courses:   Required courses:   ACCT 158 Business Mathematics 3 BUS 132 Marketing 3 ACCT 101 Practical Accounting 4 BUS 134 Retail Management 3 BUS 132 Marketing 3 3 Total Units 9 BUS 136 Human Relations in Business 3 Including one of the following: 13 Certificate of Proficiency Social Entrepreneurship BUS 130 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Students who start and run their own social enterprises have the potential to make a positive social impact in their community Total Units and beyond. This certificate program is for both current and prospective social entrepreneurs. It assists students in learning, Certificate of Proficiency developing, and applying the skills needed to start, operate, Project Management and maintain a successful social enterprise. Students may take courses in any sequence. Project management careers include positions in diverse areas of business, such as construction, engineering, information Program Student Learning Outcome Statement technology, telecommunications, software development, and health care. This certificate focuses on both the development Upon completion of this program, students will be able of knowledge and professional skills to become a project to develop a business plan for a social enterprise that manager by developing job-related skills in the field and addresses a social problem impacting the local or global preparation for the professional certification exam. Coursework community. topics include principles of project management, computer applications, communication, and management. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Required courses:   3 SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Introduction to Sociology (Honors) 3 to create an effective plan and schedule for a personal or or SOC 101H Contemporary Social Problems business project from defined criteria, and monitor, control, SOC 102 Introduction to Justice Studies 3 and measure performance of the project. Entrepreneurship and Small Business or SOC 105 Management 1 Required courses:   BUS 130 Business Startup Fundamentals 1 Funding the Entrepreneurial Venture 1 BUS 131 Management Principles 3 BUS 153 Internship Studies 3 BUS 154 Internship Studies 12 BUS 133 Project Management 3 BUS 292 BUS 290 Business Communication 3 or SOC 292 3 Total Units or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) CSIT 110 Computer Applications Select one course from the following: BUS 120 Introduction to Business or BUS 120H Introduction to Business (Honors) BUS 130 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management BUS 136 Human Relations in Business CSIT 120 Fundamentals of Computer Information Systems 163MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses Courses BUS 128: Introduction to Supply Chain Management Units: 3 BUS 117: Human Resources Management Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Prerequisites: None Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Fall Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course provides an overview of key supply chain management and logistics processes, concepts, and This course introduces human resource management in methodologies. The course explores the framework for supply business. Topics include the role and scope of human chain management, major issues and challenges, main resource management in an organization, strategic human cost and service elements, key strategies and practices, resource management planning, employment law, recruiting, and strategic role of information technology. Students gain training, employee development, employee communication, important global business context and explore supply chain performance management, compensation and benefits management career and educational opportunities. programs, managing diversity and global operations, collective bargaining, and using human resources as a competitive BUS 130: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management advantage. Units: 3 Prerequisites: None BUS 120: Introduction to Business Acceptable for Credit: CSU Units: 3 Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisites: None Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in BUS 120H. In this business start-up and management course, students Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC learn about conducting preliminary research, analyzing trends Lecture 3 hours. and competition, buying and starting a business or franchise, Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer developing a business plan, considering legal issues, target marketing, accounting, managing personnel, and responsible This course introduces the trends and opportunities in today's business practices. dynamic business environment as they relate to economics, global markets, ethics and social responsibility, business BUS 131: Management Principles ownership forms, entrepreneurship, management responsibility, Units: 3 human resources management, marketing, operations, Prerequisites: None accounting, and financial management. Students gain Acceptable for Credit: CSU important business context and discover business career and Lecture 3 hours. educational opportunities. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring BUS 120 or BUS 120H. C-ID BUS-110. This course explores contemporary management application BUS 120H: Introduction to Business (Honors) issues. Topics include management theories, finding and Units: 3 developing leaders, motivating employees, strategic planning, Prerequisites: None hiring and training employees, developing workplace teams, Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in dealing with organizational change, diversity, and ethical and BUS 120. social responsibilities of managers. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. BUS 132: Marketing Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Units: 3 Prerequisites: None This course offers highly motivated students an introduction Acceptable for Credit: CSU to trends and opportunities in today's dynamic business Lecture 3 hours. environment as they relate to economics, global markets, Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring ethics and social responsibility, business ownership forms, entrepreneurship, management responsibility, human This course introduces students to the principles of marketing. resources management, marketing, operations, accounting, Topics include segmenting, targeting, market research, buyer and financial management. Students gain important business behavior, distribution, retailing, promotional mix elements, and context and discover business career and educational digital media issues. Students gain an understanding of the opportunities. As an honors course, it provides students the marketing mix (product, distribution, promotion, and price) for opportunity to conduct supervised independent research a defined target market. and participate in instructor-led and collaborative discussions as well as in field trips related to industries, large publicly traded corporations, and business-related issues. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BUS 120 or BUS 120H. C-ID BUS-110. 164    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses BUS 133: Project Management BUS 138: Business Promotion Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course introduces students with varying backgrounds to the This course provides students with an overview of the promotion fundamental principles of contemporary project management function within marketing. Topics include brand promotion, in personal and professional environments. The course covers segmenting, targeting, positioning, buyer behavior and the principles and methods necessary to create an effective influences, advertising, public relations, social media, direct plan and schedule for a project; the techniques to monitor, marketing, sales promotion, and personal selling. control, and measure performance of the project once it is underway; and the competing demands of time, scope, and BUS 140: Legal Environment of Business resources. Topics also include project management software, Units: 3 communication, Web resources, certifications, and lifelong Prerequisites: None learning. Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in BUS 140H. BUS 134: Retail Management Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Units: 3 Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisites: None Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. This course introduces business-related law, ethics, social Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring responsibility, and government regulations. Topics include dispute resolution, legal system and laws, torts, crimes, This course introduces the principles and practices used in contracts, sales, warranties, negotiable instruments, secured managing retail businesses. Topics include site selection, transactions, bankruptcy, agency, employment, business layout, organization, staffing, positioning, customer service, entities, real and personal property, cyberlaw, and intellectual promotional techniques, and all aspects of the critical buying property. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BUS 140 or BUS 140H. function. C-ID BUS-120, BUS-125. BUS 135: Personal Selling BUS 140H: Legal Environment of Business (Honors) Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Lecture 3 hours. BUS 140. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. This course covers professional selling skills and techniques. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Topics include career opportunities, understanding buyer behavior, communication skills, prospecting, interviewing, This course offers highly motivated students an introduction motivating, persuading, handling objections, negotiating, to business-related law, ethics, social responsibility, and closing, obtaining referrals, and addressing legal and ethical government regulations. Topics include dispute resolution, legal concerns. system and laws, torts, crimes, contracts, sales, warranties, negotiable instruments, secured transactions, bankruptcy, BUS 136: Human Relations in Business agency, employment, business entities, real and personal Units: 3 property, cyberlaw, and intellectual property. As an honors Prerequisites: None course, it provides students the opportunity to conduct Acceptable for Credit: CSU supervised independent legal research, participate in moot- Lecture 3 hours. court simulations when appropriate, and lead and participate Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring in collaborative and instructor-led discussions. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BUS 140 or BUS 140H. C-ID BUS-120, This course covers the major themes of human relations, BUS-125. including self-awareness, communication, motivation, and conflict resolution, from psychological, sociological, and physiological perspectives. It emphasizes interpersonal skills that promote personal and professional success in a culturally diverse, global, and high-tech business environment. Topics include the identification of values, ethics, teamwork, and leadership-skill development. The course also examines strategies that can be utilized to attain physical and emotional well-being with the workplace. 165MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses BUS 141: Transportation and Logistics BUS 152: Business Idea Generation and Feasibility Analysis Units: 3 Units: 2 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 2 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring This course provides an overview of the principles and practices This course focuses on identification of potential business of transportation and its role within supply chain management. opportunities and the development of a feasibility study of a The course emphasizes physical transportation systems within proposed business idea. the context of logistics management. Students gain important global supply chain context and explore transportation and BUS 153: Business Startup Fundamentals logistics career and educational opportunities. Units: 1 Prerequisites: None BUS 143: Warehousing Operations Acceptable for Credit: CSU Units: 3 Lecture 1 hour. Prerequisites: None Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. This course addresses all logistical elements of business startup. Course Typically Offered: Spring Students complete required paperwork to start and operate a small business in California. This course provides an overview of warehousing operations and the processes, technologies, and equipment within a BUS 154: Funding the Entrepreneurial Venture warehouse facility as enablers for an efficient, effective, and Units: 1 comprehensive supply. Students gain important global supply Prerequisites: None chain context and explore warehousing operations career and Acceptable for Credit: CSU educational opportunities. Lecture 1 hour. Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring BUS 144: Budgeting Basics Units: 1 This course introduces students to the various options available Prerequisites: None to fund a new or on-going business. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 1 hour. BUS 155: Business Plan Development Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring Units: 2 Prerequisites: None This course addresses the preparation of an operating budget Acceptable for Credit: CSU for businesses. Students prepare an integrated set of pro-forma Lecture 2 hours. financial statements and analyze budget versus actuals reports. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer BUS 147: Personal Finance This course focuses on the development of a professional Units: 3 business plan for the purpose of obtaining funding. It Prerequisites: MATH 30 or eligibility determined by the math emphasizes development of the business plan document, placement process. incorporating effective writing techniques, research, data Acceptable for Credit: CSU analysis, and presentation. Students meet and collaborate Lecture 3 hours. with Small Business Development Center (SBDC) coaches Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring throughout the course during the development process. This course assists students in gaining the knowledge, tools, BUS 160: International Business attitude, and skills needed to make informed lifelong financial Units: 3 decisions that will empower their lives. Students explore the Prerequisites: None social, psychological, and physiological issues related to Acceptable for Credit: CSU planning and managing a personal financial plan. Topics Lecture 3 hours. include goal setting, budgeting, money management, taxes, Course Typically Offered: Spring savings, consumer credit, automobiles, housing, insurance, investment vehicles, retirement and estate planning, and the This course covers international business, trade, and financial impact of marriage and divorce. globalization. Topics include politics, laws, economics, cultures, ethics, foreign trade/investment/exchange, internationalizing a business, entering foreign markets, strategizing, structuring, and managing in a global economy with social responsibility. 166    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses BUS 204: Business Statistics BUS 289: Career Mentoring Units: 3 Units: 1 Prerequisites: MATH 28, MATH 30, or eligibility determined by the Prerequisites: None math placement process. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Lecture 1 hour. BUS 204H. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. This course provides students the opportunity to apply the Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer theories and techniques of their discipline in a mentor/protege relationship under the instruction of a faculty coordinator. This course examines the use of descriptive statistics, It introduces students to aspects of successful transfer, probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of completion, and transition to a successful career. variance, regression and correlation analysis, chi-square, t-tests for one and two populations, and applications of technology- BUS 290: Business Communication based statistical analysis using data from business, economics, Units: 3 political science, health science, information technology, and Prerequisites: ENGL 100 or ENGL 100H education, including the interpretation of the relevance of Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in statistical findings for business problem solving and decision BUS 290H. making. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BTEC 180/BTEC 180H, Acceptable for Credit: CSU BUS 204/BUS 204H, MATH 103/MATH 103S, PSYC 104/PSYC 104H, Lecture 3 hours. or SOC 125. Some CSU campuses may also impose this credit Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer limitation. This course focuses on the principles of effective written, oral, BUS 204H: Business Statistics (Honors) and electronic communication. It emphasizes solving problems Units: 3 and eliciting positive response through carefully organized Prerequisites: MATH 28, MATH 30, or eligibility determined by the and designed memos, letters, reports, and presentations. C-ID math placement process. BUS-115. Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in BUS 204. BUS 290H: Business Communication (Honors) Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Units: 3 Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisites: ENGL 100 or ENGL 100H. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in BUS 290. This course introduces statistical methods for analyzing data in Acceptable for Credit: CSU business contexts. As an honors course, it offers an enriched Lecture 3 hours. experience for highly motivated students through a pro-seminar Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer format and more in-depth coverage of course topics including application. This course examines the use of descriptive This honors course offers highly motivated students an enriched statistics, probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, academic approach to the principles of effective written, oral, analysis of variance, regression and correlation analysis, chi- and electronic communication. The course emphasizes solving square, t-tests for one and two populations, and applications of real-world problems and eliciting positive responses through technology-based statistical analysis using data from business, carefully planned, organized, and designed memos, letters, economics, political science, health science, information reports, and presentations. C-ID BUS-115. technology, and education, including the interpretation of the relevance of statistical findings for business problem solving and decision making. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for BTEC 180/ BTEC 180H, BUS 204/BUS 204H, MATH 103/MATH 103S, PSYC 104/ PSYC 104H, or SOC 125. Some CSU campuses may also impose this credit limitation. BUS 205: Manufacturing and Service Operations Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall This course focuses on the concepts, principles, problems, and practices of operations management. It emphasizes methodologies and processes for effective and efficient management of manufacturing and services operations. Students gain important global business context and explore operations management career and educational opportunities. 167MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses BUS 292: Internship Studies BUS 302: Leadership and Personal Development Units: 0.5-3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: ENGL 100 or ENGL 100H. Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per Enrollment Limitation: Only open to students enrolled in the unit. bachelor's degree program in biomanufacturing at MiraCosta Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center College. approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative Lecture 3 hours. work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: To be arranged This course explores how leaders influence organizations. It focuses on leadership and management topics related to This course provides students the opportunity to apply the communication, groups and teams, motivation, personal theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship values, professional behavior, organizational structure, and position in a professional setting under the instruction of a diversity. The course integrates theory and practice. This course faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students is open only to students enrolled in the biomanufacturing to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals bachelor's degree program. employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world Career & Life Planning of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new Career and life planning courses help students make effective site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than decisions regarding their career and life choices, and they 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience provide the tools and techniques for developing a balanced, (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during integrated lifestyle. Students gain self-understanding and community college attendance. develop techniques for successful career development and employment searches. The courses emphasize increasing BUS 296: Topics in Business Administration self-knowledge, exploring potential majors and career paths, Units: 1-3 organizing successful job searches, and developing effective Prerequisites: None workplace behaviors and attitudes. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 1 hour. Contact Information Lecture 2 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Chair: Donna Davis Department: Career Studies Course Typically Offered: To be arranged Dean: Benjamin Gamboa and Services https://www.miracosta.edu/ Office: Building OC4700, This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in student-services/career- 760.795.6772 Business Administration that are not included in regular course center/index.html offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number designation in the class Full-Time Faculty schedule.<br/> Donna Davis BUS 299: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience Stacey Mathis Units: 1-4 Prerequisites: None Courses Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per unit. CRLP 101: Introduction to Career Planning Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enroll Units: 1 in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or Prerequisites: None internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 1 hour. Course Typically Offered: To be arranged Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who are This course introduces students to the career planning process. employed in a job directly related to their major. It allows such It explores the student's interests, values, skills, and personality students the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of their preferences as they relate to potential career and major discipline to their position and to undertake new responsibilities options. Topics include career research, decision-making styles, and learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting, goal setting, and job search strategies. The course emphasizes employability skills development, and examination of the world the process for actively managing one's own career. of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative Chemistry work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance. Chemistry is the science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and 168    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses molecular systems. Students take chemistry courses to prepare CHEM 112: Introductory General, Organic, and Biological for the major, to fulfill general education requirements, and Chemistry: For Allied Health Majors to meet prerequisites for related courses and programs. A Units: 5 bachelor's degree in chemistry can lead to a career in scientific Prerequisites: None research, medicine, health, engineering, industry, government, Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in environmental science, and teaching. CHEM 116. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Academic and Career Pathway: Math and Sciences Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Contact Information This course surveys concepts and skills of the chemistry of Chair: Kristine Arquero Department: Chemistry living organisms with an emphasis on the human body. Topics (Chemistry) Office: OC 3600, 760.757.2121 include the structure of the atom, chemical bonding, chemical Dean: Michael Fino x6924 reactions, the structure and reactions of organic compounds, https://www.miracosta.edu/ carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins, nucleic acids, academics/degree-and- and metabolism, with applications in the physiology, nutrition, certificate-programs/math- and pharmacology of the human body. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: and-sciences/chemistry/ No credit if taken after CHEM 116. index.html CHEM 115: Introductory General Chemistry: For Allied Health Full-Time Faculty Christina Johnson Majors Kent McCorkle Units: 4 Kristine Arquero Thong Nguyen Prerequisites: None Kyle Arriola Lynnie Trzoss Advisory: MATH 30. Theresa Bolaños Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Kaitlin Fisher CHEM 115H, CHEM 140, CHEM 150, or CHEM 150H. Pierre Goueth Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Courses Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer CHEM 103: Chemistry and Society: For Non-Science Majors This introductory course for non-chemistry majors teaches Units: 3 students the language, materials, mathematics, and principles Prerequisites: None of chemistry. It covers properties of matter, atomic theory, use Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC of the periodic table of the elements, naming of compounds, Lecture 3 hours. formulas and equations, metric measurement, physical states Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer of matter, chemistry of solutions, acids and bases, and organic and nuclear chemistry. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for This course explores chemical concepts and their applications CHEM 115/CHEM 115H or CHEM 140. No credit if taken after to everyday life. Topics explored include energy production, CHEM 150/CHEM 150H. chemistry of the earth and atmosphere, pollution and the environment, and food and nutrition. The course also reviews CHEM 115H: Introductory General Chemistry: For Allied Health properties of elements and compounds, energy and matter, Majors (Honors) chemical bonding, and major scientific discoveries. Units: 4 Prerequisites: None CHEM 103L: Chemistry and Society: For Non-Science Majors Advisory: MATH 30. (Lab) Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Units: 1 CHEM 115, CHEM 140, CHEM 150, or CHEM 150H. Prerequisites: CHEM 103. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Enrollment Limitation: Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 103 if Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. prerequisite not met. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Laboratory 3 hours. This introductory course for non-chemistry majors teaches Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer students the language, materials, mathematics, and principles of chemistry. It covers properties of matter, atomic theory, use This course is designed to accompany CHEM 103. It offers of the periodic table of the elements, naming of compounds, hands-on experiences with chemical techniques in both the formulas and equations, metric measurement, physical laboratory and field. Lab topics include forensic analysis, states of matter, chemistry of solutions, acids and bases, and cosmetics, batteries, acids, and bases. Common field trips organic and nuclear chemistry. This honors course offers highly include visits to a winery, brewery, nuclear power plant, motivated students the opportunity to complete, document, cosmetic chemistry lab, ocean water desalination plant, and and discuss independent scientific research. UC CREDIT environmental conservation site. LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 115/CHEM 115H or CHEM 140. No credit if taken after CHEM 150/CHEM 150H. 169MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses CHEM 116: Introductory Organic and Biological Chemistry: For CHEM 150: General Chemistry I: For Science Majors Allied Health Majors Units: 5 Units: 4 Prerequisites: CHEM 140, 1 yr high school chem, or qualification Prerequisites: CHEM 115, CHEM 115H, or CHEM 140. via placement exam; MATH 64, MATH 64S or eligibility Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in determined by the math placement process. CHEM 210, or CHEM 210H. Advisory: CHEM 140. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. CHEM 150H. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. This course introduces organic chemistry and is designed Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer for students pursuing health professions. Topics include nomenclature, bonding, isomerization, reaction mechanisms, This first semester of a one-year general chemistry sequence and instrumental methods of interpreting aliphatic and focuses on the fundamental principles of chemistry. Students aromatic compounds as well as the structure and reactions of learn the application of these principles with special carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, enzymes, and significance placed on chemical computation. Topics include metabolic functions. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: No credit if taken atomic structure, bonding, the periodic table, nomenclature, after CHEM 210/CHEM 210H. C-ID CHEM-102. chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and bonding. The course emphasizes critical thinking, writing, CHEM 140: Preparation for General Chemistry: For Science problem solving, and analysis skills, and it meets requirements Majors of chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics, pre-dental, pre- Units: 4 medical, and pre-engineering majors. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Prerequisites: MATH 64 or MATH 64S, or eligibility determined by Credit for CHEM 150 or CHEM 150H. C-ID CHEM-110 and C-ID the math placement process. CHEM-120S (with CHEM 151/CHEM 151H). Enrollment Limitation: Concurrent enrollment in MATH 64, MATH 64S if prerequisite not met. Not open to students with prior CHEM 150H: General Chemistry I: For Science Majors (Honors) credit in CHEM 150 or CHEM 150H. Units: 5 Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Prerequisites: CHEM 140, 1 yr high school chem, or qualification Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. via placement exam; MATH 64, MATH 64S or eligibility Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer determined by the math placement process. Advisory: CHEM 140. This introductory chemistry course focuses on developing Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in problem-solving skills needed for success in CHEM 150. CHEM 150. It emphasizes the application of the scientific method, Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC modern ideas concerning atomic structure and chemical Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. bonding, the periodic table and its relationship to chemical Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring properties, principles of stoichiometry including chemical ratio calculations, chemical nomenclature, properties of the states This first semester of a one-year general chemistry sequence of matter, and chemical reaction principles. The laboratory focuses on the fundamental principles of chemistry. Students component of this course provides direct participation in learn the application of these principles with special experiments, demonstrations, learning activities and discussions significance placed on chemical computation. Topics include related to fundamental concepts in chemistry. UC CREDIT atomic structure, bonding, the periodic table, nomenclature, LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 115/CHEM 115H or CHEM 140; No chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and credit if taken after CHEM 150/CHEM 150H. bonding. The course emphasizes critical thinking, writing, problem solving, and analysis skills, and it meets requirements of chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics, pre-dental, pre- medical, and pre-engineering majors. This honors course offers highly motivated students the opportunity to complete, document, and discuss independent scientific research. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 150 or CHEM 150H. C-ID CHEM-110 and C-ID CHEM-120S (with CHEM 151/CHEM 151H). 170    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CHEM 151: General Chemistry II: For Science Majors CHEM 210H: Organic Chemistry I: For Science Majors (Honors) Units: 5 Units: 5 Prerequisites: CHEM 150 or CHEM 150H. Prerequisites: CHEM 151 or CHEM 151H. Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in CHEM 151H. CHEM 210. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This continuation of CHEM 150 studies the fundamental This first course in a standard one-year organic chemistry principles of chemistry and their applications. Topics include sequence is designed for students majoring in chemistry and solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, aqueous other sciences. Major themes include bonding, molecular ionic equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear structure, isomerism, conformational analysis, nomenclature, chemistry, and coordination chemistry. The laboratory includes reaction mechanisms, and synthesis. The lecture emphasizes a variety of experiments to supplement and reinforce the class the mechanisms, reactions, and synthesis of aliphatic work. It also includes a section on qualitative analysis. UC compounds, such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 151 or CHEM 151H. C-ID alkynes, alkyl halides, and alcohols; the lab emphasizes the CHEM-120S (with CHEM 150/CHEM 150H). determination of physical properties and the separation, purification, and identification of organic compounds using CHEM 151H: General Chemistry II: For Science Majors spectroscopic techniques. This honors course offers highly (Honors) motivated students the opportunity to complete, document, Units: 5 and discuss independent scientific research. UC CREDIT Prerequisites: CHEM 150 or CHEM 150H. LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 210 or CHEM 210H. C-ID CHEM-150 Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in and C-ID CHEM-160S (with CHEM 211/CHEM 211H). CHEM 151. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC CHEM 211: Organic Chemistry II: For Science Majors Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. Units: 5 Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Prerequisites: CHEM 210 or CHEM 210H. Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in This continuation of CHEM 150 studies the fundamental CHEM 211H. principles of chemistry and their applications. Topics include Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, aqueous Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. ionic equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer chemistry, and coordination chemistry. The laboratory includes a variety of experiments to supplement and reinforce the class This continuation of the one-year organic chemistry sequence work. It also includes a section on qualitative analysis. This emphasizes the application of organic chemistry reactions, honors course offers highly motivated students the opportunity mechanisms and synthesis learned in CHEM 210 to other to complete, document, and discuss independent scientific compounds. It examines new reactions for different functional research. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 151 or groups, including alcohols, thiols, aldehydes, ketones, arenes, CHEM 151H. C-ID CHEM-120S (with CHEM 150/CHEM 150H). carboxylic acid and its derivative, amines, and their application in biological molecules. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 210: Organic Chemistry I: For Science Majors CHEM 211 or CHEM 211H. C-ID CHEM-160S (with CHEM 210/ Units: 5 CHEM 210H). Prerequisites: CHEM 151 or CHEM 151H. Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in CHEM 210H. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This first course in a standard one-year organic chemistry sequence is designed for students majoring in chemistry and other sciences. Major themes include bonding, molecular structure, isomerism, conformational analysis, nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, and synthesis. The lecture emphasizes the mechanisms, reactions, and synthesis of aliphatic compounds, such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl halides, and alcohols; the lab emphasizes the determination of physical properties and the separation, purification, and identification of organic compounds using spectroscopic techniques. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 210 or CHEM 210H. C-ID CHEM-150 and C-ID CHEM-160S (with CHEM 211/CHEM 211H). 171MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses CHEM 211H: Organic Chemistry II: For Science Majors teaching at the high school and college level, social work, non- (Honors) profit work, human services, counseling, law enforcement, legal Units: 5 professions, and business. Prerequisites: CHEM 210 or CHEM 210H. Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Academic and Career Pathway: Social and Behavioral CHEM 211. Sciences Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 6 hours. Contact Information Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Chair: Bruce Hoskins Department: Sociology This continuation of the one-year organic chemistry sequence Dean: Michael Fino Office: Building OC3100, emphasizes the application of organic chemistry reactions, https://www.miracosta.edu/ 760.795.6871 mechanisms and synthesis learned in CHEM 210 to other academics/degree-and- compounds. It examines new reactions for different functional certificate-programs/social- groups, including alcohols, thiols, aldehydes, ketones, arenes, and-behavioral-sciences/ carboxylic acid and its derivative, amines, and their application sociology/index.html in biological molecules. This honors course offers highly motivated students the opportunity to complete, document, Courses and discuss independent scientific research. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CHEM 211 or CHEM 211H. C-ID CHEM 160- CCS 230: Introduction to Chicana/o Studies S (with CHEM 210/CHEM 210H). Units: 3 Prerequisites: None CHEM 292: Internship Studies Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in Units: 0.5-3 SOC 230. Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per Lecture 3 hours. unit. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative This course is an introductory survey of the field of Chicano work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. studies and the socio-historical and contemporary factors Acceptable for Credit: CSU that influence contemporary Chicana/o and Chicanx/Latinx Course Typically Offered: To be arranged cultures including their pre-Hispanic roots in the Americas. The cross-disciplinary approach examines applicable methods This course provides students the opportunity to apply the and theories from sciences and humanities to analyze the lived theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship experiences of Chicanos/as and Chicanxs/Latinxs. This course position in a professional setting under the instruction of a is designed for those wishing to gain general knowledge of the faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students Chicana/o and Chicanx/Latinx experience. to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, CCS 232: Critical Issues in Chicana and Latina Studies employability skills development, and examination of the world Units: 3 of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students Prerequisites: None must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than SOC 232. 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during Lecture 3 hours. community college attendance. Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring Chicano/Chicana This course examines critical themes in Chicana and Latina Studies feminist scholarship and the lived experiences of Chicana and other Latina women in American society. It applies an Chicana/Chicano Studies is the interdisciplinary study of interdisciplinary approach to examine power within and the socio-historical and contemporary factors that influence resistance to the family, religion, education, economics, culture, contemporary Chicana/o and Chicanx/Latinx cultures social conditions, health, and other areas. including their pre-Hispanic roots in the Americas. Chicana/ Chicano Studies focus on systematic racism, ethnocentrism, Child Development and Eurocentrism with the ultimate goal of overcoming systems of oppression throughout the world. Chicana/Chicano Studies The Child Development program explores the social/ also investigates how race/ethnicity intersects with colonialism, emotional, cognitive/language, and physical/motor growth imperialism, class, gender, and sexuality. Students take courses and development of children from conception through to prepare for a Chicana/Chicano Studies major or to fulfill adolescence. Students take child development courses to general education requirements. Career options include obtain a certificate or permit, to earn an associate degree, to prepare for university transfer, or for professional enrichment. 172    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog Career options include a variety of professions that serve children and their families, such as infant/toddler care,

Areas of Study & Courses preschool teaching (including Head Start), elementary and Complete a minimum of 60 CSU-transferable semester units. secondary education, early childhood special education, Complete all courses required in the major with a “C” or \"P\" program administration, school counseling, child psychology, or better. child advocacy, social work, and community services. Complete the CSU-GE (Plan B (p. 78)) or IGETC (Plan C (p. 84))* general education pattern. Academic and Career Pathway: Social and Behavioral Obtain a minimum CSU-transferable GPA of 2.0. Sciences Complete a minimum of 12 units in residence at MiraCosta College. Contact Information Chair: Claudia Flores Department: Child * Students completing IGETC may be awarded the degree, but they must complete a course from Area IC: Oral Dean: Al Taccone Development Communication to meet CSU admission requirements. https://www.miracosta.edu/ Office: Building OC4800, academics/degree-and- 760.795.6811 Program Student Learning Outcomes certificate-programs/social- and-behavioral-sciences/child- Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to analyze and apply principles of growth and development/index.html development from conception through adolescence. Full-Time Faculty Required Core: 10 Ashley Davis CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and Claudia Flores PSYC 101 Development * Ansina Green General Psychology * Rhonda Welch-Scalco Associate Degrees or PSYC 101H General Psychology (Honors) Associate in Arts Degrees PSYC 104 Statistics for Behavioral Science * Child Development Associate Teacher Child Development Master Teacher or PSYC 104H Statistics for Behavioral Science (Honors) Child Development Site Supervisor Child Development Teacher or SOC 125 Introduction to Statistics in Sociology Students may earn one of the above-named associate degrees Select three courses: 9 by completing a certificate of achievement and the general education courses required for MiraCosta College's Associate CHLD 200 Observation & Assessment in Early in Arts degree (see Associate Degrees (p. 69)). Students should CHLD 210 meet with a MiraCosta counselor to identify required courses Childhood and to develop a written educational plan for the specific Child, Family, and Community * degree or certificate they wish to earn. PSYC 205 Research Methods in Psychology or SOC 205 Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology Total Units 19 Associate in Arts Degree * Course satisfies a general education requirement on the CSU- Child and Adolescent Development for Transfer GE or IGETC general education (GE) pattern. To ensure this degree is completed with no more than 60 units, students Students completing this associate degree will have completed should select courses that will also satisfy a GE requirement. lower-division major preparation requirements for a child and Note: All of the statistics and honors courses listed are also GE adolescent development degree, an emphasis or option within courses. a child and adolescent development degree, or a degree considered similar to child and adolescent development NOTE: Students are strongly advised to select courses that at a participating California State University (CSU) campus. meet lower-division major preparation requirements at their Following transfer to a participating CSU campus, students will transfer university and to complete the History, Constitution, and be required to complete no more than 60 units to obtain a American Ideals requirement prior to transfer. bachelor’s degree; however, some CSU campuses may require additional lower-division major preparation. This degree may Associate in Science Degree not be appropriate preparation for students transferring to a Early Childhood Education for Transfer CSU campus not accepting this degree or to a university or college that is not part of the CSU system. Students should Students completing this associate degree will have completed consult with a MiraCosta counselor for further information the lower-division major preparation for a bachelor’s degree regarding the most efficient pathway to transfer as a child and in child development, early childhood education, or a similar adolescent development major and to determine which CSU major at a participating CSU campus. Following transfer to campuses are participating in this program. a participating CSU campus, students will be required to complete no more than 60 units to obtain a bachelor’s degree. To complete the degree, students must fulfill the following requirements: Students completing this degree program will also be prepared for employment in a variety of school and community settings. Early Childhood Education students with this degree possess the competencies to work in both private and public early care 173MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses and education settings serving infants through preschool-age The Child Development program certificates are designed to children. Students can also work as a teacher in a before-and- prepare students for employment as teachers, aides, directors, after school program serving school-age children. This degree and entrepreneurs in preschools, child care centers (including meets the course work requirements of the Teacher level Child infant/toddler facilities), and family child care programs. Development Permit from the California Commission on Teacher Courses are also appropriate for parents, nannies, camp Credentialing. counselors, recreation leaders, elementary school teaching assistants, social service and health care practitioners, To complete the degree, students must fulfill the following administrators, and others working with children. requirements: Certificates meet the course requirements for teachers and Complete a minimum of 60 CSU-transferable semester units. directors of private child care programs licensed by the California State Department of Social Services (Title 22), Complete all courses required in the major with a “C” or \"P\" Community Care Licensing. The program also meets the or better. coursework requirements for the Child Development Permit issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Complete the CSU-GE (Plan B (p. 78)) or IGETC (Plan C Child development programs that are state or federally funded (p. 84))* general education pattern. (Title 5 programs, such as Head Start and state preschools) follow the Child Development Permit Matrix. Obtain a minimum CSU-transferable GPA of 2.0. The Child Development program offers six certificates to meet Complete a minimum of 12 units in residence at MiraCosta the individual student's needs. Because the certificates follow College. the Child Development Permit Matrix and are sequential, students can continue to earn additional certificates. Course * Students completing IGETC may be awarded the degree, work completed for the Assistant and Associate Teacher but they must complete a course from Area IC: Oral certificates provides the foundation for more specialized Communication to meet CSU admission requirements. courses and a wider range of career options with the Teacher, Master Teacher, Site Supervisor, and Early Intervention and Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Inclusion certificates. At the conclusion of the program of study, the student will Certificate of Achievement be able to analyze and apply key theories and concepts Child Development Associate Teacher of early care and education to employment settings and to advanced academic study in child development and This certificate exceeds the minimum teaching requirements related academic disciplines. for centers regulated by Title 22. It also meets the Associate Teacher Permit requirements for provision of instruction and Required courses:   supervision of assistant teacher-level staff in Title 5 schools. CHLD 105 Principles and Practices of Teaching 3 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CHLD 106 Young Children 3 Upon completion of this program, the student will be able CHLD 113 Introduction to Curriculum in Early to design and implement curriculum based on observation Childhood 3 and assessment of young children to support play and CHLD 200 learning in an early childhood classroom. Child and Adolescent Growth and 3 CHLD 205 Development * Required courses:   CHLD 210 3 CHLD 235 Observation & Assessment in Early 3 CHLD 105 Principles and Practices of Teaching 3 CHLD 270 Childhood 3 Young Children 3 Health, Safety, and Nutrition * 3 Total Units Child, Family, and Community * CHLD 112 Child Growth and Development 3 Children in a Diverse Society * 24 3 or CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and 6 Practicum - The Student Teaching Development Experience CHLD 205 Health, Safety, and Nutrition CHLD 210 Child, Family, and Community * Course satisfies a general education requirement on the Select at least 6 elective units from the following: CSU-GE or IGETC general education pattern. To ensure this degree is completed with no more than 60 units, students CHLD 106 Introduction to Curriculum in Early should select courses that will also satisfy a general education Childhood requirement. CHLD 109 Child Behavior and Guidance CHLD 111 Programs for Infants and Toddlers CHLD 130 Science and Math for Young Children NOTE: Students are strongly advised to select courses that meet lower-division major preparation requirements at their CHLD 140 Language and Literacy in Early transfer university and to complete the History, Constitution, and Childhood American Ideals requirement prior to transfer. CHLD 150 Art for Young Children 174    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CHLD 160 Music and Movement for Young assistant or associate teacher-level staff in a Title 5 (state or CHLD 200 Children federally funded) child development program. CHLD 230 CHLD 235 Observation & Assessment in Early Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CHLD 240 Childhood Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Total Units Family Engagement in Early to design and implement curriculum based on observation Childhood Programs and assessment of young children to successfully manage an early childhood classroom. Children in a Diverse Society See notation for 16-unit general education requirement. Children with Special Learning Needs 18 Required courses:   CHLD 105  Note: To be eligible for the State of California Child Principles and Practices of Teaching 3 Development Permit—Associate Teacher, students must also Young Children 3 complete an experience requirement of 50 days of 3 or more 3 hours per day within 2 years. CHLD 106 Introduction to Curriculum in Early 3 CHLD 109 Childhood 3 Certificate of Achievement 3 Early Intervention and Inclusion Child Behavior and Guidance 3 3 This certificate is designed to train students to work with CHLD 112 Child Growth and Development 3 young children with special needs (birth to 8 years of age), with those who may be at risk for developmental delays and or CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and 16 disabilities, and with their families. This certificate is appropriate Development for students working as an assistant or a paraprofessional in 43 early intervention or early childhood special education, or as a CHLD 200 Observation & Assessment in Early teacher in an inclusive early childhood program. Childhood CHLD 205 Health, Safety, and Nutrition CHLD 210 Child, Family, and Community CHLD 270 Practicum - The Student Teaching Experience * Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to Select at least 3 elective units from the following: adapt early learning activities and classroom strategies that meet the individual needs of young children. CHLD 111 Programs for Infants and Toddlers CHLD 130 Science and Math for Young Children Required courses:   CHLD 140 Language and Literacy in Early CHLD 105 Childhood Principles and Practices of Teaching 3 CHLD 109 Young Children CHLD 111 CHLD 150 Art for Young Children or CHLD 212 Child Behavior and Guidance 3 CHLD 160 Music and Movement for Young CHLD 112 CHLD 230 Children Programs for Infants and Toddlers 3 or CHLD 113 Family Engagement in Early Advanced Issues in Infant-Toddler Care Childhood Programs CHLD 205 CHLD 210 Child Growth and Development 3 CHLD 235 Children in a Diverse Society CHLD 230 Child and Adolescent Growth and CHLD 240 Children with Special Learning CHLD 240 Development Needs CHLD 270 Health, Safety, and Nutrition 3 Select at least 16 units in general education. Total Units Child, Family, and Community 3 Include at least one course in each of the following: Humanities, Social Sciences, Math and/or Science, Family Engagement in Early 3 English. Childhood Programs 3 Total Units Children with Special Learning Needs Practicum - The Student Teaching 3 * This course has the following prerequisites: CHLD 105, CHLD Experience * 106, CHLD 112 or CHLD 113, and CHLD 210. 27 * This course has the following prerequisites: CHLD 105, CHLD Note: To be eligible for the State of California Child 106, CHLD 112 or CHLD 113, and CHLD 210. Development Permit—Teacher, students must also complete an experience requirement of 175 days of 3 or more hours per day Certificate of Achievement within 4 years. Child Development Teacher Certificate of Achievement This certificate exceeds the minimum teaching requirements for Child Development Master Teacher centers regulated by Title 22. It also meets the Teacher Permit requirements for provision of instruction and supervision of This certificate exceeds the minimum teaching requirements for Title 22 schools. It is designed to meet the Master Teacher 175MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses requirements for Title 5 child development programs. This * This course has the following prerequisites: CHLD 105, CHLD includes providing instruction, supervising assistants, associate 106, CHLD 112 or CHLD 113, and CHLD 210. teachers, and teacher-level staff, and serving as coordinator of curriculum and staff development. Note: To be eligible for the State of California Child Development Permit—Master Teacher, students must also Program Student Learning Outcome Statement complete an experience requirement of 350 days of 3 or more hours per day within 4 years. Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to design, implement, and evaluate effective program Certificate of Achievement practices to successfully manage an early childhood Child Development Site Supervisor classroom. This certificate is designed for students who will be single-site See notation for 16-unit general education requirement. supervisors under Title 5 or center directors under Title 22. It allows holders to supervise master teachers, teachers, associate Required courses:   3 teachers, and assistants as well as to manage single-site CHLD 105 3 programs, provide instruction, and serve as coordinators of Principles and Practices of Teaching 3 curriculum and staff development. Young Children 3 3 CHLD 106 Introduction to Curriculum in Early 3 Childhood 3 3 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CHLD 109 Child Behavior and Guidance 3 3 CHLD 112 Child Growth and Development Upon completion of this program, the student will be able 6 to design, implement, and evaluate effective program or CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and practices to successfully manage an early childhood center Development 16 or program. CHLD 200 Observation & Assessment in Early 52 Childhood Required courses:   CHLD 205 Health, Safety, and Nutrition CHLD 105 Principles and Practices of Teaching 3 CHLD 210 Child, Family, and Community CHLD 106 Young Children 3 3 CHLD 245 Adult Supervision and Mentoring in Introduction to Curriculum in Early 3 Early Care and Education Childhood 3 CHLD 270 Practicum - The Student Teaching CHLD 109 Child Behavior and Guidance 3 Experience * 3 CHLD 112 Child Growth and Development 3 Select at least 3 units from the following: 3 or CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and 3 CHLD 130 Science and Math for Young Development Children 3 CHLD 200 Observation & Assessment in Early 3 CHLD 140 Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Childhood CHLD 205 36 CHLD 210 Health, Safety, and Nutrition CHLD 235 Children in a Diverse Society CHLD 245 Child, Family, and Community Select at least 6 units from one area of specialization : Adult Supervision and Mentoring in Infant/Toddler Early Care and Education CHLD 111 Programs for Infants and Toddlers CHLD 250 Administration I: Programs in Early Childhood Education CHLD 212 Advanced Issues in Infant-Toddler Care CHLD 251 Administration II: Personnel and Creative Arts Leadership in Early Childhood Education CHLD 150 Art for Young Children CHLD 160 Music and Movement for Young CHLD 270 Practicum - The Student Teaching Children Experience * Special Needs Select at least 3 elective units from the following: CHLD 230 Family Engagement in Early CHLD 111 Programs for Infants and Toddlers Childhood Programs CHLD 230 Family Engagement in Early Childhood Programs CHLD 240 Children with Special Learning Needs CHLD 235 Children in a Diverse Society Consult faculty for other specialization options. CHLD 240 Children with Special Learning Needs Select at least 16 units in general education. Include at least one course in each of the following: Total Units Humanities, Social Sciences, Math and/or Science, English. * This course has the following prerequisites: CHLD 105, CHLD 106, CHLD 112 or CHLD 113, and CHLD 210. Total Units 176    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses Note: To be eligible for the State of California Child Courses Development Permit—Site Supervisor, students must also complete an Associate in Arts degree and an experience CHLD 105: Principles and Practices of Teaching Young requirement of 350 days of 3 or more hours per day within 4 Children years, including at least 100 days of supervising adults. Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Certificate of Proficiency Acceptable for Credit: CSU Child Development Assistant Teacher Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer This certificate meets the minimum teaching requirements for private child care centers regulated by Title 22. It also This course introduces working with young children in early allows students to assist in the instruction of children under the care and education programs. It examines the theories and supervision of an associate teacher-level or above in a Title 5 principles of developmentally appropriate practice in early child development program. learning environments and emphasizes positive relationships; constructive adult-child interactions; program planning; and Program Student Learning Outcome Statement culturally responsive, effective teaching strategies that draw upon cultural funds of knowledge in children and families. Upon completion of the program, the student will be able to Topics include the historical roots of early childhood programs; convey how theories of child development and socialization contemporary curriculum models; diversity, equity, and can be applied to support play and learning in an early inclusion; and the evolution of professional practices promoting childhood classroom. advocacy, ethics, professional identity, and an understanding of career pathways. C-ID ECE-120. Required courses:   CHLD 106: Introduction to Curriculum in Early Childhood CHLD 112 Child Growth and Development 3 Units: 3 3 Prerequisites: None or CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and 6 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Development Lecture 3 hours. 12 Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring CHLD 210 Child, Family, and Community This course introduces teachers of young children (birth to age Select at least 6 elective units from the following: eight) to designing early learning environments and planning curriculum in early care and education settings. It covers CHLD 105 Principles and Practices of Teaching the relationship of theory and practice, the contributions of Young Children current research, the influence of different curriculum models and approaches, the role of observation, documentation CHLD 106 Introduction to Curriculum in Early and assessment in the curriculum planning process, and Childhood the incorporation of reflective teaching practices across the curriculum to meet the needs of all learners. Students CHLD 109 Child Behavior and Guidance examine the teacher&#39;s role in supporting development CHLD 111 Programs for Infants and Toddlers and engagement for all young children. C-ID ECE-130. CHLD 130 Science and Math for Young CHLD 109: Child Behavior and Guidance Children Units: 3 Prerequisites: None CHLD 140 Language and Literacy in Early Acceptable for Credit: CSU Childhood Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer CHLD 150 Art for Young Children CHLD 160 This course relates children's behavior to appropriate teaching Music and Movement for Young and parenting strategies and interventions. It explores effective CHLD 205 Children techniques for interacting with children, including children with special needs, and addresses issues such as separation from Health, Safety, and Nutrition parents, new experiences, routines, peer interaction, fears, frustrations, and aggression. Students learn how to access Total Units community agencies and family services to provide specialized support. 177MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses CHLD 111: Programs for Infants and Toddlers CHLD 130: Science and Math for Young Children Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer This course is specifically designed for caregivers of infants and This course provides teachers with knowledge and skills related toddlers. The class focuses on the growth and development to science and mathematics curriculum in early care and of the child, prenatal through three years of age, within education settings. It focuses on understanding the ways in various social contexts. Topics include fostering relationships, which children learn science and mathematics, the stages implementing health and safety practices, designing early of children's cognitive development, the scientific process, learning environments and activities, accommodating content and standards of science and mathematics education, individual differences, and creating partnerships with parents the teacher's role in the scientific process, and ways in which and families. This course meets state licensing requirements for science and mathematics can be integrated across the early child care providers. childhood curriculum. CHLD 112: Child Growth and Development CHLD 140: Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Advisory: ACE 150, ESL 150, ENGL 50, or eligibility determined by Acceptable for Credit: CSU the English placement process. Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer This course gives teachers of young children the skills and knowledge needed to effectively plan, document, and This course examines the major physical, cognitive, language, implement language and literacy activities in the early and social-emotional developmental milestones for children, childhood classroom. It focuses on understanding how our both typical and atypical, from conception through age image of the child reflects the methods and materials provided six. It emphasizes the interactions between maturational for language and literacy. Topics include the developmental processes and environmental factors within cultural and family stages of children's language and communication skills, the contexts. While studying developmental theory and research teacher's role in language and literacy, and ways in which methodologies, students observe children, evaluate individual language and literacy can be integrated across the early differences, and analyze characteristics of development at childhood curriculum. various stages. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CHLD 112, CHLD 113, or PSYC 121. CHLD 150: Art for Young Children Units: 3 CHLD 113: Child and Adolescent Growth and Development Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Prerequisites: None Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer This course provides teachers of young children with the skills and knowledge needed to develop aesthetic and perceptual This course examines the major physical, cognitive, language, awareness in the young child through exploration of various and psychosocial developmental milestones for children, both art media and developmentally appropriate activities and typical and atypical, from conception through adolescence. experiences. Topics include how our image of the child reflects It emphasizes interactions between maturational processes the methods and materials provided for creative expression; the and environmental factors. While studying developmental developmental stages of children's art and creative expression; theory and research methodologies, students observe children, studio and art center design; planning, documenting, and evaluate individual differences, and analyze characteristics of exhibiting children's art work; the teacher's role in the creative development at various stages. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit process; and how to integrate art and aesthetics across early for CHLD 112, CHLD 113, or PSYC 121. C-ID CDEV-100. childhood curriculum. 178    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CHLD 160: Music and Movement for Young Children CHLD 210: Child, Family, and Community Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Advisory: ACE 150, ENGL 50, ESL 150, or eligibility determined by Lecture 3 hours. the English placement process. Course Typically Offered: Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. This course provides teachers of young children with the Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer skills and knowledge needed to use music and movement experiences in the early childhood classroom to inspire This course examines the developing child in a societal context creative expression. Topics include how our image of the and focuses on the interrelationships of family, school, and child reflects the methods and materials provided for music community as agents of socialization from historical, socio- and creative movement; the developmental stages of cultural, and contemporary perspectives. The course highlights children's creative expression; the design of developmentally the processes of socialization and identity development, appropriate, culturally sensitive, and individually adapted demonstrating the importance of respectful, reciprocal music and movement experiences; planning, documenting, relationships that support and empower families in a culturally and performing children's music and movement; the teacher's diverse society. C-ID CDEV-110. role in creative process; and the ways in which music and movement can be integrated across the early childhood CHLD 212: Advanced Issues in Infant-Toddler Care curriculum. Units: 3 Prerequisites: None CHLD 200: Observation & Assessment in Early Childhood Advisory: CHLD 111 Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Prerequisites: None Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Spring Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course helps infant and toddler caregivers and directors interpret and apply the guidelines for quality care for children This course focuses on the appropriate use of observation birth through three years of age. Topics include the role and assessment strategies to document child growth and of the infant care teacher, new insights into early learning development, appraise child behavior, and plan for learning and development, the central role of families, guidelines in quality early childhood programs. The course also explores for operating quality infant/toddler programs, facilitating recording strategies, rating systems, portfolios, documentation, learning and development with infants and toddlers, and and various assessment methods. Students conduct and program leadership and policies. This course meets state analyze child observations. C-ID ECE-200. licensing requirements for child care providers and is aligned with the California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development CHLD 205: Health, Safety, and Nutrition Foundations and Curriculum Framework, and it can be Units: 3 combined with CHLD 111 as an area of specialization for the Prerequisites: None Master Teacher Permit/Certificate. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. CHLD 230: Family Engagement in Early Childhood Programs Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Units: 3 Prerequisites: None This course provides those who care for children an overview Acceptable for Credit: CSU of health, safety, and nutrition issues. Students develop skills Lecture 3 hours. and techniques in ways to promote physical and mental Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring health, identification and management of common childhood illnesses, menu planning and nutritional analysis, safety This course examines the ways in which early care and management and injury prevention, child abuse identification education program staff can build ongoing, reciprocal, and prevention, and program planning. Topics also include and respectful relationships with program families. The culturally and developmentally appropriate practice, course focuses on identifying communication methods collaboration with families and health professionals, policies and interactional strategies that promote authentic family/ and regulations, children with special needs, and current professional partnerships from a strength-based approach. issues. C-ID ECE-220. Topics include family dynamics and well-being; parenting styles; families as life-long educators; cultural, linguistic, gender, and developmental diversity; community resources; and support systems. 179MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses CHLD 235: Children in a Diverse Society CHLD 250: Administration I: Programs in Early Childhood Units: 3 Education Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Advisory: ACE 150, ESL 150, ENGL 50, or eligibility determined by Prerequisites: None the English placement process. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course is designed for directors and assistant directors This course examines the influence of culture on the of early childhood programs. Topics include program types, development of children's social identities. It explores historical budget, management, licensing and state regulations, and current perspectives on diversity and inclusion and development and implementation of policies and procedures, the impact of systemic societal influences on children's working with diverse populations, and health and safety development, learning, and school experiences. It also explores guidelines. Students examine administrative tools, philosophies, anti-bias strategies that can be utilized in the classroom and/ and techniques needed to organize, open, and operate an or in social settings to support children from diverse cultures, as early care and education program. well as approaches to promote inclusive, anti-racist classroom communities along with the promotion of language and CHLD 251: Administration II: Personnel and Leadership in Early identity development of multilingual children. The course Childhood Education includes self-reflection on the influence of teachers' own culture Units: 3 and life experiences on teaching and interactions with children Prerequisites: None and families. C-ID ECE-230. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. CHLD 240: Children with Special Learning Needs Course Typically Offered: Spring Units: 3 Prerequisites: None This course is designed for directors and assistant directors of Acceptable for Credit: CSU early childhood programs. Topics include effective strategies Lecture 3 hours. for personnel management, legal and ethical responsibilities, Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring supervision techniques, professional development, and in-service training. Additional focus includes strategies for This course focuses on learning to work with children with partnering with parents, motivating staff, and fostering effective a wide range of abilities, challenging behaviors, and other community relations within diverse cultural contexts. special learning needs in inclusive early childhood settings. Topics include attention to relevant special education CHLD 270: Practicum - The Student Teaching Experience legislation and family-focused practices. The course Units: 3 emphasizes adapting programming, curriculum and classroom Prerequisites: CHLD 105, CHLD 106, CHLD 113, and CHLD 210. teaching strategies to meet the needs of all young children, Acceptable for Credit: CSU including those from culturally diverse backgrounds. Lecture 1 hour, laboratory 6 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring CHLD 245: Adult Supervision and Mentoring in Early Care and Education Teachers of young children apply developmentally appropriate Units: 3 early childhood teaching competencies under guided Prerequisites: None supervision in the campus Child Development Center or in Acceptable for Credit: CSU a community early childhood program. Students use their Lecture 3 hours. practicum experience to connect theory and practice as they Course Typically Offered: To be arranged develop professional behaviors and build a comprehensive understanding of children and families. The course emphasizes Teachers of young children study the methods and principles child-centered, play-oriented approaches to teaching, learning, of supervising and mentoring teachers, assistant teachers, planning, and assessment. C-ID ECE-210. student teachers, parents, and volunteers in early childhood classrooms. The course emphasizes the knowledge, skills, and competencies of classroom teachers who must function as new teacher mentors and address the needs of children, parents, and other adult learners. Topics include effective communication, problem solving, and negotiation in establishing positive interpersonal relations. 180    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CHLD 292: Internship Studies Communication Units: 0.5-3 Prerequisites: None The Communication Studies program provides students with Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per a theoretical and methodological foundation of the nature unit. of communication in its various forms and contexts as well Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center as the uses, effects, and relevancy of communication in approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative their own lives. Students take communication courses to work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. prepare to transfer with a major in communication or to Acceptable for Credit: CSU meet general education requirements. A bachelor's degree Course Typically Offered: To be arranged in communication can lead to a career in advertising, broadcasting, community relations, consulting, counseling, This course provides students the opportunity to apply the education, film, foreign service, fundraising, human resources, theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship journalism, international relations, law, management, position in a professional setting under the instruction of a marketing, mediation, ministry, politics, public relations, sales, faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students speech writing, and social work. to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, Academic and Career Pathway: Languages, employability skills development, and examination of the world Communication, and Humanities of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new Contact Information site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience Chair: Anthony Ongyod Department: Communication (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during Dean: Russell Waldon Studies community college attendance. https://www.miracosta.edu/ Office: Administration academics/degree-and- Building, San Elijo Campus, CHLD 296: Topics in Child Development certificate-programs/ 760.634.7876 Units: 1-3 languages-communication- Prerequisites: None and-humanities/ Acceptable for Credit: CSU communication-studies/ Lecture 1 hour. index.html Lecture 2 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Full-Time Faculty Leola Powers Course Typically Offered: To be arranged Eric Robertson Sam Arenivar This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in Rachel Hastings Child Development that are not included in regular course Anthony Ongyod offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number designation in the class Associate Degree schedule. Associate in Arts Degree CHLD 299: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience Communication Studies for Transfer 2.0 Units: 1-4 Prerequisites: None Students completing this associate degree will have Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per completed lower-division major preparation requirements for unit. a communications degree, an emphasis or option within a Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enroll communications degree, or a degree considered similar to in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or communications at a participating California State University internship studies concurrently. (CSU) campus. Following transfer to a participating CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU campus, students will be required to complete no more Course Typically Offered: To be arranged than 60 units to obtain a bachelor’s degree; however, some CSU campuses may require additional lower-division major Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who are preparation. This degree may not be appropriate preparation employed in a job directly related to their major. It allows such for students transferring to a CSU campus not accepting this students the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of their degree or to a university or college that is not part of the CSU discipline to their position and to undertake new responsibilities system. Students should consult with a MiraCosta counselor and learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting, for further information regarding the most efficient pathway to employability skills development, and examination of the world transfer as a communications major and to determine which of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students may CSU campuses are participating in this program. not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship To complete the degree, students must fulfill the following studies during community college attendance. requirements: 181MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses Complete a minimum of 60 CSU-transferable semester units. Courses Complete all courses required in the major with a “C” or \"P\" or better. COMM 101: Public Speaking Complete the CSU-GE (Plan B (p. 78)) or IGETC (Plan C Units: 3 (p. 84))* general education pattern. Prerequisites: None Obtain a minimum CSU-transferable GPA of 2.0. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Complete a minimum of 12 units in residence at MiraCosta Lecture 3 hours. College. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer * Students completing IGETC may be awarded the degree, This course provides training in the basic principles of oral but they must complete a course from Area IC: Oral expression. Students learn how to select and research subjects, Communication to meet CSU admission requirements. organize and support ideas, and prepare and deliver various forms of speeches. C-ID COMM-110. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement COMM 106: Group Communication Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to: Units: 3 Prerequisites: None present clear and effective messages. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC understand the relevance of the theories and methods of Lecture 3 hours. communication. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring be prepared for transfer to a communication studies program in a California State University. This course introduces students to group communication processes and principles and the necessary role of discussion in Required Core: Public Speaking * 3 society. While addressing current topics of controversy, students COMM 101 Interpersonal Communication * 3 learn and apply theories of group problem solving, roles, COMM 207 6 conflict resolution, leadership, ethics, and decision making. Students develop group communication skills in verbal and List A: 6 Units. Select two courses. 6 nonverbal interaction, participation, organization, and cultural diversity. C-ID COMM-140. COMM 106 Group Communication * 18 COMM 111: Narrative Performance COMM 111 Narrative Performance * Units: 3 Prerequisites: None COMM 120 Principles of Human Communication Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. * Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring COMM 190 Introduction to Persuasion * This course introduces narrative performance and analysis COMM 212 Argumentation * of narrative works of art in their intellectual, emotional, and COMM 215 Intercultural Communication * aesthetic forms. Class readings include traditional and contemporary approaches to storytelling and types of COMM 220 Introduction to Mass narratives, such as prose, poetry and drama. Students develop Communication * methods for constructing narratives and performance strategies for telling stories, including vocal and physical expressiveness, List B: 6 Units. Select two courses. variety, and flexibility through narrative performance. C-ID COMM-170. Any course from List A not already used. COMM 120: Principles of Human Communication COMM 135 Gender Studies in Communication * Units: 3 Prerequisites: None COMM 144 Race and Ethnicity in Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Communication * Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer COMM 150 Communication, Culture, and Leadership * This course introduces human communication concepts and theories. It focuses on the role and significance of COMM 186 Social Media Strategies for communication in and across different contexts, and it covers Communication Studies the basic structures and processes of communication. Topics include message production, message reception, and varying Total Units influences on human communication, such as interpersonal, intercultural, and mediated contexts. C-ID COMM-180. * Course satisfies a general education requirement on the CSU-GE or IGETC general education pattern. To ensure this degree is completed with no more than 60 units, students should select courses that will also satisfy a general education requirement. NOTE: Students are strongly advised to select courses that meet lower-division major preparation requirements at their transfer university and to complete the History, Constitution, and American Ideals requirement prior to transfer. 182    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses COMM 135: Gender Studies in Communication COMM 186: Social Media Strategies for Communication Units: 3 Studies Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Advisory: ACE 150, ENGL 50, ESL 150, or eligibility determined by Prerequisites: None the English placement process. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring This course explores the growing need for social media This course examines the communication patterns typically technology from a communication perspective within exhibited by men and women. It studies differences and and across multiple online contexts. Students gain the similarities in verbal and nonverbal behaviors, perception, knowledge and skills to effectively apply communication conflict, leadership, and interpersonal relationships. Students theories and concepts to social media and digital contexts develop an awareness and appreciation of gender as an to gain an understanding of online behaviors and practices. important variable in human communication, in both public Students learn how to communicate messages for an and private settings. intended audience within social media environments and are introduced to social media technologies and digital COMM 144: Race and Ethnicity in Communication communication methods, such as branding, content creation, Units: 3 team organization, distribution channels, strategies, and ways Prerequisites: None to assess digital platforms. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. COMM 190: Introduction to Persuasion Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Units: 3 Prerequisites: None This course provides both a theoretical and a practical Acceptable for Credit: CSU exploration of how we communicate race and ethnicity in Lecture 3 hours. the United States. Topics include how contemporary and Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring historical constructions of race and ethnicity influence identity construction, everyday interactions, and intercultural social This course examines the components of persuasive messages dynamics. The course emphasizes developing racial and in advertising, politics, and sales. Students analyze persuasive ethnic awareness concerning situations where perceived racial themes, such as ethics, logic, reasoning, and fallacies, as they or ethnic differences factor into communication outcomes. relate to the use of evidence, speaker credibility, and emotional Students engage with qualitative analysis, social, cultural, appeals directed toward various types of audiences. Students and political theories, and power relations related to the learn skills for practical everyday living as a participant in a representations of Native Americans, African Americans, Asian complex society. Americans, and/or Latinas/os in contemporary popular culture in the US. COMM 207: Interpersonal Communication Units: 3 COMM 150: Communication, Culture, and Leadership Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Prerequisites: None Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course provides for the study of communication within an interpersonal context. It includes the study of This course introduces the fundamental elements of leadership the communication process, perception, the symbolic in communication as it relates to theories, ethics, styles, nature of language, nonverbal codes, principles of effective and different cultures. Students analyze and appreciate communication, and the effects of communication on people the philosophical, historical, aesthetic, and cultural aspects in society. C-ID COMM-130. of leadership in various works of importance. They also articulate their own leadership experiences as they relate to COMM 212: Argumentation the development of a personal philosophy of leadership that Units: 3 includes an understanding of subjective human experiences of Prerequisites: None self, others, community, and culture. Advisory: ENGL 50 or or ESL 150 ACE 150 Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course examines the psychological and logical basis of argument and principles of effective organization. It teaches the development and application of critical thinking skills as well as the practice of creating and evaluating arguments so students can become more skilled and responsible advocates. C-ID COMM-120. 183MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses COMM 215: Intercultural Communication COMM 296: Topics in Communication Units: 3 Units: 1-3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Advisory: ENGL 100 or ENGL 100H Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 1 hour. Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 2 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: To be arranged This course analyzes the cultural factors and variables that influence human-communication choices and actions. It This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in focuses on perception, language, reasoning, nonverbal Communications that are not included in regular course messages, values, beliefs, attitudes, and rules. Students learn to offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and identify the cultural principles and variables of communication given its own title and 296 number designation in the class so as to act effectively and responsibly when interacting with schedule. diverse persons in various contexts. C-ID COMM-150. COMM 299: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience COMM 220: Introduction to Mass Communication Units: 1-4 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per Advisory: ACE 150, ENGL 50, ESL 150, or eligibility determined by unit. the English placement process. Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enroll Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or Lecture 3 hours. internship studies concurrently. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: To be arranged This course covers the history, role, and impact of mass media in the United States. It demonstrates various media operations Occupational Cooperative Work Experience Education is in the U.S. and their societal and cultural effects. The course intended for students employed in a job directly related to enables students to be informed, critical consumers of mass their major. It allows such students the opportunity to apply media, and to understand how the media influence attitudes, the theories and skills of their discipline to their position and values, beliefs, and perceptions. C-ID JOUR-100. to undertake new responsibilities and learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, COMM 292: Internship Studies and examination of the world of work as it relates to the Units: 0.5-3 student's career plans. Students may not earn more than Prerequisites: None 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during unit. community college attendance. Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative Computer Science work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Computer science is the study of computers and their Course Typically Offered: To be arranged applications. This discipline includes a variety of specialties, such as software engineering,  human-computer interaction, This course provides students the opportunity to apply the systems programming, artificial intelligence, robotics, theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship networking, and graphics. In preparation for transfer into position in a professional setting under the instruction of a more advanced fundamental and specialized areas, students faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students learn basic programming, data structures, and computer to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals architecture. Computer science majors will also need two employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, or three semesters of calculus and discrete mathematics, employability skills development, and examination of the world depending on their choice of transfer institution. Career options of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students in computer science include software engineer, computer must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new engineer, systems analyst, database administrator, and site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than software project manager. 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during (See also: Computer Studies & Information Technology) community college attendance. Academic and Career Pathway: Math and Sciences.  184    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses Contact Information Obtain a minimum CSU-transferable GPA of 2.0. Complete a minimum of 12 units in residence at MiraCosta Chair: Catherine Walker Department: Computer College. Dean: Al Taccone Science https://www.miracosta.edu/ Office: Building OC4800, *Students completing IGETC may be awarded the degree, academics/degree-and- 760.795.6811 but they must complete a course from Area 1C: Oral certificate-programs/math- Communication to meet CSU admission requirements. and-sciences/computer- science/index.html Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Full-Time Faculty Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to develop communication, critical thinking, Nery Chapeton-Lamas algorithmic analysis, programming, and problem solving Michael Paulding skills that will effectively prepare them for advanced study in Catherine Walker computer science at the university level. Associate Degrees Required courses:   3 CS 112 Associate in Arts Degree Introduction to Computer Science II: Software Development CS 113 Java Students may earn the above-named associate degree by CS 220 Basic Data Structures and 3 completing a certificate of achievement and the general Algorithms education courses required for MiraCosta's Associate in Arts CS 226 degree (see Associate Degrees (p. 69)). Students should meet MATH 150 Computer Architecture and 3 with a MiraCosta counselor to identify required courses and to Assembly Language develop a written educational plan for the specific degree or or MATH 150H certificate they wish to earn. MATH 155 Discrete Structures 4 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I * 5 or MATH 155H Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (Honors) PHYS 151 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement or PHYS 151H Calculus and Analytic Geometry II * 4 Upon completion of this program, the student will be able BIO 204 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II 4 to analyze, design, and generate mature software solutions to complex and abstract programming problems utilizing or BIO 204H (Honors) efficient and appropriate algorithms while working alone Principles of Physics I * or cooperatively in a team. Students will also be able to or CHEM 150 competently explain and present the code and the results or CHEM 150H Principles of Physics I (Honors) both verbally and in writing. or PHYS 152 Foundations of Biology: 4 or PHYS 152H Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Total Units and Molecular Biology * Associate in Arts Degree Foundations of Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Computer Science for Transfer Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology (Honors) Students completing this associate degree will have completed lower-division major preparation requirements for a computer General Chemistry I: For Science Majors science degree, an emphasis or option within a computer science degree, or a degree considered similar to computer General Chemistry I: For Science Majors science at a participating California State University (CSU) (Honors) campus. Following transfer to a participating CSU campus, students will be required to complete no more than 60 units to Principles of Physics II obtain a bachelor’s degree; however, some CSU campuses may require additional lower-division major preparation. This Principles of Physics II (Honors) degree may not be appropriate preparation for students transferring to a CSU campus not accepting this degree or 30 to a university or college that is not part of the CSU system. Students should consult with a MiraCosta counselor for further * Course satisfies a general education requirement on the CSU- information regarding the most efficient pathway to transfer GE or IGETC general education (GE) pattern. To ensure this as a computer science major and to determine which CSU degree is completed with no more than 60 units, students campuses are participating in this program. should select courses that will also satisfy a GE requirement. Note: All of the BIO, CHEM, MATH, and PHYS courses listed are also GE courses. To complete the degree, students must fulfill the following NOTE: Students are strongly advised to select courses that requirements: meet lower-division major preparation requirements at their transfer university and to complete the History, Constitution, and American Ideals requirement prior to transfer. Complete a minimum of 60 CSU-transferable semester units.  Complete all courses required in the major with a “C” or \"P\" or better. Complete the CSU-GE (Plan B (p. 78)) or IGETC (Plan C (p. 84))* general education pattern. 185MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses Certificate game developers and solidify the foundation of their computer science skills. Certificate of Achievement Software Development Program Student Learning Outcome Statement This certificate provides a strong foundation for knowledge Upon completion of this program, students will be able to of basic object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques demonstrate proficiency in the fundamental techniques of and data structures used in computer science. Students gain video game design and development. experience in several OOP programming languages and in analyzing and assessing problems and formulating appropriate Required courses:   solutions. Completing this certificate will help students advance in their careers as computer programming professionals and CS 111 Introduction to Computer Science I: 3 solidify the foundation of their computer science skills. Java 3 3 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement or CS 150 C++ Programming CS 155 C# and the .NET Framework 9 Upon completion of this program, the student will be Select one course from the following: able to analyze, design, and develop mature software solutions to complex and abstract programming problems MAT 145 UI/UX Design utilizing efficient and appropriate algorithms while working alone or cooperatively in a team. Students will also be to MAT 150 Animation and Interactivity competently explain and present the code and the results both verbally and in writing. MAT 190 Programming for Animation, Interactivity, and Games Total Units Required courses:   Certificate of Proficiency Mobile Application Development CS 111 Introduction to Computer Science I: 3 Java 3 The Mobile Application Development certificate offers students 3 familiar with programming languages or just starting out the CS 112 Introduction to Computer Science II: 3 opportunity to specialize in mobile app development for Java 3 smartphones and tablets with an open-source platform. 3 Students employ active learning with Integrated Development CS 113 Basic Data Structures and 6 Environments (IDEs), frameworks, APIs, designing and Algorithms handling user input, designing layouts, application events, 24 managing navigation, and core device features, such as GPS, CS 150 C++ Programming accelerometers, and touch gestures. CS 210 Software Engineering CS 220 Computer Architecture and Assembly Language Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Select at least 6 elective units from the following: CS 130 Fundamentals of Scripting Upon successful completion of this program, students will Languages be able to demonstrate proficiency in the fundamental techniques of mobile application development. CS 134 Mobile Application Development CS 138 Programming with Python Required courses:   CS 111 CS 139 Advanced Programming with Introduction to Computer Science I: 3 Python CS 112 Java 3 3 CS 151 Advanced C++ Programming CS 134 Introduction to Computer Science II: 3 Java CS 155 C# and the .NET Framework 12 Mobile Application Development CS 226 Discrete Structures or MATH 226 Discrete Mathematics Select one course from the following: or MATH 226H Discrete Mathematics (Honors) MAT 145 UI/UX Design BUS 133 Project Management MAT 150 Animation and Interactivity MAT 190 Total Units Programming for Animation, Interactivity, and Games Certificate of Proficiency Game Developer Total Units This certificate provides the focused skill set necessary for video game development. Students gain experience in writing efficient code and designing the user experience while developing strong problem-solving skills. Curriculum emphasizes the data structures, algorithms, and software architecture techniques used to create games. Completing this certificate will help students advance their careers as 186    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses Courses CS 113: Basic Data Structures and Algorithms Units: 3 CS 101: Introduction to Computer Science Principles Prerequisites: CS 112. Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Prerequisites: None Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer The course uses topics of personal and social relevance to investigate the impact of computing through efficient This course introduces beginning or exploring students to core algorithms and properly designed data structures. Students principles, theories, and topics in computer science while explore the software development process by developing emphasizing their relevance in society. Topics include general effective solutions using industry-standard tools. Topics include computational problem-solving techniques, design of digital searching, sorting, hashing, algorithm analysis, object-oriented devices, how computers work, and how to design, implement, design, collections, lists, stacks, queues, trees, sets, dictionaries, test, and document programs in both an interactive and a and graphs. C-ID COMP-132. high-level programming language (Python). This course is highly recommended for students prior to taking a beginning CS 130: Fundamentals of Scripting Languages programming class (CS 111, CS 150, CS 130, CS 138, or CS 155), Units: 3 non-computer science majors, or those interested in exploring Prerequisites: None computer science. Advisory: CS 101. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC CS 111: Introduction to Computer Science I: Java Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Units: 3 Course Typically Offered: Spring Prerequisites: None Advisory: CS 101 and MATH 64 or MATH 64S. This course introduces students to scripting language(s) Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC and webpage programming. Students develop, debug, Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. implement, and integrate client-side scripts using automated Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer tasking. Comparisons may be made among common scripting languages, such as JavaScript, PHP, Perl, and CGI. This course introduces object-oriented programming and concepts designed primarily for students majoring in computer CS 134: Mobile Application Development science and engineering who have some programming Units: 3 fundamentals. The course uses topics of personal and social Prerequisites: CS 112. relevance to investigate the impacts of computing through Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC exploring language basics, including control structures, Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. data types, input/output, operators, classes, methods and Course Typically Offered: Spring parameters, basic inheritance, and documentation practices as well as testing and verification techniques. UC CREDIT This course covers how to develop applications for LIMITATION: No credit for CS 111 if taken after CS 112. C-ID smartphones and tablets with the Android open-source COMP 122, ITIS-130. platform. Topics include the Model-View-Controller architecture, designing and handling user input, defining activity layouts, CS 112: Introduction to Computer Science II: Java application events, displaying images, managing navigation, Units: 3 and core device features, such as GPS, the Google Maps API, Prerequisites: CS 111. accelerometers, and touch gestures. Students leverage and Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC expand their Java programming knowledge to build mobile Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. applications from start to finish. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer CS 138: Programming with Python This course uses topics of personal and social relevance Units: 3 to investigate the impacts of computing through exploring Prerequisites: None advanced object-oriented programming concepts such as Advisory: CS 101. abstraction, inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Topics include recursion, generics, event-driven programming, Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. graphical user interfaces, file input and output, and exception Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer handling. This course introduces the Python programming language and its features. Python, a dynamic, object-oriented, extensible language, is perfect for the beginner and also meets industry needs. Python is well-suited for applications ranging from simple data manipulation to large, complex applications. 187MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses CS 139: Advanced Programming with Python CS 210: Software Engineering Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: CS 138. Prerequisites: CS 112. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course continues with the Python programming language, This course introduces students to team-based software using topics of personal and social relevance to investigate the development and engineering methods, including impact of computing. This course includes data structures and specification, design, implementation, testing, and process. libraries for modularization, data extraction and visualization, It emphasizes team development, agile methods, software web APIs, server applications, and an introduction to machine design, and use of software engineering tools, such as learning. integrated development environments, version control, automated test framework, build automation, and software CS 150: C++ Programming containers. As a culminating project, each team produces Units: 3 three deliverables: a Software Requirements Specification Prerequisites: None document, a Software Design Specification document, and an Advisory: MATH 64 or and CS 101 MATH 64S executable application satisfying stakeholder requirements. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. CS 220: Computer Architecture and Assembly Language Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Units: 3 Prerequisites: CS 112. Using an object-oriented approach to design and Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC programming in the C++ language, this course covers data Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. input/output, data types, control structures, operators, Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer functions, and the operating environment. Upon successful completion of the course, students are able to construct This course introduces the fundamental physical and structural moderately complex programs in C++. C-ID COMP-122. concepts of assembly language programming. Topics include machine architecture, memory addressing, input/output, CS 151: Advanced C++ Programming interrupts, control structures, compiling, and linking. C-ID Units: 3 COMP-142. Prerequisites: CS 150. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC CS 226: Discrete Structures Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Units: 4 Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Prerequisites: CS 111, CS 138, or CS 150 and MATH 126, MATH 126S, or eligibility determined by the math placement In this advanced programming course, students design and process. implement increasingly complex C++ programs that build Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC upon skills acquired in C++ Programming (CS 150). Students Lecture 3.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. also develop appropriate and efficient methods to test their Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring programs. Topics include polymorphism, inheritance, class libraries, the standard template library, pointers, advanced file Designed for students majoring in computer science, this input/output operations, recursion, virtual functions, exception course introduces discrete mathematics, including logic, handling, dynamic memory management, bitwise operators, methods of proof, number theory, sets, counting, relations, and data structures, such as linked lists, stacks, queues, and recursion, recurrence relations, Boolean algebra, graphs, binary trees. trees, and networks. Topics are illustrated with applications to computer science, including design and analysis of algorithms, CS 155: C# and the .NET Framework undecidability, program correctness, and digital logic design. Units: 3 C-ID COMP-152. Prerequisites: None Advisory: CS 101. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall This course provides an introduction to the C# (\"C Sharp\") programming language and the .NET framework. The C# language encompasses functional, generic, object-oriented, and component-oriented programming disciplines. The .NET framework provides the foundation of language interoperability for the Microsoft Windows operating system. C# is designed for modern software development and provides the tools to build applications quickly. 188    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CS 292: Internship Studies education courses covering social and ethical issues related to Units: 0.5-3 technology. Prerequisites: None Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per Career options available through certificate attainment, unit. transfer, or bachelor's degree achievement include business Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center office worker, business productivity software professional, approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative Internet and e-commerce specialist, information technology work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. analyst, management information systems analyst, computer Acceptable for Credit: CSU desktop support and tech support technician, systems Course Typically Offered: To be arranged administrator, and cybersecurity professional. Certain courses provide preparatory training for various professional This course provides students the opportunity to apply the industry certifications, including Business Information Worker theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship (BIW) Pathway I, II, and Specialist Levels, Microsoft Office position in a professional setting under the instruction of a Specialist (Expert Levels for Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students IC3, Microsoft Desktop Support Technician, Windows, CompTIA to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals A+, Network+, Security+, Cyber Security Analyst+ (CySA+), employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, PenTest+/EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and Linux employability skills development, and examination of the world Professional/Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA). of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new Academic and Career Pathway: Business and Technology  site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience Contact Information (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance. Chair: Steve Isachsen Department: Computer Studies CS 299: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience Dean: Al Taccone and Information Technology Units: 1-4 Prerequisites: None https://www.miracosta.edu/ Office: Building OC4800, Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per unit. academics/degree-and- 760.795.6811 Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or certificate-programs/business- internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU and-technology/computer- Course Typically Offered: To be arranged studies-and-information- Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who are employed in a job directly related to their major. It allows such technology/index.html students the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of their discipline to their position and to undertake new responsibilities Full-Time Faculty and learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world Steve Isachsen of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students may Rick White not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship Associate Degrees studies during community college attendance. Associate in Science Degrees Computer Studies & Business and Information Worker (BIW) Information Technology Business Productivity Software Applications Cybersecurity The Computer Studies & Information Technology (CSIT) Information Technology Department serves students with computer-related courses in Internet and E-Commerce basic skills, transfer, and career education. Management Information Systems (MIS) Systems Administration Composed of curriculum focused in the areas of computing Tech Support fundamentals, computer applications, information technology, and networking, CSIT provides students with theoretical and Students may earn one of the above-named associate degrees hands-on experience in using the power of computing to by completing its respective certificate of achievement critically evaluate and solve business, network, and security requirements and the general education courses required problems. In addition, the department offers several general for MiraCosta College's Associate in Science degree (see Associate Degrees (p. 69)). Students should meet with a MiraCosta counselor to identify required courses and to develop a written educational plan for the specific degree or certificate they wish to earn. Certificates Certificate of Achievement Business Information Worker (BIW) This certificate prepares individuals with business information related skills and techniques for entry-level jobs. Depending on which elective is chosen, certificate completion may help 189MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses prepare individuals for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) business productivity software applications to solve business Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, QuickBooks Certified User problems. (QBCU), and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) professional certification exams as well as the Business Required courses:   Information Worker (BIW) Pathway I, II, and Specialist Levels. CSIT 125 Microsoft Word for Business 3 3 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CSIT 128 Microsoft Excel for Business 3 CSIT 131 Microsoft Access for Business 3 3 Upon completion of this program, the student will be able CSIT 134 Microsoft PowerPoint for Business 3 to demonstrate business information related skills and CSIT 137 Google Apps for Business 1 techniques required of a business information worker.  CSIT 149 Microsoft Windows 9 Required courses:   CSIT 195 IT Career Exploration and Portfolio 28 CSIT 101 Introduction to Computers 3 or CSIT 286 Development or CSIT 110 Computer Applications Professional Certification Preparation or CSIT 120 Fundamentals of Computer Information or CSIT 292 Internship Studies Systems or CSIT 299 Occupational Cooperative Work Experience CSIT 125 Microsoft Word for Business 3 Select at least 9 elective units from the following courses: CSIT 128 Microsoft Excel for Business 3 CSIT 101 Introduction to Computers CSIT 149 Microsoft Windows 3 CSIT 110 Computer Applications BUS 136 Human Relations in Business 3 CSIT 155 Social Media for Business BUS 120 Introduction to Business or BUS 290 Business Communication Introduction to Business (Honors) or BUS 120H or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) CSIT 195 IT Career Exploration and Portfolio 1 BUS 133 Project Management Development BUS 290 Business Communication or CSIT 286 Professional Certification Preparation or CSIT 292 Internship Studies or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) MAT 110 Digital Imaging 1: Adobe Photoshop or CSIT 299 Occupational Cooperative Work Experience MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals Select at least 3 elective units from the following courses: 3 MAT 170 Digital Illustration 1: Adobe Illustrator CSIT 131 Microsoft Access for Business MAT 180 Digital Publishing: Adobe InDesign CSIT 134 Microsoft PowerPoint for Business Total Units ACCT 148 QuickBooks Certificate of Achievement Cybersecurity BUS 133 Project Management This certificate is designed to meet the demand for Total Units 19 cybersecurity professionals. Certificate completion results in mastery of fundamentals of computer hardware and software, Certificate of Achievement networks, and security, ethical hacking, cyber analytics, and Business Productivity Software Applications legal issues surrounding cybersecurity. Career and employment opportunities in cybersecurity include cybersecurity analyst, Individuals completing this certificate are prepared for the ethical hacker, forensics, cyber related law enforcement, and professional-level use of computers and business productivity cyber technical support specialist roles. Certificate completion software applications. Learning to use, integrate, and may help prepare individuals for Windows, CompTIA A+, collaborate effectively with these powerful tools is essential Network+, Security+, Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+), PenTest for job preparation or advancing in current jobs in today's +/EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and Linux technology-rich workplaces. Specific areas of emphasis include Professional/Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) word processing, spreadsheets, database management, professional certification exams, and other cyber-related electronic presentations, digital imaging, Microsoft Windows, certifications. and Internet cloud-based applications. Depending on which electives are chosen, certificate completion may help Program Student Learning Outcome Statement individuals prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Certified Associate in Project Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Management (CAPM), and Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) to demonstrate cybersecurity related skills and techniques Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign professional certification required of a cybersecurity worker.  exams. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to Required courses:   3 successfully use, integrate, and collaborate with a range of ADM 100 Introduction to the Administration of Justice 190    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses or ADM 100H Introduction to the Administration of CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence 3 Justice (Honors) or CSIT 155 or CSIT 120 Social Media for Business Fundamentals of Computer Information CSIT 160 3 CSIT 180 Systems Technology, the Individual, and or CSIT 165 Society CSIT 181 Fundamentals of Computer 4 CSIT 180 Hardware and Software Living in an Online World or CSIT 191 or CSIT 181 CSIT 182 Fundamentals of Computer 3 or CSIT 191 Fundamentals of Computer 3-4 CSIT 183 Networking CSIT 195 Hardware and Software CSIT 184 CSIT 186 Fundamentals of Cisco Networking or CSIT 286 Fundamentals of Computer Networking CSIT 188 or CSIT 292 Fundamentals of Cisco Networking CSIT 195 Fundamentals of Computer Security 3 or CSIT 299 IT Career Exploration and Portfolio 1 or CSIT 286 Windows Server 3 Total Units Development or CSIT 292 or CSIT 299 Linux Server 3 Professional Certification Preparation Internship Studies Total Units Cybersecurity: Analyst 3 Cybersecurity: Ethical Hacker 3 Occupational Cooperative Work Experience IT Career Exploration and Portfolio 1 Development 25-26 Professional Certification Preparation Certificate of Achievement Internship Studies Internet and E-Commerce Occupational Cooperative Work Individuals completing this certificate enhance their ability to Experience explore, start, or advance their careers conducting business on the Internet. The certificate emphasizes mastery of the 26 technical aspects of e-commerce as well as setup and design considerations. Individuals are advised to complete CSIT 146 Certificate of Achievement prior to selecting electives. Depending on which electives Information Technology are chosen, certificate completion may help individuals prepare for the CompTIA A+ and Certified Associate in Project Individuals completing this certificate gain a broad foundation Management (CAPM) professional certification exams. in information technology (IT) theory and skills. Mastery of IT fundamentals across each of the Computer Studies Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Department's major areas of focus, such as business productivity software applications, data analytics, hardware, Upon completion of this program, the student will be able and networking, is emphasized. Completing additional to successfully perform the tasks associated with analysis, coursework (consult a counselor) may result in a transfer creation, evaluation, and maintenance of conducting pathway to a four-year degree in computer information business and e-commerce on the Internet. technology or a variety of related majors. Depending on which courses are chosen, certificate completion may help individuals Required courses:   prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, CompTIA A+, and Network+ professional CSIT 120 Fundamentals of Computer 3 certification exams. Information Systems 3 3 Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence 3 3   Upon completion of this program, the student will be able CSIT 155 Social Media for Business 1 to successfully articulate and demonstrate a wide range of fundamental information technology theory and skills. MAT 125 Web Design 1: Fundamentals 6-7 MAT 165 Web Design 2: WordPress and Site Production Required courses:   CS 101 CSIT 195 IT Career Exploration and Portfolio Introduction to Computer Science 3 Development CSIT 101 Principles 3 or CSIT 110 Introduction to Computers or CSIT 286 Professional Certification Preparation Computer Applications 3 CSIT 120 Fundamentals of Computer 3 or CSIT 292 Internship Studies Information Systems 3 CSIT 123 Introduction to Data Analytics or CSIT 299 Occupational Cooperative Work CSIT 125 Microsoft Word for Business Experience Microsoft Excel for Business or CSIT 128 Microsoft Access for Business Select two courses below: or CSIT 131 Microsoft PowerPoint for Business or CSIT 134 Google Apps for Business CSIT 123 Introduction to Data Analytics or CSIT 137 Microsoft Windows or CSIT 149 CSIT 180 Fundamentals of Computer Hardware and Software BUS 130 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management BUS 132 Marketing BUS 133 Project Management 191MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses MAT 225 Web Design 3: Custom Sites and Certificate of Achievement Total Units Professional Practices Systems Administration 22-23 This certificate prepares individuals for careers and employment in computer networking, network administration, enterprise Certificate of Achievement networking, and Internet or intranet administration. Individuals Management Information Systems (MIS) will be prepared for successful employment in networking related occupations such as network technician, systems Completion of this certificate prepares individuals for careers administrator, field support technician, customer technical in the management of information systems. Individuals master support representative, and technical support specialist roles. how to plan, coordinate, and direct computer-related activities Certificate completion may help prepare individuals for the to determine and implement the information technology goals CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+, Windows, and Linux of an organization. Completing additional coursework (consult professional certification exams. a counselor) may result in a transfer pathway to a four-year degree in management information systems or a variety of Program Student Learning Outcome Statement related majors. Depending on which electives are chosen, certificate completion may help individuals prepare for the Upon completion of this program, the student will be able CompTIA A+ and Network+ professional certification exams. to demonstrate systems administration related skills and techniques required of a systems administrator. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Required courses:   3 to demonstrate management of information systems CSIT 120 4 related skills and techniques required of a management Fundamentals of Computer 3 information systems worker. CSIT 180 Information Systems 3 Required courses:   CSIT 181 Fundamentals of Computer 3 Hardware and Software 3 ACCT 201 Financial Accounting 4 or CSIT 191 1 or ACCT 201H Financial Accounting (Honors) CSIT 182 Fundamentals of Computer CSIT 183 Networking 20 ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting 4 CSIT 184 or ACCT 202H Managerial Accounting (Honors) CSIT 195 Fundamentals of Cisco Networking BUS 140 Legal Environment of Business 3 or CSIT 286 Fundamentals of Computer Security or BUS 140H or CSIT 292 Legal Environment of Business (Honors) or CSIT 299 Windows Server BUS 290 Business Communication 3 Total Units Linux Server or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) IT Career Exploration and Portfolio CSIT 120 Fundamentals of Computer 3 Development Information Systems Professional Certification Preparation CSIT 123 Introduction to Data Analytics 3 ECON 101 Principles of Economics: MACRO 3 Internship Studies Occupational Cooperative Work Experience ECON 102 Principles of Economics: MICRO 3 Certificate of Achievement CSIT 195 IT Career Exploration and Portfolio 1 Tech Support Development or CSIT 286 Professional Certification Preparation Completing this certificate prepares individuals for employment or CSIT 292 Internship Studies and careers as computer desktop support specialists in a business environment. Individuals master skills in software and or CSIT 299 Occupational Cooperative Work applications support, operating systems, local area networks, Experience desktop support, and customer service while also being able to answer, or escalate, calls and inquiries from end users. Select courses from below for a minimum of 3 units: 3-4 Related jobs include help desk technician, customer support representative, computer support specialist, and technical CS 101 Introduction to Computer Science support representative. Certificate completion may help Principles prepare individuals for the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) and CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ CSIT 160 Technology, the Individual, and professional certification exams. Society CSIT 165 Living in an Online World Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CSIT 180 Fundamentals of Computer Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to CSIT 181 Hardware and Software demonstrate technical support related skills and techniques required of a tech support worker. CSIT 191 Fundamentals of Computer Networking Fundamentals of Cisco Networking Total Units 30-31 Required courses:   3 CSIT 110 Computer Applications 192    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CSIT 149 Microsoft Windows 3 CSIT 149 Microsoft Windows CSIT 180 4 Total Units Fundamentals of Computer 3 9 Hardware and Software 3 1 Certificate of Proficiency CSIT 181 Fundamentals of Computer Certiport IC3 Digital Literacy Networking 3 3 This certificate offers individuals and job seekers the foundation or CSIT 191 Fundamentals of Cisco Networking of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to be successful 23 in a wide variety of careers that involve computers and the CSIT 182 Fundamentals of Computer Security Internet. Core competencies include computing fundamentals, working in an Internet or networked environment, word CSIT 195 IT Career Exploration and Portfolio processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications skills Development and techniques. Certificate completion may help prepare individuals for the IC3 Digital Literacy Certification, with or CSIT 286 Professional Certification Preparation competencies covered mapping to the IC3 Global Standard 4, or CSIT 292 5, Fast Track, and Spark professional certification exams. or CSIT 299 Internship Studies Occupational Cooperative Work Experience BUS 136 Human Relations in Business or BUS 290 Business Communication Program Student Learning Outcome Statement or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) Select at least 3 elective units from the following courses:  Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to successfully demonstrate core computer competencies. CSIT 137 Google Apps for Business CSIT 146 E-Commerce and Web Presence Required courses: Introduction to Computers   CSIT 155 Social Media for Business CSIT 101 Computer Applications 3 CS 101 Introduction to Computer Science CSIT 110 Living in an Online World 3 Principles CSIT 165 3 CS 111 Introduction to Computer Science I: Total Units 9 BUS 290 Java Certificate of Proficiency Business Communication * Certiport Microsoft Office or BUS 290H Business Communication (Honors) Completion of this certificate enhances employability in business settings where the use of Microsoft Office business Total Units productivity software applications are a vital job function. Each course in this certificate offers a comprehensive *BUS 290/BUS 290H may be taken as an elective for Tech overview (core through expert level skills and techniques), Support if not taken as part of the requirement. starting with fundamentals and finishing with advanced features. In addition, certificate completion may help prepare Certificate of Proficiency individuals for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word, Excel, Business Productivity Software Applications Essentials Access, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office Master professional certification exams. This certificate offers individuals the opportunity to master basic business productivity software applications skills and techniques Program Student Learning Outcome Statement necessary for successful careers and employment in jobs in any industry. Coursework offers a foundation for working with Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to applications necessary to perform essential baseline computer successfully demonstrate Microsoft Office software skills and job functions proficiently. Depending on which electives are techniques. chosen, certificate completion may help individuals prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint professional certification exams. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Required courses:   CSIT 125 3 Upon completion of this program, the student will be able CSIT 128 Microsoft Word for Business 3 to successfully demonstrate basic business productivity CSIT 131 Microsoft Excel for Business 3 software skills and techniques.  CSIT 134 Microsoft Access for Business 3 Microsoft PowerPoint for Business Total Units 12 Required courses:   CSIT 110 Computer Applications 3 Certificate of Proficiency 6 CompTIA IT Core Essentials Select at least 6 elective units from the following courses: This certificate offers individuals the opportunity to master skills CSIT 101 Introduction to Computers and abilities necessary to meet the demand for CompTIA entry level professional certifications. Certificate completers CSIT 125 Microsoft Word for Business are prepared in fundamentals of computer hardware and software, networks, and security while obtaining foundational CSIT 128 Microsoft Excel for Business skills necessary to be successful in information communications CSIT 131 Microsoft Access for Business CSIT 134 Microsoft PowerPoint for Business CSIT 137 Google Apps for Business 193MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses essential to successful careers in retail sales of computers, Courses handheld devices, networking services or cell phones, Help Desk, and User Support. Certificate completion helps CSIT 101: Introduction to Computers prepare individuals for CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ Units: 3 certification exams. Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Program Student Learning Outcome Statement Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to demonstrate mastery of skills and abilities necessary for This course is intended for students wishing to develop or CompTIA entry level professional certifications. strengthen their basic computer skills. Topics include basic computer techniques and literacy in computer concepts, Required courses:   4 Windows, working with files and folders, word processing, CSIT 180 spreadsheets, browsing and searching the web, safe and Fundamentals of Computer 3 ethical computer and Internet practices, email, computer CSIT 181 Hardware and Software maintenance, security, purchasing a computer, and academic 3 online course management systems, such as Canvas. CSIT 182 Fundamentals of Computer 10 Total Units Networking CSIT 110: Computer Applications Units: 3 Fundamentals of Computer Security Prerequisites: None Advisory: CSIT 101. Certificate of Proficiency Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Emerging Technologies Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer This certificate offers individuals the opportunity to explore emerging technologies in information technology and is This course provides an in-depth, hands-on introduction to meant to enhance current or future employment and career computer applications and fundamentals. Topics include opportunities. The courses emphasize the rapidly changing computer concepts, the operating system, and word landscape of computers, information, and technology and processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, and Web understanding how trends in these areas may impact current browser applications. The course emphasizes applied computer and future society, business, and industry. Depending on which applications skills and techniques, computer concepts and courses are chosen, certificate completion may help individuals ethical considerations, and the use of computer applications prepare for CompTIA A+ professional certification exam. as integrated tools to perform professional-level analyses. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CSIT 110 or CSIT 120. Program Student Learning Outcome Statement CSIT 120: Fundamentals of Computer Information Systems Upon completion of this program, the student will be able Units: 3 to successfully demonstrate how emerging technologies in Prerequisites: None information technology impact current and future business Advisory: CSIT 110. and industry.  Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. Required courses:   Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer CSIT 123 Introduction to Data Analytics 3 This course covers the concepts of information systems in or CSIT 137 Google Apps for Business business, including the integration of information systems, CSIT 155 organizational strategy, systems analysis, data storage, data Social Media for Business 3-4 processing, security, cloud computing, and communications. or CSIT 180 The course applies information system concepts by developing Fundamentals of Computer Hardware and solutions to business problems using financial analysis and CSIT 160 Software database management tools, such as Microsoft Excel and Access. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CSIT 110 or CSIT 120. or CSIT 165 Technology, the Individual, and 3 C-ID ITIS-120 and BUS-140. Total Units Society Living in an Online World 9-10 194    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CSIT 123: Introduction to Data Analytics CSIT 131: Microsoft Access for Business Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: MATH 28, MATH 30, or eligibility determined by the Prerequisites: None math placement process. Advisory: CSIT 101. Advisory: CSIT 110, CSIT 120, or CSIT 128. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Students learn how to use Microsoft Access, the industry This course introduces students to the field of data analytics standard tool for database creation in a business environment. and focuses on the application of quantitative reasoning skills This comprehensive course includes fundamentals, such as to derive actionable information from various data sources to relational database design theory, tables, queries, reports, solve complex business and social problems. Students mine and forms, as well as more advanced features, such as big data using data inference techniques formulated through complex validation rules, action queries, report controls, form the use of qualitative analysis and statistical applications. The automation, database customization, and data integration course emphasizes visual analysis tools, such as the use of tools. This course helps prepare students for the Microsoft graphs, charts, and computerized spreadsheets. Students gain Certification Exam. an understanding of the widespread use of data analytics and how this sophisticated technique that combines mathematical CSIT 134: Microsoft PowerPoint for Business principles and technology affects their everyday lives. Units: 3 Prerequisites: None CSIT 125: Microsoft Word for Business Advisory: CSIT 101. Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Prerequisites: None Lecture 3 hours. Advisory: CSIT 101. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. Students learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint, the industry Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring standard tool for creating electronic presentations in business environments. This comprehensive course includes Students learn how to use Microsoft Word, the industry- fundamentals, such as electronic presentation design and standard tool for word processing in business environments. delivery concepts, slide layout, graphics, diagrams, charts, This comprehensive course includes fundamentals, such as and sound, as well as more advanced features, such as document design, section breaks, table of contents, graphics, complex animation, transitions, action buttons, video, custom columns, citations, and tables, as well as more advanced backgrounds, and collaboration tools. This course helps features, such as document collaboration, workgroup tools, prepare students for the Microsoft Certification Exam. template customization, mail merge, macros, object linking, forms, security, and Web enabling. This course helps prepare CSIT 137: Google Apps for Business students for the Microsoft Certification Exam. Units: 3 Prerequisites: None CSIT 128: Microsoft Excel for Business Advisory: CSIT 101. Units: 3 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Prerequisites: None Lecture 3 hours. Advisory: CSIT 101. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. In this course, students learn how to use Google Apps, a Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer collection of free Web-based productivity tools, in a business environment. Topics include Google Search, Gmail, Google Students learn how to use Microsoft Excel, the industry Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google standard tool for spreadsheet and chart creation in a Sites, and emerging trends in Google Apps. Students use business environment. This comprehensive course includes the Internet to access their files and tools to manipulate and fundamentals, such as workbook and worksheet design, collaborate with the instructor and classmates. formulas, functions, and charts, as well as more advanced features, such as pivot tables, what-if analysis, three- dimensional worksheets, goal seek, and collaboration tools. This course helps prepare students for the Microsoft Certification Exam. 195MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses CSIT 146: E-Commerce and Web Presence CSIT 160: Technology, the Individual, and Society Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Advisory: CSIT 101. Advisory: ACE 150, ENGL 50, ESL 150, or eligibility determined by Acceptable for Credit: CSU the English placement process. Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course teaches the principles and technologies involved in e-commerce and creating a Web presence for a small This course critically examines the interrelationships among or medium-sized business (SMB). It addresses the needs of technology, the individual, and society. Students investigate both online and traditional brick and mortar businesses and the historical, political, and economic factors that influence provides students with a basic working knowledge of how to sell the growth and development of technology and assess products and services on the Web. It covers aspects of business how individuals and society respond to the challenges and and marketing planning, a survey of Web technologies, such as consequences of the technology revolution. Appropriate HTML, XHTML, HTML5 and CSS, use of digital media, building an for both technical and non-technical majors, the course online store, e-commerce security, electronic payment systems, explores principles, methodologies, and value systems from a international and legal issues, Search Engine Optimization technology and social science interdisciplinary perspective. UC (SEO), and current marketing trends. Students create a starter CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CSIT 160 or CSIT 165. e-business Web site or improve an existing site that can be used for their business or to help them get a job in the field. CSIT 165: Living in an Online World Units: 3 CSIT 149: Microsoft Windows Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Advisory: ACE 150, ENGL 50, ESL 150, or eligibility determined by Prerequisites: None the English placement process. Advisory: CSIT 101. Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 3 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course considers human behavior in relation to the This course introduces students to the current Microsoft challenges and opportunities presented by an increasingly Windows operating system. Students learn how to install the online society. It places special emphasis on critically operating system, create and manage user accounts, view evaluating and managing one's online presence within this system components and properties, install applications, switch environment in a healthy way throughout various life stages. between different application windows, manage files and Appropriate for both technical and non-technical majors, folders, and customize the Windows environment. The course this course explores the psychological, sociological, and also covers networking, file and folder sharing, computer physiological consequences for individuals and societies that security, malware, and safe Internet use. result from the global use of the Internet in everyday life. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for CSIT 160 or CSIT 165. CSIT 155: Social Media for Business Units: 3 CSIT 180: Fundamentals of Computer Hardware and Software Prerequisites: None Units: 4 Advisory: CSIT 101. Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Advisory: CSIT 110. Lecture 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Lecture 3.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring This course explores social media use from a business perspective. Students learn how to develop a social media This course provides students with fundamental knowledge strategy to promote business, build stronger customer relations, covering PC hardware and peripherals, mobile device target a broad base or niche audience, and develop effective hardware, networking and troubleshooting hardware, marketing and advertising techniques that enhance Web network connectivity issues, installing and configuring presence and coordinate a common message across multiple operating systems, including Windows and Linux, Mac channels. Students explore historical development as well as OS X, iOS, and Android operating system configurations, emerging trends in Web applications and services that facilitate security, fundamentals of cloud computing, and operational creativity, collaboration, and information sharing among users procedures. This course helps prepare students for CompTIA A+ and business. certification examinations. C-ID ITIS-110. 196    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CSIT 181: Fundamentals of Computer Networking CSIT 183: Windows Server Units: 3 Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Advisory: CSIT 180. Advisory: CSIT 180. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall This course presents an overview and introduction to computer This course provides students with an understanding of networking components, network design, operations, Microsoft Windows Server. It focuses on administrative tasks management, protocols, and network operating systems. including routine and troubleshooting scenarios, such as data Students learn the layered functions of the Transmission and system recovery, operating-system selection, installation, Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) stack and how and configuration, active directory design and implementation, they relate to Internet architecture. Topics include TCP/IP user management, group policy and organizational units, addressing, subnetting, host and domain name resolution, virtualization, remote access, network services, especially routing considerations, and practical management of TCP/IP domain name system (DNS), and system security, monitoring, protocols and services. These concepts are applied in hands- and optimization. Students develop skills and apply their on labs leveraging network servers, firewalls, clients, the Internet, knowledge through hands-on projects and case-study virtualization, and networked applications. This course helps assignments. This course helps prepare students for network prepare students for the CompTIA Network+ certification exam. server certification exams, such as CompTIA Server+ and C-ID ITIS-150. Microsoft Windows Installing and Configuring Windows Server and Administering Windows Server. C-ID ITIS-155. CSIT 182: Fundamentals of Computer Security Units: 3 CSIT 184: Linux Server Prerequisites: None Units: 3 Advisory: CSIT 181. Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Advisory: CSIT 180. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring This course presents an overview and introduction to essential principles for network security and risk management. Students This course provides students with an understanding of learn the core foundations of network security: confidentiality, Linux operating systems with an emphasis on Linux Server integrity, and availability. Topics include threats, operating operating systems. It focuses on the installation, configuration, system hardening, security in context of applications, management, and troubleshooting of Linux operating systems. network, network perimeter, and physical spaces, access Topics covered include administration of Linux systems, control methods, encryption, monitoring and auditing, and application servers, such as web, mail, ftp, and file/print servers, redundancy/disaster recovery. These concepts are applied in basic scripting, interworking services, such as TCP/IP and hands-on labs leveraging network servers, firewalls, clients, the secure shell, as well as file sharing in hybrid environments Internet, virtualization, and networked applications. This course using SAMBA with Windows, system performance and tuning, helps prepare students for the CompTIA Security+ certification system security, package installation and removal, logging, exam. C-ID ITIS-160. scheduling, and Linux tools. This course helps prepare students for network server administration certification exams, such as CompTIA Server+ and Linux+ and Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1 (LPIC-1) exams. C-ID ITIS-155. 197MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses CSIT 186: Cybersecurity: Analyst CSIT 195: IT Career Exploration and Portfolio Development Units: 3 Units: 1 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Advisory: CSIT 182 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 1 hour. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Spring Course Typically Offered: Fall This course teaches students how to create a portfolio to This course applies the principles and technologies to prevent, professionally display their best work and to increase job detect, combat, and recover from cybersecurity threats opportunities. Topics include defining an audience, organizing including behavior analytics to improve and harden the overall and adapting a body of work, and formatting and creating state and posture of an IT Security environment. Building upon a finished portfolio designed to reflect the student's vision their knowledge of networks and cybersecurity, students are and highlight the quality of his or her accomplishments. The exposed to threat management, vulnerability management, course also explores effective career studies and services. cyber incident response, and security architectures. The tools Note: Students should complete most courses within their and techniques used in this course are approached from a chosen Computer Studies certificate program before enrolling vendor-neutral perspective, as these are open source tools in CSIT 195. commonly found on the Internet used by attackers. This course helps prepare students for the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ CSIT 286: Professional Certification Preparation (CySA+) certification exam. Units: 1 Prerequisites: None CSIT 188: Cybersecurity: Ethical Hacker Acceptable for Credit: CSU Units: 3 Lecture 1 hour. Prerequisites: None Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring Advisory: CSIT 182 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Attaining a professional certification can help employers further Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. validate a student's MiraCosta degree, certificate, or course Course Typically Offered: Spring work. This course provides an overview of industry-based third- party professional certifications, credentials, and licenses This course teaches the principles and technologies involved specific to a student's discipline of study. Topics include goal with looking for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems setting, a survey of professional certifications relevant to the from a network security perspective including the five phases discipline, industry trends and certification value assessment, of penetration testing. Students are exposed to the same exam preparation and exam strategies, practice exams, knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker and learn how to resolving any skill deficiencies, and life-long learning. Under the assess the security posture of target systems in a lawful and instruction of a faculty-mentor, students reflect on their prior legitimate manner building upon their knowledge of networks course work and career aspirations to produce and execute a and security. The tools and techniques used in this course are plan that outlines the necessary steps to attain the professional approached from a vendor-neutral perspective many times certification of their choice. Although students are encouraged using open source tools commonly found on the Internet. to do so, signing up for and/or passing a certification exam is This course helps prepare students for the CompTIA PenTest+ not required to pass the course. certification exam and other cybersecurity related exams. C-ID ITIS-164. CSIT 191: Fundamentals of Cisco Networking Units: 3 Prerequisites: None Advisory: CSIT 180 Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring This course provides an overview and introduction to Cisco networking components (routers and switches), network design, operations, management, protocols, and Ciscos Internetwork Operating System (IOS). Students learn how to cable and connect routers and switches and then use IOS to configure and manage the equipment. Topics include TCP/IP addressing, subnetting, packet routing, troubleshooting, and practical management of TCP/IP protocols and services as it pertains to Cisco networking equipment. These concepts are applied in hands on and virtualized labs and Cisco Packet Tracer simulation software. This course helps prepare students for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and CompTIA Network+ certification exams. 198    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog

Areas of Study & Courses CSIT 292: Internship Studies Counseling Units: 0.5-3 Prerequisites: None The Counseling Department offers courses that help students Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per develop the skills they need to succeed in college and make unit. effective career and life choices. The department also offers Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center Special Topics courses related to various areas of academic, approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative career, and personal development. work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Contact Information Course Typically Offered: To be arranged Chair: Don Love Department: Counseling This course provides students the opportunity to apply the Dean: Freddy Ramirez Office: Building OC3700, theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship www.miracosta.edu/COUN 760.795.6670 position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students Full-Time Faculty Ticey Hosley to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals Luke Lara employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, Adrean Askerneese Sinar Lomeli employability skills development, and examination of the world Yesenia Balcazar Don Love of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students Markus Berrien Donny Munshower must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new Veronica Bloss Candelaria Owens site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than Larry Burns Kris Peck 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience Laney Collins Oswaldo Ramirez (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during Arti Dua Jed Schlueter community college attendance. Karina Duarte Ariana Solis Michelle Farnam Krystle Taylor CSIT 296: Topics in Computer Studies and Information Lise Flocken Cynthia Vasquez Gonzales Technology Hilda Gomez-Zinn Kristi Wish Units: 1-3 Jorge Guerrero Afifa Zaman Prerequisites: None Laura Hayek Magdalena Zepeda Acceptable for Credit: CSU Jeff Higginbotham Lecture 1 hour. Wendy Horton Lecture 2 hours. Lecture 3 hours. Courses Course Typically Offered: To be arranged COUN 100: College and Career Success This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in Units: 3 Computer Studies and Information Technology that are not Prerequisites: None included in regular course offerings. Each Topics course is Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number Lecture 3 hours. designation in the class schedule. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer CSIT 299: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience This course teaches success strategies to enhance academic Units: 1-4 and lifelong learning while integrating career and academic Prerequisites: None planning. The course evaluates theories and strategies Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per of college success, including time management, study unit. skills, health and wellness, diversity and global awareness, Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enroll communication, and critical thinking. Students analyze career- in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or related assessments, research careers and majors, and internship studies concurrently. develop an academic plan. Recommended for first-time and Acceptable for Credit: CSU returning students or those undecided on a major or goal. UC Course Typically Offered: To be arranged CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for COUN 100, COUN 105, or INTR 100. Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who are employed in a job directly related to their major. It allows such students the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of their discipline to their position and to undertake new responsibilities and learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance. 199MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog    

Areas of Study & Courses COUN 101: Orientation to College COUN 296: Topics in Counseling Units: 1 Units: 1-3 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU Acceptable for Credit: CSU Lecture 1 hour. Lecture 1 hour. Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Lecture 2 hours. Lecture 3 hours. This course prepares new and returning students to develop Course Typically Offered: To be arranged the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary for academic and personal success during a student's first This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in semester in college. Topics include college expectations, the Counseling that are not included in regular course offerings. function of higher education, study skills, campus resources Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own and policies, and personal development skills. title and 296 number designation in the class schedule. COUN 105: Transfer Success Units: 1 Dance Prerequisites: None Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC The mission of the MiraCosta Dance Department is to create Lecture 1 hour. artistic and academic excellence by engaging students in a Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring diversity of dance techniques, choreography, performance, and scholarly practices. The department fosters student This course promotes academic success by providing students engagement through creative and critical thinking and values with information that will clarify the transfer process, identify artistic exploration that enriches the individual, classroom, and support services on campus, and assist them in developing community. a comprehensive transfer plan. Topics include a review of higher education options, the process for determining a Students take dance courses for the Dance major, to fulfill major, applications and admissions timelines, and criteria for general education requirements, and for personal and establishing educational goals. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit professional enrichment. The department offers performance for COUN 100, COUN 105, or INTR 100. opportunities to both majors and non-majors. Examples of COUN 292: Internship Studies career options include professional performer, choreographer, Units: 0.5-3 dance studio owner, arts administrator, college/university Prerequisites: None dance instructor, dance physical therapist, dance researcher, Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per dance ethnologist/historian, dance critic, dance scientist, unit. athletic trainer, sales/marketing representative, special events Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center coordinator, and arts lawyer. Note: Some of the careers listed approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative require further education. work experience and/or internship studies concurrently. Acceptable for Credit: CSU Academic and Career Pathway: Creative and Applied Arts Course Typically Offered: To be arranged Contact Information This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship Chair: Dave Massey Department: Dance position in a professional setting under the instruction of a Dean: Jonathan Fohrman Office: Building OC2700, faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students https://www.miracosta.edu/ 760.795.6844 to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals academics/degree-and- employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, certificate-programs/creative- employability skills development, and examination of the world and-applied-arts/dance/ of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students index.html must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than Full-Time Faculty 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during Trisha Hanada-Rogers community college attendance. Dave Massey 200    MiraCosta College 2023-2024 Catalog Associate Degree Associate in Arts Degree Dance The Dance program offers lower-division preparation for students who plan to transfer to pursue a bachelor's degree in dance. Students planning to transfer and/or earn this associate degree may also need to complete additional requirements or electives required by the transfer institution, as many CSUs and UCs have unique admissions and preparation-for-the-major