2024-2025 College Catalog

2024-2025 SMC Catalog Addendum

 

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This catalog addendum contains new and updated information to the original publication of the 2024-2025 SMC Catalog.

Corrections/Updates
New Courses
New Programs

Corrections/Updates

  • SMC General Education Requirements (page 47)
    • The following courses count toward Area III. Humanities: HIST 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 10 , 11, 12, 13, 14 (same as ENVRN 14), 15 (same as ECON 15), 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall 2014 or later), 26, 28, 29, 32 (same as ENVRN 32), 33, 34 (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall 2014 or later), 38, 39 (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall 2014 or later), 41, 42, 43, (45), (46), 47, (48) (formerly same as PHILOS 48), 52, 53, 55, 62
  • CS 3, Introduction to Computer Systems (page 228)

    • Removed: *No UC credit for CIS 1 or 4 if taken after CS 3.

  • ECE 23, Practicum In Early Intervention/Special Education (page 252)

    • Corrected course description: "Under guided supervision, this course provides students with fieldwork experience working with infants, toddlers and/or young children with exceptionalities. Students will gain practical experience that reinforces connections between theory and practice, develops professional behaviors, and builds a comprehensive understanding of service provision for young children with exceptional abilities and needs and their families. Course work focuses on employing evidence-based practice to meet the individual needs of children in a variety of early intervention and educational settings. These include natural environments, self-contained special education classrooms, and full inclusion classrooms. Students will function in the role of an early intervention or special education assistant in professional partnership with a supervising teacher/early intervention specialist. Students will be required to complete a total of 90 hours, (30 days/1 day equals 3 or more hours) at their approved practicum site. Students must bring evidence of a current SMC Livescan form and a TB test clearance on the first day of class."

  • PSYCH 19, Lifespan Human Development (page 331)

    • PSYCH 19 has C-ID: PSYC 180.

  • Athletic Coaching AA/Certificate of Achievement (pages 152-153)

    • Sports Area: List B: includes KIN PE 56B as an elective

  • Art AA (page 91)

    • Correction to electives ART 62 and ART 63 - courses are electives under "Art: Select 1 to 2 courses: (3-6 units)" (not "Art History: Select 1 course (3 units), if less than 2 courses (6 units) are completed from Art")

  • Economics AA-T (page 127)
    • List A: Select 1 course from the following: ACCTG 2 Corporate Financial and Managerial Accounting (5 units); incorrectly listed course number of ACCTG 3
    • List A: Select 1 course from the following: incorrectly lists CS 79F as an elective; CS 79F is not part of the Economics AA-T
    • Required Calculus Courses: option of MATH 7 or MATH 28
  • Environmental Science AA/Certificate of Achievement (page 132)

    • Correction to header name: "Required Mathematics Courses: BIOL 10, BIOL 22, BIOL 23" is "Required Biological Science Courses: BIOL 10, BIOL 22, BIOL 23"

  • Ethnic Studies AA/Certificate of Achievement (pages 134-135)

    • Correction to elective header names: Inter-Ethnic Studies and Intra-Ethnic Studies (correction to header title only; all elective requirements still apply - Select 2 from AHIS 71, COM ST 38, ENGL 34, etc.; Select 1 from ANTHRO 2, COM ST 20, FILM 7, etc.)

  • Social Justice Studies, Gender Studies AA-T (page 182-183)

    • Required Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Core Courses: Select 2 courses from the following : (6 units) (not 9 units)

  • Theatre Arts AA-T (page 188-189)
    • Header correction: LIST A: Rehearsal and Performance or Technical Theatre Practicum: (3 units) (not 3-6 units)
    • Header correction: LIST B: Select courses from the following: (9 units) (not 6-9 units)

New Courses – Effective Spring 2025

  • ETH ST 8, Introduction to Asian American Studies     3 units
    Transfer: UC, CSU
    IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
    Satisfies Global Citizenship
    This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Asian American Studies. It examines the foundation, theories and methodologies informing the study of APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) communities. This course explores the historical and contemporary Asian American political, social and cultural practices and experiences in the United States. Course topics include history, social movements, politics, community, art, spirituality, cultural production, transnational and transpacific considerations of race, ethnicity, im(migration), gender, sexuality, class, intersectional identity formation, gender, sexuality, class, family, social justice, and agency and self-affirmation. Moreover, the course critically analyzes race and ethnicity, equity, ethno-centrism, Eurocentrism, and white supremacy.

  • GEOL 6, Environmental Geology with Lab     4 units
    Transfer: UC, CSU
    IGETC AREA 5A (Physical Science + lab)
    Satisfies Global Citizenship
    This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of Environmental Geology with laboratory. Topics include the interactions between and impacts of humans with the environment in a geologic context. This course emphasizes the Earth system and connections between the geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.

  • KIN PE 58D, Advanced Yoga Level II     1 unit
    Transfer: UC*, CSU
    This is an in-depth yoga course for the advanced student who has previous yoga experience.
    All yoga classes require that students provide their own yoga mats.
    *Maximum UC transfer credit for any or all KIN PE courses combined is four units unless otherwise noted.Transfer:

  • MUSIC 49, Combo and Chamber Ensemble     2 units
    Transfer: UC, CSU
    Prerequisite: Audition Required.
    This course offers the opportunity for students to explore, prepare, rehearse, and perform works for small ensembles in diverse combinations and styles (jazz combos, commercial ensembles, chamber music, art songs, etc.), culminating in a public performance. All interested instrumentalists, vocalists, and composers are encouraged to audition. In musical rehearsal and performance, students will engage with topics such as musical arrangement, interpretation, accuracy in form and performing a part, individual and collaborative musicality, effective and collegial communication in collaboration, and the logistics of equipment, technology, and rehearsal and performance spaces.

  • REALES 1, Real Estate Principles     3 units
    Transfer: CSU
    This course provides a fundamental overview of real estate principles; the nature of real estate economics/markets, property rights and laws, determination of property values, financing and the real estate transaction process. Topics covered include conveying property interest, encumbrances, valuations using the sales comparison, cost and income approach, residential mortgage types, liens, real estate mathematics, and real estate contracts. The course also explores financing and investing in real estate. Sample contracts are reviewed, and real-world case studies are analyzed. This class covers the information needed to obtain a real estate license.

  • REALES 3, Real Estate Practice     3 units
    Transfer: CSU
    This course covers the day-to-day of real estate sales and brokerage practices. Students will learn the fundamentals of representing sellers, buyers, property owners, and tenants, and the associated compensation structures. Essential topics include adhering to California's regulatory framework for advertising real estate services, handling client funds responsibly, and ensuring proper disclosure as licensed real estate professionals. This course complies with current California Department of Real Estate requirements on implicit, explicit, and systemic biases and an interactive federal fair housing component.

  • REALES 4, Real Estate Finance     3 units
    Transfer: CSU
    This course provides an overview of the methods and techniques of financing residential and non-residential real estate while also identifying the various financial instruments used. Topics covered include sources, characteristics, and parameters of mortgage capital; fixed, variable rate, and other alternative types of mortgages; government-assisted financing; the secondary mortgage market; mathematical analysis of finance transactions; and the impact of how title is held; comparison of investment choices; plus syndication and other equity sharing issues. The course also explores financing and investing in real estate. Case studies for financing proposals for single-family, multifamily, and/or commercial transactions are featured. This class covers the information needed to obtain a real estate license.

New Programs – Effective Spring 2025