Ventura College Courses

This course explores Earth's natural resources and issues pertaining to their management, conservation, and preservation. Renewable and non-renewable resources will be investigated, and conceptual met

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks
• Paid Course

Through an interdisciplinary approach, this course introduces students to the field of Ethnic Studies, focusing on the historical and contemporary experiences of Native Americans, Chicana/o and Latina

• California Community Colleges System
• 8 weeks
• Paid Course

This course provides an introduction to the historical roots of race and racism, and how it has been, and continues to be, a powerful force that shapes American society. Students will closely examine

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course provides an interdisciplinary survey of Native American/American Indian experiences from indigenous ways of knowing. The survey will include an analysis of social, cultural, historical, re

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course provides an interdisciplinary survey of the experiences and contributions made by African Americans with emphasis on the contemporary experience in the United States. This course introduce

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

Making powerfully effective moving images demands an understanding of the fine art of transferring ideas, meanings, and feelings into emotionally charged visual communication. This course examines bro

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course analyzes works of contemporary American cinema, examining theme and focus, industry practices, narrative presentations, selected genres, and cultural representations (gender, race, class,

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is a spatial study of planet Earth's dynamic physical systems and processes. Topics include weather, climate, geomorphology, soils, and the biosphere. The emphasis is on interrelationships

• California Community Colleges System
• 4 weeks
• Paid Course

This introductory course is a study of the structure and materials of the earth and its dynamic forces. Including plate tectonics, rocks and minerals, weathering, mass-movements, surface and ground wa

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks
• Paid Course

This course introduces some of the fundamental methods and concepts of geology in a laboratory situation, including: rock and mineral identification, use and interpretation of topographic and geologic

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks
• Paid Course

Oceanography is a broad interdisciplinary field focused on the common goal of understanding earth's oceans. It draws subject matter from geology, geography, geophysics, chemistry, meteorology, and bio

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks
• Paid Course

This course deals with natural disasters that have occurred, possible mitigation of hazards and identification of potential future disasters related to geologic hazards (geohazards). Subjects covered

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course will require students to explore, analyze, personalize, and discuss the following issues as they relate to the essential components of health and wellness: nutrition, physical activity/exe

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course introduces basic concepts of wellness, including ways of achieving optimum health. Topics will include history of women's healthcare; concepts of health and wellness; stress management; ps

• California Community Colleges System
• 7 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is a study of the human body's adaptation to exercise and the role of nutrition in health, athletic performance, and disease prevention. Topics will include: current principles and concept

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course