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This course allows students to critically think and provides skills reinforcement in a precalculus setting, which includes cooperative learning/study techniques; concept development related to polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions, and their graphs; and the use of technology.
MATH 242 Academic Excellence in Precalculus II 1 Unit
Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza associate degree. Corequisite: MATH 42 or MATH 42H.
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273. Three hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
This course allows students to critically think and provides skills reinforcement in a trigonometry setting, which includes cooperative learning/study techniques, concept development, and the use of technology.
MATH 243 Academic Excellence in Precalculus III 1 Unit
Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza associate degree. Corequisite: MATH 43 or MATH 43H.
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273. Three hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
This course allows students to critically think and provides skills reinforcement in a precalculus setting, which includes cooperative learning/study techniques; concept development related to conic sections, parametric and polar equations, systems of equations and inequalities; and the use of technology.
Meteorology
MET 10 Weather and Climate Processes 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: MATH 210 or equivalent; EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273. 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 requirement 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.
Music
MUSI 1A
Music Appreciation: Music
4 Units
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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
MET 12 Introduction to Climate Change
5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement 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 requirement 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 requirement 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 requirement 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 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 course covers basic knowledge such as notation, key signatures, scales, intervals, and rudimentary harmony as well as skill development including sight- singing, rhythmic training, ear training, and keyboard work.
MUSI 3B Comprehensive Musicianship 4 Units (Second Quarter)
Prerequisite: MUSI 3A or by audition.
Three and one-half hours lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (60 hours total per quarter).
This course covers principles, literacy, and parameters of music including writing elementary four-part harmony, sight-singing, rhythmic training, ear training, and keyboard work for the student with some basic skills and education in standard notation.
(See general education pages for the requirement 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.
MET 20L Climate Studies Laboratory 1 Unit
(See general education pages for the requirement 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.
MUSI 3C
Comprehensive Musicianship
4 Units
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(Third Quarter)
Prerequisite: MUSI 3B or by audition.
Three and one-half hours lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (60 hours total per quarter).
This course covers principles, literacy, and parameters of music including writing, sight singing, rhythmic training, ear training, keyboard work, beginning analysis, and simple melody composition.
MUSI 4A Comprehensive Musicianship II 4 Units (First Quarter)
Prerequisite: MUSI 3C or by audition.
Three and one-half hours lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (60 hours total per quarter).
This course covers principles, literacy, and parameters of music including writing scores, comprehensive and aural analysis, sight-singing, rhythmic training, ear training, and keyboard work including extended pitch vocabulary.