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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Courses are listed in numerical order under department
headings, which are in alphabetical order. Each course is
listed by number with the course title and the number of
units. Following each course description are the number
of hours of lecture and laboratory and prerequisites of the
course. Transferability of the course is indicated for insti-
tutions to which students tend to matriculate. Whether or
not all courses described will be offered during the pres-
ent academic year will depend on the student enrollment.
COURSE PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITES/
RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
Prerequisites
“Prerequisite means a condition of enrollment that a student
is required to meet in order to demonstrate current readiness
for enrollment in a course or educational program.”
Students are expected to have satisfied the prerequisite
requirements as stated in this catalog for all courses. All
prerequisite classes must have been completed with a
satisfactory grade. “Satisfactory grade means that, for
the course in question, the student’s academic record has
been annotated with the symbol A, B, C, or P.”
Corequisites
“Corequisite means a condition of enrollment consisting
of a course that a student is required to simultaneously
take in order to enroll in another course.”
Classes listed as corequisites must have been either com-
pleted or be taken concurrently.
Recommended Preparation
“Recommended preparation means a condition of enroll-
ment that a student is advised, but not required, to meet
before or in conjunction with enrollment in a course or
educational program.”
Recommended preparation has been judged by individual
departments to be important to success in a course.
Equivalent
Whenever “equivalent” is listed as an alternative prereq-
uisite, it is understood to indicate knowledge and/or skills
learned through personal experience, education, and/or
training equivalent to listed prerequisite courses. The cri-
teria for such equivalency are established by each instruc-
tional discipline to ascertain whether there has been suf-
ficient mastery of the content of the academic prerequisite.
Note: Title 5, Section 55003 (p) permits a student to appeal a course
prerequisite based on the unavailability of the required course
(see waiver of prerequisites).
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DEGREE AND TRANSFER CREDIT
Not all courses offered at Glendale Community College
award Associate in Arts and/or Associate in Science
degree credit. Courses that do not award credit toward
the AA/AS degrees contain the statement ‘‘non-degree
applicable’’ in their course description and may not be
counted toward the 60 unit requirement for graduation.
All students completing non-degree applicable courses
prior to Fall 1990 will continue to receive graduation
credit for these courses. Transfer credit is noted at the
end of each course description. The note ‘‘UC’’ means the
course is transferable to the University of California, all
campuses. The note ‘‘CSU’’ means the course is transfer-
able to the California State University, all campuses. The
note ‘‘USC’’ means the course is transferable to the Uni-
versity of Southern California. Agreements concerning
transferability are constantly being updated, therefore
the student is cautioned to check with a counselor or the
Transfer Center for exact transfer information. Some Uni-
versity of California (UC) transfer credit may be limited;
consult a counselor or the Transfer Center for additional
information.
VARIABLE UNITS
Certain courses in this catalog have variable units in-
dicated and specify the maximum number of units that
may be acquired by repetitive enrollment in the class.
Students who complete variable unit classes and earn less
than the maximum units as indicated may repeat those
classes only until the maximum indicated units have
been earned.
OPEN ENROLLMENT
Unless specifically exempted by statute, every course,
course section, or class for which average daily atten-
dance is to be reported for state aid shall be open for en-
rollment and participation by any person who has been
admitted to the college and who meets the prerequisites
of such courses.