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MATH 431A Algebra Support for Precalculus I (Part 1)
0 Units
MET 20L Climate Studies Laboratory 1 Unit
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Prerequisite: MET 10 (may be taken concurrently).
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273; MATH 210 or equivalent. Three hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
Introductory climatology lab developed in collaboration with the American Meteorological Society which places students in a dynamic learning environment where they investigate Earth’s climate system using real-world data used by professional climatologists to study and forecast future changes in Earth’s climate system. Lab sessions will include current computer graphics products downloaded from the American Meteorological Society’s “Online Climate Studies” homepage which has been specifically designed for this course. Students will practice the analytical skills used by climatologists in assessing the world’s climate and will examine the factors that produce critical changes in climate such as “global warming.” While focusing on science, students will address many of the social and societal impacts of impending climate change.
All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
(This is a noncredit enhanced, basic skills course.)
Advisory: MATH 31A.
Two and one-half hours lecture (30 hours total per quarter).
(No limit on repeatability for 0 unit courses.)
Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course.
This course is a review of core prerequisite skills, competencies and concepts needed when studying polynomial and rational functions, intended for majors in business, science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are concurrently enrolled in Precalculus I.
MATH 431B Algebra Support for Precalculus I (Part 2)
0 Units
(This is a noncredit enhanced, basic skills course.)
Advisory: MATH 31B.
Two and one-half hours lecture (30 hours total per quarter).
(No limit on repeatability for 0 unit courses.)
Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course.
This is a review of core prerequisite skills, competencies and concepts needed when studying exponential and logarithmic functions, intended for majors in business, science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are concurrently enrolled in Precalculus I.
Music MUSI 1A
Music Appreciation: Music in
4 Units
MATH 432 Algebra Support for Precalculus II
0 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to the discipline of music; methods of understanding music available in modern culture; listening techniques; use of fundamental concepts including form, style, musical media, and textures; acquaintance with and comparison of musical examples from various eras and cultures; roles of music in society.
MUSI 1B Music Appreciation: Jazz Styles 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to the discipline of music through American Jazz; from its multicultural origins to the present; listening skills and use of fundamental musical elements for distinguished jazz styles; social issues, noted performers, and technological advancements found in jazz.
MUSI 1C Music Appreciation: World Music in 4 Units America
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to music through world music and its influence on current musical trends in the United States. Music of diverse cultures which will include Native Americans, Asia/Pacific Rim, India, Africa, South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean are presented in conjunction with American and European traditions; listening skills for distinguishing musical cultures, instrumentations and artists.
MUSI 1D Music Appreciation: Rock - From 4 Units Roots to Rap
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to music through rock music, tracing its beginnings in the early 1950s to the present. Various rock styles will be related to the historical trends and events of the time period being studied; listening techniques; use of fundamental concepts including form, style, musical media, and textures; acquaintance with and comparison of musical examples from various styles.
MUSI 2 Music Fundamentals 3 Units
(Formerly MUSI 10A.)
Advisory: EWRT 200 and READ 200, or ESL 261, 262, and 263.
Three hours lecture (36 hours total per quarter).
This is a basic introduction to concepts and skills of music notation, rhythm, major and minor scales and keys, simple sight-reading, key signatures, melody, and triads. This course is open to all students and may be appropriate for students with low scores on the MUSI 3A diagnostic test. Music Fundamentals students with no previous musical experience may benefit from concurrent enrollment in a beginning instrumental or vocal performance class.
MUSI 3A Comprehensive Musicianship 4 Units (First Quarter)
Requisite/Advisory: None.
Three and one-half hours lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (60 hours total per quarter).
(This is a noncredit enhanced, basic skills course.)
Advisory: MATH 32, 32H, 42, or 42H.
Two and one-half hours lecture (30 hours total per quarter).
(No limit on repeatability for 0 unit courses.)
Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course.
This course is a review of core prerequisite skills, competencies and concepts needed in studying the theory of trigonometric functions and their applications, intended for majors in business, science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are concurrently enrolled in Precalculus II.
Meteorology
MET 10 Weather and Climate Processes
5 Units
Western Cultures
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273; MATH 210 or equivalent. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to the principles of the sciences of meteorology and climatology including: history of the sciences; origin, evolution and structure of the atmosphere; major atmospheric variables that determine weather; global and local wind circulations; air masses and frontal systems; birth and development of extra tropical and tropical cyclones and associated severe weather phenomena; weather map analysis and interpretation; objective techniques used by meteorologists to forecast weather; air pollution; atmospheric optics, global climate and the processes that produce climate change including “global warming.”
MET 10L Meteorology Laboratory 1 Unit
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Prerequisite: MET 10 (may be taken concurrently).
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273; MATH 210 or equivalent. Three hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
Introductory weather lab in which students work with observational data, graphics products, charts and instruments used by synoptic meteorologists to forecast weather. Lab sessions will include current weather products downloaded from the American Meteorological Society’s “Online Weather Studies” homepage which has been specifically designed for this course and from De Anza College’s automated rooftop weather station. Students will practice the analysis and decision-making skills employed by meteorologists to diagnose air patterns, understand air motions and predict future atmospheric conditions.
MET 12 Introduction to Climate Change
5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273; MATH 210 or equivalent. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course is an introduction to the study of global climate change, including both natural and human-induced causes. Topics include interactions among Earth’s various climate subsystems--the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere--and how exchanges of energy and matter between them govern Earth’s climate. Students will also examine the methods used by climate scientists to construct past climates and to predict future climate changes. The impact that humans have had on the climate system and potential solutions to climate change will be woven throughout.
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