Mar 28, 2024  
2012-2013 Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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.

 

Ski Business SKB

  
  •    SKB 140 - Accelerated Ski & Board Tuning

    3.0 Credits
    Emphasizes the ski repair shop as a profit center and techniques of ski repair and ski tuning. Provides students with advanced skills associated with proper machine and tool use, edge repair, delaminations, and introduces them to binding inspection, mounting, and adjustment. Advanced structuring and waxing techniques and evaluation and prioritization of ski and board repairs to ensure product reliability and safety are covered.
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    SKB 187 - Work Experience

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
    COOP 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SKB 210 - Ski and Board Product Design

    3.0 Credits
    Design and manufacturing aspects of ski equipment and clothing are introduced in this course. Performance, safety, materials, graphics, and packaging are covered.
    Prev. Course Codes: SKB-022, SKB-122
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SKB 216 - Ski & Snowboard Marketing & Media

    3.0 Credits
    Presents the analysis of theoretical marketing processes and the strategies of product development, pricing, promotion and distribution and their applications to the snow sport business and the individual consumer.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SKB 220 - Snow Sports Retail & Wholesale

    3.0 Credits
    The organization, management, and planning strategies of a retail, repair, and rental shop are introduced in this course. Shop design, equipment buying and storage, shop procedures, shop liability, inventory, and bookkeeping are emphasized.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SKB 221 - Introduction to International Ski & Snowboard Business

    3.0 Credits
    This course is designed to introduce students to the knowledge and skills needed to grow and sustain performance in the global ski and snowboard industry. Basic business operations surrounding the global marketplace including sourcing, production, marketing, cultural implications, legal challenges, and global finance will be discussed. Additionally, students will learn about different strategies ski and snowboard focused businesses use to expand globally, gain an awarness of competitive advantage, and be exposed to international career opportunities within the industry.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SKB 229 - Integrated Portfolio & Capstone

    3.0 Credits
    This course is a review of the major ideas and issues of the Ski and Snowboard Business program. Through development of an integrated portfolio gained during an internship with a ski and snowbaord business the student will demonstrate proficiency in degree competencies.
    COOP 135 Clock hours
  
  •    SKB 230 - The Business of Ski Guiding

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the student to fundamental business skills required to operate as a private, contracted guide in the skiing and outdoor industry. Emphasis will be placed on marketing your services, creating customer loyalty, and understanding laws and regulations affecting the guiding industry.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SKB 287 - Work Experience

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational program.
    Prev. Course Codes: SKB-130C, SKB-030C, SKB-130C
    COOP

Small Business Management SBM

  
  •    SBM 101 - Starting a Small Business

    1.0 Credits
    Provides a brief overview of various topics related to starting a small business. Some topics are types of businesses, location, image, insurance, permits, and licenses.
    Prev. Course Codes: BSM-270BP, BSM-080, BSM-247AN, BSM-270HS, BSM-085, BSM-247PA
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    SBM 103 - Legal Aspects of a Small Business

    1.0 Credits
    Provides a brief overview of legal issues involved in starting and managing a small business. The course focuses on business organizations, contracts, and agreements and protecting the business.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    SBM 108 - Marketing for a Small Business

    1.0 Credits
    Provides a brief overview of the marketing functions applied to a small business. Topics include planning a marketing strategy, promoting a business, competitive analysis, and customers and prospects.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    SBM 110 - Managing a Small Business

    1.0 Credits
    Provides a brief overview of the management process as it applies to the small business. Concepts covered in the course include setting goals, conducting evaluations, and analyzing financial records.
    Prev. Course Codes: BSM-110, BSM-010, BSM-110
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    SBM 112 - Financing a Small Business

    1.0 Credits
    Provides a brief overview of the basics of financing a small business. Topics include source of capital, types of business loans, and maintenance of cash flow.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    SBM 289 - Writing a Business Plan

    1.0 Credits
    Provides a capstone experience for the Small Business certificate program. The student will write a business plan.
    LEC 15 Clock hours

Sociology SOC

  
  • ◆ SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the basic concepts, theories, and principles of sociology as well as human culture, social groups, and the social issues of age, gender, class, and race.
    Prev. Course Codes: SOC-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SOC 102 - Introduction to Sociology II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines social institutions and organizations from the macro perspective. Emphasizes issues of social change, demography, social movements, and conflicts and trends within education, religion, family, political, and economic structures.
    Prev. Course Codes: SOC-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SOC 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  • ✽ SOC 201 - Introduction to Gerontology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SOC 101 , SOC 102 , PSY 101 , or PSY 102 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Acquaints students with the major issues and concepts pertinent to the field of gerontology. The course introduces various theoretical perspectives on aging, the changing trends in life expectancy and other demographic considerations, and the inter-relationship between elders and key social institutions. It provides an overview of physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional factors assicated with aging.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SOC 205 - Sociology of Family Dynamics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SOC 101 ; Minimum grade C-. Requires college-level reading.
    Develops an understanding of marriage, family and kinship. It examines the family as an institution and how social, cultural, and personal factors influence family relations. The stability and diversity of the family will be explored, along with current trends and some alternative life styles.
    Prev. Course Codes: SOC-210, SOC-155
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SOC 207 - Environmental Sociology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examination of humans and the environment from an ecological perspective. Focuses on industrial and economic growth versus sustainability, natural resources development and management, environmental values and social movements, and comparative perspectives on people’s relationships to the environment. Review of the “green” movement and other environmental movements and their impacts upon social dynamics, the environment, and the evolution of social movements.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SOC 215 - Contemporary Social Problems

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores current social issues that result in societal problems. It forcuses on such issues as civil liberties, gender discrimination, substance abuse, crime, poverty, and social change.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SOC 216 - Sociology of Gender

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Gives students the theoretical and factual background necessary to understand the phenomenon of gender stratification in American and other cultures. Students will be exposed to a history of gender stratification in human societies, theoretical explanations for this, and insights into the consequences of gender differentiation in our world today.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SOC 218 - Sociology of Diversity

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores the variety of inter-group relations regarding race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other diversity issues. Patterns of prejudice, discrimination, and possible solutions to these issues will be addressed.
    Prev. Course Codes: SOC-220
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SOC 220 - Sociology of Religion

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course provides an introduction to the sociology of religion, including a comparative and critical examination of world religions, by focusing on social interpretation and explanation of the role of religion in human culture. The interaction between society and religion is thus examined as are a wide variety of religious beliefs and practices.
    LEC 45
  
  • ◆ SOC 231 - Sociology-Deviant Behavior

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    The Sociology of Deviant Behavior
    LEC 45
  
  • ◆ SOC 237 - Sociology of Death & Dying

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an opportunity to familiarize students and professionals with the needs and issues surrounding dying and death. This course will provide sociological, psychological, religious, historical, and anthropological perspectives for interpreting contemporary American customs dealing with dying, death, and bereavement. We will examine the professions associated with death and dying, such as hospice, funeral and crematory institutions, and medical care.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SOC 261 - Understanding Child Sexual Abuse

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course deals with an historical understanding of child sexual abuse, including definitions, dynamics, effects on the victim, how society intervenes, and prevention methods.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SOC 287 - Internship I

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides work experience for students to gain practical work experience related to their educational programs.
    CLIN

Spanish SPA

  
  •    SPA 100 - Introduction to Spanish

    3.0 Credits
    Designed to give the student an overview of foreign language acquisition, an appreciation of foreign cultures, and to develop appropriate study skills for success in a foreign language classroom. Instruction will include basic vocabulary, grammar, and expressions that are used in daily situations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 101 - Conversational Spanish I

    3.0 Credits
    Offers beginning students the skills necessary to understand and speak Spanish. The material includes basic vocabulary, grammar, and expressions that are used in daily situations and in travel.
    Prev. Course Codes: SPA-101A, SPA-101, SPA-011, SPN-135
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 102 - Conversational Spanish II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Offers students the skills necessary to understand and speak Spanish. The material continues to basic conversation patterns, expressions, and grammar.
    Prev. Course Codes: SPA-102A, SPA-102, SPA-012, SPN-136
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 103 - Intercambio I: Beginning Level

    2.0 Credits
    Focuses on true conversational practice of Spanish and English between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Spanish and English learners will meet together under the direction of facilitators to practice their target language in group and paired teams. Weekly meetings will focus on rotating between themes and cultural sharing.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 104 - Intercambio II: Intermediate Level

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 103  or SPA 111 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This class focuses on true conversational practice of Spanish and English between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Spanish and English learners will meet together under the direction of facilitators to practice their target language in group and paired teams. Weekly meetings will focus on rotating between themes and cultural sharing.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 105 - Intercambio III: Advanced Level

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 104  or SPA 211 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This class focuses on true conversational practice of Spanish and English between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Spanish and English learners will meet together under the direction of facilitators to practice their target language in group and paired teams. Weekly meetings will focus on rotating between themes and cultural sharing.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SPA 111 - Spanish Language I

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    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.
    Prev. Course Codes: SPN-151
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SPA 112 - Spanish Language II

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 111 ; Minimum grade C-.
    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.
    Prev. Course Codes: SPN-152
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SPA 114 - Fast-track Spanish I & II

    5.0 Credits
    Designed to bridge beginning SPA courses with intermediate SPA courses. It is designed for students who have studied two years of the target language in high school and possess linguistic and cultural knowledge that true beginners do not, but who are not ready yet to move to the intermediate level because they need an in-depth review of essential structures.
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 115 - Spanish for the Professional I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Designed as an introduction to a working knowledge of the target language, cultural behaviors, and values useful in various professional fields such as health care, law enforcement, bilingual education, business, and others.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC
  
  • ✽ SPA 178 - Seminar: Cultural Journey to Spain

    3.0 Credits
    Provides students with an experiential learning opportunity. Students take a cultural journey to Madrid and Granada, Spain to learn about this remarkable small country whose history and culture have impacted every corner of the world. Through museums, castles, cathedrals, mosques, monuments, live theater, and musical productions students learn of Spain’s art, music, political history, and religion. Students will also study the Spanish language and culture while liveing with Andalucian families.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 201 - Conversational Spanish III

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 102 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides students with the skills necessary to continue their study of understanding and speaking Spanish. The material includes intermediate-level vocabulary, grammar, and expressions.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 202 - Conversational Spanish IV

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 201 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides students the skills necessary to continue their study of understanding and speaking Spanish. The material will continue to cover intermediate level conversational patterns, expressions, and grammar.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SPA 211 - Spanish Language III

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 112 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues Spanish Language I and II in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Spanish language. Note: The order of the topics and the methodology will vary according to individual texts and instructors.
    Prev. Course Codes: SPN-251
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ SPA 212 - Spanish Language IV

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 211 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues Spanish I, II, and III in the development of increased functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the language.
    Prev. Course Codes: SPN-252
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 231 - Advanced Spanish Conversation

    3.0 Credits
    Students will gain breadth and depth to their conversational skills, emphasizing current topics in the Hispanic world. Pre-requisite: two years of college Spanish or equivalent.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SPA 235 - Spanish Reading-Writing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 212 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Builds vocabulary and develops reading and writing strategies in Spanish to be able to analyze fictional and non-fictional texts and gain further cultural insight of the Hispanic world.
    Prev. Course Codes: SPA-220
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 236 - Latin American Cinema

    2.0 Credits
    This course is designed to introduce students to the cinematic work of a number of Latin American film artists using an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach emphasizing the socio-economic and political issues. The course is intended for students at the intermediate Spanish level or higher. Most films are subtitled in English or Spanish and class discussion is in Spanish.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 237 - Spanish Cinema

    2.0 Credits
    This course is designed to introduce students to the cinematic work of a number of Spanish film artists using an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural approach emphasing the socio-economic and political issues. The course is intended for students at the intermediate Spanish level or hghher. Most films are subtitled in English or Spanish and class discussion is in Spanish.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SPA 261 - Grammar for the Heritage Language Speaker

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 212 ; Minimum grade C- or equivalent placement test scores.
    Provides formal grammatical instruction to foreign language students, whether native or bilingual, who want to develop their existing proficiency in the target language.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ SPA 262 - Composition for the Heritage Language Speaker

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SPA 212 ; Minimum grade C- or equivalent placement test score.
    Provides formal composition instruction to Spanish language students, whether native or bilingual, who want to develop their existing proficiency in the target language.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SPA 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-do-date information.
    LEC 15 Clock hours

Sustainability Studies SUS

  
  •    SUS 300 - Foundations of Sustainability

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites ENV 101  MAT 120  ENG 122 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.  ENV 101  , MAT 120  (or higher), and ENG 122  .  Students may take these courses concurrently if they have not successfully completed them with a minimum grade of C- prior to enrollment.
    This course explores the history and evolution of the sustainability movement. An examination of key developments, definitions, and principles provides a platform for students to evaluate sustainability as a critical paradigm shift. Issues such as human population growth, carrying capacity, global warming, and complex systems theory are discussed while innovative perspectives such as ecological design, biomimicry, and adaptive management are analyzed and applied.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SUS 301 - Systems Thinking & Sustainability

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites ENV 101  MAT 120  ENG 122 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.  ENV 101  , MAT 120  (or higher), and ENG 122  .  Students may take these courses concurrently if they have not successfully completed them with a minimum grade of C- prior to enrollment.
    Explores solutions to sustainability issues that often seem daunting because they are usually approached in a conventional problem-solving methodology (reductionism, analysis of individual parts). Systems thinking is an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving that emphasizes the interactions and connectedness of the different components and how they feedback and affect each other. In this class, students will learn how systems work, understand systems thinking, and apply different systems models to sustainability problems.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 310 - Ecology & Sustainability

    4.0 Credits
    Co-requisites SUS 300  SUS-301
    Prerequisites: BIO 111 ; Minimum grade C-. SUS 300  or SUS-301 must be taken concurrently with this course if neither course has been previously completed with a grade of C- or better.
    This course will be an exploration of the inter-relationships between organisms and their environment. Students will study the ecological factors that influence organisms’ distributions, abundance, and relationships. The connections between biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components of the environment influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms will be explored. Populations, community, and ecosystem level ecology are examined and discussed, especially in light of human influences on natural systems. Systems sustainability will be explored in the context of ecological principles. Includes laboratory and field experiences.
    LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  •    SUS 311 - Integrated Science for Sustainability

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENV-101; Minimum grade C-.
    Explores a broad spectrum of sciences that are contributing to our knowledge and understanding of sustainability. The class is constructed to give students a foundation from which they will interpret, analyze, and articulate an understanding of what sustainability means in today’s context based on the various sciences that are exploring and problem solving in this area. Course content is designed to enable students to understand the complex relationships embedded within and arising from sustainable practices as these relate to our understanding of ecological and social systems. Woven throughout the course are themes of social, ecological, and personal responsibility as these relate to the various sciences of sustainability.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 320 - Literature for Change: Shaping Environmental Thought

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites SUS 300  SUS-301
    Prerequisites: ENG 121  ENG 122 ; Minimum grade C-. SUS 300  or SUS-301 must be taken concurrently with this course if neither has been previously completed with a grade of C- or better.
    Examines landmark texts that have shaped environmental thought. Texts are considered within their historical and political contexts to explore their effect on policy and our view of human relationships with the environment. Texts explored include canonical literary texts along with contemporary newcomers. Interdisciplinary in nature, the course will cover literature that envelops rhetoric, science, and public policy to develop a holistic view of impactful written work.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SUS 321 - Leadership, Ethics, & Social Responsibility

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course will address contemporary social, humanitarian, and/or environmental issues through disciplined study, community-based research, and action related to personal and social responsibility in the 21st century. It will examine questions of ethics, meaning, and value through the study of current and classical texts, community partnerships, and student presentations of projects. Students from different major fields will strengthen their ability to integrate knowledge and skills, and learn to build connections among disciplines, personal values and beliefs, diverse viewpoints, and active citizenship. The seminar format includes study of foundational readings, linking the CMC common reader series to discipline-based study (when appropriate), and cross-cultural classic and contemporary readings.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    SUS 322 - Foodshed Sustainability

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines food production and consumption by analyzing the resource cycles (or “foodsheds”) that lead from soil to plate to body to soil, in relation to the cultural, socio-economic and political contexts in which we make choices about how to live and eat and grow our food.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 324 - Colorado in Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This ecocriticism course is an elective course within the BASS program. It is designed with the idea that exploration of the stories of a particular locale culminates in a deeper understanding of the inter-connectivity of issues related to any place, and all places. Story teaches us of the lives of others; the lives of other humans, as well as the lives of plants, pastures, plateaus, cliffs, canyons, and other entire ecosystems. This place-based inquiry, centered on Colorado, explores the depictions and relations of local literature to environment, economy, and social equity. This course will have writing and research components. Students will contribute knowledge and insights gained from previous program studies while engaging in discussions and critiques of the literature.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 330 - Sustainable Economics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take MAT-120 or higher, ENG-121, and ECO-201 or ECO-202 or ECO-245; Minimum grade C-.
    This course is an interdisciplinary approach to economics, combining concepts from ecology, physical science, and behavioural economics. The course places traditional economic concepts within the foundation of sustainability by stressing the essential interconnection between the environment, economics, and social equity.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 331 - Cultural & Place-Based Equity

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites PHI-218 ENV-101
    Prerequisites: ENV-101 and PHI-218; Minimum grade C-. ENV-101 and PHI-218 must be taken concurrently with this course if not previously successfully completed.
    Focuses on how issues of culture and place relate to sustainability. Students will learn how sustainability involves relationships between people and places. A variety of global civilizations are considered in order to envision diverse perspectives on sustainability. Based on case studies, students will explore and discuss sustainability in terms of environmental health, justice, equity, and security. The course invites critical thinking and reflection and also challenges students to analyze the situations in which they live and participate.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 340 - Environmental Chemistry

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: CHE-112; Minimum grade C-.
    Develops a working-level knowledge of chemistry fundamentals and the basic principles and concepts of environmental chemistry. Students will acquire a familiarity-level knowledge of geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, environmental microbiology, water treatment, and green and energy chemistry.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 341 - Sustainable Agriculture

    4.0 Credits
    Co-requisites SUS 300  SUS-301
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading. SUS 300  or SUS-301 must be taken concurrently if not previously completed with a grade of C- or better.
    This course will explore the principles of sustainable agriculture for both animal and plant production with additional focus on traditional knowledge, community-supported agriculture, permaculture, and small-scale agriculture. Field experiences may include site visits, student research plots, and practica. The course will also evaluate the resource cycles available in the individual and collective landscapes, and look at how to integrate all aspects of the resource cycle to support healthy ecological systems through agricultural practices. Water harvesting and irrigation methods, seed-banking, natural pest management, land use, and watershed sustainability will also be addressed.
    LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  •    SUS 410 - Conservation Biology

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BIO-111 ENV-101; Minimum grade C- or permission of instructor.
    Explores the diverse contributions of nature to civilization including the emergence of biodiversity on earth, the distribution and abundance of wilderness and primary ecosystems, and co-evolution of humans and nature. In an effort to maintain elements of biodiversity in the remaining healthy places on earth, technologies for the protection and restoration of nature are explored. Case studies such as national parks and extractive reserves will be used as models for designing enduring conservation projects locally and globally. The main professional tools for conservation biology will be taught, including restoration ecology, island biogeography, medical botany, and cultural survival. Landmark topics include ecological triage, biodynamic agriculture, corridor connectivity, and biodiversity sustainability. Critical thinking in nature reserve design will allow students to demonstrate in their final project how co-existence of humans with nature will lead to an ever-advancing and enduring civilization in a world park.
    LEC 60 LAB 30
  
  •    SUS 416 - Careers & Professional Skills in Sustainability

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: SUS-300 or SUS-301; Minimum grade C-.
    This is an elective course within the BASS program. It is designed to cultivate precision in professional skills needed by students within the Sustainability field. It will include guest visits from prospective employers within the local community, job skills workshops for myriad career paths, and proper searches for prospective areas of employment locally, regionally, nationally, and abroad. It will also address goal setting, training in marketability, and clarity on resume building for the discipline. The course is a form of preparation for initial employability, professional career advancement, or further graduate education specific to the field. Each semester, the course will be slightly attuned to that particular group of students in order for the information to be most worthwhile and relevant.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 420 - Writing for Sustainability

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG-121 and ENG-122; Minimum grade C-.
    Through selected readings and writings, students will identify how writing serves as an important form of environmental action. This course analyzes various forms of environmental discourse (narrative/oral tradition, feature writing, essays) that serve as models to determine effective techniques for reaching contemporary audiences. Special attention will be given to stylistic conventions and argumentative techniques. Class will be conducted in both workshop and discussion format.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 421 - Fostering Sustainable Behaviors

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites SUS-300 SUS-301
    Prerequisites: SUS-300 or SUS-301; Minimum grade C-. May be taken as a co-requisite if not previously completed.
    This course explores the roles of individuals and societies in fostering environmentally sustainable behaviors. Understanding how human behaviors are at the core of solving the world’s most pressing environmental challenges is an essential part of the equation in creating and implementing sustainable solutions. The course covers a variety of perspectives from the emerging fields of ecological and conservation psychology and then examines theories in the context of current social institutions and processes.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 430 - Sustainable Business

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG-121, COM-115, and MAT-120 or higher; Minimum grade C-.
    This course is an introduction to the principles and practices of sustainable business using the 3-Es sustainability model; restoring the environment, ensuring long-term economic profitability, and building (social) equity, all in a systematic, interdependent manner. Provides students with a broad and real-world understanding of business sustainability.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 431 - Social Entrepreneurship

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course is an introduction to social entrepreneurship - the innovative use of entrepreneurial and market principles to solve environmental, economic, and equity problems. Students will examine models of social change, study entrepreneurial initiatives, and learn the management skills necessary to create, manage, and grow sustainable social capital.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 440 - Watershed Science & Land Use Impacts

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites SUS-300 SUS-301
    Prerequisites: SUS-300 or SUS-301; Minimum grade C-. May be taken as a co-requisite if not previously completed.
    This course will explore the dynamic environments that exist within watersheds and how human activity can impact the health of watersheds. Principles of hydrology, geology, soil science, climatology, and ecology will be explored in how they define a watershed and their interactions. Watershed management practices will also be examined to understand the role of humans and associated impacts from development and natural resource extraction.
    LEC 45
  
  •    SUS 489 - Sustainability Capstone

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course is intended to provide a capstone experience for the student. It is an opportunity for the student to understand his/her metacognitive growth over time within the discipline by elevating competencies and empowering student accomplishments. It is purposefully designed to be reflective of the student’s overall collegiate experience; implementing the BASS program’s primary mode of inquiry, the 3E’s, into a series of culminating scholarly works including portfolio development and qualitative and quantitative research. Through a balance of theory and practice, students will weave together interdisciplinary thought, demonstrating that they have achieved the learning objectives from the major. The student will embody a broad mastery of learning across the curriculum, while building on professional skills and honing significant proficiences consistent with the discipline of sustainability. Through a seminar approach, the student will further cultivate the ability to problem-solve with a focused, holistic approach. This course is to be taken during the student’s last semester of coursework.
    LEC 60

Theater Arts (Drama) THE

  
  • ✽ THE 100 - Technical Theatre Lab

    1.0 - 3.0 Credits
    Provides students with safety training for working with equipment used for Technical Theater, as well as hands-on experience in one or all of the following areas: stage lighting, set construction, stage properties, costuming, and makeup.
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ THE 105 - Theatre Appreciation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Includes discussions, workshops, and lectures designed to discover, analyze, and evaluate all aspects of the theatre experience: scripts, acting, directing, staging, history, and criticism.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 107 - Elements of Theatrical Craft & Design

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Required college-level reading.
    Explores the theory and practice of technical theatre craft and design. Through lecture, discussion, and class projects, students learn about evolving forms and styles of architecture, scenery, and decoration, properties, constumes/make-up, lighting, and sounds.
    LEC 45
  
  • ✽ THE 108 - Theater Script Analysis

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course introduces students to methods of reading and analyzing literature for the stage. In addition, students will apply staging and design concepts in visualizing and analyzing how a play looks, sounds, and feels when produced.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 111 - Acting I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Covers basic acting techniques and approaches, including scene study, improvisation, and script analysis. It includes practical application through classroom performance.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-116, DRA-155
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 112 - Acting II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: THE 111 ; Minimum grade C-. or consent of the instructor.
    Continues to explore basic acting techniques and approaches, including scene study, improvisation, and intermediate script analysis. It includes practical application through classroom performance.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-117, DRA-156
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 131 - Theatre Production I

    3.0 Credits
    Allows students to put into practice theories of theatre production. Participation in set construction, scenic artistry, costuming, lighting, sound, acting, stage managing, and administration is available.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-030, DRA-190
    LAB 90 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 132 - Theatre Production II

    3.0 Credits
    Allows students to continue to put into practice theories of theatre production. Participation in set construction, scenic artistry, costuming, lighting, sound, acting, stage managing, and administration is available.
    LAB 90 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 141 - Improvisation I

    1.0 Credits
    Helps students learn improvisation skills for performance and character development. Emphasis is placed on Second City” style of improvisation.”
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ THE 211 - Development of Theatre I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Surveys the history and evolution of drama from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance, emphasizing all aspects of the art from period values to analysis of dramatic literature and performance.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-111, DRA-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ THE 212 - Development of Theatre II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Surveys the history and evolution of drama from the Renaissance to the present, emphasizing all aspects of the art from period values to analysis of dramatic literature and performance.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-112, DRA-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 215 - Playwriting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Gives students the opportunity to learn and practice playwriting techniques, thereby improving creative writing skills. Elements of dramatic structure, dialogue, styles, and theatrical practices are emphasized.
    LEC 45
  
  • ✽ THE 246 - Rehearsal & Performance

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: College-level reading;
    Gives the student actor practical experience in a real acting environment. Through the audition and rehearsal process the student`s imagination and creative potential will be stimulated. Special attention will be given to characterization, stage movement, speech techniques, dramatic form, and the rehearsal/production/performance process. The successful rehearsal and presentation of the current production to the public will be the focal point of their activities. Previous acting experience is helpful but not required.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-270
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ THE 247 - Rehearsal & Performance II

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Collegle-level reading, ENG 060 , and THE 131 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Gives the student actor practical experience in a real acting environment. Through the audition and rehearsal process the student`s imagination and creative potential will be stimulated. Special attention will be given to characterization, stage movement, speech techniques, dramatic form, and the rehearsal/production/performance process. The successful rehearsal and presentation of the current production to the public will be the focal point of their activities. Previous acting experience is helpful but not required.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-271
    LAB 60 Clock hours
  
  •    THE 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    Prev. Course Codes: THE-290B, THE-280B, THE-290B
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    THE 280 - Internship

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level eading.
    Provides students with the opportunity to supplement coursework with practical work experience related to their educational program. Students work under the immediate supervision of experienced personnel at the business location and with the direct guidance of the instructor.
    COOP 45 Clock hours

Translation & Interpretation TRI

  
  •    TRI 101 - Introduction to Translation & Interpretation

    3.0 Credits
    Presents an introduction to translation and interpretation including basic principles, procedures, and techniques; a portrait of work duties of the various types of translators and interpreters; and theoretical foundations for translation and interpretation. Requires a SCAPE score over 800 or a CASAS score over 240.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    TRI 102 - Business of Translation & Interpretation

    2.0 Credits
    Presents an overview of the business of tranlation and interpretation including job searching, how to start a business, qualifactions, and essential technologies. Requires a SCAPE score over 800 or a CASAS score over 240.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    TRI 201 - Consecutive Interpretation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: TRI 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Presents the theory, history, and skills of consecutive interpretation and fosters the practical application of these skills.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    TRI 202 - Simultaneous Interpretation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: TRI 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Presents the theory, history, and skills of simultaneous interpretation and fosters the practical application of these skills.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Veterinary Technology VET

  
  •    VET 100 - Introduction to Veterinary Technology

    2.0 Credits
    Co-requisites VET 105 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course is designed to introduce students to the veterinary profession and discusses career possibilities for the graduate veterinary technician. Topics will include medical terminology, ethics, breed identification of various species, occupational hazards, and career paths. A minimum grade of C” is required for this course.”
    Prev. Course Codes: VET-010, AHT-110
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    VET 102 - Computer Applications for Veterinary Technicians

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: VET 100  or instructor approval; minimum grade C.
    This course will provide students with computer application skills appropriate for the veterinary setting. Students will apply the knowlege to use common veterinary software for client, patient, and all hospital records. A minimum grade of C” is required in this course.”
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    VET 103 - Veterinary Technology Math

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 099 ; Minimum grade C. Requires college-level reading.
    Presents a broad spectrum of information commonly referred to as Posology, which is defined as the study of dose and dosage in the field of applied pharmacology. This broad spectrum ranges from basic mathematics, elementary algebra, measurements, drug orders, and dose calculations to other calculations. The goal of this course is that each student be confident and capable of calculating correct drug doses regardless of the physical form of the medication. A minimum grade of C” is required in this course.”
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    VET 105 - Animal Handling and Restraint

    2.0 Credits
    Co-requisites VET 100 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This is an introductory course in proper handling, restraining, sexing, and basic manipulation of animals that are encountered in a veterinary practice. Restraint for administration of medication is an integral part of veterinary practice. Hands on practice on large and small domestic animals, avian species, and various others will be performed in this course. A minimum grade of C” is required in this course.”
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    VET 111 - Animal Care I

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites VET 121 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course provides practical application of concepts learned in the academic Veterinary Technology courses. Animals belonging to the program will be fed and maintained by the student. Each semester the student is assigned 14 days of morning and evening animal care responsibilities. This includes two weekends. Sick and injured patients will be cared for by the student under the direction of the staff veterinarians. A minimum grade of C” is required for this course.”
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    VET 112 - Animal Care II

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites VET 123 
    Prerequisites: VET 111 ; Minimum grade C.
    This course provides practical application of concepts learned in the academic Veterinary Technology courses. Animals belonging to the program will be fed and maintained by the student. Each semester the student is assigned 14 days of morning and evening animal care responsibilities. This includes two weekends. Sick and injured patients will be cared for by the student under the direction of the staff veterinarians. A minimum grade of C” is required for this course.”
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    VET 121 - Clinical Pathology I with Lab

    5.0 Credits
    Co-requisites VET 111 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course is a clinical parasitology course dealing with the major parasite types that are encountered with companion animals and livestock. Major parasite types include: external parasites such as fleas, lice, ticks, and mites; nematodes; cestodes; trematodes; and filaroid worms. Specific parasite diseases will be discussed, such as Lyme Disease, Heartworm, Equine Strongyles, and exotic parasites. The basic laboratory provides clinical experience in diagnostic techniques used for parasites and urine. Urinalysis techniques will include macroscopic, microscopic, and chemical evaluations. A minimum grade of C” is required in this course.”
    Prev. Course Codes: AHT-115A, VET-015A, VET-020A
    LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 60 Clock hours
  
  •    VET 123 - Clinical Pathology II with Lab

    5.0 Credits
    Co-requisites VET 112 
    Prerequisites: VET 121 ; Minimum grade C.
    This course is a continuation of disciplines that comprise clinical pathology and will include urinalysis, hematology, and clinical chemistry examinations. Topics will include renal function review, urine collection, urinalysis interpretation, blood collection, leukocyte and erythrocyte formation and function, disease processes, and blood chemistry tests and their uses in diagnosis and prognosis. The laboratory is designed to develop competence in diagnostic procedures in the area of hematology. This course will compare hematologic traits of numerous species. Clinical biochemistry evaluations will be performed. Basic cytological examiniations will be introduced. A minimum grade of C” is required in this course.”
    Prev. Course Codes: AHT-116A, VET-021A, VET-020A
    LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 60 Clock hours
 

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