The Health Sciences Program is dedicated to offering a quality program that will meet the lifelong learning needs of our students and prepare them for transfer to a California State University or a University of California in order for them to obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing or other related allied health professions.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Communicate scientific processes and ideas effectively in written and oral forms.

🗸 Demonstrate understanding of the mechanisms driving evolution.

🗸 Effectively apply current technology and scientific methodologies for problem solving.

🗸 Identify and explain relationships between form and function of biological structures at the molecular, cellular, organismal level.

🗸 Locate and evaluate various types of scientific information including primary research articles, mass media sources and World Wide Web information.

🗸 Recognize and apply basic ethical principles to biological practices and understand the role of scientists and biological science in society.

🗸 Demonstrate understanding of how organisms interact with one another and with their environment.

🗸 Demonstrate understanding of the fundamental biological processes of metabolism, homeostasis, growth, reproduction, development, genetics and whole organism physiology.

🗸 Apply the metric system using standard laboratory equipment to systematically collect, organize, interpret, and assess data in graphs, tables or figures then integrate the acquired knowledge to make informed judgments and conclusions.

Geology courses at Irvine Valley College provide academic instruction in basic geological concepts and theories and provide a solid foundation for students’ preparing for further academic study of the discipline. Introductory courses range from survey courses in earth science, to field geology courses that explore California and our national parks and monuments, to the study of natural hazards. More specialized courses examine the physical and biological evolution of the planet Earth, and rocks and minerals found in its crust. The curriculum also includes a wide range of popular field courses within California and other areas in western North America. The course requirements for a major in geology are intended to provide a solid foundation for a variety of student needs. Students pursuing the major may meet transfer requirements for a baccalaureate institution by completing the Associate in Science in Geology. Students pursuing the major may meet transfer requirements for a four-year college or university; or they may complete an Associate in Science degree in Geology. For those who intend to pursue upper-division or graduate study, introductory courses in the other sciences are recommended and are necessary in addition to the core courses required for the major.

Career Options

Examples of careers in geology include the following:

🗸 City or County Geologist

🗸 Engineering Geologist

🗸 Environmental Geologist

🗸 Exploration Geologist with an oil or mineral’s company

🗸 Geology Teacher

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Identify the major rock-forming minerals and classify the three types of rocks.

🗸 Locate and identify the major lithospheric plates and plate boundaries.

🗸 Evaluate earthquake and volcanic activity on global and local scales and relate this activity to plate tectonic processes.

🗸 Identify and discuss the major evolutionary changes that define the divisions of the geologic time scale.

Geology courses at Irvine Valley College provide academic instruction in basic geological concepts and theories and provide a solid foundation for students’ preparing for further academic study of the discipline.

Introductory courses range from survey courses in earth science, to field geology courses that explore California and our national parks and monuments, to the study of natural hazards. More specialized courses examine the physical and biological evolution of the planet Earth, and rocks and minerals found in its crust. The curriculum also includes a wide range of popular field courses within California and other areas in western North America.

Pursuant to SB1440, section 66756, to earn an AS-T in Geology degree, students must:

🗸 Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,

🗸 Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,

🗸 Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and

🗸 Completion of IGETC and/or CSU GE-Breadth.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Evaluate the geologic history of an area, such as earthquake activity and tectonic history.

🗸 Read and interpret a variety of different maps, such as bathymetric and topographic maps.

🗸 Identify Earth’s rock-forming minerals and rocks.

Geography is the academic discipline which studies the earth and its people in their many mutual relationships and regional variations. Geography students examine a broad range of topics- from the physical nature of the earth’s surface and atmosphere to the varied human activities which interrelate with the physical environment and result in a distinct spatial imprint on the land. Upon completion of the Associate in Arts in Geography, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of Earth’s complex physical landscape, human activities and how they shape each other at various scales over time. The use of the “Five Themes of Geography” provide students with a framework to study these diverse human and physical landscapes and processes. As a result of its interdisciplinary nature, geography is an outstanding discipline for students who wish to integrate the physical and social sciences.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Identify and demonstrate an understanding of “Five Themes of Geography.

🗸 Demonstrate an understanding of Earth’s physical landscape, human activities, and how they shape each other at various scales over time.

The proposed Associate in Arts in Geography for Transfer degree (AA-T in Geography) is designed to prepare students to transfer into the CSU system to complete a baccalaureate degree in Geography. Geography is the academic discipline which studies the earth and its people in their many mutual relationships and regional variations. Geography students examine a broad range of topics- from the physical nature of the earth’s surface and atmosphere to the varied human activities which interrelate with the physical environment and result in a distinct spatial imprint on the land. Upon completion of the Associate in Arts in Geography for Transfer, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of Earth’s complex physical landscape, human activities and how they shape each other at various scales over time. The use of the “Five Themes of Geography” provide students with a framework to study these diverse human and physical landscapes and processes. As a result of its interdisciplinary nature, geography is an outstanding discipline for students who wish to integrate the physical and social sciences.

Pursuant to SB 1440, section 66756, to earn an AA-T in Geography, students must:

🗸 Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses.

🗸 Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0.

🗸 Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major.

🗸 Completion of IGETC and/or CSU GE-Breadth.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Identify and demonstrate an understanding of “Five Themes of Geography.”

🗸 Demonstrate an understanding of Earth’s physical landscape, human activities, and how they shape each other at various scales over time.

Film and Digital Media (FDM) is an interdisciplinary program that combines Film Studies with Digital Film/Video Production. The curriculum combines media criticism, history, social and cultural studies, and aesthetic analysis with hands-on creative practice. Students will examine the past, present, and emerging media environment in terms of artistic movements, historical context, technological changes, cultural and social representation, and the impact of digitization. Combined coursework from both disciplines will provide students with skills to produce original creative content for film and video projects. The program will enable students to develop sophisticated methods for examining and creating critical media culture.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate the ability to identify, analyze, and critically examine media texts in terms of historical context, stylistic movements, and representation.

🗸 Demonstrate the ability to create time-based media by effectively utilizing the appropriate hardware and software.

🗸 Produce an original and creative work of time-based media that demonstrates knowledge and application of film studies critical methodologies.igital Media, Associate of Arts

The curriculum emphasizes the integration of reading and writing throughout its courses reflecting the faculty’s belief that the study of language includes the study of culture. English students examine a broad range of topics within composition, creative writing, and literature. Upon completion of the Associate in Arts in English for Transfer (AA-T in English) students will be able to read, write, and think critically in producing essays and original work that demonstrates the craft of a given genre. Additionally, students will be able to interpret literary texts within their contexts, reflecting diversity in genre, historical period, and cultural expression. The proposed Associate in Arts in English for Transfer (AA-T in English) is designed to assist students in the seamless transferring to a CSU and complete a Bachelor’s Degree in English.

Pursuant to SB 1440, section 66756, to earn an AA-T in English, students must:

🗸 Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,
🗸 Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,
🗸 Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and
🗸 Completion of IGETC and/or CSU GE-Breadth.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Literature: Interpret literature critically and imaginatively, and respond in writing that is clear, exact, and expressive.

🗸 Demonstrate through both speaking and writing how literature might embody and generate meaning, reflect and create culture, and engage the human imagination.

🗸 Analyze the major types of literary expression as well as recurrent conventions, concerns, and values central to literature and to the understanding of literary texts and contexts.

🗸 Possess knowledge of literary materials reflecting diversity in genre, historical period, cultural expression and non-canonical texts, including those of marginalized peoples and emergent cultures whose literature has traditionally been ignored.

🗸 Writing: Demonstrate proficiency in essential, course-appropriate skills in reading, research, critical and creative problem solving, speaking, and writing in order to produce, within a literary genre, original work that demonstrates an understanding of both the writing process and the stylistic craft choices of the genre.

Students majoring in English at the lower division level concentrate on learning how to interpret literature critically and imaginatively, and how to write prose that is clear, exact, and expressive. Thus the major is appropriate for students who desire or require the ability to be closely attentive to language and to its ramifications. Students anticipating careers in law, education, communications, governmental affairs, and business may find the English major especially helpful. The wide versatility of the English major makes it generally appropriate for students whose career inclinations may be uncertain or indefinite, since the abilities one masters as an English major may be applied to a wide range of contexts and circumstances. The major is also designed for students intending upper division study in literature, criticism, or related fields. English majors at Irvine Valley College may elect an emphasis either in literature or in creative writing. In both cases, students should complete both Writing 1 and Writing 2 in fulfillment of language and rationality requirements within the general education package. The faculty recommends that English majors do not select a literature course to meet the humanities requirement for general education, but explore related subjects in the humanities that may be of interest to them.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate proficiency in essential, course-appropriate skills in reading, research, critical and creative problem solving, speaking, and writing in order to produce, within a literary genre, original work that demonstrates an understanding of both the writing process and the stylistic craft choices of the genre.

The curriculum in Electronic Technology equips students with the skills necessary for coping with a rapidly expanding and changing technological field. A core curriculum seeks to identify and emphasize those principles which are basic to the understanding of current and emerging technologies. In advanced courses, students learn to apply available technology to the solution of specific problems, with an emphasis on creative design and troubleshooting. The curriculum emphasizes a practical rather than an abstract mathematical understanding of electronics, focusing heavily on laboratory study, while still maintaining a level of mathematical rigor appropriate to four-year programs in engineering technology.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Analyze (predict or calculate the behavior or performance of) a specified electronic or electromechanical component, circuit, or system studied.

🗸 Design (specify all components, values, interconnections and, where applicable, associated firmware or software for) an electronic or electromechanical circuit or system to perform a specified function to given standards.

🗸 Troubleshoot (locate and identify a faulty component or functional block in) a given non-functioning electronic or electromechanical circuit or system, and indicate the nature of the fault.

🗸 Properly perform specified tests and measurements on the electronic and electromechanical devices, circuits, and systems studied.

This degree program is designed to provide students with engineering courses which are equivalent to those offered during the first 2 years of standard university bachelor’s program. The degree structure and course listings have been designed to provide access to ten engineering courses which are typically encountered by students across all major engineering disciplines. The degree’s flexible structure will offer transfer students a clear pathway to university degree programs while giving career education students an opportunity to transition towards an engineering degree at any point in their educational career. Courses in the degree articulate to the University of California and California State University systems. The degree contains classes covering computer programming, statics, dynamics, materials science, network analysis, problem-solving with MATLAB, thermodynamics, and computer-aided design. Courses within the degree contain valuable laboratory driven content, which maintains a focus on the design, build, and test aspects of real-world engineering. This degree is part of the Engineering Academy with UC Irvine School of Engineering for the following majors: Aerospace, Biomedical, Biomedical Premed, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Materials Science and Mechanical. More information is available at https://atep.ivc.edu/academy.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Transfer into a university-level engineering program across the majority of available fields, including mechanical, electrical, computer science, bio-medical, civil, and environmental engineering.

🗸 Gain basic industry-standard technical experience in computer-aided design, analytical techniques, objective measurements, as well as the function of simple parts, structures, organic elements, and electro-mechanical devices, which will allow them to gain entry-level employment in engineering or other related fields.

🗸 Gain a working knowledge of several industry-standard computer programs and have the skills to gain entry-level employment in an array of fields which utilize computer-aided design, computational programming, and analysis, or technical report writing.