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Electronics Technology |
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Course Outline ETR 280* - Introduction to Digital Logic Circuits and Computers (4 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ETR 113*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Studies digital logic, Boolean algebra, and arithmetic circuits, using standard integrated circuits and the functional block approach. Introduces concepts of computers, the internal operation and control language. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
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ETR 286* - Principles and Applications of Robotics (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ETR 113*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides an overview of terminology, principles, practices, and applications of robotics. Studies development, programming; hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic controls; sensors, and system troubleshooting. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Emergency Medical Services |
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Course Outline EMS 100 - CPR for Healthcare Providers (1 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation that meets current Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation education for Healthcare Providers. Equivalent to HLT 105 . Lecture 1 hour per week.
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Course Outline EMS 111* - Emergency Medical Technician (7 CR)
Prerequisite(s): EMS 100 or HLT 105 or CPR Certification Corequisite(s): EMS 120
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Prepares student for certification as a Virginia and National Registry EMT. Focuses on all aspects of pre-hospital basic life support as defined by the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services curriculum for Emergency Medicine Technician. Lecture 5 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 9 hours per week.
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Course Outline EMS 120 - Emergency Medical Technician - Basic Clinical I (1 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Observes in a program-approved clinical/field setting. Includes topics for both EMS 111 and EMS 113, dependent upon the program in which the student is participating and is a corequisite to both EMS 111 and EMS 113. Laboratory 2 hours per week.
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Engineering |
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Course Outline EGR 105* - Introduction to Problem Solving in Technology (1 CR)
Corequisite(s): Any MTH course
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Teaches engineering problem solving, using hand held calculator. Applies computers to solving problems. Laboratory 3 hours per week.
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EGR 111 - Engineering Graphics I (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces the principles of orthographic projection and conventional drawing practices. Analyzes points, lines, planes, solids and rotations. Presents section views, dimensioning and an introduction to computer graphics. Includes instruction in Computer Aided Drafting. Part I of II. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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EGR 121* - Foundations of Engineering (2 CR)
Prerequisite(s): Placement for ENF 3* /ENG 111* or higher, or successful completion of ENF 1 or ENF 2, and MTH 167* .
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Introduces the engineering profession and its impact on society and the environment, including engineering problem solving, the engineering design process, and professional practices. Covers fundamental engineering calculations, descriptive statistics, basic spreadsheet and mathematical scripting language applications, professional ethics, teamwork, and communication. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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EGR 122* - Engineering Design (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): EGR 121*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Applies engineering methods to a semester-long team design project with an emphasis on engineering software involving 2D and 3D computer aided design; data modeling and analysis; and iterative programming solutions. Covers design drawings and dimensioning; spreadsheet software usage; mathematical scripting language; and professional practices. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 123 - Introduction to Engineering Design (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Introduces the fundamental knowledge and experience needed to understand the engineering design process through the basics of electrical, computer, and mechanical systems. Includes the completion of a project in which a specific electromechanical robot kit will be analyzed, assembled, and operated. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 126* - Computer Programming for Engineers (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): MTE 1* , MTE 2* , MTE 3* , MTE 4* , MTE 5* , MTE 6* , MTE 7* , MTE 8* , and MTE 9*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Introduces computer, their architecture and software. Teaches program development using flowcharts. Solves engineering problems involving programming in languages such as FORTRAN, PASCAL, or C++. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 127 - Introduction To Computer Programming (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces programming in a higher level language such as FORTRAN, BASIC or PASCAL, or C++ on the microcomputer. Uses the operating system, packaged software and peripheral devices. Emphasizes engineering program problem solving. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 135 - Statics For Engineering Technology (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces Newton’s Laws, resultants and equilibrium of force systems, analysis of trusses and frames. Teaches determination of centroids, distributed loads and moments of inertia. Covers dry friction and force systems in space. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 140* - Engineering Mechanics - Statics (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): MTH 263*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Introduces mechanics of vector forces and space, scalar mass and time, including S.I. and U.S. customary units. Teaches equilibrium, free-body diagrams, moments, couples, distributed forces, centroids, moments of inertia analysis of two-force and multiforce members and friction and internal forces. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 198 - Seminar & Project in Engineering (1 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student’s occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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EGR 199 - Supervised Study in Engineering I (2 CR)
Dual Enrollment Only
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor. May be repeated for credit. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 206* - Engineering Economy (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): MTH 263*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Presents economic analysis of engineering alternatives. Studies economic and cost concepts, calculation of economic equivalence, comparison of alternatives, replacement economy, economic optimization in design and operation, depreciation, and after tax analysis. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 216 - Computer Methods in Engineering and Technology (3 CR)
It is expected that students have basic computer knowledge including file management, mouse usage and keyboarding skills.
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides advanced level experience in using a computer as a tool for solving technical problems and performing office functions. Includes computer hardware and operating system usage, structured programming in a selected high level language, use of word processing software, computer graphics and spreadsheets. Focuses on the analysis and solution of problems in engineering and technology. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 245* - Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): EGR 140*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Presents approach to kinematics of particles in linear and curvilinear motion. Includes kinematics of rigid bodies in plane motion. Teaches Newton’s second law, work-energy and power, impulse and momentum, and problem solving using computers. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 246* - Mechanics of Materials (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): EGR 140*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Teaches concepts of stress, strain, deformation, internal equilibrium, and basic properties of engineering materials. Analyzes axial loads, torsion, bending, shear and combined loading. Studies stress transformation and principle stresses, column analysis and energy principles. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 251* - Basic Electric Circuits I (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): MTH 264*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Teaches fundamentals of electric circuits. Includes circuit quantities of charge, current, potential, power and energy. Teaches resistive circuit analysis; Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws; nodal and mesh analysis; network theorems; RC, RL and RLC circuit transient response with constant forcing functions. Teaches AC steady-state analysis, power, and three-phase circuits. Presents frequency domain analysis, resonance, Fourier series, inductively coupled circuits, Laplace transform applications, and circuit transfer functions. Introduces problem solving using computers. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 255* - Electric Circuits Laboratory (1 CR)
Corequisite(s): EGR 251*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Teaches principles and operation of laboratory instruments such as VOM, electronic voltmeters, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, counters, wave generators and power supplies. Presents application to circuit measurements, including transient and steady-state response of simple networks with laboratory applications of laws and theories of circuits plus measurement of AC quantities. Laboratory 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline EGR 285* - Capstone Project (1 CR)
Prerequisite(s): IND 290
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides a capstone research project for the final semester of the program, focusing inquiry upon an area of interest to the student or area relevant to their prospective career field. May include problem based research topics, internships, or other focused projects. Lecture 1 hour per week.
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English |
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ENG LIT - Literature Elective (3 CR)
Description: Any of the following Literature courses will satisfy this requirement:
Lecture 3 hours per week
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Course Outline ENG 111* - College Composition I (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): A placement recommendation for ENG 111* , co-enrollment in ENF 3* /ENG 111* , or successful completion of all developmental English requirements.
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Introduces students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. Through the writing process, students refine topics; develop and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate resources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes. Writing activities will include exposition and argumentation with at least one researched essay. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 112* - College Composition II (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 111*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Continues to develop college writing with increased emphasis on critical essays, argumentation, and research, developing these competencies through the examination of a range of texts about the human experience. Requires students to locate, evaluate, integrate, and document sources and effectively edit for style and usage. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 210* - Advanced Composition (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 112*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 241* - Survey of American Literature I (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 112*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 242* - Survey of American Literature II (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 112*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 243* - Survey of English Literature I (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 112*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Studies major English works from Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 244* - Survey of English Literature II (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 112*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Studies major English works from Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 251* - Survey of World Literature I (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 112*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines major works of world literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENG 252* - Survey of World Literature II (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 112*
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines major works of world literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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English Fundamentals |
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Course Outline ENF 1* - Preparing for College English I (8 CR)
Prerequisite(s): Placement into ENF 1; Corequisite(s): SDV 108
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides integrated reading and writing instruction for students who require extensive preparation to succeed in college-level English courses. Students will place into this course based on placement test scores. Upon successful completion and faculty recommendation, students will move into Preparing for College English III (if they require additional preparation) or into college-level English (if they require no additional preparation). Credit is not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 8 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENF 2* - Preparing for College English II (4 CR)
Prerequisite(s): Placement into ENF2 Corequisite(s): SDV 108
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides integrated reading and writing instruction for students who require intermediate preparation to succeed in college-level English courses. Students will place into this course based on placement test scores. Upon successful completion and faculty recommendation, students will move into Preparing for College English III (if they require additional preparation) or into college-level English (if they require no additional preparation). Credit is not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENF 3* - Preparing for College English III (2 CR)
Prerequisite(s): Placement into ENF 3
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides integrated reading and writing instruction for students who require minimal preparation to succeed in college-level English courses but still need some preparation to succeed. Students will place into this course based on placement test scores. Credit is not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Environmental Science |
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Course Outline ENV 161 - Introduction to Environmental Compliance (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines the statutory history of significant environmental legislation and the promulgation of rules and regulations attendant to these laws. Emphasis will be placed on 40 CFR and appropriate Virginia environmental code. Students will understand proper field techniques in sampling protocols for soil, water, and air. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline ENV 162 - Environmental Principles in Public Health (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines critical factors involved in environmental/ public health administration in the current post-911 society. Topics covered will include basic risk analysis and fate and transport modeling environmental microbiology and toxicology with implications on genetics, GIS, and bioterrorism/infectious diseases. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Financial Services |
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Course Outline FIN 107 - Personal Finance (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Presents a framework of personal money management concepts, including establishing values and goals, determining sources of income, managing income, preparing a budget, developing consumer buying ability, using credit, understanding savings and insurance, providing for adequate retirement, and estate planning. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline FIN 215* - Financial Management (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ACC 211*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces basic financial management topics including statement analysis, working capital, capital budgeting, and long-term financing. Focuses on Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return techniques, lease vs. buy analysis, and Cost of Capital computations. Uses problems and cases to enhance skills in financial planning and decision making. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Forestry |
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FOR 115 - Dendrology (4 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Studies trees and shrubs botanically and commercially important to the forests of eastern United States. Emphasizes field characteristics of trees and common shrubs of the eastern United States. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
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Geography |
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Course Outline GEO 200 - Introduction to Physical Geography (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Studies major elements of the natural environment including earth-sun relationship, land forms, weather and climate, natural vegetation and soils. Introduces the student to types and uses of maps. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline GEO 210 - People and the Land: Introduction to Cultural Geography (3 CR)
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Focuses on the relationship between culture and geography. Presents a survey of modern demographics, landscape modification, material and non-material culture, language, race and ethnicity, religion, politics, and economic activities. Introduces the student to types and uses of maps. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline GEO 220 - World Regional Geography (3 CR)
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Studies physical and cultural characteristics of selected geographical regions of the world. Focuses upon significant problems within each of the regions, and examines the geographical background of those problems. Introduces the student to types and uses of maps. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Geology |
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Course Outline GOL 105* - Physical Geology (4 CR)
Prerequisite(s): A placement recommendation for ENG 111* , co-enrollment in ENF 3* /ENG 111* , or successful completion of all developmental English requirements.
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Introduces the composition and structure of the earth and modifying agents and processes. Investigates the formation of minerals and rocks, weathering, erosion, earthquakes, and crustal deformation. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
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Course Outline GOL 106* - Historical Geology (4 CR)
Prerequisite(s): GOL 105*
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Traces the evolution of the earth and life through time. Presents scientific theories of the origin of the earth and life and interprets rock and fossil record. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
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Geographic Information Systems |
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GIS 200* - Geographical Information Systems I (3 CR)
Note: This course is offered through Shared Services only.
Prerequisite(s): ITE 115 or ITE 119
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Provides hands-on introduction to a dynamic desktop GIS (Geographic Information System). Introduces the components of a desktop GIS and their functionality. Emphasizes manipulation of data for the purpose of analysis, presentation, and decision-making. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Health |
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Course Outline HLT 100 - First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Focuses on the principles and techniques of safety, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 105 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (1 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Equivalent to EMS 100 . Provides training in coordinated mouth-to-mouth artificial ventilation and chest compression, choking, life-threatening emergencies, and sudden illness. Certifications include American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers. Credit will not be awarded for both HLT 105 and HLT 106 . Lecture 1 hour per week.
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Course Outline HLT 106 - First Aid and Safety (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Focuses on the principles and techniques of safety, first aid, and American Heart Association (AHA) cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Certifications include Heartsaver First Aid and Basic Life Support for healthcare providers. Credit will not be awarded for both HLT 105 and HLT 106. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 110 - Concepts of Personal and Community Health (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Studies the concepts related to the maintenance of health, safety, and the prevention of illness at the personal and community level. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 116 - Introduction to Personal Wellness Concepts (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces students to the dimensions of wellness including the physical, emotional, environmental, spiritual, occupational, and social components. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 135 - Child Health and Nutrition (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Focuses on the physical needs of the preschool child and the methods by which these are met. Emphasizes health routines, hygiene, nutrition, feeding and clothing habits, childhood diseases, and safety as they relate to health, growth, and development. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 138 - Principles of Nutrition (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Studies nutrient components of food, including carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. Provides a behavioral approach to nutrient guidelines for the development and maintenance of optimum wellness. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 141 - Introduction to Medical Terminology (1 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Focuses on medical terminology for students preparing for careers in the health professions. Lecture 1 hour per week.
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Course Outline HLT 143* - Medical Terminology I (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): A placement recommendation for ENG 111* , co-enrollment in ENF 3* /ENG 111* , or successful completion of all developmental English requirements.
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides an understanding of medical abbreviations and terms. Includes the study of prefixes, suffixes, word stems, and technical terms with emphasis on proper spelling, pronunciation, and usage. Emphasizes more complex skills and techniques in understanding medical terminology. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 144* - Medical Terminology II (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of HLT 143*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Provides an understanding of medical abbreviations and terms. Includes the study of prefixes, suffixes, word stems, and technical terms with emphasis on proper spelling, pronunciation, and usage. Emphasizes more complex skills and techniques in understanding medical terminology. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 145 - Ethics for Health Care Personnel (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Focuses on ethical concepts of health care. Emphasizes confidentiality, maintaining patient records, personal appearance, professionalism with patients/ clients, associates, and an awareness of health care facilities. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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HLT 196 - On-Site Training in Health (4 CR)
Description: Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college. 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 198 - Seminar and Project (1 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student’s occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field. Lecture 1 hour per week.
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Course Outline HLT 230* - Principles of Nutrition and Human Development (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): MTE 1* , MTE 2* , MTE 3* , MTE 4* , MTE 5* , and a placement recommendation for ENF 3* /ENG 111* , or successful completion of all developmental English requirements.
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Teaches the relationship between nutrition and human development. Emphasizes nutrients, balanced diet, weight control, and the nutritional needs of an individual. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HLT 240 - Consumer Health Education (3 CR)
Course Type: Not Intended for Transfer
Description: Focuses on health fads, myths, misunderstandings, quackeries, deceptions, and fraudulent health practices. Includes selecting and purchasing health products, services, consumer protections, and in the planning and financing of medical care. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Health Information Management |
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Course Outline HIM 111 - Medical Terminology I (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces the student to the language used in the health record. Includes a system-by-system review of anatomical disease, and operative terms, abbreviations, radiography procedures, laboratory tests, and pharmacology terms. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIM 143 - Managing Electronic Billing in a Medical Practice (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Presents practical knowledge on use of computer technology in medical practice management. Develops basic skills in preparation of universal billing claim. Explores insurance claim processing issues. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIM 149 - Introduction to Medical Practice Management (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces principles of administrative practice management. Examines patient scheduling, records management, financial systems and other office systems/ procedures. Focuses on the development of organizational and decision-making skills utilized by the practice manager. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIM 226 - Legal Aspects of Health Record Documentation (2 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Presents the legal requirements associated with health record documentation. Emphasizes the policies and procedures concerning the protection of the confidentiality of a patient’s health records. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIM 253* - Health Records Coding (4 CR)
Prerequisite(s): HLT 143* Pre/Corequisite(s): HLT 144*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Examines the development of coding classification systems. Introduces ICD-10-CM coding classification system, its format and conventions. Stresses basic coding steps and guidelines according to body systems. Provides actual coding exercises in relation to each system covered. Lecture 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIM 254* - Advanced Coding and Reimbursement (4 CR)
Prerequisite(s): HIM 253* and HLT 144*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Focuses on the applications and evaluation of advanced coding skills through practical exercises using actual healthcare data; while examining the components of DRGs, APCs and APGs and other prospective payment in the healthcare environment. Utilizes current coding standards in identifying payment methodologies, revenue cycle management and reimbursement. Lecture 4 hours per week.
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Health Information Technology |
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HIT 230* - Computer Applications in Health Care (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): ITN 260* , ITD 130 , ITN 170 and ITP 100
Course Type: Not Intended for Transfer
Description: Covers systems planning, acquisition, implementation, technology support, strategic planning and governance; as well as threats to security of health information. Covers the value and organization of health care information systems (IS) and the role of the Information Technology (IT) Department. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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History |
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Course Outline HIS 101 - History of Western Civilization I (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines the development of western civilization from ancient times to the present. The first semester ends with the seventeenth century; the second semester continues through modern times. Courses may be taken out of sequence. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 102 - History of Western Civilization II (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines the development of western civilization from ancient times to the present. The first semester ends with the seventeenth century; the second semester continues through modern times. Courses may be taken out of sequence. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 111 - History of World Civilization I (3 CR)
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Surveys Asian, African, Latin American, and European civilizations from the ancient period to the present. HIS 111 covers ancient times to 1650. HIS 111 and HIS 112 may be taken out of sequence. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 112 - History of World Civilization II (3 CR)
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Surveys Asian, African, Latin American, and European civilizations from the ancient period to the present. HIS 112 covers 1650 to present. HIS 111 and 112 may be taken out of sequence. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 121 - United States History I (3 CR)
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Surveys United States history from its beginning to the present. HIS 121 covers America from the 1500s to 1865 and HIS 122 continues the course to present times. Courses may be taken out of sequence. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 122 - United States History II (3 CR)
Course Type: Passport Transfer Class
Description: Surveys United States history from its beginning to the present. HIS 121 covers America from the 1500s to 1865 and HIS 122 continues the course to present times. Courses may be taken out of sequence. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 141 - African-American History I (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Surveys the history of black Americans from their African origins to the present. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 142 - African-American History II (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Surveys the history of black Americans from their African origins to the present. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 241 - History of Russia I (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Surveys history of Russia from earliest times to the present. Includes political, economic, multi-national, social, and cultural aspects of Russian and Soviet history. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 242 - History of Russia II (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Surveys history of Russia from earliest times to the present. Includes political, economic, multi-national, social, and cultural aspects of Russian and Soviet history. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 251 - History of Middle East Civilization I (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Surveys intellectual, cultural, social, economic and religious patterns in the civilizations of the Middle East. Covers Semitic, Indo-European, and Turkic-speaking peoples from pre- Islamic to the present. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 253 - History of Asian Civilizations I (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Surveys the civilizations of Asia from their origins to the present. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 254 - History of Asian Civilizations II (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Surveys the civilizations of Asia from their origins to the present. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 269 - Civil War and Reconstruction (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Studies factors that led to the division between the States. Examines the war, the home fronts, and the era of Reconstruction. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HIS 279 - Age of the American Revolution (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Transfer
Description: Examines the factors that led to the separation of the American Britain colonies from Great Britain. Covers the Revolutionary War, the problems faced by the revolutionary government, and postwar events that led to the adoption the United States Constitution. Lecture 3 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 115 - Plant Propagation (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Teaches principles and practices of plant propagation methods. Examines commercial and home practices. Provides experience in techniques using seed-spores, cuttings, grafting, budding, layering, and division. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 201 - Landscape Plants I (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Studies landscape use of plants. Considers ornamental value, growth habit, identification, and limitations. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 202 - Landscape Plants II (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Studies landscape use of plants. Considers ornamental value, growth habit, identification, and limitations. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 205 - Soils (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Teaches theoretical and practical aspects of soils and other growing media. Examines media components, chemical and physical properties, and soil organisms. Discusses management and conservation. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 207 - Plant Pest Management (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Teaches principles of plant pest management. Covers morphology and life cycles of insects and other small animal pests and plant pathogens. Lab stresses diagnosis, chemical and non-chemical control of specific pests, and pesticide safety. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 226 - Greenhouse Management (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Discusses the theoretical and applied practices of managing a greenhouse facility. Emphasizes greenhouse construction and design, environmental control, energy conservation, and related topics. Discusses fertilization and growing media as it relates to greenhouse crop production. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 227 - Professional Landscape Management (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Focuses on basic practices and techniques involving landscape installation and management. Includes development of a year-round management calendar and preparation of bid and contract proposals. Introduces the basic principles of landscape design. Discusses fertilization and soils as it relates to landscape plants. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 231* - Planting Design I (3 CR)
Pre/Corequisite(s): HRT 201
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Applies landscape theory and principles of drawing to the planning of residential and small-scale commercial landscape designs. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 285 - Management of a Horticultural Business (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Studies the business and selling practices, which relate to wholesale and retail horticultural businesses including garden centers, greenhouses, nurseries, and flower shops. Examines planning and layout, suppliers, merchandising, maintenance, and display of horticultural items. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRT 296 - Training in Arboretum Internship (3 CR)
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college. Internship 5 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRI 106* - Principles of Culinary Arts I (3 CR)
Prerequisite(s): Placement for ENF 3* /ENG 111* or higher, or successful completion of ENF 1* or ENF 2* .
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Introduces the fundamental principles of food preparation and basic culinary procedures. Stresses the use of proper culinary procedures combined with food service, proper sanitation, standards of quality for food items that are made, and proper use and care of kitchen equipment. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRI 119* - Applied Nutrition for Food Service (2 CR)
Corequisite(s): HRI 122*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Studies food composition, nutrition science, and application of nutrition principles by the food service professional. Provides the student with a basic understanding of human nutrition and application of nutrition in the service of commercially prepared meals. Lecture 2 hours per week.
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Course Outline HRI 122* - Applied Nutrition for Food Service Laboratory (1 CR)
Corequisite(s): HRI 119*
Course Type: Intended for Career Preparation
Description: Includes application of skill sets for understanding, reviewing, revising, scaling, and preparing existing recipes and the creation of new recipes with a focus on healthy cooking techniques, alternative products, and critical thinking. Laboratory 3 hours per week.
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