NWCCD 2018-19 Catalog 
    
    Apr 16, 2024  
NWCCD 2018-19 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

Courses


 
  
  • WELD 2670 - Welding Inspection


    This course is a survey of welding inspection and quality control standards and practices intended to broaden students’ understanding of welding in general and to specifically provide students with a fundamental understanding of the many aspects of welding inspection and quality control processes, techniques, standards, and applications, as well as welding inspector certification requirements.

    Credits: 3

    Instructional Method Lecture and Lab

    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1715 Thermal Cutting and Oxyfuel Welding, OR WELD 1755 Shielded Metal Arc Welding, OR WELD 1772 Flux Cored Arc Welding, OR WELD 1920 Basic Pipe Welding, OR WELD 2650 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, OR Instructor consent

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of WELD 2670 Welding Inspection , the student will:

    1. identify safety issues in welding inspection.
    2. identify welding inspector qualification requirements, responsibilities, and limitations.
    3. identify applications and limitations of various welding, joining, and cutting processes.
    4. identify features and applications of weld joint geometry and use correct terminology.
    5. create and interpret weld and welding symbols.
    6. identify and distinguish between discontinuities and rejectable defects using acceptance criteria.
    7. apply metallurgical concepts to welding and welding inspection.
    8. demonstrate ability to use conversion formulae between US Customary units and SI System (metric) units.
    9. interpret and apply the provisions of governing documents (i.e. codes, standards, drawings, purchase orders, etc.)
    10. apply destructive testing methods.
    11. apply non-destructive testing methods including visual inspection tools and techniques.
    12. create a qualified welding procedure specification (WPS) and welding procedure qualification record (WPQR) in accordance with the provisions of an applicable welding code or standard.
    13. perform documentation process for welder qualification in accordance with the provisions of an applicable welding code or standard.


    Program Outcomes
    Welding Technology

    PO#1 Perform quality welds and cuts to industry standards.

    PO#2 Apply principles of welding theory to welding practice.

    PO#3 Demonstrate proper use of welding related terms.

  
  • WELD 2680 - Welding Metallurgy


    This course helps students develop an understanding of basic metallurgical principles as they apply to fusion welding to improve the quality of workmanship in the field of welding.  Welding Metallurgy covers process, physical and mechanical properties, metal identification, carbon equivalency, selection of filler metal based on the parent metal, heat input (Joules), and the effects of heat on the weld zone (HAZ) along with the properties of heat treatment and stress relieving applications within the welding field.




    Credits: 2

  
  • WELD 2750 - Manufacturing Welding


    This course provides students with training that is specific to local and surrounding area welding manufacturing careers.  Students are trained to perform welds on products that are rotated, mounted in jigs to meet acceptable visual standards for production parts.

    Credits: 3

    Instructional Method Lecture and Lab

    Prerequisites:
    One of the following with a C or better: WELD*1650 Print Read and Weld Symbols, WELD*1773 Gas Metal Arc Welding, WELD*1755 Shielded Metal Arc Welding, or WELD*2650 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of WELD 2750 Manufacturing Welding, the student will:

    1. Demonstrate safe work practices.
    2. Demonstrate ability to work as a team member.
    3. Prepare parts according to production prints.
    4. Demonstrate proper use of measuring and layout tools.
    5. Demonstrate proper squaring and tacking techniques.
    6. Assemble parts according to production prints.
    7. Produce quality welds on different material thicknesses that require minimal final dressing with the desired bead appearance.
    8.  Inspect welds for quality per company standards.
    9. Produce quality welds consistently for a minimum of three minutes.
    10. Produce quality welds on rotated material.
    11. Produce quality welds in jigs and out of position.
    12. Demonstrate proper weld techniques to minimize heat distortion.


    Program Outcomes
    Welding Technology

    PO#1 Perform quality welds and cuts to industry standards.

    PO#2 Apply communication skills.

    PO#3 Apply principles of welding

  
  • WELD 2780 - Automated Welding & Cutting Processes


    This course covers basic Fanuc 100iC or Panasonic programming, welding, Torchmate Computer Numeric Control (CNC) cutting system programming and operation on industry-used equipment.

    Credits: 4

    Instructional Method Lecture and Lab

    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1773 GMAW and WELD 1650 Welding Symbols and Print Design

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of Weld 2780 Automated Welding & Cutting Processes, the student will:

    1. Distinguish between safe and unsafe working environments.
    2. Manipulate a robot using a teach pendant.
    3. Program a robot to produce linear moves and circular moves.
    4. Develop welding instructions to perform a specific job using the teach pendant.
    5. Construct base coordinates using a teach pendant.
    6. Create weaving parameters using a teach pendant.
    7. Prepare a welding job which contains Linear and Circular moves.
    8. Demonstrate calling up programs within a program.
    9. Perform editing functions within the CNC program.
    10. Demonstrate importing and exporting Solid Works drawings into CNC software.               
    11. Setup welding and cutting parameters for various material thickness and designs.
    12. Calibrate material and program coordinates.


    Program Outcomes
    Welding Technology

    PO#1 Perform quality welds and cuts to industry standards.

    PO#2 Apply principles of welding theory to welding practice.

    PO#3 Demonstrate proper use of welding related terms.

  
  • WMST 1080 - Introduction to Women’s Studies


    This course examines the impact of the social construction of gender in societies worldwide.  The course covers numerous topics from various feminist perspectives, including concepts of privilege and inequality, how gender is learned, women’s sexuality, work, religion, health, family, violence against women, and activist movements.

    Credits: 3

    Instructional Method Lecture

    General Education Requirement: Global Diversity / Humanities
    Comments: This course does not meet UW’s Human Culture requirement unless transferred as part of an Associate degree. This is a Writing Intensive course.

    Prerequisites:
    Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, ENGL 1010 English I, or instructor consent

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of WMST 1080 Introduction to Women’s Studies, the student will:

    1. Develop a greater understanding of the differences and similarities that exist among women of variant ethnicities, socioeconomic classes, and alternate lifestyles.
    2. Develop a greater understanding of how biology and culture influence behavior.
    3. Develop a familiarity with the major tenets of the women’s studies discipline.
    4. Critique texts foundational to the field.
    5. Analyze our gendered world through study of popular culture, language, advertisement, and public spaces.
    6. Differentiate between social expectations of men and women.
    7. Examine the idea of privilege as it relates to gender.
    8. Examine contemporary women’s activism worldwide.
    9. Evaluate major societal institutions (religion, sexuality, health, family, and work) as they relate to women.


    Cross-listed: ENGL 1080, SOC 1080, HUMN 1080
  
  • ZOO 0000 - Any course from the ZOO department


    Choose any course from the ZOO department.

  
  • ZOO 1200 - Introduction to Human Biology


    This course will explore the cell, the chemistry of life, and the structure and function of human organ systems. General biological principles such as genetics, homeostasis, and structure/function relationships are emphasized.

    Credits: 4

    Instructional Method Lecture and Lab

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
    Comments: This course meets UW’s Physical and Natural World requirement.

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of ZOO 1200 Introduction to Human Biology, the student will:

    1. Correlate function of biological molecules based on structure, type, and location.
    2. Correlate organelle structure to cellular function.
    3. Relate enzyme function to metabolism and the maintenance of life.
    4. Contrast different processes of cell division.
    5. Associate genetic inheritance to cellular specializations and phenotypic characteristics.
    6. Distinguish the working and interdependence of the integumentary, musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, immune, lymphatic, reproductive, nervous, endocrine systems in the human body.
    7. Apply the scientific method to the investigation of scientific questions.


  
  • ZOO 2010 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I


    This course is the first semester of a two-semester introduction to the structure and function of the human body. This course will cover cellular physiology, histology, and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems.

    Credits: 4

    Instructional Method Lecture and Lab

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
    Comments: Students must complete both ZOO 2010 & ZOO 2020 for course equivalency at UW. Otherwise, course does not meet UW’s Human Culture requirement unless transferred as part of an Associate degree.

    Prerequisites:
    One semester of college biology or chemistry, or instructor permission

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of ZOO 2010 Human Anatomy and Physiology I , the student will:

    1. Describe the basic biochemical principles upon which systems of the human body operate.
    2. Apply the fundamental vocabulary of the discipline and anatomical terms properly.
    3. Outline the principles of cell structure and function including membrane transport, bioenergetics, protein anabolism, and the cell cycle.
    4. Identify the human tissues, describe their features and functions, and exemplify their locations.
    5. Discuss in detail the organization, structure, function, and regulation of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems.
    6. Identify the macroscopic and microscopic structures of the integumentary, muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.
    7. Explain homeostasis and discuss it in relationship to each of the organ systems covered.


    Program Outcomes
    Upon completion of ZOO 2010 Human Anatomy and Physiology I, the student will:

    Pre-Professional AS

    PO 1.  Apply foundational concepts in science and math to health-science related problems.

    PO 2.  Explain physical and biological processes using mathematics and other appropriate symbolic notation.

    PO 3.  Investigate health-science related processes using appropriate research skills, including the scientific method. 

    PO 4.  Make accurate and precise scientific measurements.

    PO 5. Communicate scientific and technical knowledge effectively using a variety of modalities.

  
  • ZOO 2020 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II


    This course is the second semester of a two-semester introduction to the structure and function of the human body, this course will cover the endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, renal, and reproductive systems.

    Credits: 4

    Instructional Method Lecture and Lab

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
    Comments: Students must complete both ZOO 2010 & ZOO 2020 for course equivalency at UW. Otherwise, course does not meet UW’s Human Culture requirement unless transferred as part of an Associate degree.

    Prerequisites:
    ZOO 2010 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I or instructor permission

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of ZOO 2020 Human Anatomy and Physiology II, the student will

    1. Discuss in detail the structure, function, mechanism of action, and regulation of the endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, renal, and reproductive systems.
    2. Identify the macroscopic and microscopic structures of the endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, renal, and reproductive systems and explain the function of each from observation and experimentation.
    3. Apply the fundamental vocabulary of the discipline and anatomical terms properly.
    4. Explain homeostasis and discuss it in relationship to each of the organ systems and the organism as a whole.
    5. Describe the interrelationships of the organ systems.


    Program Outcomes
    Upon completion of ZOO 2020 Human Anatomy and Physiology I, the student will:

    Pre-Professional AS

    PO 1.  Apply foundational concepts in science and math to health-science related problems.

    PO 2.  Explain physical and biological processes using mathematics and other appropriate symbolic notation.

    PO 3.  Investigate health-science related processes using appropriate research skills, including the scientific method. 

    PO 4.  Make accurate and precise scientific measurements.

    PO 5. Communicate scientific and technical knowledge effectively using a variety of modalities.

  
  • ZOO 2030 - Applied Anatomy of Body Movement


    This course follows a regional approach to gross anatomy, and focuses on the anatomical relation- ship of muscle, nerves, vascular, and skeletal structures of the body and the underlying visceral organ, as appropriate. Joint structure and range of motion is included as a brief introduction to Kinesiology. The course is a requirement of the Massage Therapy Program, and may be of interest to others in fitness, sports medicine, or athletic training.

    Credits: 2

  
  • ZOO 2450 - Principles of Fish Wildlife Management


    This course provides an introduction to wildlife values, wildlife communities and habitats, population management, predator control, natural diversity, and issues related to exotic species introductions.  The course emphasizes principles of habitat, population biology and management, human dimensions of wildlife management, and law and policy.  The biological basis for management is emphasized, and contemporary issues are discussed as they relate to specific aspects of management.

    Credits: 3

    Instructional Method Lecture

    Prerequisites:
    BIOL 1010 General Biology I, and BIOL 2020 General Biology II or BIOL 2020 Animal Biology

    Minimum Student Competencies
    Upon completion of ZOO 2450 Principles of Fish and Wildlife Management, the student will:

    1. describe significant events in the history of Fish and Wildlife Management in the United States.
    2. identify major laws regulating the management of natural resources.
    3. explain the biological basis for management decisions.
    4. describe the importance of habitat and the specific habitat requirements for a variety of commonly-managed species as well as some threatened or endangered species.
    5. describe the basic concepts of population biology as applied in practice to management situations and the impacts of certain management actions.
    6. discuss contemporary issues in Fish and Wildlife Management and the role people play in these issues.
    7. demonstrate use of library databases and the internet to access professional literature relevant to the field.


 

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