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Course Descriptions

Explanatory Notes

COURSE NUMBERS

NUMBERS 1-9 INDICATE DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES COURSES.

Credits earned in these courses are not applicable toward certificate or associate degree programs.

NUMBERS 10-99 INDICATE BASIC OCCUPATIONAL COURSES (EXCEPT FOR ESL COURSES).

Credits earned for these courses are applicable toward certificate programs. These credits are not applicable toward an associate degree.

NUMBERS 100-199 INDICATE FRESHMAN-LEVEL COURSES.

Credits earned for these courses are applicable toward associate degree and certificate programs.

NUMBERS 200-299 INDICATE SOPHOMORE-LEVEL COURSES.

Credits earned for these courses are applicable toward associate degree and certificate programs.

COURSE CREDITS

The credit for each course is indicated after the title in the course description. One credit is equivalent to one collegiate semester-hour credit.

COURSE HOURS

The number of lecture hours in class each week (including lecture, seminar, and discussion hours) and/or the number of laboratory hours in each week (including laboratory, shop, supervised practice, and cooperative work experiences) are indicated for each course in the course description. In addition to the lecture and laboratory hours in class each week, students must spend time on out-of-class assignments under their own direction.

PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

If any prerequisites are required before enrolling in a course, they will be identified in the course description or by an indication of course sequence. Courses listed as  ACC 111-ACC 112 and ENG 111-ENG 112, for example, must be taken in sequence unless otherwise noted in the course description. Courses in special sequences (usually identified by the numerals I-II or I-II-III) must also be taken in sequence unless otherwise noted in the course description. The prerequisites must be completed satisfactorily before enrolling in a course unless special permission is obtained from the school dean or designee. Co-requisite courses are to be taken simultaneously.

GENERAL USAGE COURSES

The following “General Usage Courses” apply to multiple curricula and may carry a variety of prefix designations. The descriptions of the courses are normally identical for each different prefix and are as follows:

90-190-290 COORDINATED INTERNSHIP

Provides supervised on-the-job training in selected health agencies, business, industrial, or service firms coordinated by the college. Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.

93-193-293 STUDIES IN

Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course’s viability as a permanent offering. Variable hours.

95-195-295 TOPICS IN

Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.

96-196-296 ON-SITE TRAINING

Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college. Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.

97-197-297 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

Provides on-the-job training for pay in approved businesses, industrial, and service firms. Is applicable to all occupational/technical curricula at the discretion of the college. Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.

98-198-298 SEMINAR AND PROJECT

Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student’s occupational objective and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field. Maybe repeated for credit. Variable hours.

99-199-299 SUPERVISED STUDY

Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.

Approved Transfer Electives  
 

Opticianry
  

  • OPT 150 - Optical Laboratory Theory I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the student to the terminology, instruments, lens, frames, and materials used in the surfacing and finishing of optical prescription eyewear. Focuses on the lensometry and fabrication of single vision eyewear and presents personal and environmental safety issues.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
    Corequisites: OPT 152 .
  

  • OPT 151 - Optical Laboratory Theory II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers making eyeglasses with advanced prescriptions and frames. Includes verification and neutralization techniques for single vision lens and bifocals, frame repair, accomplishing prescribed prism by decentration, verification and neutralization, semi-rimless glasses, and multifocal glasses.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 150  and OPT 152  or equivalent.
    Corequisites: OPT 153 .
  

  • OPT 152 - Optical Laboratory Clinical I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides the clinical component of OPT 150 . Provides students the opportunity to learn clinical skills in fundamental optical laboratory tasks at the entry level under the direction and supervision of a preceptor. Emphasizes accuracy and attaining skills that meet acceptable professional standards.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 6 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
    Corequisites: OPT 150 .
  

  • OPT 153 - Optical Laboratory Clinical II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides the clinical component of OPT 151 . Presents students with an opportunity to learn clinical skills for optical laboratory tasks at the advanced level under the direction and supervision of a preceptor. Emphasizes accuracy and the attainment of skills that meet acceptable professional standards.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 6 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 150  and OPT 152  or equivalent.
    Corequisites: OPT 151 .
  

  • OPT 154 - Optical Business Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers basic management and leadership skills necessary for a successful eye care office. Teaches the analysis, creative thinking, judgment, planning strategy, and implementation skills necessary for today’s optical business challenges.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
  

  • OPT 160 - Optical Dispensing Theory I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the student to the skills necessary for becoming a dispensing optician. Includes the history of the profession, patient/client measurements, frame and lens materials, frame and lens selection, prescription analysis, and adjustment techniques.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 121  or equivalent.
    Corequisites: OPT 165 .
  

  • OPT 165 - Optical Dispensing Clinical I

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides the student with an opportunity to develop the skills necessary for becoming a dispensing optician. Covers patient/client measurements, frame and lens materials, frame and lens selection, prescription analysis, and adjustment techniques. Serves as the clinical component of OPT 160 .

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 4 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 121  or equivalent.
    Corequisites: OPT 160 .
  

  • OPT 260 - Optical Dispensing Theory II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the development and refinement of the skills necessary for student to become a licensed dispensing optician, including patient/client measurements, presbyopic options, frame and lens materials, absorptive lenses, frame and lens selection, safety and sports eyewear, prescription analysis to include considerations for spectacle magnification and tilt, low vision aids, and adjustment techniques.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 160  and OPT 165  or equivalent.
    Corequisites: OPT 271 .
  

  • OPT 271 - Optical Dispensing Clinical II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the development and refinement of the skills necessary for students to become a licensed dispensing opticians, including patient/client measurements, frame and lens materials, frame and lens selection, prescription analysis, and adjustment techniques. Serves as the clinical component of OPT 260 .

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 12 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 160  and OPT 165  or equivalent.
    Corequisites: OPT 260 .
  

  • OPT 272 - Optical Dispensing Clinical III

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the development and refinement of the skills necessary for students to become a licensed dispensing optician, including patient/client measurements, frame and lens materials, frame and lens selection, prescription analysis, and adjustment techniques.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 12 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 271 .
  

  • OPT 273 - Contact Lens I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces basic concepts and techniques of contact lens fitting, design, materials, and nomenclature.  Covers basic slit lamp, keratometry, and contact lens insertion and removal techniques.  

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 105  or equivalent.
  

  • OPT 274 - Contact Lens II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Explores soft and gas permeable contact lens fitting philosophies, tolerances, and designs. Develops the student’s patient evaluation skills, patient training skills, and skills for evaluating the fit and verification of contact lenses. Introduces presbyopic, pediatric and extended wear options.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 273  or equivalent.
  

  • OPT 280 - Contact Lens III

    Credit Hours: 4
    Promotes the proficiency of clinical skills in fundamental contact lens tasks at the entry level with an emphasis on professional standards. Specialty contact lenses are introduced. Includes state and national certification exam review. 

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 4 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: OPT 274  or equivalent.

Philosophy
  

  • PHI 100 - Introduction to Philosophy I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents an introduction to philosophical problems and perspectives with emphasis on the systematic questioning of basic assumptions about meaning, knowledge, reality, and values. Lecture 3 hours per week. 

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111
    Corequisites: Placement in ENG 111 and EDE 11
  

  • PHI 111 - Logic I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces inductive and deductive reasoning, with an emphasis on common errors and fallacies.

    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 .
  

  • PHI 220 - Ethics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides a systematic study of representative ethical systems.

    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 .
  

  • PHI 225 - Selected Problems in Applied Ethics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes and discusses significant contemporary ethical issues and problems existing throughout the various professions such as business medicine law education journalism and public a!airs.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Check Course Availability
    Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111  or placement in co-requisites ENG 111  and EDE 11 .
  

  • PHI 227 - Bio-Medical Ethics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the ethical implications of specific biomedical issues in the context of major ethical systems.

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111  or placement recommendation for Co-requisites ENG 111  and EDE 11 .
  

  • PHI 260 - Studies in Eastern Thinking

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces an in-depth study of the East through a variety of approaches, which include music, literature, drama, and cinema. Places special emphasis on Chinese and Japanese philosophy and religion, especially Buddhism.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
    Prerequisites: Must have tested into English 111 with no developmental co-requisites.

Photography
  

  • PHT 164 - Introduction to Digital Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Teaches the fundamentals of photography including camera function, composition, and image production as they apply to digital imagery.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • PHT 264 - Digital Photography II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Teaches theory and practice of digital photography, including the Adobe Photoshop techniques needed for top quality inkjet prints. Emphasizes use of digital cameras in studio and on location. Teaches advanced techniques of image editing, including photo restoration and multi-image compositing. Students work with existing images, including family snapshots and antique photographs, as well as photographs shot specifically for the course. In addition to prescribed assignments a personal project allows for exploration of creative ideas and topics of the student’s choice. Provides training in digital image transmission from remote locations.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Students taking this course should feel comfortable working at a computer, be familiar with negotiating program menus, and know how files are saved and stored. A camera with manually adjustable aperture and shutter is required.

Physical Education & Recreation
  

  • PED 109 - Yoga

    Credit Hours: 2
    Focuses on the forms of yoga training emphasizing flexibility.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • PED 109 - Yoga I

    Credit Hours: 1
    Focuses on the forms of yoga training emphasizing flexibility. Part I of II.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • PED 111 - Weight Training I

    Credit Hours: 2
    Focuses on muscular strength and endurance training through individualized workout programs. Teaches appropriate use of weight training equipment. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • PED 111 - Weight Training I

    Credit Hours: 1
    Focuses on muscular strength and endurance training through individualized workout programs. Teaches appropriate use of weight training equipment. Part I of II.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • PED 117 - Fitness Walking

    Credit Hours: 1
    Teaches content and skills needed to design, implement, and evaluate an individualized program of walking, based upon fitness level.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer

Physics
  

  • PHY 101 - Introduction to Physics I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Surveys general principles of physics. Includes topics such as force and motion, energy, heat, sound, light, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: high school mathematics, including algebra, trigonometry, and logarithms.
  

  • PHY 201 - General College Physics I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Covers classical mechanics and thermodynamics. Includes kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, momentum, rotational kinematics, dynamic and static equilibrium, elasticity, gravitation, fluids, simple harmonic motion, calorimetry, ideal gas law, and the laws of thermodynamics.  Part I of II.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: MTH 161  or MTH 167  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • PHY 202 - General College Physics II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Covers waves, electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics. Includes mechanical waves, sound, electrostatics, Ohm’s law and direct current (DC) circuits, magnetic forces and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, ray optics, wave optics, and selected topics of modern physics. Part II of II.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
    Prerequisites: PHY 201  with a C or better and MTH 162  or MTH 167 . 
  

  • PHY 241 - University Physics I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Covers classical mechanics and thermodynamics. Includes kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, momentum, rotational kinematics, dynamics and static equilibrium, elasticity, gravitation, fluids, simple harmonic motion, calorimetry, ideal gas law, and the laws of thermodynamics. Part I of II. 

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: MTH 263  with a grade of C or better.
  

  • PHY 242 - University Physics II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Covers waves, electromagnetism and optics. Includes mechanical waves and sound, electrostatics, Ohm’s law and direct current (DC) circuits, magnetic forces and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, alternating current (AC) circuits, ray optics, and wave optics.Teaches principles of classical and modern physics on calculus math level. Covers wave phenomena, optics, electricity and magnetism, an introduction to relativity, and nuclear physics. Students should consult the requirements of their individual program and transfer school to determine the correct course and the transferability of course to senior institution. Part II of II.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
    Prerequisites: PHY 241  with a C or better and MTH 264  with a grade of C or better.

Political Science
  

  • PLS 135 - U.S. Government and Politics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Teaches the political structure, processes, institutions, and policymaking of the US national government. Focuses on the three branches of government, their interrelationships, and how they shape policy. Addresses federalism; civil liberties and civil rights; political socialization and participation; public opinion, the media; interest groups; political parties; elections; and policymaking.  The assignments in the course require college-level reading fluency and coherent communication through written reports.  This is a Passport Transfer course.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • PLS 136 - State and Local Government and Politics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Teaches structure, powers, and functions of state and local government in the United States as related to federalism; constitutionalism; elections; powers of legislative, executive, and judicial powers of state and local government; state-local-federal relations; fiscal matters; metropolitan issues; and policy issues, like health, education, criminal justice and welfare.  The assignments in the course require college-level reading fluency and coherent communication through written reports.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer

Practical Nursing
  

  • PNE 143 - Applied Nursing Skills

    Credit Hours: 1
    Applies principles and procedures essential to the basic nursing care of patients. Involves campus and/or clinical lab hours in a geriatric setting.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Practical Nursing Program, SDV 100  or SDV 101 , ENG 111 , PSY 230 , BIO 141 , and ITE 152 .
  

  • PNG 110 - Patient-Centered Concepts

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides an overview of the general concepts to implement patient-centered care at the beginning level. Introduces concepts of communication, collaboration, health care law, ethics, nursing process, lifespan, development, culture, safety, coping, stress, mobility, and lifelong learning with a specific focus on the role of the practical nurse.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program. Completion of SDV 100  or SDV 101 , ENG 111 , PSY 230 , and BIO 141  with grades of C or above. Completion of all program-specific paperwork (e.g., background and drug screening, evidence of active American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Professionals, Assumption of Risk form, health forms, proof of immunity, negative TB).
  

  • PNG 115 - Patient-Centered Concepts Clinical

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides students an opportunity to implement classroom learning in a structured health care setting. Focuses on using the nursing process to plan and implement safe evidence-based patient-centered care.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 6 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; SDV 100  or SDV 101 , ENG 111 , PSY 230 , and BIO 141  with grades of C or above; completion of all program-specific paper work (e.g., background and drug screening, evidence of active American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Professionals, Assumption of Risk form, health forms, proof of immunity, negative TB).
  

  • PNG 120 - Patient-Centered Care I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an overview of the general concepts to implement with a more diverse patient-centered population, with an increase in scope of care needs. Introduces concepts of anxiety, nutrition, elimination, infection, gas exchange, pain, sexuality, and reproduction with specific focus on the role of the practical nurse. Provides an overview of the general concepts to implement with a more diverse, patient-centered population, with an increase in scope of care needs.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: BIO 142  PNG 110  and PNG 115 .
    Corequisites: PNG 125   and BIO 142  
  

  • PNG 125 - Patient-Centered Care I Clinical

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides students with the opportunity to implement classroom learning in a structured clinical setting that includes maternal-child health care and adult and geriatric populations. Includes care of the child-rearing family with an emphasis on health promotion and reduction of risk. Focuses on using the nursing process to plan and implement safe evidence-based patient-centered care.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 6 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: PNG 110  and PNG 115 .
    Corequisites: PNG 120   and BIO 142  
  

  • PNG 210 - Patient-Centered Care II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Provides an overview of identified general concepts to implement patient-centered care. Introduces concepts of glucose regulation, fluid and electrolyte balance, perfusion, sensory perception, thermo-regulation, tissue integrity, and patient education. Expands knowledge of gas exchange and mobility. Focuses on the role of the practical nurse in health promotion and maintenance. Provides an opportunity for students in the lab to learn the skills needed to provide quality, evidence-based care in the clinical setting.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: PNG 120 , PNG 125 , and BIO 142 ; evidence of current health and immunity status; negative TB results repeated annually; current certification of American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals; and current compliance with all program documentation requirements.
    Corequisites: PNG 215  
  

  • PNG 215 - Patient-Centered Care II Clinical

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides the student an opportunity to implement classroom learning in a structured rehabilitation or other in-patient setting. Incorporates technical skills learned for the care of complex patients. Focuses on using the nursing process to plan and implement safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 6 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: PNG 120  and PNG 125 ; maintenance of all program document expectations, inclusive of CPR, health, and background requirements.
    Corequisites: PNG 210  
  

  • PNG 220 - Patient-Centered Care III

    Credit Hours: 4
    Provides an overview of the identified general concepts to implement patient-centered care. Introduces concepts of intracranial regulation, clotting, cellular regulation, cognition, mood and affect, psychosis, and care coordination. Expands knowledge of perfusion, gas exchange pain, and lifelong learning. Focuses on the role of the practical nurse in health promotion and maintenance.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: PNG 210  and PNG 215  
    Corequisites: PNG 225  
  

  • PNG 225 - Patient-Centered Care III Clinical

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides students with the opportunity to implement classroom learning in structured health care settings. Focuses on using the nursing process to plan and implement safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care. Provides the student an opportunity to implement care coordination and manage resources to support patient care.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 9 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: PNG 210  and PNG 215  
    Corequisites: PNG 220  

Psychology
  

  • PSY 200 - Principles of Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the basic concepts of psychology. Covers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, research methods, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, developmental psychology, learning, memory, thinking, intelligence, personality, social psychology, and psychological disorders and treatment. The assignments in the course require college-level reading fluency and coherent communication through written reports. This is a Passport Transfer course.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • PSY 215 - Psychopathology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores historical views and current perspectives of psychopathology. Emphasizes major diagnostic categories and criteria, individual and social factors of maladaptive behavior, and types of treatments. Includes methods of clinical assessment and research strategies.  

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: PSY 200  or departmental approval.
  

  • PSY 230 - Developmental Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the development of the individual from conception to death. Follows a life-span perspective on the development of the person’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth.

    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 .
  

  • PSY 235 - Child Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the development of the child from conception to adolescence. Investigates physical, cognitive, social and emotional factors involved in the child’s growth.

    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 .

Real Estate
  

  • REA 100 - Principles of Real Estate

    Credit Hours: 4
    Examines practical applications of real estate principles. Includes a study of titles, estates, land descriptions, contracts, legal instruments and concepts, real estate mathematics, financing, agency, appraisal, fair housing, and management of real estate.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer

Religion
  

  • REL 230 - Religions of the World

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the major religions of the world: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism. Focuses on origins, history, basic beliefs, values, ethics, and practices.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111 
    Corequisites: Placement in co-requisites ENG 111 and EDE 11
  

  • REL 233 - Introduction to Islam

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies Islam in its historical, religious, and political dimensions and assists in the understanding of its contemporary vitality and attraction as a faith, a culture, and a way of life.

    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 .
  

  • REL 240 - Religions in America

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys various manifestations of religion in the American experience. Emphasizes concepts, problems, and issues of religious pluralism and character of American religious life.

    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 .
  

  • REL 255 - Selected Problems and Issues in Religion: Women and the Bible

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces students to the portrayal of women in the Bible. Examines, through selected Biblical texts, the role and depiction of women within this text. Studies the impact of scriptural writing on the role of women in the Western world through the lens of feminist scholars. Students are asked to think critically about the texts and the issues raised by feminist perspectives and to analyze the impact of the Bible on women today and society as a whole.

    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 .

Respiratory Therapy
  

  • RTH 102 - Integrated Sciences for Respiratory Care II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Integrates the concepts of mathematics, chemistry, physics, microbiology, and computer technology as these sciences apply to the practices of respiratory care.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • RTH 110 - Fundamental Theory and Procedures for Respiratory Care

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the development of basic respiratory care skills necessary to enter the hospital environment.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Completion of the Health Science Career Studies Certificate Respiratory Therapy pathway and acceptance into pre-clinical courses.
  

  • RTH 112 - Pathology of the Cardiopulmonary System

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents pathophysiology of medical and surgical diseases with emphasis upon diseases of the cardiopulmonary system.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first semester of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 121 - Cardiopulmonary Science I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on pathophysiology, assessment, treatment, and evaluation of patients with cardiopulmonary disease. Explores cardiopulmonary and neuromuscular physiology and pathophysiology.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
    Prerequisites: Completion of the Health Science Career Studies Certificate Respiratory Therapy pathway and acceptance into pre-clinical courses.
  

  • RTH 131 - Respiratory Care Theory and Procedures I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Presents theory of equipment and procedures and related concepts used for patients requiring general acute and critical cardiopulmonary care.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first semester of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 132 - Respiratory Care Theory and Procedures II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Presents theory of equipment and procedures and related concepts used for patients requiring general acute and critical cardiopulmonary care.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first two semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 135 - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures I

    Credit Hours: 2
    Focuses on the purpose, implementation, and evaluation of equipment and procedures used in the diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients with cardiopulmonary disease. Explores baseline personal health as it relates to the development and recognition of respiratory diseases or disorders.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Completion of the Health Science Career Studies Certificate Respiratory Therapy pathway and acceptance into pre-clinical courses.
  

  • RTH 145 - Pharmacology for Respiratory Care I

    Credit Hours: 1
    Presents selection criteria for the use of, and detailed information on, pharmacologic agents used in pulmonary care.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Completion of the Health Science Career Studies Certificate Respiratory Therapy pathway and acceptance into pre-clinical courses.
  

  • RTH 190 - Coordinated Practice in Respiratory Therapy NCC III

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides supervised on-the-job training to enable students to work directly with patients to practice and refine skills learned in the previous semester’s classroom and laboratory classes.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 10 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first two semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 190 - Coordinated Practice in Respiratory Therapy: NCC I

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides supervised on-the-job training to enable students to work directly with patients to practice and refine skills learned in the previous semester’s classroom and laboratory classes.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 10 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first semester of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 190 - Coordinated Practice in Respiratory Therapy: NCC II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides supervised on-the-job training to enable students to work directly with patients to practice and refine skills learned in the previous semester’s classroom and laboratory classes.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 10 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first semester of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 215 - Pulmonary Rehabilitation

    Credit Hours: 1
    Focuses on purpose and implementation of comprehensive cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first two semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 222 - Cardiopulmonary Science II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on assessment, treatment, and evaluation of patients with cardiopulmonary disease. Explores cardiopulmonary, renal, and neuromuscular physiology and pathophysiology.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first two semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 223 - Cardiopulmonary Science III

    Credit Hours: 2
    Continues the exploration of topics discussed in RTH 121  and RTH 222 .

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first three semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 226 - Theory of Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care

    Credit Hours: 2
    Focuses on cardiopulmonary physiology and pathology of the newborn and pediatric patient.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: FALL ONLY
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first three semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 227 - Integrated Respiratory Therapy Skills II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Presents intensive correlation of all major respiratory therapy subject areas reflecting the entry-level and advanced practitioner matrices. Emphasizes assessment, implementation, and modification of therapy to patient response.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first four semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 236 - Critical Care Monitoring

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on techniques and theory necessary for the evaluation and treatment of the critical care patient, especially arterial blood gases and hemodynamic measurements. Explores physiologic effects of advanced mechanical ventilation.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first four semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 290 - Coordinated Practice in Respiratory Therapy: ACC/NPCC I

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides supervised on-the-job training. Introduces the student to respiratory critical care, home care, and diagnostic pulmonary functions. Students rotate through several critical care units (adult, pediatric, and neonatal) and practice and are evaluated on entry-level critical care skills. Introduces students to adult and pediatric home care and helps them learn to perform diagnostic pulmonary functions.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 10 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first three semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 290 - Coordinated Practice in Respiratory Therapy: ACC/NPCC II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides supervised on-the-job training. Introduces the student to respiratory critical care, home care, and diagnostic pulmonary functions. Students rotate through several critical care units (adult, pediatric, and neonatal) and practice and are evaluated on entry-level critical care skills. Introduces students to adult and pediatric home care and helps them learn to perform diagnostic pulmonary functions.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 10 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first three semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 290 - Coordinated Practice in Respiratory Therapy: ACC/NPCC III

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides supervised on-the-job training. Further develops critical respiratory care clinical skills and critical-thinking skills. Students rotate through several critical care units (adult, pediatric, and neonatal) and practice and are evaluated on advanced-level critical care skills. Students also develop skills in hemodynamic monitoring and polysomnography.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 10 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first four semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  

  • RTH 290 - Coordinated Practice in Respiratory Therapy: ACC/NPCC IV INTERNSHIP

    Credit Hours: 2
    Provides supervised on-the-job training. Further develops critical respiratory care clinical skills and critical-thinking skills. Students rotate through several critical care units (adult, pediatric, and neonatal) and practice and are evaluated on advanced-level critical care skills.

    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 10 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of all curriculum courses offered during the first four semesters of the AAS degree in Respiratory Therapy.

Safety
  

  • SAF 130 - Industrial Safety - OSHA-10

    Credit Hours: 1
    Presents an introduction to occupational health and safety and its application in the workplace. Emphasizes safety standards and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), its rules and regulations (OSHA 10).

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring

Sociology
  

  • SOC 200 - Principles of Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces fundamentals of social life. Presents significant research and theory in areas such as culture, social structure, socialization, deviance, social stratification, and social institutions.

    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 .
  

  • SOC 211 - Cultural Anthropology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the origins, development, research, diversification and evolution of human cultures. Includes exposure to the variability of both Western and Non-Western aspects of culture.  Provides an introduction to the nature of culture and its relationship to various social institutions and societies. This is a Passport Transfer course.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • SOC 215 - Sociology of the Family

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies topics such as marriage and family in social and cultural context. Addresses the single scene, dating and marriage styles, child rearing, husband and wife interaction, single parent families, and alternative lifestyles.

    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 .
  

  • SOC 268 - Social Problems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Applies sociological concepts and methods to analysis of current social problems. Includes delinquency and crime, mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual behavior, population crisis, race relations, family and community disorganization, poverty, automation, wars, and disarmament.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Summer Only
    Prerequisites: Placement in ENG 111  or placement in Co-requisites ENG 111  and EDE 11 .

Spanish
  

  • SPA 101 - Beginning Spanish I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic Spanish sentence structure. Incorporates exposure to the arts, culture, and literature of the areas of the world where Spanish is spoken. Part I of II. May include an additional hour of oral drill and practice per week.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • SPA 102 - Beginning Spanish II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic Spanish sentence structure. Incorporates exposure to the arts, culture, and literature of the areas of the world where Spanish is spoken. Part II of II. May include an additional hour of oral drill and practice per week.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 4 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: SPA 101  or its equivalent.
  

  • SPA 107 - Spanish Communication for the Hospitality Industry

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces students to spoken and printed Spanish commonly used and/or experienced in the hospitality industry, including vocabulary, colloquialisms, and other concepts typical in the hospitality setting. May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Part I of II. May include an additional hour of oral drill and practice per week.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
    Prerequisites: SPA 102  or equivalent.
  

  • SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills. Part II of II. May include an additional hour of oral drill and practice per week.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Only
    Prerequisites: SPA 201  or equivalent.
  

  • SPA 295 - intermediate Spanish Culture and History

    Credit Hours: 1
    This course provides additional credit in Spanish Culture and History to accompany the 3-credit offerings of SPA 201 and SPA 202. In general, this course provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. 

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall only
    Corequisites: SPA 201 or SPA 202

Student Development
  

  • SDV 100 - College Success Skills

    Credit Hours: 1
    Assists students in transition to college. Provides overviews of college policies, procedures, and curricular offerings. Encourages contacts with other students and staff. Assists students toward college success through information regarding effective study habits, career and academic planning, and other college resources available to students. Strongly recommended for beginning students. Required for graduation.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to American Sign Language and Interpreter Education

    Credit Hours: 2
    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college, and to American Sign Language and interpreter education. Covers topics such as the following: services at the college, the library; counseling and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; learning styles; career and personal development; and topical areas which are applicable to American Sign Language and interpreter education. Explores the existence of the Deaf people, who as a community share history, literature, customs, and culture.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to Business

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college, and to the Business discipline. Covers topics such as the following: services and resources at the college; the library; counseling and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; learning styles; career and personal development; and topical areas which are applicable to the Business discipline.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to Culinary and Pastry Arts

    Credit Hours: 1
    Assists students in transition to college and the culinary and pastry arts programs. Provides overviews of college policies, procedures, and curricular offerings. Encourages contacts with other students and staff. Assists students toward college success through information on effective study habits, career and academic planning, and other college resources available to students. Assists students with learning basic culinary and pastry arts concepts, introductory skillsets, and current trends. Students needing to complete developmental studies courses in English or mathematics may take those courses concurrently with SDV 101  if approved by the program head.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to Health Science

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces students to the skills that are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college, and to the health science program. Covers topics such as services at the college, including the library; counseling and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and career opportunities in the health science field. Emphasizes study skills and strategies specific to students in health science. Introduces students to the programs and career opportunities available in the health science field. Meets SDV requirements for graduation.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to STEM Disciplines

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college, and to STEM disciplines (science, technology/computer science, engineering, and mathematics). Covers topics such as the following: services and resources at the college; the library; counseling and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; learning styles; career and personal development; and topical areas which are applicable to the STEM disciplines.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to Teacher Preparation

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college, and to teacher preparation. Covers topics such as the following: services and resources at the college; the library; counseling and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; learning styles; career and personal development; and topical areas which are applicable to teacher preparation. Provides students an opportunity to conduct classroom observations.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • SDV 109 - Student Leadership Development

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces students to leadership theories and skills. Develops students’ personal leadership styles. Assists students to promote leadership skills in others. Examines the outlook, skills, and behavior essential to successful leadership.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Spring Only

Surgical Technology
  

  • SUR 100 - Introduction to Surgical Technology

    Credit Hours: 2
    Introduces professional practice concepts within the profession of surgical technology with emphasis on the profession and career opportunities. Introduces concepts such as group dynamics, effective communication, organization, prioritization, and delegation. Emphasizes standards of practice and codes of conduct for surgical technologists.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.

Welding
  

  • WEL 120 - Introduction to Welding

    Credit Hours: 2
    Introduces history of welding processes. Covers types of equipment and assembly of units. Stresses welding procedures such as fusion, non-fusion, and cutting oxyacetylene. Introduces arc welding and plasma arc cutting. Emphasizes procedures in the use of tools and equipment.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring Summer
  

  • WEL 124 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Advanced)

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues instruction on operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
    Prerequisites: WEL 120  or instructor’s approval.
  

  • WEL 126 - Pipe Welding I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Teaches metal arc welding processes, including the welding of pressure piping in the horizontal, vertical, and horizontal-fixed positions in accordance with Section IX of the ASME Code.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • WEL 141 - Welder Qualification Tests I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and nondestructive testing.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • WEL 145 - Welding Metallurgy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies steel classifications, heat-treatment procedures, and properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Discusses techniques and practices of testing welded joints and destructive/nondestructive, visual magnetic, and fluorescent testing.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 1 hour per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • WEL 150 - Welding Drawing and Interpretation

    Credit Hours: 2
    Teaches fundamentals required for successful drafting as applied to the welding industry. Includes blueprint reading, geometric principles of drafting and freehand sketching, basic principles of orthographic projection, preparation of drawings, and interpretation of symbols.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours per week.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
  

  • WEL 153 - Layout and Fitting for Welders

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the application of formulas and calculations to the proper layout and fitting of metals in welding projects. Emphasizes the use of jigs, fixtures, and hand tools in metal fabrication and assembly along with fabrication and safety procedures for hands-on and workplace projects.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 2 hours.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
  

  • WEL 155 - Ornamental Welding

    Credit Hours: 2
    Introduces students to basic equipment, safety, and processes useful in the fabrication of welded ornamental objects.

    Lecture Hours: Lecture 1 hour.
    Recitation and Laboratory Hours: Laboratory 3 hours.
    Semester(s) Offered: Fall Spring
 

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