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2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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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.
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PHYS& 110 - Physics Non-Science Majors with Lab Credits: 5
For the student with no previous experience in physics or other physical science courses and even an apprehension toward science and math. Topics such as light, sound, electricity, and motion, are used to develop underlying principles which describe some of our physical universe. Stresses conceptual reasoning while mathematics is limited to arithmetic reasoning. Uses a hands-on approach to more easily gain insight to the concepts being studied.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 .
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, with respect to experimental design and inference in physics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, with respect to experimental design and inference in physics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS& 114 - General Physics I with Lab Credits: 5
For students in technical and transfer programs. Course goals are to further develop an understanding of basic concepts of physics and analytical and problem-solving skills. Laboratory is an integral component of the course. Covers the ideas of motion, forces, momentum and energy from within the framework of Newton’s Laws. No credits given to students who have completed PHYS 154 .
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in MATH 097 ; or a grade of 2.0 or higher in 1-1/2 years of high school algebra.
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using algebraic methods in Newtonian mechanics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using algebraic methods in Newtonian mechanics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS& 115 - General Physics II with Lab Credits: 5
Continues the goals of PHYS& 114 . Course is based on concepts involving thermal properties of matter, and electricity and magnetism. Teaches the properties of fluids as time permits.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 114 and in MATH 097 ; or 1-1/2 years of high school algebra.
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using algebraic methods in the study of thermal properties of matter, electricity, and magnetism.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using algebraic methods in the study of thermal properties of matter, electricity, and magnetism.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS& 116 - General Physics III with Lab Credits: 5
Continues the goals of PHYS& 115 . Explores the concepts associated with wave phenomena and atomic physics. Uses sound, light (including lasers) and mechanical vibrations as examples of waves.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 115 and MATH 097 ,or 1-1/2 years of high school Algebra.
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using algebraic methods in the study of magnetism, waves, oscillations, and modern physics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using algebraic methods in the study of magnetism, waves, oscillations, and modern physics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS 154 - Physics for the Life Sciences 1 Credits: 5
For students in college transfer programs. Course goals are to further develop an understanding of basic concepts of physics and analytical and problem-solving skills with applications to biological systems. Laboratory is an integral component of the course. Covers the ideas of motion, forces, momentum and energy from within the framework of Newton’s Laws. No credit given to students who have completed PHYS& 114 .
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in MATH 097 or 1-1/2 years of high school Algebra.
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using algebraic methods in Newtonian mechanics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using algebraic methods in Newtonian mechanics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS 155 - Physics for the Life Sciences 2 Credits: 5
For students in college transfer programs, especially those interested in biological or medical sciences. Course develops an understanding of the basic concepts of physics and analytical and problem solving skills with applications to biological systems. Laboratory is an integral component of the course. Teaches the principles of energy flow and conservation, along with electricity with biological and medical applications. No credit given to students who have completed PHYS& 115 .
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 114 or PHYS 154 and in either MATH 097 or 1 1/2 years of high school Algebra.
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using algebraic methods in the study of thermal properties of matter, electricity, and magnetism.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using algebraic methods in the study of thermal properties of matter, electricity, and magnetism.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS 156 - Physics for the Life Sciences 3 Credits: 5
Course develops an understanding of the basic concepts of physics and analytical and problem solving skills with applications to biological systems. Laboratory is an integral component of the course. Teaches the dynamics of oscillations, waves, electromagnetism, and light with biological and medical applications. No credit given to students who have completed PHYS& 116 .
Prerequisite: A grade 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 115 or PHYS 155 ; eligible for ENGL& 101 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in either MATH 097 ; or 1 1/2 years of high school algebra.
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using algebraic methods in the study of magnetism, waves, oscillations, and modern physics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using algebraic methods in the study of magnetism, waves, oscillations, and modern physics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS& 221 - Engineering Physics I with Lab Credits: 5
Includes a detailed study of the basic laws of physics. Emphasizes the evolution of ideas from experimental observation to mathematical models. Includes a comprehensive investigation of Newtonian particle dynamics. Laboratory is an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 114 or in a high school physics, or equivalent, and in MATH& 142 or equivalent with concurrent enrollment or completion in MATH& 151 .
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using elements of calculus and mathematical models to develop a comprehensive investigation of Newtonian particle dynamics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using elements of calculus and mathematical models to develop a comprehensive investigation of Newtonian particle dynamics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS& 222 - Engineering Physics II with Lab Credits: 5
Applications of Newtonian Physics to energy, momentum, and extended bodies, as well as the study of electro-magnetic theory. Course develops ideas from experimental observation to a mathematics model. Laboratory is an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 221 and MATH& 151 and at least concurrent enrollment in MATH& 152 .
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using differential and integral calculus to develop a comprehensive investigation of rotation, electricity, and circuits.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using differential and integral calculus to develop a comprehensive investigation of rotation, electricity, and circuits.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS& 223 - Engineering Physics III with Lab Credits: 5
Study of classical wave properties with applications to mechanical and electrical systems, sound, electromagnetic waves, light, and atomic physics.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 222 and MATH& 152 and at least concurrent enrollment in MATH& 153 .
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using differential and integral calculus to develop a comprehensive investigation of rotation, electricity, and circuits.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using differential and integral calculus to develop a comprehensive investigation of rotation, electricity, and circuits.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS 225 - Modern Physics Credits: 3
Fourth quarter general physics sequence course for science and engineering students. Serves as a terminal course for non-physics majors and gives students a good conceptual background for the study of quantum mechanics. Emphasizes a thorough study of phenomena that cannot be explained with ideas from classical physics.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 222 and MATH& 152 and at least concurrent enrollment in PHYS& 223 and MATH& 153 .
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using elements of calculus and mathematical models to develop a comprehensive investigation of modern physics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using elements of calculus and mathematical models to develop a comprehensive investigation of modern physics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS 229 - Electric and Magnetic Fields Credits: 2
Introduces the quantitative laws of electricity and magnetism including principles of electromagnets, electric generators, and electromagnetic waves.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 222 and MATH& 152 and at least concurrent enrollment in MATH& 153 and PHYS& 223 .
Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using differential and integral calculus to develop a comprehensive investigation of electromagnetic fields.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using differential and integral calculus to develop a comprehensive investigation of electromagnetic fields.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS 230 - Undergraduate Research Credits: 5
Gives students the experience of doing research in a cutting edge field. Students read relevant literature, pose a question, state a hypothesis, plan and perform experiments to test their hypothesis. Students work in teams and present their work to their peers. The culmination of the project would be a written paper modeled after a journal article.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL& 101 ; and a grade of 2.0 or higher in PHYS& 222 and MATH& 152 ; and at least concurrent enrollment in MATH& 153 and PHYS& 223 .
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Ask a research question, carry out experiments, analyze data, make decisions, formulate solutions, to develop and carry out a comprehensive and independent investigation of an advanced topic in physics.
- Give reasons for choice of research question, assumptions, hypotheses, data analysis and conclusions while developing a comprehensive and independent investigation of an advanced topics in physics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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PHYS 298 - Independent Study-Physics Credits: 1-5
Students contract with an instructor to study topics not part of a regular class. Topics must be in physics or related fields.
Prerequisite: One year of physics and instructor’s permission.
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions, using calculus to develop a comprehensive and independent investigation of advanced topics in physics.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses, using calculus to develop a comprehensive and independent investigation of advanced topics in physics.
Program Outcomes
- Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
- Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
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.
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