Santa Barbara City College Courses

Explore computer hardware, software, and programming concepts, emphasizing latest technologies. Covers Internet, applications, databases, and numbering systems.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore fundamental programming concepts, including structured and OOP, data types, control structures, functions, and file handling through hands-on practice.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Learn essential building trade skills: safety, planning, framing, plumbing, electrical, and siding. Gain hands-on experience through lectures and lab work to kickstart your construction career.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Develop intermediate-level rough framing skills for residential construction, covering safety, foundations, hardware, siding, special walls, stairs, and advanced topics.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Learn residential construction blueprint reading, from plan types to drafting conventions, focusing on floor plans, elevations, and creating simple plans using architectural scales.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Develop essential skills for working with children aged 0-8, including guidance, observation, curriculum planning, and professional practices.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 5 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore human relations in diverse societies, focusing on self-reflection and practices to promote equity in teaching and supporting children's identity development.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore developmental stages, health guidelines, and caregiving strategies for infants and toddlers. Learn to create optimal environments for child, parent, and staff growth.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore scarcity, market equilibrium, production theory, and market structures in this comprehensive microeconomics analysis of economic institutions and public policy issues.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore critical issues in K-12 education, develop a professional portfolio, and gain hands-on classroom observation experience in this comprehensive introduction to teaching.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore 200+ southern California landscape plants, learning their unique characteristics and care requirements through lectures and hands-on lab sessions.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Learn sustainable landscape maintenance techniques, from soil care to pest control, emphasizing personal health and safety in a hands-on environment.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Learn sustainable design principles to create eco-friendly human systems. Gain worldwide recognized Permaculture Design certification through hands-on application of ecological concepts.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 5 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Explore sustainable horticultural practices, focusing on environmental concepts and local ecological issues for long-term garden management.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Enhance critical thinking skills through interpretation, analysis, and criticism of academic and professional texts. Develop expertise in reading comprehension and evaluation.

• California Community Colleges System
• 7 weeks, 3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course