Courses by Format

Prerequisite: Approval of the College-wide Internship Office. This course provides the student with a supervised, practical learning experience in a work setting that is relevant to his/her program of study. Through course assignments and workplace projects the student will apply, connect, and extend academic theory and competencies for the purpose of building professional skills and affiliations. (60-180 contact hours).

"G" Prerequisite: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or EAP 1695 or an appropriate score on the placement test. This course addresses history in the land that becomes the United States of America, beginning with the migration of the Western Hemisphere’s original inhabitants. It briefly surveys the pre-Columbian Native American cultures. It also examines the impacts of the European “discovery” and settlement of North America on various groups of Native Americans, on Europeans at home and in the colonies, and on Africans forced into slavery in the New World. The course emphasizes the political, economic, social, cultural and religious aspects of life in the English North American colonies through their evolution into the United States, from the country’s developmental years through the end of the Civil War. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for AMH 2010 or AMH 2010H or IDS 2103H. 47 contact hours.

"G" Prerequisite: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or (EAP 1695) or an appropriate score on the placement test. This course covers the history of the United States from the post-Civil War period (1865) to the present. Emphasis is placed on the social, economic, political and diplomatic history. The course is designed to present history as a dynamic process, encouraging students to think historically and to encourage students to value history. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education requirements. Credit is only given for AMH 2020 or AMH 2020H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisite: ART 1201C and ART 1300C. This course is an introduction to the materials, techniques and concepts of painting through a structured learning situation. Course may be taken up to three times for credit. 92 contact hours.

Prerequisites: ASL 1150C and ASL 1510 with grades of "C" or better and (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate score on the SPC Placement Test and departmental approval). Pre- or corequisite: ASL 1430 with grade of "C" or better. This course is a continuation of Intermediate American Sign Language designed to develop expressive and receptive signing skills to an advanced level. Included are compound/complex sentences, inflectional signs, tense and time, sign modulations, and classifiers. Discussion may also include cultural issus and optional professional careers in deafness. Lecture 47 contact hours. Lab 30 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). This course is a survey of astronomy that includes an introduction to the characteristics, origin, and evolution of the solar system, our sun and other stars, the Milky Way galaxy, other galaxies, and the Universe. It will include a consideration and perspective from the time of ancient astronomers to that developed from the latest astronomical research and theories. (This course may not be taken for credit subsequent to receiving a grade of "C" or better in any course with an AST prefix.) 47 contact hours.