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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
P PHYS 4A Physics for Scientists and 6 Units Engineers: Mechanics
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: PHYS 50 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent (including high school Physics); MATH 1B or MATH 1BH (may be taken concurrently). Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Five hours lecture, three hours laboratory (96 hours total per quarter).
A rigorous introduction to the physical laws that describe and explain the motion of bodies. This course requires problem solving using verbal logic, critical analysis, and mathematical models. Students investigate general scientific procedures as a quantitative interplay between experimentation and theory employing statistical methods, graphical techniques, and measurement theory.
PHYS 4B Physics for Scientists and 6 Units Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism
Prerequisite: PHYS 4A; MATH 1C or MATH 1CH (may be taken concurrently). Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Five hours lecture, three hours laboratory (96 hours total per quarter).
This course introduces classical electromagnetism and includes DC and AC circuits and elementary field theory.
POLI 1H
American Government and Politics -
5 Units
PHYS 4C
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluids, Waves, Optics and Thermodynamics
6 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in POLI 1.)
(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. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Critical examination of the contemporary and historical struggle for the development of democratic political institutions in the United States at the state, local, and national levels. Particular emphasis given to the conflict between disparate socioeconomic groups in the conduct of U.S. political life (e.g. traditional elites versus the historically (and currently) disenfranchised-- women, people of color, workers, immigrants, etc.) and the interrelationship among social equity, democracy and sustainable environmental conditions. As an honors course, the students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain a deeper insight in American Government and Politics.
POLI 2 Comparative Politics 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement 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).
Comparative analysis of different kinds of political systems, including their history, political institutions, society, culture, economy, processes and policies, the environmental conditions in which they operate, and their consequences.
POLI 3 International Relations 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement 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).
This course is a critical examination of the basic elements of contemporary international relations: scope, terminology, methodology, sovereignty, nationalism, national policies, globalization, power, international, and regional political systems. Students will discuss non-governmental organizations and issues such as human rights and the environment.
POLI 5 Introduction to Political Thought 4 Units and Theory
(See general education pages for the requirement 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).
A survey in the field of political theory including how to interpret, discuss, critique, debate and write about classical and contemporary political thought and theory. Both classic or traditional approaches as well as more current and contemporary paradigms specific to constituent groups traditionally excluded will be examined. Through this course of study, students will learn to think and discuss critically, about both classic and modern issues in politics (e.g., individual versus community rights, freedom, equality and distributional justice, environmental sustainability and generational equity, the “rights” of nature and non-human life, power, sovereignty and the state, etc.).
POLI 10 Introduction to Administration of Justice 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as ADMJ 1. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the characteristics of the criminal justice system in the United States. Focus is placed on examining crime measurement, theoretical explanations of crime, response to crime, components of the system and current challenges to the system. Examines the evolution of the principles and approaches utilized by the justice system and the evolving forces which have shaped those principles and approaches. Although justice structure and process is examined in a cross-cultural context, an emphasis is placed on the US justice system, particularly the structure and function of US police, courts, and corrections. Students are introduced to the origins and development of criminal law, legal process, and sentencing and incarceration policies.
POLI 11 Federal Courts and Constitutional Law 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as ADMJ 11 and PARA 11. Students may enroll in only one department for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Federal court procedure and the impact of U.S. Constitutional law on federal and state law. Read and analyze the Constitution. Effect of U.S. Supreme Court cases on current constitutional interpretation.
POLI 13 Concepts of Criminal Law (CP 2) 4 Units
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as ADMJ 3 and PARA 3. Students may enroll in only one department for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Prerequisite: PHYS 4B; MATH 1D or MATH 1DH (may be taken concurrently). Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Five hours lecture, three hours laboratory (96 hours total per quarter).
This is an introductory studies course in static and dynamic fluids, mechanical and non-mechanical waves, geometrical and physical optics, heat, and the laws of thermodynamics.
PHYS 4D Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Modern Physics
6 Units
Prerequisite: PHYS 4C.
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Five hours lecture, three hours laboratory (96 hours total per quarter).
This course is an introduction to special relativity and quantum mechanics. Nuclear physics, elementary particles, and other selected topics are treated as time allows.
PHYS 10 Concepts of Physics 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: MATH 109, 114, 130 or equivalent; or a qualifying score on the Intermediate Algebra Placement Test.
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
This course explores the fundamental concepts of physics as applied to everyday phenomena from a limited mathematical perspective emphasizing verbal logic, critical analysis, and rational thought. The history of the scientific procedure as an interplay between theory and experimentation will be analyzed. Students will critically evaluate the role of scientific discovery in the success and development of technology.
PHYS 50 Preparatory Physics 4 Units
Advisory: MATH 43 (or MATH 43H) and PHYS 10.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
A study in basic problem solving techniques in mechanics as a preparation for PHYS 4A.
PHYS 77
PHYS 77X
PHYS 77Y
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and division dean.
Three hours laboratory for each unit of credit (36 hours total for each unit of credit per quarter).
Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course.
This course involves individual special reading, writing, or study projects in Physics as determined in consultation with the instructor.
Political Science
POLI 1 American Government and Politics 5 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in POLI 1H.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. Five hours lecture (60 hours total per quarter).
Critical examination of the contemporary and historical struggle for the development of democratic political institutions in the United States at the state, local, and national levels. Particular emphasis given to the conflict between disparate socioeconomic groups in the conduct of U.S. political life (e.g. traditional elites versus the historically (and currently) disenfranchised-- women, people of color, workers, immigrants, etc.) and the interrelationship among social equity, democracy and sustainable environmental conditions.
Special Projects in Physics
1 Unit 2 Units 3 Units
HONORS
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