Students in any degree program must take one Core class from each category; students in the AA degree or baccalaureate degrees must take at least 6 credit hours from each category and take at least 36 hours of general education coursework; students in AS degree must take at least 15 credits hours of general education coursework. Other requirements such as Writing Intensive coursework, laboratory coursework and the Civic Literacy requirement may also apply. See the College Catalog for details.
General Education Course Descriptions and Learning Outcomes submitted to Florida Department of Education, August 2025.
COMMUNICATIONS CATEGORY
Required Core Course
ENC1101 - Composition I, 3 credits Course Description: This course introduces students to rhetorical concepts and audience-centered approaches to writing including composing processes, language conventions and style, and critical analysis and engagement with written s and other forms of communication. This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “c” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Students will apply rhetorical knowledge to communicate for a range of audiences and purposes. Students will employ critical thinking to analyze forms of communication. Students will engage in writing processes that involve drafting, revising, and reflecting. Master Syllabus
Other Required Communication General Education Course (for AA and baccalaureate degrees only)
ENC1102 - Composition II, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: Advanced instruction in expository and other modes of prose writing, including the preparation and writing of a full-length research paper. Concentrated themes on rhetoric and the essay, writing about literature, technical writing, or creative writing introduce students to transdisciplinary research methods, techniques, and materials of research. This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a "c" or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Students will argue a position using persuasive appeals, credible research, and evidence, as well as appropriate documentation. Students will engage in sophisticated critical thinking, reading, and argumentation by using rhetorical appeals, strategies, devices, and vocabulary. Students will analyze a range of texts from diverse backgrounds or contexts Students will compose different types of argument in order to understand the relationship between argument and evidence, as well as how texts are shaped by the rhetorical situation. Students will conduct drafting and revision as a means of inquiry, research, and problem-solving. Students will compare different approaches to intellectual inquiry. Students will research solutions to complex problems in the academy, the workplace, and/or the world. Master Syllabus
ENC 2210 - Technical Communication, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: Technical communication is designed to develop skills necessary to create several types of documents commonly encountered in business, industry, science, and government. The key emphasis in the course is placed on researched reports. The principles of expository writing (unity, clarity, coherence, organization, and corrections) are applied to a variety of industrial and technical reports, letters, and forms. Students in this course develop technical accuracy and compositional techniques of collecting and presenting data in formal and informal technical reports in oral, written, and visual form. The course also addresses effective use of visual evidence and basic guidelines for oral communication. The course will stress the concept of researched writing as a process, with audience and purpose and primary considerations.
Learning Outcomes: • Collection of information. • Organization of technical papers. • Techniques of presenting information in a technical format. • Assessment of audiences. • Writing for specific audiences. • Presentation of technical reports. Master Syllabus
Additional Communication General Education Courses (for AA and baccalaureate degrees only)
SPC 1017 - Fundamentals of Communication Studies, 3 credits
Course Description: This course introduces students to the communication studies discipline. A variety of activities and class assignments are designed to acquaint students with the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and public speaking levels of communication. This course serves to demonstrate competency in both oral and written communication. Learning Outcomes: Students will correctly identify and distinguish between intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, intercultural, organizational/corporate, public and mediated communication contexts. Students will identify and explain principles of small group/team communication and leadership, recognize roles and group identities, and effectively apply the reflective thinking process to problem-solving groups. Students will contrast professional and personal interpersonal communication, describe conflict resolution strategies, and explain relational development, maintenance and dissolution in differing contexts. Students will conduct audience analyses to select an appropriate speech topic, outline and deliver speech content, and create professional presentational aids that enhance the verbal message. Students will apply appropriate audience-centered strategies to effectively communicate verbally and nonverbally in interpersonal, intercultural, small group and professional settings. Students will describe the listening process, identify listening barriers and apply strategies to enhance their listening effectiveness.
Students will demonstrate effective behaviors in mediated- communication contexts (i.e., social media, email, text message, video conference) with consideration of their verbal messages, nonverbal cues, self-image and online etiquette. Students will identify ethical principles of communication and apply appropriate communication strategies when speaking and listening during interpersonal, intercultural, small group, presentational and mediated contexts. Students will analyze personal communication and apply interdisciplinary theories to communicative interactions and cultural contexts. Students will relate and apply communication concepts and theory to communicative interactions that directly relate to their field of study and career goals. Students will locate, interpret and use information to develop meaningful presentation content, incorporating effective oral citations to credit sources, establish credibility and avoid plagiarism. Students will distinguish credible information from non-credible information, utilizing sources widely accepted by scholars and experts. Students will document sources orally in presentations and use current APA Style in speech outlines, in-text citations and References pages. Master Syllabus
SPC 2608 - Introduction to Public Speaking, 3 credits
Course Description: This course focuses on developing effective public speaking skills. Specific objectives focus on designing informative and persuasive presentations for specific audiences; applying appropriate nonverbal vocal and physical behaviors to deliver speeches effectively; selecting appropriate multimedia to enhance presentations; and developing critical listening skills using both oral and written assignments. Learning Outcomes: Students will assess and identify their level of public speaking anxiety and apply techniques to manage anxiety. Students will analyze speech content and select appropriate presentation aids including current multimedia technology to complement the specific purpose for the speech/outline. Students will learn to analyze their audience and draw logical conclusions to apply the results to identify appropriate speech topics and to deliver audience-centered presentations. Students will learn to distinguish between informative and persuasive speeches and to apply an appropriate organizational pattern to accomplish the specific purpose for the speech. Students will identify and apply appropriate nonverbal vocal and physical qualities while delivering speeches. Students will learn about the listening process and apply strategies to enhance their listening effectiveness. Students will recognize stylistic differences between presentations in live and mediated communication environments. Students will distinguish and learn how to develop and apply the appropriate types of outlines for speech preparation and speech delivery. Students will identify the difference between oral and written language styles and incorporate appropriate language into their presentations. Students will learn to distinguish between the different types of speech supporting materials (e.g., examples, narratives, statistics, analogies, testimonies, etc.) in their speeches. Students will extemporaneously deliver at least three speeches (including at least one persuasive and one informative speech) dressed in business casual attire. Students will incorporate oral citations in both the sentence outline and oral presentation in order to credit sources and avoid plagiarism. Students will learn how to effectively locate, interpret and use information and evidence to develop content for informative and persuasive speeches. Students will identify and apply ethical and credible sources of information in their speeches. Students will create References in current APA format. Students will analyze the audience to determine appropriate demographic information as well as its attitudes, beliefs and values. Students will learn to exercise their freedom of speech 'responsibly' in the U.S. by applying ethical principles of communication while engaging in speaking and listening. Students will learn to apply critical thinking standards (i.e., clarity, accuracy, relevancy, logic and sufficiency) to develop sentence/preparation outlines for speeches and Works Cited. Students will learn to apply critical thinking standards (i.e. clarity, accuracy, relevancy, logic, and sufficiency) when engaging in self-assessment, peer evaluation and/or when listening to outside speeches.
HUMANITIES CATEGORY
Required Core Course
ARH 1000 - Art Appreciation, 3 credits Course Description: In this course, students will develop the ability to think critically about human culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze, and discuss works of visual art and material culture. Learning Outcomes: Students will identify and describe terms, concepts, and methods used in the discipline of art history. Students will apply terms, concepts, and methods used in the discipline of art history to works of visual art and material culture. Students will identify and describe works of visual art and material culture in the works’ cultural context, including works from or inspired by the western canon and other cultural traditions. Students will analyze works of visual art and material culture in the works’ cultural context, including works from or inspired by the western canon and other cultural traditions. Students will generate an analytical response to works of visual art and material culture in the works’ cultural context. Master Syllabus
HUM 2020 - Introduction to Humanities, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: In this course, students will learn about the creative ideas and accomplishments of various cultures in various fields of humanities that may include art, architecture, drama, history, music, literature, philosophy, and religion. The course will include cultural expressions from the western canon and may also include expressions from around the globe.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “c” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Students will demonstrate knowledge of arts and ideas and synthesize information from various sources.
Students will analyze and interpret selected expressions of arts and ideas.
Students will compare and contrast selected expressions of arts and ideas.
Students will identify contextual influences on the development of interdisciplinary arts and ideas.
LIT 2000 - Introduction to Literature, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: In this course, students will be assigned readings representative of a broad range of literary genres and cultures. These readings will cover a variety of literary movements and historical eras. The readings will include, but are not limited to, selections from the western canon. Written analysis of literary works may be required. Students will be provided with opportunities to practice critical interpretation.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “c” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Students will identify a variety of literary movements, historical eras, and/or cultural contexts.
Students will demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills.
MUL 1010 - Music Appreciation, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will survey the history of classical music from antiquity to the modern period, focusing on western music. The curriculum may also integrate a variety of popular and global styles where appropriate.
Learning Outcomes: Students will discuss and analyze music using terminology appropriate for the course.
Students will demonstrate fundamental knowledge of the works of significant composers.
Students will identify connections between music and the other arts.
Students will identify historical styles and periods based on instruments and performance practices utilized.
PHI 2010 - Introduction to Philosophy, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: In this course, students will be introduced to the nature of philosophy, philosophical thinking, major intellectual movements in the history of philosophy, including topics from the western philosophical tradition, and various problems in philosophy. Students will strengthen their intellectual skills, become more effective learners, and develop broad foundational knowledge.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a "C" or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the Writing Intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Students will discuss and analyze music using terminology appropriate for the course.
Students will demonstrate fundamental knowledge of the works of significant composers.
Students will identify connections between music and the other arts.
Students will identify historical styles and periods based on instruments and performance practices utilized.
THE 1000 - Theatre Appreciation, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will explore dramatic structure, techniques, and various organizational elements. The course provides an introduction to theatre as a collaborative art form through the critical analysis of its historical context, production, theory, and connections to theatrical literature, including the western cannon. Learning Outcomes: Students will identify the basic principles of theatrical performance, design, technology, organization, and management. Students will assess the significance of the human condition as expressed through the performing arts. Students will explore and interpret works of art utilizing creative and critical thinking skills. Students will demonstrate college-level writing. Students will define, compare and contrast theater as both an expressive art form and a commercial industry. Master Syllabus
Additional Humanities General Education Courses (for AA and baccalaureate degrees only)
AML 2020 - Literature of the United States II, 1860 to Present, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This course is a survey of the literature of the United States from the Civil War to the present. It centers on authors, texts, and the historical and cultural contexts of each period. The readings will include, but are not limited to, selections from the Western canon.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “C” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the Writing Intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Apply literary terminology to the works studied in the course.
Analyze literary works' exploration of the American experience and its relationship to the human condition.
Consider the influence of literary works on the contemporary period
Interpret American literary works from a variety of perspectives, including ethical, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, artistic, and/or biographical.
Explain the characteristics and techniques of the major literary genres. Compose substantive arguments on a variety of literary topics within the genres of short fiction, poetry, and drama.
Compose with clarity, including correct grammar, usage, and diction.
Participate in a community of scholarship by engaging in academic research and prose.
ARH 1050 - History of Art: Prehistory to Gothic, 3 credits
Course Description: A survey of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture) from prehistoric times to the European Renaissance.
Learning Outcomes: Identify and classify examples of art objects and architectural works from prehistory to the Gothic period. Recognize classic examples of art objects and architectural works from prehistoric through the Gothic periods in Western art and select examples of Non-Western art. Apply course concepts to real-world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts. Demonstrate intellectual curiosity by evaluating new ideas over time. Identify major issues and trends in art history. Distinguish the stylistic development of each period and location. Understand and describe how an example of art relates to the stylistic development within each period and location. Interpret the experiences and emotions of others in creative and analytical work. Master Syllabus
ARH 1051 - History of Art: Renaissance to Modern, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is a survey of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture) from the early European Renaissance to the Present.
Learning Outcomes: Identify basic principles of art history. Identify and classify examples of art objects and architectural works from 1400-present.
Apply course concepts to real-world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts.
Demonstrate intellectual curiosity by evaluating new ideas over time.
Recognize classic examples of art objects and architectural works in Western art and select examples of Non-Western art from 1400 to the present.
Identify major issues and trends in art history.
Distinguish the stylistic development of each period and location.
Describe how an example of art relates to the stylistic development within each period and location.
Interpret the experiences and emotions of others in creative and analytical work.
ENL 2012 - British Literature and Culture I, to 1780, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This course is a survey of the literature of Great Britain as it is reflected and influenced culture from the beginnings of English literature until the late 18th century.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “c” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: 1. Students must analyze and evaluate works of literature by British authors.
2. Students must identify important facts of the biographies of major British authors and explain those authors' distinct literary contributions to narrative and poetic forms. Students will explicate how these authors shaped and contributed to the intellectual diversity of our contemporary world as well as how these contributions fit into the broader framework of British literature and culture.
3. Students must identify the major themes of selected major British poets of the period.
4. Students will define leading ideas and stylistic features of the literary works studied. They will explain the thematic and stylistic connections among the works studied as well as how these ideas have changed over time.
ENL 2022 - British Literature and Culture II, 1780 to Present, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This course is a survey of the literature of Great Britain as it is reflected and influenced culture from the early Romantic Period to the present day. The readings will include, but are not limited to, selections from the Western canon. The class will emphasize major writers of the period, such as Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, Angela Carter, and others.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “C” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the Writing Intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Define leading ideas and stylistic features of the literary works and period studied.
Examine the thematic and stylistic connections among the works studied, including changes over time.
Explain author biographies and literary contributions.
Explicate how authors shaped and contributed to the intellectual variety of the contemporary world, as well as British literature and culture.
Compose substantive arguments on a variety of literary topics within the genres of short fiction, poetry, and drama.
Compose with clarity, including correct grammar, usage, and diction.
HUM 2210 - The Ancient World through the Renaissance, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This is an interdisciplinary humanities course drawing from the field of arts and letters. The course is a study of European culture, including the western canon, from the prehistoric age through the early Renaissance, as well as the cultures of Asia, Africa and the contemporary Americas.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a "c" or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning outcomes: Critically analyze artifacts from any age using features and characteristics from the time periods studied in the course.
Evaluate how cultural production expresses human ideas and experiences within specific cultural contexts.
Examine and interpret the effects of human history on expression in the fields of arts and letters.
Apply course concepts to real-world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts.
Classify and analyze the leading ideas, stylistic features, and characteristics of the various schools, movements, or periods from the ancient world to the early renaissance.
Recognize and classify selected major works in the arts and letters.
Demonstrate intellectual curiosity by evaluating new ideas over time.
HUM 2230 - The Renaissance through the 18th Century, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This is an interdisciplinary humanities course drawing from the field of arts and letters. The course is a study of European culture, the course is a study of European culture, including the western canon, from the Renaissance through the 18th century, as well as the cultures of Asia, Africa, and the contemporary Americas.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “c” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning outcomes: Critically analyze artifacts from any age using features and characteristics from the time periods studied in the course.
Evaluate how cultural production expresses human ideas and experiences within specific cultural contexts. Examine and interpret the effects of human history on expression in the fields of arts and letters.
Apply course concepts to real-world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts.
Classify and analyze the leading ideas, stylistic features, and characteristics of the various schools, movements, or periods from the renaissance to the age of reason.
Recognize and classify selected major works in the arts and letters.
Demonstrate intellectual curiosity by evaluating new ideas over time.
HUM 2250 - Modern and Contemporary Humanities, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This course is an interdisciplinary humanities course with a multicultural and global perspective. Drawing from the field of arts and letters, the course is a study of European culture, including the western canon, from romanticism to the present, as well as the cultures of Asia, Africa and the contemporary Americas.
This Writing Intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college- level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a "c" or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the writing intensive course requirements.
Learning outcomes: Critically analyze artifacts from any age using features and characteristics from the time periods studied in the course.
Evaluate how cultural production expresses human ideas and experiences within specific cultural contexts. Examine and interpret the influence and meaning of events of political, social, religious, and philosophical history upon human expressions in the arts and letters.
Apply course concepts to real world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts.
Classify and analyze the leading ideas, stylistic features, and characteristics of the various schools, movements, or periods from the romantic to the present.
Recognize and classify selected major works in the arts and letters.
Demonstrate intellectual curiosity by evaluating new ideas over time.
LIT 2090 - Contemporary Literature, 3 credits
Course Description: The focus of this course is an examination of themes and ideas reflected in the writings of contemporary authors who have won major awards for works of fiction and poetry since World War II. The readings will include, but are not limited to, selections from the Western canon.
Learning Outcomes: Interpret literary works from ethical, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, artistic, and/or biographical perspectives.
Apply literary terminology to analyze works assigned.
Analyze a book-length work and shorter works by contemporary authors. Perform close readings of literary works, including the characteristics and techniques of the major literary genres.
Compose substantive arguments on a variety of literary topics within the genres of short fiction, poetry, and drama.
Participate in a community of scholarship by engaging in academic research and prose writing.
Compose with clarity, including correct grammar, usage, and diction."
LIT 2110 - World Literature I, 3 credits
Course Description: This course presents a study of great works of literature and recurrent themes and ideas, including literature of the Greeks, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.
Learning outcomes: 1.) Students must demonstrate close, intelligent, analysis of a book-length narrative and shorter works of international authors.
2.) Students must identify important facts of the biographies of major international authors, and explain those authors distinct literary contributions to narrative and poetic forms.
3.) Students must identify the major themes of selected major international poets of the period.
4.) Students will define leading ideas and stylistic features of the literary works studied; and explain the thematic and stylistic connections among the works studied.
MUH 2018 - Jazz History and Appreciation, 3 credits
Course Description: This course introduces jazz styles from a historical perspective. Lectures highlight the general characteristics of various jazz styles and artists and focus on listening skills which aid in an appreciation of jazz.
Learning Outcomes: Understand concepts relating to jazz music including improvisation, swing, rhythm, form, chord change, texture, blues, and dynamics.
Recognize the main instrumentations of jazz combos and large jazz ensembles.
Identify the general musical characteristics of recorded examples relating to the main jazz styles. Evaluate live performances of jazz.
Seek knowledge independently.
Explain the attitudes, style, social forces and major artists of the main jazz styles including early jazz, blues, swing, bop, cool and free jazz.
Apply course concepts to real-world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts.
PHI 2100 - Introduction to Logic, 3 credits
Course Description: An introduction to the analysis of informal and formal arguments; topics include syllogisms, propositional logic and inductive reasoning. This course includes selections from the western canon.
Learning outcomes: 1. Define logic and major concepts within this area of philosophy.
2. Identify important movements from the history of logic.
3. Identify and distinguish a variety of informal and formal fallacies in argumentation.
4. Analyze and evaluate deductive arguments.
5. Recognize syllogisms and apply argument forms to evaluate arguments in natural language.
6. Analyze and evaluate inductive arguments.
7. Distinguish the proper contexts for the application of deductive and inductive reasoning. Master Syllabus
PHI 2600 - Ethics, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is a basic course in philosophical thinking about morality, moral problems, and moral judgments. Assigned theories will include selections from the western canon.
Learning Outcomes: Recognize competing ethical judgments present within a diverse society.
Analyze ethical judgments different from one's own.
Construct arguments in favor of positions on contemporary moral issues.
Explain the following moral theories: deontology, utilitarianism, social contract theory, and virtue ethics.
Demonstrate intellectual curiosity by evaluating new ideas over time.
Interpret the experiences and emotions of others in creative and analytical work.
Apply course concepts to real-world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts"
REL 2300 - World Religions, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the world's religions with emphasis on oral and written traditions, including primary texts, historical development, beliefs, rituals, ethics, and function in society. Religions include but are not limited to Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This course includes, but is not limited to, selections from the western canon.
Learning Outcomes: Identify the sacred texts of major world religions and the important narratives and themes they contain.
Order major world religions chronologically and identify important events in their histories.
Identify important individuals from the history of major world religions.
Recognize key symbols of the world's religions and their historical, cultural, and/or theological meanings. Apply course concepts to real-world situations by reflecting on connections between academic ideas and personal, professional, or societal contexts.
Analyze the world's religions from various scholarly perspectives.
Compare the understanding of the supernatural or deity (or lack thereof) in several major religious traditions.
Compare and contrast practices, rituals, and ethics of each major world religion.
Interpret the experiences and emotions of others in creative and analytical work.
THE 2100 - Theatre History and Literature, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is a comprehensive survey of the development of the theatre and its literature from its beginnings to modern times. This includes reading and discussion of plays representative of each significant theatrical period and study of their relationship to their cultural and social setting.
Learning outcomes: 1. Analyze the varied roles the theatre has played, and continues to play, in society.
2. Analyze dramatic texts, and identify their structural elements.
3. Identify and contextualize larger political, social, religious, and artistic influences on the dramatic form.
4. Acquire and apply standard methods of play analysis in their exploration and evaluation of theatrical texts.
5. Recognize various architecturally distinct theatrical configurations and evaluate their impact on the production experience.
SOCIAL SCIENCES CATEGORY
Note: all degree seeking students must satisfy the State of Florida’s Civic Literacy Requirement. Courses that meet the required course portion of the Florida’s Civic Literacy Requirement are identified by an asterisk, *.
Required Core Courses
AMH 2010 - History of the United States to 1877*, 3 credits Course Description: In this course students will examine united states history from before European contact to 1877. Topics will include but are not limited to indigenous peoples, the European background, the colonial period, the American revolution, the articles of confederation, the constitution, issues within the new republic, sectionalism, manifest destiny, slavery, the American civil war, and reconstruction. Learning outcomes: Students will describe the factual details of the substantive historical episodes under study. Students will identify and analyze foundational developments that shaped American history from before European contact to 1877 using critical thinking skills. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the primary ideas, values, and perceptions that have shaped united states history. Students will demonstrate competency in civic literacy. Master Syllabus
AMH 2020 - History of the US from 1877*, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will trace the history of the United States from the end of the reconstruction era to the contemporary era. Topics will include but are not limited to the rise of industrialization, the united states’ emergence as an actor on the world stage, constitutional amendments and their impact, the progressive era, World War I, the great depression and new deal, world war ii, the civil rights era, the cold war, and the united states since 1989.
Learning outcomes: Students will describe the factual details of the substantive historical episodes under study.
Students will identify and analyze foundational developments that shaped American history since 1877 using critical thinking skills.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the primary ideas, values, and perceptions that have shaped American history.
Students will demonstrate competency in civic literacy.
ECO 2013 - Principles of Macroeconomics, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will learn the foundations of MACroeconomics as the branch of economics concerned with how decision-making, in an environment of scarcity, maps onto the aggregate economy. Students will examine theories and evidence related to the following core set of topics: national income determination, money, monetary and fiscal policy, MACroeconomic conditions, international trade and the balance of payments, and economic growth and development.
Learning Outcomes: Students will recognize that all decisions happen in an environment of scarcity.
Students will examine theories and evidence regarding how changes in aggregate measurements are related to economic performance.
Students will recognize the relationships between the components of the national income accounts.
Students will analyze theory and evidence regarding fiscal and monetary policies and how they affect the economy.
Students will identify theories of long-term economic growth and examine evidence for those theories.
POS 2041 - American National Government*, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will investigate how the national government is structured and how the American constitutional republic operates. It covers the philosophical and historical foundations of American government, including but not limited to the declaration of independence, the United States constitution and all its amendments, and the federalist papers. The course examines the branches of government and the government’s laws, policies, and programs. It also examines the ways in which citizens participate in their government and ways their government responds to citizens.
Learning outcomes: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles and practices of America’s constitutional republic.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the nation’s founding documents, including the declaration of independence, the U.S. constitution and its amendments, and the federalist papers.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of landmark U.S. supreme court cases, landmark legislation and landmark executive actions.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the history and development of the American federal government and its impact on law and society.
Students will demonstrate an ability to apply course material to contemporary political issues and debates.
Students will demonstrate the ability to engage in discussion and civil debate on American politics that are associated with multiple points of view.
PSY 2012 - Introduction to Psychology, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will gain an introduction to the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Topics may be drawn from historical and current perspectives in psychology.
Learning outcomes: Students will be able to identify basic psychological theories, terms, and principles from historical and current perspectives.
Students will be able to recognize real-world applications of psychological theories, terms, and principles.
Students will be able to recognize basic strategies used in psychological research.
Students will be able to draw logical conclusions about behavior and mental processes based on empirical evidence.
Additional Social Sciences General Education Courses (for AA and baccalaureate degrees only)
ANT 1511 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology, 3 credits
Course Description: An introduction to a subfield of anthropology focusing on the natural history of humankind with an emphasis on primates and humans, adaptation, anatomy, culture, evolution, genetics, and variation.
Learning outcomes: 1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the history, principles, concepts, theories and methods of physical anthropology.
2. Students will illustrate an understanding of the relationship between primates, especially monkeys, apes and humans, and the evolutionary process leading from the earliest human ancestors to modern humans.
3. Students will illustrate how human growth, biology, and culture are related and the impact of health and disease on human populations.
CPO 2001 - Comparative Politics, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is designed to provide comparison of global political systems, especially cross-national, according to institutional and developmental characteristics. The course orients the student to the underlying causes and costs of regional political stability and instability. Comparison will relate to contemporary political institutions, political culture, political behavior, processes and political economy.
Learning outcomes: 1) students will describe the factors (regional, economic, historical, ethnic, religious, and ideological) that shaped other political systems.
2) students will develop research and analytical skills.
3) students will evaluate global political issues from exogenous perspectives.
4) students will demonstrate knowledge of the underlying socio-political relationships in which actors in other political systems interact.
DEP 2004 - Lifespan Development, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is a life span coverage of theories and findings in human development, emphasizing the physical and psychosocial growth of the individual from conception to death. Emphasis will be placed on the special problems and challenges the individual faces at each stage of the life cycle: prenatal development, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.
Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain investigative techniques used to study all aspects of development.
2. Compare the theoretical approaches used to explain various dynamics across the life-span.
3. Analyze aspects of physical development and issues that affect this domain across the life-span.
4. Analyze and compare the theoretical approaches to cognitive development.
5. Analyze and apply the theoretical approaches to psychosocial development.
6. Identify and explain issues involved in death and dying.
ECO 2023 - Principles of Microeconomics, 3 credits
Course Description: The basic objective of this course is to acquaint the student with the structure and operation of the market system. Emphasis will be placed on microeconomics, which is presented not only as a formalized logical way of thinking but also as a model with which to understand and analyze human behavior. The student will learn to apply an analytical approach to the study of how individuals, businesses, and societies deal with the fundamental problem of scarce resources.
Learning Outcomes: Determine optimal choices using marginal benefit and marginal costs.
Evaluate Consumer behavior based on utility, prices, choices, and income.
Determine the market clearing price and quantity in a market.
Predict the effect on equilibrium price and quantity when factors that shift the supply and demand change.
Demonstrate mathematically how price floors and price ceilings interfere with the rationing function of price and impose unintended costs on society.
Apply microeconomic theories to analyze real-world economic issues, such as pricing strategies, income distribution, and market competition.
Describe such concepts as scarcity, opportunity costs, and choice.
Explain the effects on a market due to changes in the determinants of demand and/or supply.
Discuss the price elasticity of demand and its relationship to total revenue and total expenditures.
Explain the cross and income elasticities and the price elasticity of supply.
Compare the four market structures for economic outcomes. Analyze how price and output decisions are made in each.
INR 2002 - International Relations, 3 credits
Course Description: This course presents the interactions of nation states in terms of political, economic, psychological, and cultural factors; power, morality and law among states; conflict and cooperation in the pursuit of national interests; and international political systems and their functions.
Learning outcomes: 1. Students will analyze political problems and issues.
2. Students will identify important cause and effect relationships in the "north-south" problems.
3. Students will compare and contrast the political philosophy of other countries.
4. Students will use a recognized political dataset to develop their own research question and results.
POS 2112 - American State and Local Politics, 3 credits
Course Description: This course emphasizes practical politics and functional government. It is a critical analysis of state and community political systems and processes and uses the community as laboratory. Contacts with state/local officials are also included. Internships are encouraged and credit for practical experience is allowed when approved by instructor.
Learning outcomes: 1. Students will analyze political problems and issues.
2. Students will identify important external relationships in government and politics and their impact.
3. Students will compare and contrast the similarities and differences in local, state and federal governments.
4. Students will explain the foundational differences in political parties of the 21st century.
Master Syllabus (not available)
SYG 1000 - Principles of Sociology, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will gain an understanding of the basic sociological concepts and vocabulary, including the methodological tools, sociological perspectives, and scientific procedures used by social scientists to collect data and conduct research. Topics generally include: society and culture, institutions, socialization, influences, crime, change, groups, sex, race and ethnicity, family, class, and population.
Learning outcomes: Students will apply multiple sociological perspectives.
Students will identify methodological tools used to evaluate sociological research questions.
Students will understand dynamics between individual agency and social influences.
WOH 1012 - History of World Civilization to 1500, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This course is a compact survey of the evolution of civilization from early times to 1500. All major areas and countries are included. Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, India, China, Japan, and North, Central and South America receive appropriate emphasis. The major focus will be on the political, economic, and social views of the world. This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written assignments. If completed with a “C” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the Writing Intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Apply historical thinking skills to identify and explore historical problems.
Analyze historical evidence to make connections between various elements of culture and across various global civilizations.
Synthesize information from multiple types of sources to develop cogent historical narratives.
Evaluate the complex factors that create and shape historical periods and movements over time.
Construct arguments that employ evidence and analysis to solve complex historical problems.
WOH 1022 - History of World Civilization from 1500, 3 credits, writing intensive
Course Description: This course is a compact survey of the evolution of civilization From 1500. All major areas and countries are included. Europe, The Middle East, Asia, Africa, India, China, Japan, and North, Central and South America receive appropriate emphasis. The Major focus will be on the political, economic, and social views of the world.
This writing-intensive course requires a minimum of 4,000 Words across multiple college-level, faculty-evaluated written Assignments. If completed with a “C” or better, this course will be counted toward partial fulfillment of the Writing Intensive course requirements.
Learning Outcomes: Apply historical thinking skills to identify and explore historical problems.
Analyze historical evidence to make connections between various elements of culture and across various global civilizations.
Synthesize information from multiple types of sources to develop cogent historical narratives.
Evaluate the complex factors that create and shape Historical periods and movements over time.
Construct arguments that employ evidence and Analysis to solve complex historical problems.
MATHEMATICS CATEGORY
Required Core Courses
MAC 1105 - College Algebra, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will develop problem solving skills, critical thinking, computational proficiency, and contextual fluency through the study of equations, functions, and their graphs. Emphasis will be placed on quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Topics will include solving equations and inequalities, definition and properties of a function, domain and range, transformations of graphs, operations on functions, composite and inverse functions, basic polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and applications. Credit is not given for both MAC 1105 and MAC 1106. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement.
Learning outcomes: Students will solve an equation or an inequality using an appropriate technique. Students will define and describe functions, their properties, and graphs.
Students will manipulate functions to simplify expressions and find new functions.
Students will use transformations to write an equation for a function and to graph a function.
Students will model and solve real world problems using functions.
MAC 2311 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I, 4 credits
Course Description: In this course, students will develop problem solving skills, critical thinking, computational proficiency, and contextual fluency through the study of limits, derivatives, and definite and indefinite integrals of functions of one variable, including algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions, and applications. Topics will include limits, continuity, differentiation and rates of change, optimization, curve sketching, and introduction to integration and area. This course is sequential with MAC 2312 and MAC 2313. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement.
Learning outcomes: Students will calculate a limit, derivative, or integral using appropriate techniques.
Students will determine the continuity and differentiability of a function.
Students will use limits and derivatives to analyze relationships between the equation of a function and its graph.
Students will apply differentiation techniques to model and solve real world problems.
Students will use integrals and the fundamental theorem of calculus to analyze the relationship between the integral of a function and the related area.
MGF 1130 - Mathematical Thinking, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with opportunities to think more effectively and increase their problem-solving abilities through practical applications and divergent thinking. Throughout the course, students will utilize multiple means and methods of solving problems by way of student-centered mathematical exploration. The course is intended for a wide range of disciplines and programs, but is primarily focused on programs in the non-stem pathways. In accordance with rule 6a-10.030 and rule 6a-14.0303, this course meets the requirement for general education computational coursework and a general education core mathematics course, respectively. Credit is not given for both MGF 1130 and MGF 1106.
Learning outcomes: Efficient means and methods of solving problems contextually
Logic
Informal geometry
Numerical operations and number sense
Data representation and analysis
STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I, 3 credits
Course Description: In this course students will utilize descriptive and inferential statistical methods in contextual situations, using technology as appropriate. The course is designed to increase problem-solving abilities and data interpretation through practical applications of statistical concepts. This course is appropriate for students in a wide range of disciplines and programs. If completed with a grade of “c” or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence in the general education mathematics requirement.
Learning outcomes: Students will visualize and summarize data using descriptive statistics.
Students will apply basic probability concepts to draw reasonable conclusions.
Students will employ concepts of random variables, sampling distributions, and central limit theorem to analyze and interpret representations of data.
Students will choose an appropriate method of inferential statistics, including confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, to make decisions about a population based on sample data.
Students will model linear relationships between quantitative variables using correlation and linear regression.
Additional Mathematics General Education Courses (for AA and baccalaureate degrees only)
MAC 1106 - Combined College Algebra/Pre-Calculus, 4 credits Course Description: Functions & relations inc domain & range, ops on functions, inverse functions, polynomial, rational, & other alg functions--properties and graphs; polynomials, absolute value, rational equations/inequalities; exponential/logarithmic functions--properties & graphs; solving systems of equations/inequalities, matrices, determinants, piecewise-defined functions; conic sections; sequences/series; appl such as curve fitting, modeling, optimization, exp/log growth & decay; mathematical induction; binomial theorem & apps. Graph calc is req. Credit is not given for both MAC 1106 and MAC 1105, or for both MAC 1106 and MAC 1140. If completed w a grade of "c" or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the gen ed math req. Learning outcomes: 1. Use set builder and interval notation to express the domain and range of a function defined graphically and defined algebraically. 2. Evaluate graphically and algebraically defined functions, including piecewise-defined functions. 3. Apply appropriate mathematical properties to graph and interpret continuous and piecewise functions. 4. Perform operations on functions, including compositions and difference quotients. 5. Evaluate and interpret the slope and y-intercept of a line, both analytically and graphically, including interpreting slope as a rate of change. 6. Construct the equation of a line using a point and the slope or two points. 7. Determine the distance between two points and the midpoint of a line segment. 8. Apply the Pythagorean theorem to real world examples. 9. Use transformation techniques on a given graphically represented function, or on a basic algebraic function, to construct the graph of a related function. 10. Determine and defend whether a function is one-to-one and, if so, find its inverse algebraically and/or graphically. 11. Given the equation of a linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, radical, absolute value, exponential, or logarithmic function, graph the function using its defining properties. 12. Determine the optimum value of a quadratic function graphically using the graphing calculator and algebraically. 13. Apply properties, algebraic techniques, and technology to evaluate exponential and logarithmic expressions, to solve exponential and logarithmic equations and to interpret the solutions. 14. Use multiple approaches to solve systems of linear and non-linear equations and compare and contrast those approaches. 15. Interpret and solve application problems. 16. Determine the complex zeros, real zeros and linear factorization of a polynomial when given either a graphical or symbolic representation. 17. Solve polynomial and rational inequalities graphically and algebraically. 18. Construct the graph of the solution to systems of inequalities. 19. Perform matrix operations, evaluate inverses and determinants, and use the results to solve systems of linear equations. 20. Determine the equation of a conic section when given its graph or characteristics of its graph; given the equation, identify the characteristics of the conic and sketch its graph. 21. Analyze sequences and series using patterning, formulas, and/or technology and extend these concepts to the use of mathematical induction and the binomial theorem. 22. Use a graphing utility to determine a curve of best fit for given data. Master Syllabus
MAC 1114 - Trigonometry, 4 credits
Course Description: Topics in this class include the real number system, circular functions, trigonometric functions, inverse relations and functions, trigonometric graphs, solutions of triangles and trigonometric equations, polar coordinates, and complex numbers. This course contains all of the features of trigonometry found in MAC 1147, with additional emphasis on applications. (May be taken concurrently with MAC 1140.) If completed with a grade of "c" or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement. Credit is not given for both MAC 1114 and MAC 1147.
Learning outcomes: 1. Evaluate trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions for special angles given in degrees and/or radians without a calculator. 2. Evaluate trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions related to an angle in degrees or radians by using a graphing calculator. 3. Analyze trigonometric functions and identify properties such as domain, range, amplitude, period, phase shift, and vertical shifts when appropriate. 4. Graph trigonometric functions and/or their inverses both analytically and using a graphing utility. 5. Evaluate inverse trigonometric functions involving numeric values and algebraic expressions analytically. 6. Prove trigonometric identities. 7. Solve trigonometric equations. 8. Select and apply appropriate fundamental trigonometric identities, including double angle formulas, to solve trigonometric equations and to prove trigonometric identities. 9. Solve right triangles using definitions of the trigonometric functions and solve oblique triangles using the law of sines and the law of cosines. 10. Perform basic vector operations including the dot product. 11. Sketch a curve that is represented by a set of parametric equations. 12. Graph polar equations. 13. Convert points and equations between polar and rectangular forms. 14. Apply trigonometry to solve real world problems.
MAC 1140 - Pre-Calculus Algebra, 3 credits
Course Description: This is an algebra class designed to prepare students to enter either engineering or calculus courses. Topics include exponential and logarithmic functions, polynomials, rational functions, conic sections, sequences & series, mathematical induction, the binomial theorem & matrices. Graphing calculator is required. If completed with a grade of "c" or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the gen ed math requirement. Credit is not given for both math 1140 and MAC 1106, or for both MAC 1140 and MAC 1147.
Learning outcomes: 1. Determine the complex zeros, real zeros and linear factorization of a polynomial when given either a graphical or symbolic representation. 2. Analyze and sketch the graphs of polynomial and rational functions, including determining any asymptotes, intercepts and other critical values both algebraically and using technology. 3. Solve polynomial and rational inequalities graphically and algebraically. 4. Apply properties, algebraic techniques, and technology to solve exponential and logarithmic equations and interpret the solutions. 5. Analyze and sketch the graphs of exponential and logarithmic functions. 6. Apply appropriate mathematical properties to graph and interpret continuous and piece-wise functions. 7. Determine the equation of a conic section given its graph or characteristics of its graph and vice versa. 8. Perform matrix operations, evaluate inverses and determinants, and use the results to solve systems of linear equations. 9. Use multiple approaches to solve systems of linear and non-linear equations and compare and contrast those approaches. 10. Analyze sequences and series using patterning, formulas, and/or technology and extend these concepts to the use of mathematical induction and the binomial theorem. 11. Use a graphing utility to determine a curve of best fit for given data.
MAC 1147 - Pre-Calculus Algebra/Trigonometry 5 credits
Course Description: The course is designed for students with strong mathematical backgrounds who need a refresher course before beginning the calculus sequence. Topics covered are a combination of topics from MAC 1140 and MAC 1114. If completed with a grade of c or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement. Credit is not given for both MAC 1147 and MAC 1114, or for both MAC 1147 and MAC 1140.
Learning outcomes: 1.) Determine the complex zeros, real zeros and linear factorization of a polynomial when given either a graphical or symbolic representation. 2.) Analyze and sketch the graphs of polynomial and rational functions, including determining any asymptotes, intercepts, and other critical values both algebraically and using technology. 3.) Solve polynomial and rational inequalities graphically and algebraically. 4.) Apply properties, algebraic techniques, and technology to evaluate or simplify exponential and logarithmic equations, to solve exponential and logarithmic equations and interpret the solutions. 5.) Analyze and sketch the graphs of exponential and logarithmic functions. 6.) Apply appropriate mathematical properties to graph and interpret continuous and piece-wise functions. 7.) Determine the equation of a conic section given its graph or characteristics of its graph and vise versa. 8.) Perform matrix operations, evaluate inverses and determinants, and use the results to solve systems of linear equations. 9.) Use multiple approaches to solve systems of linear and non-linear equations and compare and contrast those approaches. 10.) Analyze sequences and series using patterning, formulas, and/or technology and extend these concepts to the use of mathematical induction and the binomial theorem. 11.) Use a graphing utility to determine a curve of best fit for given data. 12.) Evaluate trigonometric functions for special angles given in degrees and radians without a calculator. 13.) Evaluate trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions related to an angle in degrees or radians by using a graphing calculator. 14.) Apply appropriate right triangle and/or unit circle trigonometric function definitions to determine the values of a variety of trigonometric functions. 15.) Analyze trigonometric functions and identify properties as domain, range, amplitude, period, phase shift, and vertical shifts when appropriate. 16.) Graph trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, polar equations both analytically and by using a graphing utility. 17.) Evaluate inverse trigonometric functions involving numeric values and algebraic expressions. 18.) Prove trigonometric identities. 19.) Solve trigonometric equations. 20.) Select and apply appropriate fundamental trigonometric identities, including double angle, half-angle, or sum or difference identities to solve trigonometric equations and to prove trigonometric identities. 21.) Solve right triangles using definitions of the trigonometric functions, and solve oblique triangles using the law of sines and the law of cosines. 22.) Perform basic vector operations including the dot product. 23.) Sketch a curve that is represented by a set of parametric equations. 24.) Graph polar equations and convert points and equations from polar form tom rectangular form and vise versa. 25.) Develop and/or use linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic and logistic models in applications.
Master Syllabus (not available)
MAC 2233 - Calculus for Business and Social Sciences I, 4 credits
Course Description: This course is designed for students in business and related studies that need calculus but not trigonometry. Included is a review of equations and inequalities and their applications, functions and graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions. Major topics include mathematics of finance limits and continuity, differentiation and integration and applications of these. A graphing calculator is required. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement.
Learning outcomes: 1. Calculate limits and test continuity using algebra, limit theorems, graphs and tables of data. 2. Apply the definition of a derivative or appropriate rules of differentiation to find the derivative of algebraic, logarithmic and exponential functions. 3.calculate and interpret the slope of a tangent line and the instantaneous rate of change using the derivative and extend to other problems in mathematics, business, and the social and life sciences. 4.create mathematical models for cost, revenue, profit, and price functions and use these functions to find and interpret the marginal revenue, marginal cost, and marginal profit functions. 5. Analyze the first and second derivatives of a function to determine critical numbers, inflection points, intervals on which the function increases and decreases, and concavity for a function; and sketch the graph of the function using this information. 6. Apply derivative concepts to optimization, price elasticity of demand, point of diminishing returns and relative rate of change and interpret the results. 7. Use exponential growth and decay to model real world situations such as compound interest. 8. Find an antiderivative by applying basic integration rules and techniques, including finding the particular solution when given the initial condition. 9.use the fundamental theorem of calculus to evaluate a definite integral by hand and by using a graphing utility and apply to consumer and producer surplus, average value of a function and the area between two curves and other real world problems.
MAC 2312 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II, 4 credits
Course Description: This course presents differentiation and integration of trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, special techniques of integration, improper integrals, sequences, infinite series, and analytic geometry in three-dimensional space. A graphing calculator is required. If completed with a grade of "C" or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement.
Learning outcomes: 1.) Apply inverse trigonometric, hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic patterns to differentiate and integrate functions. 2.) Determine the area of a region between two curves by using integral calculus. 3.) Construct a definite integral to find arc length. 4.) Select and apply an appropriate method from among disc, washer and shell to determine the volume of a solid of revolution. 5.) Calculate the work done by applying a constant force and use methods of calculus to determine work done by applying a variable force. 6.) Solve separable differential equations. 7.) Select and apply an appropriate integration technique from among basic integration, u-substitution, integration by parts, trigonometric substitution, partial fraction decomposition, and the use of tables. 8.) Evaluate limits of indeterminate forms by applying l'Hopital's rule. 9.) Determine the convergence or divergence of an improper integral, and evaluate improper integrals that converge. 10.) Select and use an appropriate test to determine the convergence or divergence of various types of sequences and series. 11.) Find the exact or approximate sum of various convergent series. 12.) Determine the radius and interval of convergence of a power series. 13.) Construct Taylor and Maclaurin polynomials and series.
MAC 2313 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry III, 4 credits
Course Description: This course includes study of linear systems, matrices, partial derivatives, multiple integration, line integrals, polar coordinates, and vectors in the plane. A graphing calculator, TI-86, or equivalent, is required. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement.
Learning outcomes: 1.) Convert between parametric and rectangular equations. 2.) Convert between points and equations given in rectangular and polar form, rectangular and spherical form, and rectangular and cylindrical form. 3.) Graph parametric and polar equations. 4.) Determine the derivative and integral of equations given in parametric and polar form. 5.) Construct and evaluate appropriate integrals to determine the length of a curve given in parametric form and the area of a region bounded by polar curves. 6.) Apply the dot product and cross product of vectors to solve application problems. 7.) Perform calculus operations on vector-valued functions. 8.) Find the unit tangent, unit normal, & the curvature of a vector-valued function 9.) Find partial derivatives of functions of several variables, using the chain rule only when appropriate. 10.) Find and apply the gradient and directional derivative of a function. 11.) Determine the extrema of a function of several variables using LaGrange multipliers and without constraints. 12.) Determine equations of normal lines and tangent planes to surfaces. 13.) Set up and evaluate iterated integrals to find area and volume. 14.) Determine the curl and divergence of a vector field. 15.) Set up and evaluate line integrals.
MAP 2302 - Differential Equations I, 4 credits
Course Description: This course presents methods for finding solutions of first-order equations and some higher-order equations, the use of Laplace transforms, and finding non-linear solutions. A graphing calculator is required. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to demonstrate competence for the general education mathematics requirement.
Learning outcomes: 1.) Classify differential equations by order and linearity 2.) Analyze differential equations using separation of variables 3.) Solve exact differential equations 4.) Solve differential equations using integrating factors 5.) Compare and solve higher order differential equations using reduction of order, one or more methods for working with undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters 6.) Evaluate and model applications involving population, circuits, predator-prey, and boundary-value problems. 7.) Design Laplace transforms and inverse Laplace transforms to solve appropriate differential equations 8.) Evaluate Laplace transforms and inverse Laplace transforms and solve differential equations using the shifting theorems 9.) Construct and graph the unit step function 10.) Evaluate the derivatives and integrals of LaPlace transforms.
MGF 1131 - Mathematics in Context, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with opportunities to experience the practicality of mathematics in a global society. Throughout the course, students will engage in the applications of tools and techniques of mathematics in a variety of contextual situations from everyday life. The course is intended for a wide range of disciplines and programs, but is primarily focused on programs in the non-STEM pathways. Credit is not given for both MGF 1131 and MGF 1107.
Learning Outcomes: Analyze and compare various algebraic function models to determine their similarities and differences.
Create a detailed budget for a financial scenario, such as planning a trip or developing a personal savings or investment plan.
Analyze and compare different purchasing options, consumer payment plans, or credit and investment options to identify the most financially advantageous choice.
Differentiate between various encoding methods and apply them in appropriate contexts.
Identify and evaluate the outcomes of different voting methods and apportionment techniques.
Apply graph theory to develop and justify an efficiency model.
Calculate the probability of an event or a sequence of events and interpret the results.
Compute and analyze the expected value of a given scenario to inform decision-making.
Interpret relationships between variables and analyze mathematical models to provide a well-reasoned summary or observation.
NATURAL SCIENCES CATEGORY
Required Core Courses
AST 2002C - Astronomy, 3 credits
Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive look at modern astronomy, emphasizing the use of the scientific method and the application of physical laws to understand the universe including earth and its environment. Throughout this course, students will develop the ability to discern scientific knowledge from non-scientific claims by using critical thinking.
Learning outcomes: Students will define terms used to measure and describe the universe.
Students will explain the processes involved in the formation and evolution of celestial bodies over astronomical time according to different models and theories.
Students will describe how scientific theories evolve in response to new observations and critically evaluate their impact on society.
Students will formulate empirically testable hypotheses derived from the study of physical processes and phenomena.
Students will apply logical reasoning skills through scientific criticism and argument to separate science from non-science.
Students will gather and analyze astronomical data and communicate results in graphic and written forms.
BSC 1005 - Survey of Biology, 3 credits
Course Description: This course applies the scientific method to critically examine and explain the natural world including but not limited to cells, organisms, genetics, evolution, ecology, and behavior.
Learning outcomes: sStudents will evaluate data regarding validity.
Students will read and interpret a variety of scientific data.
Students will describe the natural world.
Students will articulate and practice the scientific method.
BSC 1010 - General Biology I, 3 credits (required co-requisite BSC1010L)
Course Description: In this course students will apply the scientific method to critically examine and explain the natural world. This course will cover molecular biology, cellular biology, genetics, metabolism, and replication. Students will apply the principles of the scientific method to explain biological concepts.
Learning outcomes: Students will demonstrate scientific literacy by articulating and practicing the scientific method.
Students will evaluate data regarding validity.
Students will read and interpret a variety of scientific data.
Students will identify major macromolecules and state their importance to living organisms.
Students will explain metabolism.
Students will compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic structures and processes of cell division and replication.
Students will explain gene expression.
Students will solve problems in transmission genetics.
BSC 1085C - Anatomy and Physiology I, 4 credits
Course Description: This course is the first part of a two-semester sequence in which students examine human anatomy and physiology through a systems approach based on the interaction between form and function, from the microscopic components of cells and tissues to the organismal level. Emphasis is placed on histology and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. Students will apply the principles of the scientific method to explain anatomical and physiological concepts.
Learning outcomes: Students will identify cell structures and describe their functions.
Students will distinguish tissues by structure, location in the body, and contrast their normal physiology.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of anatomical structure, organization of the body, cavities, planes, and directional terms.
Students will identify and describe structures of integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems.
Students will interpret the functions of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems.
Students will explain how the components of the human body maintain homeostasis.
Students will analyze and interpret physiological data.
CHM 1020C - Chemistry for a Sustainable Future, 4 credits
Course Description: This course provides students with an introduction to chemical principles and applications for the nonscience major. Students will engage in problem solving and critical thinking while applying chemical concepts. Topics will include the scientific method of problem solving, classification of matter, atomic theory, the periodic table, gases, chemical reactions, energy, and chemical bonds.
Learning outcomes: Students will be able to distinguish between physical and chemical properties and changes.
Students will recognize components of gaseous chemistry.
Students will recognize components of aqueous chemistry including properties of water, solutions, and acids and bases.
Students will correlate the design of the periodic table to periodic trends and physical and chemical properties elements.
Students will write and interpret chemical formulae and write balanced chemical equations.
CHM 2045 - General Chemistry I, 3 credits (required co-requisite CHM2045L)
Course Description: This course is designed for students pursuing careers in the sciences or who need a more rigorous presentation of chemical concepts than is offered in an introductory course. Students will engage in problem solving and critical thinking while applying chemical concepts. Topics will include the principles of chemistry including atomic theory, electronic and molecular structure, measurement, stoichiometry, bonding, periodicity, thermochemistry, nomenclature, solutions, and the properties of gases.
Learning outcomes: Students will apply the law of conservation of matter and energy.
Students will implement rules of significant numbers to all measurements.
Students will explain the fundamental properties of matter including but not limited to atomic and electronic structure, and periodicity.
Students will apply IUPAC rules of nomenclature.
Students will predict molecular geometry and properties from bonding theories.
Students will predict and explain the products of chemical reactions (e.g., acid-base, oxidation-reduction, precipitation, dissociation).
ESC 1000C - Introduction to Earth Science, 3 credits
Course Description: Using the scientific method, critical thinking skills, data analysis, this course will examine the fundamental processes of the earth system, composed of an atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and exosphere, through time. The course will also explore interactions between these spheres, including critical analysis of scientific theories and emphasize earth’s connections with humans.
Learning outcomes: Students will use critical thinking to recognize the rigorous standards of scientific theories.
Students will analyze and synthesize earth science data to draw scientifically valid conclusions.
Students will recognize the different time scales associated with different earth processes.
Students will effectively communicate the importance of the interactions between humans and the earth’s spheres.
Students will apply their understanding of these earth science principles to complex global and local issues.
EVR 1001C - Introduction to Environmental Science, 3 credits
Course Description: This course is a survey of basic chemical, biological, and physical principles of environmental science and their applications to environmental issues. This course is appropriate for students in a wide range of disciplines or programs.
Learning Outcomes: Students will apply critical thinking to analysis and interpretation of environmental information and model output.
Students will apply the scientific method to explain natural experiences and phenomena.
Students will explain the basic chemical, biological, and physical principles of environmental science.
Students will use empirical evidence to describe the historical and modern context of environmental problems and their solutions.
GLY 1010C - Physical Geology, 3 credits
Course Description: Using the scientific method, critical thinking skills, and data analysis, this course will examine the fundamental processes of the earth system, composed of an atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and exosphere through time. The course will also explore interactions between these spheres, including critical analysis of scientific theories and emphasize lithospheric connections with humanity.
Learning outcomes: Students will use critical thinking to recognize the rigorous standards of scientific theories.
Students will analyze and synthesize geoscience data to draw scientifically valid conclusions.
Students will recognize the different time scales associated with different geologic processes.
Students will effectively communicate the importance of the interactions between humans and earth’s spheres.
Students will apply their understanding of these geologic principles to complex issues.
OCE 1001 - Introduction to Oceanography, 3 credits
Course Description: Using the scientific method, critical thinking skills, and data analysis, this course will examine the fundamental processes of the ocean system, composed of an atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, through time. The course will also explore interactions between these spheres, including critical analysis of scientific theories and emphasize oceanic connections with humanity.
Learning outcomes: Students will use critical thinking to recognize the rigorous standards of scientific theories.
Students will analyze and synthesize oceanographic data to draw scientifically valid conclusions.
Students will recognize the different time scales associated with different ocean processes.
Students will effectively communicate the importance of the interactions between humans and the ocean realm.
Students will apply their understanding of these oceanographic principles to various marine issues.
PHY 1020C - Fundamentals of the Physical World, 3 credits
Course Description: This course offers a comprehensive survey of physics, covering a wide range of topics including motion, newton's laws, energy, sound, heat, electricity, magnetism, and optics. Emphasizing a conceptual understanding of physics, the course integrates critical thinking skills and real-world applications.
Learning outcomes: Students will critically evaluate everyday phenomena using the scientific method.
Students will explain the basis of physical principles (such as conservation laws) and how they apply to everyday phenomena.
Students will interpret information conveyed in diagrams and graphs.
Students will perform simple calculations relevant to real world problems.
PHY 2048 - General Physics I, 4 credits (required co-requisite PHY2048L)
Course Description: This calculus-based course serves as the first in a two-part series, covering topics like kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluid dynamics, oscillatory motion, and waves. Designed for science and engineering majors, the course integrates critical thinking, analytical skills, and real-world applications.
Learning outcomes: Students will solve analytical problems describing different types of motion, including translational, rotational, and simple harmonic motion.
Students will apply Newton's laws, and conservation laws to solve analytical problems of mechanics.
Students will identify and analyze relevant information presented in various formats such as graphs, tables, diagrams, and/or mathematical formulations.
Students will solve real world problems using critical thinking skills and knowledge developed from this course.
PHY 2053 - College Physics I, 4 credits (required co-requisite PHY2053L)
Course Description: This course is the first in a two-part series intended for non-physics majors, offering an algebra and trigonometry approach to topics such as kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluid dynamics, oscillatory motion, and waves. The course fosters analytical and critical thinking skills to promote a scientific understanding of the real world.
Learning outcomes: Students will solve analytical problems describing different types of motion, including translational, rotational, and simple harmonic motion using algebra and trigonometry.
Students will apply Newton's laws, and conservation laws by using algebra and trigonometry to solve analytical problems of mechanics.
Students will identify and analyze relevant information presented in various formats such as graphs, tables, diagrams, and/or mathematical formulations.
Students will solve real world problems using critical thinking skills and knowledge developed from this course.
Additional Natural Sciences General Education Courses (for AA and baccalaureate degrees only)
BSC 1005L - Survey of Biology Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite BSC1005)
Course Description: This course applies the scientific method to critically examine and explain the natural world including but not limited to cells, organisms, genetics, evolution, ecology, and behavior. This laboratory course, which accompanies BSC 1005, introduces basic concepts in biology through laboratory experimentation.
Learning outcomes: Students will evaluate data regarding validity. Students will read and interpret a variety of scientific data. Students will describe the natural world. Students will articulate and practice the scientific method.
BSC 1010L - General Biology I Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite BSC1010)
Course Description: In this course students will apply the scientific method to critically examine and explain the natural world. This course will cover molecular biology, cellular biology, genetics, metabolism, and replication. This laboratory, which accompanies BSC 1010, emphasizes the development of scientific reasoning, formulation of problem statements, and development of investigational techniques and data collection skills used to evaluate scientific hypotheses.
Learning outcomes: Students will demonstrate scientific literacy by articulating and practicing the scientific method. Students will evaluate data regarding validity. Students will read and interpret a variety of scientific data. Students will identify major macromolecules and state their importance to living organisms. Students will explain metabolism. Students will compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic structures and processes of cell division and replication. Students will explain gene expression. Students will solve problems in transmission genetics.
BSC 1011 - General Biology II, 3 credits (required co-requisite BSC1011L)
Course Description: This course builds on the cell biology presented in BSC 1010 and examines the mechanisms of genetic change in populations, the adaptation of living things to their environment, the concept of niche and the processes leading to biodiversity, population growth and regulation, energy flow and biogeochemical cycling in the biosphere, and interactions of creatures with the living and non-living components of their ecosystems.
Learning outcomes: Calculate evolutionary changes in populations using the hardy-weinberg equilibrium.
Analyze hierarchical classification and its relation to evolutionary relationships among species.
Outline the threats to biodiversity and the current methods of ecological conservation.
Describe methods for lowering individual ecological footprints.
Outline the process of microevolution.
Distinguish between allopatric and sympatric speciation.
Define the major evolutionary forces.
Differentiate among the three domains of life.
Categorize the distinguishing characteristics of viruses, protists, fungi, plants, and animals.
Identify adaptations involved in the evolutionary movement of organisms from an aquatic to a terrestrial lifestyle.
Describe the relationships and interactions among biotic and abiotic ecosystem components.
Analyze population growth patterns and the factors that influence them.
BSC 1011L - General Biology II Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite BSC1011)
Course Description: Hands-on exercises employing instrumental and field study techniques common to organism-level biological studies are introduced to examine topics in BSC 1011. Laboratory exercises may include activities both on and off campus.
Learning Outcomes: Interpret concepts of population genetics.
Apply the elements of the scientific method.
Prepare and submit a scientific presentation.
Analyze the role of species diversity (biodiversity) on earth.
Recognize the evidence for evolution.
Identify biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems.
Recognize patterns of population growth.
Distinguish between species interactions within communities.
Evaluate issues that are threatening sustainability.
BSC 1084C - Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology, 4 credits
Course Description: This is a one semester combined lecture/lab course in human anatomy and physiology. It includes principles and concepts of chemistry and biochemistry. Concepts related to the cell and tissues are covered in conjunction with concepts related to the structure and function of the body systems. Each system is presented in sufficient depth to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the human body.
This course is an introduction to anatomy and physiology, chemistry, the cell, tissues, and the following systems: integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive. This course cannot be used as a substitute for any other anatomy and physiology course at this institution.
Learning Outcomes: Develop a vocabulary of appropriate terminology to effectively communicate human anatomy and physiology information.
Correlate selected anatomical structures to their physiological functions by evaluating the chemical, cellular, and tissue levels of structural organization and the 11 organ systems.
Apply the principle of homeostasis and feedback loops to specific physiological systems in the human body. Infer interrelationships within and between specified anatomical and physiological systems of the human body.
Synthesize ideas to connect functional anatomy and physiology to real-world situations and homeostatic imbalances.
Demonstrate laboratory procedures to examine chosen anatomical structures and evaluate designated physiological functions on the histological and gross anatomical levels.
BSC 1086C - Anatomy and Physiology II, 4 credits
Course Description: This is part two of a two-semester course in Anatomy and Physiology primarily intended for health science majors, designed to be the sequel to BSC 1085C. This combined lecture/lab course covers the following topics: endocrine system, cardiovascular system, lymphatic and immune systems, respiratory system, digestive system, nutrition, urinary system, fluids, electrolytes, acid-base balance, reproduction, growth and development.
Learning Outcomes: Develop a vocabulary of appropriate terminology to communicate human anatomy and physiology information effectively.
Correlate selected anatomical structures to their physiological functions by evaluating the endocrine, blood, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems and related concepts.
Apply the principle of homeostasis and feedback loops to specific physiological systems in the human body. Infer interrelationships within and between the human body's specified anatomical and physiological systems.
Synthesize ideas to connect functional anatomy and physiology to real-world situations and homeostatic imbalances.
Demonstrate laboratory procedures to examine chosen anatomical structures and evaluate designated physiological functions on the histological and gross anatomical levels.
CHM 2025 - Introduction to College Chemistry, 3 credits (required co-requisite CHM 2025L)
Course description: This one-semester course is designed to prepare students planning to enter the chm 2045/2046 sequence. Topics to be covered include matter, energy, measurements, problem solving techniques, the atom, the periodic table, chemical bonding, chemical formulas, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, gases, liquids, solutions, acids and bases, equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamics.
Learning outcomes: 1. Explain the general nature of chemistry and the scientific method. 2. Categorize and distinguish between physical and chemical properties and changes, and differentiate between matter and common forms of energy. 3. Describe modern atomic theory and the development of the periodic table of the elements and periodic properties of the elements. 4. Classify and balance chemical reactions and explain the concept of ionic mobility and how it relates to the electrolytic behavior of ionic compounds dissolved in water. 5. Perform calculations based on chemical compounds and their reactions. 6. Distinguish between ionic and covalent bonding, represent substances by Lewis structures, and predict molecular shapes via the VSEPR method. 7. Apply selected gas laws and to calculate changes in properties of gases, including reactions involving gases. 8. Distinguish between intermolecular attractive forces and their effect on physical states, including energetics of phase changes. 9. Use basic solution terminology, including the concept of molarity and its use in calculations involving solutions. 10. Identify an acid and a base and apply the pH. scale as a measure of acidity. 11. Identify the major factors affecting reaction rates and understand the concept of chemical equilibrium. 12. Recognize selected aspects of the terminology of thermodynamics, including the major contributing factors to spontaneous chemical and physical changes.
CHM 2025L - Introduction to College Chemistry Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite CHM 2025)
Course Description: This laboratory course begins by emphasizing the appropriate use of units and mathematical techniques important to chemistry, science, and health disciplines in general. An introduction to chemistry laboratory sampling and measurement techniques is included in the second half of the course. Stoichiometric calculations supplement work done in CHM 2025. Selected aspects of inorganic nomenclature are included.
Learning Outcomes: Explain basic chemistry laboratory safety rules, regulations, and procedures.
Use scientific notation, significant figures, and the methods of dimensional analysis and algebraic rearrangement in problem solving.
Graph and analyze scientific data that exhibit straight-line behavior.
Interpret and apply basic nomenclature rules for inorganic compounds, including acids and bases.
Apply basic chemical laboratory techniques, such as mass and volume measurement, density determination, gravity filtration, solution preparation, and heating methods
Conduct selected chemical reactions and perform the appropriate calculations.
CHM 2032 - General Chemistry for the Health Sciences, 3 credits (required co-requisite CHM 2032L)
Course Description: This one-semester course is designed for those allied health students needing a chemistry prerequisite. Topics to be covered include matter, energy, measurements, the atom, the periodic table, chemical bonding, formulas, reactions, and stoichiometry. Gases, liquids, solutions, acids and bases will be covered. Nuclear chemistry including radiation types and effects, basics of organic and biochemistry will also be covered.
Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the general nature of chemistry and the scientific method. 2. Recognize and distinguish between physical and chemical properties and changes and outline the differences between matter and common forms of energy. 3. Explain modern atomic theory and demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the development of the periodic table of the elements and periodic properties of the elements. 4. Classify and balance chemical reactions and apply the concept of ionic mobility and how it relates to the electrolytic behavior of ionic compounds dissolved in water. 5. Perform calculations based on chemical compounds and their reactions. 6. Distinguish between ionic and covalent bonding, and represent substances by their Lewis structures. 7. Use gas laws to calculate changes in properties of gases, including reactions involving gases. 8. Compare intermolecular attractive forces and their effect on physical states, including energetics of phase changes. 9. Use basic solution terminology, including the concept of molarity and its use in calculations involving solutions. 10. Distinguish between an acid and a base, use the pH scale as a measure of acidity and explain the purpose of a buffer. 11. Using the concept of half-lives explain detection methods used in analysis of radioactive isotopes and calculate the remaining quantity after one or more half-lives. 12. Recognize organic compounds; name and write formulas of the basic functional groups, and classify and write out simple organic reactions. 13. Define the terms related to carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and enzymes; to recognize their basic structures and to explain the important biochemical aspects of these macromolecules.
CHM 2032L - General Chemistry for the Health Sciences Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite CHM 2032)
Course Description: This laboratory/recitation course for health science and nursing majors develops laboratory skills and problem solving skills for chemistry and scientific measurements. The laboratory experiments are meant to reinforce the topics covered in the lecture (CHM 2032).
Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply basic chemistry laboratory safety rules, regulations, and procedures. 2. Define and apply the concepts of scientific notation, significant figures, and the methods of dimensional analysis and algebraic rearrangement for problem solving. 3. Graph scientific data that exhibit straight-line behavior. 4. Apply nomenclature rules for inorganic compounds, including acids and bases. 5. Employ basic chemical laboratory techniques, such as mass and volume measurement, density determination, gravity filtration, solution preparation, and heating methods. 6. Conduct selected chemical reactions and perform the appropriate calculations.
CHM 2045L - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite CHM 2045)
Course Description: This course is designed for students pursuing careers in the sciences or who need a more rigorous presentation of chemical concepts than is offered in an introductory course. Students will engage in problem solving and critical thinking while applying chemical concepts. Topics will include the principles of chemistry including atomic theory, electronic and molecular structure, measurement, stoichiometry, bonding, periodicity, thermochemistry, nomenclature, solutions, and the properties of gases. This general chemistry laboratory for CHM 2045 emphasizes safety, chemical measurement techniques, stoichiometry, molar mass determination, molecular structure and spectrophotometric measurements.
Learning outcomes: Students will apply the law of conservation of matter and energy. Students will implement rules of significant numbers to all measurements. Students will explain the fundamental properties of matter including but not limited to atomic and electronic structure, and periodicity. Students will apply IUPAC rules of nomenclature. Students will predict molecular geometry and properties from bonding theories. Students will predict and explain the products of chemical reactions (e.g., acid-base, oxidation- reduction, precipitation, dissociation).
CHM 2046 - General Chemistry II, 3 credits( required co-requisite CHM 2046L)
Course Description: This course is the second part of the two-semester general chemistry sequence. It covers thermodynamics, equilibrium, kinetics, oxidation-reduction, and electrochemistry.
Learning outcomes: 1. Using correct terminology, explain the laws of thermodynamics. 2. Solve numerical problems involving enthalpy, entropy, and free energy changes for physical and chemical processes. 3. Analyze the significance of the fundamentals of rates and mechanisms to chemical reactions. 4. Solve numerical problems involving rates, rate laws, reaction orders, concentrations, activation energy, and temperature dependence of rate. 5. Compare and contrast the fundamentals of chemical equilibrium. 6. Solve equilibrium problems involving homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. 7. Evaluate the Arrhenius, Bronsted Lowry, and Lewis acid-base systems and classify acids and bases into the appropriate systems. 8. Predict relative strengths of selected binary and ternary acids. 9. Solve numerical problems involving acid-base and oxidation-reduction reactions in aqueous solutions. 10. Use the concepts of pH/pOH to solve numerical problems involving strong and weak acids and bases and polyprotic acids. 11. Recognize and appraise buffer systems and acid-base titration curves. 12. Analyze chemical equilibria involving slightly soluble salts and complex ions. 13. Solve numerical problems involving equilibria of sparingly soluble salts and complex ions. 14. Describe the fundamentals of galvanic and voltaic electrochemical cells and the mathematical description of both electrolytic and galvanic cells in terms of spontaneity and electrode potentials. 15. Balance oxidation-reduction reactions. 16. Solve numerical problems involving electrochemical cell potentials, concentrations of electroactive species, thermodynamic and equilibrium aspects of electrochemical cells.
CHM 2046L - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite CHM 2046)
Course description: This laboratory course emphasizes thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, acid-base reactions, and electrochemistry through appropriate laboratory-based investigations. Data collection, analysis, and presentation techniques employing graphing calculators, computers, and spectrophotometers are important features of this laboratory.
Learning outcomes: Learning outcomes: list, explain, and apply the basic safety rules and procedures in the chemistry laboratory.
Recognize and correctly use standard laboratory glassware and analytical equipment for conducting experiments.
Identify and use basic scientific laws, concepts, and models in experiments and calculations. Perform quantitative measurements to determine the colligative, thermodynamic, acid-base, kinetic, equilibrium, and electrochemical properties of the selected chemical systems.
Interpret and analyze the experimental data, perform calculations, summarize the scientific findings, and draw conclusions.
Generate and use graphs, including manual or based on excel (or similar software), to analyze, calculate, or interpret experimental and graphical data.
Communicate the results of an experiment in the form of a laboratory report.
MCB 2010C - Microbiology, 4 credits
Course Description: This undergraduate microbiology course provides an in-depth exploration of microbial life and its impacts. Students will incorporate laboratory techniques to identify and study microbial organisms, emphasizing critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills. The course covers the morphology, anatomy, genetics, and reproduction of microorganisms and acellular pathogens, key aspects of microbial metabolism, and methods for controlling microbial growth. Students will analyze the role of microbes in the environment, health, and industry, explore microbial evolution and genetic diversity, and evaluate disease transmission and pathogenicity mechanisms.
Learning Outcomes: Analyze the role and impact of microbes on the environment, human health, and industry.
Explain microbial evolution and the mechanisms that drive genetic diversity and adaptation.
Analyze the interconnectedness of microbial systems and their interactions with other biological systems.
Evaluate methods of disease transmission, predisposing factors for disease, microbial and acellular pathogenicity mechanisms, the role of genetic variation in microbial virulence.
Evaluate the principles and methods used for the physical and chemical control of microorganisms.
Demonstrate the proper use of a light microscope and apply the scientific method through laboratory activities and experiments.
Distinguish among the morphology, functional anatomy, genetic organization, and reproductive or replication mechanisms of various microorganisms and acellular pathogens.
Explain the key features of microbial metabolism and metabolic pathways.
OCB 1000 - The Living Ocean, 3 credits
Course Description: Using the scientific method, critical thinking skills, data analysis, this course will examine the fundamental processes of the ocean system, composed of an atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, through time. The course will also explore interactions between these spheres, including critical analysis of scientific theories and emphasize oceanic connections with humanity.
Learning Outcomes: Students will use critical thinking to recognize the rigorous standards of scientific theories.
Students will analyze and synthesize oceanographic data to draw scientifically valid conclusions.
Students will recognize the different time scales associated with different ocean processes.
Students will effectively communicate the importance of the interactions between humans and the ocean realm.
Students will apply their understanding of these oceanographic principles to various marine issues.
PHY 2048L - General Physics I Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite PHY2048)
Course Description: This calculus-based course serves as the first in a two-part series, covering topics like kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluid dynamics, oscillatory motion, and waves. Designed for science and engineering majors, the course integrates critical thinking, analytical skills, and real-world applications. This laboratory course accompanies PHY 2048 and is the first part of a sequence of two courses.
Learning outcomes: Students will solve analytical problems describing different types of motion, including translational, rotational, and simple harmonic motion.
Students will apply newton's laws, and conservation laws to solve analytical problems of mechanics.
Students will identify and analyze relevant information presented in various formats such as graphs, tables, diagrams, and/or mathematical formulations.
Students will solve real world problems using critical thinking skills and knowledge developed from this course.
PHY 2049 - General Physics II, 4 credits (required co-requisite PHY2049L)
Course Description: This calculus-based physics course is the second part of a sequence of two courses. The sequence covers the underlying principles and laws of classical mechanics, oscillations, waves, fluids, sound, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, elements of optics, and modern physics.
Learning outcomes: 1. Use the kinetic theory of gases to distinguish between "heat" and "temperature"; interpret and apply the concept of energy per degree of freedom. 2. Interpret and apply the laws of thermodynamics to explain natural phenomena. 3. Recognize thermal properties and processes and use them to explain and interpret thermal phenomena. 4. Recognize the quantum nature of electric charge. 5. Explain the interaction between electric charges and use coulomb's law to solve problems involving charge distributions. 6. Explain the concept of "field" and compare it to "action-at-a-distance" using forces. 7. Explain and draw the electric field configuration due to various discrete and continuous charge distributions. 8. Relate the theoretical interpretation of electric potential to everyday phenomena and use it to solve problems. 9. Explain the meaning of electrostatic energy and apply it to solve problems involving capacitance. 10. Identify the theoretical framework for electric current and apply it to solving problems on direct current circuits and alternating current circuits. 11. Explain and draw the magnetic field configuration due to various current distributions. 12. Explain the concept of electromagnetic induction and use it to explain everyday physical phenomena. 13. Describe and use maxwell's equations to solve problems in electricity and magnetism. 14. Investigate the interaction of light with matter and light's properties. 15. Compare and contrast the (special) relativistic view with the Newtonian view of nature. 16. Compare and contrast the quantum mechanical view with the Newtonian view of nature.
PHY 2049L - General Physics II Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite PHY2049)
Course Description: This laboratory course accompanies PHY 2049 and is the second part of a sequence of two courses. The sequence includes investigations that illustrate and explore concepts and principles related to force and motion, work and energy, rotation, gravity, properties of matter, electric charges and currents, resistance and capacitance, magnetism and electromagnetic induction, optics, and nuclear radiation. The course is designed to encourage the concept of "learning by doing" and enhance student learning of physical concepts. It introduces students to experimental procedures, techniques and equipment; it involves setting up the laboratory equipment, collection of data, interpretation of experimental data and preparation of a lab report.
Learning Outcomes: 1. Investigate and identify thermal properties and processes, and determine experimentally the values of certain heat constants for various metals and liquids. 2. Draw and interpret the electric field due to a configuration of charges, and use the results to identify the equipotential lines. 3. Investigate and verify the approximate nature of Ohm's "law" and apply it to calculate the equivalent resistance of resistors in series and in parallel. 4. Investigate the concept of joule heat, explain the factors it depends on, and experimentally measure the electrical equivalent of heat. 5. Recognize and investigate the relationship between temperature and electrical resistance, and between electric potential and electric current; interpret and evaluate the nature of these relationships. 6. Investigate direct current circuits containing capacitors and resistors, determine the RC time constant, and explain what its value means in terms of circuit characteristics. 7. Draw and interpret the magnetic field of a bar magnet and use its interaction with earth's magnetic field to estimate the latter's strength. 8. Explore the nature of a changing magnetic field, and relate electromagnetic induction to everyday phenomena. 9. Investigate alternating current (RLC) circuits using an oscilloscope, compare predicted values of the voltages and impedance of a circuit with their measured values, and draw appropriate phasor diagrams. 10. Investigate the behavior of light as it propagates through a medium, explain the "laws" of reflection and refraction and how images form, and measure experimentally the index of refraction of a glass plate. 11. Investigate the behavior of light as it travels through filters and dispersive media and explain the resulting polarization and dispersion. 12. Investigate the principles of nuclear radiation, explain how a Geiger counter works, and experimentally test the inverse square law for nuclear radiation.
PHY 2053L - College Physics I Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite PHY2053)
Course Description: This course is the first in a two-part series intended for non-physics majors, offering an algebra and trigonometry approach to topics such as kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluid dynamics, oscillatory motion, and waves. The course fosters analytical and critical thinking skills to promote a scientific understanding of the real world. This laboratory course accompanies PHY 2053 and is the first part of a sequence of two courses.
Learning Outcomes: Students will solve analytical problems describing different types of motion, including translational, rotational, and simple harmonic motion using algebra and trigonometry.
Students will apply newton's laws, and conservation laws by using algebra and trigonometry to solve analytical problems of mechanics.
Students will identify and analyze relevant information presented in various formats such as graphs, tables, diagrams, and/or mathematical formulations.
Students will solve real world problems using critical thinking skills and knowledge developed from this course.
PHY 2054 - College Physics II, 4 credits (required co-requisite PHY2054L)
Course Description: This physics course, based on algebra and trigonometry, is the second part of a sequence of two courses. The sequence covers the underlying principles and laws of classical mechanics, oscillations, waves, fluids, sound, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, elements of optics, and modern physics.
Learning outcomes: 1. Use the kinetic theory of gases to distinguish between "heat" and "temperature"; interpret and apply the concept of energy per degree of freedom. 2. Interpret and apply the laws of thermodynamics to explain natural phenomena. 3. Recognize thermal properties and processes and use them to explain and interpret thermal phenomena. 4. Recognize the quantum nature of electric charge. 5. Explain the interaction between electric charges and use Coulomb’s law to solve problems involving charge distributions. 6. Explain the concept of "field" and compare it to "action-at-a-distance" using forces. 7. Explain and draw the electric field configuration due to various discrete and continuous charge distributions. 8. Relate the theoretical interpretation of electric potential to everyday phenomena and use it to solve problems. 9. Explain the meaning of electrostatic energy and apply it to solve problems involving capacitance. 10. Identify the theoretical framework for electric current and apply it to solving problems on direct current circuits and alternating current circuits. 11. Explain and draw the magnetic field configuration due to various current distributions. 12. Analyze the concept of electromagnetic induction and use it to explain everyday physical phenomena. 13. Describe and use maxwell's equations to solve problems in electricity and magnetism. 14. Investigate the interaction of light with matter and light's properties. 15. Compare and contrast the (special) relativistic view with the Newtonian view of nature. 16. Compare and contrast the quantum mechanical view with the Newtonian view of nature.
PHY 2054L - College Physics II Laboratory 1 credit (required co-requisite PHY2054)
Course Description: This laboratory course accompanies PHY 2054 and is the second part of a sequence of two courses. The sequence includes investigations that illustrate and explore concepts and principles related to force and motion, work and energy, rotation, gravity, properties of matter, electric charges and currents, resistance and capacitance, magnetism and electromagnetic induction, optics, and nuclear radiation. The course is designed to encourage the concept of "learning by doing" and enhance student learning of physical concepts. It introduces students to experimental procedures, techniques and equipment; it involves setting up the laboratory equipment, collection of data, interpretation of experimental data, and preparation of a lab report.
Learning outcomes: 1. Investigate and identify thermal properties and processes, and determine experimentally the values of certain heat constants for various metals and liquids. 2. Draw and interpret the electric field due to a configuration of charges, and use the results to identify the equipotential lines. 3. Investigate and verify the approximate nature of ohm's "law" and apply it to calculate the equivalent resistance of resistors in series and in parallel. 4. Investigate the concept of joule heat, explain the factors it depends on, and experimentally measure the electrical equivalent of heat. 5. Recognize and investigate the relationship between temperature and electrical resistance, and between electric potential and electric current; interpret and evaluate the nature of these relationships. 6. Investigate direct current circuits containing capacitors and resistors, determine the RC time constant, and explain what its value means in terms of circuit characteristics. 7. Draw and interpret the magnetic field of a bar magnet and use its interaction with earth's magnetic field to estimate the latter's strength. 8. Explore the nature of a changing magnetic field, and relate electromagnetic induction to everyday phenomena. 9. Investigate alternating current (RLC) circuits using an oscilloscope, compare predicted values of the voltages and impedance of a circuit with their measured values, and draw appropriate phasor diagrams. 10. Investigate the behavior of light as it propagates through a medium, explain the "laws" of reflection and refraction and how images form, and measure experimentally the index of refraction of a glass plate. 11. Investigate the behavior of light as it travels through filters and dispersive media and explain the resulting polarization and dispersion. 12. Investigate the principles of nuclear radiation, explain how a Geiger counter works, and experimentally test the inverse square law for nuclear radiation.