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2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Master Course List

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✽ - 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 technology-enhanced modalities (Webex, hybrid, or online).
 

Outdoor Studies OUT
  

  • ✽ OUT 287 - Internship: Outdoor Leadership

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
    Prev. Course Codes: OUT-130A
    COOP 45 Contact hours per credit
  

  • ✽ OUT 289 - Capstone: Integrating Outdoor Leadership

    4.0 Credits

    This capstone course emphasizes how outdoor recreation leadership can be integrated into future employment opportunities as well as future educational plans. Students will develop a professional portfolio including a summation of activities at CMC such as class notes, syllabi, exams and quizzes, research papers, earned certificates, handouts, and professional resume and will take a comprehensive academic exit exam and a comprehensive skills exit exam.

     
    Prev. Course Codes: OUT 295
    LEC 30 Contact hours LAB 60 Contact hours

  

  • ✽ OUT 295 - Human Dimensions in Outdoor Recreation

    3.0 Credits
    This course is a survey of the interaction between humans and the environment with emphasis placed upon the management, leadership, ethics, and facilitation of the human/natural resource and outdoor recreation experience interface.
    LECLB 67.5 Contact hours

Paralegal PAR
  

  •    PAR 115 - Introduction to Law

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides an understanding of the role of paralegals, issues facing paralegals, the working of the legal system, and ethical questions. Legal terminology and an overview of the substantive areas of law will be discussed.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  •    PAR 116 - Torts

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Focuses on tort law, including negligence, intentional torts, and strict liability, with an emphasis on personal injury litigation.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 117 - Family Law

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Emphasizes domestic law, common property, dissolutions, adoptions, legal separation, and other family law issues.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 118 - Contracts

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Examines the basic principles of contract law.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 125 - Property Law

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Focuses on real estate law, ownership, sale, leasing, financing and government regulation of land.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 127 - Legal Ethics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Explores the parameters of professional responsibilities and value systems for paralegals and related occupations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 201 - Civil Litigation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PAR 115  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Focuses on an intensive study of the legal process including the Federal and Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 206 - Business Organizations

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PAR 115  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Focuses on the study of the major types of business organizations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 213 - Legal Research & Writing I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides an introduction to legal research and writing.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 214 - Legal Research & Writing II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take PAR 213  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Serves as an advanced course in legal research and writing.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PAR 287 - Cooperative Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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.
    COOP 135 Clock hrs.
  

  •    PAR 289 - Capstone

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Emphasizes a synthesis of the information and skills that students learned throughout their paralegal studies.
    LEC 45 Contact hours

Petroleum Technology PET
  

  •    PET 130 - Oil & Gas Production I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition & reading placement.
    Familiarizes the student with the duties and responsibilities of the oil and gas production technician. Specifically, students will be able to discuss the history of the oil market, concepts surrounding exploration and geology, fundamentals of drilling and well completion, and describe the operation of the equipment and systems used by the oil and gas production technician today. This course has a fee that may be non-refundable. Please see the registration staff for more information.
    Prev. Course Codes: PRO-250
    LECLB 67.5 Contact hours
  

  •    PET 230 - Oil & Gas Production II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Prior completion of PET 130  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Familiarizes the student with the duties and responsibilities of the oil and gas production operations technician. Specifically, students will be able to discuss natural gas treatment, dehydration and compressions system and equipment, the produced water treatment and handling system and equipment, auxiliary systems and equipment, artificial lift and enhanced recovery techniques, pumping and transportation systems, safety, health and environmental considerations, basic concepts of refining and processing.
    Prev. Course Codes: PRO-255
    LECLB 67.5 Contact hours

Philosophy PHI
  

  • ◆ PHI 111 - Introduction to Philosophy (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Introduces significant theoretical and practical questions and emphasizes understanding the meaning and methods of philosophy. Includes: the human condition, logic, reality, knowledge, freedom, history, ethics, and religion. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHI-151
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ PHI 112 - Ethics (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Examines human life, experience, and thought in order to discover and develop the principles and values for pursuing a more fulfilled existence. Theories designed to justify ethical judgments are applied to a selection of contemporary personal and social issues. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHI-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  • ◆ PHI 113 - Logic (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Studies effective thinking using language-oriented logic. Provides tools and develops skills for creative and critical thinking and the formal analysis of arguments. Emphasizes the development of decision-making and problem-solving. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHI-153
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ PHI 114 - Comparative Religions (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Introduces students to the similarities and differences among concepts predominant in the major world religions, comparing sociological, philosophical, and phenomenological similarities between major world faiths. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHI-115
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  • ◆ PHI 115 - World Religions - West (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Introduces the student to the common and different concepts predominant in the major world religions. Includes sociological, political, psychological, and philosophical aspects of a variety of belief systems. Focuses on the concept of religion as a cultural system, and a way that people make sense of a complex world. Particular emphasis is placed on how myths, legends, and folk tales reveal religious concerns. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ PHI 116 - World Religions - East (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Emphasizes the diversity and richness of Eastern religions within a cross-cultural context. Concepts such as fate, reincarnation, enlightenment, and morality are analyzed. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ✽ PHI 117 - Psychology of Religion

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Focuses on the application of psychological principles and theories to religious phenomena, including religious practices, beliefs, and rituals. Introduces an historical appreciation of psychologists’ attempts to understand religion, continues with an exploration of select theories, and concludes with an analysis of modern problems and future directions.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PHI 124 - Introduction to Islam

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Introduces the Islamic religious tradition and considers its significance in the modern world. The course investigates the history of Islam, Islamic beliefs and practices, Islamic sects, Sufism, and contemporary issues of Islamic extremism, women in Islam, and Islam in the West.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  •    PHI 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.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHI-270PE
    LEC
  

  • ◆ PHI 214 - Philosophy of Religion (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Focuses on the critical examination of the fundamental concepts, ideas, and implications of religion. Includes the nature of God, the varieties of religious experience, argument concerning God’s existence, the Problem of Evil, faith and reason, religion and human destiny, and the connection between religion and ethics. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHI-145
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  • ◆ PHI 218 - Environmental Ethics (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Analyzes theories of the value of the natural world. Topics may include the relation between scientific and moral principles; theories of the moral worth of persons, animals, plants, and other natural objects; historical, religious, and cultural influences on conceptions of nature; alternative accounts of human relationships and responsibilities to nature; and the connection between moral and political values and economic policies. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  • ◆ PHI 220 - Philosophy of Death & Dying (GT-AH3)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Explores the major philosophical questions surrounding death and dying, the metaphysical arguments for and against the existence of the soul, life after bodily death, the major ethical theories and their relation to issues of physician-assisted suicide, care for the dying, the grieving process, death as expressed in aesthetics and contemporary society, as well as the existential contributions concerning meaning of life and the meaning of death. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PHI 250 - Eastern Wisdom

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Covers fundamental theories of Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Muslim metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics focusing on the development of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism as well as Islam’s development in the East.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PHI 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

Physical Education PED
  

  • ✽ PED 101 - Conditioning Lab

    1.0 Credits
    Offers an independent self-paced format of conditioning exercises to meet individual needs. Emphasizes the value of lifetime fitness and its contribution to achieving personal health and wellness. Students utilize cardio-respiratory, muscular strength, and endurance exercises to promote positive changes in health-related fitness components.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-112
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 102 - Weight Training I

    1.0 Credits
    Offers basic instruction and practice in weight training. Students utilize weight training equipment in accordance with their abilities and goals. Emphasizes weight training equipment orientation, correct lifting techniques, and basic program design for men and women.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-196A, PAC-196, PAC-151Q, PED-116
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 103 - Weight Training II

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 102  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Offers guided instruction and independent practice in weight training for men and women. Students practice various weight training techniques in accordance with their abilities. Emphasizes physiological considerations, equipment orientation, correct lifting techniques, program design, and nutrition.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-197, PAC-152Q
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 105 - Fitness Circuit Training

    1.0 Credits
    Examines a number of different circuit training programs. Emphasizes the development of cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and a healthy body composition to meet individual needs.
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 120 - Aerobics I

    1.0 Credits
    This level of aerobic exercise increases the student’s aerobic endurance and further explains the components of aerobic conditioning. Charting and developing cardiovascular rates is stressed.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-167, PED-217
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 122 - Step Aerobics

    1.0 Credits

    Introduces basic step aerobics and exercise techniques to improve physical fitness. Emphasizes the basic principles of step aerobics including the effects upon the cardio-respiratory system and skeletal muscles, various step patterns, and choreography.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-121

     
    LAB 30 Clock hours

  

  • ✽ PED 125 - Ski Conditioning

    1.0 Credits
    This is an individual conditioning program that builds both aerobic and muscle strength and promotes flexibility for the student planning to participate in either alpine or nordic skiing.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-113, PAC-121, PAC-151, PED-206
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 129 - Zumba

    1.0 Credits
    Zumba is a compilation of high energy, motivating music with unique moves and choreography combinations. Zumba fuses Latin and International music and dance themes to create a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system. The routines feature aerobic/fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body. Zumba utilizes the principles of fitness interval training and resistance training to maximize caloric output, fat burning, and total body toning. It is a mixture of body sculpting movements with easy to follow dance steps.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-233
    LAB 30
  

  • ✽ PED 139 - Beginning Telemark Skiing

    1.0 Credits
    Provides instruction in the basic techniques of the telemark turn on gentle terrain using cross country skis.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-148, PAC-110, PAC-107, PAC-151CT
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 141 - Pilates Matwork I

    1.0 Credits
    Focuses on Pilates matwork to increase core strength, overall muscle tone, and flexibility with focused and precise floor work techniques. A physical education class built upon the philosophies and exercises of Joseph Pilates.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-145
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 142 - Pilates Matwork II

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 141  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Builds upon the philosophies and exercises of Joseph Pilates. Pilates Matwork is a prerequisite, as this course builds upon basic techniques learned therein. Core strength, flexibility, overall muscle tone and balance are the goals of the matwork.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-245
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 143 - Yoga I

    1.0 Credits
    Offers guided instruction in yoga. Students practice yoga according to their individual fitness levels and abilities. Emphasizes enhancing general health and well-being through the performance of yoga strength, flexibility, balance and relaxation techniques and exercises.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-201, PAC-151R, PED 147
    LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ✽ PED 144 - Yoga II

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 143  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Continues to build on the concepts of basic yoga. Increases awareness of yoga including physical and mental benefits.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-202, PED-148
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 150 - Fitness Walking

    1.0 Credits
    This class is designed to improve cardiovascular fitness and strengthen all major muscle groups. This low impact, aerobic walking will also build endurance.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-189, PED-226
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 161 - Tai Chi I

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces Tai Chi as an expression of understanding of self-control, exercise, and self-defense. The primary emphasis is to gain an understanding of the history (origins and changes) of Tai Chi, the movements and their names, application of movements, and terminology.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAA-115, PED-143
    LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ✽ PED 162 - Tai Chi II

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 161  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Emphasizes the instruction of Tai Chi from a practical and scientific approach with illustrations of applications for each of the movements in daily life. Cardiovascular training, strength and flexibility training, balance, and coordination are integral parts of the Tai Chi training. In addition, psycho-social skills such as meditation, relaxation, and self-efficiency are covered.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAA-116, PED-144
    LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ✽ PED 163 - Martial Arts I

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces basic martial arts techniques and forms designed to improve the physical and mental capacity of an individual. Enables the student to gain an understanding of the basic philosophies and concepts around the martial arts and the approach to ethics.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAA-111A, MAR-111A, MAR-151A, PED 146
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 164 - Martial Arts II

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 163  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Presents an empty-hand form of self-defense using all parts of the body in various blocking, kicking, punching and striking techniques against one or more assailants. The style of Karate taught will be Tae Kwon Do. Based on the results of an initial skills test, each student will be assigned two additional kicks, one additional jump kick, and one pattern. Intermediate sparring and self-defense techniques will be taught. Each student will be assigned a goal that they will strive to achieve by the end of the course.
    LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  •    PED 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.
    LAB
  

  • ✽ PED 200 - Swimming I

    1.0 Credits
    Teaches the fundamentals of swimming including the front crawl, elementary backstroke, back crawl, and the fundamentals of treading water. Students may also be introduced to the breaststroke and sidestroke and the basics of turning at a wall. This course is for the non-swimmer or novice swimmer looking to improve aquatic skills.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-165, PAC-141, PAC-151G, PED 108
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 202 - Golf I

    1.0 Credits
    This course is a basic course in golf designed for those who have had little or no formal instruction or for those with some experience who are interested in improving some aspect of their game. Driving range, putting green, and on course play are included.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-164, PAC-136, PAC-151F, PED-100
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 204 - Fencing I

    1.0 Credits
    Presents a beginning course in the art and skill of fencing.  Topical discussions and practical uses of appropriate equipment, rules, safety, footwork, and defensive/attack strategies will be covered.
    LAB 30.0
  

  • ✽ PED 205 - Fencing II

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 204  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Continues the course in the art and skill of fencing.  Topical discussions and practical uses of appropriate equipment, rules, safety, footwork, and defensive/attack strategies will be covered.  The focus of this course will be on the tactical wheel and bouting.
    LAB 30.0
  

  • ✽ PED 208 - Tennis I

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces tennis and focuses on improving the skill level of the student. Emphasizes the elements of tennis including the rules of the game, groundstrokes, serving, the various shots, and singles and doubles play and strategies.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-157, PAC-131, PAC-151E, PED-106
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 209 - Tennis II

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 208  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Introduces advanced instruction and practice for students who already have playing experience and skill in the basic strokes. Emphasizes learning the lob, smash, half-volley, serve variations and tennis strategy for singles and doubles.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-135
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 211 - Bowling

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces bowling fundamentals to improve the student’s skill level. The primary emphasis is on teaching the student the elements of bowling, rules and regulations, footwork, courtesies, delivery, selection of ball, scoring, and team and individual competition.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-125
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 216 - Physical Conditioning

    1.0 Credits
    This course is a fitness program combining movement/exercise with an understanding of how exercise contributes to health.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-171, PAC-151NA, PED-218
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 219 - Dance Exercise

    1.0 Credits
    This class uses dance and stretch exercises from a variety of dance techniques (ballet, modern, jazz) to develop personal fitness.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-181, PAC-151NJ
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 221 - Dynamic Workout

    1.0 Credits
    This course is designed for those who want to increase flexibility and improve muscle tone through proper exercise techniques using mat work. Body alignment, breathing, and work on the abdominals, hips, and thighs will be emphasized.
    Prev. Course Codes: PAC-191, PAC-151NV
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 223 - Beginning Mountaineering

    1.0 Credits
    Covered in this course are basic skills required for non-technical mountaineering, which include the alpine environment, route finding, and hiking skills. Safety will be stressed.
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 224 - Basic Mountaineering

    2.0 Credits
    Students will be familiarized with equipment selection and skills of snow climbing and rock climbing.
    LAB 60 Clock hours
  

  •    PED 237 - Varsity Sports: Beginning Ski Racing

    1.0 Credits
    Allows the student-athlete an opportunity to participate in a competitive varsity sports program. This course is designed to improve the skills of the Alpine Campus ski team members in training and competitive activities.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-137
    LEC 30 Contact hours
  

  • ✽ PED 243 - Advanced Telemark Skiing

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: OUT 148  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Using nordic equipment specifically designed for telemark alpine skiing, techniques for telemark skiing in all terrains and a variety of conditions will be provided.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-150, PED-145
    LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ✽ PED 246 - Advanced Pilates

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PED 142  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Sustaining core stability through breath, 3rd-level cueing for abdominal connection, spinal flexibility, and focus during class. Incorporates Pilates principles into everyday life and recreational activities. Builds endurance and finesse form.
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PED 260 - Advanced Ski Racing

    2.0 Credits
    Develops racing skills in Slalom and Giant Slalom, or Nordic skiing.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-242
    LAB 60 Contact hours
  

  •    PED 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.
    Prev. Course Codes: PED-270AF, PED-270MT, PED-270SN, PED-270AF, PED-270SN, PED-270MT
    LAB 30 Contact hours per credit

Physics PHY
  

  • ◆ PHY 105 - Conceptual Physics (GT-SC1)

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Focuses on mechanics, heat, properties of matter, electricity and magnetism, light and modern physics. Incorporates laboratory experience. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SC1 category.
    LEC 45 Contact hours LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ PHY 107 - Energy Science & Technology (GT-SC1)

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides an in-depth look at the science of energy and energy technologies, with a focus on renewable energy resources and clean technologies. The state of world energy use will provide a context to discuss the need for expansion of renewable energy technology. The course will provide a background in the physics of energy, non-renewable energy methods, the problems of energy transfer and loss, and look at the future utilization of these technologies. This lab-based course will provide the student with the opportunity to explore energy through hands-on activities. Student learning activities may include labs concerning conservation of energy; testing mechanical, electrical, heat and fluid power systems; energy transfer and loss; understanding energy audits; testing solar collectors and wind generators; and investigating hydrogen fuel cells.
    LEC 45 Contact hours LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ PHY 111 - Physics: Algebra-Based I with Lab (GT-SC1)

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 121  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Covers the physics of mechanics and requires application of classical physics to both mathematical and conceptual problems. Major topics include kinematics in one and two dimensions, Newton’s Laws, circular motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum, and rotational mechanics. This course may also include topics relating to simple harmonic motion and traveling and standing waves. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SC1 category.
    LEC 60 Contact hours LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ PHY 112 - Physics: Algebra-Based II with Lab (GT-SC1)

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PHY 111  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Covers the physics of electricity and magnetism and requires application of classical physics to both mathematical and conceptual problems. DC circuits involving resistors, capacitors, and batteries will be covered. Also covered are electromagnetic waves and geometric optics. This course may also include topics relating to simple harmonic motion, traveling and standing waves, and AC circuits. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SC1 category.
    LEC 60 Contact hours LAB 30 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ PHY 211 - Physics: Calculus-Based I With Lab (GT-SC1)

    5.0 Credits
    Co-requisites MAT 201  
    Prerequisites: MAT 122 , with a grade of C- or higher.
    Enables the student to examine the truth about physical reality through reasoning, mathematics, and experimentation. Covers kinematics, force, gravity, energy, momentum, torque, rotational dynamics, fluids, and waves. The concepts and theories presented in class are explored through demonstrations and hands-on experiments. This first semester calculus-based physics course is recommended for students entering engineering or one of the advanced sciences.
    LEC 60 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ◆ PHY 212 - Physics: Calculus-Based II with Lab (GT-SC1)

    5.0 Credits
    Co-requisites MAT 202 
    Prerequisites: PHY 211  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Expands upon PHY 211  and examines thermodynamics, electric fields, electric circuits, magnetic fields, light and optics, and modern physics. The concepts and theories presented in class are explored through demonstrations and hands-on experiments.
    LEC 60 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  

  • ✽ PHY 213 - Physics III: Calculus Based Modern Physics

    3.0 Credits

    Prerequisites: PHY 212  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Expands upon PHY 212 and explores twentieth century advances in physics.  Topics may include special and general relativity, quantum theory, atomic physics, solid state physics, semiconductor physics and cosmology.  

     
    LEC 45 Clock hours

  

  •    PHY 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

Political Science POS
  

  • ◆ POS 105 - Introduction to Political Science (GT-SS1)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or Next Generation Accuplacer Writing scores 246 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. The college may also use previous academic history, including high school information, for placement.
    Focuses on a survey of the discipline of political science, including political philosophy and ideology, democratic and non-democratic governments and processes, and international relations. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS1 category.
    Prev. Course Codes: POS-110, POS-151
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ POS 111 - American Government (GT-SS1)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or Next Generation Accuplacer Writing scores 246 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. The college may also use previous academic history, including high school information, for placement.
    Includes the background of the U.S. Constitution, the philosophy of American government, general principles of the Constitution, federalism, civil liberties, public opinion and citizen participation, political parties, interest groups and the electoral process, and the structure and functions of the national government. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS1 category.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ POS 125 - American State & Local Government (GT-SS1)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or Next Generation Accuplacer Writing scores 246 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. The college may also use previous academic history, including high school information, for placement.
    Emphasizes the structure and function of state, county, and municipal governments including their relations with each other and with national government. Includes a study of Colorado government and politics. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS1 category.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  •    POS 175 - Special Topics

    0.5 - 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
  

  • ◆ POS 205 - International Relations (GT-SS1)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or Next Generation Accuplacer Writing scores 246 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. The college may also use previous academic history, including high school information, for placement.
    Examines the interactions among various levels of actors in the international system. This course attempts to explain behaviors across state boundaries. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS1 category.
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ POS 215 - Current Political Issues (GT-SS1)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or Next Generation Accuplacer Writing scores 246 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. The college may also use previous academic history, including high school information, for placement.
    Incorporates an in-depth analysis of the background and nature of political issues and themes. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS1 category.
    Prev. Course Codes: POS-270IP, POS-025, POS-270IP
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  • ◆ POS 225 - Comparative Government (GT-SS1)

    3.0 Credits

    Prerequisites: Accuplacer Sentence Skills (SS) score of 95 or higher and Reading Comprehension (RC) score of 80 or higher; or Next Generation Accuplacer Writing scores 246 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. The college may also use previous academic history, including high school information, for placement.

     
    Focuses on a comparison of the basic features of selected developed and developing countries. Topics include ideologies, political parties, interest groups, and governmental institutions. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS1 category.
    LEC 45 Contact hours

  

  •    POS 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
  

  • ✽ POS 280 - Internship

    1.0 - 12.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    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

Process Technology PRO
  

  •    PRO 100 - Introduction to Process Technology

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides an overview or introduction into the field of Process Operations within the process industry. The course will introduce the roles and responsibilities of process technicians, the environment in which they work, and the equipment and systems in which they operate. This course has a fee that may be non-refundable. Please see the registration staff for more information.
    LECLB 90 Contact hours
  

  •    PRO 110 - Safety, Health & Environment

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides an introduction to the field of safety, health, and environmental concerns within the process industry. Within this course, you will be introduced to various types of plant hazards, safety and environmental systems and equipment, and the regulations under which processing plants are governed.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  

  •    PRO 120 - Process Technology I: Equipment

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides an overview or introduction into the field of equipment within the process industry. This course will introduce many process industry-related equipment concepts including purpose, components, operation, and the Process Technician’s role for operating and troubleshooting the equipment. This course has a fee that may be non-refundable. Please see the registration staff for more information.
    LECLB 90 Contact hours
  

  •    PRO 130 - Instrumentation I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Provides an introduction to the field of Instrumentation and covers process variables and the various instruments used to sense, measure, transmit, and control those variables. This course also introduces control loops and the elements that are found in different types of loops, such as controllers, regulators, and final control elements. The course concludes with a study of instrumentation drawings and diagrams and a unit on troubleshooting instrumentation. This course has a fee that may be non-refundable. Please see the registration staff for more information.
    LECLB 67.5 Contact hours
  

  •    PRO 131 - Instrumentation II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PRO 130  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Introduces the student to switches, relays, and annunciator systems and moves on to discuss signal conversion and transmission. Controllers, control schemes, and advanced control schemes are covered at a level appropriate for the process technician. The student then moves on to learn about digital control, programmable logic control, and distributed control systems before ending the course with a discussion of instrumentation power supplies, emergency shutdown systems, and instrumentations malfunctions.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  

  •    PRO 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
  

  •    PRO 210 - Process Technology II: Systems

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 107  (or higher) with a grade of C- or higher.  Requires college-level composition and reading placement.
    Studies the interrelationship of process equipment and process systems: arranging process equipment into basic systems; describing the purpose and function of specific process systems; explaining how factors affecting process systems are controlled under normal conditions; and recognizing abnormal process conditions. In addition, it introduces the concept of system and plant economics.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  

  •    PRO 240 - Process Troubleshooting

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Prior completion of PRO 100 , and PRO 120 , and PRO 130  or PRO 131 , with a grade of C- or higher; or program coordinator permission.
    Provides instruction in the different types of troubleshooting techniques, procedures, and methods used to solve process problems. Topics include application of data collection and analysis, cause-effect relationships, and reasoning. This course has a fee that may be non-refundable. Please see the registration staff for more information.
    LECLB 90 Contact hours
  

  •    PRO 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
  

  •    PRO 280 - Internship

    0.5 - 12.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Prior completion of PRO 100  with a grade of C or higher.
    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 Contact hours per credit

Professional Photography PHO
  

  •    PHO 106 - Computer Literacy for Professional Photographers

    3.0 Credits
    Teaches computer literacy, the MAC OS and surveys a variety of software related to professional digital imaging and multi-media presentation. This course will orient the professional photography student to computer lab operations and networks and software and hardware relevant to professional photography. Students will learn: basic file management; basic layout and design applications; how to utilize universal file formats and manage file delivery including FTP; strategies for professional presence on relevant social media platforms; and basic video editing utilizing a variety of media.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHP-101; PHO-105
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  •    PHO 120 - Fundamentals of Photography

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces students to photography through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, assignments, and critiques. Students will learn to see photographically via an exploration of the basic tools, techniques and aesthetics of photography, with an emphasis on the creative use of camera controls, exposure, an overview of film and digital processing, and an awareness of the critical issues in contemporary photography.
    LECLB 67.5 Contact Hours
  

  •    PHO 121 - Photo Image Capture I

    2.0 Credits
    Co-requisites PHO 161  and PHO 143  
    Emphasizes the fundamental operation of a DSLR camera. The general operation of the camera, proper camera handling and maintenance, exposure control, depth of field, lenses and the visual characteristics of lenses, and an understanding of how digital capture works are emphasized. Additional topics include: f-stops, shutter speeds, metering modes, use of the histogram, auto focus, auto bracketing, and exposure compensation.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHP-121
    LEC 30 Contact hours
  

  •    PHO 122 - Photo Image Capture II

    2.0 Credits
    Co-requisites PHO 144 , PHO 162 , and PHO 210  
    Prerequisites: PHO 121  with a grade of C or higher.
    Emphasizes advanced HDSLR camera operation and an understanding of digital imaging processes and terminology. More advanced controls and application of camera techniques such as exposure, basic flash technique, tethered capture, time-lapse, HDSLR video and motion-based capture will be emphasized. In addition to demonstrating technical competency in the aforementioned areas, students will be expected to utilize these techniques as visual communication tools in order to clearly convey their photographic intent.
    LEC 30 Contact hours
  

  •    PHO 143 - Perception & Photography I

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites PHO 121  and PHO 161  
    This course presents the fundamentals of visual perception, design, and seeing in the photographic medium. Topics include: elements of composition, Gestalt principles and the psychology of seeing, conceptual and perceptual exercises, depth representation, figure/ground, and the development of ideas.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHP-043, PHP-243A, PHP-143
    LEC 45 Contact hours
  

  •    PHO 144 - Perception & Photography II

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites PHO 122 , PHO 162 , and PHO 210  
    Prerequisites: PHO 143  with a grade of C or higher.
    This course moves the foundation of aesthetic principles into a more advanced stage. Through the use of historical examples, students will create images that employ the same visual and philosophical concerns of their predecessors in photographic history. This course is fundamentally a photography history shooting class.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHP-144
    LEC 45 Contact hours
 

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