Course Descriptions

EGR 285 - Electrical Circuits

 

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite:  MAT 182 Calculus II and EGR 289 Microprocessors

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Define basic circuit elements (resistors, inductors, capacitors, independent sources, dependent sources), units, and quantities such as current, voltage, and charge.
2.  Demonstrate a knowledge of circuit theorems (Ohm’s law, KVL, KCL, current divider, voltage divider, superposition, source transformation, Thevenin equivalent, Norton equivalent and network reduction) by solving circuits that contain resistors, independent sources and dependent sources.
3.  Analyze and solve resistive circuits using nodal and loop analysis which will also require solving simultaneous equations.
4.  Design and analyze basic op amp circuits that add, subtract, multiply, integrate and differentiate.  Students will be able to differentiate between the linear and saturation mode of the op amp.  Students will be able to analyze op amps using the ideal or finite gain model.
5.  State the physical characteristics and defining equations for the capacitor and inductor.  Students will be able to integrate and differentiate lines, exponentials, and sinusoids.
6.  State the definitions of forced response, natural response, steady state response, transient response, initial conditions.
7.  Solve for the complete response of first and second order circuits where the sources are constants, exponentials or sinusoids using differential equations.
8.  Solve for the sinusoidal steady state solution of circuits with sinusoidal sources.  In addition, determine the average power for each device and power factor.  Students will be able to correct the power factor of a circuit.

EGR 287 L - Engineering Design III

Corequisite:  EGR 289 Microprocessors

Credits: 1
Hours
3 Laboratory Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Apply knowledge of engineering and science fundamentals to real problems.
2.  Apply the steps of the design process to engineering problems.
3.  Identify, formulate, and solve open-ended engineering problems.
4. Design and create electrical and mechanical components, systems, and processes.
5.  Set up and conduct experiments, and create design prototypes, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
6.  Use modern computer tools in engineering.
7.  Communicate in written, oral, and graphical forms effectively.
8.  Work in teams and apply interpersonal skills in engineering contexts.
9.  Explain professional issues in engineerig practice, including ethical responsiblilities.
10.  Articulate contemporary issues in engineering practice, including economic, social, political, and environmental issues and global impact.
11.  Describe the need for life-long learning.

EGR 288 L - Engineering Design IV

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Write and execute simple problems in machine language on a single board microprocessor.  These programs should include use of:
     a.  masks
     b.  condition codes
     c.  double precision
     d.  operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and squares
     e.  number conversion among binary, octal, hexidecimal, and BCD
2.  Wire a memory mapped circuit for input and output.
3.  Interface the microprocessor with a teletype via parallel to serial.
4.  Wire circuit which uses the PIA for input and output.
5.  Determine the wavelengths of the Balmer series in the hydrogen spectra.
6.  Accurately determine the ratio of charge to mass for an electron.
7.  Understand the operation of the Geiger Tube and Scaler.
8.  Determine the maximum energy of a beta particle by the absorption method.
9.  Determine the percent of backscattering of a beta particle for aluminum and lead as a function of thickness.
10.  Determine the albedo of water and the thermal neutron flux of the plutonium-beryltium source.

EGR 289 W - Microprocessors

Corequisite:  EGR 287 Engineering Design III

Credits: 4
Hours
3 Class Hours, 3 Laboratory Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Explain the basics of a microprocessor in terms of its hardware and assembly code.
2.  Write and debug assembly code to accomplish a variety of tasks.
3.  Design, build, and debug interfacing circuits to the microprocessor.
4.  Use and program the Motorola 6811 and/or 6812 to read sensors and control external devices.
5.  Use the following in programs or circuits:

• Basic logic gates & simple PLDs
• Number systems (binary & hex) and binary arithmetic
• Micro architecture
• Addressing modes
• Programming in assembly code
• Logical AND, OR, NOT; masking
• Computer arithmetic, BCD
• Multi-precision
• Flags, condition codes
• Branching, jumping, looping
• Add & subtract with carry, DAA, shift, rotate
• Indexed addressing
• Stacks, subroutines
• Delays
• Interrupts and Timers
• A/D
• Serial data transmission
• PWM & dc motors
• Stepper and DC motors
• Sensors:  switches, potentiometers, temperature, light, etc.
• Transistors as switches
• Comparators, Op Amps
• Networking (SPI, CAN)
• Address decoding, latches, buffers

EGR 298 - Cooperative Work Experience

EGR 299 - Independent Project

EMT 110 - Basic Emergency Medical Technician

EMT 120 - Intermediate Emergency Medical Technician

EMT 130 - Critical Care

ENG 090 - Basic Language Skills

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the act of writing as a multi-stage process that includes composing, revision, editing and proofreading.
2.  Complete both informal and formal writing assignments to learn that writing has several purposes:  to permit self-expression and self-reflection, to communicate information with others, to enhance learning, to entertain and persuade others.  (We expect that students will complete at least 20 pages of formal writing over the course of the semester.)
3.  Develop their ability to write purposefully, to articulate that purpose in writing and in conversation with others, and to recognize and articulate the authorial intent grounding a piece of writing.
4.  Develop their critical reading skills so as to better identify their own and the academy’s beliefs regarding good writing, and to identify an author’s purpose in writing, and the choices an author has made to achieve that purpose.
5.  Develop their critical thinking skills by receiving, evaluating and incorporating into their written work alternative perspectives on their writing and its contents.
6.  Develop their understanding of the collaborative nature of writing by learning how to provide useful feedback to other writers and how to incorporate feedback from them into their written work.
7.  Improve their ability to construct and arrange complete sentences into well-developed and coherent paragraphs.  Students will improve in their ability to structure essays, so that logical flow of the essay supports the essay’s main idea.
8.  Gain skill in identifying and correcting sentence-level errors that interfere with a reader’s understanding of a text and less significant errors that nevertheless constitute a break with the conventions of standard writing English.
9.  Utilize various strategies to edit a text successfuly for major and minor sentence-level errors and proofread successfully for typographical errors.

ENG 095 - Introduction to Academic Writing for Non-Native Speakers

Corequisite:  SPK 095 Academic Speaking and Listening for Non-Native Speakers, or Chairperson approval

Credits: 4
Hours
4 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Use correct paragraph format when preparing an assignment.
2.  Use the four main steps of the writing process, namely prewriting, organizing, writing, and polishing in their writing.
3.  Develop ideas for a paragraph using prewriting techniques such as listing, freewriting, clustering, and outlining and apply these strategies in various writing tasks.
4.  Identify the three components of a paragraph:  the topic sentence, supporting sentences, and the concluding sentence.
5.  Write unified and coherent paragraph compositions with a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and the concluding sentence.
6.  Recognize and use various rhetorical modes:  narrative, descriptive, logical division of ideas, process, and comparison-contrast.
7.  Correctly identify and effectively write various sentence types (simple, compound, complex, and mixed) in their compositions.
8.  Identify and correct common sentence errors such as fragments, run-ons, comma splices, and faulty parallelism.
9.  Correctly use the conventions of American academic writing, including indentation, margins, titles, spacing, capitalization, and punctuation.
10.  Revise their own texts by themselves and with a peer editor for content, organization, and clarity.  Give constructive feedback to peers about their writing.
11.  Detect and correct grammar, spelling, and mechanics errors in advanced texts and in their own work.
12.  Identify the three components of an essay:  the introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, and the concluding paragraph.  Write a coherent short essay with at least five paragraphs.

ENG 107 - College Writing I for Non-Native Speakers of English

1.  To introduce advanced ESL students to college writing, with a focus on essay writing, process writin, and American writing conventions.
2.  To provide students with practice in writing four rhetorical types of essays: process, cause/effect, comparison/contrast, and argumentative.
3.  To introduce students to the basics of writing with sources: paraphrasing, summarizing, and citing quotations.
4.  To imporove students’ grammar and mechanic skills in writing activities, enabling them to use more sophisticated sentence structure and avoid common sentence errors (such as fragments, run-ons, and commas splices).

Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Properly annotate readings and outline the main point and supporting details in a text.
2.  Detect a writer’s thesis, purpose, audience, tone, organization and bias.
3.  Use informal writing strategies to stretch and deepen their thinking about ideas they encounter in their reading, make connections between their reading and their own personal experience, and reinforce the practice of reading as a dialogue activity.
4.  Effectively write a critical reaction or response to a text.
5.  Understand pre-writing strategies such as brainstorming, free-writing, journal writing, journalist’s questions, and outlining and apply them to various writing tasks.
6.  Write well-structured, unified and coherent essays with an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
7.  Demonstrate in multi-paragraph essays of varying lengths the ability to use appropriate rhetorical modes such as process, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, and argumentative.
8.  Express the main idea in a clear thesis and provide adequate support.
9.  Properly paraphrase and summarize texts.
10.  Revise their own texts by themselves and with a peer reviewer for content, oranization and clarity, and give constructive feedback to peers about their writing.
11.  Use MLA in-text citations and correctly form a Works Cited page.
12.  Use correct grammar including sentence structure, S-V Agreement, verb tenses and verb forms, and mechanics including capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
13.  Use more sophisticated sentence structure such as adjective clauses, noun clauses, adverb clauses, participial phrases, and reduced adverb clauses.

ENG 108 - College Writing II for Non Native Speakers of English

1.  To provide ESL College students with practice in writing research essays, process writing, and American writing conventions.
2.  To provide students with practice in writing various rhetorical types of essays and/or combination of them: process, cause/effect, comparison/contrast, and argumentative.
3.  To provide students with practice in writing with sources: paraphrasing, summarizing, synthesizing, and citing and documenting quotations.
4.  To refine and sharpen students’ grammar and mechanic skills in writing activities, enabling them to use more sophisticated sentence structure and avoid common sentence errors (such as fragments, run-ons, and commas splices).

Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Critically read, annotate, anlayze, and respond to texts using informal writing.
2.  Detect a writer’s thesis, purpose, audience, tone, organization and bias.
3.  Use informal writing strategies to stretch and deepen their thinking about ideas they encounter in their reading, make connections between their reading and their own personal experience, and reinforce the practice of reading as a dialogue activity.
4.  Effectively write a critical reaction or response to a text.
5.  Understand pre-writing strategies such as brainstorming, free-writing, journal writing, journalist’s questions, and outlining and apply them to various writing task.
6.  Develop competence in using appropriate rhetorical modes to address a writing task.
7.  Develop reasonable arguments about controversial issues, and express the main idea in a clear thesis and provide adequate support.
8.  Develop fluency in using paraphrases, summaries, or syntheses to avoid plagiarism.
9.  Revise their own texts by themselves and with a peer reviewer for content, organization and clarity, and give constructive feedback to peers about their writing.
10.  Use MLA and/or APA in-text citations properly and correctly form a bibliography page.
11.  Improve proof reading skills by detecting and correcting grammar, spelling, and mechanics errors in advanced texts and in their own work.

ENG 110 - College Writing I

Students who earn a score of 85 or higher on the NYS ELA may enroll directly into ENG 110 without taking the Placement Test.

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

SUNY General Education Assessment Review committee general writing outcomes:

• Students will demonstrate the ability to produce coherent texts within common college level forms.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to revise and improve such texts.

Upon successful completion of this course the student will:

1.  Produce essays that make connections between their reading and their own personal experience and reinforce the practice of reading as a dialogic activity.
2.  Produce essays that show they are able to communicate information and ideas from texts accurately and fairly in summary and critique.  Their written work will contain references in the form of quotation and appropriate paraphrase.  Student work will exhibit a writer’s ethical obligations to readers:  honesty, accuracy, and acknowledgement of and respect for other people’s ideas.  Students will show a familiarity with the principles of MLA in-text citation and writing Works Cited pages.
3.  Evaluate sources for their relevance and reliability, and will show that they are able to do this by producing at least one essay that contains independent research containing at least three sources.
4.  Show that they can revise their work effectively, taking into account different audiences and rhetorical purposes.

ENG 111 - College Writing II

Students who earn a score of 90 or higher on the NYS ELA may enroll directly into ENG 111 without taking the Placement Test.

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

SUNY General Education Assessment Review committee general writing outcomes:

• Students will demonstrate the ability to produce coherent texts within common college level forms.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to revise and improve such texts.

Upon successful completion of this course the student will:

1.  Find, review, and evaluate available literature to use in their writing, responsibly using electronic databases and networks, in addition to library and community resources.  Student must show that they can choose appropriate and effective references; decide whether to quote, paraphrase, or summarize; write appropriate introductions and background for references; document correctly with an appropriate style (MLA, preferred, or APA); use references honestly and accurately; and avoid plagiarism.
2.  Produce formal essays that are the product of a process of revision and demonstrate the ability to:
     a.  think critically
     b.  refrain from using stereotypes or jumping to conclusions
     c.  develop reasonable arguments about controversial issues
     d.  use various rhetorical strategies with sensitivity to purpose and audience
     e.  address all relevant sides of an issue
     f.  provide adequate support and evidence
     g.  use facts accurately
     h.  maintain respectful attitudes toward alternative ideas and opinions
     i.  establish their own style
     j.  write sentences that adequately carry the meaning of sophisticated ideas
     k.  conform to the conventions of standard written English

 

ENG 150 - Technical Writing

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Analyze the rhetorical needs of primary and secondary audiences targeted to read business and technical documents.
2.  Design and produce written texts which meet those readers’ needs.
3.  Organize, write/edit, format, and present information (especially business ad technical information) in ways that increase the effectiveness of a message.
4.  Collaborate effectively as members of problem-solving and writing teams, sensitive to the need of their teammates and to the nature and level of experience brought to the group by others.
5.  Analyze a situation (either real or hypothetical) to identify a problem; effectively communicate a statement of the problem (in summarized and extended form), the steps involved in its solution, the time and approximate costs involved, and the writer’s qualifications or expertise in regard to the problem.

ENG 163 - Reporting

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate basic skills in news gathering techniques.
2.  Demonstrate understanding of basic story structure.
3.  Have developed an appropriate writing voice to reach their intended audience.
4.  Demonstrate basic skills in editorial/opinion writing.
5.  Demonstrate basic skills in feature writing.
6.  Demonstrate basic skills in sports reporting.
7.  Demonstrate an improved understanding of media ethics and appropriate reportorial conduct.
8.  Demonstrate specific skills needed to write for online publication.
9.  Demonstrate basic editing techniques.
10.  Generate articles for publication.

ENG 168 - News Editing

ENG 170 - Creative Writing

ENG 175 - Creative Writing with Publication

ENG 210 - Advanced Writing

ENG 212 - Writing on the Net

ENG 220 - Communicating About Ideas and Values

 

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate the ability to critically exam the suppositions and methods of proposals, positions, statements, etc.
2.  Demonstrate the ability to gather and apply pertinent information, as it bears on critical examination.
3.  Demonstrate the ability to evaluate the relative worth of various sources of information and forms of argument.
4.  Demonstrate the ability to approach new or unfamiliar information or perspectives with a dispassionately inquisitive interest in their validity, merit, and application.
5.  Demonstrate an improved understanding to local circumstances relative to wider geographic and historical horizons.
6.  Demonstrate the ability to express observations, thoughts, and judgments in concise, technically correct language, in an orderly sequence, with logically developed supporting evidence and argumentation.  The best of such expressions will employ nuances of phraseology, subtleties of rhetorical effect, and a range of knowledge beyond the conventional.

ENG 299 - Independent Study: English

ENV 100 - Environmental Science Orientation

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify various departments and services on campus.
2.  Demonstrate community building skills including knowing the other students in class, working effectively in groups, and being able to interact positively with other students.
3.  Summarize the opportunities and emerging trends in the field of Environmental Science.
4.  Understand and put into practice interaction with faculty and peers, use of campus resources and time management skills to improve academic success.
5.  Determine their preferred learning style and thinking preference.
6.  Become aware of the opportunities for transferring to a four year school.
7.  Explain current events and issues related to Environmental Science.

ENV 199 - Industrial Hygiene

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Communicate their ideas effectively with college-level writing.
2.  Evaluate the effectiveness of the various health and safety laws, regulations, and code rule.
3.  Find solutions to common workplace health and safety problems.
4.  Engage in discussions regarding the need for workplace health and safety programs.
5.  Evaluate and apply Federal, State, and Local health and safety laws, regulations, and code rule.
6.  Design basic environmental monitoring programs.

ENV 210 - Environmental Issues & Policy

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Explain the structure of government in the United States as it relates to environmental policy.
2.  Provide a brief summary of the history of environmental policy in the United States.
3.  Articulate the various policy options lawmakers use to develop environmental policy and achieve environmental goals.
4.  Explain the economic implications of environmental policy.
5.  Articulate the pressures a rising population puts on the environment.
6.  List policies related to population control.
7.  Explain the difference between preservation and conservation and compare and contrast related policies.
8.  Identify policies related to ecosystem management.
9.  Analyze the policy options related to Climate Change.
10.  Summarize the current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, including the current scientific evidence supporting climate change.
11.  Explain the impacts of a loss of biodiversity and the influence of non-profit agencies with lobbying functions related to environmental policy.
12.  Identify policies related to chemicals and the role of the EPA in regulation of chemicals.
13.  Summarize the concept of environmental ethics and environmental justice.
14.  Analyze an Environmental Policy.
15.  Prepare an Environmental Policy Brief.

ENV 212 - Ecology

Corequisite:  ENV 212L Ecology Laboratory

Credits: 4
Cross-listed
BIO 212
Hours
3 Lecture Hours; 3 Laboratory Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of ecology.
2.  Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of ecosystems.
3.  Analyze and discuss current scientific literature.
4.  Apply basic ecological principles to explain the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
5.  Apply basic ecological principles in planning and conducting field and laboratory studies.

ENV 290 - Environmental Science Seminar

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify various local and regional agencies and groups related to sustainability and the environment.
2.  Demonstrate community building skills including knowing the other students in class, working effectively in groups, and being able to interact positively with other students.
3.  Summarize the opportunities and emerging trends in the field of Environmental Science.
4.  Understand and put into practice interaction with faculty and peers, use of campus resources and time management skills to improve academic success.
5.  Summarize the concepts of sustainability.
6.  Become aware of the opportunities for transferring to a four year school.
7.  Explain current events and issues related to Environmental Science.
8.  Conduct a formal presentation related to their capstone project.

ENV 291 - Special Topics in Environmental Science

ENV 292 - Special Topics in Environmental Science

ENV 293 - Special Topics in Environmental Science

ENV 299 - Independent Study

ESL 003 - English as a Second Language Grammar 1

ESL 004 - English as a Second Language Speaking & Listening 1

ESL 005 - English as a Second Language Reading and Writing 1

ESL 103 - English as a Second Language Grammar 2

Corequisites:  ESL 104 English as a Second Language Speaking & Listening 2, ESL 105 English as a Second Language Reading and Writing 2

Credits: 5
Hours
4 Credit Hours
Note
(This course is not acceptable for credits toward a degree)

ESL 104 - English as a Second Language Speaking & Listening 2

Corequisites:  ESL 103 English as a Second Language Grammar 2, ESL 105 English as a Second Language Reading and Writing 2

Credits: 4
Hours
4 Class Hours
Note
(This course is not acceptable for credits toward a degree)

ESL 105 - English as a Second Language Reading and Writing 2

Corequisites:  ESL 103 English as a Second Language Grammar 2, ESL 104 English as a Second Language Speaking & Listening 2

Credits: 4
Hours
3 Class Hours, 2 Laboratory Hours
Note
(This course is not acceptable for credits toward a degree)

ESL 113 - English as a Second Language Grammar 3

Corequisites:  ESL 114 English as a Second Language Speaking & Listening 3, ESL 115 English as a Second Language Reading and Writing 3

Credits: 4
Hours
4 Credit Hours
Note
(This course is not acceptable for credits toward a degree)

ESL 114 - English as a Second Language Speaking & Listening 3

Corequisites:  ESL 113 English as a Second Language Grammar 3, ESL 115 English as a Second Language Reading and Writing 3

Credits: 4
Hours
4 Class Hours
Note
(This course is not acceptable for credits toward a degree)

ESL 115 - English as a Second Language Reading and Writing 3

Corequisites:  ESL 113 English as a Second Language Grammar 3, ESL 114 English as a Second Langauge Speaking & Listening 3

Credits: 4
Hours
4 Class Hours
Note
(This course is not acceptable for credits toward a degree)

EVE 101 - Fundamentals of Event Management

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Design, plan, market, promote and stage an event.
2.  Effectively structure and manage an event planning schedule to improve profitability.
3.  Conduct comprehensive needs assessments and feasibility studies.
4.  Conform to and comply with legal requirements.
5.  Financially manage an event to accomplish budgetary goals.
6.  Identify and prioritize event goals and objectives.
7.  Identify potential challenges to a successful event.
8.  Implement effective risk management techniques.
9.  Choose appropriate solutions by using efficient planning scenarios.
10.  Understand appropriate protocol and decorum for various event types.
11.  Properly staff an event.
12.  Conduct mid- and post-event evaluations.
13.  Effectively provide safety and security for all event participants.
14.  Create and present proposals and agreements that are advantageous to all parties of an event.
15.  Appreciate the rewards of being in the Event Management profession and evaluate future career opportunities.

EVE 125 - Wedding Planning, Coordination & Consulting

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1.  Understand the Role and Scope of Wedding Consultancy.
          a.  How wedding planning has evolved.
          b.  Wedding seasons
2.  Perform Market estimates.
          a.  How to structure your business based on your market place.
          b.  How to evaluate your competition when establishing your services.
3.  Understand weddings, culture and various wedding customs, the socialization for marriage, pre-wedding rituals.
4.  Understand the mediated construction of weddings; invented traditions.
5.  Understand and market to same-sex relationships and unions; intercultural and interfaith marriages.
6.  Marriage license.
7.  Capitalize on weddings and consumerism; understand the urge to consume.
8.  Engagement.
          a.  The opportunity of the engagement party.
          b.  Themes for engagement party as it carries through to wedding/reception.
          c.  Engagement announcements.
9.  Bridal showers.
10.  Understand sponsored weddings; explain and cater to anti-consumptive and conservationist weddings.
11.  Locating ceremony and reception sites.
          a.  Conducting a site inspection.
          b.  Ceremony and reception site guidelines.
12.  Understand the Tourism and Destination Weddings Market.
13.  Provide Accommodations and Services for Visiting Friends and Relatives.
14.  Understand and Implement Wedding Timelines.
          a.  Wedding planning schedule.
          b.  Wedding day timeline.
          c.  Introductions, special seating, receiving line, dance sequence.
15.  Understand Legal Issues Connected to Weddings.
16.  Create a Consultant checklist.
17.  Create and Abide by Wedding Budgets and Understand Wedding Budget Categories.
          a.  Financial responsibility.
          b.  Costs and statistics for wedding services.
18.  Client Relations.
          a.  Initial client call and consultation.
          b.  Interfacing with a client.
19.  Determine the Wedding Vision and Wedding themes.
20.  Demonstrate Proficiency in Food, Beverage and the Wedding Cake.
21.  Understand wedding attire, the bridal party attire, bridal attire, menswear, cultural traditions and wardrobe malfunctions.
22.  Understand the intricacies of the wedding ceremony and the ceremony program.
          a.  Procession and recession guidelines.
          b.  Weddint attendants’ duties.
          c.  Delegating.
23.  Selecting, qualifying and working with wedding professionals.
24.  Display competence in floral décor; selecting flowers; centerpieces and other decorative elements.
25.  Understand photography; movement from film to digital photography; the two primary styles of photography, album design and trends.
26.  Understand and select ceremony music and entertainment; cocktail hour music and entertainment, rectption music and entertainment.
27.  Perform rentals and site layout; select tents, tables, chairs, linens and tableware.
          a.  Ceremony and reception site guidelines/venue policies and typical rules as they pertain to the above.
28.  Select and determine lighting; outdoor considerations; site layout.
29.  Understand stationery elements and etiquette; save-the-date notices; invitations.
          a.  Save the date announcements.
               i.  Calligraphy
              ii.  Ceremony programs
             iii.  Seating stationery
             iv.  Menus
              v.  Personalized napkins, boxes, bags and matches
             vi.  Wedding announcements
            vii.  Thank-you notes
           viii.  Consultant checklist
            iv.  References
30.  Understand transportation topics.
          a.  Transportation to the ceremony venue.
          b.  Transportation from the ceremony to the reception.
          c.  Transportation from the reception to the final destination.
          d.  Transportation costs and final details.
31.  Wedding day details.
          a.  Bridal preparations.
32.  Emergency tips and suggested emergency kit.
33.  Conduct post-wedding evaluations.
          a.  Conduct a post-wedding evaluation.
          b.  The wedding summary.
34.  Building your business.
          a.  Write a business plan specific to target audiences.
          b.  Charging for your services/determining your pricing structure.
               i.  Developing a marketing strategy
          c.  Key elements of your reputation and image.
               i.  Determining your target market
              ii.  Marketing tool development
          d.  Online marketing.
          e.  Public relations - writing your press release.
          f.  Obtaining a business license.
          g.  Obtaining business insurance.
35.  Articulate four secrets of selling to brides.
          a.  Understand the client interview, communication and contracts.
          b.  Perform initial screening.
          c.  Conduct client interviews.
          d.  Proceed with follow-up communications.
          e.  Understand basic wedding contracts.
          f.  Calculate compensation.
          g.  Enhance vendor relations, networking and negotiations.
36.  Participation in local and/or regional bridal shows - which shows to participate in.
37.  Sales methods and follow-up.
          a.  Coordinate office management.
          b.  Understand wedding business equipment essentials.
          c.  Build a staff.
          d.  Understand competition, obligations and ethics.
          e.  Understand demand and competition.
          f.  Articulate obligations.
          g.  Perform ethically - Code of Ethics.
38.  Philanthropy.
          a.  The importance of philanthropy in your business.
          b.  How to incorporate philanthropy into your particular business.
          c.  Tips and ideas you can implement easily.
39.  Stress management and career enrichment.
          a.  Enact stress management tips.
          b.  Understand facets of career enrichment.
40.  Getting an internship.
41.  Industry conferences.

 

EVE 201 - Event Internship I

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate working competencies in any of the following areas, or other areas as agreed between the student and instructor.

     Focus Areas - Event Intership:

• Wedding Planner
• Party Planner
• Trade Show
• Butler
• Cage Operations
• Special Events
• MEEC Sales Department
• MEEC Food & Beverage Service
• MEEC Accounting & Revenue Control
• MEEC Reservations
• MEEC Operations
• MEEC Direct Marketing
• MEEC Human Resources Department
• MEEC Maintenance Department
• MEEC General Management

EVE 225 - Meetings, Corporate Events, Conventions, Trade Shows & Expos

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Use research to target the exhibit or exposition to primary and secondary markets.
2.  Identify resources, including designers and general service contractors.
3.  Negotiate successful vendor contracts.
4.  Develop a thorough and comprehensive marketing strategy and measure results.
5.  Incorporate promotional activities that enhance marketing efforts.
6.  Prepare sales and exhibitor communications.
7.  Use commercial sponsorhip to decrease operating expenses.
8.  Conduct thorough pre-event planning.
9.  Identify an appropriate site and perform comprehensive site inspections.
10.  Develop, analyze and project a budget.
11.  Implement marketing strategies, including list development, brochure design, mailing cost reduction, and creative marketing.
12.  Comply with legal requirement, including those specified by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other key laws special attention to legal issues in the MEEC Industry.
13.  Recruit and train volunteers and staff for maximum performance.
14.  Evaluate the effectiveness of an event.
15.  Understand and identify Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs).
16.  Understand and employ cutting edge technology in order to conduct professional meetings, exhibits and conventions.
17.  Ability to work with service contractors.

EVE 297 - Event Internship II

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate work competencies in any of the following areas, or other areas as agreed between the student and instructor.

     Focus Areas - Event Internship:

• Wedding Planner
• Party Planner
• Trade Show
• Butler
• Cage Operations
• Special Events
• MEEC Sales Department
• MEEC Food & Beverage Service
• MEEC Accounting & Revenue Control
• MEEC Reservations
• MEEC Operations
• MEEC Direct Marketing
• MEEC Human Resources Department
• MEEC Maintenance Department
• MEEC General Management

All internship positions are to be paid.

FRE 101 - Beginning French I

FRE 102 - Beginning French II

FRE 201 - Intermediate French I

FRE 202 - Intermediate French II

FRS 101 - Fire Prevention and Protection

FRS 103 - Fire Fighting Tactics and Strategy

FRS 105 - Fire Investigation

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify 5 building classifications and how the fire product travels within each classification.
2.  Identify and describe 13 principles of combustion, growth and extinquishment of a fire.
3.  Identify and describe the 3 methods of heat tranfer.
4.  Identify the different methods of collecting evidence and describe the importance of documenting evidence during and after a fire.
5.  Describe the importance of scene preservation for fire cause determination.
6.  Describe the methods of preserving fire scene evidence.

FRS 107 - Legal Aspects of the Fire Service

FRS 108 - Building Construction for Fire Science

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Explain the importance of studying building construction from a fire fighter’s perspective.
2.  Identify and describe the different types of building construction materials and structures.
3.  Describe the basics of fire behavior and the impact fire has on the different types of buildings.
4.  List the different types of building construction materials.
5.  List the different types of building occupancies and give examples of each.
6.  Explain the difference between fire and building codes.

FRS 110 - Computers in the Fire Service

FRS 200 - Hazardous Materials

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the common elements by their atomic symbols on the periodic table and demonstrate an understanding of why the table is organized into columns and groups.
2.  Differentiate among the elements, compounds, and mixtures and give examples of each.
3.  Explain the difference between ionic and covalent bonding and be able to predict when each will occur.
4.  Describe the basic chemical and physical properties of gases, liquids, and solids and predict the behavior of a substance under adverse conditions.
5.  Identify, name, and understand the basic chemistry and hazards involved with the nine US Department of Transportation (USDOT) hazardous materials classifications and their divisions.
6.  Analyze facility occupancy, transportation documents, shape and size of containers, and materials safety data sheets (MSDS) to recognize the physical state and potential hazards of reactivity related to firefighter health and safety.
7.  Demonstrate the ability to utilize guidebooks to determine an initial course of action for emergency responders.

FRS 201 - Fire Service Hydraulics

FRS 204 - Protection and Suppression Systems

FRS 205 - Fire Department Administration

FRS 250 - Special Topics

FRS 299 - Independent Study: Fire Service

GEO 120 - World Cultural Geography

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify major concepts in cultural geography including place, region, mobility, and cultural landscape.
2.  Identify and discuss some of the elements of cultural geography, including the geographies of population, language, race and ethnicity, religion, and political geography.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the relation of geography to such phenomena as urbanization and globalization.
4.  Apply geographical knowledge to the analysis of contemporary local, regional, national, and international issues.

GER 101 - Beginning German I

GER 102 - Beginning German II

HCM 193 - Introduction to U.S. Healthcare Systems

HCM 194 - Healthcare Financing

HCM 195 - Managed Health Delivery Systems

HCM 196 - Healthcare Ethics

HCM 197 - Economics of Health & Medical Care

HCM 198 - Long-Term Care

HIS 100 - The Rise of the West: 1500-Present

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Identify some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to study the past.
4.  Identify and describe the main political, economic, social, cultural, and religious conditions of late medieval/early modern Europe (1450-1789).
5.  Identify and explain the increasing conflicts between a traditional, aristocratic society and emerging “modern” movements in the economic, political, social, cultural, and religious arenas.
6.  Describe the industrial transformation and evaluate its consequences.
7.  Identify and describe the movements of the 19th century age of “isms,” including Imperialism, and evaluate their impact on European and non-European societies.
8.  Explain why World War I was the product of mounting tensions within an increasingly “modern” European nation-state system.
9.  Explain and assess how WWII grew out of a failed European peace and a series of interwar crises.
10.  Explain and evaluate the impact of communism and fascism on 20th century European civilization.
11.  Identify and analyze the competing historical interpretations of the Cold War and the subsequent collapose of the Soviet Union.
12.  Describe the factors giving rise to decolonization of the European empires and evaluate its consequences, focusing especially on the rise of globalization.

HIS 103 - Origins of the Western World

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Identify some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to study the past.
4.  Identify the major civilizations of the ancient Near East and describe their influence on Western Civilization.
5.  Identify the main periods and themes in the history of Ancient Greece.
6.  Identify the main periods and themes in the history of Ancient Rome.
7.  Describe the major transformation in late antiquity.
8.  Identify the major influences of Byzantine Civilization on Western Civilization.
9.  Identify the major influences of Islamic Civilization on Western Civilization.
10.  Describe the major social, political, and cultural developments of the High Middle Ages.
11.  Describe the crisis of the late Middle Ages and the origins and early history of the Renaissance.

HIS 116 - The West and the World to 1500

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Identify some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to study the past.
4.  Identify some of the main features of human prehistory.
5.  Distinguish the general characteristics of civilizations.
6.  Identify the primary civilizations of the Old and New Worlds.
7.  Identify some of the main features of some of the major religious and cultural traditions of Asia, Africa, and Europe to circa 1500 CE.
8.  Explain the rise of the state and the development of distinct social groups and gender roles.
9.  Locate the major trade routes of the Old World before 1500 CE.
10.  Describe the general conditions that existed in the Old and New Worlds on the eve of modernity, circa 1500 CE.

HIS 117 - The West and the World Since 1500

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Identify some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to study the past.
4.  Describe the general conditions that existed in the Old and New Worlds on the eve of modernity, circa 1500 CE.
5.  Identify the major changes in Europe and its relations with the rest of the world in the period 1500-1800.
6.  Describe some of the major developments in Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the period 1500-1800.
7.  Explain the origins and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
8.  Identify the major political developments of the period 1800-1914.
9.  Describe the general crisis of the first half of the twentieth century and identify its global consequences.
10.  Identify some of the main themes in global history since 1950.
 

HIS 130 - United States History I

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Write clearly, speak cogently, and think critically about historical events and issues.
2.  Identify some of the methods used by historians to study the past.
3.  Name and discuss some contributions made to historical knowledge by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geographers.
4.  Read primary historical sources and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
5.  Identify the cultural areas of native peoples in North America.
6.  Evaluate the impact of European exploration on Europe, Africa, and North America, for example, the Columbian Exchange.
7.  Explain the motivations of European powers and colonists and varying subsequent colonial developments consequent upon their actions.
8.  Describe the various measures used by the European powers to control and profit fromthe New World colonies, as well as patterns of colonial compliance and resistance.
9.  Identify some of the causes–long term and immediate, foreign and domestic–of the Revolutionary War(s) and independence from Great Britain.
10.  Describe the composition and distribution of the North American immigrant population in the 18th and 19th centuries.
11.  Discuss the Constitution and Bill of Rights as well as the process of development and approval.
12.  Distinguish the key issues between the federalists and anti-federalists and relate those issues to the development of political parties.
13.  Discuss the nature of Jacksonian democracy, including ethnic, class, and regional affiliations, and the status of white men, women, native peoples, and African American.
14.  Examine the causes and consequences of the market and transportation revolutions of the 19th century.
15.  Evaluate how sectional differences, including slavery and diverse economic, political, and social interests, propelled the nation towards Civil War.
16.  Recognize the short and long term consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

HIS 131 - United States History II

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Write clearly, speak cogently, and think critically about historical events and issues.
2.  Identify some of the methods used by historians to study the past.
3.  Name and discuss some contributions to historical knowledge made by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geographers.
4.  Read primary historical sources and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
5.  Discuss the outcomes of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
6.  Identify and explain causes and patterns of immigration to America, internal migration, and cultural changes as a result of those movements.
7.  Explain the development of the American West–motives for westward expansion, impact on indigenous peoples, and national economic change.
8.  Evaluate trends in the industrialization, commercialization, and urbanization of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
9.  Identify and appraise the Progressive responses to the social, economic, and political problems of the Gilded Age.
10.  Distinguish motives and consequences of American expansionism and imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
11.  Describe American economic, diplomatic and military roles abroad and at home during World War I.
12.  Review the economic, social, and political changes of the 1920s.
13.  Name and discuss the causes and outcomes of the Great Depression, including the New Deal response.
14.  Describe American economic, diplomatic and military roles abroad and at home during World War II.
15.  Examine the various concerns of the Atomic Age, the Cold War in American life and politics, and the post-war era of the 1950s.
16.  Discuss the various civil rights movements of American marginal populations, American Indians, women, sub-culture lifestyles, and African Americans in particular.
17.  Examine the technological, political and social changes caused by the Space Race, the conflict in Vietnam, and the Great Society.
18.  Evaluate the political and foreign policies of the 1980s and 1990s and understand the impact on America of the end of the Cold War.
19.  Debate recent events of the 1990s and early 21st century and discuss implications for the future of America and Americans.

HIS 135 - Jazz in US History and Culture

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify some of the fundamental principles in the study of jazz history.
2.  Describe some of the relationships between events and trends in American history and the evolution of jazz.
3.  Identify and describe the roots of jazz in African and nineteenth-century African American musical traditions in relation to colonial and nineteenth-century history.
4.  Distinguish between different jazz styles and identify important individual personalities in jazz history.
5.  Evaluate the relationship of jazz to twentieth-century American history.
6.  Creatively discuss the place of jazz in contemporary American culture.

HIS 141 - History of Modern Latin America and the Caribbean

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the general nature of colonial Latin American societies.
2.  Analyze the causes of the Latin American independence movements of the nineteenth century.
3.  Identify major themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin American societies in the nineteenth century, including reform, reaction, and revolution.
4.  Discuss the causes of political instability and economic backwardness in Latin America in the twentieth century.
5.  Identify some of the significant political leaders and movements in Latin America in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

HIS 155 - War and the Western World

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the general nature of warfare in the early modern West, including theories of the “military revolution” of the period.
2.  Identify some of the relationships between warfare and culture, politics, and society in the early modern West.
3.  Discuss the causes and consequences of the Age of Revolution in the West, including the rise of mass armies.
4.  Describe the nature of indurstrialization in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the development of new technologies and strategies of war.
5.  Identify the major belief systems of the nineteenth century West, including Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, and Nationalism.
6.  Discuss the nature of imperialism and imperial wars in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
7.  Analyze the political, social, cultural, and military causes and consequences of the two world wars.
8.  Discuss the period since 1945 in the West, including the Cold War, decolonization, and globalization, with a special emphasis on the nature of war in the contemporary world.

HIS 155-159 - SERIES Themes in Western Civilization

HIS 156 - Nature and Western Civilization

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify some of the major ideologies regarding nature in the history of Western thought.
2.  Examine some of the major developments in the human relationship to nature in the West since 1500.
3.  Identify some of the historical trends in energy use since 1500.
4.  Identify some of the historical trends in pollution and other environmental issues since 1500.
5.  Examine the present-day state of global environmental issues.
6.  Discuss and analyze some of the various solutions proposed for energy and environmental problems today.

HIS 163 - Introduction to Chinese Civilization

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the main chronological divisions in Chinese history.
2.  Identify some of the major elements in traditional Chinese culture.
3.  Discuss some of the major social, cultural and political developments in ancient China.
4.  Describe some of the main features of social and political life in imperial China.
5.  Explain the origins of the Chinese Revolution.
6.  Describe the course of the Chinese Revoluton.
7.  Identify the major events and developments during the rule of Mao Zedong.
8.  Identify some of the major developments in China since 1976.

HIS 164 - Introduction to Japanese Civilization

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the main chronological divisions in Japanese history.
2.  Identify some of the major elements in traditional Japanese culture.
3.  Describe some of the major features of the political, social, and cultural life in Heian and medieval Japan.
4.  Describe some of the major features of the polical, social, and cultural life in Tokugawa Japan.
5.  Account for the Meiji restoration and describe its consequences.
6.  Identify some of the main features of Japan’s modernization (1868-1953).
7.  Identify some of the main developments in Japan since 1953.

HIS 171 - American Economic History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the major periods in the economic history of the United States.
2.  Describe the roles of population, resources, and technologies in the historical development of the American economy.
3.  Identify some of the major themes in the histories of American business and labor, and the relation of government to each.
4.  Explain the relations between the development of the American economy and major international developments.

HIS 175 - Local History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the main chronological divisions in the history of Broome County and its adjacent areas.
2.  Describe the main features of Native American life in the region before colonization.
3.  Discuss some of the major themes of the colonial and revolutionary periods in the local area.
4.  Describe the development of the local area during the nineteenth century, against the backdrop of broader regional and national history.
5.  Discuss the growth of important local businesses in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Endicott-Johnson, IBM, and others.
6.  Identify the major themes of local history in the twentieth century, against the backdrop of regional and national developments.

HIS 180 - Utopia: American Visions of the Good Society

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the general nature of utopian ideas and practices.
2.  Discuss the utopian impulse in American history.
3.  Examine experimental communities such as the Shakers, the Owenites, the Oneida Perfectionists, and the communes of the 1960s.
4.  Compare and analyze key works of utopian literature by such authors as Edward Bellamy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W. Warren Wager, and others, including their place in American history and culture.

HIS 183 - Women’s History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the various women’s cultures in America and describe how they have changed over time.
2.  Show an understanding of the influence in Western traditions, practices, and laws dealing with women upon developments in American women’s history.
3.  Demonstrate, through research, class discussion, and class presentations, a familiarity with research methods regarding historical records.
4.  Complete at least one project demonstrating in-depth knowledge of one aspect of American women’s history.

HIS 186 - Modern American Social History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the major periods in the economic history of the United States.
2.  Describe the roles of population, resources, and technologies in the historical development of the American economy.
3.  Identify some of the major themes in the histories of American business and labor, and the relation of government to each.
4.  Explain the relations between the development of the American economy and major international developments.

HIS 187 - The United States Civil War: Causes and Effects

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe conditions in the United States in 1815.
2.  Describe the development of sectional rivalries.
3.  Identify major political conflicts in the Antebellum Period, such as the Missouri Compromise and the Nullification Crisis.
4.  Describe some of the major features of slavery and Southern society and culture.
5.  Discuss the major ideas of Abolitionism.
6.  Identify the consequences of the Westward Expansion, such as the Wilmot Proviso.
7.  Describe the development of the Republican Party.
8.  Demonstrate an understanding of the significance of the election of 1860.
9.  Discuss the life and ideas of Abraham Lincoln.
10.  Identify the balance of forces in 1861.
11.  Discuss some of the major military aspects of the Civil War.
12.  Discuss some of the political, economic and social aspects of the war in the North and South.
13.  Describe African-American experiences during the war, including Emancipation.
14.  Discuss the Reconstruction and some of the long-term consequences of the Civil War.

HIS 188 - Vietnam and America

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Distinguish and evaluate principal interpretations of the lessons of the Vietnam War.
4.  Discuss the impact of Cold War events and American culture on the American response to conflict in Vietnam.
5.  Identify the major features of Vietnamese geography, culture, and history.
6.  Identify the principal historical “turning points” in the Vietnamese wars.
7.  Distinguish and evaluate both actual and alternative military strategies of both Americans and Vietnamese.
8.  Describe the war and post-war experiences of soldiers on all sides.
9.  Explain how the United States military draft was organized and functioned and the impact of factors of race, class, and gender on the creation of the American forces.
10.  Debate issues of the legality of this war and war generally, the nature of war crimes, and the war powers of the branches of the Federal govenment.
11.  Examine a variety of Vietnamese perspectives on the war.
12.  Describe the roles of women on all sides of this war.
13.  Explain the social, cultural and political developments in the United States in this period and their impacts on the outcome of the war.
14.  Debate the impact of the United States mass media in the support for the war and its outcome.
15.  Discuss the ways in which the war has been represented in popular culture.
16.  Examine social, political and economic effects on Vietnam and America after the war.

HIS 189 - First Peoples: Native American History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify various Native cultures and their regions.
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of the outline of pre-historic development, historic interactions with European settlers and govenments, and modern indian life.
3.  Demonstrate, through written research and class discussion, a familiarity with research methods regarding historical records.
4.  Complete at least one project demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of one aspect of the history of the First Peoples.

HIS 194 - Survey in African American History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe and apply some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to understand the past.
2.  Identify important general concepts in the study of African-American history.
3.  Describe the nature of the African slave trade.
4.  Describe conditions in colonial America with special reference to African-Americans.
5.  Discuss African-American roles in and responses to the era of the American Revolution.
6.  Identify conditions of slave and free African-American life in the antebellum period.
7.  Discuss the Civil War era with special reference to African-American experiences.
8.  Identify the general conditions of African-American life from Reconstruction to the First World War.
9.  Describe the Harlem Renaissance and related developments of the 1920s and 1930s.
10.  Discuss the ideas of key African-American thinkers such as Booker T. Washington, W. E. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey, including their relation to conditions in Africa.
11.  Identify important features of African-American experiences from the Second World War to the present.
12.  Compare and contrast the ideas of important African American thinkers in the Civil Rights and post-Civil Rights eras, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X.

HIS 210-280 - Special Topics in History

HIS 225 - Total War in the Twentieth Century

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the conditions–political and military–leading to the outbreak of the First World War.
2.  Discuss the consequences–political and military–of the First World War.
3.  Identify the main causes of the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe and Asia.
4.  Describe the balance of forces in the two theaters of operation at the start of the war.
5.  Discuss the initial military strategies employed by all sides and describe how those strategies changed during the course of the war.
6.  Discuss the entrance of the United States into the Second World War.
7.  Describe the conditions of battle in the various theaters of operation.
8.  Discuss the end of the Second World War and the military, technological, and political consequences of that War.

HIS 299 - Independent Study

Learning outcomes will be developed by the instructor and approved by the department chair and the Dean of Liberal Arts.

HIT 101 - Introduction to Health Information Systems

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Trace the development of the health information profession and understand the responsibilities of the health information professional.
2.  Identify the purpose and structure of AHIMA.
3.  Recognize and describe the uses, users, and functions of the health record.
4.  Understand the content, documentation requirements, and formats of the health record in various healthcare settings.
5.  Understand the advantages of electronic health records over paper-based and hybrid records.
6.  Identify and define terms, initiatives, and technologies used in the planning and implementation of the electronic health record.
7.  Describe the purpose, development, and importance of healthcare data sets and standards.
8.  Identify and define the various reimbursement methodologies for healthcare reimbursement.
9.  Recognize the purpose, development, and maintenance of registries and indexes used in healthcare.
10.  Understand the role that ethics plays in the health information profession.
11.  Identify the types of vital statistics that are collected in the healthcare industry.
12.  Identify and explain statistical terminology used in the healthcare industry.
13.  Compute the following statistics:  Census Data, Percentage of Occupancy, Discharge Data, Length of Stay, Mortality, Obstetrical, Autopsy, Infection, and other rates.

HIT 106 - Medical Terminology

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Develop an appreciation for the historical development of the medical language.
2.  Identify and define the five basic word parts.
3.  Understand the concept of analyzing and defining medical terms.
4.  Recognize the rules on word building and be able to apply these rules when building medical terms from given definitions.
5.  Define, pronounce, and correctly spell the word parts (combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes) presented within each chapter.
6.  Define, pronounce, and correctly spell medical terms related to body structure, color, and oncology.
7.  Define, pronounce, and correctly spell terms which are used to describe directional terms, anatomic planes, regions, and quadrants.
8.  Define, pronounce, and correctly spell disease and disorder, surgical, diagnostic, and complementary terms that are associated with the following body systems: Integumentary, Respiratory, Urinary, Male and Female Reproductive, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Cardiovascular, Immune, Blood, and Lymphatic, Digestive, Eye, Ear, Musculoskeletal, Nervous, and Endocrine.
9.  Identify, interpret, and correctly spell medical abbreviations associated with the above mentioned anatomic systems.
10.  Interpret, read, and comprehend the medical language in simulated medical statements and documents.

HIT 107 - Medical Transcription and Correspondence

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Produce an error-free transcribed letter, consultation, chart note, history and physical report, and discharge summary dictated by a variety of physicians.
2.  Edit the transcript to correct obvious grammatical and punctuation errors, while identifying medical transcription inconsistencies.
3.  Develop keyboarding skills and an increased knowledge of medical terminolgy, confidentiality, and professionalism.
4.  Demonstrate the ability to utilize references and resources efficiently.