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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
Digital Media
E (See Film and Television Production for course listings.)
Drama
(See Theatre Arts course listings.)
Economics
ECON 1 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 3H Environmental Economics - HONORS 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ECON 3.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; MATH 212 or equivalent.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This is an introduction to the basic principles of economics and their application to problems of environmental quality and natural resource utilization. Topics will include market failures, sustainable resource allocation, environmental degradation, pollution, and a rationale of government involvement in the market-based economy. Emphasis will be given to sustainability and the importance of including the environmental impact into the cost-benefit analysis of economic activities. Because this is an honors course students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight into environmental economics.
ECON 4 Economics of Public Issues 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the economics of various public policy issues. Contemporary issues and the role of government will be evaluated and analyzed by the student. Topics to be discussed include the minimum wage, rent control, drug prohibition, health care, Social Security, international trade, organ markets, impact of sports stadiums, discrimination and freedom of association, education, fiscal and monetary policy, property rights and the environment, and antitrust policy.
ECON 5 Behavioral Economics 4 Units
(Formerly ECON 78I.)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; ECON 1, 1H, 2 or 2H.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the basic principles of conventional economics focusing on purely rational decision making contrasted to the more realistic behavioral economic model based on scientific studies of actual outcomes. Topics covered include the structure of the brain, loss-avoidance, emotions, experiences, social norms, framing, endowment effect, fairness, ethics, morals, trust, satisficing, status, herding, anchors, animal spirits, irrational exuberance, why smart people make investment mistakes, blurring social and financial arrangements, value of nudging people to make superior decisions, charitable donations, and happiness (money isn't everything).
Education
EDUC 1 Introduction to Elementary 3 Units Education in a Diverse Society
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Two hours lecture, three hours laboratory (60 hours total per quarter).
This course introduces students to the concepts and issues related to teaching diverse learners in today's contemporary schools, Kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12). Topics include teaching as a profession and career, historical and philosophical foundations of the American education system, contemporary educational issues, California's content standards and frameworks, and teacher performance standards. In addition to class time, the course requires 36 hours of structured fieldwork in public school elementary classrooms that represent California's diverse student population and includes cooperation with at least one carefully selected and campus-approved certificated classroom teacher.
EDUC 46 Mathematics for Elementary Education 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Prerequisite: Intermediate Algebra (MATH 109, MATH 114, or MATH 130) or equivalent.
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as MATH 46. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course is designed for prospective elementary and middle school teachers. It gives an introduction to the discipline of mathematics as the use of logical, quantitative, and spatial reasoning in the abstraction, modeling, and problem solving of real-world situations. The main topics in the course include the origins of mathematics, mathematical reasoning and problem-solving strategies, theory of sets, integers and integral number theory, rational numbers and proportion, real numbers and decimal notation, and measurement. Throughout the course, students will experience the learning of mathematics in a way that models how they can create an active learning environment for their future students.
   (See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ECON 1H.)
Prerequisite: MATH 212 or equivalent.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; MATH 114 or equivalent.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to macroeconomics focusing on aggregate economic analysis. Topics covered will include market systems, aggregate measures of economic activity including national income accounting, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and the banking system, money and the price level, classical macro theory, Keynesian macro theory, monetary and fiscal policy,international trade and economic growth.
ECON 1H Principles of Macroeconomics - HONORS 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ECON 1.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: MATH 212 or equivalent.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; MATH 114 or equivalent.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to macroeconomics focusing on aggregate economic analysis. Topics covered will include market systems, aggregate measures of economic activity including national income accounting, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and the banking system, money and the price level, classical macro theory, Keynesian macro theory, monetary and fiscal policy,international trade and economic growth.
ECON 2 Principles of Microeconomics 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ECON 2H.)
Prerequisite: MATH 212 or equivalent.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; MATH 114 or equivalent.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Examines fundamental microeconomic issues; the allocation of resources and the production function, pricing of output and factors of production; the distribution of wealth and income; consumer motivations and behavior; the nature and behavior of business firms and markets under various degrees of competition and market failure.
ECON 2H Principles of Microeconomics - HONORS 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ECON 2.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Prerequisite: MATH 212 or equivalent.
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; MATH 114 or equivalent.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Examines fundamental microeconomic issues; the allocation of resources and the production function, pricing of output and factors of production; the distribution of wealth and income; consumer motivations and behavior; the nature and behavior of business firms and markets under various degrees of competition and market failure.
ECON 3 Environmental Economics 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ECON 3H.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5; MATH 212 or equivalent.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This is an introduction to the basic principles of economics and their application to problems of environmental quality and natural resource utilization. Topics will include market failures, sustainable resource allocation, environmental degradation, pollution, and a rationale of government involvement in the market-based economy. Emphasis will be given to sustainability and the importance of including the environmental impact into the cost-benefit analysis of economic activities.
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