NWCCD 2012-13 Catalog 
    
    May 18, 2024  
NWCCD 2012-13 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

Courses


 
  
  • VP 0000 - Visual & Performing Arts Requirement


    The following courses fulfill the Visual & Performing Arts requirement:

    • ART 1010     Introduction to Art: History & Criticism, 3 credits
    • ART 1050     Drawing, 3 credits
    • ART 1150     Photography I, 3 credits
    • ART 1310     Sculpture I, 3 credits
    • ART 2010     Art History Survey I, 3 credits
    • ART 2020     Art History Survey II, 3 credits
    • ART 2210     Painting I: Oil, 3 credits
    • ENGL 1050   Introduction to Film Studies, 3 credits
    • ENGL 2130   Literature and the Fine Arts, 3 credits
    • ENGL 2480   Introduction to Drama & Poetry, 3 credits
    • MUSC 1000  Introduction to Music, 3 credits
    • MUSC 1400  Collegiate Chorale, 1 credit
    • MUSC 1425  History of Rock Music, 3 credits
    • MUSC 2050  Music History Survey I, 3 credits
    • MUSC 2055  Music History Survey II, 3 credits
    • THEA 1000   Introduction to Theatre, 3 credits
    • THEA 1100   Beginning Acting, 3 credits

    Minimum number of credits to meet requirement = 3

  
  • WELD 0000 - Any course from the WELD department


    Choose any course from the WELD department.

  
  • WELD 1555 - Welding Safety


    This course covers personal protection equipment (PPE), workplace safety, confined spaces, hot work permits, material safety data sheets (MSDS) and hazards that pertain to welding.

    Credits: 2

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1650 - Print Reading & Welding Symbols


    This course covers interpretation of welding prints used in industry including welding symbols, sketching, view representation, orthographic projection, measurement, formulas, basic layout and distortion control.  This course also builds skills in layout, cutting and assembly of weldments.




    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecutre/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1700 - General Welding


    This course provides training for students in the basic skills needed to use welding as a tool.  Students of diesel, electrical, agriculture and other skills should enroll in this class to develop welding skills.

     

    Credits: 4

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1715 - Thermal Cutting and Oxyfuel Welding


    This course is designed to introduce students to the different types of thermal cutting and oxyfuel welding and brazing processes currently used in the welding industry.  Course training will utilize the American Welding Society (AWS) standards of acceptance.

    Co-requisites:
    WELD 1720 - Welding Shop

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1720 - Welding Shop


    This course runs concurrently with all of the major course studies in welding to allow time for a student to develop the welding skills necessary to become proficient in the field of welding and to complete the job/tasks implemented within the major course studies in welding.

    Credits: 1-5

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lab hr/credit hr/week

  
  • WELD 1755 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding


    Students will learn and setup, electrodes, and electrode selection used in shielded metal arc welding (SMAW). Course training utilizes the American Welding Society (AWS) standards of acceptability to develop the manual skills necessary to produce good quality single and multiple pass welds in all positions using filler materials such as low hydrogen, non-low hydrogen, and iron powder electrodes commonly used in industry.

     

    Co-requisites:
    WELD 1720 - Welding Shop

    Credits: 6

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 6 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1760 - Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding


    Students learn equipment and setup, electrodes and electrode selection in shielded metal arc welding (SMAW). Course training utilizes the American Welding Society (AWS) standards of acceptability to develop the manual skills necessary to produce good quality single and multiple pass welds in all positions using larger diameter electrodes of the low hydrogen, non-low hydrogen filler metals commonly used in industry to the structural steel welding code. Joints welded will simulate butt-beam to beam, beam to column splicing, and heavy equipment welding.  Students study the skills covered in the AWS D1.1 Structural Steel Welding Code with low hydrogen electrodes, unlimited plate thickness, with or without backing in all positions.

    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1755 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding or Instructor Consent

    Co-requisites:
    WELD 1720 - Welding Shop

    Credits: 6

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 6 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1771 - Gas Metal Arc Welding / Flux Cored Arc Welding


    Students will learn equipment, setup, electrode selection, and gas selection used in gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW) and submerged arc welding (SAW) processes. Course training utilizes the American Welding Society (AWS) standards of acceptability to develop the manual skills necessary to produce good quality single and multiple pass welds in all positions using solid and flux cored electrode wires with and without shielding gases. Joints welded will simulate butt-beam to beam, beam to column splicing, heavy plate and heavy/mining equipment welding.

    Co-requisites:
    WELD 1720 - Welding Shop

    Credits: 6

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 6 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1860 - Welding Fabrication


    This course provides students with the ability to design and fabricate welding projects.  A working print, estimation of cost and time, and a list of materials are required.  Visual and non-destructive testing methods are used to evaluate for correct and sound welds.




    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1650 - Printreading & Welding Symbols and ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 1920 - Basic Pipe Welding


    This course is devoted to welding of light and heavy walled pipe in all positions using shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) and/or gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW) and flux cored arc welding (FCAW), as well as techniques used for fit-up and layout, utilizing procedures approved by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Section IX and the American Petroleum Institute (API) 1104.




    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1555 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding, WELD 1700 - General Welding, or Instructor Consent




    Co-requisites:
    WELD 1720 - Welding Shop

    Credits: 4

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2200 - Advanced Welding Skills


    Students will review the use of equipment and setup as well as electrodes and electrode selection in a variety of welding processes. Course training will utilize the American Welding Society (AWS) standards of acceptability to develop the manual skills necessary to produce good quality single and multiple pass welds in all positions using a variety of filler metals and larger diameter electrodes commonly used in industry to the structural steel welding code. Joints welded will simulate butt-beam to beam, beam to column splicing, and heavy equipment welding.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Welding Program (AAS); WELD 1700 - General Welding, WELD 1650 - Printreading and Welding Symbols; or instructor consent.

    Co-requisites:
    WELD 1720 - Welding Shop

    Credits: 2

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2540 - Pipe Layout & Fabrication


    Students will learn fundamentals for laying out and fabricating typical pipe connections.

    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1920 - Basic Pipe Welding

    Credits: 4

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2610 - Ornamental Iron Work


    This course focuses on welding skills needed to create and fabricate a variety of ornamental iron forms using, forge, anvil, hammers, bending and shaping equipment, oxyfuel welding and cutting, plasma cutting, shielded metal arc welding (stick), and gas metal arc welding (wire).  Safe work practices are emphasized.  Individuals are encouraged to work on skills needed to suit their individual creative ends.

     

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2620 - Creative Welding


    This course focuses on welding skills needed to create and fabricate a variety of art forms, using oxyfuel welding and cutting, plasma cutting, shielded metal arc welding (stick), and gas metal arc welding (wire).  Safe work practices are emphasized.  Individuals will be encouraged to work on skills needed to suit their individual creative ends.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2650 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding


    This advanced welding course provides complete and thorough coverage of the tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process.  Theory, fundamentals, equipment, and safety information as well as hands on practice with ferrous and non-ferrous metals are provided to develop the proficiencies necessary to satisfactorily complete the course requirements. A high degree of eye-hand coordination is needed to develop the proficiencies necessary to satisfactorily complete the course requirements.

     

    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1700 - General Welding, or WELD 1755 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding, or Instructor Consent

     

    Co-requisites:
    WELD 1720 - Welding Shop

    Credits: 4

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2670 - Welding Inspection


    This course follows the requirements established by the American Welding Society for individuals to work as a Certified Welding Inspector. Working knowledge enables the student to perform visual inspection of groove welds, fillet welds and completed weldments to ensure compliance with appropriate codes, standards or contract documents.

    Prerequisites:
    WELD 1510 - Welding II, WELD 1650 - Printreading and Symbols, WELD 1800 - Materials Evaluation, WELD 2680 - Welding Metallurgy

    Credits: 2

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week

  
  • 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

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2690 - Materials Evaluation


    This study of methods for evaluating weldments includes discussions of various welding code requirements, and practice skills in x-ray evaluation, penetrant examination, magnetic particle and ultrasonic inspection.

    Prerequisites:
    WELD 2680 - Welding Metallurgy

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week

  
  • WELD 2800 - Plastic Welding


    Learn the theory and proper welding processes needed to repair and fabricate thermoplastics.

    Credits: 4

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 6 lecture/lab hrs/week

  
  • WL 0000 - Health & Wellness Requirement


    Take HLED 1270 - Personal Wellness and an approved PEAC activity course in the same semester.

    OR

    Take PEAC 1001 - Physical Activity & Your Health.

    Credits: 2

  
  • 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.

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

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week

    Cross-listed: ENGL 1080, SOC 1080, HUMN 1080

    General Education Requirement: Social/Behavioral Science, Humanities, and Global Diversity
  
  • 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 biologocal principles such as genetics, homeostasis, and structure/function relationships are emphasized.

    Credits: 4

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hrs/week

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
  
  • ZOO 2010 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I


    This first semester of a two-semester introduction to the body functions includes cellular physiology and histology, and the integument, nervous and endocrine systems. Enrollment in ZOO*2012-Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab I and a discussion group is required unless the instructor has excused students.

    Prerequisites:
    Complete one semester of college Chemistry or Biology.

    Co-requisites:
    ZOO 2012 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
  
  • ZOO 2012 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab


    This laboratory approach to the topics discussed in ZOO*2010-Human Anatomy & Physiology I complements the classroom presentations, including both microscopic and gross anatomy study and physiological experiments.

    Prerequisites:
    Complete one semester of college Chemistry or Biology

    Co-requisites:
    ZOO 2010 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I

    Credits: 1

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lab hrs/week

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
  
  • ZOO 2020 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II


    This second half of the course on the human body covers the skeletal muscle, respiratory, circulatory, urinary, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems. Enrollment in lab and a discussion group is required unless students are excused by the instructor.

    Prerequisites:
    ZOO 2010 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I

    Co-requisites:
    ZOO 2022 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
  
  • ZOO 2022 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab


    Students examine both the microscopic and gross structure of the bodily systems discussed in ZOO*2020-Human Anatomy & Physiology II, dissect preserved specimens, and perform physiological experiments illustrating normal bodily functions.

    Prerequisites:
    ZOO 2010 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I

    Co-requisites:
    ZOO 2020 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II

    Credits: 1

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lab hrs/week

    General Education Requirement: Life Science
  
  • 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

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 6 lab hrs/week

  
  • ZOO 2150 - General Pathology


    This course is designed to teach students the concepts underlying human diseases states, the manifestations of specific diseases, relationship to body defense mechanisms and potential implication of treatment.

    Prerequisites:
    ZOO 2010 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I, ZOO 2012 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I lab,   ZOO 2020 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II and ZOO 2022 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II lab

    Credits: 2

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week

  
  • ZOO 2450 - Principles of Fish Wildlife Management


    This is a course for fish and wildlife majors that emphasize the principles of habitat and population biology and management, as well as the human dimensions of wildlife management, relevant law and policy.

    Prerequisites:
    BIOL 1010 - General Biology I AND BIOL 2020 - General Biology II

    Credits: 3

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week

 

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