Apr 18, 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.

 

Health Professional HPR

  
  •    HPR 120 - ACLS

    1.0 Credits
    Presents the required material for ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) completion. It will cover arrhythmias, medications, therapeutic modalities for life threatening arrhythmias, airway management, and other treatment modalities used in cardiac and respiratory arrest.
    Prev. Course Codes: EMS-210, EMT-210
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    HPR 125 - Outdoor Emergency Care

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Prepares the student without previous first aid training to handle the emergency care problems seen at alpine and nordic ski areas. The knowledge and skills are oriented toward the wilderness setting with special emphasis on ski and snowboard injuries, altitude and cold weather illnesses, wilderness extrications, and the special equipment ski patrollers need for emergency care and transportation in the outdoor environment. This is a National Ski Patrol course.
    Prev. Course Codes: HWE, 125
    LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 60 Clock hours
  
  •    HPR 126 - Outdoor Emergency Care Refresher

    0.5 Credits
    Prerequisites: HPR 125  ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides for maintenance of a uniform skill level and acts as a means of national recertification for Winter Emergency Care.
    Prev. Course Codes: EFA-121, EFA-020
    LEC 8 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ HPR 178 - Medical Terminology

    1.0 - 4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the student to the structure of medical terms with emphasis on combining and using the most common prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Includes terms related to major body systems, oncology, and psychiatry, as well as clinical laboratory and diagnostic procedures and imaging. Class structure provides accepted pronunciation of terms and relative use in the healthcare setting.
    Prev. Course Codes: HSC-120, HSC-121, HSC-123
    LEC
  
  •    HPR 190 - Basic EKG Interpretation

    2.0 Credits
    Provides instruction for interpretation of EKG strips, anatomy and physiology of the heart, using three-lead monitoring as a guide. Twelve-lead EKG may be discussed.
    LEC 30 Clock hours

Historic Preservation Program HPP

  
  •    HPP 100 - Introdution to Historic Preservation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Surveys the historical antecedents of the Historic Preservation Movement in America and introduces its theoretical foundations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HPP 110 - Historic Research & Documentation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the research and documentation methodologies for recordation and recognition of historic cultural resources.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    HPP 112 - Introduction to HABS/HAER/HALS

    2.0 Credits
    Introduces students to the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) documentation programs administered by the National Park Service. It includes the program(s) functions, achievements, goals, and documentation methods.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HPP 113 - HABS/HAER/HALS Documentation

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces students to the Historic American Building Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, and Historic American Landscape Survey documentation program(s) administered by the National Park Service. It includes the program(s) functions, achievements, goals, and documentation methods culminating in the development of a HABS, HAER, or HALS project and submission to the National Park Service for acceptance and archival in the Library of Congress.
    LAB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    HPP 120 - Dynamics of Historic Preservation: Law, Business, & Economics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores the legal, business, and economic context of historic preservation. Issues on preservation legislation, real estate development, zoning, entrepreneurship, economic incentives, and planning are addressed.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HPP 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest in historic preservation. The content of this course is designed on an as-needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  •    HPP 275 - Special Topics

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

History HIS

  
  • ◆ HIS 101 - Western Civilization: Antiquity-1650

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores a number of events, peoples, groups, ideas, institutions, and trends that have shaped Western Civilization from the prehistoric era to 1650. Reflects the multiple perspectives of gender, class, religion, and ethnic groups. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline.
    Prev. Course Codes: HIS-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 102 - Western Civilization: 1650-Present

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores a number of events, peoples, groups, ideas, institutions, and trends that have shaped Western Civilization from 1650 to the present. Reflects the multiple perspectives of gender, class, religion, and ethnic groups. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline.
    Prev. Course Codes: HIS-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 111 - The World: Antiquity-1500

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores a number of peoples, groups, ideas, institutions, and trends that have shaped World History from the prehistoric era to 1500. Reflects the multiple perspectives of gender, class, religion, and ethnic groups in a broad global sense. Focuses on the common denominators among all people. This approach goes beyond political borders to provide a better appreciation for different cultures. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline.Enables the student to view history up to 1500 CE in a broad global sense. Focuses on the common denominators among all people. This approach goes beyond political borders, to provide a better appreciation for different cultures.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 112 - The World: 1500-Present

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores a number of peoples, groups, ideas, institutions, and trends that have shaped World History from 1500 to the present. Reflects the multiple perspectives of gender, class, religion, and ethnic groups in a broad global sense. Focuses on the common denominators among all people. This approach goes beyond political borders to provide a better appreciation for different cultures. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline.Enables students to view history post 1500 CE in a broad global sense. Focuses on the common denominators among all people. This approach goes beyond political borders to provide a better appreciation for different cultures.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HIS 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the exploration of current topics, issues, and activities related to one or more aspects of history.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 201 - US History to Reconstruction

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions in North America and United States history, including the multiple perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity, between the period when Native American Indians were the sole inhabitants of North America, and the American Civil War. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.
    Prev. Course Codes: HIS-251
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 202 - US History Since the Civil War

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions in United States History, including the multiple perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity, from the American Civil War to the present. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.
    Prev. Course Codes: HIS-252
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ HIS 205 - Women in World History

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the roles, experiences, and contributions of women in world history and explores ways in which women’s history modifies the tratitional interpretations of historical events.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 207 - American Environmental History

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Required college-level reading.
    Traces and analyzes the relationships between Americans and their natural environments throughout the history of the United States. Environmental history interprets the changing ways diverse people have used and viewed their environments over time. Examines the development of conservation movements and environmental policies in modern America.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 208 - American Indian History

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Analyzes historical and socio-cultural change for Native Americans from pre-colonial America to the present, emphasizing those processes and relations with non-Native Americans which have contributed to the current conditions.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 215 - Women in U.S. History

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines women’s changing roles in American history from the pre-colonial native population to the present. Emphasizes the nature of women’s work and the participation of women in the family, political, religious, and cultural activities and in social reform movements.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 225 - Colorado History

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Presents the story of the people, society, and cultures of Colorado from its earliest Native Americans, through the Spanish influx, the explorers, the fur traders and mountain men, the gold rush, railroad builders, the cattlemen and farmers, the silver boom, the tourists, and the modern state.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 236 - U.S. History Since 1945

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments that have shaped modern America.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 243 - History of Modern China

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course traces the political, ideological, economic, religious, social, and cultural developments of modern China from the Qing dynasty through the political and economic revolutions of the 20th century.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 244 - History of Latin America

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the major political, economic, social, and cultural influences that have shaped Latin America from pre-European conquest to the present. Emphasizes the early history of Latin America but connects it to the present.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 245 - U.S. in the World

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course focuses on major themes of United States history in the context of worldwide historical phenomena including global contacts and exchange, colonial frontiers and international trade, America’s influence on the age of revolutions, industrialization and movement of populations, urbanization and rural change, and expansion of state power and rise of social movements. Through readings and discussions on problems in political, social, public, and personal history students will gain an understanding of historical processes and methodology and will learn how to use critical historical analysis in order to achieve a greater perspective on the U.S.’s role in world history.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 247 - 20th Century World History

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Investigates the major political, social, and economic developments, international relationships, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural trends that have shaped the various global regions and nation-states from 1900 to the present. Emphasizes the interactions of global regions and nation-states.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 255 - The Middle Ages

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on political, social, cultural, economic, and intellecual developments in Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world from the collapse of Rome through the Renaissance, approximately A.D. 400-1400.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ HIS 260 - US Foreign Relations

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of the history of United States foreign relations from the colonial era to the present and includes the pertinent political, military, economic, diplomatic, social, religious, ideological, and cultural topics. At various points, issues such as race, class, gender, immigration, expansion, and the environment will be covered. This course also focuses on developing, practicing and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    HIS 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the exploration of current topics, issues, and activities related to one or more aspects of history.
    LEC 15 Clock hours

Holistic Health Professional HHP

  
  • ✽ HHP 107 - Managing Life’s Stresses

    1.0 Credits
    Work with energy, confidence, and enthusiasm in your life by learning specific skills that will give you control over stressful situations or people in your life. This experiential class is designed for all who are interested in a higher quality of life and want to reach their full potential. Learn how to relax quickly, improve self-image, improve concentration, and how to control worry. You can experience freedom from old patterns that create stress, fatigue, and restricting beliefs.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    HHP 161 - Meditation for Health

    1.0 Credits
    Incorporates the practice of fundamental techniques for training your mind to be quiet and peaceful; to focus your thoughts on what you choose; to stimulate the mind-body conversation to enhance your own health.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ HHP 221 - High Level Wellness

    1.0 Credits
    Explores the positive dimensions of healthy lifestyles and covers the techniques to meet the basic needs of illness, prevention, and burnout.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    HHP 224 - Introduction to Massage Therapy

    1.0 Credits
    Teaches hands-on techniques to complete a full-body massage along with integration of healing touch. Swedish massage techniques and basic foot reflexology combined with a complete energy balance are performed and experienced by each student.
    Prev. Course Codes: HSC-175
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ HHP 265 - Gift of Self-Esteem

    1.0 Credits
    Explores self-talk, self-appreciation, self-responsibility, belief, and expectations; and provides tools for increasing personal power.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ HHP 267 - Living Without Limits

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

Horticulture HLT

  
  •    HLT 243 - Golf Turf Management

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

Hospitality (Resort Management) HOS

  
  •    HOS 110 - Introduction to Hospitality

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

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

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

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

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

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

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    Prev. Course Codes: RMA-270BB, RMA-270BC, RMA-270BW, RMA-270BC, RMA-270BB
    LEC
  
  •    HOS 187 - Work Experience

    3.0 Credits
    Provides students an opportunity to gain practical experience in applying their occupational skills and/or to develop 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
  
  •    HOS 210 - Tourism and the Hospitality Industry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  •    HOS 287 - Work Experience I

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

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

Humanities HUM

  
  • ✽ HUM 103 - Introduction to Film Art

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industrial Maintenance IMA

  
  •    IMA 244 - Valve Maintenance & Instrumentation

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

Interior Design IND

  
  •    IND 118 - Interior Finishes

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

Italian ITA

  
  •    ITA 101 - Conversational Italian I

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

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

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

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ITA 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.
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ITA 211 - Italian Language III

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

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

Japanese JPN

  
  •    JPN 101 - Conversational Japanese I

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

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

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: JPN 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.
     
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ JPN 211 - Japanese Language III

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

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

Journalism JOU

  
  • ✽ JOU 102 - Introduction to Editing for Media

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

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces news writing, reporting, and interviewing with an emphasis on clarity, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and fairness.
    Prev. Course Codes: JRN-110, JRN-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 111 - Priciples of Advertising

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an introductory, hands-on course in black-and-white photography, with an emphasis on photojournalistic techniques, processing, and printing. This course includes an investigation of word/picture relationships in creating photo essays for publications.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 206 - Intermediate Newswriting & Editing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Presents how to gather informtion as an investigative reporter through research of local, state, and federal government publications; how to cover police beat and city hall; how our courts and regulatory agencies function; and how to cover other challenges such as the environment, religion, science, medical, public safety, and business.
    LEC 45
  
  • ✽ JOU 215 - Publications Production and Design

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides for student participation in the planning, writing, design, and production processes of a non-newspaper publication.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ JOU 225 - Internet Media

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on public relations and its role for the individual, the non-profit organization, business, and government; research methodology,principles and practices necessary to become a public relations practitioner; and media channels best suited to a persuasive appeal or crises.
    LEC 45
  
  • ✽ JOU 241 - Feature & Magazine Writing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Studies trade, consumer, and technical markets; manuscript development with emphasis on nonfiction; submission techniques; and trends affecting the marketing of manuscripts.
    LEC 45
  
  • ✽ JOU 280 - Internship

    3.0 - 5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides a structured and guided, individualized research that is organized and tailored around the interests and needs of the individual student who may use journalism skills and experiences acquired during previous coursework.
    CLIN 45 Clock hours per credit

Latin LAT

  
  •    LAT 275 - Special Topics

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

Law Enforcement Academy LEA

  
  •    LEA 101 - Basic Police Academy I

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

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

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