<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2007</strong> Schedule of ClassesThe Distance Learning Program office is located in HLRC 4AONLINEcoursesTO ACCESSONLINE COURSESVISIT: http://www.wlac.edu/onlineSTARTING SEPT. 4COMPUTER SCIENCE INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 982 – INTRODUCTION TOMICROSOFT SERVER OPERATING SYSTEM -4 UNITSPrerequisite: CS965, CS967, CS981, or equivalent experience.This course is intended for those who administer Windows2003 Server, and for those preparing for the MicrosoftCertified Systems Engineer Windows 2003 certificationexam 70-290. This course provides the core foundation forsupporting Windows 2003 Server. In addition, this course,provides support professionals with the skills necessary toinstall, configure, customize, optimize, network, integrate,and troubleshoot Windows 2003 Server. This s one of therequired core courses for the WLAC Microsoft CertifiedSystems Engineer (MSCE) training program.Section #8026M. Butler• Email the instructor at butlerm@wlac.edu as soon as you register.COMPUTER SCIENCE INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 983 – INTRODUCTION TOMICROSOFT TCP/IP - 4 UNITSPrerequisite: CS901, CS902, or equivalent experience.This course covers topics including networking, networkterminology and protocols, network standards, LAN, WAN,the layers of the OSI reference model, cabling and cablingtools. In addition, this course provides students with theirfirst exposure to Cisco routers, router programming, androuting protocols. Students will be introduced to routerstartup and setup configuration, the Cisco Internet-workingOperating System (IOS), routing protocols and networkmanagement issues. The course utilizes hands-onlab exercises and demonstrations to reinforce network conceptsand theories. This course is equivalent to Cisco'sSemester I & II of the Cisco Network Academy.Section #8029M. Butler• Email the instructor at butlerm@wlac.edu as soon as you register.Section #8029 allows students to do part of theirwork in the network lab on Tuesdays, 6:45 – 10p.m. in CE 106A. The instructor will be available toprovide assistance. Attendance at these sessionsis optional. Students may complete and submit alltheir work online.COMPUTER SCIENCE INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 985 – INTRODUCTION TOCOMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY II -3 UNITSPrerequisite: CS980 or Server OS or equivalent experience.This course introduces the basic concepts of informationassurance. Topics include security baselines, network andapplication hardening, remote communication security,web & internet security, mail & database security, securitypolicies & procedures, organizations & operational securityand computer forensics. Lab simulation involves securitysettings on XP/Sever2003 . This course, combined withCS 980, is designed to help candidates prepare to completeCompTIA Security+ exam, MCSE security specializationexam and CISSP exam (Certified Information SystemSecurity Professional). It is one of the courses leading todegree/certificate in network and security management.Section #8031A. Chiang• Email the instructor at chianga@wlac.edu as soon as you register.COMPUTER SCIENCE INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 988 – INSTALLING,CONFIGURING, AND ADMINISTERINGMICROSOFT SQL – 3 UNITSPrerequisite: CS982 or equivalent experience.This course provides students with the knowledge andskills required to install, configure, administer, and troubleshootthe client-server database management system ofMicrosoft Structured Query Language (SQL) Server. Thiscourse is also extremely appropriate for web site developersand database support personnel. This course is one of therequired elective courses for the WLAC Microsoft CertifiedSystems Engineer (MCSE) training program.Section #8027M. Butler• Email the instructor at butlerm@wlac.edu as soon as you register.COMPUTER SCIENCE INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY 990 – OBJECT-ORIENTEDPROGRAMMING IN JAVA – 4 UNITSPrerequisite: CS901 and CS902.This course is designed to take the student through thevarious phases of Java programming, from applicationsand applets to database programming using JBDC. Thecourse will cover Java Foundation Classes (JFC), detailedexposure to Util/language packages, and some networking/animation.Section #8023A. Patil• Email the instructor at patila@wlac.edu as soon as you register.ECONOMICS 1 - PRINCIPLES OFECONOMICS I (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSExplores the decision-making process of the individual,the firm, and the industry when confronted with scarcity.Topics include: forms of business organizations, the role ofgovernment in the economic system, and labor/managementrelations.Section #8028M. Keskinel• Email the instructor at econ1online@yahoo.com as soon as youregister.Section #8030A. Yguado• Email the instructor at yguadoar@laccd.edu as soon as you register.ECONOMICS 2 - PRINCIPLES OFECONOMICS II (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSNote: Economics 1 is not a prerequisite for Economics 2.This course explores the causes of unemployment, inflation,dollar depreciation, economic stagnation, as well aspolicy changes. Topics include: the national income, businessfluctuations, the financial system, public finance andinternational economics.Section #8019M. Keskinel• Email the instructor at econ2online@yahoo.com as soon as youregister.(8-week session starting 10/29/07, ending 12/20/07)Section #8032A. Yguado• Email the instructor at yguadoar@laccd.edu as soon as you register.ENGLISH 21 –ENGLISH FUNDAMENTALS (NDA) - 3 UNITSPrerequisite: Taking the English Assessment Test forappropriate placement.Co-requisite: All English 21 students must also enroll inSection #1376 of Learning Skills 50 which requires 1?hours of lab work (TBA) each week.English 21 is a reading and writing course that gives studentspractice in developing clear compositions as theyrespond to a variety of reading materials.Section #8035N. Lincke-Ivic• Email the instructor at lincken@wlac.edu as soon as you register.<strong>West</strong> <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> <strong>College</strong>60www.wlac.edu
<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2007</strong> Schedule of ClassesThe Distance Learning Program office is located in HLRC 4AONLINEcoursesTO ACCESSONLINE COURSESVISIT: http://www.wlac.edu/onlineSTARTING SEPT. 4ENGLISH 28 – INTERMEDIATE READINGAND COMPOSITION - 3 UNITSPrerequisite: Completion of English 21 with a grade of “C”or better or appropriate placement level demonstratedthrough the English assessment process.This course meets the A.A. reading and writing requirement.English 28 gives students practice in paragraph constructionand essay writing, with an emphasis on critical thinkingand critical reading of non-fiction essays and books.Section #8036M. Fentress• Email the instructor at mjfwlac@yahoo.com as soon as you register.Section #8038S. Floyd(8-week session starting, 9/4/07, ending on 10/27/07)• Email the instructor at eng28@szann.com as soon as you register.Section #8040S. Floyd(8-week session starting, 10/29/07, ending on 12/20/07)• Email the instructor at eng28@szann.com as soon as you register.Section #8041S. Floyd(8-week session starting, 10/29/07, ending on 12/20/07)• Email the instructor at eng28@szann.com as soon as you register.ENGLISH 94 – INTENSIVE GRAMMARREVIEW - 3 UNITSAdvisory: Eligibility for English 21.An intensive review of grammar and sentence structure forstudents who want extra help before taking English 28 or 101.Section #8042J. Fentress• Email the instructor at mjfwlac@yahoo.com as soon as you register.ENGLISH 101 - COLLEGE READING ANDCOMPOSITION I (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSPrerequisite: Completion of English 28 with a grade of "C"or better or appropriate placement level demonstratedthrough the English assessment process.English 101 is the composition course that transfers tofour-year colleges and universities. Accordingly, the assignmentsin essay writing, rhetorical analysis and criticalreading are rigorous.Section #8044R. Sprague• Email the instructor at spragurl@wlac.edu as soon as you register.Section #8046B. Anders• Email the instructor at bruceonline@wlac.edu as soon as you register.Section #8047J. Pilaro(8-week session starting, 9/4/07, ending on 10/27/07)• Email the instructor at pilaroj@wlac.edu as soon as you register.Section #8048B. Anders• Email the instructor at bruceonline@wlac.edu as soon as you register.Section #8049J. Pilaro(8 week session starting 10/29/<strong>2007</strong>, ending 12/20/<strong>2007</strong>)• Email the instructor at jpilaro@wlac.edu as soon as you register.ENGLISH 102 - COLLEGE READING ANDCOMPOSITION II (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSPrerequisite: English 101 with a grade of “C” or better."We tell ourselves stories in order to live," says JoanDidion. Learn to analyze and write critical essays on shortstories, novels, poems, and plays that reflect a range ofhuman experience.Section #8050N. Lincke-Ivic• Email the instructor at lincken@wlac.edu as soon as you register.ENGLISH 103 - COMPOSITION ANDCRITICAL THINKING (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSPrerequisite: English 101 with a grade of "C" or better.This course, which meets the transfer critical thinkingrequirement, is designed to develop critical thinking, reading,and writing skills beyond the level achieved in English101. Based on non-fiction writings, the course will focuson the development of logical reasoning and analyticaland argumentative writing skills.Section #8052N. Lincke-Ivic• Email the instructor at lincken@wlac.edu as soon as you register.Section #8053H. Bailey-Hofmann• Email the instructor at the writeteacher@yahoo.com as soon asyou register.ENGLISH 127 -CREATIVE WRITING (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSPrerequisite: English 101 or equivalent.This course introduces the student to the basic elements ofwriting fiction, poetry and drama through reading andwriting assignments.Section #8056S. Floyd• Email the instructor at eng127@szann.com at as soon as you register.ENGLISH 215 –SHAKESPEARE I (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSA study of the poems and plays selected from the works ofShakespeare. The course covers many of the elementsfound in Shakespeare’s work, such as structure, character,conflict, setting, style, theme, the supra-supernatural, andsymbolic meaning. The selection of plays will include atleast two each from his tragedies, histories, and comedies.Students will study Elizabethan and Jacobean life in relationto Shakespeare’s works.Section #8059R. Sprague• Email the instructor at spragurl@wlac.edu as soon as you register.ENGLISH 239 –WOMEN IN LITERATURE (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSThis course is a survey of literature by and about womenfrom the early times to the present. Poetry, autobiographicalshort stories and novels will be analyzed from the viewpointof women's roles and images. Critical writing isrequired.Section #8058R. Williams• Email the instructor at williar@wlac.edu as soon as you register.ENGLISH 270 –SCIENCE FICTION (UC:CSU) – 3 UNITSThis course presents science fiction as literature, withemphasis on the use of mythology, science fiction by scientistsand nonscientists, politically and philosophically orientedscience fiction, and science fiction as fantasy andescape literature.Section #8060M. Boretz• Email the instructor at mboretz@msn.com as soon as you register.FIRE TECHNOLOGY 204 – BUILDINGCONSTRUCTION FOR FIRE PROTECTION(CSU) – 3 UNITSBuilding construction related to fire control. For Public SafetyDepartments and other agencies that cross-train law enforcementand fire suppression personnel. Theory and fundamentalsof how and why fires start, spread and are controlled.Section #8068R. Shackelford• Email the instructor at rshacke@yahoo.com as soon as you register.FIRE TECHNOLOGY 216 – FUNDAMENTALSOF PERSONAL SAFETY & EMERGENCYACTION (CSU) – 3 UNITSThis course examines the foundational concepts of occupationalhealth and safety as it relates to emergency serviceorganizations. Topics include risk evaluation proceduresfor fire stations, training sites, emergency vehicles,and emergency situations involving fire, EMS, hazardousmaterials, and technical rescues. After completion of thiscourse, students will be able to establish and manage asafety program for an emergency service organization.Section #8070R. Shackelford• Email the instructor at rshacke@yahoo.com as soon as you register.HEALTH 11 - PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHFULLIVING (UC:CSU) - 3 UNITSThis course will survey information regarding personaland community health, and basic principles of healthfulliving. Such subjects as drug and alcohol abuse, cancer,AIDS, nutrition, diet, personal care and consumer healthwill be coveredSection #8072A. LulejianSection #8074A. Lulejian• Email the instructor at Lulejian@yahoo.com as soon as you registerSection #8076J. Kuckreja• Email the instructor at kuckreja@lavc.edu.as soon as you registerfor location information for the required on-campus midterm andfinal on 3/17/07 and 6/2/<strong>2007</strong> from 9 – 11 a.m.Section #8078B. Pfiffner• Email the instructor at BCPFiffner@yahoo.com as soon as you register.Section #8080A. Lulejian(8-week session starting 10/29/07 and ending on 12/20/07)• Email the instructor Lulejian@yahoo.com at as soon as you register.<strong>West</strong> <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> <strong>College</strong>61www.wlac.edu