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Sustainable Energy Resources |
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SER 130 - Introduction to Solar Energy
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Introduction to Solar Energy provides students with an overview of the solar energy industry. Students will study development, construction, and operation of solar panels with emphasis on operation and maintenance. Students will examine both photovoltaic and thermal panels in detail and develop a familiarity with standard procedures.
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SER 135 - Introduction to Alternative Fuels
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Introduction to Alternative Fuels provides students with an overview of the alternative fuel industry and the production processes employed in that industry. Students study the development, construction, and operation of ethanol, bio-diesel and natural gas industries.
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SER 145 - Geothermal Systems
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Geothermal Systems provides students with an introduction to the practical applications of geothermal concepts. Students study energy production and environmental control systems.
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SER 160 - Electricity III
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Electricity III builds on the concepts studied in electricity I and II. Students will study digital device operation and use their understanding of component operation to analyze and troubleshoot devices and systems used in power generation and conversion. Computer simulations and hands on exercises will be used to develop and deepen understanding of system and device operation.
Prerequisite(s): SER 155 Electricity II.
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SER 165 - Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers builds on the programmable device control concepts studied in Intro to Programmable Logic Controllers. Students will develop skills in the use of different types of programmable controllers and input/output devices to accomplish various tasks, with a focus on renewable energy system applications. There will be extensive hands on activities wherein students will demonstrate wiring, programming, and troubleshooting skills.
Prerequisite(s): WTT 175 Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers
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SER 170 - Advanced Solar Energy: Thermal
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Advanced Solar Energy: Thermal provides students with knowledge and experience in the use of solar energy to produce heat. Students study low, medium, and high temperature collectors and applications for each.
Prerequisite(s): SER 130 - Introduction to Solar Energy .
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SER 175 - Advanced Solar Energy: Photovoltaic
4.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 2
Advanced Solar Energy: Photovoltaic provides students with knowledge and experience in the use of solar energy to produce electricity. Students study the production and workings of solar cells and how solar cells are used to produce electricity in small-and large-scale applications.
Prerequisite(s): SER 130 - Introduction to Solar Energy .
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SER 180 - Renewable Energy Business Practices
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Renewable Energy Business Practices provides an overview of the renewable energy business from an entrepreneurial, financial, regulatory, and ethical perspective. Students will develop an understanding of general business practices as they pertain to the renewable energy environment.
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SER 190 - Advanced Sustainable Energy
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Advanced Sustainable Energy requires students to design and construct basic sustainable energy projects using approved processes to demonstrate the ability to analyze problems, make decisions, and use economical and practical processes. This course concentrates on the study of materials and methods, including the adhering to specifications, fabrication of equipment, troubleshooting, and completion of special projects.
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SER 195 - Advanced Sustainable Energy II
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Advanced Sustainable Energy II requires students to design and construct advanced sustainable energy projects using approved processes to demonstrate the ability to analyze problems, make decisions, and use economical and practical processes. This course concentrates on the study of materials and methods, fabrication of equipment, troubleshooting, and completion of special projects.
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SER 805 - Sustainable Energy Internship
2.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 0
Lab/Clinical 0
Internship 8
The Sustainable Energy Internship provides an opportunity for students to gain work experience in a field related to renewable energy.
Prerequisite(s): Permission from the instructor.
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SER 905 - Sustainable Energy Project
2.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 0
Lab/Clinical 0
Internship 6
The Sustainable Energy Project provides an opportunity for students to work as part of a team to research, plan, and develop a virtual renewable energy project from beginning to end. The students will be provided with circumstances and variables that will mimic those encountered in actual project development.
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Sociology |
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SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Introduction to Sociology explores the discipline of sociology. Students become familiar with the sociological perspective of the study of human social behavior. The course stresses the development of sociology, social theory, research methods, social institutions (e.g., the family, religion, education, culture, deviant behavior, and demography).
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SOC 115 - Social Problems
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Social Problems acquaints students with theoretical, methodological, and substantive issues in the sociological study of social problems. It examines a variety of social problems in terms of issues in the definition of social problems, difficulties in the measurement of the extent of social problems, contributions that have been made to explaining various aspects of social problems, and the implications of this knowledge for intervention (alleviation or treatment) or prevention of social problems. The course offers examples of social problems, such as racism, environmental decay, sexism, crime and delinquency, and child abuse.
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SOC 120 - Marriage and Family
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Marriage and Family acquaints students with theoretical, methodological, and substantive issues in the sociological study of marriage and family. The course begins with a basic orientation on the structure of the family in society and in other cultures. Other topics include premarital interaction, mate selection, marital and sexual adjustment, and alternative utopian family experience.
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SOC 198 - The Middle East
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
In a world increasingly globalized, borders are no longer barriers. Within the Middle East, there are great political and economic inequalities among various Muslim and non-Muslim, Arab and non-Arab countries. This course is created to help acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of the region from historical, economic, political, cultural, religious, artistic, and geographic perspectives on a per country basis.
Note(s): Meets diversity requirement for graduation.
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SOC 200 - Minority Group Relations
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Minority Group Relations explores the patterns of emigration and immigration of the major ethnic and racial groups in American society (e.g. African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and White Ethnic Americans). Special attention covers the culture of each group and their experience in American society. Students explore patterns of interaction between majority and minority groups as they relate to the cultural, economic, political, and historical experience of each group.
Note(s): Meets diversity requirement for graduation.
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SOC 210 - Men, Women and Society
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Men, Women and Society explores the meaning and social aspects of gender. Using sociological concepts, this course analyzes how social institutions shape gender relations and identities. A considerable amount of the course will focus on how social institutions such as family, education, state and economy shape gender realities in society.
Note(s): Meets diversity requirement for graduation.
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SOC 230 - Juvenile Delinquency
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Juvenile Delinquency studies the theories of delinquency causation and recent research. This course focuses on delinquent behavior and law enforcement as related to the modern social institutions in American culture. Students explore societal reactions to the problem of juvenile crime and analyze the history and the functions of the juvenile court.
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SOC 235 - Gangs
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Gangs provides an in-depth study of the youth gang problem in America. It assesses the causes, consequences, and the social and legal reactions to youth gangs. Gangs also includes the study of youth gang violence, female gangs, race and gangs, classical and contemporary theories of youth gangs, drugs and gangs, youth gangs in historical perspective and youth gangs in other societies, youth gang interventions, and the future of youth gangs.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology , CRJ 100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice , SOC 240 - Criminology , or SOC 230 - Juvenile Delinquency .
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SOC 240 - Criminology
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Criminology surveys the history, nature, and causes of crime; criminal behavior patterns, investigation, and prosecution; correctional methods; and the structure of the prison system. The criminal behavior patterns include violent crimes, organized crime, white-collar crime, and theft.
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SOC 250 - Sociology of Deviance
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Sociology of Deviance explores the processes of conformity and nonconformity and social control in society. Types of deviance from crime to social forms and social reaction to deviance will be analyzed using sociological concepts.
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SOC 908 - Cooperative Education
1.0 - 6.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 0
Lab/Clinical 0
Internship 0
Co-Op 4-24
Cooperative Education provides cooperative work experience related to social science courses. Work experience hours are arranged.
Prerequisite(s): Permission from the instructor.
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Speech |
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SPC 112 - Public Speaking
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Public Speaking analyzes the fundamentals of oral communication. It covers lectures, readings, and applications of the six principal aspects of public speaking: the speaker, the audience, thought and content, organization, language, and delivery. It also examines the basic principles of small group communication: leadership, the decision-making process, and individual participation in a small group.
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SPC 120 - Intercultural Communications
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Intercultural Communications emphasizes communication theory across cultures. Focus is on identifying the cultural bases of beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviors. Interactive assignments are used for the purpose of recognizing commonalities across cultures, developing a more global multicultural perspective, identifying and appreciating other cultural orientations, and recognizing and assigning cultural explanations of specific behaviors.
Note(s): Meets diversity requirement for graduation.
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SPC 122 - Interpersonal Communication
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Interpersonal Communication examines the skills of interpersonal communication in both a dual or group situation. It includes an investigation into the process of communication, language, nonverbal communication, listening, self-concept, emotions, or the nature of relationships and conflict.
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Surgical Technology |
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SUR 130 - Introduction to Surgical Technology
2.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 1.50
Lab/Clinical 1.50
Introduction to Surgical Technology introduces the broad field of surgical technology. This introductory course has five basic sections: (1) General Introductory Information, (2) Perioperative Patient Care (3) Introduction to Patient Care (4) Special Patient Populations and (5) Physical Environment and Safety Standards. The course is a prerequisite for the clinical training sequence of courses.
Prerequisite(s): SUR 135 Ethics, Legal Issues and Professionalism in Surgical Technology; SUR 420 Pharmacology for the Surgical Technologist; and BIO 168 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I .
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SUR 141 - Introduction to Basic Surgical Principles
6.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 4
Lab/Clinical 6
Introduction to Basic Surgical Principles introduces perioperative routines, basic principles of aseptic technique, patient care and safety. Instrumentation as it applies to surgical procedures, wound healing and surgical case management are also introduced.
Prerequisite(s): SUR 135 Ethics, Legal Issues and Professionalism in Surgical Technology; and BIO 168 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I .
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SUR 215 - Basic Surgical Principles
5.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 4
Lab/Clinical 0
Basic Surgical Principles continues the concepts of Introduction to Surgical Technology and Introduction to Basic Surgical Principles. Emphasis is placed on perioperative events (PACU, discharge planning, emergency situations, managing medication and solutions used in surgery, death and dying, organ transplant and procurement). Students will examine health and wellness in relation to internal and external sources of stress. Students will learn the basic knowledge of biomedical science.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 186 - Microbiology , SUR 134 - Introduction to Surgical Technology and Anesthesia , and SUR 141 - Introduction to Basic Surgical Principles .
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SUR 221 - Surgical Technology
6.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 6
Lab/Clinical 0
Internship 0
Surgical Technology provides related theory for a variety of surgical specialties to build on existing technical skills. The surgical specialties of general, genitourinary, gynecology, ENT, plastic, ophthalmology, maxillofacial, and pediatric modifications thereof are studied. Emphasis is placed on related surgical anatomy, pathology, and procedures, thereby enhancing theoretical knowledge of patient care.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 186 - Microbiology , SUR 134 - Introduction to Surgical Technology and Anesthesia , and SUR 141 - Introduction to Basic Surgical Principles .
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SUR 320 - Advanced Surgical Technology
2.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 0
Internship 0
Advanced Surgical Technology provides related theory in complex surgical specialties. The surgical specialties of orthopedics, neurology, cardiothoracic and Peripheral Vascular are studied. Emphasis is placed on related surgical anatomy, pathology, and procedures, thereby enhancing theoretical knowledge of complex patient care, instrumentation, supplies and equipment. Students will independently complete a research project relating to a surgical procedure.
Prerequisite(s): SUR 215 - Basic Surgical Principles , SUR 221 - Surgical Technology , BIO 173 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II .
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Welding |
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WEL 117 - General Welding
2.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 1
Lab/Clinical 2
General Welding introduces the fundamental skills involved in welding and cutting metals. Students learn to use Plasma cutting and Oxyacetylene cutting methods as well as Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding, and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding techniques.
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WEL 149 - Arc Welding
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Arc Welding covers the fundamentals and technical knowledge of arc welding in the flat position on mild steel with different rods on different thicknesses of metal. Welding safety practices are also stressed.
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WEL 192 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
4.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 1
Lab/Clinical 6
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding focuses on gas arc welding (TIG) and other related processes. Topics such as variation, welding in various positions, principle of operation, shielded gases, and filler rods are studied. Safety and practical application of these welding processes is stressed.
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WEL 228 - Introduction to Welding, Safety, and Health of Workers
1.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 1
Lab/Clinical 0
Introduction to Welding, Safety and Health of Workers will provide students with an orientation of the welding profession and will cover the basics of safety and health within the welding profession.
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WEL 233 - Print Reading and Welding Symbol Interpretations
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Print Reading and Welding Symbol Interpretations provides instruction in interpreting elements of welding prints (drawings or sketches), focusing on measurement, American Welding Society welding symbols, and fabrication requirements. Students will understand how to prepare, assemble, and tack welding parts according to drawings or sketches, using proper material and tools.
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WEL 256 - Gas Metal Arc Welding
4.5 Credit(s)
Lecture 1
Lab/Clinical 7
Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) covers safety and GMAW techniques in flat, horizontal, vertical, overhead positions. This course provides a variety of hands-on projects and experiments in the laboratory settings.
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WEL 259 - Oxy-Acetylene Arc Welding
1.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 0
Lab/Clinical 2
Oxy-Acetylene Arc Welding provides students with basic fundamentals of oxy-acetylene welding, cutting, and brazing. The course familiarizes students with the safe operation of the cutting torch, use of different sizes of torch tips, and various weld joints and positions.
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Wind Energy & Turbine Tech |
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WTT 103 - Introduction to Wind Energy
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Introduction to Wind Energy provides students an overview of the wind energy industry. The development, construction, and operation of wind farms will be studied, with emphasis on the operation and maintenance of wind turbines. Students will examine wind turbines in detail and develop a familiarity with standard procedures, tools, and subsystems that comprise the wind turbine.
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WTT 143 - Mechanical Power Transmission
3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 2
Lab/Clinical 2
Mechanical Power Transmission is designed to give students an overview of the terminology, theory of operation, and specific devices involved in the movement of energy. Belts, chains, gears, shafts, hydraulics, and pneumatics are examined. Emphasis is on systems used in wind energy.
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WTT 202 - Advanced Wind Energy
4.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 2
Advanced Wind Energy seeks to broaden the scope and depth of student understanding of wind turbine operation and the wind energy industry. Students will study site preparation and construction, turbine component specifications and manufacturing, operation and maintenance programs, and data acquisition and assessment.
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