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ENGL 2130 - Literature and the Fine Arts
This course is a Humanities course that centers on literature with analogous examples drawn from painting, sculpture, architecture and music. This course focuses on the variety of ways in which people perceive, evaluate and interpret reality.
Prerequisites:
Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, ENGL 1010 or instructor consent
General Education Requirement: Humanities / Visual and Performing Arts
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ENGL 2150 - World Literature II: Masterpieces of Modern Literature
This course studies representative classics of world literature from the realistic period to the present, emphasizing analysis and critical thinking to achieve an overview of the major philosophical, historical, and social changes of the period.
Prerequisites:
Concurrent enrollment in or completion of an Advanced Writing class, or instructor consent
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of ENGL 2150 World Literature II: Masterpieces of Modern Literature , the student will:
- Cultivate an awareness, through the study of literature from both Western and non-Western countries, of the universality of the human experience.
- Examine the development and the interrelationship of the historical, cultural, and philosophical forces which affect written expression.
- Develop the ability to understand, appreciate, and enjoy quality literature.
- Acquire familiarity with some of the most respected literature and authors of the late-nineteenth century through the present.
- Generate an understanding of relevant literary criticism from the periods/works of literature studied.
General Education Requirement: Humanities / Global Diversity
Credits: 3
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 hrs/week
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ENGL 2310 - US Literature I
This course surveys major American authors from the colonial age through 1870. As many authors as possible are covered to provide a solid background for understanding the American cultural heritage.
Prerequisites:
ENGL 1020 English II with a C or better, or instructor consent.
General Education Requirement: Humanities
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ENGL 2320 - US Literature II
This course concludes the survey of American Literature begun in ENGL 2310 and covers authors from 1870 to the present.
Prerequisites:
Completion of an English Advanced Writing course with a “C” or better, or instructor consent
Co-requisites:
none
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of ENGL 2320 US Literature II, the student will:
- Connect the literature before 1870 to the literature after 1870.
- Define realism, naturalism, modernism and post-modernism.
- Identify the major authors of each period.
- Articulate the influences of world events on the literature of the time.
- Sketch the major literary upheavals that occurred in the twentieth century.
- Explain the differences between the poetry and prose fiction of the period.
- Interpret the complex meanings in the literature of the period.
General Education Requirement: Humanities
Credits: 3
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 hours/week
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ENGL 2370 - Western American Literature
This course examines the form and content of literature dealing with the American West, its reflection of the motivation and spirit of frontiersmen as well as the contemporary westerner, the influence of the land and landscape on the inhabitants and authors, and the history around which the literature revolves.
Prerequisites:
ENGL 1010 English I with a grade of “C” or better
General Education Requirement: Humanities
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ENGL 2420 - Introduction to Short Story/Novel
This course provides exposure to both short and long fiction with an emphasis on the elements that create strong examples of both. It is an introductory-level prose fiction class.
Prerequisites:
ENGL 1010 English I with a grade of “C” or better
General Education Requirement: Humanities
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ENGL 2480 - Introduction to Drama & Poetry
This course provides an overview of major English and American poetry and an exploration of the conventions and themes of theatre from ancient Greek forms up to and including those of the modern era.
Prerequisites:
ENGL 1010 -English I with a grade of “C” or better, or instructor consent.
General Education Requirement: Humanities / Visual and Performing Arts
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ENGL 2492 - Literary Topics:
This course provides students the opportunity to explore a specific type of literature through extensive reading, discussion, writing, and research.
Prerequisites:
Completion of an English Advanced Writing course with a “C” or better, or instructor consent
Co-requisites:
none
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of ENGL 2492 Literary Topics:, the student will:
- explore questions of human existence in terms of the specific literature assigned.
- explore how the literature relates to questions of qualitative meaning and values in human society.
- apply the appropriate terminology and basic concepts of the specific genre and type of literature.
- critically analyze the literary type.
- explain historical traditions in relation to the literary works studied.
Credits: 3
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 hours/week
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ENTK 1010 - Elements of Surveying
This course is an introduction to the principles and theories of land surveying. Students explore surveying tools including the stadia rod, chaining, automatic levels, theodolite, and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Surveying concepts will be introduced in the classroom and applied through hands-on practice in the field. Students will practice error theory for measurements and adjustments as necessary to locate points, determine distances, angles, elevations and areas, and learn to close surveys. Emphasis is placed on the use of GPS units to collect field data. Students are introduced to map features and map reading to supplement their surveying skills.
Prerequisites:
MATH 1000 with “C” or better, or placement at Math Level III
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 4.5 lecture/lab hours/week
Comments: ENTK 1010 is designed to fulfill a course requirement within the Mining Technology AAS program
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ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics
This course emphasizes the standards and conventions of technical drawing that are in compliance with national standards. This course utilizes computer aided drafting software to produce 2-D drawings and places emphasis on creating drawings in a variety of views in proper form and annotation dependent on the drawing context. Students develop skills in drawing, problem solving, technical communication and visual perception.
Prerequisites:
none
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lect, 4 lab hrs/week
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ENTK 1510 - Civil Drafting
This course covers graphical applications in Civil Engineering projects. Student use Civil 3D drafting software as the primary tool for map making, earthwork quantity determination, survey drafting, road plans and profiles, and other civil engineering related topics.
Prerequisites:
Completion of or Concurrent Enrollment in ENTK 1500 Engineering Graphics, or instructor consent.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hrs/week
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ENTK 1520 - Structural Drafting
This course will provide an introduction to the graphical analysis of simple structures along with a basic mathematical approach. Also included will be drafting techniques sufficient to prepare working drawings for construction of small structural projects.
Prerequisites:
ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics, MATH 1500 - Applied Math, OR instructor consent
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ENTK 1710 - Architectural Drafting
This course covers the basics of architectural design for residential buildings. Room relationships and sizes, exterior design factors, elements of design, principles of design and application of building codes used in conjunction with an Architectural CAD package are used to generate a new house design with the relevant drawing plans.
Prerequisites:
ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics or instructor consent.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hrs/week
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ENTK 2070 - Engineering Surveying I
This course covers the basic principles of measurement of distances, elevations, angles, and basic error theory. Methods of calculations and applications of error theory are applied to level and traverse surveys. It also introduces methods of surveying for site locations, topographic and construction surveys.
Prerequisites:
MATH 1405 - Pre-calculus Trigonometry with a grade of “C” or better, or Trigonometry placement score or higher, or ACT math score of 27 or higher, or instructor consent.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hours/week
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ENTK 2074 - Ethics for the Professional Surveyor
This course introduces students to the common ethical and moral issues facing professional surveyors in modern practice.
Prerequisites:
ENTK 2070 - Surveying I
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 1 lecture hr/week
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ENTK 2500 - Computer Aided Drafting I
This course emphasizes 3D CAD model development, manipulation, and visualization. It introduces external references, shading, rendering, linking objects to an external database, and creating multi-view drawings from the 3D models. Students utilize Autodesk drafting software.
Prerequisites:
ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hrs/week
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ENTK 2505 - Computer Aided Drafting II
This course emphasizes 3D model development, manipulation and visualization. It introduces the application of feature based parametric modeling methods. Students utilize SolidWorks drafting software to learn basic part and assembly modeling techniques and presentation of drawings, including section, detail, and exploded views.
Prerequisites:
ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics or instructor consent.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hrs/week
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ENTK 2525 - Parametric Modeling
This course emphasizes 3D model development, manipulation and visualization. It introduces the application of feature based parametric modeling methods. Students utilize Autodesk Inventor drafting software to learn basic part and assembly modeling techniques and presentation of drawings.
Prerequisites:
ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics or instructor consent.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hrs/week
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ENTK 2601 - Principles of Mechanical Technology
This course provides the student with a hands-on approach to the study of modern mechanical drive systems. Topics covered include basic drive systems, drive device selection, alignment, maintenance and lubrication.
Prerequisites:
Instructor consent required.
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 1.5 lecture/lab hrs/week
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ENTK 2602 - Principles of Electrical Technology
This course provides the student with a hands-on approach to the study of modern industrial electrical systems. Topics covered include motors, motor control, electrical circuits and programmable logic controller (PLC) integration.
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 1.5 lecture/lab hrs/week
Comments: Instructor consent required
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ENTK 2603 - Principles of Network Technology
This course provides the student with a hands-on approach to the study of modern industrial network systems. Topics covered include mechanical and electrical data devices, field communications, data acquisition, and system control.
Prerequisites:
Instructor consent required.
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 1.5 lecture/lab hrs/week
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ENTK 2604 - Principles of Maintenance Technology
This course provides the student with a hands-on approach to the predictive maintenance technology used in modern industrial process systems. Topics covered include fundamentals of equipment commissioning, predictive data acquisition, and data reporting.
Prerequisites:
Instructor consent required.
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 1.5 lecture/lab hours/week
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ENTK 2615 - MicroStation Fundamentals
MicroStation (CAD) is used extensively in this class to produce 2-D drawings conforming to the drafting standards. Emphasis is placed on using MicroStation to draw objects and subsequently create multi-view drawings in good form. In good form means to present and annotate the drawings dependent on the drawings context. Architectural, civil, mechanical, electrical, and welding drawing have some discipline unique symbols which are briefly covered.
Prerequisites:
ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics or instructor consent.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hrs/week
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ENTK 2800 - Engineering Technology Capstone
This course combines digital technology, engineering standards, and scientific methodology to expose students to the hands-on field work used extensively in environmental engineering and CAD-based engineering. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, students acquire, document, illustrate, analyze and report data samples taken from the field to complete a planned project. The course includes an option for internship or a service learning component with a third party, which must be approved by a participating instructor.
Prerequisites:
Complete ENGL 2010 Technical Writing, ENTK 1500 Engineering Graphics and ES 1050 Intro to GIS, or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 4.5 lecture/lab hours week
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ENTK 2980 - Survey Co-Op
Survey co-op provides a minimum of 240 hours of work experience associated with a broad range of surveying functions. Experience should include, but not be limited to associated calculations, measurements and computations, equipment operations and maintenance, document research, drafting, report writing, surveying techniques associated with boundary, route, construction astronomical and/or control surveys. Co-op work experience many be arranged by the faculty, but it is primarily the responsibility of the students to seek out and secure their own placement with faculty approval.
Credits: 4
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EQST 0000 - Any course from EQST dept
Choose any course from EQST department.
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EQST 1210 - Introduction to Farrier Science
This course is an introduction to the theory and skills of equine hoof care, forge work, and basic horsemanship skills. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of equine anatomy, blacksmithing, horse handling, as well as trimming. Safe horse handling, and forge safety will be emphasized.
Prerequisites:
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ANSC 1400 Equine Anatomy and Locomotion
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of EQST 1210 Introduction to Farrier Science , the student will:
- Correlate the anatomy of the horse’s lower limb and hoof to basic joint congruency.
- Demonstrate proper use of farrier tools and equipment.
- Manipulate the horse’s leg into position safely.
- Demonstrate the steps involved in trimming a horse’s foot.
- Construct a basic horse shoe.
- Apply knowledge of equine behavior in handling horses.
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Combined Lecture/Lab
Contact Hours: 6 lecture/lab hours/week
Comments: $675 course fee
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EQST 1470 - Equine Internship
The internship course provides students in any general or transfer discipline a means to integrate classroom theory with workplace practice. Students will be placed in a working/learning environment that provides for structured learning, workplace experience, and mentoring by a professional.
Credits: 1-6
Contact Hours: 3000 minutes/credit hour
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EQST 1520 - Horse Production
This course is designed to give the student an in-depth look into equine evolution, anatomy, physiology, care and management. Some of the topics to be discussed are history and evolution, anatomy, diseases and vaccinations, parasite control, emergency care, lameness and reproduction.
Prerequisites:
none
Co-requisites:
none
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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EQST 1536 - Senior Horse Care
This course is designed to give the student in-depth information regarding the management and nutritional needs of “senior” horses. Topics will include preventative medicine, every day management and the unique nutritional needs of aged equines.
Prerequisites:
none
Co-requisites:
none
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 1 lecture hour/week
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EQST 1605 - Equine Facilities Management
This course examines three primary areas of Equine Stable Management to provide a strong knowledge base and critical skill-building opportunities for students interested in entering equine-centered careers. Specific focus areas include general business tools and practices, equine knowledge and care, and equine facilities management. Students receive hands-on learning opportunities in addition to classroom instruction. This course will culminate with a final project emphasizing a holistic approach to managing an equine stable of the students’ design.
Prerequisites:
none
Co-requisites:
none
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 2 lecture hours & 2 lab hours / week
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EQST 1835 - Practical Farrier Science
This course provides in-depth training in the skills and techniques of horseshoeing. Students will conduct a comprehensive study of trimming and shoeing to achieve and maintain limb and foot balance as well as explore topics in specialty, remedial and therapeutic shoes. Students will learn to build shoes for specific purposes. Completion of this course and the preceding courses is intended to prepare students as entry level farriers; and students are encouraged to complete the American Farrier Association’s (AFA) Farrier Classification examination.
Prerequisites:
EQST 1210 Introduction to Farrier Science
Co-requisites:
none
Credits: 10
Contact Hours: 4 lecture hours & 12 lab hours / week
Comments: $2,000 course fee
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ERS 0000 - Earth Science Requirement
The following courses fulfill the Earth Science requirement:
- ASTR 1050 - Survey of Astronomy, 4 credits
- ASTR 1250 - Astronomy II, 4 credits
- GEOL 1070 - The Earth: Its Physical Environment, 4 credits
- GEOL 1100 - Physical Geology, 4 credits
- GEOL 1200 - Historical Geology, 4 credits
- GEOL 1470 - Environmental Geology, 4 credits
- GEOL 2080 - General Field Geology, 4 credits
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ES 0000 - Any course from the ES department
Choose any course from the ES department.
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ES 1050 - Introduction to GIS
This is an introductory Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course. It introduces the student to current GIS uses, the basic elements of GIS both graphic and data, and use of a GIS software package.
Prerequisites:
Instructor approval
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 4 lab hrs/week
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ES 1060 - Introduction to Engineer Computing
This course is designed to utilize current computer software packages to solve meaningful problems in general science and mathematics and to present solutions in a clear and professional format. The course will center around science, math and engineering problems that can be analyzed with algebra and trigonometry skills. Software content will vary but may include such program areas as spreadsheets, database, equation solvers, presentation graphics, computer algebra systems and word processing.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: Complete MATH*1400-Pre-Calculus Algebra or MATH*1450-Pre-Calculus Algebra & Trigonometry with a C or better.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 2 lecutre, 2 lab hrs/week
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ES 2110 - Statics
This course introduces static equilibrium of forces, force systems, and moments of forces as applied to rigid bodies for engineers. It emphasizes vector analysis in both two- and three-dimensions. Related topics include the analysis of frames, trusses, machines, friction, centroids and moments of inertia.
Prerequisites:
MATH 2200 - Calculus I with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ES 2120 - Dynamics
Course topics are: kinematics (including linear and angular displacement), velocity, acceleration and simple harmonic motion of particles and rigid bodies, moments of inertia and radii of gyration of masses, the application of principles of force- mass acceleration, work-kinetic energy, impulse and momentum to solution of problems of force systems, actions on moving particles and rigid bodies.
Prerequisites:
MATH 2205 - Calculus II, ES 2110 - Statics, PHYS 1310 - College Physics I with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ES 2210 - Electrical Circuit Theory
In this course the basic concepts of electrical engineering, electric fields, electro-magnetic phenomena, circuit parameters and circuit reduction models are discussed.
Prerequisites:
MATH 2205 - Calculus II, PHYS 1310 - College Physics I and ES 2120 - Dynamics with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs, 2 lab hrs/week
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ES 2310 - Thermodynamics
This course introduces the fundamentals of thermodynamics, including the First and Second Law, real and ideal gases, reversible and irreversible processes, entropy, power and refrigeration cycles and engines.
Prerequisites:
CHEM 1035 - General Chemistry II and PHYS 1310 - General Physics I with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
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ES 2330 - Fluid Dynamics
In this course incompressible flow of ideal and real fluids, potential and stream functions, and similitude and dimensional analysis are covered.
Prerequisites:
ES 2310 - Thermodynamics and PHYS 1310 - College Physics I with a “C” or better
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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ES 2410 - Mechanics of Materials
This course introduces the study of mechanics of materials. Students determine the stresses, strains, and displacements in structures and their components due to the loads or constraints acting on them. In addition, students investigate structural integrity by examining various failure mechanisms due to material properties or stability limitations. To help analyze structures, students are introduced to shear and bending moment diagrams, application of singularity functions, work-energy methods, and Mohr’s Circle.
Prerequisites:
ES 2110-Statics AND MATH 2205-Calculus II, both with a “C” or better
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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FCSC 0000 - Any course from the FCSC department
Choose any course from the FCSC department.
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FCSC 1141 - Principles of Nutrition
This introductory course provides students with a basic understanding of the human body’s nutritional needs and how foods from various groups meet these needs. The course explores basic human physiology, nutritional needs at various stages of life, and nutritional issues or disorders.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FCSC 1470 - Internship in Family and Consumer Science
The internship course provides students in any general or transfer discipline a means to integrate classroom theory with workplace practice. Students will be placed in a working/learning environment that provides for structured learning, workplace experience, and mentoring by a professional.
Credits: 1-6
Contact Hours: 3000 minutes/credit hour
Comments: Instructor consent required
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FCSC 2122 - Child Development Lab
This course serves as a bridge between theory and application through experience in the observation of child growth and development from 0-7 years of age.
Prerequisites:
none
Co-requisites:
none
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of FCSC 2122/EDEC 2122 Child Development Lab, the student will:
- Examine the domains of development birth – 7 years.
- Observe different age levels in a natural learning environment.
- Outline differences in ages and rates of growth.
Cross-listed: EDEC 2122 Child Development Lab
Credits: 1
Instructional Method Lab
Contact Hours: 2 hours/week
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FCSC 2470 - Internship in Family & Consumer Science
The internship course provides students in any general or transfer discipline a means to integrate classroom theory with workplace practice. Students will be placed in a working/learning environment that provides for structured learning, workplace experience, and mentoring by a professional.
Credits: 1-6
Contact Hours: 3000 minutes/credit
Comments: Instructor consent required.
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FDSC 0000 - Any course from the FDSC department
Choose any course from the FDSC department.
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FDSC 1410 - Food & Your Well Being
This course provides an overview of the food industry and explores the nature and properties of foods, food processing procedures, packaging and distribution.
Prerequisites:
None
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FDSC 1470 - Internship in Food Science
The internship course provides students in any general or transfer discipline a means to integrate classroom theory with workplace practice. Students will be placed in a working learning environment that provides for structured learning, workplace experience, and mentoring by a professional.
Credits: 1-6
Contact Hours: 3000 minutes/credit hour
Comments: Instructor consent rewuired.
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FDSC 2040 - Principles of Meat Animal Evaluation
Students in this class will learn to evaluate livestock and carcasses for economically important factors. Learning to evaluate beef, sheep, and swine, both live and their carcasses, is important for student interested in animal science, as it helps them understand the relationships between meat animal growth/development and selection/breeding on carcass value and eating quality of the finished product.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 4.5 lecture/lab hours/week
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FDSC 2470 - Internship in Food Science
The internship provides students in any general or transfer discipline a means to integrate classroom theory with workplace practice. Students will be placed in a working/learning environment that provides for structured learning, workplace experience, and mentoring by a professional.
Credits: 1-6
Contact Hours: 3000 minutes/credit hour
Comments: Instructor consent required.
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FIN 0000 - Any course from the FIN department
Choose any course from the FIN department
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FIN 1000 - Personal Finance
This course is an overview of personal and family financial planning with an emphasis on financial recordkeeping, planning your spending, tax planning, consumer credit, making buying decisions, purchasing insurance, selecting investments, and retirement and estate planning. This course defines factors influencing decisions on acquiring and using financial resources and budgeting to achieve goals. This course provides an overview of credit, taxation, savings, insurance, investments and retirement planning.
Prerequisites:
none
Co-requisites:
none
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FIN 2100 - Managerial Finance
This course is designed to provide the students with a basic knowledge of finance. It provides the principles and tools needed to make important decisions in finance, namely capital budgeting and financing decisions. The major topics include time value of money, stock and bond valuation, investment decision criteria, Capital Asset Pricing Model, and cost of capital. This class provides a broad overview of the field of finance.
Prerequisites:
ACCT 1020, STAT 2050 or equivalent Level IV math
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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FL 0000 - Foreign Language Requirement
Foreign Language (two courses)
Those pursuing an A.A. degree must complete eight credit hours of the same foreign language. For more information about placement and other ways to satisfy this requirement based on prior language experience, please contact the Academic Advising Office. Those pursuing an A.S. degree have no foreign language requirement.
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FL 0002 - Foreign Lanuage-2nd semester
Any second semester foreign language
Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 4 lecture hours/week
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FREN 1010 - First Year French I
This course primarily emphasizes listening and speaking skills, although reading and writing skills are developed. The students begin to develop the ability to understand spoken and written French. The students begin to develop the skills to communicate in basic situations.
Prerequisites:
none
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of FREN 1010 First Year French I, the student will:
- Interface with people.
- Describe oneself.
- Communicate likes and dislikes.
- Communicate daily routines.
- Develop communication skills needed in restaurants.
- Discover field of study.
- Explain pastimes.
- Validate travel plans.
- Express shopping plans.
- Demonstrate some cultural knowledge in oral and written presentations.
- Imitate the use of culturally appropriate vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and non-verbal behaviors of the target culture.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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FREN 1020 - First Year French II
This course further emphasize listening and speaking skills, while developing reading and writing skills. This course completes the first year sequence of study of the basic structures of French.
Prerequisites:
FREN 1010 First Year Spanish I with a final grade of “C” or better or adequate score on the CLEP exam or instructor consent based on previous language experience.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of FREN 1020 First Year French II, the student will:
- Describe celebrations and personal relationships.
- Explain medical conditions.
- Discuss technology and electronics.
- Describe a house.
- Discuss the environment and nature.
- Request directions.
- Discuss health, well-being, and nutrition.
- Describe jobs and future plans.
- Recognize differences and similarities in the perspectives of the target culture and their own.
- Evaluate cultural stereotypes encountered in oral and written texts.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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FREN 2030 - Second Year French I
This course further develops listening and speaking skills. Increased emphasis is placed on reading and writing skills. This course is intended to serve as a review and expansion of the basic structure of French commonly taught at the introductory level, while providing ample opportunities for students to build vocabulary, communication, and writing skills.
Prerequisites:
FREN 1020 First Year French II with a final grade of “C” or better or adequate score on CLEP exam or instructor consent based on previous language experience.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of FREN 2030 Second Year French I, the student will:
- Compare private and public life in French-speaking countries.
- Examine everyday life and family.
- Explain course of studies at universities.
- Distinguish events during vacations.
- Outline directions.
- Explore beliefs and opinions about environmental issues.
- Develop instructions.
- Discuss the use of technology.
- Manage car problems.
- Prescribe advice to others.
- Handle telephone expressions.
- Prioritize household chores.
- Analyze cultural stereotypes encountered in oral and written texts.
- Recognize the reflections of practices, products, and/or perspectives of the target culture in oral and written texts.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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FREN 2040 - Second Year French II
This course serves as a comprehensive review and systematic expansion of the basic structures of French commonly taught at the introductory level, while providing ample opportunities for students to build vocabulary, communication, and writing skills.
Prerequisites:
FREN 2030 Second Year French I with a “C” or better or adequate score on CLEP exam or instructor consent based on previous language experience.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of FREN 2040 Second Year French II, the student will:
- Explain health, well-being, and nutrition.
- Prescribe physical activities.
- Determine future plans.
- Explore work options.
- Perform a job interview.
- Express agreement and disagreement.
- Examine the arts.
- Determine likes and dislikes.
- Express hesitation.
- Summarize current events.
- Evaluate the media.
- Assess travel experiences.
- Analyze cultural stereotypes encountered in oral and written texts.
- Recognize the reflections of practices, products, and/or perspectives of the target culture in oral and written texts.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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FSHM 1500 - Introduction to Hospitality Management
This introductory course provides hospitality students with an understanding of the industry. Students are introduced to the terms and vocabulary in standard use. Organizations, which represent the major components, are studied and operational characteristics are introduced. Students are exposed to current issues facing the industry, future challenges, career opportunities in the field.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 2
Contact Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 1971 - Hospitality Practicum I
This course is the first of four hands-on practicum courses that allows students to apply skills and knowledge in a real-world environment. Students follow set criteria and guidelines in a progressive learning structure to master general practices in the hospitality industry including workplace behavior, marketing, banquet logistics, and small business procedures.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2250 minutes/credit hour
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FSHM 1972 - Hospitality Practicum II
This course is the second of four hands-on practicum courses that allows students to apply skills and knowledge in a real-world environment. Students follow set criteria and guidelines in a progressive learning structure to master general practices in the hospitality industry including workplace behavior, marketing, banquet logistics, and small business procedures.
Prerequisites:
FSHM 1971 - Hospitality Practicum I or instructor constent
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2250 minutes/credit hour
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FSHM 2510 - Hospitality Marketing
This course addresses the need to better understand hospitality consumers in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Students study how to verify the needs and wants of consumers, tailor the product-service mix to satisfy those needs and wants, and promote the mix to maximize income. Key marketing strategies are addressed, as well as the interrelationships between marketing, sales, advertising and their significance on consumers.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 2520 - Security & Loss Prevention Mgmt
This course reviews issues surrounding the need for individualized security programs. Students examine a variety of security and safety equipment, procedures, guest protection and internal security for asset protection. Students are introduced to OSHA regulations that apply to lodging properties.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 2530 - Purchasing Management
This course has students examine activities from a food service manager’s perspective. Channels of distribution, buying techniques, specification writing, product information and principles needed to perform the activity are covered. Future managers learn how to get the most from money and resources and how to make sound purchasing decisions.
Prerequisites:
none
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of FSHM 2530 Purchasing Management , the student will:
- Analyze information to determine what is reliable, relevant, important, and useful in order to draw logical conclusions.
- Apply logical methods in distinguishing between facts, inferences, and opinions.
- Explore multiple perspectives while reducing these perspectives to essential arguments.
- Construct supportive viewpoints/arguments with valid evidence.
- Recognize situations that require mathematical solutions.
- Employ appropriate problem solving methods.
- Conduct subject area research using reputable sources.
- Draw conclusions from synthesized knowledge.
- Convey meaning through speaking and writing.
- Communicate through a variety of media and technology.
- Document sources according to the conventions of the medium used.
Credits: 3
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 hours/week
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FSHM 2540 - Bar & Beverage Control
This course provides students the ability to function as the operator/management of the beverage area of the hospitality industry business. Procurement, preparation, and service to final accountability of sales and commodities are covered.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 2
Contact Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 2550 - Employment Law
This course provides the most thorough and current information on hospitality law available. Legal subjects are simplified by the use of non-technical terms and illustrations of case examples. Students learn how to use law as a management tool and how to develop management strategies to prevent expensive legal problems.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 2600 - Dining Room Management
This course provides students with the principles and intricacies of managing dining room functions specific to the hospitality industry. Students learn about properly setting tables, scheduling, service styles, training, organizing, planning, booking functions as well as other tasks relative to the Hospitality Industry.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 2
Contact Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 2700 - Food & Beverage Services
This course introduces students to sustainability and green thinking. Students evaluate the environmental impact across the food service life cycle, analyze management of pre- and post-consumer food waste, conduct a waste audit, evaluate staff training for waste management, examine energy and water use, and illustrate tracking, reporting, and marketing sustainability efforts.
Prerequisites:
Complete FSHM 1500 Introduction to Hospitality Management
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 2900 - Hospitality Cornerstone
This course is designed to help students become self-reliant learners who use critical thinking to achieve academic and career success. The cornerstone helps student see the goals of hospitality education and how they fit into the college experience. Students are given the chance to explore moral and ethical values of a diverse society such as 21st century America. Students learn how they and others form values, how to express those values, and how to analyze arguments. The subject of the course is a contemporary look at the issues that the hospitality industry faces and requires students to think about those issues from different points of view.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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FSHM 2971 - Hospitality Practicum III
This course is the third of four hands-on practicum courses that allows students to apply skills and knowledge in a real-world environment. Students follow set criteria and guidelines in a progressive learning structure to master general practices in the hospitality industry including workplace behavior, marketing, banquet logistics, and small business procedures.
Prerequisites:
FSHM 1971 Hospitality Practicum I and FSHM 1972 Hospitality Practicum II or instructor consent
Co-requisites:
None
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2250 minutes/credit hour
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G&R 1010 - Introduction to Physical Geography
In this course information is offered on the local environment and people’s relationship to their environment. Topics include forests, soils, land- forms, wilderness areas, weather, climate, oceanography and human influence on the land and oceans.
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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G&R 1030 - Introduction to World Regional Geography
This course introduces the student to the world’s major geographic realms. These realms of the human world possess a special combination of cultural, environmental, historical, economic and organizational qualities. These properties are imprinted on the landscape, giving each region its own identity.
General Education Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences/Global Diversity
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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G&R 1050 - Intro to Environmental & Natural Resources
This introductory conservation course provides an insight into environmental issues for the science or non-science major. Principles underlying the wise use of soils, water, range land, forest and mineral resources and related problems are discussed.
General Education Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences/Global Diversity
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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GEL 0000 - General Electives
1000 and 2000 level courses
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GEOL 0000 - Any course from the GEOL department
Choose any course from the GEOL department.
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GEOL 1038 - Cave Geology and Exploration
This course provides students with practical experience exploring and mapping carbonate cave systems. Topics will also include the origin and development of karst landforms, karst caverns, and speleothems, identification of carbonate rock types and associated fossils, and an overview of the scientific research that has been conducted on these caves. Participants will gain knowledge and experience in techniques used to navigate and map complex cave systems as well as rope systems used to safely and effortlessly descend into and ascend out of a vertical cave system.
Prerequisites:
instructor consent required
Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 2250 lecture/lab minutes
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GEOL 1100 - Physical Geology
This introductory course focuses on the key elements of physical geology. Specific topics include the theory of plate tectonics, mineralogy, igneous rocks and volcanism, weathering, soils, and sedimentary rocks, metamorphism and metamorphic rocks, structural geology, seismology, mass movements, surface and ground water hydrology, glaciology and climate change. The laboratory component reinforces lecture topics by providing hands-on experience with mineral and rock identification and map reading skills. Opportunities for geologic field studies are also provided.
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
General Education Requirement: Earth Science
Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab/disc hr/week plus at least 15 hrs arranged field trips
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GEOL 1200 - Historical Geology
The course covers the basic concepts of interpreting earth history and surveys the sequence of life records by the fossil record, and the physical evolution of North America.
General Education Requirement: Earth Science
Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab/disc hr/week plus at least 15 hrs arranged field trips
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GEOL 1470 - Environmental Geology
This course provides a geologic perspective of mankind’s interaction with Earth. Topics include a detailed assessment of the major environmental health and safety hazards associated with natural geologic processes and materials, mankind’s exploitation of soil, water, energy and mineral resources, and hazardous and sanitary waste disposal. Solutions to these major environmental health and safety hazards will be explored. Laboratory sessions will build skills in the identification and description of geologic materials, map reading and interpretation, project-based soil and water data collection techniques for field and laboratory, and local field trips.
Prerequisites:
GEOL 1100 - Physical Geology with a grade of “C” or better AND MATH 0930 - Intermediate Algebra or math placement exam score of Algebra 66 or higher.
General Education Requirement: Earth Science
Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hours/week
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GERM 1010 - First Year German I
This course primarily emphasizes listening and speaking skills, although reading and writing skills are developed. The students begin to develop the ability to understand spoken and written German. The students begin to develop the skill to communicate in basic situations.
Prerequisites:
None
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of GERM 1010 First Year German, the student will:
- Interface with people.
- Describe oneself and others.
- Communicate personal information.
- Communicate routine.
- Develop communication skills needed in restaurants.
- Discover academic subject.
- Explain pastimes.
- Validate travel plans.
- Express shopping plans.
- Demonstrate some cultural knowledge in oral and written presentations.
- Imitate the use of culturally appropriate vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and non-verbal behaviors of the target culture.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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GERM 1020 - First Year German II
This course further emphasizes listening and speaking skills, while developing reading and writing skills. This course completes the first year sequence of study of the basic structures of German.
Prerequisites:
GERM 1010 First Year German I with a final grade of “C” or better or adequate score on the CLEP exam or instructor consent based on previous language experience.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of GERM 1020 First Year German II, the student will:
- Describe celebrations.
- Explain medical conditions.
- Discuss technology.
- Describe a house.
- Discuss the environment.
- Request directions.
- Discuss nutrition.
- Describe future plans.
- Recognize differences and similarities in the perspectives of the target culture and their own.
- Evaluate cultural stereotypes encountered in oral and written texts.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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GERM 2030 - Second Year German I
This course further develops listening and speaking skills. Increased emphasis is placed on reading and writing skills. This course is intended to serve as a review and expansion of the basic structure of German commonly taught at the introductory level, while providing ample opportunities for students to build vocabulary, communication, and writing skills.
Prerequisites:
GERM 1020 First Year German II with a final grade of “C” or better or adequate score on CLEP exam or instructor consent based on previous language experience.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of GERM 2030 Second Year German I, the student will:
- Compare private and public life in German-speaking countries.
- Examine everyday life and family.
- Explain course of studies at universities.
- Distinguish events during vacations.
- Outline directions.
- Explore beliefs and opinions about environmental issues.
- Develop instructions.
- Discuss the use of technology.
- Manage car problems.
- Prescribe advice to others.
- Relate political issues.
- Prioritize household chores.
- Analyze cultural stereotypes encountered in oral and written texts.
- Recognize the reflections of practices, products, and/or perspectives of the target culture in oral and written texts.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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GERM 2040 - Second Year German II
This course serves as a comprehensive review and systematic expansion of the basic structures of German commonly taught at the introductory level, while providing ample opportunities for students to build vocabulary, communication, and writing skills.
Prerequisites:
GERM 2030 Second Year Spanish I with a “C” or better or adequate score on CLEP exam or instructor consent based on previous language experience.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of GERM 2040 Second Year German II, the student will:
- Explain health, well-being, and nutrition.
- Prescribe physical activities.
- Determine future plans.
- Explore work options.
- Perform a job interview.
- Express agreement and disagreement.
- Examine the arts.
- Determine likes and dislikes.
- Express hesitation.
- Summarize current events.
- Evaluate the media.
- Assess travel experiences.
- Analyze cultural stereotypes encountered in oral and written texts.
- Recognize the reflections of practices, products, and/or perspectives of the target culture in oral and written texts.
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
Credits: 4
Instructional Method Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
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HIST 1110 - Western Civilization I
This course is an introductory study of Western Civilization that includes a study of Greek and Roman Civilizations, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance and Reformation. Emphasis is placed on the ways in which those civilizations have influenced and contributed to the world today. The class studies the ways in which human societies share common ethical, moral, and political choices and the consequences of the options each civilization chooses. We will focus on understanding the zeitgeist (spirit of general feeling) of “Western” peoples from Pre-history through the Reformation.
General Education Requirement: Humanities / Global Diversity
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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HIST 1120 - Western Civilization II
This course is an introduction to Western Civilization including a study of the rise of European nation states and the English, French, American, and Russian Revolutions. The class explores the major shifts that occur as a result of the Industrial Revolution and European colonialism. The class ends up with an exploration of the causes and consequences of the Great War and World War II.
General Education Requirement: Humanities / Global Diversity
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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HIST 1211 - US to 1865
This course examines the historical development of the United States from the earliest explorations through the Civil War. The course identifies the impact migration has had in the formation of the society of the United States. The course investigates the events and individuals that have impacted the history of the United States during this time period. It summarizes how the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural forces influence history and international affairs. It explores the major principles of the US and Wyoming Constitutions.
Prerequisites:
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1010 English I, or instructor consent
General Education Requirement: WY & US Constitutions
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
Comments: Student may not receive credit for both HIST 1210 - US History and HIST 1211 - US to 1865
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HIST 1221 - US from 1865
This course surveys United States history from the Civil War to the present. It meets the requirements of the Wyoming statutes providing for instruction in the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and of Wyoming.
Prerequisites:
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1010 English I, or instructor consent
General Education Requirement: US and Wyoming Constitutions Requirement
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
Comments: Students may not receive credit for both HIST 1220 - US History II and HIST 1221 - US History from 1865
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HIST 1251 - History of Wyoming
A survey course that encourages an understanding of Wyoming history and Wyoming’s relationship with the West, as well as to the rest of the nation. The class will begin with a study of the first people in Wyoming and then move on through the 20th Century. This broad survey will include a discussion of the various ethnic groups that influenced Wyoming’s history, as well as discussion of Wyoming’s unique environment, economy, culture, social structure and self-image. An important component of the class will be a discussion of the Wyoming and the U.S. Constitutions, and how those documents have influenced Wyoming history.
General Education Requirement: US and Wyoming Constitutions
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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HIST 1425 - History of Rock Music
This course examines the historical, musical, and socioeconomic development of rock music from its origins to today. Major stylistic trends, performers, producers, and songwriters are studied. Emphasis is on the development of tools for critical thinking and intelligent listening. No prior musical experience is assumed.
Prerequisites:
None
Cross-listed: MUSC 1425
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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HIST 2051 - Music History Survey I
This course examines the music and aesthetics of Western art music from Antiquity through the Baroque era. Major composers and their works are put into historical context. Critical listening, thinking and analytical skills are developed.
Prerequisites:
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1010, or instructor consent
Cross-listed: MUSC 2050
General Education Requirement: Visual & Performing Arts
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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HIST 2290 - History of North American Indians
This class studies Native American history from the late 19th century through the 20th century. During the semester, the class will consider Indian political, social, legal, and economic continuity and change. The class will also consider the ways in which Indian people have experienced and responded to times of dramatic change.
General Education Requirement: Global Diversity
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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HLED 0000 - any course from HLED dept
any course from HLED dept
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