Spring 2022 Courses
AIS 167B Elementary Cahuilla IIB (Online), 3 Units
Instructor: E. Elliot
Date/Time: Call for Info
Discussion Section: AIS 167B Elementary Cahuilla IIB
Instructor: F. Morreo
Date/Time: Call for Info
BUHM 050 Introduction to Hospitality Industry, 3 Units
Instructor: G. Earle
Date/Time: Mondays, 6-9:05 PM
BUMA 001 Principles of Management, 3 Units
Instructor: C. Hampton (Tentative)
Date/Time: Mondays, 6-9:05 PM
COLL 001: First Year Seminar, 3 Units
Instructor: C. Hampton
Date/Time: Thursdays, 6-9:05 PM
ENG 001A: Composition & Discussion, 4 Units
Instructor: C. Park
Date/Time: Mondays & Wednesdays, 6-9:05 PM
NR 001: Conservation of Natural Resources, 3 Units
Instructor: J. Parker
Date/Time: Tuesdays, 6-9:05 PM
NR 001 Lab: Conservation of Natural Resources, 3 Units
Instructor: C. Land
Date/Time: Saturdays, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
PS 001: Introduction to Government, 3 Units
Instructor: R. Griffin
Date/Time: Thursdays, 6-9:05 PM
SOC 003: Fundamentals of Statistics, 3 Units
Instructor: V. Daut
Date/Time: Wednesdays, 6-9:05 PM
Fall 2021
AIS 167A Elementary Cahuilla IIA (Online), 3 Units
First half of the second year of Elementary Cahuilla. Reviews the phonology, morphology, syntax and grammar of the Cahuilla language, with continued emphasis on culturally relevant terminology to increase proficiency in expressing basic concepts both orally as well as in writing. + Discussion: AIS 167A Elementary Cahuilla IIA
Instructor: E. Elliot
Date/Time: Online
Discussion Section: AIS 167A Elementary Cahuilla IIA
This is a discussion and support-based location for students to develop Cahuilla language communicative skills in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis is on one-to-one tutorial.
Instructor: F. Morreo
Date/Time: Fri. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
BUMA 010 Introduction to Business, 3 Units
Course emphasizes the significance of the small business organization, the role of large business organizations, and the practices for the development of managerial personnel.
Instructor: C. Hampton
Date/Time: Mon. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
COLL 001: First Year Seminar, 3 Units
Development of thinking strategies that can be used for lifelong problem solving in academic, social, and personal life. Introduces critical thinking, information literacy, college resources, motivating factors and study skills for student success.
Instructor: TBA
Date/Time: Tues. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
COMM 009: Interpersonal Communication, 3 Units
Students focus on knowledge of communication theories, self-concept, methods of resolving conflict, issues of human perception, nonverbal communication, rhetorical principles, and improvement of listening skills. Significant speaking assignments are an integral part of the course.
Instructor: TBA
Date/Time: Thurs. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
ENG 001A: Composition, 4 Units
This course focuses on the elements of academic writing, including genre, audience and purpose, and
argumentation. + Discussion: ENG 001A Composition
Instructor: C. Park
Date/Time: Wed. 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Discussion Section: ENG 001A: Composition
This is a discussion and support based location for students to work independently and with their peers. Emphasis on planning, organizing, writing, editing and revising.
Instructor: C. Hampton
Date/Time: Fri. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
SOC 004: Sociological Analysis/Critical Thinking, 3 Units
This course provides instruction in the principles of critical analysis and the composition of reasoned, written responses to a variety of social issues. Both deductive and inductive forms of reasoning are studied, including common formal and informal fallacies.
Instructor: V. Daut
Date/Time: Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
Summer 2021
FILM 021 Contemporary World Film, 3 Units
Through the examination of narrative, documentary, and experimental films from around the world, the mediums technical, aesthetic, and theoretical development will be investigated. Particular attention will be given to the historical, cultural, and economic influences.
Instructor: K. Lyons
Date/Time: Tues. & Thurs. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
Spring 2021
AIS 166B Elementary Cahuilla 1B (Online), 3 Units
An introduction to the fundamentals of the Cahuilla language, one of the indigenous languages of Southern California. * Must enroll in Discussion Section: AIS 166B Elementary Cahuilla 1B. *Pre-requisite AIS166A
Instructor: E. Elliot, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Online
Discussion Section: AIS 166B Elementary Cahuilla 1B
This is a discussion and support-based location for students to develop Cahuilla language communicative skills in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis is on one-to-one tutorial.
Instructor: F. Morreo
Date/Time: Fri. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
BUFI 012 Money Management & Planning for the Future, 3 Units
In this course, students will learn about making money, managing taxes, budgeting, buying or leasing a car or a house, or financing. Important issues of insurance, estate planning and retirement planning are also addressed. This course helps you understand money, how to make it, how to save it, how to manage it, and how to make informed financial decisions. Students will also learn about issues specific to Native Americans, like Revenue Allocation Plans, General Welfare Exclusion Programs, and how they impact their personal finances.
Instructor: R. Delfino, M.B.A.
Date/Time: Thurs. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
BUHM 050 Introduction to the Hospitality Industry, 3 Units
This course provides a basic understanding of the hospitality industry including lodging, food service, institutional and resort operations with a focus on Indian hospitality and gaming enterprises. The history, growth and development, current trends, and organizational structure of the industry are explored with a focus on employment opportunities.
Instructor: T. Dullien, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Mon. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
GEOG 001 Physical Geography, 3 Units
This course examines the major features of the natural environment including land, water, air and life forms. The relationship between humans and their natural environment is emphasized, and map-reading skills are developed.
Instructor: V. Roach, M.A.
Date/Time: Tues. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
HIST017 US History Through Reconstruction, 3 Units
A survey of the political and social development of the United States from the discovery of America through the Reconstruction period from Indian and non-Indian perspectives.
Instructor: J. T. Frank Cardenas, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
MATH 010 College Algebra, 3 Units
This is a function oriented course that includes an examination of the general concept of a function and function notation, as well as an in depth investigation of polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, particularly their equations, graphs, and behavior. Other topics include the binomial theorem, conic sections, and matrices as they apply to systems of linear equations.
Instructor: D. Collister, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Mon. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
PSY 001 General Psychology, 3 Units
This course is an introduction to psychology and defines the principles and theories governing the scientific study of affect, behavior and cognition, which include developmental psychology, states of consciousness, psychotropic agents, learning, memory, motivation, social psychology, and psychological disorders.
Instructor: R. Madrigal, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
Fall 2020
AIS 166A Elementary Cahuilla 1A (Online), 3 Units
An introduction to the fundamentals of the Cahuilla language, one of the indigenous languages of Southern California. + Discussion Section: AIS 166A Elementary Cahuilla 1A
Instructor: E. Elliot, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Online
Discussion Section: AIS 166A Elementary Cahuilla 1A
This is a discussion and support-based location for students to develop Cahuilla language communicative skills in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis is on one-to-one tutorial.
Instructor: F. Morreo
Date/Time: Fri. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
ANTH 002 Cultural Anthropology, 3 Units
This course explores how anthropologists study and compare human culture. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the broad arc of human experience focusing on a set of central issues: how people around the world make their living (subsistence patterns); how they organize themselves socially, politically and economically; how they communicate; how they relate to each other through family and kinship ties; what they believe about the world (belief systems); how they express themselves creatively (expressive culture); how they make distinctions among themselves such as through applying gender, racial and ethnic identity labels; how they have shaped and been shaped by social inequalities such as colonialism; and how they navigate culture change and processes of globalization that affect us all. Ethnographic case studies highlight these similarities and differences, and introduce students to how anthropologists do their work, employ professional anthropological research ethics and apply their perspectives and skills to understand humans around the globe.
Instructor: M. Slade, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Thurs. 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
CIS 010 Computer Literacy, 3 Units
The study of computer concepts and basic proficiency in modern computer application software. Computer concepts focus on historical development of computers; hardware and software definitions and terminology; categories of system software and application software, overview of machine language and high-level programming languages; the systems development process; careers in data processing; principles of networking; overview of e-commerce; security; the legal, moral and ethical issues associated with computers. Students also develop basic skills in applications including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, and database query. + CIS 010 Computer Literacy Lab (1)
Instructor: G. Townsend, M.S.
Date/Time: Tues. & Thurs. 7:45 p.m. – 9:20 p.m.
CIS 010 Computer Literacy Lab, 1 Unit
This lab is designed to develop coding and programming skills for all students. Lab will focus on a one-to-one tutorial approach, with time devoted to completing assigned lab projects.
Instructor: G. Townsend, M.S.
Date/Time: Fri. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
COLL 001 First Year Seminar, 3 Units
Development of thinking strategies that can be used for lifelong problem solving in academic, social, and personal life. Introduces critical thinking, information literacy, college resources, motivating factors and study skills for student success. Special emphasis is placed on using materials related to the content area in which the course resides.
Instructor: C. Hampton, M.B.A.
Date/Time: Tues. 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
ENG 001A Composition, 4 Units
This course focuses on the elements of academic writing, including genre, audience and purpose, and argumentation. Students learn critical thinking, textual analysis, and research techniques, as they apply to the writing process, and they will compose essays using proper documentation, following MLA and/or APA rules.
Instructor: C. Park, M.F.A.
Date/Time: Mon. 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
KINE 010 Personal & Community Health, 3 Units
This course focuses on the exploration of major health issues and behaviors in the various dimensions of health with implications for individuals and societies. Topics include nutrition, exercise, weight control, mental health, stress management, violence, substance abuse, reproductive health, disease prevention, aging, healthcare, and environmental hazards and safety.
Instructor: L. Trujillo, M.A.
Date/Time: Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Summer 2020
BUFI 012 Money Management & Planning for the Future, 3 Units
In this course, students will learn about making money, managing taxes, budgeting, buying or leasing a car or a house, or financing. Important issues of insurance, estate planning and retirement planning are also addressed. This course helps you understand money, how to make it, how to save it, how to manage it, and how to make informed financial decisions.
Instructor: R. Delfino, M.B.A.
Date/Time: Mon. & Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
MC 001 Introduction to Mass Media, 3 Units
This course introduces students to the influences and contributions of mass media in popular culture. It traces the historical development of the mass media, from earliest inventions to today’s state-of-the-art digital technologies. This course surveys the impact of mass media on each of us as individuals and on American and world culture: where we might be going and what we can do about it. The course also examines how mass culture continually influences and shapes the media. (CSU/UC transferable)
Instructor: T. Bakal, M.F.A.
Date/Time: Tues. & Thurs. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Cahuilla Language Workshop, non-credit
Cahuilla language courses are coming to California Indian Nations College! Ivil’uat (Cahuilla) is the language of the Coachella Valley and the surrounding mountains and passes. Like many Native languages, it is endangered, so this is a great opportunity for you to join the effort to save and use
the language! We will be offering fully-accredited courses in the Fall and Spring semesters. Take our pre-class workshop conducted by a Cahuilla speaker to get a leg up on the material, hear from some of the notable language teachers, speakers and preservationists. All while learning to speak Cahuilla!
Instructor: C. Morreo & F. Morreo
Date/Time: Fri. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Spring 2020
BUMA 001 Principles of Management, 3 Units
This course is the study of organization design, managerial processes, motivational theories, and current management problems. It is a study of the concepts of management in organizations and the role of manager in a technologically oriented society including planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. The student is provided an opportunity to gain a contemporary knowledge in management design to improve managerial skills and ability.
Instructor: A. Thomas, M.F.A.
Date/Time: Tues. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
NR 001 Conservation of Natural Resources, 3 Units
Encompasses a study of general ecological principles including: biological energy relationships, biogeochemical cycles, population dynamics, limiing factors, biotic communities, principles of ecosystem sustainability, ecosystem change, and biodiversity. Environmental issues are examined from an ecological perspective and include such topics as: water availability and quality, fossil fuels and renewable energy resources, air pollution, global atmospheric issues, hazardous materials, and human population growth. Emphases are placed on the effects of environmental problems upon all living organisms and the role of human beings in reducing the impact on this planet.
Instructor: P. Parker
Date/Time: Thurs. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
NR 001L Conservation of Natural Resources Lab, 1 Unit
This laboratory course is designed to supplement the Conservation of Natural Resources course (NR-001) by providing laboratory and field experiences in ecology and environmental subject areas.
Instructor: C. Land, M.S.
Date/Time: Sat. 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
PS 001 Introduction to Government, 3 Units
Introduction to the principles, organization and politics of the national government of the United States, including the study of state and local government. In considering government at the state level, specific emphasis is given to the government of the State of California. Throughout the course, current issues in American and state politics are stressed.
Instructor: R. Griffin, M.A., M.S.
Date/Time: Mon. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
SOC 003 Fundamentals of Statistics, 3 Units
This course is an introductory study of statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, emphasis is placed on acquainting students with the concepts underlying statistical methods and research approaches, basic statistical analyses, and principles. Topics include: data collection; descriptive and inferential statistics; sampling distribution; measures of central tendency; dispersion; relative standing, and relationship; probability; prediction; hypothesis evaluation; and test for treatment effects. This course is intended for students majoring in the behavioral/social sciences or those interested in applied statistics.
Instructor: J. Cathcart, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 9:05 p.m.
Fall 2019
ASL 001 Elementary American Sign Language I, 5 Units
This course presents the fundamentals of American Sign Language in an intensive method, with many lectures conducted in ASL. Students learn basic grammar and vocabulary of ASL, with an emphasis on both expressive and receptive skills. The history, values, and attitudes of American Deaf culture are explored.
Instructor: D. Delgado
Date/Time: Mon. – Thurs. 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
ASL 002 Elementary American Sign Language II, 5 Units
This course further develops material introduced in American Sign Language 1. Increasingly complex grammar and vocabulary will be introduced, with the class conducted primarily in ASL. Equal focus is placed on expressive and receptive skill development. Students will explore simple Deaf humor and poetry, and examine writings by American Deaf persons to discover values, attitudes, and themes of the American Deaf culture.
Instructor: D. Delgado
Date/Time: Mon. – Thurs. 5:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
BUMA 010 Introduction to Business, 3 Units
Students study the formation, structure, objectives, and ethics of contemporary American business enterprises. The course emphasizes the significance of the small business organization, the role of large business organizations, and the practices for the development of managerial personnel. This course is recommended for students who wish to explore a career in business.
Instructor: A. Thomas, M.B.A.
Date/Time: Tues. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
COMM 001 Introduction to Public Speaking, 3 Units
This course emphasizes theory and the practice of basic techniques for successful public communication. Students learn to develop an effective interpersonal style of public communication. Informative, expository, persuasive, extemporaneous, and impromptu forms of speaking are covered.
Instructor: T. Bakal, M.F.A.
Date/Time: Mon. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
COUN 012 Career/Life Planning & Personal Exploration, 3 Units
This course is designed to cover theories and concepts of values, interests, skills, and personality as applied to the career and life planning process. It assists students to establish life, career, educational, and personal goals and to develop plans and strategies to meet those goals.
Instructor: P. James, M.A.
Date/Time: Mon. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
ENG 001A Composition, 4 Units
This course focuses on the elements of academic writing, including genre, audience and purpose, and argumentation. Students learn critical thinking, textual analysis, and research techniques, as they apply to the writing process, and they will compose essays using proper documentation, following MLA and/or APA rules.
Instructor: C. Park, M.F.A.
Date/Time: Wed. 5:30 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
SOC 004 Sociological Analysis & Critical Thinking, 3 Units
This course provides instruction in the principles of critical analysis and the composition of reasoned, written responses to a variety of social issues. These include issues falling within the scope of sociology, anthropology, economics, education, politics, criminology, biology and the physical sciences. Both deductive and inductive forms of reasoning are studied, including common formal and informal fallacies.
Instructor: V. Daut, Ed.D.
Date/Time: Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summer 2019
RTV 006 Introduction to Film, 3 Units
By the age of 18 the average person has watched over 900 movies, but do we really know how to watch them? Explore the impact film has on us and the
techniques filmmakers use to make us respond. Delve into how film has portrayed Native Americans and how Native Americans have shaped their own images in the movies. Drawing from the American Film Institute’s “Top 100 Movies of All Time,” selected Native films, and others, the class goes beyond movies as entertainment, into the fascinating world of how movies use color, music, story structure, visual effects and cinematography to make us forget we’re even watching a movie.
Instructor: T. Bakal, M.F.A.
Date/Time: Mon. – Wed. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Spring 2019
ASL 001 Elementary American Sign Language I, 5 Units
This course presents the fundamentals of American Sign Language in an intensive method, with many lectures conducted in ASL. Students learn basic grammar and vocabulary of ASL, with an emphasis on both expressive and receptive skills. The history, values, and attitudes of American Deaf culture are explored.
Instructor: D. Delgado
Date/Time: Mon. – Thurs. 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
COUN 012 Career/Life Planning & Personal Exploration, 3 Units
This course is designed to cover theories and concepts of values, interests, skills, and personality as applied to the career and life planning process. It assists students to establish life, career, educational, and personal goals and to develop plans and strategies to meet those goals.
Instructors: V. Daut, Ed.D. & C. Williams, Ed.D
Date/Time: Tues. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
ENG 001A Composition, 4 Units
This course focuses on the elements of academic writing, including genre, audience and purpose, and argumentation. Students learn critical thinking, textual analysis, and research techniques, as they apply to the writing process, and they will compose essays using proper documentation, following MLA and/or APA rules.
Instructor: R. Nolan, M.A.
Date/Time: Mon. 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Fall 2018
ANTH XR005 Introduction to Archaeology, 4 Units
A general introduction to the aims and methods of archaeology, in both the field and laboratory. Learn to situate basic knowledge of archaeology within an anthropological framework, and develop good comprehension of the methods that archaeologists use to reconstruct the past. Includes a brief survey of world prehistory, as revealed by these methods.
Instructor: D. Diaz Reyes, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Tues. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
ETST XR001 Introduction to the Study of Race and Ethnicity, 4 Units
Examine how social institutions have historically shaped race relations and social processes producing racial, class, and gender inequalities and stratifications. Survey racial ethnic groups with particular attention to the historical presence and contributions of African Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, Chicanas/as, Latinas/os, and Native Americans in the U.S. Utilize interdisciplinary perspectives from the social sciences and humanities to analyze concepts, research methods, and theories pertaining to the study of culture, economics, history, politics and society.
Instructor: A. Madrigal, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Mon. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
HIST XR17A The United States to 1877, 4 Units
Cover key concepts and the development of institutions in United States History to 1877. Review American society, politics, culture, and focus on the unique historical conditions that framed and formed America’s foundation, and how those conditions affected the emergence of a new, powerful, and industrial United States. Explore various challenges we, as a people, have faced, and discuss the political and geographic realities average Americans encountered as they attempted to deal with expanding democracy, and confronted America’s differing and changing political viewpoints.
Instructor: T. Robert Przeklasa, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Thurs. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.