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.

 

Academic Achievement AAA

  
  •    AAA 010 - Academic Achievement in Pre-College: Equivalent Studies

    1.0 Credits
    Meets the requirements of the Comprehensive Student Assessment System and the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, as well as work and postsecondary enrollment skills.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    AAA 050 - Semester Survival

    2.0 Credits
    Emphasizes basic study skills in order to bolster the student’s chances of completing the current semester successfully.
    LEC 30 Clock hours
  
  •    AAA 090 - Academic Achievement Strategies

    3.0 Credits
    Develops personalized approaches to learn and succeed for easier transition into college. Topics include goal setting, time management, textbook reading strategies, note taking, test taking, listening techniques, concentration and memory devices, and critical thinking for student success.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    AAA 095 - Math Helps

    1.0 Credits
    Provides students with the opportunity to supplement their current math course with mathematical instruction individually designed to fill in the holes” of missing mathematical concepts. In addition, the course serves as a solid review of mathematical concepts in preparation for college-level math courses. Sudents will study the content area needed for that student, as indicated by a diagnostic assessment.”
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    AAA 099 - Active Learning Skills

    1.0 Credits
    This course allows students a variety of experiences in tutorial and enhanced learning activities in reading, writing, math, and ESL. Topics include academic support, learning styles, and contextualized learning. Students will acquire reading, English composition, English as a Second Language and/or mathematics skills through the use of course tutorial software and individualized instruction.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    AAA 101 - College 101: The Student Experience

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces students to college culture and prepares them for the challenges they will face in higher education. Through a series of interactive seminars, students discover learning in a multicultural environment and use college and community resources to attain education and career goals.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    AAA 109 - Advanced Academic Achievement

    3.0 Credits
    Examines theories and practices associated with successful learning to enhance college success. Areas of study include education and career planning, effective communication, personal management, critical and creative thinking, development of community, and awareness of diversity, leadership, and techniques for successful academic performance. Recommended for new and returning students.
    Prev. Course Codes: PSY-100, SKS-125, SKS-080, SKS-101, COM-150
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    AAA 175 - Special Topics

    0.25 - 6.0 Credits
    Exploration of current topics, issues, and activities related to one or more aspects of the named discipline.
    LEC
  
  •    AAA 176 - Special Topics

    0.25 - 6.0 Credits
    Exploration of current topics, issues, and activities related to one or more aspects of the named discipline.
    LEC

Accounting ACC

  
  •    ACC 101 - Fundamentals of Accounting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Presents the basic elements and concepts of accounting, with emphasis on the procedures used for maintaining journals, ledgers, and other related records, and for the completion of period reports for small service and merchandising businesses.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-010, ACG-010, ACG-120
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 115 - Payroll Accounting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 101  or ACC 121  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Studies federal and state employment laws and their effects on personnel and payroll records. The course is non-technical and is intended to give students a practical working knowledge of the current payroll laws and actual experience in applying regulations. Students are exposed to computerized payroll procedures.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-240
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ACC 121 - Accounting Principles I

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the study of accounting principles for understanding of the theory and logic that underlie procedures and practices. Major topics include the accounting cycle for service and merchandising companies, special journals and subsidiary ledgers, internal control principles and practices, notes and interest, inventory systems and costing, plant assets and intangible asset accounting, and depreciation methods and practices.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACG-111, ACG-151
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ACC 122 - Accounting Principles II

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 121  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Continues the study of accounting principles as they apply to partnerships and corporations. Major topics include stocks and bonds, investments, cash flow statements, financial analysis, budgeting, and cost and managerial accounting.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACG-112, ACG-152
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 125 - Computerized Accounting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 121  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Introduces the capabilities of computer applications in accounting. Includes solving accounting problems of a financial nature and hardware and software controls.
    Prev. Course Codes: CIS-153, CIS-155, CIS-030, CSC-030, CSC-130, ACG-226
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 131 - Income Tax

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course is the study of basic concepts of federal income taxation, including gross income, deductions, accounting periods and methods, and property transactions, with emphasis on taxation of individuals and sole proprietorships.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-221, ACC-015, ACG-015, ACG-161
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 135 - Spreadsheet Applications for Accounting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: CIS 118 ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course introduces spreadsheets as an accounting tool. Using an accounting perspective, the student applies fundamental spreadsheet concepts. The spreadsheet is used as a problem-solving and decision-making tool.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 138 - Payroll & Sales Tax

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 101  or ACC 121  ; Minimum grade C-.
    Acquaints students with laws pertaining to payroll and sales taxes including record keeping rules. Student prepare various federal, state, and local forms for reporting payroll taxes and sales taxes. A computerized payroll simulation is included in the course.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 139 - Budget Management

    1.0 Credits
    Teaches the basics of budgets including analyzing, managing, and tracking costs.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 140 - Accounting Software: (software)

    1.0 Credits
    Students are introduced to specialized accounting software. Students will enter data, create invoices, write checks, use accounts payable and account receivable, record and pay sales and payroll taxes, do job costing, and generate reports.
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: 8 credits of ACC; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in-depth exploration of special topics of interest.
    LEC
  
  •    ACC 211 - Intermediate Accounting I

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take ACC 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Focuses on comprehensive analysis of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), accounting theory, concepts, and financial reporting principles for public corporations. It is the first of a two-course sequence in financial accounting and is designed primarily for accounting and finance majors. Focuses on the preparation and analysis of business information relevant and useful to external users of financial reports. Explores the theories, principles and practices surveyed in Accounting Principles and critically examines real world financial analysis and reporting.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-027, ACG-027, ACG-252
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 212 - Intermediate Accounting II

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 211 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Focuses on the theoretical and practical aspects of accounting for long term liabilities, stockholders’ equity, investments, pensions, and leases. Includes income tax allocation, financial statement analysis, cash flow statements, and accounting methods changes.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-028, ACG-028
    LEC 60 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 215 - Accounting Information Systems and E-Business

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Studies the principles, concepts and tools used in the analysis, design, implementation, and integration of accounting systems, internal controls systems, and accounting procedures. Key elements of system analysis, business systems design, accounting software selection, and the acquisition and implementation of systems are studied. Techniques and systems for electronic control systems, electronic data interchange, electronic funds transfer, and web commerce are explored.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-245
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 216 - Governmental & Not-For-Profit Accounting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Addresses concepts of budgetary control as a matter of law and public administration theory. Accounting principles and procedures necessary to implement budgetary controls for governmental units and other not-for-profit institutions and organizations are presented.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-250, ACC-085, ACG-085
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 226 - Cost Accounting

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Studies cost accumulation methods and reports. Focuses on the concepts and procedures of job order, process, standard and direct cost systems, budgeting, planning, and control of costs.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 231 - Business Taxation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Take ACC 131 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Introduces students to taxation of business entities and transactions. Topics include taxation of property transactions, various tax issues that apply to different tax entities, tax administration and practice, and the taxation effects of formation, operation, and dissolution of corporations, partnerships, S corporations, trusts, and estates.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 232 - Auditing

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 122  and ACC 215 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Studies auditing procedures, standards, and programs; examines financial statements and the preparation of audit working papers. Good working relationship features between the internal accountant and external auditor will be analyzed to assist them in preparing for audits. This course will focus on the audit process, procedures, and mechanics.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 235 - Computerized Accounting for Small Business

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ACC 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Introduces a microcomputer package, such as Quickbooks, One-write Plus, or similar accounting application for use in a small business. Focuses on installation, starting the application, and converting a manual accounting system to an electronic system. Includes an easy to use bookkeeping system that incorporates all daily transactions and summarizes records in reports for a complete financial picture.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: 8 credits ACC; Minimum grade C-.
    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: ACC-290A
    LEC 0 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 287 - Cooperative Education

    3.0 Credits
    Provides an opportunity to gain practical experience in applying occupational skills and/or to develop specific skills in a practical work setting. The instructor works with the student to select an appropriate work site, establish learning objectives, and coordinate learning activities with the employer or work site supervisor. For Accounting majors only.
    Prev. Course Codes: ACC-130C, ACC-030C, ACC-030, ACG-030C
    COOP 135 Clock hours
  
  •    ACC 294 - Service Learning

    0.5 - 6.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: 8 credits ACC; Minimum grade C-.
    Allows the student to provide a service to the community utilizing knowledge and skills acquired from a course in which the student is curently enrolled or has previously taken at the student`s respective college.
    CLIN
  
  •    ACC 335 - Accounting for Managers

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: BIS-324 and ACC-122; Minimum grade C-.
    Focuses on the use of accounting information by managers in the successful operation of a sustainable business enterprise. Explores cost measurement, analysis, and management for organizational decion-making, planning, and control. Examines both traditional concepts and techniques and those evolving in today’s sustainable business environment. Emphasizes case analysis and applications.
    LEC 45

Adventure Guide ADG

  
  •    ADG 102 - Introduction to Field Techniques: Canyoneering

    2.0 Credits
    This course will provide students with specific skills that can be used in canyoneering field experiences within remote or difficult locations. This will include the identification of specialized gear; rope management; knots and anchor construction; interpretation of canyon-specific topographic profiles; rating terrain; and learning techniques to safely perform high-angle descents on rope. These techniques will be applied in a multi-day field experience.
    LAB 60
  
  •    ADG 125 - Leave No Trace Certification Course

    1.0 Credits
    This overnighter (two days and one night) is a certification course in the low-impact guidelines of Leave No Trace (LNT). Participants have the opportunity to practice and domonstrate the LNT principles in a hands-on setting. It is a must for guides, outfitters, outdoor educators, scout/youth group leaders, or anyone who cares about minimizing impact on the Colorado backcountry. Upon completion, participants will be officially certified as an LNT Trainer by Leave No Trace, Inc., and awarded a trainer certificate. This certification is recognized by many outdoor and government agencies. This class is a great outdoor resume enhancer.
    LECLB 22.5

Agriculture AGR

  
  •    AGR 120 - Agroecology I

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ENV 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Introduces students to a variety of food systems, including basic theory, application, and environmental impacts. Students will learn about the evolution of agriculture from primitive subsistence farming to modern industrialized methods. Students will focus on agricultural practices appropriate to the spring season and our local environment.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    AGR 122 - Agroecology II

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: AGR 120 ; Minimum grade C-.
    A continuing exploration of agroecology, students examine agriculture issues and strategies with an emphasis on sustainable, organic, and natural systems. Environmental impacts of various agricultural management practices on soil and water resources, pest and disease management, and requirements for external inputs are investigated. Basic agronomics, including strategies for increasing efficiency and profitability, are examined. Food plants started during Agroecology I, as well as additional plantings, will be nurtured, harvested, and evaluated for quality.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  •    AGR 124 - Agroecology III

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: AGR 122 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Building upon the knowledge, hands-on experiences, and food production in previous courses, Agroecology III is the culmination of the three agroecology courses. Emphasis is placed on opportunities and challenges in nurturing, harvesting, processing, storing, preserving, and marketing foods to maximize quality as well as profitability using methods that are environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially responsible. Students also explore techniques for extending the fall growing season, seed saving, and preparing the garden for winter as well as the up-coming growing season.
    LECLB 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ AGR 260 - World Interdependence - Population & Food

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Covers the study of world population and food production and distribution. Problems and opportunities concerning population and food are discussed in a global context.
    LEC 45
  
  •  ✽ AGR 266 - Food Politics, Policies & People

    3.0 Credits
    Students will investigate political aspects of food production, control, regulation, inspection, economics, and distribution. The history of political influences on U.S. and global food policies will be examined as well as contemporary and potential future issues. Students will compare and contrast existing with innovative food policy proposals and assess the impact of these potential policies on meeting the needs of future generations.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Agriculture, Crops & Soils AGY

  
  • ◆ AGY 240 - Introductory Soil Science

    4.0 Credits
    Focuses on formation, physical properties, chemical properties, and management of soils emphasizing conditions that affect plant growth.
    Prev. Course Codes: AGG-115, AGG-161, NRM-115
    LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 60 Clock hours

Agriculture Economics AGE

  
  • ◆ AGE 102 - Agriculture Economics

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course focuses on economic principles as applied to agriculture through price discovery with producer supply and consumer demand, governmental policies, rural development, and resource management.
    LEC 45

American Sign Language ASL

  
  • ✽ ASL 101 - Basic Sign Language I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides students with the basic knowledge of communicating with the deaf community. Students will develop basic vocabulary and conversational skills and will be introduced to aspects of the deaf culture and community.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ASL 102 - Basic Sign Language II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ASL 101 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Continues the sequence for students who want to learn basic conversational patterns to communicate with the deaf community. The material covers basic vocabulary and conversational skills, and aspects of the deaf culture and community.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ASL 121 - American Sign Language I

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Exposes the student to American Sign Language. Readiness activities are conducted focusing on visual/receptive skills and basic communication. Utilizes the direct experience method.
    Prev. Course Codes: ELD-111, ELD-161
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ASL 122 - American Sign Language II

    5.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ASL 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Develops a basic syntactic knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL), basic vocabulary and basic conversational skills. Incorporates vital aspects of deaf culture and community. Direct experience method is used to enhance the learning process.
    Prev. Course Codes: ELD-122, ELD-162
    LEC 75 Clock hours
  
  •    ASL 275 - Special Topics

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

Anthropology ANT

  
  • ◆ ANT 101 - Cultural Anthropology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Studies human cultural patterns and learned behavior. Includes linguistics, social and political organization, religion, culture and personality, culture change, and applied anthropology.
    Prev. Course Codes: ANT-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology Lab

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites ANT 101 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Study the art and science of ethnographic research methods, analyze classic ethnographies, conduct field research projects, write model ethnographies and ethnologies, and address ethical debates and controversies. This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses.
    LAB 30
  
  • ◆ ANT 103 - Archaeology Laboratory

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites ANT 107 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course studies analytical methods in archaeological research including those employed both in the field and in the laboratory. Deals with practical exercises illustrating many of the theoretical principles of archaeology, including methods of archaeological survey, excavation, artifact analysis, collections strategies, mapping strategies, and field interpretation.
    LAB 30
  
  • ◆ ANT 104 - Physical Anthropology Laboratory

    1.0 Credits
    Co-requisites ANT 111 
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    This course investigates the principles of physical/biological anthropology. Includes genetic and evolutionary processes, comparative skeletal anatomy, primate morphology and behavior, human evolution, modern human variation, and forensics through laboratory and/or online practicum exercises and analytical discussions.
    LAB 30
  
  • ◆ ANT 107 - Introduction to Archaeology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the science of recovering the human prehistoric and historic past through excavation, analysis, and interpretation of material remains. Includes a survey of the archaeology of different areas of the Old and New Worlds. Also includes the works of selected archaeologists and discussions of major archaeological theories.
    Prev. Course Codes: ANT-210, ANT-250
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ANT 108 - Archaeology of World Rock Art

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the archaeology of new and old world rock art dating from the historic past to over 30,000 years ago using a scientific perspective. Classification, recordation, dating, analysis, management and conservation, research ethics and protocols, and symbolic and ethnographic interpretation will be covered. Also addresses other formal approaches and established as well as emerging theory.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ANT 111 - Physical Anthropology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Studies human biology and its effects on behavior. Includes principles of genetics and evolution, vertebrates and primates, human origins, human variation, and ecology.
    Prev. Course Codes: ANT-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ANT 121 - Cultures of the Southwest

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ANT 101 , ANT 107 , or ANT 111 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Includes the major prehistoric cultures (Paleoindian, Desert Culture, Anasazi, Hohokam, and Mogollon) and ethnographic views of the historic cultures (Pueblos, Navajo, Apache, Pima, Papago, Spanish-American, and Anglo-American). The purpose of the study is to trace the stages through which these cultures have passed in order to evaluate environmental influences on human activities and to perceive human influences on the environment.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ANT 137 - Southwest US Archaeology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Identifies the complex regional population centers and cultural traditions of prehistoric peoples of the Four-Corners (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) and analyzes evidence of cultural interaction with peoples of Meso-America and with the ecology of the region.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ANT 175 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 6.0 Credits
    Provides opportunity for off-campus field experience or study of a special topic in anthropology. Field study may occur at archaeological sites, museums, host educational institutions, within ethnographic situations, or other anthropologically appropriate places. Study of a special topic may include that derived from physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, or other anthropological discipline.
    LEC 15 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ANT 201 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Studies the basic principles of forensic anthropology, an applied field within the discipline of physical anthropology. Includes the study of the human skeleton, practical application of physical anthropology and archaeology, and judicial procedure as they relate to the identification of human remains within a medico-legal context.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ANT 211 - Cultural Resource Management

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the cultural resources management requirements of the federal government. Explores the history, purposes, and goals of historic preservation through an examination of cultural, archaeological, and historical resources of the American Southwest. Note: Requires college-level reading.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ANT 215 - Indians of North America

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Studies the Indians of North America from the origins of native peoples in the New World through the development of geographic culture areas, to European contact and subsequent contemporary Native American issues.
    Prev. Course Codes: ANT-230, ANT-260
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ANT 221 - Exploring Other Cultures I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides an anthropological understanding of a selected culture. Areas of study include the culture’s language, processes of enculturation, subsistence patterns and economics, kinship and descent, political organization, religion, art, history, and its reactions to the forces of globalization.
    Prev. Course Codes: ANT-251
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ANT 222 - Exploring Other Cultures II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ANT 221 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides an anthropological understanding of another selected culture (continuation of ANT 221 ) with a more in-depth treatment. Areas of study include the culture’s language, processes of enculturation, subsistence patterns and economics, kinship and descent, political organization, religion, art, history, and its reactions to the forces of globalization.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ANT 250 - Medical Anthropology

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites:   ; Minimum grade C-.
    This course studies the basic principles of medical anthropology, an applied field within the discipline of cultural anthropology. Includes the cross-cultural study of practices and beliefs regarding illness, health, death, prevention and therapy; and the interaction of the medical systems between Western and other cultures.
    LEC 45
  
  • ✽ ANT 260 - Sex, Gender, and Culture

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Explores the anthropology of gender. Includes the relationship between biology and culture in human evolution, archaeological evidence of gender distinctions in prehistory, cross-cultural constructions of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality, variations in the sexual division of labor and economic stratification, gender differences in ritual and religion, and the impact of gender issues in contemporary global culture change.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ANT 275 - Special Topics

    1.0 - 5.0 Credits
    Provides opportunity for off-campus field experience or study of a special topic in anthropology. Field study may occur at archaeological sites, museums, host educational institutions, within ethnographic situations, or other anthropologically appropriate places. Study of a special topic may include that derived from physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, or other anthropological discipline.
    LECLB
  
  • ✽ ANT 280 - Southwest Field Exploration

    2.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the social, religious, economic, and cultural development of the Anasazi. Major ruins, excavation sites, and laboratory facilities in the Four Corners region are explored.
    Prev. Course Codes: ANT-280AB, ANT-270AB
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours

Apprentice Related Experience ARE

  
  •    ARE 110 - Carpentry I

    4.0 Credits
    Teaches the carpentry trade, basic safety, construction math, hand and power tools, wood building materials, and basic rigging.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ARE 113 - Masonry I

    4.0 Credits
    Introduces students to the masonry trade. Covers the history of the trade, safety, tools and equipment, masonry math, mortar joints and applications, and brick materials layout. The ability to lift 80 pounds and climb a 25-foot ladder is required.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ARE 115 - Sheet Metal I

    4.0 Credits
    Introduces safety, shop/trade mathematics, the principles of layout, the elements of blueprint reading and fabrication. This course also covers the various tools, fasteners, metals, and sheet metal processes.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ARE 123 - Masonry II

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ARE 113  ; Minimum grade C-.
    Introduces students to the masonry trade. Covers the history of the trade, safety, tools and equipment, masonry math, mortar joints and applications, and brick materials layout. The ability to lift 80 pounds and climb a 25-foot ladder is required.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ARE 125 - Sheet Metal II

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ARE 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Introduces safety, shop/trade mathematics, the principles of layout, the elements of blueprint reading, and fabrication. This course also covers the various tools, fasteners, metals, and sheet metal processes.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ARE 133 - Masonry III

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ARE 123 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Covers materials handling and storage; advanced laying techniques; control joints, corners and poles; flashing and lintels; elevated masonry; commercial and residential drawings; all-weather masonry; wall insulations; openings; columns; sample panels; and prisms. Evaluation ends the second year of masonry.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ARE 143 - Masonry IV

    4.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ARE 133 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Covers materials handling and storage; advanced laying techniques; control joints, corners and poles; flashing and lintels; elevated masonry; commercial and residential drawings; all-weather masonry; wall insulations; openings; columns; sample panels; and prisms. Evaluation ends the second year of masonry.
    LECLB 90 Clock hours
  
  •    ARE 280 - Internship

    0.5 - 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 business location and with the direct guidance of the instructor.
    CLIN

Architectural Engineering & Construction Management AEC

  
  •    AEC 121 - Construction Materials & Systems

    3.0 Credits
    Examines building materials and construction techniques. Topics include a study of soils, concrete, brick, masonry, steel, timber, and plastics and a study of types of building structural systems and components. Principles of interpreting light commerical construction drawings (blueprints) for structural and trade information are also introduced.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Architectural Technology ARC

  
  •    ARC 121 - Building Structure Analysis

    3.0 Credits
    Provides an analysis of structural components for buildings. Study of vertical and horizontal loadings; shear and moment diagrams; wood, laminated wood, and steel beams; wood and steel columns. Students will be able to solve simple structural engineering problems.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  •    ARC 125 - History of Architecture

    3.0 Credits
    Covers major periods of architectural development. Social and cultural values influencing architecture will be highlighted as well as the interaction of art, engineering, and architecture as forms of expression.
    LEC 45 Clock hours

Art ART

  
  • ◆ ART 110 - Art Appreciation

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the cultural significance of the visual arts, including media, processes, techniques, tradition, and terminology.
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ART 111 - Art History Ancient to Medieval

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides the knowledge base to understand the visual arts, especially as related to Western culture. Surveys the visual arts from the Ancient through the Medieval periods.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-151
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ◆ ART 112 - Art History Renaissance to Modern (1900)

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Provides the knowledge base to understand the visual arts, especially as related to Western culture. Surveys the visual arts from the Renaissance to 1900.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-152
    LEC 45 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 114 - Art Sampler

    1.0 Credits
    Introduces students to basic skills through various art media. This course may be repeated under a different subtitle for a maximum of six credit hours. Encompasses a multitude of one- credit art experiences that expose students to an art form that they may wish to explore further.
    LECLB 22.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 115 - Stained Glass I

    3.0 Credits
    Develops a basic understanding and approach to stained glass. Students gain an understanding of and appreciation for the properties of glass and the nature of finished stained glass construction.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-115, ARC-070, ARC-131, ART-270SB
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 116 - Stained Glass II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ART 115 ; Minimum grade C-.
    A continuation of Stained Glass I, students advance to a clearer but still basic understanding and approach to stained glass. Students gain a greater understanding of and appreciation for the properties of glass and the nature of finished stained glass construction.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 117 - Fiber Design I Fiber Design I

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces basic fiber design. Explores basic studies and approaches to fiber design, ranging from the uses of dyes, prints, painting, and threads to an appreciation of the properties of various kinds of fiber and textiles.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 121 - Drawing I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Investigates the various approaches and media that students need to develop drawing skills and visual perception.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-161
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 124 - Watercolor I

    3.0 Credits
    Provides an introduction to the basic techniques and unique aspects of materials involved in the use of either transparent or opaque water media or both. Color theory is included.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 128 - Figure Drawing I

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the basic techniques of drawing the human figure.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-270, ART-124, ART-163
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 129 - Printmaking I

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the basic techniques and skills of printmaking as a fine art media. Instruction includes an understanding of visual concepts as they relate to prints. May include introduction to relief, intaglio, lithography and screen printing techniques.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 131 - Visual Concepts 2-D Design

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Examines the basic elements of design, visual perception, and artistic form and composition as they relate to two-dimensional media.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 132 - Visual Concepts 3-D Design

    3.0 Credits
    Focuses on learning to apply the elements and principles of design to three dimensional problems.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-178
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 133 - Jewelry and Metal Work I

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces the construction of jewelry designs in metals and small casting techniques.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 138 - Film Photography I

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces black and white photography as a fine art medium and develops skills necessary for basic camera and lab operations.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-151, PHA-111, PHA-021, PHA-121, PHO-101
    LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 139 - Digital Photography I

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: Requires college-level reading.
    Introduces the basic concepts of digital imaging as applied to photography. Using applicable technology and hands-on experience, modern developments are presented leading to the present applications of digital imaging which combine traditional photographic ideas with electronic media. Enables the student to learn how to operate image manipulation software using a variety of scanning equipment, software tools, and output devices by executing new assignments and applying these technologies to their photographic process.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHO-205
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 140 - Color Photography I

    3.0 Credits
    Covers the fundamentals of color photography such as color theory and light, production, processing and printing color negatives.
    Prev. Course Codes: PHO-103
    LEC 30 Clock hours LAB 30 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 151 - Painting I

    3.0 Credits
    Explores basic techniques, materials, and concepts used in opaque painting processes in oil or acrylic painting to depict form and space on a two dimensional surface.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-126, ART-171
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 152 - Landscape Painting

    3.0 Credits
    Focuses on specific landscape concerns in the painting media of your choice.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 153 - Pastel Painting

    3.0 Credits
    Approaches the pastel medium in an inventive manner and introduces students to soft pastels and their many approaches to painting with them. Color theory will be taught in practice and application.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 154 - Figure Painting I

    3.0 Credits
    Focuses on painting the human figure, and includes a brief survey of figure painting, and instruction in the fundamental methods of composition and expressions.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-273, ART-034, ART-270FP, ART-270SJ
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 161 - Ceramics I

    3.0 Credits
    Introduces traditional and contemporary ceramic forms and processes including handbuilding and throwing on the potter’s wheel.
    Prev. Course Codes: ART-141, ART-191
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 162 - Handbuilt Clay I

    3.0 Credits
    Provides instruction in several methods of handbuilding and the study of functional and decorative design elements.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
  
  • ✽ ART 163 - Handbuilt Clay II

    3.0 Credits
    Prerequisites: ART 162 ; Minimum grade C-.
    Provides continued instruction in various methods of handbuilding.
    LECLB 67.5 Clock hours
 

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