Catalog 2018-2019 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Fitness Specialist/Personal Trainer

  
  • FTNS 218 Human Performance I Cardio & Respiratory Systems

    4 credits
    This course examines the adaptations of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems to aerobic and anaerobic training modalities. Acute and chronic adaptations as a result of sub-maximal, maximal, and resistance training programs will be explored in depth.

    Prerequisites: FTNS 112 , FTNS 121 , and BIOL& 160  

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe cardiovascular and respiratory physiological adaptations that occur during sub-maximal and maximal exercise following acute and chronic training
    • Identify the differences between adaptations to aerobic and anaerobic training
    • Describe the benefits of training on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
    • Explain the use of heart-rate as a method for training


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 30 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • FTNS 219 Human Performance II Strength Training

    4 credits
    This course examines the scientific principles of resistance training and various resistance training techniques used to enhance muscular fitness. Strategies for designing and implementing resistance training programs are included.

    Prerequisites: FTNS 218  

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe various resistance training programs
    • Define the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) minimal recommendations for weight/resistance training
    • Demonstrate proper exercise techniques for resistance training activities
    • Describe adaptations to various forms of resistance training
    • Explain the concept of periodization
    • Design an appropriate conditioning program for a designated client


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • FTNS 220 Human Performance III Adv Training Strategies

    4 credits
    In the final of the three-part series, students will explore the concept of power using maximum strength training, hypertrophy strength training, and reactive training. Included are speed, agility and quickness training.

    Prerequisites: FTNS 219  

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe scientifically-valid, evidence-based applications that achieve efficient and effective results with a wide spectrum of athletic skill and ability
    • Explain the importance of reactive training and SAQ training
    • Perform, describe, and teach various reactive-training and SAQ exercises
    • Design effective reactive-training and SAQ programs for fitness clients 


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • FTNS 230 Fitness Externship

    4 credits
    The Fitness Externship provides an opportunity for students to work in a health, fitness, recreational, or therapeutic facility of interest to the student. The focus of this course is on leadership and the student’s ability to integrate delivery of training with teamwork.

    Prerequisites: FTNS 210  

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Demonstrate the knowledge, skill, abilities, and talents required for an entry level personal trainer
    • Design and implement an integrated medical-performance training model for multiple clients with various knowledge, skill, and abilities
    • Motivate, coach, and direct  clients towards  functional transformation while optimizing their ability to perform activities of daily living, recreation, and athletics


    Total Hours: 120 Practicum or Internship Hours: 120

Funeral Service Education

  
  • FSE 101 Introduction to Funeral Service

    3 credits
    A survey of the history of funeral service with emphasis on the individuals, events, and forces that have influenced contemporary funeral principles and practices as well as the progression of associations and education within funeral service.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175 , BUS& 201 , ENGL& 101 , and MATH& 107  

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Research the historical foundations of funeral service practices in order to better serve client families
    • Examine the development of funeral service in order to bring significance to current practices
    • Recognize enduring values of various cultures as expressed in their funeral practices
    • Describe the evolution of funeral merchandise, funeral transportation, and funeral homes
    • Outline the progression and necessity of funeral service education
    • Relate the value of funeral service associations and their purposes
    • Identify the historical foundations of various funeral practices


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • FSE 105 Chemistry Concepts

    5 credits
    This course is intended for non-science majors. The focus is on fundamental topics of chemistry such as atoms and molecules, the periodic table, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and radioactivity as they relate to current society. This class is intended to increase scientific literacy for non-science majors. It presents chemistry using a more conceptual and less mathematical approach.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175 , BUS& 201 , ENGL& 101 , and MATH& 107  

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe the key elements of the scientific method as applied to chemistry
    • Describe the general structure of the atom and identify characteristics of an element using the periodic table, including element symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, and number of protons and electrons
    • Apply chemistry principles to daily life using examples such as acid rain, photosynthesis, cooking, industrial synthesis, and pharmaceuticals, and identify the role of chemical reactions in those applications
    • Differentiate between molecular, ionic, and metallic substances
    • Explain the characteristics of a solid, liquid, and gas in terms of visible properties and the kinetic-molecular theory of matter
    • Express concentrations of solutions qualitatively and quantitatively
    • Calculate pH and identify chemicals as acids or bases
    • Identify basic organic functional groups and describe their physical and chemical characteristics
    • Identify and use authoritative reference materials to research and report on chemistry-related topics


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • FSE 130 Funeral Service Sociology and Psychology

    4 credits
    This course is a survey of the basic principles of sociology relate to Funeral Service. The items stressed are: family structures, social structures, and other factors as it relates to funeral practices and to understand how the basic principles of psychology and counseling related to Funeral Service.  Items stressed are: grief, bereavement, mourning, aftercare and crisis intervention as it relates to a funeral director.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175 , BUS& 201 , ENGL& 101 , and MATH& 107  

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Define sociology and its relationship to funeral service practices
    • Identify the cultural requirements and diversities of the deceased’s family
    • Connect elements associated with social function and culture to their funeral service applications
    • Identify the family governing systems found in contemporary society 
    • Classify contemporary social factors affecting funeral rites
    • Describe changing social factors (traditional vs. non-traditional) which affect funeral rites and families that are served by funeral practitioners
    • Identify the role of the deceased in the family structure and the effect of that death on the funeral rite
    • Identify how technology affects funeral service sociology
    • Recognize the application of general psychology to funeral service
    • Describe the values and purposes of the funeral rite for the family and friends
    • Recognize the typical grief reactions and responses 
    • Describe the theories of grief
    • Describe issues relating to children and death
    • Explain how grief affects the family
    • Differentiate between the types and styles of counseling therapy
    • Recognize the major goals of counseling as well as the functions of the counselor
    • Utilize basic counseling skills and techniques
    • Recognize pre-need, at-need, and post funeral counseling opportunities
    • Recognize and understand personal resources for coping with loss and stress 
    • Recognize when to make referrals to the appropriate community or professional resources


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • FSE 140 Funeral Directing

    4 credits
    The funeral directing curriculum focuses on the basic duties, responsibilities, and expectations of those practicing funeral service. This includes notification of death, transfer of remains, conduct of the arrangement conference, prefunded/preplanned funerals, religious practices, fraternal funerals and military honors, shipment of remains, cremation, aftercare, and regulatory and legislative compliance.

    Prerequisites: FSE 101 , FSE 130 , and FSE 141  

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Determine and identify the primary responsibilities of the funeral practitioner, including regulatory and legislative compliance, and adherence to ethical standards 
    • Explain the time frames in which the services of the funeral practitioner are typically provided (i.e. pre-need, at-need, and post funeral follow up)
    • Describe and apply appropriate initial notification procedures
    • Relate the process of transferring human remains from the place of death to the  funeral establishment using generally accepted procedures, equipment, and forms
    • Apply communication skills necessary for the arrangement conference and all funeral processes
    • Identify and describe various religious and secular funeral customs as practiced in North America
    • Describe fraternal funeral procedures and military honors
    • Discuss prefunded/preplanned funerals
    • Discuss requirements and options for the shipping of human remains
    • Interpret vocabulary associated with funeral service
    • Explain terminology and considerations unique to cremation and alternative disposition arrangements


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • FSE 141 Funeral Service Ethics

    2 credits
    The funeral practitioner is entrusted with caring for the deceased and serving families and the community. Funeral practitioners must realize the decision making process of those they serve may be impaired and thus susceptible to manipulation. The task of this course is to help the student develop a strong set of professional ethics. Proper training in ethics increases awareness of the need to build trust and rapport. This knowledge will help funeral practitioners do what is proper and in the best interest of those they serve while maintaining the public trust.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175 , BUS& 201 , ENGL& 101 , and MATH& 107  

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

    • Define ethics and terms associated with ethical issues and practices
    • Outline the foundation of ethics
    • Identify sources of ethics 
    • Differentiate between legal and ethical issues 
    • Apply a standard of ethical behavior in personal and professional conduct 
    • Distinguish between ethical and unethical funeral service practices 


    Total Hours: 20 Lecture Hours: 20
  
  • FSE 148 Funeral Service Law and Compliance

    3 credits
    The subject area guidelines for Funeral Service Law are designed to introduce the student to rights, duties, and responsibilities of the funeral service practitioner and funeral establishment; including but not limited to: state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to funeral service including preneed; torts involving the dead  human body and the funeral service practitioner; wills, estates, probate and related 8 matters; cemeteries, crematories and issues related to final disposition; sources of law;  the legal status of the dead human body; the duty of burial, right to control funeral arrangements and final disposition and liability for funeral expenses; and the legal aspects  of being licensed to practice in funeral service (funeral director, embalmer, etc.).

    Prerequisites: BUS& 201  

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

    • Understand and discuss the laws, rules, and regulations affecting funeral service
    • Identify legal relationships, rights, duties, and liabilities between the funeral service practitioner, the dead body, and the consumer 
    • Recognize the legal issues and importance of due diligence in funeral practices and compliance to help minimize exposure and/or liability 
    • Understand the importance of completing proper documentation in funeral service
    • Distinguish situations when legal and other professional services are required for death planning and estate administration


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • FSE 250 Funeral Service Management and Merchandising

    4 credits
    This course is a survey of the basic principles of Funeral Service Management. Emphasis is on general management technique and theory, and specific guidelines for funeral service management. Funeral Merchandising is designed to introduce the funeral service student to the basics of merchandising as they apply to the funeral profession. Funeral providers as defined by the FTC in 1984 offer both service and merchandise. This outline considers both service and merchandise as the products provided by funeral service practitioners.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 111 , BTE 101 , BUSA 180 , BUS& 201 , FSE 101 , FSE 130 , and FSE 140  

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify the goals and objectives of funeral service management
    • Describe management functions as they relate to funeral service
    • Identify and apply concepts of funeral service management as related to client-families, community, personnel (staff), professional associates, and other funeral service related organizations
    • Identify and discuss the areas of management as they relate to funeral service
    • Demonstrate knowledge of operational policies and procedures specific to funeral service
    • Discuss procedures and responsibilities as they related to disaster management 
    • Identify trends in funeral service and how they impact management functions 
    • Recognize the importance of regulatory compliance for funeral service operations
    • Identify situations requiring the advice of other professionals/experts in fields such as legal, accounting, financial, and insurance
    • Demonstrate knowledge of funeral and cemetery merchandise to facilitate communications with client families, colleagues, and sales representatives
    • Identify the component parts of funeral and cemetery merchandise, including materials, styles, finishes, dimensions, and functions
    • Demonstrate conceptual and practical knowledge of factors and strategies for determining product mix
    • Differentiate between methods of price determination and price quotation 
    • Demonstrate knowledge of effective methods of merchandise display
    • Utilize techniques for the effective presentation of merchandise and services
    • Discuss the importance of evaluating sales
    • Explain the concepts of pet disposition


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • FSE 251 Embalming I

    3 credits
    This course includes the study of the phenomenon of death in the human body, government regulations applicable to the embalming process, embalming analysis, reports, and instrumentation.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175  and FSE 101  

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain the concepts of disinfection, temporary preservation and restoration of the dead human body
    • Relate how the handling, treatment and disposition of the dead human body meets sociological, psychological, ethical and regulatory requirements
    • Differentiate between the various professional agencies and their responsibilities with respect to the dead human body
    • Demonstrate and describe the use of embalming instruments, equipment and  supplies
    • Demonstrate and explain safe work practices concerning exposure to bloodborne pathogens and hazardous chemicals
    • Analyze anatomic considerations for injection point selection
    • Complete all documentation associated with the care and preparation of the dead human body


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • FSE 255 Embalming Chemistry

    3 credits
    This is a survey of the basic principles of chemistry as they relate to funeral service. Emphasis is on the chemical principles and precautions involved in the preservation and disinfection of the dead human body.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175  and FSE 105   

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Understand why general chemistry is a basis for embalming chemistry
    • Identify potentially harmful chemicals used in the funeral home and describe their safe handling and storage
    • Identify components of embalming chemicals and describe their respective functions
    • Describe the characteristic processes of decomposition
    • Relate organic chemistry to the preparation for disposition of human remains
    • Define the basic characteristics of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • FSE 256 Funeral Service Options

    3 credits
    This course is designed to examine services that are considered alternatives to traditional funeral services and final disposition. Specific areas include, but are not limited to, cremation, green burial, burial at sea, and anatomical donation. This course will also explore the trend of pet cremation and services. Terminology, laws specific to alternative funerals, and properly memorializing the deceased will be covered in this course

    Prerequisites: FSE 101 , FSE 130 , and FSE 141  

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

    • Discuss the historical significance of cremation
    • Identify the primary consideration for funeral directors working with those interested in cremation as a method of disposition 
    • Describe the importance of legislative and regulatory compliance
    • Describe considerations recommended when using third party crematories
    • Explain the importance of using appropriate paperwork to document cremation related decisions, including forms required by state and local agencies and those designed for legal protection
    • Distinguish between cremation containers, containers for cremated deceased, and other related merchandising options
    • Explain the specific elements of the FTC Funeral Rule that applies to cremation
    • Identify services and trends in conjunction with cremation
    • Describe options for proper disposition of cremated deceased including legal restrictions and local customs
    • Demonstrate understanding of requirements for shipping cremated deceased


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • FSE 258 Restorative Art and Lab I

    3 credits
    This course is a survey of the basic principles of restorative art as they relate to funeral service. Especially stressed are the techniques and importance of creating an acceptable physical appearance of the deceased for the benefit of the surviving family members. This course will have a lecture and hands-on laboratory component.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175 , FSE 140 , and FSE 141  

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Recognize the importance of obtaining written or oral permission to perform restorative procedures 
    • Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between restorative and embalming procedures
    • Name and locate the major bony structures of the skull and explain how each influences surface form 
    • Name and locate the major muscles of the face and explain how each influences surface form and expression
    • Identify and describe the natural and acquired facial markings of the face and neck
    • Describe and explain facial proportions and how they relate to the natural form of the facial features and facial restoration 
    • Identify and describe the forms of the head and face from the profile, frontal, and bilateral views
    • Identify and describe the four major facial features, their parts and variations
    • Describe the principles of color theory as it applies to pigments, their classifications, and their relationship to cosmetic compounds 
    • Apply the correct colorants to achieve a natural appearance under various conditions
    • Identify, describe, and utilize the various cosmetic materials, treatments, and restorative equipment
    • Utilize the principles of illumination as they apply to color theory and cosmetics


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • FSE 259 Restorative Art and Lab II

    3 credits
    This course is designed to expand upon the components of the restorative process learned in FSE 258 FSE 258 Restorative Art and Lab I . Emphasis will be placed upon the facial reconstruction of the deceased.

    Prerequisites: FSE 258  

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Recognize the importance of obtaining written or oral permission to perform restorative procedures 
    • Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between restorative and embalming procedures
    • Name and locate the major bony structures of the skull and explain how each influences surface form 
    • Name and locate the major muscles of the face and explain how each influences surface form and expression
    • Identify and describe the natural and acquired facial markings of the face and neck
    • Describe and explain facial proportions and how they relate to the natural form of the facial features and facial restoration 
    • Identify and describe the forms of the head and face from the profile, frontal, and bilateral views
    • Identify and describe the four major facial features, their parts and variations
    • Describe the principles of color theory as it applies to pigments, their classifications, and their relationship to cosmetic compounds 
    • Apply the correct colorants to achieve a natural appearance under various conditions
    • Identify, describe, and utilize the various cosmetic materials, treatments, and restorative equipment
    • Utilize the principles of illumination as they apply to color theory and cosmetics


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • FSE 261 Embalming II with Lab

    4 credits
    A study of the process of chemically treating the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms to temporarily inhibit organic decomposition, and to restore an acceptable physical appearance. The student examines procedures and treatments for handling and embalming difficulties encountered due to disease and pathological changes, autopsied and procurement cases, organ and tissue donation cases, and various conditions encountered in the dead human body. This course will have a lecture and hands-on laboratory component.

    Prerequisites: FSE 251  and FSE 255  

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

    • Explain the concepts of disinfection, temporary preservation and restoration of the dead human body
    • Relate how the handling, treatment, and disposition of the dead human body meets sociological, psychological, ethical, and regulatory requirements 
    • Differentiate between the various professional agencies and their responsibilities with respect to the dead human body
    • Demonstrate and describe the use of embalming instruments, equipment, and supplies
    • Describe the general principles and use of embalming chemicals and summarize their components
    • Demonstrate and explain safe work practices concerning exposure to bloodborne pathogens and hazardous chemicals
    • Analyze anatomical considerations for injection point selection and describe how the vascular system is used to distribute embalming chemicals to the tissues of the body
    • Identify body conditions that will affect the choice of various embalming techniques and the implementation of the proper procedures
    • Complete all documentation associated with the care and preparation of the dead human body
    • Integrate information from the studies of Microbiology, Pathology, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Restorative Art


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 30 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • FSE 262 Funeral Service Microbiology

    4 credits
    This course covers the basic principles of microbiology. It relates these principles to Funeral Service Education especially as they pertain to sanitation, disinfection, public health, and embalming practice. The development and use of personal, professional, and community hygiene and sanitation are discussed. Includes laboratory. 

    Prerequisites: FSE 251  

    Corequisites: FSE 271  

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify basic microbial morphology and describe basic microbial physiology
    • Interpret host-parasite relationships and interactions, and the requirements of successful parasitism
    • Describe and apply knowledge of personal and environmental disinfection and decontamination by proper use of disinfection and sterilization procedures
    • Describe the fundamentals of the infection process and specific and non-specific defense mechanisms against disease
    • Understand infectious disease transmission and recognize the methods of control with special emphasis on protection of the embalmer, funeral director, and public
    • Differentiate between the normal flora, true pathogens, and opportunistic pathogens commonly associated with the human host and dead human remains


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 30 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • FSE 271 Embalming III with Lab

    3 credits
    This class is a continuation of FSE 251  and FSE 261 . The subject includes the study of the phenomenon of death in the human body, government regulations applicable to the embalming process, embalming analysis and reports, and instrumentation. The subject examines procedures and treatments for handling and embalming difficulties encountered due to disease and pathological changes, autopsied and procurement cases, organ and tissue donation cases, and various conditions encountered in the dead human body. This course will have a hands-on laboratory component.

    Prerequisites: FSE 261  

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain the concepts of disinfection, temporary preservation and restoration of the dead human body
    • Related how the handling, treatment and disposition of the dead human body meets sociological, psychological, ethical and regulatory requirements
    • Differentiate between the various professional agencies and their responsibilities with respect to the dead human body
    • Demonstrate and describe the use of embalming instruments, equipment and supplies
    • Describe the general principles and use of embalming chemicals and summarize their components
    • Demonstrate and explain safe work practices concerning exposure to bloodborne pathogens and hazardous chemicals
    • Analyze anatomical considerations for injection point selection and describe hwo the vascular system is used to distribute the embalming chemicals to the tissues of the body
    • Identify body conditions that will affect the choice of various embalming techniques and the implementation of the proper procedures
    • Complete all documentation associated with the care and preparation of the dead human body
    • Integrate information from the studies of Microbiology, Pathology, Anatomy, Chemistry and Restorative Art


    Total Hours: 60 Lab or Clinical Hours: 60
  
  • FSE 274 Funeral Service Pathology

    3 credits
    The study of disease processes and their impact on the human body, with emphasis on those conditions which relate to or affect the handling of human remains.

    Prerequisites: BIOL& 175  and FSE 251  

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Demonstrate a knowledge of diseases and related terminology which will enable competent communication with members of the medical community, allied professionals, and surviving family members
    • Describe the value of the postmortem examination, anatomical gifts, tissue transplantation, and medical research
    • Identify the pathological conditions and etiological factors which require special procedures in the removal, handling, preparation, and disposition of human remains
    • Understand the relationship between disease processes and the preparation of human remains for disposition


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • FSE 275 Comprehensive Review

    3 credits
    This course reviews all subjects that will be tested on the National Board Examination (NBE). The NBE is the nationally-recognized standard for FSE graduates. This course is taken during the student’s last quarter.

    Prerequisites: Program director permission required

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

    • Explain the functions of a funeral director 
    • Define the legal requirements of the various regulatory agencies as they pertain to a funeral director’s responsibilities 
    • Analyze the factors which influence the diverse needs of funeral service clientele
    • Select individual embalming treatments based upon the specific requests of client-families
    • Demonstrate ability to respond appropriately to hypothetical situations involving human remains
    • Effectively answer questions regarding funeral service options 
    • Differentiate between the various types of funeral merchandise/sundries and their purposes
    • Explain the importance of embalming using the basic elements related to science courses
    • Distinguish between the various types of disposition
    • Assess the various options utilized in personalizing a funeral to the family’s needs 
    • Demonstrate appropriate listening skills while meeting with a family 


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • FSE 296 Funeral Service Internship

    5 credits
    Preparation for a funeral service career is facilitated with on-site observation and participation. Instruction in equipment use, procedures, and functions in the daily operation of a funeral home occurs in affiliated clinical sites, as well as in lecture.

    Prerequisites: BUSA 180 FSE 101 , FSE 130 , FSE 140 , and FSE 141  

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Utilize the following forms
      • First Call Sheet
      • Arrangement work sheet
      • FTC compliant - General Price List
      • FTC-compliant Casket Price List
      • FTC-compliant Outer Burial Container Price List
      • Embalming Authorization Form
      • Cremation Authorization Form
    • Receive first calls
    • Perform body removal
    • Assist with arrangement conferences
    • Prepare the following
      • Death Certificate
      • Burial Transit permit
      • Social Security form SSA-721 (Statement of death by Funeral Director)
      • Death Notice
      • Obituary 
      • FTC-compliant Statement of Funeral Goods and Services selected 
      • Veterans flag application (27-2008), Burial Benefits forms (21P-530), Headstone/marker forms (VA 40-1330) and Presidential Memorial Certificate Form (40-0247)
    • Compare and contrast different types of funeral related services (e.g., Liturgical, Non-liturgical, Secular, Chapel, Graveside, Military, Fraternal, Memorial, Direct Cremation or other)


    Total Hours: 130 Lecture Hours: 10 Practicum or Internship Hours: 120

Geology

  
  • GEOL& 101 Intro Physical Geology

    5 credits
    Studies the physical processes, both on and beneath the surface, that have over time given the earth its present form. Course format includes field and laboratory study of minerals, rocks, and maps. Off-campus field trip may be required. Laboratory Science Course.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Evaluate scientific information using the scientific method
    • Distinguish between observation and interpretation, and hypothesis and theory
    • Define geology
    • Identify the major layers of the earth and list their basic characteristics
    • Explain the theory of plate tectonics and its significance
    • Describe igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and their relationship between them in the rock cycle
    • Identify and distinguish between igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
    • Explain how and why rocks undergo metamorphism
    • Define elements, minerals, and rocks and describe the differences between them
    • Describe some common uses of minerals in our everyday lives
    • Apply basic rock interpretation techniques to local examples and case studies
    • Explain how and where magma forms in the earth and its relationship to igneous rocks
    • Describe the basic structure of soil
    • Differentiate between weathering and erosion
    • Compare the common types of environments in which sediment is deposited, and list the characteristics of the sediments found in each environment
    • Distinguish between relative and absolute time and explain how they are used in conjunction to determine the age of rocks
    • Place human concept of time in context of geologic time
    • Explain what causes earthquakes and how they are related to plate boundaries
    • Describe some of the geologic effects of earthquakes
    • Apply earthquake knowledge to describe the types and causes of earthquakes in the northwest
    • Describe the basic tectonic setting of the Pacific Northwest
    • List the basic agents that are responsible for sculpting the earth’s surface (rivers, groundwater, glaciers, wind and wave)
    • Distinguish between resources and reserve and between renewable and nonrenewable geologic resources


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 40 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20

Health Sciences

  
  • HLSC 100 College and Career Success for Health Sciences

    3 credits


    This course will help students explore careers in health sciences and learn college success strategies. Using critical thinking skills, students will apply study skills to healthcare content and develop an academic plan related to their career.

    Required first-quarter course for all new Health Sciences AAS-T, Associate in Biology DTA/MRP, and Associate in Pre-Nursing DTA/MRP students.

    Prerequisites: ABED 040  (or placement into MATH 087  or higher) and ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher)

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe an overview of the health science industry, including trends
    • Compare and contrast careers within the health sciences
    • Identify and use reliable sources of information to make career choices
    • Articulate an educational plan for multiple careers in health sciences
    • Articulate a career plan, clearly identifying how the chosen career is a best fit for them
    • Describe the roles of practice and feedback in learning motor skills required in health science education
    • Discuss professional behaviors which promote success in health science education and careers
    • Successfully use the current online learning platform
    • Describe various college resources that support student success and when and how the student would use them
    • Apply study skills relevant to succeeding in health sciences education
    • Apply multiple learning strategies to improve learning 
    • Articulate own cultural identity and its impact on the professional role
    • Describe what it means to take multiple perspectives in diverse settings


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30

  
  • HLSC 104 Healthcare Front Office I

    5 credits
    This course introduces topics related to healthcare front office administration and billing.

    Prerequisites: ABED 040  and ABED 046  

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Define the responsibilities of the healthcare front office administrator
    • Discuss ethical, legal, and regulatory issues and responsibilities in the healthcare office
    • Explain the role of the healthcare front office administrator with respect to patient relations
    • Demonstrate an understanding of how technology is used in a healthcare office
    • Explain the importance of printed communications in a healthcare office
    • Explain the healthcare front office administrator’s role in file/report management
    • Define basic healthcare terminology
    • Explain various chart documentations and their importance in patient treatment


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • HLSC 105 Healthcare Front Office II

    5 credits
    This course introduces topics on managing the healthcare front office.

    Prerequisites: ABED 040  and ABED 046  

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe a variety of forms that are used in a healthcare office
    • Explain the reasons for clinical records management
    • Identify a variety of healthcare reference books and explain their uses
    • Explain healthcare insurance contract interpretation
    • List a variety of procedures and the billing codes that accompany them
    • Explain the process of insurance claim billing
    • Describe healthcare practice accounts receivable
    • Define accounts payable
    • Identify good employment skills and job search strategies


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • HLSC 106 Healthcare Front Office III

    5 credits
    Clinical practice designed to advance students’ competence in healthcare front office functions, performed under direct supervision in private practice, specialty office, or dental clinic.

    Prerequisites: HLSC 104  and HLSC 105  

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe rules and regulations related to
      • Attendance
      • Attitude
      • Professionalism
      • Appearance
      • Ethical and legal issues
    • Maintain professional behavior in respect to attendance, attitude, appearance, and dental ethics
    • Describe, identify, and exhibit communication skills appropriate in the clinical setting (i. e., interaction with supervisor, staff, patients, coworkers)
    • Keep records during the clinical assignments to include procedures and assignments completed
    • Schedule appointments for patients
    • Process insurance claims
    • Create treatment plans/pre-determination of benefits
    • Obtain a breakdown of coverage for a patient
    • Collect patient co-pays at the time of service
    • Balance the day’s production and collections
    • Greet and check-in patients for their appointments
    • Answer and direct phone calls
    • Create or send written communications to patients/specialists/insurance company


    Total Hours: 130 Lecture Hours: 10 Practicum or Internship Hours: 120
  
  • HLSC 107 Infection Control I

    5 credits
    This course introduces topics on infection control and management of hazardous materials in a healthcare facility.

    Prerequisites: ABED 040  (or placement into MATH 087  or higher) and ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher)

    Corequisites: HLSC 108  and HLSC 109  (may be taken a quarter later)

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain basic microbiologic entities and the relationship to infection control
    • List characteristics of microorganisms
    • Outline development of infectious diseases
    • Identify microorganisms controlled by infection control
    • Identify new and emerging microbiologic threats in healthcare
    • Define bloodborne pathogens
    • List diseases of concern to healthcare personnel and patients prevented by proper infection control in healthcare
    • Recognize the importance of immunization in preventing disease
    • List the personal protective barriers and their importance


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • HLSC 108 Infection Control II

    5 credits
    This course introduces topics on asepsis in healthcare and healthcare office policies and procedures with respect to infection control and management of hazardous materials. Other topics include infection control rules and regulations for Washington State, laboratory set up and practices, and infection control in patient treatment areas.

    Prerequisites: ABED 040  (or placement into MATH 087  or higher) and ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher)

    Corequisites: HLSC 107  and HLSC 109  (may be taken a quarter later)

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain instrument processing
    • Define surface and equipment asepsis
    • Explain unit water asepsis
    • Define aseptic techniques
    • Explain laboratory and radiographic asepsis
    • Define waste management and hazardous waste management
    • Explain why healthcare facilities must have a clinical asepsis protocol
    • Describe the importance of the occupational safety and health administration
    • Identify the importance of the management of the office safety program
    • Explain how chemicals are managed safely in a healthcare facility
    • List reasons of the importance of employing a fire prevention and emergency action plan


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 40 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HLSC 109 Infection Control III

    5 credits
    Clinical practice designed to advance students’ competence in instrument sterilization and infection control procedures, performed under direct supervision in private practice, specialty office, clinic, hospital, or biotech lab.

    Prerequisites: HLSC 107  and HLSC 108  (can also be completed as corequisites)

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe rules and regulations related to
      • Attendance
      • Attitude
      • Professionalism
      • Appearance
      • Ethical and legal issues
    • Maintain professional behavior in respect to attendance, attitude, appearance, and dental ethics
    • Describe, identify, and exhibit communication skills appropriate in the clinical setting
    • Keep records during the clinical assignments to include procedures and assignments completed
    • Maintain infection control and aseptic techniques
    • Sanitize, disinfect, and sterilize instruments and equipment
    • Maintain the sterilization machines
    • Complete a spore test on the sterilization machine
    • Properly handle and store sterilized instruments


    Total Hours: 130 Lecture Hours: 10 Practicum or Internship Hours: 120

History

  
  • HIST& 126 World Civilizations I

    5 credits
    This course is an introduction to early world history with a global perspective, spanning the time period from human prehistory through the origins of civilization, the rise of the classical world, the birth of Islam, and the events of the Middle Ages. The course emphasizes cultural themes, including the technology, economic systems, agricultural practices, arts, governments, and religions of the period’s major civilizations.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 099 .

    Quarters Offered: Winter, Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Use primary source materials from the period’s civilizations to increase knowledge of events and individuals
    • Compare and contrast various civilizations based on analysis of their methods of development and on cultural aspects including art, government, agriculture, and religion
    • Describe various systems of government and analyze how these systems work to increase or lessen inequality.
    • Synthesize multiple viewpoints in order to develop comprehensive descriptions of the civilizations being examined
    • Describe the importance of technology as a contributing factor in social and economic change
    • Compare and contrast the origins of the major world religions and their effects on early world societies
    • Outline the origins and development of early Bronze Age
    • Describe the societal changes that occurred with the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age
    • Create timelines indicating the historical development of the classical civilizations
    • Describe the development of post-classical civilizations, outline the role these civilizations played in the early Middle Ages, and explain how these civilizations interacted with one another
    • Apply one’s analysis of world cultures to assist in recognizing and deepening one’s own global perspective


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • HIST& 146 US History I

    5 credits
    This course is a study of Early American history, covering pre-Columbian societies through the development of the American Republic of the early 1800’s. The course emphasizes the cultural development and the economic and political structures of this period, with major themes including indigenous societies, changes brought by European colonization, ethnic and religious diversity, slavery, the war for Independence, the formation of the U.S. Constitution and the beginnings of westward expansion.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 099 .

    Quarters Offered: Fall, Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify key movements, individuals, groups and ideas from the pre-Columbian era through the early 19th Century
    • Compare and contrast the culture of pre-Columbian North America with the society that evolved after the European conquest
    • Distinguish the social, economic, and religious uniqueness of the Northern, Middle and Southern colonies
    • Describe the significant events in the development of British North America, including the French and Indian War and the evolution of the British Empire
    • Analyze the issues and personalities responsible for the War for Independence and the significance of the Declaration of Independence
    • Identify and discuss the historical and philosophical sources of the American constitution
    • Analyze key social issues, including relations with Native Americans and the creation of a slave system
    • Describe the sources for and effects of the westward expansion through the presidency of Andrew Jackson
    • Analyze and articulate cause and effect relationships in past events and human interactions
    • Evaluate historical data from different sources in an effective and critical manner


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • HIST& 147 US History II

    5 credits
    This course examines the important figures, events, and themes in the history of the United States from 1815 until 1914. It proceeds chronologically and thematically through the 19th Century, examining themes and events such as the formation of political parties, slavery, immigration, westward expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Industrial Revolution, urbanization, segregation, and imperialism. The course will highlight a number of issues widely debated in the 19th Century, especially after the Civil War, which remain relevant today.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 099  (or placement into ENGL& 101 

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Name and describe important individuals, events, and movements in the U.S. during the 19th Century
    • Describe key social issues, including the effects of immigration, of slavery and segregation, and the influence of corporations and business on government
    • Synthesize multiple viewpoints in order to develop comprehensive descriptions of the events and social issues being examined
    • Use basic skills of historical method, including critical evaluation of both primary and secondary sources
    • Analyze and articulate cause and effect relationships in the events and human interactions that occurred during this time period
    • Demonstrate skills in critical thinking, writing, conducting research, and constructing arguments.
    • Deliver effective presentations on course topics


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • HIST& 148 US History III

    5 credits
    This course examines the important figures, events, and themes in the history of the United during the 20th century. It examines themes and events such as the First and Second World Wars, the Great Depression and New Deal, the Cold War, suburbanization, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and increasing political polarization. 

    Prerequisites: ENGL 099  (or placement into ENGL& 101 )

    Quarters Offered: Winter, Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify and describe important individuals, events, and movements in the U.S. in the U.S. during the 20th Century
    • Discuss four questions that continue to affect American politics: a) What does it mean to be an American?; b) What is the proper role of the federal government?; c) What is the proper role of the US in world affairs?; and d) What is the impact of technology on American society?
    • Synthesize multiple viewpoints in order to develop comprehensive descriptions of the events and social issues being examined
    • Use basic skills of the historical method, including critical evaluation of both primary and secondary sources
    • Analyze and articulate cause and effect relationships in the events and human interactions that occurred during this time period
    • Demonstrate skills in critical thinking, writing, conducting research, and constructing arguments
    • Deliver effective presentations on course topics


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50

Environmental Horticulture

  
  • HORT 103 Best Practices: Plant Selection and Installation

    1 credit
    This course focuses on sustainable best practices for plant selection, installation, and aftercare: identification of good nursery stock, selection for specific sites (including low water use, native areas, urban landscapes), proper planting techniques, mulching, and formative pruning.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain pros and cons of plant production methods, including bare root, container-grown, balled and burlapped, and fabric bags
    • Describe selection of plants for a variety of specific site purposes (including low water use landscapes, native and restored sites, and urban landscapes) and site attributes (including variable soil types, water availability/irrigation needs, and light exposure)
    • Demonstrate best planting practices, including root evaluations, proper spacing and hole depth, and staking needs
    • Demonstrate proper mulch selection and application following planting
    • Explain basics of formative pruning of newly planted trees and shrubs


    Total Hours: 15 Lecture Hours: 5 Lab or Clinical Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 111 Botany

    5 credits
    This course introduces how plants grow, how they are structured internally, and how their parts function. Emphasis is placed on the application of plant growth principles to our environment and plant diversity.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or equivalent placement score for ENGL 093  or higher) and ABED 040  (or equivalent placement score for MATH 087  or higher)

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Critical Thinking.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • List the components of a cell and its role
    • Describe how plant tissues and systems function
    • Apply the processes of photosynthesis and respiration
    • Chart the movement of water and nutrients throughout the plant
    • Identify above and below ground plant anatomy
    • Analyze plant responses to environmental stimuli 


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 40 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 112 Intro to Hand Tools

    1 credits
    Provides an overview of horticulture hand tools and equipment, focusing on identification and practical uses. Construction, care and safety are discussed.

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Communication.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify by name frequently used hand tools
    • Explain basic construction of quality hand tools
    • Explain safety procedures common to use of hand tools
    • Select various tools for selected jobs common to horticulture trades
    • Design and create a brochure about common hand tools


    Total Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 113 Propagation

    5 credits
    Provides an introduction to sexual and asexual methods of reproducing plants. Students apply principles taught in class during laboratory.

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Comprehend and demonstrate seed propagation from germination through transplant
    • Identify environmental conditions essential to seed germination and asexual propagation
    • Identify conditions associated with and control of diseases
    • Take different types of cuttings
    • Diagram the life cycle of a fern
    • Successfully layer plants
    • Explain plant patent laws
    • Work in teams to effectively determine the best propagation techniques and timing for specific plants


    Total Hours: 70 Lecture Hours: 30 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • HORT 115 Plant ID Fall

    4 credits
    Consists of the identification of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers used in landscapes throughout the Pacific Northwest. Perennials are also covered. Key identification characteristics, culture, and landscape usage is emphasized.

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course the student will:

    • Identify plants common to Pacific Northwest landscapes
    • Name blooming time (within two months) and color for each plant
    • Describe the unique characteristics and points of interest of each plant studied
    • Given the situation, select proper landscape usage of plants
    • Note specific plant tendencies towards disease, insects, or their problems
    • Know how to prune plants to enhance natural habitat
    • Find and evaluate different online and print resources available to identify plants and information about their culture and use


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • HORT 116 Fall Horticulture Lab

    3 credits
    Provides hands-on application of principles and concepts taught in class. The focus is on practices commonly used in the horticulture industry in landscape management and greenhouse operations.

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will:

    • Transplant, pinch, and propagate live material
    • Develop and implement strategies for landscape management, including weed management, soil management, and integrated pest management leading to strong plant health
    • Practice plant propagation and nursery production techniques, including greenhouse and nursery plant care, effective greenhouse operations, and effective cropping practices
    • Work effectively in small groups to achieve a common goal by communicating and coordinating tasks effectively


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • HORT 120 Landscape Design Using a CAD Program

    3 credits
    This class provides in-depth study and hands-on experience essential to landscape design graphics using the DynaSCAPE design program. Students will gain exposure to CAD based estimating techniques, databases, and plant selection programs.

    Prerequisites: Working knowledge of landscape plant material, drafting and design fundamentals, and basic computer skills.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Create computer generated landscape plans, details, and diagrams that reflect landscape horticulture design concepts and solutions
    • Effectively communicate the details of a computer generated landscape plan


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 121 Soils

    4 credits
    Explores the physical and chemical properties of soil that affect a plant’s ability to survive, grow and thrive. Course surveys soil water and the roles of nutrients in maintaining healthy plant growth.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or equivalent placement score for ENGL 093  or higher) and ABED 040  (or equivalent placement score for MATH 087  or higher)

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • List the important factors in soil formation
    • Distinguish between different soil physical properties and apply that knowledge to landscapes
    • Explain the principles of soil interface
    • Explain the chemical properties of soil
    • Explain the role of organic matter in soil science
    • Identify the elements essential for plant growth and their function
    • Recognize the signs of nutrient deficiency
    • Discuss fertilizers and their methods of application


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 30 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 122 Pruning

    2 credits
    Includes the most current theories and techniques of proper pruning. Students learn how pruning a plant affects its growth processes, flowering, fruiting, rejuvenation, and aesthetics. The focus is on plants of western Washington.

    Corequisites: HORT 127 .

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Use the knowledge of plant anatomy and physiology to correctly prune
    • Apply current theories and techniques of proper pruning
    • Properly prune various trees (evergreen and deciduous), shrubs and ground covers
    • Explain the effect of various pruning techniques on different plants
    • Safely use and maintain various tools
    • Communicate multiple, complex pruning techniques both orally and in writing


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 123 Integrated Pest Management

    4 credits
    Develop an integrated pest management strategy for the nursery and landscape including the usage of cultural, biological, and chemical control options. This includes a survey of the biology of pests. This class focuses on the principles of plant health care using the landscape as an ecosystem.

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Use terminology associated with integrated pest management
    • Explain different insects and their life cycles
    • Chart pesticide groups, present and emerging
    • Explain pesticide formulations, toxicity, safety, and recordkeeping
    • Explain the principles of integrated pest management and plant healthcare
    • List common plant diseases, their mode of action, and control option
    • Diagnose and evaluate treatment strategies for typical landscape plants


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 30 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 125 Plant ID Winter

    4 credits
    Plant ID Winter/ HORT 125 consists of the identification of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers used in landscapes throughout the Pacific Northwest. Perennials are also covered. Key identification characteristics, culture, and landscape usage is emphasized.

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Information Literacy.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify plants common to Pacific Northwest landscapes
    • Name blooming time (within two months) and color for each plant
    • Describe the unique characteristics and points of interest of each plant studied
    • Given the situation, select proper landscape usage of plants
    • Note specific plant tendencies towards disease, insects, or their problems
    • Prune plants to enhance natural habitat
    • Find and evaluate different online and print resources available to identify plants and information about their culture and use


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • HORT 127 Winter Horticulture Lab

    3 credits


    Winter Horticulture Lab/HORT 127 provides hands-on application of principles and concepts taught in class. The focus is on practices commonly used in the horticulture industry in landscape management and greenhouse operations.

    Corequisites: HORT 121 , HORT 122 , HORT 123 , HORT 125 .

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Intercultural Appreciation.

    This course teaches to the global outcome of Teamwork.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course the student will:

    • Transplant, pinch, and propagate live material
    • Develop and implement strategies for landscape management, including weed management, soil management, and integrated pest management leading to strong plant health
    • Practice plant propagation and nursery production techniques, including greenhouse and nursery plant care, effective greenhouse operations, and effective cropping practices
    • Work effectively in small groups to achieve a common goal by communicating and coordinating tasks effectively


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40

  
  • HORT 131 Landscape Design and Drafting

    6 credits
    Provides an overview of landscape design principles and design elements applied to practical situations. Students are provided with an understanding of the role of good design as applied to an actual residential landscape client.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or equivalent placement score for ENGL 093  or higher) and ABED 040  (or equivalent placement score for MATH 087  or higher)

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Complete a site analysis on an actual property
    • Assess client design goals
    • Develop a goal statement synthesizing site analysis and client survey
    • Complete a design using aesthetic and functional values
    • Develop a working ongoing relationship with a client
    • Complete a professional, hand drawn, to-scale draft of a residential landscape


    Total Hours: 70 Lecture Hours: 50 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 132 Survey of Landscape Materials

    2 credits
    Introduces students to the types and uses of hard goods in the creation of a successful landscape. Field trips will be a major component of this course as we meet professionals who use and create these hard goods.

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify suppliers of different types of hard goods
    • List the advantages and disadvantages of using various landscape materials
    • Network with professionals in the landscape supply trade
    • Identify current trends in the landscape industry
    • Evaluate the use of different materials used in a landscape
    • Effectively identify and evaluate possible materials for use in specific hardscape application


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 134 Nursery Retailing

    1 credits
    Covers a wide range of business skills including costing and quality control. Topics include creating quality products, researching and finding niche markets, and producing a major retail event.

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Teamwork.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Practice quality control of a wide range of plants
    • Set up displays in a variety of areas for public sales
    • Determine price by identifying cost of producing crops
    • Research and produce accurate cultural information for specific crops
    • Effectively interact as a team member in a high volume retail situation


    Total Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 135 Plant ID Spring

    4 credits
    Consists of the identification of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers used in landscapes throughout the Pacific Northwest. Perennials are also covered. Key identification characteristics, culture, and landscape usage is emphasized.

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will:

    • Identify plants common to Pacific Northwest landscapes
    • Name blooming time (within two months) and color for each plant
    • Describe the unique characteristics and points of interest of each plant studied
    • Given the situation, select proper landscape usage of plants
    • Note specific plant tendencies towards disease, insects, or their problems
    • Know how to prune plants to enhance natural habitat
    • Find and evaluate different online and print resources available to identify plants and information about their culture and use


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • HORT 137 Spring Horticulture Lab

    4 credits


    SPRING HORTICULTURE LAB / HORT 137 provides hands-on application of principles and concepts taught in class. The focus is on practices commonly used in the horticulture industry in landscape management and greenhouse operations.

    Corequisites: HORT 131 , HORT 132 , HORT 134 , HORT 135 .

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will:

    • Transplant, pinch, and propagate live material
    • Develop and implement strategies for landscape management, including weed management, soil management, and integrated pest management leading to strong plant health
    • Practice plant propagation and nursery production techniques, including greenhouse and nursery plant care, effective greenhouse operations, and effective cropping practices
    • Develop drafting skills essential to a landscape design plan
    • Work effectively in small groups to achieve a common goal by communicating and coordinating tasks effectively

     

    Total Hours: 70 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 60

  
  • HORT 138 Topics in Arboriculture

    3 credits
    Students will gain an understanding of topics and issues essential to working with trees in urban landscapes. Some topics covered include tree biology, nutrition, pruning, plant health care, and soils. The ISA Arborists Certification Study Guide will be the text. This class would be helpful for anyone taking the ISA exams. ISA continuing education credits available, CPH credit available.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Understand the basic concepts of tree biology and relate these concepts to tree management practices
    • Identify common landscape trees
    • Understand the effects of soil biology, soil chemistry, soil texture and structure, and soil management practices on the growth and health of trees
    • Understand water management practices used to enhance tree growth
    • Understand the science of tree nutrition and current fertilization practices
    • Use a systematic approach to select proper tree species/varieties for a given situation
    • Understand current techniques and procedures for installing and establishing trees
    • Understand and demonstrate current pruning concepts and practices
    • Understand current concepts and practices for cabling and bracing trees
    • Use a systematic approach to diagnosing common tree maladies and use reference materials to locate problem management strategies
    • Understand the various ways that trees can be weakened and injured by construction activities and how to preserve trees on construction sites
    • Understand basic tree climbing techniques and become familiar with basic tree climbing equipment
    • Become familiar with industry safety standards for tree care operations


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • HORT 141 Sustainable Irrigation Basics I

    1 credit
    Instruction includes an introduction to modern irrigation systems, including basic repairs, adjustments, and enhancements. Special attention is paid to installation of drip systems, water efficiency, and conservation.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Evaluate an irrigation system for problems with function and/or coverage
    • Perform necessary irrigation repairs and/or adjustments
    • Successfully program an irrigation controller
    • Design and install drip and low-flow irrigation systems
    • Explain wise watering practices


    Total Hours: 15 Lecture Hours: 5 Lab or Clinical Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 146 Sustainable Irrigation Basics II

    1 credit
    Instruction focuses on basic irrigation hydraulics and electricity principles and practices for landscape irrigation systems, along with troubleshooting issues common to these systems. Irrigation components including valves, controllers, and sensors are also covered.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain the differences between static and dynamic pressure
    • Describe friction loss and interpret friction loss charts
    • Identify sensors and valves used in common landscape irrigation systems
    • Perform valve and sensor maintenance and repair
    • Identify controller types, including smart controllers, and perform typical controller functions and procedures
    • Demonstrate testing for voltage and resistance with transformers and solenoids
    • Determine and describe wiring choices for typical landscape irrigation systems


    Total Hours: 15 Lecture Hours: 5 Lab or Clinical Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 151 Survey of Sustainable Landscapes I

    1 credit
    This course focuses on the following sustainable landscape practices and principles: conventional versus organic landscaping, management of healthy soils, landscaping for habitat assessment and restoration, and stormwater management (rain gardens, bioswales, and catchment systems).

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain major differences between conventional landscape practices and organic management methods
    • Describe typical Pacific Northwest soil types and problems common to these soils
    • Apply knowledge of organic matter as a means to promote healthy soil and manage soil fertility issues
    • Demonstrate sustainable landscape techniques for habitat assessment and restoration
    • Explain and describe sustainable methods used to manage stormwater, including raingardens, bioswales and catchment systems


    Total Hours: 15 Lecture Hours: 5 Lab or Clinical Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 161 Survey of Sustainable Landscapes II

    1 credit
    This course focuses on sustainable commercial and residential landscape assessment and design, including ecological and economic concerns, low impact development, pollution mitigation, efficient water use, wildlife attraction, urban forest preservation, and solutions for problem areas.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Demonstrate techniques for assessing sustainability of existing commercial and residential landscapes
    • Explain steps necessary to design sustainable landscapes that utilize efficient water management best practices
    • Explain and describe elements of low impact development as applicable to landscapes, including urban forest preservation and wildlife attraction
    • Describe sustainable design solutions for problem situations including soil compaction, drainage and slope issues, and existing pollution problems


    Total Hours: 15 Lecture Hours: 5 Lab or Clinical Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 179 Best Practices: Plant Health Care

    1 credit
    This course focuses on sustainable landscape best practices for plant health care. Topics include review of plant problems (diseases, insects, weeds, abiotic problems), diagnosis, responsible pesticide use, IPM, and proactive management practices that maintain and improve plant health.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Demonstrate how preventative landscape management practices such as pest monitoring, sustainable irrigation, and cultural tactics (including fertilization and pruning) are used to maintain plant health and decrease pest issues
    • Demonstrate the diagnostic process, including site evaluations
    • Identify commonly seen insects and diseases of western Washington landscapes
    • Describe elements and appropriate use of integrated pest management practices (biological, chemical, cultural, mechanical/physical)


    Total Hours: 15 Lecture Hours: 5 Lab or Clinical Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 180 Sustainable Hardscapes

    1 credit
    This course covers sustainable hardscape materials and installation practices, with focus on water conservation and storm water management. This course also covers natural and manufactured products, recycled products, green building certifications, and ordinances/policies that affect hardscape installation. 

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

    • Determine if a hardscape material can be considered sustainable for a specific use (processing or manufacturing methods, environmental impacts, maintenance requirements, longevity, local availablity)
    • Compare alternatives to traditional concretes and paver materials (permeable materials and systems including blocks, plastic grids, poured concrete over gravel layers)
    • Compare alternatives to traditional wood materials (salvaged wood, wood composite, plastic wood)
    • Explain the pros and cons of ecoroofs and living walls as landscape elements used for water management
    • Describe sustainability certifications (LEED, Built Green, Water Sense), laws, and city ordinances and how they relate to hardscape installation in landscapes
    • Discuss practices of hardscape installation (permeable paving, wood products, ecoroofs/living walls)


    Total Hours: 15 Lecture Hours: 5 Lab or Clinical Hours: 10
  
  • HORT 211 Intro to Bidding and Estimating

    1 credits
    A continuation of HORT 131 Landscape Design and Drafting , this class teaches the basics of bidding and estimating a landscape design project. Concepts such as fixed cost, material markup and profit margin will be discussed, culminating in a landscape design bid package.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or equivalent placement score for ENGL 093  or higher) and ABED 040  (or equivalent placement score for MATH 087  or higher)

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Information Literacy.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Develop a working, ongoing relationship with a client
    • Develop a cost estimate for installing a landscape design
    • Create phenology charts for landscape plans
    • Make final presentation to client
    • Compile resources to create a booklet containing supplemental data, costing and phenology charts for the landscape plan


    Total Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 212 Sustainable Lawn Care

    3 credits
    Covers the identification, care, and maintenance of cool season turfgrasses. Topics include soil preparation, nutrition, thatch, pest management, installation, and renovation. Special attention is given to weeds.

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify four common grasses of Western Washington
    • Discuss soil preparation for installing a lawn
    • Explain the role of thatch and its relation to insects and disease
    • Identify sustainable practices used in the landscape
    • Describe mowing heights and its effect on turfgrass
    • Explain the role of nutrition in turfgrass health
    • Identify weeds common to Western Washington
    • Describe sustainable watering strategies for healthy turf
    • Describe insects and diseases common to turf grass in Western Washington
    • Research and identify weeds and present management options


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 215 Plant ID Summer

    4 credits
    Consists of the identification of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers used in landscapes throughout the Pacific Northwest. Perennials are also covered. Key identification characteristics, culture, and landscape usage is emphasized.

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify plants common to Pacific Northwest landscapes
    • Name blooming time (within two months) and color for each plant
    • State uniqueness and points of interest
    • Given the situation, select proper landscape usage of plants
    • Note specific plant tendencies towards disease, insects, or their problems
    • Prune plants to enhance natural habitat


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • HORT 216 Introduction to Greenhouses

    3 credits
    Surveys the components of commercial greenhouses and growing structures. Efficient use of environmental controls and cropping will be discussed. Students will be exposed to several local commercial greenhouse operations through fieldtrips.

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Analyze sites for greenhouse feasibility
    • Explain environmental controls used in a greenhouse
    • List and explain different structural options for a greenhouse
    • Explain the uses and practical applications of specialized greenhouse options
    • Discuss the use of specialized equipment in greenhouses today
    • Using a crop as the guide, make recommendations for selecting greenhouse types and options


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
  
  • HORT 217 Summer Horticulture Lab

    3 credits
    Provides hands-on application of principles and concepts taught in class. The summer work experience will be included in this class.

    Corequisites: HORT 211 , HORT 212 , HORT 225 , HORT 215 , HORT 216 .

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Transplant, pinch, and propagate live material
    • Develop and implement strategies for landscape management, including weed management, soil management, and integrated pest management leading to strong plant health
    • Practice plant propagation and nursery production techniques, including greenhouse and nursery plant care, effective greenhouse operations, and effective cropping practices
    • Work effectively in small groups to achieve a common goal by communicating and coordinating tasks effectively


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • HORT 225 Career Exploration

    3 credits
    Provides an introduction to the breadth of employment opportunities in the horticulture industry and the job search skills needed to successfully secure employment.

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify career paths and options within the horticulture industry
    • Develop interviewing techniques and a list of questions to use in an informational interview
    • Interview an employer to gather information about a chosen career path
    • Produce a successful horticulture-specific resume or portfolio
    • Write a cover letter, work experience summaries, and thank you notes
    • Participate in industry work experiences


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20

Human Resources

  
  • BUHR 210 HR’s Role in Organization & Program Overview

    1 credits
    This course explores the field of human resources (HR) and its role in organizations. An overview of the Lake Washington Institute of Technology HR programs is also covered.

    Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe the evolution of the HR field in the U.S. within the last 100 years up to its current role in modern capitalist societies
    • Explain HR’s role in developing human capital and its impact on an organization’s success
    • Recognize the partnership of managers and HR professionals
    • Describe the job(s) of an HR professional and the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) required
    • Describe the major functional areas of HR
    • Determine if HR  is a career path they want to pursue
    • List the various HR certifications and what is required to achieve them
    • Describe the requirements for the LWTC HR programs


    Total Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 10
  
  • BUHR 215 HR Ethics and Diversity

    4 credits
    This course covers the importance of ethics in human resources (HR) and an organization’s social responsibility. The role of diversity in HR and how a diverse workforce can drive business results are also covered.

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Intercultural Appreciation.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe the impact of ethics in HR and organizations
    • Identify and resolve HR-related ethical issues with employees and organizations in positive ways
    • Identify ethical issues and apply criteria to make correct decisions and avoid unethical behaviors
    • Make decisions that reflect a standard of professional behavior and values in dealing with others within an organizational setting
    • Create an inclusive work environment that fosters diversity in the workplace
    • Successfully recognize cultural differences that may affect behavior in the workplace
    • Develop successful workforce diversity strategies to enhance organizational talent and drive business results


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 220 Employee Benefits and Risk Management

    4 credits
    This course covers the strategic considerations that should guide the design of benefit programs and the cost implications and strategies to control them. Also covered in this course are risk management and measures that create a safe and secure work environment.

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Define benefits and identify strategic benefit design considerations
    • Define and distinguish between mandated and voluntary benefits                                
    • Explain current trends in benefits, including employee assistance program (EAP), healthy workplace, retirement, and pension programs
    • Coordinate mandated and voluntary time-off benefits
    • Describe the major societal trends in benefits and workplace safety
    • Identify the federal and state laws and basic provisions relating to risk management:  occupational health, safety, and security
    • Explain measures that create a safe and secure work environment
    • Explain the importance of strategically managing both benefit and safety costs 


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 230 Staffing: Recruitment, Selection, & Placement

    4 credits
    This course covers employment decisions concerning building a staff and maintaining a talented workforce. Various methods of locating qualified job candidates and assessment methods for identifying a candidate’s suitability for employment are covered.

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe an effective staffing plan for an organization
    • Explain successful strategies for developing a diverse talent pool of qualified candidates 
    • Identify different candidate sourcing options
    • Identify techniques to successfully select the best candidate
    • Compare and contrast the value of different assessment methods for identifying a candidate’s suitability for employment
    • Describe the various factors that must be taken into account in designing a job, including job analysis and job descriptions
    • Explain the importance of familiarizing new employees with the organization and their jobs and work units
    • Describe the relationship of employee orientation to productivity, motivation, and success
    • Explain the implications associated with employment laws related to recruitment and selection


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 235 Total Rewards (compensation)

    4 credits
    This course reviews the total rewards of organizations by exploring their total compensation strategies. Methods to properly pay employees in a cost-effective, competitive, equitable, and legal manner are also addressed.

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Identify the components of total compensation
    • Describe the objectives, principles, regulations, and terminology of compensation programs
    • Explain compensation philosophy, strategy, and current practices, including base pay, variable pay, and incentive pay
    • Identify the major provisions of the federal and state laws affecting compensation
    • Define the issues of equal pay for comparable work, pay compression, living wage laws, and executive pay
    • Analyze the extent of linkages between pay, employee performance, and organizational objectives


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 240 Employee and Labor Relations

    3 credits
    This course examines how employee relations can create a positive organizational culture. Students also explore facets of the labor relations process: collective representation, union organization, bargaining, and negotiations.

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Communication.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe the nature of management/employee relations and human resource’s role in that relationship
    • Distinguish between approaches to disciplinary actions and the various types of alternative dispute resolution procedures in a union or non-union setting
    • Identify the principal state and federal laws that provide the framework for employee and labor relations
    • Describe facets of the labor relations processes such as collective representation, union organization, bargaining, and negotiations
    • Explain how employee relations can create a positive organizational culture
    • Respond appropriately to information about employee and labor relations conveyed in verbal, non-verbal, written, and symbolic ways 


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
  
  • BUHR 245 Training, Workforce Planning, Perf & Talent Mgmt

    4 credits
    This course covers the principles of learning and how to facilitate training to link training objectives to organizational goals. Students also learn how to build an effective performance management program by understanding the advantages of integrating human resource (HR) and strategic planning.

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Teamwork.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Define training, facilitation, and development in the context of organizations
    • Identify the principles of learning and describe how they facilitate training
    • Explain the components of training-needs assessment
    • Link training objectives to organizational goals
    • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of evaluation criteria
    • Explain the purpose, characteristics, methods, and communication techniques of an effective performance management program
    • Develop a clear line of sight between performance management and organizational goals
    • Identify the basic approaches to human resource planning and how they are related to corporate strategy
    • Describe important elements and stages of career development
    • Explain the advantages of integrating human resource planning and strategic planning
    • Work cooperatively in a team to create a successful training presentation


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 250 HR Information Systems and Measuring HR Outcomes

    4 credits
    This course covers how to leverage technology in today’s environment to support human resource (HR) activities. Measurement strategies that link HR practices to achieving bottom-line business results are also covered.

    Quarters Offered: Summer

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Information Literacy.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe the management of human resource information systems (HRIS) and how they can streamline transactional HR activities to allow HR professionals to focus on strategic activities
    • Navigate the basics of an HRIS program
    • Identify the criteria/issues in selecting and implementing an HRIS program
    • Leverage technology tools and the Internet to HR’s advantage
    • Explain how technology can provide decision support mechanisms that allow HR to make short- and long-term decisions
    • Define the importance of  measuring HR outcomes using metrics and the bottom line
    • Define and communicate appropriate measurement strategies that support organizational objectives
    • Effectively manage and retain  employee information
    • Identity an appropriate HRIS to gather, store, and analyze information


    Total Hours: 80 Lab or Clinical Hours: 80
  
  • BUHR 255 Employment Law I

    4 credits
    This course covers employment laws and their effects on the first half of the employment life cycle. The creation and management of a diverse workforce are also included.

    Quarters Offered: Fall

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe the effects of employment laws on human resource (HR )and organizations
    • Explain the concepts of employee rights and employer responsibilities
    • Explain HR’s role in risk management and compliance
    • Explain the U.S. court system as it relates to employment law
    • Explain the concepts of employment at will, equal employment, affirmative action, disparate treatment, adverse impact, and retaliation
    • Explain how to reasonably accommodate and address work-life conflicts
    • Explain the concept of creating a diverse workplace to enhance employee perceptions of fairness and equity throughout the organization
    • Describe the differences between state and federal employment laws
    • Analyze and draw conclusions about employment law cases


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 260 Employment Law II

    4 credits
    This course covers employment laws and their effects on the second half of the employment life cycle, including benefits, compensation, performance, terms and conditions of employment, and termination.

    Prerequisites: BUHR 255  recommended (Note: Changed from required to recommended on 01/03/2018)

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Critical Thinking.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe the implications of employment laws on compensation, benefits, occupational safety and health, and conditions of employment
    • Explain best practices for managing performance and termination of employees
    • Identify the legal issues associated with downsizing and its effects on employees and the organization
    • Identify union and collective bargaining issues and prepare for compliance with employment laws
    • Effectively investigate and resolve internal complaints
    • Identify resources to keep up-to-date with changing legal requirements
    • Describe the differences between state and federal employment laws
    • Analyze and draw conclusions about employment law cases


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 270 Global HR & Mergers & Acquisitions

    4 credits
    This course covers legal, political, cultural, and economic factors that affect global human resource (HR) management. HR’s crucial role in mergers and acquisitions is also included.

    Quarters Offered: Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Describe HR management practices as a cultural variable
    • Describe the impact of a country’s culture on workforce practices and expectations
    • Find and apply  best global strategic HR practices across all HR disciplines
    • Effectively manage human capital across borders
    • Effectively assess the best business plan of action in the context of the culture in which the individual is working
    • Explain HR practices that support the success of corporate mergers and acquisitions


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • BUHR 275 Strategic HR Mgmt & Organizational Strategy

    4 credits
    This course covers business strategies and human resource (HR) best practices and their application to all HR disciplines. Effective human capital strategies and practices that give business a sustainable competitive advantage are emphasized. This is the capstone course for the HR Generalist Program and should be taken the student’s last quarter.

    Prerequisites: BUHR 260 , or Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) with instructor permission.

    Quarters Offered: Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain how organizational strategies and culture contribute and are linked to HR management
    • Recognize organizational norms, values, and standards of the organization when making decisions that influence people and processes to achieve organizational goals
    • Examine issues surrounding HR outsourcing and management of outside consultants to better deliver HR services
    • Solve complex HR problems and issues involving the integration of one or more functional areas
    • Describe how strategic planning, budgeting, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and ethics impact HR and the business


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40

Humanities

  
  • HUM 110 Introduction to Film

    5 credits
    This course educates the student to analyze and comprehend film as a storytelling medium and appreciate its value as literary and cinematic art. Approaches may include examination of cinematic technique, genre, historic context, narrative structure, archetypal sources, and/or other perspectives that enlighten the viewer and enhance insight on the medium.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  

    Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Demonstrate a basic understanding of the historical development of the medium
    • Relate films to their cultural heritage and historic context
    • Analyze and express a comprehension of how aesthetic elements, including mise-en-scene, genre, narrative structure, directing, editing, and cinematography, etc., contribute to creating film meaning
    • Write thought-provoking critical analyses about films using accurate and appropriate vocabulary of cinematic terms and acknowledging recognized approaches to film study


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • HUM 215 Diversity and Social Justice in America

    5 credits
    This course will engage students in an extended analysis of diversity and social justice in the United States with the aim of exploring current realities of race and social class and their relationship to power and privilege. Students will develop and strengthen awareness and understanding of how power, privilege, and inequity are reinforced and challenged at individual, institutional, and systemic levels.

    Prerequisites: ENGL& 101  (pre or corequisite).

    Quarters Offered: All

    Global Outcomes:
    This course teaches to the global outcome of Intercultural Appreciation.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Define and apply key terms and concepts of diversity and social justice
    • Discuss and analyze how categories of difference are created, maintained, and experienced through power, privilege, and inequity
    • Communicate one’s own intersecting identities of difference and how they position oneself in relation to power, privilege, and inequity
    • Identify how power, privilege, and inequity are reinforced and challenged at individual, institutional, and systemic levels
    • Engage in intentional communication with awareness of intent and impact
    • Recognize stereotypes in self and others and their relationship to micro aggressions
    • Explain different types of knowledge and how knowledge construction maintains power, privilege, and inequity
    • Identify specific ways of becoming an ally in order to disrupt power, privilege, and inequity


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50

International

  
  • INTL 040 International Student Success

    2 credits
    New and returning international students will learn the necessary skills to be successful in an American academic environment. Course topics include maintaining immigration status, campus resources, academic success strategies, and cross-cultural understanding.

    Prerequisites: Instructor permission.

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Explain how to use the Canvas platform
    • List campus resources and support services
    • Explain college academic policies
    • Communicate and collaborate with peers in an academic setting
    • Explain cultural communication specific to the US
    • Explain academic integrity and plagiarism
    • Identify and use credible research databases
    • Navigate health insurance website
    • Locate local resources (hospitals, libraries, banks, police station, etc)
    • Explain different employment options for international students
    • Explain how to maintain student visa status


    Total Hours: 20 Lecture Hours: 20
  
  • INTL 059 Beginning Grammar

    4 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, is designed to improve written and spoken English grammar at the beginner level. This course focuses on developing basic academic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 077 , INTL 078  or INTL 084 , INT079.

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Write clear simple and complex sentences in English, showing some control of basic grammar with 75% accuracy
    • Identify and use the simple present, simple past, and future tenses
    • Identify and use subject-verb agreement with simple and compound subjects
    • Identify and use articles, prepositions, adjectives, and personal pronouns
    • Identify and use count nouns, non-count nouns, and quantifiers
    • Identify and use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
    • Form and respond to questions
    • Utilize appropriate sentence punctuation 


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • INTL 061 Basic Academic Reading & Writing - A

    6 credits
    This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international students and emphasizes basic reading and writing skills for students with minimal previous English language studies. This course introduces students to the critical thinking process while fostering reading and writing skills.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on the IEP Placement test.

    Corequisites: INTL 060.

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Analyze simple texts for main ideas and details
    • Use context clues to infer meaning of vocabulary
    • Express opinions and support them
    • Interpret graphs, pictures and illustrations
    • Infer information not explicit in texts
    • Brainstorm ideas for writing
    • Organize information in rudimentary outlines
    • Write short, simple narrative paragraphs on familiar topics with main ideas and supporting details 


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 60
  
  • INTL 074 Beginning Academic Listening & Speaking

    5 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds on and reinforces the skills taught in INTL 062. Students practice simple listening and speaking skills necessary for the academic English classroom. Students work on inferring, evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting skills through a variety of activities.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or INTL 062, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 075 .

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Use context clues to infer the meanings of words in a simple context
    • Identify and share opinions using learned expressions
    • Relate listening excerpts on familiar topics to personal experiences
    • Organize and synthesize information from beginner -level listening excerpts
    • Negotiate with others to reach consensus on simple, familiar topics
    • Discuss costs and benefits and make suggestions using simple language
    • Prepare and give short and simple presentations


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 60
  
  • INTL 075 Beginning Academic Reading & Writing

    5 credits
    This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international students and emphasizes academic reading skills, including comparing and contrasting, hypothesizing, and evaluating information and texts at a basic level. Students review the basic academic paragraph structure and write simple explanatory and descriptive paragraphs.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or INTL 065, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 074 .

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Predict content of simple texts through skimming
    • Identify main ideas and details in beginning-level materials on familiar topics
    • Read simple texts critically to evaluate advantages and disadvantages or pros and cons of information presented
    • Express opinions and support them with specific information
    • Relate previous knowledge to reading
    • Write simple and compound sentences that show an understanding of basic grammar and punctuation
    • Use brainstorming, graphic organizers, and simple outlines to generate and organize information for writing
    • Write simple well-organized explanatory and descriptive paragraphs following the rules for academic writing
    • Write a business letter following appropriate format


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 60
  
  • INTL 077 Beginning Academic Writing

    4 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, focuses on writing a properly structured paragraph. The use of simple graphic organizers, basic grammar, and critical thinking skills is emphasized in order to approach composition effectively.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 059 , INTL 078  or INTL 084 , and INTL 079 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Compose a variety of complete, correct sentences
    • Edit incorrect and/or incomplete sentences
    • Develop proper topic sentences
    • Brainstorm ideas and write outlines to serve as a basis for paragraph writing
    • Write effective paragraphs with topic sentences, appropriate support, and concluding sentences
    • Write the following types of paragraphs using a variety of simple, compound and compound-complex sentences: narrative, process, persuasive, compare/contrast and cause/effect 


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • INTL 078 Beginning Academic Listening and Speaking

    5 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, emphasizes the listening and speaking skills necessary for inferring, evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting in English at the beginner level.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 059 , INTL 077 , and INTL 079 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Hypothesize and support positions with reasons using simple words, phrases, and learned expressions
    • Evaluate opinions
    • Express concern, as well as give and receive advice about health problems using basic vocabulary and phrasing
    • Discuss travel interests and preferences
    • Discuss language learning opinions, experiences, and personal strategies at a basic level
    • Infer speaker’s tone and attitude
    • Prepare and make short, simple presentations


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • INTL 079 Beginning Academic Reading

    5 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, emphasizes reading skills, develops integrated critical thinking and language -learning strategies, and vocabulary building at the beginning level.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 077 , INTL 078  or INTL 084 , IINTL 059.

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Differentiate between main ideas and supporting details in high-beginner level materials
    • Evaluate simple written texts for advantages and disadvantages/pros and cons
    • Express opinions and support them with specific information
    • Give advice and offer suggestions in an advice column format
    • Effectively use brainstorming, graphic organizers, and outlines to generate and organize information for writing
    • Write clear simple and complex sentences, showing some control of basic grammar (e.g. present and past tense) and punctuation
    • Write clear simple academic paragraphs with topic sentences, support and conclusions


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • INTL 081 Low-Intermediate Grammar

    4 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds upon and reinforces grammatical concepts taught in INTL 059  while introducing and developing more complex academic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary skills.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 085 , INTL 086A , INTL 084  or INTL 088 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Write clear simple and complex sentences in English, showing some control of intermediate grammar with 75% accuracy
    • Identify and use the simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, and future tenses
    • Identify and use the present perfect and past perfect tenses
    • Form and respond to information questions
    • Generate and respond to tag questions
    • Identify and generate comparative, equative, and superlative statements
    • Identify and use appropriate punctuation for simple and complex sentences


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • INTL 084 Low-Intermediate Listening and Speaking

    5 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds upon and reinforces skills taught in INTL 078  with an emphasis on further developing academic listening and speaking skills and critical thinking skills at the low-intermediate level.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 077  or INTL086, INTL 075  or INTL 085 , INTL 059  or INTL 081 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Interpret tone, infer meaning, and hypothesize another’s point of view
    • Relate listening to personal experience, prior knowledge, and opinions
    • Predict content of low-intermediate texts, listen for main ideas, and draw conclusions
    • Express and defend opinions using a varied vocabulary and a variety of grammatical structures
    • Discuss pros and cons of a situation
    • Lead group discussions and manage group interactions
    • Prepare and perform simple and brief presentations
    • Utilize appropriate language to agree and disagree in a low-level discussion format
    • Use culturally appropriate language to offer advice and make suggestions 


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • INTL 085 Low-Intermediate Academic Reading

    5 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds on and reinforces reading skills taught in INTL 079  and further develops integrated critical thinking and language -learning strategies, and vocabulary building at the low-intermediate level.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 081 , INTL 086, INTL 084  or INTL 088 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to, in English:

    • Predict content, read low-intermediate level texts for main ideas and identify details
    • Relate readings to other readings and prior knowledge
    • Infer and draw conclusions
    • Support personal opinions through examples
    • Practice brainstorming techniques and organizing ideas through the use of graphic organizers and basic outlines
    • Develop proper topic sentences with appropriate support
    • Write a variety of sentences, including compound and compound-complex, although with grammatical errors
    • Write extended paragraphs with relevant topic sentences, appropriate support and conclusions
    • Edit and evaluate others’ writing in a peer-editing context
    • Write effective opinion, descriptive, and contrast paragraphs
    • Write a basic 5-paragraph essay following appropriate format


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • INTL 086A Low-Intermediate Academic Writing

    4 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds on and reinforces skills taught in INTL 077  while introducing and developing more complex writing skills such as using graphic organizers and outlines to develop paragraphs.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 081 , INTL 085 , and INTL 084  or INTL 088 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • INTL 086B High-Intermediate Academic Writing

    4 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds on and reinforces the academic writing skills taught in INTL 086A . Students study a variety of organizational patterns for writing more effective paragraphs and essays.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 087 , INTL 089 , and INTL 088 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • INTL 087 High-Intermediate Grammar

    4 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds upon and reinforces grammatical concepts taught in INTL 081  while introducing and developing more complex academic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary skills.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 086B , INTL 088 , and INTL 089 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Write clear simple, complex, and compound-complex sentences in English, showing good control of intermediate grammar with 75% accuracy
    • Identify and use passive tenses
    • Identify and use participial adjectives
    • Identify and use modals
    • Identify and use adjective and noun clauses
    • Identify and use gerund and infinitive constructions
    • Identify and use noun and adjective preposition combinations
    • Identify and appropriately punctuate complex sentence constructions


    Total Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 40
  
  • INTL 088 High-Intermediate Academic Listening & Speaking

    5 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds on and reinforces the skills taught in INTL 084  in preparation for college level classes requiring a higher level of communicative competence.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 086A  or INTL 086B , INTL 081  or INTL 087 , INTL 085  or INTL 089 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Interpret speaker’s tone and infer meaning and point of view
    • Relate listening to personal experience, prior knowledge, and opinions
    • Infer, synthesize, predict, and draw conclusions
    • Compare and contrast information from intermediate-level listening excerpts
    • Express and defend opinions using learned phrases as well as appropriate vocabulary from knowledge bank
    • Formulate and ask appropriate questions
    • Participate in group discussions using a variety of sentence structures and generally correct grammar
    • Effectively lead and manage group discussions
    • Utilize preparation strategies and speech-making techniques to make effective presentations 


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • INTL 089 High-Intermediate Reading

    5 credits
    This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds on and reinforces the academic reading skills taught in INTL 085 . Students are exposed to a variety of authentic texts and study reading strategies to improve reading speed and comprehension.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Corequisites: INTL 088 , INTL 086B , and INTL 087 .

    Quarters Offered: All

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

    • Read intermediate level texts and identify main ideas and details
    • Apply appropriate reading strategies to determine meanings of unfamiliar words
    • Relate readings to other readings and prior knowledge
    • Infer, synthesize, predict and draw conclusions
    • Interpret routine charts and tables
    • Write a variety of sentences using appropriate conjunctions, transitions, and punctuation most of the time
    • Utilize brainstorming techniques and organize ideas through the use of graphic organizers and detailed outlines
    • Write effective paragraphs and basic essays using the western academic English paragraph format
    • Develop proper thesis statements and topic sentences
    • Write essays with thesis statements, relevant topic sentences, appropriate support and concluding paragraphs
    • Write the following essays at an introductory level of competence:  narrative, persuasive, cause/effect, and compare/contrast 


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50
  
  • INTL 092 International Faculty Institute

    0 credits
    This course, for international English-language teachers, focuses on the theories and methodologies of language teaching and their application in the classroom. This course emphasizes the application of teaching practices to help teachers become more effective educators.

    Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or instructor permission.

    Quarters Offered: Fall, Summer

    Total Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 10

Machining Technology

  
  • MACH 105 Introduction to Manual Machining

    4 credits
    Students will learn theoretical and practical knowledge of shop safety, machine processes, machine tools, speed and feeds, introduction to Proto-Trak and conversational control, and basic shop math.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher) and MATH 087  (or placement into MATH 098  or higher) or instructor permission

    Corequisites: MACH 106 MACH 111 MACH 141 , and MACH 161   

    Quarters Offered: Summer, Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Grind and sharpen lathe tools
    • Apply general shop safety procedures 
    • Use basic milling machine operations
    • Ream, tap, countersink, and counter bore
    • Use dial and test indicators
    • Demonstrate how to tram-in a mill head
    • Demonstrate how to dial in a lathe 4-jaw chuck
    • Use an engine lathe for basic turning and facing operations.
    • Demonstrate proper technique in measuring and precision layout


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • MACH 106 Material Removal - Manual and Conversational Control

    4 credits
    Students learn material removal processes common to the machine trades including turning, milling, drilling, and grinding while making several projects. Students are also introduced to the use of the conversational control using Proto Trak mills and lathes.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher) and MATH 087  (or placement into MATH 098  or higher) or instructor permission

    Corequisites: MACH 105 , MACH 111, MACH 141, and MACH 161

    Quarters Offered: Summer, Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Select appropriate cutting tools for various processes
    • Demonstrate use of material removal techniques
    • Produce finished parts that meet industry and shop standards
    • Prepare rough material (stock) for machining
    • Operate machines effectively and safely


    Total Hours: 70 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 60
  
  • MACH 108 Fundamentals of Machining for Engineering

    4 credits
    Students will learn theoretical and practical knowledge of shop safety, machine tools, tool geometry, blueprints, speed and feeds, precision measuring, and basic shop math. This course is designed for engineering graphics majors.

    Prerequisites: MATH 087 , ABED 046 , or equivalent placement scores, or instructor permission.

    Quarters Offered: Fall, Spring

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Use dial indicators
    • Read shop drawings and sketches
    • Grind and sharpen lathe tools
    • Perform precision measuring and layout
    • Use an engine lathe for basic turning and facing operations.
    • Apply general shop safety procedures
    • Use power and hand cutting tools
    • Select and sharpen drill bits
    • Accurately locate hole centers
    • Perform basic milling machine operations             
    • Ream, tap, countersink, and counter bore
    • Perform basic surface grinding 


    Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • MACH 111 Introduction to Measuring Applications

    3 credits
    This courses introduces the use of precision measuring tools such as micrometers, calipers, gage blocks, and indicators.

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher) and MATH 087  (or placement into MATH 098  or higher) or instructor permission

    Corequisites: MACH 105 , MACH 106 , MACH 141, and MACH 161

    Quarters Offered: Summer, Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Demonstrate ability to read and interpret measurements within the degree of accuracy for those measuring tools or setup tools
    • Select appropriate formulas for speed and feed calculations
    • Demonstrate ability to setup machine tools to the shop standard
    • Apply correct parameters for speed and feed calculations
    • Differentiate between measuring tools
    • Select proper measuring tools for different situations


    Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40
  
  • MACH 113 Inspection GD&T

    2 credits
    This course covers inspection of part features in order to contrast the measurements with the print Geometric Tolerancing specification. 

    Prerequisites: ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher) and MATH 087  (or placement into MATH 098  or higher) or instructor permission

    Corequisites: MACH 143 MACH 145 MACH 162 , and MACH 175  

    Quarters Offered: Summer, Winter

    Student Outcomes/Competencies:
    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

    • Review and discuss engineering drawings
    • Interpret feature control frames
    • Develop an inspection plan
    • Setup and inspect part features
    • Apply inspection measurements to geometric tolerances
    • Interpret inspection results


    Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20
 

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