Winter Quarter 2011

Coming - Spring Quarter 2012

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Guilty Pleasures: Books We Love to Read
Enroll in HUM 106 to receive 1 Humanities credit for attending the lectures, an end-of-quarter seminar, and writing an evaluation.

Instructor: Jerry Zimmerman. See: online schedule of Humanities classes

Beginning Photography & Photoshop
Enjoy LCC's new Digital Art Lab
Digital art classes have a new home at LCC. Beginning Photography and Photoshop students learn in a beautiful new computer lab in Main 118, with all new equipment and the latest software.

Beginning Photography: Digital & Film (Analog) - ART 151, 5 credits (includes a 3 credit lab - required).
Now includes both digital and analog information and skills. Students learn how to use a camera and study composition, exposure, editing and presentation. Choose between the digital or traditional lab to learn how to do darkroom work or work with images in PhotoShop.

Instructor: Marvin Pierson. See: online schedule of Art classes.

Photoshop for Web/Print - ART 162, 3 credits.
An introduction to digital photo editing for web designers, graphic design students, and anyone who wants to learn how to correct their digital photos, or create collages, albums, and more.

Instructor: Debby Neely. See: online schedule of Art classes.

Adobe Workshop - ART 297, 1-3 credits.
For more advanced students who have completed ART 162.

Instructor: Debby Neely. See: online schedule of Art classes.

Stage Crafts - DRMA 116, 117, 118; 5 credits
Learn how to make stage magic happen!
In this hands on class students are introduced to all the behind-the-scenes activities that happen to create a production on the stages of the Rose Center. We cover scenic design and construction, lighting and sound design, stage operations, and other technical theater basics. Students will support a range of live performances, including concerts, plays, musicals and lectures.

Instructor: Robert Cochran. See: online schedule of Drama classes.

Thinking About Thinking - HUM 230, 5 credits
Online Course!
What is the difference between natural thinking and critical thinking? How does language both structure and limit thought? How do you identify fallacies in politics, commercials, and other mediated information? How can you become more creative and intuitive, as well as logical and analytical? Explore these and other topics in this 10–week course in critical and creative thinking.

This course provides transfer degree Humanities distribution credit.

Instructor: David McCarthy. See: online schedule of Humanities classes

Race and Ethnicity - SOC 225, 5 credits
Take a close look at race and ethnicity in modern America, including:

• Race as a cultural construct and not a biological reality
• Whiteness and the privilege of race
• Hispanic diversity in America
• Four migrations that shaped the character of African American culture
• Chinese American history as reflected in Chinese American cuisine

Fulfills the Diversity requirement. 5 credits of Social Science. Also available as a Capstone class.

Uses several trade books (no costly textbooks to purchase).

Instructor: Dennis Shaw. See: online schedule of Sociology classes

Spring Quarter 2012

Race, Class, Sex & Gender - 15 credits
Learn perspectives from the disciplines of drama, political science, and sociology. Students read novels, plays, essays and books about Difference & Inequality; take part in small group activities; and participate in seminar discussions that integrate each week’s videos, readings and activities. The course culminates in a retreat and dinner.

Instructors: , & See: online schedule - coming soon