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2 - THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES (3 UNITS) UC:CSU
This course represents an overview of global environmental
concerns, conservation history, and environmental ethics
is presented. Ecology, population biology and their
application to environmental problems is reviewed.
Pollution and its effects on ecosystems are discussed.
Management of natural resources is explored.
FAMILY AND CONSUMER
STUDIES
21 - NUTRITION (3 UNITS) UC:CSU
The relationship between diet and health is emphasized.
The functions, sources, and interrelationships of nutrients
are explored. Current topics including heart disease,
cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, weight management, and
sports nutrition are investigated. Nutritional status and
body fat composition are assessed by computer analysis.
FILM
See Cinema, Humanities, and/or Theater
FINANCE
2 - INVESTMENTS (3 UNITS) CSU
This is a first course in investments. It focuses on both
individual securities and portfolios. The course will give
students the information they need to plan, implement
and manage a successful investment program. It provides
students with a solid foundation of basic concepts, tools
and techniques of popular investment vehicles - common
stocks, bonds, preferred stocks, convertible securities and
mutual funds.
8 -PERSONAL FINANCE AND INVESTMENTS
(3 UNITS)CSU
This course provides the student with financial fundamentals
to manage personal income and expenditures. It outlines
the indicators in everyday communications that help the
individual make sound financial decisions to structure
reasonable financial goals and plans. Emphasis on
budgeting, credit, homeownership, risk management and
the individual’s personal balance sheet and net worth.
FIRE TECHNOLOGY
201 - FIRE PROTECTION ORGANIZATION
(3 UNITS) CSU
This course provides an overview to fire protection;
career opportunities in fire protection and related fields;
philosophy and history of fire protection/service; fire
loss analysis; organization and function of public and
private fire protection services; fire departments as part of
local government; laws and regulations affecting the fire
service; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection
functions; basic fire chemistry and physics; introduction
to fire protection systems; introduction to fire strategy
and tactics.
202 - FIRE PREVENTION (3 UNITS) CSU
This course provides fundamental information regarding
the history and philosophy of fire prevention, organization
and operation of a fire prevention bureau, use of fire
codes, identification and correction of fire hazards, and
the relationships of fire prevention with built-in fire
protection systems, fire investigation, and fire and lifesafety
education.
203 - FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND
SYSTEMS (3 UNITS) CSU
Prerequisite: Completion of Fire Technology 001 with a grade of “C” or
better, or professional firefighting or related experience or equivalent.
This course provides information relating to the features of
design and operation of fire detection and alarm systems,
heat and smoke control systems, special protection and
sprinkler systems, water supply for fire protection and
portable fire extinguishers.
204 - BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR FIRE
PROTECTION (3 UNITS) CSU
This course covers fundamental building construction and
design as it relates to fire safety. Emphasis is placed on the
fire protection features of buildings. Information is given
on related codes and ordinances and their evolution and
on plan checking.
205 - FIRE BEHAVIOR AND COMBUSTION
(3 UNITS) CSU
This course covers the theory and fundamentals of how
and why fires start, spread, and are controlled. An indepth
study of fire chemistry and physics, of the fire
characteristics of materials; of extinguishing agents; and
of fire control techniques.
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