May 16, 2024  
2017-2018 Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Master Course List


Key

✽ - Applies to CMC AA/AS degree

◆ - Colorado State Guaranteed Transfer Course

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NOTE: Not all courses are offered at every campus each term. Not all programs/courses are available at every campus and may require travel to another campus or access via distance learning (IVS, hybrid, or online).

 

Hospitality (Resort Management) HOS

  
  •    HOS 219 - Hospitality Law

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 professional endeavors.
    LEC 45 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 15 Contact hours per credit
  
  •    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 Contact 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 Contact hours

Humanities HUM

  
  • ✽ HUM 103 - Introduction to Film Art

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Studies the relationship among film’s stylistic systems, narrative systems, and audience 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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 115 - World Mythology (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 121 - Early Civilizations (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 122 - From Medieval to Modern (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ HUM 123 - The Modern World (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ HUM 137 - Wilderness & the American Ethic

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ HUM 164 - American Cinema

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    HUM 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement. 
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC 15 Contact hours per credit
  
  •    HUM 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC 15 Contact hours per credit

Industrial Maintenance IMA

  
  •    IMA 100 - Intro Industrial Maintenance

    3.0 Credits
    Provides an overall perspective and foundation for the person entering the industrial maintenance field. The fundamentals of machine operations commonly utilized in the process and energy industry will be presented. Maintenance personnel duties and responsibilities, general maintenance procedures, basic maintenance tools and equipment, basic fastening and securing and machine operating specifications will be covered. Emphasis will be placed upon the understanding of machine documentation. The students will be introduced to the logical process utilized in the diagnosis machinery and control system troubleshooting. Workplace safety will be stressed throughout the course.
    LECLB 67.5 Contact hours
  
  •    IMA 175 - Special Topics

    1.0-6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC 15 Contact hours per credit
  
  •    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 communication 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 Contact 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 Contact hours
  
  •    ITA 102 - Conversational Italian II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 101  with a grade of C- or higher.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ ITA 111 - Italian Language I

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Develops students’ interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communicative abilities in the language. Integrates these skills in the cultural contexts in which the language is used. Offers a foundation in the analysis of culture.
    LEC 75 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ ITA 112 - Italian Language II

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 111  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Expands students’ interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communicative abilities in the language across the disciplines. Integrates these skills with the study of the cultures in which the language is used. Offers a foundation in the analysis of culture and develops intercultural communicative strategies.
    LEC 75 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ ITA 211 - Italian Language III (GT-AH4)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 112  with a grade of C- or higher.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ ITA 212 - Italian Language IV (GT-AH4)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 211  with a grade of C- or higher.
    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 Contact 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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JPN 111 - Japanese Language I

    5.0 Credits
    Develops student’s interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communicative abilities in the language. Integrates these skills in the cultural contexts in which the language is used. Offers a foundation in the analysis of culture.
    LEC 75 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JPN 112 - Japanese Language II

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: JPN 111  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Expands students’ interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communicative abilities in the language across the disciplines. Integrates these skills with the study of the cultures in which the language is used. Offers a foundation in the analysis of culture and develops intercultural communicative strategies.
     
    LEC 75 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ JPN 211 - Japanese Language III (GT-AH4)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: JPN 112  with a grade of C- or higher.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ JPN 212 - Japanese Language IV (GT-AH4)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: JPN 211  with a grade of C- or higher.
    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 Contact hours

Journalism JOU

  
  • ✽ JOU 102 - Introduction to Editing for Media

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Focuses on the process of editing articles for publication in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and the Internet. The Associated Press style is emphasized.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ JOU 105 - Introduction to Mass Media (GT-SS3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or equivalent ACT/SAT scores; or passed CCR 092 , CCR 093 , CCR 094 , or ENG-090 with a grade of C- or better.
    Places the mass media in an historical and cultural perspective, considering the validity, integrity, and influence of the media in a democracy.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 106 - Fundamentals of Reporting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 111 - Principles of Advertising

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Employs design concepts, principles, and practices for advertising management for the mass media.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 121 - Photojournalism

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Prior completion of PHO 120  or PHO 121 , with a grade of C- or higher.  Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    JOU 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides student with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC 15 Contact hours per credit
  
  • ✽ JOU 206 - Intermediate Newswriting & Editing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Presents how to gather information as an investigative reporter through research of local, state, and federal government publications; how to cover police beat and city hall; how our courts and regulatory agencies function; and how to cover other challenges such as the environment, religion, science, medical, public safety, and business.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 225 - Internet Media

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Explores techniques and approaches in the latest delivery methods for internet-based journalism. Students explore digital media outlets such as blogs, microblogs, audio and video podcasts, e-zines, and social networks. Students create journalistic pieces for internet-based media, focusing on best journalistic practices, ethics of internet media, and technology emergence affecting digital journalism. Concepts in video production, photography, writing, sourcing, editing, and additional relevant skills necessary for the citizen journalist are introduced. Students create all components for the online dissemination of news, documentary, and infotainment.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 231 - Introduction to Public Relations

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Focuses on public relations and its role for the individual, the non-profit organization, business, and government; research methodology, principles and practices necessary to become a public relations practitioner; and media channels best suited to a persuasive appeal or crises.
    LEC 60 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 241 - Feature & Magazine Writing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Studies trade, consumer, and technical markets; manuscript development with emphasis on nonfiction; submission techniques; and trends affecting the marketing of manuscripts.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    JOU 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC 15 Contact hours per credit
  
  • ✽ JOU 280 - Internship

    3.0 - 5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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.
    COOP 45 Contact hours per credit

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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact hours
  
  •    LEA 111 - Law Enforcement Defensive Weapons

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Admittance to the CLETA program.
    Introduces the law enforcement candidate to the legal and tactical use of defensive weapon systems to include Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) pepper defensive spray and TASER use in law enforcement defensive tactic applications.
    LEC 15 Contact 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 Contact hours

Library Technician LTN

  
  • ✽ LTN 105 - Research Strategies

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    LTN 275 - Library Technician Special Topics

    1.0 - 12.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC 15 Contact hours per credit

Literature LIT

  
  • ◆ LIT 115 - Introduction to Literature I (GT-AH2)

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 126 - Study of Poetry

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    LIT 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 15 Contact hours per credit
  
  • ◆ LIT 201 - World Literature to 1600 (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 202 - World Literature After 1600 (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 205 - Ethnic Literature (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 211 - American Literature to the Civil War (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 212 - American Literature After the Civil War (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 221 - Survey of British Literature I (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 222 - Survey of British Literature II (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 225 - Introduction to Shakespeare (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 245 - Literature of the American West

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 255 - Children’s Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 259 - Survey of African-American Literature (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Examines African-American literature from 1750 to the present, exploring ideas, historical and social contexts, themes, and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 267 - The Bible As Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 interpretive communities, and some impacts of the Bible in such areas as law, poetry, fiction, psychology, ethics, and theology.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 268 - Celtic Literature (GT-AH2)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 269 - Popular Literature & Culture

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Explores special interests in literature, such as Detective Fiction and Science Fiction.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    LIT 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 15 Contact hours per credit

Machining MAC

  
  •    MAC 252 - Practical Metallurgy

    3.0 Credits
    Offers a study of metallurgical terms and definitions in an effort to understand both the behavior 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 Contact 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 Contact 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 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 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 15 Contact hours per credit
  
  •    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ MAN 216 - Small Business Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 224 - Leadership

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 225 - Managerial Finance

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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 Contact hours
  
  • ✽ MAN 226 - Principles of Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BUS 115  with a grade of C- or higher.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 230 - Corporate Ethics & Social Responsibility

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Examines the concept of corporate responsibility and the extent to which an organization’s resources should be used to identify and respond to social and ethical 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 principles. 
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 328 - Contemporary Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 , ACC 121 , and COM 115  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Provides students of all disciplines a broad overview of contemporary organizational management practices as they relate to the four functions of managers; planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Explores organizational behavior and human motivation, total quality management and process improvement, decision-making styles, characteristics of effective control systems, and the importance of ethics and social responsibility in for-profit enterprises.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 337 - Management Decision Support Systems

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 121  and BUS 226  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Introduces management decision sciences and a quantitative approach to decision making. Provides students with a sound conceptual understanding of the role of management science in the decision-making process. Emphasizes applications and uses the problem-scenario approach to understanding real business problems and solutions. Creates models to generate solutions and recommendations to management.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 348 - Human Resource Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121  with a grade of C- or higher.
    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 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 357 - Retail Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Junior Standing and MAR 326  with a grade of C- or higher. MAR 326  may be taken concurrently if not previously completed.
    Explores strategic and operational aspects of modern retailing management. Topics include site location evaluation, marketing, merchandising, store operations, inventory control, human resources, e-commerce, finance, and customer service. Emerging trends and issues in retailing, online retailing, and retail technologies will be explored.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 427 - Project Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAN 328  with a grade of C- or higher.
    This course introduces the fundamental concepts of project management and examines the organization, planning, and controlling of projects. Core topics include the role of the project manager, project selection, team selection, project management software, risk management, the project life cycle, work breakdown structure and scheduling techniques, Gantt charts, and network diagrams. Uses team projects and simulations to apply project management principles to real-world projects. Introduces the Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as the basis for exploring more thoroughly the practices, tools, and techniques for successful project management.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 437 - Venture Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: FIN 413  with a grade of C- or higher.
    This course covers the project management process from conception to implementation. Content will concentrate on attributes of project management through the search for and assessment of opportunities, as well as the gathering of resources for opportunities conversion. Students will gain an understanding of all necessary areas of project management as it applies to a business including the skill sets necessary to create a new operation. Outcomes of the course include preparation and brief presentation of a new project plan.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 486 - Leading and Managing Change

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAN 328  and MAR 326  with a grade of C- or higher.
    This course explores the theoretical framework of leadership theory and exposes the student to a variety of leadership models. Examines leadership models in the context of organizational change. Explores developing leadership and management skills through the organization, achieving effective internal reorganization, and coping with constantly changing external environments. Weaves themes of social responsibility and ethics with applications for contemporary leadership.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAN-498
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 490 - Global Business

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAN 328  and MAR 326  with a grade of C- or higher.
    This course analyzes international business strategies using trends, costs, forecasting, pricing, sourcing, and distribution factors. Examines development of an international export/import supply chain and how the global business framework influences business. Incorporates sustainable business practices on a global scale.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  
  •    MAN 497 - Business Strategy (BSBA Capstone Course)

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: FIN 325 , BIS 334 , MAN 328 , MAR 326 , ECO 202 , BUS 216 , and BUS 217  with a grade of C- or higher.
    This course introduces the concepts, tools, and first principles of strategy formulation and competitive analysis. Investigates why some firms survive and prosper while others do not, and develops the critical analysis and communication skills necessary to create and implement firm strategy. Focuses on the information, analyses, organizational processes, and business judgment managers must use to design strategies, position their businesses and assets, and define firm boundaries to maximize long-term profits in the face of uncertainty and competition. Discusses the concepts of strategic management related to sustainable business practices.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAN-488
    LEC 60 Contact hours

Manufacturing Technology MTE

  
  •    MTE 120 - Manufacturing Processes

    3.0 Credits
    Provides the student an overview of the different methods, tools, and machines which are used to manufacture industrial and consumer products.
    LECLB 67.5 Contact hours
  
  •    MTE 278 - Manufacturing Seminar

    1.0 - 3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Prior completion of CAD 101  and EIC 220  with a grade of C- or higher.
    This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity.
    LAB 30 Contact hours per credit
  
  •    MTE 289 - Manufacturing Capstone

    1.0 - 3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Prior completion of MTE 278  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Provides a demonstrated culmination of learning with a given program of study.
    LAB 30 Contact hours per credit
 

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