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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

Course Numbers

Courses numbered 01-09 are courses for developmental preparatory studies. The credits earned in these courses are not applicable toward any programs at the College.

Courses numbered 100-199 are freshman-level; courses numbered 200-299 are sophomore-level and all are applicable towards an associate degree, diploma, or certificate program.

Course Credits

The credit for each course is indicated after the title in the course description. One credit is equivalent to one collegiate semester credit hour.

Course Hours

The number of lecture hours in class each week (including lecture, seminar, and discussion hours) and/or the number of laboratory hours in class each week (including laboratory, shop, supervised practice, and cooperative work experiences) are indicated for each course in the description. The number of lecture and laboratory hours in class each week is also called “contact hours” because it is time spent under the direct supervision of a faculty member. In addition to the lecture and laboratory hours in class each week, students must also spend time on out-of-class assignments.

Course Prerequisites

If any prerequisites are established for a course, these prerequisites will be identified in the course description. Courses in special sequences (usually identified by a series of Roman numerals separated by a hyphen ”-” ; e.g. I-II-III) require that courses be taken that order. Prerequisites must be completed before enrolling in any specified course unless special permission is obtained from the instructor or associate vice president. When course numbers or Roman numerals are separated by a comma “,“ the courses can be taken in any order. When co-requisites are required for a course, the co-requisites must be taken at the same time.

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Transfer Elective
  

  • UCGS Block III - Social & Behavioral Sciences

    Credits: 3

    Select one course:

    • ECO 150- Economic Essentials: Theory and Application
    • ECO 201- Principles of Macroeconomics 
    • ECO 202- Principles of Microeconomics 
    • GEO 210- People and the Land: Intro to Cultural Geography
    • GEO 220- World Regional Geography 
    • PLS 135- U.S. Government and Politics
    • PLS 241- Introduction to International Relations I
    • PSY 200- Principles of Psychology
    • SOC 200 - Introduction to Sociology
    • SOC 211- Cultural Anthropology
    • SOC 268 - Social Problems
  

  • UCGS Block IV - Natural Sciences

    Credits: 4

    Select one course:

    • BIO 101- General Biology I
    • BIO 102- General Biology 11
    • CHM 101- Introductory Chemistry I
    • CHM 111- General Chemistry I
    • CHM 112- General Chemistry II
    • ENV 121- General Environmental Science I
    • ENV 122- General Environmental Science II
    • GOL 105- Physical Geology
    • GOL 106- Historical Geology
    • GOL 110- Earth Systems: An Environmental Geology Perspective
    • PHY 100- Elements of Physics
    • PHY 201- General College Physics I (Algebra-Based)
    • PHY 202- General College Physics II (Algebra-Based)
    • PHY 241- University Physics I (Calculus-Based)
    • PHY 242- University Physics II (Calculus-Based)
  

  • UCGS Block V - Mathematics

    Credits: 3

    Select one course:

    A. Quantitative/Statistics Pathway:

    • MTH 154- Quantitative Reasoning
    • MTH 155 - Statistical Reasoning
    • MTH 245 -Statistics I

    B. Calculus Pathway:

    • MTH 161/162- PreCalculus I/ PreCalculus II
    • MTH 167- PreCalculus with Trigonometry
    • MTH 261- Applied Calculus I
    • MTH 263- Calculus I
    • MTH 264- Calculus II
  

  • UCGS Block VI - History

    Credits: 3

    Select one course: 

    • HIS 101- Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE
    • HIS 102- Western Civilizations Post-1600 CE
    • HIS 111- World Civilizations Pre-1500 CE
    • HIS 112- World Civilizations Post-1500 CE
    • HIS 121- United States History to 1877
    • ​HIS 122- United States History Since 1865
  

  • UCGS Block VII - Specialized General Education Requirements

    Credits: 6

    NOTE: For Block VII, students may complete courses from Blocks I-VI above or any additional courses below. Students should align their Block VII course selection with their intended transfer destination’s specific general education or programmatic requirements.

    Select two courses:
  

Welding
  

  • WEL 117 - Oxyacetylene Welding and Cutting

    Credits: 3

    Introduces history of oxyacetylene welding, principles of welding and cutting, nomenclature of the equipment, development of the puddle, running flat beads, butt welding in different positions. Also explains brazing, silver and soft soldering, and heat treating of small tools, safety procedures in the use of tools and equipment.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 120 - Introduction to Welding

    Credits: 3

    Introduces history of welding processes. Covers types of equipment, and assembly of units. Stresses welding procedures such as fusion, non-fusion, and cutting oxyacetylene. Introduces arc welding. Emphasizes procedures in the use of tools and equipment.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 123 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic)

    Credits: 3

    Teaches operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 124 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Advanced)

    Credits: 3

    Continues instruction on operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 126 - Pipe Welding I

    Credits: 3

    Teaches metal arc welding processes including the welding of pressure piping in the horizontal, vertical, and horizontal-fixed positions in accordance with section IX of the ASME code.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 130 - Inert Gas Welding

    Credits: 3

    Introduces practical operations in the uses of inert-gas-shield (TIG or GTAW) arc welding. Discusses equipment, safety operations, welding practice in the various positions, process applications, and manual and semi-automatic welding.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours per week
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours per week
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week
  

  • WEL 138 - Pipe and Tube Welding

    Credits: 2

    Develops entry-level skills for the inert gas tungsten welding process (TIG) with emphasis upon thin and thick wall carbon and stainless piping and tubing

    Prerequisites: WEL 136 or Instructor Permission
    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 1 hour per week
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours per week
    Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week
  

  • WEL 141 - Welder Qualification Test I

    Credits: 3

    Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 145 - Welding Metallurgy

    Credits: 3

    Studies steel classifications, heat treatment procedures, properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Discusses techniques and practices of testing welded joints and destructive/nondestructive, visual magnetic and fluorescent testing.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 150 - Welding Drawing and Interpretation

    Credits: 3

    Teaches fundamentals required for successful drafting as applied to the welding industry. Includes blueprint reading, geometric principles of drafting and freehand sketching, basic principles of orthographic projection, preparation of drawings and interpretation of symbols.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 160 - Gas Metal Arc Welding

    Credits: 3

    Introduces semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 161 - Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)

    Credits: 3

    Introduces flux cored semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 164 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)

    Credits: 3

    Introduces practical operations in the use of tungsten arc welding and equipment. Studies equipment operation setup, safety, and practice of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG).

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 166 - Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)

    Credits: 3

    Continues practical operations in the use of tungsten arc welding and equipment. Studies equipment operation setup, safety, and practice of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG).

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 175 - Semi-Automatic Processes

    Credits: 3

    Introduces Semi Automatic Processes performed with Carbon Steel. Emphasizes practical applications in field techniques. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes and cover gasses.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hour.
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
  

  • WEL 195 - Topics In

    Credits: 3

    Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. Variable credit hours.

    Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours per week
    Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours per week
    Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week
 

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