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Course descriptions

Fundamental concepts in care, management and economics of food producing animals. Includes contributions of the Βι¶ΉΣ³»­ and U.S. animal industries in providing food on an international basis.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. categorize animal reproductive anatomy, breeding practices, and genetic improvement techniques between the various livestock species.
  2. differentiate the major parts of the gastrointestinal system, distinguish differences in digestion in various species, and categorize various feedstuffs.
  3. describe the history of cattle production in the U.S., categorize beef industry sectors, distinguish breeds, and identify basic principles of cattle management.
  4. identify areas of dairy production in the U.S., detail the structure of the dairy industry, distinguish breeds, and identify basic principles of dairy management.
  5. distinguish swine breeds, classify different swine productions systems in the U.S., identify basic swine management practices.
  6. distinguish basic breeds of poultry, describe various grading systems for poultry and eggs, identify poultry management practices.
  7. distinguish basic breeds of sheep and goats, delineate the production cycle of the range and pasture sheep herds, and identify management principles for small ruminants.
  8. distinguish basic breeds of horses, identify the nutritional and reproductive management practices for horses, and predict horse colors from genetic information.

Fundamentals of chemistry including reaction stoichiometry, atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular structure, states of matter, and thermochemistry.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): Completion of Core Curriculum Mathematics requirement (MATH 127 or higher is recommended) or Corequisite(s): MATH 127 or higher and CHEM 121L.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. appraise and assess how chemistry applies to everyday phenomena.
  2. identify salts, acids, and bases from their molecular formulas, and describe the relationship between the structure of a molecule and its chemical and physical properties.
  3. identify the subatomic particles of an atom, their charges and relatives masses.
  4. balance chemical equations and compute stoichiometric relationships including limiting reagents, molarity, titrations, dilutions and thermochemical equations.
  5. predict periodic trends in atomic and ionic size, ionization potential and electronegativity.
  6. draw Lewis structures for p-block molecules and their three-dimensional representation.
  7. use the ideal gas law to calculate pressure, volume, and temperature relationships.
  8. explain various intermolecular forces within a chemical system.

Laboratory experiments to accompany CHEM 121A. Offered:

Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): Completion of Core Curriculum Mathematics requirement (MATH 127 or higher is recommended) or Corequisite(s): MATH 127 or higher; CHEM 121A.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. assess and determine the connection between the hands-on laboratory material and the material discussed in the lecture course (CHEM 121A).
  2. explain the relationship between the structure of a molecule and its chemical and physical properties.
  3. apply knowledge and skill to laboratory techniques, including the proper and safe use and handling of glassware, the techniques and processes common to many scientific labs, standard methods for recording observations and data, performing accurate quantitative measurements.
  4. analyze and interpret experimental results, derive chemical properties from experimental data, and develop appropriate and accurate conclusions.
  5. articulate and follow ethical principles in the laboratory context.

Theory and practice in the composition and delivery of public speeches. Advanced techniques of message development, organization and style . Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisites: None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. research topics to obtain quality evidence to construct a public speech.
  2. utilize an outline appropriate for speech type to organize evidence effectively.
  3. focus the purpose of a speech by articulating a thesis.
  4. craft an effective speech that contains an introduction, body, and conclusion.
  5. deliver extemporaneous speeches.
  6. verbally cite sources as appropriate.
  7. employ appropriate visual support in a speech.
  8. use audience analysis to adapt a speech.
  9. construct sound arguments through applying persuasion theory.
  10. demonstrate a favorable ethos when presenting public speeches.

Selected microeconomic and macroeconomic principles applied in a non-technical manner to improve understanding of everyday problems and social issues.

Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate understanding of the methods and principles of microeconomic theory, including tradeoffs, opportunity costs, and marginal decision making.
  2. explain how markets work and how market prices are determined using principles of supply and demand.
  3. assess the impact of market failure such as externalities, and public goods and evaluate possible public policy remedies.
  4. demonstrate major macroeconomic tools, including fiscal and monetary policies, and their use in managing the economy.
  5. demonstrate ability to be critical consumers of information by explaining alternative perspectives and structuring hypotheses to evaluate evidence and distinguish between those alternatives.
  6. apply ethical principles in a variety of economic contexts.
  7. identify and describe any particular virtuous or ethical behavior as some combination of fundamental virtues (courage, temperance, prudence, justice, faith, hope, and love).
  8. demonstrate understanding of how ethical principles support effective microeconomic interactions between pairs of individuals or small groups, and how they support effective macroeconomic systems.

Emphasizes the characteristics of effective teachers in contemporary classrooms. Includes field experience.

Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): ENG 102

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate preparedness for the Integrated Elementary Teaching Program and the rigors of a pre-service teacher candidacy by utilizing the theory and practice gained through lecture, class participation, assignment completion, and field experience.

Emphasizes the characteristics of effective teachers in contemporary secondary classrooms. Includes field experience.

Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): ENG 102

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. evaluate and discuss the historical, social, and political nature of secondary education within a pluralistic, capitalist society through readings, discussions, and application of a supervised field experience.
  2. identify cultural, racial, and gender differences and how these differences relate to education and society as a whole through systematic discussions.
  3. analyze the relationship between educational theory and the application in practice by examining, describing, and critiquing current trends and issues in secondary education.

Focus on teacher roles. Foundations and characteristics of effective instruction of students with various disabilities, in general education classrooms.

Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. compare and contrast special education legislation and litigation.
  2. identify the continuum of educational service placements for students with special needs.
  3. identify and explain the referral and identification process within special education, including the development and implementation of an IEP.
  4. discuss and explain the rights, responsibilities, and roles of students, parents, teachers, related service providers, other professionals, and schools related to special education. 5. identify and describe the definition, etiology, and characteristics of students with high incidence disabilities.

Lab course on advanced skills and strategies for integrating information technology into the classroom

Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. apply advanced desktop publishing skills for educational practice.
  2. identify and utilize web-based tools and resources for educational practice.
  3. produce multimedia applications for teaching and learning.
  4. utilize technology to perform tasks such as editing and formatting academic writings, conducting multimedia presentations, using spreadsheets/forms to collect and manage educational information, editing still digital pictures and movie clips for instructional purposes, integrating interactive whiteboard in classroom, designing and publishing an instructional web site and designing and publishing an e-portfolio.
  5. complete a comprehensive technology-based teaching segment that demonstrates the knowledge and skills of instructional design and technology integration.
  6. demonstrate advanced technology knowledge and skills that support the overall objectives of the College of Education.

In this course you will read, critically analyze and respond to multicultural children’s and young adult literature that address issues of equity and diversity within society and through a global lens.

Grading Basis: Graded

Units of Lecture: 3

Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of contemporary social issues and current events using theories of diversity and equity.
  2. articulate ways in which social identities such as race, class, and gender intersect in order to influence individual life experiences and/or perspectives.
  3. analyze complex questions concerning race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, nationality, language, religion, and other categories of difference.
  4. demonstrate an understanding of relationships between diversity, inequality, and power in, or through a comparison with, the United States.
  5. select and apply appropriate methods of inquiry to analyze complex questions about cultural difference and/or equity.
  6. analyze and interpret information about cultural differences, cultural rules, and cultural biases in their own society or about non-dominant or marginalized groups.
  7. contextualize current events and experiences in relation to historical and current global contexts.
  8. identify, analyze, and interpret connections between localized events and their global contexts.

Offers a rhetorical approach to writing and communicating, meaning students will explore writing in-context, with a range of related constraints and opportunities. This approach develops writing habits that will enable students to write effectively in their core curriculum courses, their majors and programs, and in their professional and public lives.

Offered: Fall, Fall (year-long)

Recommended Preparation: ACT English of 18 or ACT ELA of 18 or SAT ERW of 480 or ENG 98.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. use reflection and feedback from others to reconsider prior knowledge about writing and construct new knowledge about writing.
  2. identify features of rhetorical situations (e.g., audience, subject, composer, context, constraints, exigence, genre, and medium).
  3. create purpose-driven texts that respond to a variety of rhetorical situations and that anticipate and adapt to the needs of different readers.
  4. apply critical reading practices, such as annotation, analysis, and discussion, to draw on and integrate a variety of sources when composing.
  5. employ flexible strategies for drafting, reviewing, revising, rewriting, and editing.
  6. recognize the value of different languages, dialects, and/or registers in engaging with different rhetorical situations.
  7. use spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation conventions that meet genre- and audience-based expectations.

Builds on rhetorical writing habits provided in earlier Core Writing courses and invites students to engage with contemporary rhetorical situations or problems by immersing themselves in the research practices, methods of analysis, and genres of writing necessary for engaged discussion in a public conversation. Students will compose in traditional print and multi-modal genres.

Offered: Spring, Fall (year-long)

Recommended Preparation: ACT English of 18 or ACT ELA of 18 or SAT ERW of 480 or ENG 98.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. use reflection and feedback from others to reconsider prior knowledge about writing and construct new knowledge about writing.
  2. engage in responsible, systematic research practices informed by critical reading and rhetorical analysis, including locating and evaluating a range of materials.
  3. ethically synthesize and integrate the ideas of others using an appropriate citation style.
  4. produce coherent, well-supported arguments in different modalities in response to an ongoing public conversation.
  5. create purpose-driven texts in different modalities that respond to a variety of rhetorical situations and anticipate and adapt to the needs of different readers.
  6. recognize the value of different languages, dialects, and/or registers in engaging with different rhetorical situations.
  7. use spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation conventions that meet genre- and audience-based expectations.

A survey of basic ecological principles and an examination of selected environmental issues including overpopulation, pollution and energy alternatives.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): MATH 120 or corequisite. Corequisite: MATH 126 or higher.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. describe the flow of energy and matter through ecosystems; key concepts of population and community ecology; and the biogeochemical cycles that connect air, water, soil and living organisms.
  2. discuss key local, regional and global environmental issues, how they relate to basic ecology and/or biogeochemical cycles, and the role of humans and technology in those issues.
  3. interpret basic environmental science graphs and data and distinguish between scientific and non-scientific information for informed decision-making.
  4. list and describe issues in environmental science relevant to the Truckee River watershed and the Great Basin ecosystem.

Introduction to the language through the development of language skills and through structural analysis. Includes an introduction to French culture.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. engage in novice-level conversations on topics of personal interest (e.g. basic personal information, limited number of activities, preferences and immediate needs).
  2. narrate and describe using the present tense.
  3. write short paragraphs in simple French on the above topics.
  4. demonstrate understanding of simple conversations and recordings.
  5. demonstrate understanding of basic French in authentic media.
  6. demonstrate understanding of and appreciation for cultural aspects of French-speaking communities and a sensitivity for some of the rules of courtesy and conduct of the Francophone world.

Introduction to the language through the development of language skills and through structural analysis. Includes an introduction to French culture.

Prerequisite(s): FREN 111 or a French Placement score over 149.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. engage in novice-level conversations on topics of personal interest (e.g. self and family, some daily activities and personal preferences, some immediate needs, such as ordering food or making simple purchases.
  2. narrate and describe using the present, past, and future tense.
  3. write short paragraphs in simple French on the above topics.
  4. demonstrate understanding of novice to intermediate-level conversations and recordings.
  5. demonstrate understanding of basic French in authentic media.
  6. demonstrate understanding of and appreciation for cultural aspects of French-speaking communities and a sensitivity for some for the rules of courtesy and conduct of the Francophone world.

Past, present and likely future climate. Impacts on the landscape, especially water resources, species distributions, and wildfires. Laboratory experiences on climate data and models

Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): Completion of the Core Math requirement or SAT of 630 or ACT of 27 or

Accuplacer QAS of 276 and AAF of 276 or ALEKS PPL of 61 or

Corequisite. Corequisite(s): MATH 126 or MATH 127 or MATH 128 or MATH 176 or MATH 181.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. identify key factors of the climate system, its patterns, and its processes.
  2. summarize the environmental impacts of regional and global climate.
  3. analyze data and read scientific papers as part of their laboratory exercises.

Geology of the dynamic Earth: natural hazards and catastrophes, geology of natural resources, origin of the earth and life on earth, the earth’s natural systems and earth system processes, volcanoes and earthquakes, asteroids, comets and life, climate change, natural resources and our future.

Offered: Fall & Spring

Prerequisite(s): MATH 120 or corequisite. Corequisite: MATH 126 or higher.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate thorough knowledge of plate tectonics.
  2. demonstrate an appreciation for the interrelationships among Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere.
  3. develop the ability to recognize geologically hazardous situations.

U.S. political, social, economic, diplomatic and cultural development from 1865 to the present. Satisfies the U.S. and Βι¶ΉΣ³»­ Constitution requirements.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. outline the development and transformation of the key ideals and institutions in the US from 1877 to the present.
  2. explain the origins, philosophical foundations, and core principles of the United States and Βι¶ΉΣ³»­ Constitutions and how they were enacted over time.
  3. analyze and interpret primary sources in different forms, including documents, film, popular media, photographs, and autobiography.
  4. identify how historians have interpreted historical problems and use secondary and primary sources to provide logical, substantiated arguments in support of or in opposition to those interpretations.
  5. clearly and effectively articulate an original interpretation or argument in verbal and written form.

Learn to observe, analyze and critique mass and networked media using principles grounded in the social sciences. Study how media are used to inform and persuade and strengthen your ability to use media critically.

Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. describe the media ecosystem and distinguish similarities and differences between types of media, comparing content, platforms, ownership, intent and effects.
  2. demonstrate knowledge of the research process and describe what constitutes evidence, inference and sound conclusions.
  3. observe their own media usage and hypothesize individual-level effects using published research to inform their ideas.
  4. explain and critique the role of media in democracy and community using social, economic and political theories and methods.
  5. construct a simple research project about a particular media phenomenon, using an appropriate method to gather empirical evidence and an appropriate theory to guide interpretation.

Introduction to journalism and strategic communications in the 21st century. Learn the foundations of producing news and strategic communications: how to ethically collect, analyze, aggregate create and publish timely information to engage public audiences.

Offered: Fall

Corequisite(s): ENG 101 or ENG 100 and ENG 100L; JOUR 103.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. analyze types of journalistic messages and identify intended audiences and effects.
  2. find and evaluate the credibility of information about current events.
  3. apply ethical principles to the collection and publication of media.
  4. conduct basic reporting tasks: interviews, data collection and secondary research.
  5. write clearly and concisely about issues of public interest.
  6. create an accurate, well constructed story using words and images.
  7. identify the role of the First Amendment and free expression in a democracy.

Introduction to the language through structural analysis and the writing system. Includes

some conversation and an introduction to Japanese culture.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. recognize, read, and write hiragana and katakana, and about 40 kanji, use basic greetings, introduce themselves, describe where things are, make simple invitation, and describe daily routines in non-past and past tense.
  2. communicate on some very familiar topics such as basic personal information ,daily routines, likes and dislikes, etc., using a variety of words and phrases.
  3. orally present information about themselves and some other very familiar topics using a variety of words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
  4. write on familiar topics related to everyday life using a series of simple sentences.
  5. demonstrate the ability to listen and understand words, phrases, and simple sentences related to everyday life, and recognize the main topic of what is being said.
  6. demonstrate understanding of the main idea of short and simple written texts on topics such as self-introduction, location of things, daily routine, et cetera.

Introduction to the language through structural analysis and the writing system. Includes some conversation and an introduction to Japanese culture.

Offered: Fall (year-long) Prerequisite(s): JPN 111.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. describe people, places, and items, make simple requests, ask/grant permission, express their opinions, report what others said, compare two or more items, and communicate in casual speech.
  2. communicate and exchange information about familiar topics such as family, plans for future, past events, description of people, places, and items, etc. using a variety of words and phrases.
  3. orally present basic information on familiar topics using phrases and simple sentences.
  4. write about familiar topics, and present information using a series of simple sentences.
  5. recognize the main idea in short, simple messages, presentations on familiar topics, and simple conversations.
  6. recognize the main idea of short and simple written texts on topics such as requests, permissions, directions, and descriptions of people, places, and items.

Sets, logic; probability, statistics; consumer mathematics; variation; geometry and trigonometry for measurement; linear, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic functions. Emphasis on problem solving and applications.

Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): ACT of 22 OR SAT of 530 OR ALEKS PPL of 46-60 OR MATH 96 with a “C” or above or an “S” OR Math 20 with an “S”. Recommended Preparation: Take a math placement test before registering if 10 years have passed since completion of the prerequisite.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. 1. formulate and use mathematical models to analyze real-world situations.
  2. 2. determine and implement an appropriate method of solution for financial problems.
  3. 3. solve basic probability problems.

Fundamentals of algebra; polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, their graphs, and applications; complex numbers; absolute value and quadratic inequalities; systems of equations, matrices, determinants.

Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): ACT of 22 OR SAT of 530 OR ALEKS PPL of 46 OR MATH 96 / MATH

26B / MATH 26C with a “C” or above or an “S” OR MATH 124 with a “C”. Recommended

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. graph rational functions.
  2. solve equations involving exponential or logarithmic functions.
  3. solve inequalities involving rational functions
  4. Prep: Take a math placement test before registering for MATH 126 if 10 years have passed since completion of the prerequisite coursework.

Trigonometric functions, identities and equations; conic sections; complex numbers; polar coordinates, vectors; systems of equations, Matrix algebra and more.

Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): ACT of 27 OR SAT of 630 OR ALEKS PPL of 61 OR MATH 126 with a “C” or better. Recommended Preparation: Take a math placement test if 10 years have passed since completion of the prerequisite.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, student will be able to:

  1. Solver trigonometric equations
  2. Convert between Cartesian and polar coordinates
  3. Analyze equations of central conics such as ellipses and hyperbolas

Historical and cultural background of music. A general course in music appreciation open to all students. Representative works are heard and analyzed.

Grading Basis: Graded

Units of Lecture: 3

Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. identify specific works of music through actively engaged listening.
  2. name and discuss musical elements, instruments, forms, and genres.
  3. discuss the ways in which music conveys meaning.
  4. discuss and write about the function of music in culture.
  5. speak and write about specific pieces of music descriptively and historically.

Chronological study of jazz music and musicians with emphasis on directed listening.

Grading Basis: Graded

Units of Lecture: 3

Offered: Every Fall and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. identify the wide range of musical styles and subgenres that make up the jazz soundscape.
  2. discuss the complex interaction of music cultures in jazz, and the role this interaction has played in reshaping notions of individual, ethnic, and national identity.
  3. articulate how and why jazz’s location on a “cultural hierarchy” has changed in North America over the past century.
  4. explain how historical events, new technologies, and shifting cultural values influence – and are influenced by – new jazz styles.

Counterpoint and harmony (written and keyboard).

Prerequisite(s): OnMusic Fundamentals Exam with at least 65% or MUS 101 with at least a “C”.

Grading Basis: Graded

Units of Lecture: 3

Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate a solid understanding of music fundamentals such as pitch, key, and intervallic identification as well as scale construction and proper notation.
  2. construct diatonic triads and 7th chords in root position and their inversions.
  3. demonstrate a basic understanding of voice leading principles, 4-part writing and Roman numeral analysis.

Counterpoint and harmony (written and keyboard).

Prerequisite(s): MUS 203.

Grading Basis: Graded

Units of Lecture: 3

Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate continuing understanding of more advanced voice leading principles, 4-part writing and Roman numeral analysis.
  2. demonstrate understanding of melodic form and melodic relationships through the act of composing their own music and having it performed in class.
  3. analyze and compose music which contains the following expanded chords: Dominant Seventh Chords, Leading-Tone Seventh Chords and Non- dominant Seventh Chords and Secondary Functioning Chords.

(1 unit)

Solfege and dictation, rhythmic and melodic.

Grading Basis: Graded

Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1

Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. sight-sing basic melodies featuring diatonic and intervallic movement around basic I-IV-V progressions.
  2. sight-sing rhythms using quarter, triplet and 16th note rhythms with various mixed meters.
  3. sight sing music in multiple parts (duets, trios, chorales, etc.) appropriate to the topics studied and required skill level.
  4. accurately take dictation of tonal melodies using mostly major and perfect intervals.
  5. accurately take harmonic dictation identifying standard chord progressions built on triads in the major scale.
  6. accurately take dictation of rhythms featuring quarter, triplet and 16th note rhythms with various mixed meters.
  7. accurately identify and sing specific scales and diatonic modes: Ionian, Aeolian, Harmonic minor and Melodic minor.
  8. accurately find errors in rhythm, pitch, harmony, and/or Solfege at the above mentioned skill level.

Solfege and dictation, rhythmic and melodic.

Grading Basis: Graded

Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1

Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. sight-sing melodies featuring diatonic and intervallic movement around basic I-IV-V progressions and closely related key areas.
  2. sight-sing rhythms using quarter, triplet and 16th note rhythms with various mixed meters and asymmetrical groupings.
  3. sight sing music in multiple parts (duets, trios, chorales, etc.) appropriate to the topics studied and required skill level.
  4. accurately take dictation of tonal melodies using all intervals within the octave.
  5. accurately take harmonic dictation identifying standard chord progressions built on triads in the major scale and closely related key areas.
  6. accurately take dictation of rhythms featuring quarter, triplet and 16th note rhythms with various mixed meters.
  7. accurately identify and sing specific scales and diatonic modes: Ionian, Aeolian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Harmonic minor and Melodic minor.
  8. accurately find errors in rhythm, pitch, harmony, and/or Solfege at the above mentioned skill level.

American government and the discipline of political science; surveys participation, pursuit and use of power, constitution formation, and contemporary political issues.

Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. discuss the major factors leading to both the settlement of the United States and the development of the U.S. Constitution.
  2. discuss the importance of the 14th amendment and how this change to the constitution expanded and continues to expand civil rights and liberties.
  3. discuss the basic elements of how citizens are “linked” to their government through voting, public opinion, parties, interest groups and the media; and apply social science methods used to measure citizen participation and attitudes.
  4. identify and describe the three basic “branches” of the U.S. Government and be able to articulate how the system of checks and balances operates.
  5. identify and describe the basic structure of the constitution; the basic content matter of each Article; the development and basic outline of the Bill of Rights; and how the principle of Federalism is embodied in the constitution and how Federalism has changed over time.

Presents psychology as a science concerned with the actions of organisms in a social and cultural context. Offered: Fall

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. apply the knowledge, perspectives, principles, and types of reasoning employed in psychology as a social science.
  2. demonstrate how the knowledge, perspectives, principles, and types of reasoning utilized in psychology as a social science may contribute to learning and human development.
  3. demonstrate learning skills that showcase integrative thinking and the ability to transfer knowledge and skills from one setting to another.

Sociological principles underlying the development, structure and function of culture, society, human groups, personality formation and social change.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. identify fundamental concepts and theories within the field of sociology and be familiar with sociological methods of inquiry into human social relations.
  2. think critically about social conditions and social forces that shape human behavior and outcomes.
  3. systematically analyze aspects of social structure such as statuses and roles, institutions, social stratification and inequalities according to such characteristics as race, class, and gender.

Introduction to basic Spanish language structures and cultural topics with a focus on development of communicative proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Recommended Preparation: Take a Spanish Placement Test before registering if more than one semester has passed since completing your last placement test.

Offered: Fall, Fall (year-long)

Recommended Preparation: Take a Spanish Placement Test before registering if more than one semester has passed since completing your last placement test.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. describe themselves and their extended and immediate family.
  2. talk about time, days of the week, seasons of the year, the weather, likes and dislikes.
  3. describe university life and shopping experiences.
  4. produce written and spoken dialogue in the present and planned future.
  5. articulate in writing their understanding of significant dialectical variants of the Spanish language.
  6. identify geography and culture of selected Spanish-speaking countries.
  7. compare U.S. and Hispanic/Latin cultures in regards to daily schedules, shopping and dressing, living accommodations, student life, and family activities/roles.

Continues introduction to basic Spanish language structures and cultural topics with a focus on proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Offered: Fall, Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 111

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. describe leisure activities, holidays, foods, and traveling.
  2. talk about the seasons and the weather.
  3. discuss likes and dislikes.
  4. produce written and spoken dialogue narrating past events.
  5. identify geography and culture of selected Spanish-speaking countries.
  6. compare U.S. and Hispanic/Latin cultures in regards to celebrated occasions, tipping, and other customs in restaurants and hotels.

Study at the intermediate level of Spanish language structures and culture with continues emphasis on proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 112

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. give directions and orders.
  2. talk about feelings and uncertainty.
  3. discuss wishes and desires.
  4. express hypothetical events.
  5. produce written and spoken dialogue about past experience.
  6. identify geography and culture of selected Spanish-speaking countries.
  7. compare U.S. and Hispanic/Latin cultures in regards to technology, the arts, living in the country, automobiles, sentimental relationships, stages of life, and how news and the government function.

Intended for students who have a Spanish language background but little or no formal training. Emphasis on writing skills, grammar and vocabulary enrichment.

Offered: Fall (year-long)

Prerequisite(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate an expanded linguistics repertoire that includes an academic variety of written and spoken Spanish.
  2. read and respond critically to the literary text in writing.
  3. demonstrate understanding of the rules of Spanish grammar and orthography.
  4. demonstrate a deepened understanding of Hispanic culture in Latin America and make the connection with the culture of Latinos in the USA.