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2015-2016 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Physical Education
  

  • PHED 1128 - Pre-Professional Rodeo

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week
    Continuation of PHED 1127 . Instructor permission and NIRA membership required prior to enrolling for this course.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1129 - Advanced Aerobic Exercise II

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week
    Prerequisite: PHED 1111 

    This course is a continuation of PHED 1111 . Students will continue with established exercise routines.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1130 - Baseball I

    1 credit hour.
    A physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in men’s varsity baseball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1131 - Baseball II

    1 credit hour.
    A physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in men’s varsity baseball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1132 - Baseball III

    1 credit hour.
    A physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in men’s varsity baseball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1133 - Baseball IV

    1 credit hour.
    A physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in men’s varsity baseball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1134 - Walking/Jogging

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week
    The objective of this course is to design an individualized training program for each student so that walking/jogging may become a lifetime activity. Goals of the course include increasing cardiovascular endurance and maintaining a desirable body weight.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1136 - Spinning

    1 credit hour.
    This course will incorporate indoor cycling for both the novice and the experienced cyclist. This class will encompass the fundamentals of proper biomechanics and cycling techniques as well as safety associated with indoor cycling classes. This course incorporates the Principles of Physical Fitness lecture component which includes various topics of fitness and wellness.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1137 - Intermediate Spinning

    1 credit hour.
    Continuation of PHED 1136 . This course will incorporate intermediate skills for indoor cycling for both the novice and the experienced cyclist. This class will encompass the fundamentals of proper biomechanics and cycling techniques as well as safety associated with indoor cycling classes. This course incorporates the Principles of Physical Fitness lecture component which includes various topics of fitness and wellness.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1138 - Advanced Spinning

    1 credit hour.
    Advanced Group Indoor Cycling is designed for those individuals who have successfully completed intermediate Group Indoor Cycling. This course will incorporate advanced skills for indoor cycling for the experienced cyclist. This class will encompass the fundamentals of proper biomechanics and cycling techniques as well as safety associated with indoor cycling classes. This course incorporates the Principles of Physical Fitness lecture component which includes various topics of fitness and wellness.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1139 - Beginning Disc Golf

    1 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week.
    Introduces basic skills and techniques of disc golf. Students learn basic rules, throwing styles, alternative throws, scoring, course components, and use of equipment. Develops beginning levels of throwing and skill in disc golf. Students gain knowledge and experience to prepare them for competitive programs.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1140 - Intermediate Disc Golf

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week.
    Prerequisite: PHED 1139 

    Introduces intermediate skills and techniques of disc golf. Students learn intermediate rules, throwing styles, alternative throws, scoring, course components, and use of equipment. Develops intermediate levels of throwing and skill in disc golf. Students gain knowledge and experience to prepare them for competitive programs.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1142 - Softball I

    1 credit hour.
    Softball I is a physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in women’s varsity softball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1143 - Softball II

    1 credit hour.
    Softball II is a physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in women’s varsity softball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1144 - Softball III

    1 credit hour.
    Softball III is a physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in women’s varsity softball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1145 - Softball IV

    1 credit hour.
    Softball IV is a physical education activity course for those students selected to participate in women’s varsity softball.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1146 - Fitness Boxing

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week
    Fitness boxing is one of the hottest trends in the fitness industry and has all the components needed to improve total fitness. Enlivened by punches, stances, and footwork, students will learn body positions, drill movements, and combinations that are used in boxing workouts. Appropriate for beginners and advanced students.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1147 - Basketball

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week
    Presents basic skills and rules in basketball: ball handling, passing, shooting, pivoting, and dribbling. Students practice basic elements of offensive and defensive play. Analyzes the theories and methods of basketball. Advanced topics include philosophy, program organization, training and conditioning, care and treatment of injuries, fundamentals, offensive and defensive play, game strategy, and psychology.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1148 - Recreational Softball

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week
    Introduces teaching, coaching, and playing techniques for softball. Students focus on current concepts, materials, and skills development.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHED 1238 - Fitness for Life

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class and activity each week
    Prerequisite: Physician approval may be necessary

    This course is designed to prepare the student for cardiovascular fitness. It includes the meaning and use of selected physiological parameters of fitness, individual testing and consultation, and the introduction to suitable fitness programs.
  

  • PHED 1304 - Health Education

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    A basic course concerned with the physical, mental and social health of the individual in our society. The course is designed to help the student develop a philosophy of health education for the public school and a consideration of school health problems.
  

  • PHED 1321 - Coaching I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    The fundamental skills and teaching techniques involved in coaching various sports; including history, theories, philosophies, rules, terminology, and organizational administration of competitive sports programs are covered in this course.
  

  • PHED 1322 - Coaching II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    The fundamental skills and teaching techniques involved in coaching baseball; including history, theories, philosophies, rules, terminology, and organizational administration of a competitive baseball program are covered in this course.
  

  • PHED 2124 - Soccer II

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of activity each week.
    Prerequisite: PHED 1124 

    Introduces intermediate/advanced skills and techniques of soccer. Students learn rules, defensive and offensive tactics. Students focus on current concepts, materials, and skills development and gain practical experience in fundamental skills.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Physical Therapist Assistant
  

  • PTHA 1266 - Practicum I

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hundred sixty clinical hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of PTHA courses in curriculum up to this point with a minimum grade of “C”

    An intermediate type of health professions work-based instruction that helps students gain practical experience in the discipline, enhance skills, and integrate knowledge. The emphasis is on practical work experience for which the student has already acquired the necessary theoretical knowledge and basic skills. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional, generally a clinical preceptor. This is a full-time clinical Practicum for the first-year student to exhibit safe, efficacious practice of all clinical/academic skills learned up to this point including: body mechanics, transfers, gait training, vital signs, massage, bandaging, medical asepsis, therapeutic modalities, therapeutic exercise (beginning), wheelchair assessment, postural exercises and goniometry.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 1301 - The Profession of Physical Therapy

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program

    Introduction to the profession of physical therapy including the historical and current scope of physical therapy.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 1321 - Pathophysiology for the PTA

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program

    Study of the pathogenesis, prognosis, and therapeutic management of diseases/ conditions commonly encountered in physical therapy.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 1405 - Basic Patient Care Skills

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and six hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program

    Introduction to the theory and application of basic patient handling, functional skills, and data collection techniques.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 1413 - Functional Anatomy

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and six hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program

    Study of human anatomy and its application to the motion of the musculoskeletal system as it relates to normal activities and dysfunctions. Integration of skills related to the kinesiological assessment of the human body.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 1531 - Physical Agents

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and six hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program; Anatomy & Physiology I; Functional Anatomy; Anatomy & Physiology II

    Study of the biophysical principles and application of therapeutic physical agents with specific emphasis on indications, contraindications, medical efficacy, and physiological effects.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2266 - Practicum II

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hundred twenty-four clinical hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of PTHA courses in curriculum

    An advanced type of health professions work-based training that helps students gain practical experience in the discipline, enhance skills, and integrate knowledge. The emphasis is on practical work experience for which the student has acquired the necessary theoretical knowledge and basic skills. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional, generally a clinical preceptor. This is a full-time clinical practicum for the second-year student to exhibit safe, efficacious practice of all clinical/academic skills learned up to this point including: body mechanics, transfers, gait training, vital signs, massage, bandaging and medical asepsis, therapeutic modalities, therapeutic exercise, wheelchair assessment, postural exercises, goniometry, manual muscle testing and management of orthopedic conditions or general medical/surgical conditions.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2267 - Practicum III Advanced

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hundred twenty-four clinical hours.
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of PTHA courses in curriculum.

    An advanced type of health professions work-based training that helps students gain practical experience in the discipline, enhance skills, and integrate knowledge. The emphasis is on practical work experience for which the student has acquired the necessary theoretical knowledge and basic skills. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional, generally a clinical preceptor. This is a full-time clinical practicum for the second-year student in their final rotation, to exhibit safe, efficacious practice of all clinical/academic skills learned up to this point including: body mechanics, transfers, gait training, vital signs, massage, bandaging and medical asepsis, therapeutic modalities, therapeutic exercise, wheelchair assessment, postural exercises, goniometry, manual muscle testing and management of an orthopedic patient or the neurologically impaired patient.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2301 - Essentials of Data Collection

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program; Anatomy and Physiology I; Functional Anatomy; Anatomy and Physiology II.

    Data collection techniques used to prepare the Physical Therapist Assistant to assist physical therapy management.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2305 - Clinical Neurology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program

    Study of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as it relates to commonly encountered neurological conditions.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2339 - Professional Issues

    3 credit hours.
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of all PTHA courses up to this point in the curriculum

    A capstone course which engages the student in the discussion of professional issues and behaviors related to clinical practice and which prepares the student for transition into the workforce. The schedule for this course will be arranged with the instructor.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2509 - Therapeutic Exercise

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and six hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program; Anatomy and Physiology I, Functional Anatomy; Anatomy & Physiology II.

    Critical examination of concepts and application of techniques related to therapeutic exercise and functional training.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2531 - Management of Neurological Disorders

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lecture and four hours of lab.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program; Successful completion of all PTHA courses up to this point in the curriculum.

    Advanced course integrating previously learned and new skills/techniques into comprehensive rehabilitation of selected neurological disorders.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PTHA 2535 - Rehabilitation Techniques

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and six hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program; Successful completion of all PTHA courses up to this point in the curriculum.

    Advanced course integrating previously learned and new skills/techniques into the comprehensive rehabilitation of selected long-term pathologies. Specific techniques employed by physical therapist assistants in the rehabilitation of persons with long term disabilities such as amputations, diabetes, cardiac disease, arthritis, respiratory disease, and such specialty groups such as pediatrics, and geriatrics. etc. are discussed. Laboratory emphasizes exercise programs for specific disabilities.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Physics
  

  • PHYS 1103 - Stars and Galaxies Laboratory

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lab each week.
    This laboratory-based course accompanies PHYS 1303 , Stars and Galaxies.  Laboratory activities will reinforce the study of solar, galactic, and universal aspects of astronomy including stellar evolution, black holes, and current cosmological concepts.  This course will not satisfy a core curriculum requirement, but will satisfy a degree requirement.  PHYS 1103 will only be taught online.  (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • PHYS 1104 - Solar System Laboratory

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lab each week.
    This laboratory-based course accompanies PHYS 1304 , The Solar System.  Laboratory activities will reinforce the study the sun and other bodies in our solar system, including the origin of our solar system.  This course will not satisfy a core curriculum requirement, but will satisfy a degree requirement.  PHYS 1104 will only be taught online.  (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • PHYS 1303 - Stars and Galaxies

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course focuses on the history, development, and modern use of astronomy. It covers solar, galactic, and universal aspects of astronomy including stellar evolution, black holes, and current cosmological concepts. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • PHYS 1304 - Solar System

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course is the study of the sun and other bodies in our solar system, including the origin of our solar system. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • PHYS 1401 - General Physics I

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: MATH 2412  or its equivalent, or an appropriate placement score. 

    This course is for pre-dental, biology, pre-medical, pre-pharmacy, and pre-architecture majors and other students who need a two-semester technical course in physics. The course includes mechanics, heat, and sound. (Fall, Summer)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHYS 1402 - General Physics II

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1401 

     

    This course is for pre-dental, biology, pre-medical, pre-pharmacy, pre-architecture majors, and other students who need a two-semester technical course in physics.  Topics include electricity, magnetism, and modern physics. (Spring, Summer)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHYS 1403 - Stars and Galaxies

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and three hours lab each week.
    This course focuses on the history, development, and modern use of astronomy. It covers solar, galactic, and universal aspects of astronomy including stellar evolution, black holes, and current cosmological concepts. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHYS 1404 - Solar System

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    This course is the study of the sun and other bodies in our solar system, including the origin of our solar system. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHYS 1415 - Introduction to Physical Science I

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: MATH 0305  or its equivalent, or an appropriate placement score. 

    This course emphasizes scientific principles that are taught at a non-science major level. Basic concepts are presented in physics and astronomy. Each topic is discussed in the context of everyday life. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHYS 2389 - Scientific Computational Techniques

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Six hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: COSC 2320  (completed or concurrent)

    This course is intended for students majoring in mathematics, physics, computer science or related fields of study. The course will involve computationally simulating physical systems and performing high accuracy numerical analysis using optimized and efficient programming code for parallel computing. The projects will include many-body problems and solving differential equations in mechanics, kinetic theory, electromagnetism, optics, or modern physics. (Spring)
  

  • PHYS 2425 - Advanced Physics I

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: MATH 2413  (completed or concurrent).

    This is a calculus-based physics course intended for students majoring in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or related fields of study. Topics include 1-D motion, 2-D motion, rotational motion, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, equilibrium, gravity, oscillatory motion, waves, and heat. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • PHYS 2426 - Advanced Physics II

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2425  (completed) and MATH 2414  (completed or concurrent).

    This is a calculus-based physics course intended for students majoring in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or related fields of study. Topics include charge, electric fields, magnetic fields, electric potential, current, capacitance, resistance, electromotive force, simple DC and AC circuits, induction, electromagnetic waves, propagation of light and geometric optics. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Psychology
  

  • PSYC 1300 - Effective Learning - Strategies for College Success

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course teaches learning and self-management principles and practices that increase a student’s success in college and in life. Drawing from cognitive, affective, and behavioral theories in psychology, students examine the factors which impact their learning, select relevant methods of deepening their learning and thinking processes, and develop self-regulation strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of their efforts.
  

  • PSYC 2289 - Community Service, Leadership, Volunteerism

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and two hours of lab each week.
    This class is designed to enhance your college classroom experience with service learning. You will be expected to establish your learning goals/objectives for a specific course requiring service learning. This course is designed to enrich student learning in the college classroom and to help meet the requirements in courses requiring a service learning component.
  

  • PSYC 2301 - Introduction to Psychology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course is an introduction to the fundamental principles of behavior. Special emphasis is placed on methods of research and critical thinking skills. This is a survey course and covers a variety of topics, theories and approaches to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. PSYC 2301 is reading and writing intensive and is a college sophomore course.
  

  • PSYC 2306 - Human Sexuality

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course will provide an overview of the broad field of human sexuality. Topics will be covered from various perspectives – biological, sociological, anthropological, etc., but will focus primarily on the psychological perspective. The goal is for each student to learn factual, scientifically-based information that will provoke thought and contribute to his/her own decision-making on sexual issues outside of the classroom. This course is cross-listed as SOCI 2306.
  

  • PSYC 2314 - Human Growth and Development

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course is designed for students who wish to learn more about the study of human growth, development, and behavior, while considering the impact of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional aspects of growth from conception to maturity. Students will gain a better understanding of the study of human growth from conception to death, acquire a basic knowledge of human development and develop a familiarity with psychological terms. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • PSYC 2315 - Personal and Social Adjustment

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    This course is the study of the application of psychological principles that are fundamental for successful human adjustment. Consideration is given to the problems of forming and maintaining human relationships, adjustment of self-identity, and social behavior. Personal growth and meaning are emphasized. Skills for success in college are also stressed.
  

  • PSYC 2319 - Social Psychology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week
    Prerequisite: PSYC 2301  or SOCI 1301 .

    Theories, methods, and applications of social psychology are presented. Topics include group behavior, interpersonal attraction, pro-social behavior, aggression and conflict, communication, and research methodology. This is the same course as SOCI 2326.
  

  • PSYC 2389 - Service Learning Applied to College Courses

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This class meets approximately 32 hours during the semester and 30 hours at a work site during the semester. It is designed to enhance the college classroom experiences with service learning experiences. Students will be expected to establish learning goals/objectives for a specific course requiring service learning experiences and tie the two courses together to meet the goals/objectives. Work sites will include only non-profit agencies and students volunteer for 30 hours of work during the semester.

Reading
  

  • NCBR 0100 - Non-Course Based Reading

    No college credit.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lab each week.
    This course is designed for students who pass the writing portion of the TSI assessment, but not the reading.  Students who are eligible for this course may also enroll in  ,  , or  , provided the reading placement score is 347-350. Instruction will be individualized based on a pre-test using MyFoundationsLab.

    Note: Instructor approval required.
  

  • READ 0301 - Reading Improvement I

    No college credit.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Reading Improvement I is designed to improve students’ reading skills that will be useful in their college-level courses and in life. Content includes building vocabulary, using aids to reading, understanding main ideas, identifying supporting details, determining the writer’s purpose, finding information and interpreting what is read. No college credit.
  

  • READ 0302 - Reading Improvement II

    No college credit.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Prerequisite: READ 0301  or its equivalent.

    Reading Improvement II is designed to help students be more successful in their college level courses as well as in life. Content includes summarization, vocabulary, main idea, supporting details, the writer’s purpose, organizational patterns and relationships, critical reasoning skills and study skills.

Social Work
  

  • SOCW 2361 - Introduction to Social Work

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course examines the historical development and current characteristics of the social welfare institution, the nature of professional social work practice, the educational preparation for generalist social work practice, and clarifies the individual student’s interest in the potential for social work practice.
  

  • SOCW 2364 - Foundations of Social Work Practice

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    Provides an overview of the generalist social work approach to practice. Students develop relationship-building, problem-identification and data-gathering skills to be used with all levels of client systems. Interviewing and written documentation skills are developed through videotaped interviews, role plays and written assignments. Special attention is given to ethical practice and issues of diversity.
  

  • SOCW 2365 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    Examines biophysical, psychological, and behavioral domains of human development. Individuals and families’ interactions with the environment are emphasized during each phase of the life cycle: infancy and early childhood, adolescence and young adulthood, middle adulthood, and the later years. Major theories to underpin assessment and intervention with individual and family client systems are presented within the broader context of a systems approach.

Sociology
  

  • SOCI 1301 - Introductory Sociology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course provides for the analysis within a sociological context of the emergence of “society” and its “culture” as well as the prevailing social processes. It also focuses on the basic principles of socialization, social class stratification, and the emergence of the primary social institutions within our culture.
  

  • SOCI 1306 - Social Problems

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course is an analysis of a wide variety of deviant behavior prevalent in American society. It focuses on the characteristics of the deviants and societal responses to their behavior.
  

  • SOCI 2301 - Marriage and Family

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    An analysis of courtship patterns and marriage as well as a study of family forms, relationships and functions is provided by this course. Socio-cultural differences in family behavior are also included.
  

  • SOCI 2306 - Human Sexuality

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course will provide an overview of the broad field of human sexuality. Topics will be covered from various perspectives – biological, sociological, anthropological, etc., but will focus primarily on the psychological perspective. The goal is for each student to learn factual, scientifically-based information that will provoke thought and contribute to his/her own decision-making on sexual issues outside of the classroom. This course is cross-listed as PSYC 2306.
  

  • SOCI 2319 - Minority Studies I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    Historical, economic, social, and cultural development of minority groups. May include African-American, Mexican American, Asian American, and Native American issues.
  

  • SOCI 2326 - Social Psychology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    Prerequisite: PSYC 2301  or SOCI 1301 .

    Theories, methods, and applications of social psychology are presented. Topics include group behavior, interpersonal attraction, pro-social behavior, aggression and conflict, communication, and research methodology. This is the same course as PSYC 2319.
  

  • SOCI 2336 - Criminology

    3 credithours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course surveys various theories of crime, with an emphasis on understanding the social causes of criminal behavior. The techniques for measuring crime as a social phenomenon and the characteristics of criminals are examined. This course addresses crime types (such as consensual or white-collar crimes), the criminal justice system, and other social responses to crime.
  

  • SOCI 2340 - Drug Use and Abuse

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    This course looks at the use and abuse of drugs in today’s society. There is an emphasis on the physiological, sociological, and psychological factors.

Spanish
  

  • SPAN 1300 - Beginning Conversational Spanish I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and guided drill are provided in class each week.
    Basic practice in comprehension and production of the spoken language.
  

  • SPAN 1311 - Beginning Spanish I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture/guided drill are provided in the classroom and/or online each week.
    Basic Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework. Students will acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to communicate and comprehend at the beginner level.
  

  • SPAN 1312 - Beginning Spanish II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture/guided drill are provided in the classroom and/or online each week.
    Prerequisite: SPAN 1311  or approval of the instructor

    Continued development of basic Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework. Students will acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to communicate and comprehend at the higher beginner to low intermediate level.
  

  • SPAN 1411 - Beginning Spanish I

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture/guided drill are provided in the classroom and/or online each week.
    Basic Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework. Students will acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to communicate and comprehend at the beginner level.
  

  • SPAN 1412 - Beginning Spanish II

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture/guided drill are provided in the classroom and/or online each week.
    Prerequisite: SPAN 1411  or approval of instructor.

    Continued development of basic Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework. Students will acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to communicate and comprehend at the higher beginner to low intermediate level.
  

  • SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Prerequisite: SPAN 1312  or approval of instructor.

    The consolidation of skills acquired at the introductory level. Further development of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasis on comprehension, appreciation, and interpretation of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
  

  • SPAN 2312 - Intermediate Spanish II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Prerequisite: SPAN 2311  or approval of instructor.

    The consolidation of skills acquired at the introductory level. Further development of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Emphasis on comprehension, appreciation, and interpretation of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
  

  • SPAN 2313 - Spanish for Native/Heritage Speakers I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class per week.
    Prerequisite: SPAN 1312  or approval of instructor.

    Builds upon existing oral proficiencies of heritage speakers of Spanish. Enhances proficiencies in the home-based language by developing a full range of registers including public speaking and formal written discourse. Emphasis on comprehension, appreciation, and interpretation of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
  

  • SPAN 2315 - Spanish for Native/Heritage Speakers II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class per week.
    Prerequisite: SPAN 2313  or approval of instructor.

    Builds upon existing oral proficiencies of heritage speakers of Spanish. Enhances proficiencies in the home-based language by developing a full range of registers including public speaking and formal written discourse. Emphasis on comprehension, appreciation, and interpretation of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
  

  • SPAN 2389 - Academic Cooperative - Police

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on work experience. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of Spanish language and literature.

Speech
  

  • SPCH 1315 - Public Speaking

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in ENGL 0302  and READ 0302 .

    Application of communication theory and practice to the public speaking context, with emphasis on audience analysis, speaker delivery, ethics of communication, cultural diversity, and speech organizational techniques to develop students’ speaking abilities.
  

  • SPCH 1321 - Business and Professional Communication

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in ENGL 0302  and READ 0302 .

    Study and application of communication within the business and professional context. Special emphasis will be given to communication competencies in presentations, dyads, teams, and technologically mediated formats.
  

  • SPCH 1342 - Voice and Diction

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Intensive work is provided in the development of the voice through a study of the physical structure involved in the voice, exercises for development of resonance, range, flexibility, intensity, control of voice. Required for all theatre majors. (Fall, Spring)

Theatre
  

  • DRAM 1120 - Theatre Practicum

    1 to 3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One to six laboratory hours each week.
    This laboratory course is open to all students interested in theatre. Credit is earned for acting, technical work, or other participation in college productions. May be repeated for a total of six credits. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 1141 - Stage Make-Up

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three laboratory hours each week.
    This course provides the theory and practice of stage make-up techniques for stage, television, and film with intensive practical application. May be repeated for a total of two credits. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 1220 - Theatre Practicum

    1 to 3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One to six laboratory hours each week.
    This laboratory course is open to all students interested in theatre. Credit is earned for acting, technical work, or other participation in college productions. May be repeated for a total of six credits.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 1310 - Introduction to Theatre

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Survey of all phases of theater including its history, dramatic works, stage techniques, production procedures, and relation to the fine arts. Participation in major productions may be required.
  

  • DRAM 1320 - Theatre Practicum

    1 to 3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One to six laboratory hours each week.
    This laboratory course is open to all students interested in theatre. Credit is earned for acting, technical work, or other participation in college productions. May be repeated for a total of six credits.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 1330 - Stagecraft I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    This is a lecture-laboratory course designed to give the student practical experience in basic techniques of scene construction, painting and rigging. It includes laboratory work in conjunction with theatre productions and is required of all theatre majors. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 1351 - Acting I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and three hours of lab each week and participation in all theatre productions.
    This introduction to the art of acting includes techniques of speech, movement, pantomime, characterization, and participation in laboratory scenes and departmental productions. It is required of all theatre majors. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 1352 - Acting II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and three hours of lab each week and participation in all theatre productions.
    Prerequisite: DRAM 1351 .

    A continuation of DRAM 1351 . (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 2331 - Stagecraft II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    A continuation of DRAM 1330 . (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • DRAM 2361 - Theatre History I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    A course that is open to all students. It is designed to acquaint the student with types of drama, the theatre’s historical developments, stage terms, and styles of acting and the functions of its various personnel.

Welding
  

  • WLDG 1313 - Introduction to Blueprint Reading for Welders

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    A study of industrial blueprints. Emphasis placed on terminology, symbols, graphic description, and welding processes, including systems of measurement and industry standards. Interpretation of plans and drawings used by industry to facilitate field application and production.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • WLDG 1391 - Special Topics: Plasma Table Operations

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: WLDG 1313 

    A study of CNC Plasma table operation. Emphasis placed on terminology, graphic description, and operating processes, including systems of measurement and industry standards. Interpretation of plans and drawings used by industry.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • WLDG 1412 - Introduction to Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    An overview of terminology, safety procedures, and equipment set-up. Practice in performing T-joints, lap joints, and butt joints using self-shielding and dual-shield electrodes.
  

  • WLDG 1417 - Introduction to Layout and Fabrication

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: WLDG 1313 , WLDG 1425 , WLDG 1428 , WLDG 1430 , WLDG 1434  or consent of instructor.

    A fundamental course in layout and fabrication related to the welding industry. Major emphasis on structural shapes and use in construction.
  

  • WLDG 1421 - Introduction to Welding Fundamentals

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours lecture and five hours of lab each week.
    An introduction to the fundamentals of equipment used in oxy-fuel and arc welding, including welding and cutting safety, basic oxy-fuel welding and cutting, basic arc welding processes and basic metallurgy.
 

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