Courses

Umoja Program Scholars
Exploring Self, Culture, Race and Ethnicity

A Learning Community designed for the Umoja Program Scholars (UPS), Umoja (a Kiswahili word meaning "unity") is designed to incorporate Social Science 23 an examination course of the historical, economic, psychological and sociological aspects of majority-minority group relationships (racial, ethnic, and gender); with Counseling 50, an applied approach to understanding the fundamental concepts of Psychology as they relate to daily life. The Umoja Program Scholars is designed to help students make a smooth and successful transition in college. A variety of collaborative and other community-building strategies will be incorporated to enhance students' learning potential in and out of the classroom. See instructors McCord or Tolliver for further information.

Location: SCC main campus

Courses	Units	Days & Times	CRN	Faculty
Social Sciences 023	3	TR 9:30 - 10:50 am	10097	K. McCord
Counseling 050	3	TR 11:00 am - 12:15 pm	11064	B. Tucker

You must enroll in both courses to join this Learning Community. It is not possible to enroll in just one of the courses.

To register for this Learning Community:
When on the "Add Classes" page during online registration, enter each CRN into a separate box.

"Ain't I a Woman?"
Image, Reality, and the Lives of American Women

Our course explores the lives of American women through history, images, and literature. Images of American women will be our course theme and the organizing principle for the combination of History 37: "Women in America" and English 2: "Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature." We see images of well-known American women all around us—images of women like Pocahontas, Betsy Ross, Lizzie Borden, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, June Cleaver, Jacqueline Kennedy, Barbie, Madonna, and Hilary Clinton. Through first hand accounts, historical documents, poems, plays stories, music, movies, and everyday objects, we will examine the story of women in American history. All of our activities in this course will be designed to analyze the interplay between the history and the images of American women's lives, roles, and contributions. We will explore how women's lives are shaped by their place in history, their ethnicity, their class, their region, their generation, and their religion. As we analyze the roles that these multiple factors play, you will read a range of historical and literary works to write papers that demonstrate close reading and critical thinking through the integration of multiple sources.

Location: SCC main campus

Courses	Units	Days & Times	CRN	Faculty
History 037	3	TR 9:30 - 10:45 am	10421	D. White
English 002	3	TR 11:00 am - 12:15 pm	10440	E. Blair

You must enroll in both courses to join this Learning Community. It is not possible to enroll in just one of the courses.

To register for this Learning Community:
When on the "Add Classes" page during online registration, enter each CRN into a separate box.

Unpacking Your Lunch: The Science and Politics of Food

This Learning Community will examine the science and politics of our food choices, and how these choices impact our health and overall quality of life. On the science front, we'll explore the general structure, functions, food sources, roles in the body and health benefits of carbohydrate, lipid, protein, water, vitamins and minerals. On the political front, we'll examine issues ranging from personal (ethics in individual food choices) to local (school lunch programs) to national (the agribusiness economy).

Location: SCC main campus

Courses	Units	Days & Times	CRN	Faculty
Nutrition 010	3	MWF 11:00 - 11:50 am	11135	R. Sytsma
English 001	3	MWF 12:00 - 12:50 pm	10440	M. Reeve
LR 010	1	Online	10247	E. Duane

You must enroll in both courses to join this Learning Community. It is not possible to enroll in just one of the courses.

To register for this Learning Community:
When on the "Add Classes" page during online registration, enter each CRN into a separate box.