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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.
 

Engineering
  

  • ENGR 100 - Careers in Engineering

    Credits: 2
    Explores the functions of engineering and computer science, branches of the professions, educational requirements, and transfer institutions offering these programs. Includes an introduction to the competencies required for programming, problem solving, engineering design, and the planning of a program of study necessary to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or computer science.

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

    1. Delineate the requirements for obtaining a computer science, engineering, or engineering technology from the various fields for engineering at the numerous schools of engineering and computer science.
    2. Distinguish between the functions performed by the various disciplines.
    3. Define the competencies required in engineering design and problem solving, and the relationship to the curriculum requirements.
    4. Demonstrate good communication skills through written assignments, oral presentation and critiques of guest lecturers.
    5. Plan effective strategies for management of a demanding course load.
    6. Effectively function responsibly in a teamwork environment.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Provide detailed and accurate descriptions of various physical systems.
    2. Solve multi-step problems in physical analysis.
    3. Identify pertinent elements of physical systems and problems.
    4. Design meaningful experiments and clearly report their conclusions.
    5. Interpret scientific data including the results of experiments designed by others.
    6. Apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems.
    7. Use electronic and numerical instruments as tools for investigation and analysis.


    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.
  

  • ENGR& 104 - Introduction to Design

    Credits: 5
    Introduces design and communication principles using an engineering project approach. Stresses teamwork, design process, creative and analytical thinking, quantitative analysis, professionalism and ethics, social, economic and political context, and open-ended problems. Introduces the engineering design process by building group skills, understanding the effects of different learning styles, producing strategies for innovation, and fostering creativity in problem solving. Includes design projects, journal keeping, professionalism and ethical issues, and oral presentations.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Perform as an effective member of a team on a design project.
    2. Display an understanding of the engineering design competencies in teamwork, information gathering, problem definition, idea generation, evaluation and decision making, implementation, and communication, and apply these competencies to a design project.
    3. Communicate effectively in a team environment.
    4. Create focused problem definitions.
    5. Develop detailed plans, and establish effective timelines.
    6. Assign and accept operational roles and responsibilities on a team.
    7. Demonstrate critical thinking skills by solving practical engineering application problems.
    8. Manage resources, (time, people, and material) to complete projects.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR 106 - Introduction to Engineering Problems

    Credits: 3
    Introduces dimensional analysis and vector algebra and their use in solving engineering problems. Uses Newton’s laws in problems involving forces, moments, acceleration and velocities. Discusses problem format, significant figures, statistics and error analysis, and their role in the design process.

    Enrollment Requirement: ENGR 100  with a grade of 2.5 or higher or concurrent enrollment; MATH& 142  or higher with a grade of 2.5 or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Use an engineering format for defining and solving problems.
    2. Use the standard notation for FLT and ML T dimensional systems and Vector Algebra.
    3. Mathematically construct Castesian vectors from a magnitude and a wide variety of descriptions of direction in 3D space.
    4. Demonstrate calculation and definitions of vector addition and multiplication.
    5. Calculate moment of force using vector and scalar formulations.
    6. Use critical thinking skills by separating extraneous information from relevant data for problem solving.
    7. Apply the basic rules of dimensional analysis to principles of homogeneity and systems of units.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR& 114 - Engineering Graphics

    Credits: 5
    A beginning lab course focusing on visualization, sketching, and 3-D parametric modeling computer aided drafting (CAD). Introduces the basic design competencies and graphical solutions of spatial problems using basic engineering drawing principles. Provides skills in graphic communication and visualization of 3-D objects, as well as design and problem solving skills. Recommended for all beginning engineering students.

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

    1. Develop 3D visualization and sketching skills.
    2. Demonstrate skills in parametric solid modeling.
    3. Translate working knowledge of engineering drawings (orthographic, auxiliary and isometric).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


    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.
  

  • ENGR 120 - Introduction to Programming

    Credits: 2
    Introduces fundamental concepts of computer science and computational thinking. Includes introduction to logical reasoning, procedural decomposition, problem solving, and abstraction. Sets the context for further study in numerical methods and computer science programming languages. CS 120

    Enrollment Requirement: MATH& 142  or higher with a grade of 2.5 or higher or concurrent enrollment; or instructor consent.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Convert number representations to and from binary, decimal, and hexadecimal formats.
    2. Convert number representations to ASCII code representations. 
    3. Write the steps to solve a small scale problem by using pseudo-code to detail the steps necessary.
    4. Convert written pseudo-code to a actual programming code that will run and solve the indicated problem. 
    5. Develop an algorithm, using such techniques as selection and iteration that will solve the indicated computer science problem. 

    Program Outcomes
    1. Provide detailed and accurate descriptions of various physical systems.
    2. Solve multi-step problems in physical analysis.
    3. Identify pertinent elements of physical systems and problems.
    4. Design meaningful experiments and clearly report their conclusions.
    5. Interpret scientific data including the results of experiments designed by others.
    6. Apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems.
    7. Use electronic and numerical instruments as tools for investigation and analysis.


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

  • ENGR 140 - Engineering Materials

    Credits: 5
    Investigates the basic principles relating to the structure and properties of materials used by practicing engineers. Provides discussion of the properties of organic and inorganic materials as related to their atomic, molecular, and crystalline structure.

    Enrollment Requirement: CHEM& 161  with a grade of 2.5 or higher or concurrent enrollment.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Explain the relationship between atomic bonding, crystalline structure, atomic coordination, crystal imperfections, and theoretical strength of the material.
    2. Interpret phase equilibrium diagrams and non-equilibrium phase transforms as they relate to a metals mechanical properties.
    3. Define the thermal and electrical properties of materials such as ceramics, metals, multiphase systems, and natural and synthetic polymers.
    4. Conduct laboratory experiments in the investigation of material properties and illustrate the fundamentals relating to the structure and properties of materials.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR& 204 - Electrical Circuits

    Credits: 5
    Introduces basic electrical circuits and systems. Topics include basic analysis techniques, nodal and mesh analysis, and Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits. Applies linear differential equations to basic circuits. Concurrent enrollment in MATH 238  is desirable.

    Enrollment Requirement: MATH& 153  and PHYS& 222  with grades of 2.5 or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Fee: $2.00

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

    1. Use proper analysis techniques to determine voltage, current, and power requirements of various simple circuits.
    2. Accurately describe and apply nodal and mesh analysis methods and reduce circuits using Norton and Thevenin equivalencies when appropriate.
    3. Analyze and design circuits using simplified operational amplifier analysis.
    4. Analyze voltage, current, and power in linear differential circuit components, and apply this analysis to practice applications (eg. filters).

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR& 214 - Statics

    Credits: 5
    A fundamental course in the mechanics of rigid bodies in static equilibrium conditions. Solves practical engineering problems involving the loads carried by structural components using Static principles, vector notation and calculus for mathematical modeling. Teaches principles and their limitations within the context of engineering applications and the engineering design process.

    Enrollment Requirement: ENGR 106  and MATH& 152  with grades of 2.5 or higher or concurrent enrollment.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Construct free body diagrams of force distribution systems based on the physical and mathematical principles of mechanics.
    2. Apply the principles of Newton’s laws to determine structural reaction forces in particle and extended systems at joints as well as in the internal structure of members.
    3. Use method of sections and method of joints to analyze truss structures.
    4. Apply the principles of calculus to describe the effect of distributed loads on a structural body.
    5. Calculate first and second moments of area, as well as centroids and radius of gyration of cross sections.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR& 215 - Dynamics

    Credits: 5
    An in-depth treatment of the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies using vector analysis. Topics include kinematics, kinetics, momentum, and energy principles for both particles and rigid bodies. A required course for numerous engineering programs.

    Enrollment Requirement: ENGR& 214 , MATH& 152  and PHYS& 221  with grades of 2.5 or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Interpret the motion of a point in cartesian, cylindrical, and normal/tangential coordinates.
    2. Apply the principles of kinematics and kinetics to dynamic particle systems.
    3. Describe particle kinematics using energy/work, as well as impulse/momentum, and create preferences for when each method is most appropriate.
    4. Apply the principles of dynamics to extended systems undergoing general planar motion, including principles of angular momentum.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR& 224 - Thermodynamics

    Credits: 5
    Introduces the basic principles of thermodynamics. Covers energy transformations, work and heat, ideal and real gases, first and second laws of thermodynamics, and applications to engineering systems.

    Enrollment Requirement: CHEM& 161,  MATH& 152 , and PHYS& 221  with grades of 2.5 or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Define and apply the basic laws and quantities of relevance in thermodynamic analysis (eg. heat, pressure, enthalpy, entropy, etc.).
    2. Analyze thermodynamic processes and cycles within the conceptual frameworks of the zeroth, first, and second laws of thermodynamics.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR& 225 - Mechanics of Materials

    Credits: 5
    A rigorous investigation of the concepts of stress and deformation in structural members. Focuses on the development of basic relationships between loads, stress, and deformation in members such as beams, columns, shafts, and tension members.

    Enrollment Requirement: ENGR& 214  and (MATH& 153  or concurrent enrollment) with grades of 2.5 or higher.

    Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
    Course Outcomes:
    Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

    1. Mathematically model and determine the stress and deformation in axially loaded members.
    2. Determine the stress and deformation in beams of various shapes.
    3. Determine the stress and deformation in shafts loaded in pure transverse shear.
    4. Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of stress strain diagrams.
    5. Show the use of Mohrs circle in analyzing combinations of stresses, normal and shear, in a structural member.
    6. Calculate the critical load for the buckling stability of columns.
    7. Apply the above analytical principles to engineering design.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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

  • ENGR 250 - Numerical Methods Using MATLAB

    Credits: 5
    Introduces students to the use of computers and the MATLAB program to solve engineering problems using applied numerical method. Students learn how to implement important and fundamental numerical methods, with applications from a variety of courses, including the engineering mechanics sequence (ENGR& 214 , CS 132  and ENGR& 215 ), ENGR& 224 - Thermodynamics , and Electrical Circuits  (ENGR& 204 ).

    Enrollment Requirement: MATH& 254  and (CS 120 /ENGR 120  or CS& 131  or CS& 141  or CS 108  or 109 ) with grades of 2.5 or higher.

    Course Fee: $50.00

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

    1. Write and document effective MATLAB scripts involving logical and iterative flow control.
    2. Effectively utilize vector and matrix operations in MATLAB as they apply to numerical methods, both element-wise, and matrix-wise.
    3. Clearly communicate relevant results via graphical methods in MATLAB and via written explanation.
    4. Utilize a variety of numerical methods to solve an even larger variety of applied numerical problems.
    5. Identify the difference between analytic methods and numerical methods and their applications to applied mathematical problems.

    Program Outcomes
    1. Use engineering principles to solve problems related to engineering mechanics.
    2. Analyze a wide variety of physical systems using Newton’s Laws and free body diagrams in 3D space.
    3. Transfer to a Bachelor’s program in Engineering with the necessary aptitude to succeed in upper-division coursework.


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