Ventura College Courses

This course provides an introductory survey of world music from the cultural traditions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Indonesia, India, and Europe. The course will focus on the cultural sources of wo

• California Community Colleges System
• 4 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is a survey of rock music from the late 1940's to the present--its musical, socio-cultural, and historical development. Emphasis will be on the roots and early development of rock; its sty

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course surveys jazz history and examines both musical and cultural perspectives from the roots in ragtime, blues and American popular music, to the diverse styles of today. The focus will be on i

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course introduces the student to the main stylistic periods and developments in music, from ancient times to the present, with an emphasis on understanding and enjoyment in listening. It explores

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is a survey of musical styles, form, and personalities from the early Classical era (1750) to our current era. Discussions will also include social and political influences from each era.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks
• Paid Course

This course introduces the study of the music industry. It emphasizes and examines the various areas of the music business, the functions of each area, and the relationships between areas. The course

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course introduces the fundamentals of keyboard playing, music reading, technique, scales, transposition, simple keyboard harmonization, and simple keyboard literature. It is designed for the stud

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course continues the study of the fundamentals of keyboard playing, including music reading, technique, scales, transposition, keyboard harmonization, and simple keyboard literature. Designed for

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This intermediate-level keyboard course focuses on music reading, technique, major and minor scales, transposition, keyboard harmonization, and intermediate-level keyboard literature.

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This is an advanced course in keyboard playing, focusing on music reading, technique, major and minor scales, transposition, keyboard harmonization, and advanced keyboard literature.

• California Community Colleges System
• 12 weeks
• Paid Course

This course will provide students with a basic understanding of the clinical application of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutic principles from conception to death. Areas of emphasis include drug cla

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course surveys the nature and uses of philosophy; considers possible sources, nature, and criteria of knowledge; examines humanity's place in the universe, including concepts of the self, the min

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course provides an introduction to the nature of ethical theory, reviews ethical theory as it has developed in the East and West, and ponders the problems involved in the continuing quest for a m

• California Community Colleges System
• 5 weeks
• Paid Course

This course presents an introduction to the nature and problems of traditional logical methods. Students will ask questions, weigh evidence, and draw valid conclusions from various kinds of sources. F

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course

This course is an introductory study of religion with emphasis on the origins and functions of religion, religious experience, and religious and theological modes of expression. Course content will be

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• Paid Course