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FIA - Fine Arts |
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FIA 225 - Advanced Digital Imaging
This course provides students with advanced technical training in the field of digital imaging and an opportunity to apply learned skills to create digitally manipulated images from two-dimensional and three-dimensional photographic and computer generated sources. An integrated component of this course focuses on the use of “state of the art” digital hardware and software to output high resolution, exhibition quality, ink jet and dye sublimation images on a diversity of media. Students are required to complete study in Digital Imaging for Art and Photography I prior to enrollment in the Advanced Digital Imaging for Art and Photography course.
Prerequisite: FIA 125
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FIA 227 - Advanced Acting
This course offers advanced work on developing voice, body, and imagination as components of the actor’s “instrument”. Course includes discovering styles suitable for works from different periods and the relationship between the actor and the text. Course also includes an examination of tradition and techniques of the principal modes of theater: tragedy, comedy, realism, fantasy, and farce.
Prerequisite: FIA 127
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FIA 228 - Advanced Illustration
This course is an advanced commercial art course in illustration that serves as a continuation of the Illustration I course. A more specific focus on beginning and advanced problem solving is provided using learned studio illustration skills. Study includes the preparation of black and white, three-color, and four-color illustrations and comps for various journalistic, product, and advertising purposes. Emphasis is on visualization, originality of expression, and concept/problem solving using applied computer technology.
Prerequisites: FIA 109 or FIA 110 and FIA 128
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FIA 230 - Advanced Graphic Design
This technology-based studio course is an advanced course in graphic design. Students will learn advanced design skills in computer design production for print and multimedia. A capstone project will be the focus of the course in addition to learning more about the importance of research and client interaction. Students will work on their capstone project with a client or the instructor. The capstone project will include the planning of a complex commercial concept that is digitally created and produced. Students will also gain knowledge of the application process for current careers and opportunities in graphic design. Advanced printing techniques and multimedia applications will also be addressed.
Prerequisite: FIA 130
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FIA 232 - Modern and Contemporary Dramatic Literature
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course offers an analysis of modern and contemporary dramatic literature from the Birth of Realism to the 21st Century. The course includes readings of selected masterworks together with dramatic theory, criticism, historical discussion, and an emphasis on diversity.
Prerequisite: ENG 101
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FRE - French |
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FRE 101 - Beginning French I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course includes development of the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Listening practice is available. Media are incorporated into the classroom experience and web-based materials are a required part of the course. Native speakers may not take elementary level courses in their native languages designated as 101, 102, 105, or 106.
Prerequisites: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FRE 102 - Beginning French II
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a continuation of FRE 101 . Media are incorporated into the classroom experience and web-based materials are a required part of the course. Native speakers may not take elementary level courses in their native languages designated as 101, 102, 105, or 106.
Prerequisites: FRE 101 or 2 years high school French
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FRE 111 - Intermediate French I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course offers review of fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing. Media are incorporated into the classroom experience and web-based materials are a required part of the course. This course is not generally open to native French speakers.
Prerequisite: FRE 102 or three years high school French
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FRE 112 - Intermediate French II
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a continuation of FRE 111 . Not generally open to native French speakers.
Prerequisite: FRE 111
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FRE 115 - French Culture and Civilization (Foreign Study)
This course includes a comprehensive survey of French culture and civilization including geography, social and economic factors. The achievements in painting, sculpture and architecture will be examined. This course is offered only in conjunction with a trip to France or French Canada and fulfills one semester of the French Modern Language requirement.
3 credit hours
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FRE 121 - Advanced French I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course includes further development of skills in reading, composition and conversation.
Prerequisites: FRE 112 , 3 years high school French or its equivalent
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FRE 122 - Advanced French II
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a continuation of FRE 121 .
Prerequisite: FRE 121
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST - Fire Science Technology |
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FST 102 - Building Construction
This course provides professional fire service personnel and individuals in related fields with an understanding of the basic principles of building construction. It presents background information concerning the national and local building codes, the national fire codes and how they affect modern design and building construction. It relates these principles to practical problems of the fire service.
Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 103 - Fire Protection
This course provides an introduction to general aspects of fire protection. Topics include the behavior of fire, the extinguishing agents used in suppressing fire, and the strategies used to prevent fires. The roles of public and private fire protection services are also analyzed.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 105 - Fire Prevention
This course provides a study of the basic principles of fire prevention and inspection with emphasis on the recognition of fire hazards in commercial and industrial occupancies, the various protection systems dealing with these hazards, the use of practical test facilities, and the enforcement of building laws, fire ordinances, and municipal codes.
Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 106 - Fire Fighting Tactics
This course provides an examination of the tactical capabilities and limitations of company-level operations at emergency incidents. Particular attention is given to the operation of the basic tactical units of fire departments: Engine, Ladder, and Rescue companies.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 107 - Hazardous Materials
This course provides professional fire and safety personnel with an understanding of the hazards found in industry and techniques used to control them. Topics include a study of the use, proper storage, and transportation of hazardous materials, with particular emphasis placed on safety measures to be followed when handling these materials at a fire or other emergency.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 108 - Fire Hydraulics
This course provides fire protection personnel and professional firefighter with an understanding of the properties, principles, and concepts of fluid materials, particularly water. The course presents a background of the basic properties of fluids, pressures, flows, pumps, and practical applications.
Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 109 - Fire Protection Systems
This course provides an introduction to fire detection and suppression devices. The design, operation and maintenance of, and code requirements for, the various systems are examined, with special emphasis on the special problems created by hazardous occupancies.
Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 111 - Fire Causes and Detection
The course provides students with an understanding of the history, development, and philosophy of fire investigation and detection; the gathering of evidence and development of technical reports; and the processing of criminal evidence and examination of criminal procedures as they relate to arson investigation.
Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 112 - Emergency Rescue Operations
This course provides students with instruction in various aspects of rescue operations. Topics include responsibilities of the officer in command, the use of specialized rescue tools and equipment, problems of vehicle rescue, and techniques for handling casualties.
Prerequisites: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 113 - Fire Department Organization and Management
This course provides students with the basic concepts of management and organization of fire departments. It examines the structure and types of fire department organizations, the functions of the manager, and the role of leadership.
Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 114 - Legal Aspects of Fire Protection
This course provides a study of legal rights and obligations, liability concerns and responsibilities involving fire department organizations carrying out their duties.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 115 - Insurance Grading Schedules
This course provides an understanding of all aspects of fire insurance with a major emphasis on its function, type of carriers, provisions, and how rating systems are established. Additionally, it examines handling of risk and settlement claims.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 116 - Fire Safety Code
This course provides a study of the history and development of fire safety codes, with an emphasis on the nature and scope of legal statutes and related codes in fire protection control.
Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 119 - Incident Command
This course provides a study of the command and control of operations at major incidents or disasters. The role of the fireground or incident commander is stressed. Major features include central control over and coordination of human and material resources with particular recognition given to the safety of fire personnel and disaster victims.
Prerequisite: FST 106
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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FST 218 - Fireground Strategies and Concepts
This course provides a study of the advanced tactical procedures and underlying strategic concepts required for effective operations at emergency incidents. Emphasis is on multi-unit and special emergency operations.
Prerequisite: FST 106
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GDP - Game Design and Development |
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GDP 101 - Fundamentals of Game Design
This course covers the many aspects involved in the process of designing a game. Topics included in this course are the role of the game designer, elements of a game, types of players, game mechanics, game balance, story in games, game design documents, game pitches, and prototypes.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GDP 112 - Introduction to Game Programming
This course builds on the fundamental principles of game design and teaches students the basics of game programming using a modern professional game engine. Students will learn the concepts and features of object-oriented programming using a computer language commonly used in the game industry. The course focuses on various techniques used in developing prototypes of 2D and 3D games.
Prerequisites: GDP 101 , CST 115 or CST 161
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GDP 115 - The Business of Game Development
This course covers many aspects related to the business of game development. Students learn about legal issues, publishing, marketing, entrepreneurship, and current topics in the game industry. Some concepts covered include intellectual property rights, branding, public relations, contract negotiations, choosing a business entity, and writing business and marketing plans. This course will help students gain a broader understanding of the game development industry.
Prerequisite: GDP 101
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GDP 201 - Digital Animation for Games
This course provides students with animation techniques using a modern professional game engine and computer graphics software. Students will cover the principles of 2D and 3D animation and its use in game design. Topics include 2D sprite animation, 3D skeletal animation, particle systems, physics in animation, and creating programmatic animations.
Prerequisite: GDP 112
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GDP 212 - Artificial Intelligence for Games
This course further explores game programming using a modern professional game engine by covering artificial intelligence techniques and algorithms used in games. Topics include finite state machines, sensory systems, path following, steering, obstacle avoidance, flocking, behavior trees, navigation meshes, and machine learning.
Prerequisite: GDP 112
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GDP 215 - 3D Game Graphics Programming
This course provides students with the fundamentals of 3D graphics programming for games and interactive media using a modern professional game engine. Students will explore various topics of shader programming, post-processing effects, lighting models, physically based rendering, and grab passes.
Prerequisite: GDP 112
Co-requisite: GDP 280
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GDP 280 - Game Design and Development Capstone
In this course students will develop a game from conception to completion in a team environment. Students will be expected to document their work through all stages of development and to apply project management techniques with their group. This capstone project can then be used by students looking to show their portfolio to potential employers or for students who plan to publish their game.
Prerequisites: GDP 201 , GDP 212
Co-requisite: GDP 215
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GEO - Geography |
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GEO 201 - World Geography
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is an introduction to the physical and political geography of the world. It explores how the earth’s physical features, natural resources, and climate connect with economics and politics to shape human culture. The major world geographic regions are also explored.
Co-requisite: ENG 101 , or permission of Division Dean’s office
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GER - German |
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GER 101 - Beginning German I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course includes development of the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing. Listening practice is available. Media are incorporated into classroom experience. Native speakers of German must get approval of the instructor.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GER 102 - Beginning German II
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a continuation of GER 101 . Media are incorporated into classroom experience. Native speakers of German must get approval of the instructor.
Prerequisite: GER 101 or two years high school German
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GER 105 - Conversational German I
This course includes development of ability to communicate orally in German. The course stresses the development of aural/oral skills through conversation based on topics of everyday life. Students who wish to take German 105 must have completed two years of high school German or GER 102 , or must have the permission of the instructor. This course fulfills one semester of the foreign language requirement. Not open to native German speakers.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GEY - Geology |
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GEY 101 - Physical Geology
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a study of the origin and nature of rocks and minerals, volcanism and metamorphism, surficial processes of erosion and deposition; problems of water supply and pollution. One or more all day field trips are required in addition to regularly scheduled lab sessions.
3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
4 credit hours
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GEY 102 - Historical Geology
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a study of structural geology and sedimentation, evolution of continents and ocean basins; evolution of animals and plants, plate tectonics and continental drift; man’s place in evolution. One or more all day field trips are required in addition to regularly scheduled lab sessions.
3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
4 credit hours
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GEY 121 - Physical Geology
GEY 101 without the laboratory component. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement. Division approval required.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GEY 122 - Historical Geology
GEY 102 without the laboratory component. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement. Division approval required.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GOV - Government |
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GOV 201 - American Government and Politics
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course provides a comprehensive analysis of American political institutions on the federal, state, and local levels. Topics covered include the U.S. Constitution, Federalism, public opinion, political parties, elections, pressure groups, and the role of the citizen in the American Political process.
Prerequisites: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GOV 202 - American National Government
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course provides a comprehensive analysis of the organization, functions, and administration of the American national government. Topics include the Presidency, Congress, Judiciary, civil rights and civil liberties, constitutional law, and domestic and foreign policy.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GOV 203 - Urban Government and Politics
This course provides an introduction to urban government and politics. It looks at the political structures, forces and issues that affect the urban community. Topics include machine politics, the politics of reform, the service challenge, and civil disorders.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GOV 204 - Public Administration
This course provides an introduction to one of the main subfields of political science. It analyzes the government’s utilization of human and material resources in developing and implementing public policy. The concepts covered include bureaucracy, leadership, decision-making, human resources, and fiscal management.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GOV 205 - Comparative Governments
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course provides a traditional introduction to the comparative analysis of political systems. It focuses on governmental institutions and processes. Case studies include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia, as well as non-Western states.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GOV 207 - International Politics
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course offers an introduction to the international relations subfield of the academic discipline of “political science.” It is an introductory survey course in the field of political science; it serves as a “social science general education” course. This course provides a traditional introduction to international politics. The nature of the state system, national power, national interest, war, the rise and collapse of the Soviet Union, the United Nations, and the impact of the so-called Third World are considered.
Prerequisite: GOV 201
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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GOV 208 - New Jersey Government and Politics
This course provides an introduction to State Government in New Jersey. It is a survey course within a subfield of political science. It examines the structure and functions of state government, the political subdivisions of the State, politics, and public policy issues.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS - History |
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HIS 101 - Introduction to Western Civilization I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course examines the history of Western Civilization from ancient times to c. 1600. It covers the development of the Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Early Modern civilization. Political, economic, social, religious, and cultural factors are considered.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 102 - Introduction to Western Civilization II
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course continues the exploration of Western Civilization from the early modern period to the present. It discusses such topics as absolutism, constitutionalism, modern science, revolution, industrialization, colonialism, the World Wars, totalitarianism, the Cold War, and the forming of a new global civilization. Political, economic, social, religious, and cultural factors are considered.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 103 - Introduction to World History I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a study of the major elements of world history from ancient times to 1500 with attention to prehistoric humans; the irrigation societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India; the classical civilizations of Greece, Rome, India, and China; the later cultures of Byzantium, Islam, East Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Students may take this course, with its more global emphasis, instead of HIS 101 in any program where HIS 101 is required. Students will not, however, earn credit for both HIS 101 and this course.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 104 - Introduction to World History II
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a study of the major elements of world history from 1500 to the present with attention to the Protestant Reformation, Absolutism, the rise of Enlightenment, the impact of revolution, democracy and nationalism, the world wars, and challenges faced by contemporary humankind in an age of global interdependence. Students may take this course with its more global emphasis, instead of HIS 102 in any program where HIS 102 is required. Students will not, however, earn credit for both HIS 102 and this course.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 105 - Afro-American History I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a history of Black people from their advent in the New World to the Civil War. The African heritage and its contributions to the development of African-American culture are considered along with the slave trade and the effects of the institution of slavery. Also included are the early struggles for emancipation, resistance to slavery, the Abolitionist movement viewed from both the black and white perspective, the reasons behind the Emancipation Proclamation, and the impact of the Civil War on American society. In order to satisfy degree requirements, students may substitute this course for HIS 101 or HIS 201 with permission of Division Dean’s office.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 106 - Afro-American History II
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a history of Black people from Reconstruction to the present. The promise and disappointment of freedom in the post-Civil War world and the emergence of the new black leadership in the struggle for equality and dignity are considered. From Booker T. Washington’s cooperative approach to the present, the student studies the forces that are shaping the emergence of Black people as full participants in American Life. In order to satisfy degree requirements, students may substitute this course for HIS 102 or HIS 202 with permission of Division Dean office.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 201 - United States History to 1865
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a survey of U.S. history from its colonial foundations to the Civil War with a focus on the major political, economic, social, and intellectual developments of the period.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 202 - United States History Since 1865
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a survey of U.S. history from Reconstruction to the present with a focus on the major political, diplomatic, economic, social, and intellectual developments of the period.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 205 - British History from 1600 to the Present
This course is a study of major political, economic, social and cultural events and issues occurring from the end of the Tudor period to the present. Emphasis is on the unification of the national state, the growth of parliamentary democracy and its effects on the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the growth and decline of the Empire, the Welfare State, and the entrance into the Common Market.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 209 - Twentieth Century European History
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course examines the economic, social, and political trends of the twentieth century. The focus is on Europe, but attention is also given to the impact of the two world wars and their after-effects on the rest of the world.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 215 - The American Experience in the Twentieth Century
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course examines twentieth century America covering major events, trends, and ideas. Flexibility within the course permits focusing on themes of special interest such as the Great Depression, Urbanization, the Cold War, the Counterculture, and the complexities of current national life.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 225 - Women in American History
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a survey of the history of women in the United States from the 17th century to the present. Students will approach women’s history as both an integral part of the nation’s past as well as a distinct subject of historical investigation. Topics include women’s changing roles in family and economic life, political participation and the fight for suffrage, and the influence of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status on gender identity.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 230 - Latin American History
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is a broad survey of the history of Latin America from pre-Colombian civilizations to the present. Political, economic, ideological, social and cultural factors will be considered, as well as the interaction between Latin America and the global society.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 270 - The Classical Heritage of Greece and Rome
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course is an introduction to classical Greek and Roman history. Topics include the rise of the Greek city-states, the Trojan War, the political influence of Sparta and Athens, the Greco-Persian relationship, and the Peloponnesian War. Students will also consider the historical significance of Alexander the Great, the rise and fall of the Roman Republic, and the spread of empire during Rome’s imperial stage. The course will conclude with a look at Roman culture in the second millennium and the rise of Christian Europe in the fourth century B.C.E.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 279 - New Jersey History
This course covers the history of New Jersey from early exploration and settlement to the present, with more emphasis on the origins and establishment of New Jersey as a colony and a state, and the role the state has played in the development of the nation. The historical background will serve as a springboard for the study of the 19th and 20th century industrial growth that would make New Jersey one of the most influential states in the nation.
Prerequisite: ENG 097
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIS 281 - The Era of the American Revolution
This course is a broad-based introduction to eighteenth century American society and its major event the American Revolution. The course explores the cultural, social, economic, ideological, and political developments of the century which ultimately led to resistance, armed rebellion, and the creation of the American republic.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 .
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIT - Health Information Technology |
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HIT 110 - Healthcare Information in Alternative Systems
This course focuses on the function and use of the health record in various non-acute care facilities, including long term care, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and cancer settings. In addition, regulatory accreditation and certification standards for documentation and management of patient health records in non-acute environments will be discussed.
Prerequisite: HIT 101
Co-requisite: HIT 111
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIT 111 - Legal Issues In Healthcare
This course focuses on the legal and ethical aspects of the health record and health information technology. The implications of healthcare legislation for the health information practitioner, various healthcare providers, and government agencies are emphasized. The course includes an in-depth study of the confidentiality of health information as well as the standards, regulations, and laws that govern the release of health information. It also covers the role of the medical record department in monitoring and implementation of legal changes, liability issues, and risk management.
Prerequisite: HIT 101
Co-requisite: HIT 110
3 lectures hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIT 201 - Health Information Technologies
This course introduces computer applications in health information systems, including data entry, display, storage, and retrieval. Students acquire an understanding of the application of health information systems in the healthcare environment. Security and confidentiality of information stored in the electronic health record will be discussed, as well as the logistics of monitoring and utilizing the information. This course utilizes specialized educational software for hands-on practice with an electronic health record.
Prerequisites: HIT 101 , CST 100
Co-requisite: HIT 202
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIT 202 - Coding & Classification I
This course focuses on disease coding using the International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) with an emphasis on the use and applications of coding principles and classification systems in the healthcare environment. The review of medical records to identify diagnoses with treatment, and/or services performed, and the correct sequencing for optimal reimbursement will also be discussed.
Prerequisites: BIO 105 , BIO 106 , ALH 161
Co-requisites: ALH 201 , HIT 201
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIT 203 - Coding & Classification II
This course focuses on the principles of coding and classification systems with an emphasis on the Healthcare Financing Administration’s Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding. The review of medical records to identify diagnoses with treatment and/or services performed, and the correct sequencing for optimal reimbursement are also included.
Prerequisites: BIO 105 , BIO 106 , ALH 161 , ALH 201 , HIT 202
Co-requisite: HIT 205
4 lecture hours per week
4 credit hours
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HIT 204 - Healthcare Information Standards
This course introduces the student to health data structure, content, and standards. The collection and maintenance of health data; policies and procedures; verification and currency of data; integrity of data and data sources for patient care, management, billing, and registries as well as data reporting to meet organizational needs will be discussed.
Prerequisite: HIT 111
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIT 205 - Reimbursement
This course is an introduction to patient billing and reimbursement systems in ambulatory settings. Topics discussed include billing and claims management issues as well as terminology and principles commonly used in the Managed Care environment. Students will review billing practices and apply the compliance guidelines introduced in the course to prepare health insurance claim forms for various types of insurance plans.
Prerequisites: HIT 111 , HIT 202
Co-requisite: HIT 203
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HIT 206 - Professional Practice
Under the supervision of a qualified supervisor, students gain professional practice experience in coding and reimbursement. Students will utilize AHIMA VLAB specialized software package to apply theory to practice procedures and complete assignments on functions performed in a health information management department in various healthcare settings, including but not limited to preparation, storage, retrieval, and sharing of health data; analysis and reporting requirements for health record; patient admissions process; coding of health data, CPT coding and assignment; and billing and reimbursement
Prerequisite: Permission of Division Dean’s Office
2 lecture hours per week
2 credit hours
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HIT 207 - Health Information Management
This course uses case studies to introduce students to the management of the patient health record from admission to completion with a focus on structure, content and regulations affecting the health record in various healthcare settings. The functions and responsibilities of the health information management unit will also be discussed. A special software package will be used to apply the theory of health information management to the development, implementation, and management of the electronic health record.
Prerequisites: HIT 110 , HIT 201
Co-requisite: HIT 206
2 lecture hours per week
2 credit hours
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HRS - Honors Studies |
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HRS 103 - Honors Seminar in Cross-Cultural Study
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course will focus on a specific topic each semester and explore it from multiple cultural perspectives. Attention will be paid to the contexts that help inform and shape the views of particular cultures on a given topic and related issues. Topics include: Gender and Sexuality, Peace Studies, Race and Ethnicity in American Culture, Religious Fundamentalisms in the Modern World, U.S. Immigrant Cultures, Contemporary World Film. To promote closer student/faculty collaboration and encourage independent learning, the class is conducted in a seminar format, emphasizing in-depth discussion and higher level thinking skills in an active learning environment.
Prerequisites: A minimum GPA of 3.4, 12 credits completed, and permission of the Dean of American Honors.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HRS 104 - Honors Seminar in Interdisciplinary Study
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course will focus on a specific topic each semester and explore it from the perspective of different academic disciplines with emphasis placed on the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of a given topic and related issues that do not readily fall under the purview of any single discipline. Topics include: Global Issues, Biomedical Ethics, A Skeptical View of the Paranormal, Death and Dying, The Psychology of Advertising, Film and Society. To promote closer student/faculty collaboration and encourage independent learning, the class is conducted in a seminar format, emphasizing in-depth discussion and higher level thinking skills in an active learning environment.
Prerequisites: A minimum GPA of 3.4, 12 credits completed, and permission of the Dean of American Honors.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HSM - Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management |
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HSM 100 - Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
This course takes a management perspective in introducing students to the organization and structure of hotels, restaurants, clubs, cruise ships, and casino hotels. The emphasis is on business ethics, franchising, management contracts, and areas of management responsibility such as human resources, marketing and sales, and advertising.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HSM 110 - Food and Beverage Management
This course gives students a basic understanding of the management process in food and beverage operations. All aspects of food and beverage operations are covered, including organization, marketing, menus, costs and pricing, production, service, safety, and finances.
Prerequisite: ENG 097 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HSM 120 - Managing Front Office Operations
This course presents a systematic approach to front office procedures by detailing the flow of business through a hotel, from the reservations process to check-out and account settlement. The course also examines the various elements of effective front office management, paying particular attention to the planning and evaluation of front office operations and to human resources management. Front office procedures and management are placed within the context of the overall operation of a hotel.
Prerequisites: HSM 100 , ENG 101
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HSM 205 - Planning and Control of Food and Beverage Operations
This course explains the principles and procedures involved in an effective food and beverage control system, including standards determination, the operating budget, cost-volume-profit analysis, income and cost control, menu pricing, theft prevention, labor cost control, and computer applications.
Prerequisites: HSM 100 , HSM 110
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HSM 220 - Managing Housekeeping Operations
This course presents a systematic approach to managing housekeeping operations in the hospitality industry. Topics include inventory lists, frequency schedules, and performance and productivity standards.
Prerequisites: HSM 100 , ENG 101
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HSM 240 - Hospitality Sales and Marketing
This course is designed to provide students with a solid background in hospitality sales and marketing. The main focus is on practical sales techniques for selling to targeted markets.
Prerequisite: HSM 100
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HSM 290 - Co-op Experience in Hospitality Management
This course is a one-semester internship in an approved hospitality organization reinforces classroom and textbook theory with practical hospitality operations experience. This course provides a forum where students can apply the management concepts learned in class and can acquire the hands-on experience necessary to qualify for an entry-level position in the hospitality industry. This course is only open to matriculated students in the hospitality management program. This course should be taken in the student’s last semester of the program.
Prerequisites: HSM 205 and HSM 220
135 contact hours
3 credit hours
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HUD - American Sign Language & Deaf Studies |
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HUD 103 - Text and Discourse Analysis for Interpreting
This course will focus on text and discourse analysis of American Sign Language and English in different registers/styles. Processes of text and discourse analysis, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics, structures of ASL and English discourse will be discussed. The course will take an in-depth look at discourse through selected written texts, videotapes and live demonstrations. Lectures and videotapes will be used for skill development in text/discourse analysis and students will practice and apply discourse structures and semantics/ pragmatics in ASL and English.
Prerequisites: HUD 105 , ASL 202 and ASL 208 or permission of Division Dean’s office
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HUD 104 - Fingerspelling
This course is designed to advance students on the skill development of hand configuration, basic word patterns, rhythm, comprehension of fingerspelled works, phrases, and numbers. Additional focus will be placed on fingerspelled loan signs.
Prerequisites: ASL 101 and ASL 102
Co-requisites: ASL 103 and ASL 104
1 lecture hour per week
1 credit hour
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HUD 105 - Interpreting Processes: Theory and Practice
A survey course introducing theories, principles, and practices of interpreting for Deaf persons. The course covers interpreting processes, physical and mental factors, attitudes, ethics, roles of the interpreter, perspectives of the consumers (deaf and hearing), and NIC (RID-NAD) certifications. Prerequisite skills for interpreting will be introduced in this course through instruction for application in interpreting. Students are exposed to basic interpreting situations in a variety of settings through field observations and through use of videotapes.
Prerequisites: ASL 201 and ASL 205 or permission of Division Dean’s office
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HUD 106 - Interpreting Process Application in English to ASL
A review of theoretical components and principles of interpreting process discussed in Interpreting Process (HUD 105 ) for application towards basic skill development in interpreting and transliterating from spoken English to ASL/Signed English. Strategies for effective listening skills, text analysis, conceptual accuracy and linguistic factors of sign language will be discussed and applied. Classroom practice is provided. 12 hours of field observation on specific aspects of Sign to voice interpreting will be required. 12 laboratory hours are required.
Prerequisites: ASL 202 and HUD 105 and demonstration of proficiency by examination
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HUD 108 - Interpreting Process Application in ASL to English
A review of theoretical components and principles of interpreting processes discussed in Interpreting Process: Theory and Practice (HUD 105 ) for application towards basic skill development in interpreting and transliterating from ASL/Signed English to Spoken English. Theories and Techniques of public speaking are discussed and applied. Strategies for effective comprehension and text analysis are discussed and practiced. Skill development application will be conducted within class. 12 hours of field observation on specific aspects of ASL to English Interpreting will be required.
Prerequisites: ASL 202 and HUD 105 and demonstration of proficiency by examination
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HUD 109 - Preventive Measures against Cumulative Trauma Disorder in Interpreting
This course will give sign language students and interpreters information and tools that may help prevent and manage cumulative trauma disorders (CTD). The course will cover an orientation and survey of issues related to CTD among sign language interpreters; factors that can lead to symptoms of overuse; preventive and management techniques to help reduce the likelihood of developing overuse symptoms; management techniques for dealing effectively with existing symptoms due to overuse.
Prerequisite: HUD 105 or permission of Division Dean’s office
1 lecture hour per week
1 credit hour
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HUD 110 - Interpreter Role and Ethics
This course will provide exploration of ethical standards and dilemmas in interpretation through discussion, case studies, scenarios and role-plays emphasizing the dynamics of the interpreting team and similarities and differences between advocates, peer counselors, and interpreters. Emphases are on values, ethics, and morality; professional principles, power and responsibility; group dynamics; and decision making. RID-NAD’s Code of Ethics are discussed, practiced and applied in role-plays and scenarios.
Prerequisites: HUD 105 and HUD 103 or permission of Division Dean office
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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HUD 215 - Advanced Techniques of Interpreting
This course is a classroom practice to provide more in-depth skill and technique development in interpreting and transliterating and introduces students to specifically interpreting situations: education and technical, medical, mental health, legal, oral, deaf-blind, etc. Strategies for enhancing professional attitudes and ethical behaviors in interpreters, team interpreting and working with deaf interpreters are discussed. This course is highly interactive with literatures and group discussions as part of the institutional approach.
Prerequisites: HUD 106 or HUD 108
2 lecture hours per week
2 credit hours
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HUD 216 - Field Experience in Interpreting
Students enrolled in this course will gain experience interpreting in a variety of settings with Deaf consumers who have diverse linguistic preferences through 90 hours of observation of the interpreting process and hands on experience with supervision. Attendance at seminars and lab activities are required in conjunction with field experience activities.
Prerequisites: HUD 106 , HUD 108 and HUD 215 , demonstration of proficiency via examination and permission of Division Dean’s office
1 lecture hour per week/90 contact hours
3 credit hours
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HUS - Human Services |
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HUS 101 - Community Resources in Human Services
This course provides an introduction of human service needs and how various community service agencies are organized on the local, county, state and federal levels to meet these needs. The course examines how service agencies function in the areas of public health, welfare, mental health, rehabilitation, employment, correction and protection. Existing programs and their operation in the alleviation of personal and social problems are evaluated. In addition, an overview of theory, practice and trends in human services are examined.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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IDS - Interdisciplinary Studies |
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IDS 128 - Business Communications
This course offers the Walt Disney College Program participant the opportunity to learn the concepts inherent in business communication and apply them in the workplace. The skills taught are applicable to a wide variety of business environments. Participants will learn about the elements of communication, explore methods used to process information, identify basic listening skills, and recognize inclusive communication approaches. Other topics include meetings and group dynamics, presentations, and public communications. This course does not fulfill curriculum requirements for ENG 128 or ENG 129 .
Co-requisite: Participation in Walt Disney College Program
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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INT - Interpreting Spoken Language |
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INT 101 - Interpreting I
Interpreting I is the first of a two-part sequence that develops the students’ interpreting skills. Bilingual students in any spoken language will learn, practice, and acquire consecutive interpreting skills. These skills include: listening skills, analytical ability, note-taking, short-term memory enhancement, paraphrasing, rapid language switching, and self-monitoring of accuracy. An introduction to sight translation will also be included.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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INT 102 - Interpreting II
Interpreting II is a continuation of Interpreting I. In this course students will continue to improve on the skills needed to do professional interpreting in spoken languages. Interpreting II will incorporate more difficult passages to interpret and will introduce simultaneous interpreting. Students will focus on the separate skills necessary for the simultaneous interpreting task, such as determining lag time, shadowing, improving comprehension by chunking, focusing on production by modulating delivery, and developing an intuitive ability in their target language. An important aspect of this course will be to teach students techniques they can use to maintain and improve their skills long after they have finished the program.
Prerequisite: INT 101
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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INT 105 - The Role of the Interpreter
The Role of the Interpreter will be a practical course on the many aspects of the profession that are not so obvious to the novice. The Interpreters Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and its implications for impartiality will be stressed. Cultural considerations for interpreting will be discussed, especially the notion of interpreting content and style rather than grammar and vocabulary. The course will also deal with the role of professional organizations and tools that translators and interpreters use in their work. The course requires students to observe professional interpreters in a courtroom. This course is open only to students enrolled in the Certificate Program for Interpreting Spoken Languages.
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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ITA - Italian |
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ITA 101 - Beginning Italian I
▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
This course includes development of the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Listening practice is available. Media are incorporated into the classroom experience. Native speakers may not take elementary level courses in their native languages designated as 101, 102, 105, or 106.
Prerequisites: ENG 096 , if required
3 lecture hours per week
3 credit hours
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