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ACC 124: Payroll Accounting 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents accounting systems and methods used in computing and recording payroll to include payroll taxes and compliance with federal and state legislation.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 211 or Division approval.
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ACC 211: Principles of Accounting I 4 credit
Lecture 4 hours per week.
Presents accounting principles and their application to various businesses. Covers the accounting cycle, income determination, and financial reporting. Studies services, merchandising, and includes internal controls.
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ACC 212: Principles of Accounting II 4 credit
Lecture 4 hours per week.
Continues ACC 211: Principles of Accounting I with emphasis on the application to partnerships, corporations and the study of financial analysis. Includes an introduction to cost and managerial accounting.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 211 .
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ACC 215: Computerized Accounting 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours.
Introduces the computer in solving accounting problems. Focuses on operation of computers. Presents the accounting cycles and financial statement preparation in a computerized system and other applications for financial and managerial accounting.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: Prerequisite or corequisite ACC 211 or equivalent.
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ACC 220: Accounting for Small Business 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents practical accounting procedures for small business operations including service occupations, retail stores, and manufacturing operations. Covers the accounting cycle, journals, ledgers, preparation of financial statements and payrolls, and checking account management. Includes regulations applicable to payroll, self-employment, social security and other taxes.
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ACC 221: Intermediate Accounting I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Covers accounting principles and theory, including a review of the accounting cycle and accounting for current assets, current liabilities and investments. Introduces various accounting approaches and demonstrates the effect of these approaches on the financial statement users.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 212 or equivalent.
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ACC 222: Intermediate Accounting II 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Continues accounting principles and theory with emphasis on accounting for fixed assets, intangibles, corporate capital structure, long-term liabilities, and investments.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 221 or equivalent.
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ACC 231: Cost Accounting I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Studies cost accounting methods and reporting as applied to job order, process, and standard cost accounting systems. Includes cost control, and other topics.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 212 or Division approval.
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ACC 232: Cost Accounting II 3 credit
Lecture Hours 3
Studies profit analysis and other topics.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 231 or equivalent.
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ACC 241: Auditing I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents techniques of investigating, interpreting, and appraising accounting records and assertions. Studies internal control design and evaluation, evidence-gathering techniques and other topics.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: Prerequisite or co-requisite ACC 212 or equivalent.
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ACC 261: Principles of Federal Taxation I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents the study of federal taxation as it relates to individuals and related entities. Includes tax planning, compliance and reporting.
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ACC 275: Capstone Seminar in Accounting 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Integrates knowledge in financial accounting, managerial/cost accounting, computer techniques, business ethics, general ledger, and communication skills in preparing a professional student portfolio. Provides a learning experience that allows the student to apply broad knowledge of the accounting profession through discipline specific projects; involves the integration of individual and team activities to simulate workplace situations.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 211 , ACC 212 and ACC 221 .
Prerequisite or Corequisite: Prerequisite or corequisite: ACC 222 .
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ADJ 100: Survey of Criminal Justice 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents an overview of the United States criminal justice system; introduces the major system components– law enforcement, judiciary, and corrections.
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ADJ 105: The Juvenile Justice System 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents the evolution, philosophy, structures and processes of the American juvenile delinquency system; surveys the right of juveniles, dispositional alternatives, rehabilitation methods and current trends.
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ADJ 111: Law Enforcement Organization & Administration I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Teaches the principles of organization and administration of law enforcement agencies. Studies the management of line operations, staff and auxiliary services, investigative and juvenile units. Introduces the concept of data processing; examines policies, procedures, rules, and regulations pertaining to crime prevention. Surveys concepts of protection of life and property, detection of offenses, and apprehension of offenders.
Prerequisite(s): ADJ 111 for ADJ 112 or Divisional approval.
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ADJ 127: Firearms and Marksmanship 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Surveys lethal weapons in current use and current views on weapon types and ammunition design. Examines the legal guidelines as to use of deadly force, safety in handling of weaponry, and weapon care and cleaning; marksmanship instruction under standard range conditions.
Total 5 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.
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ADJ 131: Legal Evidence 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Surveys the identification, degrees, and admissibility of evidence for criminal prosecution; examines pretrial and trial procedures as they pertain to the rules of evidence. Studio instruction 4 hours.
Total 5-6 hours per week.
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ADJ 133: Ethics and Criminal Justice Professional 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the criminal justice system, including those in policing, courts and corrections. Focuses on some of the specific ethical choices that must be made by the criminal justice professional. This is a required course for graduation from the ADJ program.
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ADJ 134: Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Surveys fundamental evidence collection procedures, including recognition, selection, handling, packaging and marking. Examines ways to prevent alteration, contamination, damage and tampering. Emphasizes legal requirements for a continuous chain of possession.
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ADJ 138: Defensive Tactics 2 credit
Lecture 2 hours per week.
Surveys and demonstrates the various types of non-lethal force tools and tactics for use by criminal justice personnel in self-defense, arrest, search, restraint and transport of those in custody. This is a required course for graduation from the ADJ/ADJ Wildlife program.
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ADJ 168: Computer Applications in Administration of Justice 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Provides instruction in the techniques and practices used to identify the automation needs of criminal justice agencies; covers the use of computer applications in the processing of operational and administrative records and standardized reports; discusses the use of relational database applications to develop specialized reports.
Prerequisite(s): CIS 100 or CIS 110 or divisional approval.
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ADJ 171: Forensic Science I 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Introduces student to crime scene technology, procedures for sketching, diagramming and using casting materials. Surveys the concepts of forensic chemistry, fingerprint classification/identification and latent techniques, drug identification, hair and fiber evidence, death investigation techniques, thin-layer chromatographic methods, and arson materials examination.
Total 6 hours per week.
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ADJ 172: Forensic Science II 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Introduces student to crime scene technology, procedures for sketching, diagramming and using casting materials. Surveys the concepts of forensic chemistry, fingerprint classification/identification and latent techniques, drug identification, hair and fiber evidence, death investigation techniques, thin-layer chromatographic methods, and arson materials examination.
Total 6 hours per week.
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ADJ 173: Forensic Photography I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Surveys fundamental photographic skills–exposure, composition, film, filters, darkroom materials and procedures. Emphasizes use of photography for law enforcement purposes and for courtroom presentation. Considers current status and trends in photographic law. Part I of II.
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ADJ 174: Forensic Photography II 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Surveys fundamental photographic skills–exposure, composition, film, filters, darkroom materials and procedures. Emphasizes use of photography for law enforcement purposes and for courtroom presentation. Considers current status and trends in photographic law. Part I of II.
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ADJ 195: Topics In 2 credit
Lecture 2 hours.
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be repeated for credit. May be used also for special honors courses.
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ADJ 201: Criminology I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Studies current and historical data pertaining to criminal and other deviant behavior. Examines theories that explain crime and criminal behavior in human society.
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ADJ 211: Criminal Law, Evidence, and Procedures I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Teaches the elements of proof for major and common crimes and the legal classification of offenses. Studies the kinds, degrees and admissibility of evidence and its presentation in criminal proceedings with emphasis on legal guidelines for methods and techniques of evidence acquisition. Surveys the procedural requirements from arrest to final disposition in the various American court systems with focus on the Virginia jurisdiction.
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ADJ 228: Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Surveys the historical and current usage of narcotics and dangerous drugs. Teaches the identification and classification of such drugs and emphasizes the symptoms and effects on their users. Examines investigative methods and procedures utilized in law enforcement efforts against illicit drug usage.
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ADJ 270: Introduction to Trace Evidence 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Introduces the role of the trace evidence examiner in forensic science and surveys the various types of trace evidence encountered in criminal investigations. Includes the general properties of trace evidence materials, examination techniques and evidence collection guidelines.
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ADJ 290: Coordinated Internship 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours.
Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college. May be repeated for credit.
Variable hours.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours.
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ADJ 293: Studies In 2 credit
Lecture 2 hours.
Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to access the course’s viability as a permanent offering.
Variable hours per week.
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ADJ 298: Seminar & Project 3 credit
Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student’s occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field. May be repeated for credit.
Variable hours.
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Administrative Support Technology |
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AST 101: Keyboarding I 4 credit
Lecture 4 hours.
Teaches the alpha/numeric keyboard with emphasis on correct techniques, speed, and accuracy. Teaches formatting of basic personal and business correspondence, reports, and tabulation. may be required.
Corequisite: A laboratory (AST 103)
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AST 102: Keyboarding II 4 credit
Lecture 4 hours.
Develops keyboarding and document production skills with emphasis on preparation of specialized business documents. Continues skill-building for speed and accuracy. may be required.
Prerequisite(s): AST 101 .
Corequisite: A laboratory (AST 104)
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AST 107: Editing/Proofreading Skills 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Develops skills essential to creating and editing business documents. Covers grammar, spelling, diction, punctuation, capitalization, and other usage problems.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: Prerequisite or corequisite AST 101 or equivalent.
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AST 117: Keyboarding for Computer Usage 1 credit
Lecture 1 hour per week.
Teaches the alphabetic keyboard and 10 key pad. Develops correct keying techniques.
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AST 205: Business Communications 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Teaches techniques of oral and written communications. Emphasizes writing and presenting business-related materials.
Prerequisite(s): AST 114-115 or equivalent.
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AST 206: Professional Development 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Develops professional awareness in handling business and social situations. Emphasizes goal setting, critical thinking, decision-making, and employment skills.
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AST 232: Microcomputer Office Applications 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours.
Teaches production of business documents using word processing, databases, and spreadsheets. Emphasizes document production to meet business and industry standard. may be required.
Prerequisite(s): AST 101 or equivalent.
Corequisite: A laboratory (AST 233)
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AST 234: Records and Database Management 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours.
Teaches filing and records management procedures using microcomputer database software. Incorporates both manual and electronic methods for managing information. may be required.
Corequisite: A laboratory (AST 235)
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AST 243: Office Administration I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Develops an understanding of the administrative support role and the skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting. Emphasizes the development of critical-thinking, problem-solving, and job performance skills in a business office environment.
Prerequisite(s): AST 101 .
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AST 244: Office Administration II 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Enhances skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting. Emphasizes administrative and supervisory role of the office professional. Includes travel and meeting planning, office budgeting and financial procedures, international issues, and career development.
Prerequisite(s): AST 243 or equivalent.
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Agriculture |
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AGR 141: Introduction to Animal Science and Technology 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours.
Introduces the science and technology involved in sustainable animal production and management practices. Includes beef, sheep, horses, dairy, swine, goats, and poultry, with emphasis on practical experiences In laboratory and farm settings.
Total 5-6 hours per week.
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AGR 142: Introduction to Plant Science and Technology 3 credit
” Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours.
Introduces students to plant science, ecology, plant morphology, plant and soil relations and energy conversions. Includes surveying agricultural crops and their importance in the economy.
Total 4-5 hours per week.
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AGR 143: Introduction to Agribusiness and Financial Management 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours.
Introduces agriculture’s importance to society and ways to start a farm or agribusiness. Evaluates forms of business including cooperatives and create financial statements and reports necessary for routine accounting and tax preparation. Utilizes financial tools for decision making, budgets and time value of money. Explores retirement, transition planning, personal financial management, and capital acquisition techniques.
Total 4-5 hours per week.
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AGR 144: Agriculture Human Resource Management 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Covers principles and management practices utilized to attract, retain and motivate agricultural employees. Emphasizes interviewing techniques, employer/employee relationships, motivation theory, legal issues, safety, and environmental concerns. Includes development of team building and interpersonal skills through activities and cases. Explores diversity and cultural differences at they apply to human resource compliance and performance issues.
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AGR 157: Horse Nutrition and Feeding 2 credit
Lecture 2 hours per week.
Covers specific and detailed study of nutritional requirements of the horse, feeds and feeding practices, and nutritionally related disorders.
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AGR 158: Preventative Health Care for Horses 2 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours per week. Laboratory 0-2 hours per week.
Introduces the student to the principles of disease causation, spread, prevention, and treatment with emphasis on practical methods for the horse owner.
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AGR 205: Soil Fertility and Management 3 credit
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Studies the factors influencing soil productivity with emphasis upon fertilizer materials from production to application. Discusses time, sources, and soil acidity. Presents soil testing techniques, interpretation of soil tests, and the addition of nutrients to correct or prevent deficiencies.
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AGR 231: Agribusiness Marketing, Risk Management, and Entrepreneurship 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Covers marketing techniques required to create an effective marketing plan addressing product, price, place, promotion, and people considerations of an agribusiness. Emphasizes unique aspects of agricultural products and risk management including price fluctuations and biosecurity. Projects explore entrepreneurship and creative marketing plans for a proposed farm or agribusiness.
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AGR 232: Professional Selling for Agribusiness 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Explores sales and marketing careers in the agricultural industry. Analyzes customer’s personality profile and needs to formulate an effective value-based sales presentation. Covers psychology of personality styles, buyer motivation, and conflict resolution. Researches agriculture customers and products to make a realistic sales call with actual sales professionals.
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AGR 233: Food Production, Safety, Biosecurity, and Quality Control 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Explores food production practices and their influence on food product quality, nutrition, and safety. Covers processing techniques for reducing spoilage, increasing farmer’s share of the food dollar and diversifying farm incomes. Includes analytical methods for tracking and reporting quality control practices. Explores equipment, packaging, laws, regulations, standards, and financial sources for on farm and small-scale processing.
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AGR 234: Chemical Application and Pest Management 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Teaches concepts of proper application of pesticides and other agricultural chemicals used in landscape and turf management and in production agriculture; including application methods, equipment calibration and configuration, occupational health and safety, and pesticide laws and regulations.
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AGR 241: Agricultural Policy, Leadership, and Professional Service 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Enhances personal and professional leadership skills to build consensus and collaboratively solve agricultural issues. Uses the Virginia legislative process to track and influence relevant policy. Partners with stakeholders and key agricultural groups to advocate agriculture’s importance to society and remove barriers that prevent farm/agribusiness acquisition and transition. Identifies relevant professional service and leaderships opportunities that will affect changes for the benefit of agricultural and rural communities. Covers current policy and public programs related to taxation, land use, environmental protection, water quality, population changes, water conservation, climate change and quality of rural life. Reinforces written and oral communication skills.
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AGR 242: Animal Production, Products, and Emerging Technologies 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Teaches theoretical and practical science-based animal production and management systems; principles of nutrition, reproduction, economics, and breeding and selection of beef cattle, swine, sheep, poultry, goats, fish and other specialty animal enterprises. Includes management practices, marketing, housing, and mitigation of environmental impacts with emphasis on profitable business enterprises for small to medium sized producers and collaborative opportunities to expand profitability for traditional enterprises. Introduces emerging technologies influencing production practices and new products.
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AGR 244: Agricultural Alternative Energy Solutions 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 0 hours.
Explores agricultural animals, plants, and specialty enterprises that produce energy as well as wind and solar energy solutions. Encourages students to assess current energy use of an existing residential or commercial site and implement energy reduction strategies, and student’s proposals implement current technology solutions for on-site energy production. Provides the foundation for discovering new ways to help farm and agribusinesses through basic electrical and chemical concepts and to reduce costs and research new opportunities for enhancing profitability. Includes field trips to active energy conservation and production sites, reinforcing classroom instruction.
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AIR 121: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration I 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Studies refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature, and pressure, tools and equipment, soldering, brazing, refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, and metering devices. Presents charging and evaluation of systems and leak detection. Explores servicing the basic system. Explains use and care of oils and additives and troubleshooting of small commercial systems.
Total 4-6 hours per week.
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AIR 122: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration II 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Studies refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature, and pressure, tools and equipment, soldering, brazing, refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, and metering devices. Presents charging and evaluation of systems and leak detection. Explores servicing the basic system. Explains use and care of oils and additives and troubleshooting of small commercial systems.
Total 4-6 hours per week.
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AIR 134: Circuits and Controls I 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Presents circuit diagrams for air conditioning units, reading and drawing of circuit diagrams, types of electrical controls. Includes analysis of air conditioning circuits, components, analysis and characteristics of circuits and controls, testing and servicing. Introduces electricity for air conditioning which includes circuit elements, direct current circuits and motors, single and three-phase circuits and motors, power distribution systems, and protective devices. Studies the electron and its behavior in passive and active circuits and components. Demonstrates electronic components and circuits as applied to aid conditioning system.
Total 4-9 hours per week.
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AIR 136: Circuits and Controls III 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours Laboratory 3 hours.
Introduces types of circuits and controls used in home, commercial and industrial air conditioning systems.Includes servicing and installation procedures for electrical unloading of compressors, single- and two-stage thermostats, and electrical regulation of fan speed for air volume control. Explains operational and safety control and how schematic and pictorial diagrams are used in these systems.
Total 4-9 hours per week.
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AIR 154: Heating Systems I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours Laboratory 2 hours.
Introduces types of fuels and their characteristics of combustion; types, components and characteristics of burners, and burner efficiency analyzers. Studies forced air heating systems including troubleshooting, preventative maintenance and servicing.
Total 4-8 hours per week.
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AIR 165: Air Conditioning Systems I 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Introduces comfort survey, house construction, load calculations, types of distribution systems, and equipment selection. Introduces designing, layout, installing and adjusting of duct systems, job costs, and bidding of job.
Total 5-8 hours per week.
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AIR 190: Coordinated Internship 3 credit
Laboratory 12 hours.
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be repeated for credit. May be used also for special honors courses.
Variable hours.
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AIR 235: Heat Pumps 4 credit
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Studies theory and operation of reverse cycle refrigeration including supplementary heat as applied to heat pump systems, including service, installation and maintenance.
Total 4-6 hours per week.
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AIR 276: Refrigerant Usage EPA Certification 1 credit
Lecture 1 hours.
Prepares HVAC technicians for a refrigerant certification test mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Reviews refrigerant recovery, recycle, and reclamation procedures for service work associated with air conditioning and refrigeration. Examines environmental impact including ozone depletion resulting from refrigeration utilization. Students should have previous training and/or working knowledge of vapor-compression, common service equipment and procedures in HVAC/R.
Total 1-2 hours per week.
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ASL 101: American Sign Language I 3 credit
Lecture 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours.
Introduces the fundamentals of American Sign Language (ASL) used by the Deaf Community, including basic vocabulary, syntax, finger spelling, and grammatical non-manual signals. Focuses on communicative competence. Develops gestural skills as a foundation for ASL enhancement. Introduces cultural knowledge and increases understanding of the Deaf Community.
Total 3-5 hours per week.
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ASL 102: American Sign Language II 3 credit
Lecture 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours.
Introduces the fundamentals of American Sign Language (ASL) used by the Deaf Community, including basic vocabulary, syntax, finger spelling, and grammatical non-manual signals. Focuses on communicative competence. Develops gestural skills as a foundation for ASL enhancement. Introduces cultural knowledge and increases understanding of the Deaf Community.
Total 3-5 hours per week.
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ART 100: Art Appreciation 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Introduces art from prehistoric times to the present day. Describes architectural styles, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting techniques.
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ART 101: History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents the history and interpretation of architecture, sculpture, and painting. Begins with prehistoric art and follows the development of western civilization to the present.
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ART 102: History of Art: Renaissance to Modern 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Presents the history and interpretation of architecture, sculpture, and painting. Begins with prehistoric art and follows the development of western civilization to the present.
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ART 111: Introduction to the Arts I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Parallels studio classes and provides a general survey of the arts. Emphasizes perception, using major monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture as examples.
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ART 112: Introduction to the Arts II 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Parallels studio classes and provides a general survey of the arts. Emphasizes perception, using major monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture as examples.
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ART 114: General Art 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Introduces art to the student without previous training. Provides studio exercises in drawing, painting, and two and three-dimensional design.
Total 5 hours per week.
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ART 121: Foundations of Drawing 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Develops basic drawing skills and understanding of visual language through studio instruction/lecture. Introduces concepts such as proportion, space, perspective, tone and composition as applied to still life, landscape and the figure. Uses drawing media such as pencil, charcoal, ink wash and color media. Includes field trips and gallery assignments as appropriate. Studio instruction 4 hours.
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ART 122: Drawing II 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours.
Develops basic drawing skills and understanding of visual language through studio instruction/lecture. Introduces concepts such as proportion, space, perspective, tone and composition as applied to still life, landscape and the figure. Uses drawing media such as pencil, charcoal, ink wash and color media. Includes field trips and gallery assignments as appropriate. Studio instruction 4 hours.
Total 5-6 hours per week.
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ART 125: Introduction to Painting 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours.
Introduces study of color, composition and painting techniques. Places emphasis on experimentation and enjoyment of oil and/or acrylic paints and the fundamentals of tools and materials. Studio instruction 3 hours.
Total 5 hours per week.
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ART 131: Two-Dimensional Design 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Explores the concepts of two-and three-dimensional design and color. Studio instruction 4 hours May include field trips as required.
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ART 132: Three-Dimensional Design 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Explores the concepts of two-and three-dimensional design and color. Studio instruction 4 hours May include field trips as required.
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ART 133: Visual Arts Foundation 4 credit
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 4 hours.
Covers tools and techniques, design concepts and principles, color theory and an introduction to the computer for graphic use. Applies to all field of Visual Art.
Total 6 hours per week.
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ART 153: Ceramics I 3 credit
Lecture 0-2 hours. Laboratory 4-6 hours.
Presents problems in the design and production of functional and non-functional ceramic works. Includes handbuilding the potter’s wheel and clays and glazes. Part I of II.
Total 5-8 hours per week.
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ART 171: Airbrush I 3 credit
Lectures 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Teaches concepts and use of the airbrush in a variety of applications. Studio instruction 2-4 hours.
Total 4-8 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): ART 121 , ART 131 , ART 140, or divisional approval.
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ART 195: Topics In 1-5 credit
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be repeated for credit. May be used also for special honors courses.
Variable hours.
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ART 201: History of Art I 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Studies the historical conflict of art of the ancient, medieval, Renaissance and modern worlds. Includes research project.
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ART 202: History of Art II 3 credit
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Studies the historical conflict of art of the ancient, medieval, Renaissance and modern worlds. Includes research project.
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ART 221: Drawing III 3-4 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Introduces advanced concepts and techniques of drawing as applied to the figure, still life and landscape. Gives additional instruction in composition, modeling, space and perspective. Encourages individual approaches to drawing. Studio instruction 4 hours.
Total 5-6 hours per week.
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ART 222: Drawing IV 3-4 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Introduces advanced concepts and techniques of drawing as applied to the figure, still life and landscape. Gives additional instruction in composition, modeling, space and perspective. Encourages individual approaches to drawing. Studio instruction 4 hours.
Total 5-6 hours per week.
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ART 231: Sculpture I 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Introduces sculptural concepts and methods of production in traditional and contemporary media. Includes clay, plaster, wood, stone, metal, plastics and terra cotta. May include field trips. Studio instruction 4 hours.
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ART 232: Sculpture II 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Introduces sculptural concepts and methods of production in traditional and contemporary media. Includes clay, plaster, wood, stone, metal, plastics and terra cotta. May include field trips. Studio instruction 4 hours.
total 5-6 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): ART 131 .
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ART 243: Watercolor I 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Presents abstract and representational painting in watercolor with emphasis on design, color, composition, technique and value. Studio instruction 2-4 hours.
Total 4-6 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): ART 131 , or divisional approval.
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ART 244: Watercolor II 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Presents abstract and representational painting in watercolor with emphasis on design, color, composition, technique and value. Studio instruction 2-4 hours.
Total 4-6 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): ART 131 , or divisional approval.
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ART 271: Printmaking I 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours.
Introduces the student to the full range of printmaking techniques. Includes woodcut, silkscreen, etching, and lithography. Provides historical perspective on printmaking. Studio instruction 3 hours.
Total 5 hours per week.
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ART 272: Printmaking II 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours.
Introduces the student to the full range of printmaking techniques. Includes woodcut, silkscreen, etching, and lithography. Provides historical perspective on printmaking. Studio instruction 3 hours.
Total 5 hours per week.
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ART 283: Computer Graphics I 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Utilizes microcomputers and software used to produce computer graphics. Employs techniques learned to solve studio projects which reinforce instruction and are appropriate for portfolio use. Studio instruction 3-4 hours.
Total 5- 6 hours per week.
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ART 286: Communication and Workshop 3 credit
Lecture 1 hour.
Requires special project and/or research focusing on career opportunities. Teaches resume and portfolio preparation and interview techniques. May include internship with a professional design firm. Studio instruction 4 hours. Requires instructor’s approval.
Total 5 hours per week.
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ART 287: Portfolio and Resume Preparation 3 credit
Lecture 1-2 hours.
Focuses on portfolio preparation, resume writing, and job interviewing for students. Recommended for final semester program students. Studio instruction 0-4 hours. Requires instructor’s approval. per week.
Total 1-6 hours
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ART 290: Coordinated Internship 3 credit
Lab 2 hours per week.
Provides hands-on learning and offers experience in arts display, presentation, packaging, branding, marketing, promotion, and operations management.
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ART 291: Computerized Graphic Design I 4 credit
Lecture 2 hours.
Introduces students to using the computer as a publishing system. Examines stages of a publication from typesetting, laying out, creating and digitizing of illustrations and photographs, to the final printing. Requires students to write, design, illustrate and print pamphlets on the computer, including one full-color publication. Studio instruction 4 hours.
Total 6 hours per week.
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ART 292: Computerized Graphic Design II 4 credit
Lecture 2 hours.
Introduces students to using the computer as a publishing system. Examines stages of a publication from typesetting, laying out, creating and digitizing of illustrations and photographs, to the final printing. Requires students to write, design, illustrate and print pamphlets on the computer, including one full-color publication. Studio instruction 4 hours.
Total 6 hours per week.
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BIO 20: Introduction to Human Systems 3 credit
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Presents basic principles of human anatomy and physiology. Discusses cells, tissues, and selected human systems.
Total 5 hours per week.
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