May 10, 2024  
2021-2022 Online Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Online Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course Descriptions

The course number system is:

000-099 Institutional Credit. (Does not meet graduation requirements and will not transfer to four-year colleges.)

100-199 Freshman Courses

200-299 Sophomore Courses

 

BIO - Biology

  
  • BIO 210 - Hydroponics


    This course covers the fundamentals of hydroponics: a growing system using water, light, and nutrients but no soil. An overview of global hunger, plant physiology, and sustainability will be included. This course also includes a hands-on experiment that includes designing and building a hydroponic system, budgeting, statistics, and growing microgreens.
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 113 , or approval of Division
    Co-requisite(s): BIOL 210  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • BIO 211 - Medicinal Plants


    This course will focus on the use of plants for medicinal and other purposes. Topics include poisonous plants; medicinal plants from different cultures and cross-cultural aspects of plants and medicines; chemistry and biological significance of natural products; and natural products from plants in modern medicine.
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 111  and BIO 112 , or approval of Division
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BIO 240 - Genetics


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    Genetics is the study of an organism’s biological information.  This includes how organisms use biological information to survive and how biological information is passed to progeny. Students will explore inheritance, gene structure, gene function, gene mutation, and ethical issues related to genetics.  Laboratory is included. Additionally, students will develop skills in critical thinking, scientific inquiry, problem solving, and scientific communication.
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 111  and BIO 112 , or permission of Division Dean’s office
    Co-requisite(s): BIOL 240   
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours

BIOL - Biology Lab

  
  • BIOL 101 - Introduction to Biology Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 101 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 101  
  
  • BIOL 102 - Human Biology Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 102 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 102  
  
  • BIOL 103 - Environmental Science Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 103 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 103  
  
  • BIOL 104 - A Survey of the Animal Kingdom Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 104 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 104  
  
  • BIOL 105 - Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 105 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 105  
  
  • BIOL 106 - Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 106 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 106  
  
  • BIOL 107 - Decisions for Wellness Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 107 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 107  
  
  • BIOL 108 - Microbiology Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 108 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 108  
  
  • BIOL 110 - Human Heredity Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 110 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 110  
  
  • BIOL 111 - General Biology I Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 111 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 111  
  
  • BIOL 112 - General Biology II Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 112 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 112  
  
  • BIOL 113 - Plants, People, and Society Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 113  .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 113  
  
  • BIOL 204 - Introduction to Marine Biology Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 204 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 204  
  
  • BIOL 208 - Ecology Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 208  .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 208  
  
  • BIOL 210 - Hydroponics


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 210 .
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 210  
  
  • BIOL 240 - Genetics Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for BIO 240.
    Co-requisite(s): BIO 240  
    3 laboratory hours per week

BLC - Blockchain Technology

  
  • BLC 171 - Blockchain Fundamentals


    This course provides students with a fundamental yet broad overview of the essential concepts of the blockchain industry, the history, the philosophy of decentralization behind blockchain, and the main discussions happening within the blockchain environment. Topics covered in the Blockchain Fundamentals course include a basic understanding of the functions of blockchain. Students will learn about potential applications of blockchain and the impact it could have on the business world.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BLC 232 - Blockchain Technologies


    This course provides students with a deeper understanding of blockchain technologies and their respective applications. Blockchain Technologies examines in depth the capabilities and limitations of the technology, enabling students to assess which business problems it can solve. Topics covered include how blockchain is used to transform contemporary businesses, and how to think about blockchain and its capabilities. Students will discover the problems blockchain technologies aim to solve and determine how they can support business goals and objectives.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BLC 270 - Blockchain Decision Making


    This course provides students with an understanding of blockchain decision making, and the knowledge to discern what types of business organizations are suitable for blockchain technology. This course helps students to understand how blockchain decision making adds value to businesses, and covers topics on decision-making strategies, knowledge of tools and the different protocols used in decision making. The course also helps understand the various conditions and processes under which blockchain decision making occurs in business.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

BSM - Sport Management

  
  • BSM 101 - Introduction to Sport Management


    This course is an overview of sport management and presents both the theoretical foundations and the subsequent application of sport management principles. Topics include the history of sport management, management, marketing, financial concepts in sports, legal and ethical issues in sports, youth sports, college sports, professional sports, international sports, sports agency, broadcasting, facility and event management and careers in sport management.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BSM 110 - The Evolution of American Sports


    This course explores the evolution of American sports from the early Puritan mistrust of sporting events through the performance enhancing drug scandals of the present day. A strong emphasis is placed on the relationship between sport, society, and culture. The course also explores the rise of intercollegiate sports, the rise of women’s sports, professional and amateur sports in the age of television, and the quest for equity in sports.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BSM 205 - Sports in Society


    This course offers a global, issues-oriented approach to sports. The emphasis is on sports and sport-related actions as they occur in social and cultural contexts. Topics include the influence sports have on children and young adults, violence, gender, social class, age and ability, media, politics, and race and ethnicity.
    Prerequisite(s): BSM 101  and ENG 101  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BSM 210 - Sport & Law


    This course examines legal issues affecting the safe development and delivery of sport and physical activity programs. Major topics include equal opportunity legislation, tort liability, product liability, participant liability, and the legal rights and obligations of supervisors and participants. In addition, the course examines the laws and regulations which govern the business of sport and sport organizations.
    Prerequisite(s): BSM 101  and ENG 101  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BSM 220 - Current Issues in Sports


    This course offers a comprehensive study of current issues in sports. A strong emphasis will be placed on current economic issues confronting sports at every level. Issues will be explored in light of cultural and social contexts. Topics include performance enhancing drug use in all levels of sport, the modern sports facility pricing out the ordinary fan, corporations taking over the Olympics, the influence of corporations on what sports are produced and televised, the influence of money on college sports, the winning at all costs mentality, the challenges for women’s professional sports leagues, media influences on sports, new media technology and its impact on sports, fantasy sports, and the significant issues of youth sports.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

BUS - Business

  
  • BUS 101 - Introduction to Contemporary Business


    This course provides an overview of all phases of business, including ownership, marketing, personnel, finance, managerial controls, and the relationship of government and business. Topics include the relationship of business to the social and economic environment in which it operates and a practical orientation and emphasis on relationships between business concepts and potential business careers.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 105 - Organization and Management


    This course explores the background and development of the structure and functions of modern business; principles of organization and management; functions of major departments of the modern industrial enterprise and analysis of their interrelations and interdependence; methods of executive control and applications of basic principles.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 107 - Human Resources Management


    This course provides a study of the techniques of human resource management; job analysis and evaluation; recruitment, interviewing, placement, training, and education; employee health and safety, benefits and morale; public and community relations; personnel research, audits, and reviews.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required 
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 110 - Business and Technology


    This course explores how technology influences all aspects of business and industry including societal issues surrounding their use. Some of the topics include current computer technology and terminology, the Internet, societal issues related to digital media, mobile devices, and wireless devices. Emerging technologies will be explored.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required 
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 115 - Personal Finance


    This course is designed to give a practical introduction to personal finance. It addresses realistic ways to manage personal assets effectively. Topics covered include the economy; working, planning, and budgeting; sensible shopping and spending; avoiding fraud and swindles; buying, insuring and financing a car; buying and selling a home; housing costs and regulations; renting a home; banking services; credit and borrowing; investments in stocks, mutual funds and real estate; life, health and income insurance; retirement and estate planning; and income tax.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 136 - Retailing Techniques


    This course examines the function of the retailer. Topics include retail establishments and the changes in merchandising, management techniques, organizations, effective control, and profitable operation.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required 
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 137 - Salesmanship


    This course provides a study of the effective methods of retail selling and the application of psychological and persuasive selling techniques. Students prepare and conduct sales presentations on an individual and group basis.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required 
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 138 - Retail Buying and Merchandising


    This course introduces the student to the organizational structure at the retail buying and merchandising function. The various techniques for coordinating an effective buying and merchandise program are studied.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 200 - Small Business Management


    This course is designed to introduce the student to the principles of small business management and the functions of planning, organizing, financing, staffing, marketing, and directing a small business enterprise.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 201 - Business Law I


    This course provides a study of the legal aspects of common business transactions, including judicial procedures, contracts, torts, crimes, and agency law.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required 
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 202 - Business Law II


    This course provides a study of the Uniform Commercial Code and legal aspects of sales, negotiable instruments, corporations, partnerships, real and personal property, government regulation of business, bankruptcy, insurance, and inheritance.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required 
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 203 - Principles of Advertising


    This course is a fundamental survey of the field of advertising as it relates to the total marketing program. Major topics covered include: advertising as a part of the marketing program, behavioral considerations in advertising, advertising campaigns, strategy and production, and the legal implications in advertising. This course also focuses on the functional interrelationships of advertisers, agencies, and media. This course is offered online.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required 
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 205 - Principles of Finance


    This course provides a study of the fundamental concepts of finance. Topics include financial analysis; planning and control; working capital management including bank and non-bank financing; time value of money; capital.
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 103  and ECO 201  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 208 - Principles of Marketing


    This course provides a study and evaluation of procedures and institutions involved in the movement of goods from producers to consumers. Students analyze procedures and practices of wholesalers and retailers in relation to the current economic, social, and political environment.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 209 - Introduction to Global Business


    This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of international business.  Topics include theory of international trade, international investment and monetary system, international marketing, management, finance, foreign exchange markets, importing, exporting trade agreements, NAFTA, GATT, trade barriers and the EU.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 210 - Marketing and the Global Environment


    This course examines the historical foundation of cultural, political, and economic diversity and its effect on marketing. Topics include forces related to the emergence of the global marketplace, trade liberalization, advances in communications, the role of mass media in introducing the ideas and the lifestyles of other cultures, and transport technology.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , BUS 101 , and BUS 208  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 215 - Excel for Business


    This course offers students the opportunity to master the advanced functionality of Microsoft Excel, and to apply those skills to genuine business applications and office management tasks. The course will enhance students’ reporting skills such as analyzing and charting financial data. Students build a worksheet from a beginning level to an intermediate level. The course is project-based and provides real world analysis of company sales, inventory valuation, and revenue reporting.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 216 - Access for Business


    This course prepares students to solve business problems by moving beyond the basic point-and-click skills and to think critically about realistic business situations. In this course, students combine software analysis with their own decision-making abilities to meet business challenges with success. Students are introduced to a relational database software that allows the student to organize and report on business data. Students create a database and learn to maximize productivity. Some of the topics included are creating a database; organizing and retrieving business data; working with tables; creating queries and advanced queries; developing reports for accounting and sales; entering criteria; sorting; structure; validation; referential integrity; and macros. 
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 097 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 223 - Introduction to Entrepreneurism


    This course provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to business skills and principles, which support independent business innovation, ownership, and management. This course departs from traditional small business management courses by incorporating new themes and principles of management more appropriate to self-conceived and self-directed small business innovators striving to survive in a dynamic global and technological business environment. Topics include the innovative process, creating markets, and technology support of innovation.  Students learn how a small business can establish a market presence and compete successfully against large competitors.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 290 - Co-op Education Experience in Business


    This course is an externship of approximately 200 hours in a business position with a local business or industry with or without compensation. If an externship cannot be arranged, a term project on or off campus will be assigned. A weekly seminar on campus is included. An elective may be substituted. This course is only open to matriculated students in the A.A.S. and A.S. degree business programs. Students should take this course in their  last year of the program. 
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    200 contact hours
    3 credit hours
  
  • BUS 346 - Developing Managerial Competence


    This course includes both theoretical and practical aspects of management. It provides a hands-on approach to improving a student’s ability to successfully manage employees in the workplace. Effective business practices for a variety of management challenges will be emphasized.
    Prerequisite(s): BUS 101  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
    THIS ADVANCED-LEVEL COURSE IS PART OF THE 3+1 PARTNERSHIP WITH BERKELEY COLLEGE. THE COURSE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ARE ACCEPTED AT BERKELEY COLLEGE.
     

CHE - Chemistry

  
  • CHE 101 - College Chemistry


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is primarily intended for non-science majors. CHE 101 is the study of the chemical view of matter, atomic structure and theory, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, oxidation reduction, and solutions.
    Co-requisite(s): CHEL 101  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • CHE 105 - Chemistry-Health Sciences


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is primarily intended for students pursuing Nursing and Health Science Degrees. CHE 105 is a study of selected topics in general, organic, and biological chemistry oriented toward health sciences. Students who have not had high school chemistry are recommended to take CHE 101 . Students pursuing the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing are recommended to take CHE 114 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHEL 105  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • CHE 107 - The Chemistry of Forensic Science


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    CHE 107 will introduce various methodologies and applications used in the forensic context. This course reviews the challenges, methods and analyses of forensic science from a chemical perspective. Topics dis­cussed include organic and inorganic chemical analy­ses of physical evidence, drugs and poisons, forensic toxicology, explosives, and the chemistry of color and colorants. Laboratory is included. Analyzing physical evidence using recent developments in non-instrumental and instrumental techniques. Students who have not had high school chemistry are recommended to take CHE 101.
    Prerequisite(s): CHEL 107  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • CHE 111 - General Chemistry I


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is the first half of a two-semester course sequence designed primarily for Science and Engineering Students. CHE 111 is a systematic study of atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, stoichiometry, states of matter, and solutions. Students who have not had high school chemistry are recommended to take CHE 101 .
    Co-requisite(s):  CHEL 111  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • CHE 112 - General Chemistry II


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is the second half of a two-semester course sequence designed primarily for Science and Engineering Students. CHE 112 is a study of the chemical view of matter, atomic structure and theory, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, oxidation reduction and solutions.
    Prerequisite(s): CHE 111 , or approval of Division
    Co-requisite(s): CHEL 112  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • CHE 113 - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is primarily intended for non-science majors. CHE 113 is a study of general and inorganic chemistry including elements, compounds, mixtures, atomic structure, gas laws, solutions, acids and bases, radioactivity. Students who have not had high school chemistry are recommended to take CHE 101 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHEL 113  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • CHE 114 - Principles of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is primarily intended for students pursuing Nursing and Health Science Degrees. CHE 114 is an introductory study of the basic concepts of organic and biochemistry oriented toward the health-related fields. Topics include nomenclature, reactions, and stereochemistry of the major classes of organic compounds; the basic chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and enzymes in relationship to the metabolism of living organisms. Students who have not had high school chemistry are recommended to take CHE 101 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHEL 114  
    3 lecture and 3 laboratory hours per week
    4 credit hours
  
  • CHE 120 - College Chemistry


    This course is CHE 101  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHE 122 - Chemistry-Health Sciences


    This course is CHE 105  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHE 125 - General Chemistry I


    This course is CHE 111  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHE 126 - General Chemistry II


    This course is CHE 112  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHE 127 - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry


    This course is CHE 113  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHE 128 - Principles of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry


    This course is CHE 114  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHE 211 - Organic Chemistry I


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is the first half of a two-semester course sequence designed primarily for Science and Engineering Students. CHE 211 is a study of the principal classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds, types of reactions and reaction mechanisms, molecular orbital approach to bonding, and stereochemistry.
    Prerequisite(s): CHE 112 , or approval of Division
    Co-requisite(s): CHEL 211  
    3 lecture and 4 laboratory hours per week
    5 credit hours
  
  • CHE 212 - Organic Chemistry II


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is the second half of a two-semester course sequence designed primarily for Science and Engineering Students. CHE 212 is a study of functional groups, reactions and reaction mechanisms, spectroscopic examination of organic compounds, and introductory biochemistry.
    Prerequisite(s): CHE 211 , or approval of Division
    Co-requisite(s): CHEL 212  
    3 lecture and 4 laboratory hours per week
    5 credit hours
  
  • CHE 221 - Organic Chemistry I


    This course is CHE 211  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHE 222 - Organic Chemistry II


    This course is CHE 212  without the laboratory component. This course is primarily intended for students who have completed the laboratory requirement at another institution. Students will attend the same lectures and be responsible for the same assignments (excluding laboratory) as students in the same course with laboratory. This course will not fulfill a college laboratory science requirement.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

CHEL - Chemistry Lab

  
  • CHEL 101 - College Chemistry Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 101 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 101  
  
  • CHEL 105 - Chemistry-Health Sciences Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 105 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 105  
  
  • CHEL 107 - The Chemistry of Forensic Science Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 107 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 107  
  
  • CHEL 111 - General Chemistry I Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 111 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 111  
  
  • CHEL 112 - General Chemistry II Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 112 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 112  
  
  • CHEL 113 - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 113 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 113  
  
  • CHEL 114 - Principles of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 114 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 114  
  
  • CHEL 211 - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 211 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 211  
  
  • CHEL 212 - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CHE 212 .
    Co-requisite(s): CHE 212  

CHN - Chinese

  
  • CHN 101 - Beginning Mandarin Chinese I


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course will provide students with a solid foundation in pronunciation, grammar, and proficiency in the four language skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Media are incorporated into classroom experience. Native speakers may not take elementary level courses in their native languages designated as 101, 102, 105, or 106. 
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 096 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHN 102 - Beginning Mandarin Chinese II


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This is course is a continuation of CHN 101 . Emphasis is placed on expanding vocabulary and sentence patterns. Students will be required to prepare and perform role-plays to carry out conversations in Mandarin Chinese on a range of topics. Students will be expected to understand, speak, read, and write new words encountered in the textbook and other sources. Media will be incorporated into classroom experience. Native speakers may not take elementary level courses in their native languages designated as 101, 102, 105, or 106.
    Prerequisite(s): CHN 101 , or 2 years high school Chinese
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHN 111 - Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is designed to review and consolidate the fundamentals that students have built in their beginning Mandarin Chinese courses. Students will continue to expand their repertoire of grammatical structures and to build up vocabulary. This course will develop more reading, writing, listening and speaking skills so that students can apply Mandarin Chinese to good use in and beyond the classroom. Native speakers of Mandarin Chinese must get approval of the instructor.
    Prerequisite(s): CHN 101  and CHN 102 , or three years high school Chinese
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CHN 112 - Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is designed to review and consolidate the fundamentals that students have built in Beginning Mandarin Chinese courses and Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I. Students will continue to expand their repertoire of grammatical structures and to build up vocabulary. This course will develop more reading, writing, listening and speaking skills so that students can apply Mandarin Chinese to good use in and beyond the classroom. Native speakers of Mandarin Chinese must get approval of the instructor.
    Prerequisite(s): CHN 111 , or three years high school Chinese
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

CIT - Construction Engineering Technology

  
  • CIT 108 - Soil Mechanics


    This course focuses on a study of soil as a basic construction material, including the relationship of geology to soil characteristics, the study of soil physics and the behavior of soil under various loading conditions. The course also covers the following topics: soil composition and terminology, properties and behavioral analysis under load, site exploration and sampling techniques, an introduction to environmental soil contamination and remediation, soil reinforcement and improvement methods, bearing capacity, shallow and deep foundations, consolidation and settlement, soil structures, soil erosion/sediment control during construction and common laboratory and field testing procedures.
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 119  
    Co-requisite(s): CITL 108  
    2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CIT 201 - Structural Design


    This course is a study of the fundamentals of structural design and drafting. Applications in steel, reinforced concrete, and wood construction are covered. The student will learn to reference appropriate codes and specifications. Methods for selecting standard beams, columns, tension members, connections, and concrete reinforcing bars will be studied and practiced. Structural framing plans, details and shop drawings are also covered.  
    Prerequisite(s): CIT 210  and MET 109  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CIT 205 - Surveying


    This is a course in plane surveying which includes the measurement of distances, elevations, angles and directions. Principles and field use of traditional and modern surveying instruments are covered in lecture and practiced in the laboratory and in the field. Fundamental surveying computations including the use of computers and surveying software are also covered.
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 143  and MET 109 .
    Co-requisite(s): CITL 205  
    3 lecture hours and 3 laboratory hours per week.
    4 credit hours.
  
  • CIT 210 - Strength of Materials


    This is a study of the relationship between the external forces on a body and the resulting internal stresses and deformations caused to that body. Topics include the mechanical/structural properties of materials, shear and moment diagrams, beam stresses and deflections, design of beams and columns, connections, and torsion in members. Calculations use units from both the English and SI (Metric) systems. Computer software programs are used to analyze and solve typical problems.
    Prerequisite(s): MET 112  
    3 lecture hours and 1 laboratory hour per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CIT 214 - Construction Procedures


    This course provides an introduction to heavy construction practices. Emphasis is on construction equipment, site preparation, earthmoving, compaction, dewatering, piles, drilling and blasting, and tunneling. Case studies in heavy construction are used. Sustainability of the construction process and materials will be integrated throughout the course with emphasis on recent advances and research in the area of green construction procedures, equipment and materials. Each procedure and types of equipment and material will be analyzed as to the overall properties of the material and its value relative to issues of sustainability (lifecycle costs/environmental stewardship/local resource).
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 096 , if required, MAT 143  and CST 115  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CIT 215 - Fluid Mechanics


    This course is a study of pressure, flow, and viscosity in fluids. Forces on submerged areas and buoyancy are computed. Friction losses in pipelines, valves and fittings are calculated, series piping systems are analyzed. Pumps are also sized. Applications include analysis of flow through non-circular sections. Computer software programs are used to analyze and solve typical problems.
    Prerequisite(s): MET 112  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • CIT 290 - Co-op Education Experience in Construction Engineering Technology


    A work-externship comprising a minimum of 200 hours of employment related to surveying or civil/construction engineering technology, with a municipal engineering organization, a building contractor, surveyor, architect, or a private engineering firm.
    Prerequisite(s): Division approval required
    200 contact hours
    3 credit hours

CITL - Construction Engineering Technology Lab

  
  • CITL 108 - Soil Mechanics Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CIT 108 .
    Co-requisite(s): CIT 108  
  
  • CITL 205 - Surveying Laboratory


    This is a co-requisite laboratory course for CIT 205 .
    Co-requisite(s): CIT 205  

CLPR - Clinical – Radiography, Muhlenberg

  
  • CLPR 901 - Clinical Practicum I


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site for 12 weeks after completion of the introductory phase of 4 weeks at the school.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPR 902 - Clinical Practicum II


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site for 15 weeks.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPR 903 - Clinical Practicum III


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site for 6 weeks.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPR 904 - Clinical Practicum IV


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site and 2 days per week of clinical related seminars for 6 weeks.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPR 905 - Clinical Practicum V


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site for 15 weeks.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPR 906 - Clinical Practicum VI


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site for 15 weeks.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPR 907 - Clinical Practicum VII


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site and 2 days per week of clinical related advanced seminars and reviews for 6 weeks.
    This is a graded course – non-credited.
  
  • CLPR 907 - Clinical Practicum VII


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site and 2 days per week of clinical related advanced seminars and reviews for 6 weeks.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPR 908 - Clinical Practicum VIII


    Student observes, assists with and performs procedures in the clinical setting. This course prepares the student for application of classroom knowledge in the radiography area. Required participation includes 2 days per week at a contracted clinical education site and 2 days per week of clinically related advanced seminars and reviews for 6 weeks and 2 days per week at the school in preparation for the completion of the program. Student must successfully complete the final comprehensive examination prior to graduation from the school.
    This is a graded course.

CLPS - Clinical – Sonography, Muhlenberg

  
  • CLPS 901 - Clinical Sonography I


    This course prepares the student for the application of classroom knowledge to the practice of ultrasound by means of formal scanning labs combined with a clinical internship. Performing basic, general ultrasound examinations in both the laboratory and clinical settings is stressed. Patient care applications, ethical issues, and medico-legal considerations are discussed as they relate to the practice of an ultrasound examination and of the student’s place in the clinical setting.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPS 902 - Clinical Sonography II


    This course, a continuation from CLPS 901 , further prepares the student for the application of classroom knowledge to the practice of ultrasound by means of a clinical internship. Performing basic, general ultrasound examinations in both the laboratory and clinical settings is stressed. The student is expected to perform basic examinations with little, if any, assistance by the end of this course.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPS 903 - Clinical Sonography III


    This course allows for further development of ultrasound examination skills by means of a clinical internship. Various clinical examination competencies will be performed with no assistance by the end of this course.
    This is a graded course.
  
  • CLPS 904 - Clinical Sonography IV


    This course is designed to fine-tune the development of ultrasound examination skills by means of a clinical internship. The student is expected to perform general ultrasound examinations with little or no assistance. Performance of specialized ultrasound examinations at various clinical sites will begin and site-specific competency evaluations will be performed.
    This is a graded course.
 

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