Santa Barbara City College Courses

Never in American history have the news media been more important—or played a more influential role in our participatory democracy. This course explores the wide-ranging impacts of news on American ci

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Students plan, assign and coordinate coverage for specific sections of The Channels. Sections are news, art and entertainment, features, opinion and sports. They oversee staffing and policy issues, an

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Concurrent Editors must be appointed by adviser. Student editors plan, assign and coordinate content of The Channels online news site. They oversee reporting and photography, along with design, video

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Enrollment must be recommended by the faculty adviser. Student editors manage The Channels editorial operations and provide general oversight of the website and its traffic. They continue to work with

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Survey of the significant techniques and examples of visual communication in the mass media, including social media and the Internet, newspapers, magazines, television, cinema and advertising. Particu

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Advanced study and practice of creative writing in non-fiction genres.

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Work with local news publication; follow employer policies. Attend one campus-based orientation. Keep record of time worked and secure an end-of-semester employer's evaluation. Experiential Learning c

• California Community Colleges System
• 216 hours
• Paid Course

Comprehensive introduction to the history, functions, structures, processes and interactions of the basic components of the criminal justice system. Required course for majors.

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Examination of the types and history of ethical theories and development of moral and ethical behavior for criminal justice practitioners. Students learn how to analyze an ethical dilemma and apply th

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Covers the development, philosophy and constitutional basis of evidence and criminal procedure; legal considerations affecting arrest, search and seizure; kind and degrees of evidence; rules governing

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Examines major types of crime and criminal behavior, characteristics of offenders, factors that contribute to crime and delinquency, and the role of probation and parole. Analyzes historical changes i

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Fundamentals of investigation; techniques of crime scene search and recording; collection and preservation of evidence; modus operandi processes, sources of information and follow-up investigation.

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Examines the relationship between communities and the justice system in addressing crime and conflict. Emphasis on the challenges and prospects of administering justice within a diverse multicultural

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Examines the relationship between communities and the justice system in addressing crime and conflict. Emphasis on the challenges and prospects of administering justice within a diverse multicultural

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

Critical study, analysis and evaluation of landmark cases of the U.S. Supreme Court. The logic and fallacies of the interpretive reasoning processes utilized by the court in reaching its decisions. Em

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course