Apr 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


This section includes a brief description of each credit class offered on a regular basis at Green River College. Classes are arranged in alphabetical order according to the college department that offers the class.

Each listing includes a course number (prefix & code/number), course title, number of credits awarded, prerequisite, course outcomes, and academic transfer distributions are also designated where applicable. Common course numbers are identified by an “&” symbol at the end of the department abbreviation.

Course numbers 100-299 are designated for Green River College programs and courses that transfer to senior institutions (transfer is sometimes limited). The 100 series is ordinarily for first-year students and the 200 series for second-year students, but this distinction varies because of differing requirements at other colleges and universities. The 300 and 400 level series are for third- and fourth-year students.

Consult the “Programs of Study ” section of this catalog and your faculty advisor for specific information about each class and about which classes will meet your requirements.

 

Humanities

  
  • HUMAN 224 - Women and World Religions

    Credits: 5
    Explores feminine perspectives of religion and spirituality in classical and indigenous religions today and throughout history. Examines images of the divine, mythological presentations, as well as roles and practices of women in each tradition through the study of traditional writings, feminist themes and feminist theologies. Addresses questions such as: What do sacred sources in traditional religions say about women and issues of gender; and how both men and women in society used oral and written sacred narratives.

    Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL 099  or instructor’s permission. 

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate command of important philosophical terminology, themes, and arguments related to views of sex, gender, and sexuality within the world’s major and newer religions.
    2. Identify the influence of religious conceptions of sex, gender, and sexuality on identity, language, communication (both verbal and nonverbal), values, media, power, and violence.
    3. State and evaluate non-trivial theories and arguments related to sex, gender, and sexuality.
    4. Recognize the dominance of Essentialist/Biological and patriarchal religious perspectives.
    5. Evaluate the suppression or denigration of feminine identities which are intersectional, multiple, and fluid.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate intellectual humility in forming and defending their own beliefs while being respectful of the views of others.
    2. Systematically formulate, develop, and defend non-trivial answers to philosophical questions by applying rational standards.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training

  
  • IBEST 002 - Introduction to Careers for ELL 2

    Credits: 3-15
    Provides an introduction for students interested in participating in an IBEST. Allows students to learn about each IBEST program and its’ requirements. Gives students the necessary information to choose a program, while teaching the students study skills, employability skills, and improve their English in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: ELL 010  or appropriate CASAS score; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text related to I-BEST as well as identify the main topic and retell those key details.
    2. Describe the connection between two events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
    3. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
    4. Use various text features, illustrations and details to locate and describe key facts or information in a text.
    5. Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic related to I-BEST, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
    6. Write short narratives in which they include some details about their work history, education and future goals, and they will use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
    7. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
    8. Describe people, places, things, and events related to I-BEST with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
    9. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas with increasing clarity.
    10. Use self-awareness and workplace skills to make decisions, work in teams, problem solve and present information.

    Program Outcomes
    Utilize language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IBEST 003 - Introduction to Careers for ELL 3

    Credits: 3-15
    Provides an introduction for ELL level 3 students interested in participating in an IBEST. Allows students to learn about each IBEST program and its requirements. Gives students the necessary information to choose a program, while teaching the students study skills, employability skills, and improve their English in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: ELL 020  or appropriate CASAS score; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text related to I-BEST as well as identify the main topic and retell those key details.
    2. Describe with support the connection between two events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
    3. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
    4. Use various text features, illustrations and details to locate and describe key facts or information in a text.
    5. Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic related to I-BEST, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
    6. Write short narratives in which they include some details about their work history, education and future goals, and they will use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
    7. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
    8. Describe people, places, things, and events related to I-BEST with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
    9. Speak audibly and express thoughts. feelings, and ideas with increasing clarity.
    10. Use self-awareness and workplace skills to make decisions, work in teams, problem solve and present information.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IBEST 004 - Introduction to Careers for ELL 4

    Credits: 3-15
    Provides an introduction for ELL Level 4 students interested in participating in an IBEST. Allows students to learn about each IBEST program and its requirements. Gives students the necessary information to choose a program, while teaching the students study skills, employability skills, and improve their English in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: ELL 020  or appropriate CASAS score; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text related to I-BEST as well as identify the main topic and retell those key details.
    2. Describe using support the connection between two events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
    3. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
    4. Use various text features, illustrations and details to locate and describe key facts or information in a text.
    5. Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic related to I-BEST, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
    6. Write narratives in which they include some details about their work history, education and future goals, and they will use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
    7. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
    8. Describe people, places, things, and events related to I-BEST with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
    9. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas with increasing clarity.
    10. Use self-awareness and workplace skills to make decisions, work in teams, problem solve and present information.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IBEST 032 - Early Childhood Education Success for ELL 5

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for ECE where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Refer to details and examples in an ECE text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
    2. Determine the main idea of written course materials for ECE recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea; summarize the text.
    3. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in an ECE text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic regarding child development and convey ideas and information clearly.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    8. Gather information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
    9. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Verbally report on an assigned topic or text with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IBEST 033 - Early Childhood Education Success for ELL 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for ECE where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence from ECE text to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for ECE, provide summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
    3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in an ECE text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic about childhood development, health, and safety and convey ideas and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting , or trying a new approach focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    9. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, build ing on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Present claims and findings emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
    11. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 035 - Early Childhood Education Success for TS 3

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for ECE where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Refer to details and examples in an ECE text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
    2. Determine the main idea of written course materials for ECE recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea; summarize the text.
    3. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in an ECE text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic regarding child development and convey ideas and information clearly.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    8. Gather information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
    9. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Verbally report on an assigned topic or text with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 036 - Early Childhood Education Success for TS 4

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for ECE where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence from ECE text to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for ECE, provide summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
    3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in an ECE text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic about childhood development, health, and safety and convey ideas and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    9. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Present claims and findings emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, valid reasoning , and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
    11. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 037 - Early Childhood Education Success for TS 5

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for ECE where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the ECE text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for ECE; provide an objective summary of the text.
    3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in an ECE text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information about child dev.elopment, health, and safety clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Devlop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibility and dynamically.
    8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    9. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 038 - Early Childhood Education Success for TS 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for ECE where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the ECE text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for ECE; provide an objective summary of the text.
    3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in an ECE text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information about child development, health, and safety clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibility and dynamically.
    8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    9. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the language, math, and soft skills to move ahead in college and land high-demand, living wage jobs.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 043 - BTAC Success for ELL 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for BTAC where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence from BTAC text to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for BTAC; provide summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
    3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a BTAC text. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
    6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    7. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    8. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    9. Present claims and findings emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, valid reasoning, and well-chosen details.
    10. Use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
    11. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
    12. Identify relevant mathematical resources, such as a calculator or digital content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems.
    13. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 046 - BTAC Success for TS 4

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for BTAC where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence from BTAC text to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for BTAC; provide summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
    3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a BTAC text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    9. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Present claims and findings emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, valid reasoning, and well-chosen details.
    11. Use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
    12. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
    13. Identify relevant mathematical resources, such as a calculator or digital content localod on a website. and use them to pose or solve problems.
    14. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 047 - BTAC Success for TS 5

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for BTAC where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the BTAC text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for BTAC; provide an objective summary of the text.
    3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a BTAC text.
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibility and dynamically.
    8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    9. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    10. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
    11. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
    12. Identify relevant mathematical resources, such as a calculator or digital content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems.
    13. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
    14. Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
    15. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
    16. Generate and analyze patterns.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 048 - BTAC Success for TS 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for BTAC where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the BTAC text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
    2. Determine the central idea of written course materials for BTAC; provide an objective summary of the text. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a BTAC text.
    3. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    5. Devlop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
    6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibility and dynamically.
    7. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    8. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    9. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
    10. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. Identify relevant mathematical resources, such as a calculator or digital content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems.
    11. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
    12. Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
    13. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
    14. Generate and analyze patterns.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 051 - Student Success in the Trades for ELL 4

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in the written course materials.
    2. Find the main idea of written course materials and explain how it is supported by key details.
    3. Create study notes on written course materials which summarize the main ideas and key details.
    4. Find and discuss events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in technical trades materials based on specific inrormation in the text.
    5. Show how these materials support the same approach or differ.
    6. Learn and use technical vocabulary (words and phrases) specific to area of study in spoken and written in texts. 
    7. Identify how an author supports specific points the author makes in the trades written materials
    8. Write on technical topics while utilizing clear reasoning, evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s ideas.
    9. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    10. Use what is taught to solve construction problems. 
    11. Demonstrate listening comprehension of trades topics and techniques taught in the course.
    12. Effectively engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve course learning objectives.
    13. Learn and apply math concepts and techniques for the practical purposes in area of study.
    14. Effectively use an propriate calculator for course objectives.
    15. Explore job opportunities in the selected field and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 052 - Student Success in the Trades for ELL 5

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Refer to details in the written course materials for trades when explaining what the materials say and wmen drawing inferences from the materials.
    2. Identify the main idea of written course materials and explain how it is supported by key details.
    3. Create objective study notes on written course materials which summarize the main ideas and key details.
    4. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in technical trades materials based on specific information in the text.
    5. Show how these materials support the same approach or differ.
    6. Learn and use technical vocabulary (words and phrases) specific to area of study in spoken and written texts. 
    7. Identify various technical approaches in the written materials and determine how an author may agree or disagree with others on the same topics.
    8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in the written materials.
    9. Write informative or explanatory texts on technical topics while utilizing clear reasoning , evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s claims.
    10. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    11. Use what is taught to solve construction problems.
    12. Demonstrate listening comprehension of trades topics and techniques taught in the course.
    13. Effectively engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve the trades course learning objectives.
    14. Learn and apply math concepts and techniques for the practical purposes of trades concentration.
    15. Effectively use an appropriate calculator for course objectives.
    16. Explore job opportunities in the trades field and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 053 - Student Success in the Trades for ELL 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Find evidence in written course materials to support major ideas and inferences.
    2. Understand the major trades concepts and how they are applied for specific course objectives.
    3. Locate a theme or central idea in the written course materials and how that theme is supported through detailed information.
    4. Find the central theme for each unit studied and how the details of the texts support that theme.
    5. Provide notes which summarize the written course materials without giving personal opinions or judgments.
    6. Take notes on texts to align with units taught in the course.
    7. Find connections and distinctions in various trades course written materials.
    8. Explain how materials support similar ideas or present variant concepts.
    9. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, particularly connotative, and technical meanings for the context of trades are being taught.
    10. Identify various technical approaches in the written materials and determine how an author may agree or disagree with others on the same topics.
    11. Assess the claims and approaches of authors on relevant topics using one’s theoretical, personal and practical knowledge of the trades area.
    12. Determine the reasoning and use of authors to support claims made on issues relating to industry techniques.
    13. Write explanatory texts on technical topics relating to area of study while utilizing clear reasoning, evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s claims.
    14. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    15. Use what is taught to solve construction problems
    16. Demonstrate listening comprehension of topics studied and techniques taught in the course.
    17. Engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve the trades course learning objectives.
    18. Apply math concepts and techniques for the practical purposes of building.
    19. Use an appropriate calculator for course objectives.
    20. Explore job opportunities in the trades field and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 054 - Student Success in the Trades for TS 2

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in the written course materials.
    2. Find the main idea of written course materials and explain how it is supported by key details.
    3. Create study notes on written course materials which summarize the main ideas and key details.
    4. Find and discuss events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in technical trades materials based on specific information in the text. Show how these materials support the same approach or differ.
    5. Use technical vocabulary specific to area of study in spoken and written contexts.
    6. Identify how an author supports specific points in the trades written materials.
    7. Write about technical topics while utilizing clear reasoning, evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s ideas.
    8. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    9. Use what is taught to solve construction problems.
    10. Demonstrate listening comprehension of trades topics and techniques taught in the course.
    11. Engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve course learning objectives.
    12. Apply match concepts and techniques for the practical purposes in area of study.
    13. Use an appropriate calculator for course objectives.
    14. Explore job opportunities in the selected field and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 055 - Student Success in the Trades for TS 3

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Refer to details in the written course materials for trades when explaining what the materials say and when drawing inferences from the materials.
    2. Identify the main idea of written course materials and explain how it is supported by key details.
    3. Create objective study notes on written course materials which summarize the main ideas and key details.
    4. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in technical trades materials based on specific information in the text.
    5. Show how these materials support the same approach or differ.
    6. Use technical vocabulary (words and phrases) specific to area of study in spoken and written contexts.
    7. Identify various technical approaches in the written materials and determine how an author may agree or disagree with others on the same topics.
    8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in the written materials.
    9. Write informative or explanatory texts on technical topics while utilizing clear reasoning , evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s claims.
    10. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    11. Use what is taught to solve construction problems.
    12. Demonstrate listening comprehension of trades topics and techniques taught in the course.
    13. Engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve the trades course learning objectives.
    14. Apply math concepts and techniques for the practical purposes of trades concentration.
    15. Effectively use an appropriate calculator for course objectives.
    16. Explore job opportunities in the trades field and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 056 - Student Success in the Trades for TS 4

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Find evidence in written course materials to support major ideas and inferences. Understand the major trades concepts and how they are applied for specific course objectives.
    2. Locate a theme or central idea in the written course materials and how that theme is supported through detailed information.
    3. Find the central theme for each unit studied and how the details of the texts support that theme.
    4. Provide notes which summarize the written course materials without giving personal opinions or judgments.
    5. Take notes on texts to align with units taught in the course.
    6. Find connections and distinctions in various trades course written materials.
    7. Explain how materials support similar ideas or present variant concepts.
    8. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, particularly connotative, and technical meanings for the context of trades are being taught.
    9. Identify various technical approaches in the written materials and determine how an author may agree or disagree with others on the same topics.
    10. Assess the claims and approaches using one’s theoretical, personal and practical knowledge of the trades area.
    11. Determine the reasoning and use of authors to support claims made on issues relating to industry techniques.
    12. Write explanatory texts on technical topics relating to area of study while utilizing clear reasoning, evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s claims.
    13. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    14. Use what is taught to solve construction problems.
    15. Demonstrate listening comprehension of topics studied and techniques taught in the course.
    16. Engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve the trades course learning objectives.
    17. Learn and apply math concepts and techniques for the practical purposes of building.
    18. Effectively use an appropriate calculator for course objectives.
    19. Explore job opportunities in the trades field and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 057 - Student Success in the Trades for TS 5

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Find and cite evidence in written course materials to support major ideas and inferences. Understand the major trades concepts and how they are applied for specific course objectives.
    2. Locate a theme or central idea in the written course materials and how that theme is supported through detailed information.
    3. Find the central theme for each unit studied and how the details of the texts support that theme. If the theme of a unit is about a construction process, be able to locate the specific sequences involved in that process and determine how these sequences are interrelated.
    4. Provide notes which summarize the written course materials without giving personal opinions or judgments.
    5. Take notes on texts to align with units taught in the course.
    6. Find connections and distinctions in various course written materials.
    7. Explain how materials support similar ideas or present variant concepts.
    8. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, particularly connotative, and technical meanings for carpentry.
    9. Identify various technical approaches in the trades written materials and determine how an author may agree or disagree with others on the same topics.
    10. Assess the claims and approaches of authors on relevant topic using one’s theoretical, personal and practical knowledge of the trades area.
    11. Determine the reasoning and use of authors to support claims made on issues relating to industry techniques.
    12. Write explanatory texts on technical topics while utilizing clear reasoning, evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s claims.
    13. Utilize relevant information from multiple print and digital sources to answer a research question and present information learned to the instructor and other students to complete a course assignment on safety.
    14. Follow standards of citation and avoid plagiarism.
    15. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    16. Use what is taught to solve technical problems. 
    17. Demonstrate listening comprehension of carpentry topics and techniques taught in the course.
    18. Engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve the course learning objectives.
    19. Apply math concepts and techniques for the practical purposes of building.
    20. Use an appropriate calculator for course objectives.
    21. Explore job opportunities in the field of study and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 058 - Student Success in the Trades for TS 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the I-BEST program for students in the trades programs. Students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare safety presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skill demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, apply math skills, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Analyze various written materials relating to trades area and integrate that with information presented in course discussions, presentations and demonstrations.
    2. Find and cite evidence in written course materials to support major ideas and inferences. Understand the major course concepts and how they are applied for specific course objectives. 
    3. Analyze a theme or central idea in the written course materials and how that theme is supported through detailed information.
    4. Find the central theme for each unit studied and how the details of the texts support that theme. If the theme of a unit is about a construction process. Be able to locate the specific sequences involved in that process and determine how these sequences are interrelated.
    5. Provide notes which summarize the written course materials without giving personal opinions or judgments.
    6. Take notes on texts to align with units taught in the course.
    7. Find connections and distinctions in various course written materials.
    8. Explain how materials support similar ideas or present variant concepts.
    9. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, particularly connotative, and technical meanings.
    10. Identify various technical approaches in the written materials and determine how an author may agree or disagree with others on the same topics.
    11. Assess the claims and approaches-Using one’s theoretical, personal and practical knowledge of the trades area.
    12. Determine the reasoning and use of authors to support claims made on issues relating to carpentry techniques.
    13. Write explanatory texts on technical topics relating to trades area while utilizing clear reasoning, evidence, development, and analysis to support one’s claims.
    14. Utilize relevant information from multiple print and digital sources to answer a research question and present information learned to the instructor and other students to complete a course assignment on safety as it relates to trades area.
    15. Follow standards of citation and avoid plagiarism.
    16. Utilize critical thinking strategies to apply demonstrated concepts and techniques to practical problems presented in the trades course.
    17. Use what is taught to solve construction problems.
    18. Demonstrate listening comprehension of trades topics and techniques taught in the course.
    19. Engage in classroom workplace discussions to achieve the trades course learning objectives.
    20. Apply math concepts and techniques for the practical purposes of trades area.
    21. Effectively use an appropriate calculator for course objectives.
    22. Explore job opportunities in the trades field and prepare to apply and interview for these career openings.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 063 - Nursing Assistant Success for ELL 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for NA where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Refer to details and examples in nursing assistant text to explain what the text says.
    2. Determine the main idea of the nursing assistant text and explain how it is supported by key details.
    3. Follow precisely a multi-step procedure when taking vitals, or performing nursing tasks.
    4. Interpret information presented visually or quantitatively (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table.)
    5. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a technical topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    6. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    7. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
    8. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    9. Conduct short research projects to answer a technical question in the nursing assistant field to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
    10. Gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work and provide a list of sources.
    11. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    12. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 066 - Nursing Assistant Success for TS 4

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for NA where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Refer to details and examples in nursing assistant text to explain what the text says.
    2. Determine the main idea of the nursing assistant text and explain how it is supported by key details.
    3. Follow precisely a multi-step procedure when taking vitals, or performing nursing tasks.
    4. Interpret information presented visually or quantitatively (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table.)
    5. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a technical topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    6. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    7. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
    8. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
    9. Conduct short research projects to answer a technical question in the nursing assistant field to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
    10. Gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work and provide a list of sources.
    11. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    12. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 067 - Nursing Assistant Success for TS 5

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for NA where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of technical nursing assistant text.
    2. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of the nursing assistant text; provide an accurate summary distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
    3. Follow precisely a multi-step procedure when taking vitals, or performing nursing tasks.
    4. Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a nursing assistant text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table.)
    5. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    6. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
    7. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, linking to other information and to display information flexibility and dynamically.
    8. Conduct short research projects to answer a technical question in the nursing assistant field; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
    9. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    10. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    11. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
    12. Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
    13. Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of Intervals of time (respiration, blood pressure), liquid volumes, and weight. Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
    14. Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units (e.g., ounces to millimeters).

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IBEST 068 - Nursing Assistant Success for TS 6

    Credits: 3-10
    A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for NA where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills.

    Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of the technical nursing assistant text attending to the precise details of explanations or description.
    2. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of the nursing assistant text: provide an accurate summary of the complex concepts and processes distinct from prior knowledge or opinions by paraphrasing accurately.
    3. Follow precisely a multi-step procedure when taking vitals. or performing nursing tasks attending to special cases. Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a nursing assistant text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table.)
    4. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately
    5. through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
    6. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
    7. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
    8. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibility and dynamically.
    9. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a technical question in the nursing assistant field; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
    10. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
    11. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners. building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    12. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
    13. Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
    14. Demonstrate decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
    15. Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time (respiration, blood pressure), liquid volumes, and weight.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

Industrial Education

  
  • INDUS 090 - Technical Skills

    Credits: 1-6
    Introduction to basic knowledge, concepts, skills and applicable safety practices related to various trade and technology programs. Course may include both lecture and supported laboratory exercises when appropriate.

  
  • INDUS 101 - Basic Woodworking

    Credits: 1-4
    Develops a working knowledge of woodworking as related to layout, assembling, joining, fastening and finishing, and practical application through the use of hand tools and power tools. Students build and keep a personal wood project.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Identify, label, and list the uses of inventoried hand and power tools with no less than 75% accuracy.
    2. Accurately measure, transfer layout lines, find centers, and find angles on an assigned project to a level of quality consistent with industry standards.
    3. Glue, clamp, and square lumber.
    4. Demonstrate safe work practices to current industry practices.
    5. Demonstrate each tool presented in the shop by successfully using each tool in a manner consistent with industry standards.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Be employed as a carpenter helper or a union carpentry apprenticeship program.
    2. Demonstrate efficencey, safety and accuracy in the completion of carpentry tasks.
    3. Use all basic hand and power tools related to carpentry.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • INDUS 103 - Manufacturing Processes

    Credits: 4
    Provides lecture and lab situations in basic knowledge of metal manufacturing processes. Includes terminology, surface finishes, tolerances, and logical sequence of operations. Covers solving production problems and metal cutting technology. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

  
  • INDUS 111 - Welding Survey 1

    Credits: 3
    Includes lecture and lab experiences in arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding, brazing, and cutting. Basic study of MIG and TIG and other special processes.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Observe all occupational health and safety rules.
    2. Demonstrate basic Oxy/Acetylene welding, brazing, and cutting procedures/skills as listed in the student handbook.
    3. Demonstrate basic Gas Metal Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.
    4. Demonstrate basic Gas Tungsten Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.
    5. Demonstrate basic Shielded Metal Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Work as an industry standard trade welder.
    2. Demonstrate OSHA and WISHA standards for safety in the workplace.
    3. Use multiple welding processes in all positions.
    4. Identify the cause and effect of various welding processes per welding procedure (WPS).
    5. Discuss basic theory of welding and the related equipment.
    6. Conform to AWS and WABO qualification procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • INDUS 112 - Welding Survey 2

    Credits: 3
    Includes lecture and lab experiences in arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding, brazing, and cutting. Basic study of MIG and TIG and other special processes.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Observe all occupational health and safety rules.
    2. Demonstrate basic Oxy /Acetylene welding, brazing, and cutting procedures/skills as listed in the student handbook.
    3. Demonstrate basic Gas Metal Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.
    4. Demonstrate basic Gas Tungsten Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.
    5. Demonstrate basic Shielded Metal Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Work as an industry standard trade welder.
    2. Demonstrate OSHA and WISHA standards for safety in the workplace.
    3. Use multiple welding processes in all positions.
    4. Identify the cause and effect of various welding processes per welding procedure (WPS).
    5. Discuss basic theory of welding and the related equipment.
    6. Conform to AWS and WABO qualification procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • INDUS 113 - Welding Survey 3

    Credits: 3
    Includes lecture and lab experiences in arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding, brazing, and cutting. Basic study of MIG and TIG and other special processes.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Observe all occupational health and safety rules.
    2. Demonstrate basic Oxy/Acetylene welding, brazing, and cutting procedures/skills as listed in the student handbook.
    3. Demonstrate basic Gas Metal Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.
    4. Demonstrate basic Gas Tungsten Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.
    5. Demonstrate basic Shielded Metal Arc welding skills as listed in the student handbook.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Work as an industry standard trade welder.
    2. Demonstrate OSHA and WISHA standards for safety in the workplace.
    3. Use multiple welding processes in all positions.
    4. Identify the cause and effect of various welding processes per welding procedure (WPS).
    5. Discuss basic theory of welding and the related equipment.
    6. Conform to AWS and WABO qualification procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

Industrial Engineering

  
  • I E 114 - CATIA 2-D

    Credits: 4
    Focuses on using CATIA (Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application) software. Teaches file structure and management, 2-D and 3-D concepts, and the creation of elementary elements (points, lines, curves) that are used in future solids creation. Gains a working knowledge of how to move geometry within a model, change the graphical characteristics of existing geometry, and analyze and establish model standards.

    Prerequisite: Eligible for both ENGL 081  and READ 104 ; or instructor’s permission.

  
  • I E 189 - Basic Metallurgy

    Credits: 4
    Introduces the basic structure of metals and the effects of alloying elements, mechanical working and heat on the strength and other properties of the metal. Students perform testing procedures for evaluating strength, hardness and heat treating processes in the laboratory.

  
  • I E 204 - Statics and Strengths

    Credits: 5
    Introduces the concepts of forces, moments, and equilibrium; and the application of these concepts to the determination of stresses and deformations in simple structural members. Includes the analyses of beams, columns and tension members. Involves some materials testing.

  
  • I E 210 - CATIA Modeling

    Credits: 7
    Focuses on creating 2-D and 3-D geometry using CATIA (Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application) software. Teaches commands for creating and editing drawings. Uses CATIA software. Course covers three modules: 2-D geometry creating and editing; 3-D parametric solids modeling and editing; and 3-D parametric surface modeling and editing. CAD instruction emphasizes methods for creating documents that are accurate and accomplished in a timely manner.

    Prerequisite: D T 135  and 236.

  
  • I E 214 - CATIA 3-D Solids

    Credits: 5
    Focuses on using CATIA (Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application) software. Teaches creation and modification of solid modeling using CATIA. Students gain an understanding of the history of solids creation and the ability to extract elements from the history of solid bodies. CAD instruction emphasizes methods for creating documents that are accurate and accomplished in a timely manner.

    Prerequisite: I E 114 .

  
  • I E 215 - CATIA 3-D Surfacing

    Credits: 4
    Focuses on using CATIA (Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application) software. Teaches creation and modification of surface modeling using CATIA. Students learn to use the variety of curves available in CATIA and how they interact with different disciplines, such as SOLIDS, N/C toolpath creation, and volume creation. CAD instruction emphasizes methods for creating documents which are accurate and accomplished in a timely manner.

    Prerequisite: I E 214 .


Information Literacy

  
  • INFO 104 - Information for the Disciplines

    Credits: 2
    Introduces students to the professional and research literature in a humanities, social sciences or science discipline. Students develop the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively and ethically use information sources and information retrieval systems pertinent to the discipline under study. Students gain an understanding of the object and method of study in the discipline, and compare scholarly with popular sources. May be offered as a linked course. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Identify key terms and concepts in an academic discipline.
    2. Identify and use information retrieval systems appropriate to the academic discipline.
    3. Construct an appropriate topic for and search strategy in the academic discipline.
    4. Identify a variety of types and formats of information sources in the academic discipline.
    5. Critically evaluate information and information sources in the discipline.
    6. Use information effectively and ethically for academic purposes.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Identify the scope of their information need.
    2. Access information effectively.
    3. Evaluate the quality of the information.
    4. Use, synthesize, or produce the needed information ethically.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • INFO 110 - Information Literacy and Research Skills

    Credits: 2
    Examines the nature of information and the research process. Topics include locating, retrieving, evaluating, and using information print and electronic resources effectively and ethically.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Choose and define a topic for research.
    2. Determine what types of information and information formats and resources are needed on that topic.
    3. Construct and implement an appropriate search strategy.
    4. Critically evaluate both the retrieved information and its source(s).
    5. Effectively and ethically use the information.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Identify the scope of their information need.
    2. Access information effectively.
    3. Evaluate the quality of the information.
    4. Use, synthesize, or produce the needed information ethically.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

Information Technology

  
  • IT 100 - Introduction to IT and Cybersecurity

    Credits: 3
    Explores the areas of Windows, Linux, and network administration, software development, and cybersecurity. Includes and introduces the competencies required for each area of employment, and the planning of a degree program to receive both an Associates and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology.

  
  • IT 101 - Introduction to Information Technology

    Credits: 5
    Provides an overview of information technology. Introduces computer hardware, software, procedures and systems, and their applications in various segments of society. Introduces information about careers in software development, networking, and security. Discussion of computer ethics and current events.

    Prerequisite: Eligible for READ 094  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe the impact of digital technology and the World Wide Web.
    2. Describe basic computer hardware, operating system and application functionality.
    3. Explain how to apply security and safety to computer systems.
    4. Describe program and Web use and development.
    5. Explain the impact of Networking and Digital Communication in the modern world.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand security principles, system and network vulnerabilities, and common mitigation practices.
    2. Understand network infrastructure, logic, and troubleshooting procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 102 - Programming Fundamentals

    Credits: 5
    An introductory programming class for students who have no prior programming experience. Covers procedural programming, input and output, variables, decision statements, loops, file processing, and arrays.

    Prerequisite: MATH 072  with a grade of 2.5 or higher; or eligible for MATH 097  or higher; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Gather user input and display output to users.
    2. Declare variables and perform calculations using variables.
    3. Differentiate among various scalar data types and use them appropriately.
    4. Create and use a collection data type (lists).
    5. Write a software application using the basic control structures in programming – sequence, selection, and iteration.
    6. Apply basic boolean operations (such as AND, OR, NOT)
    7. Apply basic security practices such as bounds checking and input validation.
    8. Trace code line-by-line for basic debugging.
    9. Import and apply methods from code modules.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 114 - IT Essentials

    Credits: 5
    Covers basic functionality and configuration of desktop computers and operating systems.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Identify and describe PC hardware components.
    2. Understand, install, and maintain various desktop operating systems.
    3. Describe a basic computer network in a small office/home office environment.
    4. Configure basic security for a desktop operating system.
    5. Identify and describe mobile devices and their basic configurations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems and networking hardware.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 125 - Fundamentals of IPv4 and IPv6

    Credits: 3
    Covers IP protocols, subnetting, and number conversion between Base 10 and Binary.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe IPv4 and IPv6 protocols.
    2. Describe subnetting of IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
    3. Perform subnetting of IPV4 and IPv6 networks.
    4. Perform network summarization for ranges of IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems and networking hardware.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 131 - Introduction to Networks

    Credits: 5
    Introduces networking and basic switch and router configuration. This course uses the Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching Introduction to Networks curriculum.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Explain the importance of protocols, data networks and the Internet in supporting business communications and everyday activities.
    2. Calculate, and apply subnet masks and addresses to build a simple network.
    3. Use Cisco command-line interface (CLI) commands to perform basic router and switch configuration, security and verification.
    4. Identify the operations and features of the TCP/IP and OSI models.
    5. Utilize common network utilities to verify and troubleshoot small network operations and view data traffic.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 135 - CompTIA Security+ Certification Preparation

    Credits: 5
    A preparation course for the CompTIA Security+ certification, an IT industry recognized entry level certification. Provides students with a broad foundation of network security concepts. Topics include security fundamentals, overview of cryptography, security policies and procedures, common types of attacks, and how to implement network security measures. Covers all current CompTIA Security+ certification exam objectives.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe cyber security fundamentals.
    2. Explain how cryptography and PKI is used.
    3. Develop security policies and procedures.
    4. Describe common types of vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and countermeasures.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Describe, configure, secure and troubleshoot computer networking equipment and resources.
    2. Describe, configure, secure and troubleshoot operating systems.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IT 160 - Windows Server Administration I

    Credits: 5
    Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install and configure Microsoft Windows Server.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Install, configure and monitor Microsoft Windows Server.
    2. Configure and manage disks, shares and NTFS permissions.
    3. Use Windows PowerShell to perform system administration tasks.
    4. Implement high availability.
    5. Implement virtualization using Hyper-V.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems and networking hardware.
    2. Understand network infrastructure, logic, and troubleshooting procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 178 - IT Work Experience

    Credits: 1-5
    Allows students to work full- or part-time in jobs directly related to their programs and interests. Students may receive a salary or volunteer. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Become acquainted with people in professional settings.
    2. Work with others in their field of interest.
    3. Adjust to specific aspects of a career.
    4. Improve previously acquired skills.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems and networking hardware.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IT 190 - Introduction to Linux

    Credits: 5
    Introduces the student to basic file system navigation, user and group administration, software applications, operating system update methods and shell scripting in the Linux operating system environment at the command line using the Terminal.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use the Terminal application to perform entry-level Linux administration.
    2. Develop BASH scripts to perform backup operations on a Linux system.
    3. Perform Linux software and operating system updates.
    4. Understand and implement Linux file and directory permissions.
    5. Understand Linux user, group, file system and operating system security.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems and networking hardware.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 201 - Database Fundamentals

    Credits: 5
    Covers the management of database tables, queries, views, indexes, and constraints using a Database Management System (DBMS) and Structured Query Language (SQL). Hands-on exercises include the analysis, troubleshooting, and problem solving of real world database scenarios. 

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand and manipulate database objects using CREATE, ALTER, and DROP statements.
    2. Understand and manipulate data using SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.
    3. Understand, design and implement PRIMARY KEY and FOREIGN KEY constraints.
    4. Understand, design, and create SQL queries with inner and outer joins. 
    5. Understand, design, and create SQL queries that utilize set operations and subqueries. 
    6. Understand basic concepts of database security and techniques used to secure databases.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate basic programming and database constructs.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 206 - Front-End Web Development

    Credits: 5
    Covers the fundamentals of web page production. Students learn the three layers of front-end web development: HTML for structure, CSS for styling and JavaScript for behavior. Emphasizes design for usability and accessibility. Students learn how the Internet works, how a web page is processed, and how to launch a website on the Internet.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use HTML5 to properly mark up a web page using a basic text editor.
    2. Apply both internal and external CSS to control the look and feel of a web page.
    3. Utilize classes and IDs, and know when it is appropriate to use each.
    4. Explain the importance of usability and perform usability testing.
    5. Explain the importance of accessibility and integrate accessibility features into a web page.
    6. Navigate directory structures and properly incorporate images and internal and external links.
    7. Utilize proper document structure and formatting standards.
    8. Follow proper file and folder naming conventions.
    9. Explain and utilize the Document Object Model (DOM).
    10. Write JavaScript functions to create interaction within a web page and control its behavior.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 207 - Web Programming with JavaScript

    Credits: 5
    Introduces students to JavaScript, a powerful programming language for creating dynamic, interactive web pages. Students learn the basics of JavaScript, and apply it toward the development of a website. Topics include language constructs and syntax, event-driven programming, manipulating the Document Object Model (DOM), form validation, and utilizing JavaScript libraries, such as jQuery.

    Prerequisite: IT 102  and IT 206  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Design and create JavaScript programs that utilize selection, iteration, and functions.
    2. Apply best practices to code, including proper naming conventions, indentation, and documentation.
    3. Explain the difference between client- and server-side scripting.
    4. Apply JavaScript to a web page to make it more interactive.
    5. Implement event-driven programming.
    6. Effectively test and debug JavaScript code.
    7. Utilize JavaScript libraries to enhance JavaScript development.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction. 
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.  
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.  
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.  
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities. 


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 210 - Routing and Switching Essentials

    Credits: 7
    Focuses on the knowledge and skills to implement and configure routing and switching. Topics include device configuration, IPv4, IPv6, Subnetting, virtual local area networks (VLANs), routing protocols, and wide area networking (WAN) technologies.

    Prerequisite: IT 131  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Configure routers and switches using the command line interface.
    2. Perform IPv4 and IPv6 subnetting.
    3. Implement VLANS, NAT, ACLs, DHCP and network discovery.
    4. Implement static and dynamic routing.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems.
    2. Understand security principles, system and network vulnerabilities, and common mitigation practices.
    3. Understand network infrastructure, logic, and troubleshooting procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 219 - Programming 1

    Credits: 5
    Introduces students to problem solving methods, algorithm development and object-oriented design. Students design, implement, document and debug programs using an object-oriented programming language.

    Prerequisite: IT 102  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; and eligible for MATH 097  or higher; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Define object-oriented terminology. 
    2. Utilize classes, objects, and methods.
    3. Define variables and perform calculations using variables.
    4. Define variables and constants, using appropriate data types.
    5. Utilize the basic control structures in programming: sequence, selection, and iteration.
    6. Create and utilize a custom class.
    7. Create and manipulate arrays, including a sort.
    8. Utilize code libraries.
    9. Explain the compilation process.
    10. Define and utilize methods.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction. 
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.  
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.  
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.  
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities. 


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 220 - Programming 2

    Credits: 5
    A continuation of IT 219 , emphasizing concepts of data abstraction and encapsulation. Topics include inheritance, interfaces, generics, collections, and the implementation of linked lists and binary search trees.

    Prerequisite: IT 219  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Create a class that is derived from another class, inheriting fields and methods from the superclass, and overriding methods in the subclass.
    2. Demonstrate the concept of polymorphism by defining unique behaviors in subclasses of a class while sharing some of the same functionality of the parent class.
    3. Define, implement, and use an interface.
    4. Invoke and instantiate a generic type.
    5. Use essential classes such as exceptions and basic I/O.
    6. Implement and manipulate elementary data structures: linked lists, stacks, and queues.
    7. Implement a binary search tree data structure and its recursive operations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 224 - Windows Automation and Scripting

    Credits: 5
    Introduces PowerShell scripting language for Windows. Students will write, test and execute basic and advanced administrative scripts for Windows.

    Prerequisite: IT 160  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use PowerShell commands at the command line and in the scripting environment.
    2. Build objects and collections.
    3. Develop scripts using flow control, decisions, repetition and pipelines in PowerShell.
    4. Perform Windows, file system, and Active Directory administration using PowerShell.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems.
    2. Understand and demonstrate basic programming and database constructs.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 240 - Windows Server Administration II

    Credits: 5
    Gives students the ability to administer and troubleshoot a Microsoft Windows Server network infrastructure.

    Prerequisite: IT 160  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Implement and secure Domain Name System (DNS).
    2. Implement Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP), and IP Address Management (IPAM).
    3. Implement Direct Access and Remote Access solutions.
    4. Implement Distributed File System (DFS) and BranchCache.
    5. Describe advanced network infrastructure solutions.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems.
    2. Understand network infrastructure, logic, and troubleshooting procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 244 - CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Preparation

    Credits: 5
    Provides students competency in cloud models, virtualization, infrastructure, security, resource management and business continuity.

    Prerequisite: IT 131  and 160 ; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe cloud concepts and models.
    2. Explain different virtualization types and technologies.
    3. Describe the infrastructure resources used within clouds.
    4. Plan resource management and monitoring.
    5. Explain security requirements in the cloud.
    6. Perform Systems management and monitoring of cloud resources.
    7. Plan for business continuity in the cloud.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems.
    2. Understand security principles, system and network vulnerabilities, and common mitigation practices.
    3. Understand network infrastructure, logic, and troubleshooting procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 245 - Windows Server Administration III

    Credits: 5
    Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and administer advanced directory services. Focuses on performing tasks that are required to centrally manage users’ computers and resources.

    Prerequisite: IT 160  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Install and configure Active Directory Domain Service (AD DS).
    2. Manage and Maintain AD DS.
    3. Create and manage Group Policy.
    4. Implement Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS).
    5. Understand Identity Federation and Access Solutions.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems.
    2. Understand security principles, system and network vulnerabilities, and common mitigation practices.
    3. Understand network infrastructure, logic, and troubleshooting procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 293 - System Analysis and Troubleshooting

    Credits: 5
    Provides students a practical, streamlined, and updated approach to information systems development. Topics include coverage of emerging technologies, such as agile methods, cloud computing, and mobile applications which compliments traditional approaches to systems analysis and design. Real-world examples emphasize critical thinking and IT skills in a dynamic, business-related environment.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe systems analysis and design techniques. 
    2. Explain techniques for analyzing the business case. 
    3. Describe requirements, data, process and object modeling. 
    4. Describe development strategies. 
    5. Explain techniques used to manage systems implementations. 
    6. Explain techniques used to manage systems support and security.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems.
    2. Understand security principles, system and network vulnerabilities, and common mitigation practices.
    3. Understand and demonstrate basic programming and database constructs.
    4. Understand network infrastructure, logic, and troubleshooting procedures.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 297 - Independent Study-Information Technology 1

    Credits: 1-5
    Encourages students to study and develop independently in the major area of information technology. Students receive permission from the appropriate instructor. Students are on a tutorial basis with their instructor.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

  
  • IT 301 - Systems Programming

    Credits: 5
    Introduces students to computer systems from the perspective of a programmer. Topics include data and program representation, the memory hierarchy, processes and threads, network programming and run-time analysis.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Represent and manipulate twos-complement integers at the binary level.
    2. Describe the characteristics of an instruction set architecture, including the roles of registers, op-codes, assembly and machine languages.
    3. Explain the roles of Java Virtual Machine components: class loader, compiler, interpreter, and garbage collector.
    4. Understand how memory is allocated to heap space or stack memory in the Java Virtual Machine.
    5. Compare primary, secondary and cache memory and how they impact program performance.
    6. Develop a program that uses multiple threads to perform work simultaneously.
    7. Develop a client-server program that uses a socket API to communicate over a network.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 305 - Web Development Frameworks

    Credits: 5
    Students form software development teams and build responsive database-driven web applications. Focus on understanding and integrating the various technology components of modern web applications. Survey of security practices in the web technology stack.

    Prerequisite: Admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Hand code a series of static web pages using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
    2. Access and manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM) to implement dynamic styling.
    3. Use front-end languages and tools (such as jQuery and/or Bootstrap) to implement styling.
    4. Write scripts in a back-end languages (such as PHP) to programatically generate front-end pages.
    5. Work in a team to produce a database-driven web application from start to finish using frameworks on both the front-end and the back-end.
    6. Deploy a web application to a hosting provider.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.  


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 310 - Routing and Switching in the Enterprise

    Credits: 5
    Builds upon the knowledge and skills attained in IT 210 . Covers advanced routing protocols such as Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Router Fail-over, inter-VLAN routing, and link aggregation. Hands-on exercises include configuration, installation, and troubleshooting. 

    Prerequisite: IT 210 ; and admission into the IT Bachelor’s in Cybersecurity and Networking program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand and configure inter-VLAN routing.
    2. Understand, configure, and troubleshoot routing using EIGRP and OSPF.
    3. Understand and configure VLANS and inter-switch communication.
    4. Understand, configure and troubleshoot link aggregation.
    5. Understand and configure router fail-over using HSRP.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on.
    2. Evaluate user needs and use those needs to plan the implementation of information technology systems that meet those needs.
    3. Prepare for industry certification exams.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 328 - Full Stack Web Development

    Credits: 5
    Continuation of IT 305 . Examines design, integration, debugging, and testing in each layer of the web development stack. Topics include version control systems, application of the Model-View-Controller architectural pattern, concurrent JavaScript programming, integration with RESTful web APIs, secure design principles, and use of various client- and server-side frameworks.

    Prerequisite: IT 305  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Set up and configure a complete web development and testing environment.
    2. Use debugging and profiling tools to troubleshoot issues in the various layers of the web stack.
    3. Establish a separation of concerns in web applications by applying software design patterns such as Model-View-Controller.
    4. Produce a database-driven web application by leveraging a modern web framework that includes components such as routing and templating.
    5. Implement an asynchronous request to retrieve server-side data using a middle-ware format (JSON or XML).
    6. Use a version control system to maintain source code.
    7. List and define the top web application security risks.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 333 - Data Structures

    Credits: 5
    Introduces algorithmic thinking and data structures, including lists, stacks, queues, trees, hash tables, and heaps. Focus on data structure and algorithm implementation with integrated coverage of theory: logic, sets and set operations, functions.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Develop a list, stack or queue data structure based on linked lists or static arrays.
    2. Develop a set or map data structure based on hash tables or binary search trees and implement basic set operations.
    3. Develop a binary search tree and implement pre-, post-, and in-order traversals.
    4. Demonstrate an understanding of self-balancing routines in a balanced binary search tree.
    5. Develop a priority queue using a binary heap implementation.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    4. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 334 - Algorithms

    Credits: 5
    A continuation of the concepts and themes from IT 333 . Algorithms selected from areas such as sorting, searching, shortest paths, greedy algorithms, divide-and-conquer, backtracking, and dynamic programming. Includes coverage of graph theory, graph data structures, and graph algorithms.

    Prerequisite: IT 333  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Analyze the runtime performance of an algorithm using big-O notation.
    2. Implement a graph data structure using an adjacency list or adjacency matrix.
    3. Differentiate between depth-first and breadth-first search algorithm strategies.
    4. Implement common graph algorithms such as shortest path and minimum spanning tree.
    5. Identify and describe common algorithm strategies, such as greedy, divide-and-conquer, backtracking, and dynamic programming.
    6. Discuss the notion of intractability in terms of P, NP, and NP-complete classes of problems.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    4. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities. 


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 335 - Network Security Foundations and Policies

    Credits: 5
    Introduces information, business security, and security laws. Covers a variety of security topics that are integral to today’s information security professionals, including access control, cryptography, and security architecture and design.

    Prerequisite: Admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand Information Security and Risk Management. 
    2. Understand Access controls, Application Security, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning. 
    3. Understand basic Cryptography. 
    4. Understand Regulations, Compliance and Investigations relating to Information Technology security. 
    5. Understand basic Operations, Physical and Environmental Security. 

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze the security vulnerabilities of an organization’s information technology resources. 
    2. Plan and implement security measures and practices for an organization’s information technology resources. 
    3. Prepare for industry certification exams.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 340 - Network Security and Firewalls

    Credits: 5
    Equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to prepare for entry-level network security specialist careers. A hands-on, career-oriented e-learning solution that emphasizes practical experience. Various types of hands-on labs provide practical experience, including procedural and trouble-shooting labs, skills integration challenges, and model building.

    Prerequisite: Admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand threat mitigation.
    2. Understand and implement network security management and reporting.
    3. Understand and Implement High Availability.
    4. Understand and Implement Application ID.
    5. Understand the Implementation of site-to-site VPNs.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on. 
    2. Analyze the security vulnerabilities of an organization’s information technology resources. 
    3. Plan and implement security measures and practices for an organization’s information technology resources. 
    4. Evaluate user needs and use those needs to plan the implementation of information technology systems that meet those needs. 
    5. Prepare for industry certification exams. 


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 344 - Virtualization and Storage

    Credits: 5
    Introduces and applies the concepts of server, desktop, and application virtualization, cloud computing, and storage area networks (SANs).

    Prerequisite: IT 190 , IT 240 , and admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

  
  • IT 355 - Agile Development Methods

    Credits: 5
    Students use Scrum, an agile framework for completing complex projects, to develop software and deliver business value to clients.

    Prerequisite: IT 328  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Identify the roles in a Scrum team.
    2. Conduct Scrum events.
    3. Create and refine Scrum artifacts.
    4. Apply agile team practices such as daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, continuous integration, and kanban.
    5. Initiate and foster a client relationship with ongoing communication throughout the project life cycle.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IT 360 - Security Operations, Analysis & Forensics

    Credits: 5
    Provides an introduction to the knowledge and skills needed for a Security Analyst working with a Security Operations Center team. It teaches core security and forensic skills needed for monitoring, detecting, investigating, analyzing and responding to security events, thus protecting systems and organizations from cybersecurity risks, threats and vulnerabilities.

    Prerequisite: Admission into a BAS in IT program and instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe End Point Threat Analysis.
    2. Describe Computer Forensics Processes.
    3. Perform Network Intrusion Analysis.
    4. Perform Incident Response.
    5. Perform Data and Event Analysis.
    6. Explain the Processes involved in Incident Handling.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on. 
    2. Analyze the security vulnerabilities of an organization’s information technology resources. 
    3. Plan and implement security measures and practices for an organization’s information technology resources. 
    4. Prepare for industry certification exams. 


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 370 - Cloud System Operations: Microsoft Azure

    Credits: 5
    Prepares students to take the Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions certification exam.

    Prerequisite: Admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Design and implement Azure App Service apps.
    2. Create and manage Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines.
    3. Design and implement a storage strategy.
    4. Implement an Azure Active Directory.
    5. Implement virtual networks.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on.
    2. Evaluate user needs and use those needs to plan the implementation of information technology systems that meet those needs.
    3. Prepare for industry certification exams.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 372 - Software as a Service

    Credits: 5
    Techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems, with a focus on building for maintainability. Topics include traditional and agile software development processes, requirements, testing, maintenance, project management. Students build a software as a service application and deploy it to the cloud.

    Prerequisite: IT 328  and 333 ; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Compare and contrast a traditional software development process with an agile software development process.
    2. Define terms relating to software quality assurance, including: verification versus validation, testing levels, and testing strategies.
    3. Describe the architecture of cloud computing based software as a service (SaaS) applications.
    4. Use a framework to build a software as a service (SaaS) application that is developed or deployed in the cloud.
    5. Describe the processes of behavior driven development (BDD) and test driven development (TDD) and the relationship between them.
    6. Assess the impact of software changes with respect to cost, effort, and the long-term maintenance of software.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
    3. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 378 - Software Career Preparation Seminar

    Credits: 5
    Prepares students for internships and entry-level roles in software development. Focus will be on how to manage the internship/career search and how to effectively secure a position. Personal branding, technical resumes, and industry-specific interviewing skills will also be covered. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate individual responsibility by taking ownership of their internship and career search.
    2. Recognize the major elements of the technical career search that are within one’s own control.
    3. Prepare for technical career specific elements of the career search such as one-way video interviews, whiteboarding interviews, and the STAR method of answering behavioral interview questions.
    4. Set goals, plan, and track progress in the career search and career development processes.
    5. Create a technical resume that is targeted for a specific technical role.
    6. Develop a personal brand and the artifacts to support and communicate the brand to others.
    7. Establish a professional network, online and in-person, leveraging existing resources, to support the career search and development process.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • IT 385 - Advanced Scripting and Automation

    Credits: 5
    Introduces the student to different automation tools such as Ansible and other scripting languages such as Python and PowerShell. 

    Prerequisite: IT 224 ; and admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe and understand the advantages of Automation in IT.
    2. Perform and explain how to install automation tools such as Ansible.
    3. Develop simple automation scripts using automation tools such as Ansible using YAML syntax.
    4. Understand how to use automation tools to handle simple to complex scalable deployments.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on. 


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 390 - Wireless Security

    Credits: 5
    Course prepares students to take the Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP) certification exam.

    Prerequisite: Admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Describe, recognize and understand attacks common to wireless networks.
    2. Describe and understand security vulnerabilities associated with unsecured wireless networks.
    3. Explain the purpose and goals of security policies.
    4. Describe how wireless security solutions may vary for different network implementations.
    5. Describe and understand the importance of ongoing WLAN monitoring to include the necessary tools and processes used.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on.
    2. Analyze the security vulnerabilities of an organization’s information technology resources.
    3. Plan and implement security measures and practices for an organization’s information technology resources.
    4. Evaluate user needs and use those needs to plan the implementation of information technology systems that meet those needs.
    5. Prepare for industry certification exams.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 410 - Designing and Supporting Computer Networks

    Credits: 5
    Use a variety of WAN connection types to implement, secure, and monitor Wide Area Networks (WANs).

    Prerequisite: Admission into a BAS in IT program; or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand and implement network security.
    2. Understand and implement a wide area network using a variety of connection types including VPNs.
    3. Create an equipment list to meet WAN design requirements.
    4. Understand and implement network monitoring.
    5. Understand troubleshooting LANs and WANs.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on.
    2. Plan and implement security measures and practices for an organization’s information technology resources.
    3. Prepare for industry certification exams.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 426 - Design Patterns and Practices

    Credits: 5
    Software developers rely on design principles to guide their decisions when designing components of software. Topics include design notations, design patterns, refactoring, and design for change. Emphasis on design communication, design integrity and design trade-offs.

    Prerequisite: IT 333  or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Interpret object-oriented design concepts that are expressed in UML.
    2. Create software design artifacts that are geared toward a technical audience: class diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machine diagrams, or use case diagrams.
    3. Identify common software design patterns from a catalog of patterns.
    4. Apply appropriate design patterns in a given scenario and implement the pattern in code.
    5. Apply well-known principles in software design, such as the open-closed principle, command-query separation, dependency-inversion and the single-responsibility principle.
    6. Implement a program using a modern software framework that leverages architectural patterns, such as model-view-controller.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 460 - Threat Analysis

    Credits: 5
    Provides the student with the ethical hacking knowledge to conduct a threat assessment, secure a network across popular platforms and operating systems, understand various types of threats, intrusion detection systems, and establish auditing and monitoring systems for vulnerabilities and threats without affecting performance.

    Prerequisite: Admission into the BAS in IT program or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand Ethical Hacking tools.
    2. Describe Denial of Service and Buffer Overflows.
    3. Understand and Describe Linux Operating System Vulnerabilities.
    4. Understand the methodology for Hacking servers and Wireless Networks.
    5. Understand Injection and cross-site scripting attacks.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze the security vulnerabilities of an organization’s information technology resources.
    2. Prepare for industry certification exams.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 470 - Cloud System Operations: Amazon Web Services

    Credits: 5
    Course prepares students to take the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate certification exam.

    Prerequisite: Admission into the BAS in IT program or instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS.
    2. Implement and control the flow of data to and from AWS.
    3. Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements.
    4. Identify appropriate use of AWS operational best practices.
    5. Estimate AWS usage costs and identify operational cost control mechanisms.
    6. Migrate on-premises workloads to AWS.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on.
    2. Evaluate user needs and use those needs to plan the implementation of information technology systems that meet those needs.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  
  • IT 485 - Software Development Capstone 1

    Credits: 5
    First of two capstone project courses. Students as technical team members partner with business team members and/or clients to develop a product or service concept that fulfills a business need.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Conduct a project kickoff meeting with all project stakeholders.
    2. Differentiate between the Product Owner, Development Team, and Scrum Master roles in a Scrum team.
    3. Organize and conduct regular project meetings, including Sprint Planning meetings, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Review meetings, and Sprint Retrospective meetings.
    4. Integrate and reconcile business activities with technical team activities.
    5. Work with a team to manage the product backlog, a prioritized list of stories (high-level requirements) for the product.
    6. Work with a team to manage the sprint backlog, a prioritized list of tasks to be completed during a sprint.
    7. Work with a team to estimate the size of stories and tasks.
    8. Work with a team to establish the Definition of Done (DoD, or exit criteria) to determine when a story or task is complete.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • IT 486 - Software Development Capstone 2

    Credits: 5
    Second of two capstone project courses. Students as technical team members continue development of a product or service that fulfills a business need for clients and adapt as needed to changing business environments and/or requirements. Students present their products to a community of peers.

    Prerequisite: IT 485 .

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Decompose user stories into acceptance criteria and technical tasks.
    2. Provide estimates for user stories and report actual effort expended.
    3. Describe how changes to requirements and design are handled in a project.
    4. Resolve conflicting perspectives in a project through communication.
    5. Present and demonstrate the product to a community of peers.
    6. Conduct a project closeout meeting and review.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
    2. Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
    3. Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
    4. Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
    5. Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
  
  • IT 490 - Capstone: Cybersecurity and Networking

    Credits: 5
    Students work in teams to plan, implement, secure and document a complete network solution for a real or simulated company. Students implement a proof of concept network and present their design and outcomes to an audience.

    Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand stakeholder project requirements.
    2. Understand and prepare a work breakdown schedule for a project.
    3. Provide weekly report and status updates to stakeholders.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on.
    2. Analyze the security vulnerabilities of an organization’s information technology resources.
    3. Plan and implement security measures and practices for an organization’s information technology resources.
    4. Evaluate user needs and use those needs to plan the implementation of information technology systems that meet those needs.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

Japanese

  
  • JAPN& 121 - Japanese I

    Credits: 5
    Begins the systematic study of Japanese. Includes basic grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and conversation practice, and introduces Hiragana and Kanji writing systems. Students learn the history, nature, and diversity of Japanese speaking cultures.

    Prerequisite: No previous background in Japanese, or no more than one year of high school Japanese, or no more than two years of high school Japanese with a “C” average or less. Eligible for ENGL 099 .

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use hiragana and katakana.
    2. Use question words for exchanges of personal information.
    3. Discuss routines and future actions with the polite form of verbs.
    4. Discuss past actions with the polite past form of verbs.
    5. Describe the existence and location of places, people, and things.
    6. Use Japanese in the classroom with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    7. Use Japanese with native speakers in real-world situations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JAPN& 122 - Japanese II

    Credits: 5
    Systematic study of Japanese using the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn the history, nature, and diversity of Japanese speaking cultures.

    Prerequisite: A grade of 2.0 or higher in JAPN& 121  or equivalent with instructor’s permission. Eligible for ENGL 099  

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
    2. Discuss requests with the te-form.
    3. Discuss likes and dislikes with noun phrases.
    4. Use informal speech with the plain form of verbs and adjectives.
    5. Discuss reasons with the plain form of verbs and adjectives.
    6. Use Japanese in the classroom with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    7. Use Japanese with native speakers in real-world situations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JAPN& 123 - Japanese III

    Credits: 5
    Continues the systematic study of Japanese using the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn the history, nature, and diversity of Japanese speaking cultures. Fulfills the University of Washington College of Arts and Science graduation requirement.

    Prerequisite: A grade of 2.0 or higher in JAPN& 122  or equivalent with instructor’s permission. Eligible for ENGL 099 .

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
    2. Discuss reasons with the plain form of verbs and adjectives.
    3. Describe people and things with noun-modifying clauses.
    4. Discuss past experiences with verbs in the plain past form.
    5. Express hearsay with verbs in the plain present and past forms.
    6. Use Japanese in the classroom with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    7. Use Japanese with native speakers in real-world situations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JAPN& 221 - Japanese IV

    Credits: 5
    A direct continuation of JAPN& 123 . Focuses on the systematic study of Japanese vocabulary, grammar, kanji and Japanese culture using the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Fulfills the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences graduation requirement.

    Prerequisite: JAPN& 121,  122  and 123;   or instructor’s permission.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
    2. Discuss advice and suggestions.
    3. Discuss requests and permission in formal situations.
    4. Discuss future plans with the volitional form and conditionals.
    5. Describe resultant state and results of intentional actions with intransitive and transitive verbs.
    6. Use Japanese in the classroom with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    7. Use Japanese with native speakers in real-world situations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JAPN& 222 - Japanese V

    Credits: 5
    JAPN& 222 is a direct continuation of JAPN&221 . Focuses on the systematic study of Japanese vocabulary, grammar, kanji and Japanese culture using the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

    Prerequisite: JAPN& 221  or instructor’s permission.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
    2. Discuss hypothetical situations and natural consequences with conditionals.
    3. Express giving and receiving depending on perspective and social status.
    4. Describe negative feelings caused by an event with passive speech.
    5. Express conjecture based on direct or indirect evidence.
    6. Use Japanese in the classroom with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    7. Use Japanese with native speakers in real-world situations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JAPN& 223 - Japanese VI

    Credits: 5
    JAPN& 223 is a direct continuation of JAPN& 222 . Focuses on the systematic study of Japanese vocabulary, grammar, kanji and Japanese culture using the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Fulfills the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences graduation requirement.

    Prerequisite: JAPN& 222  or instructor’s permission.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
    2. Discuss favors and benefits with verbs of giving and receiving.
    3. Express permission or causation with the causative form.
    4. Express complaints with the causative-passive form.
    5. Produce extra polite speech with honorific expressions.
    6. Produce modest speech with humble expressions.
    7. Use Japanese in the classroom with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    8. Use Japanese with native speakers in real-world situations.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

Journalism

  
  • JOURN 101 - Multimedia Journalism

    Credits: 5
    Teaches students how to write for the media, including print, online and broadcast media. Includes writing for public relations. Stresses newswriting mechanics, learning news style and newsroom terminology. Instructor encourages students to enroll in JOURN 104  and join the staff of The Current, Green River’s print and online publication.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate their ability to write in clear, concise, journalistic prose.
    2. Demonstrate their critical reading skills.
    3. Demonstrate their willingness to read daily news stories.
    4. Recognize the elements of professional journalistic writing.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JOURN 103 - Introduction to Desktop Publishing

    Credits: 5
    Introduces publication design and production. Instructor recommends basic knowledge of computers (either PC or Mac). Students develop skills and an understanding of the basics of designing a publication, including the following: use of desktop publishing software; use of typography and graphics; working with page grids and templates; different treatments for features, columns, departments; effective cover design; and basic computer skills needed to prepare a publication for print.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Layout and design of print publications.
    2. Communicate visually through use of typography and graphics.
    3. Demonstrate skill in the use of desktop publishing software.
    4. Demonstrate good craftsmanship.
    5. Demonstrate creativity.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JOURN 104 - News Laboratory 1

    Credits: 3-5
    Students write, edit, design, photograph and produce the digital and print versions of the student publication, The Current.

    Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 .

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Develop, research and prepare publishable news products, including digital photographs, on deadline.
    2. Understand and respect the value of multiculturalism and diversity in media writing.
    3. Write clear and concise news stories and news features.
    4. Work cooperatively in a newsroom setting.
    5. Design and layout attractive print and online news products.
    6. Adhere to specialized style and organization requirements of media writing for print and online platforms.
    7. Develop, research and prepare news accounts that are accurate, fair, balanced and timely.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • JOURN 105 - News Laboratory 2

    Credits: 3-5
    Students continue to write, edit, design, photograph and produce the digital and print versions of the student publication, The Current. Instructor encourages students to enroll in JOURN 101  while taking this class, or to have already completed the course.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 104 .

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Develop, research and prepare publishable news products, including digital photographs, on deadline.
    2. Understand and respect the value of multiculturalism and diversity in media writing.
    3. Write clear and concise news stories and news features.
    4. Work cooperatively in a newsroom setting.
    5. Design and layout attractive print and online news products.
    6. Adhere to specialized style and organization requirements of media writing for print and online platforms.
    7. Develop, research and prepare news accounts that are accurate, fair, balanced and timely.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • JOURN 106 - News Laboratory 3

    Credits: 3-5
    Students gain additional experience as they write, edit, design, photograph and produce the digital and print versions of the student publication, The Current.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 105 .

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Develop, research and prepare publishable news products, including digital photographs, on deadline.
    2. Understand and respect the value of multiculturalism and diversity in media writing.
    3. Write clear and concise news stories and news features.
    4. Work cooperatively in a newsroom setting.
    5. Design and layout attractive print and online news products.
    6. Adhere to specialized style and organization requirements of media writing for print and online platforms.
    7. Develop, research and prepare news accounts that are accurate, fair, balanced and timely.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • JOURN 107 - Introduction to Video Journalism

    Credits: 5
    Introduces students to the art of storytelling, stressing techniques such as narrative journalism, conversational interviewing, and use of natural sound and video sequence construction.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Recognize and recall the essential elements of good storytelling.
    2. Think critically by critiquing information in terms of how it may interest and inform audiences.
    3. Create and produce visually compelling images.
    4. Capture engaging audio for use on its own or as a component to visual images.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  
  • JOURN 108 - Mobile and Social Media Journalism

    Credits: 5
    Critically examines how journalists and news organizations are using emerging forms of social media and mobile platforms. Students gain hands-on experience by experimenting with social media and mobile devices for news gathering, distribution, and audience engagement. Students will also learn how to use analytic tools to monitor and analyze the effectiveness of their mobile and social media activity.
     

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Effectively use social media for news gathering, distribution, and audience engagement.
    2. Research and locate reliable information from social media to enhance your reporting, and identify misleading and unbalanced content.
    3. Gain the technical skills of mobile news gathering through the use of mobile devices and apps to gather, produce, and distribute news content.
    4. Create and enhance your own professional brand on social media platforms.
    5. Use analytics to monitor and analyze social media engagement and success.
    6. Understand the public’s active role in the news production process, and the resulting impact on journalism.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JOURN 115 - Radio/Digital Radio Lab 1

    Credits: 5
    Gives students working at Green River campus radio stations KGRG-FM and KGRG-1 on-air and behind-the-scenes experience in disc jockey work, news broadcasting, radio production, and sports broadcasting. Both live disc jockey training and voice tracking are emphasized.  Students gain an understanding of radio station operations and FCC rules and regulations.

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand the daily operations of a radio station.
    2. Demonstrate how to operate basic radio equipment.
    3. Identify and demonstrate industry-accepted on-the-air techniques.
    4. Recall and apply the proper procedures to fill out official FCC paperwork.
    5. Create newscasts and apply relevant show prep techniques.
    6. Understand and create air check recordings.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • JOURN 116 - Radio/Digital Radio Lab 2

    Credits: 5
    Gives students working at Green River campus radio stations KGRG-FM and KGRG-1 additional experience in studio production, remote broadcasting, sports broadcasting, and on-the-air performance.  Both live disc jockey work and voice tracking are emphasized.  Students continue to grow an understanding of radio station operations, FCC rules and regulations.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 115  or instructor’s permission. 

    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Understand the daily operations of a radio station.
    2. Apply advanced techniques in the operation of radio equipment.
    3. Identify and demonstrate industry-accepted on-the-air techniques.
    4. Demonstrate and apply the proper procedures to fill out official FCC paperwork.
    5. Create newscasts and apply relevant show prep techniques.
    6. Understand and create air check recordings.

    Program Outcomes
    Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information in terms of how it will interest and inform their audience.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
 

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