This course will require students to explore, analyze, personalize, and discuss the following issues as they relate to the essential components of health and wellness: nutrition, physical activity/exercise/fitness, weight control, eating disorders and body image, media influences, mental health, stress, violence, substance use/abuse, sexuality and sexual orientation, sexually transmitted infections, reproductive choices/contraception, relationships, disease prevention, environment, health care, aging, and general public health issues. Students will be taught the knowledge and skills necessary to implement lifestyle behaviors that can improve their health and well-being. Field trips may be required. Recommended Prep: Eligibility for English composition (ENGL R101). Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

Work Experience Education provides supervised employment extending classroom occupational learning at an on-the-job learning station relating to the students’ educational or occupational goals. Each unit of credit requires 54 hours of employment during the semester. Work Experience Education is available to all students. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU. Notes: Students may enroll in up to 14 units of work experience education per semester or term; There is no limit to the number of terms for which a student may enroll in work experience education.

This course examines human social behavior in groups in relation to the wider social forces which influence that behavior, such as: socioeconomic status, gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Theoretical perspectives as well as scientific methodology are utilized to explore culture and analyze and explain a variety of topics including: social structure, social interaction, social organizations, socialization and the self, social institutions and stratification, culture and diversity, dynamics (including group, global, and population) and social change. Emphasis is placed on applying sociological ideas to everyday life. Recommended Prep: ENGL V02 or eligibility to enroll, or concurrent enrollment, in English Composition (ENGL V01A) as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.