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SAO 123 - Ropeway Mechanical Maintenance Technician III 4.0 Credits
This course will familiarize the student/ropeway mechanical maintenance apprentice with the basic operation/maintenance of bearings, basic principles of measuring/correcting shaft misalignment, and equipment/procedures for aligning shafts. Students must be employed as a ropeway maintenance apprentice or a ropeway mechanic/electrician. Instructor approval required.
LEC 60 Clock hours
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SAO 124 - Ropeway Mechanical Maintenance Technician IV 3.0 Credits
This course will familiarize the student/ropeway mechanical maintenance apprentice with the basic principles associated with measuring and analyzing vibration in rotating equipment, the basic concepts associated with oxy-fuel and arc welding, and the basic parts and safe operation of oxy-fuel gas welding rigs. Students must be employed as a ropeway maintenance apprentice or a ropeway mechanic/electrician. Instructor approval required.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SAO 131 - Trail Grooming Operations 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 132
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Teaches proper grooming, packing, and slope conditioning techniques to maximize skier safety and enjoyment, and utilizing minimum snowfall to provide an adequate skiing base. Various over-the-snow vehicles and their capabilities and limitations will be dealt with, including grooming implements.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-181, SAO-056, SAO-234A, SAO-234
LEC 30 Clock hours
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SAO 132 - Trail Grooming Operations Lab 1.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 131
Covers the basic skills required to safely and properly operate trail grooming equipment and perform trail maintenance activities. Grooming of both downhill and cross country ski trails will be covered. Students must have a valid driver’s license.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-182, SAO-057, SAO-234L, SAO-234
LAB 30 Clock hours
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SAO 133 - Terrain Park & Half-Pipe Operations 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Take MAT 060 ; Minimum grade C-.
Focuses on the various terrain park elements regarding layout, construction, and daily maintenance. Half-pipe construction and maintenance will also be explored. Management issues regarding opening/closing procedures and risk management will be analyzed. Collaboration among various departments including snowmaking, grooming, ski patrol, and ski school will be the subject of class case studies.
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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SAO 141 - Snowmaking Operations 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 142
Prerequisites: MAT 107 ; Minimum grade C-. College-level reading required.
This course is designed to familiarize students with snowmaking equipment; system design; and operating techniques, technology, and safety.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-014, SAO-113A, SAO-113
LEC 30 Clock hours
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SAO 142 - Snowmaking Operations Lab 1.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 141
Operation of snowmaking systems will provide skills in snowmaking techniques and weather monitoring. Equipment used will be selected airless and air/water guns.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-015, SAO-113L, SAO-113
LAB 30 Clock hours
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SAO 151 - Snow Vehicle Maintenance 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 152
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
This course is designed to provide basic information and skills required to safely maintain and repair gasoline and diesel over-the-snow vehicles. Emphasis will be given to hydraulics, vehicle electricity, and manufacturer’s recommended preventative and scheduled maintenance procedures.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-016, SAO-114A, SAO-114
LEC 30 Clock hours
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SAO 152 - Snow Vehicle Maintenance Lab 1.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 151
Basic skills required to safely maintain and repair gasoline and diesel over-the-snow vehicles will be provided. Emphasis will be given to hydraulics, vehicle electricity, and manufacturers recommended preventative and scheduled maintenance procedures.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-017, SAO-114L, SAO-114
LAB 30 Clock hours
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SAO 155 - Events Management 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Explores race and events management and includes planning, organizing, and conducting events. This course identifies the various components of race and event management including local, regional, national, volunteer and professional groups, budgets, equipment, and personnel.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-023, SAO-123
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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SAO 160 - Ski Patrol Operations 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 161
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
This course is designed to teach you the basic skiing, equipment handling and rescue techniques required of a ski patroller. You will utilize your training in advanced first aid and your fundamental skiing skills.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-161, SAO-051A, SAO-220A, SAO-222
LEC 30 Clock hours
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SAO 161 - Ski Patrol Operations Lab 2.0 Credits
Co-requisites SAO 160
This course is a laboratory course associated with SAO
160 .
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-162, SAO-052, SAO-220L, SAO-220
LAB 60 Clock hours
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SAO 175 - Special Topics 0.5 - 6.0 Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in depth exploration of special topics of interest.
LEC
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SAO 187 - Cooperative Education 7.0 Credits
Prerequisites: 25 credits SAO; Minimum grade C; or instructor permission.
Provides students an opportunity to gain practical experience in applying their occupational skills and/or to develop specific skills in a practical work setting. The instructor will work with the student to select an appropriate work site, establish learning objectives, and to coordinate learning activities with the employer or work site supervisor.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-230C, SAO-230G, SAO-060G
COOP 315 Clock hours
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SAO 188 - Work Experience 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: 25 credits SAO; Minimum grade C; or instructor consent.
Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-288
COOP 90 Clock hours
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SAO 210 - Ropeway Construction & Maintenance 3.0 Credits
Students will become familiar with various ropeway construction methods and maintenance techniques. Design features of various manufacturers will be discussed and/or observed. Safety, construction techniques, blueprint reading and both preventative and repair maintenance will be emphasized.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-053, SAO-221, SAO-211
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SAO 221 - Ropeway Electrical Maintenance Technician I 4.0 Credits
Co-requisites MAT 121
This course will familiarize the student/ropeway electrical maintenance apprentice with the theory and procedures applicable to electrical wiring and AC motors as used in the North American ropeway industry. Students must be employed as a ropeway electrical maintenance technician or a ropeway maintenance apprentice or ropeway mechanic/electrician. Instructor approval required.
LEC 60 Clock hours
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SAO 222 - Ropeway Electrical Maintenance Technician II 4.0 Credits
Co-requisites MAT 121
This course will familiarize the student/ropeway electrical maintenance apprentice with the theory and procedures applicable to electrical wiring and DC motors as used in the North American ropeway industry. Students must be employed as a ropeway maintenance apprentice or a ropeway mechanic/electrician. Instructor approval required.
LEC 60 Clock hours
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SAO 223 - Ropeway Electrical Maintenance Technician III 3.0 Credits
Co-requisites MAT 121
This course will familiarize student/ropeway electrical maintenance apprentice with the theory and procedures applicable to automation controls, continuous process and programmable logic controllers as used in the North American ropeway industry. Students must be employed as a ropeway maintenance apprentice or a ropeway mechanic/electrician. Instructor approval required.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SAO 224 - Ropeway Electrical Maintenance Technician IV 4.0 Credits
Co-requisites MAT 121
This course will familiarize the student/ropeway electrical maintenance apprentice with the theory and procedures applicable to programmable logic controllers and variable speed drives as used in the North American ropeway industry. Students must be employed as a ropeway maintenance apprentice or a ropeway mechanic/electrician. Instructor approval required.
LEC 60 Clock hours
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SAO 240 - Ski Area Planning 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Design and clearing of ski trails and locating support facilities approved in long-range ski area development plans are topics of this course. Emphasis will be given to computing skiing capacity and balancing of facilities, lift, and trail capacities with various environmental constraints.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-058, SAO-236
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SAO 260 - Ski Area Operations Seminar 1.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
This seminar will expose students to different individuals who are presently working within the ski industry and will give them exposure to issues which are currently under discussion in the industry.
Prev. Course Codes: SAO-059, SAO-248
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SAO 288 - Supervised Co-Op Work Experience 5.0 Credits
Prerequisites: 25 credits SAO; Minimum grade C; or instructor permission.
Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
COOP 225 Clock hours
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Ski Business SKB |
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SKB 105 - Ski History 1.0 Credits
Presents the history of the sport of skiing and the ski and snowboard industry. Examines the changes in equipment, ski areas, and industry from the late 1800’s to today. Class will explore the different roles and influences ski industry leaders and innovators achieved.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SKB 110 - Boot Fitting I 2.0 Credits
Retail boot fitting is covered in this course. Included will be anatomy and physiology of the foot, boot design, analyzing and solving fit problems, introduction to foot bed construction, and basic shell expansion and repairs.
Prev. Course Codes: SKB-016, SKB-116, SKB-110
LECLB 22.5 Clock hours LEC 15 Clock hours
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SKB 111 - Boot Fitting II 1.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SKB 110 ; Minimum grade C-.
Advanced boot fitting procedures will be covered in this course and will include the following: advanced modification techniques, stance balancing and canting techniques, custom inner boot fitting options, and advanced foot bed manufacturing.
LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
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SKB 117 - Ski & Snowboard Business Retailing & Sales 3.0 Credits
Emphasizes the study of the basic principles and techniques of snow sport merchandising, operations, layout, store organization, site location, and customer service with an emphasis on snow sport retailing operations. Enables the student to understand and develop ethical sales techniques and covers the role of selling in the retail process. Areas of emphasis include behavioral considerations in the buying and selling process and sales techniques.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SKB 118 - Snow Sports Promotions 1.0 Credits
The different roles and techniques used to develop, produce, and progress snowsport events will be explored. The course examines the needs of promotional representatives who act on behalf of manufacturing, retail, and ski area operations. Students will gain knowledge of management in the areas of facilites, professional organizations, and promotions as well as the different managerial styles that can be applied. This course will also provide the student with individual topics such as quality control, leadership, and strategic planning. Students will also demonstrate the role of management in producing events for the snowsports industry from a financial and legal standpoint.
LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
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SKB 120 - Ski & Board Repair & Tuning I 2.0 Credits
A well tuned ski can increase the skiers performance and safety. Emphasis will be given to the ski repair shop as a profit center, techniques of ski repair and ski tuning.
Prev. Course Codes: SKB-017, SKB-117
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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SKB 121 - Ski & Board Tuning II 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SKB 120 ; Minimum grade C-.
Provides students with advanced skills associated with proper machine and tool use, edge repair, and delaminations, and introduces them to binding inspection and mounting adjustment. Advanced structuring and waxing techniques and evaluation and prioritization of ski and board repairs to ensure product reliability and safety are covered.
LECLB 45 Clock hours
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SKB 124 - Introduction to Ski Guiding 3.0 Credits
Introduces the student to the basic skill set required to create a successful ski or snowboard backcountry guiding business. Students will be introduced to guiding techniques for touring facilities (hotel or hut), snow cat operations, and heli-skiing operations. Students will gain knowledge of how to educate and instruct their clients. Best practices in snowsport guiding, regulations, and certifications will be discussed, Emphasis is placed on the awareness, prevention, and management of risk, as well as mioximizing client rewards.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SKB 130 - Accelerated Boot Fitting 3.0 Credits
Covers retail boot fitting. Included will be the anatomy and physiology of the foot, boot design, analyzing and solving fit problems, introduction to advanced footbed construction, and advanced boot fitting procedures including stance balancing and canting techniques and custom inner boot fitting options.
LEC 30 Clock hours LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
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SKB 140 - Accelerated Ski & Board Tuning 3.0 Credits
Emphasizes the ski repair shop as a profit center and techniques of ski repair and ski tuning. Provides students with advanced skills associated with proper machine and tool use, edge repair, delaminations, and introduces them to binding inspection, mounting, and adjustment. Advanced structuring and waxing techniques and evaluation and prioritization of ski and board repairs to ensure product reliability and safety are covered.
LECLB 22.5 Clock hours LEC 30 Clock hours
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SKB 187 - Work Experience 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
COOP 135 Clock hours
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SKB 210 - Ski and Board Product Design 3.0 Credits
Design and manufacturing aspects of ski equipment and clothing are introduced in this course. Performance, safety, materials, graphics, and packaging are covered.
Prev. Course Codes: SKB-022, SKB-122
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SKB 216 - Ski & Snowboard Marketing & Media 3.0 Credits
Presents the analysis of theoretical marketing processes and the strategies of product development, pricing, promotion and distribution and their applications to the snow sport business and the individual consumer.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SKB 220 - Snow Sports Retail & Wholesale 3.0 Credits
The organization, management, and planning strategies of a retail, repair, and rental shop are introduced in this course. Shop design, equipment buying and storage, shop procedures, shop liability, inventory, and bookkeeping are emphasized.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SKB 229 - Integrated Portfolio & Capstone 3.0 Credits
This course is a review of the major ideas and issues of the Ski and Snowboard Business program. Through development of an integrated portfolio gained during an internship with a ski and snowbaord business the student will demonstrate proficiency in degree competencies.
COOP 135 Clock hours
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SKB 230 - The Business of Ski Guiding 3.0 Credits
Introduces the student to fundamental business skills required to operate as a private, contracted guide in the skiing and outdoor industry. Emphasis will be placed on marketing your services, creating customer loyalty, and understanding laws and regulations affecting the guiding industry.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SKB 287 - Work Experience 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
Prev. Course Codes: SKB-130C, SKB-030C, SKB-130C
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Small Business Management SBM |
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SBM 101 - Starting a Small Business 1.0 Credits
Provides a brief overview of various topics related to starting a small business. Some topics are types of businesses, location, image, insurance, permits, and licenses.
Prev. Course Codes: BSM-270BP, BSM-080, BSM-247AN, BSM-270HS, BSM-085, BSM-247PA
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SBM 103 - Legal Aspects of a Small Business 1.0 Credits
Provides a brief overview of legal issues involved in starting and managing a small business. The course focuses on business organizations, contracts, and agreements and protecting the business.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SBM 108 - Marketing for a Small Business 1.0 Credits
Provides a brief overview of the marketing functions applied to a small business. Topics include planning a marketing strategy, promoting a business, competitive analysis, and customers and prospects.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SBM 110 - Managing a Small Business 1.0 Credits
Provides a brief overview of the management process as it applies to the small business. Concepts covered in the course include setting goals, conducting evaluations, and analyzing financial records.
Prev. Course Codes: BSM-110, BSM-010, BSM-110
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SBM 112 - Financing a Small Business 1.0 Credits
Provides a brief overview of the basics of financing a small business. Topics include source of capital, types of business loans, and maintenance of cash flow.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SBM 289 - Writing a Business Plan 1.0 Credits
Provides a capstone experience for the Small Business certificate program. The student will write a business plan.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology I 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Examines the basic concepts, theories, and principles of sociology as well as human culture, social groups, and the social issues of age, gender, class, and race.
Prev. Course Codes: SOC-151
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 102 - Introduction to Sociology II 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Examines social institutions and organizations from the macro perspective. Emphasizes issues of social change, demography, social movements, and conflicts and trends within education, religion, family, political, and economic structures.
Prev. Course Codes: SOC-152
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SOC 175 - Special Topics 1.0 - 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
LEC
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✽ SOC 201 - Introduction to Gerontology 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101 , SOC 102 , PSY 101 , or PSY 102 ; Minimum grade C-.
Acquaints students with the major issues and concepts pertinent to the field of gerontology. The course introduces various theoretical perspectives on aging, the changing trends in life expectancy and other demographic considerations, and the inter-relationship between elders and key social institutions. It provides an overview of physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional factors assicated with aging.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 205 - Sociology of Family Dynamics 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
Develops an understanding of marriage, family and kinship. It examines the family as an institution and how social, cultural, and personal factors influence family relations. The stability and diversity of the family will be explored, along with current trends and some alternative life styles.
Prev. Course Codes: SOC-210, SOC-155
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 207 - Environmental Sociology 3.0 Credits
Examination of humans and the environment from an ecological perspective. Focuses on industrial and economic growth versus sustainability, natural resources development and management, environmental values and social movements, and comparative perspectives on people’s relationships to the environment. Review of the green” movement and other environmental movements and their impacts upon social dynamics, the environment, and the evolution of social movements.”
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 215 - Contemporary Social Problems 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Explores current social issues that result in societal problems. It forcuses on such issues as civil liberties, gender discrimination, substance abuse, crime, poverty, and social change.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 216 - Sociology of Gender 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Gives students the theoretical and factual background necessary to understand the phenomenon of gender stratification in American and other cultures. Students will be exposed to a history of gender stratification in human societies, theoretical explanations for this, and insights into the consequences of gender differentiation in our world today.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 218 - Sociology of Diversity 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Explores the variety of inter-group relations regarding race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other diversity issues. Patterns of prejudice, discrimination, and possible solutions to these issues will be addressed.
Prev. Course Codes: SOC-220
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SOC 237 - Sociology of Death & Dying 3.0 Credits
Provides an opportunity to familiarize students and professionals with the needs and issues surrounding dying and death. This course will provide sociological, psychological, religious, historical, and anthropological perspectives for interpreting contemporary American customs dealing with dying, death, and bereavement. We will examine the professions associated with death and dying, such as hospice, funeral and crematory institutions, and medical care.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ SOC 261 - Understanding Child Sexual Abuse 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
This course deals with an historical understanding of child sexual abuse, including definitions, dynamics, effects on the victim, how society intervenes, and prevention methods.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ SOC 287 - Internship I 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational programs.
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Spanish SPA |
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SPA 100 - Introduction to Spanish 3.0 Credits
Designed to give the student an overview of foreign language acquisition, an appreciation of foreign cultures, and to develop appropriate study skills for success in a foreign language classroom. Instruction will include basic vocabulary, grammar, and expressions that are used in daily situations.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 101 - Conversational Spanish I 3.0 Credits
Offers beginning students the skills necessary to understand and speak Spanish. The material includes basic vocabulary, grammar, and expressions that are used in daily situations and in travel.
Prev. Course Codes: SPA-101A, SPA-101, SPA-011, SPN-135
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 102 - Conversational Spanish II 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
Offers students the skills necessary to understand and speak Spanish. The material continues to basic conversation patterns, expressions, and grammar.
Prev. Course Codes: SPA-102A, SPA-102, SPA-012, SPN-136
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 103 - Intercambio I: Beginning Level 2.0 Credits
Focuses on true conversational practice of Spanish and English between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Spanish and English learners will meet together under the direction of facilitators to practice their target language in group and paired teams. Weekly meetings will focus on rotating between themes and cultural sharing.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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SPA 104 - Intercambio II: Intermediate Level 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 103 or SPA 111 ; Minimum grade C-.
This class focuses on true conversational practice of Spanish and English between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Spanish and English learners will meet together under the direction of facilitators to practice their target language in group and paired teams. Weekly meetings will focus on rotating between themes and cultural sharing.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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SPA 105 - Intercambio III: Advanced Level 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 104 or SPA 211 ; Minimum grade C-.
This class focuses on true conversational practice of Spanish and English between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Spanish and English learners will meet together under the direction of facilitators to practice their target language in group and paired teams. Weekly meetings will focus on rotating between themes and cultural sharing.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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✽ SPA 111 - Spanish Language I 5.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Deals with the development of functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Spanish language. Note: The order of the topics and methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
Prev. Course Codes: SPN-151
LEC 75 Clock hours
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✽ SPA 112 - Spanish Language II 5.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 111 ; Minimum grade C-.
Continues Spanish Language I in the development of functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Spanish languages. Note: The order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
Prev. Course Codes: SPN-152
LEC 75 Clock hours
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✽ SPA 114 - Fast-track Spanish I & II 5.0 Credits
Designed to bridge beginning SPA courses with intermediate SPA courses. It is designed for students who have studied two years of the target language in high school and possess linguistic and cultural knowledge that true beginners do not, but who are not ready yet to move to the intermediate level because they need an in-depth review of essential structures.
LEC 75 Clock hours
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SPA 115 - Spanish for the Professional I 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Designed as an introduction to a working knowledge of the target language, cultural behaviors, and values useful in various professional fields such as health care, law enforcement, bilingual education, business, and others.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 175 - Special Topics 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
LEC
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✽ SPA 178 - Seminar: Cultural Journey to Spain 3.0 Credits
Provides students with an experiential learning opportunity. Students take a cultural journey to Madrid and Granada, Spain to learn about this remarkable small country whose history and culture have impacted every corner of the world. Through museums, castles, cathedrals, mosques, monuments, live theater, and musical productions students learn of Spain’s art, music, political history, and religion. Students will also study the Spanish language and culture while liveing with Andalucian families.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 201 - Conversational Spanish III 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 102 ; Minimum grade C-.
Provides students with the skills necessary to continue their study of understanding and speaking Spanish. The material includes intermediate-level vocabulary, grammar, and expressions.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 202 - Conversational Spanish IV 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 201 ; Minimum grade C-.
Provides students the skills necessary to continue their study of understanding and speaking Spanish. The material will continue to cover intermediate level conversational patterns, expressions, and grammar.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SPA 211 - Spanish Language III 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 112 ; Minimum grade C-.
Continues Spanish Language I and II in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Spanish language. Note: The order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
Prev. Course Codes: SPN-251
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ SPA 212 - Spanish Language IV 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 211 ; Minimum grade C-.
Continues Spanish I, II, and III in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the language.
Prev. Course Codes: SPN-252
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 231 - Advanced Spanish Conversation 3.0 Credits
Students will gain breadth and depth to their conversational skills, emphasizing current topics in the Hispanic world. Pre-requisite: two years of college Spanish or equivalent.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ SPA 235 - Spanish Reading-Writing 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 212 ; Minimum grade C-.
Builds vocabulary and develops reading and writing strategies in Spanish to be able to analyze fictional and non-fictional texts and gain further cultural insight of the Hispanic world.
Prev. Course Codes: SPA-220
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 236 - Latin American Cinema 2.0 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the cinematic work of a number of Latin American film artists using an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach emphasizing the socio-economic and political issues. The course is intended for students at the intermediate Spanish level or higher. Most films are subtitled in English or Spanish and class discussion is in Spanish.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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SPA 237 - Spanish Cinema 2.0 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the cinematic work of a number of Spanish film artists using an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural approach emphasing the socio-economic and political issues. The course is intended for students at the intermediate Spanish level or hghher. Most films are subtitled in English or Spanish and class discussion is in Spanish.
LEC 30 Clock hours
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✽ SPA 261 - Grammar for the Heritage Language Speaker 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 212 ; Minimum grade C- or equivalent placement test scores.
Provides formal grammatical instruction to foreign language students, whether native or bilingual, who want to develop their existing proficiency in the target language.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ SPA 262 - Composition for the Heritage Language Speaker 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: SPA 212 ; Minimum grade C- or equivalent placement test score.
Provides formal composition instruction to Spanish language students, whether native or bilingual, who want to develop their existing proficiency in the target language.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SPA 275 - Special Topics 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-do-date information.
LEC 15 Clock hours
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SUS 300 - Foundations of Sustainability 3.0 Credits
Co-requisites ENV 101 MAT 120 ENG 122
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading. Students must take this course concurrently with ENV
101 , MAT
120 (or higher), and ENG
122 if they have not successfully completed these courses with a minimum grade of C- prior to enrollment.
This course explores the history and evolution of the sustainability movement. An examination of key developments, definitions, and principles provides a platform for students to evaluate sustainability as a critical paradigm shift. Issues such as human population growth, carrying capacity, global warming, and complex systems theory are discussed while innovative perspectives such as ecological design, biomimicry, and adaptive management are analyzed and applied.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SUS 310 - Ecology & Sustainability 4.0 Credits
Co-requisites SUS 300 SUS-301
Prerequisites: BIO 111 ; Minimum grade C-. SUS
300 or SUS-301 must be taken concurrently with this course if neither course has been previously completed with a grade of C- or better.
This course will be an exploration of the inter-relationships between organisms and their environment. Students will study the ecological factors that influence organisms’ distributions, abundance, and relationships. The connections between biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components of the environment influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms will be explored. Populations, community, and ecosystem level ecology are examined and discussed, especially in light of human influences on natural systems. Systems sustainability will be explored in the context of ecological principles. Includes laboratory and field experiences.
LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
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SUS 320 - Literature for Change: Shaping Environmental Thought 3.0 Credits
Co-requisites SUS 300 SUS-301
Prerequisites: ENG 121 ENG 122 ; Minimum grade C-. SUS
300 or SUS-301 must be taken concurrently with this course if neither has been previously completed with a grade of C- or better.
Examines landmark texts that have shaped environmental thought. Texts are considered within their historical and political contexts to explore their effect on policy and our view of human relationships with the environment. Texts explored include canonical literary texts along with contemporary newcomers. Inter-disciplinary in nature, the course will cover literature that envelops rhetoric, science,and public policy to develop a holistic view of impactful written work.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SUS 321 - Leadership, Ethics, & Social Responsibility 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
This course will address contemporary social, humanitarian, and/or environmental issues through disciplined study, community-based research, and action related to personal and social responsibility in the 21st century. It will examine questions of ethics, meaning, and value through the study of current and classical texts, community partnerships, and student presentations of projects. Students from different major fields will strengthen their ability to integrate knowledge and skills, and learn to build connections among disciplines, personal values and beliefs, diverse viewpoints, and active citizenship. The seminar format includes study of foundational readings, linking the CMC common reader series to discipline-based study (when appropriate), and cross-cultural classic and contemporary readings.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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SUS 341 - Sustainable Agriculture 4.0 Credits
Co-requisites SUS 300 SUS-301
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading. SUS
300 or SUS-301 must be taken concurrently if not previously completed with a grade of C- or better.
This course will explore the principles of sustainable agriculture for both animal and plant production with additional focus on traditional knowledge, community-supported agriculture, permaculture, and small-scale agriculture. Field experiences may include site visits, student research plots, and practica. The course will also evaluate the resource cycles available in the individual and collective landscapes, and look at how to integrate all aspects of the resource cycle to support healthy ecological systems through agricultural practices. Water harvesting and irrigation methods, seed-banking, natural pest management, land use, and watershed sustainability will also be addressed.
LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ THE 100 - Technical Theatre Lab 1.0 - 3.0 Credits
Provides students with safety training for working with equipment used for Technical Theater, as well as hands-on experience in one or all of the following areas: stage lighting, set construction, stage properties, costuming, and makeup.
LAB 30 Clock hours
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◆ THE 105 - Theatre Appreciation 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Includes discussions, workshops, and lectures designed to discover, analyze, and evaluate all aspects of the theatre experience: scripts, acting, directing, staging, history, and criticism.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ THE 108 - Theater Script Analysis 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
This course introduces students to methods of reading and analyzing literature for the stage. In addition, students will apply staging and design concepts in visualizing and analyzing how a play looks, sounds, and feels when produced.
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ THE 111 - Acting I 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Covers basic acting techniques and approaches, including scene study, improvisation, and script analysis. It includes practical application through classroom performance.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-116, DRA-155
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ THE 112 - Acting II 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: THE 111 ; Minimum grade C-. or consent of the instructor.
Continues to explore basic acting techniques and approaches, including scene study, improvisation, and intermediate script analysis. It includes practical application through classroom performance.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-117, DRA-156
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ THE 131 - Theatre Production I 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Allows students to put into practice theories of theatre production. Participation in set construction, scenic artistry, costuming, lighting, sound, acting, stage managing, and administration is available.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-030, DRA-190
LAB 90 Clock hours
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✽ THE 132 - Theatre Production II 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Allows students to continue to put into practice theories of theatre production. Participation in set construction, scenic artistry, costuming, lighting, sound, acting, stage managing, and administration is available.
LAB 90 Clock hours
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THE 141 - Improvisation I 1.0 Credits
Helps students learn improvisation skills for performance and character development. Emphasis is placed on Second City” style of improvisation.”
LEC 15 Clock hours
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◆ THE 211 - Development of Theatre I 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Surveys the history and evolution of drama from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance, emphasizing all aspects of the art from period values to analysis of dramatic literature and performance.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-111, DRA-151
LEC 45 Clock hours
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◆ THE 212 - Development of Theatre II 3.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Surveys the history and evolution of drama from the Renaissance to the present, emphasizing all aspects of the art from period values to analysis of dramatic literature and performance.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-112, DRA-152
LEC 45 Clock hours
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✽ THE 246 - Rehearsal & Performance 1.0 Credits
Prerequisites: College-level reading;
Gives the student actor practical experience in a real acting environment. Through the audition and rehearsal process the student`s imagination and creative potential will be stimulated. Special attention will be given to characterization, stage movement, speech techniques, dramatic form, and the rehearsal/production/performance process. The successful rehearsal and presentation of the current production to the public will be the focal point of their activities. Previous acting experience is helpful but not required.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-270
LAB 30 Clock hours
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✽ THE 247 - Rehearsal & Performance II 2.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Collegle-level reading, ENG 060 , and THE 131 ; Minimum grade C-.
Gives the student actor practical experience in a real acting environment. Through the audition and rehearsal process the student`s imagination and creative potential will be stimulated. Special attention will be given to characterization, stage movement, speech techniques, dramatic form, and the rehearsal/production/performance process. The successful rehearsal and presentation of the current production to the public will be the focal point of their activities. Previous acting experience is helpful but not required.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-271
LAB 60 Clock hours
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THE 275 - Special Topics 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
Prev. Course Codes: THE-290B, THE-280B, THE-290B
LEC 15 Clock hours
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THE 280 - Internship 1.0 - 6.0 Credits
Prerequisites: Requires college-level eading.
Provides students with the opportunity to supplement coursework with practical work experience related to their educational program. Students work under the immediate supervision of experienced personnel at the business location and with the direct guidance of the instructor.
COOP 45 Clock hours
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