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Course Numbering Information:
Courses at SLCC are identified by an alphabetic prefix (two to four letters) followed by a four-digit number. Numbers beginning with a “1” generally indicate a course designed primarily for freshmen (such as ENGL 1010); numbers beginning with a “2” generally indicate courses designed primarily for sophomores (such as MATH 2010); numbers beginning with a “0” generally indicate preparatory courses that are non-transferable (such as WRTG 0990).
American Sign Language
ASL 1020 - Beginning ASL II
Credits: 5 Second in a series of four courses which focus on expressive and receptive skills in American Sign Language and an introduction to American Deaf Culture. Major objective of the first year is to develop functional language ability in the Deaf community.
Prerequisite:ASL 1010 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1 Course practices currently held conversation skills to increase expressive and receptive ability with varied vocabulary. Includes role plays, small group work and presentation. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3 In this ASL special studies course, students plan areas of study, Service Learning component or travel and work with instructor on an individual basis. Some work may be done in groups. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 4 Second-year ASL courses increase functional language ability focusing on expressive and receptive skills in ASL as well as increased focus on American Deaf Culture (philosophies, history, geography, literature, etc. )
Prerequisite:ASL 1020 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 4 Fourth in a series of four courses which focus on expressive and receptive skills in ASL and an in-depth exploration of American Deaf Culture. Major objective of second year is to increase functional language ability. Emphasis is on proficiency.
Prerequisite:ASL 2010 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 4 The course focuses on proficiency development. Students will learn techniques and strategies to increase their language proficiency in a variety of social, educational and cultural settings.
Prerequisite:ASL 2020 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1 Course practices currently held conversation skills to increase expressive and receptive ability with varied vocabulary. Includes role-plays, small group work and presentations. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3 A special topics course will include related areas in literature, linguistics, or visual communication. Topics vary and may include Visual Gestural Communication, professional terminology, ASL linguistics, etc.
Credits: 3 This course focuses on ASL literature forms, including storytelling, poetry, and comedy to better understand Deaf culture and American Sign Language.
Credits: 1-3 This is a course designed by faculty and allows students to explore specific interests in American Deaf culture including Bi-Cultural competence, signed history project, cultural/medial views of deafness. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3 A special topics course will include related areas in literature, linguistics, or visual communication. Topics vary and may include Visual Gestural Communication, professional terminology, ASL linguistics, etc.
Prerequisite:ASL 1020 w/C grade or better Semester: Spring
ANTH 1010 - Culture & Human Experience: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (SS)
Credits: 3 An introduction to the field of cultural anthropology, a study of diverse living peoples throughout the world. In addition, the course introduces cultural anthropology as a subfield of anthropology that studies contemporary societies.
ANTH 1020 - Human Origins: Evolution and Diversity (LS)
Credits: 3 This course provides an introduction to biological anthropology, one of the subfields of anthropology, and includes surveys of hominid fossils, primate biology and behavior, human biological variation, ecology and adaptation, and evolutionary theory.
ANTH 1030 - World Prehistory: An Introduction (SS)
Credits: 3 Introduction to the several million-year-old archaeological record of human prehistory. Students will examine broad patterns in prehistory and explore the richness of human creativity in foraging and farming cultures, as well as states and empires.
ANTH 1070 - Language & Culture: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (SS)
Credits: 3 Explores the nature of human language in comparison to animal communication and examines its role in sociocultural settings as it relates to race, ethnicity, gender, class, history, and identity. Surveys a world sample of languages from the perspective of anthropological linguistics including language structure, social functions, geographical and historical variation, and cultural values.
Credits: 1-3 This course is designed to explore special topical and/or subjects related to the study of anthropology. The course should be considered a more specialized and individualized learning experience in an area of anthropology.
Credits: 3 This course offers an introduction to the diverse peoples of the American Southwest. The course will examine the cultures of the Hopi, Navajo and Ute people.
Credits: 3 An introduction to modern archeological techniques, methods and theories for reconstruction of past life-ways in order to understand cultural adaptation to various environments.
Credits: 3 This field school will introduce students to primatology including the methods used to study behavior, ecology and conservation. It will provide international hands-on experience in fieldwork, research design, and behavioral and ecological data collection and analysis methods. Students will design and conduct an original primatological research project using the scientific method.
Credits: 3 This course focuses on structural and psychological approaches to the study of indigenous sacred narratives, stories derived from oral traditions, and cultural events that invite symbolic analysis.
Credits: 3 This course will give students a broad introduction to forensic anthropology and the application of the science of biological anthropology to cases of legal significance. Students will gain knowledge of the human skeleton and will learn methods for examination, description and identification of human remains. Other forensic sciences will also be addressed.
ANTH 2281 - Primates: Studying Our Closest Living Relatives (LS)
Credits: 3 There are over 500 primate species and this course provides an introduction to the biology and behavior of our closest living relatives. Students will learn fundamental biological core concepts through the study of primate biology, morphology, taxonomy, evolution, behavior, socioecology and conservation. This course is grounded in the scientific method and evolutionary theory.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Introduction to basic archaeological field techniques; mapping, field notes, survey, photography, and basic excavation techniques. Combines lectures and field exercises.
Credits: 3 Historical archaeology is the interdisciplinary study of past human cultures through oral and written records and through physical cultural remains. It introduces students to the ways these different types of historic and archaeological evidence can be used to understand and re-interpret the past.
Credits: 1-3 The course is an intermediate field techniques course, designed to advance student knowledge of survey, excavation, recordation and fieldwork organization.
Credits: 3 This course consists of working 45 hours during summer semester in the field of archaeology under the superivison of a field archaeologist. It also involves regular meetings with an Anthropology instructor to connect the field experience to supervisor.
Credits: 3 This introductory course will prepare students for a career in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) in Federal and State agencies as well as in the private sector. It will educate students about the field of knowledge and practices in the location, analysis, and management of cultural and historical resources.
Credits: 5 First in a series of four courses which focus on listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Major objective of the first year is to develop functional language ability in the Arabic culture. Lab attendance is required.
Credits: 5 Second in a series of four courses which focus on listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Major objective of the first year is to develop functional language ability in the Arabic culture. Lab attendance is required.
Prerequisite:ARB 1010 or permission of instructor Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1 Beginning Arabic Conversation is intended to practice previously-acquired conversation skills to increase speaking ability and vocabulary. Attendance in lab is required. Course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite:ARB 1010 or instructor approval Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1-2 Students plan areas of study, Service Learning component or travel and work with the instructor on an individual basis. Topics may be in language or culture. Lab may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 4 Second-year Arabic courses increase functional language ability focusing on listening, speaking, reading, writing as well as increased focus on culture (philosophies, history, geography, literature, etc) Lab attendance is required.
Prerequisite:ARB 1020 or instructor approval Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 4 Second-year Arabic courses increase functional language ability focusing on listening, speaking, reading, writing as well as increased focus on culture (philosophies, history, geography, literature, etc) Lab attendance is required.
Prerequisite:ARB 1020 or instructor approval Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1 Intermediate Arabic Conversation is intended to practice previously-acquired conversation skills to increase speaking ability and vocabulary. Attendance in lab is required. Course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite:ARB 1020 or instructor approval Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1-3 This is a course designed by faculty which allows students to explore specific interests in Arabic language and culture. Lab attendance required. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3 The study of the roles that designers play in society and what job markets are available in the areas of architecture, CAD, construction management, architectural history, landscape architecture, and interior design.
Credits: 3 Students will about architectural drawings used in residential and commercial projects. Practical skills for reading blueprints of floor plans, sections, details, elevations and schedules.
Credits: 3 Practical skills in the fundamentals of drawing and freehand sketching. Graphic media such as pencil, pen, charcoal and ink will be explored. Instruction will focus on the use of light, shadow, texture, contour and form.
Credits: 5 Residential construction techniques are analyzed from site planning to finish construction. Building codes, estimating, and specifications are discussed as they relate to methods and materials of residential construction common to Utah.
Credits: 3 Students gain the practical knowledge in the use of AutoCAD that is essential in producing architectural drawings. This course includes hands-on applications. Simple drawings will be produced.
Credits: 3 Studies include the manipulation of scanned and digital images, desktop publishing, digital presentations and web page designs. Various computer software will be used to promote the ideas and designs of architects and designers.
Credits: 3 This course will develop visual awareness and basic abstract design principles. Balance, symmetry, repetition, order variety, uniformity, proportion, motif and color will be introduced with various generic and abstract projects.
Credits: 3 Provides the foundation required for the interpretation of construction documents Including drawings and specifications. This course prepares students for CSI’s Construction Document Technician Examination.
Credits: 3 Course explores the preferred hand presentation techniques used with both two and three-dimensional drawings in the arch. design. Students will experience the jury process, peer review and learn skills needed to prepare portfolios.
Credits: 5 Basic materials and installation methods for commercial construction are studied. These include site work, concrete, masonry, curtain-walls, steel, doors, window finishes, and an overview of codes.
Credits: 3 Digital modeling is presented as an essential tool for architectural design, visualization, and presentation. Principles are stressed so that acquired skills can be used with any modeling, rendering and animation software.
Credits: 3 Skills developed in ARCH 2310 are enhanced with new techniques and intermediate and advanced skills. Presentation skills are also developed through advanced projects.
Credits: 3 Basic customization of AutoCAD software will be discussed and practiced as it applies to industry. Emphasis will be placed on developing AutoCAD tools and skills that will save time and improve productivity.
Credits: 3 Students will develop BIM skills and use specific 3D architectural oriented software. Design and construction documentation will be examined.
Credits: 2 Material take-offs, labor cost estimates, sub-contractor bids, equipment costs, price extensions and competitive bidding, with and without the use of the computer, will be covered in this class.
Credits: 2 This course is the study of current building codes and an overview of zoning regulations. This course will help with inspections for code enforcement and compliance, occupancy classifications, area limitations and life-safety regulations.
Credits: 5 Provides a study of light frame construction techniques and production of residential construction drawings using CAD software. Students produce a professional set of presentation and construction drawings of a residential structure.
Prerequisite:ARCH 1210 and ARCH 1310 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 5 Examines commercial construction materials, techniques and the production of construction drawings using CAD software. Students will produce a professional set of presentation and construction drawings of a commercial structure.
Credits: 1-3 Supervised work experience in a business, industrial, or government environment related to the program major. Credit awarded for successful completion of specific learning objectives that provide new learning related to the program major.
Credits: 3 Examines visual art from Prehistory to Colonial-era Latin America. Artworks are critically considered as objects that embody and convey ideas and meanings in the context of their periods and cultures, and within the developments of art over time.
Credits: 3 Examines the artistic traditions of Buddhism. Beginning with the birth of Buddhism in India, the course will follow the development and spread of Buddhist art to China and the rest of Asia.
Credits: 3 An examination of visual art forms from Prehistory to the European Renaissance. Emphasis: developing a comparative understanding of a variety of works (including painting, sculpture, and architecture) from different cultures in context.
Credits: 3 An examination of the visual art forms created from the period of the Renaissance to the Contemporary era. The study focuses on the aesthetic, cultural, and psychological factors that shape the changes in artistic expressions through time.
Credits: 1 This course provides an intro to the profession of interpreting with lecture, interviews, readings, and projects. Topics include history, terminology, responsibilities, skills/aptitudes, and employment options for interpreters.
Credits: 1 This course is designed to immerse students in the Deaf community and interpreting profession through Service Learning and mentoring opportunities to improving ASL skills and broaden their understanding of the community and profession.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the INTR program Semester: Fall
Credits: 1 This course is designed to immerse students in the Deaf community and interpreting profession through Service Learning and mentoring opportunities to improving ASL skills and broaden their understanding of the community and profession.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the INTR program and INTR 1100 Semester: Spring
Credits: 5 This course provides an intro to, and enhancement activities for, cognitive processing skills associated with interpretation. Discourse styles of ENG and ASL are analyzed and consecutive interpreting is introduced.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the INTR program Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 This course provides an overview of ethical decision-making and prepares students to apply strategies professionally. Interpreting ethics are explored and readings, discussions, and case studies are used to apply knowledge used in course.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the INTR program Semester: Fall
Credits: 5 This course provides students with the opportunity to practice interpretation skills in consecutive formats while further enhancing cognitive and linguistic skills as well as cultural awareness and knowledge.
Prerequisite: INTR 1200 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 This course examines basic similarities and differences between the linguistic structure of ASL and ENG, focusing on the way each conveys primary and secondary information. Students engage in a research project related to course content.
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the INTR program and INTR 1200 Corequisite: INTR 1400 Semester: Spring
Credits: 2 This course provides students opportunities to make connections with professionals in the field, learn about different tasks, populations and settings of interpreting as well as explore later internship options.
Credits: 1-2 In this special studies course, students plan areas of study Service Learning or travel and work with an instructor on an individual basis. Some work may be done in groups.
Credits: 1-2 In this special studies course, students plan areas of study Service Learning or travel and work with an instructor on an individual basis. Some work may be done in groups.
Credits: 1 This course is designed to immerse students in the Deaf community and interpreting profession through Service Learning and mentoring opportunities to improving ASL skills and broaden their understanding of the community and profession.
Credits: 5 This course provides the opportunity to continue practicing ASL/ENG interpretation skills using a simultaneous format. Linguistic and cultural considerations are emphasized for accurate interpretations and to preserve meaning.
Prerequisite: INTR 1400 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 This course focuses on ASL/ENG interactive interpreting skills. Transliteration skills are also introduced as a means for matching consumer language use.
Prerequisite: INTR 2200 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 This course is the internship component that complements your academic work through practical experiences in a community setting. Students will observe interpreters and interpret with direct supervision.
Prerequisite: INTR 2200 Corequisite: INTR 2400 Semester: Spring
Credits: 1-2 This course provides various topics in interpreting including community, video relay service, and theatrical interpreting, working with specific populations, and other topics of importance to interpreters.
Credits: 2 This course is an introduction to interpreting in K-12 settings. Topics include an overview of public/deaf education in the US, classroom learning activities, language skills/communication modes, learning styles, and accessibility.
Prerequisite: INTR 2200 Semester: Fall Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 This course is an introduction to interpreting in Video Relay settings. Topics include an overview of legislation and federal administration, corporate environments, and the use and challenges of technology used to interpret in this setting.
Prerequisite: INTR 2200 Semester: Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 This course is an introduction to interpreting in community settings. Topics business practices, billing, insurance, and taxes. Students will also be introduced to types of employment expected in community settings.
Credits: 3 This course introduces the fundamentals of the atmosphere with a focus on severe and hazardous weather, including impacts on human activities and the environment. Severe weather topics will be used to explore our dynamic atmosphere, including hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, snowstorms, and more.
Credits: 3 This course explores the natural and human induced variations in the Earth’s climate. Students will investigate the Earth-Climate system, climate forcings, and climate changes of the past, present, and future. The evidence for human effects on climate will be analyzed. Climate impacts on humans and ecosystems will be evaluated. Students will engage in discussion and analysis of climate impacts, mitigation, and adaptation.
Credits: 3 The course explores the human and natural contributions to air pollution in our atmosphere. Students will apply basic principles of physics, chemistry, and meteorology to analyze the processes that control the chemical composition of the Earth’s atmosphere. Topics covered will include temperature inversions and their impact on air pollution, health effects of air pollution, techniques for improving air quality, and more.
Prerequisite:CHEM 1210 or Instructor’s permission Semester: Spring
Credits: 3 This course explores the influence of mountains on weather and climate, and how this shapes ecosystems and human environments. Students will analyze how mountains change wind and precipitation patterns and apply this to topics including snowpack and water supply, avalanches, fire weather, air pollution, and others.
Prerequisite:ATMO 1010 or ATMO 1020 or Instructor’s permission Semester: Fall
Contact Hours: 12 This course will provide a step by step guide to the most current 2011 National Electrical Code, providing an over-view of each chapter. The course will help you understand the structure and logic of the NEC rather than memorize all the details. Material that appears outside the NEC main body, including the index, annexes, and Article 90, is also discussed in this essential handbook.
Contact Hours: 96 This introduction course to Robotics will cover Robot Classifications, Manipulators, Robot Drive Systems, Servo Systems, Object Detection, Robot Programming, Safety, Communications, and Applications. The course will cover the fundamental technologies that support Robotic industries and the various applications.
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of support courses or equivalent experience. Additional Course Fee Required
Contact Hours: 96 This course will provide a solid foundation in Industrial Automated Systems, Instrumentation and Motion Control. The student will understand the full spectrum of industrial maintenance and control, from servomechanisms to instrumentation. Coverage of components, circuits, instruments, control techniques, calibration, and programming associated with industrial automated systems.
Contact Hours: 12 This course will cover Control Systems Documentation, Development of piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs) and related ANSI/ISA drawings are emphasized, covering both the development and the reading/interpreting of these documents.
Contact Hours: 72 This course will provide the fundamentals of industrial process, measurement, and control. Applying the principles necessary to understand the variables that affect industrial automation and process control systems. Coverage of process control, loops, analytical measurement, process visualization and process control computer-based systems.
Contact Hours: 60 Coverage of a broad range of motor types, control systems, electric motor operation, selection, installation, control and maintenance. Industrial applications of variable speed drives for constant torque, constant horsepower, and variable torque/variable horsepower. Coverage of motor starter circuits, reduced voltage starting techniques, and stepper/servo motors.
Contact Hours: 60 Broad coverage of fluid power technology, balancing theory and applications;how electrical currents control the operation of fluid power systems, the design, analysis, operation, and maintenance of fluid power systems. Complete coverage of both HYDRAULIC and PNEUMATICS systems, and the use of fluids under pressure to generate, control, and transmit power.
Contact Hours: 60 Comprehensive coverage of maintenance requirements for pneumatic and electrical/electronic devices, DCS systems, analytical instrumentation, fiber optics, and smart instruments. Installing, Calibrating, and Maintaining Electronic Instruments and systems combines theory and hands-on experience, such as configuring and calibrating transmitters, transducers, and controllers.
Contact Hours: 48 This course presents a systematic approach to troubleshooting and start-up of single- and multi-loop control loops. Coverage of how pressure, level, flow, and temperature loops operate to maintain good process control systems. A logical Troubleshooting approach is covered, test equipment, programmable systems, communication circuits, transient problems, and software.
Contact Hours: 36 This course will cover Industrial Data communications concepts that are needed to understand, troubleshoot, and maintain both legacy and leading-edge systems. Emphasizing practical functional aspects of common systems, relevant terminology, standards, and protocols including EIA/TIA 232, 485, and IEEE 802.
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of support courses or equivalent experience Additional Course Fee Required
Contact Hours: 16 This course helps to prepare the Student for the ISA Control Systems Technician Associate recognition examination. The ISA CST Associate examination measures a fundamental understanding of knowledge in automation and control, has specialized work experience and/or an educational background in automation and control or a related field.
Credits: 5 This is a course in analysis and repairs of non-structural component parts and assemblies found in the construction of modern unibody and frame type vehicles.
Credits: 5 A course in analysis and repair of structural component parts and assemblies found in the construction of modern unibody and frame type vehicles.
Credits: 7 Developed in the analysis and repair of structural component parts and assemblies found in the construction of modern unibody and frame type vehicles.