Course Addendum
New Course - Effective Fall 2024
ART 131 - Digital Design, 3 Cr.
Contact Hours Per Week: 6 Lab.
Digital Design covers the creation and manipulation of visual content using a range of software tools to communicate ideas, concepts, and information effectively across a range of digital platforms. Through a combination of lectures, research, hands-on projects, and group critique, students will learn the fundamentals of graphic design, composition, digital imaging, typography, and layout for digital display. Projects will emphasize the application of core design principles to modern digital practices using industry-standard software. By the end of the course, students will have experience problem-solving content creation to generate visually compelling designs, giving them the foundational knowledge for a range of careers in graphic design, digital media, and web design.
New Course - Effective Fall 2024
MUS 175, 176, 275, 276 - Applied Music Lessons I - IV, 1 Cr.
Contact Hours Per Week: 1 Lec.
This course is for first semester music students. Credit will be granted for the individual study of voice or instrument. Students will need to attend weekly 1-hour individual music lessons. Lessons will be scheduled the first week of the semester based on student and teacher availability. Primary topics with include history of the student’s instrument, musicianship, technique, performance practice, scales, arpeggios, and repertoire.
New Course - Effective Fall 2024
HUS 260 - Fundamentals of Training in the Helping Professions, 1 Cr.
Contact Hours Per Week: 1 Lec.
Too often, what we learn ends when we leave the training session. How can we prepare to embrace and practice what is learned? This course offers an overview of the purpose and scope of effective training and the challenges that provide lasting positive results that support the ethics and competency standards established by helping professions associations. Key topics include relevance, impact, coaching, consistency, and reinforcement of what was learned.
New Course - Effective Fall 2024
HUS 261 - Supervision in the Helping Professions, 1 Cr.
Contact Hours Per Week: 1 Lec.
This course is an overview of the role of supervisor in the helping professions. Moving into a position of leadership and authority can be one of the most difficult transitions to make in the workplace. In addition to the new challenges you face and high expectations you must meet, it is imperative that you learn how to effectively communicate, motivate and delegate to achieve success as defined by professional ethics and competency standards. We will explore the blend between models, theories and principles related to leadership and practical techniques for successful supervision. We will also explore the values and ethics that bind us as professionals. This course is appropriate for new supervisors, those considering supervision in the helping professions, or experienced supervisors wanting to learn more about supervision in the helping professions.
Course Pre-requisite Change - Effective Fall 2024
BUS 229 - Business Communications
Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
This course will familiarize the study of written and oral communication skills for business and the professions. Course content will include writing fundamentals (grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure); letter and report formatting; letter, memo and report writing; oral presentations; employment strategies; and communication psychology. (Usually offered Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.)
Prerequisites: None
Course Pre-requisite Change - Effective Spring 2025
CHE 121 - General Chemistry II
Contact Hours Per Week: 4 Lec.
This is a continuation of CHE 120 where the principles of chemistry will be covered in detail. The topics covered will include kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, acids and bases, and electrochemistry.
Prerequisites: MAT 111 or MAT 116 or MAT 120, CHE 120 must have been completed in the past 5 years
Course Pre-requisite Change - Effective Spring 2025
MAT 255 - Linear Algebra
Contact Hours Per Week: 3 Lec.
Students will study the basics of linear algebra. Topics include systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, linear transformations, inner product spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Prerequisites that may be met concurrently: MAT 120
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