Apr 20, 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.

 

Law Enforcement Academy LEA

  
  •    LEA 103 - Basic Law Enforcement Academy III

    2.0 Credits
    Enhances the standards established by the POST board and state certification requirements as well as the basic skills and knowledge necessary to perform the entry level duties of a Police Officer. Emphasis will be on expanding the POST curriculum to create a unique learning experience.
    LECLB 28 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 105 - Basic Law

    8.0 Credits
    Conforms to POST standards and state certification requirements as well as the basic skills and knowledge necessary to perform the entry-level duties of a peace officer. Emphasis will be on the United States Constitution, arrest, search and seizure, interrogation and confessions, rules of evidence, Colorado Criminal Code, Colorado Traffic Code, Colorado Children’s Code, Liquor Code, and controlled substances. NOTE: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-105
    LEC 122 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 106 - Arrest Control Techniques

    3.0 Credits
    Covers the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to effectively maintain control of a suspect when making an arrest. Emphasizes the continuum of force and de-escalation of force. Note: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-108, CRJ-106
    LECLB 74 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 107 - Law Enforcement Driving

    3.0 Credits
    Covers the skills, knowledge, and abilities required for operation of a law enforcement vehicle. Emphasizes defensive driving. Enables students to demonstrate skills by driving a vehicle under simulated conditions. Note: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-109, CRJ-107
    LECLB 44 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 108 - Firearms

    3.0 Credits
    Discusses the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to safely use police firearms. Students will demonstrate skills by firing weapons on a firing range. The student will demonstrate basic safety techniques and will explain the firearms role within the continuum of force. Note: registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-107, CRJ-108
    LECLB 69 Clock hours
  
  •    LEA 123 - Law Enforcement Survival Spanish

    1.0 Credits
    This course is designed for the Law Enforcement Training Academy student who will have the need to communicate with Spanish speaking individuals in the course of their employment as peace Officers. Pronunciation, familiarization with common terms, and survival phrases encountered in law enforcement situations will be stressed. Note: Registration requires admittance to CLETA program.
    Prev. Course Codes: CRJ-123
    LEC 16 Clock hours

Library Technician LTN

  
  • ✽ LTN 105 - Research Strategies

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course introduces effective research strategies. Includes advanced online information retrieval techniques, analyses and evaluation of found materials, as well as discussions of social and legal issues surrounding the use of information.
    LEC 30 Clock hours

Literature LIT

  
  • ◆ LIT 115 - Introduction to Literature I

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on careful reading and interpretation of the short story as a distinct genre. It examines formal as well as thematic elements of fiction. Critical thinking, discussion, and writing about short stories will enhance perceptive reading skills and heighten awareness of the human condition.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 126 - Study of Poetry

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on careful reading and interpretation of various poems representing types and periods of poetry. It examines formal as well as thematic elements of poetry. Critical thinking, discussion, and writing about poetry will enhance perceptive reading skills and heighten awareness of the human condition.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    LIT 175 - 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
  
  • ◆ LIT 201 - World Literature to 1600

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines significant writings in world literature from the ancients through the Renaissance. Emphasizes careful reading and understanding of the works and their cultural backgrounds.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-161
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 202 - World Literature After 1600

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines significant writings in world literature from the seventeenth century to the present. Emphasizes careful reading and understanding of the works and their cultural backgrounds.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-162
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 205 - Ethnic Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on significant texts by ethnic Americans including African American, Native American, Latino/a, and Asian Americans. Emphasizes careful reading and understanding of the cultural and literary elements of the works.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 211 - Survey of American Literature I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of American literature from the Native American through the nineteenth century Romantics. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-221, LIT-261
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 212 - American Literature After the Civil War

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of American literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes, and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-227, LIT-262, LIT-217
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 221 - Survey of British Literature I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 17th century. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes, and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 222 - Survey of British Literature II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of British literature from the 18th century to the present. It explores ideas, historical and social contexts, themes, and literary characteristics of works in various genres by major writers.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 225 - Introduction to Shakespeare

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores a selection of works by William Shakespeare. It focuses on careful reading and interpretation of the plays and poems, includes pertinent information about Elizabethan England, and examines formal, as well as thematic elements of the selected works.
    Prev. Course Codes: LIT-220, LIT-255
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 245 - Literature of the American West

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines oral and written literature created by Native American peoples. Emphasizes narrative and ceremonial literature from the oral tradition. Examines oratory, autobiography, essays, poetry, short stories, and novels as oral and written forms.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 255 - Children’s Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Evaluates the criteria for selecting appropriate literature for children through exploration of genres, age levels, values taught through literature, and the literary and artistic quality of various texts.
    Prev. Course Codes: EDU-270cc
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 259 - Survey of African-American Literature

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

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the Bible as the textual centerpiece of Western literature. Students will encounter the various literary genres represented in Biblical texts, the process of canonization, ways in which the Bible has been read by its various intepretive communities, and some impacts of the Bible in such areas as law, poetry, fiction, psychology, ethics, and theology.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ LIT 268 - Celtic Literature

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Exposes the student to Irish literature. The course examines significant writings in Irish literature from the ancients through to the twenty-first century. The course emphasizes the careful reading and understanding of the works of poetry, fiction, and drama, as well as their cultural backgrounds.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ LIT 269 - Popular Literature & Culture

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores special interests in literature, such as Detective Fiction and Science Fiction.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    LIT 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

Machining MAC

  
  •    MAC 101 - Introduction to Machine Shop

    3.0 Credits
    Covers safety procedures, use of bench tools, layout tools, power saws, drill presses, precision measurement tools, and various hand tools related to the machine shop. Also included are sharpening drill bits and general purpose turning tools for the lathe, and determining speeds and feeds for both the lathe and the milling machine.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    MAC 252 - Practical Metallurgy

    3.0 Credits
    Offers a study of metallurgical terms and definitions in an effort to understand both the bahavior of metals and their service to industry. Characteristics during heating, cooling, shaping, forming, and the stresses related to their mechanical properties are covered. The theory behind the alloys; heat treatment processes; and the impact they have on strength, toughness, hardness, elasticity, ductility, malleability, wear resistance, and fatigue resistances is investigated.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours

Management MAN

  
  •    MAN 117 - Time Management

    1.0 Credits
    Provides students with the conceptual knowledge and tools to make better use of their time in the management function.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 125 - Team Building

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces the concept of working as a team member. Activities and assignments will emphasize the ability to negotiate, work together, build consensus, and make quality decisions.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest in buesiness. The content of this course is designed on an as-needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  •    MAN 200 - Human Resource Management I

    3.0 Credits
    Provides the student with a broad overview of the contemporary issues, theories, and principles used to effectively manage human resources. Topics include recruiting, hiring, compensation and benefits, training and development, employee relations and legal issues.
    Prev. Course Codes: BUS-235, BUS-035
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ MAN 216 - Small Business Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the elements necessary for the successful formation of a new small business. It is also designed to enhance the skills of those already involved in the operation of a small business. The course includes the development of a complete small business plan.
    Prev. Course Codes: SBM-115
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 224 - Leadership

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Focuses on the leadership skills necessary to bring about change in an organization. Students learn to develop and communicate a shared vision, to empower employees, to manage conflict, to negotiate, and to develop organizations so that all are working toward common goals.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 225 - Managerial Finance

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the concepts and techniques used to analyze financial accounting information for managerial planning, decision making, and control. The focus of the course is on decision making relating to the areas of budgets, forecasts, cost volume production, ROI and financial statements.
    Prev. Course Codes: BUS-244
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ MAN 226 - Principles of Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BUS 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Presents a survey of the principles of management. Emphasis is on the primary functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling with a balance between the behavioral and operational approach.
    Prev. Course Codes: BUS-226, BUS-210, BUS-153
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 230 - Corporate Responsibility

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the concept of corporate responsibility and the extent to which an organization’s resources should be used to identfy and respond to social problems. Included in the course will be topics of corporate and social responsibility and the concept of servant leadership and how this applies to business and management priciples.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 328 - Contemporary Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BIS-324, ACC-122, BUS-216, BUS-217 and COM-115; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides students of all disciplines a broad overview of contemporary organizational management practices as they relate to the four functions of managers; planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Explores organizational behavior and human motivation, total quality management and process improvement, decision-making styles, characteristics of effective control systems, and the importance of ethics and social responsibility in for-profit enterprises.
    LEC 45
  
  •    MAN 337 - Management Decision Support Systems

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAN 328  ; Minimum grade C-.
    Introduces management decision sciences and a quantitative approach to decision making. Provides students with a sound conceptual understanding of the role of management science in the decision-making process. Emphasizes applications and uses the problem-scenario approach to understanding real business problems and solutions. Creates models to generate solutions and recommendations to management.
    LEC 45
  
  •    MAN 348 - Human Resource Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course provides an overview of the human resource management process and function including the development of strategic partnerships, workforce planning and employment, training and development, compensation and benefits, safety and security, including workers’ compensation systems, and employee labor relations. The course provides information on how companies succeed in a competitive environment, considering aspects of social responsibility such as environmental and employment issues. Students will learn to develop and apply HR planning, recruitment, and selection practices that are legally sustainable and conform to commonly accepted professional standards.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAN 427 - Effective Project Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BIS-324 and MAN-328; Minimum grade C-.
    This course introduces the fundamental concepts of project management and examines the organization, planning, and controlling of projects. Core topics include the role of the project manager, project selection, team selection, project management sofware, risk management, the project life cycle, work breakdown structure and scheduling techniques, Gantt charts, and network diagrams. Uses team projects and simulations to apply project management principles to real-world projects. Introduces the Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)as the basis for exploring more thoroughly the practices, tools, and techniques for successful project management.
    LEC 45
  
  •    MAN 488 - Business Strategy

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECO-327 FIN-325 BIS-334 MAN-328 and MAR-326; Minimum grade C-.
    This course introduces the concepts, tools, and first principles of strategy formulation and competitive analysis. Investigates why some firms survive and prosper while others do not, and develops the critical analysis and communication skills necessary to create and implement firm strategy. Focuses on the information, analyses, organizational processes, and business judgment managers must use to design strategies, position their businesses and assets, and define firm boundaries to maximize long-term profits in the face of uncertainty and competition. Discusses the concepts of strategic management related to sustainable business practices.
    LEC 60
  
  •    MAN 490 - Global Business

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAN-328 MAR-326; Minimum grade C-.
    This course analyzes international business strategies using trends, costs, forecasting, pricing, sourcing, and distribution factors. Examines development of an international export/import supply chain and how the global business framework influences business. Incorporates sustainable business practices on a global scale.
    LEC 45
  
  •    MAN 498 - Leadership & Management for Change

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ECO-327 FIN-325 MAN-328 MAR-326; Minimum grade C-.
    This course explores the theoretical framework of leadership theory and exposes the student to a variety of leadership models. Examines leadership models in the context of organizational change. Explores developing leadership and management skills through the organization, achieving effective internal reorganization, and coping with constantly changing external environments. Weaves themes of social responsibility and ethics with applications for contemporary leadership.
    LEC 45

Marketing MAR

  
  •    MAR 110 - Introduction to Sales

    1.0 Credits
    Enables the student to understand and develop a solid foundation of the fundamentals of selling. In addition, the course addresses three additional key areas of selling and sales techniques : selling against the competition, selling broadband services, and business solutions selling.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 111 - Principles of Sales

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BUS 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Enables the student to understand and develop ethical sales techniques and covers the role of selling in the marketing process. Areas of emphasis include behavioral considerations in the buying and selling process and sales technique.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAR-010, MMA-010, MMA-212
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 117 - Principles of Retailing

    3.0 Credits
    Emphasizes the study of the basic principles and techniques of merchandising, operations, layout, store organization, site location, and customer service with an emphasis on retailing operations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 158 - Basic Customer Service

    1.0 Credits
    Focuses on basic concepts and techniques needed to effectively serve customers. Specific emphasis given to manage customer expectations by building customer rapport and creating positive outcomes.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest in business. The content of this course is designed on an as-needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information.
    LEC
  
  • ✽ MAR 216 - Principles of Marketing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BUS 115  or BUS 102  ; Minimum grade C-.
    Presents the analysis of theoretical marketing processes and the strategies of product development, pricing, promotion and distribution, and their applications to business and the individual consumer.
    Prev. Course Codes: MMA-211, MMA-251
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 217 - E-Commerce Marketing

    3.0 Credits
    Explores new marketing strategies that have emerged as areas of information technology and the Internet have evolved. This course examines traditional marketing concepts of buying behavior, promotion, production, and others then redefines them as they apply to marketing on the World Wide Web. Web fundamentals, e-marketing trends, strategies, models, and research will be examined.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 220 - Principles of Advertising

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAR 216 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Examines the principles and practices of advertising and its relationship to business in order to promote a business or organization. Areas of major emphasis include advertising principles, strategies, media, copy and layout, and ethical considerations.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAR-240, MAR-020, MMA-020, MMA-252
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 222 - Implementing E-Commerce

    3.0 Credits
    Provides the student with practical skills and knowledge of e-commerce implementation methodology. Topics include strategic planning for e-commerce, project management, change management, role of technology, implementation planning and assessment. Students use case studies to examine standards and practices of businesses implementing e-commerce applications and solutions.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 326 - Contemporary Marketing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121  and COM 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course explores an analysis of theoretical marketing processes and the strategies of product development, pricing, promotion and distribution, and their applications to businesses and the individual consumer. Specific topics include marketing practices for sustainable business.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 336 - Consumer Behavior

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAR-326; Minimum grade C-.
    Examines tools and models for developing and understanding consumer behavior, including processes by which individuals, groups, and organizations evaluate and select various products and services.
    LEC 45
  
  •    MAR 346 - Professional Selling

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENG 121  and COM 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course introduces basic and advanced concepts of professional selling including customer analysis, communication skills, effective openings and closings, and customer relations. Students will learn the development of a sustainable sales culture in the workplace. The course will develop selling skills and concepts through the extensive use of sales exercises, role-plays, and presentations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAR 426 - Product Strategy

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAR-326 MAR-336; Minimum grade C-.
    This course explores major topics in managing long-term customer relationships that derive from products. Focuses on concepts, analyses, and strategies for existing and new products. Topics include product positioning, brand image measurements and brand management, brand equity, conjoint analysis, concept development and testing, and product issues in public policy and ethics.
    LEC 45
  
  •    MAR 446 - Advertising & Promotion Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAR-326; Minimum grade C-.
    This course analyzes advertising and promotion principles and practices from the manager’s point of view. Considers the decision to advertise, market analysis as a planning phase of the advertising program, media selection, public relations, sales promotion, promotion budgets, campaigns, evaluation of results, and agency relations. Introduces the concept of socially responsible advertising and promotion related to sustainable marketing practices.
    LEC 45

Mathematics MAT

  
  •    MAT 030 - Fundamentals of Mathematics

    2.0 Credits
    Explores the vocabulary, operations and applications of whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers. For students with an Accuplacer score of 24-56.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-001
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 060 - Pre-Algebra

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 030 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Explores the vocabulary, operations and applications of fractions, mixed numbers,ratios, proportions, percentages, measurements,integers, introduction to algebraic expressions, and the solution of basic first-degree equations. Designed for students with an Elementary Algebra score of less than 45 and an Arithmetic Accuplacer score of 57-120.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 090 - Introductory Algebra

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 060 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Includes first-degree equations, inequalities, formulas, polynomials, algebraic fractions, factoring polynomials, solving quadratic equations by factoring, and applications. Coordinate geometry, graphing linear equations and inequalities, and systems of linear equations may be included.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-060, MAT-116, MAT-040, MAT-140
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 099 - Intermediate Algebra

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 090 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Emphasizes problem solving with further study of equations, slope, inequalities, systems of equations, polynomials, quadratic equations, rational expressions, rational exponents, radical expressions, graphing, and applications. A graphing calculator or equivalent software may be utilized.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-106
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 101 - Enhanced Mathematics Support

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites MAT 030 
    Supplements math classroom instruction through the Mathematics Support Center, a student-centered learning environment. Students will be able to utilize the following resources: professional and peer tutoring, mathematics and tutorial software, online tutorial resources, videotapes, and training guides for these resources. Students will also be able to obtain help with calculators and mathematical software required in their courses.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 107 - Career Math

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 060 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Covers material designed for career technical students or general studies students who need to study particular mathematical topics. Topics may include arithmetic review, calculator usage, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, graphs, and finance. These are presented on an introductory level and the emphasis is on applications.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-105, MAT-031, MAT-111
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 108 - Technical Mathematics

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 090 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Covers material designed for career technical students or general studies students who need to study particular mathematical topics. Topics may include calculator usage, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, graphs, finance logarithms, and statistics. These are presented on an introductory level and the emphasis is on applications. The specific topics covered are selected to meet the needs of the students enrolled in the course.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-105, MAT-031, MAT-111
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 120 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 099 ; Minimum grade C- or placement test.
    Develops mathematical and problem-solving skills. Appropriate technological skills are included. Content is selected to highlight connections between mathematics and the society in which we live. Topics include set theory and logic, mathematical modeling, probability and statistical methods, and consumer mathematics. Additional content will include one topic in geometry, numeration systems, decision theory, or management science.
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 121 - College Algebra

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 099 ; Minimum grade C- or placement test.
    Includes a review of intermediate algebra, equations and inequalities, functions and their graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions, linear and non-linear system, as well as a selection of topics from graphing of the conic sections, introduction to sequence and series permutations and combinations, the binomial theorem, and the theory of equations.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-161
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 122 - College Trigonometry

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 121 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Covers topics including trigonometric functions (with graphs and inverse functions), identities and equations, solutions of triangles, complex numbers, and other topics as time permits. This is a traditional prerequisite course to the calculus sequence.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-162
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 123 - Finite Mathematics

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 099 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Covers topics including functions, matrix algebra, linear programming, and an introduction to probability and counting techniques. Emphasis is on applications. This course may include other topics such as statistics when time permits. This course is primarily intended for business, life science, or social science majors.
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 125 - Survey of Calculus

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 121 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Includes derivatives, integrals, and their applications, with attention restricted to algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions for business, life science and/or social science majors.
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 135 - Introduction to Statistics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 099 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Includes data presentation and summarization, introduction to probability concepts and distributions, statistical inference estimation, hypotheses testing, comparison of populations, correlation, and regression.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-164
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 155 - Integrated Math I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 099 ; Minimum grade C-. Requires college-level reading.
    Covers topics including natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, relations, functions, and equations. This course is the first of a two-course sequence particularly pertinent to prospective arithmetic teachers, presenting arithmetic and algebra from a modern approach.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-120
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 156 - Integrated Math II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 155 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues MAT 155 . It includes the study of the fundamentals of probability, statistics, and informal Euclidean geometry suitable for K-8 curriculum, employing laboratory techniques where applicable.
    Prev. Course Codes: Mat-220
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 166 - Pre-Calculus

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Reviews college algebra and college trigonometry intended for those planning to take calculus. Topics include algebraic manipulations, properties of algebraic and trigonometric functions and their graphs, trig identities and equations, conic sections, polar coordinates, and parametric equations.
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  •    MAT 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 3.0 Credits
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC
  
  • ◆ MAT 201 - Calculus I

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 122  or MAT 166 ; Minimum grade C-. or placement test.
    Introduces single variable calculus and analytic geometry. Includes limits, continuity, derivatives, and applications of derivatives, as well as indefinite and definite integrals and some applications.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-171
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 202 - Calculus II

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 201 ; Minimum grade C-,T.
    Continuation of single variable calculus that will include techniques of integration, polar coordinates, analytic geometry, improper integrals, and infinite series.
    Prev. Course Codes: MAT-172
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 203 - Calculus III

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 202 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Completes the traditional subject matter of the Calculus. Topics include vectors, vector-valued functions, and multivariable calculus including partial derivatives, multiple integrals, line integrals, and application.
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ MAT 204 - Calculus III With Engineering Applications

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 202  ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course includes all the topics of MAT-203, Calculus III, with an additional emphasis on word problems and problem solving. This is the third course in the three course calculus sequence. This course will additionally contain a thorough examination of multiple integration. This will include double and triple integrals, line integrals, Stokes and Green’s Theorems, and their applications. A graphing calculator is required for this course.
    LEC 75
  
  • ◆ MAT 215 - Discrete Mathematics

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 121  ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course includes formal logic, algorithms, induction proofs, counting and probability, recurrence relations, equivalence relations, graphs, shortest-path, and tree traversal. This course is designed for mathematics and computer science students.
    LEC 60
  
  • ◆ MAT 261 - Differential Equations With Engineering Applications

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 202  ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course introduces ordinary differential equations. The content of this course includes all the topics of MAT-265, Differential Equations, with an additional emphasis on applications and problem solving. A graphing calculator is required for this course.
    LEC 60
  
  • ◆ MAT 265 - Differential Equations

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 202 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Emphasizes techniques of problem solving and applications. Topics include first, second, and higher order differential equations, series methods, approximations, systems of differential equations, and Laplace transforms.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ MAT 266 - Differential Equations With Linear Algebra

    4.0 Credits
    Co-requisites MAT 203 
    Prerequisites: MAT 202 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Covers first and second order differential equations, series solutions, Laplace transforms, linear algebra, eigenvalues, first order systems of equations, and numerical techniques.
    LEC 60 Clock hours

Medical Office Technology MOT

  
  •    MOT 110 - Medical Office Administration

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the administrative duties specifically used in medical offices.
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    MOT 120 - Medical Office Financial Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Covers the practical uses of accounts and records with emphasis on accounting principles and analysis for use in a medical office.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MOT 130 - Insurance Billing and Coding

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces outpatient coding with an ultimate goal to present a clear picture of medical procedures and services performed (CPT codes), correlating the diagnosis, symptom, complaint, or condition (ICD-9 codes), thus establishing the medical necessity required for third-party reimbursement.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MOT 136 - Introduction to Clinical Skills

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BIO-106, HPR 178 , and MOT 150 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides hands-on experience with the basic clinical skills required for asisting with patient care in an ambulatory setting. Delivers the theory behind each skill presented as well as proper technique for performing each skill. Includes knowldge and/or performance of universal precautions/OSHA regulations, HIPAA, medical asepsis, procedural gowning and gloving, patient draping and positioning, and measurement of vital signs.
    LEC 15 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  •    MOT 138 - Medical Assisting Laboratory Skills

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites:  , HPR 178 , and MOT 150 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Introduces the student to basic routine laboratory skills and techniques for collection, handling, and examination of laboratory specimens often encountered in the ambulatory care setting. Empahasizes hands-on experience.
    LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 60 Clock hours
  
  •    MOT 140 - Medical Assisting Clinical Skills

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BIO 106 , HPR 178 , and MOT 150 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides hands-on experience with the clinical skills required for assisting with patient care. Delivers the theory behind each skill presented as well as proper technique for performing each skill.
    LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 60 Clock hours
  
  •    MOT 150 - Pharmacology for Medical Assistants

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MAT 060 ; Minimum grade C-. Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an overview of pharmacology language, abbreviations, systems of measurement, and conversions. The Controlled Substances Act, prescriptions, forms of medications, patient care applications, drug classifications/interactions, and safety in drug therapy and patient care are presented. Information regarding the measurement of medications, dosage calculations, routes of administration, and commonly prescribed drugs in the medical office is provided.
    LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  •    MOT 183 - Medical Assistant Internship

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: MOT 110 , MOT 120 , MOT 130 , MOT 136 , MOT 138 , MOT 140 , MOT 150  and HPR 178 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides supervised placement in a contracted facility for guided experience in application of knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom. The student assists with a variety of business and clinical procedures. Positions are non-paid due to CAAHEP requirements. Student must have permission by program coordinator to begin internship.
    CLIN 225 Clock hours

Meteorology MET

  
  • ◆ MET 150 - General Meteorology

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an introduction to general meteorology and atmospheric sciences. It includes the composition and structure of the atmosphere and characteristics that affect the atmosphere, such as temperature, pressure, and moisture. Additionally, the development of weather systems, such as storm systems, hurricanes, weather fronts, and cloud development will also be examined. Finally, the concepts of climatology will be stressed.
    LEC 45 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours

Multimedia Graphic Design MGD

  
  •    MGD 101 - Introduction to Computer Graphics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the students to the computer systems developed for graphics. The students will learn the hardware and software components for multimedia production. Each student will explore basic computer operations, ergonomics, file management, scanning techniques, archiving capabilities, and utilization of the multimedia department server and internet connection.
    Prev. Course Codes: CWB-165, GRD-101, COA-013
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    MGD 102 - Introduction to Multimedia

    3.0 Credits


    Prerequisites: Take MGD 101; Minimum grade C.

     
    Introduces the types of equipment and technical considerations used in multimedia productions and the multimedia professions. It focuses on current types of equipment such as scanners, printers, digital cameras, and computers. Students gain hands-on experience in how the technology is utilized for input and output in production and design projects. Overview of software and basic design principles will be explored.
    Prev. Course Codes: CWB-140
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours

  
  •    MGD 104 - Videography

    3.0 Credits
    Offers an introduction to the principles and techniques of videotape production, including camera operation, basic script writing, lighting, sound, and basic digital editing. Detailed examination of the pre-production, production, and post-production processes, as well as aesthetics, will be included.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    MGD 105 - Typography & Layout

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take MGD 101 ; Minimum grade C;
    Covers the creation and production of graphic projects, emphasizing the layout creative design process, problem solving, and research. Provides experience producing thumbnails and rough and digital layouts emphasizing refined creative typography.
    Prev. Course Codes: GRD-105, COA-040, COA-238
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    MGD 107 - History of Design

    2.0 Credits
    Explores the pivotal events and achievements that have led to the current state of graphic communications. Through lectures, slides, videos, class discussions, and research students discover the creative thinkers, innovations, and breakthrough technologies that have shaped the evolution of visual communication, advertising, and industrial design today.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    MGD 109 - Design & Color

    3.0 Credits
    Covers the design process and creative problem solving. Includes design and color theories, fundamentals, styles, stages area applied to workups, finished art, and presentations. Emphasis will be on line, form, composition, and continuity.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  •    MGD 110 - Lettering for Graphic Design

    2.0 Credits
    Studies lettering and letter forms, the various methods and mediums used in freehand and mechanically-rendered lettering, the design of lettering, and practical applications of lettering in the field of graphic design.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
 

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