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ENG 244 - Survey of English (British) Literature II Credit Hours: 3
Studies major English works from the Romantics to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 244 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 250 - Children’s Literature Credit Hours: 3
Surveys the history, development, and genres of children’s literature, focusing on analysis of texts for literary qualities and in terms of audience. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 250 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 251 - Survey of World Literature I Credit Hours: 3
Examines major works of world literature from the ancient period to the early 17th century. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 251 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Summer
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 252 - Survey of World Literature II Credit Hours: 3
Examines major works of world literature from the 17th century to the present era. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 252 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 253 - Survey of African-American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
Examines selected works by African-American writers from the colonial period to the present, more specifically to the early twentieth century. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 253 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 254 - Survey of African-American Literature II Credit Hours: 3
Examines selected works by African-American writers from the colonial period to the present, more specifically from the early 20th century to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 254 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 273 - Women in Literature I Credit Hours: 3
Examines literature by and about women prior to 1900. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 273 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Summer
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 274 - Women in Literature II Credit Hours: 3
Examines literature by and about women from about 1900 to the present. Involves critical reading and writing. ENG 274 has been designated as a “writing intensive” course according to standards developed by the English department.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or equivalent.
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ENG 295 - Topics in English: The American Romantics in Italy Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the writers of American Romanticism and the diaries, novels, journals, poetry, letters, and dispatches that grew from their engagement with Italy. Provides students with an understanding of American Romanticism through its encounter with Italy, and students will engage these elements themselves in Venice, Padua, Florence, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, and Sorrento. This course will be inter-disciplinary, exploring Italian art, architecture, history, music, language, and culture.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Check Availability
Prerequisites: ENG 112 or the equivalent.
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English as a Second Language |
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ESL 20 - English as a Second Language II Credit Hours: 9
Provides intensive instruction and practice at the low intermediate level. Provides an introduction to the sound system, stress, and intonational and rhythmic patterns of English through listening and speaking exercises. Includes individualized instruction to improve basic reading comprehension. Requires practice in writing with emphasis on building basic sentence structures, grammar, and sentence-level writing. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 9 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
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ESL 31 - Composition I Credit Hours: 6
Provides instruction and practice in the writing process, emphasizing development of fluency in writing and competence in structural and grammatical patterns of written English.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 6 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: Requires ability to express ideas clearly in writing without a consistent pattern of grammatical errors as indicated by a placement exam or teacher recommendation from a previous level. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
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ESL 32 - Reading I Credit Hours: 6
Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Improves students’ reading proficiency to a level which would allow the students to function adequately in ESL 42 and other college classes. Credits are not applicable toward graduation
Lecture Hours: Lecture 6 hours per week
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Requires competency in reading as indicated by the placement test or by teacher recommendation from a previous level. Recommendation of department following satisfactory completion of ESL 20 or appropriate placement test.
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ESL 33 - Oral Communications I Credit Hours: 3
Helps students practice and improve listening and speaking skills as needed for functioning successfully in academic, professional, and personal settings. Assesses students’ oral skills and includes, as needed, practice with pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Provides exercises, practices, small and large group activities, and oral presentations to help students overcome problems in oral communication. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: Requires competency in the English language as indicated by a placement test score or teacher recommendation from a previous level or from other college classes. Recommendation of department following satisfactory completion of ESL 20 . Completion of or co-enrollment in ESL 31 and ESL 32 is recommended.
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ESL 35 - ESL Applied Grammar 3 Credit Hours: 3
Provides instruction and practice in the use of intermediate-level academic English grammar structures, including verb tenses, parts of speech, and basic sentence structure. Helps ESL students assess their own knowledge of English grammar, improve accuracy, and learn methods to improve editing.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
Prerequisites: Successful completion of ESL 31 or approval by the ESL program coordinator.
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ESL 41 - Composition II Credit Hours: 6
Provides further instruction and practice in the writing process and introduces advanced language patterns. Includes practice in developing and improving writing strategies. Requires a sense of paragraph structure and development, appropriate use of verb forms, and command of basic sentence structures with some coordination and subordination, as indicated by a placement test and writing sample, or teacher recommendation from a previous level. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 6 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Recommendation of department following satisfactory completion of intermediate ESL 31 or appropriate placement test.
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ESL 42 - Reading II Credit Hours: 6
Improves students’ reading proficiency to a level which would allow students to function adequately in the ESL 52 reading class and other college courses. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 6 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Requires competency in reading as indicated by the placement test or by teacher recommendation from a previous level. Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Recommendation of department following satisfactory completion of ESL 32 or appropriate placement test.
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ESL 43 - Oral Communications II Credit Hours: 3
Provides further instruction and practice in helping students to improve listening and speaking skills. Assesses students’ oral skills and includes, as needed, practice with pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Emphasizes the development of fluency through exercises, practices, small and large group activities, and formal and informal presentations. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Recommendation of department based on placement test and/or successful completion of ESL 33 , ESL 41 , and ESL 42 or department consent.
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ESL 45 - Applied Grammar 4 Credit Hours: 3
Provides instruction and practice in the use of high intermediate and advanced academic English grammar structures, including advanced verb forms, clauses, determiners, and prepositions. Helps ESL students assess their own knowledge of English grammar, improve accuracy, and learn methods to improve editing. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Check Availability
Prerequisites: ESL 41 or approval by the ESL program coordinator.
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ESL 51 - Composition III Credit Hours: 6
Prepares for college-level writing by practice in the writing process, emphasizing development of thought in essays of greater length and complexity and use of appropriate syntax and diction. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 6 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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ESL 52 - Reading III Credit Hours: 6
Emphasizes applying and synthesizing ideas. Includes ways to detect organization, summarize, make inferences, draw conclusions, evaluate generalizations, recognize differences between facts and opinions, and introduces other advanced comprehension strategies. May also include comprehensive library skills. Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Improves student’s reading proficiency to a level that would allow students to succeed in certificate and degree programs. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 6 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of ESL 41 and ESL 42 or appropriate placement test.
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ESL 58 - ESL Writing Workshop II Credit Hours: 6
Provides an intensive writing seminar for students struggling with the writing process, editing, and self-correction in academic English. Helps students improve their fluency and command of American academic English. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 6 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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ESL 72 - Spelling and Vocabulary Credit Hours: 3
Provides individualized instruction and practice in sound-letter correspondences. Introduces students to basic spelling rules, word division, prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Helps students master vocabulary through an understanding of homonyms, confusing words, and Greek and Latin roots. Stresses using words in context. Credits are not applicable toward graduation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Check Availability
Prerequisites: Completion of ESL 20 or placement at the intermediate level (ESL 31 , ESL 32 , ESL 33 ).
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ESL 73 - Accent Reduction Credit Hours: 3
Provides contextualized practice at the high intermediate/ advanced level to improve the speech and intelligibility of non-native speakers of English. Focuses on problems of American English pronunciation, unclear individual sounds and positional variants, stress, rhythm, and intonation common to speakers of different language backgrounds. May include individualized practice in consonant and vowel production. Credits are not applicable toward gradation.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Check Availability
Prerequisites: Recommendation following oral placement interview or successful completion of ESL 33 .
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English Direct Enrollment |
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EDE 10 - English Composition Preparation Credit Hours: 3
Provides academic skills and support for introductory composition. Students will identify and apply academic skills including critical reading, writing, thinking, and research.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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EDE 11 - English Composition Readiness Credit Hours: 3
Provides academic support for successful completion of ENG 111 . Students will identify and apply academic skills including critical reading, writing, thinking, and introductory research.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Corequisites: ENG 111 .
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Environmental Science |
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ENV 195 - Topics in Environmental Science: The Environment and Its Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
Introduces chemical principles and applies them to environmental issues. Covers the fundamental principles, concepts, and language of general, organic, inorganic, and biochemistry. Addresses topics associated with matter/energy, nuclear chemistry, air and water quality, and wastes. Laboratories will include sampling, analysis, and generation of statistically-valid data while preparing students to think like environmental scientists. Environmental Sustainability Designation: Course content related to the study of sustainable development.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Competency in Introductory Algebra MDE 010 as demonstrated through placement or by satisfactorily completing MDE 010.
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Financial Services |
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FIN 107 - Personal Finance Credit Hours: 3
Presents a framework of personal money management concepts, including establishing values and goals, determining sources of income, managing income, preparing a budget, developing consumer buying ability, using credit, understanding savings and insurance, providing for adequate retirement, and estate planning.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
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FIN 215 - Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
Introduces basic financial management topics, including statement analysis, working capital, capital budgeting, and long-term financing. Focuses on Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return techniques, lease vs. buy analysis, and Cost of Capital computations. Uses problems and cases to enhance skills in financial planning and decision-making.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
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FIN 260 - Financial Management for Small Business Credit Hours: 2
Provides the tools of financial planning for the small business owner. Includes areas such as financial statements, ratio analysis, forecasting profit, cash flow, pricing, and obtaining capital.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: ACC 117 .
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French |
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FRE 101 - Beginning French I Credit Hours: 4
Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and emphasizes basic French sentence structure. Incorporates exposure to the arts, culture, and literature of the areas of the world where French is spoken. Part I of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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FRE 102 - Beginning French II Credit Hours: 4
Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic French sentence structure. Incorporates exposure to the arts, culture, and literature of the areas of the world where French is spoken. Part II of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: FRE 101 or equivalent.
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FRE 201 - Intermediate French I Credit Hours: 3
Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. French is used in the classroom. Part I of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
Prerequisites: FRE 102 or equivalent.
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FRE 201 - Intermediate French I Credit Hours: 4
Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. French is used in the classroom. Part I of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: FRE 102 or equivalent.
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FRE 202 - Intermediate French II Credit Hours: 3
Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. French is used in the classroom. Part II of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: FRE 201 or equivalent.
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FRE 202 - Intermediate French II Credit Hours: 4
Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. French is used in the classroom. Part II of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: FRE 201 or equivalent.
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FRE 299 - Supervised Study: Intermediate French II Credit Hours: 3
Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. French is used as the primary language. Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and is supervised from a distance by the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: FRE 201 or equivalent.
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GIS 200 - Geographical Information Systems I Credit Hours: 3
Provides hands-on introduction to a dynamic desktop GIS (Geographic Information System). Introduces the components of a desktop GIS and their functionality. Emphasizes manipulation of data for the purpose of analysis, presentation, and decision-making.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: ITE 115 or equivalent.
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GIS 201 - Geographical Information Systems II Credit Hours: 3
Provides a continuation of GIS 200 , with emphasis on advanced topics in problem-solving, decision-making, modeling, programming, and data management. Covers map projections and data formats, and methods for solving the problems they create.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: GIS 200 .
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Geography |
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GEO 200 - Introduction to Physical Geography Credit Hours: 3
Studies major elements of the natural environment, including earth-sun relationship, landforms, weather and climate, natural vegetation and soils. Introduces the student to types and uses of maps.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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GEO 210 - People and the Land: Introduction to Cultural Geography Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the relationship between culture and geography. Presents a survey of modern demographics, landscape modification, material and nonmaterial culture, language, race and ethnicity, religion, politics, and economic activities. It introduces the student to types and uses of maps.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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GEO 225 - Economic Geography Credit Hours: 3
Familiarizes the student with the various economic, geographic, political, and demographic factors that affect international target markets and trade activity.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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Geology |
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GOL 105 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 4
Introduces the composition and structure of the earth and modifying agents and processes. Investigates the formation of minerals and rocks, weathering, erosion, earthquakes, and crystal deformation. This course completes a one-year laboratory science requirement when followed by GOL 106 .
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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GOL 106 - Historical Geology Credit Hours: 4
Traces the evolution of the earth and life through time. Presents scientific theories of the origin of the earth and life and interprets rock and fossil record.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: GOL 105 or equivalent.
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German |
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GER 101 - Beginning German I Credit Hours: 4
Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic German sentence structures. Incorporates exposure to the arts, culture, and literature of the areas of the world where German is spoken. Part I of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
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GER 101 - Beginning German I Credit Hours: 5
Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic German sentence structures. Part I of II. May include one additional hour oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 5 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Functional fluency in English.
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GER 102 - Beginning German II Credit Hours: 4
Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic German sentence structures. Incorporates exposure to the arts, culture, and literature of the areas of the world where German is spoken. Part II of II. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of GER 101 .
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GER 102 - Beginning German II Credit Hours: 5
Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic German sentence structures. Part II of II. May include one additional hour oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 5 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Successful completion of GER 101 or equivalent.
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GER 201 - Intermediate German I Credit Hours: 3
Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. German is used in the classroom. May include one additional hour oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: GER 102 or equivalent. Part I of II.
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GER 202 - Intermediate German II Credit Hours: 3
Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. German is used in the classroom. Part II of II. May include one additional hour oral practice per week.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: GER 201 or equivalent.
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Health |
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HLT 101 - Introduction to the Role of Pharmacy Technician Credit Hours: 1
Provides an overview of pharmacy practice, drug classifications and generic substitutions, and the role and responsibility of a pharmacy technician professional. Focuses on the essentials required for excelling in the pharmacy technician role.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 105 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Credit Hours: 1
Provides training in coordinated mouth-to-mouth artificial ventilation and chest compression, choking, life-threatening emergencies, sudden illness, and AED skills for adults, children, and infants. Equivalent to EMS 100 .
Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 106 - First Aid and Safety Credit Hours: 2
Focuses on the principles and techniques of safety and first aid.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 110 - Concepts of Personal and Community Health Credit Hours: 3
Studies the concepts related to the maintenance of health, safety, and the prevention of illness at the personal and community level.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
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HLT 115 - Introduction to Personal and Community Health Credit Hours: 1
Introduces and focuses on the principles of personal and community health.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
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HLT 116 - Introduction to Personal Wellness Concepts Credit Hours: 3
Introduces students to the dimensions of wellness including the physical, emotional, environmental, spiritual, occupational, and social components. Explores the relationship between personal health and physical fitness as they apply to individuals in today’s society. Includes: nutrition, weight control, stress, conditioning, and drugs.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 119 - First Responder Credit Hours: 3
Provides knowledge and proficiency in basic life support and in actions necessary to minimize patient discomfort and prevention of further complications. Meets requirements for Virginia certification as a first responder. Equivalent to EMS 101. It is also listed under the HLT prefix to allow EMS’s business and industry personnel to enroll in a health class to apply toward a degree or certificate HLT requirements.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
Prerequisites: CPR certification at the health care provider level.
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HLT 121 - Introduction to Drug Use and Abuse Credit Hours: 3
Explores the use and abuse of drugs in contemporary society with emphasis upon sociological, physiological, and psychological effects of drugs.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 143 - Medical Terminology I Credit Hours: 3
Provides an understanding of medical abbreviations and terms. Includes the study of prefixes, suffixes, word stems, and technical terms with emphasis on proper spelling, pronunciation, and usage. Emphasizes more complex skills and techniques in understanding medical terminology. Part I of II.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 190 - Coordinated Internship in Health Science Credit Hours: 3
Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial, or service firms coordinated by the college. Provides a health care work/volunteer experience for students pursuing the Health Science I Career Studies Certificate program and orientation to the workplace.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 9 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: SDV 100 or SDV 101 , HLT 105 , ENG 111 , and one BIO course.
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HLT 190 - Coordinated Internship in Health Science Credit Hours: 4
Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial, or service firms coordinated by the college. Provides a health care work/volunteer experience for students pursuing the Health Science I Career Studies Certificate program and orientation to the workplace.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 12 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: SDV 100 or SDV 101 , HLT 105 , ENG 111 , and one BIO course.
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HLT 190 - Coordinated Internship in Health Science Credit Hours: 5
Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial, or service firms coordinated by the college. Provides a health care work/volunteer experience for students pursuing the Health Science I Career Studies Certificate program and orientation to the workplace.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 15 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: SDV 100 or SDV 101 , HLT 105 , ENG 111 , and one BIO course.
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HLT 200 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
Provides a basic understanding of human sexuality. Includes anatomy, physiology, pregnancy, family planning, venereal diseases, and sexual variations.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 203 - Men’s Health Credit Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the male anatomy and examines health status from birth to death from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include major, chronic, and infectious diseases; mental health, andropause, stress, sleep, aging, exercise, nutrition, sexual health, and grooming; and the impact of a male role model on health.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
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HLT 204 - Women’s Health Credit Hours: 3
Explores current issues related to women’s health and wellness with an emphasis upon prevention of disease and optimum well-being. Takes a multi-ethnic approach to exploring the most up-to-date findings, diagnostic tools, and treatments for breast cancer, reproductive tract illness, heart disease, and other common diseases faced by women from puberty through menopause.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: FALL ONLY
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HLT 215 - Personal Stress and Stress Management Credit Hours: 3
Provides a basic understanding of stress and its physical, psychological, and social effects. Includes the relationships between stress and change, self-evaluation, sources of stress, and current coping skills for handling stress.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 226 - AIDS Awareness Credit Hours: 2
Provides basic understanding of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), AIDS-Related Complex (ARC), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection. Includes information on the etiology of AIDS, historical perspectives, signs and symptoms, HIV antibody testing, safer sex guidelines, AIDS in the workplace (including health care settings), psychosocial issues, death and dying issues, homophobia, and HIV transmission and prevention.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: FALL ONLY
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HLT 230 - Principles of Nutrition and Human Development Credit Hours: 3
Teaches the relationship between nutrition and human development. Emphasizes nutrients, balanced diet, weight control, and the nutritional needs of an individual.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HLT 250 - General Pharmacology Credit Hours: 3
Emphasizes general pharmacology for the health-related professions, covering general principles of drug actions/reactions, major drug classes, specific agent within each class, and routine mathematical calculations needed to determine desired dosages.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
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HLT 261 - Basic Pharmacy I Credit Hours: 3
Explores the basics of general pharmacy, reading prescriptions, symbols, packages, and pharmacy calculations. Teaches measuring compounds of drugs, dosage forms, drug laws, and drug classifications. Part I of II.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
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HLT 262 - Basic Pharmacy II Credit Hours: 3
Explores the basics of general pharmacy, reading prescriptions, symbols, packages, and pharmacy calculations. Teaches measuring compounds of drugs, dosage forms, drug laws, and drug classifications. Part II of II.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: HLT 101 , HLT 250 and HLT 261 .
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HLT 298 - Seminar and Project in Health (Pharmacy Technician) Credit Hours: 4
This course is designed to provide the student with an overall perspective of the pharmacy technician’s role in practice through virtual simulation and field experience in retail and clinical pharmacies.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
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HLT 299 - Supervised Study: Basic Pharmacy II Credit Hours: 3
Explores the basics of general pharmacy, reading prescriptions, symbols, packages, and pharmacy calculations. Teaches measuring compounds of drugs, dosage forms, drug laws, and drug classifications. Part II of II.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: HLT 250 and HLT 261 .
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HLT 299 - Supervised Study: Seminar and Project in Health (Pharmacy Technician) Credit Hours: 4
This course is designed to provide the student with an overall perspective of the pharmacy technician’s role in practice through virtual simulation and field experience in retail and clinical pharmacies.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HCT 101 - Health Care Technician I (Nurse Aide I) Credit Hours: 3
Teaches basic care skills with emphasis on physical, social, and emotional needs of patients. Covers procedures, communications, and interpersonal relations; observation, charting, and reporting; care planning, safety, and infection control; anatomy and physiology, nutrition and patient feeding; and ethics, death, and dying. Prepares multi-skilled health care workers to care for patients of various ages with special emphasis on geriatric nursing, home health, and long- and short- term care facilities.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Competencies in reading and writing as demonstrated by placement in ENG 111 or placement in co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 ; ability to meet physical expectations of patient care; mandatory criminal background check and drug test; current (through the end of class) proof of negative TB; physical ability to lift and move clients, hear audible alarms and sounds, auscultate certain physical parameters, such as blood pressure and breathing; and ability to interact effectively with clients/families and health care team members.
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HCT 102 - Health Care Technician II (Nurse Aide II) Credit Hours: 4
Applies theory through laboratory experience for health care technicians to work in home health, and long- and short-term facilities.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 6 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Competencies in reading and writing as demonstrated by placement in ENG 111 or placement in co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 ; ability to meet physical expectations of patient care; mandatory criminal background check and drug test; current (through the end of class) proof of negative TB; physical ability to lift and move clients, hear audible alarms and sounds, auscultate certain physical parameters, such as blood pressure and heart and lung sounds; and ability to interact effectively with clients/families and health care team members.
Corequisites: HCT 102.
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HIM 110 - Introduction to Human Pathology Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the basic concepts, terminology, etiology, and characteristics of pathological processes.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: HLT 143 and BIO 145 or BIO 141 and BIO 142 .
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HIM 130 - Healthcare Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
Teaches basic concepts of microcomputer software (to include operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications). Focuses on microcomputer applications and information systems in the health care environment. Provides a working introduction to electronic health information systems for allied health, teaching students how the adoption of electronic health records affects them as future health care professionals.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: ITE 115 .
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HIM 141 - Fundamentals of Health Information Systems I Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on health data collection, storage, retrieval, and reporting systems, with emphasis on the role of the computer in accomplishing these functions. Part I of II.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Passing score on the computer competency exam, ITE 115 , or permission of the instructor.
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HIM 142 - Fundamentals of Health Information Systems II Credit Hours: 3
Continues focus of health data collection, storage, retrieval and reporting systems, with emphasis on the role of the computer in accomplishing these functions. Part II of II.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Passing score on the computer competency exam, ITE 115 , or permission of the instructor.
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HIM 151 - Reimbursement Issues in Medical Practice Management Credit Hours: 2
Introduces major reimbursement systems in the United States. Focuses on prospective payments systems, managed care, and documentation necessary for appropriate reimbursement. Emphasizes management of practice to avoid fraud.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Corequisites: HIM 255 .
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HIM 220 - Health Statistics Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the student to basic statistical principles and calculations as applied in the health care environment, procedures for collection and reporting vital statistics, and basic quality control basics.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week..
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Competency in Introductory Algebra MDE 10 as demonstrated through placement or by satisfactorily completing MDE 10 .
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HIM 226 - Legal Aspects of Health Record Documentation Credit Hours: 2
Presents the legal requirements associated with health record documentation. Emphasizes the policies and procedures concerning the protection of the confidentiality of patient’s health records.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HIM 229 - Performance Improvement in Health Care Settings Credit Hours: 2
Focuses on concepts of facility-wide performance improvement, resource management, and risk management. Applies tools for data collection and analysis.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HIM 230 - Information Systems and Technology in Health Care Credit Hours: 3
Explores computer technology and system application in health care. Introduces the information systems life cycle.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
Prerequisites: HIM 142 and HIM 130 .
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HIM 233 - Electronic Health Records Management Credit Hours: 3
Studies new trends in management and processing of health information with emphasis on the electronic health record (EHR). Covers the definition, benefits, standards, functionality, confidentiality and security, and impact of the EHR in the health care environment. Explores implementation of the EHR including infrastructure required, project management techniques, information technology systems, workflow processes and redesign in various health care settings. Discusses legal issues created by implementation of the EHR.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: HIM 130 and HIM 230 .
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HIM 236 - Coding and Reimbursement in Alternate Health Care Settings Credit Hours: 5
Focuses on disease and procedure coding using International Classification Disease (ICD) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) in alternate health care settings, such as behavioral health, home health, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care hospitals (LTCH), rehab facilities, and hospice.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 5 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Admittance into the Advanced Medical Coder Career Studies Certificate.
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HIM 249 - Supervision and Management Practices Credit Hours: 3
Introduces supervision and management principles with emphasis on the application of these principles in the health information setting.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HIM 250 - Health Classification Systems I ICD-9/10-CM Credit Hours: 4
Focuses on the current classification systems used in the health care industry. Introduces the professional standards for coding and reporting of inpatient/outpatient diagnostic codes as well as inpatient procedures. Utilizes standards in identifying and accurately assigning codes to diseases and procedures as they relate to statistical research and health care financing.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HIM 250 - Health Classification Systems I: ICD-9/10-CM Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the current classification systems used in the health care industry. Introduces the professional standards for coding and reporting of inpatient/outpatient diagnostic codes as well as inpatient procedures. Utilizes standards in identifying and accurately assigning codes to diseases and procedures as they relate to statistical research and health care financing.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HIM 251 - Clinical Practice I Credit Hours: 3
Prepares the Health Information Technology Student to perform all functions commonly allocated to health record services. Gives practice in various settings under the supervision of an appropriate clinical practice HIM or HIT supervisor. Part I of II.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 6 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Corequisites: General education program courses and HIM 110 , HIM 130 , HIM 141 , HIM 142 , HIM 151 , HIM 220 , HIM 226 , HIM 229 , HIM 230 , HIM 233 , HIM 249 , HIM 250 , HIM 255 , and HIM 257 .
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HIM 255 - Health Data Classification Systems II: Current Procedural Terminology Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on procedure classification using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). This system is currently utilized for collecting health data for the purposes of statistical research and financial reporting.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
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HIM 257 - Health Data Classifications Systems III Credit Hours: 3
Integrates and applies knowledge with hands-on skill practice in coding. Reinforces medical terminology, anatomy, and coding guidelines for International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). Introduces the student to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) coding guidelines. Promotes critical thinking related to coding quality, fraud, and abuse.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
Prerequisites: BIO 145 or BIO 141 and BIO 142 , HLT 143 , HIM 110 , HIM 141 , HIM 250 , and HIM 255 .
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HIM 295 - Topics in HIM: Health Data Classification Systems I: ICD-10-PCS Credit Hours: 1
Focuses on the current classification systems used in the health care industry. Introduces the professional standards for coding and reporting of inpatient procedures on electronic claims transactions. Utilizes standards in identifying and accurately assigning codes to inpatient procedures as they relate to health care financing and/or statistical research.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
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HIM 299 - Supervised Study: Performance Improvement in Health Care Settings Credit Hours: 2
Focuses on concepts of facility-wide performance improvement, resource management, and risk management. Applies tools for data collection and analysis.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Admittance into the Advanced Medical Coder Career Studies Certificate.
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HIS 101 - History of Western Civilization I Credit Hours: 3
Examines the development of western civilization from ancient times to the mid-seventeenth century.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Placement in English 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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HIS 102 - History of Western Civilization II Credit Hours: 3
Examines the development of western civilization from ancient times to the present. The first semester ends with the seventeenth century, and the second semester continues through modern times. HIS 101 and HIS 102 need not be taken in sequence.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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HIS 111 - History of World Civilization I Credit Hours: 3
Surveys Asian, African, Latin American, and European civilizations from the ancient period to the present. HIS 111 and HIS 112 need not be taken in sequence.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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HIS 112 - History of World Civilization II Credit Hours: 3
Surveys Asian, African, Latin American, and European civilizations from the ancient period to the present. HIS 111 and HIS 112 need not be taken in sequence.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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HIS 121 - United States History I Credit Hours: 3
Surveys the United States history from its beginning to the present. HIS 121 and HIS 122 need not be taken in sequence.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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HIS 122 - United States History II Credit Hours: 3
Surveys the United States history from its beginning to the present. HIS 121 and HIS 122 need not be taken in sequence.
Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11 .
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