Courses by Prefix

 
AAP 0018 is offered as an alternative to MAT 0018, especially for students having difficulty with this course.  It offers smaller class sizes and more individualized attention. The same curriculum is used and a college placement test retake will be given at the conclusion of this course to determine eligibility for the subsequent credit math course. Course fees include all materials and no additional textbook purchase is required.  This course can also be taken by students wanting a pre-algebra refresher course before starting college.

 
AAP 0028 is offered as an alternative to MAT 0028, especially for students having difficulty with this course.  It offers smaller class sizes and more individualized attention. The same curriculum is used and a college placement test retake will be given at the conclusion of this course to determine eligibility for the subsequent credit math course. Course fees include all materials and no additional textbook purchase is required.  This course can also be taken by students wanting an elementary algebra refresher course before starting college.

 
AAP 0033 is offered as an alternative to MAT 1033, especially for students having difficulty with this course.  It offers smaller class sizes and more individualized attention. The same curriculum is used and a college placement test retake will be given at the conclusion of this course to determine eligibility for the subsequent credit math course. Course fees include all materials and no additional textbook purchase is required.  This course can also be taken by students wanting a intermediate algebra refresher course before starting college.

Prerequisite: ACG 2021. This course is a study of product costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgetary planning and control, the statement of cash flows and financial statement analysis. Emphasis will be placed on applications in order to illustrate the accounting principles. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: ACG 2021 and CGS 1100 or permission of program administrator. This course offers an overview of accounting software applications in business organizations. The student will progressively work through accounting cycles for service and merchandising businesses using popular accounting software. Specific applications will include design and setup of an accounting information system for a new company, recording transactions, and creation as well as analysis of various reports and financial statements. Transactional and reporting areas will include banking, customers, sales, vendors, purchases, inventory, employees, and payroll. The course is taught using QuickBooks Pro accounting software and focuses on small to medium-sized business organizations. 47 contact hours.

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.

"G" Prerequisite: (IDS 1101H or ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate score on the placement test. This is a course designed to survey American literature to 1865, with special emphasis on Romanticism and Realism as well as methods of library research, writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. Included are selected works of major writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements as outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both AML 2010 and AML 2010H. 47 contact hours.

"G" Prerequisite: (IDS 1101H or ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate score on the placement test. This is a course designed to survey American literature from 1865 to the present. Included are selected works of major writers such as Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, E. E. Cummings, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, Flannery O'Connor, James Baldwin, James Dickey, and Sylvia Plath. This course also stresses methods of library research and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. American Literature to 1865 is not necessarily a prerequisite to this course. Credit is not given for both AML 2020 and AML 2020H. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisite(s): PCB 3063C. This course provides an overview of the discipline of livestock production. The course covers the fundamentals of animal science, including nutrition, feeds, genetics, reproduction, healthcare and management of major and minor species. The agricultural industries of animal production will also be explored. 47 contact hours.

"G" Prerequisite: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or EAP 1695 or satisfactory score on the SPC placement test. This course is the study of the influence of culture on human behavior. The course deals with cultural variations and similarities in the areas of subsistence techniques and technology, family and kinship, social order and disorder, and world view. This course partially satisfies the Gordon Rule writing requirement outlined in the General Education Requirements. 47 contact hours.

"G" Prerequisite: ENC 0025 or EAP 1695 or appropriate score on the CPT. This is a beginning course for any student curious about art and why it looks the way it does. Students will explore a variety of visual experiences in relationship to their seeing, feeling, thinking, and self. They will examine, discuss, and handle two- and three-dimensional media. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. 47 contact hours.

"G" Prerequisite: ENC 0025 or EAP 1695 or appropriate score on the CPT. This course is a study of the origin and development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and significant crafts from prehistoric times to the Gothic period. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. 47 contact hours.

"G" Prerequisite: ENC 0025 or EAP 1695 or satisfactory score on the CPT. This course is a study of the development of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. 47 contact hours.

A foundation course developing knowledge and perception of two-dimensional form and its elements. An introduction to basic design concepts, skills, and processes necessary for all art careers. 92 contact hours. 3 credits.

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.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028). This course is a study of earth as a planet, the moon, and the sun, measurement of time, eclipses, planets and their satellites, comets, meteors, and various theories of the origin of the solar system. Consideration will be given to the historical development of the science and the basic principles of mechanics as applied to astronomy. (This course may not be taken for credit subsequent to receiving a grade of "C" or better in AST 1002.) 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: ATE 1110 and ATE 1110L, both with a grade of "C" or higher. This course is designed to acquaint the student with physiology of the domestic animal species. The course emphasizes the differences between the systems of domestic animals. Aspects of physiology relating to the pathogenesis of certain diseases will also be discussed. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028) or appropriate scores on the SPC Placement Test. This course will help the student to plan, organize, direct and evaluate marketing programs for a small business with an emphasis on the veterinary hospital. It will give the student a basic understanding of the marketing aspects of veterinary practices. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: MAT 1033 with a minimum grade of "C" or any three-credit course with MGF, MAC or STA prefix with a minimum grade of "C" and admission to the Veterinary Technology AS program. This course is designed to acquaint the student with mathematics and office procedures used in veterinary hospital management and veterinary computer applications. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisites: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017 and MAT 0028) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0028) or appropriate scores on the SPC Placement Test. This course focuses on the development of leadership skills. It provides a basic understanding of leadership and group dynamics theory and will assist the student in developing a personal philosophy of leadership and an awareness of the moral and ethical responsibilities of leadership. Topics include decision making, leadership ethics, goal formation, building trust, empowering others, conflict resolution, and managing organizational change. The course will integrate readings from contemporary multi-cultural writing and experiential learning exercises with current leadership theories and practices. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

This course is designed to acquaint the student with basic laboratory and nursing skills, including restraint, history taking, examination room techniques, administration of medication, basic parasitology, and basic clinical pathology procedures. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisites: ATE 1650L with a grade of "C" or higher and ATE 1110 with a grade of "C" or higher. Corequisite: ATE 1944 with a minimum grade of “C”.  This course is designed to acquaint the student with basic skills in radiology and surgical nursing. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: ATE 2651L with a minimum grade of "C." This course is a study of the technical clinical aspects of laboratory animal care, including restraint and handling, common diseases, and nutrition of common laboratory species. 47 contact hours.

Pre or Corequisite ATE 1650L with a minimum grade of “C.” This course consists of supervised clinical experience in a work place approved by the instructor. A minimum of 64 hours in a full service veterinary clinic is required. 64 contact hours.

Prerequisite: ATE 1943 with a grade of "C" or higher. Pre or corequisite ATE 1654L with a minimum grade of “C.” This course consists of supervised clinical experience in a workplace approved by the instructor. A minimum of 64 hours in an approved workplace is required. 64 contact hours.

Pre- or corequisite: ATE 1211 with a minimum grade of “C.” This is a course designed to acquaint the student with common surgical procedures, anesthesiology, asepsis, surgical instrument identification and care, veterinary dentistry, obstetrics, and pediatric care for companion animals. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: ATE 1211 with a minimum grade of “C.” The course topics include immunity, disease prevention, common vaccinations and diseases, physical therapy, oxygen and fluid therapy, obstetrics and pediatric care, and veterinary dentistry in companion animals. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

This course is a study of the technical skills of hospital maintenance and disinfection, general patient care, clinical nutrition, medicating animals, exam room techniques, diagnostic imaging including radiography, ultrasonography and endoscopy, zoonotic diseases, and human health hazards associated with veterinary medicine. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: ATE 1211 with a minimum grade of “C.” This course is a study of the principles and practices related to veterinary pharmacology. Lecture topics will include a review of veterinary pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. Emphasis is on the application of the principles of pharmacology. 47 contact hours.

Prerequisite: ATE 1944 with a minimum grade of “C.” Pre- or corequisite: ATE 2651L with a minimum grade of “C.” This course consists of supervised clinical experience in a full service veterinary clinic and/or shelter approved by the instructor. A minimum of 64 hours is required, at least 16 of which must be performed in an animal shelter. May be repeated one time for credit in a clinical worksite approved by the instructor. 64 contact hours.

Prerequisite: ATE 2945 with a minimum grade of “C.” This course consists of supervised clinical experience in a full service veterinary clinic and/or emergency clinic approved by the instructor. A minimum of 64 hours is required, at least 32 of which must be performed in an emergency clinic. 64 contact hours.

Prerequisite: ATE 2946 with a minimum grade of "C". This course consists of supervised clinical experience in a workplace approved by the instructor. A minimum of 64 hours in an approved workplace is required. 64 contact hours. May be repeated up to four times.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Vet Tech BAS program or Vet Tech Certificate program. This course will introduce and review core concepts that will increase the probability of the veterinary technology student’s successful completion of the Bachelor’s program in Veterinary Technology. The course is designed to familiarize and/or review the following: navigating the online environment, using the SPC online library and the Internet as a research tool, the essentials of writing and grammar, core concepts for writing using American Psychological Association (APA), standards for writing style and referencing, introduction to PowerPoint, and introduction to an electronic portfolio system. 16 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Vet Tech BAS program or Vet Tech Certificate program. This course will introduce and heighten veterinary technician learner’s awareness of veterinary specific safety hazards and regulatory compliance issues. The course is designed to acquaint veterinary technician learners to the following: (1) personal safety hazards, (2) patient safety hazards, (3) Human Resource issues related to safety, (4) licenses, permits, and registrations, (5) Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA), and (6) reproductive and gender issues. 16 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: ATE 3100 with a minimum grade of “C" and (admission to the Vet Tech BAS program or Vet Tech Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program). This course is part of the managerial track in the BAS program in veterinary technology. It will give the student an understanding of the legal and ethical aspects of veterinary practice. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: Admission to the Veterinary Technology BAS Program or permission of the Dean. This course develops the concepts of pharmacology essential in understanding the advanced clinical courses of the baccalaureate program. The technologist will learn both the scientific fundamentals and the practical applications of pharmacology. The course will explore the most commonly used classes of drugs, the applications to each body system and the record keeping responsibilities involved in handling and prescribing medications, including controlled substances. Students will achieve mastery of concepts through completion of exams, written assignments and case studies. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Pre- or corequisites: ATE 3744 with a minimum grade of “C” and ATE 3615 with a minimum grade of “C.” This course is designed to provide the student with essential knowledge of the common diseases affecting companion animals.  Students will learn the basics of recognizing diseases. Clinical signs, diagnostic tests and appropriate client education will be highlighted. The course will emphasize dogs and cats, but will also include other companion species including birds, ferrets and rodents. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: Admission into the Veterinary Technology BAS program or Biology BS program. This course provides identification and function of nutrients, understanding of pet food labels, and applications for wellness, life stages, and therapeutic nutrition (prescription foods) for dogs and cats. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: Admission to the Veterinary Technology BAS program or permission of the Dean. This course expands on the basics of terminology introduced in Associate Degree terminology courses. Words for each system of the body will be mastered as well as knowledge of abbreviations used in pharmacology, record keeping and laboratory testing. Students will achieve mastery of concepts through completion of exams and written assignments requiring use of the terminology. 17 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisite: ATE 3100 and ATE 3200 with minimum grade of “C" and (admission to the Vet Tech BAS program or Vet Tech Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program). This course will give the student an overview of business subjects that will be applicable in any business environment but with particular emphasis in veterinary medicine. 47 contact hours or equivalent.

Prerequisites: ATE 3100 with minimum grade of “C,” ATE 3200 with minimum grade of “C"  and (admission to the Vet Tech BAS program or Vet Tech Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program). This course focuses on the theories, concepts and principles of leadership. Emphasis will be on the development of leadership skills related to personal behavior, communication, organization and self-examination. This course explores opportunity to develop leadership roles appropriate to the veterinary technology profession. 47 contact hours or equivalent.