This is a course offering instruction in front office procedures for a medical office or clinic. Front office procedures will include communications, telephone techniques, medical ethics and liability, confidentiality, appointment scheduling, reading and writing of prescriptions, patient data management, and insurance basics.

This course stresses the fundamentals of criminal investigation. Topics include collection and preservation of evidence, scientific aids, modus operandi, sources of information, interviewing and interrogation techniques, follow-up and case preparation, criminal profiling, crime scene sketching, fingerprint analysis and D.N.A. A brief history of criminal investigation precedes the main course of instruction. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU.

This course offers an overview of how sociologists make systematic observations of the social world; students examine fundamental elements of empirical research and the ways in which sociologists gather, evaluate and critique social data. Sociological theory and the methods used in conducting social science research, from hypothesis development to the use of variable and analysis of collected data as well as the ethics of research, will be presented. Application of qualitative and quantitative analytic tools including logic and research design, such as survey, observational, experimental, case study, and comparative historical research will be introduced and applied. Students will actively participate in conducting studies that focus on current social issues. Prerequisites: SOC V01. Recommended Prep: SOC V02, PSY V04. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.