May 06, 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.

 

Early Childhood Education ECE

  
  •    ECE 188 - Practicum: Early Childhood Education

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with field experience in early childhood programs.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-130C
    COOP 45
  
  • ✽ ECE 205 - Nutrition, Health, and Safety

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  May be taken concurrently if not successfully completed prior to enrollment.  Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on nutrition, health, and safety as key factors for optimal growth and development of young children. Includes nutrient knowledge, menu planning, food program participation, health practices, management and safety, appropriate activities, and communication with families. Addresses ages from prenatal through age 8.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-205, ECE-205
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ECE 209 - Observing & Utilizing Young Children’s Assessment Instruments

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the current research on the continuous practice of observing children. Incorporates practice with a variety of assessment instruments currently utilized in Colorado ECE programs.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    ECE 220 - Curriculum Development: Methods & Techniques

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of early childhood curriculum development. Includes processes for planning and implementing developmentally appropriate environments, materials and experiences, and quality in early childhood programs.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-227, ECE-015, EEC-015, EEC-120
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ECE 225 - Language and Cognition for the Young Child

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines theories of cognitive and language development as a framework for conceptualizing the way children acquire thinking skills. Includes observing, planning, facilitating, creative representation, and evaluating strategies within the context of play. Focuses on language, science, math, problem solving, and logical thinking. Addresses ages birth through age 8.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-116
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ECE 226 - Creativity and the Young Child

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  May be taken concurrently if not successfully completed prior to enrollment.  Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an emphasis on encouraging and supporting creative self expression and problem solving skills in children. Explores creative learning theories and research. Focuses on developmentally appropriate curriculum strategies in all developmental domains. Addresses ages birth through age 8.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-115, ECE-115
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ECE 236 - Child Growth /Development Laboratory

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-. Requires college-level reading.
    This course covers the growth and development of the child from conception through the elementary school years. Emphasizes physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional domains and the concept of the whole child and how adults can provide a supportive environment. Addresses ages from prenatal through age 12.
    LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ECE 237 - Theories & Techniques of Social & Emotional Growth

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  Requires college-level reading.
    Incorporates student-specific techniques and strategies for guiding and enhancing social and emotional growth in children 0-8 years. Introduces and compares the theories and theorists underlying quality interactions and patterns of social and emotional progression.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ECE 238 - Child Growth and Development

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  May be taken concurrently if not successfully completed prior to enrollment.  Requires college-level reading.
    This covers the growth and development of the child from conception through the elementary school years. Emphasizes physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional domains and the concept of the whole child and how adults can provide a supportive environment. Addresses ages from pre-natal through age 12.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ECE 240 - Administration of Early Childhood Education Programs

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  Requires college-level reading.
    Examines Colorado’s minimal licensing requirements, as well as quality standards pertaining to the operation of programs for young children. Focuses on the director’s administrative skills and role as a community advocate for young children. Addresses ages birth through age 12.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-226, ECE-226, ECE-216, EEC-022, EEC-132
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ECE 241 - Administration: Human Relations for Early Childhood Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C.  Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the human relations component of an early childhood professional’s responsibilities. Includes director-staff relationships, staff development, leadership strategies, parent-professional partnerships, and community interaction.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-216, ECE-216, ECE-020, EEC-020, EEC-131
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ECE 260 - Exceptional Child

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101 ; Minimum grade C-.  Requires college-level reading.
    This course presents an overview of critical elements related to educating young children with disabilities in the early childhood setting. Topics include the following: typical and atypical development, legal requirements, research-based practices related to inclusion, and accommodations and adaptations. Students will learn how a disability will impact a young child’s learning process. Focuses on birth through age 8.
    Prev. Course Codes: ECP-287
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ECE 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  •    ECE 288 - Practicum: Early Childhood Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECE 101  ECE 102  ECE 205  ECE 238  ECE 241 ; Minimum grade C-.  Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with advanced field experience opportunities in early childhood education programs.
    COOP 135

Economics ECO

  
  • ◆ ECO 101 - Economics of Social Issues

    3.0 Credits
    Examines the major socio-economic issues of the past century. Covers poverty and growth, education, health care, pollution, and discrimination.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Studies the American economy, stressing the interrelationships among the household, business, and government sectors. Explores saving and investment decisions, unemployment, inflation, national income accounting, taxing and spending policies, the limits of the market and government, public choice theory, the Federal Reserve System, money and banking, and international trade.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the consumer, the firm, the nature of cost, and how these relate to the economy as a whole. Analyzes economic models of the consumer, perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. Explores economic issues including market power, population growth, positive and negative externalities, income distribution, poverty and welfare, discrimination, and international economic interdependence.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ECO 245 - Issues in Environmental Economics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces students to comtemporary environmental issues and policies meant to reduce environmental degradation. Includes market failures, analytical tools, government pollution reduction policies for air, water, and natural environments and their effectiveness.
    Prev. Course Codes: NRM-140
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ECO 327 - Data Analysis for Managers

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BIS-324 and BUS-217; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides an overview of techniques for data analysis including multiple regression, forecasting, sampling theory, and applications of probabilistic inference from sample data. Emphasizes the applications of these techniques to management problems in sustainable organizations. Requires students to analyze data sets, present their analyses in written or oral form, and defend their conclusions.
    LEC 45
  
  •    ECO 429 - Economics for Managerial Decisions

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECO-201, ECO-202, ECO-327, BIS-324; Minimum grade C-.
    This course focuses on the application of economic tools and techniques to managerial decisions such as pricing, production, forecasting, uncertainty, and competitive strategy. Integrates critiques of conventional economic thought within the context of systems thinking and ecological economics. Requires students to analyze case studies, present their analyses in written or oral form, and defend their conclusions. Intended for business students who will be decision makers in firms and industries that are influenced by dynamic economic forces.
    LEC 45

Education EDU

  
  • ✽ EDU 131 - Introduction to Adult Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the student to the basic concepts in the instruction of adults. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the adult learner and how their individual backgrounds and experiences can affect the learning process. Additionally, the course will cover applicable federal and state legislation which affects adult learning programs and will offer information on additional resources and associations in the field of Adult Education.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 132 - Adult Education Instruction

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Covers the basics of planning an adult education program, organizing instruction within the various content areas, and delivering the material in a variety of ways, both in groups and individualized instruction. A wide variety of learning principles and theories will be addressed in ways that show their applicability to the adult learner and his/her education. This course was designed to meet Colorado Literacy Instruction Authorization requirements.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 133 - Adult Basic Education/Adult Secondary Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Specifically addresses the different levels within an Adult Education program. Each level will be addressed in terms of appropriate assessment tools and instructional techniques. Emphasis will be placed on teaching ways that the adult education instructor can encourage the development of cognitive skills at each level, as a springboard to the next higher level. This course was designed to meet Colorado Literacy Instruction Authorizaion requirements.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 134 - Teaching English as a Second Language to Adult Learners

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the development and implementation of a program to teach English to adults whose first language is not English. Topics will range widely from assessment and placement, to the theories behind language acquisition. Students will also cover a wide variety of methodologies, both group and individualized, that are aimed at teaching the non-English speaker the written and verbal skills necessary to successfully function in the United States. This course was designed to meet Colorado Literacy Instruction Authorization requirements.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 135 - Family Literacy in Adult Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take EDU 131 ; Minimum grade C-;
    Introduces the student to the philosophy and theory behind family literacy, as well as giving practical advice on the development and implementation of a family literacy program. The four-component model of adult education, early childhood education, parent and child together time (PACT), and parenting will be covered, both in theory and practical application.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EDU 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.
    LEC
  
  • ✽ EDU 221 - Introduction to Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the historical, social, political, philosophical, cultural, and economic forces that shape the United States public school system. Includes current issues of educational reform, technology as it relates to education, and considerations related to becoming a teacher in the State of Colorado.
    Prev. Course Codes: EDU-110, EDU-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 222 - Effective Teaching

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course focuses on strategies for becoming an effective teacher. Topics included are: course goals and objectives, the first day, planning a lesson, higher levels of thought, test design and grading, assessment, and teaching and learning styles.
    Prev. Course Codes: EDU-270ET
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 233 - English Language Learning

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Prepares teachers who work with limited English proficient students to learn strategies to develop English language learners’ (ELLs) social and academic English and supports their transition to US culture and schools. This course is appropriate in a variety of program models: mainstream classrooms, self-contained ESL classrooms, and bilingual programs, and may be adapted for use with pre-service teachers.
    LEC 45
  
  • ✽ EDU 234 - Multicultural Education

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the need to recognize and understand the similarities and differences among people and develop a respect for all individuals and groups. Assists teachers to recognize the special learning needs of children from different racial, ethnic, cultural and socioeconomics groups and to encourage teachers to integrate multicultural/diversity teaching into the school curriculum.
    Prev. Course Codes: EDU-235
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 240 - Teaching the Exceptional Learner

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the individual differences and modifications that are necessary in the educational practices of the exceptional learner. Incorporates an additional 10 hour 0 credit, pre professional, supervised field based experience. Together with this experience, a portfolio and field experience reflective journal is required of all students.
    Prev. Course Codes: EDU-220, EDU-254
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 242 - Expressive Arts in the Elementary Classroom

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores the integration of visual arts, music, and physical education/movement into the self contained elementary classroom curriculum based upon the theory of multiple intelligences. Familiarizes the student with the Colorado model content standards for each area, basic curriculum development, and the opportunities to practice their skills with students through field experiences.
    Prev. Course Codes: EDU-270TA
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EDU 261 - Teaching, Learning & Technology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Prepares students to integrate technology into their teaching curriculum. Enables the student to design educational and training materials incorporating instructional technology. Explores a variety of technologies including the computer, Internet, multi-media, graphics, audio, and text with an emphasis on increasing learning through their use. Examines combining technology with a variety of instructional methodologies.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EDU 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  •    EDU 280 - Internship

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    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 educational facility and with the direct guidance of the instructor.
    COOP 45 Clock hours

Electricity Industrial/Commercial EIC

  
  •    EIC 105 - Basics of AC & DC Electricity

    4.0 Credits
    Focuses on resistance, current, voltage, and power in AC and DC circuits; measurements; computations of series and parallel circuits; circuit analysis and troubleshooting with basic test equipment.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    EIC 130 - National Electrical Code I

    4.0 Credits
    Focuses on the National Electrical Code and local code requirements for electrical installation. Covers chapters one through four of the National Electrical Code.
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    EIC 131 - National Electric Code 2011

    1.5 Credits
    Focuses on the National Electrical Code and local code requirements for electrical installation.
    LEC 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EIC 135 - National Electrical Code II

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: EIC 130 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Builds on course EIC 130  and covers chaptes five through nine of the National Electrical Code, including hazardous locations, special occupancies, conditions, and equipment.
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    EIC 225 - Programmable Controllers

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: EIC 105 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Studies the use of solid-state control equipment, primarily the programmable controller and associated solid-state sensors to control equipment, machinery, or complete processes. Includes concepts of solid-state logic, characteristics of solid-state sensors; conversions of relay logic control systems to programmable control systems; and microprocessor-based systems and remote control of processes. Enables the student to design, implement, and test control systems in the laboratory to meet specifically-assigned control problems. Emphasizes accuracy, safety, and National Electrical Code requirements.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours

Electronics ELT

  
  •    ELT 106 - Fundamentals of DC/AC

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the basic skills needed for many careers in electronics and related fields. Covers the operations and applications of basic DC and AC circuits consisting of resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, and diodes. Emphasizes the use of common test instruments in troubleshooting.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    ELT 112 - Advanced DC/AC

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: EIC 105 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues to build on the introductory DC-AC course and covers advanced concepts of DC-AC circuits. Inlcudes an expanded treatment of power supplies, dual-supply rectifier circuits, and Zener diode voltage regulators. Emphasizes troubleshooting.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours

Emergency Medical Services EMS

  
  •    EMS 126 - EMT Basic Refresher

    3.0 Credits
    Provides required didactic and skills review for renewing EMT students. Accommodates the needs of the re-entry EMT students.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-115, EMT-115, EMT-015, EMT-145B
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 130 - EMT Intravenous Therapy

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: EMS 125  and EMS 170 ; Minimum grade B.
    Focuses on cognitive and skill practice as required by Colorado Prehospital Care Program for EMT Basic Level IV approval. Examines criteria, procedures and techniques for ICV therapy, discusses fluid and electrolyte balance and principles, and treatment for shock.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-136, EMT-136, EMT-030, EMT-146A
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 145 - Basic EMT - Lecture

    7.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 170  EMS 146 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the fundamental knowledge of basic emergency care (EMS system) and transportation of the sick and injured. Upon successful completion of the EMT Certificate Program, students receive a certificate of course completion and are eliglbe to take the National Registry of EMT’s certification examination.
    LEC 105
  
  •    EMS 146 - Basic EMT - Lab

    4.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 145  EMS 170 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course presents practical applications of the didactic instruction received in Basic EMT-Lecture. This course focuses on applying basic concepts and skills needed when treating the sick and injured. Upon successful completion of the EMT Certificate Program, students receive a certificate of course completion and are eligible to take the National Registry of EMTs certification examination.
    LECLB 90
  
  •    EMS 162 - Wilderness EMT - Upgrade

    2.0 Credits
    Designed for currently certified EMT - Basics, Paramedics, and RNs who want to enhance their assessment and treatment skills in a remote, challenging environment. This course is part of a wilderness EMS program and builds on the American Safety and Health Institute’s (ASHI) Wilderness EMT upgrade course focusing on wilderness concepts and skills with many role-playing scenarios. Students will receive ASHI Wilderness Upgrade certification. Proof of current license or certification as an EMT-B, EMT-P, or RN is required.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 170 - EMT Basic Clinical

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 145  and EMS 146 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides the EMT student with the clinical experience required of initial and some renewal processes. Students must be at least 18 years of age on the first day of class to take this course.
    CLIN 30 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 Credits
    Provides the student with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 203 - EMT Intermediate I

    6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level Reading and English and Math placement test.
    Course provides preparatory information and is the first part of the EMT Intermediate program. Students must possess current Colorado or National Registry EMT-B certification.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-122A, EMT-122A
    LEC 45 Clock hours LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 205 - EMT Intermediate II

    6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: EMS 203 ; Minimum grade B.
    Serves as the second course for EMT intermediate certification.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-122B, EMT-122B
    LEC 45 Clock hours LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 206 - EMT Intermediate Refresher

    3.0 Credits
    Meets or exceeds minimum requirements for renewing EMT intermediate or EMT intermediates in the re-entry program.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-125, EMT-125, EMT-021
    LEC 22.5 Clock hours LAB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 225 - Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: EMS 125  or EMS 205 ; Minimum grade C-. Requires college-level reading, English & math.
    Serves as the first course of the National Standard Paramedic Curriculum as approved by the Colorado State Department of Health and Environment.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-221, EMT-221
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 226 - Fundamentals Paramedic Practice Lab

    2.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 225 
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Serves as the lab experience to coincide with EMS 225  topics.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-221
    LAB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 227 - Paramedic Special Considerations

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 228 
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on a comprehensive study of advanced life support practice.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-221
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 228 - Paramedic Special Considerations Lab

    2.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 227 
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Serves as the lab experience for those students enrolled in EMS 227 .
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-221
    LAB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 229 - Paramedic Pharmacology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on a comprehensive study of emergency pharmacology.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-221
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 230 - Paramedic Pharmacology Lab

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Serves as the required lab course in the paramedic education program.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-221
    LAB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 231 - Paramedic Cardiology

    5.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 232 
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Addresses cardiology topics as presented in the National Standard Curriculum for Paramedics.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-222, EMT-222
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 232 - Paramedic Cardiology Lab

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 231 
    Incorporates a hands-on application of principles of cardiac care in the hospital environment.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-222
    LAB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 233 - Paramedic Medical Emergencies

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on a comprehensive study of adult medical emergencies.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-222
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 234 - Paramedic Medical Emergencies Lab

    1.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on a clinical study of adult and pediatric medical emergencies.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-222
    LAB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 235 - Paramedic Trauma Emergencies

    4.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 236 
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on a comprehensive study of adult and pediatric trauma emergencies.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-222
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 236 - Paramedic Trauma Emergencies Lab

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 235 
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Serves as a lab presenting various acute trauma scenarios.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-222
    LAB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 237 - Paramedic Internship Preparatory

    2.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 280  EMS 281 
    Prerequisites: ENG 090  or placement test; MAT 099  or placement test; Requires college-level reading.
    Reviews concepts and techniques used in the pre-hospital setting. Note: Registration requires acceptance to paramedic program.
    LEC 230 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 270 - Clinical: EMS Intermediate

    3.0 Credits
    Provides the EMT-I student with the required field experiences as required by the Colorado Department of Health.
    LAB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 280 - Paramedic Internship I

    6.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 237  EMS 281 
    Serves as a preceptor/internship program for paramedic students.
    CLIN 315 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 281 - Paramedic Internship II

    6.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EMS 237  EMS 280 
    Serves as the continuation of EMS-280, preceptor program for paramedic students.
    CLIN 315 Clock hours
  
  •    EMS 282 - EMT Intermediate Internship

    2.0 Credits
    Provides the EMT-Intermediate with a supervised clinical learning experience that meets or exceeds the requirements for the State of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Enables the student to work with a preceptor for clinical and internship experience to develop an understanding of advanced life support patient care and assessment.
    COOP 60 Clock hours

Energy Technology ENY

  
  •    ENY 101 - Introduction to Energy Technologies

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the energy technologies in use today and those that are in the research stage as possible alternatives. Presents technologies including active solar heating, passive solar heating, wind energy systems, biomass, photovoltaics, co-generation, low and high head hydro, hydrogen, geothermal, power towers, and energy storage systems.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    ENY 120 - Solar Thermal System Install

    4.0 Credits
    Learn about solar thermal panels and installation techniques. The student will apply the principles of solar energy, site analysis, cost vs payback, sizing, energy audit, and solar system design into a project.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ENY 121 - Solar Photovoltaic Components

    3.0 Credits
    Reinforces basic safety principles and provides detailed knowledge of photovoltaic components. Also covered is an overview of site analysis and special purpose tools. Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to select proper components for a photovoltaic system based on regulatory codes and standards and individual component specifications.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    ENY 126 - Solar Collectors

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the principles of design and operation of solar panel arrays, material analysis, and construction features of flat plate collectors, mounting techniques, and construction of a basic air and liquid collector array. Covers distribution from collectors to storage and building, mechanical and plumbing codes as they apply to the solar industry.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    ENY 127 - Solar PV System Install

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENY 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Emphasizes safe work practices while familiarizing the student with the intricacies of installing a photovoltaic (PV) system. This course takes the student through the process from the initial site survey to system commissioning, and culminates with a hands-on installation.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    ENY 130 - Solar Photovoltaics Grid-tie

    2.0 Credits
    Teaches the principles of a residential solar photovoltaic system. Site evaluation, system design, panel installation, wiring, grounding, bonding, and commissioning are included in this course.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ENY 225 - Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems

    3.0 Credits
    Provides a working knowledge of sizing, installation, maintenance of solar domestic hot water systems, residential applications, components, parts, and cost efficiency analysis.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    ENY 226 - Solar Panel Installation

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take ENV 101  and ENY 126 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Focuses on the installation of all types of panels on all types of roofs. Covers vertical wall mounting techniques.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours

Engineering EGG

  
  • ✽ EGG 130 - Introduction to Engineering Computing

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites MAT 201 
    Introduces the use of computers in engineering problem solving and elementary numerical methods. Students learn programming fundamentals including data and algorithm structure, and modular programming. Numerical methods learned include solving single, nonlinear equations, fixed-point iteration, Gaussian elimination, and linear progression. Software includes Excel/VBA, MathCAD, and Matlab.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EGG 140 - First-Year Engineering Projects

    3.0 Credits
    Provides undergraduate engineering students with an opportunity to apply mathematical and scientific skills in engineering projects. Students work in teams on engineering projects under guidance of faculty.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    EGG 175 - Special Topics (Engineering)

    1.0 - 12.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC
  
  • ✽ EGG 206 - Mechanics of Solids

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EGG 211 
    Covers shear forces and bending moment, torsion, stresses in beams, deflection in beams, matrix analysis of frame structures, analysis of stress and strain in 2-D and 3-D (field equations, transformations), energy methods, stress concentrations, and columns.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EGG 211 - Engineering Mechanics I - Statics

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites EGG 206 
    Prerequisites: MAT 201 , MAT 202  , and PHY 211 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Focuses on the vector and calculus treatment of forces and force systems. Covers concurrent and noncurrent force systems. Includes calculating moments of friction, trusses, centroids, and moments of inertia.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EGG 212 - Engineering Mechanics II - Dynamics

    3.0 Credits
    Co-requisites MAT 202 
    Prerequisites: MAT 201 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Focuses on Vector and calculus treatment of the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies using Newton’s Laws. Includes work-energy impulse momentum, and free and forced oscillations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ EGG 230 - Thermodynamics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: PHY 212 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Explores fundamental concepts and basic theory, including first and second laws of thermodynamics, properties, states, thermodynamic functions, cycles, mixtures, and chemical and phase equilibrium.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Engineering Technology ENT

  
  •    ENT 141 - Surveying I

    4.0 Credits
    Serves as a beginning course in plane surveying. It covers horizontal distance measurement by pacing and chaining, care and use of total stations, theodolites, transits and levels, differential leveling, traversing, and basic construction surveying. Various instruction is given in procedures and surveying terminology. Calculation of bearings, azimuths and slope reduction is also covered in this comprehensive course.
    Prev. Course Codes: SUR-115, SUR-035
    LEC 97.5 Clock hours

English ENG

  
  •    ENG 030 - Basic Writing Skills

    2.0 Credits
    Focuses on sentence and basic paragraph structure and development. Enables the student to review and improve grammar, usage, and punctuation skills while employing critical thinking strategies and the writing process to respond to a wide variety of writing situations.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    ENG 060 - Writing Fundamentals

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take ENG 030  ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Focuses on paragraph structure and development and will introduce the formal essay. Students will review and improve grammar, usage, and punctuation skills while employing critical thinking strategies and the writing process to respond to a wide variety of writing situations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ENG 090 - Basic Composition

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take ENG 060 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Emphasizes critical thinking as students explore writing for specific purposes and audiences. Students will develop skills required for college-level writing while reviewing paragraph structure and focusing on essay development.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ENG 115 - Technical English and Communication

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 060 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Focuses on the written and oral communication needs of students in vocational and technical fields. Enables the student to practice written, oral, reading, reasoning, and interpersonal communication skills in order to become successful (or remain successful) in the workplace.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ENG 121 - English Composition I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 090 ; Minimum grade C- or placement test. Requires college-level reading.
    This course emphasizes the planning, writing, and revising of compositions, including the development of critical and logical thinking skills. Includes a minimum of five compositions that stress analytical, evaluative, and persuasive/argumentative writing.
    Prev. Course Codes: COM-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ENG 122 - English Composition II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Expands and refines the objectives of English Composition I. Emphasizes critical/logical thinking and reading, problem definition, research strategies, and writing analytical, evaluative, and/or persuasive papers that incorporate research.
    Prev. Course Codes: COM-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ENG 131 - Technical Writing I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 090 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test. Requires college-level reading.
    This course develops skills one can apply to a variety of technical documents. Students learn principles for organizing, writing, and revising clear, readable documents for industry, business, and government. Note: Requires college level composition.
    Prev. Course Codes: ENG-125, COM-153
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ENG 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC
  
  • ◆ ENG 201 - English Composition III: Writing for Public Discourse

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides students with skills necessary to enter into higher-level undergraduate academic discourse or professional workplace writing. ENG-201 extends students’ rhetorical knowledge and develops critical reading, thinking, and writing strategies in multiple specialized areas of discourse beyond what they encounter in ENG 122 . In ENG-201 students deepen their rhetorical and writing skills by learning to analyze, synthesize, and summarize complex texts and incorporate this information into specific writing conventions for a defined discipline. As a more advanced composition course, ENG-201 provdes interested students with the opportunity to continue their exploration of exposition writing with the added benefit of learning to write for distinct audiences (format, language, level of specificity, length, and documentation style). Students will also learn effective editing and revising techniques, discipline-specific writing strategies, and how to extend their mastery of rhetorical strategies. While ENG-201 may be taught with the focus in a variety of disciplines (science writing, gender studies, literary criticism, writing in the humanities, business writing, political geography, philosophy, and so on), every discipline will allow students the opportunity to learn how to communicate with specialized audience and adapt content to the needs of varying rhetorical situations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ENG 221 - Creative Writing I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Teaches techniques for creative writing. Explores imaginative uses of language through creative genres (fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction) with emphasis on the student’s own unique style, subject matter, and needs.
    Prev. Course Codes: COM-251
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ENG 222 - Creative Writing II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 221 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course continues development of written expression in such forms as poetry, fiction, and/or nonfiction writing.
    Prev. Course Codes: COM-252
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ENG 226 - Fiction Writing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121  ; Minimum grade C-.
    Teaches techniques for creating fiction, including the study and appreciation of the language and forms of the short story.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ENG 227 - Poetry Writing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Teaches techniques for creating poems, including study of figurative language, forms, and sound patterns of poetry.
    Prev. Course Codes: ENG-235
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ENG 230 - Creative Nonfiction

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Teaches students to incorporate literary techniques into factual writing. Enables the student to survey a wide range of readings and analyze form and content. Includes critical review, biographical profiles, travel writing, and memoirs. Provides the opportunity for students to write and review their own nonfiction in a supportive, constructive setting.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Environmental Science ENV

  
  • ◆ ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the student to the basic concepts of ecology and the relationship between environmental problems and biological systems. Includes discussions on biology, chemistry, geology, energy, natural resources, pollution, and environmental protection.
    Prev. Course Codes: NRE-102
    LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
 

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