May 13, 2024  
2022-2023 Catalog 
    
2022-2023 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.

 

Social Science

  
  • S SCI 178 - Social Science Work Experience 2

    Credits: 1-12
    Allows students to work full- or part-time in jobs directly related to their programs and interests. Students may receive a salary or volunteer.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  and concurrent enrollment in COOP 171  and instructor consent.

  
  • S SCI 179 - Social Science Work Experience 3

    Credits: 1-12
    Allows students to work full- or part-time in jobs directly related to their programs and interests. Students may receive a salary or volunteer.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  and concurrent enrollment in COOP 171  and instructor consent.

  
  • S SCI 194 - Special Topics-Social Science

    Credits: 1-5
    Focuses on a variety of current or long-range problems. Provides opportunities for an in-depth discussion of issues with instructors and specialists. May organize media courses.


Sociology

  
  • SOC& 101 - Introduction to Sociology

    Credits: 5
    Examines the structural forces that shape social experiences, including socialization processes, institutions, and social movements. Emphasizes the role of race, gender, class, and sexuality (amongst others) in shaping both structural inequalities and movements for social change. Contextualizes contemporary social phenomena in historical, cultural, economic, and political contexts.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Critically analyze the relationship between social structures and individual agency.  
    2. Explain how racial, gender, and class-based inequalities have been constructed over time. 
    3. Critically analyze the effects of social stratification in terms of privilege, inequality, and outcomes for diverse groups in American society.  

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.

    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.
    • Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
    • 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.
  
  • SOC 194 - Special Topics-Sociology

    Credits: 1-5
    Focuses on one special topic in the current realm of social concern issues. May be repeated when a different topic is presented. Topics may include social movements, such as the Consciousness Movement, the rise of religious cults, violence in the media, aging in America, new social and political power, or youth in transition.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  or instructor consent.

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

    1. Apply the major theoretical perspectives to topic.
    2. Explain the fundamental significance of topic.
    3. Discuss the social construction of topic.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC& 201 - Social Problems

    Credits: 5
    Introduces the study of social problems within cultures, with a primary focus on American society. Examines issues such as social inequality, crime, drug abuse, family violence, population growth and environmental destruction using sociological theories, reasons and possible remedies.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Analyze contemporary social problems from various lenses and perspectives.
    2. Demonstrate practical understanding of the complexity and controversy surrounding seemingly straightforward social problems.
    3. Demonstrate how social responsibility, awareness, and critical ability are needed to assess and tackle interconnected national and global social problems.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 202 - Sociology of Food

    Credits: 5
    Using a sociological lens, the relationship between food and humans is examined, focusing on how food production and consumption are informed by social class, ethnicity, gender, globalization, social movements and technological changes. Humans give symbolic meaning to food as more than a source of nourishment; food rituals are embedded in social institutions, cultural patterns and social interactions between individuals which reflect changing cultural values and practices.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Apply the major theoretical perspectives to food consumption and production practices.
    2. Explain the fundamental significance of food in human rituals and social institutions.
    3. Discuss the social construction of food as a form of cultural expression.
    4. Recognize the intersection of social class, gender, and ethnicity in food production and consumption patterns.
    5. Identify the connection between food production and globalization, including assessing the ecological implications of the current global food systems.
    6. Recall the various social movements related to food production and consumption.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 205 - Sociology of Disability

    Credits: 5
    A sociological study of disability includes the implications of disability on identity formation and social policies. Examination also includes the intersectionality of disability with other categories such as race, gender, sexual orientation and social class. Investigates the Disability Rights Movement, from the enactment of the American with Disabilities Act to the development of the model of Universal Design.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science and Diversity
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Describe how the definition of disability evolved from a medical to a social one, and the implications of this evolution.
    2. Demonstrate a theoretical and practical understanding of disability, as part of identity formation, and as an impetus for social change.
    3. Investigate the intersectionality of disability with other historically marginalized identities and groups.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 214 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

    Credits: 5
    Overview of major sociological perspectives in the study of race and ethnicity in society, including group relations, social stratification, and social change. Students survey theories, data, and sociohistorical/cultural processes useful for better understanding today’s social world. Emphasis is placed on using sociological scholarship to solve modern racial dilemmas. Cross-listed with AMES 214 .

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101 ; or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science and Diversity
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Demonstrate an understanding of race and ethnicity, as distinct social concepts.
    2. Explain the relevance of sociology to approaching social problems created by race.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 215 - Survey of Criminology

    Credits: 5
    Covers the history and theory of what causes or contributes to crime, covering the major issues that confront the criminal justice system and studying the social organizations that create and enforce definitions of deviance and crime. Course is interdisciplinary in nature, working primarily from a sociological perspective, but including theories from biology, genetics, anthropology and psychology.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Analyze crime, deviance, and social control from various perspectives.
    2. Identify the social forces that contribute to crime and deviance in American society.
    3. Explain crime and deviance as social construct that contributes to differential justice, across racial and economic lines.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 220 - Sex and Gender in Society

    Credits: 5
    Explores gender as a major organizing principle in culture, and examines how gender influences sexuality, personal relationships and social institutions, including media, family, work, school and politics. Examines similarities and differences between the sexes primarily from a sociological perspective, but also through historical, psychological, biological and anthropological theories that contribute to understanding gender as a social force.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science and Diversity
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Explain how gender is socially constructed;
    2. Explain how cultural meanings attached to gender roles arise, are maintained, and change over time;
    3. Describe how relations of power have shaped gendered bodies, lives, and experiences across time and space.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 230 - Sociology of Death and Dying

    Credits: 5
    Examines the connection between culture and the process of death, dying and bereavement. Focuses on how social class, family structures, ethnicity, religion and technological changes influence American customs, taboos, and rituals around death by applying sociological theories.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Explain how people have responded to death and dying historically.
    2. Describe how one’s social position influences the rituals associated with the death rite.
    3. Identify the role of technology in influencing our expectations around death.
    4. Differentiate between macro level factors, such as social policy and cultural norms, and micro level consequences, such as personal behaviors, choices and attitudes.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 240 - Sociology of the Family

    Credits: 5
    Examines the social institution of family from historical and multi-cultural perspectives emphasizing the use of sociological theories. Specific topics include dating rituals, mate selection, parenting, divorce, family violence and work patterns. Focuses on how families are influenced by larger social forces, such as religion, social class and social policies.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Describe how societal expectations and structures influence the way families are organized.
    2. Explain the influence of class, race, and gender on family structure and expectations.
    3. Identify how macro level policy come to impact the lives of individual families.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 245 - Juvenile Delinquency

    Credits: 5
    Examines the history of the juvenile justice system, environmental influences on delinquency, theories of delinquency, controlling delinquency and current trends in juvenile crime. Examines the rationale behind the juvenile system, as well as the juvenile courts. Analyzes the various theories of crime causation including sociological, psychological and criminological theories.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Explain childhood developmental issues and how they relate to delinquency.
    2. Apply the various theories associated with juvenile delinquency.
    3. Identify the social forces that push juveniles to commit offenses and the one’s contain them.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 252 - Drugs and Society

    Credits: 5
    A theoretical exploration of drugs and drug use from a sociological perspective; we will cover the history of racialized drug policies, as they relate to systems of social control and mass incarceration, with a focus on the War on Drugs and the Opioid Epidemic. We will also look at the social meaning behind drug use and how it is influenced by culture and the socialization process. Other key components include the medicalization of drugs, drug use for ritual purposes, drug subcultures, and both legitimate and illegitimate systems of drug production and distribution. 

    Satisfies Requirement: Satisfies a social science requirement.
    Course Fee: $18.50

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

    1. Describe how drug policy has created mass incarceration in America.
    2. Apply sociological theory to drug use and policy in America.
    3. Identify the dimensions that shape our perceptions of drugs.
    4. Critique how punishments for drug use are shaped by inequality and privilege.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.

    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.
  
  • SOC 260 - Crime and Justice

    Credits: 5
    Sociological study of the extent and causes of crime and a survey of the criminal justice system including the police, the courts and corrections. Gives attention to juvenile delinquency, gun control, capital punishment and violence against women.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Identify and explain the types of crimes found in America.
    2. Apply the sociological perspective to crime.
    3. Identify the institutional procedures associated with crime.
    4. Explain the impact of crime on individuals.
    5. Identify how crime varies across key dimensions of inequality, such as gender, race/ethnicity, social/class.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 271 - Sociology of Deviance

    Credits: 5
    Examines attitudes, behaviors, and conditions that violate the current, generally-accepted norms and values in U.S. society. Specific topics include competing definitions of deviance, development of deviant careers, and consequences of deviant identities. Focus on use of sociological theory and the use of social controls.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
    Course Fee: $1.00

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

    1. Dissect and critique specific acts of crime and deviance.
    2. Describe the relativity of crime and deviance.
    3. Apply several sociological theories to deviant acts.
    4. Identify the dimensions that contribute to a deviant identity and the stigma.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.
  
  • SOC 298 - Independent Study-Sociology

    Credits: 1-5
    Allows students to individually pursue special interests in sociology under the guidance of an instructor.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Describe in detail a particular topic chosen by student.
    2. Explain the research associated with the chosen topic.
    3. Design a research project to explore the topic.

    Program Outcomes
     

    1. Demonstrate how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course-specific content.


    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.

Software Development

  
  • SDEV 106 - 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. Previously IT 206.

    Course Fee: $50.00

    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
    Create data visualizations to support communication.

    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.
  
  • SDEV 117 - 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. Previously IT 207.

    Enrollment Requirement: CS 108 , CS 109 , CS 120 /ENGR 120 , or SDEV 218 ; and SDEV 106  with grades of 1.0 or higher; or instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $50.00

    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
    Create data visualizations to support communication.

    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.
  
  • SDEV 121 - Python for Data Analytics

    Credits: 5
    Problem solving and algorithm development are emphasized as students learn Python, the most widely-used data science programming language. Students learn how to write Python programs to process data sets and gather insights from interpreting data.

    Enrollment Requirement: CS 108,  CS 109  or CS 120 /ENGR 120  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor consent.

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

    1. Write a program that reads and processes data from a file.
    2. Recognize common data file formats (e.g. comma-separated values, JSON).
    3. Apply Python data structures (e.g. lists and dictionaries) to store and organize data in memory for processing.
    4. Apply Python control structures (e.g. decision and iteration) to support data analysis techniques such as filtering and calculating aggregate values.
    5. Apply Python variables and expressions to support calculation of values.
    6. Apply (call) library functions from the standard Python library (e.g. strings, random) to support data processing.
    7. Apply (call) library functions from third-party libraries (e.g. NumPy, pandas) to support data processing.
    8. Write a Python program that is decomposed and organized into multiple functions.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Solve data-related problems using a programming language.
    2. Demonstrate the ability to acquire, clean, and prepare data for analysis.
    3. Perform basic data analysis techniques such as filtering, aggregation, and joins.


    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.
  
  • SDEV 122 - Data Analytics Technologies

    Credits: 5
    A continuation of SDEV 121 . Students learn about emerging technologies and their applications through hands-on Python programming and case studies of artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 121  with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

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

    1. Recall the six stages of the data processing cycle.
    2. Write a Python program that reads and processes large real-world data sets from files and/or databases.
    3. Create and use a custom class in Python.
    4. Use data science class libraries to support data analysis activities such as data acquisition, processing, visualization.
    5. Define terms and concepts relating to contemporary data science technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing.
    6. Recognize broader impacts and issues relating to data analytics such as privacy, security, ethics, and transparency.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Solve data-related problems using a programming language.
    2. Demonstrate the ability to acquire, clean, and prepare data for analysis.
    3. Perform basic data analysis techniques such as filtering, aggregation, and joins.
    4. Produce and interpret data visualizations to describe, explore, and communicate insights from data.

     

    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.

  
  • SDEV 201 - SQL for Data Analytics

    Credits: 5
    Structured Query Language (SQL) is used to extract and analyze data stored in databases. Hands-on experience with extracting data and organizing it into meaningful information in realistic scenarios.

    Course Outcomes:

    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Explain the structure of tables and the function of keys in a relational database.
    2. Use diagrams to show how tables in a relational database relate to one another.
    3. Interpret business information requests to produce accurate SQL statements.
    4. Construct SQL queries to retrieve data from one or more tables in a database.
    5. Produce SQL queries using logical operators, expressions, and filters.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Extract data from a database using a relational database language.
    2. Perform basic data analysis techniques such as filtering, aggregation, and joins.
    3. Understand and demonstrate basic programming and database constructs.


    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.

  
  • SDEV 218 - Java Foundations

    Credits: 5
    Learn the concepts of Java programming and create Java programs using hands-on, engaging activities. Foundational topics include Java data types, methods, parameter passing, decision and loop constructs, arrays, and using library classes.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for MATH& 107  or higher; or instructor consent.

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

    1. Write (code) and test small Java programs to meet a specification.
    2. Identify and correct errors in a small Java program.
    3. Identify Java data types (e.g., int, double, char, boolean, array) and the operators that are defined on those types.
    4. Define variables and use them appropriately in expressions.
    5. Apply appropriate control structures (decisions and loops) to correctly control the flow of a program.
    6. Implement and call methods in a program with parameters and a return value.
    7. Apply (instantiate) objects and call methods from the standard library or a provided library.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction. 
    2. Solve data related problems using a programming language.


    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.
  
  • SDEV 219 - Object-Oriented Programming

    Credits: 5
    Introduces students to problem solving methods, algorithm development and object-oriented design. Design, implement, document and debug programs using an object-oriented programming language. Previously IT 219.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 218  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $50.00

    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. Solve data-related problems using a programming language.


    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.
  
  • SDEV 220 - Elementary Data Structures

    Credits: 5
    A continuation of SDEV 219  emphasizing concepts of data abstraction and encapsulation. Topics include inheritance, interfaces, generics, collections, and the implementation of linked lists and binary search trees. Previously IT 220.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 219  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $50.00

    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. Solve data-related problems using a programming language.


    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.
  
  • SDEV 280 - Data Analytics Capstone

    Credits: 5
    Initiate and complete a project in service of an organization, supporting the data life cycle by collecting, transforming, and analyzing data, and communicating results in order to inform and guide decision making. Topics include data sourcing, data visualization tools and techniques, and broader impacts such as privacy, ethics, and transparency.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 122  or instructor consent. Recommended: IT 201  

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

    1. Initiate a project through interviewing stakeholders and identifying their needs.
    2. Choose appropriate data sources that support the stakeholders’ needs. 
    3. Apply appropriate data science tools and class libraries to support data analysis activities such as data acquisition, processing, visualization.
    4. Present information and conclusions to stakeholders.
    5. Discuss broader impacts and issues relating to data analytics such as privacy, security, ethics, and transparency.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Solve data-related problems using a programming language.
    2. Demonstrate the ability to acquire, clean, and prepare data for analysis.
    3. Perform basic data analysis techniques such as filtering, aggregation, and joins.
    4. Produce and interpret data visualizations to describe, explore, and communicate insights from data.


    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.
  
  • SDEV 301 - Systems Programming

    Credits: 5
    Introduces 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. Previously IT 301.

    Enrollment Requirement: Admission into the Information Technology-Software Development, BAS program. 

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 305.

    Enrollment Requirement: Admission into the Information Technology-Software Development, BAS program. 

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 328 - Full Stack Web Development

    Credits: 5
    Continuation of SDEV 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. Previously IT 328.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 305  with a grade of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 333.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 301  with a grade of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 334 - Algorithms

    Credits: 5
    A continuation of the concepts and themes from SDEV 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. Previously IT 334.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 333  with a grade of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 355.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 328  with a grade of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 372.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 328  and SDEV 333  with grades of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 378. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Admission into the Information Technology-Software Development, BAS program.

    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
    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.
  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 426.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 333  with a grade of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 450 - Special Topics: Software Development

    Credits: 5
    Course content varies by section and is selected to address contemporary and timely topics in software development, supporting the program outcomes of the BAS Software Development program.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 328  and SDEV 333  with grades of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Outcomes:

    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Define relevant terms and concepts relating to the course topics.
    2. Articulate the relationship of the course topics to applications in industry.
    3. Create a technical artifact or work product, with supporting documentation, that demonstrates an application of the topic.

    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.
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 485.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 355  with a grade of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.
  
  • SDEV 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. Previously IT 486.

    Enrollment Requirement: SDEV 485  with a grade of 1.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $150.00

    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.

Spanish

  
  • SPAN 111 - Spanish for Health Care Workers 1

    Credits: 5
    Focuses on developing basic communication skills primarily for health care workers or for anyone desiring a background in the language of health care in Spanish. Students learn introductory vocabulary and grammatical structures in Spanish related to the language of health care.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  or instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Recognize the different cultures and customs of the diverse Hispanic population with whom they will most likely work.
    2. Demonstrate a basic oral and written communication skills in Spanish related to the provision of health care.
    3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the basic structure of the Spanish language, in particular, the needed coordination of all the elements in a sentence.
    4. Develop proficiency in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present and the future tenses in simple sentences.
    5. Develop a sense of personal responsibility by following the guidelines stated in the syllabus and being held accountable for this.

    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.
  
  • SPAN 112 - Spanish for Health Care Workers 2

    Credits: 5
    A continuation of SPAN 111 . Focuses on further developing communication skills primarily for health care workers or for anyone desiring a background in the language of medicine in Spanish. Students expand introductory vocabulary and grammatical structures in Spanish related to the language health care.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  and SPAN 111  with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Recognize the different cultures and customs of the diverse Hispanic population with whom they will most likely work.
    2. Acquire proficiency in basic oral and written communication skills in Spanish related to the vocabulary used when interacting in a health care environment.
    3. Demonstrate communication in Spanish both orally and in writing using the forms of the past tense, the subjunctive and other related grammatical structures.
    4. Demonstrate a sense of personal responsibility by following the guidelines stated in the syllabus and be accountable for this.

    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.
  
  • SPAN 115 - Hispanic Activities

    Credits: 1
    Allows students to learn about the multiple contributions of the Hispanic world to the global community. Students are exposed to different elements of Hispanic culture, including music, dancing, and festivals, as well as basic Hispanic history.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  or instructor consent.

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

    1. Demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world.
    2. Illustrate a basic knowledge of the complex relation between the USA and the Hispanic world.
    3. Define different aspects of Hispanic popular culture such as food traditions, the importance of music and dancing, festivals, sports.

    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.
  
  • SPAN& 121 - Spanish I

    Credits: 5
    Begins the systematic study of Spanish emphasizing speaking and listening, basic grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and conversation practice. Course requires practice with lab materials.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 ; and no previous background in Spanish, or no more than one year of high school Spanish, or no more than two years of high school Spanish with a “C” average or less.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world, its history and relations to the USA.
    2. Develop an understanding of the basic structure of the Spanish language, in particular, the needed coordination of all the elements in a sentence.
    3. Demonstrate communication in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present and the future tenses in simple sentences.

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


    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.
  
  • SPAN& 122 - Spanish II

    Credits: 5
    Systematic study of Spanish using the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Course requires practice with lab materials.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in SPAN& 121 ; or equivalent with instructor consent. The equivalent of SPAN& 121  is one year in high school with a grade of B or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Develop a basic knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world and its history.
    2. Determine the roots of common stereotypes about the Hispanic world in the US and about the USA in the Hispanic World.
    3. Demonstrate proficiency in Spanish orally and in writing using the present, the future and past tenses, as well as the reflexive constructions, at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish on daily life situations.

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


    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.
  
  • SPAN& 123 - Spanish III

    Credits: 5
    Completion of basic grammar system, vocabulary, reading, writing, and conversation. Course requires practice with lab materials. Fulfills the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences graduation requirement.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in SPAN& 122  or equivalent with instructor consent. The equivalent of SPAN& 122  is two years in high school with a grade of B or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Formulate knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world.
    2. Develop a basic knowledge of the complex relation between the USA and the Hispanic world.
    3. Demonstrate proficiency with the structure of the Spanish language, in particular, the needed coordination of all the elements in a sentence.
    4. Demonstrate proficiency in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future, past and conditional tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish on daily life situations.
    5. Develop an understanding of the meaning and the construction of the subjunctive in Spanish.
    6. Demonstrate improvement in foreign language proficiency as well as intercultural competence.

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


    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.
  
  • SPAN 192 - Introduction to Spanish Life and Culture

    Credits: 5
    Students learn the various aspects of Spanish culture through the humanities. Students explore Spanish culture through history, literature and film. Explores the diverse cultural influences that have converged to influence the resulting Spanish culture of Spain. In English. Previously HUMAN 192.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Gain an understanding of the diverse influences that have converged to create Spanish culture.
    2. Critically analyze various aspects of Spanish culture in relation to that of their own.
    3. Gain an awareness, understanding and appreciation of a culture different from their own. 

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

    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.
  
  • SPAN 194 - Special Studies-Spanish

    Credits: 3-5
    A field course experience in which students improve their conversational Spanish within a cultural framework. Content varies each time the course is offered. Includes actual practice in the language.

    Enrollment Requirement: SPAN& 121  and SPAN& 122 ; or instructor consent; and eligible for ENGL 99 .

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

    1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

    Program Outcomes
    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.
  
  • SPAN& 221 - Spanish IV

    Credits: 5
    Systematic review of Spanish grammar aimed at communicative competency at an intermediate level. Intensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with special emphasis on reading and reacting to texts that explore the diversity of the Spanish speaking world, as well as the global and local implications of gender, racial and cultural interdependence. Includes a service component through interaction with ESL and International Hispanic students.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in SPAN& 123  or equivalent with instructor consent. The equivalent of SPAN& 123  is three years in high school with a grade of B or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Demonstrate knowledge of the intricate diversity of the Hispanic World including issues related to the regions, conceptualizations and social relations in the areas of religion, political and economic power and gender as compared to European/Spanish constructions. 
    2. Explain the complex relationship between the USA and the Hispanic world. 
    3. Communicate in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future and past (both preterit and imperfect) tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish in daily life situations and that allows them to understand readings at a fairly complex level. 
    4. Generate complex sentences using the subjunctive in Spanish. 
    5. Understand examples of Hispanic Literature.
    6. Apply knowledge in designed service learning experiences that will allow them to practice their language skills in real life situations while learning with/from the ESL and international Hispanic students on campus.

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


    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.
  
  • SPAN& 222 - Spanish V

    Credits: 5
    Systematic review of Spanish grammar aimed at communicative competency at an intermediate level. Intensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with special emphasis on reading and reacting to texts that explore the diversity of the Spanish speaking world, as well as the global and local implications of gender, racial and cultural interdependence. Includes a service component through interaction with ESL and International Hispanic students.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in SPAN& 221  or equivalent with instructor consent. The equivalent of SPAN& 221  is four years in high school with a grade of B or above higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Demonstrate knowledge of the intricate diversity of the Hispanic World including issues related to the regions conceptualizations and social relations in the areas of religion, political and economic power and gender  as compared to European/Spanish constructions.
    2. Explain the complex relationship between the USA and the Hispanic world. 
    3. Develop communicative proficiency  in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future and past (both preterit and imperfect) tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish in daily life situations and that allows them to understand readings at a fairly complex level. 
    4. Generate complex sentences using the subjunctive in Spanish. 
    5. Develop a basic knowledge of Hispanic Literature.
    6. Participate in designed service learning experiences that will allow them to practice their language skills in real life situations while learning with/from the ESL and international Hispanic students on campus.

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


    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.
  
  • SPAN& 223 - Spanish VI

    Credits: 5
    Systematic review of Spanish grammar aimed at communicative competency at an intermediate level. Intensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with special emphasis on reading and reacting to texts that explore the diversity of the Spanish speaking world, as well as the global and local implications of gender, racial and cultural interdependence. Includes oral practice through discussion of above-mentioned materials.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in SPAN& 222  or equivalent with instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Demonstrate knowledge of the intricate diversity of the Hispanic World including issues related to the regions, conceptualizations and social relations in the areas of religion, political and economic power and gender as compared to European/Spanish constructions. 
    2. Explain the complex relationship between the USA and the Hispanic world. 
    3. Develop communicative proficiency  in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future and past (both preterit and imperfect) tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish in daily life situations and that allows them to understand readings at a fairly complex level. 
    4. Produce complex sentences using the construction of the subjunctive in Spanish. 
    5. Understand complex texts of Hispanic Literature.
    6. Develop cultural empathy and understanding of another way of thinking and being. 
    7. Demonstrate an advanced intermediate proficiency level of Spanish that is considered a professional skill for the global studies concentration.

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


    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.
  
  • SPAN 272 - Culturas de Espana

    Credits: 5
    Explores the cultural, historical and ethnographic forces influential in the development of modern Spanish culture. Explores the diverse cultural forces that forged modern demographics and cultures of Spain. Includes topics on marginalized cultures, cultural syncretism and cultural hegemony in the context of the Iberian Peninsula. Taught in the Spanish language, all lectures, readings, class discussion and assignments are in Spanish.

    Enrollment Requirement: SPAN& 223  or instructor consent; and eligible for ENGL 99 .

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English
    Course Fee: $20.00

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

    1. Interpret cultural and historical forces that have convalesced to produce modern Spanish Culture.  
    2. Demonstrate the origin and significance of the many influences on Spanish and world culture by thinking critically about the artistic, cultural, historical architectural influences evident today in the country. 
    3. Develop and demonstrate communicative competency in Spanish by investigating, studying and holding class in the target language.   
    4. Interpret and analyze the notions of cultural hegemony, cultural syncretism and minority cultures of the Iberian peninsula.

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


    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.
  
  • SPAN 290 - Latin American Culture Through Literature (Spanish)

    Credits: 5
    Introduces the study of Latin American culture through important works of literature that explore the complex social relations and culture of the region. Analyzes how Latin American literature has reflected cultural changes throughout the history of the region such as the impact of the conquest and slavery; the influence of Patriarchy/Machismo and Marianism in gender relations; the problematic relations with the U.S., the history of dictatorship and social revolution in Latin America. Focuses on preparing students to understand Latin America to be able to function in our globalized world while practicing the Spanish language. Cross-listed with LAS 190  

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for SPAN& 223  or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Comprehend the usefulness of literary works to understand Latin American societies, histories and their complex social mixture of African, European and indigenous American constructions. 
    2. Understand the main periods of the evolution of Latin American literature and their social and political contexts throughout the history of the region. 
    3. Connect the socio-political changes within different Latin American societies with the evolution of its literature.
    4. Develop critical thinking tools in Spanish to analyze the multiple identities, histories, cultures, perspectives, contributions, knowledge and/or strategies of historically excluded groups in Latin America in some of the literature they produced.
    5. Develop skills in Spanish to travel, work, understand, and be sensitive to our Latin American neighbors.

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

    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.
    • Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
  
  • SPAN 291 - Latin America in Film (Spanish)

    Credits: 5
    Explores the relationship between film and cultural interpretation and understanding of Latin America. Considers the history of cinema in Latin America. Focuses on how film has been used to interpret Latin American culture and how we can use it to understand Latin American past and present with special emphasis on discussing the complex history and social problems of the region. Also explores common stereotypes with which Latin America has been portrayed in mainstream U.S. movies. Knowledge of Spanish language required. Spanish 291 is cross-listed with LAS 191  and FILM 191  

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99  and completion of SPAN& 223 ; or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Interpret and discuss in Spanish art movies that deal with cultural and historical issues relating to multiple identities, histories cultures, perspectives, contributions, knowledge, struggles and strategies of historically excluded groups in Latin America.
    2. Acquire a general knowledge of Latin American history and culture in Spanish.
    3. Identify the stereotypes with which Latin America has been portrayed in mainstream US movies and will be able to discuss their own preconceptions and/or experiences.
    4. Use movies as a tool for understanding complex social realities.
    5. Connect theoretical reading with movies while practicing Spanish.

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

    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.
    • Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
  
  • SPAN 292 - Latin American Women: Struggles and Literature (Spanish)

    Credits: 5
    Introduces the study of Latin American Women’s struggles through important literature produced by Latin American women, to explore the historical construction of masculinity and femininity in the region, the role of politics and ideologies in that construction, the intersection of gender, race, class, ethnicity and nationality and the social movements that have impacted the lives of women in the region. Crosslisted with LAS 200  

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for SPAN& 223  or instructor consent.

     

    Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Discuss in Spanish the intersections of gender, race, politics, power, social structures and history in Latin America.
    2. Discuss in Spanish the relation of Latin American women’s issues to the conquest and subsequent imperial dominations in the region.
    3. Understand the impacts of patriarchy/machismo, marianismo/malinchismo in gender relations in Latin America.
    4. Assess in Spanish how literature and art produced by Latin American women reflects, questions and advances the causes of women.
    5. Appraise the emergence of feminist ideas and organizations in Latin America, their conflicts with “First World Feminism,” and their relations with non-feminist women organizations.
    6. Recognize and apply the basic principles and conventions of effective written communication about the subject in Spanish.
    7. Examine the following elements of thought: points of view, purpose, question at issue, implications and consequences, assumptions, concepts, conclusion and solutions.

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

    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.
    • Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.

  
  • SPAN 299 - Independent Study-Spanish

    Credits: 1-5
    Encourages students to study independently in a field of their special interest in Spanish. Students meet on a tutorial basis with their instructor. Course content is decided in conferences between student and instructor.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in SPAN& 222  or equivalent with instructor consent.

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

    1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

    Program Outcomes
    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.

Study Skills

  
  • ST SK 103 - Study-Reading Techniques in Science

    Credits: 1
    Improves study-reading skills related to the sciences. Introduces students to valuable information about study-reading techniques in science and stimulating resources. This is an important skill-building course that can influence college success, but does not fulfill degree requirements. Planned or concurrent enrollment in a science course is recommended. This is a pass/no credit course.

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

    1. Identify some of the main challenges in science courses.
    2. Develop reading and study skills for science courses.
    3. Identify and use support resources in the science area and on campus.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate college-level reading skills by summarizing, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating college texts; and develop an awareness of the approaches writers use for different audiences, genres, and rhetorical situations.

    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.
  
  • ST SK 106 - College Survival

    Credits: 2
    Provides first-time and returning students with specific skills and strategies needed to accomplish their academic goals with greater success. Through discussion, group exercises, and guest speakers, students are introduced to a variety of topics critical to student success: time management, setting priorities, learning styles, campus resources and policies, critical thinking, motivation, and test taking. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 97  or instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $5.00

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

    1. Apply study skills including note and test taking.
    2. Illustrate test taking and test anxiety coping strategies.
    3. Apply time management skills.
    4. Apply a decision making process to long and short term goal setting.
    5. Locate and use the college resources and services.
    6. Articulate career interests and abilities and apply them to develop a career plan.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate college-level reading skills by summarizing, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating college texts; and develop an awareness of the approaches writers use for different audiences, genres, and rhetorical situations.

    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.
  
  • ST SK 110 - College Success Strategies

    Credits: 5
    Emphasizes development of necessary skills for successful completion of college courses in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Provides techniques and strategies to improve time management, memory, note-taking, textbook reading techniques, outlining, mapping, learning styles, use of library, test preparation, and test taking. Focuses on how individuals become independent learners and develop critical thinking skills.

    Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for READ 104  or instructor consent.

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

    1. Identify and evaluate essential study skills.
    2. Identify strategies to create a successful and satisfactory experience at college.
    3. Describe specific methods for managing time, note taking, test taking, and effective written and verbal communication.
    4. Match resources that are available on campus and in the community that can assist students

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate college-level reading skills by summarizing, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating college texts; and develop an awareness of the approaches writers use for different audiences, genres, and rhetorical situations.

    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.
  
  • ST SK 199 - Independent Study-Study Skills

    Credits: 1-3
    Encourages students to work on a specific study technique. The technique must increase the student’s understanding and application of study technique to academic work.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Develop reading and study skills to address specific issues and obstacles faced by the student.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate college-level reading skills by summarizing, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating college texts; and develop an awareness of the approaches writers use for different audiences, genres, and rhetorical situations.

    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.

Transitional Studies

$25 tuition will be charged for any combination of TS classes each quarter.

  
  • TS 1 - HS21+ Prior Learning Assessment

    Credits: 1
    Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
    2. Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

    OR

    1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources.
    2. Integrate and present research in an effective format.
    3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • TS 20 - Transitional Studies Academic Orientation and Planning

    Credits: 1-8
    In this class, you’ll make connections with classmates, teachers, and staff. You’ll explore available resources and prepare to transition to college programs. Building on your own strengths and support systems, we will develop academic and career goals, personal wellness strategies, and college readiness skills. Find yourself at Green River! This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Set meaningful educational and career goals.
    2. Demonstrate college success skills.
    3. Navigate and utilize the Internet for college and career purposes.
    4. Make use of the resources available to support your program and career success.

     
    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes

    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • TS 24 - HS 21+-Pacific NW & Washington State History

    Credits: 3-5
    Examines the emergence of the modern Pacific Northwest beginning with the earliest geological creation of the region and continuing with Native American habitation, contact with Euro-Americans, the development of trade and early settlement, the development of an industrial economy, the cycle of 20th century wars and depression, and the post-World War II emergence of the Pacific Northwest. Students who successfully complete this course will earn High school 21+ credits in Washington State History.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Discuss the environmental, political, social, and economic issues that have led to the creation of the modem Pacific Northwest.
    2. Read important historical literature and documents to enhance their understanding of the region.
    3. Explore topics of current and historical interest in the region.
    4. Observe regional and local conditions in the historic and modern PNW through personal observation.
    5. Experience field experiences with other students.
    6. Write short papers and essay exams to refine their understanding of readings, observations, and field experiences.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 25 - HS+21-Civics and Government

    Credits: 3-5
    Introduces students to the American political system; its core values and principles as set forth in foundational documents, as well as its origins, institutions and operations. Includes brief treatments of political parties, historic development of American politics, civil liberties, plus taxes and budgets. Introduces students to the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and of democratic civic involvement. Students who successfully complete this course earn High School 21+ credits in Civics and Government.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Explain the core values and principles of U.S. democracy as set forth in foundational documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
    2. Analyze the purposes and organization of governments and laws.
    3. Identify the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the principles of democratic civic involvement.
    4. Analyze the effect of economic systems on individuals, groups,and society using basic economic concepts.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 52 - Adult Basic Math Support

    Credits: 1-10
    A fully integrated support course for TS 53  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS 53  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement; concurrent enrollment in TS 53 ; and instructor consent.

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

    1. Predict number patterns and demonstrate operations fluency.
    2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
    3. Apply math to real life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
    4. Use math language .
    5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
    6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 53 - Adult Basic Math

    Credits: 1-5
    Students learn to easily select and apply the knowledge, skills, and strategies to independently accomplish well-defined and structured math tasks in a range of comfortable and familiar settings using whole numbers, decimals, and percents. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:
    • Whole number operations
    • Integer operations
    • Decimal operations
    • Simple Order of operations
    • Simple Algebraic expressions
    • Fraction operations with benchmark fractions and mixed numbers

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 54 - Transitional Studies Math Review Support

    Credits: 1-10
    A fully integrated support course for TS 55  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS 55  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support.

      This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement; concurrent enrollment in TS 55 ; and instructor consent.

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

    1. Describe fraction and decimal relationships.
    2. Use navigate technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
    3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
    4. Use math language .
    5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
    6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.

  
  • TS 55 - Transitional Studies Math Review

    Credits: 5-10
    Students review basic operations of arithmetic including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, place value, roots, and basic concepts related to measurements and geometry. Methods include use of hands-on manipulatives. Study skills incorporate into the curriculum.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

    • Linear equations
    • Equations with decimals and fractions
    • Basic statistics
    • Cartesian coordinates
    • Rates, ratios, and proportions
    • Percents
    • Roots and exponents

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.

  
  • TS 56 - TS Problem Solving for Math HS Equivalency I

    Credits: 5-10
    Study of problem solving, geometry and measurement, exponents and signed numbers. Includes introductory work with polynomials, simple equations, basic descriptive statistics, and graphing.

    Enrollment Requirement: TS 55  or appropriate placement; and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. ​Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:
    • Unit conversion
    • Geometry and measurement
    • Basic statistics and coordinate graphing
    • Pythagorean Theorem
    • Introduction to polynomials
    • Complex order of operations
    • Complex algebraic expressions and linear equations

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 57 - TS Problem Solving for Math HS Equivalency 2

    Credits: 5-8
    Study of properties and terminology of real numbers, absolute value, simplifying algebraic expressions, integer exponents, graphing and solving linear equations and inequalities, unit analysis, ratios, rates, and proportions, solving systems of equations, factoring and performing operations on polynomial expressions, Pythagorean Theorem, functions, and applications. Course requires a graphing calculator.

    Enrollment Requirement: TS 56  with a grade of 2.5 or higher; or appropriate placement; or high school transcript evaluation; and instructor consent. Recommended: Eligible for READ 104 .

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:
    • Find real solutions for linear equations using tables, graphs, and algebra
    • Simplify expressions involving integer exponents
    • Simplify, add, subtract, and multiply polynomials
    • Factor polynomial equations
    • Graph linear equations
    • Use functions in the form of graphs, tables, and linear equations
    • Solve systems of linear equations
    • Solve linear inequalities with one variable

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 58 - TS Math High School Equivalency 1 Support

    Credits: 1-10
    A fully integrated support course for TS 56  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS 56  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement; and concurrent enrollment in TS 56 ; and instructor consent.

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

    1. Compute variable equations and expressions.
    2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
    3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations.  
    4. Use math language competencies.
    5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
    6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward math).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 59 - TS Math High School Equivalency 2 Support

    Credits: 1-10
    A fully integrated support course for TS 57  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS 57  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement; and concurrent enrollment in TS 57 ; and instructor consent.

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

    1. Compute and graph linear equations and systems of equations.
    2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
    3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
    4. Use math language competencies.
    5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
    6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 62 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 2

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 2 students to the basic principles of civics and government, US history, economics, geography, or current world problems. Students practice critical reading skills in the context of social studies-related texts. Students demonstrate analysis and understanding of social studies readings and concepts through the writing process.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a social studies text.
    2. Determine and summarize the organization structure and supporting details of a social studies text.
    3. Analyze how social studies texts make connections between ideas or compare and contrast facts.
    4. Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research ideas with clear evidence.
    5. Use technology to produce and publish writing.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
  
  • TS 63 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 3

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 3 students to the basic principles of civics and government, US history, economics, geography, or current world problems. Students practice critical reading skills in the context of social studies-related texts. Students demonstrate analysis and understanding of social studies readings and concepts through the writing process.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Determine the meaning of concepts and ideas as they are presented in a social studies text.
    2. Apply social studies texts to current events, making connections between ideas.
    3. Compare and contrast facts from historical texts.
    4. Explain events, procedures, ideas or concepts in a historical text.
    5. Use information from multiple sources to compare and contrast events, ideas, and concepts.
    6. Use technology to research and report on topics of historical significance.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 64 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 4

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 4 students to the basic principles of civics and government, US history, economics, geography, or current world problems. Students practice critical reading skills in the context of social studies-related texts. Students demonstrate analysis and understanding of social studies readings and concepts through the writing process. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Analyze complex sets of ideas or sequences of historical events.
    2. Identify aspects of a social studies text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose.
    3. Paraphrase and summarize social studies texts.
    4. Analyze textual connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events of historical significance.
    5. Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant historical information.
    6. Gather relevant historical information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 65 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 5

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 5 students to the basic principles of civics and government, US history, economics, geography, or current world problems. Students practice critical reading skills in the context of social studies-related texts. Students demonstrate analysis and understanding of social studies readings and concepts through the writing process. Students who successfully complete this course earn 21 high school credits in social studies.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
    2. Explain how author perspective affects the telling of historical events.
    3. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
    4. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
    5. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.
    6. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
    7. Complete a research and application project on a social studies topic.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 66 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 6

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 6 students to the basic principles of civics and government, US history, economics, geography, or current world problems. Students practice critical reading skills in the context of social studies-related texts. Students demonstrate analysis and understanding of social studies readings and concepts through the writing process. Students who successfully complete this course earn 21 high school credits in social studies.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
    2. Explain how author perspective affects the telling of historical events.
    3. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
    4. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
    5. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.
    6. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
    7. Complete a research and application project on a social studies topic.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 72 - Language Arts and Literature Level 2

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 2 students to the basic principles of the mechanics of writing and strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. Students practice critical reading skills and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and informational through the writing process.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Find key evidence and make inferences from a text.
    2. Determine and summarize the organization structure and supporting details of a text.
    3. Analyze how texts make connections between ideas or compare and contrast facts.
    4. Use technology to produce and publish writing.
    5. Write a 5-sentence paragraph including topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion.
    6. Demonstrate exact sentence structure including capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 73 - Language Arts and Literature Level 3

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 3 students to the basic principles of the mechanics of writing and strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. Students practice critical reading skills and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and informational through the writing process.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Locate, refer to and quote key details and examples from a text.
    2. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
    3. Determine and summarize the main idea or theme of a story, drama or poem.
    4. Use the writing process to convey opinions, explanation, stories & research.
    5. Use technology to research and report on topics.
    6. Write an 8-sentence paragraph incorporating topic sentence, supporting details, evidence from text, and conclusion.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 74 - Language Arts and Literature Level 4

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 4 students to the basic principles of the mechanics of writing and strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. Students practice critical reading skills and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and informational through the writing process. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Cite strong and thorough evidence and inferences from a text.
    2. Determine and summarize the theme, development and conclusion of a fiction or nonfiction text.
    3. Analyze and evaluate an author’s claim and the effectiveness of the structure of a text.
    4. Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research.
    5. Use technology to produce, publish, and revise writing products.
    6. Write a three paragraph essay, including introductory paragraph, body paragraph with supporting evidence, and a conclusion paragraph.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 75 - Language Arts and Literature Level 5

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 5 students to the basic principles of the mechanics of writing and strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. Students practice critical reading skills and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and informational through the writing process. Students who successfully complete this course earn 21 high school credits in English.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

    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 text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
    2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
    3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
    4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
    5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
    6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
    7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 76 - Language Arts and Literature Level 6-1

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 6 students to the basic principles of the mechanics of writing and strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. Students practice critical reading skills and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and informational through the writing process. Students who successfully complete this course earn High School 21+ credits in English.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    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 text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
    2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
    3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
    4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
    5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
    6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
    7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 77 - Language Arts and Literature Level 6-2

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 6 students to take an additional course studying the basic principles of the mechanics of writing and strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. Students practice critical reading skills and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and informational through the writing process. Students who successfully complete this course earn High School 21+ credits in English.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    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 text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
    2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
    3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
    4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
    5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
    6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
    7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 82 - Language Arts in Physical Science Level 2

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 2 students to the basic principles of science through reading and writing. Also introduces students to the history and nature of science. Students explore the fundamental concepts of physics, chemistry, astronomy and earth science.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a science text. 
    2. Determine and summarize the organization structure and supporting details of a science text.
    3. Analyze how science texts make connections between ideas or compare and contrast facts. 
    4. Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research ideas with clear evidence.
    5. Use technology to produce and publish writing.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 83 - Language Arts in Physical Science Level 3

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 3 students to the basic principles of science through reading and writing. Also introduces students to the history and nature of science. Students explore the fundamental concepts of physics, chemistry, astronomy and earth science.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Find specific evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
    2. Determine the meaning of concepts and ideas as they are presented in a scientific texts, charts, and graphs.
    3. Apply the steps of the scientific method to everyday situations as well as laboratory investigations.
    4. Explain events, procedures, ideas or concepts in a scientific or technical text.
    5. Use technology to research and report on topics of scientific significance.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 84 - Language Arts in Physical Science Level 4

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 4 students to the basic principles of science through reading and writing. Also introduces students to the history and nature of science. Students explore the fundamental concepts of physics, chemistry, astronomy and earth science. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
    2. Make connections using multiple sources to compare and contrast scientific events, ideas, and concepts.
    3. Apply scientific thinking to solve a problem.
    4. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or bias.
    5. Paraphrase and summarize texts.
    6. Differentiate between opinion and fact in scientific information.
    7. Gather relevant historical information from multiple print and digital sources.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 85 - Language Arts in Science Level 5

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 5 students to the basic principles of science through reading and writing. Also introduces students to the history and nature of science. Students explore the fundamental concepts of life, physics, chemistry, astronomy or earth science. Students who successfully complete this course earn High School 21+ credits in science OR lab science.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
    2. Apply the steps of the scientific method to solve a problem.
    3. Critique information from various sources to determine if the information is scientific and credible.
    4. Demonstrate basic lab skills through the collection, synthesis, and analysis of data.
    5. Write arguments on science topics using valid reasoning, relevant information, and sufficient evidence.
    6. Summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in science texts.
    7. Complete a research and application project on a scientific topic applying the scientific method.
    8. Analyze and report on data drawn from the material world using the tools, data collection techniques, models and theories of science.
    9. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 86 - Language Arts in Science Level 6

    Credits: 5-10
    Introduces Level 6 students to the basic principles of science through reading and writing. Also introduces students to the history and nature of science. Students explore the fundamental concepts of life, physics, chemistry, astronomy or earth science. Students who successfully complete this course earn High School 21+ credits in science OR lab science.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent.

    Course Fee: $3.00

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

    1. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text.
    2. Summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
    3. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
    4. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
    5. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
    6. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
    7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
    8. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
    9. Analyze and report on data gained from direct interaction with the material world, or with data drawn from the material world, using the tools, data collection techniques, models and theories of science.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS 92 - HS21+ Prior Learning Assessment-Health & Fitness

    Credits: 1-20
    Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in health & fitness, accompanied by a reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Write arguments to support claims on health and fitness using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
    2. Write informative/explanatory texts on health and fitness to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

    OR

    1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on a health and fitness topic.
    2. Integrate and present research on health and fitness in an effective format.
    3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • TS 93 - HS21+ Prior Learning Assessment-Art

    Credits: 1-20
    Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in art, including student-created art samples accompanied by artist statements or a research paper on other artists’ work. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Write arguments to support claims on art using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
    2. Write informative/explanatory texts on art to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

    OR

    1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on an art topic.
    2. Integrate and present research on art in an effective format.
    3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • TS 94 - HS21+ Prior Learning Assessment-Occupational Ed

    Credits: 1-20
    Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in occupational education, accompanied by a reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Write arguments to support claims on occupational education using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

    2. Write informative/explanatory texts on occupational education to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

    OR

    1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on an occupational education topic.

    2. Integrate and present research on art in an effective format.

    3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.


    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • TS 95 - HS 21+ Prior Learning Assessment 1

    Credits: 5-20
    Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in question, including but not limited to health and fitness, occupational education and fine arts, accompanied by a 2-page (750 word) reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
    2. Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

    OR

    1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources.
    2. Integrate and present research in an effective format.
    3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • TS 96 - HS 21+ Prior Learning Assessment 2

    Credits: 5-20
    Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in question, including but not limited to health and fitness, occupational education and fine arts, accompanied by a 2-page (750 word) reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
    2. Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

    OR

    1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources.
    2. Integrate and present research in an effective format.
    3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • TS 97 - Transitional Studies World Languages PLA

    Credits: 5-20
    This course awards prior learning credit for high school World Languages based on student’s ability to demonstrate competency via assessment. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Demonstrate at least novice mid-level of proficiency in World Language communication skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), determined through the guidelines set up by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

Transitional Studies-Open Doors

  
  • TS-OD 1 - Open Doors-Prior Learning Assessment

    Credits: 1
    Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in question.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

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

    1. Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
    2. Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

    OR

    1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources.
    2. Integrate and present research in an effective format.
    3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes
    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

     

  
  • TS-OD 20 - Academic Orientation and Planning for Open Doors

    Credits: 1-8
    In this class, you’ll make connections with classmates, teachers, and staff. You’ll explore available resources and prepare to transition to college programs. Building on your own strengths and support systems, we will develop academic and career goals, personal wellness strategies, and college readiness skills. Find yourself at Green River! This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

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

    1. Set meaningful educational and career goals.
    2. Demonstrate college success skills.
    3. Navigate and utilize the Internet for college and career purposes.
    4. Make use of the resources available to support your program and career success.

     
    Program Outcomes
    Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

    College-wide Outcomes

    • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

  
  • TS-OD 52 - Open Doors Adult Basic Math Support

    Credits: 1-10
    A fully integrated support course for TS-OD 53  for Open Doors students. Helps students succeed in TS-OD 53  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement; and concurrent enrollment in TS-OD 53 ; and instructor consent. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

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

    1. Predict number patterns and demonstrate operations fluency.
    2. Use navigate technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
    3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
    4. Use math language.
    5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
    6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS-OD 53 - Open Doors Adult Basic Math

    Credits: 1-5
    Students learn to easily select and apply the knowledge, skills, and strategies to independently accomplish well-defined and structured math tasks in a range of comfortable and familiar settings using whole numbers, decimals, and percents. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

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

    1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:
    • Whole number operations
    • Integer operations
    • Decimal operations
    • Simple Order of operations
    • Simple Algebraic expressions
    • Fraction operations with benchmark fractions and mixed numbers

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS-OD 54 - Open Doors Math Review Support

    Credits: 1-10
    A fully integrated support course for TS-OD 55  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS-OD 55  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support. This is a pass/no credit course.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement; and concurrent enrollment in TS-OD 55 ; and instructor consent. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

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

    1. Describe fraction and decimal relationships.
    2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
    3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
    4. Use math language.
    5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
    6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS-OD 55 - Open Doors Math Review

    Credits: 5-10
    Students review basic operations of arithmetic including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, place value, roots, and basic concepts related to measurements and geometry. Methods include use of hands-on manipulatives. Study skills incorporate into the curriculum.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

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

    1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:
    • Linear equations
    • Equations with decimals and fractions
    • Basic statistics
    • Cartesian coordinates
    • Rates, ratios, and proportions
    • Percents
    • Roots and exponents

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
  
  • TS-OD 56 - OD Math High School Equivalency 1

    Credits: 5-10
    Study of problem solving, geometry and measurement, exponents and signed numbers. Includes introductory work with polynomials, simple equations, basic descriptive statistics, and graphing.

    Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement or high school transcript evaluation; and instructor consent. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

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

    1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:
    • Unit conversion
    • Geometry and measurement
    • Basic statistics and coordinate graphing
    • Pythagorean Theorem
    • Introduction to polynomials
    • Complex order of operations
    • Complex algebraic expressions and linear equations

    Program Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
    2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
    3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.


    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.
 

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