Malibu Campus Winter 2027 Classes
Below are the classes being offered for Winter 2027. Classes begin the week of January 4, 2027.
Credit classes can be used to earn an Associate degree or transfer to a four-year college or university. Enrollment for Fall is open now using Corsair Connect (current students), or Apply Now using the Step-by-Step guide(opens in new window), click on "New" or "Returning" students.
PSYC C1000, General Psychology • 3 units
- Transfer: 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: 1433 Time: 10:15 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.; M and W Location: MALBU 219Instructor: Hausman Ozery D
If you are planning to re-enter the workforce, prepare for college, or improve your English, SMC offers free noncredit certificate programs in multiple modalities and wiith a variety of supportive services to helo you plan your next chapter. For additional details, visit smc.edu/noncredit.
NC Education, ESL 911 Beginning Listening and Speaking
In this course, beginning ESL students focus on developing listening and speaking skills needed to communicate effectively in social, work, and academic cotexts.
Course Number: 7025 Time: 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.; T and ThLocation: MALBU 119Instructor: Lederer N
The Emeritus Program is a noncredit, free, lifelong learning program offering classes designed for older adults. Registration and enrollment for Winter 2027 Emeritus courses will open on Monday, November 12, 2027.
for New and Returning students. Download: The Emeritus enrollment form and email it to emeritus@smc.edu. You may also drop it off to the mail slot in our office at 1227 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA. 90401.
ART E16, Life Drawing Studio
This course provides an 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: 9505 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.; WLocation: MALBU 220Instructor: Wheat N R
ART E19, Painting
This course enhances older adults' artistic creativity and painting skills through positive motivation and instruction in oils and acrylics techniques that may use the palette knife for effect. Older adults learn how to select supplies and equipment, and basic elements of composition. Painting projects, demonstrations, group critiques, and discussions are used to explore two-dimensional artwork.
Course Number: 9507 Time: 1:30 to 4:20 p.m.; WLocation: 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 to 3:50 p.m.; FLocation: MALBU 220Instructor: Tirr C A
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: 9524 Time: 9:30 to 11:20 a.m.; TLocation: MALBU 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: 9528 Time: 2 to 3:50 p.m.; F Location: MALBU 219Instructor: Fox Jr R W
HEALTH E85, Pilates Level 1
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: 9551 Time: 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.; T and ThLocation: MALBU 103Instructor: Muftuoglu G
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: 9579 Time: 9:30 to 11:20 a.m.; MLocation: MALBU 119Instructor: Sarkissian R