Porterville College Courses

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 54 hours. This course offers an overview of supervision of inmates in the local, state, and federal correctional institutions. The issues of control in a continuum fr

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Recommendation: Eligible for English level 2 Total lecture 54 hours. This course provides students with an awareness of the historical framework, concepts and precedents that guide

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 54 hours. Exploration of theories, philosophies, and concepts related to the role expectations of the line enforcement officer. Emphasis is placed upon patrol, traffi

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Recommendation: Eligible for English level 2. Total lecture 54 hours. A study and discussion of current theories of crime causation, types of criminal behavior, sociological and ps

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 54 hours. An in-depth exploration of theories, philosophies, and procedures related to the role of the probation and parole officer. Emphasis is placed upon client co

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 54 hours. Landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving constitutional issues relating to: due process, right to counsel, search and seizure, self-incrimination, fa

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Recommendation: Eligible for English level 2 and instructor's permission. Total lecture 18 hours, laboratory 108 hours. This is the first course in the Police Cadet program. U

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: ADMJ P140A Basic Field Work Administration of Justice Police Cadet. Recommendation: Eligible for English level 2 and instructor's permission. Total lecture 18 hours, laboratory 108

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: ADMJ P140B Intermediate Field Work Administration of Justice Police cadet. Recommendation: Eligible for English level 2 and instructor's permission. Total lecture 18 hour, laborator

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 54 hours. This course involves the study of principles and practices of the selling process: selling strategies and approaches, why and how people buy, prospecting, t

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Learn to use computer applications in agricultural work over 48 hours of instruction.

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Lecture 36 hours, laboratory 54 hours. The study of physical, chemical and biological properties of soils. Soil classification, derivation, use, function and management including:

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 54 hours. Survey of marketing aspects of the agricultural industry. An overview of the structure and institutional aspects of the marketing system including global ag

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 54 hours. The course emphasis is on plant pests and development of pesticide use, modes of action and effective use of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodentici

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Prerequisite: None. Total lecture 45 hours, total laboratory 27 hours. Plant propagation and production practices with emphasis on nursery operations including sexual and asexual reproduction, plantin

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course