West LA College Classes at VHS
FALL 2024 West LA College Courses offered at Venice High School
***Students must complete step 1 by no later than Friday, August 16, 2024
ADM JUS 001-Introduction To Administration Of Justice (UC/CSU) - 3.00 Units
Requirement Designation: Meets IGETC 4J CSU D0
This course will be offered online, asynchronously in Fall 2024.
Course description: Philosophy, history, and theories of the criminal justice system, including the roles and functions of
the local, state, and federal jurisdictions. Theories, functions, and interrelationships among criminal
justice agencies; law enforcement, courts, and corrections; crime causation, correctional theory,
analysis and the social impact of crime. The conceptual approach utilized in this course recognizes
that criminal justice is itself a distinct academic discipline rather than an interdisciplinary course of
study.
BUS 001-Introduction To Business (UC/CSU) - 3.00 Units
Requirement Designation: Meets CSU D2
This course will be offered fourth period in Fall 2024.
Course Description: Students engage in a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal,
international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business
organization's policy and practices within the U.S. and a global society. The course demonstrates how
these influences impact the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design,
leadership, human resource management, risk management and insurance, organized labor
practices, ethics and social responsibility, marketing, organizational communication, e-
business/technology, entrepreneurship, legal, accounting, and financial practices, and the stock and
securities market; and therefore how they affect a business's ability to achieve its organizational
goals
HEALTH 011-Principles Of Healthful Living (UC/CSU) - 3.00 Units
Requirement Designation: Meets CSU E
This course will be offered online, asynchronously (no Zoom meetings) in Fall 2024. This course satisfies the LAUSD Health high school graduation requirement.
Course Description: This course is recommended for students entering the teaching profession, or in preparation for health care professions such as nursing, medicine, physical therapy, dentistry, and areas in biological sciences. This course develops health knowledge and values with the goal of promoting a high quality of life for each individual. Areas of focus include nutrition, physical fitness, communicable diseases and other major health problems, consumer and environmental health, human sexuality and family life, mental and emotional health, tobacco, alcohol and drugs, aging, death and dying.
Course Description: This course is recommended for students entering the teaching profession, or in preparation for health care professions such as nursing, medicine, physical therapy, dentistry, and areas in biological sciences. This course develops health knowledge and values with the goal of promoting a high quality of life for each individual. Areas of focus include nutrition, physical fitness, communicable diseases and other major health problems, consumer and environmental health, human sexuality and family life, mental and emotional health, tobacco, alcohol and drugs, aging, death and dying.
PSYCH 001-Introductory Psychology (UC/CSU) - 3.00 Units
Requirement Designation: Meets IGETC 4I CSU D9
This course will be offered first period in Fall 2024.
Course description: Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The content focuses on the
exploration of major psychological theories and concepts, methods, and research findings in
psychology. Topics include but are not limited to 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.
Enrollment Process
There are three steps to enroll in a college course.
- Apply to West LA College
- Submit a K-12 Dynamic Form, Link to Instructions
a. In order to complete this step, you need your West LA ID number. It may take a few days to get your West LA ID number after you apply (step 1). Your West LA ID number typically starts with a 900.
b. For counselor, put Jamie Simon-Meyer [email protected]
c. The term is Fall 2024
d. For the course, use the course number and units from the list above. Add any courses that you think you may want to take. This doesn't mean you are going to take all of them, but the system will have you pre-approved for any course.
e. The counselor will not receive your form to sign until your parent has signed and submitted the K-12 form.
b. For counselor, put Jamie Simon-Meyer [email protected]
c. The term is Fall 2024
d. For the course, use the course number and units from the list above. Add any courses that you think you may want to take. This doesn't mean you are going to take all of them, but the system will have you pre-approved for any course.
e. The counselor will not receive your form to sign until your parent has signed and submitted the K-12 form.
- Enroll in the course
a. Once your K-12 form is approved (from step 2), you will be cleared to enroll.
b. You will be emailed instruction to enroll with the specific section number.
c. You will need to log in to your LACC Student Portal to enroll. Instructions to access your student portal are linked here.
b. You will be emailed instruction to enroll with the specific section number.
c. You will need to log in to your LACC Student Portal to enroll. Instructions to access your student portal are linked here.