Butte College Courses

This course addresses ancient philosophy with emphasis on the development of Greek philosophy from the Pre-Socratics through Aristotle and may also include Hellenistic, Roman, medieval or non-western

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is an introduction to religious traditions of the East, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism, with an emphasis on philosophical perspectives expressed in historical and c

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is an introduction to the nature of philosophical thought and skills. Issues that traditionally have been of central importance in philosophical inquiry will be emphasized. These include t

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course examines the concept of morality and values, representative ethical theories, and may include their applications to moral problems. (C-ID PHIL 120).

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

A study of traditional logic with both deductive and inductive reasoning, including syllogisms, natural deduction, and fallacies. Practical application of basic skills in orderly and accurate reasonin

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is a study of argumentative writing, including traditional topics in logic. The course will emphasize the application of argumentative methods and models to the analysis of contemporary mo

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course focuses on the history of photography from its origins to current day. Students will learn about the primary artistic and stylistic movements and historical trends in photography as well a

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is an introduction to government with emphasis on California State and local governments. Government institutions and political processes are examined in the context of the state's diverse

• California Community Colleges System
• 8 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

An introduction to international relations theory with an examination of national, international, transnational, and sub-national actors and their institutions, interactions and processes as they rela

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is a survey of our current understanding of the physical Universe. Consideration will range in length scales from the sub-atomic to large clusters of galaxies as well as time scales from t

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is a study of our dynamic universe. Topics include the history of astronomy, the science of observation and discovery, stellar birth, maturation and death, planetary formation, a descripti

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is an introduction to modern meteorology. Topics include air circulation, pressure and wind, temperature, moisture, fronts, storm systems, cloud types and air stability. The course will al

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course will emphasize the practical concepts of physical science and weather using demonstration and experimentation. Topics include the scientific method, Newton's laws of motion, heat and energ

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Paid Course

This course provides an introduction to the hazards created by the earth's natural and physical processes and covers a broad scientific understanding of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, t

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course provides an overview, from a psychological perspective, of human development from conception through death, including biological and environmental influences. Theories and research of phys

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Paid Course