Mission College Courses

This course covers critical analysis of film as a literary art form. Exemplary motion pictures are viewed and examined with special attention to film technique, thematic content, and aesthetic values.

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

Introduction to Shakespeare is a study of selected plays and sonnets. The course emphasizes detailed analysis of representative tragic, comedic, romance, and history plays, as well as the cultural con

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

This course continues the development of listening comprehension and speaking skills. Listening focuses on comprehension of oral instructions and questions, of high-frequency vocabulary in context, an

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

Low-Intermediate level students receive guidance and extensive practice on the most important aspects of American English pronunciation. These include fundamental sound-spelling patterns, important vo

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

This course develops writing fluency and reading, grammar and vocabulary skills at the intermediate level. Students develop strategies to comprehend level-appropriate texts using fiction and nonfictio

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course develops fluency in reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary skills for English language learners at the high-intermediate level. Students develop strategies to comprehend and analyze leve

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Paid Course

This high intermediate course develops oral and written English language skills to identify, describe, and support children's cognitive and language development. (credit course - not degree appli

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

This advanced course focuses on developing oral proficiency needed to participate in academic discourse and cross-cultural communication by means of interviews, large group discussions, debates, and p

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

This course develops reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar and editing skills for advanced English language learners. Students develop strategies to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate level-appropriate

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Paid Course

This course is for students whose native language is not English. Students write academic essays and a short research paper. Emphasis is on the writing process, academic essay writing, and introductor

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

This course provides a general introduction to the field of Fire Protection, including: career opportunities; philosophy and history of fire protection; the organization and function of fire protectio

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

This course focuses on fire protection systems including: utilization of portable fire extinguishing equipment including inspection and maintenance procedures; fundamentals of design and operation of

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

This course provides instruction regarding the theory and fundamentals of building construction: laws, regulations and standards; the Uniform Building Code requirements for fire safety in buildings; c

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

This course provides instruction on the following: organization and function of fire prevention; fire and life safety inspections; utilization of the Uniform Fire Code and related standards in determi

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

This course provides an in-depth study of materials presenting special problems in firefighting operations, including the identification of hazardous materials and the handling procedures utilized for

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