RIO HONDO COLLEGE HONORS CLASSES – SPRING 2011
See Below for Individual Class Descriptions and Details
Days of Week: M=Monday/T = Tuesday/W= Wednesday/R = Thursday
Arts & Cultural Programs
Subject
CRN
Instructor
ART105H
32620 Lewis,
Cynthia
Communications & Languages
Subject
CRN
Instructor
ENGL201H
ENGL201H
LIT102H
LIT112BH
LIT145H
LIT146BH
SPAN201H
SPAN201H
31559 Freije,
Theresa
31564 Arnold,
Voiza
30934 Reilly,
Beverly
30994 Garcia,
Alonso
31109 Osman,
Daniel
31119 Eckstrom,
Marie
30824 De Los
Santos,
Blanca
30824 De Los
Santos,
Blanca
Math & Science
Subject
CRN
Instructor
MATH130H 31520 Esquivel,
Ray
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Subject
CRN
Instructor
ANTH102H
ECON102H
HIST 143H
HIST 159H
PHIL 101H
SOC 101H
30292 Pfeiffer, Jill
30585 Prewitt,
Dezzie
32750 Valdivia,
Irma
30768 Lazaro, Ned
30903 Preston,
Theodore
30199 Brutlag,
Brian
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/28/11 5/26/11
A230
Days
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A206
Days
MW
Start
Time
12:50 PM
End Time
2:15 PM
MW
Start
Time
12:50 PM
End Time
2:15 PM
1/29/11 5/26/11
LR129
W
7:00 PM
10:10 PM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A218
MW
8:05 AM
9:30 AM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A206
MW
9:40 AM
11:05 AM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A206
MW
2:20 PM
3:45 PM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A218
MW
11:15 AM 12:40 PM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A202
TR
9:00 AM
1/29/11 5/26/11
LR117
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
S221
Days
MW
11:05 AM
Start
End Time
Time
11:15 AM 1:20 PM
Start
End
Location Days Start Time
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
S334
T R 11:15 AM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A225
R
7:00 PM
End Time
12:40 PM
10:10 PM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A225
MW
9:40 AM
11:05 AM
1/29/11 5/26/11
1/29/11 5/26/11
A224
A207
TR
TR
11:15 AM
8:05 AM
12:40 PM
9:30 AM
1/29/11 5/26/11
A229
TR
8:05 AM
9:30 AM
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Arts & Cultural Programs
ART 105H
Survey of Art History from Prehistoric through Medieval Periods
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a
or better and a minimum GPA of 3.2
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses: ART 105 or ART 105H)
This course presents a broad overview of Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman,
Early Christian, Islamic, and Medieval art and architecture. This course is appropriate for all students
interested in art and culture and for those seeking to fulfill general education requirements in Fine Arts
and Humanities, as well as all Studio Art majors and Art History majors. This course is designed for those
who meet Honors Program requirements.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:50
Subject
ART 105H
CRN
Instructor
32620 Lewis,
Cynthia
2:15PM
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/28/11 5/26/11
A230
Days
MW
Start
Time
12:50 PM
End Time
2:15 PM
Communications & Languages
ENGL 201H
Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a grade of
or better
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses: ENGL 201 or ENGL 201H)
This advanced composition course is open to all students who have successfully completed ENGL 101
and is designed for those who expect to transfer to four-year colleges or universities. Students will read
and write extensively, while applying critical thinking skills and research techniques. Students will
demonstrate these abilities in advanced composition as they research and write a series of argumentative
essays, which demonstrate the ability to analyze issues, evaluate positions, and argue persuasively
through clear, concise prose. This Honors section is open to all students who have completed ENGL 101
with a grade of C or better. Students will be expected to analyze issues in more depth and write on them
at greater length than they would in a non-honors section.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours/18 other hours
One section meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:50-2:15PM and the other section meets
Wednesdays from 7:00-10:10PM
Subject
ENGL201H
ENGL201H
CRN
Instructor
31559 Freije,
Theresa
31564 Arnold,
Voiza
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A206
1/29/11 5/26/11
LR129
Days
MW
Start
Time
12:50 PM
End Time
2:15 PM
W
7:00 PM
10:10 PM
LIT 102H
Approaches to Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a
or better
Advisory: READ 022 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses: LIT 102 or LIT 102H)
This course is designed for students who wish to study the four general literary forms: poetry, drama,
short story, and novel. emphasis is placed on critical thinking, critical reading, and composing.
Compositions will be based upon discussion, analysis and interpretations of literature, and upon the
relationship of Western and Non-Western literature to contemporary thought.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:05
Subject
LIT 102H
CRN
Instructor
30934 Reilly,
Beverly
9:30AM
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A218
Days
MW
Start
Time
8:05 AM
End Time
9:30 AM
LIT 112BH
American Literature
(Formerly LIT 112B)
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU(*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses:LIT 112B or LIT 112BH)
This course is designed for students interested in exploring American literature from the mid-nineteenth
century to the present. It introduces students, through class discussions and written essays, to
representative writers of this period such as Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Robert Frost,
Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Lorraine Hansberry,
Henry David Hwang, Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston, Milcha SanchezScott, and others. This course is intended for students eligible for the honors program.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:40
Subject
LIT 112BH
CRN
Instructor
30994 Garcia,
Alonso
11:05AM
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A206
Days
MW
Start
Time
9:40 AM
End Time
11:05 AM
LIT 145H
Introduction to the Short Story
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses:
LIT 145 or LIT 145H)
This course is designed for students interested in exploring short fiction from a variety of different periods
and traditions in order to increase appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of its various forms and
techniques. Students will compare and contrast authors’ works in class discussions and in essay form. The
course emphasizes the short story as a genre from the Nineteenth century to the present. This course is
designed for students eligible for the Honors program.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:20
Subject
LIT 145H
CRN
Instructor
31109 Osman,
Daniel
3:45PM
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A206
Days
MW
Start
Time
2:20 PM
End Time
3:45 PM
LIT 146BH
British Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC, CSU
This course is designed for students interested in learning about British literature written from the
beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. The following major British writers will be discussed:
Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Shaw, Yeats, Eliot,
and others. This course is designed for students eligible for the Honors program.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:15AM
Subject
LIT146BH
CRN
Instructor
31119 Eckstrom,
Marie
12:40PM
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A218
Days
MW
Start
End Time
Time
11:15 AM 12:40 PM
SPAN 201H
Spanish III
Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or three years of high school Spanish
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses: SPAN 201 or SPAN 201H)
This is an intermediate level course in which Spanish grammar is reviewed. It also includes intensive
classroom practice in conversation and composition. In addition to classroom instruction, students receive
intensive, individualized oral-aural practice in the language laboratory in which websites, video programs,
audio CDs, and CD ROMs are used. Many aspects of Spanish culture are introduced in short stories by
Latin American and Spanish authors. Students strengthen their communication and writing skills by
analyzing these stories in Spanish. This course is designed/intended for students who wish to broaden
their knowledge in Spanish as well as for those interested in pursuing a degree in the Spanish language.
4 Units
72 Lecture hours
18 Lab hours
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00
Subject
SPAN201H
SPAN201H
CRN
Instructor
30824 De Los
Santos,
Blanca
30824 De Los
Santos,
Blanca
11:05AM and for 18 Lab hours
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A202
1/29/11 5/26/11
Days
TR
Start
Time
9:00 AM
End Time
11:05 AM
LR117
Math & Science
MATH 130H
Statistics
Prerequisite: MATH 070 or MATH 070D with a grade of
or better or appropriate assessment;
Minimum GPA of 3.0; Completion of ENGL 101 with a grade of
or better
Advisory: READ 101 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the
following courses: MATH 130 or MATH 130H.)
This course is designed for students majoring in business, social sciences, and life sciences. This course
provides an overview of descriptive and inferential statistics. The students learn to read, interpret and
present data in a well-organized way. This includes frequency distributions, graphs, measures of central
tendency and variability, correlation and linear regression. While discussing
inferential statistics, the students learn to make generalizations about populations. This includes
probability, sampling techniques, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests.
4 Units
72 Lecture hours
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:15AM to 1:20PM
Subject
CRN
Instructor
MATH130H 31520 Esquivel,
Ray
Start
End
Location
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
S221
Days
MW
Start
End Time
Time
11:15 AM 1:20 PM
Behavioral & Social Sciences
ANTH 102H
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
(Formerly ANTHR 102H)
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a grade of
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC, CSU
The emphasis of this general education course is the investigation of human culture. By learning about the
diversity of cultural practices around the world, students will be able to evaluate their identities within
their own societies. In addition to discovering the theories and methods important to cultural
anthropology, the course will include an extensive examination of crosscultural diversity. Students will
learn about how people in different cultures obtain their food, exchange goods, organize themselves in
groups, engage in politics, raise children, and worship supernatural beings. Also addressed will be the
issue of how cultural anthropology can contribute to addressing problems important in the modern world.
This course is designed for anthropology majors, those with an interest in anthropology, or anyone with a
desire to further their understanding of human culture.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:15AM to 12:40PM
Subject
ANTH102H
CRN
Instructor
30292 Pfeiffer, Jill
Start
End
Location Days Start Time
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
S334
T R 11:15 AM
End Time
12:40 PM
ECON 102H
Principles of Microeconomics
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment; Math 070 or appropriate assessment
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101 with
or better
Transfers to: UC, CSU
This is an introductory course in economic analysis of markets, intended for Economics and Business
majors as well as to satisfy General Education requirements, and may be taken by any student who has
completed English 101 with a “C” or better. It may be taken prior to ECON 101. Students will learn how
markets work to coordinate consumers and producers in an economy, various causes of the failure of free
markets and policies used to correct or regulate market behavior. Students will do a research project on an
actual economic policy or a theoretical view.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Thursdays from 7:00 to 10:10PM
Subject
ECON102H
CRN
Instructor
30585 Prewitt,
Dezzie
Start
End
Location Days Start Time
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A225
R
7:00 PM
End Time
10:10 PM
HIST 143H
History of the United States to 1877
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a grade of
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses: HIST 143 or HIST 143H)
This course is a survey of American History from Native American origins to post Civil War
Reconstruction. It explores the social, economic, political and cultural developments in America with
emphasis on the independence movement and Revolutionary War, the new Republic, westward expansion
and the Civil War. This course fulfills the American Institutions requirement for the CSU and Associate
Degree. It is also recommended for all History majors. This course in intended for those who meet
Honors Program requirements.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:40 to 11:05AM
Subject
HIST 143H
CRN
Instructor
32750 Valdivia,
Irma
Start
End
Location Days Start Time
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A225
M W 9:40 AM
End Time
11:05 AM
HIST 159H
History of Minorities: Mexican Americans, Asian Americans and American
Women
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a grade of
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment.
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses: HIST 159 or HIST 159H)
This course surveys the roles selected minorities have played in the historical development of the United
States from the earliest times to the present. Emphasis is placed on the history and cultural contributions
of Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, and American women. This course is intended for those
wishing to fulfill the American Institutions requirement at Rio Hondo and those who desire a better
understanding of the history of minorities in the United States. This course is intended for students
eligible for the Honors Program.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:15AM to 12:40PM
Subject
HIST 159H
CRN
Instructor
30768 Lazaro, Ned
Start
End
Location Days Start Time
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A224
T R 11:15 AM
End Time
12:40 PM
PHIL 101H
Introduction to Philosophy
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC, CSU
This course introduces the topics and questions of philosophy. Topics may include the nature of reality,
the nature of knowledge, the nature of the self, the nature and existence of God, the foundations and
application of ethics, and the role and justification of the State. Practical application and relevance will be
emphasized. This course is appropriate for anyone seeking a broader program of philosophical study, or
to fulfill general Humanities, Philosophy major, or Honors program requirements. As an honors course
additional rigor and assignments are to be expected. Students will be taught the history of ideas, how to
“do philosophy” themselves, and to appreciate the benefit of such activity.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:05AM to 9:30AM
Subject
PHIL 101H
CRN
Instructor
30903 Preston,
Theodore
Start
End
Location Days Start Time
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A207
T R 8:05 AM
End Time
9:30 AM
SOC 101H
Introduction to Sociology
Prerequisite: Enrollment is restricted to those who meet Honors Program requirements (minimum GPA
of 3.0) and completion of ENGL 101 with a
or better
Advisory: READ 023 or appropriate assessment
Transfers to: UC (credit limit*), CSU (*Students will receive credit from UC for only one of the following
courses: SOC 101 or SOC 101H)
This course is designed for those with an interest in Sociology, or anyone with a desire to further their
understanding of human group behavior and the organization of society. The student, using several
theoretical points of view will study and analyze: (1) the organization of social life; (2) problems of
inequality - of age, sex, race, and ethnicity, social class and life style; (3) the basic social institutions:
family, religion, and economics; and (4) global issues of technology, social movements and social change.
3 Units
54 Lecture hours
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:05AM to 9:30AM
Subject
SOC 101H
CRN
Instructor
30199 Brutlag,
Brian
Start
End
Location Days Start Time
Date
Date
1/29/11 5/26/11
A229
T R 8:05 AM
End Time
9:30 AM