May 22, 2024

2016-2017 SLCC General Catalog

2016-2017 SLCC General Catalog [**** ATTENTION: YOU ARE VIEWING AN ARCHIVED CATALOG ****]

Course Descriptions

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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).

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Cement Mason JATC Technology
	CMA 2310 - Cement Mason IIIA Credits: 5 Use and care of tools and equipment including safe operation and handling. Concrete testing and meaning of strength and slump test results as well as air entrainment. Prerequisite: CMA 1220 w/C grade or higher Semester: Fall Click here for searchable class schedule
	CMA 2320 - Cement Mason IIIB Credits: 5 Placement of concrete finishes used and purposes, and decorative and specialty finishes. Safety in the work place and requirements of safety when working with concrete. Prerequisite: CMA 2310 w/C grade or higher Semester: Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
Certified Nursing Assistant (SAT)
	KCNA 0010 - CPR Health Care Professionals Contact Hours: 4 Prepares and certifies students in CPR for Health Care Professionals. Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0100 - Patient Care Theory Contact Hours: 90 Students learn the skills required to meet the needs of acute, chronic, long-term, and chronically ill patients in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and in the home, while preparing for the state Certified Nurse Assistant exam. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0105 - Patient Care Theory & Skills Contact Hours: 78 The primary objective of this program is to provide the clinical knowledge and basic skills necessary for entry level employment as a Nursing Assistant. Students learn the theory and skills required to meet the needs of acute, long-term, and chronically ill patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities while preparing for the state Certified Nurse Assistant exam. Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0110 - Skills Lab Contact Hours: 12 This lab must be taken concurrently with the Patient Care Theory course. Students will practice and demonstrate patient care skills that align with the theory portion of the program. Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0120 - Long Term Care Clinicals Contact Hours: 24 Students practice and demonstrate patient care skills in a long term care facility. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0121 - Long-term Care Clinicals Contact Hours: 24 Students practice and demonstrate patient care skills in a Long-term care facility. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0140 - Acute Care Clinicals Contact Hours: 18 Students practice and demonstrate patient care skills in a hospital. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0150 - Health Unit Clerk Contact Hours: 36 Students learn the skills required to work as a member of the health care team providing non-clinical support for patient care: maintain patient charts, transcribe doctors’ orders, order diagnostic tests/procedures, etc. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0160 - Health Unit Coordinator Clinical Contact Hours: 6 In a hospital setting, students will practice the skills required to work as a member of the health care team providing non-clinical support for patient care: maintain patient charts, transcribe doctors’ orders, order diagnostic tests/procedures, etc. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCNA 0300 - Restorative Nursing Assistant Contact Hours: 60 Students acquire the skills needed to meet the needs of residents in long-term care facilities to promote their ability to adapt and adjust to living as independently as possible. Prerequisite: CNA, can be taken concurrently while enrolled in the Certified Nursing Assistant program Click here for searchable class schedule
Chemical Engineering
	CHE 2000 - Cooperative Education In Chemical Engineering Credits: 1-2 This is a supervised work experience in a business, industrial, or government environment related to the program major. Credit is award for successful completion of specified learning objectives. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, minimum 2.0 GPA, and instructor approval Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHE 2300 - Engineering Thermodynamics Credits: 2 First and second law of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy and open and closed systems are covered. Engineering cycles including Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Brayton and Refrigeration are introduced. Prerequisite: CHEM 1210 and MATH 1220 Recommended Prerequisite: PHYS 2210 Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHE 2450 - Numerical Methods 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. Prerequisite: ENGR 1030 or 1040; MATH 2250 Recommended Prerequisite: MATH 2210 Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHE 2800 - Fundamentals Of Process Engineering Credits: 3 Material and energy balances, fundamentals of multicomponent phase properties and phase equilibria, numerical and graphing calculations, degrees of freedom, and applications to process engineering calculations are covered. Prerequisite: CHE 2300 Semester: Spring & Summer Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHE 2900 - Special Topics In Chem. Eng Credits: 1-3 Special Topics reflecting items of current interest in Chemical Engineering. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
Chemistry
	CHEM 1010 - Intro to Chemistry (PS) Credits: 3 Survey of general chemistry: structure, composition, properties and chemical transformations. Course may be taught with a Service Learning component. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1100 - Preparatory Chemistry 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. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1110 - Elementary Chemistry 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 Accuplacer score for placement into MATH 1010. Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1115 Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1115 - Elementary Chemistry Lab Credits: 1 Graded laboratory, may be taken concurrently with CHEM 1110. Prerequisite: MATH 1010 or appropriate Accuplacer score (MATH 1020 for Nursing majors) Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1110 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1118 - Elem. Chem. Problem Session Credits: 1 Problem session for CHEM 1110 . Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to register for this session. Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1120 - Elementary Bioorganic Chem Credits: 4 Introductory organic chemistry of heteroatom functional groups and introductory biochemistry. Primarily for health science students and other non-chemistry majors. Prerequisite: CHEM 1110 Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1125 Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1125 - Elem. Bioorganic Chemistry Lab Credits: 1 Graded laboratory, may be taken concurrently with CHEM 1120 . Prerequisite: CHEM 1110 Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1120 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1128 - Elem. Bioorg. Chem. Prob. Sess Credits: 1 Problem session for CHEM 1120 . Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to register for this session. Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1210 - General Chemistry I 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 Accuplacer score Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1215 Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry Lab I Credits: 1 Graded laboratory, may be taken concurrently with CHEM 1210. Prerequisite: MATH 1050 w/C grade or better, or appropriate Accuplacer score Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1210 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1218 - Gen. Chem. I Problem Session Credits: 1 Problem session for CHEM 1210. Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to register for this session. Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1220 - General Chemistry II 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 Prerequisite: CHEM 1210 Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1225 Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry Lab II Credits: 1 Graded laboratory, may be taken concurrently with CHEM 1220. Prerequisite: CHEM 1210 Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 1220 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 1228 - Gen. Chem. II Problem Session Credits: 1 Problem session for CHEM 1220. Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to register for this session. Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 2000 - Chemistry CO-OP Credits: 2-4 Cooperative education represents flexibility and alternative opportunities for students to complete portions of their educational goals through new learning associated with study-related internships or employment. Prerequisite: Departmental approval Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 2310 - Organic Chemistry I 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 Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 2315 - Organic Chemistry Lab I Credits: 1 Graded laboratory, may be taken concurrently with CHEM 2310. Prerequisite: CHEM 1220 w/C grade or better Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 2310 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 2318 - Organic Chem. I Prob. Session Credits: 1 Problem session for CHEM 2310. Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to register for this session. Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 2320 - Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4 Conjugated and aromatic systems, organometallic compounds carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and derivatives, amines biological molecules. Mechanistic organic chemistry, functional group transformation and multistep synthesis Prerequisite: CHEM 2310 w/C grade or better Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 2325 Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 2325 - Organic Chemistry Lab II Credits: 1 Graded laboratory, may be taken concurrently with CHEM 2320. Prerequisite: CHEM 2310 w/C grade or better Recommended Corequisite: CHEM 2320 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHEM 2328 - Organic Chem. II Prob. Session Credits: 1 Problem session for CHEM 2320. Though not required, students are strongly encouraged to register for this session. Click here for searchable class schedule
Chinese
	CHI 1010 - Beginning Chinese I 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 Chinese culture. Lab attendance is required. Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 1020 - Beginning Chinese II (LN) 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 Chinese culture. Lab attendance is required. Prerequisite: CHI 1010 or instructor approval Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 1300 - Beginning Conversation 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 1900 - Special Studies in Chinese 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 2010 - Intermediate Chinese I Credits: 4 Third in a series of four courses which focus on listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Major objective of second year is to increase functional language ability. Emphasis is on proficiency. Lab attendance is required. Prerequisite: CHI 1020 or instructor approval Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 2020 - Intermediate Chinese II Credits: 4 Second-year Chinese 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: CHI 2010 or instructor approval Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 2300 - Conversation 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 2700 - Introduction to Literature 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 2710 - Intro to Chinese Film 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CHI 2900 - Special Topics in Chinese 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. Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
Civil/Environmental Engineering
	CEEN 1100 - Introduction To Civil And Environmental Engineering Design Credits: 3 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 Accuplacer score Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2000 - Cooperative Education In Civil Engineering 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 20 GPA, and instructor approval Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2010 - Statics 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. Prerequisite: MATH 1210 Recommended Prerequisite: PHYS 2210 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2020 - Dynamics I Credits: 2 Position, velocity and acceleration, vector calculus, particle kinematics, kinetics of particles, including Newton’s Laws, conservation of momentum and energy, and impact vibratory motion of particles are covered. Prerequisite: CEEN 2010 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	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. Prerequisite: MATH 1050 or MATH 1080 Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2140 - Strength of Materials Credits: 2 Internal forces in members, concept of stress and strain, axial loading, Hooke’s Law, torsion, pure bending, traverse loading, transformations of stress and strain, plane stress and strain, pressure vessels, Mohr’s circle, strain energy, beam deflection and column bending are discussed. Prerequisite: CEEN 2010 and MATH 2250 (either can be taken concurrently) Corequisite: CEEN 2145 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2145 - Testing Of Engineering Materials Credits: 1 This is an introductory laboratory in mechanical behavior of materials using basic testing methods and instrumentation, column bending, tension and compression of metals, concrete failure, Charpy’s Impact, and creep tests. Recommended Corequisite: CEEN 2140 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2240 - Surveying For Civil Engineers 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 Accuplacer score Semester: Spring & Summer Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2300 - Engineering Thermodynamics Credits: 2 First and second law of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy and open and closed systems are covered. Engineering cycles including Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Brayton and Refrigeration are introduced. Prerequisite: CHEM 1210 and MATH 1220 Recommended Prerequisite: PHYS 2210 Click here for searchable class schedule
	CEEN 2450 - Numerical Methods 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. Prerequisite: ENGR 1030 or 1040; MATH 2250 Recommended Prerequisite: MATH 2210 Semester: All Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	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. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
Clinical Lab Assistant (SAT)
	KCLA 0010 - Introduction to Healthcare Contact 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. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCLA 0020 - Administrative Healthcare Procedures Contact 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. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCLA 0030 - Basic Healthcare Procedures Contact 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. Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCLA 0040 - Clinical Lab Procedures I Contact 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. Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
Clinical Medical Assisting (SAT)
	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. Recommended Prerequisite: Recommended Prereq: KCMA 0105 . Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0105 - Working In The Healthcare Environment Contact 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. Prerequisite: KAOS 0110 and KAOS 0170 Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0115 - Medical Assisting Procedures 1 Contact 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0125 - Medical Assisting Procedures 2 Contact 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0135 - Medical Assisting Procedures 3 Contact 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 Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0165 - Introduction To Medical Insurance & Billing Procedures Contact Hours: 40 Provides an introduction to medical insurance procedures. Exposes the clinical medical assistant to medical office financial procedures. Prerequisite: KCMA 0065 Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0200 - Assisting w/Office Procedures Contact Hours: 220 Fourteen modules cover medical assisting in a variety of medical office procedures and/or exams. Prerequisite: KCMA 0135 Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0420 - Final Review & Cert Prep Contact Hours: 10 Focuses on performance of medical assisting tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff. A final job requirement. Click here for searchable class schedule
	KCMA 0431 - Clinical Medical Assisting Contact Hours: 165 This course provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate and practice their medical assisting skills in a clinical setting. Prerequisite: KWRK 0515 Click here for searchable class schedule
Communication
	COMM 1010 - Elements of Eff. Comm (CM,IN) Credits: 3 Communication principles and practice applied in dyadic, group, written, electronic, and oral presentation assignments. Listening, perception, verbal clarity, nonverbal, diversity, conflict management and interviewing in workplace and interpersonal settings. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1011 - Effective Workplace Communication for Career and Technical Education Credits: 1 Communication theory and skills practice with emphasis on effective interpersonal relationships in workplace settings. Addresses listening, perception, verbal clarity, nonverbal communication, organizational culture, diversity, communication ethics, and interviewing. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1012 - Effective Teamwork for Career and Technical Education Credits: 1 Communication theory and skills practice with emphasis on effective teamwork in workplace settings. Addresses team relationships, productivity, decision-making, problem-solving, conflict management, leadership, and facilitating & planning meetings. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1013 - Effective Oral Presentations for Career and Technical Education Credits: 1 Communication theory and skills practice with emphasis on preparing, delivering, and evaluating oral presentations in workplace settings. Addresses anxiety management, audience assessment, organizing ideas, use of sufficient evidence, ethical persuasion, delivery, visual aids, and cultural variations. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1020 - Prin/Public Speaking (CM, IN) Credits: 3 Preparing and delivering speeches for civic and professional occasions. Basic theory and skills practice, including audience analysis, anxiety mgt, critical listening, supporting claims with evidence, persuasion, motivation, delivery. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1080 - Conflict Mgmt & Divers.(SS,DV) 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. Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1120 - Principles of Interviewing Credits: 3 Interviewing methods with emphasis on interview design and questioning techniques in business, professional, and journalistic environments. Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1130 - Journalism & Media Writing 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 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1140 - Environmental Communication Credits: 3 Covers the organization and delivery of facts to a mass audience; specifically communicating about issues related to sustainability. Course offers hands-on experience in both traditional media and new communication technologies. Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1270 - Critical Thinking in Argumentation (IN) Credits: 3 Introduction to the study of argumentation: reasoning, issues, audience analysis in decision-making contexts. Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1300 - Money & Creative Professionals 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. Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1500 - Intro to Mass Comm (ID) Credits: 3 Introductory survey of field of mass communication. Preview of function, performance, and structure of individual mass media and the relationships between media audiences and media and government. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1515 - Basic Audio Production 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. No prerequisites. Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1560 - Radio Performance & Production (ID) 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 Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1620 - Journalism II - Editing/Layout Credits: 3 In-depth study of reporting and news delivery, to include news writing, editing, design and delivery across multiple mass mediums. Members of the class contribute to the Mass Communication Center. Prerequisite: COMM 1130 or COMM 1610 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1800 - Digital Media Tools/Techniques 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 Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 1900 - Special Studies/ Communication Credits: 1-4 Students plan areas of study and work with an instructor on individual basis. Prerequisite: Department approval Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2000 - Communication CO-OP/Internship 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. Prerequisite: Department approval Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2020 - Persuasion Practices Credits: 3 Study and practice of principles of persuasion in public speaking and other forms of communication. Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2050 - Perspectives in Communication (HU) 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. Effective Summer 2016, COMM 2050 will replace and is equivalent to COMM 1050. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2110 - Interpersonal Comm (ID,HR) Credits: 3 Development of listening skills, situational analysis and participation in various interpersonal contexts through focus on the elements and processes which contribute formation, maintenance and termination of relationships. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2120 - Team Decision Mkg & Leadership 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. Semester: Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2150 - Intercultural Commun. (ID,DV) Credits: 3 Examination of how cultural similarities and differences impede or enhance communication across cultures. Issues of diversity, values, norms among different cultures, as well as issues of cultural diversity, values and norms. Semester: All Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2170 - Organizational Communication 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. Internet only. Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2200 - Beginning Video Production Credits: 3 Through a combination of lectures, lab exercises, video production assignments, and post-production editing assignments, students will learn to effectively use aesthetic theories of visual imaging and sound design throughout the production process. Students will learn that most of what we see and hear on television and in movies is not by chance, but rather a carefully thought out form of mass communication. Students will also learn to become active viewers of visual media rather than mere passive receivers of information. Prerequisite: COMM 1800 Semester: Fall & Spring Additional Course Fee Required Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2220 - Beginning Editing - Profesional Media Practice Workshop Credits: 2 In this course students will develop a basic understanding of non-linear video editing using industry standard editing software. Recommended Prerequisite: COMM 1800 or FLM 1800 or ENGL 1800 Semester: Summer Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2250 - Television Studio Production 1 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 Click here for searchable class schedule
	COMM 2260 - Television Field Production 1 Credits: 2 Development of basic television feild production skills. Students work with the Mass Communication Center programs to support production of division and external client multi-camera TV productions. Students also learn TV equipment maintenance, and signal path, and TV engineering basics.environments. Semester: Fall & Spring Click here for searchable class schedule

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Course Descriptions

CMA 2310 - Cement Mason IIIA

CMA 2320 - Cement Mason IIIB

KCNA 0010 - CPR Health Care Professionals

KCNA 0100 - Patient Care Theory

KCNA 0105 - Patient Care Theory & Skills

KCNA 0110 - Skills Lab

KCNA 0120 - Long Term Care Clinicals

KCNA 0121 - Long-term Care Clinicals

KCNA 0140 - Acute Care Clinicals

KCNA 0150 - Health Unit Clerk

KCNA 0160 - Health Unit Coordinator Clinical

KCNA 0300 - Restorative Nursing Assistant

CHE 2000 - Cooperative Education In Chemical Engineering

CHE 2300 - Engineering Thermodynamics

CHE 2450 - Numerical Methods

CHE 2800 - Fundamentals Of Process Engineering

CHE 2900 - Special Topics In Chem. Eng

CHEM 1010 - Intro to Chemistry (PS)

CHEM 1100 - Preparatory Chemistry

CHEM 1110 - Elementary Chemistry

CHEM 1115 - Elementary Chemistry Lab

CHEM 1118 - Elem. Chem. Problem Session

CHEM 1120 - Elementary Bioorganic Chem

CHEM 1125 - Elem. Bioorganic Chemistry Lab

CHEM 1128 - Elem. Bioorg. Chem. Prob. Sess

CHEM 1210 - General Chemistry I

CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry Lab I

CHEM 1218 - Gen. Chem. I Problem Session

CHEM 1220 - General Chemistry II

CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry Lab II

CHEM 1228 - Gen. Chem. II Problem Session

CHEM 2000 - Chemistry CO-OP

CHEM 2310 - Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 2315 - Organic Chemistry Lab I

CHEM 2318 - Organic Chem. I Prob. Session

CHEM 2320 - Organic Chemistry II

CHEM 2325 - Organic Chemistry Lab II

CHEM 2328 - Organic Chem. II Prob. Session

CHI 1010 - Beginning Chinese I

CHI 1020 - Beginning Chinese II (LN)

CHI 1300 - Beginning Conversation

CHI 1900 - Special Studies in Chinese

CHI 2010 - Intermediate Chinese I

CHI 2020 - Intermediate Chinese II

CHI 2300 - Conversation

CHI 2700 - Introduction to Literature

CHI 2710 - Intro to Chinese Film

CHI 2900 - Special Topics in Chinese

CEEN 1100 - Introduction To Civil And Environmental Engineering Design

CEEN 2000 - Cooperative Education In Civil Engineering

CEEN 2010 - Statics

CEEN 2020 - Dynamics I

CEEN 2130 - Engineering Economics With Statistics And Probability

CEEN 2140 - Strength of Materials

CEEN 2145 - Testing Of Engineering Materials

CEEN 2240 - Surveying For Civil Engineers

CEEN 2300 - Engineering Thermodynamics

CEEN 2450 - Numerical Methods

CEEN 2900 - Special Topics In Civil/Environmental Engineering

KCLA 0010 - Introduction to Healthcare

KCLA 0020 - Administrative Healthcare Procedures

KCLA 0030 - Basic Healthcare Procedures

KCLA 0040 - Clinical Lab Procedures I

KCMA 0065 - Medical Office Communications and Records

KCMA 0105 - Working In The Healthcare Environment

KCMA 0115 - Medical Assisting Procedures 1

KCMA 0125 - Medical Assisting Procedures 2

KCMA 0135 - Medical Assisting Procedures 3

KCMA 0165 - Introduction To Medical Insurance & Billing Procedures

KCMA 0200 - Assisting w/Office Procedures

KCMA 0420 - Final Review & Cert Prep

KCMA 0431 - Clinical Medical Assisting

COMM 1010 - Elements of Eff. Comm (CM,IN)

COMM 1011 - Effective Workplace Communication for Career and Technical Education

COMM 1012 - Effective Teamwork for Career and Technical Education

COMM 1013 - Effective Oral Presentations for Career and Technical Education

COMM 1020 - Prin/Public Speaking (CM, IN)

COMM 1080 - Conflict Mgmt & Divers.(SS,DV)

COMM 1120 - Principles of Interviewing