Mohave Community College offers a variety of ways for students to take courses. For additional information, see Course Delivery Options and/or call MCC Connect.
Description: This course is an introduction to general and oral pathology. Identification of pathological conditions and variations of pathologic and normal tissue in the oral cavity are emphasized. Topics include inflammation, immunology, genetics and their connection to pathologic entities.
Description:Emphasizes the care of the special needs patient. Advanced skills including gingival curettage and tobacco cessation and patient management are presented and performed through comprehensive treatment planning.
Description:Patient treatment progresses with patients of increasing complexity. Students are expected to apply theoretical information in the development of effective treatment protocols. Patient complexity and speed of treatment will increase, challenging student performance.
Description: Fundamental principles of nutrition through the life cycle including metabolism, digestion, and nutrients are covered. Emphasizes the relationship of diet and nutrition to overall and oral health. Practical experience will be gained through a nutritional assessment and counseling project.
Description: Introduction to concepts of public health, dental public health, health education, and dental research. These concepts will be applied to current problems facing local communities. Practical experience will be gained through community dental health and education projects.
Description:Preparation for dental hygiene board exams is emphasized. Dental hygiene practice management, and job search skills, including resumes and interviews, will also be covered.
Description:The final clinical component prior to graduation. Patient treatment continues with an increasingly challenging group of patients. Students will be expected to utilize assessment skills and function with increasing independence and speed.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as a requirement for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool or a childcare setting.
Description: An introduction to the study of comprehensive health, mental health, safety, and nutrition in early childhood group settings including regulatory guidelines. The focus is on applying practical guidelines to create and maintain a healthy and safe environment for children. This includes assessing each child’s health status, studying nutritional needs of children, learning communicable disease prevention, designing emergency and evacuation plans, and making a risk analysis, as well as current topics, resources, and research-based practices.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as required for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool setting or a childcare setting.
Description: This course is an introduction to the theories and principles for arranging effective indoor and outdoor learning environments in early childhood settings. Emphasis is on how to analyze spaces, design and maintain well-organized learning places that stimulate optimal cognitive, social and physical development in attractive learning centers with age-appropriate equipment and materials, providing a high-quality early childhood education.
ECE 113 - Principles of Child Development and Curriculum
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as required for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool setting or a childcare setting.
Description: A basic overview of theories, research, and trends in human development from prenatal to age eight, and application of the fundamental principles of child development to effectively design and implement curriculum which promotes development of the whole child. Introduction to methods and materials to assist young children in the learning process with an emphasis on the arts, movement, dramatic play, technology and sensory activities, all within the context of creativity, observation and developmentally appropriate activities. Assessment strategies used to support children’s learning are explored.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as required for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool or a childcare setting.
Description: This course focuses on issues of physical fitness and well-being in young children, which supports the child’s right to play and learn in an inclusive environment. Best practice activities will be addressed that develop large and small motor skills and the five senses.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as required for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool or a childcare setting.
Description: This course focuses on the intellectual development of children 0-8 by investigating theories, trends, and principles of cognitive growth. There will be a focus on activities that strengthen children’s early literacy skills, including, but not limited to: the use of spoken language, listening skills, and increasing vocabulary.
ECE 116 - Social, Emotional, and Self-Concept Development
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as a requirement for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool or a childcare setting.
Description: This course provides an overview of social, emotional, and self-concept theory and the impact on children in the early childhood educational setting. Developmentally appropriate activities and experiences strengthen a healthy self-concept, stimulate emotional I.Q., and social competency within a group.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as a requirement for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool or a childcare setting.
Description: An introductory course that explores the research and techniques for guiding children in early childhood education with a focus on individual child and adult needs for a disciplined environment. Areas of focus include the following: objective observation, record keeping techniques, guidance, behavior modification techniques, listening skills, and classroom management. An emphasis is placed on two-way communication, providing an environment where children can learn and practice appropriate behaviors individually and in a group.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as a requirement for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool or a childcare setting.
Description: This course provides an overview of the field of family life education. Emphasis is on developing flexible, culturally sensitive, and effective communication skills to ensure each child’s culture, language, ethnicity, and family structure is recognized and valued. This course examines barriers and identifies strategies to enhance involvement with parents, guardians, and the community in the early childhood program.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S” and, as a requirement for CDA certification, experience working in a private or public preschool or a childcare setting.
Description: This course addresses professionalism in the early childhood field, including a history of the profession, ethical behavior, advocacy for improved programs and services for children and their families, and a commitment to professional growth. It addresses the philosophy of childcare services, including the standards set by the National Council for Professional Recognition, the Association for Child Development and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Students are encouraged to apply for and to complete the final requirements for the CDA National Credential.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 or TRE 089 with an “S”.
Description: Early Childhood Development is a study of the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive factors of growth and development from birth to age eight (8). Topics covered include principles, stages, and theories of growth and development.
ECE 161 - Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S”.
Description: This course presents health, safety, and nutrition practices to prepare early childhood caregivers in providing for the total growth of young children. This includes nutritional needs, caregiver responsibilities, illness prevention, a safe environment, and community resources for children from birth to age eight (8).
ECE 162 - Curriculum and Experiences in Early Childhood Education
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S”
Description: Designed to help students understand the importance of early childhood curriculum and become energetic, creative, and adaptive early childhood teachers in a dynamic educational environment. Special emphasis will be placed on developmental and age appropriate curriculum planning and instruction utilizing theory and hands-on interactive applications.
Prerequisite:ENG 101 or permission of subject area Associate Dean
Description: A survey of children’s literature focused on grade PreK-8. This course includes the study of a variety of popular children’s authors, illustrators, and genres, and is designed to enhance students’ appreciation and analysis of literature with a focus on how to effectively choose and implement children’s literature in educational contexts. This course requires additional and outside reading of a variety of children’s literature titles.
Description: Provides students with an initial perspective of Education. Topics include: purposes of schooling and schools; effective schools; diversity and its effects on schools, teachers, and students; societal and political issues affecting schools; comparative education; curriculum issues and controversies; and technology’s impact on schools and schooling. Also, philosophical, legal, and financial issues facing today’s schools; history of American education; and current trends in education reform. This class requires a minimum of 20 hours and a maximum of 30 hours of classroom experiential involvement in local schools.
Description: This course explores multiple perspectives and strategies for teaching culturally diverse populations, bringing cultural awareness to the learner by presenting the fundamental knowledge of understanding cultural dynamics, historically, legally, and theoretically. It explores multicultural education theory and practice to promote an understanding of diversity in society, focusing on educational settings and both personal and professional communication. Topics include prejudice, discrimination, gender issues, ethnic relations, scapegoating, stereotyping, LGBTQIA+ concerns, socioeconomics, exceptionalities, and creating inclusive environments for teaching and learning. This course is beneficial for both future educators and students in all disciplines.
Description: Provides an introduction to the physical and mental characteristics of students in special education and gifted programs. The course includes an introduction to the definitions and identifying characteristics of students with disabilities or health disorders, including an introduction to the laws, terminology, definitions, and specific educational recommendations for students.
Prerequisite:ENG 101 or current teaching credential
Description: Designed to meet the Structured English Immersion Endorsement certification requirements of the State of Arizona. Addresses SEI instructional methods for English Language Learners (ELL), including instruction in SEI strategies, ELL State Proficiency Standards, and assessment of ELL student academic progress.
Description: An exploration of methods in the development of language acquisition from emergent literacy to the components of a balanced English Language Arts program. Instruction in emergent, alphabetic, within word pattern, and syllables and affixes stages will be addressed. Also included are phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension. Culture, theory, and strategies that support the development of literacy are explored.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam, or completion of PCS 021 with an “S” and EDU 205 or current teaching license.
Description: Surveys the classroom management strategies that have positive influences on student achievement as suggested by research. The role of classroom management, community building, relationships, rules, procedures, and interventions are considered.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the assessment test or successful completion of PCS 021 and TRM 090 with an ‘S’.
Description: This course instructs students on how to create a safe work environment. Students will learn appropriate selection, effective use and systematic maintenance of tools, materials, and measuring devices. Interpreting blueprints, designing rough-in wiring plans, and implementing those plans is also included.
Description: This course continues training on installation of trim-out portions of residential electrical systems, which includes luminaires and setups for specialized residential devices and appliances. Training also focuses on troubleshooting and maintenance, and introduces “green” house and solar installation wiring techniques.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the assessment test or completion of PCS 021 and TRM 090 with an ‘S’.
Description: This course is designed to provide students concentrated study in mathematical problems that would occur in the electrical industry. Mathematics begins with basic math and progresses to algebraic formulas and trigonometric functions that are essential to an understanding of the industry.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRM 090.
Description: This course reinforces the safe handling of electricity by introducing the student to the basic scientific principles occurring in the use of electrical energy. It includes a study of circuits and measurements, alternating current, three-phase power, transformers and their uses, and AC and DC motors and generators.
Description: This course introduces students to low-voltage control systems. It provides guidance to understanding how low-voltage control installations are guided by the NEC code and how to ground a system properly. It will discuss audio-related physics and help students understand signal-processing, amplification, reproduction equipment and provide basic networking architecture, topology and protocols
Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRM 090
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4000 hours documented experience in residential electrical field as electrician’s helper or higher.
Description: This course expands on knowledge obtained from residential wiring into commercial wiring installations. It includes a refresher of safety equipment and procedures, proper use of the NEC code, and trains in the proper equipment and procedures for commercial installations and applications.
Description: This course continues the concepts taught in ELC 210 for commercial installations. It focuses on electrical service, distribution systems, and lighting and power systems, including alternative and backup power sources.
Prerequisite:ELC 121 or permission of Instructor or Associate Dean.
Description: This course continues training on more advanced low-voltage systems, including fire alarm, security, closed circuit video, and wireless communication systems. Additional training with the NEC Codebook is also included throughout the course.
Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRM 090 with an ‘S’
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4000 hours documented experience in residential electrical field as electrician’s helper or higher.
Description: This course modifies basic wiring and installation concepts studied previously into an industrial environment. It provides guidance on safety practices unique to industrial settings, explains power distribution, changeover in new and existing industrial buildings, and determines safe conductor selection and their protection requirements.
Description: The course explores the operation of variable frequency drives, solid-state relays and other systems that utilize electronic devices. Covers the principles of single and three-phase motors, motor current draw, sequence of operations, wiring diagrams and the electrical components associated with industrial motors. Procedures for evaluating electrical and mechanical problems with motors, including the applicable safety equipment and procedures, are stressed.
Description: This course provides an in-depth study into the components and functions of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), including developing wiring diagrams and ladder logic. It will include installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting practices. It also covers process control, network systems, and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
Prerequisite: 16 years of age and appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 with an ‘S’
Description: Techniques in pre-hospital emergency care appropriate to the Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Scope of Practice. Includes identifying signs and symptoms associated with illness and traumatic injuries. Also includes intervention used in managing patient and transfer of the patient to higher level medical authority. This course covers the National EMS Education Standards curriculum for EMR, as well as the National Registry Practical portion of EMR. Course is designed to prepare eligible students for NREMT EMR examination.
Prerequisite: 18 years of age. Appropriate score on placement exam or successful completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089
Description: Techniques of pre-hospital emergency medical care for the emergency medical technician. Includes the history of emergency medical care delivery systems, roles and responsibilities of EMS providers, ethical and legal issues, and patient assessment. Also includes symptoms of illnesses, injuries, medical emergencies, appropriate medical techniques, triage, and ambulance operations. Course includes BLS for Healthcare Providers certification. In addition to the coursework, students must perform ten patient assessments. These can be performed in an appropriate clinical setting or on standardized patients if clinical settings are not available. This course meets the National EMS Education Standards for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT).
Prerequisite: Successful completion of HES 129 or BIO 160, or concurrent enrollment in HES 129 or BIO 160.
Current certification as an Emergency Medical Technician, with one (1) year of documented working experience preferred.
Students must successfully complete requirements outlined in the application and competitive testing process including;
Criminal background check and drug screening.
Submission of all required documentation.
Written Exam
Practical Exam
Oral Interview Panel
Program Director Authorization
Description: This course is an introductory course in the paramedic education track. Topics covered include: roles and responsibilities of the paramedic, EMS systems, medical terminology, workforce safety and wellness, public health, medical/legal and ethical issues, communications and documentation, anatomy and physiology review, pathophysiology, life-span development, patient assessment, Critical thinking, principles of pharmacology, medication administration, Airway Management and Ventilation and Respiratory Emergencies.
Instruction includes a combination of lecture, discussion, lab and classroom exercises. Students should be prepared to participate in class discussions without advance notice. Reading assignments are to be completed prior to each class session. Students must maintain certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) throughout the course.
Description: This course focuses on assessing and managing patients with cardiac and other specific medical conditions, as well as intensive discussion of the principles of advanced electrocardiography.
Topics include 12-lead EKG strip interpretation, introduction to ACLS, neurologic emergencies, HEENT diseases, abdominal and GI, genitourinary and renal emergencies, gynecologic emergencies, endocrine emergencies, toxicology, hematologic and immunologic emergencies, infectious disease and psychiatric emergencies. Students will also complete certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS).
Instruction includes a combination of lecture, discussion, lab and classroom exercises. Students should be prepared to participate in class discussions without advance notice. Reading assignments are to be completed prior to each class session. Students must be minimally certified at the level of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and must maintain their EMT certification as current throughout the entire paramedic program.
Description: This course covers the pathophysiology, assessment and management of adult and pediatric patients with injuries involving various body systems. Students will also complete certification in Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support.
Instruction includes a combination of lecture, discussion, lab and classroom exercises. Students should be prepared to participate in class discussions without advance notice. Reading assignments are to be completed prior to each class session. Students must be minimally certified at the level of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and must maintain current certification throughout the course of the paramedic program.
Description: This course covers the pathophysiology, assessment and management of patients in special populations groups. Topics include obstetrics and gynecology; neonatology; pediatrics and geriatrics, special patient populations, Transport Operations, Incident management and Mass-Casualty incidents, Hazardous Materials, Terrorism, Disaster Response and Crime Scene awareness. Students will also complete certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Professionals (PEPP).
Instruction includes a combination of lecture, discussion, lab and classroom exercises. Students should be prepared to participate in class discussions without advance notice. Reading assignments are to be completed prior to each class session. Students must be minimally certified at the level of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and must maintain current certification throughout the paramedic program.
Description: This course serves as the final capstone experience course at the conclusion of the paramedic education program. The student is prepared to sit for national board examinations at the course conclusion. Topics include responding to the field cardiac arrest, oral board examinations, cumulative practical skill evaluations, and preparation for the National Registry written and practical paramedic examinations.
Instruction includes a combination of cognitive testing, discussion, lab and scenario based exercises. Students should be prepared to participate in class discussions without advance notice. Reading assignments are to be completed prior to each class session. Students must be minimally certified at the level of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and must maintain current certification throughout the course of the program.
Prerequisite: Current State and/or National EMS Certification at the level you are instructing (EMT, Paramedic). Current ACLS, PALS, BLS, PHTLS, as applicable to the level you are instructing (EMT, Paramedic). Minimum of two years’ experience for EMT, five years for Paramedic and currently active in the field.
Description: This course provides the knowledge and application of instructional and evaluation techniques and practices that are used in adult learning within the classroom, clinical, field, and lab settings.
Description: Principles of circuit analysis using both component modeling and hands-on experimentation. Explores the use of transient analysis, steady state analysis, and Laplace transforms to characterize circuits. Suggested for engineering majors with an electrical or computer engineering focus; useful for other engineering disciplines.
Description: This course considers bodies, both particles and rigid bodies, under the influence of balanced forces such that the body is either stationary or moving at a constant velocity. Customary topics included are: force systems; resultants; equilibrium; distributed forces; area moments; fluid statics; friction; and stability.
Description: Engineering dynamics is concerned with the motion of bodies subjected to the action of forces, in particular the accelerated motion of a body. The subject of dynamics will be presented in two parts: kinematics, which treats only the geometric aspects of the motion; and kinetics, which is the analysis of the forces causing the motion. To develop these principles, the dynamics of a particle will be discussed first, followed by topics in rigid-body dynamics in both two and three dimensions.
Description: The course is designed to assess students’ level of proficiency with English language acquisition. A portion of the orientation is class placement which is based on diagnostic testing. The student success strategies for non-English speaking students will be also included.
Prerequisite:Must be 16 years of age or older and not in high school. Must successfully complete ELA 010 - ELA Orientation and obtain an appropriate score on diagnostic testing.
Description:The course is designed for students with some English experience. The course exposes students to beginning vocabulary, listening, and speaking. It enables students to function in daily activities and employment on a beginning level.
Prerequisite:Must be 16 years of age or older and not in high school. Must successfully complete ELA 011 - ELA Basic Listening and Speaking or obtain an appropriate score on diagnostic testing.
Description:The course is designed for students with some English experience. The course exposes students to intermediate vocabulary, listening, and speaking skills. It will enable students to function in daily activities on an intermediate level and to function comfortably with English in employment.
Prerequisite:Must be 16 years of age or older and not in high school. Must successfully complete ELA 012 - ELA Intermediate Listening and Speaking or obtain an appropriate score on diagnostic testing.
Description:The course is designed as a continuation of the ELA Intermediate Listening and Speaking course for students with some English experience. It exposes students to advanced vocabulary, listening, and speaking skills to enable them to function in daily activities on an advanced level and to function comfortably with English in employment.
Prerequisite:Must be 16 years of age or older and not in high school. Must successfully complete ELA 010 - ELA Orientation, and obtain an appropriate score on diagnostic testing.
Description:A course designed for students with no prior experience in the English Language. This course introduces students to alphabet, numbers, basic vocabulary and grammar skills which will enable them to function in daily activities.
Prerequisite: Must be 16 years of age or older and not in high school. Must successfully complete ELA 021 - ELA Basic Reading and Writing or obtain an appropriate score diagnostic testing.
Description: This course is designed to provide non-native speakers of English with intermediate level vocabulary, language structures, work and life skills, so they will be able to communicate and interact at work, at school, and in the community.
Description:The course is designed as a continuation of the ELA course in English Grammar and usage for the students whose first language is not English. The course presents advanced English structure throughout all the skill areas of reading and writing.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S”
Description:English 101 introduces the fundamentals of academic reading and writing by focusing on development of critical reading skills and rhetorical writing skills useful in various academic and professional writing situations. Students will develop an effective writing process and express ideas in response to relevant issues and conversations.
Prerequisite:ENG 101 with a grade of “C” or better
Description:English 102 continues the development of academic reading and writing with an emphasis on effective research skills and persuasive writing strategies. Students will learn to identify claims and evidence and to design rhetorically sound arguments supported by credible sources, logic, and/or reasoning.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S”
Description: This course develops writing skills with an introduction to the general principles of business and technical writing, including the writing process, various writing formats, research, and special concerns related to written and verbal communication in the workplace.
Description: Introductory course in imaginative literature designed to provide students the skills necessary for understanding, appreciating, and analyzing works of fiction, poetry, and drama.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an S.
Description: Introductory study and practice of the craft of writing fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction with an emphasis on the reading and discussion of student manuscripts and published works by contemporary writers.
Description: A general survey of English literature from approximately the eighth century to the mid-eighteenth century. Includes representative readings from the Anglo-Saxon, Middle-English, Renaissance, and Neo-Classical (Restoration, Augustan Age, Age of Johnson) periods.
Description: A general survey of English literature from the mid-eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. Includes representative readings from the Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Post-Modern periods.
Description: A general survey of American literature from the time of European discovery through the Civil War. Includes representative readings in Native American traditions, Spanish exploration, the Puritan tradition, the Great Awakening, America’s founding philosophies, Transcendentalism, and American Romanticism.
Description: A general survey of American literature from the Civil War to the present. Includes representative works and writers from the realist, modern, and postmodern periods.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an ‘S’
Description: Intensive study and practice of the craft and discipline of fiction writing with an emphasis on the reading and discussion of student manuscripts and of published short fiction by contemporary writers.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S”.
Description: Introductory study and practice of poetry writing with an emphasis on the reading and discussion of student manuscripts and published works by contemporary poets.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021, TRE 089 and TRM 090 with an ‘S’.
Description: An introductory course that examines human influence on the environment. Basic ecological concepts are explored and major environmental problems including population growth, pollution, resource overuse; ecological degradation and the loss of biodiversity are evaluated for causes and solutions. The relationship between society, politics and the environment is also examined.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 with an ‘S’.
Description: Principles of Emergency Services exposes the student to the history and evolution of the fire service and fire department organization including departmental functions, management, techniques of firefighting, private fire protection, laws and ordinances. The role of fire service within the community will also be discussed. Students will be introduced to firefighting equipment, safety on the fire scene, and examine the chemistry of fire.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 with an ‘S’
Description: Surveys the fundamentals of fire prevention, including techniques, procedures, regulations, enforcement, and hazards in ordinary and special occupancies.
Description: Students learn the principles of care, maintenance and introductory operation of fire apparatus and pumps. They will examine pump construction, pumping and pump accessories, power development and transmission, driving, trouble-shooting and ways to produce effective fire streams. Students will conduct a review of basic math, hydraulic laws and formulas as applied to the fire service. Students will apply formulas and make mental calculations for hydraulic problems, water supply variables, and discharge requirements for pumpers.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 with an ‘S’ and acceptance into course by Director of Fire Science. Prior to acceptance in program: students must be 18 years of age a time of application, application must be completed, participation in a competitive testing process, completion of a physician’s physical, drug screening, and criminal background check.
Description:This course is intended to introduce the student to the organization of the fire department, the role of the fire fighter in the organization, the fire department’s standard operating procedures and the role of other agencies as they relate to the fire department. The course is a combination of classroom and hands on skill application. The skills covered will include firefighter safety techniques, use of and care for personal protective equipment, hand and power tool operation, hose and water stream operations, fire extinguisher operations, fire ground communications and live fire operations. The student will be required to demonstrate proficiency of the skills and knowledge competencies required by the National Fire Protection Association, standard 1001.
FSC 220 - Occupational Safety and Health for the Fire Service
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 with an ‘S’
Description: This course introduces the basic concepts of occupational health and safety as it relates to emergency service organizations. Topics include risk evaluation and control procedures for fire stations, training sites, emergency vehicles and emergency situations involving fire, EMS, hazardous materials, and technical rescue. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to establish and manage a safety program in an emergency service organization.
Description:Students view leadership within the fire service from the perspective of the company officer. Management aspects of the organization and its relationships to other government agencies are examined. Organizational structure within a fire department and the various roles the company officer fulfills are explored.
Description:The students will delve into the design and operations of fire alarm and fire detection systems. Inspection, operations, and management of resources such as water-based fire suppression systems, special hazard fire suppression systems, water supply for fire protection and portable fire extinguishers are also covered.
Description:The student will evaluate building construction as it relates to fire and life safety considerations that must be addressed by the firefighter. We will examine the relationship between building design and construction and firefighter safety. The purpose of pre-incident planning and their use on the fire ground will be explored.
Description: This course will provide students with the knowledge to initially manage a structural fire incident. Students will use fire ground strategies and tactical considerations to make decisions for personnel assignments during a structural fire incident.
Prerequisite:FSC 105 and FSC 120, or FSC 150. Prerequisites may be waived for Law Enforcement personnel upon Director of Fire Science approval.
Description: Students learn the art of proper cause-determination techniques. The student examines a fire scene and learns to recognize the fire’s origin and cause; ways to preserve evidence; ways to secure the fire scene; and methods for incident documentation. Students analyze motives of fire-setters and the types of fire causes.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment exam or successful completion of TRE 089 and TRM 091 or MAT 101
Description: This course provides an introduction to the physical and chemical conditions that regulate global weather phenomena on Earth. Topics include structure of the atmosphere, temperature, air pressure, humidity, winds, the development of weather systems, severe weather and the parameters that affect local and global climate. Laboratory map and model interpretations are included to provide experimental learning opportunities.
GHY 213 - Introduction to Climate Studies with Lab
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the assessment exam or completion of TRE 089 and TRM 091 with an ‘S’.
Description: Introduces the basic components of the climate system, feedback loops, short-term and long-term forecasting, planetary energy budget, detailed analysis of greenhouse gases, global atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, and natural and anthropogenic influences on the climate balance.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an “S”
Description: Provides an understanding of World Geography through the five themes of location, place, region, movement, and human-environmental interaction. The course provides an understanding of human geography that can be analyzed through political, social, and economic perspectives. The course will also focus on understanding cartography as related to earth science, political divisions, resource distribution, and major world biomes.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021, TRE 089, and TRM 090 with an “S”
Description: An introduction to geologic processes on and within the Earth. Topics covered include concepts in minerals and rocks, tectonic processes, weathering and erosion, sedimentation, structural deformation, landscape development, and groundwater. Laboratory work and additional field trips are included to provide observational examples of the above topics and to learn geologic field techniques of data gathering.
GLG 102 - Historical Geology with Lab: Fossils, Rocks, and Time
Prerequisite:Appropriate score on the placement exam or successful completion of PCS 021, TRE 089 and TRM 090 with an ‘S’.
Description: An introduction to the evolutionary history of the earth and life on the planet. Topics covered include concepts in stratigraphy, rock dating, tectonic events, global climate and ecologic changes, and the study of faunal and floral succession over geologic period of time. Laboratory work and field trips (virtual or actual) are included to provide observational examples of the above topics and to learn geologic field techniques of data gathering.
GLG 110 - Environmental Geology and Natural Disasters with Lab
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021, TRE 089, and TRM 090 with an “S”
Description: This course acquaints students with the use and importance of geological studies as they apply to the interactions between people and the earth. Includes geological processes and hazards such as floods, earthquakes, and landslides. Topics covered also include meteorological processes and hazards such as major storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or successful completion of TRM 091 or MAT 101 and TRE 089
Description: This course introduces physical, chemical, and geological conditions that regulate global ocean phenomena. Topics covered include history of oceanography, physical and chemical properties of ocean water, air-sea interactions, current, wave, and tidal phenomena, origins of the oceans, geologic processes and features, biological influences, and environmental issues. Laboratory exercises are included to provide experimental learning opportunities.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089.
Description: This course is designed for individuals who will be employed in health care fields.
Students will develop a working knowledge of medical words, terms and abbreviations that relate to body systems, anatomical structures, medical processes and procedures and disease conditions. Emphasis is placed on application, spelling, definition, usage and pronunciation.
HES 128 - Pharmacology for Allied Health Professionals
Prerequisite:Appropriate assessment score or successful completion of TRM 090
Description:Applying principles of Pharmacology to clinical situations. Students will learn how different drugs work in the body, how to calculate drug dosages, drug administration routes and procedures. Includes how medications are related to disorders in each body system. Legal and safety considerations, as well as patient care implications will be emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089
Description: Concepts of Anatomy and Physiology of the human body. This course examines all 12 body systems including basic concepts of human biology, biochemistry, cytology, histology and pathology. Emphasis will be placed on structure, processes and vocabulary for each body system, as required in allied health professions.
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 with an ‘S’ and permission of Instructor or Associate Dean
Description: This course provides students with OSHA 10 safety training, the fundamental theories behind HVAC systems, an overview of HVAC system parts and their functions, and basic brazing and tool skills needed for installation and repair.
Description: This course provides students general skills needed for residential HVAC maintenance. Students learn refrigerant management, leak detection, system performance, residential brazing, and customer service skills.
Description: This course prepares students to analyze the performance of residential heating systems, diagnose system problems, and repair residential heating systems.
Description: This course prepares the student in the general technical skills needed for light commercial and refrigeration repair. Students learn refrigeration management, leak detection, system performance, light commercial brazing, ice machine maintenance, and customer service skills, among other things.
Description: This course prepares the student to diagnose and repair problems with light commercial heating systems and trains students in light commercial heat pump and gas heating systems.
Description: This course introduces a student to ducting systems, fasteners, and hangers. The installation of line volt electrical, low volt circuits, and conduit.
Description: This course prepares a student for efficiency identification, system installation, leak detection, charge confirmation, pre-start and start-up procedures.
Description: This course prepares the student to analyze residential AC system performance and diagnose system function. Students will also learn residential AC system repair.
Description: This course prepares the student to diagnose problems with light commercial AC and refrigeration systems and trains students in light commercial AC and refrigeration system repair.