2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
|
|
| |
Biology |
| |
-
BIO 2520 - Introduction to Animal Biology
This course introduces students to selected topics in biology through the study of animals. A unit on genetics covers Mendelian genetics, population genetics, and evolution. A unit on ecology covers population dynamics, nutrient cycles, food webs, and biomes. A unit on physiology includes cardiovascular, digestive, and other important systems. An appreciation of taxonomic diversity is woven through all of the topics. This course is part of a one-year introductory sequence in biology.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course if offered every spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3010 - Musculoskeletal and Neuromuscular Anatomy
This course focuses upon the structures and functions of the human organism in the specific areas of myology, osteology, motor and sensory neurology and arthrology. The perspective of this course will be upon applying these anatomical studies to orthopedic, therapeutic and rehabilitation medicine.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BIO 2011 and BIO 2012. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3020 - Field Zoology
This course investigates the local animal groups with a particular emphasis on protozoa, molluscs, arthropods, and vertebrates. The lectures include taxonomy, life history of selected types—including economically important kinds-modes of adaptation to the environment, and zoogeography. The combined laboratory/field approach includes the study of identification, preparation and collection techniques, structure, observations of behavior, and local distribution. Students make a collection or do an elementary field project. The course requires two classroom hours and one three-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is one semester of biological science; BIO 2240 is recommended. There is a lab fee. This course is offered by student request.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3050 - Natural History of Vertebrates
The course provides a study of the phylogeny, evolution, biogeography, physiology, and general-life histories of the vertebrates, with emphasis on the New England fauna. The laboratory work includes the study of a selection of examples from each vertebrate class with a view to better understanding the phylogeny and morphology of each group and their environmental adaptation. The course requires two classroom hours and one three-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BIO 2240 or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered by student request.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3110 - Field Ornithology
This course is a field-oriented course designed for students interested in the study of birds primarily as an avocation. Identification, conservation, and life history of the local bird fauna are stressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered by student request.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BIO 3120 - Principles of Ornithology
This course focuses on an appreciation for avian diversity through the study of museum specimens and field trips. The instruction provides an advanced study of avian biology, including morphology, physiology, taxonomy, evolution, ecology, and behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BIO 2520. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3140 - Introduction to Microbiology
The instruction of this course focuses on the study of microorganisms, including growth and morphology of representative organisms, microbial physiology, and selected topics in bacterial pathogenesis, virology, and immunology. The laboratory exercises develop fundamental skills in aseptic technique, microscopy, pure culture study, and the isolation and identifications of selected microorganisms.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BIO 2520, or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every summer.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3160 - Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior explores the relationships of ecology, taxonomy, and evolution to behavior from the viewpoint of natural selection. The instruction includes such topics as the principles of animal behavior; the concepts and methods of study; invertebrate and vertebrate nervous organization, communication, and social behavior. The laboratories include experimental investigations, films, and field trips. The course requires two two-hour combination lecture/labs per week and several extended field trips.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered by student request.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3220 - Genetics
Genetics features a study of the fundamental principles of inheritance. The instruction includes study of such topics as molecular, Mendelian, and population genetics. Laboratory work includes breeding experiments with fruit flies and flowering plants, cytological observation of chromosomes, protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis, and bacterial mutation and transformation. The course requires three classroom hours and a two-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are one year of biological science and CHE 1031. There is a lab fee. This course is offered by student request.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3330 - Field Botany and Dendrology
This course introduces students to the principles of classification and identification of the vascular plants. The lectures cover phylogenetic and artificial systems of classification, nomenclature, phytogeography, and the concept of natural variation within populations and its evolutionary significance. The laboratory centers on a study of the major divisions of vascular plants. Specimens collected in the field are compared with the herbarium collections. Students learn to use keys and interpret technical descriptions. Two collections of 25 specimens are required: herbs in flowering condition and woody plants in the winter condition. The course requires two two-hour lab/lectures per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is one semester of biology. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 3340 - Advanced Systematic Botany
Topics for this course include the systematics of the more difficult groups of vascular plants, e.g., the pteridophyte, aquatic plants or graminoids, and an introduction to the methods employed in modern systematic research. Field trips, a plant collection, and a project are required.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BIO 2150 and BIO 3330, or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 4040 - Ecology
Ecology offers a study of the general principles of modern ecology including limiting factors, distribution, populations, communities, and the ecosystem concept. The laboratory and field work emphasizes quantitative techniques of experimental analysis. Field trips include all the local spectra of habitat types and, tentatively, one trip to a marine environment. The course requires three classroom hours and one two-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are Botany and Zoology, or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 4210 - Wildlife Biology and Management
Topics for this course include the basic principles of ecology, introduction to fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, human impacts on soils, plants, animals and the environment. Discussions address ways to work toward an appreciative and respectful coexistence. The laboratory emphasizes current techniques for assessing and managing the health of wildlife populations.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BIO 4710 - Biology Modules
Biology Modules provide an intensive study of a variety of current topics in biology, and is offered in response to the current interests of the students and faculty. Some modules may be taken for major elective credit with written permission. The course requires fifteen lecture/lab hours per credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
The permission of the instructor is required for registration. There is a lab fee.
Credits: 1 to 4
|
| |
-
BIO 4720 - Seminar in Conservation Biology
This seminar features a detailed study of the major problems and issues of the new discipline of Conservation Biology with an emphasis on endangered ecosystems and species. The course requires two two-hour meetings per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
It is open to non-science majors with permission.
Credits: 4
|
Business |
| |
-
BUS 1010 - Introduction to Business
This course surveys various business-related topics, including organization and management, production planning and control, marketing, finance, day-to-day operations in the areas of accounting, personnel, research and development, and management information systems. This course also introduces students to the microcomputer.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 1210 - Introduction to Business Software
This introductory computer course develops student skills for software used in courses in the business program as well as in the workplace. The course develops skills through application, linking directly with assignments in BUS 1010 (Introduction to Business). It is highly recommended that students take this course concurrently with BUS 1010.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is math competency. This course is offered every semester, including summer.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2020 - Principles of Management
[Choice:SS] This course introduces the principles of management and their application to organizations, both profit and nonprofit. The course study includes management theory, organizational structure, communication, motivation, planning, and decision making.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2025 - Nonprofit Management
This course is an introduction to the nonprofit sector. We will look at the challenges involved in running any nonprofit organization. Topics include planning, governing boards, human resource management, fundraising, and budgets. The course includes case studies of local nonprofit organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore standing or permission. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2060 - Money and Capital Markets
This course explores the capital markets—their structures, functions and evolution—and their effects on economic activity. Specifically, the course studies banking systems, public and private debt markets, equity markets, and derivative markets, looking both at established and emerging markets and technologies. This course is also strongly suggested as an introduction to BUS 3230.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is ECO 2020. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2140 - Personal Finance
This is a broad-based introduction to a wide range of financial planning opportunities in money management, tax planning, career planning, banking, credit, insurance, investing, retirement planning, and estate planning. A major goal of the course aims to identify the financial traps to avoid in making personal-finance decisions, and the course creates a blueprint for living that should maximize personal and financial success.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2230 - Principles of Marketing
[Choice:SS] Principles of Marketing introduces the basic concepts and practices of modern marketing. The instruction studies how large and small organizations successfully develop, price, promote and distribute products and services. The course includes case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2235 - Service Marketing
Marketing a service organization or business requires a different approach from marketing a manufactured product. This course provides students with the knowledge and tools to effectively market a for-profit or not-for-profit service. Students will learn and apply marketing theories, models and techniques that are appropriate for retailing, hospitality, human services, healthcare, consulting and other professional services. In addition to readings, lectures, class discussions, guest speakers, and field visits, students will use their own experiences and observations to learn how to improve service delivery, perceptions about the organization or business, and acquisition and retention of customers and/or clients.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is also appropriate for non-Business majors. The course is offered odd-numbered spring semesters.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2250 - Business Ethics
This course examines ethical dilemmas in the context of both the small business and the larger corporation, while developing written and oral skills of ethical argument.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is ENG 1052 and sophomore standing, or permission. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2265 - Fiscal Management
This course introduces skills for non-financial managers to be able to make informed financial decisions. Topics include reading and understanding financial statements, basic financial analysis techniques, understanding budgets, the budget process, and budget variance analysis. Organizations in the not-for-profit and public sectors will be examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is math competency. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2410 - Human Resources Management
Human Resource Management provides a study of planning, organization direction and control in personnel management. The instruction places particular emphasis on the selection, training, job analysis, evaluation and wage plans of employees, and problems of morale and human relations.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 2020 or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2420 - Effective Management Presentations
Writing clear, concise, effective letters, memos, proposals, reports, instructions, manuals, and specifications for clients, employees, investors, and managers is the primary focus of this course. Students learn to synthesize quantitative data, to convey technical information in clear English, and to summarize and highlight key issues and points to facilitate effective management decision-making. Students also learn to use computer software to produce clear, concise, and professional charts, tables, and graphs that effectively complement what they write and present orally.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BUS 1010, BUS 1210 and ENG 1051. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 2710 - Seminar in Business
This seminar offers an opportunity to concentrate on areas of special interest in management or to extend the range of study in specific areas in business. The seminar may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is math competency.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3030 - Customer Satisfaction
This course is for people who work with clients or customers. The course is appropriate for all types of organizations: hospitality, health care, professional services, retail, manufacturing, human services, etc. You will learn what customers and clients want, how to measure customer satisfaction, and how to increase customer satisfaction. The course includes findings of recent research, surveying techniques, operations improvement strategies, and reports from leading practitioners. The course includes case studies, in-class and on-site exercises, and current readings.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3120 - Business and Financial Reporting Software
Students familiar with current operating systems and office programs will learn additional business and financial reporting applications. The emphasis is on software such as QuickBooks Pro and Peachtree Accounting, the current state-of-the-art accounting software programs for small business.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BUS 1210, ACC 2121, and ACC 2125 or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3131 - Business Law I
Business Law I introduces the general legal aspects of business, with special emphasis on the law of contracts, real and personal property law and the agency relation.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3132 - Business Law II
A continuation of Business Law I, this course emphasizes the Uniform Commercial Code, sales and commercial paper, corporations and partnerships.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 3131. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3150 - Production/Operations Management
This survey course develops administrative skills needed to manage efficiently the several elements of production—materials, facilities and manpower. Quantitative models (Management Science) are used to optimize the efficient use of resources.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are ACC 2125, MAT 2021 and junior standing, or permission. This course is offered every spring and summer.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3160 - Sales Management and Selling
This course studies tasks faced by the sales manager and provides a detailed examination of the specialized tools and techniques needed to cope with requirements used to design territories, hire, train and analyze the sales force, and develop compensation packages. The course includes a review of basic personal selling skills as they relate to training professional sales personnel.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 2230 or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3210 - Advertising Management
This course provides the potential manager with a specific process to follow in developing effective advertising programs, the heart of which is the marketing plan. A background understanding of advertising management is provided. The instruction examines consumers, products and market analysis as sources of objectives for programs and reviews the budget process and control processes in that they are important aspects of advertising programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BUS 2230 or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3230 - Financial Management
This course presents a study of the important aspects of the theory of finance, emphasizing financial management and its goals and functions. The instruction covers such topics as working capital management, the capital-budgeting process and long-term financing.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are ACC 2122, ECO 2020, MAT 2021 and junior standing or permission. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3240 - International Business
This course examines management and its application to international operations in the global economy. The course covers such topics as cultural and social differences, strategic planning, political risk and negotiations, personnel selection and repatriation, labor relations and industrial democracy, ethical and social issues, and effective management of unique and diverse employee work forces. The discussion also includes environmental constraints and cultural/social issues involved in financing, producing, and marketing in foreign countries. International Business provides the opportunity to compare and contrast national and international operations by studying a variety of countries, and to analyze the myriad of challenges and opportunities existing in the global business arena through the use of case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. This course is offered every semester, including summer.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3250 - Organizational Behavior in Business
This course provides an analysis of business organization through the use of behavioral sciences as related to the management of enterprises. The instruction emphasizes the development of individuals and groups within the business environment. Selection, training, motivation, leadership and organization theory are among the topics covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 2020. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3260 - Investment and Portfolio Management
This course provides a base for the development of careers in investment analysis. The instruction covers such topics as the investment setting, securities valuation and analysis, security markets and regulation, portfolio constraints and regulation.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 3230. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3350 - Entrepreneurship
This course gives an opportunity for students to learn how to identify attractive business opportunities and how to secure key resources and customers in the start-up phase. The course focuses on the elements necessary to succeed in small businesses.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are junior standing and ACC 2122, BUS 1010, BUS 2020 and BUS 2230. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3360 - The Small Business Plan
This course provides a first experience in converting business decisions and assumptions into cash flows and other important schedules. The course focuses on the process of drafting a business plan by translating a concept into actual steps and projections. Software such as PowerPoint and Excel is used to build an attractive presentation creatively and effectively.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 3350 or permission. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 3810 - Business Internship
The Business Internship provides field placement with a business or industrial enterprise designed to provide the student with on-site, entry-level management experience for practical application of professional theories and principles learned in the classroom. The work experience must be approved in advance of the semester by the department faculty, and a learning contract must be established between the student, the faculty advisor, and the work supervisor. Bi-weekly reports and a final paper are required. See also the section on Cooperative Education elsewhere in this catalog. One to six credits may be counted for Business concentrations only with the approval of the Business Department. Credits for Business Concentration above six credits are reserved for students with broad business experience and must have approval of the Business Department.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4020 - Small Business Problems
This course provides students an opportunity to work with area businesses in order to learn about non-confidential problems and strategy. This course allows students to understand how managers develop strategies including, but not limited to, change, control, growth and competitive advantage in order to understand how managers approach problem solving. The students will not only have practicum on existing businesses, but will also dissect businesses using annual reports and public information. Case studies and /or computer simulation may also be used to identify strategy decision making.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BUS 4240, 4260 and 4270 or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
BUS 4030 - Marketing Research
This course provides students with hands-on experience with marketing research. Marketing research is an organized way of developing and providing information for decision-making. The first part of the class will focus on information sources, research methods and design, and interpretation of data and information for good marketing decisions. The second part of the class will focus on a marketing research project, including research design, collection and analysis of data, and presentation of actionable recommendations. Depending on the extent of the research project undertaken by the student, the course can be complemented with Marketing Research Special Project (1 credit).
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BUS 2230 and MAT 2021, or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4030L - Marketing Research Special Projects
This course is open only to students currently enrolled in BUS 4030. It is a second-half course for students undertaking extensive research projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are concurrent enrollment in BUS 4030 and permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
BUS 4060 - Strategic Management
The instruction uses theory and cases so that students first learn to recognize how strategy emerges as a pattern of decisions, revealing the competitive position of the firm. The instruction determines what conflicts, consistencies, interests mark the pattern so that finally students anticipate the next series of interlocking problems and make recommendations for advancing the strategy.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are BUS 2230, BUS 3230 and BUS 3150, or permission. This course is offered every spring and summer.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4120 - The Operating Manager
The instruction focuses on the general manager’s relationship to the production and operations management function. The instruction allows students the opportunity to concentrate on developing three skills: (1) the ability to describe and understand the operating process, (2) the ability to analyze and measure this process, and (3) the ability to develop and evaluate plans for changing the operating process within the context of the entire organization and its strategy. The instruction includes lectures, case studies and pertinent readings.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are ACC 2121 and BUS 3150, or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4150 - Quantitative Business Decision-Making
The course introduces the principles of applying mathematical thinking and quantitative models to solving decision problems. Specific models that are commonly applied to business problems, decision trees, linear programming, dynamic programming, transportation problems, queuing theory, Markov processes, simulation, are taught as practical applications of these ideas. The course is strongly suggested as an introduction to BUS 3150.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4160 - Financial Analysis
The course teaches the techniques and applications of financial theory through case study. The instruction includes the exploration of such issues as working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and valuation and topics may include: mergers and divestitures, bankruptcy, dividend theory, and options.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 3230 or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4240 - Small Business Marketing and Sales
This course is an advanced marketing course in which students apply marketing concepts, theories, and models to the special needs of small businesses. This course is appropriate for small business managers and for those providing marketing services to small businesses. The course includes interactive case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 2230. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4260 - Financing and Financial Management of Emerging Enterprises
This course will deal with the various methods of financing entrepreneurial ventures: debt financing from venture banks, commercial banks and Small Business Investment Companies and equity financing from angels, private placements, venture capitalists and the public equity market. Students will prepare financial plans and will also learn to manage working capital management, cash flow, capital budgeting, breakeven analysis and other tools while growing a new venture.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 3350 or permission. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4420 - e-Commerce Sales and Marketing
This course covers the sales and marketing of e-commerce solutions. Students learn techniques to manage the e-commerce sales strategy through case studies. Students also study the different marketing techniques used on the Internet with special emphasis on multi-channel marketing and customer service.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is BUS 2230 or permission.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4710 - Topics in Business
This course focuses on a special topic in business or a specific business activity. The instruction offers an advanced level of study that assumes prior knowledge or experience in the subject area. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are determined by topic offered and are junior standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4830 - Senior Practicum
In this experiential learning practicum, specific projects will be assigned to students for the semester to prepare them to enter the business world by applying and practicing their skills in business situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is senior standing or permission. There is a lab fee. The course will be offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
BUS 4910 - Independent Study
This course offers independent study or directed study/internships, in consultation with a faculty member. An independent study contract must be negotiated with a faculty member before registration.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
|
Chemistry |
| |
-
CHE 1023 - Outline of General Chemistry
This is a one-semester survey of principles of general chemistry, with emphasis on concepts that are fundamental to an understanding of physiology. Topics covered include bonding, structure of molecules, properties of water, electrolytes, chemical reactions in the aqueous phase, energy changes, oxidation/reduction, gas behavior, equilibrium, acid/base chemistry, and solubility. The course requires three classroom hours and one 2-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1060 or permission. High school chemistry is strongly recommended. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 1031 - General Chemistry I
[Choice:NS] This is the first course of a two-semester sequence that provides an introduction for Science majors to the principles of chemistry. The first semester treats stoichiometry, atomic structure, and the periodic table, chemical bonding and molecular structure, chemical reactions in aqueous solution, and the properties of solids. The course requires three classroom hours, and one 2 1/2-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite or co-requisite is MAT 1020 or permission. High school or college physics is strongly recommended. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 1032 - General Chemistry II
This is the second course of a two-semester sequence that provides an introduction for Science majors to the principles of chemistry. The second semester topics include behavior of gases, liquids and changes of state, properties of solutions, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, solubility and complex equilibria, electrochemistry, introduction to organic chemistry, and the chemistry of the representative and transition metal elements. The course requires three classroom hours and one 2 1/2-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CHE 1031. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 1033 - Accelerated General Chemistry
This is a one-semester course for meteorology majors or other students requiring intensive general chemistry. Topics covered include atomic structure, periodic properties, bonding, nomenclature, stoichiometry, structure of molecules, polarity, properties of water, thermodynamics, phase changes, electrochemistry, gas laws, equilibrium, acid/base chemistry, introduction to organic chemistry, and a special topic of the students’ choice. The course requires three classroom hours and one 2-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1410 or permission. High school chemistry is strongly recommended. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 2020 - Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
This course is designed to present essential concepts in chemistry, to provide a foundation for a deeper understanding of the chemical processes that occur in the natural world, and to provide background for a deeper understanding of the earth sciences, biological sciences, and environmental sciences. Topics covered include properties of matter, making measurements, dimensional analysis, atomic structure, the periodic table, periodic properties of elements, selected types of chemical reactions, writing and balancing chemical equations, expressing concentration, the structure and properties of water, the structure and properties of selected organic molecules, energy changes in chemical and physical processes, rates of chemical reactions, nuclear decay, and chemical equilibrium.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1020. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 2710 - Chemistry Modules
This course provides a study of a variety of current topics in chemistry, offered in response to the current interest of students and faculty. Examples of topics include water quality, household chemicals, food, and nutrition.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee.
Credits: 1 to 4
|
| |
-
CHE 3010 - Biochemistry
This course provides an introduction to the principles of biochemistry. Topics studied include the structure, function, reactions, and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. The course requires three laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CHE 3111 or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered by student request.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 3050 - Environmental Chemistry
This course focuses on the chemistry related to environmental problems. The instruction emphasizes the nature and properties of pollutants, and their interactions with each other and the environment. Particular attention is paid to the chemistry of aquatic systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CHE 1032 or CHE 1020. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 3111 - Organic Chemistry I
Organic Chemistry I presents the fundamentals of the structure and reactions of carbon compounds. The instruction emphasizes reaction mechanisms, synthesis, stereochemistry, and chemical and spectroscopic methods of analysis. The course requires one three-hour laboratory per week which emphasizes basic techniques and synthesis.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CHE 1032. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 3112 - Organic Chemistry II
This course continues CHE 3111 with an introduction to the biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. The course requires one three-hour laboratory per week which emphasizes basic techniques of compound identification and synthesis.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CHE 3111. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 4
|
| |
-
CHE 4710 - Chemistry Modules
Chemistry Modules provide an intensive study of a variety of current topics in chemistry, offered in response to the current interests of the students and faculty. Examples of topics include food and nutrition, household chemicals, drugs and pharmaceuticals, farm chemistry, and water quality. Some modules may be taken for major elective credit with written permission. The course requires 15 lecture/lab hours per credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
The permission of the instructor is required for registration. There is a lab fee.
Credits: 1 to 4
|
Computer Science |
| |
-
CIS 1050 - Computer Operation Systems and Spreadsheets
This course covers the concepts, knowledge, and skills necessary to design, create, organize, store, and utilize spread sheets in varied settings. Students explore concepts and skills such as user-made functions, translation to graphs, using library macros, user macro development, and What If Scenarios. Students who successfully complete the course will be prepared to generate and use spread sheets to process information rapidly in virtually any setting and should obtain the performance of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 1060 - Introduction to Databases
This course presents the concepts, knowledge, and skills necessary to design, create, organize, store, and utilize microcomputer databases in varied settings. Students explore concepts and skills such as database structures and records, browsing vs. editing, FOR conditions and relational/logical operations, modifying database structures, and use of catalog storage. Students who successfully complete this course will be prepared to generate and use databases to process information in varied dimensions, and should obtain the performance of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 1070 - Advanced Concepts of Microcomputer Spreadsheets & Databases
This course is a continuation of CIS 1050 Concepts of Spreadsheets and CIS 1060 Concepts of Microcomputer Databases. More complex database and spreadsheet applications will be constructed. Advanced features in Excel and Access will be covered as well as the integration of these programs with each other and with other Windows programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CIS 1050 and CIS 1060, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 1210 - Concepts of Word Processing
This course offers the concepts, knowledge and skills necessary to design, create, organize, store, and utilize written documents in varied computer formats. Students explore concepts and skills such as multilayered documents, text-around-image formats, address list creation, document merging, mail-merge for addressing letters, and macros for standard-form documents. Students who successfully complete the course will obtain the performance level required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 1220 - Concepts of the Internet and WWW
This course presents the concepts and knowledge that are fundamental to effective use of the Internet and the World Wide Web largely through commonly available browsers and search engines. Students explore concepts such as legal and ethical concerns, public access, and various protocols (http, ftp, etc.) as applied to searching, downloading, and file sharing. Students who successfully complete this course will understand the fundamental operations of the Web and be able to manipulate the Internet. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands on real-world settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 1240 - Simple Computer Graphics
This course is designed to present the concepts and knowledge in order to present data and information in a visually appealing form. Students explore concepts such as graphics file types, inputs and scanners, bit mapping, taking pictures of screens, postscript concepts, and review of graphic cards and acceleration. Students who successfully complete this course should understand the fundamental operations of computer manipulation of graphical data and be able to produce presentations using several graphics software packages. The performance level of students completing this course is that required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 1247 - Concepts of Desktop Publishing
This course is designed to present the concepts, knowledge, and skills necessary to design, create, and implement various production pieces using an integration of text, texture, style, images, and bars. Students explore concepts and skills such as size, integration, perspective, message, placement, and color. Students who successfully complete this course should be prepared to produce, print, and deliver stand-alone documents and assist others in these productions. The performance level of students completing this course is that required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 1310 - Methods of Computer Presentations
This course is designed to present the concepts, and skills necessary to design, create, organize, and make effective computer generated, and/or computer controlled presentations. Students explore concepts, and skills such as masters, and templates, application of text, color, icon, and picture schemes, using other media forms on slides, and directing the flow of a presentation. Students who successfully complete this course should be prepared to produce and make such presentations, as well as assist others in their productions. The level of students completing this course is that required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hand on real-world settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 2011 - Visual Basic Programming
This course is an introduction to the Visual Basic programming language and the concepts involved in object-oriented programming. The course will be a hands-on programming class that will expose students to the skills necessary to create and maintain visual programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 2031 - C Programming
Topics include control flow, user defined and library functions, data types (simple and structured) operators, program design, basic input and output.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 2032 - C++ Programming
Topics include memory management, object oriented concepts (inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, information hiding), data structures, user interface features, error handling, advanced input and output.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CIS 2031. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 2060 - Programming with FORTRAN
This course offers a brief review of computer architecture and program structure charting techniques. The course presents intensive study of the FORTRAN programming language on available machinery, and intensive applications involving report construction, basic numerical methods, and modeling. The instruction includes special topics such as structured programming and special projects individualized according to the interests and abilities of the student.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1410 or MAT 1221. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 2101 - Introduction to Unix
This course offers an introduction to the Unix operating system. The instruction provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to work proficiently in a networked Unix laboratory. Course topics include the history of Unix, introduction to shell tools and shell programming, the Unix file system, moving around on the system, listing files, managing disk usage, file ownership and permissions, creating, moving, renaming, deleting files and directories, filters, piping, regular expressions, shell programming, job control, and printing.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is basic computer competency. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 2141 - Programming Internet and Web Applications Part I
This course focuses on the creation of web pages and web sites and the subsequent development of software applications that will serve those sites. The major emphasis is on client-side applications. Topics include HTML, graphics for web pages, client-side scripting (JavaScript/Jscript) and related programming concepts, and Dynamic HTML.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 2142 - Advanced Visual Basic
This course covers advanced topics in the Visual Basic programming language. Instruction will include memory management, object oriented concepts (inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and information hiding), data structures, user interface features, error handling, advanced input and output.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CIS 2011. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 2271 - Java Programming
Topics include control flow, user defined and Java API classes and methods, data types (simple and object), object oriented concepts, operators, program design, basic input and output and swing GUI components.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 2279 - Introduction to Perl Programming
This course is an introduction to the Perl programming language with a focus on data manipulation. Topics will include data structures, basic input and output, Perl modules, overall program design and coding practices.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is any other computer programming course. This course is offered every fall. There is a course fee.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 2990 - Portfolio
This course consists of the completion of the required graduation portfolio for the Associate’s Degree, which will be reviewed by a faculty panel.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore status.
Credits: 1
|
| |
-
CIS 3060 - Advanced Programming
This course is a continuation of CIS 2032 C++ Programming. The concepts of object-oriented analysis, design, and programming will be extended. Windows programming and the use of commercial software development tools will also be covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CIS 2032, passed with a grade of C- or higher. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 3110 - Networking
This course introduces data communications concepts and terminology. The instruction presents network topologies and components, distributed information systems, the communication environment, protocols, regulatory issues, pricing, and management. The course will also provide students with hands-on experience in setting up and maintaining a computer network.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 3120 - Programming Internet and Web Applications Part II
This course is a continuation of CIS 2141 and it builds on the client-side applications foundation that was established in the previous course. This course then focuses on server-side applications. Topics include Dynamic HTML, Active Server Pages (ASP), server-side scripting, XML, and database access by web applications. An introduction to electronic commerce may also be covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CIS 2141. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 3810 - Cooperative Field Work
This field experience is selected according to each student’s career plan. Emphasis on system design and analysis or theoretical computer science is recommended. See also the section on Cooperative Education elsewhere in this catalog.
Credits: 3 to 12
|
| |
-
CIS 4060 - Advanced Web Tools
This course will provide students the opportunity to explore current web technologies. Through practical application of recent web-development technologies students will build functionally advanced web sites and media. Students’ exposure to industry standard technologies that have been recently established will be reinforced through in-class labs and a major project.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is CIS 2141. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 4120 - Systems Analysis and Design
This course describes systems analysis and design principles, concepts and methods. The course fosters a disciplined, comprehensive approach to systems analysis and design with an emphasis on human factors as well as technical considerations.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is any other programming class. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 4710 - Special Studies in Computer Science
Special Studies is offered to advanced students on an individual basis. Each student plans a program of study in consultation with a faculty member in the department. This course may be repeated for additional credit.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 4810 - Internship in Computer Science
As arranged.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
CIS 4990 - Portfolio
This course consists of the completion of the required graduation portfolio, which will be reviewed by a faculty panel.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is senior status.
Credits: 1
|
Digital Media |
| |
-
IDM 1015 - Introduction to Digital Media
This course introduces students to web interface, site structure, page design, typography, editorial style, and elementary web graphics using image-editing software. Students will also study and explore fundamental web usability topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
IDM 2010 - Motion Graphics
This course is an introduction to web animation software. Students will learn how to create advanced web sites using current web animation software. This is a lecture and project based course with students working individually and in teams.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is IDM 2050. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
IDM 2050 - Web Design and Digital Imaging
This course examines the use of digital imaging software and design tools. Students will explore and develop digital images. They will also learn how to include interactivity into their web site designs.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is IDM 1015. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
IDM 3030 - e-Commerce Fundamentals
This course will create an interdisciplinary learning environment for students to collaborate with businesses in need of an e-commerce presence on the Internet. Working in teams, students will research, develop, and implement an e-commerce business plan. The content of this course may vary depending on student enrollment and business partners participating in the construction of an e-store.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are IDM 2010, IDM 2050, CIS 2141, and junior standing, or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
IDM 3050 - Non-Linear Video Editing
This course introduces the student to non-linear video and audio editing software. Students will be provided opportunities in shooting/recording, digitizing, editing, and compressing their video and audio so it is Internet ready.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is IDM 2050. There is a lab fee. This course will be offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
IDM 3060 - Basic 3D Modeling
This course introduces students to 3D character and object modeling. The instruction consists of using 3D animation software to complete self-directed modeling projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are ART 1011, ART 1140, IDM 2010, and junior standing, or permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
IDM 3070 - Basic 3D Animation
This course introduces students to 3D character and object animation. The instruction consists of using 3D animation software to complete self-directed animation projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is IDM 3060. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
|
| |
Page: 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
|
|
|
|
