Ventura College Courses

This course introduces basic concepts of wellness for men, including ways for men to achieve optimum health and reduce the longevity gap that exists between men and women in the United States. Topics

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course presents an overview of the disciplines of community and public health. Topics include the basic concepts and terminologies of public health; an overview of various public health professio

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course provides an introduction to the health inequities in the United States that stem from unequal living conditions. Students will explore how education, socioeconomic status, racism, and gend

• California Community Colleges System
• 8 weeks
• Paid Course

This course explains concepts and theories relating to the epidemiology and toxicology of substance use, misuse, abuse, and dependence, and the impact on personal, community and societal health. The b

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course will allow students to explore, in depth, the impact of the spiritual dimension of health within their own individual state of wellness, and to explore different ways to build a spiritual

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course introduces the student to the physiology of the stress response and the return to homeostasis. Topics include the symptoms of stress overload and burnout; psychoneuroimmunology, technostre

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

Human nutrition will be studied through a critical examination of the principles of nutrition science as they relate to health. Topics will include health and food choices, nutrient needs and dietary

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course explores the history of the United States from the earliest settlements through the Colonial Era and Independence, to the U.S. invasion of Mexico. Emphasis will be placed on the participat

• California Community Colleges System
• 7 weeks
• Paid Course

This course presents a survey of the history of the Americas in general and the United States more specifically. The course will span the political and cultural history of the Americas from Independen

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course surveys California's development from Native American societies through the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods to the present. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing the contributions of

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is a survey of major developments among world peoples from antiquity to 1550, with particular emphasis on the dynamic interaction and comparison of world cultures and their institutions. T

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course will present a historical survey of the countries and cultures of East Asia with a principal focus on China and Japan. An emphasis will be placed on the impact of traditional Chinese and J

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course surveys the history of Western Civilization from 1648 to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the important ideas, institutions, and contributions of each major period of history in the

• California Community Colleges System
• 8 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is required for students who are interested in being tutors at Ventura College. It is an introduction to the theories and methods of effective tutoring including communication techniques,

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is required for students who are interested in being tutors at Ventura College. It is an introduction to the theories and methods of effective tutoring including communication techniques,

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course