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ACC 124 - Payroll Accounting
Credits: 3
Presents accounting systems and methods used in computing and recording payroll to include payroll taxes and compliance with federal and state legislation.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ACC 211 - Principles of Accounting I
Credits: 4
Introduces accounting principles with respect to financial reporting. Demonstrates how decision makers use accounting information for reporting purposes. Focuses on the preparation of accounting information and its use in the operation of organizations, as well as methods of analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 4 hours per week.
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ACC 212 - Principles of Accounting II
Credits: 4
Introduces accounting principles with respect to cost and managerial accounting. Focuses on the application of accounting information with respect to product costing, as well as its use within the organization to provide direction and to judge performance.
Prerequisites: ACC 211
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 4 hours per week.
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ACC 215 - Computerized Accounting
Credits: 3
Introduces the computer in solving accounting problems. Focuses on operation of computers. Presents the accounting cycle and financial statement preparation in a computerized system and other applications for financial and managerial accounting.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ACC 261 - Principles of Federal Taxation I
Credits: 3
Presents the study of federal taxation as it relates to individuals and related entities. Includes tax planning, compliance, and reporting.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ACC 262 - Principles of Federal Taxation II
Credits: 3
Presents the study of federal taxation as it relates to partnerships, corporations, and other tax entities. Includes tax planning, compliance, and reporting.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week
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ADJ 100 - Survey of Criminal Justice
Credits: 3
Presents an overview of the United States criminal justice system; introduces the major system components–law enforcement, judiciary, and corrections.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 105 - Juvenile Justice System
Credits: 3
Presents the evolution, philosophy, structures and processes of the American juvenile delinquency system; surveys the rights of juveniles, dispositional alternatives, rehabilitation methods and current trends.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 107 - Survey of Criminology
Credits: 3
Surveys the volume and scope of crime; considers a variety of theories developed to explain the causation of crime and criminality.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 128 - Patrol Administration and Operations
Credits: 3
Studies the goals, methods and techniques of police patrol with focus on the norms which govern work behavior in a police career. Examines the responsibilities of administrators and field supervisors of patrol in the local and state law enforcement agencies.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 133 - Ethics and the Criminal Justice Professional
Credits: 3
Examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the criminal justice system, including those in policing, courts and corrections. Focuses on some of the specific ethical choices that must be made by the criminal justice professional.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 140 - Introduction To Corrections
Credits: 3
Focuses on societal responses to the offender. Traces the evolution of practices based on philosophies of retribution, deterrence, and rehabilitation. Reviews contemporary correctional activities and their relationships to other aspects of the criminal justice system.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 170 - Street Gangs and Law Enforcement
Credits: 3
Teaches the philosophy and history of gangs in America through the eyes of law enforcement, courts, corrections and the citizenry. Examines methods by which law enforcement defines the gang problem and intervenes in gang membership. Explores gang globalization; differentiates street gangs and terrorist cells.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 196 - On-Site Training Administration of Justi
Credits: 3
Bridges the gap between theory and practice by allowing students to apply skills learned in the classroom to practical on-the-job learning situations.
Prerequisites: Must meet requirements specified by the ADJ Program Head.
Total Hours per Week: A minimum of 180 contact hours (approximately 12 hours of voluntary work per week for 15 weeks) with a criminal justice agency is required.
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ADJ 211 - Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedures I
Credits: 3
Teaches the elements of proof for major and common crimes and the legal classification of offenses. Studies the kinds, degrees, and admissibility of evidence and its presentation in criminal proceedings with emphasis on legal guidelines for methods and techniques of evidence acquisition. Surveys the procedural requirements from arrest to final disposition in the various American court systems with focus on the Virginia jurisdiction. Part I of II.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 212 - Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedures II
Credits: 3
Teaches the elements of proof for major and common crimes and the legal classification of offenses. Studies the kinds, degrees, and admissibility of evidence and its presentation in criminal proceedings with emphasis on legal guidelines for methods and techniques of evidence acquisition. Surveys the procedural requirements from arrest to final disposition in the various American court systems with focus on the Virginia jurisdiction. Part II of II.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 228 - Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Credits: 3
Surveys the historical and current usage of narcotics and dangerous drugs. Teaches the identification and classification of such drugs and emphasizes the symptoms and effects on their users. Examines investigative methods and procedures utilized in law enforcement efforts against illicit drug usage.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 229 - Law Enforcement and The Community
Credits: 3
Considers current efforts by law enforcement personnel to achieve an effective working relationship with the community. Surveys and analyzes various interactive approaches of law enforcement agencies and the citizenry they serve.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 236 - Principles of Criminal Investigation
Credits: 3
Surveys the fundamentals of criminal investigation procedures and techniques. Examines crime scene search, collecting, handling and preserving of evidence.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 237 - Advanced Criminal Investigation
Credits: 3
Introduces specialized tools and scientific aids used in criminal investigation. Applies investigative techniques to specific situations and preparation of trial evidence.
Prerequisites: ADJ 236 or divisional approval
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 240 - Techniques of Interviewing
Credits: 3
Provides the student with essential skills and techniques necessary to obtain quality information from victims, witnesses, and suspects, regarding criminal activity. Emphasizes locations and settings for interviews, kinesics, proxemics, and paralinguistics of both the interviewer and interviewee.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ADJ 296 - On-Site Training
Credits: 5
Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college.
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Air Conditioning & Refrigeration |
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AIR 121 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration I
Credits: 3
Studies refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature, and pressure, tools and equipment, soldering, brazing, refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, metering devices. Presents charging and evaluation of systems and leak detection, explores servicing the basic system. Explains use and care of oils and additives and troubleshooting of small commercial systems.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Totals 4 hours per week.
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AIR 122 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration II
Credits: 3
Studies refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature, and pressure, tools and equipment, soldering, brazing, refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, metering devices. Presents charging and evaluation of systems and leak detection. Explores servicing the basic system. Explains use and care of oils and additives and troubleshooting of small commercial systems. Part II of II.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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AIR 134 - Circuits and Controls I
Credits: 3
Presents circuit diagrams for air conditioning units, reading and drawing of circuit diagrams, types of electrical controls. Includes analysis of air conditioning circuits, components, analysis and characteristics of circuits and controls, testing and servicing. Introduces electricity for air conditioning which includes circuit elements, direct current circuits and motors, single and three-phase circuits and motors, power distribution systems, and protective devices. Studies the electron and its behavior in passive and active circuits and components. Demonstrates electronic components and circuits as applied to air conditioning system. Part I of II.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week
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AIR 135 - Circuits and Controls II
Credits: 4
Presents circuit diagrams for air conditioning units, reading and drawing of circuit diagrams, types of electrical controls. Includes analysis of air conditioning circuits, components, analysis and characteristics of circuits and controls, testing and servicing. Introduces electricity for air conditioning which includes circuit elements, direct current circuits and motors, single and three-phase circuits and motors, power distribution systems, and protective devices. Studies the electron and its behavior in passive and active circuits and components. Demonstrates electronic components and circuits as applied to air conditioning system. Part II of II.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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AIR 154 - Heating Systems I
Credits: 3
Introduces types of fuels and their characteristics of combustion; types, components and characteristics of burners, and burner efficiency analyzers. Studies forced air heating systems including troubleshooting, preventive maintenance and servicing. 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.
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AIR 155 - Heating Systems II
Credits: 3
Introduces types of fuels and their characteristics of combustion; types, components and characteristics of burners, and burner efficiency analyzers. Studies forced air heating systems including troubleshooting, preventive maintenance and servicing. Part II of II.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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AIR 158 - Mechanical Codes
Credits: 2
Presents mechanical code requirements for installation, service, and inspection procedures. Uses the BOCA code in preparation for the Journeyman and master’s card.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours per week.
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AIR 165 - Air Conditioning Systems I
Credits: 3
Introduces comfort survey, house construction, load calculations, types of distribution systems, and equipment selection. Introduces designing, layout, installing and adjusting of duct systems, job costs, and bidding of job.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
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AIR 205 - Hydronics and Zoning
Credits: 3
Presents installation, servicing, troubleshooting, and repair of hydronic systems for heating and cooling. Includes hot water and chilled water systems using forced circulation as the transfer medium.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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AIR 235 - Heat Pumps
Credits: 3
Studies theory and operation of reverse cycle refrigeration systems as applied to air conditioning, including supplementary heat as applied to heat pump systems including service, installation and maintenance.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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AIR 276 - Refrigerant Usage EPA Certification
Credits: 2
Prepares HVAC technicians for a refrigerant certification test mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Reviews refrigerant recovery, recycle, and reclamation procedures for service work associated with air conditioning and refrigeration. Examines environmental impact including ozone depletion resulting from refrigeration utilization. Students should have previous training and/or working knowledge of vapor-compression, common service equipment and procedures in HVAC/R.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 2 hours per week.
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Administrative Support Technology |
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AST 101 - Keyboarding I
Credits: 3
Teaches the alpha/numeric keyboard with emphasis on correct techniques, speed, and accuracy. Teaches formatting of basic personal and business correspondence, reports, and tabulation.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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AST 102 - Keyboarding II
Credits: 3
Develops keyboarding and document production skills with emphasis on preparation of specialized business documents. Continues skill-building for speed and accuracy.
Prerequisites: AST 101
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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AST 107 - Editing/Proofreading Skills
Credits: 3
Develops skills essential to creating and editing business documents. Covers grammar, spelling, diction, punctuation, capitalization, and other usage problems.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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AST 137 - Records Management
Credits: 3
Teaches filing and records management procedures for hard copy, electronic, and micrographic systems. Identifies equipment, supplies, and solutions to records management problems.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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AST 141 - Word Processing I
Credits: 3
Teaches creating and editing documents, including line and page layouts, columns, fonts, search/replace, cut/paste, spell/thesaurus, and advanced editing and formatting features of word processing software.
Prerequisites: AST 101 or equivalent
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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AST 205 - Business Communications
Credits: 3
Teaches techniques of oral and written communications. Emphasizes writing and presenting business-related materials.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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AST 243 - Office Administration I
Credits: 3
Develops an understanding of the administrative support role and the skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting. Emphasizes the development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and job performance skills in a business office environment.
Prerequisites: AST 101
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hour per week.
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AST 253 - Advanced Desktop Publishing I
Credits: 3
Introduces specific desktop publishing software. Teaches document layout and design, fonts, type styles, style sheets, and graphics.
Prerequisites: AST 101 or equivalent and experience in using a word processing package
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ART 100 - Art Appreciation
Credits: 3
Introduces art from prehistoric times to the present day. Describes architectural styles, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting techniques. Note: Students may not receive credit for both Art 100 and Art 101 or Art 100 and Art 102
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week
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ART 101 - History and Appreciation of Art I
Credits: 3
Presents the history and interpretation of architecture, sculpture, and painting. Begins with prehistoric art and follows the development of western civilization to the present. Part I of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ART 102 - History and Appreciation of Art II
Credits: 3
Presents the history and interpretation of architecture, sculpture, and painting. Begins with prehistoric art and follows the development of western civilization to the present. Part II of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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ASL 101 - Beginning American Sign Language I
Credits: 4
Introduces cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes basic sentence structure in American Sign Language with a focus on interactive communicative competence. Part I of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 4 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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ASL 102 - Beginning American Sign Language II
Credits: 4
Introduces cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes basic sentence structure in American Sign Language with a focus on interactive communicative competence. Part II of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: ASL 101 or by placement test.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 4 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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ASL 201 - Intermediate American Sign Language I
Credits: 3
Continues to develop cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes a variety of sentence structures in American Sign Language with a continued focus on interactive communicative competence. Part I of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: ASL 102 or placement test.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Total Hours per Week: Total 3 hours per week
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ASL 202 - Intermediate American Sign Language II
Credits: 3
Continues to develop cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes a variety of sentence structures in American Sign Language with a continued focus on interactive communicative competence. Part II of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: ASL 201 or by placement test.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 per week.
Total Hours per Week: Total 3 hours per week.
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ASL 261 - Advanced American Sign Language I
Credits: 4
Develops cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes a variety of sentence structures in American Sign Language with a continued focus on advanced communicative competence.
Prerequisites: ASL 202 or by placement test
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 4 hours per week
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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ASL 262 - Advanced American Sign Language II
Credits: 4
Develops cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes a variety of sentence structures in American Sign Language with a continued focus on advanced communicative competence.
Prerequisites: ASL 202 or by placement test.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 4 hours per week
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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ARC 212 - Architectural Drafting III
Credits: 3
Provides fundamental knowledge of the principles and techniques of architectural drawings, procedures. Familiarizes students with design process to provide a better understanding of the relationship between architectural design and structural systems.
Prerequisites: ARC 112 or equivalent
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 5 hours per week.
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Biology |
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BIO 100 - Basic Human Biology
Credits: 3
Presents basic principles of human anatomy and physiology. Discusses cells, tissues, and selected human systems.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BIO 101 - General Biology I
Credits: 4
Focuses on foundations in cellular structure, metabolism, and genetics in an evolutionary context. Explores the core concepts of evolution; structure and function; information flow, storage and exchange; pathways and transformations of energy and matter; and systems biology. Emphasizes process of science, interdisciplinary approach, and relevance of biology to society. Part I of a two-course sequence. Assignments require college-level reading fluency, coherent written communication, and basic mathematical skills. This is a Passport and UCGS Transfer course.
Prerequisites: ENG 111 readiness and completion of Algebra I
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Recitation and laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 102 - General Biology II
Credits: 4
Focuses on biological processes with a chemical foundation, including macromolecules, cellular structure, metabolism, and genetics in an evolutionary context. Explores the core concepts of evolution; structure and function; information flow, storage and exchange; pathways and transformations of energy and matter; and systems biology. Emphasizes the process of science, interdisciplinary approach, and relevance of biology to society. Part II of a two-course sequence. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: BIO 101
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Recitation and laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 141 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I
Credits: 4
Presents the study of anatomy & physiology including anatomical terminology, homeostasis, histology, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, and nervous system. Part I of II. Assignments require college-level reading fluency, coherent written communication, and basic mathematical skills.
Prerequisites: Demonstration of NAS 2 concepts of Chemical Concepts, Cytology, and Inheritance through NAS 2 completion; or assessment; or D or better in BIO 101 ; or equivalent.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 142 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Credits: 4
Continues study of anatomy and physiology including endocrine system, blood and cardiovascular system, lymphatic system and immunity, respiratory system, urinary system, fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance, digestive system and nutrient metabolism, reproductive system, and prenatal development. Part II of II.
Prerequisites: BIO 141 with grade of “C” or better
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 145 - Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology
Credits: 4
Surveys human anatomy and physiology. Covers basic chemical concepts, cellular physiology, anatomy, and physiology of human organ systems. Assignments require college-level reading fluency, coherent written communication, and basic mathematical skills.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 150 - Introductory Microbiology
Credits: 4
Focuses on the general characteristics, cellular structure, and metabolism of microorganisms. Emphasizes microbial relationships with individual and community health. Includes impact of microbes on human health and disease, microbial pathogenicity, identifying and managing infectious diseases and controlling microbial growth, healthcare associated infections and epidemiology. Studies aseptic culturing techniques with hands-on experience in safe microbiology practices.
Prerequisites: BIO 101 or BIO 141 with a C or better
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 205 - General Microbiology
Credits: 4
Explores the structure and function of microorganisms and their relationship to the environment and humans. Emphasizes the various groups of microorganisms, their growth and metabolism, roles in the functioning of ecosystems, genetics, their roles in human health, the use of microbes in industrial applications and biotechnology and methods of microbial control.
Prerequisites: ENG 111, BIO 101, BIO 102, and CHM 111
Corequisites: CHM 112.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Recitation and laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 256 - General Genetics
Credits: 4
Explores the principles of genetics ranging from classical Mendelian inheritance to the most recent advances in the biochemical nature and function of the gene. Includes experimental design and statistical analysis.
Prerequisites: BIO 101 -BIO 102 or equivalent
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Recitation and laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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Building |
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BLD 105 - Shop Practices and Procedures
Credits: 2
Introduces basic hand and power tools with emphasis on proper care and safety practices. Introduces materials used in building trades including metals, plastics, and woods with stress placed on the processing techniques of each. Emphasizes fasteners such as screws, rivets, and glues as well as brazed, soldered, and welded joints.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 1 hour.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 3 hours per week.
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BLD 195 - NCCER CORE
Credits: 3
NCCER Core is a pre/co requisite to all other Level 1 NCCER curricula. Modules cover topics such as Basic Safety, Communication Skills and Introduction to Construction Drawings to provide students with the basic skills needed to continue education in additional NCCER programs.
Lecture Hours per Week: 1 hour lecture.
Lab Hours per Week 4 hours lab.
Total Hours per Week: Total of 5 hours per week.
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BUS 100 - Introduction To Business
Credits: 3
Presents a broad introduction to the functioning of business enterprise within the U.S. economic framework. Introduces economic systems, essential elements of business organization, production, human resource management, marketing, finance, and risk management. Develops business vocabulary.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 121 - Business Mathematics I
Credits: 3
Applies mathematical operations to business processes and problems. Reviews operations, equations, percents, sales and property taxes, insurance, checkbook and cash records, wage and payroll computations, depreciation, overhead, inventory turnover and valuation, financial statements, ratio analysis, commercial discounts, markup, and markdown.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 156 - Introduction To Operating Management
Credits: 3
Introduces quantitative methods to control cost. Analyzes cost concepts and behavior from a managerial viewpoint. Applies quantitative tools such as PERT, linear programming, transportation models, and queuing theory. Encourages use of microcomputer.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 200 - Principles of Management
Credits: 3
Teaches management and the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Focuses on application of management principles to realistic situations managers encounter as they attempt to achieve organizational objectives.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 204 - Project Management
Credits: 3
Provides students with knowledge of essential skills and techniques necessary to lead or participate in projects assigned to managerial personnel. Covers time and task scheduling, resource management, problem solving strategies and other areas related to managing a project.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 205 - Human Resource Management
Credits: 3
Introduces employment, selection, and placement of personnel, usage levels and methods, forecasting, job analysis, job descriptions, training methods and programs, and employee evaluation systems, compensation and labor relations. Includes procedures for management of human resources and uses case studies and problems to demonstrate implementation of these techniques.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 214 - Compensation Management
Credits: 3
Introduces the various components of employee compensation systems and their role in attracting and retaining good employees. Teaches how to develop and evaluate employee compensation systems that serve the needs of the workforce and the organization. Covers strategic perspectives, internal alignment and consistency, external competitiveness, employee contributions, and compliance.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 217 - Employee Training and Development
Credits: 3
Teaches the fundamentals of human resource development (HRD) theory and practice in the organization. Examines adult learning theory, the concept of the learning organization, the role of training and development in the workplace and adult learning models. Focuses on applications of HRD principles to develop effective training programs for technical skills and management development.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 218 - Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Retention
Credits: 3
Examines the fundamentals of successful recruitment, staffing, and retention. Focuses on job analysis, behavioral interviewing, assessing candidates, background investigations, legislative compliance, equal employment opportunity and Affirmative Action requirements, economic conditions that impact staffing, short-term and long-term strategy and planning, internal and external recruiting, and career planning.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 221 - Business Statistics I
Credits: 3
Focuses on statistical methodology in the collection, organization, presentation, and analysis of data; concentrates on measures of central tendency, dispersion, probability concepts and distribution, sampling, statistical estimation, normal and T distribution and hypotheses for means and proportions.
Prerequisites: MTH 161 or equivalent or divisional approval
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 222 - Business Statistics II
Credits: 3
Continues study of inferential statistics and application of statistical techniques and methodology in business. Includes analysis of variance, regression and correlation measurement of business and economic activity through the use of index numbers, trend, cyclical, and seasonal effects and the Chi- Square distribution and other non-parametric techniques.
Prerequisites: BUS 221 or divisional approval
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 226 - Computer Business Applications
Credits: 3
Provides a practical application of software packages, including spreadsheets, word processing, database management, and presentation graphics. Includes the use of programs in accounting techniques, word processing, and management science application.
Prerequisites: Keyboarding competence. Students may not get credit for BUS 226, ITE 115 , and ITE 119 .
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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BUS 241 - Business Law I
Credits: 3
Develops a basic understanding of the US business legal environment. Introduces property and contract law, agency and partnership liability, and government regulatory law. Students will be able to apply these legal principles to landlord/tenant disputes, consumer rights issues, employment relationships, and other business transactions.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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BUS 295 - Strategic Human Resource Management/Consulting
Credits: 3
Examines how human resources can formulate and implement unified, comprehensive and integrated decisions to attain organizational goals and effectiveness in partnership with top management. Provides an understanding of the business connections between corporate strategy and the human resource functions and covers the role internal and external consultants play in understanding organizations and enhancing organizational performance.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Childhood Development |
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CHD 118 - Language Arts for Young Children
Credits: 3
Emphasizes the early development of children’s language and literacy skills. Presents techniques and methods for supporting all aspects of early literacy. Surveys children’s literature, and examines elements of promoting oral literacy, print awareness, phonological awareness, alphabetic principle, quality storytelling and story reading. Addresses strategies for intervention and support for exceptional children and English Language Learners.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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CHD 120 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Credits: 3
Introduces early childhood development through activities and experiences in early childhood, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and primary programs. Investigates classroom organization and procedures, and use of classroom time and materials, approaches to education for young children, professionalism, and curricular procedures.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CHD 145 - Teaching Art, Music and Movement to Children
Credits: 3
Focuses on children’s exploration, play, and creative expression in the areas of art, music, and movement. Emphasis will be on developing strategies for using various open-ended media representing a range of approaches in creative thinking. Addresses strategies for intervention and support for exceptional children and English Language Learners.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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CHD 146 - Math, Science, and Social Studies for Children
Credits: 3
Provides experiences in content, methods, and materials for the development of math, science, and social studies skills in children. Emphasis will be on developing strategies for using various resources to facilitate children’s construction of knowledge. Addresses strategies for intervention and support for children with special needs and English Language Learners.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 2 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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CHD 165 - Observation and Participation in Early Childhood/Primary Settings
Credits: 3
Focuses on observation as the primary method for gathering information about children in early childhood settings. Emphasizes development of skills in the implementation of a range of observation techniques. Includes 40 hours of field placement in early learning setting. Seminar 2 hours. Field placement 2 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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CHD 205 - Guiding the Behavior of Children
Credits: 3
Explores the role of the early childhood educator in supporting emotional and social development of children, and in fostering a sense of community. Presents practical strategies for encouraging prosocial behavior, conflict resolution and problem solving. Emphasizes basic skills and techniques in child guidance.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CHD 216 - Programs, School, and Social Change
Credits: 3
Explores methods of developing positive, effective relations with families to enhance their developmental goals for children. Considers culture and other diverse needs, perspectives, and abilities of families and educators. Emphasizes advocacy and public policy awareness as an important role of early childhood educators. Describes risk factors and identifies community resources.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week
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CHM 101 - Introductory Chemistry
Credits: 4
Explores the experimental and theoretical concepts of general chemistry while emphasizing scientific reasoning, critical and analytical thinking. Designed for the non-science major. Part I of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: Competency in MTE 1-5 as demonstrated through placement or unit completion.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week
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CHM 102 - Introductory Chemistry II
Credits: 4
Emphasizes experimental and theoretical aspects of inorganic, organic, and biological chemistry. Discusses general chemistry concepts as they apply to issues within our society and environment. Designed for the non-science major. Part II of II.
Prerequisites: CHM 101
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week
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CHM 111 - General Chemistry I
Credits: 4
Explores the fundamental laws, theories, and mathematical concepts of chemistry. Designed primarily for science and engineering majors. Requires a strong background in mathematics. Part I of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MTE 1-9 and ENG 111 Eligible
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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CHM 112 - General Chemistry II
Credits: 4
Explores the fundamental laws, theories, and mathematical concepts of chemistry. Designed primarily for science and engineering majors. Requires a strong background in mathematics. Students must earn a grade of C or higher in the lecture portion of the course to earn an overall grade of C or higher. Part II of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: CHM 111 with a C grade or better
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 6 hours per week.
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CHM 241 - Organic Chemistry I
Credits: 3
Introduces fundamental chemistry of carbon compounds, including structures, physical properties, syntheses, and typical reactions. Emphasizes reaction mechanisms. Part I of II.
Prerequisites: CHM 112 with a grade of C or higher
Corequisites: CHM 245
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CHM 242 - Organic Chemistry II
Credits: 3
Introduces fundamental chemistry of carbon compounds, including structures, physical properties, syntheses, and typical reactions. Emphasizes reaction mechanisms. Part II of II.
Prerequisites: CHM 241 with grade of C or higher
Corequisites: CHM 246
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CHM 245 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
Credits: 2
Introduces various methods and procedures used in present day organic laboratories. Covers the general techniques, organic synthesis, and the use of common spectroscopic instrumentation; synthesizing a variety of compounds; and analyzing the products through physical properties and spectroscopy. Part I of II.
Prerequisites: CHM 112 with a grade of C or better
Corequisites: CHM 241
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 1 hour.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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CHM 246 - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
Credits: 2
Introduces various methods and procedures used in present day organic laboratories. Covers the general techniques, organic synthesis, and the use of common spectroscopic instrumentation; synthesizing a variety of compounds; and analyzing the products through physical properties and spectroscopy. Part II of II.
Prerequisites: CHM 245
Corequisites: CHM 242
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 1 hours.
Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 3 hours.
Total Hours per Week: Total 4 hours per week.
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CHM 260 - Introductory Biochemistry
Credits: 3
Explores fundamentals of biological chemistry. Includes study of macromolecules, metabolic pathways, and biochemical genetics
Prerequisites: CHM 112 or divisional approval
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week
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Civil Engineering Technology |
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CIV 220 - Structural Analysis
Credits: 3
Focuses on the analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures based on principles of statics, strength of materials and geometric conditions.
Prerequisites: EGR 135 and EGR 136
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CIV 240 - Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Credits: 3
Introduces the principles of fluid flow and development of practical hydraulics resulting from study of fluid statics, flow of real fluid in pipes, multiple pipe lines, liquid flow in open channels, and fluid measurement techniques.
Prerequisites: EGR 135 or divisional approval
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Communication Studies and Theatre |
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CST 100 - Principles of Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Applies theory and principles of public address with an emphasis on preparation and on the extemporaneous method of delivery. The assignments in the course require college-level reading and analysis of scholarly studies and coherent communication through written reports, including the production of at least one APA/MLA-formatted individual writing assignment. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CST 110 - Intro To Speech Communications
Credits: 3
Examines the elements affecting speech communication at the individual, small group, and public communication levels with emphasis on practice of communication at each level.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CST 126 - Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3
Teaches interpersonal communication skills for both daily living and the world of work, includingperception, self- concept, self-disclosure, listening and feedback, nonverbal communication, attitudes, assertiveness, and other interpersonal skills. The assignments in the course require college-level reading and analysis of scholarly studies and coherent communication through written reports including the production of at least one APA/MLA-formatted individual writing assignment.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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CST 151 - Film Appreciation I
Credits: 3
Provides students with a critical understanding of film through the discussion and viewing of motion pictures with emphasis upon the study of film history and the forms and functions of film. Students will develop skills to analyze the shared social, cultural and historical influences of films and their contexts. Part I of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Prerequisites: ENG 112
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Computer Science |
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CSC 110 - Principles of Computer Science
Credits: 3
Provides a broad introduction to the field of computer science. Introduces design techniques, development of algorithms, and applications of computer science. Includes the idea of abstraction as a problem solving technique. Examines the functionality of computing innovations and computing systems. Discusses the potential impacts of these innovations from a social, legal, and ethical perspective. The assignments in this course require mathematical problem solving skills, algebraic modeling and functions, and use of variables. This is a UCGS transfer course.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week
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CSC 221 - Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming
Credits: 3
Introduces problem solving and implementation of solutions using a high level programming language in a structured programming environment. Includes concepts and practice of structured programming, problem-solving, top-down design of algorithms, a high level programming language syntax, control structures, arrays, and an introduction into object oriented programming. First course in a three-course sequence (CSC 221, CSC 222, CSC 223). The assignments in this course require mathematical problem solving skills, algebraic modeling and functions, and use of variables.
Lecture Hours per Week: Lecture 3 hours per week
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