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PEPR 2069 - History & Philosophy of Sport
This course addresses historical and philosophical aspects in the development of physical education and sports. Students will analyze the contributions of the Greeks, Romans, Scandinavians, and Europeans and the impact these contributions had on world sport. Students will also study influences of early American Sport including Native American Sport. Students will not only review sport in a historical context, but they will also review the dynamics of the philosophy in a changing culture.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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PEPR 2093 - Sports Officiating
This course is intended to provide the foundation of knowledge for sports officiating. The lecture/ lab course coincides with specific athletic seasons.
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture/lab hrs/week
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PEPR 2110 - Scientific Foundations of Athletic Coaching
This is a course designed to provide students an introduction to the sport science principles of coaching. Content covered follows objectives of the National Standard of Athletic Coaches and will include coaching philosophy, sport psychology, sport pedagogy, sport physiology, sport management and a realistic perspective of coaching. This class is a requirement set forth by the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board.
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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PEPR 2130 - Fitness Leadership Training
This course is designed to prepare and qualify students to become fitness leaders or personal trainers. The course stresses the application of anatomical and physiological concepts related to exercise and fitness. Concepts include proper client screening and evaluation, design and implementation of exercise programs for multiple populations and successful goal attainment; leadership skills, legal issues, and successfully selling and managing personal trainer services. Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to sit for national certification examinations including the National Council on Strength and Fitness, American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Council On Exercise.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 6 lecture/lab hrs/wk
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PEPR 2135 - Personal Trainer Education I
This course is the first of a two part series designed to prepare students to sit for a national exam offered by any personal training organization fully accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). The course will introduce students to the principles of exercise physiology and client assessment. Students will learn how to properly screen clients for safe participation in an exercise program, utilize different tools for assessing a client’s fitness level, and identify appropriate assessment techniques for a wide variety of clientele.
Prerequisites:
Level III placement in Reading, Writing and Math
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture, 2 lab hours/week
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PEPR 2137 - Personal Trainer Education II
This course is a follow-up to PEPR 2135 - Personal Trainer Education I and bridges the gap between exercise science related coursework and the practical application skills for personal training. Students learn how to design and implement exercise prescriptions and successful goal attainment for multiple populations. It is designed to prepare students to take the National Council on Strength and Fitness Personal Trainer Certification exam.
Prerequisites:
PEPR 2135 - Personal Trainer Education I with a grade of “C” or better
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecutre, 2 lab hours/week
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PEPR 2150 - Theory of Coaching:
The theory, fundamentals, skills, and rules of the specific sport will be provided. This class is designed for majors in physical education and/or those individuals interested in applying for a coaching permit.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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PEPR 2220 - Sports & Exercise Psychology
This course will provide students with an introduction to the theoretical and applied aspects of the psychology of sport and exercise. Students will explore both historical and contemporary developments in the field as well as examine human behavior within the context of sport, exercise, and physical activity. Topics for this course include leadership, coaching, group processes, techniques for performance enhancement, promoting wellness, psychopathology in sport, and contemporary issues in psychology.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 General Psychology
Credits: 3
Cross-listed: PSYC 2230
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PEPR 2240 - ACE Group Fitness Instructor
This course is designed to give students the knowledge and understanding necessary to prepare for the ACE Group Fitness Instructor Certification Exam and become effective group fitness instructors. This course will also give students an opportunity to participate in hands-on laboratory experiences that will lead to greater skill development in group fitness leadership.
Prerequisites:
Level III placement in reading, writing and math
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture and 2 lab hours/week
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PEPR 2250 - ACE Health Coach
This course is designed to provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preparation for a national certification exam in health coaching. Topics include effective coach-to-client communication techniques; behavioral, nutritional, and physiological sciences (particularly as they relate to the obese client); screening and assessment; guidelines for designing and implementing safe, effective, and purposeful exercise programs; and the legal, professional, and roles of the health coach.
Prerequisites:
Compass Placement at Reading, Writing, and Math Level III
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture and 2 lab hours/week
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PEPR 2470 - Internship in Fitness
The internship course provides an opportunity for students to integrate classroom theory with workplace practice. Students are placed in a working/learning environment that provides for structured learning, workplace experience, and mentoring by a professional.
Credits: 1-6
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3000 minutes/credit hour
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PHIL 1000 - Introduction to Philosophy
Some of the more influential ideas that have shaped the concepts and beliefs of the contemporary Western world are introduced through the study of their historical development and discussion of the ideas themselves.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Humanities
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PHIL 2220 - Logic
Formal and informal fallacies, syllogistic reasoning and symbolic logic are studied to improve students’ critical thinking skills.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/wk
General Education Requirement: Humanities
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PHIL 2300 - Ethics in Practice
This is an introductory course in moral theory that teaches systems of ethics as they apply to modern life. It focuses on contemporary ethical conflicts in justice, government, medicine, business, the military, civil and criminal law, science and journalism.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Humanities
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PHYS 0000 - Any course from the PHYS department
Choose any course from the PHYS department.
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PHYS 1000 - Introduction to Physics
This one-semester algebra-based physics course covers mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, light, atomic and nuclear physics, and relativity and astrophysics.
Prerequisites:
MATH 0930 - Intermediate Algebra or MATH 1000 - Problem Solving with a grade of “C” or better; or placement into a higher level mathematics course.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hrs/week
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PHYS 1050 - Concepts of Physics
The primary goal of this course is to develop a qualitative understanding of and methods for clear communication about physical principles. The main domains of classical physics, namely mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and optics are covered.
Prerequisites:
MATH 0930 - Intermediate Algebra or MATH 1000 - Problem Solving with a grade of “C” or better, or placement into a higher level mathematics course.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Physical Science
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PHYS 1110 - General Physics I
This is the first half of a two-semester course in physics for the general liberal arts student. This course covers classical mechanics, elementary heat and thermodynamics, sound and wave motion, and a brief introduction to simple mechanical relativity. The methods of college algebra are used, and the treatment is intended to give a grasp of important fundamental as well as develop facility in the solution of practical problems. This course is offered if student need is sufficient.
Prerequisites:
MATH 1405 - Pre-Calculus Trig with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Physical Science
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PHYS 1120 - General Physics II
This continuation of PHYS 1110 covers the topics of light and geometrical optics, electromagnetism and modern physics.
Prerequisites:
PHYS 1110 - General Physics I with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Physical Science
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PHYS 1310 - College Physics I
The first of a two-semester sequence in calculus- based physics, this course applies the tools of differential , integral and vector calculus to the analysis of Newtonian mechanics and thermodynamics It is designed primarily for students of science and engineering who have successfully completed at least one semester of calculus.
Prerequisites:
MATH 2200 - Calculus I with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Physical Science
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PHYS 1320 - College Physics II
The second of a two-semester sequence in calculus based physics, this course applies the tools of differential, integral and vector calculus to the analysis of wave motion, optics, electricity and magnetism. It is designed primarily for students of science and engineering who have successfully completed at least two (2) semesters of calculus.
Prerequisites:
PHYS 1310 - College Physics I with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Physical Science
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POLS 1000 - American & Wyoming Government
An introduction to the ideas and concepts behind the growth and development of the governments of the U.S. and Wyoming and the political processes associated with them is provided in this course, which fulfills the statutory requirements for instruction in the provisions and principles of the state and national constitutions.
Prerequisites:
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in POLS 1000, or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: US and Wyoming Constitutions
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POLS 1100 - Wyoming Government
This course will deal with the important features of the Wyoming Constitution including how it differs from the U.S. Constitution, how the separation of powers operates within the framework, and how citizens can influence governmental outcomes.
Prerequisites:
A college level United States Government that is broadly similar to POLS 1000 at this institution or AP US Government with a score of 3 or higher.
Credits: 1
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1 lecture hour/week
Comments: POLS 1100 Wyoming Government is intended to complete the requirement of the State of Wyoming when the US Constitution requirement is met through AP or transfer.
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POLS 2000 - Current Issues of American Government
This course involves an examination of current political topics in the U.S. The focus is on key public policy problems, the policy making process and finally policy choices. Students should be aware of contemporary political events and be able to apply basic concepts of American government to current affairs.
Prerequisites:
POLS 1000 - American & Wyoming Government
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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POLS 2120 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
This course is an overview of law enforcement, courts, and correctional agencies within the American criminal justice system. It examines the function, inter-relationship, sub-systems, roles and responsibilities within each component of the system. The nature, theories, and causations of crimes are introduced to the student.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
Cross-listed: CRMJ 2120 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
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PR 0000 - Program Requirements
See course list below.
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PS 0000 - Physical Science Requirement
The following courses fulfill the Physical Science requirement:
- ASTR 1150 - Astronomy I, 4 credits
- ATSC 2000 - Introduction to Meteorology, 4 credits
- CHEM 1000 - Introduction to Chemistry, 5 credits
- CHEM 1090 - Fundamentals of Physical Universe, 4 credits
- CHEM 1025/1028 - Chemistry I and Lab, 4 credits
- CHEM 1035/1038 - Chemistry II and Lab, 4 credits
- PHYS 1050 - Concepts of Physics, 4 credits
- PHYS 1110 - General Physics I, 4 credits
- PHYS 1120 - General Physics II, 4 credits
- PHYS 1310 - College Physics I, 4 credits
- PHYS 1320 - College Physics II, 4 credits
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PSYC 0000 - Psychology Course
Course from Psychology Department
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PSYC 1000 - General Psychology
This course is intended for students who wish to learn the basics of the discipline of psychology. It offers a contemporary view of the human organism through the study of topics concerned with growth and development, motivation, behavior disorders, emotion and adjustment, learning and thinking, perception, individual differences, and social adjustments.
Prerequisites:
Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1010
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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PSYC 1280 - Personal & Career Development
This class is designed to help students develop a positive attitude towards themselves and others and to provide a means for them to explore career options.
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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PSYC 2040 - Introduction to Animal Behavior
This course explores the behavior of non-human animals on multiple levels of analysis, including ontogenetic (the developmental origins of behavior), phylogenetic (the evolutionary origins of behavior), proximate (the physiology and neurophysiology of behavior), and functional (the fitness consequences of behavior).
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 General Psychology or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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PSYC 2080 - Biological Psychology
This course introduces biological bases of behavior. Includes ethology and comparative behavior, psychobiological development, physiological and sensory mechanisms of behavior, and evolution and behavioral genetics. It presents basic structural and functional properties of the nervous system.
Prerequisites:
BIOL 1010 - General Biology I and PSYC 1000 - General Psychology
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
Cross-listed: BIOL 2080 - Biological Psychology
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PSYC 2125 - Forensic Psychology
This course focuses on the production and application of psychological knowledge and research findings for the civil and criminal justice systems. The student explores criminal profiling, crime scene investigations, psychology of crimes and delinquency, “victimology” and victim services, psychological assessments, mental disorders, and correctional psychology.
Prerequisites:
Complete PSYC 1000 General Psychology or SOC 1000 Sociological Principles with a grade of C or better
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
Cross-listed: CRMJ*2125
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PSYC 2210 - Drugs & Behavior
This course provides an introduction and overview of the various substances the human body is exposed to and how we react to them. Students analyze the interaction between drugs and human behaviors. Students predict the function of the major groups of legal and illicit substances and examine U.S. drug policy. Students also categorize the social effect of drugs on humans as well as evaluate drug activity and its use.
Prerequisites:
Complete PSYC 1000 General Psychology or SOC 1000 Sociological Principles, or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
Cross-listed: CRMJ*2590 - Drugs & Behavior
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PSYC 2230 - Sports & Exercise Psychology
This course will provide students with an introduction to the theoretical and applied aspects of the psychology of sport and exercise. Students will explore both historical and contemporary developments in the field as well as examine human behavior within the context of sport, exercise, and physical activity. Topics for this course include leadership, coaching, group processes, techniques for performance enhancement, promoting wellness, psychopathology in sport, and contemporary issues in psychology.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 General Psychology
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
Cross-listed: PEPR 2220
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PSYC 2260 - Alcoholism
This course provides students with an opportunity to examine the impact of alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction upon the individual, family systems, different ethnic groups and society as a whole. These impacts include physical, cognitive, legal and emotional aspects.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 General Psychology or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
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PSYC 2300 - Developmental Psychology
Students undertake a scientific study of the individual from prenatal beginnings through the early stages of adolescent development.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 - General Psychology
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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PSYC 2330 - Psychology of Adjustment
Personality and its relation of healthy adjustment to everyday problems are discussed, along with an inquiry into aspects of behavioral disorders relating to emotional maladjustments. Emphasis is placed on the application of learning, motivation and personality theory to problems of personal adjustment. This course is designed for psychology majors and other interested students.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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PSYC 2340 - Abnormal Psychology
This course presents an introduction to abnormal psychology by focusing on the issues and questions confronting mental health professionals. PSYC 2340, Abnormal Psychology, a three- credit, sophomore-level course that examines human behaviors and mental phenomena that diverge widely from the normal. This is a transferable elective psychology course open to all majors.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 - General Psychology (C or better) or consent of the instructor
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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PSYC 2380 - Social Psychology
This course introduces students to the psychology of human interaction. Students will examine socialization, attitudes, group processes, and social influence.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 - General Psychology
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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PSYC 2450 - Myths, Dreams, and Symbols
This course is an exploration of the creative unconscious through individual growth. Myths, dreams, symbols, and their meanings are explored through the use of theory, symbolic work using personal journals, artistic or musical expressions, and group process. Theorists including Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and James Hillman will be examined.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 - General Psychology
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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PSYC 2465 - Special Problems in Psychology
This course is a sophomore-level course designed to encourage critical thinking and discussion in areas of special problems in psychology.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 1000 General Psychology with C or better
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
General Education Requirement: none
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QSCS 1550 - Certified Customer Service Specialist
This course prepares students for the service industry. Emphasis will be placed on principles of exceptional customer service, work ethic, personal effectiveness, managing difficult customers, and developing computer skills and writing skills used in the service industry. Students who have credit in QSCS 1551, 1552, 1553 and 1554 may not receive duplicate credit for this course. Credit may not be earned for QSCS 1550 if credit has already been earned in QSCS 1551, 1552, 1553 or 1554.
Prerequisites:
Demonstrate English and math skills at a 10th grade level or higher
Credits: 10
Lecture/Lab Hours: 10 lecture hrs/week
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QSCS 1551 - Service Industry Business Env
This course focuses on introducing the student to service industries with an emphasis on the principles of exceptional customer service, quality, work ethic, and personal effectiveness. Credit may not be earned for QSCS 1551 if credit has already been earned in QSCS 1550.
Prerequisites:
Demonstrate English and math skills at a 10th grade level or higher
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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QSCS 1552 - Customer Contact Skills
This course focuses on specific communication skills associated with providing customer service in a business environment. Students learn both face-to-face and telephone contact skills including managing difficult customers, information sharing, and valuing customers with various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Credit may not be earned for QSCS 1552 if credit has already been earned in QSCS 1550.
Prerequisites:
Demonstrate english and math skills at a 10th grade level or higher
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
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QSCS 1553 - Customer Service Computer Skills
This course provides the student with an opportunity to perform basic computer skills related to word processing, spreadsheets, databases, email and e-commerce. Credit may not be earned for QSCS 1553 if credit has already been earned in QSCS 1550.
Prerequisites:
Demonstrate english and math skills at a 10th grade level or higher
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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QSCS 1554 - Customer Service Business Skills
The focus of this course is to provide students with introductory math skills, correspondence and writing skills, problem solving, and managing changes in the workplace specific to the service industry. Credit may not be earned for QSCS 1554 if credit has already been earned in QSCS 1550.
Prerequisites:
Demonstrate english and math skills at a 10th grade level or better
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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RELI 1000 - Introduction to Religion
This course introduces the major world religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto) and the role they play in shaping cultures and societies. It draws on various academic approaches to study religions emphasizing similarities and differences.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Humanities / Global Diversity
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REWM 0000 - Any course from the REWM department
Choose any course from the REWM department.
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REWM 1005 - Survey of Natural Resource Management
This course exposes students to job opportunities and career paths that are available to student who pursue a degree in Natural Resource and Ranch Land Management. Students will develop basic research, management, and job skills while interacting with experts in resource management disciplines.
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1 lecture, 1.5 lab hours/week
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REWM 2000 - Principles of Range Management
Students learn the basic principles of range management as they apply to various regions and vegetative types. Relationship of range management practices to livestock production, wildlife management, forestry, hydrology and other land uses are studied.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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REWM 2350 - Range & Pasture Monitoring
This course is designed to train students in the fundamental procedures of measuring the response of range and riparian plant communities to browsing and grazing by wildlife and livestock.
Credits: 1
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lab hrs/week
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REWM 2470 - Cornerstone in Natural Resource and Ranch Land Management
This course will allow students to apply their academic studies to a coordinated work experience in natural resource or ranch land management. Students evaluate their knowledge and understanding of the factors that influence resource management while designing and carrying out an applied research project related to their work experience. The course will culminate with the presentation of their research and work experience as well as the development of a professional resume.
Prerequisites:
REWM 2000 - Principles of Range Management or Instructor Consent
Credits: 1-4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2250 min practicum/credit hr
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REWM 2500 - Range Plant Identification
Students will learn to recognize on sight the major rangeland plants of North America and understand their distribution within the range ecosystems. Such practical knowledge and skill is essential for rangeland resource managers, and is marketable for both summer jobs while in college and for new employees in the profession.
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab hrs/week
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RUSS 1010 - 1st Yr Russian I
This course emphasizes listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The students communicate in Russian for everyday purposes. The students are introduced to the social and cultural background of Russian society. This courses lays a solid foundation for further study of the language.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
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RUSS 1020 - 1st Yr Russian II
This course emphasizes speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. The students communicate in the Russian language for everyday purposes. The students are introduced to the social and cultural background of Russian society. This course lays a solid foundation for further study of the language.
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of RUSS 1010 - 1st Yr Russian I, two years of high school Russian or instructor consent.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
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SAFE 1510 - Fundamental Occupational Health & Safety
This course covers personal protective equipment (PPE), workplace safety, confined space, hot work permits; material safety data sheets (MSDS), OSHA rules and regulations that pertain to the welding and diesel technology areas.
Prerequisites:
Admission to the Welding or Diesel program.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lect hrs/week
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SAFE 1570 - Safety and Health Technology
This course provides the student with an understanding of field and plant industrial safety principles, practices, and documentation. Topics covered include introduction to back injury prevention, CPR & First Aid certification, methane gas safety, hydrogen sulfide awareness, confined space awareness, and proper form completion and filing.
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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SB 0000 - Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement
The following courses fulfill the Science and Behavioral Sciences requirement:
- AGEC 1010 - Introduction to Ag Economics, 3 credits
- ANTH 1100 - Biological Anthropology, 3 credits
- ANTH 1200 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 3 credits
- ANTH 1300 - Introduction to Archaeology, 3 credits
- CO/M 1000 - Introduction to Mass Media, 3 credits
- CO/M 1040 - Introduction to Human Communication, 3 credits
- CRMJ 2400 - Criminology, 3 credits
- ECON 1010 - Macroeconomics, 3 credits
- ECON 1020 - Microeconomics, 3 credits
- G&R 1030 - Introduction to World Regional Geography, 3 credits
- G&R 1050 - Introduction to Environmental & Natural Resources, 3 credits
- HIST 1210 - U.S. History I, 3 credits
- HIST 1220 - U.S. History II, 3 credits
- HUMN 1060 or SOC 2350 - International Race & Ethnicity, 3 credits
- POLS 2000 - Current Issues of American Government, 3 credits
- PSYC 1000 - General Psychology, 4 credits
- SOC 1000 - Sociological Principles, 3 credits
- SOC 1100 - Social Problems, 3 credits
- SOC 2200 - Sociology of Human Sexuality, 3 credit
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SCI 0000 - Science Requirement
Earth Science: ASTR 1050, ASTR 1250, GEOL 1100, GEOL 1070, GEOL 1200, GEOL 1470, GEOL 2080
Physical Science: ASTR 1150, ATSC 2000, CHEM 1000, CHEM 1090, CHEM 1025 & 1028, CHEM 1035 & 1038, PHYS 1050, PHYS 1110, PHYS 1120, PHYS 1310, PHYS 1320
Life Science: AECL 1000, ANTH 1100, BIOL 1010, BIOL 1020, BIOL 2020, BIOL 2023, ZOO 1200, ZOO 2010 & 2012, ZOO 2020 & 2022
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SOC 0000 - Sociology Course
Course from the Sociology Department
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SOC 1000 - Sociological Principles
This introductory course provides both a survey of the discipline and a foundation for other sociology courses. Major areas of interest, ranging from small groups and families to bureaucracies and movements, are explored. Significant concepts and theories are introduced, along with the tools of social research. Though much attention is given to contemporary American society, comparative and historical materials are included.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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SOC 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 enrollment in, ENGL 1010 English I or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
Cross-listed: WMST 1080, ENGL 1080, HUMN 1080
General Education Requirement: Social & Behavioral and Global Diversity
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SOC 1100 - Social Problems
Students study the causes and methods of treatment of principal American social problems such as crime, racial prejudice and family disorganization.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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SOC 2000 - Introduction to Social Work
This course introduces social work and social welfare through an overview of the history, philosophy, ethics, values, methods, and fields of practice to generalist social work.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
Cross-listed: sowk 2000
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SOC 2140 - African Societies
This course is an examination of African social institutions including, but not limited to, the family, education, and religion. The similarities and differences between African and Western societies will be emphasized.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Global Diversity
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SOC 2200 - Sociology of Human Sexuality
This course offers an up-to-date perspective on major aspects of human sexuality, treating it primarily as a personal and social phenomenon, with particular attention to the needs and concerns of young adults.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences
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SOC 2300 - Counseling Skills
This course is designed to examine the concepts and skills of counseling. It defines the role of the counselor. Students analyze appropriate counseling techniques. Students identify appropriate guidance to clients within the criminal justice system. Students differentiate the counselor’s role within the criminal justice field. Students develop counseling skills to be used in the field.
Prerequisites:
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1010 English I
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lect hrs/week
Cross-listed: CRMJ 2300 and CNSL 2300 - Counseling Skills
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SOC 2325 - Marriage & Family
A sociological study of the mate selection process and marriage and family relations, this course focuses on contemporary American society. Historical material and comparison of various societies is included. Offered at the discretion of the division.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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SOC 2350 - International Race & Ethnicity
This course explores race and ethnic relations in a global context while covering groups and issues in the United States. The course analyzes the dispositions, traditions, and bodies of knowledge associated with past and contemporary expressions of cultural beliefs, behaviors, and experiences. It emphasizes the interdependence of human societies by identifying the conditions, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of a variety of cultures. The importance and relevance of the growing ethnic diversity in a variety of societies are examined while ethnic conflicts throughout the world are compared.
Prerequisites:
none
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
Cross-listed: HUMN 1060
General Education Requirement: Social & Behavior and Global Studies
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SOC 2400 - Criminology
This course examines the question of crime causation from legal, social, political, psychological, and theoretical perspectives. It introduces the nature of crime, statistics of criminal behavior, and explanations of criminal sanctions. It outlines the history and general development of criminology. Students discuss how criminal behavior affects our society. They critique the use of statistics, their validity and significance in criminological research. This course is cross-listed with SOC 2400 Criminology.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
Comments: This course is cross-llisted with CRMJ 2400 Criminology
Cross-listed: CRMJ 2400 - Criminology
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SOWK 2000 - Foundation of Social Work
This course introduces social work and social welfare through an overview of the history, philosophy, ethics, values, methods, and fields of practice to generalist social work.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours/week
Cross-listed: SOC 2000
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SPAN 1010 - 1st Year Spanish I
This introductory course primarily emphasizes listening and speaking skills although reading and writing skills are also developed.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
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SPAN 1020 - 1st Year Spanish II
This course further emphasizes listening and speaking skills, while developing reading and writing skills.
Prerequisites:
SPAN 1010 - 1st Year Spanish I with a final grade of “C” or better or adequate score on CLEP exam or instructor consent based on previous language experience.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Foreign Language
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SPAN 1050 - Conversational Spanish I
This course is intended to enable people to communicate with people, to understand them, and to make themselves understood in Spanish.
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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SPAN 1060 - Conversational Spanish II
This course focuses on speaking and listening skills. The emphasis is on developing comfort in speaking Spanish.
Prerequisites:
SPAN 1050 - Conversational Spanish I or SPAN 1010 - 1st Year Spanish I
Credits: 2
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2 lecture hrs/week
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SPAN 2030 - 2nd Year Spanish I
This course serves as a review and expansion of the basic structures of Spanish commonly taught at the introductory level, while providing ample opportunities for students to build vocabulary, communication, and writing skills.
Prerequisites:
SPAN 1020 - 1st Year Spanish II or adequate score on CLEP exam or instructor consent.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
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SPAN 2040 - 2nd Year Spanish II
This course serves as a comprehensive review and systematic expansion of the basic structures of Spanish commonly taught at the introductory level, while providing ample opportunities for students to build vocabulary, communication, and writing skills.
Prerequisites:
SPAN 2030 - 2nd Year Spanish I or adequate score on CLEP exam or instructor consent.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4 lecture hrs/week
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SPAN 2470 - Language Study Tour
A brief trip to a German or Spanish-speaking country exposes students to the culture and helps Them develop an appreciation and understanding of German or Spanish-speaking people.
Credits: 1-3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1 credit for participation in trip(S/U Grade); 2 to 3 credits for report or presentation following the trip(letter grade).
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STAT 2050 - Fundamentals of Statistics
Students are introduced to the central ideas and applications of statistical inference, including probability, inferences for means, variances and parameters of continuous and discrete distributions, hypothesis testing and the basic of regression and correlation.
Prerequisites:
MATH 1000 - Problem Solving or MATH 1400 - Pre-calculus Algebra or MATH 1450 - Pre-calculus Algebra & Trigonometry with a grade of “C” or better or minimum math ACT score of 25; or College Algebra placement score 65-100 and Trig score 00-60; or minimum math ACT score of 25.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hrs, 1 computer problem session/week
General Education Requirement: Math Reasoning
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STAT 2070 - Introduction to Statistics for Social Science
The course presents the central ideas of descriptive statistics and statistical inferences as applied to the social sciences, including graphs, averages, sampling, estimation, hypothesis-testing and relationships between variables. A statistical software package will be introduced. Students cannot receive credit in more than one of the following: STAT 2050 - Fundamentals of Statistics or STAT 2070 - Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences.
Prerequisites:
MATH 1000 - Problem Solving or MATH 1400 - Pre-calculus Algebra or MATH 1450 - Pre-calculus Algebra & Trigonometry with a grade of “C” or better or minimum math ACT score of 25.
Credits: 4
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab hours/week
General Education Requirement: Math Reasoning
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TECH 0000 - Any course from the TECH department
Choose any course from the TECH department.
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TECH 1500 - Vocational Exploratory I
This is an exploratory course intended to expose students to a variety of different career opportunities in the fields of technology. The course will cover the nature of the work, the type and amount of education needed as well as current and projected occupational opportunities.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.5 lecture/lab hours/week
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TECH 1505 - Vocational Exploratory II
This is an exploratory course designed to expose students to a variety of career opportunities in technology fields. The course covers the nature of the work, the type and amount of education needed, and both current and projected occupational opportunities in three different fields. Topics covered are chosen from advanced electrical technology, advanced hydraulics and pneumatics, diesel fundamentals and industrial maintenance technology.
Prerequisites:
TECH 1500 - Vocational Exploratory I
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.5 lecture/lab hours/week
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TECH 2980 - Technical Co-op
This course is designed to give students an opportunity to participate in a work experience, preferably paid, related to their major and/or their stated career objective.
Credits: 1-9
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3750 minutes/credit hour
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THEA 1000 - Introduction to Theatre
This course studies selected major periods in theater history, utilizing a selected play from each period as a basis for study of theater development as an art form from the Golden Age of Greece through the late 19th century.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Visual and Performing Arts
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THEA 1040 - Production Crew I
This course guides the student in the practical experience of working backstage on a realized production, through guided performance assignments that may include but not limited to the areas of theatrical lighting, scenic construction, sound operator, properties manager, costumes and or running crew.
Prerequisites:
Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, THEA 2220 Stagecraft or instructor consent
Credits: .5
Lecture/Lab Hours: minimum of 15 lab hours
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THEA 1100 - Beginning Acting
Students learn the fundamentals of acting through exercises, improvisations, and limited scene work. As acting is a process, the emphasis is on the activities more than on polished performances and scenes.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
General Education Requirement: Visual and Performing Arts
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THEA 1200 - Introduction to Stage Design
This course is an introduction and exploration of the visual and aesthetic principles of design in direct relationship to stage design including, scenery, costumes, and lighting. Studio projects in scene, lighting, and costume design supplement lectures.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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THEA 1340 - Musical Theatre Class Voice
This course presents group instruction singing techniques and performance styles associated with Musical Theater. It includes demonstration, brief lecture, discussion, and active participation through singing, analyzing, movement, and scene preparation.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lectur hrs/week
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THEA 1360 - Music Fundamentals for Theatre Majors
This course guides the student in acquiring a basic understanding of music notation, terminology, and related music theory concepts, through use of the textbook and related materials in class, through guided and independent written and performance assignments, and through the use of sight reading assignments.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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THEA 2010 - Theatrical Backgrounds Drama I
Thisfirst semester of a one-year course. It includes study of plays from the major periods of dramatic literature. This course will cover the Greeks through the Restoration.
Prerequisites:
THEA 1000 - Intro to Theatre or instructor consent.
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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THEA 2020 - Theatrical Backgrounds Drama II
The second semester of a one-year course. It includes the study of plays from the major periods of dramatic literature. This course will cover from the 18th century to the present.
Prerequisites:
THEA 2010 - Theatrical Backgrounds Drama I
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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THEA 2030 - Introduction to Playwriting / Screenwriting
This course introduces writers to the creative process of playwriting (writing for the stage) or screen-writing (writing for the movies). This course strongly emphasizes character and story development. The process of creating scripts for the stage or screen also provides a unique critical perspective for analyzing the respective art forms.
Prerequisites:
ENGL 1010 - English I or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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THEA 2040 - Production Crew II
This course guides the student in the practical experience of working backstage on a realized production, through guided performance assignments that may include but are not limited to the areas of theatrical lighting, scenic construction, sound operator, properties manager, costumes and/or running crew.
Prerequisites:
THEA 1040 Production Crew II
Credits: .5
Lecture/Lab Hours: minimum of 15 lab hours
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THEA 2050 - Theatre Practice
This course provides practical experience in the performances and technical aspects of theater through participation in a production. Credit is awarded based on scope of commitment to the production. This class will culminate in a public performance.
Prerequisites:
THEA 1100 or instructor consent
Credits: 1-3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.5 lecture/lab hrs/week
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THEA 2100 - Acting II
Acting II builds on the foundation acquired in Acting I. This course will focus on more advanced acting processes which “empower” the actor to become more expressive. This course will focus on scene study and characters. Specific exercises in the areas of voice and movement, interpretation, and improvisation will be included to expand the actors ways of creating characters. Scenes will be selected from various periods and genres as the semester progresses. The student will explore such aspects as given circumstances, objectives and obstacles, strategies and tactics, and beats and structure of a scene.
Prerequisites:
THEA 1100 - Beginning Acting or instructor consent
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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THEA 2145 - Costume Construction
This course uses a hands-on approach to teach the basic skills and terminologies used for theatrical costume development and construction
Credits: 3
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3 lecture hrs/week
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