Summer 2024 Classes

ACCTG 45, Individual Financial Planning  • 3 units; UC, CSU

This course provides students with the tools to achieve their personal financial goals. It will help them make informed decisions related to spending, saving, borrowing, and investing by training them to apply quantitative reasoning concepts to solve problems. Topics covered include personal financial planning; money management; tax strategy; consumer credit; purchasing decisions; insurance; investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds; retirement; and estate planning.

ACCTG 45 is the same class as BUS 45. Students may earn credit for one, but not for both.

Course Number: 1607  Time: 1:30 - 3:35 p.m. MW   Location: MALBU 219     Instructor: Oliveri J S

Course Number:    Time: Arrange - 4.5 Hours Location: ONLINE Instructor:   Above section 1607 is a hybrid class taught online via the Internetand at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu CA90265. Please be advised that the distance between the MainSMC Campus and the Malibu Campus is approximately 15 miles.Please plan your schedule to accommodate travel time, which willvary depending on time of day and mode of transportation. Foradditional information, go to smc.edu/OnlineEd.

AHIS 1, Western Art History I • 3 units; UC, CSU

A survey of the chronological development of Western art from the Stone Age to the Gothic Period with emphasis on the cultural, political, and social factors that influenced this evolution. This includes: Near-Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture.

Course Number: 1604  Time: 1 - 3 p.m. MWLocation: MALBU 202Instructor: Manno M Above section 1604 meets at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu CA 90265. Please be advised that the distance between the Main SMC Campus and the Malibu Campus is approximately 15 miles. Please plan your schedule to accommodate travel time, which will vary depending on time of day and mode of transportation. Fully on ground and will be taught in person at the time and location listed in the schedule of classes.

ART 20A, Drawing I - Introduction to Drawing • 3 units

This fundamental course is focused on representational drawing and composition using various black and white media. Introduction to principles, elements, and practices of drawing, employing a wide range of subject matter and drawing media. Focus on perceptually based drawing, observational skills, technical abilities, and creative responses to materials and subject matter.

Course Number: 1605 Time: 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. MWTh Location: MALBU 220 Instructor: Vicich G M Above section 1605 meets at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu CA 90265. Please be advised that the distance between the Main SMC Campus and the Malibu Campus is approximately 15 miles. Please plan your schedule to accommodate travel time, which will vary depending on time of day and mode of transportation. Fully on ground and will be taught in person at the time and location listed in the schedule of classes.

BUS 1, Introduction to Business  • 3 units; UC, CSU

An overview of the functional areas of business in a global society. Students will complete the course with knowledge of the general business environment, economic systems, business ethics, operations and project management, and technology and information systems. In addition, students will learn the fundamentals of economics, business ownership, entrepreneurship, finance, management, leadership, and marketing. Key themes woven throughout the course include exploration of career options and development of business problem-solving skills.

Course Number: 1602  Time: 10:15 a.m.  - 12:20 p.m. MW   Location: MALBU 219     Instructor: Oliveri J S

Course Number:    Time: Arrange - 4.5 Hours Location: ONLINE Instructor:   Above section 1602 is a hybrid class taught online via the Internetand at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu CA90265. Please be advised that the distance between the MainSMC Campus and the Malibu Campus is approximately 15 miles.Please plan your schedule to accommodate travel time, which willvary depending on time of day and mode of transportation. Foradditional information, go to smc.edu/OnlineEd.

BUS 45, Individual Financial Planning  • 3 units; UC, CSU

This course provides students with the tools to achieve their personal financial goals. It will help them make informed decisions related to spending, saving, borrowing, and investing by training them to apply quantitative reasoning concepts to solve problems. Topics covered include personal financial planning; money management; tax strategy; consumer credit; purchasing decisions; insurance; investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds; retirement; and estate planning.

BUS 45 is the same class as ACCTG 45. Students may earn credit for one, but not for both.

Course Number: 1606  Time: 1:30 - 3:35 p.m. MW   Location: MALBU 219     Instructor: Oliveri J S

Course Number:    Time: Arrange - 4.5 Hours Location: ONLINE Instructor:   Above section 1606 is a hybrid class taught online via the Internetand at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu CA90265. Please be advised that the distance between the MainSMC Campus and the Malibu Campus is approximately 15 miles.Please plan your schedule to accommodate travel time, which willvary depending on time of day and mode of transportation. Foradditional information, go to smc.edu/OnlineEd.

PHOTO 1, Introduction to Photography • 3 units; UC, CSU

This non-laboratory course is an introduction to digital photography including understanding the use of an interchangeable-lens camera, lenses and basic photographic equipment. The course will address creative considerations and aesthetic principles as they relate to composition, space, exposure, motion, light and color. Technological considerations, digital asset management, and editing software will be introduced.

Course Number: 1601  Time: 8 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. T Th Location: MALBU 203 Instructor:  Mohr C D Above section 1601 meets at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu CA 90265. Please be advised that the distance between the Main SMC Campus and the Malibu Campus is approximately 15 miles. Please plan your schedule to accommodate travel time, which will vary depending on time of day and mode of transportation. Fully on ground and will be taught in person at the time and location listed in the schedule of classes.  

PSYCH 1, General Psychology • 3 units; UC, CSU

• C-ID: PSY 110.
• IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
• Prerequisite: None.
• Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.

This course is an introduction and general survey course in psychology. This course grounds the student in the epistemology of psychology as a scientific discipline, research methods, and critical analysis of research findings. Substantive psychological content includes the biological bases of behavior, perception, cognition and consciousness, learning, memory, emotion, motivation, development, personality, social psychology, psychological disorders and therapeutic approaches, and applied psychology.

Course Number: 1603 Time: 10:15 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. MWLocation: MALBU 119Instructor: Hausman Ozery D

Course Number:   Time: Arrange - 4.5 HoursLocation: ONLINEInstructor:   Above section 1603 is a hybrid class taught online via the Internetand at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu CA90265. Please be advised that the distance between the MainSMC Campus and the Malibu Campus is approximately 15 miles.Please plan your schedule to accommodate travel time, which willvary depending on time of day and mode of transportation. Foradditional information, go to smc.edu/OnlineEd.

ART E16, Life Drawing Studio

This course provides a opportunity for older adults to learn to see the human form and draw the anatomy of the human figure. This supportive class explores basic anatomy, movement, and skeletal structure of the figure using live models. Through demonstrations, class exercises, individual instruction, and guidance, beginning students learn basic life drawing skills, while more advanced students sharpen their skills in capturing the physical attributes of the model and expressiveness of the pose.

Course Number: 9503 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. TLocation: MALBU 220Instructor: Harrison A B

ART E20, Drawing and Painting

This course provides older adults with a supportive environment for instruction in drawing and painting. Older adults, from beginners to more advanced students, maintain or improve their drawing and/or painting skills in a constructive environment, and learn about space, line, value, and color in a workshop atmosphere.

Course Number: 9510 Time: 1 - 3:50 p.m. FLocation: MALBU 220Instructor: Tirr C A

ART E22, Watercolor

This course allows older adults who have never used watercolors to acquire a strong foundation in watercolor techniques, and provides those students with some watercolor experience with a strongly supportive peer group in which to paint. Older adult students learn watercolor techniques and methods, as well as washes, brush strokes, color, value, and composition.

Course Number: 9616 Time: 1 - 3:15 p.m. WLocation: MALBU 220Instructor: Harrison A B

ENGL E27, Poetry and Fiction

This course helps older adults explore a wide variety of poetry; in particular, poetry as adventure, confirmation, and renewal. Older adults also employ selected poems as a means to examine their life experiences and discuss these experiences with their peers. This course is designed to refresh older adults’ enjoyment and increase their appreciation of poetry as a means of expression, and helps older adults explore poetry in relation to other types of literature, in particular in its use of language and imagery.

Course Number: 9526 Time: 1 - 2:45 p.m. FLocation: MALBU 219Instructor: Fox Jr R W

ENGL E30, Creative Writing

This course nurtures, revitalizes, and stimulates older adult writers who may already be producing or thinking about producing written material. The course is intended to discover, encourage, and develop untapped writing talent in older adults. It also allows older adults to develop and refine their writing and self expression skills, discuss their writing with peers, and comment on their peers’ writing in a respectful and constructive manner. The course is also a forum for older adults to share their creative voices with peers.

Course Number: 9529 Time: 9:30 - 11:20 a.m. M Location: MALIBU 112Instructor: Davis C V

ENGL E33, Autobiography

This course helps older adults review and integrate the experiences that have shaped their lives, share memories with peers, and create a record of events for themselves and their families. Through this class older adults achieve a sense of pride in their accomplishments, improve their writing abilities, and express themselves in writing that can be shared with family, friends, and the public if desired.

Course Number: 9534 Time: 3 - 4:50 p.m. F Location: MALBU 219Instructor: Fox Jr R W

POL SC E00, Current Events

This course increases older adults' understanding of local, national, and international current affairs and how it affects their lives as well as the world around them. Older adults consider the political, economic, and social movements that determine domestic and foreign policies in the United States and around the world.

Course Number: 9601 Time: 9:30 - 11:20 a.m. MLocation: MALBU 202Instructor: Sarkissian R