Mar 29, 2024  
2011-2012 Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

2011-2012 Course Listings


Key

✽ - Applies to CMC AA/AS degree

◆ - Colorado State Guaranteed Transfer Course

For more information see Degree & Certificate Descriptions & Requirements .

NOTE: Not all courses are offered at every campus each term.

 

Holistic Health Professional HHP

  
  • ✽ HHP 267 - Living Without Limits

    0.5 Credits
    Focuses on the steps which can be taken to clarify goals, get support for challenges, and act effectively to accomplish one’s life dreams.
    LEC 7.5 Clock hours

Horticulture HLT

  
  •    HLT 243 - Golf Turf Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: HLT-242 and AGY 240 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Discusses all aspects of golf course turfgrass management. Students will be introduced to the design, construction, and cultural requirements of putting greens, tees, fairways, bunkers, and roughs. The course will also address pests and stresses unique to turfgrass in a golf setting, golf course irrigation systems, maintenance equipment, financial management, and the use of golfcourses as wildlife habitat.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Hospitality (Resort Management) HOS

  
  •    HOS 110 - Introduction to Hospitality

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces learners to careers and the organization and structure of the hospitality industry including: hotels, restaurants, non-commercial food service, travel and tourism, conventions and meetings, clubs, and other food service entities. Topics include exploring career opportunities, understanding the world of hotels and restaurants, food service organizational structures, an introduction to the meetings industry, and analyzing the size and scope of the non-commercial foods segment.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-100, RMA-010, RMA-110
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 115 - Introduction to Spa Management

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces learners to the history, organization, and careers in the spa industry. Topics include exploring the benefits of spas and healthy lifestyles, traditions and treatments affiliated with spas, the business and philosophy of spas, the historical and cultural development of spas, spa terminioloty, industry trends, future directions, and career opportunities in the spa community.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 116 - Spa Retailing

    3.0 Credits
    This course is designed to educate and train spa professionals in the art and science of retail. The course will prepare students for the ISPA Retail Management for Spas exam. Students will be provided with business tools for growth, demand and change of the spa industry; and use informational tools and resources on subjects such as retail, financial management, compensation, consumer and industry research and trends, and standard operating procedures and management skills. Other topics include: retail strategies, planning, management, and administration; inventory purchasing and management; evaluating the financial performance of a spa; concepts of sales and service; visual merchandising; developing a timeline for the opening of a spa retail program; and determining the cost of sales in the spa retail area.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 139 - Housekeeping Management

    2.0 Credits
    The basics of housekeeping management will be introduced in this course. Management functions, tools, and practices essential for supervision of the housekeeping department of a resort or hotel facility will be presented.
    Prev. Course Codes: HOS-141, RMA-120, RMA-058, RMA-228
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 140 - Front Office Procedures

    2.0 Credits
    A systematic approach to front office procedures is presented by detailing the flow of business through a hotel beginning with the reservation process and ending with billing and collection processes. This course also places front office procedures within the context operation of a hotel and examines front office management, the process of handling complaints and concerns regarding hotel safety.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-110, RMA-021, RMA-121
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 148 - Introduction to Food & Beverage Management

    3.0 Credits
    A marketing-focused approach to the challenges a food and beverage manager faces in developing a solid customer base is presented in this course. Topics include principles of food production and service management, including menu planning, purchasing, storage, beverage management, and food service layout and equipment. Students will prepare a plan for a food service facility.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-148, RMA-146, RMA-147, RMA-052, RMA-052L, RMA-222, RMA-222L, RMA-222
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    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: RMA-270BB, RMA-270BC, RMA-270BW, RMA-270BC, RMA-270BB
    LEC
  
  •    HOS 210 - Tourism and the Hospitality Industry

    2.0 Credits
    Tourism is an activity that takes place when people leave home to travel to another location. The business of tourism is the business of encouraging and taking care of the needs of people engaged in this kind of activity. This course assists students and businesses alike in understanding how tourism works and how it can be made to work for them, their business, and their destination.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-210, RMA-016, RMA-116
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 215 - Training and Development

    3.0 Credits
    The principles, procedures, and skills needed to develop and maintain a competent staff will be taught in this course. Learn to apply an easy, four-step training method to all hospitality functional areas.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-215, RMA-057, RMA-227
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 216 - Convention Management and Services

    3.0 Credits
    By defining the scope and various segments of the convention market, this course describes what is required to meet individual needs. Methods and techniques that lead to better convention service will be covered.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-216, RMA-217, RMA-061, RMA-061L, RMA-231, RMA-231L, RMA-231
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 219 - Hospitality Law

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course explores laws and regulations affecting the U.S. hospitality industry with many examples and case histories. Topics include protecting guests, loss of property, wages and hours, labor relations, worker’s compensation, franchising, and the Internet. This course is NOT recommended for international students, as it focuses solely on U.S. legal issues.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 220 - Resort Planning

    3.0 Credits
    The operation of resort properties including planning, development, financing, investing, and marketing are topics of this course. Condominiums, time sharing, technological change, energy cost, and transportation are examined.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-220, RMA-062, RMA-232
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 221 - Basic Hotel & Restaurant Accounting

    3.0 Credits
    This course will help you develop a basic understanding of hotel and restaurant accounting procedures, with a focus on the computerized accounting used in today’s hospitality accounting situations. You’ll learn about taxation of business income, the role of governmental agencies, and how to read and analyze financial statements.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 226 - Supervision in the Hospitality Industry

    3.0 Credits
    This course teaches the skills that can help you develop effective supervision and management skills that are essential to success in the industry. Topics include how to recruit, select, and train; increase productivity; control labor costs; communicate effectively; manage conflict and change; and use time management techniques. Resources on creating a professional development plan for your hospitality career can help you set the direction for future educational and profesional endeavors.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 231 - Resort Facilities Management & Design

    3.0 Credits
    Covers all major facility systems, including food service equipment and design. Non-engineers can learn how to understand and speak the language of vendors, suppliers, and maintenance/ engineering staff. You’ll also learn techniques to reduce expenses and increase efficiency, and also learn the latest technology to streamline operations procedures. A discussion of how hotel operations are affected by the United Nations’ environmental guidelines will provide information on balancing the needs of guests with concern for the environment.
    Prev. Course Codes: HOS-281
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 240 - Purchasing & Menu Planning

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the world of food service purchasing. The course initially provides the learner with an overview of the purchasing cycle and describes how to place and receive orders following procedures defined in the marketplace. The course describes the impact of innovative packaging processing on foods, describes the effect technology has on the present food service menu, and discusses concepts that impact the future.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 242 - Hotel Sales and Marketing

    3.0 Credits
    Focuses on the basic elements of sales, marketing, rooms merchandising, convention planning, and basic food and beverage knowledge. The course emphasizes the relationship between the sales philosophy, the guest, and the hotel.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-141, RMA-022, RMA-122
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 246 - Marketing Hospitality Services

    3.0 Credits
    A sound marketing planning process, carefully followed, can increase a property’s profit. Marketing techniques of selected properties, the general marketing approaches of the major chains, and ways to develop a marketing plan for hotel and motel properties will be presented in this course.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-246, RMA-247, RMA-063, RMA-063L, RMA-223, RMA-223L, RMA-223
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 250 - Food, Beverage and Labor Cost Control

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the student to concepts of food, beverage, and labor cost control in the hospitality business.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-241, RMA-054, RMA-224
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 255 - Human Resource Management

    3.0 Credits
    Studies the technical and legal challenges of hospitality human resource management from working within today’s employment laws to controlling absenteeism, dealing with unions, handling discipline and termination, and creating affordable wages and benefit programs. Explores controlling costs, increasing motivation and productivity, and how to find and keep good employees.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-255, RMA-070
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 256 - Quality Assurance Management

    3.0 Credits
    Advocates the principles of Participation Management which provides managers, supervisors, and employees the system to increase the profitability and productivity of lodging and food operations. Enables staff and management to work in an environment of complete understanding, thereby creating the quality of service desirable for guests.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-250, RMA-064
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    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
  
  •    HOS 287 - Work Experience I

    3.0 Credits
    Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-130C, RMA-030C, RMA-130C
    COOP 135 Clock hours
  
  •    HOS 289 - Work Experience II

    3.0 Credits
    The student will obtain specialized skills through on-the-job training related to the student’s desired vocational interest and goals. The student will work at least eight hours per week and consult an additional one hour per week with the instructor.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-230C, RMA-060C, RMA-230C
    COOP 135 Clock hours

Humanities HUM

  
  • ✽ HUM 103 - Introduction to Film Art

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Studies the relationship among film’s stylistic systems, narrative systems, and audiences reception. Students view, discuss and critically analyze a variety of films which represent a key variety of genres and themes. The course incorporates the vocabulary stylistic systems (for instance, cinematography, editing and art direction) and narrative systems (for instance, story structure and character motivation) as both relate to the kinds of meanings a film conveys. Note: Requires college level reading.
    Prev. Course Codes: HUM-134, HUM-165
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 115 - World Mythology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces students to the mythologies of various cultures. Common themes are illustrated and an interdisciplinary approach is used incorporating some of the following: religion, philosophy, art history, theater, literature, music, cultural studies, and history.
    Prev. Course Codes: HUM-145
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 121 - Early Civilizations

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces students to the history of ideas that have defined cultures through a study of the visual arts, literature, drama, music, and philosophy. It emphasizes connections among the arts, values, and diverse cultures, including European and non-European, from the Ancient world to 1000 C.E. This course is one of the statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses.
    Prev. Course Codes: HUM-150
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 122 - From Medieval to Modern

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines written texts, visual arts, and musical compositions to analyze and reflect the evolution and confluence of cultures in Europe, Asia, and the Americas from 800 C.E. to 1750 C.E. Any two of the three Survey of Humanities courses equal a sequence. This course is one of the statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses.
    Prev. Course Codes: HUM-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 123 - The Modern World

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the cultures of the 17th through the 20th centuries by focusing on the interrelationships of the arts, ideas, and history. Considers the influences of industrialism, scientific development, and non-European peoples. This course is one of the statewide Guaranteed Transfer Courses.
    Prev. Course Codes: HUM-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ HUM 137 - Wilderness & the American Ethic

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Presents historical and ethical views of the wilderness. Topics include the history of the wilderness movement and ways contemporary views of nature have shaped man’s association with the wilderness.
    Prev. Course Codes: HUM-170
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ HUM 164 - American Cinema

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces film studies and surveys the American film industry as an art form, as an industry, and as a system of representation and communication. This course explores how Hollywood films work technically, aesthetically, and culturally to reinforce and challenge America’s national self image.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HUM 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC
  
  •    HUM 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC

Industrial Maintenance IMA

  
  •    IMA 244 - Valve Maintenance & Instrumentation

    4.0 Credits
    Identifies and familiarizes students with specific advanced subjects of industrial process valve maintenance and instrumentation. The study includes calibration, configuration, troubleshooting, and use of valves with instrumentation. The course also discusses the concepts of contemporary plant control systems and commonly-used industrial process measurement and control communiction protocols and topologies related to valve control. The course will cover maintenance and operation of gate, the globe, ball, plug, check, and special-purpose valves. The course details actuators and various accessories related to valve maintenance and control and explains valve selection based on application. A major paper and associated lab project will be required for completion.
    Prev. Course Codes: PRO-244
    LECLB 90 Clock hours

Interior Design IND

  
  •    IND 118 - Interior Finishes

    2.0 Credits
    Introduction to interior finish materials used as a means of functional and aesthetic application by the interior designer. Develop skills to specify appropriate materials, estimate quantities, develop costs, and understand installation and removal associated with residential and commerical finishes, with a focus on sustainability.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours

Italian ITA

  
  •    ITA 101 - Conversational Italian I

    3.0 Credits
    Provides the first course in a sequence for beginning students who wish to understand and speak Italian. The material includes basic vocabulary, grammar, and expressions that are used in daily situations and in travel.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ITA 102 - Conversational Italian II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides the second course in a sequence for students who wish to understand and speak Italian. The material continues to cover basic conversational patterns, expressions, and grammar.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ITA 111 - Italian Language I

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces a sequence dealing with the development of functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the Italian language. Note: the order of the topics and methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ITA 112 - Italian Language II

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 111 ; minimum grade C-.
    Continues Italian Language I in the development of functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Italian language. Note: the order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ITA 211 - Italian Language III

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 112 ; minimum grade C-.
    Continues Italian Language I and II in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Italian language. Note: the order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ITA 212 - Italian Language IV

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 211 ; minimum grade C-.
    Continues Italian Language I, II, and III in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Italian language. Note: the order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Japanese JPN

  
  •    JPN 101 - Conversational Japanese I

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces beginning students to conversational Japanese and focuses on understanding and speaking Japanese. Covers basic vocabulary, grammar, and expressions that are used in daily situations and in travel.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JPN 111 - Japanese Language I

    5.0 Credits
    Introduces a sequence dealing with the development of functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Japanese language. Note: The order of the topics and methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JPN 112 - Japanese Language II

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: JPN 111 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues Foreign Language I in the development of functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Japanese language. Note: the order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ JPN 211 - Japanese III

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: JPN 112 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues Japanese Language I and II in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Japanese language. Note: the order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ JPN 212 - Japanese Language IV

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: JPN 211 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues Japanese Language I, II, and III in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Japanese language. Note: the order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Journalism JOU

  
  • ◆ JOU 105 - Introduction to Mass Media

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Places the mass media in an historical and cultural perspective, considering the validity, integrity, and influence of the media in a democracy. Note: Requires college level reading.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 106 - Fundamentals of Reporting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces news writing, reporting, and interviewing with an emphasis on clarity, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and fairness.
    Prev. Course Codes: JRN-110, JRN-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 121 - Photojournalism

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an introductory, hands-on course in black-and-white photography, with an emphasis on photojournalistic techniques, processing, and printing. This course includes an investigation of word/picture relationships in creating photo essays for publications.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 215 - Publications Production and Design

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides for student participation in the planning, writing, design, and production processes of a non-newspaper publication.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 280 - Internship

    3.0 - 5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides a structured and guided, individualized research that is organized and tailored around the interests and needs of the individual student who may use journalism skills and experiences acquired during previous coursework.
    CLIN 135 Clock hours

Latin LAT

  
  •    LAT 275 - Special Topics

    0.5 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC

Law Enforcement Academy LEA

  
  •    LEA 101 - Basic police Academy I

    6.0 Credits
    Conforms to POST standards and state certification requirements as well as the basic skills and knowledge necessary to perform the entry-level duties of a peace officer. Emphasis will be on simulating actual situations utilizing a lecture and laboratory mode of learning.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-101
    LECLB 88 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 102 - Basic Police Academy II

    12.0 Credits
    Conforms to POST standards and state certification requirements as well as the basic skills and knowledge necessary to perform the entry-level duties of a peace officer. Emphasis will be on simulating actual situations utilizing a lecture and laboratory mode of learning.
    LECLB 187 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 103 - Basic Law Enforcement Academy III

    2.0 Credits
    Enhances the standards established by the POST board and state certification requirements as well as the basic skills and knowledge necessary to perform the entry level duties of a Police Officer. Emphasis will be on expanding the POST curriculum to create a unique learning experience.
    LECLB 28 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 105 - Basic Law

    8.0 Credits
    Conforms to POST standards and state certification requirements as well as the basic skills and knowledge necessary to perform the entry-level duties of a peace officer. Emphasis will be on the United States Constitution, arrest, search and seizure, interrogation and confessions, rules of evidence, Colorado Criminal Code, Colorado Traffic Code, Colorado Children’s Code, Liquor Code, and controlled substances. NOTE: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-105
    LEC 122 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 106 - Arrest Control Techniques

    3.0 Credits
    Covers the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to effectively maintain control of a suspect when making an arrest. Emphasizes the continuum of force and de-escalation of force. Note: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-108, CRJ-106
    LECLB 74 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 107 - Law Enforcement Driving

    3.0 Credits
    Covers the skills, knowledge, and abilities required for operation of a law enforcement vehicle. Emphasizes defensive driving. Enables students to demonstrate skills by driving a vehicle under simulated conditions. Note: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-109, CRJ-107
    LECLB 44 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 108 - Firearms

    3.0 Credits
    Discusses the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to safely use police firearms. Students will demonstrate skills by firing weapons on a firing range. The student will demonstrate basic safety techniques and will explain the firearms role within the continuum of force. Note: registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-107, CRJ-108
    LECLB 69 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 123 - Law Enforcement Survival Spanish

    1.0 Credits
    This course is designed for the Law Enforcement Training Academy student who will have the need to communicate with Spanish speaking individuals in the course of their employment as peace Officers. Pronunciation, familiarization with common terms, and survival phrases encountered in law enforcement situations will be stressed. Note: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-123
    LEC 16 Clock hours

Library Technician LTN

  
  • ✽ LTN 105 - Research Strategies

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course introduces effective research strategies. Includes advanced online information retrieval techniques, analyses and evaluation of found materials, as well as discussions of social and legal issues surrounding the use of information.
    LEC 30 Clock hours

Literature LIT

  
  • ◆ LIT 115 - Introduction to Literature I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces students to fiction, poetry, and drama. Emphasizes active and responsive reading.
    Prev. Course Codes: HUM-132, HUM-163, LIT-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 125 - Study of the Short Story

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on careful reading and interpretation of the short story as a distinct genre. It examines formal as well as thematic elements of fiction. Critical thinking, discussion, and writing about short stories will enhance perceptive reading skills and heighten awareness of the human condition.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 126 - Study of Poetry

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on careful reading and interpretation of various poems representing types and periods of poetry. It examines formal as well as thematic elements of poetry. Critical thinking, discussion, and writing about poetry will enhance perceptive reading skills and heighten awareness of the human condition.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    LIT 175 - 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.
    LEC
  
  • ◆ LIT 201 - World Literature to 1600

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines significant writings in world literature from the ancients through the Renaissance. Emphasizes careful reading and understanding of the works and their cultural backgrounds.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-161
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 202 - World Literature After 1600

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines significant writings in world literature from the seventeenth century to the present. Emphasizes careful reading and understanding of the works and their cultural backgrounds.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-162
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 205 - Ethnic Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on significant texts by ethnic Americans including African American, Native American, Latino/a, and Asian Americans. Emphasizes careful reading and understanding of the cultural and literary elements of the works.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 211 - Survey of American Literature I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of American literature from the Native American through the nineteenth century Romantics. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-221, LIT-261
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 212 - Survey of American Literature II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of American literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes, and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-227, LIT-262, LIT-217
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 221 - Survey of British Literature I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 17th century. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes, and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 222 - Survey of British Literature II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of British literature from the 18th century to the present. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes, and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 225 - Introduction to Shakespeare

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores a selection of works by William Shakespeare. It focuses on careful reading and interpretation of the plays and poems, includes pertinent information about Elizabethan England, and examines formal, as well as thematic elements of the selected works.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-220, LIT-255
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 245 - Literature of the American West

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines works in various genres by writers of the American West. It investigates the dominant themes and social and historical backgrounds.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 248 - Native American Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines oral and written literature created by Native American peoples. Emphasizes narrative and ceremonial literature from the oral tradition. Examines oratory, autobiography, essays, poetry, short stories, and novels as oral and written forms.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 255 - Children’s Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Evaluates the criteria for selecting appropriate literature for children through exploration of genres, age levels, values taught through literature, and the literary and artistic quality of various texts.
    Prev. Course Codes: EDU-270cc
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 267 - The Bible As Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the Bible as the textual centerpiece of Western literature. Students will encounter the various literary genres represented in Biblical texts, the process of canonization, ways in which the Bible has been read by its various intepretive communities, and some impacts of the Bible in such areas as law, poetry, fiction, psychology, ethics, and theology.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 268 - Celtic Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Exposes the student to Irish literature. The course examines significant writings in Irish literature from the ancients through to the twenty-first century. The course emphasizes the careful reading and understanding of the works of poetry, fiction, and drama, as well as their cultural backgrounds.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 269 - Popular Literature & Culture

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores special interests in literature, such as Detective Fiction and Science Fiction.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    LIT 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.
    LEC

Machining MAC

  
  •    MAC 101 - Introduction to Machine Shop

    3.0 Credits
    Covers safety procedures, use of bench tools, layout tools, power saws, drill presses, precision measurement tools, and various hand tools related to the machine shop. Also included are sharpening drill bits and general purpose turning tools for the lathe, and determining speeds and feeds for both the lathe and the milling machine.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    MAC 252 - Practical Metallurgy

    3.0 Credits
    Offers a study of metallurgical terms and definitions in an effort to understand both the bahavior of metals and their service to industry. Characteristics during heating, cooling, shaping, forming, and the stresses related to their mechanical properties are covered. The theory behind the alloys; heat treatment processes; and the impact they have on strength, toughness, hardness, elasticity, ductility, malleability, wear resistance, and fatigue resistances is investigated.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours

Management MAN

  
  •    MAN 117 - Time Management

    1.0 Credits
    Provides students with the conceptual knowledge and tools to make better use of their time in the management function.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 125 - Team Building

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces the concept of working as a team member. Activities and assignments will emphasize the ability to negotiate, work together, build consensus, and make quality decisions.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest in buesiness. The content of this course is designed on an as-needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  •    MAN 200 - Human Resource Management I

    3.0 Credits
    Provides the student with a broad overview of the contemporary issues, theories, and principles used to effectively manage human resources. Topics include recruiting, hiring, compensation and benefits, training and development, employee relations and legal issues.
    Prev. Course Codes: BUS-235, BUS-035
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ MAN 216 - Small Business Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the elements necessary for the successful formation of a new small business. It is also designed to enhance the skills of those already involved in the operation of a small business. The course includes the development of a complete small business plan.
    Prev. Course Codes: SBM-115
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 224 - Leadership

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the leadership skills necessary to bring about change in an organization. Students learn to develop and communicate a shared vision, to empower employees, to manage conflict, to negotiate, and to develop organizations so that all are working toward common goals.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 225 - Managerial Finance

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the concepts and techniques used to analyze financial accounting information for managerial planning, decision making, and control. The focus of the course is on decision making relating to the areas of budgets, forecasts, cost volume production, ROI and financial statements.
    Prev. Course Codes: BUS-244
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ MAN 226 - Principles of Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BUS 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Presents a survey of the principles of management. Emphasis is on the primary functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling with a balance between the behavioral and operational approach.
    Prev. Course Codes: BUS-226, BUS-210, BUS-153
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 230 - Corporate Responsibility

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the concept of corporate responsibility and the extent to which an organization’s resources should be used to identfy and respond to social problems. Included in the course will be topics of corporate and social responsibility and the concept of servant leadership and how this applies to business and management priciples.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 348 - Human Resource Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course provides an overview of the human resource management process and function including the development of strategic partnerships, workforce planning and employment, training and development, compensation and benefits, safety and security, including workers’ compensation systems, and employee labor relations. The course provides information on how companies succeed in a competitive environment, considering aspects of social responsibility such as environmental and employment issues. Students will learn to develop and apply HR planning, recruitment, and selection practices that are legally sustainable and conform to commonly accepted professional standards.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Marketing MAR

  
  •    MAR 110 - Introduction to Sales

    1.0 Credits
    Enables the student to understand and develop a solid foundation of the fundamentals of selling. In addition, the course addresses three additional key areas of selling and sales techniques : selling against the competition, selling broadband services, and business solutions selling.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 111 - Principles of Sales

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BUS 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Enables the student to understand and develop ethical sales techniques and covers the role of selling in the marketing process. Areas of emphasis include behavioral considerations in the buying and selling process and sales technique.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAR-010, MMA-010, MMA-212
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 117 - Principles of Retailing

    3.0 Credits
    Emphasizes the study of the basic principles and techniques of merchandising, operations, layout, store organization, site location, and customer service with an emphasis on retailing operations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 158 - Basic Customer Service

    1.0 Credits
    Focuses on basic concepts and techniques needed to effectively serve customers. Specific emphasis given to manage customer expectations by building customer rapport and creating positive outcomes.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest in business. The content of this course is designed on an as-needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  • ✽ MAR 216 - Principles of Marketing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BUS 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Presents the analysis of theoretical marketing processes and the strategies of product development, pricing, promotion and distribution, and their applications to business and the individual consumer.
    Prev. Course Codes: MMA-211, MMA-251
    LEC 45 Clock hours
 

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