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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 MATH 0950).
Chemistry
CHEM 1010 - Intro to Chemistry (PS)
Credits: 3 This course is designed for students who want to obtain a basic understanding of chemistry. No previous knowledge in chemistry is needed. A foundation of basic chemical knowledge is provided for students who need to prepare for further study in chemistry as well as for students who only want an introductory survey course. Concepts covered include general chemistry principles such as chemical measurements, formulas, reactions, equations, solutions, states of matter, atomic structure and nomenclature. Quantitative problem solving skills are developed and include the application of significant figures, dimensional analysis, stoichiometry, and ideal gas law calculations. The successful student will attain a modern scientific perspective on the world around them as well as new problem solving skills that can be readily applied throughout their daily lives.
Credits: 3 Introduction to basic concepts in chemistry. Emphasizes application of math principles, use of computers and other problem-solving methods. Preparation for CHEM 1210 series.
Credits: 4 Introductory course in general inorganic and organic chemistry of hydrocarbons of functional groups. For health science students and other non-chemistry majors.
Prerequisite:MATH 1010 w/C grade or better or appropriate placement score for placement into MATH 1050. Recommended Corequisite:CHEM 1115 Semester: All
Credits: 4 Introductory organic chemistry of heteroatom functional groups and introductory biochemistry. Primarily for health science students and other non-chemistry majors.
Credits: 4 Fundamentals of inorganic chemistry. Atomic structure chemical bonding, chemical reactions, solution chemistry, stoichiometry, periodic table, thermochemistry, kinetics, gases, and kinetic molecular theory will be covered.
Prerequisite:MATH 1050 w/C grade or higher, or appropriate placement score Recommended Corequisite:CHEM 1215 Semester: All
Credits: 4 Chemical kinetics, equilibria, acids and bases, entropy and free energy, precipitation reactions, electrochemistry, main group chemistry, nuclear chemistry, metallic bonding theories, hybridization, intro to organic chemistry
Credits: 4 Introduction to concepts of organic chemistry. Structure, bonding, reaction mechanisms. Detailed study of alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds, alcohols. Intro to spectroscopy and stereochemistry
Prerequisite:CHEM 1220 w/C grade or better Recommended Corequisite:CHEM 2315 Semester: All
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 Chinese, and cultural competence. Lab attendance is required.
Prerequisite: None for students with no previous experience in the language. Placement testing required for all others. Semester: All Additional Course Fee 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 Chinese and cultural competence. Lab attendance is required.
Prerequisite:CHI 1010 w/C grade or better; or placement by test into CHI 1020 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1 Course practices currently held conversation skills to increase speaking ability and vocabulary. Includes role-plays, small group work and presentations. Lab attendance may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite:CHI 1010 or instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-2 In the course in language and culture, 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. Lab may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 4 Third in a series of four courses which focus on listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Major objective of the second year is to increase functional language ability in Chinese, and cultural competence. Lab attendance is required.
Prerequisite:CHI 1020 w/C grade or better; or placement by test into CHI 2010 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 4 Fourth in a series of four courses which focus on listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Major objective of the second year is to increase functional language ability in Chinese, and cultural competence. Lab attendance is required.
Prerequisite:CHI 2010 w/C grade or better; or placement by test into CHI 2020 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1 Course practices currently held conversation skills to increase speaking ability and vocabulary. Includes role-plays, small group activities and presentations. Lab attendance required. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite:CHI 1020 or instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3 Second year courses focus on improvement of listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture skills. Major objective is to increase functional language ability through holistic approach to literature. Lab attendance required.
Prerequisite:CHI 1020 or instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3 Course will aid students in their study of language and culture. Films will be viewed with subtitles and written work and discussions will be in Chinese. Lab attendance required.
Prerequisite:CHI 1020 or instructor approval Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-3 This is a course designed by faculty which allows students to explore specific interests in Chinese language and culture. Lab attendance required. May be repeated for credit.
CEEN 1100 - Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design
Credits: 2 The progression of civil and environmental engr. including the major elements of the profession. An understanding of the core disciplines and design in engr. is reviewed. It includes speakers, design project, and lectures.
Prerequisite:MATH 1010 or appropriate placement score Semester: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-2 A supervised work experience in a business, industrial or government related to the program major. Credit is awarded for successful completion of specific learning objectives that provide new learning related to the major.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, minimum 2.0 GPA, and instructor approval Semester: All
Credits: 3 Principles of forces, moments and couples; resultant and static equilibrium of general force systems; statically equivalent systems, center of gravity and pressure; friction; free body method of analysis. Principles applied to engineering problems.
CEEN 2130 - Engineering Economics with Statistics and Probability
Credits: 4 Lectures and discussion on Engineering economic decisions, equivalence and interest formulas, rate of return, project evaluation and cash flow, depreciation, taxes, and an intro. to Eng. Probability and Statistics.
Credits: 3 Surveying procedures and their application to design and construction are taught. Students receive hands-on experience using total stations, GPS, and other surveying equipment. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite:MATH 1060 or MATH 1080, or appropriate placement score Semester: Spring & Summer
Credits: 3 Numerical techniques used in engineering computing, including: convergence, error accumulation, roots, solution of linear and nonlinear equations, numerical integration and differentiation, and solutions to differential equations.
CEEN 2750 - Computational Methods for Civil Engineers
Credits: 3 An introductory course for teaching the principles of computer programming to civil and environmental engineering students at the undergraduate level. Material is focused on problem-solving, programming, program development, algorithm analysis, and data structures. Students will learn and develop software in a current programming language through completing homework and projects.
CEEN 2900 - Special Topics in Civil/Environmental Engineering
Credits: 1-3 Special Topics reflecting items of current interest in Civil/Environmental Engineering in addition to some of the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) issues and engineering marvels.
Clock Hours: 50 An overview of the medical assistant profession and its role in the healthcare environment, introduction to the legal and ethical issues within the healthcare setting, basic principles of psychology and the impact of ethnic cultures in healthcare.
Clock Hours: 45 Provides training in proficient medical office communication and administrative skills, the fundamentals of beginning and tracking a patient record using both paper and electronic medical record (EMR) software.
Clock Hours: 50 Provides guidelines to learn and apply standards of CDC and OSHA in regard to personal safety, asepsis, standard precautions and handling of biohazard wastes. Provides fundamental understanding and obtainment of vital signs, basic first aid and healthcare provider level CPR.
Clock Hours: 105 Provides phlebotomy theory and skill performance, understanding of basic concepts, safety and procedures of clinical lab. Learn proper handling and performance of CLIA waived hematology/serology labs and proper specimen handling and performance of microbiology and urinalysis testing.
Clock Hours: 64 This stand alone course is not a required part of the Clinical Lab Assistant program but can provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate and practice their laboratory skills learned in the classroom in a clinical setting with the oversight of the clinical supervisor. This allows the student to obtain real-world laboratory experience that will enhance their knowledge and skills, and allow them to obtain the required laboratory hours needed for a national certification exam for this vocation.
Clock Hours: 80 This stand-alone course will provide theory and skill training related to venous and capillary access for blood specimen collection. It is designed specifically for Salt Lake Community College School of Applied Technology Certified Nursing Assistant program completers or those holding a current Utah State Certified Nursing Assistant licensure.
Prerequisite:KAOS 0170, KCNA 0105, KCNA 0121, KCNA 0140 or Current Utah State Certified Nursing Assistant licensure Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
KCMA 0065 - Medical Office Communications and Records
Provides training in proficient medical office communication and administrative skills, the fundamentals of beginning and tracking a patient record using both paper and electronic medical record (EMR) software. Introduction to medical terminology suffixes and prefixes.
Clock Hours: 70 An overview of the medical assistant profession and its role in the health care environment, introduction to the legal and ethical issues that impact the healthcare setting, basic principles of psychology in a health care environment and the impact of ethnic cultures in healthcare as well as introduction to medical terminology in these areas.
Clock Hours: 95 Provides the guidelines for personal safety and well-being of staff and patients learning and practicing the CDC guidelines for hand hygiene and government regulations for standard and biohazard wastes. Provides a fundamental understanding of vital signs, basic first aid and healthcare provider level CPR. Provides a fundamental understanding and skill in phlebotomy.
Prerequisite:KCMA 0065 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Clock Hours: 60 Provides understanding of basic concepts, safety and procedures of clinical lab. Learn proper handling and performance of CLIA waived hematology/serology labs and proper specimen handling and performance of microbiology and urinalysis testing.
Prerequisite:KCMA 0115 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
Clock Hours: 110 Provides understanding of the basic skills and procedures for assisting with patient exams. Learn to prepare patients for diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitation, and radiology procedures. Provides understanding of heart anatomy and electrical physiology as students properly perform ECGs. Learn to calculate medication dosages and administer nonparenteral and parenteral medications.
Prerequisite:KCMA 0125 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required
KCMA 0165 - Introduction to Medical Insurance & Billing Procedures
Clock Hours: 40 Provides an introduction to medical insurance procedures. Exposes the clinical medical assistant to medical office financial procedures.
COMM 1010 - Elements of Effective Communication (CM)
Credits: 3 Communication theory, principles, and practice of communication behavior in interpersonal, group problem-solving, interviewing in the workplace, and public-speaking contexts.
Credits: 3 Preparing and delivering speeches, which include informative and persuasive presentations, for civic and professional occasions. Basic theory and skills practice, including audience analysis, anxiety management, critical listening, supporting claims with evidence, persuasion, motivation, and delivery.
Credits: 3 Analyzes conflict communication from the perspectives of marginalized and empowered populations. Explores ethnocentrism, power, anger, inequality, disrespect. Students learn conflict management skills for workplace, community and personal life.
Credits: 3 This is a beginning course in journalism and media writing with a focus on the organization and written presentation of facts to a mass audience. The class emphasizes interviewing, fact finding and news writing, including investigative, specific beats, online reporting and media package production (for example hyperlinking, permalinking, photo galleries, and video clips). Members of the class contribute to the media outlets of the Student Media Center (SMC).
Prerequisite:ENGL 1010 (may be taken concurrently) Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
COMM 1270 - Critical Thinking in Argumentation (CM)
Credits: 3 Introduction to the study of argumentation theory and critical thinking. Emphasizing reasoning, issues, practice and audience analysis in diverse decision-making contexts.
Credits: 1 Basic financial information for creative professionals or students interested in freelance work or setting up a studio. This course is useful for artists working in the areas of fine art, the many forms of design, photography, film/video, music, advertising, the performing arts and creative or technical writing.
Credits: 3 This course focuses on a historical and contemporary analysis of the field of mass communication. The class previews the function, performance, social impact, and structure of individual mass media and the relationships between media audiences, consumers, media producers, and the role of media in the government and democracy.
Credits: 3 A broad overview of sound, sound systems, recording, and live sound reinforcement providing basic training in the physics of sound and the hardware and systems used to control and record it.
Credits: 3 Become a better communicator by having your own radio show on the student radio station, RadioSLCC.com. Learn about the radio industry, on-air performance techniques, and commercial writing and production. Use industry practices and concepts along with theories and models from the disciplines of communication, and business to become a better communicator on and off the air.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 4 An introduction to digital media fundamentals and the evolving industry. Students obtain a hands-on, in-depth experience with digital media tools, content and production techniques. Industry standard hardware and software tools are used to create and edit images, audio, video, layout, and web media to create powerful media. Copyright and professional responsibility issues and trends are covered.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 1-6 Supervised work experience in a business, industrial, or government environment related to the student’s COMM program sequence. Credit awarded for successful completion of specified learning objectives that provide new learning.
Credits: 3 Survey of the basic issues, theories, and perspectives in the study of human communication, through critical analysis of oral, written and audio-visual texts.
Credits: 3 This course focuses on the theory and the practice of human communication with an emphasis on the process and functions of communication, relationship development, communication strategies, interpersonal language skills, listening and response skills and conflict management.
Credits: 3 Introduces elements of the small group process, focusing on problem-solving, decision-making, leadership and conflict management in teams. Development of student analytical skills as observers and participant observers of groups.
Credits: 3 This course focuses on the systematic study and practice of communication processes that involve contact and interaction between people of different cultures; reviews essential intercultural communication theories that allow access to explanations and descriptions of cultural norms and values; and identifies guidelines for achieving intercultural communication competence.
Credits: 3 Overview of historical and contemporary perspectives of organizational communication; analysis of current issues and practices of organizational communication; development of communication competence in organizational settings.
Credits: 3 This class exposes students to the exciting world of video content creation. Students get hands-on experience through practical lectures, lab exercises, content creation assignments, field work, and post-production editing. Students will learn to effectively use the visual aesthetics of imaging and sound design throughout the video content creation process. This class sets the foundation for students seeking an ever-expanding career in video content creation.
Prerequisite:COMM 1800/FLM 1800 (may be taken concurrently) Recommended Prerequisite:ART 1080, ART 1280, ART 2340 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 2 In this course students will learn the technical terms, positions, and work flows of multi-camera TV studio production through lecture, hands-on production and competency exercises.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Introduces the fundamentals, theory and practice of strategic public relations and its intersection with marketing and advertising in a digitally converged world. Includes survey of tools, principles and practices utilizing traditional and digital platforms. Prepares students for advanced study in strategic communication and establishes the groundwork for professional practice.
Recommended Prerequisite:COMM 1500, ENGL 1010 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 An introduction to social networking components such as social media platforms, blogs, RSS feeds, podcasting, wikis, collaboration and virtual teams, and forums. Further study will be devoted to how organizations successfully use these tools for communication through content creation and distribution.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
COMM 2500 - Elements and Issue of Digital Media (CM)
Credits: 4 An introduction to digital media, including an understanding of the history, trends, devices, services, practices, and societal issues associated with the rise and use of communication technologies.
Credits: 4 Provides advanced video production experiences for students who already possess significant media production skills. Students produce an audio documentary, a short documentary and work with groups (modeled after industry-standard production crews) to produce 30-minute documentary film projects.
Prerequisite:COMM 2200 or FLM 1045 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Explores Visual communication principles and practices essential to all media. Memorable visual messages have the greatest power to inform, educate, and persuade. Discover why some images are remembered while some are not.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 In this course students will apply and further develop their knowledge of media and journalism production through learning modules. Production skills will also be further developed through selected production modules. Students will create content for The Globe news, Express TV news, RadioSLCC, and the Student Media Center’s social media outlets.
Prerequisite:COMM 1130; COMM 2200 or COMM 1560. Whichever course the student chooses to take,COMM 2200 or COMM 1560 can also be taken concurrently. Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required
Credits: 3 Students design and produce a significant capstone video or audio production project, incorporating elements related to their specific interests/specialties and demonstrating a mastery of related competencies and skills. Exam and presentation.
Credits: 3 The introductory course examines the principles, roles, responsibilities, and activities associated with CI-BI work, as well as the history of CI-BI. The learner will survey a range of functions, models, practices, processes, techniques, technologies, and tools that will be applied to basic, experiential projects.
Credits: 3 Strategic Competitive Intelligence capitalizes on the intelligence life-cycle continuum learned in ISCI 1000. Companies must compete in order to increase customers, market share, revenue, and profit. The intermediate course examines competition and intelligence, and how they became intertwined. Learners construct frameworks for viewing the competitive environment.
Prerequisite:ISCI 1000 w/C grade or better. Must have access to a camcorder
Clock Hours: 24 Learn through hands-on activities how Revit Architecture is an effective tool for Building Information Modeling (BIM). This course will start with the fundamental features of Revit Architecture and progress through schematic design and construction documentation.
Recommended Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and Building Information Modeling (BIM) skills. Semester: All
Clock Hours: 24 Learn through hands-on activities how Autodesk Revit Architecture Intermediate is an effective tool for Building Information Modeling (BIM). This course will continue building the skills and concepts of Revit Architecture that taught previously in the Revit Architecture Essentials (CECD 0300).
Recommended Prerequisite: Autodesk Revit Architecture Essentials (CECD 0300) or instructor approval. Semester: All
Clock Hours: 24 This course covers the essential core topics of working with the AutoCAD software. Learn about the tools for design and documentation. This course teaches basic fundamental features of AutoCAD and processing through schematic design and construction documentation including coordination with other disciplines.
Recommended Prerequisite: Basic computer and Building Information Modeling (BIM) Semester: All
Clock Hours: 24 This course builds on the tools from AutoCAD Essentials class. Students will use intermediate tools for more effective drafting design and documentation using AutoCAD.
Recommended Prerequisite: Autodesk AutoCAD Essentials Semester: All
Clock Hours: 16 The AutoCAD Civil 3D Essentials course is designed for civil engineers and surveyors. The software permits the rapid development of alternatives through its model-based design tools. Students will learn techniques to organize project data, work with points, create and analyze surfaces, model road corridors, create parcel layouts, perform grading and volume calculation tasks, and layout pipe networks.
Recommended Prerequisite: Basic AutoCAD skills or instructor approval Semester: All
CECD 0731 - Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D Intermediate
Clock Hours: 16 The AutoCAD Civil 3D Intermediate course is built upon the lessons learned in AutoCAD Civil 3D Essentials. Students will apply basic concepts to an advanced level. Additional techniques will be introduced to help students organize project data; plan, create, and analyze surfaces and corridors; and perform grading and volume calculations.
Recommended Prerequisite: AutoCAD Civil 3D Essentials or instructor approval Semester: All
Credits: 2 A design lab providing hands-on experience in designing and testing small computer and logic based electronic systems using Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools and FPGA system board.
Prerequisite:EE 2700 or CPE 2700, either can be taken concurrently Semester: Fall & Spring
Clock Hours: 75 C++ is a general-purpose high-level programming language that is widely used for writing almost all types of software. It is used for embedded and real-time systems, gaming, finance, telecom projects, device driver development and many more applications. Students who complete the course will be able to accomplish coding tasks related to the basics of programming in the C++ language, and to understand the fundamental notions and techniques used in object-oriented programming. Furthermore, they will be ready to attempt the qualification CPA - C++ Certified Associate Programmer Certification from the C++ Institute.
Clock Hours: 75 A comprehensive introduction to programming in JavaScript. JavaScript is widely used on websites to provide interactivity and rapid response to user actions. It is the most widely used client-side scripting language currently used in websites. You will also gain a thorough knowledge of the DOM, the document object model.
Clock Hours: 75 Network Programming Languages course covers the basics of programming in Python, as well as general computer programming concepts and techniques. The course also familiarizes the student with object-oriented approach.
Credits: 3 During the semester, students will: demonstrate proficiency using the computer; learn the keyboard by touch keying at least 25+ net words a minute on 3-minute timed writings; demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques and be evaluated; operate the alphabetic keys, number row keys, and symbol keys of the main keyboard; operate the ten-key numeric keypad; complete special drills and activities.
CSIS 1013 - How to Operate a Computer for Beginning Users
Credits: 1 This course is designed for students who have little or no experience with a computer. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to login to the computer, open various programs, understand some basic computer terminology, use an internet search engine, save a file in different locations, and login to the MySLCC and Canvas systems of SLCC.
Credits: 1 Upon completion of this course, students will know the basic fundamentals of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Students will learn how to create, format, and display presentations using PowerPoint.
Credits: 2 In this course, students will use various features and use of current spreadsheet software. Students will learn the syntax, use and application of spreadsheet features/tools through tutorial lessons and application exercise problems.
Credits: 3 Understand the world of computing that surrounds you: technology’s impact on society, hardware, SOHO networking, threats, Google as a verb, ethics/policy, file management, standards, disaster recovery & remote computing.
Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required