Las Positas College | Summer-Fall 2022 Class Schedule

41 FALL 2022 925.424.1000 | [email protected] FALL 2022 - COURSE LISTINGS Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AJ 50 INTRO TO ADMIN OF JUSTICE 3.0 Units History and philosophy of administration of justice in America; recapitulationof the system; identifying the various subsystems, role expectations, and their interrelationships; theories of crime, punishment, and rehabilitation; ethics, education and training for professionalism in the system. AJ 54 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 3.0 Units Investigative reports with emphasis upon accuracy and details necessary. Includes arrest reports, incident reports, and miscellaneous field reports. Techniques and methods used to cover information; how to analyze and present information in a clear and concise report. Strongly Recommended: ENG 1A with a minimum grade of C. AJ 60 CRIMINAL LAW 3.0 Units Historical development, philosophy of law and constitutional provisions, definitions, classification of crime, and their application to the system of administration of justice; frequently used Penal Code and other code sections; case law, methodology, and concepts of law as a social force. AJ 63 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 3.0 Units This course addresses the techniques, procedures, and ethical issues in the investigation of crime, including organization of the investigative process, crime scene searches, interviewing and interrogating, surveillance, source of information, utility of evidence, scientific analysis of evidence and the role of the investigator in the trial process. AJ 64 PATROL PROCEDURES 3.0 Units Responsibilities, techniques of observation, community relations and methods of police patrol. Emphasis on legal practical aspects. AJ 70 COMMUNITY RELATIONS 3.0 Units This course examines the complex, dynamic relationship between communities and the justice system in addressing crime and conflict with an emphasis on the challenges and prospects of administering justice within a diverse multicultural population. Topics may include the consensus and conflicting values in Culture, Religion, and Law. AJ 74 GANGS AND DRUGS 3.0 Units Definition of a gang and gang activity. Historical and cultural aspects. Interrelationships among local, national and international gangs, including prison gangs. Gang activity in relation to drug trafficking. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE ASL 1A AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I 3.0 Units Introduction to American Sign Language (ASL) including expressive and receptive sign, the manual alphabet, facial expression, and body gestures. Emphasis on conversational skills in functional situations, knowledge of Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Scan here to visit the current Fall 2022 class schedule online ASL 1B AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II 3.0 Units Continued development of American Sign Language (ASL) receptive/expressive skills and knowledge learned in ASL 1A. Emphasis on conversational skills in functional situations, continued vocabulary and sentence structure expansion, and knowledge of Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Prerequisite: ASL 1A with a minimum grade of C ASL 2A AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III 3.0 Units Further development of American Sign Language (ASL) receptive/expressive skills and knowledge learned in ASL 1B. Emphasis on conversational skills in functional situations, continued vocabulary expansion and knowledge of Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Prerequisite: American Sign Language 1B (with a grade of “C” or higher). ANTHROPOLOGY ANTR 1 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3.0 Units This course introduces the concepts, methods of inquiry, and scientific explanations for biological evolution and their application to the human species. Issues and topics will include, but are not limited to, genetics, evolutionary theory, human variation and biocultural adaptations, comparative primate anatomy and behavior, and the fossil evidence for human evolution. The scientific method serves as foundation of the course. The course may include a lab component. Strongly Recommended: Eligibility for ENG 1A ANTR 1L BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LAB 1.0 Units This laboratory course is offeredas a supplement to Introduction to Biological Anthropology either taken concurrently or in a subsequent term. Laboratory exercises are designed to introduce students to the scientific method and explore genetics, human variation, human and non-human primate anatomy and behavior, the primate/hominin fossil record and other resources to investigate processes that affect human evolution. Prerequisite: ANTR 1 with a minimum grade of C (May be taken concurrently) Strongly Recommended: Eligibility for ENG 1A ANTR 2 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY 3.0 Units This course is an introduction to the study of concepts, theories, data and models of anthropological archaeology that contribute to our knowledge of the human past. The course includes a discussion of the nature of scientific inquiry; the history and interdisciplinary nature of archaeological research; dating techniques; methods of survey, excavation, analysis, and interpretation; cultural resource management; professional ethics; and selected cultural sequences. Strongly Recommended: Eligibility for ENG 1A ANTR 3 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3.0 Units This course explores how anthropologists study and compare human culture. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the broad arc of human experience focusing on a set of

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