ENG 110: College Composition and Reading (4 units)
CRN 41075
T&TR 12:45pm-2:50pm with Tino Garcia

This course disrupts English class norms, diversifying and deepening how we deliver words and read the world. We empower each other through critical reading, researching, and writing, affirming our multilingual, multiracial, and multigenerational heritages. As a community of scholars, we write our ways out of dominating thinking, dig into our cultural wealth, and expand our sense of what it means to be educated. Writing projects offer an ample choice of topics, multiple options for format, and the chance to revise. Accented by music, mindfulness, and meaningful topics, we cultivate a relaxed, engaging space for self-examination, social inquiry, and academic growth. 

ENG 111: Critical Thinking and Composition through Literature (3 Units)
CRN 41859 
M&W 12:45pm-2:05pm with Tino Garcia

This course disrupts English class norms, diversifying and deepening how we deliver words, read literature, and, through them, inhabit the world. As a community of scholars, we empower each other by elevating texts from multilingual, multiracial, and multigenerational heritages and examining them through diverse critical lenses. We dig into our cultural wealth through varied and vibrant stories, poems, and dramas, enriching our sense of what it means to read, think, or write "well” and questioning norms that devalue ways of knowing that do not fit standard “Western” molds. Writing projects offer an ample choice of topics, options for alternate formats and collaboration, and the chance to revise. Accented by music, mindfulness, and meaningful texts, we cultivate a relaxed, engaging space for self-examination, social inquiry, and academic growth.

LIBR 101: Information Literacy (1 unit, 8 weeks online)
CRN 35079
Online with Camerin Poulson

In LIBR 101 - Information Literacy we develop strategies to improve information gathering and research skills while analyzing the impact that emerging technologies and dominant cultural practices have on our current information environment. 

Students will be asked to apply the insights gathered in the course to research a topic of their choice, allowing them the opportunity to expand their understanding of a topic that interests them, while critically analyzing the type and quality of information available on that topic.

BIO 100: Concepts of Biology - Lecture & Lab (4 units)
CRN 34415
Lecture M&W 2:20pm-3:40pm AND Lab T 11:10am-2:15pm with Dan Zarate

This is an introductory-level course designed for non-biology majors with no prior general biology courses. In this course, we'll delve into the fascinating world of life and organisms. We'll cover how they function, their incredible diversity, the factors behind their success, and our place within this interconnected web. You'll get an overview of various biological fields, ranging from the smallest molecules to complex ecosystems. The aim is to ignite your curiosity, encourage further learning, and foster a deeper appreciation for science, empowering you to be a more knowledgeable citizen.

COMM 131: Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 Units)
CRN 34396
Online with Rebekah Rodriguez

Join us in COMM 131 Fundamentals of Public Speaking and discover the transformative power of your voice! As you embark on a dynamic, hands-on public speaking journey, you will learn to embody your message, enthrall your audience, and ignite change.  

From captivating narratives to persuasive pitches, in our course, we dive into the heart of communication, while conquering fear and owning the stage with confidence. Your audience awaits!

ENVS 112/HIST 112: American Environmental History (3 Units)
CRN 33328/33898
T&TR 9:35am-10:55am with Justina Buller

In this class we will explore the ways in which ideas about nature, the wilderness, and “the land of plenty” have affected everything from political policy to ideas about gender, race, equality, and nationhood throughout American history. For example, we will study the concept of “environmental racism” and discuss how understanding the history of this can better enable us to envision solutions to inequities in our society today. This course will also address the history of environmental policy and conservationism as a political, social, and cultural movement. For example, we’ll explore the ways in which the concept of recycling was manipulated by large corporations to deflect their own responsibility for environmental destruction and instead place the blame onto individual citizens. This course will encourage discussion, debate, and dialogue among all members of the class as we examine the significance of American history in our own lives; the more you bring your own life experience to this class, the more we all gain a deeper and richer understanding of why we are facing an environmental crisis today, and how understanding our history can help us collectively envision solutions for healing.

HIST 101: History of the U.S. to 1877 (3 Units)
CRN 31528
T&TR 9:35am-10:55am with Matt Mooney

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MATH 117: Elementary Statistics (4 Units)
CRN 31138
M&W 9:35am-10:35am (Hybrid) with Andrea Cullinen

In this class, students apply mathematical methods and critical thinking to solve problems and understand the world with real data. We learn about the role of randomness and why the data we collect should represent the population we have questions about; we learn to describe the data we collect with both numbers and visualizations; we learn about uncertainty and how to make conclusions about the larger population we are curious about based on the data we have and we learn specific techniques to that are used widely in research beyond this class. Spring 2025.