Academic Catalog
Dawson Community College
2017-2018 Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______
300 College Drive Glendive, Montana 59330 Phone: 406.377.9400 Toll-Free: 1.800.821.8320 Fax: 406.377.8132 www.dawson.edu ______
Accreditation Dawson Community College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and/or the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities 8060 165th Avenue N.E., Suite 100 Redmond, WA 98052-3981
Non-Discrimination Dawson Community College does not discriminate on the basis of creed, race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy status, marital status, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation with respect to access, employment, programs, or services. The College is in compliance with Executive Order 11246; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; Title IX regulation Implementing Educational Amendments of 1972; Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the 1991 Civil Rights Act; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974; Title 49, the Montana Human Rights Act; and all other federal, state, and college rules, laws, regulations, and policies. Inquiries or complaints concerning these matters should be brought to the attention of Shawn Holz, Vice President Academic and Student Affairs, Title IX Coordinator. Telephone: 406.377.9416. Email: [email protected]. Office: 131A. Mailing Address: Title IX Coordinator, Dawson Community College, Box 421, Glendive, MT 59330.
Information Listed and Curriculum Offerings The College reserves the right to make changes in the program requirements as well as procedures described in this catalog. Furthermore, all courses listed in this publication are not necessarily offered each semester, the college reserves the right to determine which courses will be offered each academic year.
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Message from President Mickelsen
Thank you for choosing Dawson Community College (DCC). Over the next few years please take time to discover all that we have to offer. For more than 75 years, we have promoted student success through access to quality programming and a commitment to affordability for our learners. We have many career and pre-professional programs along with the first two years of a degree that will allow you to transfer to the four-year institution of your choice. When you receive your education with us, you will be prepared to succeed anywhere – Learn today…Lead tomorrow.
We prepare students to be leaders of tomorrow who will enrich themselves, their communities, their families and their future employers. Our college is small and friendly and welcomes our students as they begin their educational journey. DCC is located in Glendive, MT – between the badlands of Makoshika State Park and the banks of the Yellowstone River. We treat students, faculty, staff, and other members of our college with caring regard.
Students express their satisfaction with their education at DCC. Of the students completing the 2017 graduate survey, they reported: Ninety-eight percent (98%) of DCC graduates are satisfied with the educational training. Twenty-seven percent (27%) of DCC graduates are going to work after graduation while 73% are transferring to another institution. Ninety-eight percent (98%) of DCC graduates are satisfied to very-satisfied with advising at DCC. Ninety-six percent (96%) of graduates are satisfied to very-satisfied with DCC’s core curriculum. Ninety-three percent (93%) of DCC students receive financial aid. Forty-one percent (41%) receive Pell Grants, while 60% receive other scholarships and grants – DCC is affordable!
At Dawson Community College we have highly qualified and caring faculty along with wonderful and dedicated staff. These people are here to serve and assist you on your educational journey. You will find the support services you need to succeed.
You’ll find excellent opportunities with us. You’ll have leadership development choices along with extracurricular activities which allow you to participate in everything from clubs and sports to student government.
At DCC, a brighter future is just ahead. Join us on your road to success.
Sincerely, Scott R. Mickelsen, Ph.D. President Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______
2017-18 Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2017
Aug 17 ...... Thurs ...... Faculty In-service Aug 18 ...... Friday ...... Faculty In-office/On-campus Aug 18 ...... Friday ...... Residence Halls Open - freshmen Aug 19 ...... Saturday ...... Residence Halls Open - sophomore/returning Aug 21-22 ...... Mon-Tues ...... New Student Orientation/Fin Aid Disbursement Aug 23 ...... Wed ...... All On-campus Classes including Moodle/ethink/D2L/Brightpace Begin Aug 28 ...... Mon ...... All Online Classes Begin Aug 29 ...... Tues ...... Fee Payment/Financial Aid Refunds Aug 29 ...... Tues ...... Last Day Add Classes via Banner Aug 30 ...... Wed ...... Last Day to Add Online Classes Sept 4 ...... Mon ...... Holiday-Campus Closed Sept 6 ...... Wed ...... Last Day to Add/Drop On-campus Classes Sept 6 ...... Wed ...... Late Fee Added to Unpaid Student Accts Sept 6 ...... Wed ...... Last Day to Pay for Online Classes Sept 12 ...... Tues ...... Last Day to Drop Online Classes Sept 22 ...... Fri ...... 30 Day Delayed Borrower Loans Disbursement Oct 13 ...... Fri ...... Mid-term Grades Submitted and Posted Oct 19 ...... Thurs ...... Faculty Work Day - No Classes Oct 20 ...... Fri ...... Fall Break - No Classes - Campus Closed Oct 23-27 ...... Mon-Fri ...... Pre-registration for Grad Candidates Oct 30 ...... Mon ...... Graduation Applications Due Oct 31 ...... Tues ...... All Student Pre-registration Opens Nov 2 ...... Thurs ...... Advisee Day - No Day Classes – Evening Classes Meet Nov 20 ...... Mon ...... Last Day to Withdraw from On-campus and Online Classes Nov 22-24 ...... Wed-Fri ...... Thanksgiving Break-Campus Closed Nov 27 ...... Mon ...... Classes Resume Dec 9 ...... Sat ...... Last Day of Online Classes Dec 12-14 ...... Tues-Thurs ...... Final Exams Dec 14 ...... Thurs ...... End of Semester Dec 15 ...... Fri ...... Residence Halls Close Dec 17 ...... Sun ...... Final Grades due 11:59P Dec 18 ...... Mon ...... Grades Rolled 12A
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2017-18 Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2018
Jan 11 ...... Thurs ...... Faculty In-service Jan 12 ...... Fri ...... Faculty In-office/On-campus Jan 12 ...... Fri ...... Residence Halls Open - New Students Jan 13 ...... Sat ...... Residence Halls Open - Returning Students Jan 15 ...... Mon ...... Holiday-Campus Closed Jan 16 ...... Tues ...... New Student Orientation/Registration/Financial Aid Disbursement Jan 17 ...... Wed ...... All On-campus Classes Begin Jan 22 ...... Mon ...... All Online Classes Begin Jan 23 ...... Tues ...... Fee Payment/Fin Aid Refund, Last Day Add/Drop Class via Banner Jan 24 ...... Wed ...... Last Day to Add Online Classes Jan 30 ...... Tues ...... Late Fee Added to Unpaid Student Accts, Jan 30 ...... Tues ...... Last Day to Add/Drop On-campus Classes Jan 30 ...... Tues ...... Last Day to Pay for Online Classes Feb 6 ...... Tues ...... Last Day to Drop Online Classes Feb 16 ...... Fri ...... 30 Day Delayed Borrower Loan Disbursement Feb 19 ...... Mon ...... Holiday-Campus Closed Mar 9 ...... Fri ...... Mid-term Grades Submitted and Posted Mar 12-16...... Mon-Fri ...... Spring Break-No Classes Mar 19 ...... Mon ...... Classes Resume Mar 30 ...... Fri ...... No Classes-Campus Closed Apr 2 ...... Mon ...... Pre-registration Opens Apr 16 ...... Mon ...... Last Day to Withdraw from On-campus and Online Classes May 5 ...... Sat ...... Last Day of Online Classes May 8-10 ...... Tues-Thurs ...... Final Exams May 10 ...... Thurs ...... Commencement (6P) - Semester End for Students May 11 ...... Fri ...... Faculty Duty/Marking Day - Semester End for Faculty May 12 ...... Sat ...... Residence Halls Close May 13 ...... Sun ...... Final Grades Due 11:59P May 14 ...... Mon ...... Grades Rolled 12A
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2017-18 Academic Calendar Summer Semester 2018
May 29 ...... Tues ...... On-campus Classes Begin (check summer bulletin as class dates vary) May 29 ...... Tues ...... Online Classes Begin May 30 ...... Wed ...... Last Day to Add Online Classes June 5 ...... Tues ...... Last Day to Pay for Online Classes June 8 ...... Fri ...... Last Day to Drop Online and On-campus Classes July 4 ...... Wed ...... Holiday - Campus Closed July 23 ...... Mon ...... Last Day to Withdraw from Online Classes Aug 2 ...... Fri ...... On-campus Session Ends Aug 4 ...... Sat ...... Last Day of Online Classes Aug 12 ...... Sun ...... Final Grades Due 11:59P Aug 13 ...... Mon ...... Grades Rolled 12A
Summer session on-campus refunds are determined depending on each particular course start/end date.
The academic calendar is accessible on the DCC website, www.dawson.edu.
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Academic Support Center ...... 17 Dawson Community College Co-curricular Activities ...... 17 Academic Catalog 2017-2018 Intercollegiate Athletics ...... 17 Intramural Program ...... 18 Performing Arts ...... 18 Table of Contents Student Organizations/Clubs ...... 18 General Information ...... 1 Associated Student Body (ASB) ...... 18 Mission ...... 1 Art Club ...... 18 Campus Schedule ...... 1 FFA/Ag Club ...... 18 The College ...... 2 Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement ...... 18 Location and History...... 2 Intervarsity Christian Fellowship ...... 19 Campus Locator ...... 2 Music Club ...... 19 Main Building ...... 2 Phi Theta Kappa ...... 19 Ullman Center ...... 2 Rodeo Club ...... 19 Toepke Center ...... 2 Standards of Student Conduct ...... 19 Residence Halls ...... 3 Academic Policies ...... 24 Athletic Fields ...... 3 FERPA ...... 24 Getting Started at DCC ...... 3 Institution Wide Learning Outcomes ...... 25 Campus Wide Visits/Buccaneer Days ...... 3 Student Academic Integrity Guidelines ...... 25 Entrance Requirements/Procedures ...... 3 Instructor Academic Integrity Guidelines ...... 26 Admissions ...... 3 Student Grievance Procedure ...... 27 The Registration Process ...... 5 Credits ...... 27 Expenses ...... 6 Auditing Courses ...... 27 Residency Requirements ...... 6 Classification of Students ...... 28 Tuition/Fees ...... 7 Curricula ...... 28 Payment ...... 7 Online Courses ...... 28 Course Fees ...... 7 Accelerated Programs ...... 28 Senior Citizen Gold Card ...... 7 Advanced Placement Exams...... 28 Deferred Payment Plan ...... 8 Challenging Courses ...... 29 Refunds...... 8 CLEP ...... 29 Financial Aid ...... 9 Course Substitution ...... 29 Verification ...... 9 CTE Course Waiver ...... 29 Eligibility ...... 10 Experiential Learning ...... 29 Payment ...... 10 Community Interest Courses ...... 30 Grants ...... 10 Ed2Go ...... 30 Loans ...... 11 Workforce Development/Continuing Ed ...... 30 Vocational-Rehabilitation ...... 12 Video/Audio Recording ...... 30 Student Affairs ...... 13 Cheating/Plagiarism ...... 30 Student Services ...... 13 Class Attendance Policy ...... 30 Buc’s Brew Coffee Shop ...... 13 Changing Course Registration ...... 31 Campus Store ...... 13 Adding a Course ...... 31 Food Service ...... 14 Dropping a Course ...... 31 Campus Housing ...... 14 Withdrawing from a Course ...... 31 Library...... 16 Administrative Withdrawal ...... 31 Academic Affairs ...... 16 Fresh Start Policy ...... 31 Academic Support Services ...... 16 Grades/Grading Policy ...... 32 Adult Basic Education ...... 16 Repeating Courses ...... 33 High School Equivalency ...... 17 Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______
Scholastic Honors ...... 33 Allied Health/Nursing ...... 50 Standards for Veterans ...... 33 Biology ...... 51 Graduation ...... 34 Business Administration ...... 51 Catalog ...... 34 Chemistry ...... 52 Scholastic Probation/Suspension ...... 34 Criminal Justice ...... 52 Transfer of Credits ...... 35 Engineering ...... 52 MT Board Regents Transfer Policy ...... 35 Fish and Game Warden ...... 53 Academic Programs ...... 35 Fish Wildlife Management ...... 53 General Education Common Core ...... 35 Geology/Enviro Science ...... 54 Core I - Communications ...... 36 Mathematics ...... 54 Core II – Fine Arts and Humanities ...... 36 Occupational Safety Health ...... 54 Core III – Social Sciences/History ...... 38 Pharmacy ...... 55 Core IV – Natural Sciences...... 38 Physics ...... 55 Core V – Math and Computer Apps ...... 39 Associate of Applied Science (AAS) ...... 56 Core VI – Multicultural/Global ...... 40 Agri-Business Technology ...... 57 Curriculum Transfer Plans ...... 41 Agri-Bus Tech-Equitation ...... 58 Associate of Arts (AA) ...... 41 Business Management ...... 59 Associate of Science (AS) ...... 41 Corrosion Technology ...... 60 AA Areas of Concentration ...... 42 Criminal Justice ...... 61 AA Plan of Study ...... 42 CJLE-Peace Officer ...... 62 AA Curriculum Plans/Gen Ed Req ...... 43 CJLE-Private Security ...... 63 Art ...... 43 Early Childhood Ed ...... 64 Chem Dependency Counseling ... 43 Engineering Technology ...... 65 Communications ...... 44 Music Technology ...... 66 Education, Elementary ...... 44 Welding Technology ...... 67 Education, Secondary ...... 45 Online Curriculum Plans of Study ...... 68 Education, Para-educator ...... 45 Certificate of Applied Science ...... 68 English ...... 46 Corrections Officer ...... 70 History ...... 46 Corrosion Technology ...... 71 Music ...... 46 Early Childhood Ed ...... 72 Physical Education ...... 47 Livestock Technology ...... 73 Political Science ...... 47 Welding Technology ...... 74 Psychology ...... 48 Course Listing/Descriptions ...... 75 Sociology ...... 48 Board of Trustees ...... 135 AS Areas of Concentration ...... 49 Personnel ...... 135 AS Plan of Study ...... 49 Administration ...... 135 As Curriculum Plans/Gen Ed Req ...... 49 Faculty ...... 136 Accounting ...... 50 Staff ...... 137 Agriculture ...... 50 Tuition and Fees Schedule ...... 140
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General Information Philosophy Dawson Community College is committed to quality, comprehensive programs. The College Mission has an obligation to serve as an intellectual and Dawson Community College provides affordable cultural center for the community and its and open access to quality teaching and surrounding area. DCC is concerned with the learning. development of the human potential and resources in the area; therefore, the institution Core Themes strives to create sensitive and responsible College Transfer Education: Provide citizens. This institution stresses social values programs and services that prepare and intellectual traditions. learners for transition to and success in further degree programs. Dawson Community College believes in equality Career and Technical Education: of opportunity for all students. Consequently, Provide programs and services that opportunities for admission, employment and prepare learners for vocational and financial assistance are freely offered to technical career entry, transition, and students without regard to age, race, color, advancement. religion, gender, physical ability or national College Readiness Education: Provide origin. pre-college programs and services that prepare learners for successful Assessment transition to college. Dawson Community College believes that the Continuing Education and Community college can influence how well and how much Service: Provide programs and services students learn. As an institution of higher that help address the professional, learning, the mission of DCC, “is dedicated to social, and personal enrichment needs the development of innovative individuals.” of the region. Academic assessment provides systematic, DCC Key Characteristics routine processes that allow the faculty and Low student to faculty ratio students to determine the degree that students Career readiness education are achieving the stated student learning Dedicated and friendly faculty and staff outcomes. The following questions guide the Seamless transferability of courses for assessment process. all core classes Are our students learning? Quality career and technical programs How are students learning? Up-to-date student-focused library How much are students learning? facilities To what extent are students learning? Campus-wide WIFI along with independent computer labs and library Campus Schedule computers Dawson Community College’s academic year Competitive athletic programs consists of two semesters, fall and spring, each Active student government and student approximately 15 weeks in length. A condensed life programming summer session is also offered affording Quality apartment-style housing
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______students the opportunity to complete courses Dawson Community College offers a wide range within a shorter time frame. of transfer programs and career-technical degrees along with one year certificates to meet the educational needs of eastern The College Montana. The college also offers workshops, short courses, adult education opportunities, Location and History and workforce development. Courses are Dawson Community College is located in available on campus and online. Glendive, Montana. Within a mile of Glendive, and at the back door of DCC, one can experience Makoshika, Montana’s largest state Campus Locator park, a popular scenic and geological attraction for thousands of tourists each year. Fossils in the area are as plentiful as wild roses and prickly pear cactus.
The city has a fine park system and public swimming pool, one of the best football and track stadiums in the state, an excellent city library, and a local history museum. One can also enjoy hunting, fishing, golfing, hiking, tennis, mountain biking, skateboarding, and cross country skiing. The Yellowstone River, the nation’s longest untamed river, flows through Main Building the middle of Glendive, and is a source of agate The main building currently houses the hunting, fishing, and a variety of other administration, faculty and staff offices, recreational activities. Glendive’s medical classrooms, laboratories, library, Academic center is staffed with outstanding health care Support Center, computer classrooms, student professionals. Glendive has churches of center and lounge, and community room. numerous denominations, and an airport which offers daily connections to transportation hubs. The entire area welcomes community college Ullman Center students. The Ullman Center is located west of the main building and houses additional faculty offices, The climate is moderate with very low humidity. classrooms, agricultural lab, art room, lecture Glendive averages over 220 days of sunshine hall, and welding lab. and 24 inches of snow per year. Toepke Center Dawson Community College was established in The Toepke Center is located east of the main 1940 as a public junior college. During the next building and is home to DCC’s performing arts several decades the junior college underwent and physical education activities. It has 54,420 several changes, including a separation from square feet of space and includes a 2000 seat the Dawson County High School, a move to the gymnasium, weight room, cardio room, 300 present location, a name change, and an seat auditorium, recording studio, keyboard lab, expansion of its mission to become a full service band room, choir room, stage craft workshop, community college. numerous practice rooms, Campus Store, Buc’s Brew, and athletic offices.
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Residence Halls programs and services will meet their Located on campus are three apartment-style educational needs. The admissions process is student residence halls, Gibson, Brueberg and based on self-selection, and students may enroll Kettner, which can house a total of 140 at any time throughout the year. Any person students. A commons area, adjoining the on- with a disability, who is concerned about campus living complex, provides a great place accessibility and/or accommodation issues, for students to gather and socialize. should contact the office of the Vice President of Academic and Students Affairs. For more information about admissions please contact Athletic Fields the Office of Admissions at 406.377.9400. Located past the residence halls are the varsity baseball and softball fields. Kolberg Field is home to our Buccaneer Men’s Baseball Team Degree Seeking Student Admission and Baker Memorial Field is home to our Requirements Buccaneer Women’s Softball Team. First Time Student Admission ______For first time degree students, a complete admission file includes: A completed DCC Application for Getting Started at DCC Admission form; An application fee of $30 (non- Campus Visits and refundable); Buccaneer Days An official and complete high school transcript from an accredited high Campus tours are available through the school, or home school, with graduation Department of Enrollment Management. To date posted, or an official state issued assure the availability of staff, please contact equivalency transcript (GED, HiSET, the office at 406.377.9400, in advance to set up TASC). Homeschooled graduates must your campus visit. DCC Buccaneer Days give also provide documentation stating prospective students and their families a chance compliance with the state law in which to meet with faculty and students, explore their home school was located (i.e., academic facilities, sit in on a class session, and letter from the County Superintendent tour the campus. You may register online at of Schools, State Superintendents of https://www.dawson.edu/future/visit/ Public Instruction, etc., on their letterhead) or a state issued diploma; Entrance Requirements and ACT/SAT for recent high school Procedures graduates (ACT preferred); MMR immunization records. Admissions Dawson Community College maintains an “open Transfer Student Admission door” policy for those who are 16 years or For transfer degree seeking students a older. DCC does not discriminate on the basis of complete admission file includes: age, color, religion, creed, disability, marital A completed DCC Application for Admission status, veteran status, national origin, gender or form; sexual orientation in the education programs An application fee of $30 (non-refundable); and activities which it operates. The college An official and complete high school encourages students to seek admission if its transcript from an accredited high school, or home school, with graduation date
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posted, or an official state issued paper test; 173 on the computerized equivalency transcript (GED, HiSET, TASC). test; and 61 on the internet-based test; Homeschooled graduates must also provide Students born after December 31, 1956, documentation stating compliance with the must submit a physician-validated state law in which their home school was record of TWO MMR vaccinations, located (i.e., letter from the County diphtheria, tetanus, and skin testing for Superintendent of Schools, State tuberculosis; if not in English must be Superintendent of Public Instruction, et., on accompanied by an official translation. their letterhead) or a state issued diploma; A completed ‘DCC Source of Support ACT/SAT for recent high school graduates Form’ with accompanying financial (ACT preferred); documentation, which certifies that Official transcripts from ALL previously funding, is available to cover all attended colleges; estimated expenses for one calendar MMR immunization records. year. This documentation should consist of an original bank or International Student Admission employer’s letter on official letterhead. In addition to the degree seeking admissions Photocopies of financial documentation standards, international students are required are not acceptable; to certify their proficiency in English by having A completed Student Housing an official copy of their TOEFL scores sent to application; Dawson Community College. A non-refundable $150 housing deposit.
For International Students, a complete Non-Degree Student Admission admission file includes: For students taking less than 12 credits, who A completed DCC Application for are not seeking to obtain a degree from Dawson Admission form; Community College, a complete admission file An application fee of $30 (non- includes: refundable); A completed DCC Application for An international paperwork processing Admission form for non-degree fee of $70 (non-refundable); students; A complete high school transcript sent MMR immunization records, if taking from the accredited high school after six or more credits on-campus. the student has graduated; if not in English must be accompanied by an Dual Enrollment Admission official translation; Dawson Community College offers courses by Official transcripts from each previously dual enrollment. Dual enrollment is defined as a attended college, if applicable, must be program that permits high school students to sent directly to the Dawson Community earn college credits while still enrolled in high College Office of Admissions; if not in school. Courses may be taken for college credit English must be accompanied by an only or may be offered for credit both at the official translation; high school, called Concurrent Enrollment, and Applicants whose native language is not at the college, which is called Early Start. Tuition English are required to submit official for these courses is one half of the regular per results on the Test of English as a credit hour cost and no fees. Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam. The minimum score accepted is 500 on the
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For Dual Enrollment (Concurrent and Early Orientation Start) a complete admission file includes: DCC provides a formal orientation to acquaint Completed Early Start Application form: new and transfer students with the policies and MMR immunization records; organization of the college. Orientation days are Approval from High School Principal, if scheduled prior to the beginning of each enrolling in a day course. semester for this process. Placement tests, campus information sessions, library Evidence of Immunization orientation, and group advising are some of the Students who were born after December 31, activities that take place during orientation. All 1956 and who plan to register for six (6) credits new and transfer students who have not or more must, as required by Montana state previously completed their English and law, show proof of immunization against mathematics core requirements must take the measles and rubella on or after their first Accuplacer placement tests. These tests are birthday and after December 31, 1967. given by ABE personnel during orientation and Immunizations that were administered after by special arrangement. Scores on the June 11, 1993 must be measles/mumps/rubella Accuplacer tests help advisors and students (MMR). The record must be signed by a select appropriate course-work. physician, health agency, or school official. The date (day/month/year) of the immunizations Placement Testing must be included. International Students must Placement testing is conducted at the beginning also show a physician validated immunization of each term to help advisors assess any record for diphtheria, tetanus, and skin testing reading, mathematics, writing or other support for tuberculosis; if not in English must be needs that students may require. Advanced accompanied by an official translation. placement recommendations may also be made if the student is ready to enter higher-level The Registration Process coursework. All students entering DCC for the Registration is the official process of enrolling in first time must complete the placement tests classes and is accomplished by meeting with an provided by the office of Academic and Student advisor, registering for classes and paying Affairs. Testing may be performed during tuition and fees. The published academic advance registration or during orientation at calendar has information regarding application Dawson Community College. and registration dates. Anyone who has been admitted is eligible to enroll, please refer to the Advising pages in this section for information regarding Academic advisors at DCC help students make the admissions process. Students may not enroll the most of their college experience. They in more than 21 credit hours in a semester provide information about degree, certificate, without approval from the office of Academic and transfer requirements and assist students and Student Affairs. throughout their time at DCC. Likewise, students have a responsibility to take an active Students must be in good standing (academic, role in their academic planning and advising. financial and/or other) to register for classes. Students with outstanding tuition and fees, Students are assigned a faculty advisor, specific school fines, or other holds on their account to their program of study and will meet with cannot register until such holds have been them during orientation to arrange their class cleared. schedule and enroll in courses for the semester. Thereafter, the student and advisor work
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______throughout the term to plan the student’s taxpayers in the Dawson Community course of study for program completion and/or College District. to meet the requirements of a transfer institution. Out-of-State students are those: Who are neither residents of the state Changes in Registration nor whose parents are not Montana Students can make changes to their class real-property taxpayers. schedules after they have registered for classes. They should meet with their academic adviser Western Undergraduate Exchange to discuss the ramifications of the changes as Dawson Community College participates in the they pertain to graduation requirements and Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), a potential transfer issues. Changes to class program of the Western Interstate Commission schedules may be completed within the time for Higher Education and other Western states. frames published in the academic calendar. Through WUE, students from Alaska, Arizona, Please refer to the Academic Affairs section for California, Colorado, Commonwealth of the information regarding the College’s Drop/Add Northern Marianas Islands, Hawaii, Idaho, Policy. Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Expenses may enroll at Dawson Community College in any program, paying resident tuition plus 50 Residency Requirements percent of that amount (plus other fees that are paid by all students). In-District students are those:
Who pay or whose parents pay taxes on Because Dawson Community College real property located within the participates in this program, residents of Dawson Community College District and Montana may apply for admission at who have resided in the district for one institutions in participating states. Each state continuous year or more or whose and institution reserves the right to set its own parents have had permanent residence limitations within the WUE program. for one full year or more in the Dawson Information about WUE may be obtained from Community College District. the Admissions Office. Who are real property taxpayers or
whose parents are real property taxpayers in the Dawson Community Canadian Cultural Exchange College District and who have lived in Scholarship the Dawson Community College District DCC offers a special tuition rate for residents of for a continuous year, and have taken the Canadian provinces Alberta, British all reasonable steps to establish Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, each residency, and who have not enrolled in year for two consecutive years. seven or more DCC credits per term during that continuous year. Student selection is made on a first-come, first- serve basis for those who apply to and are Out-of-District students are those: accepted by the college for full-time Residents of Montana who do not enrollment. The student must also meet all qualify as “In-District” residents; those other foreign student admission requirements whose parents are not real property of DCC.
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These students would be eligible for Application Fee (non- $30.00 continuation of this rate for up to four refundable) consecutive terms. They must remain full-time Audit Fee On Tuition/Fee students (12 or more credits) and maintain a Schedule (same as if minimal 2.00 grade point average (GPA) per taking course for term. All fees are the responsibility of the credit. student. CCConline Processing $30.00 Fee Tuition & Fees CCConline Handling $35.00 Fee (per course and Payment of Tuition and Fees non-refundable) Note: Tuition and Fees Chart is on page 139. CCConline Per Credit $185.00 All tuition and fees must be paid or adjusted at Hour Fee the time of registration. Registration is not Course Challenge $30.00 completed until this is done. Payments should Handling Fee (per be directed to the Student Services Office and course and non- may be made in the form of cash, check, money refundable) order or bank credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Course Challenge Per On Tuition/Fee American Express or Discover). Please contact Credit Hour Fee Schedule the Student Services Office for information Early Start Per Credit ½ of Tuition regarding third-party billing and deferments. Hour Fee Experiential Learning On Tuition Schedule A nonrefundable late fee of $40.00 is paid by all Per Credit Hour Fee students who are taking more than six credits Graduation Fee $60.00 and who do not pay tuition and fees during the Meal Card $20.00 period designated for registration, unless their Replacement Fee late registration was the fault of Dawson Non-sufficient Funds $30.00 Community College. The late registration fee Check Fee applies to students enrolled for six credit hours Off-campus Site Per On Tuition/Fee or less after the second week of classes. Credit Hour Fee Schedule Placement Test Re- $15.00 If a bank declines payment on a personal check testing Fee and returns it to Dawson Community College, Senior Citizen Gold Tuition Waived – the late registration fee and non-sufficient fund Card Course Fee Fees Apply fee will be charged to the student who has Student ID Card $20.00 offered the check for the payment of fees. Replacement Fee Other Fees May Contact Instructional Course Fees Apply to Some Services Office Some courses, especially those in lab sciences, Courses music, art, and the physical education and recreation departments, may require additional Senior Citizen Gold Card fees. Students registering for courses can refer The Senior Citizen Gold Card is intended to to the course description section of the catalog provide opportunities for senior citizens to for courses with additional fees. A list of those participate in College activities and events. fees is available in the Vice-President’s office. Senior citizens who are at least 60 years of age
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______and reside in the Dawson Community College outstanding, the excess will be returned to service area are eligible for the following: the student. Any unpaid balance of the tuition waivers for college courses (fees deferred obligation must be paid before the apply and minimum class enrollment student may re-enroll, graduate, or receive and space available must be met before transcripts. the College will honor Gold Card registrations) Students who do not pay in accordance with the free admittance to regular athletic terms of the deferred payment contract may functions have their enrollment canceled. Students may be denied the right to initiate another deferred Gold Card registrations exclude: payment. Deferred payment contracts must be Workshops/Courses with signed at the Student Services Office. * This 194/294/191/291/192/292 rubrics plan is subject to change. Enterprise and/or self-supporting activities/events Refunds – Institutional Policy and CCCOnline courses Procedure Course fees, Lab fees, and additional For students withdrawing from all classes, the material/course fees official withdrawal process must be completed.
For withdrawals completed after the tenth Once an application has been submitted, a (10th) class day, the student will be responsible lifetime Gold Card will be issued. Senior for the full cost of tuition and fees. The citizens who want to be Gold Card holders withdrawal form may be obtained at the are encouraged to contact the President’s Student Services Office. Tuition and fees will be Office at 406.377.9401 for an application. adjusted according to the following schedule.
Deferred Payment Plan Refunds for Fall and Spring The following deferred payment plan for tuition and fees is available*: Semesters Prior approval must be made before the Through the fifth (5th) day of classes – No day of registration. tuition and fees charged. A non-refundable administrative charge Between the sixth (6th) and tenth (10th) day of of $25.00 per semester will be levied. classes – 50% of tuition and fees charged. One third of total amount due must be After the tenth (10th) day of classes – Student is paid at the time of registration. responsible for full cost of tuition and fees. Another third of total amount due must be paid within 30 days. Refunds for Summer Term Final third of total amount due must be For any summer class full refunds will be made paid within 60 days. IF withdrawal occurs at least two (2) business days before the class begins. If the withdrawal Payment must be made even though the does not occur at least two (2) business days student withdraws from school. Any refund prior to the beginning of class no refund will be that is owed to the student because of issued. withdrawal (either voluntary or involuntary) will be applied toward the payment of the deferred fee obligation. Should the refund be larger than the amount that is
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Refund Policy for Continuing Financial Aid Education, Non-credit Courses, and Financial aid is available to eligible students Workshops who, without such help, would be unable to A 100 percent refund will be made whenever attend Dawson Community College. The students cancel their registration at least two primary responsibility for financing a college (2) business days prior to the first class meeting education rests with the student and his/her or if the class is canceled by the College. family. Dawson Community College financial aid is viewed only as a supplement to The following rules apply: student/family support. All aid applicants must complete and submit the The admission fee is nonrefundable. Free Application for Federal Student Aid Refunds for CCConline courses follow (FAFSA) form which may be completed on-line the same guidelines as refunds for on- at www.fafsa.gov (a paper copy is available campus classes. from the U.S. Department of Education by Dorm security deposit ($150) will be calling 1-800-433-3243). When applying for refunded up to 25 days before the financial aid, a student should use tax beginning of the semester for which information from the prior tax year and list the housing has been reserved. No refunds school code of 002529 for Dawson Community are given if cancellations are made after College. Students attending DCC for the first that date. time must apply for admission as degree Students receiving Title IV financial seeking to be considered for financial aid. assistance will be subject to both this Students who apply early, usually before policy and the “Return of Title IV Funds” December 1 for fall enrollment, and who that is stated below. complete all other documentation
requirements, are given priority for limited Return of Title IV Funds funds. Those who complete requirements later If a student withdraws or ceases attendance on are considered only for Federal Direct Loan or before the 60% point in time of the payment programs, Federal Pell Grants, and Federal Iraq period, which is calculated using school and Afghanistan Services Grants. For more calendar days, a portion of the total of Title IV information contact the DCC Office of Financial funds that have been awarded that student Aid. must be returned, according to the provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998. Verification The following funds are returned: Federal Direct Some students will be selected for the Unsubsidized Loan, Federal Direct Subsidized “Verification Process” which requires the Loan, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Direct PLUS Financial Aid Office to evaluate the accuracy of Loan, Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental a student’s financial aid application. These Education Opportunity Grant, and Federal Iraq students may be required to submit IRS Tax and Afghanistan Service Grant. The calculation Return Transcripts and other documents to of the return of these funds may result in the verify the information on their application. If a student owing a balance to the College and/or student is selected, he/she will be advised the Federal Government. Examples are concerning the documentation that is required. available upon request in the Financial Aid Failure to provide requested documentation Office. A hold will be placed on the student will stop further processing of the financial aid account until this College bill is paid in full with application. the Student Services Office at DCC.
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Determination of Eligibility Be registered with the Selective Service Most student aid is awarded on the basis of Administration, if required. need. “Need” is defined as the difference Not have borrowed in excess of loan between cost of education, (tuition, fees, room, limits. board, books, supplies, transportation and Have need, as defined by individual personal expenses), and the Expected Family program requirements (except for Contribution, which is the amount the student Direct Unsubsidized and PLUS Loans). and his/her family contribute as determined by Meet any other program-specific the FAFSA. criteria.
If educational cost exceeds the family’s ability Payment to Student to contribute, need will exist, and every effort All financial aid is awarded and will be applied will be made to provide adequate financial aid. toward the student’s direct college costs of To offer maximum assistance, awards often are attendance (i.e., tuition, fees, and residence hall made in the form of a financial aid “package” room and board charges). Aid is disbursed prior combining two or more different types of aid to the seventh (7th) classroom day of each (grants, scholarships, employment, and/or semester to students who have: loans). accepted their aid submitted all required documents and Applications are processed in the order in documents have been processed which they are received. The Financial Aid have finalized their schedule bill via Office reserves the right to make the final their “My Info” student account. determination regarding the type(s) and amount of aid awarded, based upon an If there is a balance due on these direct evaluation of the applicant’s eligibility for a charges after scholarships, grants, and loan particular type of aid and upon the availability assistance have been applied, the student of funds under the various aid programs. will be responsible to pay the amount due to the College or set up the necessary Financial Aid Eligibility Requirements deferred payment plan, should the student To receive Title IV financial aid each recipient be eligible. All federal/state financial must meet the following eligibility assistance and most scholarships will be requirements: disbursed in equal installments for each Be enrolled/accepted for enrollment in semester. Work study students are paid a degree or certificate program. monthly, based on the time sheet Not be enrolled in elementary or submitted by the student and the work secondary school. supervisor. Loans may be canceled under Have a high school diploma or certain conditions if the student no longer recognized equivalent. desires the debt. Be a citizen of the United States or be an eligible non-citizen. Grants Maintain satisfactory academic The Federal Pell Grant program is designed progress. to provide undergraduate students with a Not be in default on a Title IV loan. foundation of financial aid. The financial Not owe a repayment of any Title IV need of the student is determined by a grant. formula that has been developed by the U.S. Congress and is applied consistently to
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______all applicants using the information education. Interest begins to accrue and reported on the FAFSA. The award is to be repayment starts nine months after the used for education expenses, which include borrower ceases to be enrolled at least half- tuition, fees, room and board, books and time. Repayment may be extended over a supplies. The amount of Pell Grant a maximum of 10 years; minimum monthly student receives depends on his/her payments are established at $40 plus accrued enrollment status. interest. Under certain circumstances the loan can be canceled. Information regarding loan Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity cancellation and deferment is available in the Grant (FSEOG) is available on a limited basis to Financial Aid Office. undergraduate students with exceptional need for assistance (Pell Grant recipients must be Federal Direct Loan is a low interest loan made given priority). by the United States Department of Education to students attending college at least half-time. Federal Iraq and Afghanistan Service Federal Direct Loan applicants must show Grant. Students who are not eligible for a Pell financial need in order to qualify and this Grant but whose parent or guardian was a requires completion of a financial aid member of the U.S. Armed Forces and died as a application. A maximum of $3,500 for freshman result of service performed in Iraq or and $4,500 for sophomore year may be Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 may be borrowed and must be repaid within 10 years of able to receive this grant. Student must be leaving school. under 24 years of age OR enrolled in college at least part-time at the time of the parent’s or Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loan is a low guardian’s death. interest loan that is made by the United States Department of Education to students attending Work Study Employment school at least half-time. Students who may not Federal and State Work Study are financial aid be eligible for any or all of the Federal Direct programs that are funded by Federal and State Loan may apply for assistance through the governments and awarded based on student Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loan. Interest will financial need. These programs are awarded as not be deferred while the student is attending a part of the total aid package to students who college; therefore, the student must pay that will be enrolled at least half-time for Federal interest while in college. Students must apply and full-time for State. Eligible students may for financial aid and meet all other general work up to 10 hours per week in an on-campus financial aid eligibility criteria. A maximum or off-campus job. Off-campus work study jobs $2000 for dependent and $6000 for are limited to community service employment. independent students.
Federal Direct PLUS Loan is a fixed interest, Loans unsubsidized loan made to parents of Federal Perkins Loan provides loans to eligible dependent students. Parents may borrow the students who have demonstrated financial cost of college attendance minus other financial need. The college is the lender for this low aid. Federal Direct PLUS borrowers generally interest (5 percent) loan and the maximum a must begin repaying both principal and interest student may borrow in an academic year is within 60 days after the loan is fully disbursed $5,000. Repayment of the Perkins Loan is or delayed at borrower’s option. Interested deferred while the borrower is enrolled at least parents should contact the Financial Aid Office. half-time in the approved institution of higher
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PLUS is based on credit, so not all parents will Waivers of Tuition: Tuition waivers are be eligible. For students whose parents were available for eligible veterans, senior citizens, denied the PLUS additional unsubsidized loan faculty and staff, high school honor students, money loan, money is available. The maximum athletes, art, and music students who display additional is $4000 for the year. great talent.
All student borrowers of Perkins or Direct loans Satisfactory Academic Progress are required, by law, to participate in entrance Requirements for Federal Financial counseling prior to receiving their first disbursement from a loan. They are also Aid required to participate in exit counseling upon Federal regulations require all students who leaving the institution or dropping below half receive financial aid to maintain satisfactory time enrollment. Information is available in the academic progress toward an eligible degree or Financial Aid Office. certificate by meeting GPA and completion requirements. Students who wish to be Other Financial Aid Programs considered for financial aid at DCC must maintain satisfactory progress in their selected Scholarships: Dawson Community College course of study by meeting the following makes many scholarships available to students. requirements: The duration of assistance, scholarship 2.0 Cumulative GPA amounts, requirements and criteria for each 67% Cumulative Pace scholarship varies. Any prospective or currently Timely progression toward degree enrolled student may obtain applications from completion; the number of credits the Financial Aid Office or download the attempted are within 150% of the application. number of credits required for program
completion. Short Term Emergency Loans: The Dawson
College Foundation provides a special fund to Each student receiving financial assistance assist students who have unanticipated needs. is directed to the DCC website at Loans are for up to three months and a nominal www.dawson.edu/future/ financial- service charge is assessed. aid/satisfactory-academic-progress for a
detailed explanation of the satisfactory State Vocational Rehabilitation Academic Progress Standards. This Service: Students with certain disabilities may information is also available in the Financial qualify for educational assistance through the Aid Office and in the Student Handbook. Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service. Contact that office for The Financial Aid Office evaluates student more information. academic progress at the end of each semester.
Tribal Grants: These funds are available to The preceding does not reflect the entire policy many Native American students who are and is intended to provide a brief overview enrolled in a full-time course of study. The only. Students receiving financial aid should award limits are based on the student’s need understand the provisions of this policy; it is and the availability of funds. Further assumed that the student will fulfill all information may be obtained by contacting the responsibilities in this regard. student’s tribal office or the tribal higher ______education office.
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Contact Information: 406.377.9439; Student Affairs www.facebook.com/Buc’sBrewCoffeeShop
Student Services Campus Store The division of Student Affairs exists to create The Dawson Community College Campus Store and sustain a healthy, safe living and learning is an information hub which serves our campus environment that: promotes learning; supports and community by providing a friendly a residential community in which students are atmosphere with excellent customer service involved and have a sense of belonging; while offering textbooks and supplies that cater provides support for students in need; to the educational needs of the student along encourages students to become leaders; offers with quality at affordable prices. In addition, a wide range of social options; and fosters customers will find Made in Montana products, respect for the dignity and worth of all persons. art supplies, and gifts. In short, we seek to challenge and support our students to become responsible, engaged Parents and loved ones should keep in mind the citizens of the campus and general Dawson Campus Store when looking for care packages County community. for their students. The Campus Store can put together goodie bags and baskets for birthdays, Student Affairs staff are trained to give students finals week, or whenever your son/daughter support in a variety of ways to enhance their may be needing a little pick-me-up. personal and professional preparation for a successful future. Information about services Hours of Operation: M-F, 10A-5P and programs is available in the Student Location: DCC Campus, Toepke Center, Room Services Office 101. Any student who has 102 questions relative to college policies/ Contact Information: 406.377.9457; procedures should feel free to discuss the www.facebook.com/Dawson.Bookstore matter with staff.
Book Buy Back Policy Buc’s Brew Coffee Shop The campus store (bookstore) has a Book Buy Dawson Community College added a new Back during finals week (receipt is required). gathering area for our students in the fall of The status of a book for buy back is established 2016. Students are now able to purchase by the faculty and the campus store. Books are gourmet coffees, teas, smoothies, and protein bought back at 50% of the purchase price. The drinks in the new Buc’s Brew Coffee Shop. campus store is not able to purchase a book if: Muffins, scones, and cupcakes can also be It will not be used again at DCC. found amidst the delicious scents wafting out of It is superseded by a new edition. the Coffee Shop. Located in the Toepke Center, The book is in poor condition. students are encouraged to use the additional Highlighting is acceptable but ink is not. seating for studying, board game nights, Open Pencil marks are not erased. Mic sessions, etc. Gift certificates and punch Digital content has been opened. cards are available for purchase. Hours of Operation: M-F, 8A-7P. Refunds Location: DCC Campus, Toepke Center Lobby Books will be refunded at 100% of the purchase price if the following criterion is met:
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Student must have a receipt. buildings. Each apartment provides a maximum Full refunds only given during the first of four students with two bedrooms, a week of the semester. kitchen/dining area, living room, bathroom, and New books must be in absolutely new storage space. condition, free from all marks or writing, for a full refund. If shrink- The housing complex facilities include laundry wrapped books have been opened they rooms, study area, computer/printer, TV are no longer considered new. Digital lounge, mail service, vending machines, a pool books/pass-codes that have been table, and a ping-pong table. opened cannot be returned. A new book that is marked is The housing complex is staffed with residence considered to be a used book and will life staff who are trained to assist in problem be refunded at 50% of retail value. situations and plan social, cultural and Refunds cannot be issued for educational programming for the residents. workbooks or lab books that have been written in. Your name in a book automatically makes it a used book. Campus housing students must pay apartment rent in full at the time of registration. Campus housing students must also pay for a Meal Card, Food Service in full, at the time of registration. Dawson Community College offers a wide variety of food options, great service, and a quality dining experience to students, Housing Residency Requirement employees, and visitors. The Jolly Roger Galley, All students who have completed fewer than 30 located in the Student Center serves daily total credit hours of coursework or receiving specials, salad bar, made-to-order sandwiches scholarship directly from DCC (i.e., tuition and grilled items, hot entrees, grab-and-go waivers, books), are required to live in the salads, and a wide selection of snacks and residence halls. Exceptions are made for desserts. The Jolly Roger also offers a wide students who meet one of the following variety of bottled beverages, fountain pop, and circumstances: fresh hot coffee. For information regarding food Reside with their parent(s) service options or prices call the Student Are married Services office at 406.377.9400. Are single parents Registered for eleven or fewer credit Catering Services: For information regarding hours catering options please contact the Jolly Roger Are at least 21 years of age Galley. Have a particular hardship or other Hours: The Jolly Roger Galley is open Monday- extenuating circumstance that compels Friday, 7A-7 P, when classes are in session. an exemption Meal Plans: Dawson Community College offers two meal plans to meet the varied needs of our Requests for housing residency exemption students. Students living in campus housing are must be written and accompanied by required to purchase a meal plan. supporting documentation and submitted to the Admissions Office. Students are not Campus Housing released from the residency requirement Student housing is available in two-bedroom until they receive official notification from apartments located east of the main college the Director of Residence Life.
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All full-time students who have completed 30 or The residents of the complex may provide other more credits may voluntarily apply for housing common room furnishings, please refer to the in the Student Living Complex on a semester Student Housing Handbook for approved list. basis. No additional beds, mattress, or water bed is permitted. The residents of the complex may Campus Housing Application provide other furnishings, except water beds, if Rent is to be paid in full at the time of they wish additional furniture. Bedding, bath registration. Once a student has claimed the linen, kitchen utensils, dishes and personal reservation by checking into the unit, he/she is items must be provided by the residents. financially obligated for the remainder of the Roommates are urged to avoid duplication of semester. No deduction is made for late arrival small appliances, stereos, etc., when possible. at the beginning of the semester or for early Pets are not allowed in the complex. departure at the end of the semester. Charges are subject to change with reasonable notice. Campus Housing Schedule The specific opening and closing dates for Prospective students are urged to submit an residence halls will be sent to the students with application at the earliest possible date. their room assignments. All conditions of the Assignments are made in the order in which housing rental agreement are stated in the completed housing applications are received at Student Housing Handbook. The residence halls the Admissions Office. will be closed during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and spring break. Room charges do not include Students who will be residing in campus these vacation periods. housing must submit the completed application for housing and a non-refundable $150 security College personnel enter rooms only when it is in deposit before an apartment can be assigned. compliance with state laws. The college reserves the right to perform maintenance Occupancy of Campus Housing functions, to determine the condition of college Occupancy of campus housing is a privilege that property, to determine when emergency is extended to full-time students of DCC. conditions are thought to exist and to Continuation of this privilege is dependent upon determine when State and Federal laws are reasonable and satisfactory personal conduct being violated. and proper care of the unit to which the student is assigned. The college reserves the Disability – Housing Accommodation right to refuse housing to anyone in order to Statement ensure the health and safety of all residents. DCC does not discriminate against any student in the terms, conditions and privileges of Each unit will have these minimum furnishings: residency due to physical or mental disability. telephone, TV cable services, computer internet When DCC becomes aware of any physical or access, four extra-length (36 x 80 inch) single mental disability which prevents an otherwise beds with mattresses, window blinds, four qualified student for residency from fulfilling desks with chairs, four wardrobes, a mirror, their role as a qualified resident, prior to dining table and four chairs, stove, and denying admission or refusing an refrigerator. Furnishings and fixtures belonging accommodation, DCC will assess the request for to the Student Living Complex are not disability accommodation to allow the person permitted to leave the unit. to be a qualified resident. An accommodation
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______which creates an undue financial hardship on Access to the library’s catalog and electronic DCC or which endangers health or safety is not resources is available (on- and off-campus) a reasonable accommodation. DCC will make through the library website. The online catalog any reasonable accommodation necessary to provides quick and efficient access to library allow an otherwise qualified resident to fulfill materials, not only at DCC but also at a number the role of a qualified resident. of other Montana college and university
libraries. Cooperation with other Glendive Other Housing libraries is emphasized in order to offer a wide Students who are unable to obtain housing on variety of materials and services to area library campus, may find accommodations by users. contacting local Realtors, the Glendive Chamber of Commerce, or by checking the local The library is open Monday-Friday with some newspaper. evening and weekend hours. Summer and holiday hours vary and will be posted on the Health Insurance library’s website. Student health insurance is available to ______students through area banks and insurance agents. Academic Affairs Library Welcome! The Jane Carey Memorial Library is Academic Support Services located in the main building of the college and Adult Basic Education provides a spectacular view of the Yellowstone The Adult Career and Education Center on the River Valley and the city of Glendive. Library Dawson Community College campus offers free services and resources include research and individualized instruction in reading, English, instructional assistance; an extensive collection and mathematics at the pre-college level. supplemented by interlibrary loan and consortia Tutors meet the varied needs of clients as the: partnerships; 26 Windows desktops, printing attain their HiSET/GED; transition to college or and scanning equipment; individual or group technical programs; improve their employment study rooms, tables, and carrels; and comfort prospects with career coaching using the Montana Career Information System (MCIS). seating.
The Library collection supports DCC curriculum To become involved in tutoring and career by providing access to a wide variety of coaching with Adult Career and Education Center staff, clients must commit to a minimum information resources. The print collection of four hours of class per week. The includes approximately 30,000 book volumes commitment begins with a mandatory and 35 periodicals; the electronic collection orientation that helps in five important ways: includes 58 subject-specific and interdisciplinary Evaluation: Pre-testing administered databases, reference resources, and ebooks. In during the orientation helps clients addition, the library also has state documents, discover subjects they need to study. microfilm, microfiche, and a collection of Instruction: Based on the pre-test score audiovisual materials. Interlibrary loan provides the HiSET tutor creates a study plan and additional access to the world’s knowledge. guides clients in preparation for the five HiSET test batteries.
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Practice: The Adult Career and Mid-Rivers Academic Support Center Education Center purchases the most (tutoring services) current practice tests similar to the The Academic Support Center is open to all HiSET. These help clients obtain a better students who may need help with their idea of what to expect during the HiSET academic subjects. Professional tutors are tests. available, at no charge, to meet the needs of Readiness for the HiSET testing: Tutors students. Other areas of need are handled help determine client readiness to take through peer tutoring. Students may make and pass the official HiSET tests. appointments or drop-in for services. The Preparation for Career Training: The Academic Support Center facilities are located fundamental skills and contextualized adjacent to the library and include study areas instruction delivered by HiSET tutors and private testing rooms. will grow abilities needed to continue
career training after earning a HiSET. Co-curricular Activities This is an open enrollment program and is Dawson Community College welcomes students in session throughout the academic year. of all ages, backgrounds and needs. The College An online study option is available. HiSET facilities and organizations offer a wide range of study guides can be purchased in the student opportunities for a full college Campus Store. To schedule an appointment experience. Students may participate in contact: Jane Wynne, intercollegiate athletics, intramural activities, Coordinator/Instructor Adult Education and theater, art, and student organizations. Institutional Testing, 406.377.9448 or 1.800.821.8320. Intercollegiate Athletics The Dawson Community College Athletic High School Equivalency (HiSET Department provides student-athletes with Testing) opportunities to excel in intercollegiate athletic Dawson Community College is authorized competition within an educational by the Montana Department of Public environment. The department promotes Instruction to administer the High School physical fitness, intellectual development, social Equivalency Test (HiSET). Testing policies for interaction and sportsmanship. DCC is a the state of Montana enable adults 19 years member of the National Junior College Athletic and older and who are a resident of Association (NJCAA). Men’s and Women’s Montana to take the HiSET exam. Contact Basketball compete at the NJCAA Division I level your state office for information about while Baseball, Softball and Volleyball compete proof of residency. Before testing all at the NJCAA Division II level. All five NJCAA documentation of eligibility must be presented at the testing site. A waiver of sports are members of Region XIII which minimum age requirement, 16-18 years, includes schools from Montana, North Dakota, may be obtained under special and Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. They are warranted circumstances and must be also a part of the Mon-Dak Conference which reviewed and approved by the state consists of two-year schools from Montana and administrator’s office before testing. For North Dakota. additional information contact the Adult Career and Education Center at Under the governing body of the National 406.377.9448. Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA), the
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DCC Rodeo team competes in the Big Sky recreation and social activities for students and Region, consisting of two-year and four-year participates with the faculty and the community schools from Montana and Wyoming. Through in planning other college and community the strength of the program, DCC has produced events. The Senate also participates in DCC Regional and National Champions. governance via appointments to college committees. A portion of student fees paid each The athletic programs at DCC compete for semester is routed to ASB to finance activities. championships and also pride themselves in serving the local community in a variety of As the number of students at Dawson grows ways. Athletic contests at the college provide and as their interests diversify, new clubs and DCC students and members in the community societies are formed on campus. Students or great entertainment throughout the year and groups wishing to discuss the possibility of also help to bring together students and organizing a club or society should contact the community members as they cheer on their office of the Vice President of Academic and Buccaneers. Student Affairs. Such new organizations will be subject to the approval of the student Intramural Program governing body. The Dawson Community College Intramural Program aims to provide students with the Art Club opportunity to participate in a wide range of The goal of the Art Club is to support and enrich recreational activities. Through participation, the artistic life of its members and the the individual will develop an appreciation of community at large through creativity and the worthy use of leisure time with a positive initiative, with art related activities and events attitude toward physical activity and social such as workshops, exhibits, fund-raisers, and interaction. Activities are organized on a team community service. All DCC students interested or individual basis enabling everyone from the in art are welcome to participate. interested beginner to the serious athlete to participate. Collegiate FFA/Ag Club The National FFA Organization exists to provide Performing Arts agriculture-related programs and activities Students may participate in band, choir, and/or which will develop pride, responsibility, community theater productions. These leadership, character, scholarship, citizenship, activities provide opportunities for the patriotism, career choices, and thrift, and which development of performance skills and will improve the economic, environmental, appreciation. These groups participate in many recreational, and human resources of the college and community functions. community. The Collegiate FFA is open to all students interested in agriculture. High school Student Organizations and Clubs participation in FFA is not a prerequisite. The Ag Club helps with many local agriculture organizations. Associated Student Body (ASB) of DCC
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College are members of the Associated Student Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Club Membership in this organization is encouraged Body of Dawson Community College. A Student for criminal justice law enforcement majors and Senate, elected as representatives of the students employed in the criminal justice field. freshman and sophomore classes, acts as a The main objective of this organization is to governing board for the ASB. The Senate plans
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______promote professional standards in criminal fellowship for scholars, and for stimulation of justice and to develop understanding of the interest in continuing academic excellence. problems and objectives of those agencies that Alpha Xi Epsilon, the DCC chapter of Phi Theta are devoted to the administration of criminal Kappa, was chartered in 1988. justice. Rodeo Club Dawson Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Membership in this organization is open to all A part of a nationwide international student DCC students who are interested in promoting organization of college and university the sport of rodeo on campus. Its primary campuses, this group is concerned with objective is to sponsor an annual rodeo for presenting Christianity as an important part of intercollegiate competition in the Big Sky college and university life. Meetings are Region. informal, infused with music and interaction. Dawson Intervarsity Christian Fellowship is Standards of Student Conduct open to all students with any or no religious With enrollment, the student accepts both the background. rights and responsibilities of DCC students. Accordingly, the College expects that each Music Club student will abide by civil laws and college The goal of the Music Club is to make a notable policies/regulations. Students neither surrender difference in the programs and social and their civil rights as citizens nor are they given extracurricular activities throughout DCC. immunity or special consideration with Participation is open to all students involved in reference to civil or criminal law. any aspect of the Music Department. As members of the DCC community, students The Dawson Community College Chapter of have the responsibility to study, to learn, and to National Association for Music Education conduct themselves with academic integrity in (NAfME) promotes the advancement of music relation to the college, its mission, and its education. It is a voluntary, nonprofit processes and functions as an institution of organization representing all phases of music higher learning. Students, as citizens, are education in schools, colleges, universities and expected to be familiar with and comply with teacher education institutions. Students existing federal, state and city laws governing involved in music and wishing to promote music civil and criminal behavior both on- and off- are encouraged to join. campus and during all DCC functions.
Phi Theta Kappa Violations may result in disciplinary action by Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society of the college in addition to any civil or criminal the Two-Year College, is recognized by the action. A student may be dropped from American Association of Community Colleges as enrollment whenever, in the opinion of the the official honor society for two-year colleges. administration, his/her presence is not in Its purpose is to recognize and encourage harmony with the spirit of the college. scholarship among associate degree students having at least a 3.50 GPA. To achieve this It is assumed that any student who enrolls at purpose, Phi Theta Kappa provides DCC is aware of the following expectations and opportunities for the development of responsibilities and that he/she will always leadership and service for an intellectual abide by those realistic standards of climate to exchange ideas and ideals, for lively achievement and citizenship that are conducive
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______to self-growth and to the well-being of the Annual Crime Report college community. In November of 1990 the Student Right to Know Act was signed into law. The Act mandates that Student conduct regulations are published in institutions of higher education report and the student handbook which is available on the make available to both current and prospective DCC website. students and employees the occurrences of specific crimes on campus. In addition to the Alcohol/Drug Policy number of reported specified crimes, the Dawson Community College requires standards institution must report the number of arrests of conduct that prohibit the unlawful for liquor violations, drug-abuse violations, and possession, use, and/or distribution of illegal weapon violations. The report is available at and prescription drugs or alcohol by students www.dawson.edu, through the Vice President and employees on institutional property. No of Academic and Student Affairs and the EEO alcohol/illegal drugs will be allowed in any of Office, Room 131A. the rooms at the DCC Living Complex or in any area of the DCC Campus. Any violation will be Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative subject to report to law enforcement Action authorities. For more information contact the Dawson Community College is committed to office of the Vice President of Academic and equal opportunity for all persons in all facets of Student Affairs. community college operations. Our policy has
been, and will continue to be, one of Loss of Personal Articles nondiscrimination, offering equal opportunity The College does not accept responsibility for to all students, employees, and applicants for loss of or damage to personal articles in the employment on the basis of their demonstrated event of theft or natural disasters such as flood, ability and competence without regard to such fire, or wind. The College shall not be liable for matters as race, color, religion, sex, national damages if the college’s performance of its origin, age, veteran status, marital or parental obligation is necessarily curtailed or suspended status, or disability. due to storm, flood, or other acts of nature; fire, war, rebellion, scarcity of water, Students who feel that they have been unfairly insurrection, riots, strikes or any other cause treated by the college with regards to policy, or beyond the control of DCC. disciplinary actions, have the right to request a hearing by an appeals board within two school Weapons/Ammunition days of any action that is taken. This may Ammunition or weapons are not allowed on include complaints of discrimination based on campus or in campus housing. It is the student’s race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, responsibility to make arrangements to store political belief, veteran status, marital or weapons. If a student has a weapon for parental status, or existence of a disability. classroom use, it is his/her responsibility to make arrangements to store weapons. The Reasonable Disability college provides class related weapons for Accommodation classroom instruction and use when applicable. Dawson Community College will provide The college also provides a gun safe for resident reasonable accommodations for qualified student storage. students with disabilities pursuant to Section
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Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101- discrimination under any education program or 336) to ensure equal access to its programs. activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Students with disabilities who request accommodations must: The law has many applications such as providing Register with the Student Affairs office. equitable educational opportunities to all It is the student’s responsibility to students. Dawson Community College affirms initiate the request for services. the right of all employees and students to work Students are encouraged to initiate the and study in an environment free from all forms request for accommodations as soon as of discrimination and harassment. possible. Students who are requesting Discrimination on basis of sex includes sexual accommodations must provide harassment or sexual violence, such as rape, documentation of their disability from sexual assault, sexual battery, and sexual the appropriate medical or coercion. DCC is committed to providing a psychological professionals. climate of mutual respect and is opposed to Documentation must be current; every practice that denies human dignity or usually within the previous three years. actions that infringe upon academic and Documentation must include a specific personal freedom. diagnosis. Actual test scores must be provided. A description of requested Harassment Policy and Complaint accommodations including the rationale Procedures for those accommodations must be Sexual harassment and/or intimidation are a provided. violation of federal and state laws. The State of Students requesting accommodations Montana prohibits retaliation against any should notify their instructors of their employee or student because he or she has disability as soon as possible. Student filed a report of alleged harassment. Affairs personnel will assist in this Disciplinary action will be taken when instances process if requested by the student. of harassment, intimidation, or retaliation Requests for accommodations will be occur. evaluated on an individual basis.
If you believe you have been discriminated against based on disability and/or need a Sexual Harassment is defined legally as reasonable accommodation, talk to the Equal unwelcome sexual advances, requests for Opportunity Director/Vice President of sexual favors, and other verbal or physical Academic and Student Affairs, 406.377.9416 to conduct of a sexual nature that affects an solve any complaints. You also may contact the individual’s education, employment or work Montana Human Rights Commission at performance. Examples, but not limited to, are: 406.444.2884 or 1.800.542.0807, TTD Activity or comments that create a 406.444.0532. hostile, intimidating or offensive environment; Harassment occurred in an extreme
Title IX single incident or from repeated Title IX of the Educational Amendment of actions; 1972 states: Unwelcomed comments or actions No person in the United States shall, on the made either directly or indirectly for basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, educational or employment benefits be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to “Quid pro quo”;
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The complainant and the alleged Talk to someone you trust; perpetrator may be of either gender Preserve all the physical evidence; and need not be of different genders. Seek Medical attention.
Sexual Intimidation is defined as any A discrimination or harassment complaint may unreasonable behavior, verbal or non-verbal, be brought forth by any member of the college which has the effect of subjecting members of community; administrators, faculty members, either sex to humiliation, embarrassment or staff members, or students. Complaints will also discomfort because of their gender. be addressed if you are not employed or Stalking or cyber stalking; attending DCC but believe some form of Electronic recording or distribution discrimination or harassment may have without knowledge and consent of all occurred. Contact: Title IX Coordinator, Room parties involved; 131A, 406.377.9416. Comments or actions referring to different sexual orientation. Other possible contacts to report Sexual Assault is a particular type of sexual violations: An Academic Advisor, Team Coach, harassment that includes physical sexual Residence Hall Director, any employee, or Law acts perpetrated against a person’s will Enforcement (911). including an individual who is incapable of giving consent due to alcohol or drugs use. Although there is no specific time limit for Non-Consensual Sexual Contact; reporting we encourage you to report this with Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse; the Title IX Coordinator as soon as possible. Sexual exploitation and misconduct; Seeking help immediately is critical as you can An act of power and control. have evidence collected and stored without reporting the crime. In order to obtain essential Other forms of Harassment may be defined as: evidence a forensic exam must be performed Messages which one can regard as within 72 hours. irritating and offensive, violent or non- violent in nature; Each complaint will be investigated to A behavior which acts in flagrant determine what occurred. DCC will take steps to disrespect for the well-being of others; protect the complainant as deemed necessary Threats, whether or not a person has during the pendency of the investigation and the intention of carrying out a threat, resolution process such as, but not limited to; are a serious matter with possible no-contact order, restriction of access to criminal implications; classroom by students, or the College grounds Bullying by non-students or non-employees in certain circumstances. A complainant may seek a Reporting Temporary Order of Protection (TOP) that will Anyone who knows someone or has been issue a “no contact” order from a court of subject to harassment or discrimination appropriate jurisdiction against the accused. (including sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual coercion or gender gender-based Through the reporting process, the complainant harassment) can and should report the incident. has the right to assistance or consultation by a friend or trained advocate. The College offers If an assault occurred: services to students through Student Affairs Get to a safe place as soon as possible; personnel. The Student Affairs staff will provide
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______assistance and information on local resources Process may be educational for available in a safe, supportive, and confidential harasser; setting. Question/statements of he said…she said and similar issues may not be Complaints shall be defined as any informal addressed; (oral) or formal (written) allegation. Allegations The complainant may play an active of sexual assault may not be resolved by an role in resolving the situation and this informal resolution process. However, some may feel empowered and less harassment allegations may use an informal victimized; approach to resolve some cases involving the Process provides several options for the following: victim; The individual takes some steps which The parties will not be required to deal may stop the behavior; directly with one another; The school initiates some actions At any time, either the complainant or informal or formal; the accused may request that the informal resolution process be Formal charges under the school’s sexual terminated, in which case the formal harassment procedures can be filed by resolution process would begin. either the victim or the institution against the offender at any time. An informal grievance will involve the complainant, the Title IX/Affirmative Action Individual procedure is one option you can do Officer, and the appropriate administrator. as an individual. If you feel comfortable doing Every effort should be made to find an so, confront the harasser or write a letter acceptable solution at the lowest possible informing the individual that his/her behavior is management level. unwelcome, offensive or inappropriate and must stop. Other things to do: keep notes, write Formal procedure. A written formal complaint down your feelings, list any witnesses etc. will be filed with the Title IX Coordinator/ Documentation is strongly recommended; Affirmative Action Officer. An investigation will notify your supervisor, advisor, coach, an be conducted to determine the facts of the instructor, or Title IX Coordinator for assistance incident. The college official designated to with this or other procedures. conduct the investigation will make an impartial judgment as to whether or not misconduct Informal procedure is aimed at stopping the occurred, and, if so, propose appropriate behavior rather than determining culpability or sanctions. During this time, each person is given intent, with the assistance of the Title a chance to respond to evidence and potential IX/Affirmative Action Officer. It simply provides charges. Individuals subjected to disciplinary an alternative method for getting sexual action as the result of a report may file a harassment to end, which is usually what grievance under the college grievance policy in recipients of harassment want, rather than a the Student Handbook located under the vindication of their civil rights or achieving Student Conduct Code. revenge. Why some choose informal procedures: Reporting Procedures Less frightening; The College encourages reporting of all Confidentially is easier to maintain; incidents of sexual misconduct, and respects
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______the choices that individuals make regarding the investigation, outcome and discipline methods of reporting: sanctions imposed. 8. Mediation may not be an option used to 1. File a report resolve complaints of sexual assault. Any campus employee informed of an 9. Both parties will have the right to the allegation of sexual violence involving a same appeal process. student must, and will, report it 10. Retaliation against any person reporting promptly to the Title IX Coordinator. or participating in an investigation of sexual Reporting is not the same as pressing harassment or sexual violence is prohibited. charges but investigation is initiated Federal law requires the College to collect, If the report involves crime being publish, and distribute an annual security and committed, the Coordinator will contact crime report that includes statistics concerning the local law enforcement agency. At the incidence of sexual offense and other any time the complainant can report to serious crimes occurring on campus and on the Glendive Police Department at public property, in non-College buildings, or on 406.377.2364 or crisis line at non-College property. The reports do not 406.989.1318. include identifying information about survivors, If the evidence indicates that a threat of but incidents included within the reports continued violence exists, a public require confirmation. The function of these warning will be issued. The timely reports is to increase awareness of the extent of warning will be made through a variety crime on campus and to foster the of resources that may include: DCC’s development of policies, procedures, and Squawker, email and phone mail, programs to prevent and report crime. website, and local media. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security 2. The complainant will be advised of the Policy and Campus Crime Report is made options and services available on campus or available through the Vice President of within the local community. Academic and Student Affairs, DCC Website at 3. Complaints will be investigated to https://www.dawson.edu/students/crime- determined what occurred report or http://ope.ed.gov/security. The college will conduct its own investigation and reserves the right to Academic Policies commence and/or complete its own investigation prior to the completion of FERPA any criminal investigation or criminal Student records are guaranteed to be private proceeding. It is independent of the under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Criminal Justice process. Act of 1974. Information about a student, 4. All Parties will have an equal opportunity including his/her personnel file and academic to present witnesses and other evidence for record, will be released only with written the investigation. permission. 5. All parties will be provided with the investigation status and updates after 30 Directory information (name, address, phone days. number, e-mail address, photograph, major, 6. The standard of a preponderance of dates of attendance, enrollment status, evidence will be used (i.e. it is more likely participation in officially recognized activities/ than not that sexual harassment or violence sports, height/weight of athletic team occurred). members, degrees/honors/awards received) 7. Parties will be notified in writing of the
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______may be disclosed at the discretion of the and images to convey information to the Registrar, unless students specifically request reader. this information to be withheld. Cultural Competency is the attainment of a Those to whom information is given about a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills student (e.g., a four-year college to which and characteristics that support effective and he/she is applying) will be cautioned that the appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural information obtained from Dawson Community contexts. College is to remain confidential unless further permission for its release is granted by the Scientific & Mathematical Proficiency in student. DCC will keep a record of persons science refers to the ability to use the body of other than Dawson Community College faculty knowledge and the scientific method to explain and staff who request or obtain access to the natural world, identify questions, and to student files. Students may inspect their own draw evidence-based conclusions. educational records at any time. Mathematical proficiency is the ability to develop and apply mathematical thinking in Institution-Wide Learning Outcomes order to solve a range of problems in everyday Students who graduate from Dawson situations. Building on a sound mastery of Community College with an Associate’s Degree numeracy, the emphasis is on process and will be able to demonstrate knowledge activity, as well as knowledge. Mathematical attainment in six Institution-Wide Learning competence involves, to different degrees, the Outcomes. The learning outcomes identified for ability and willingness to use mathematical each general education core align with one or modes of thought (logical and spatial thinking) more of the Institution-Wide Learning and presentation (formulas, models, constructs, Outcomes. DCC provides the opportunity for graphs, charts). students to successfully complete courses which incorporate knowledge in each of these Information Literacy is the ability to obtain areas. Upon completion, these students will be and evaluate specific information to meet a eligible to transfer to a four-year college or wide range of personal, political, social, and university or be prepared for employment. business needs. The use of technology to store, organize, and access information is integral to Critical Thinking is the objective analysis and this competency. evaluation of issues, ideas, or assertions by collecting, researching, and judging relevant Mastery of Emphasis Area Content data, artifacts, perspectives, and their sources comprises familiarity with a body of knowledge, to form a judgment. which may include a concentration or emphasis area and/or applied understanding and skills Effective Communication comprises oral and related to specific program objectives and written communication. Oral Communication is outcomes developed at the program level. expression designed to inform, instruct, persuade, or entertain the receiver. Written Student Academic Integrity Communication is the development and Guidelines expression of a message through the written The student is responsible for cooperating with word. Written communication involves working the instructor in his/her efforts to create a in multiple genres and styles, using relevant classroom environment that is conducive to the technologies, and skillfully combines test, data, teaching/learning process. In order to do this,
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______the student must become an active participant determination allows for differences in in the process and maintain an attitude of instructor style and tolerance and the content respect toward the instructor and other and context of each respective course. When an students. Students must conduct themselves in instructor judges a student to be violating these an orderly and responsible fashion or they will integrity guidelines and informal correction not be allowed to remain in the class. More methods have not been effective, he/she will specifically: follow this procedure: Students should be prompt and regular The instructor will indicate to the in attending classes, make student, during class, that the behavior appointments when necessary to meet is unacceptable. with faculty and keep such If the behavior persists the instructor appointments, be well-prepared for will discuss the problem with the classes, and submit required student outside of the classroom. This assignments in a timely manner. discussion should include a clear Integrity of the academic process statement of what the instructor requires that credit be given where expects and of what will happen if the credit is due. Accordingly, it is a breach behavior continues. If the behavior of academic integrity to present as continues, the student may be asked to one’s own work, the ideas, leave class. At this time, the instructor representation or works of another, or should notify the Vice President of to permit another to present one’s Academic and Student Affairs, in work without customary and proper writing, that he/she may have to acknowledgment of authorship. remove the student from the course if Students are expected to conduct the behavior does not improve. themselves at all times within If the behavior continues the instructor permissible limits of assistance as may withdraw the student from the stated by the faculty. class, with concurrence of the Vice Some of the more common breaches of President of Academic and Student academic integrity are as follows: Affairs. The attempted corrective unauthorized talking or moving about in actions should be documented by the class; heckling, badgering, or ridiculing instructor and should accompany the classmates or the instructor; disruptive withdrawal form. neglect of personal hygiene; disorderly, If the disruptive behavior is occurring in lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct; other classes, or if it is of sufficient discriminating remarks or actions; duration, intensity, or frequency, the verbal abuse; threatening actions or Vice President of Academic and Student words; dishonesty (i.e., plagiarism, Affairs may impose a two-week cheating, etc.); willful disobedience of disciplinary suspension. the instructor in the performance of The student will attend a hearing with his/her duties. the President, the result of which may be expulsion. Consequences for Infractions Each instructor will be responsible for Instructor Academic Integrity determining when the frequency, duration, or Guidelines intensity of the behavior is beginning to Individuals with teaching responsibilities compromise the instructional environment. This present scholarship fairly, accurately, and
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______objectively. Derivative scholarship President of Academic and Student acknowledges the source of intellectual Affairs will then arrange a hearing with property, and personal views, beliefs, and the student/advisor, instructor, and any opinions are identified as such. The instructor parties involved to determine a course retains the primary responsibility for of action. All efforts to complete this establishing and maintaining an effective process within one week of receiving teaching/learning relationship with and among the written appeal will be made. students. He/She must assure classroom If the resolution is unsatisfactory the conditions are such that they promote each student may request, again in writing, a student’s development, but not at the expense hearing with the Academic Quality and of other students. More specifically, the Continuous Improvement Committee. instructor is responsible for establishing and The request should be forwarded to the implementing academic standards, establishing Vice President of Academic and Student and maintaining communication, and enforcing Affairs who will place the issue on the behavioral standards in the classroom that agenda of the next Academic Quality support these academic standards. If a student and Continuous Improvement feels that an instructor has been remiss in Committee meeting. The student will honoring this responsibility, he/she may utilize then be informed of the recommended the student grievance procedure to pursue resolution by the Committee members. resolution. At this level the decision is final.
Student Grievance Procedure Credits The student should arrange a time to The college academic year is divided into discuss the specific problem with the semesters and college work is measured in course instructor within one week of terms of semester credits. One semester credit the occurrence of the problem. is equivalent to approximately 45 hours of If the problem persists the student student involvement – usually 15 hours of should discuss the problem with his/her classroom contact and 30 hours of outside class academic advisor. The advisor should studying, researching, reading, etc. In general, a take some action within one week of class that meets one hour per week throughout being notified of the problem by the semester yields one semester hour of discussing the problem with the credit. Science classes with a lab meet for five instructor and/or the Vice President of hours a week, while vocational lab classes meet Academic and Student Affairs, six hours per week. Partial credit may be documenting the problem and possible awarded in .5 credit increments, reflecting at resolution(s). least eight hours, but less than 15 hours, of If a resolution is not met within one direct contact or the equivalent. week of the advisor’s action/decision, the student/advisor may request a Auditing Courses hearing with the Vice President of A student who registers as an auditor attends Academic and Student Affairs. This class regularly but does not take the final request must be in writing, examination, does not receive an achievement documenting specifically the problem, grade, and does not receive credit for the the dates and results of attempts to course. Students wishing to audit must meet all reconcile the problem, and the prerequisites required for the course and student’s desired resolution. The Vice indicate their intention to audit at the time they
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______register and pay for the course. Audited courses Dawson Community College is a member of the cannot be applied toward a degree or Colorado Community College Online certificate and cannot be used to meet Contractual Agreement. prerequisites. All CCConline students will be charged a Credit Overload $35.00 distance learning fee per course in Students wanting to take more than 20 credits addition to the per credit hour fee. in a semester must have at least a 2.50 GPA and obtain permission from their advisor and Students must apply for admission to the approved by the office of the Vice President of college (see Student Services-Admissions). Academic and Student Affairs before being These students may also be eligible for allowed to register. Financial Aid (see Student Services-Financial Aid). Classification of Students Full-time: students registered for 12 or All fees must be paid in full prior to the more credit hours of class issuing of a student PIN (course access Part-time: students registered for fewer code). than 12 credit hours Regular: students who have satisfied DCC will only accept registration for Session the requirements for admission One courses that run concurrently with Freshman: students having fewer than DCC’s fall, spring, and summer terms. 30 credits Contact 406.377.9411 or by email at Sophomore: students having 30 or [email protected] for more information. more credits Students may take online courses towards their DCC degree in the following areas: Curricula Associate of Arts DCC offers college-level transfer and vocational Associate of Arts in Chemical courses in a variety of disciplines. College-level Dependency Counseling classes are numbered 100 to 299. Generally, Associate of Science those identified as 100 to 199 are freshman Associate of Applied Science in Business level and those identified as 200 to 299 are Management sophomore level. Some sub-100 courses are Associate of Applied Science in Criminal also taught. Students should select sub-100 Justice courses only on the recommendation of their Associate of Applied Science in Early advisor. Childhood Education Online Courses Dawson’s online delivery utilizes Moodle media Accelerated Programs rich virtual classrooms to deliver the same Academic work toward completion of a degree instructional experience to students on and off may be accelerated in certain areas under the campus. This tool allows online students to following provisions. Students should initiate stream video and share textbook or classroom such requests by consulting first with their notes presented during lecture and discussion. advisor. Dawson’s online delivery allows full interaction between students and instructors for the best Advanced Placement Exams: DCC credit may possible learning opportunity. be granted for students who successfully
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______complete Advanced Placement Examinations in by the program director and Vice President of approved courses. Scores must be mailed Academic and Student Affairs. In no instance directly to the DCC Registrar from the College will a reduction be made in the number of Entrance Examination Board. A course will be credits required for any academic program. posted as advance placement with a grade of ‘S’ Forms are available in the Instructional Services when the student has completed a minimum of Office. 12 DCC credits. A complete list of all equivalent courses for Advanced Placement is available CTE Course Waiver: A required program (CTE) from the Registrar’s office. course may be waived if the student has previously completed equivalent work. All Challenging Courses: Any course may be waivers must be approved by the appropriate challenged. Prior to challenging a course, a program director and the Vice President of “request to challenge” form must be completed Academic and Student Affairs. General with the approval of the faculty member and education core requirements cannot be waived. Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. In no instance will college credit be given for a Any course previously taken as an audit course waiver. Forms are available in the Instructional or as a credit course may not be challenged for Services Office. credit. Experiential Learning: Dawson Community College-Level Examination Program College recognizes learning acquired outside of (CLEP): DCC recognizes the vast differences in the traditional classroom setting and follows background and preparation of individuals who the Northwest Association Policy 2.3 for are preparing to enter college. DCC utilizes the granting of experiential credit. Documentation College Level Examination Program (CLEP). The submitted by the student for accomplishments purpose of this program is to allow students on the job, through volunteer work, or through and prospective students to take examinations training, workshops and seminars based on which measure knowledge in a variety of time in service, job description, supervisor’s subject matter areas. Evaluation of the results evaluation, relationship to the curriculum and determines whether proficiency is equivalent to credit recommendations from the American that which would be expected upon completion Council on Education (ACE) may be reviewed of a college level course in that subject. Credits and considered for credit. Experiential learning will be posted after the student earns 12 credits credit granted by another institution may not at DCC. Credits earned through CLEP apply be accepted for transfer to DCC. In addition, toward graduation requirements. A satisfactory experiential learning credits granted by DCC (S) grade is granted upon earning the required may or may not transfer to other institutions. examination score. Students should consult with the Admissions Office for information Students seeking experiential learning credits concerning registration, cost, administration, must complete twelve (12) semester credits and standards. with a minimum GPA of 2.00 at Dawson Community College. Upon completion of the Course Substitution: Students may request a credit requirement, students should work with substitution for any stated course if they have their academic advisor to complete an previously completed a college course in which “Experiential Learning Request” form. The the subject learning outcomes closely parallels appropriate DCC Program Director and/or that of the course for which they request the Division Chair will make a recommendation substitution. All substitutions must be approved whether to grant experiential learning credit
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(and the number of credits as applicable) to the personal enrichment and development areas Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. that include workshops, classes, online and The Vice President of Academic and Student hands-on learning activities. Affairs makes the final decision on whether the experiential learning credits are granted and, if Workshops/Seminars/Special Topics so, how many credits are awarded. Periodically during the year, the college offers special workshops or seminars to meet the Credit for prior experiential learning may needs of the community for industry related, constitute no more than 25% of the credits governmental, or re-certification training. These needed for a degree and/or certificate. Credits workshops and seminars may carry college will only be granted to students enrolled in the credit and are advertised well in advance. semester during which an “Experiential Learning Request” form is submitted. Approved Video/Audio Recording credits will be posted on a student’s transcript Students must obtain the instructor’s advance with a grade of satisfactory (S) and denoted as permission before recording any classroom credit for experiential learning. lectures/presentations. This permission will include specifications of what may be recorded, Community Interest Courses how it may be used, and for how long. This Special interest courses are periodically “intellectual property” policy has been adopted scheduled to meet requests from the to protect the integrity of these presentations. community at large. The courses do not carry credit, are not transferable, and do not apply to Cheating and Plagiarism any degree. Students at Dawson Community College are expected to do their own work and in their own Ed2Go words and with their own ideas. If they quote or Ed2Go has over 250 non-credit, online courses. paraphrase the words of others, they are Most courses are run for six to eight weeks with expected to indicate who it is they are new sessions beginning the third Wednesday of paraphrasing. An instructor, who believes a each month. Courses are project-oriented and student has cheated or claimed the work of include lessons, quizzes, hands-on assignments, someone else as his/her own, may take discussion areas, and supplementary link. disciplinary steps as outlined under Academic Integrity Guidelines. This may include, but not Workforce Development and be limited to, giving a failing grade or referring the student to others for further discipline. Continuing Education Class Attendance Policy Workforce Development Dawson Community College supports the Courses that provide sustainable growth and philosophy that learning is optimal when success for the workforce. Courses can be students attend classes regularly and customized based on business and industry participate in the learning environment through needs. Categories include business interaction with colleagues and instructors. development, teacher renewal units, Therefore, the student is responsible for supervisory skills, and more. maintaining regular attendance in registered Continuing Education classes. Approved absences due to college Classes that provide intriguing and engaging sponsored activities are excused. Absences due learning opportunities covering a range of to serious illness or strictly unavoidable
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______circumstances may be excused if the instructor Withdrawing From a Course is completely satisfied as to the cause. An Students may withdraw from a course on any excused absence does not, under any class day during the regular class semester, but circumstances, relieve the student of the not after finals have commenced. If the responsibility for completing the course work to withdrawal takes place on the 11th-55th the satisfaction of the instructor. instructional day a grade of ‘W’ will be placed on the transcript. A ‘W’ grade has no grade Changing Course Registration point average (GPA) value and will not change After a student has registered for classes, the student’s previous cumulative GPA. changes to his/her class schedule requires If the withdrawal takes place after the 55th official notice to the Registrar’s Office via a instructional day a grade of ‘WF’ will be placed drop/add slip. The drop/add slip requires the on the transcript. A ‘WF’ grade will be signatures of the student’s academic advisor calculated within the GPA in the same manner and the instructor(s) of the course(s). A as an ‘F’. representative from the Instructional Services Office signs on behalf of adjunct instructors if Students wanting to withdraw from all courses needed. must complete a ‘Withdrawal from School” form and submit it to the Registrar’s Office. The Adding a Course form is available in the Student Services Office. Students may add a class up through the 10th instructional day of the fall and spring Administrative Withdrawal semesters. Workshops, short-courses (including Students who fail to attend the first two (2) summer courses) and other nontraditional meetings of a limited-enrollment course may be courses may be added within the first 10% dropped from the course by the instructor. If a (approximately) of the course subject to student knows that he/she will not be able to approval by the instructor. A student seeking to attend either of the first two (2) meetings add a course that results in a course load of 21 should contact the instructor prior to the first or more semester credits requires the approval day of class. An administrative withdrawal will of the Vice President of Academic and Student only be enforced if a limited-enrollment course Affairs. is full. Students should not rely on an administrative withdrawal but rather are Dropping a Course expected to take the initiative to complete the Students may drop a class up through the 10th required procedure to drop a course. instructional day of the fall and spring semesters. A course that has been dropped Fresh Start Policy (Academic within this time-frame will not appear on a Bankruptcy) student’s transcript. Workshops, short-courses The Fresh Start option is a one-time opportunity (including summer courses) and other for DCC students to begin a new cumulative (or nontraditional courses may be dropped no later Fresh Start) GPA. This allows students to than two (2) business days prior to the start of “bankrupt” previous coursework they have the course. Students are strongly encouraged to completed at DCC in which they received poor work with their academic advisor as dropping a grades. Although the bankrupted coursework class may impact progress toward a will remain on the student’s academic record, degree/certificate, enrollment status and the credits and grades will not be carried financial aid status. forward into the student’s cumulative GPA.
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Students should note that all previous DCC WF Withdrawal after the 55th day. Included in grades and credits will be excluded and will not GPA as “F” be used to fulfill any degree requirements when I Incomplete (given pursuant to the Fresh Start option is chosen. To be eligible incomplete policy). The work must be for the Fresh Start option, students: completed by the following regular semester. A permanent grade of A-F or Must not be enrolled in any institution S/U will then be assigned of higher education for a minimum of five years, and; N No credit is earned. Audit must be declared at time of registration. Will be placed on academic probation S/U Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory when returning to college, and; S = Satisfactory (C- or better), Must complete 15 credits in residence U = Unsatisfactory (D+ or less). S/U with at least a GPA of 2.50 upon their grade option may be given for physical return to DCC, and; education activity courses, extension Must apply for the Fresh Start option classes, seminars, and workshops. S/U within one calendar year after returning is mandatory for work and field to DCC, and during the semester internships. following that in which he/she meets the eligibility requirements. The instructor for the course selects the Students wishing to petition for a Fresh grading option as outlined in the course Start GPA should contact the Registrar. syllabus, and utilizes it for the entire class and term. Grades/Grading Policy A student’s evaluation is based upon grades. Special Note: A course that is used to satisfy the Grade reports are issued after each semester, prerequisites or required courses in an providing that the student’s credentials and Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, financial obligations to the college are fulfilled. Associate of Applied Science or a Certificate of The grading system values (A through F), as Applied Science must be passed with a “C-” or established by the Montana Board of Regents, better. A course that is used to satisfy a general are listed below. education program must be passed with a “C-” or better. (Montana Board of Regents Policy 301.5.3). A Excellent
A – 3.7 The Grade Point Average (GPA) is computed by B + 3.3 dividing the total grade points by the number of B Above Average credits attempted. Grades of S, U, W, I and B – 2.7 N/Audit are not included in calculating the GPA. C + 2.3 C Average Grade Changes C – 1.7 Students questioning a grade received on their official transcript must contact the instructor D + 1.3 before the completion of the following term. D 1.0 Grade changes are not allowed after one D – Minimum Achievement semester has elapsed except in unusual F Failure to Meet Course Standards circumstances. Student appeals must go W Withdrawal (given pursuant to drop/add through the Vice President of Academic and policy) Student Affairs.
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Incomplete (“I”) Grades semester hour of credit usually represents 50 Students are expected to complete the course minutes of class time per week for a semester. work for a class during the time designated. Some courses with laboratory sessions meet for Occasionally, circumstances prevent timely longer periods of time per semester hour of completion and the student may request extra credit. time to finish the work. A form to apply for such an extension is available from the Registrar. This Repeating Courses form must be signed by the student, the Any course at DCC may be repeated. Only the instructor, and the Vice President of Academic most recent grade and credits earned for a and Student Affairs. course toward cumulative GPA calculations and graduation requirements is used. This applies In all cases, an “I” is given at the discretion of for all grades including a lower grade than the instructor with the concurrence of the Vice previous attempts. Repeated courses are President of Academic and Student Affairs denoted on a student’s transcript with the use following these guidelines: of “*1” and “*2” for the first and second The student has been in attendance, is attempts, respectively. Subsequent attempts doing passing work (C- or better), and follow this pattern (“*3” etc.). Students has completed a minimum of 75% of receiving financial aid should check with the the course. Financial Aid Office before repeating a course. For reasons beyond the student’s control, and which are acceptable to Scholastic Honors the instructor, he/she has been unable Students who carry a full load (12 or more to complete the requirements of the semester hours) of work graded with grade course on time. In certain cases the Vice points and who earn a G.P.A. of a 3.5 or higher President of Academic and Student for the semester will be placed on the Affairs may be requested to certify Presidential Honor List. personal hardship cases. The instructor must set the conditions Those students who have a G.P.A. of at least for the removal of the incomplete on an 3.25 and less than 3.50 are given honorable “application for incomplete” form mention. Names of students with “I” which is provided by the Registrar. (incomplete) grades for the semester will not be When completed by the instructor and placed on these lists. signed by the instructor and the student, this form must be filed with Standards for Veterans the Registrar. Any student receiving benefits from the The instructor determines the deadline Veterans Administration will be counseled by for a student to fulfill the requirements the certifying official about benefits, credit load, outlined in the “application for withdrawal procedures, remedial and tutorial incomplete” form (not to exceed the assistance, and his/her own responsibilities in last day of the following semester). these matters. A grade of “incomplete” that is not
made up in the prescribed time will automatically become an “F”. Satisfactory Progress: Any veteran receiving educational benefits from the Veterans Administration is expected to progress
Methods of Determining Credit satisfactorily toward an educational goal and Course credit is based on semester hours. One must meet the following standards:
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Any veteran whose grade point average Anyone who does not have a cumulative G.P.A. is 1.75 or below in any given semester of 2.00 at the end of fall semester must reapply will be placed on scholastic probation spring semester. A student may graduate by and will be required to receive special fulfilling requirements for a certificate or degree counseling by the certifying official in any DCC catalog under which he/she has before registering the next semester. been enrolled as a full-time student during the VA educational benefits will be five years prior to graduation. The catalog in terminated for any veteran whose effect at the time of matriculation will be used cumulative grade point average is less unless otherwise specified by the student. than 2.00 for two consecutive semesters. A student who completes all of the degree A “W” will be reported to the Veterans requirements and has at least a 3.5 overall Administration. G.P.A. will graduate from DCC with Honors. A 2.00 GPA is required at the completion of 60 credits. Catalog A student may graduate under the Veterans Benefits degree/certificate curriculum in any one DCC Subsistence payments from the Veterans catalog under which she/he has been enrolled Administration are based on the number of as a full-time student during the five (5) years credit hours for which the student is registered. prior to graduation. The catalog in effect at the A minimum of 12 credit hours is required for full time of matriculation will be used unless payment of benefits. An “Application for otherwise specified by the student (per the Education Benefits” should be filed with the VA graduation application). Students who are not well before the beginning of the college enrolled at DCC for twelve (12) continuous semester. Certificates of Eligibility must be months must use the catalog in effect at the submitted to the Registrar’s Office. time they return to school.
Veterans Policy Scholastic Probation/Suspension For veterans with outstanding service, policy A student whose grade point average is 1.75 or states that all tuition and fees will be waived for below in any given semester will be placed on any veteran who has been awarded either the scholastic probation. This student must then Medal of Honor of the Army or the Navy’s consult with his/her advisor before being Distinguished Service Cross, or the U.S. Air allowed to register for more than 12 credits. A Force’s Distinguished Flying Cross. student whose cumulative GPA remains below 2.00 after the probation semester may be Graduation suspended from school and one full semester of Those who are eligible for degrees or non-enrollment may be required. certificates must file an application in the Registrar’s office during the semester preceding Tests the semester in which they expect to graduate All tests, including final examinations which are and pay the graduation fee at this time. Only counted as part of the instructional calendar, those students who have met the requirements should be taken at the designated time. In for graduation from DCC and who have applied emergency cases, the instructor’s approval is by the deadline may participate in the required before the student is released of ceremony. his/her exam responsibility.
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Transfer of Credits have met the lower division general education The student who wishes to transfer his/her requirements of the campus to which the credits to another institution should plan student transfers. accordingly. Although students receive academic advising, the student must assume The Montana University System Core: If the the responsibility for knowing the requirements student has completed less than 20 general of the college to which he/she will transfer. education credits, that student will be required to complete the approved general education Colleges and universities vary in their policies program at the campus to which he/she regarding what courses may be credited toward transfers. If the student has completed more advanced standing. Dawson Community College than 20 general education credits, but does not has every assurance from the units of the satisfy the block transfer policy, that student Montana University System that courses that may choose to complete either the MUS core or were properly selected and credits that were the approved general education program at the earned will be accepted. campus to which he/she transfers.
Official transcripts of credits earned at DCC will Associate of Arts and Associate of Science be sent to other institutions only upon the Degrees: A student who has completed an written request of the student. Forms are Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science available in the DCC Main Office. DCC reserves degree with an approved general education the right to withhold transcripts from students component package at another unit of the who are in debt to the institution. Students Montana University System, has satisfied the have the right to discuss the matter with the requirements of this policy. business office personnel to resolve any disputes. In each situation the student may be required to take additional coursework at the upper Montana Board of Regents of Higher division level that is part of an approved general education program at the new campus. Education Transfer Policy (Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education The Montana University System is committed to Policy and Procedures Manual. 301.10, Revised facilitating the ease of undergraduate student May 20, 2005). transfer to its campuses, particularly in the area ______of general education. Therefore, all campuses of the Montana University System will recognize the integrity of general education programs and Academic Programs courses offered by units of the Montana University System, Montana’s three publicly General Education Common Core supported community colleges, the seven tribal Core I: Communications colleges, and regionally accredited independent Core II: Fine Arts/Humanities Cat I colleges in the State of Montana. Production/Performance and Category II Appreciation/Theory The Block Transfer Procedure: An Core III: Social Sciences/History undergraduate student who has completed the Core IV: Natural Sciences lower division coursework in an approved Core V: Mathematics and Computer general education program at one of the Applications institutions noted above, and who transfers to Core VI: Multicultural/Global another of those institutions, will be deemed to Perspective
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The mission of General Education Core university. It also provides a vital component of courses is to ensure a broad based general the occupational skills curriculum and promotes education to all Dawson Community College life-long learning opportunities. Students are students regardless of their area of study. provided with knowledge and skills that will aid The goals of the General Education Core are in the accomplishment of life goals. The student to provide students with the opportunity to will be able to accomplish four or more of the develop his/her creative and intellectual following: potential. Beginning in school, and Communicate in standard American continuing at successively higher levels English; across their college studies, students should Write extended essays and speeches prepare for twenty-first century challenges. which effectively develop and support Students completing the requirements of theses, narratives, events, and/or the general education common core will express feelings, insights, and personal have met minimum learning outcomes in values; broad based general education with Incorporate and cite research materials abilities in the areas of: into informative and analytical Critical Thinking communication; Effective Communication Demonstrate the ability to Cultural Competency communicate effectively with a variety Scientific and Mathematical Proficiency of audiences; Information Literacy Demonstrate effective listening skills by Mastery of Emphasis Area Content critiquing the communication of others. Core I Graduation Requirements In determining the core requirements cited WRIT101 College Writing I 3cr below, the Dawson Community College Select three credits from the following: General Education Assessment Committee COMX111 Intro to Public Speaking reviewed the Montana University System WRIT201 College Writing II General Education Core criteria as WRIT202 College Writing III guidelines to determine the common core for our transfer students. Please note in Core II some cases an individual course may transfer to one school, but not another. Fine Arts and Humanities Both the AA and AS degrees utilize a 6 credit hours common core, this means that the general The Fine Arts and Humanities core is designed education requirements are the same for to facilitate and prepare transfer students to both degrees. No course may be used to achieve junior level status at a senior satisfy the requirement for more than one institution. The curriculum explores those core. Courses taken in addition to the components of the liberal arts education common core will determine whether the related to literature, visual arts, music, theater, degree will be an AA or an AS. humanities, ethics, and philosophy. Parallel courses in theory and performance provide a Core I complete experience within these vital components of higher education. These Communications courses, also, supplement occupational 6 credit hours programs, provide and promote lifelong The Communications core supports the student learning, and achieve basic knowledge of the achievement of junior level transfer to a creative endeavors of humanity.
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The student will be able to accomplish two or philosophy of life, after reflecting on more of the following: important personal experiences, and Category I Production and Performance: the way family and culture have shaped Demonstrate the technical and one’s beliefs in light of the models and expressive skill, methods, practice, and theories of human behavior one has production of a fine art form. encountered in their studies. Demonstrate an aspiration and appreciation for the beneficial Select three credits from each Category application of traditional and Category I: Production/Performance 3cr experimental inquiry, focused practice, ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr and the conceptual precepts of the ARTZ105 Visual Language – Drawing 3cr creative process in developing a fine art ARTZ211 Drawing I – Figure 3cr work. ARTZ212 Drawing Studio 3cr Category II Appreciation and Theory: ARTZ214 Illustration 3cr Articulate an understanding of the basic ARTZ221 Painting I 3cr elements, principles, and practices of a ARTZ222 Painting Studio 3cr fine art during the historic eras of its ARTZ224 Watercolor I 3cr development and its relationship to ARTZ225 Watercolor Studio 3cr other academic disciplines and applied CRWR240 Intro to Creative Writing 3cr fields. MUSI103 Fund of Musical Creation 3cr Compare and contrast world cultures, MUSI262 Chamber Ensembles II 1cr their global influence, social beliefs, and MUSI147 Choral Ensemble: Dawson 1cr their practices and production of works MUSI114 Band: Dawson 1cr of art. MUSI214 Band: Dawson 1cr Explain the important insights works of MUSI115 Drumline I 1cr art have contributed to the expression MUSI215 Drumline II 1cr and understanding of human MUSI112 Choir: Dawson 1cr capabilities, dilemmas, and aspirations. MUSI212 Choir II: Dawson 1cr Discuss great works of art which have MUSI160 Beginning Guitar 1cr decisively influenced or been influenced MUSI195 Applied Music I 1cr by the course of history. MUSI295 Applied Music II 1cr Describe and critically assess prominent MUSI135 Keyboard Skills I 1cr theories on the nature of reality, and MUSI136 Keyboard Skills II 1cr the qualities and requirements of a MUSI235 Keyboard Skills III 1cr meaningful life. MUSI236 Keyboard Skills IV 1cr Category I and II: MUSI150 Beginning Voice 1cr Make informed observations and MUSI151 Beginning Voice II 1cr evaluations concerning the aesthetic, MUSI250 Beginning Voice III 1cr entertainment, intellectual, and social MUSI251 Beginning Voice IV 1cr value of a work of art. PHOT154 Exploring Digital Photo 3cr Demonstrate an appreciation of the THTR108 Theater Experience 1cr creative process. Category II: Appreciation/Theory 3cr Demonstrate empathy for the personal ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr in the universal, as revealed in the fine ARTH160 Global Visual Culture: 3cr arts and humanities. Formulate and ARTH200 Art of World Civilization I 3cr articulate a tentative personal ARTH201 Art of World Civilization II 3cr
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LSH101 Humanities Contemporary 3cr Name at least two major social LSH201 Intro to Humanities 3cr institutions and describe their impacts LIT110 Introduction to Literature 3cr on the daily existence of individual; LIT285 Mythologies 3cr Gather information, analyze data, and LIT210 American Literature I 3cr draw conclusions in selected areas of LIT211 American Literature II 3cr the social sciences; LIT220 British Literature Medieval to Synthesize ideas and information Renaissance 3cr explaining historical events, their causes LIT223 British Literature I 3cr and some of their consequences; LIT224 British Literature II 3cr Analyze human ideas and behaviors LIT230 World Literature Survey 3cr behind selected social institutions for LIT231 Ancient to Renaissance World historical and cultural meaning; and, Literature 3cr Apply the concepts used to describe LIT233 Classical Foundations of relationships between humans, Literature 3cr organizations, and the environment. MUSI101 Enjoyment of Music 3cr MUSI103 Fund of Musical Creation 3cr Select courses from the following (two MUSI106 Music Theory II 3cr different disciplines must be represented): MUSI203 American Popular Music 3cr ANTY101 Anthro & Human Exp 3cr PHL101 Introduction to Philosophy 3cr CJUS121 Intro to Criminal Justice 3cr PHL110 Introduction to Ethics 3cr ECNS201 Principles Microeconomics 3cr THTR101 Introduction to Theater 3cr ECNS202 Principles Macroecon 3cr GPHY141 Geography World Regions 3cr Core III HSTA101 American History I 3cr Social Sciences/History HSTA102 American History II 3cr HSTA160 Intro to American West 3cr 6 credit hours HSTR101 Western Civilization I 3cr Students will study people and institutions, and HSTR102 Western Civilization II 3cr the forces and movements that affect them. NASX105 Intro Native Am Studies 3cr This knowledge will help us understand the PSCI210 Intro American Govt 3cr history so we can anticipate the future with PSCI260 Intro State/Local Govt 3cr more clarity. The perspectives and methods of PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr the social sciences provide a basic foundation PSYX230 Developmental Psychology 3cr for understanding, evaluating, and decision- PSYX272 Educational Psychology 3cr making related to the human phenomena and SOCI101 Introduction to Sociology 3cr experience. These courses support transfer to SOCI201 Social Problems 3cr senior institutions and supplement the occupational program curricula and lifelong Core IV learning. Natural Sciences The student will demonstrate mastery in the 7 credit hours following areas: The natural science core provides the student Describe the major focuses/purposes of with the fundamental concepts of physical and the social sciences (psychology, biological sciences. These will be broad-based sociology, history, geography, and courses that introduce a student to the field of economics); science. Students must take at least one designated laboratory course selected from
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______level courses. These courses cannot be used for courses address ethical, economic, religious, graduation as Math or English requirements. and political relationships among interacting cultures. Upon completion of Core V, students will be able to: Upon completion of Core VI, students will be Apply acquired skills to other courses; able to: Reason analytically and quantitatively; Describe various belief systems as to Think critically and independently about their significance in shaping culture’s mathematical situations; values and norms. Understand the quantitative aspects of Discuss ethnocentrism and how it current events; impacts cross-cultural communication. Make informed decisions that involve Describe the significance of the core interpreting quantitative information; areas of ancient civilizations; to include Create, edit, format, save, and print China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and documents in common software the Americas. applications; Analyze the structural relationship in Use Internet tools to research and multicultural societies with regard to communicate electronically. power and influence.
Select courses from the list below: Select courses from the list below: M121 College Algebra 4cr ANTY101 Anthro & Human Exp 3cr M130 Math Elementary Teachers I 4cr ARTH160 Global Visual Culture 3cr M131 Math Elementary Teachers II 4cr ARTH200 Art of World Civilization I 3cr M105 Contemporary Math 3cr ARTH201 Art of World Civilization II 3cr M151 Pre-calculus 4cr EDU211 Multicultural Education 3cr M171 Calculus I 5cr EDU231 Literature & Literacy Child 3cr M172 Calculus II 5cr GPHY141 Geography World Regions 3cr STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr HSTA250 Plains Indian History 3cr Computer Course (required) HSTR160 Modern World History 3cr CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3cr HSTR286 World Religions & Society 3cr LIT230 World Literature Survey 3cr Core VI LIT231 Ancient to Renaissance World Literature 3cr Multicultural/Global Perspective LIT285 Mythologies 3cr 3 credit hours LSH201 Intro to Humanities 3cr Graduates of Dawson Community College face MUSI101 Enjoyment of Music 3cr an ever changing and increasingly complex MUSI103 Fund of Musical Creation 3cr world. An understanding of, and sensitivity to, MUSI203 American Popular Music 3cr other cultural perspectives prepares them to NASX105 Intro to Native Am Studies 3cr function in the global community. Multicultural SIGN120 Sign Language I 3cr courses focus on cultures that differ SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr substantially from the dominant U.S. culture SOCI201 Social Problems 3cr and/or western European influences. The values SOCI236 Intro Race/Ethnic Relations 3cr and belief systems of these cultures are SPNS101 Elementary Spanish I 4cr explored and interaction among cultures is SPNS102 Elementary Spanish II 4cr examined. Multicultural global perspective THTR101 Introduction to Theater 3cr
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Curriculum Transfer Plans taken from the AA/AS concentration of the second degree. Associate of Arts and Associate of Curriculum transfer plans are included for most Science major fields of study to facilitate the completion The Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of of course requirements toward transfer into Science (AS) are transfer degrees that are higher education degree (BA/BS) programs. The awarded without designation of major, but do courses listed are suggested for their high follow curriculum transfer plans. These degrees potential to transfer. Students who are planning indicate that a student has completed a course to transfer should obtain a catalog from the of study that is essentially equivalent to the first university they wish to attend. They should then two years of a baccalaureate degree. Usually, work with a DCC advisor to assure that the the AA degree is the best choice for students proper courses are being taken. Together the majoring in humanities, liberal arts or the social student and advisor will select courses that will sciences; the AS degree is usually the best fit into the program at the transfer institution. option for students majoring in math, science, engineering or business. Students who are In all instances, students considering a specific seeking an AA or AS degree must complete the transfer area should: general education core requirements and Determine, as soon as possible, the transfer credits to fulfill the 60 credits needed school to which one wishes to transfer for the degree. and obtain a catalog from that school. Study the entrance requirements and AA and AS Transfer Degree find the specific course requirements Requirements: for freshmen and sophomores in the 34 credit hours of General Education major field of interest. Core courses Upon being assigned a DCC faculty 9 credits from AA or AS disciplines advisor, meet with him/her to depending on transfer degree being determine the DCC and senior pursued institution requirements. 60 credit hours in courses numbered Confer, either by letter or by personal 100 or above interview, with an admissions officer or 2.00 GPA department chair of the university minimum of 20 credits completed at program for further information about DCC curriculum and transfer regulations. A semester before the transfer, check All AA/AS Transfer Degrees with the senior institution to confirm require: that all requirements have been satisfactorily met. CAPP131 Basic MS Office Check with the senior institution for WRIT101 College Writing specific directions regarding where to
send the DCC transcript, how to apply Students may follow the curriculum suggested for admission, and if there are any in one of the areas of concentration listed special requirements such as minimum below. If a student wishes to earn an additional GPA or special tests which could be a Associate Degree he/she must take an part of their entrance requirements. additional 15 credits. Nine of these 15 must be
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Sub-100 classes are intended to help Economics students achieve a level of knowledge and Education skill that will help insure successful English performance in higher level courses. These Foreign Language courses cannot be used for graduation as Geography Math or English requirements. History Liberal Studies/Humanities Associate of Arts Music Areas of Concentration Native American Studies Physical Education Activities An AA designated degree will require a Psychology concentration of nine (9) credits beyond the Political Science General Education Core requirements from: Sociology Art Theater Chemical Dependency Counseling Note: if placement test scores indicate below Communications 100 level courses are necessary adjustments would need to be made when selecting courses
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Associate of Arts Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Plan of Study 17 credits 15 credits 16 credits 15 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X Core I: Communications, 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I Core II: Fine Arts/Humanities Cat I or Cat II 1-3 X Core IV: Natural Sciences, select either a 3-4 X lecture/lab course or non-lab course Core V: Math and Computer Apps 3-5 X Electives 2+ X Core I: Communications, 3 X COMX111 Intro Public Speaking Core II: Fine Arts/Humanities, Cat I or Cat II 1-3 X Core III: Social Sciences/History 3 X Core IV: Natural Sciences, select either a 3-4 X lecture/lab course or non-lab course Core V: Math and Computer Apps, 3 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office Core VI: Multicultural/Global Perspective 3 X Core III: Social Sciences/History 3 X Core V: Math and Computer Apps 3-5 X Electives 6+ X Electives or additional needed core 15+ X courses Note: the above serves as an example of a plan of study for the A.A. degree – order and selection of core courses will vary depending on advisor suggestions.
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Associate of Arts ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr Curriculum Plans and General ARTH160 Global Visual Culture 3cr ARTH200 Art of World Civilization I 3cr Education Core Requirements ARTH201 Art of World Civilization II 3cr ARTZ105 Visual Language – Drawing 3cr Students must complete: ARTZ211 Drawing I – Figure 3cr college general education core ARTZ212 Drawing Studio 3cr requirements consisting of 34 credit ARTZ221 Painting I 3cr hours ARTZ222 Painting Studio 3cr a minimum of nine additional credits in ARTZ224 Watercolor I 3cr AA disciplines for an Associate of Arts ARTZ225 Watercolor Studio 3cr degree GDSN250 Graphic Design I 3cr minimum of 20 credits completed at HSTR101 Western Civilization I 3cr DCC HSTR102 Western Civilization II 3cr 2.00 (C) grade point average LIT110 Intro to Lit 3cr minimum of 60 total credits LSH101 Humanities Contemporary 3cr The courses listed in each area are PHOT154 Exploring Digital Photo 3cr reflective of those most commonly required PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr in preparation for transfer to another SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr college or university. When selecting SPNS101 Elementary Spanish I 4cr courses, students should consult the catalog SPNS102 Elementary Spanish II 4cr of the school to which they intend to ______transfer. Chemical Dependency Counseling – Art (Visual Art) – Curriculum Plan AA Curriculum Plan AA (mandatory and (suggested) suggested) The art curriculum at DCC prepares students for Montana has a continuing need of entry-level transfer to baccalaureate level institutions chemical dependency and addiction counselors which offer terminal degrees in art and other who can earn licensure. This online (Moodle) areas of study. Those pursuing degrees in program is designed to meet the education graphic design, fine arts, art education, and requirements for the State of Montana’s general education are encouraged to select, in Licensed Addiction Counselor. This program consultation with their advisor, from the provides current knowledge and is updated for courses listed below. Students who wish to new licensure requirements. pursue art for personal enrichment are encouraged to participate in our program Upon completion students will: offerings. Art professionals are employed in a Understand, through application, the variety of occupational fields including, but not clinical assessment of addictions. limited to the following: advertising, gallery and Administer, score, and interpret the museum specialties, publishing, medical results of screening and assessment illustrators, set designers, interior design instruments. specialists, landscape designers, art therapists, On the basis of screening and art educators, and as fine artists. assessments, arrive at clinical diagnosis. Understand the importance of diagnosis Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy and its role in the treatment process. General Education Core Requirements)
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Understand the basic principles of PSCI260 Intro State & Local Govern 3cr individual and group counseling for PSYX100 Introduction to Psychology 3cr addictions. SOCI101 Introduction to Sociology 3cr Demonstrate an understanding of the DCC101 Dawson College Experience 1cr pharmacology of drugs. WRIT101 College Writing I 3cr
State licensure requires a clinical internship Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy and taking the National Certified Addiction General Education Core Requirements) Counselor I or II (NCAC) board exam. BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr BIOB161 Prin of Living Systems Lab 1cr Completion of this curriculum indicates the PSYX240 Fundamentals of Abnormal graduate has acquired the necessary skills Psychology 3cr for entry-level employment. Following STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr successful completion of this program, Electives Core II, IV, VI 12cr 1,000 hours of supervised work experience ______in a state-licensed substance abuse Communications – Curriculum Plan AA program is required in order to apply for (suggested) the Montana Licensed Addiction A communications curriculum provides an Counselor’s test. (This requirement is interested student with a sound base in a subject to change). variety of perspectives including speaking, writing, business, and the humanities. Students who earn the designated Associate of Arts Degree in Chemical Dependency may also Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy desire to transfer to a university to gain a General Education Core Requirements) Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Dependency BMGT215 Hum Resource Mngt 3cr studies. COMX115 Interpersonal Comm 3cr CRWR240 Intro to Creative Writing 3cr Out-of-state students should check their State’s LSH101 Humanities Contemporary 3cr general licensing criteria. LIT110 Intro to Lit 3cr LIT285 Mythologies 3cr Mandatory Courses for the AA in Chemical PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr Dependency SIGN120 Sign Language 3cr CAS231 Pharmacology in Addictions 2cr SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr CAS233 Chemical Dependency & SOCI241 Intro to Social Psychology 3cr Addiction Counseling Theory 3cr WRIT122 Intro to Business Writing 3cr CAS252 Gambling/Gaming Disorders in WRIT201 College Writing II 3cr Substance Abuse Counseling 2cr WRIT202 College Writing III 3cr CAS254 Co-occurring Disorders 2cr Core II and Core III courses CAS260 Addiction Assessment & ______Documentation 4cr Education – Elementary – Curriculum Plan CAS265 Multicultural Competence & AA (suggested) Ethics in Counseling 2cr Elementary education prepares students to CASxxx Alcohol and Drug Studies 2cr teach in elementary schools. Related areas are CASxxx Addiction Treatment Planning & pre-K, kindergarten, special education, and Documentation 2cr middle school endorsement. Please work with CASxxx Addiction Counseling II 3cr your academic advisor and the catalog of the
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______transfer institution to determine specific BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr courses that should be taken. BIOB161 Prin Living Systems Lab 1cr BIOB170 Principles Bio Diversity 3cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy BIOB171 Principles Bio Diversity Lab 1cr General Education Core Requirements) EDU200 Introduction to Education 3cr EDU200 Introduction to Education 3cr EDU202 Early Field Experience 2cr EDEC108 Intro Early Childhood Ed 2cr EDU270 Instructional Technology 3cr EDU202 Early Field Experience 2cr EDSP204 Teaching Except Learners 3cr EDU270 Instructional Technology 3cr PSYX272 Educational Psychology 3cr EDU231 Literature & Literacy Child 3cr HSTA101 American History I 3cr EDSP204 Teaching Except Learners 3cr HSTA102 American History II 3cr PSYX230 Developmental Psychology 3cr LIT110 Intro to Lit 3cr PSYX272 Educational Psychology 3cr MUSI101 Enjoyment of Music 3cr M105 Contemporary Math 3cr MUSI103 Fund of Musical Creation 3cr M121 College Algebra (or) 4cr PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr M130 Math Elementary Teachers I 4cr PSYX230 Developmental Psychology 3cr M131 Math Elementary Teachers II 4cr WRIT201 College Writing II 3cr NASX105 Intro Native Am Studies 3cr In addition, courses should be taken that would WRIT101 College Writing I 3cr fulfill areas of concentration, i.e. English, WRIT201 College Writing II 3cr history, science, math, physical education, business, etc. Fine Arts and Humanities ______Choose courses in Art, English Literature, Education – Para-educator – Curriculum Humanities, and Music. Plan AA (suggested) Social and Behavioral Sciences Para-educators (teacher aides/ Choose courses in Psychology, Sociology, paraprofessionals) assist classroom teachers to History, Native American Studies, and Political educate children with special needs in PK-12 Science. schools. Please work with your academic Natural Sciences advisor and the catalog of the transfer Choose a physical science and a biological institution to determine specific courses that science. should be taken. ______Education – Secondary Education – Suggested Courses Credits (see advisor for Curriculum Plan AA (suggested) suggested General Education Core The secondary education curriculum prepares Requirements) students to work in high school settings. A COMX115 Interpersonal Comm 3cr middle school endorsement may be earned EDSP204 Teaching Except Learners 3cr with additional and appropriate coursework. EDEC105 Observation & Assessment 1cr Please work with your academic advisor and the EDEC247 Child Growth & Develop 3cr catalog of the transfer institution to determine EDEC248 Child Growth & Dev Lab 1cr specific courses that should be taken. EDEC108 Intro to Early Childhood Ed 2cr EDU200 Introduction to Education 2cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy EDU202 Early Field Experience 2cr General Education Core Requirements) EDU270 Instructional Technology 3cr ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr EDU231 Literature & Literacy Child 3cr ARTH160 Global Visual Culture: 3cr CAS231 Pharmacology/Addictions 3cr
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PSYX272 Educational Psychology 3cr GPHY141 Geography World Regions 3cr SIGN120 Sign Language 3cr HSTA101 American History I 3cr ______ HSTA102 American History II 3cr English – Curriculum Plan AA (suggested) HSTA111 Am Civil Rights Movement 1cr The curriculum provides students with a basic HSTA250 Plains Indian History 3cr foundation in academic and practical writing HSTA255 Montana History 3cr with the options of exploring creative writing HSTR101 Western Civilization I 3cr and the critical analysis of literature. Students HSTR102 Western Civilization II 3cr with an English degree often pursue careers in LSH101 Humanities Contemporary 3cr law, professional writing, teaching, public NASX105 Intro Native Am Studies 3cr relations, editing for the publishing industry, PSCI201 Intro American Gov 3cr creating handbooks for the business world and PSCI260 Intro to State & Local Gov 3cr writing news reports. PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy SPNS101 Elementary Spanish I 4cr General Education Core Requirements) SPNS102 Elementary Spanish II 4cr EDU231 Literature & Literacy Child 3cr ______ CRWR240 Intro to Creative Writing 3cr Music – Curriculum Plan AA (suggested) LIT110 Intro to Lit 3cr Enrollment in the following courses will LIT210 American Lit I 3cr prepare the student for transfer to a LIT211 American Lit II 3cr baccalaureate level music program in music LIT223 British Lit I 3cr education, performance, business, therapy, LIT224 British Lit II 3cr technology, studio recording, or elementary LIT285 Mythologies 3cr education with a music option. Students LSH101 Humanities Contemporary 3cr should consult their advisor for a plan of SPNS100 Conversational Spanish 2cr study that meets their programmatic needs. SPNS101 Elementary Spanish I 4cr WRIT202 College Writing III 3cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy ______General Education Core Requirements) History – Curriculum Plan AA EDU200 Introduction to Education 2cr (suggested) EDU202 Early Field Experience 2cr History majors usually pursue careers in MUSI101 Enjoyment of Music 3cr education, public service, writing, or law. MUSI103 Fund of Musical Creation 3cr The following curriculum will help students MUSI105 Music Theory I 3cr prepare for the pursuit of a baccalaureate MUSI106 Music Theory II 3cr degree in History. Students should consult MUSI112 Choir :Dawson 1cr with their advisers before choosing courses MUSI114 Band: Dawson 1cr in order to verify their transferability and MUSI115 Drumline I 1cr applicability to the institution and program MUSI140 Aural Perception I 2cr into which they expect to transfer. MUSI141 Aural Perception II 2cr MUSI195 Applied Music I 1cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy MUSI203 American Popular Music 3cr General Education Core Requirements) MUSI205 Music Theory III 3cr ANTY101 Anthropology Human Exp 3cr MUSI206 Music Theory IV 3cr ECNS201 Principles Microeconomics 3cr MUSI212 Choir II: Dawson 1cr ECNS202 Principles Macroecon 3cr MUSI214 Band: Dawson 1cr
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MUSI215 Drumline II 1cr Political Science – Curriculum Plan AA MUSI240 Aural Perception III 2cr (suggested) MUSI241 Aural Perception IV 2cr Political Science is the study of politics, MUSI295 Applied Music II 1cr government, and public affairs. It provides MUST118 MIDI Sequencing 3cr the student with knowledge and MUST120 Intro to Studio Recording 3cr understanding of the theory, organization, MUST215 Studio Recording 3cr functions, and processes of domestic and MUST299 Capstone Project 3cr international governance. Potential PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr employment opportunities include PSYX272 Educational Psychology 3cr campaign manager/assistant, policy ______analyst/public affairs specialist, community Physical Education – Curriculum Plan AA development specialist, public servant, (suggested) social studies teacher, or pre-law. A student majoring in physical education may pursue work as a K-12 teacher, a recreation Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy director, fitness trainer, athletic coach, sports General Education Core Requirements) trainer, or in other related fields. When ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr planning to transfer to a baccalaureate ARTZ105 Visual Language-Drawing 3cr institution students should check specific BIOB101 Discover Biology 3cr requirements at the school of their choice and BIOB102 Discover Biology Lab 1cr include selection of a minor area of study along BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr with a physical education major. BIOB161 Prin Living Systems Lab 1cr CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy ECNS201 Prin of Microeconomics 3cr General Education Core Requirements) ECNS202 Prin of Macroeconomics 3cr BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr ENSC105 Environmental Science 3cr BIOB161 Prin Living Systems Lab 1cr GPHY111 Intro Physical Geography 3cr BIOB170 Prin Biological Diversity 3cr GPHY112 Intro Physical Geog Lab 1cr BIOB171 Prin Bio Diversity Lab 1cr GPHY141 Geography World Regions 3cr BIOH201 Hum Anatomy/Physio I 3cr HSTA101 American History I 3cr BIOH202 Hum Anatomy/Physio I Lab 1cr HSTA102 American History II 3cr BIOH211 Hum Anatomy/Physio II 3cr M121 College Algebra 4cr BIOH212 Hum Anatomy/Phys II Lab 1cr M105 Contemporary Math 3cr CAS231 Pharmacology/Addictions 4cr NASX105 Intro Native Am Studies 3cr LSH101 Humanities Contemporary 3cr PHL101 Intro to Philosophy 3cr ACT159 Team/Individual Sports 2cr PHL110 Ethics 3cr HEE160 Basketball Techniques 2cr PSCI210 Intro American Gov 3cr AHAT210 Prevent Athletic Injuries 3cr PSCI260 Intro to State and Local Gov 3cr HEE220 Intro to Physical Education 3cr PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr COA205 Introduction to Coaching 3cr SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr COA210 Sports Officiating 2cr SOCI201 Social Problems 3cr PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr SPNS101 Elementary Spanish I 4cr PSYX230 Developmental Psychology 3cr SPNS102 Elementary Spanish II 4cr PSYX272 Educational Psychology 3cr STAT216 Introduction Statistics 4cr SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr ______ Physical Ed Activity Courses
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Psychology – Curriculum Plan AA sociology find their way into the fields of (suggested) social work and criminal justice. The curriculum focuses on understanding individual behavior – relationships among Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy the physical world (biology and behavior), General Education Core Requirements) thought, emotion, memory, and spirit. ANTY101 Anthro & Human Exp 3cr Psychology majors may pursue many ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr potential avenues of study and BIOB101 Discover Biology 3cr employment, including: counseling (mental BIOB102 Discover Biology Lab 1cr health, school, and addiction), or specialties BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr in psychology such as physiological, BIOB161 Prin Living Systems Lab 1cr cognitive, and behavioral. CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3cr CJUS121 Intro to Criminal Justice 3cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy GPHY111 Intro Physical Geography 3cr General Education Core Requirements) GPHY112 Intro Physical Geog Lab 1cr BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr GPHY141 Geography World Regions 3cr BIOB161 Prin of Living Systems Lab 1cr ENSC105 Environmental Science 3cr CAS231 Pharmacology/Addictions 4cr M121 College Algebra 4cr M121 College Algebra 4cr M105 Contemporary Math 3cr PSYX100 Introduction to Psychology 3cr NASX105 Intro to Native Am Studies 3cr PSYX211 Personality & Adjustment 3cr PHL101 Intro to Philosophy 3cr PSYX230 Developmental Psychology 3cr PHL110 Ethics 3cr PSYX272 Educational Psychology 3cr PSCI210 Intro American Gov 3cr SOCI101 Introduction to Sociology 3cr PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr SOCI160 Intro Juvenile Delinquency 3cr SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr SOCI201 Social Problems 3cr SOCI201 Social Problems 3cr SOCI206 Deviant Behavior 3cr SOCI206 Deviant Behavior 3cr SOCI215 Intro Sociology of Family 3cr SOCI211 Intro to Criminology 3cr SOCI246 Intro to Rural Sociology 3cr SOCI215 Intro Sociology of Family 3cr STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr SOCI236 Race and Ethnic Relations 3cr ______ SOCI241 Intro to Social Psychology 3cr Sociology – Curriculum Plan AA SOCI246 Intro to Rural Sociology 3cr (suggested) SOCI260 Intro Juvenile Delinquency 3cr Sociology is the study of human behavior in STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr groups. Human interaction is examined ______within the context of cultures, social structures, social institutions, and the socialization process. The self and social roles integrate individuals into the fabric of society. Individuals with a sociology background can find employment in nearly all walks of life, including business, agricultural organizations, labor relations, industrial research, market analysis, and academic institutions. Many graduates in
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Associate of Science Chemistry Areas of Concentration Criminal Justice Geology An AS designated degree will require a Health concentration of nine (9) credits beyond the Mathematics General Education Core requirements from: Physics Accounting Science Agriculture Note: if placement test scores indicate below Biology 100 level courses are necessary adjustments Business would need to be made when selecting courses Computer Science
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Associate of Science Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Plan of Study 17 credits 15 credits 16 credits 15 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X Core I: Communications, 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I Core II: Fine Arts/Humanities Cat I or Cat II 1-3 X Core IV: Natural Sciences, select either a 3-4 X lecture/lab course or non-lab course Core V: Math and Computer Apps 3-5 X Electives 4+ X Core I: Communications, 3 X COMX111 Intro Public Speaking Core II: Fine Arts/Humanities, Cat I or Cat II 1-3 X Core III: Social Sciences/History 3 X Core IV: Natural Sciences, select either a 3-4 X lecture/lab course or non-lab course Core V: Math and Computer Apps, 3 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office Core VI: Multicultural/Global Perspective 3 X Core III: Social Sciences/History 3 X Core V: Math and Computer Apps 3-5 X Electives 6+ X Electives or additional needed core 15+ X courses Note: the above serves as an example of a plan of study for the A.S. degree – order and selection of core courses will vary depending on advisor suggestions.
Associate of Science minimum of 20 credits completed at Curriculum Plans and General DCC 2.00 (C) grade point average Education Core Requirements minimum of 60 total credits Students must complete the college general education core requirements consisting of 34 The courses listed in each area are reflective of credit hours and a minimum of nine additional those most commonly required in preparation credits in AS disciplines for an Associate of for transfer to another college or university. Science degree and When selecting courses, students should
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BIOM251 Microbio Health Sci Lab 1cr CHMY144 College Chemistry II Lab 1cr CHMY121 Intro General Chemistry 3cr COMX111 Intro to Public Speaking 3cr CHMY122 Intro General Chem Lab 1cr M121 College Algebra 4cr or CHMY123 Intro Organic & Biochem 3cr M151 Precalculus 4cr CHMY124 Intro Organic Bio Lab 1cr STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr M121 College Algebra 4cr WRIT201 College Writing II 3cr PHL110 Introduction to Ethics 3cr ______ PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr Business Administration – Curriculum Plan PSYX230 Developmental Psychology 3cr AS (suggested) STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr The Business Administration transfer curriculum WRIT201 Composition II 3cr will provide students with the educational ______background to be successful in a business Biology – Curriculum Plan AS (suggested) program at a senior institution. Courses in Completion of the following courses will Business Administration are designed to meet prepare the student for transfer into a biology the requirements of students who plan to enter program at a baccalaureate institution. The their junior (third) year of college upon biology career options that are available completion. The program emphasizes both include, but are not limited to, the following: general education core and elective Biology, Biology Teaching, Biomedical Science, coursework. Fish and Wildlife Management, Ecology, and Environmental Science. If the student intends to Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy complete a bachelor’s degree in biology General Education Core Requirements) education (for high school teaching) he/she ACTG201 Principles of Financial would be advised to take secondary education Accounting 3cr courses as well (see Education, Secondary in ACTG202 Principles of Managerial this section). Students planning on entering a Accounting 3cr program in pre-medicine, pre-optometry, or BGEN105 Introduction to Business 3cr pre-dental could also benefit from the BGEN235 Business Law I 3cr curriculum. BMGT237 Human Relations in Business 3cr Suggested Courses Credits (some may satisfy CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3cr General Education Core Requirements) CAPP136 Basic MS Excel 3cr BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr ECNS201 Principles of Microeconomics BIOB161 Principles of Living Systems 3cr Lab 1cr ECNS202 Principles of Macroeconomics BIOB170 Principles of Biological 3cr Diversity 3cr M121 College Algebra 4cr or Placement BIOB171 Principles of Biological test for M171 Calculus I 5cr Diversity Lab 1cr PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr BIOM250 Microbiology for Health SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr Sciences 3cr STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr BIOM251 Microbiology for Health WRIT122 Intro to Business Writing 3cr Sciences Lab 1cr ______ CHMY141 College Chemistry I 4cr CHMY142 College Chemistry I Lab 1cr CHMY143 College Chemistry II 4cr
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Chemistry – Curriculum Plan AS BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr (suggested) BIOB161 Principles of Living Systems A student planning to complete a bachelor’s Lab 1cr degree in chemistry at a senior institution CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3cr would be advised to take the following courses. CHMY121 Intro General Chemistry 3cr If the student intends to complete a bachelor’s CHMY122 Intro General Chem Lab 1cr degree in chemistry education (for high school CJUS121 Introduction to Criminal teaching) he/she would be advised to take Justice 3cr secondary education courses as well (see CJUS200 Principles of Criminal Law 3cr Education, Secondary in this section). CJUS231 Criminal Evidence and Procedure 3cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy CJUS220 Introduction to Corrections 3cr General Education Core Requirements) CJUS208 CJ Ethics and Leadership 3cr CHMY141 College Chemistry I 4cr ENSC105 Environmental Science 3cr CHMY142 College Chemistry Lab I 1cr M121 College Algebra 4cr CHMY143 College Chemistry II 4cr M105 Contemporary Math 3cr CHMY144 College Chemistry Lab II 1cr NASX105 Intro Native American Studies M151 Precalculus 4cr 3cr M171 Calculus I 5cr PHL101 Intro to Philosophy 3cr M172 Calculus II 5cr PHL110 Ethics 3cr PHSX220 Physics I 3cr PSCI210 Intro to American Government PHSX221 Physics I Lab 1cr 3cr PHSX222 Physics II 3cr PSCI260 Intro to State and Local PHSX223 Physics II Lab 1cr Government 3cr STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr ______ SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr Criminal Justice – Curriculum Plan AA SOCI201 Social Problems 3cr (suggested) SOCI206 Deviant Behavior 3cr Students who complete a criminal justice SOCI211 Intro to Criminology 3cr curriculum are prepared for work in law SOCI236 Intro to Race and Ethnic enforcement, probation and corrections, Relations 3cr and in other positions in the field of SOCI260 Intro to Juvenile Delinquency criminal justice. There will always be need 3cr for law enforcement and criminal justice SPNS101 Elementary Spanish I 4cr professionals. A criminal justice degree is SPNS102 Elementary Spanish II 4cr also excellent preparation for further study STAT216 Introduction Statistics 4cr in criminal justice, sociology, law, or in ______other human services disciplines. Engineering – Curriculum Plan AS (suggested) Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy The courses in this area of emphasis will help General Education Core Requirements) prepare a student to transfer to a university ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr that trains engineers. University programs of ARTZ105 Visual Language – Drawing 3cr this nature require high concentrations of math ARTZ211 Drawing I 3cr and science courses. Check carefully with the BIOB101 Discover Biology 3cr university to assure maximum transferability. BIOB102 Discover Biology Lab 1cr DCC has an articulation agreement in
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Engineering with Montana Tech of the CHMY141 College Chemistry I 4cr University of Montana, Butte. CHMY142 College Chemistry I Lab 1cr CHMY143 College Chemistry II 4cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy CHMY144 College Chemistry II Lab 1cr General Education Core Requirements) CJUS121 Intro to Criminal Justice 3cr CHMY141 College Chemistry I 4cr COMX111 Intro to Public Speaking 3cr CHMY142 College Chemistry Lab I 1cr ENSC105 Intro Environmental Sci 3cr CHMY143 College Chemistry II 4cr GPHY111 Intro Physical Geography 3cr CHMY144 College Chemistry Lab II 1cr GPHY112 Intro Physical Geog Lab 1cr DDSN113 Technical Drafting 3cr M121 College Algebra 4cr DDSN114 Introduction to CAD 3cr M105 Contemporary Math 3cr ECNS201 Principles of Microeconomics NASX105 Intro to Native American (or) 3cr Studies 3cr ECNS202 Principles of Macroeconomics PHL110 Ethics 3cr 3cr PSCI210 Intro to American Government EGEN101 Intro to Engineering 3cr Calculations and Design 3cr PSCI260 Intro State and Local EGEN201Engineering Mechanics: Statics Government 3cr 3cr PSYX100 Intro to Psychology 3cr EGEN202 Engineering Mechanics: SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3cr Dynamics 3cr SPNS101 Elementary Spanish I 4cr M171 Calculus I 5cr SPNS102 Elementary Spanish II 4cr M172 Calculus II 5cr STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr M273 Multivariable Calculus 5cr WRIT201 College Writing II 3cr PHSX220 Physics I 3cr ______ PHSX221 Physics I Lab 1cr Fish and Wildlife Management – PHSX222 Physics II 3cr Curriculum Plan AS (suggested) PHSX223 Physics II Lab 1cr Students with a bachelor’s degree in ______Fish/Wildlife Management are qualified for Fish and Game Warden – Curriculum Plan entry-level positions in natural resource AS (suggested) management fields. Students should be advised A student intending on completing a degree in that most professional level jobs in this field Fish and Game Warden at a transfer institution require a master’s degree in Biology, Ecology, or would be advised to take the following courses. related field. A student intending on completing a degree in Fish/Wildlife Management at a Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy transfer institution would be advised to take the General Education Core Requirements) following courses. ARTH101 Foundations of Art 3cr BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy BIOB161 Principles of Living Systems General Education Core Requirements) Lab 1cr BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr BIOB170 Principles of Biological BIOB161 Principles of Living Systems Diversity 3cr Lab 1cr BIOB171 Principles of Biological BIOB170 Principles of Biological Diversity Lab 1cr Diversity 3cr CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3cr
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BIOB171 Principles of Biological Environmental Science majors should also take Diversity Lab 1cr BIOB160 Principles of Living Systems 3cr BIOO105 Introduction to Botany 3cr BIOB161 Principles of Living Systems BIOO106 Introduction to Botany Lab 1cr Lab 1cr CHMY121 Intro to General Chemistry ENSC105 Environmental Science 3cr 3cr ______ CHMY122 Intro to General Chemistry Mathematics – Curriculum Plan AS Lab 1cr (suggested) CHMY123 Intro to Organic and The Associate of Science degree with Biochemistry 3cr emphasis in mathematics prepares students CHMY124 Intro to Organic and to transfer to a university for a major in Biochemistry Lab 1cr (must take full mathematics, statistics, applied year: CHMY121 and CHMY123 Labs mathematics, or mathematics education. CHMY122 and CHMY124) Statistics trains students in analysis of data. COMX111 Intro to Public Speaking 3cr Employment is often found in insurance ECNS201 Principles of Microeconomics companies, research, and government. 3cr Applied mathematics emphasizes M171 Calculus I 5cr applications and computer programming STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr and prepares students to find employment WRIT201 College Writing II 3cr in business, industry and government. ______Mathematics education prepares students Geology/Environmental Science – to teach at the secondary level. Curriculum Plan AS (suggested) The courses in this area will help prepare a Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy student to transfer to a university to complete a General Education Core Requirements) bachelor’s degree in geology, earth science, or M171 Calculus I 5cr environmental science. If the student intends to M172 Calculus II 5cr complete a bachelor’s degree in education, M273 Multivariable Calculus 5cr he/she would be advised to take secondary PHSX220 Physics I 3cr education courses as well (see Education, PHSX221 Physics I Lab 1cr Secondary in this section). PHSX222 Physics II 3cr PHSX223 Physics II Lab 1cr Suggested Courses/Credits (some may satisfy STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr General Education Core Requirements) (depending on Math background, M90, CHMY141 College Chemistry I 4cr M95, MA121, M151 may be required) CHMY142 College Chemistry Lab I 1cr ______ CHMY143 College Chemistry II 4cr Occupational Safety and Health – CHMY144 College Chemistry Lab II 1cr Curriculum Plan AS (suggested) GEO101 Intro to Physical Geology 3cr A graduate with a bachelor’s degree in GEO102 Intro Physical Geology Lab 1cr Occupational Safety and Health may work for a GEO211 Earth History and Evolution 3cr wide variety of employers in both private GEO212 Earth History/Evolution Lab 1cr industry and government, wherever workplace GPHY111 Intro Physical Geography 3cr safety is a concern. Employment opportunities GPHY112 Intro Physical Geog Lab 1cr exist in mining, manufacturing, petroleum M151 Precalculus 4cr extraction, government, insurance, and STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4cr consulting firms. A student interested in a
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Associate of Applied Science Earning a minimum 2.00 cumulative grade point average from DCC (A.A.S.) Successful completion of a minimum of 20 credits completed at DCC General Information Successful completion of CAPP131 Basic Minimum Competency Standards for MS Office and WRIT101 College Writing Program Admission I or equivalent Research indicates that students who Course in Computation participate in, and apply the results of basic Math courses 100 skills assessment in a program of study, have a Course in Communications much higher rate of academic success than Intro to Public Speaking those who do not follow or utilize such advice. College Writing Therefore, Dawson Community College uses the Interpersonal Communications results of a basic skills assessment test to direct Course in Human Relations students into appropriate English, reading, and Human Relations in Business mathematics course(s) and to advise students in Intro to Sociology the selection of other courses. Intro to Psychology
Exceptions which preclude the necessity for the The following career-technical curricula are basic skills assessment and placement include designed to prepare the student for immediate documentation of one or all of the following employment upon completion of a specific criteria: program: college degree or acceptable ACT or SAT test scores Agribusiness Technology ACT composite of 22 or SAT score of Agribusiness Technology-Equitation 468 in math and 425 in English. Option The Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Business Management degrees are awarded in specific career Corrosion Technology occupational fields. Course requirements for Criminal Justice earning A.A.S. degrees are very specific and Criminal Justice Law Enforcement- students seeking these degrees should follow Peace Officer Option the outlined programs exactly and see their Criminal Justice Law Enforcement- advisor each semester. Private Security Option Early Childhood Education A.A.S. Degree Requirements Music Technology Welding Technology Completion of the coursework that is All courses or programs are subject to outlined in the Plan of Study scheduling changes or cancellations. Every Successful completion of at least 60 effort to inform students in advance of such credit hours in courses numbered 100 changes and/or cancellations will be made. or above ______
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A.A.S. Agribusiness Technology The Agribusiness Technology program at Dawson Community College prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber, and natural resources industries. Students develop entry-level knowledge, skills, aptitudes and experiences in agricultural business, science and production. This includes careers in supplies, sales, services, product processing, and natural resources.
Students will build a strong knowledge base in the field of Agriculture and practical skilled-based exposure in its related industries (Animal Sciences, Range and Soil Sciences, Business and Marketing) The course of study in Agribusiness Technology will give the student the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practical experiences for entry-level employment or self-employment in the agricultural industry segments. Serve those students seeking a career in Agriculture and/or planning to pursue an education beyond the associate’s level. Expose students to courses in computation, communications, and human relations, and will assist students in developing an understanding and appreciation for diversity, social responsibility and the participation in public affairs. Provide students with opportunities for practical experience in the Agriculture system via internships, fieldwork, and skills-based course offerings. Assist students in the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and the ability to conceptualize ideas. Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 66 credits 15 credits 14 credits 18-19 credits 19-20 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X ANSC100 Introduction to Animal Science 3 X BIOB101/102 Discover Biology & Lab OR 3/1 X BIOB160/161 Prin Living Systems & Lab NRSM101 Natural Res Conservation 3 X NRSM102 Montana Range Plants 1 X WRIT101 College Writing I 3 X (Communications) ANSC202 Livestock Feeding Nutrition 4 X ANSC265 A and P of Domestic Animals 3 X ANSC266 AP of Domestic Animals Lab 1 X COMX111 Intro to Public Speaking 3 X BIOB110 Plant Science 3 X ACTG201 Principles Financial Acctg OR 3 X ACTG101 Accounting Procedures I AGBE210 Economics of Ag Business 3 X ANSC262 Range Livestock Production 3 X XXXxxx Animal Reproduction 3 X AGED105 Microcomputers in Ag* 3 X M105 Contemporary Math or Higher 3-4 X (Computation) AGBE278 Agri Business Planning 3 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3 X ECP100 Standard First Aid/CPR 1 X ENSC209 Environmental Science OR 3/1 X CHMY121/122 Intro General Chem & Lab SOCI101 Intro Sociology OR 3 X PSYX100 Intro Psychology BMGT237 Human Relations in Business 3 X (Human Relations) PSCI206 Intro State Local Government 3 X Three AG professional electives recommended. Work Experience/Internship is strongly recommended
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A.A.S. Agribusiness Technology: Equitation Option The equitation option is provided for students who have an interest in working in general agriculture and first and foremost the horse industry. The equine industry is growing and ever changing. The A.A.S. degree is intended to provide basic, practical, and theoretical grounds from which they can choose a field in the industry. Students work with young horses to acquire knowledge and skills in horsemanship, training, safe horse handling, and husbandry. Furthermore, a background in general agriculture is added to make for a very well rounded individual in knowledge that is important in livestock, feeds, range condition, business and marketing. The program is also designed for students who plan to pursue an advanced university degree in the field.
Students will build a strong knowledge base in the field of Ag/Equine Science and practical skilled-based exposure in its related industries (Animal Sciences, Equine Sciences, Range and Soil Sciences, Business and Marketing). Give the student the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practical experiences for entry-level employment or self-employment in the equine and agricultural industry segments. Expose students to courses in computation, communications, and human relations, and assist students in developing an understanding and appreciation for diversity, social responsibility and the participation in public affairs. Provide students with opportunities for practical experience in the Agriculture/Equine Industry via internships, fieldwork, and skills-based course offerings. Assist students in the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and the ability to conceptualize ideas. Serve those students seeking a career as an Equine Professional by providing in-depth and practical skills-based exposure to the equine training and sciences component of Agriculture. Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 66 credits 17 credits 16-17 credits 15 credits 18 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X NRSM101 Natural Res Conservation 3 X NRSM102 Montana Range Plants 1 X ANSC100 Introduction to Animal Science 3 X EQUH110 Western Equitation 3 X AGBE278 Agri-Business Planning* 3 X AGED105 Microcomputers in Ag* 3 X ANSC262 Range Livestock Production* 3 X EQUH210 Interm Western Equitation 3 X ANSC202 Livestock Feeding Nutrition 4 X M105 Contemporary Math or Higher 3-4 X (Computation) CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3 X EQUS150 Equine Production* 3 X ACTG201 Principles Financial Acctg OR 3 X ACTG101 Accounting Procedures I AGBE210 Economics of Ag Business 3 X EQUH253 Starting Colts 2 X BIOB160/161 Prin Living Systems & Lab 3/1 X OR BIOB101/102 Discover Biology & Lab AGED140 Leadership Development Ag* 3 X ANSC265 A and P of Domestic Animals 3 X ANSC266 AP of Domestic Animals Lab 1 X BIOB110 Plant Science* 3 X EQUH256 Developing the Young Horse 2 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3 X SOCI101 Introduction to Sociology OR 3 X PSYX100 Introduction to Psychology (Human Relations) WRIT101 College Writing I (Communications) 3 X *Denotes courses offered every other year – students must take all courses listed
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A.A.S. Business Management The Business Management program prepares students for entry-level positions in business enterprises. Students will receive a solid grounding in accounting, computers, personnel management, marketing and business management. This program will provide students with an understanding of the business environment through both theoretical analysis and practical application of the principles of business management, making them a more valued employee. The program supports both the goals of employment and academic transfer, should the student wish to continue his/her education.
Upon successful completion of this plan of study, students will be able to: Prepare, read and understand a company’s financial statements. Compose written and oral messages in a clear, concise, and complete manner. Operate computerized systems that are essential to small business success. Apply human relation theories to improve workplace efficiency within the legal environment. Define, price, distribute, and promote a company’s product within a target market. Solve common mathematical and statistical problems that are faced in business. Understand the economic, socio-cultural, and regulatory business environments.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 62 credits 16 credits 15 credits 15 credits 16 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X BGEN105 Introduction to Business 3 X M108 Business Mathematics 3 X (Computation) BGEN235 Business Law I 3 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I 3 X (Communications) BMKT225 Marketing 3 X COMX111 Intro to Public Speaking 3 X (Communications) ECNS202 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 X PSYX100 Introduction to Psychology OR 3 X SOCI101 Intro to Sociology (Human Relations) CAPP158 MS Access 3 X WRIT122 Intro Business Writing 3 X BMGT215 Human Resource Mngt 3 X ACTG201 Principles Financial Acctg OR 3 X ACTG101 Accounting Procedures I ECNS201 Principles of Microeconomics 3 X Elective 3 X BMGT237 Human Relations in Business 3 X (Human Relations) BMGT210 Small Business Management 3 X ACTG205 Computerized Accounting OR 3 X ACTG202 Principles Managerial Acctg CAPP156 MS Excel 3 X STAT216 Introduction to Statistics 4 X
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A.A.S. Corrosion Technology The Corrosion Technology program prepares students for entry-level employment as a Corrosion Technician in the fields of manufacturing, oil and gas, government, pipeline maintenance, and general corrosion management. Corrosion Technicians have a basic understanding of electricity, chemistry, metallurgy, and the properties of materials. Careers in corrosion apply these sciences to detect and control chemical and mechanical deterioration.
Students completing this degree program successfully will be able to: Utilize basic knowledge of mathematics, electricity, chemistry, metallurgy, and the properties of materials to prevent or control corrosion. Apply corrosion theory to prevent, assess, and correct corrosion problems. Install, maintain, inspect, troubleshoot, and remedy corrosion problems. Adhere to safe work practices and ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements. Identify and safely use cathodic testing equipment. Identify and apply coatings and linings. Interpret, produce, and explain technical reports, and perform field surveys.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 63 credits 17 credits 14 credits 15 credits 17 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X CORR101 Safety 1 X CORR102 Intro to Corrosion 3 X CORR103 DC Circuits 3 X CORR104 Coatings and Linings 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I 3 X (Communications) CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3 X CORR105 Electricity, Electrical Reactions 3 X CORR106 Cathodic Protection 4 X CORR107 Corrosion Technology 4 X M111 Technical Math (Computation) 3 X CORR208 Rectifiers 3 X CORR209 Internal Corrosion Control 3 X CORR210 Diagrams, Schematics, Maps 3 X CORR211 Troubleshooting, Prob Solving 3 X CORR298 Internship 3 X CORR213 Metallurgy and Corrosion 3 X CORR214 Atmospheric Corrosion 3 X CORR215 Field Surveys 4 X CORR216 Capstone Project 4 X BMGT237 Hum Relations in Business 3 X (Human Relations)
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A.A.S. Criminal Justice The Criminal Justice degree provides students with a foundation of knowledge and prepares students for a wide variety of careers in the diverse and dynamic field of criminal justice. The degree supports the student’s desire to seek immediate employment in the profession and/or to continue his/her education beyond the associate degree level.
Students completing this degree program successfully will be able to: Identify and explain the basic structures and functions of the criminal justice system. Interpret the basic concepts and functions of criminal law. Apply constitutional principles that protect the rights of individuals and regulate criminal justice practices and procedures. Integrate multidisciplinary theories which constitute the basis for understanding criminality and victimization. Identify and describe key social and cultural issues confronting the criminal justice system. Explain basic theories and concepts of criminal justice and the ethical issues involved.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 61 credits 16 credits 16 credits 15 credits 15 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X CJUS121 Intro to Criminal Justice 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I 3 X (Communications) PSCI210 Intro to American Government 3 X SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3 X (Human Relations) CJUS/CJLE Professional Electives 3 X X X Freshman Year – select one 1st Sem and 3-4 X X X X two 2nd Sem Sophomore Year – select two 1st Sem and all remaining 2nd Sem CAPP131 Basic MS Office M111 Technical Math or other approved Math course (Computation) PSYX101 Intro Psychology (Human Rel) COMX111 Intro Public Speaking (Comm) CJUS215 CJ Community Relations 3 X PSCI260 Intro to State/Local Government 3 X CJUS200 Principles Criminal Law 3 X CJUS220 Introduction to Corrections 3 X CJLE109 Police Report Writing OR 3 X WRIT201 College Writing II OR WRIT122 Intro to Business Comm SOCI211 Intro Criminology OR 3 X SOCI260 Intro Juvenile Delinquency* CJUS231 Criminal Evidence/Procedure 3 X CJUS208 CJ Ethics/Leadership 3 X SOCI201 Social Problems OR 3 X SOCI206 Deviant Behavior *Students must choose between SOCI211 Intro to Criminology or SOCI260 Intro to Juvenile Delinquency AND between SOCI201 Social Problems or SOCI206 Deviant Behavior. Students must take at least nine (9) credits of CJLE/CJUS professional electives.
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A.A.S. Criminal Justice Law Enforcement: Peace Officer Option The Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Peace Officer Option degree provides students with a foundation of knowledge in the field of public safety and prepares students for a career in the profession of law enforcement. Students completing this degree program successfully will be able to: Identify and explain the basic structures and functions of the criminal justice system. Interpret the basic concepts and functions of criminal law. Apply constitutional principles that protect the rights of individuals and regulate criminal justice practices and procedures. Integrate multidisciplinary theories which constitute the basis for understanding criminality and victimization. Identify and describe key social and cultural issues confronting the criminal justice system. Explain basic theories and concepts of criminal justice and the ethical issues involved. Demonstrate technical proficiency in law enforcement. Apply knowledge of the operations of policing to various situations and scenarios. Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 64 credits 18 credits 15 credits 15 credits 16 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X CJUS121 Intro to Criminal Justice 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I 3 X (Communications) CJLE105 Police Patrol Procedures OR 3 X CJLE109 Police Report Writing PSCI210 Intro to American Government 3 X SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3 X (Human Relations) Freshman – one 1st Sem, two 2nd Sem 3-4 X X X X Soph – two 1st Sem, remaining 2nd Sem CAPP131 Basic MS Office M111 Technical Math or other approved Math course (Computation) PSYX101 Intro Psychology (Human Rel) COMX111 Intro Public Speaking (Comm) CJUS215 CJ Community Relations 3 X CJLE108 Traffic Accident Invest OR 3 X X CJLE209 Criminal Investigation CJLE110 Interviewing/Interrogation OR 1-2 X X CJLE212 Defensive Tactics PSCI260 Intro to State/Local Government 3 X CJUS200 Principles Criminal Law 3 X CJLE106 Basic Police Firearms Training 2 X CJLE105 Police Patrol Procedures OR 3 X CJLE109 Police Report Writing CJLE298 CJLE Internship 1 X SOCI211 Intro Criminology OR 3 X SOCI260 Intro Juvenile Delinquency* CJUS231 Criminal Evidence/Procedures 3 X CJUS208 CJ Ethics/Leadership 3 X ECP100 First Aid and CPR 1 X SOCI201 Social Problems OR 3 X SOCI206 Deviant Behavior * *Students must choose between SOCI211 Intro to Criminology or SOCI260 Intro to Juvenile Delinquency AND between SOCI201 Social Problems or SOCI206 Deviant Behavior. Students must take CJLE105, CJLE108, CJLE109, CJLE209 (offered alternate years)
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A.A.S. Criminal Justice Law Enforcement: Private Security Option The Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Private Security Option degree provides students with a foundation of knowledge in the field of private security and prepares students for a career in the profession of security and loss prevention.
Students completing this degree program successfully will be able to: Identify and explain the basic structures and functions of the criminal justice system. Interpret the basic concepts and functions of criminal law. Apply constitutional principles that protect the rights of individuals and regulate criminal justice practices and procedures. Integrate multidisciplinary theories which constitute the basis for understanding criminality and victimization. Identify and describe key social and cultural issues confronting the criminal justice system. Explain basic theories and concepts of criminal justice and the ethical issues involved. Demonstrate technical proficiency in private security and loss prevention. Apply knowledge of the operations of private security to various situations and scenarios.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 60 credits 16 credits 15 credits 15 credits 15 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X CJUS121 Intro to Criminal Justice 3 X CJLE225 Intro Security & Loss Prevention 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I 3 X (Communications) PSCI210 Intro to American Government 3 X SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3 X (Human Relations) Freshman Year – select one 1st Sem and 3-4 X X X X two 2nd Sem Sophomore Year – select two 1st Sem and all remaining 2nd Sem CAPP131 Basic MS Office M111 Technical Math or other approved Math course (Computation) PSYX101 Intro Psychology (Human Rel) COMX111 Intro Public Speaking (Comm) CJUS215 CJ Community Relations 3 X CJLE245 Security Systems 3 X PSCI260 Intro to State and Local Govt 3 X CJUS200 Principles of Criminal Law 3 X CJLE109 Police Report Writing OR 3 X WRIT201 College Writing II OR WRIT122 Intro to Bus Comm SOCI211 Intro to Criminology* OR 3 X SOCI260 Intro to Juvenile Delinquency CJUS231Criminal Evidence/Procedure 3 X CJUS208 CJ Ethics/Leadership 3 X CJLE240 Security Administration 3 X SOCI201 Social Problems* OR 3 X SOCI206 Deviant Behavior 3cr *Students must choose between SOCI211 Intro to Criminology or SOCI260 Intro to Juvenile Delinquency AND between SOCI201 Social Problems or SOCI206 Deviant Behavior.
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A.A.S. Early Childhood Education Students successfully completing the Early Childhood Education A.A.S. degree will have acquired the requisite skills for obtaining employment or advancement in the field of early childhood care and education. The program incorporates both an academic base and lab courses to provide a balanced program to prepare highly qualified early childhood teachers/practitioners. Students completing this program will be able to: Use knowledge of how children develop and learn to provide opportunities that support the physical, social, emotional, language, cognitive, and aesthetic development of children from birth through age eight. Plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and instructional practices based on knowledge of individual children, special needs, the community, the importance of play, and curriculum goals and content. Use individual and group guidance techniques to develop positive and supportive relationships with children, encourage positive social interaction among children, and promote positive strategies that will develop personal self- control and self-esteem in children. Establish and maintain physically and psychologically safe and healthy learning environments for young children. Use informal and formal assessment strategies as an on-going integral part of planning and individualizing curriculum and teaching practices. Establish and maintain positive family and community relationships by communicating effectively, demonstrating sensitivity to differences, respecting parental choices and involving families in planning for their children. Demonstrate an understanding of the early childhood profession by being informed about professional development, legal issues, resource information, state and national regulations and opportunities that would improve quality of programs and services for young children. Demonstrate the ability to work effectively during at least 300 hours of supervised lab experience in appropriate settings that serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or school age children up to grade three.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 61 credits 16 credits 15 credits 15 credits 15 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X EDEC108 Intro to Early Childhood Ed 2 X EDEC105 Observation and Assessment 1 1 X EDEC247 Child Adolescent Development 4 X EDEC230 Positive Child Guidance 3 X EDEC130 Health, Safety, Nutrition in EC 4 X EDEC273 Curriculum and Environments I 4 X EDEC210 Meeting the Needs of Families 3 X EDEC275 Integrated Curr/Enviro II 4 X EDEC265 Leadership Professionalism EC 2 X Competencies Required: May take any time Communications: 6 WRIT101 College Writing I COMX115 Intro Interpersonal Comm or COMX111 Intro Public Speaking Computations: 3 CAPP131 Basic MS Office M105 Contemporary Math, M108 Business Math, or higher Human Relations: 3 PSYX100 Intro Psychology or SOCI101 Intro Sociology ECE Professional Electives: 13+ credits Strongly Recommended course areas 13+ X X X X (other may also apply) SEE ADVISOR EDEC, EDU, NASX, PSYX, SOCI and Art, Drama, Music electives
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A.A.S Engineering Technology (This program is currently under revision) The Engineering Technology program prepares students for employment in the growing technical fields associated with engineering, construction, oil-development, as well as power generation and transfer.
Upon successful completion of their plan of study, students will be able to: Communicate technical information, in both oral and written fashion, with members of the public as well as other technical professions. Evaluate technical documents and communications for accuracy and completion. Safely perform basic field-work, including accurate recording of actions taken in the field. Create and interpret basic scaled field diagrams and schematics. Manage financial and personnel resources for technical projects. Understand ethical responsibilities involved with the construction and engineering professions. Pursue employment opportunities as an engineering technician for many local industries.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 66 credits 16 credits 18 credits 15 credits 16 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X CHMY121 Intro to General Chemistry 3 X CHMY122 Intro General Chemistry Lab 1 X EGEN105 Intro to General Engineering 1 X WRIT101 Intro College Writing I 3 X (Communications) ET100 Computer Apps Tech/Science OR 3 X CAPP131 Intro MS Office ET101 Tools, Measurements, Safety 3 X WLDG117 Blueprint Read OR 1 X ET123 Intro GPS BMGT237 Human Relations in Business 3 X (Human Relations) DDSN113 Technical Drafting OR 3 X DDSN114 Introduction to CAD ET103 Workplace Safety 3 X ET104 Fields Methods 2 X M151 Precalculus (Computation) 4 X WRIT107 Technical Writing for Engineers 3 X OR WRIT102 College Writing II EGEN298 Internship 1-5 SUMMER SESSION Technical Elective 3 X Technical Elective 3 X Technical Elective 3 X Technical Elective 3 X ET200 Project Management 3 X DDSN114 Introduction to CAD OR 3 X DDSN113 Technical Drafting EGEN101 Intro Eng Calc/Problem Solving 3 X Technical Elective 3 X Technical Elective 3 X PHSX205 College Physics I 3 X PHSX206 College Physics I Lab 1 X Must take both DDSN113 and DDSN114 – offered alternate years
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A.A.S. Music Technology The mission of the Music Technology program is to integrate musical, technical, and supporting discipline knowledge and skills to produce artistic, commercial, educational, and personal work using digital and other technology as the primary medium to prepare students for various professions in the field of music technology and for life-long musical enhancement.
Upon completion of the program of study students shall: Gain knowledge of and ability to use various terminologies and procedures in music technology, music, supporting disciplines, and technology, and their combinations as employed in and associated with the work of music technology. This includes, but is not limited to, their respective vocabularies of practice, ways work is conceptualized, developed, synthesized, and finalized, and phases of production, presentation, and/or distribution. Develop comprehensive capabilities in performance medium including the ability to work independently and in groups to prepare performances at the highest possible level; knowledge of applicable solo and ensemble literature; and orientation to and experience with fundamentals of pedagogy. Increase the awareness of the heritage of music and its production, appreciation of its diversity, and develop a perception of the underlying relationship of its many styles. Investigate the study of harmony in common practice, interaction of the elements of music in harmony and counterpoint, and assimilation of relationships between theory, analysis, and composition. Gain an understanding of common elements and organizational patterns of music and their interaction, the ability to employ this understanding in aural, verbal, written, and visual analysis, and to gain understanding of musical forms, processes, and structures in composition, performance, analytical, scholarly, and pedagogical applications. Develop practical competency and understanding of the scope, integrative nature, and functions of electroacoustic production within the field of music technology.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 62 credits 16 credits 18 credits 14-16 credits 14-16 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X MUSI100 Concert Attendance 0 X X X X MUSI105 Music Theory I 3 X MUSI135 Keyboard Skills I 1 X MUSI140 Aural Perception I 2 X MUSE220 Intro to Comp App Music Ed 2 X MUST191/291 Special Topics 1 X X X X M105 or Above, (Computation) 3 X Music Ensembles and Applied Music 2/1 X X X X CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3cr 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I 3 X (Communications) MUSI106 Music Theory II 3 X MUSI136 Keyboard Skills II 1 X MUSI141 Aural Perception II 2 X MUST120 Introduction Studio Recording 2 X COMX111 Intro to Public Speaking 3 X (Communications) MUSI235 Keyboard Skills III 1 X MUST215 Studio Recording 3 X PSYX100 Introduction to Psychology OR 3 X SOCI101 Introduction to Sociology (Human Relations) MUSI203 American Popular Music 3 X MUSI236 Keyboard Skills IV 1 X MUST118 MIDI Sequencing and Notation 3 X MUST299 Capstone Project 3 X Piano Proficiency Exam or four (4) semesters of keyboard skills with at least a ‘C’ or better to meet proficiency requirements.
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A.A.S. Welding Technology Students learn the basics of welding technology that will permit the individual to enter the field at entry level as a fabrication/welder. The student will also take academic courses to provide a well-balanced curriculum. Graduates may enter the workforce immediately or transfer for more advanced training.
Upon completion of the program, the student will be able to: Demonstrate safe work habits in welding/metal fabrication. Identify and use a variety of techniques and materials to achieve the desired weld. Perform quality welds on mild steel using arc and gas methods. Layout and cut flat structural steel.
Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 63 credits 16 credits 17 credits 17 credits 13 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X WLDG105 Shop Safety 1 X WLDG110 Welding Theory I 1 X WLDG112 Cutting Processes 2 X WLDG180 Shielded Metal Arc Welding 5 X WLDG187 Flux Core Arc Welding 3 X WRIT101 Intro College Writing I 3 X (Communications) BMGT237 Human Relations in Business 3 X (Human Relations) M111 Technical Math (Computation) 3 X WLDG117 Blueprint Read Weld Symbols 2 X WLDG133 Gas Metal Arc Welding 3 X WLDG140 Intro GTAW w/ Integrated Lab 3 X WLDG185 Welding Qualification Test Prep 1 X WLDG186 Welding Qualification Test Lab 2 X WLDG192 Open Lab 1 X (optional) WLDG237 Aluminum Welding Processes 4 X WLDG201 Weld, Measure, Trade Tools 2 X WLDG241 Metal Fabrication I 4 X WLDG242 Metal Fabrication II 4 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3 X WLDG210 Pipe Welding 4 X WLDG212 Pipe Welding Layout 4 X WLDG280 Welding Testing Certification 2 X WLDG281 Welding Test Certification Lab 2 X ECP100 Standard First Aid/CPR 1 X
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Online Curriculum (AA/AS and All fees must be paid, in full, prior to the issuing of a student PIN (course access A.A.S.) code). Dawson Community College’s online courses DCC will only accept registration for are designed and developed in accordance with Session One courses that run best practices to emphasize communication, concurrently with DCC’s fall, spring, and collaboration, and engagement. DCC online summer terms. courses are completely accessible online. Where do I start? Go to: DCC offers fully online programs in the https://www.dawson.edu/academics/online/ following areas: Associate of Arts For more information regarding CCConline Associate of Science courses at DCC please call 406.377.9411 or Associate of Applied Science Degree in email [email protected]. Business Management ______ Associate of Applied Science Degree in Criminal Justice Associate of Applied Science Degree in Certificate of Applied Science Early Childhood Education (C.A.S.) Associate of Applied Science Degree in The primary purpose of the Career-Technical Law Enforcement Certificate Programs is to provide the student with the skills that are necessary to obtain Enrollment Information entrance level employment in the field of their All online students, degree or non- educational program. Training includes job skill degree seeking, will be charged a $30 development as well as the necessary related processing fee. technical information that is necessary to All online students will be charged a enhance an individual’s productivity in the $35 distance learning fee, per course, in world of work. addition to the per credit hour fee. All online students will be charged While the primary design of a certificate $185.00 per credit, per course. curriculum is to prepare the student for Some courses have additional fees. immediate employment, certain occupational If you are taking a lab course, there will be education courses which are equivalent to additional lab fees. college level academic course offerings may be Costs of textbooks vary dependent on accepted by some college disciplines later if the course(s). Prior to classes starting, you will student decides to transfer to a four year need to order your books so you will be institution. ready with all of your course materials on the first day of class. Please allow at least Certificate of Applied Science (C.A.S.) five to seven business days before the beginning of the semester. Programs Students must apply for admission to the Corrections Officer college (see Student Services-Admissions). Corrosion Technology These students may also be eligible for Early Childhood Education Financial Aid (see Student Services-Financial Livestock Technology Aid). Welding Technology
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General Information Certificate Requirements Minimum Competency Standards for Completion of coursework that is outlined in the Plan of Study. Program Admission Earning a minimum 2.00 cumulative Research indicates that students who grade point average from DCC. participate in, and apply the results of basic Course in Computation skills assessment in a program of study, have a Math courses 100 and above much higher rate of academic success than Course in Communications those who do not follow or utilize such advice. Intro to Public Speaking Therefore, Dawson Community College uses the College Writing results of a basic skills assessment test to direct Interpersonal Communications students into appropriate English, reading and Course in Human Relations mathematics course(s) and to advise students in Human Relations in Business the selection of other courses. Intro to Sociology Intro to Psychology Exceptions which preclude the necessity for the ______basic skills assessment and placement include documentation of one or all of the following criteria: if a student has a college degree or acceptable ACT or SAT test score, the assessment test is not required; an exemption is granted if the student has an ACT composite of 22 or an SAT score of 468 in math and 425 in English.
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C.A.S. Corrections Officer The Corrections Officer certificate provides students with a foundation of knowledge in the field of corrections and the institutionalization of criminal offenders. The certificate program prepares students for a career in both public and private corrections and detention facilities.
Students completing this degree program successfully will be able to: Identify and explain the basic structures and functions of the corrections process. Apply constitutional principles that protect the rights of individuals and regulate criminal justice practices and procedures. Integrate multidisciplinary theories which constitute the basis for understanding criminality and victimization. Explain basic theories and concepts of criminal justice and the ethical issues involved. Demonstrate technical proficiency in corrections.
Freshman Freshman Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 35 credits 18-19 credits 17-19 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X CJUS220 Introduction to Corrections 3 X CJLE109 Police Report Writing 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I (Communications) 3 X SOCI101 Intro to Sociology 3 X (Human Relations) SOCI211* Intro to Criminology 3 X May take two or three of the following 6-9 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office M111 Technical Math or other approved Math course (Computation) PSYX101 Intro Psychology (Human Rel) COMX111 Intro Public Speaking (Comm) CJUS231 Criminal Evidence/Procedure 3 X CJLE212 Defensive Tactics 2 X CJUS208 CJ Ethics and Leadership 3 X SOCI201 Social Problems* 3 X Must take all of the remaining 6-7 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office M111 Technical Math or higher level (Computation) PSYX101 Intro Psychology (Human Rel) COMX111 Intro Public Speaking (Comm) ECP100 First Aid/CPR
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C.A.S. Corrosion Technology The Corrosion Technology program prepares students for entry-level employment as a Corrosion Technician in the fields of manufacturing, oil and gas, government, pipeline maintenance, and general corrosion management. Corrosion Technicians have a basic understanding of electricity, chemistry, metallurgy, and the properties of materials. Careers in corrosion apply these sciences to detect and control chemical and mechanical deterioration.
Students completing this degree program successfully will be able to: Adhere to safe work practices and ensure compliance of requirements pertaining to corrosion. Demonstrate knowledge of components of a corrosion system and theory. Apply safety practices while working with direct and alternating current. Identify and safely use cathodic testing equipment. Identify and apply coatings and linings.
Freshman Freshman Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 34 credits 17 credits 17 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X CORR101 Safety 1 X CORR102 Intro to Corrosion 3 X CORR103 DC Circuits 3 X CORR104 Coatings and Linings 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I (Communications) 3 X CAPP131 Basic MS Office 3 X CORR105 Electricity, Electrical Reactions 3 X CORR106 Cathodic Protection 4 X CORR107 Corrosion Technology 4 X BMGT237 Hum Relations in Business (Human 3 X Relations) M111 Technical Math (Computation) 3 X
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C.A.S. Early Childhood Education The Early Childhood Education Certificate program provides a competency based curriculum and lab experience for students who wish to work in a professional childcare setting. When entering the Early Childhood Education Program proof of immunization and a criminal background check are required for the lab experience at a registered childcare facility. Students completing this program will be able to: Use knowledge of how children develop and learn to provide opportunities that support the physical, social, emotional, language, cognitive, and aesthetic development of all young children from birth through age eight. Plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and instructional practices based on knowledge of individual children, special needs, the community, the importance of play, and curriculum goals and content. Use individual and group guidance techniques to develop positive and supportive relationships with children, encourage positive social interaction among children, and promote positive strategies that will develop personal self-control and self-esteem in children. Establish and maintain physically and psychologically safe and healthy learning environment for young children. Use informal and formal assessment strategies as an on-going integral part of planning and individualizing curriculum and teaching practices. Establish and maintain positive family and community relationships by communicating effectively, demonstrating sensitivity to differences, respecting parental choices and involving families in planning for their children. Demonstrate an understanding of the early childhood profession by being informed about professional development, legal issues, resource information, state and national regulations and opportunities that would improve quality of programs and services for young children. Demonstrate ability to work effectively during at least 300 hours of supervised lab experience in appropriate settings serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or school age children.
Freshman Freshman Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 37 credits 18 credits 19 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X EDEC108 Intro to Early Childhood Ed 2 X EDEC105 Observation and Assessment 1 X EDEC247 Child Adolescent Development 4 X EDEC273 Curriculum and Environments I 4 X EDEC210 Meeting the Needs of Families 3 X EDEC230 Positive Child Guidance 3 X EDEC130 Health, Safety, Nutrition in EC 4 X EDEC275 Integrated Curr/Enviro II 4 X EDEC265 Leadership Professionalism EC 2 X Competencies Required: May take any time Communications: 3 X WRIT101 College Writing I COMX115 Intro Interpersonal Comm OR COMX111 Intro Public Speaking Computations: 3 X M105 Contemporary Math, M108 Business Math, or higher Human Relations: 3 X PSYX100 Intro Psychology OR SOCI101 Intro Sociology
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C.A.S. Livestock Technology This program is designed for the person who plans to return to the farm or ranch to pursue a career working in the livestock production industry. The curriculum stresses production techniques that can be applied immediately to the livestock enterprise. Basic academic courses are included to provide a well- rounded education.
Upon completion of the program a student will: Build a strong base of knowledge in the field of Agriculture Prepare students for entry level employment in public and private Agriculture-related organizations. Assist students in the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and the ability to conceptualize ideas. Expose students to courses in computation, communication, and human relations, and will assist students in developing an understanding and appreciation for diversity, social responsibility and the participation in public affairs. Serve those students seeking a career in Agriculture by providing in-depth and practical skills- based exposure to general Agriculture.
Freshman Freshman Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 36 credits 19 credits 17 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X ANSC100 Introduction to Animal Science 3 X NRSM101 Natural Res Conservation 3 X NRSM102 Montana Range Plants 3 X EQUS150 Equine Production OR 3 X AGBE278 Agri-Business Planning AGBE210 Economics of Ag Business 3 X AGED105 Microcomputers in Ag OR 3 X AGED140 Leadership Development in Ag WRIT101 College Writing I (Communications) 3 X PSYX100 Intro to Psychology OR 3 X SOCI101 Intro to Sociology (Human Relations) BIOB110 Plant Science OR 3 X ANSC262 Range Livestock Production ANSC265 A and P of Domestic Animals 3 X ANSC266 A and P Domestic Animals Lab 1 X ANSC202 Livestock Feeding & Nutrition 4 X M105 Contemporary Math, M108 Business Math 3-5 X or Higher (Computation)
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C.A.S. Welding Technology The Welding Technology Certificate program provides fundamental knowledge and lab practice needed in welding and related career fields.
Upon completion of the program, the student will be able to: Demonstrate safe work habits in welding/metal fabrication. Identify and use a variety of techniques and materials to achieve the desired weld.
Freshman Freshman Plan of Study Fall Semester Spr Semester Degree to total 31 credits 16 credits 15 credits Course Credit DCC101 Dawson College Success 1 X WLDG105 Shop Safety 1 X WLDG110 Welding Theory I 1 X WLDG112 Cutting Processes 2 X WLDG180 Shielded Metal Arc Welding 5 X WLDG187 Flux Core Arc Welding 3 X WRIT101 Intro College Writing I (Communications) 3 X Open Elective 1-3 X optional ECP100First Aid/CPR 1 X BMGT237 Human Relations in Business 3 X (Human Relations) M111 Technical Math (Computation) 3 X WLDG117 Blueprint Read Weld Symbols 2 X WLDG133 Gas Metal Arc Welding 3 X WLDG140 Intro GTAW w/ Integrated Lab 3 X WLDG192 Independent Study (Open Lab) 1 X optional
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President of Academic and Student Affairs, Course Listing/Descriptions the class may be offered.
All courses listed in this catalog appear alphabetically by subject area and in numerical Accounting sequence with listings broken down as follows: ACTG101 F, 3 credits The capital letters preceding the course Accounting Procedures I indicate the subject area in which the This basic course covers the purpose and scope course is offered and are used as a of accounting. Students study the difference code. between assets, liabilities, equity, income, and The three digits immediately following expenses. Financial statement preparation and the subject area code identify individual analysis is stressed. The emphasis of this course course offerings within the area of is learning how to make decisions with the study. In general, a 100 number information accounting provides. indicates a first year subject and a 200 ACTG201 F, 3 credits rubric indicates a second year subject. Principles of Financial Accounting Sub-100 courses (e.g. WRIT095) are This course is an introduction to financial non-transferable sub-college level accounting principles and other specific topics courses. such as: the study of a complete accounting The words following the course number cycle for retail and other businesses; assets, are course titles and describe the liability, and equity accounts; financial course in a few words. statement preparation; corporation, The capital letters following the course partnership and sole-proprietorship entities; title and course description indicate and financial statement analysis. when the course is generally offered. F ACTG202 S, 3 credits indicates the course is offered in the Principles of Managerial Accounting fall, and S indicates spring. Courses may This course is a second semester course for also be offered at additional times as non-accounting business students. The course is determined by the Vice President of designed to introduce the various needs and Academic and Student Affairs. uses for accounting information within a The entry listed after the semester decision-making framework. The course will indicates the number of semester hours cover cost-volume-profit relationships, cost of credit the course carries. flows, capital budgeting, and traditional cost The listing of a course in this or any other management. college publication does not constitute a ACTG205 S, 3 credits guarantee or contract that the particular Computerized Accounting course will be offered during the time Prerequisite: ACTG101 or ACTG201 listed. All courses are subject to scheduling In this course computers are used to apply the changes or cancellations. Every effort will basic principles and procedures of accrual be made to inform students of such accounting. Computer accounting applications changes and/or cancellations. include general ledgers, accounts receivable, accounts payable, invoicing, payroll, and Classes may be listed as on demand status inventory. Upon completion of this course the which means they are offered on a limited student will have a working familiarity with basis providing there is sufficient demand three popular accounting packages. or if the class is needed to satisfy a program requirement. At the discretion of the Vice
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ACTG272 S, 3 credits Rodeo Team as a competing member of two Principles of Financial Accounting II college sponsored teams. Prerequisite: ACTG201 ACT127 S, 1 credit A continuation of Principles of Accounting I with Ranch Rodeo II an emphasis on those accounting concepts Prerequisite: ACT126 designed to provide information necessary for This course will expand on the fundamentals of management use. Specific topics include competition at Ranch Rodeo events with in the interpreting financial statement information, NILE Region. Ranch broncs, wild cow milking, study of cost systems, cost-volume-profit and proper horse and livestock handling will analysis, and organizational concepts – all of also be expanded upon. Students will be which facilitate the managerial control, introduced to team penning and team sorting. planning, and decision making processes. This class may lead to a spot on the DCC Ranch ______Rodeo Team as a competing member of two Activities college sponsored teams. May only be repeated ONCE for credit. ACT134 F/S, 1 credit ACT104 S, 1 credit Dancing for Exercise Beginning Bowling Lifetime dancing skills in an exercise format. Instruction and practice of the fundamental ACT146 F/S, 1 credit skills in bowling. Additional fee required. Beginning Golf ACT106 F/S, 1 credit Instruction and practice of the fundamentals of Beginning Conditioning and Fitness golf. Additional fee required. Fundamentals of physical fitness. The needs and ACT154 F/S, 1 credit interest of participants are emphasized through Beginning Tai Qi skilled or health related components. Students will learn the basic concept of Qi ACT107 F/S, 1 credit including its functions and how to feel and use Beginning Aerobic Dance one’s own Qi to achieve optimum health. Instruction in aerobic exercise. Students will physically execute the basic moves ACT109 F/S, 1 credit in proper order in the first half of Tai Qi Yang Beginning Racquetball style. These include basic stance, ward off, Instruction and practice of the fundamentals of single whip, white crane spreads wings, brush racquetball. Additional fee required. knee, wave hands at clouds, playing flute, etc. ACT110 F, 1 credit ACT159 S, 2 credits Beginning Weight Training Team/Individual Sports Instruction in the sport of weight training. This course offers a survey of the basic ACT113 S, 1 credit terminology, skills and rules of selected team Beginning Softball sports and individual sports, and their use in Instruction and practice of the fundamentals of recreation and physical education. Emphasis is softball. upon knowledge and understanding of the ACT126 F, 1 credit organization, administration, and promotion of Ranch Rodeo I sports, rather than mastery of performance Ranch Rodeo I will introduce the student to the skills. fundamentals of competition at Ranch Rodeo ACT169 S, 1 credit events within the NILE Region. Ranch broncs, Beginning Tennis wild cow milking, and proper horse and Instruction and practice of the fundamentals of livestock handling will also be introduced. This tennis. class may lead to a spot on the DCC Ranch
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ACT173 S, 1 credit introduced to team doctoring and team Beginning Fly Fishing/Fly Tying trailering. This class may lead to a spot on the This is a special interest class. Learn the basics DCC Ranch Rodeo Team as a competing of fly fishing and fly tying. Use the techniques member of two college sponsored teams. learned in class during an optional weekend ACT227 S, 1 credit fishing trip. Students will learn how to select Ranch Rodeo IV and prepare equipment, tie knots, and cast a fly Prerequisite: ACT226 line. Basic entomology will be covered. Students This course will bring together all that was will tie fly patterns to imitate insects found in learned/presented in Ranch Rodeo I/II/III. The Montana streams and rivers. Students will learn student will continue to work on, and perfect, proper fishing techniques and etiquette. skills in the fundamentals presented in the Additional fee required. previous courses (fundamentals of competition ACT181 F, 1 credit at ranch rodeo events within the NILE Region: Team Roping Skills ranch broncs, wild cow milking, proper horse Fundamentals and practice of team roping. and livestock handling, team penning, team ACT182 S, 1 credit sorting, team doctoring, and team trailering). Goat Tying Skills This class may lead to a spot on the DCC Ranch Fundamentals and practice of goat tying. Rodeo team as a competing member of two ACT183 S, 1 credit college sponsored teams. Breakaway Skills ACT284 F, 1 credit Fundamentals and practice of breakaway Rifle Cartridge Ballistics/Reloading roping. The fundamentals of rifle cartridge ACT184 S, 1 credit components, interior ballistics, exterior Calf Roping Skills ballistics, reloading equipment and procedures, Fundamentals and practice of calf roping. and how to shoot for accuracy. ACT187 F, 1 credit ACT191/291 F/S, variable Steer Wrestling Skills Special Topics Fundamentals and practice of steer wrestling. Courses not required in any curriculum, for ACT188 F, 1 credit which there is a particular need, or given on a Rough Stock Skills trial basis to determine demand. Fundamentals and practice of bareback riding, ACT192/292 F/S, variable saddle bronc riding, and bull riding. Independent Study ACT219 F, 1 credit Student follows a course of study and works Folf with a faculty member to decide how the Students will demonstrate their knowledge and student will meet defined course objectives. ability in the sport of disk-golf (folf) through Both student and instructor agree on what the participation in the sport. student will do (e.g., readings, research, and ACT226 F, 1 credit work projects), how the student’s work will be Ranch Rodeo III evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. Prerequisite: ACT127 The student must interact with the faculty This course will continue with the fundamentals member on a regular and substantive basis to of competition at Ranch Rodeo events within assure progress within the course or program. the NILE Region. Ranch broncs, wild cow ACT294 F/S, variable milking, and proper horse and livestock Workshop handling, team penning, and team sorting will This is concentrated class sessions on a topic for also continue to be presented. Students will be which a particular need has been identified. ______
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Activities-Varsity ACTV163 F/S, 1 credit ACTV120 F/S, 1 credit Rodeo II-Varsity Basketball I-Varsity Fundamentals of rodeo events in practices and Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in competition with emphasis on NIRA rules, team the collegiate-level of basketball. (Varsity) spirit, conditioning, and safety measures. Students participate as a member of the (Varsity) Students participate as a member of intercollegiate sport. the intercollegiate sport and DCC NIRA Card ACTV121 F/S, 1 credit holders. Basketball II-Varsity ACTV170 F/S, 1 credit Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in Volleyball I-Varsity the collegiate-level of basketball. (Varsity) Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in Students participate as a member of the the collegiate-level of Volleyball. (Varsity) intercollegiate sport. Students participate as a member of the ACTV131 F/S, 1 credit intercollegiate sport. Softball I-Varsity ACTV173 F/S, 1 credit Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in Volleyball II-Varsity the collegiate-level of softball. (Varsity) Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in Students participate as a member of the the collegiate-level of Volleyball. (Varsity) intercollegiate sport. Students participate as a member of the ACTV133 F/S, 1 credit intercollegiate sport. Softball II-Varsity ACTV184 F/S, 1 credit Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in Pep Squad the collegiate-level of softball. (Varsity) This is a course designed to promote school Students participate as a member of the spirit on campus, school functions, and at intercollegiate sport. games. ACTV140 F/S, 1 credit ACTV185 F/S, 1 credit Baseball I-Varsity Golf I-Varsity Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in the collegiate-level of baseball. (Varsity) the collegiate-level of Golf. (Varsity) Students Students participate as a member of the participate as a member of the intercollegiate intercollegiate sport. sport. ACTV143 F/S, 1 credit ACTV186 F/S, 1 credit Baseball II-Varsity Golf II-Varsity Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in the collegiate-level of baseball. (Varsity) the collegiate-level of Golf. (Varsity) Students Students participate as a member of the participate as a member of the intercollegiate intercollegiate sport. sport. ACTV160 F/S, 1 credit ACTV220 F/S, 1 credit Rodeo I-Varsity Basketball III-Varsity Fundamentals of rodeo events in practices and Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in competition with emphasis on NIRA rules, team the collegiate-level of basketball. (Varsity) spirit, conditioning, and safety measures. Students participate as a member of the (Varsity) Students participate as a member of intercollegiate sport. the intercollegiate sport and DCC NIRA Card ACTV221 F/S, 1 credit holders. Basketball IV-Varsity Instruction and practice of fundamental skills in
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______computer applications to control, monitor, and student will do (e.g., readings, research, and calibrate devices. work projects), how the student’s work will be AGED140 F, 3 credits evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. Leadership Development for Agri The student must interact with the faculty This course deals with the process of developing member on a regular and substantive basis to and managing individuals by providing assure progress within the course or program. leadership and guidance at all levels of AGSC294 F/S, variable personnel development. Self-concepts are Seminar/Workshop developed through situational leadership and Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which management, principles of people a particular need has been identified. management, goal setting, and belief systems. ______Collaborative learning and field experience are Agriculture Technology utilized. AGTE101 F, 3 credits ______Tools, Measurement and Safety Agricultural Sciences This course will cover identification and proper AGSC194 F/S, variable use of both hand and power tools associated Workshop with the content of this program. While safety Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which will be an important part of every course, the a particular need has been identified. issue will be examined in greater depth within AGSC198 F/S, variable this course. Specific topics will include shop and Internship field safety, equipment and tool safety, welding A maximum of 10 total credits may be earned safety, personal safety devices, farm rescue, for work experience with approved agencies. and associated topics. Additional fee required. The student must be enrolled in a AGTE150 F, 3 credits vocational/technical program offering work Electricity AC/DC for Ag Apps experience and be working actively toward a This course is designed to provide a degree. The student will work under the fundamental knowledge of the theory, supervision of an instructor who will determine operation, and safety related to both industrial the number of credits to be earned based on and low voltage applications. Students will learn the number of working hours and work about high voltage, high amperage power and responsibility. In general, 45 hours of work low voltage current. Basic operating experience, including the seminar, is equivalent characteristics of motors, regulators, and to one credit. The work experience program is controls found in agricultural machinery will directed by the college and the student’s work also be covered. Study will cover farm power is controlled by the supervising instructor. from voltage three phase down to 12 volt DC ag AGSC291 F/S, variable machinery. Special Topics AGTE160 F, 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Ag Equipment Service Fundamentals which there is a particular need, or given on a Proper equipment service and maintenance are trial basis to determine demand. the focus of this class. Lubrication, filters, wear AGSC292 F/S, variable detection, part replacement, scheduling, Independent Study preventative maintenance and repair, and Student follows a course of study and works proper fuel selection will be included. Students with a faculty member to decide how the will learn how to keep equipment in production. student will meet defined course objectives. Both student and instructor agree on what the
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AGTE194/294 F/S, variable AGTE250 S, 4 credits Workshop Ag Power Transmission Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which This course will cover topics related to the a particular need has been identified. transfer of power from motor or engine to the AGTE198/298 F/S, variable work. Specific emphasis will be placed on Internship: Ag Power/Machinery standard transmissions, automatic A maximum of three credits may be earned for transmissions, direct drives, gear reductions, work experience with approved agencies. belt drive systems, chain drive systems, power Students must be enrolled in a vocational/ takeoffs, remote hydraulics, and remote technical program and be working actively electrical applications. Proper operation, toward a degree. The student will work under maintenance, diagnostics, and repair of these the supervision of an instructor who will systems will be included. determine the number of credits to be earned AGTE255 S, 3 credits based on the number of working hours and Agricultural Electronics work responsibility. In general, 45 hours of work Prerequisite: ET110 experience including the seminar, is equivalent This course is designed to provide the student to one credit. The internship program is with a basic understanding of electronics in a directed by the college and the student’s work wide range of applications. Circuit components is controlled by the supervising instructor. and their function will be covered along with AGTE205 S, 3 credits the interconnection of electronic components. Hydraulics Study will include power supply switches, This course will examine the principles and relays, regulators, wiring, capacitors, resistors, operation of hydraulic power systems from and indicators. A major focus of the course will transmissions to lifting devices. Proper be on circuit logic, troubleshooting, and repair. maintenance, safety procedures, and repair will AGTE260 S, 4 credits be critical components of the curriculum. Farm and Ranch Engines Students will learn to fabricate using hydraulics Both gasoline and diesel engines will be to perform work. They will design systems, addressed in this course. Topics ranging from sizing hydraulic applications to achieve efficient basic operating principles to advanced work and utility. Related equipment, like diagnostics will be covered in detail. Proper pumps, cylinders, reservoirs, motors, filters, operation and preventative maintenance will be valves, and pressure regulators will be studied. stressed along with field based repair AGTE232 F, 4 credits procedures. The basic intent of the course is to Farm and Ranch Machinery teach students, internal combustion principles Operation, maintenance and repair of a wide so they can operate, maintain, and recognize variety of machinery will be covered here. potential engine problems. Students will learn Primary focus will be on tillage, planting, how to keep engines in production. cultivation, and harvesting machinery but the AGTE291 F/S, variable course will also include ranch equipment such Special Topics as windmills, feeders, corrals, and livestock Courses not required in any curriculum, for equipment. Both powered and non-powered which there is a particular need, or given on a machinery will be included to cover most of the trial basis to determine demand. common equipment found on farms and AGTE292 F/S, variable ranches of eastern Montana. Independent Study Student follows a course of study and works with a faculty member to decide how the
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ANSC265 S, 3 credits ANTY194/294 F/S, variable A & P of Domestic Animals Workshop Prerequisite: BIOB160, Sophomore standing Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which Co-requisite: ANSC266 a particular need has been identified. The lecture defines and identifies the ______organization of cell types into tissues and organ Art: Art History systems. The lecture explains the physiology of ARTH101 F/S, 3 credits organ systems in domestic farm animals. Foundations of Art ANSC266 S, 1 credit Core II, Category I or Category II A & P of Domestic Animals Lab This course will provide an introductory Prerequisite: BIOB160, sophomore standing overview to the elements of visual arts. Co-requisite; ANSC265 Students are presented with a variety of art Location, structure and identification of various experiences including various media and tissues, organs, and systems of domestic production processes, the language of animals through dissection of cadaver animals. aesthetics, and art criticism. The terminal Lab utilizes ruminants of monogastric species. objective of this class is to give students the ______opportunity to create art, to explore aesthetics, Anthropology and to gain an awareness of the visual world ANTY101 S, 3 credits around them. Students interested in an Anthropology & the Human Experience introduction to the basic language of art, Core III or Core VI education majors, or those seeking an AA A survey of cultural and physical anthropology; degree are encouraged to enroll. Additional fee the origin and development of human beings required. and their cultures, ethnic identities, kinship, ARTH160 F/S, 3 credits structure, the development of economic, social Global Visual Culture (Art Apprec) II, Category and political structures are examined in depth. Core II or Core VI ANTY191/291 F/S, variable This course is a foundation for the Special Topics understanding and appreciation of many art These courses are designed to meet particular forms of the world including major movements, needs or are given on a trial basis to determine artists, and specific works. The interrelationship demand. of art to society is explored via lectures, ANTY192/292 F/S, variable imagery, and class discussions. Independent Study ARTH200 F/Alt Yr, 3 credits Student follows a course of study and works Art of World Civilization I (Art History) with a faculty member to decide how the Core II, Category II or Core VI student will meet defined course objectives. A well-rounded student requires an exposure to Both student and instructor agree on what the the history of mankind’s artistic achievements. student will do (e.g., readings, research, and The purpose of this class is to acquaint the work projects), how the student’s work will be student with an historic panorama of the visual evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. arts, the trends, and the creative spirit of the The student must interact with the faculty masters. The scope of this section of art history member on a regular and substantive basis to covers visual arts traditions from around the assure progress within the course or program. world including the Paleolithic period through the medieval period.
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ARTH201 S/Alt Yr, 3 credits ARTZ212 F/S, 3 credits Art of World Civilization II (Art History) Drawing Studio Core II, Category II Core II, Category I Art of World Civilization II continues with a Utilizing the lecture/production format chronological overview of visual arts traditions presented in ARTZ105, this course expands the from around the world including the Gothic study & practice in the basic elements of period through the present. One may enter Art drawing. The traditional subject areas of still of World Civilization II without taking Art of life, landscape, and portraiture are presented World Civilization I. for study & exploration in a variety of media ______and techniques with emphasis placed upon Art: Visual Arts design principles and expressive use of Please Note: Studio Art Courses – Students are materials. One should consider this course if required to furnish their own supplies for studio one has successfully completed ARTZ105. art classes. Cost of these supplies will vary from Consent of the instructor is required for those class to class. Supply lists are available at the not fulfilling this prerequisite. Additional fee college bookstore and students are expected to required. come prepared for the first class session. The ARTZ214 F, 3 credits student may contact the instructor prior to the Illustration start of class with any questions or concerns Core II, Category I regarding the requisite supplies. This course provides an opportunity to explore ARTZ105 F/S, 3 credits a variety of methods and materials used in Visual Language – Drawing illustration. Students practice a range of Core II, Category I techniques, which can be used to enhance the This introductory lecture/production class is expressive potential of illustration. The course designed to provide study and practice in the examines different genres in illustration basic elements of drawing. The traditional including children’s books, graphic novels, subject areas of still life, landscape, and character design, and sequential art, and builds portraiture are presented for study and upon design and communication practices exploration in a variety of media and taught in Foundations and Drawing courses. techniques. Recommended for all levels of experience, this course has no prerequisites, Students interested in using art and sequential but is fundamental for students planning to art to communicate, education majors, or those continue to explore the visual arts. Additional seeking an AA degree are encouraged to enroll. fee required. ARTZ221 F/Alt Yr, 3 credits ARTZ211 F/S, 3 credits Painting I Drawing I – Figure Core II, Category I Core II, Category I This course introduces students to the basic Utilizing the lecture/production format technical aspects of paint handling and presented in ARTZ105, students will study the manipulation, composition, color theory and human figure and anatomy with a focus on mixing. Students will explore critical and developing observational drawing skills and conceptual concerns, such as visual problem creative approaches to rendering the body. solving and development of personal expression Additional fee required. and visual language. This course is recommended for beginning and advanced students. Additional fee required.
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ARTZ222 S/Alt Yr, 3 credits member on a regular and substantive basis to a Painting Studio assure progress within the course or program. Core II, Category I ARTZ294 F/S, variable Prerequisite: ARTZ221, or consent of instructor Workshop This course continues to explore the technical Concentrated class sessions will be held on a and conceptual concerns of ARTZ221 topic for which a particular need has been Assignments foster the creative use of materials identified. and personal artistic growth through expansion ______of styles and subject matter. Additional fee Astronomy required. ASTR110 On demand, 3 credits ARTZ224 F/Alt Yr, 3 credits Intro to Astronomy Watercolor I This course is a general study of astronomy: the Core II, Category I earth’s movements, the solar system, stars and Prerequisite: ARTH101, ARTZ105 or consent of galaxies. Telescope observations of planets, instructor stars, and nebulae are made. It includes Watercolor I is designed to introduce a variety demonstrations of optics and spectrum analysis of techniques applicable to watercolor painting by grating interference. It is designed for non- to the beginning student. The class science majors. concentrates on building skills and development ASTR111 On demand, 1 credit of confidence with the medium. Additional fee Intro to Astronomy Lab required. ______ARTZ225 S/Alt Yr, 3 credits Basic Skills Watercolor Studio DCC101 F/S, 1 credit Core II, Category I Dawson College Success Prerequisite: ARTZ224 Required Freshman Course Watercolor II provides the opportunity to Dawson College Success provides the first-time develop individual style and explore a variety of College student with the connections, tools, and creative techniques applicable to watercolor best practices for full success in college. procedure. Additional fee required. Students will establish connections to academic ARTZ291 F/S, variable advising and student services; integrate into Special Topics campus-wide community; maximize academic Courses not required in any curriculum, for and career options including transfer and which there is a particular need, or given on a placement; and develop the advanced study trial basis to determine demand. Additional fee skills and information literacy appropriate to required. the advanced collegiate level. Students will ARTZ292 F/S, variable cultivate self-care and reflection on the Independent Study collegiate experience. Student follows a course of study and works ______with a faculty member to decide how the student will meet defined course objectives. Biology: General Both student and instructor agree on what the BIOB101 F, 3 credits student will do (e.g., readings, research, and Discover Biology work projects), how the student’s work will be Core IV evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. This is a general survey course providing an The student must interact with the faculty overview of biology. The course includes an introduction to cells (both plant and animal), the relationship between cells and energy
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(cellular respiration and photosynthesis) and organization and energy flow, community the cell cycle (mitosis). Inheritance and the role interactions, population ecology and behavioral of genetics in today’s world is also presented. ecology will be discussed. CHMY 121 or higher is Co-requisite: BIOB102 highly recommended. BIOB102 F, 1 credit BIOB171 S, 1 credit Discover Biology Laboratory Principles of Biological Diversity Lab Core IV Core IV Co-requisite: BIOB101 A series of laboratory experiments and Includes laboratory experiments and exercises exercises illustrating and supporting concepts from different areas of biology and is used to studied in BIOB170. Additional fee required. supplement material covered in the lecture BIOB291 F/S, variable course. Additional fee required. Special Topics BIOB110 S, 3 credits These courses are designed to meet particular Plant Science needs or are given on a trial basis to determine Prerequisite: NRSM101. This course provides an demand. understanding of basic plant science principles BIOB292 F/S, variable and environmental components that impact Independent Study plant growth and plant interaction with Student follows a course of study and works agriculture and humankind. Students develop with a faculty member to decide how the solutions to problems. student will meet defined course objectives. BIOB160 F/S, 3 credits Both student and instructor agree on what the Principles of Living Systems student will do (e.g., readings, research, and Core IV work projects), how the student’s work will be This course is an introduction to the structure, evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. function, and reproduction at the cellular level The student must interact with the faculty of organization. This will include the study of member on a regular and substantive basis to both plant and animal cells. This course is assure progress within the course or program. designed to be an introductory course for other BIOB294 F/S, variable biology courses. Seminar/Workshop BIOB161 F/S, 1 credit Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which Principles of Living Systems Lab a particular need has been identified Core IV ______A series of laboratory experiments and Biology: Human exercises illustrating and supporting concepts BIOH201 F, 3 credits studied in BIOB160. Additional fee required. Human Anatomy Physiology I BIOB170 S, 3 credits Core IV Principles of Biological Diversity Prerequisite: BIOB160 or consent of instructor Core IV Co-requisite: BIOH202 This course is designed to help students This class will be a study of human physiology understand and apply major concepts in and anatomy that is particularly suitable for organismal biology including the diversity, nurses, physical education majors, biology evolution, and ecology of organisms. The origin majors, and the allied health professions. This of life and the evolution of cells, classification semester will include cellular biology, the and evolution of organisms, major domains and skeletal system, the integumentary system, kingdoms of life, natural selection and muscular system, and the nervous system. evolution, species diversity, ecosystems
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BIOH202 F 1 credit BIOM251 F, 1 credit Human Anatomy Physiology I Lab Microbiology for Health Sciences Lab Core IV Core IV Co-requisite: BIOH201 Co-requisite: BIOM250 A series of laboratory experiments and Laboratory work to accompany BIOM250. This exercises illustrating and supporting concepts course includes microscopy, staining and studied in BIOH201. Additional fee required. culture techniques, metabolism, UV induced BIOH211 S, 3 credits mutations, differentiation of bacteria, and Human Anatomy Physiology II effectiveness of various antibiotics and Core IV disinfectants. Emphasis will be placed on safe Prerequisite: BIOH201 or consent of instructor practice in all aspects of microbiology Co-requisite: BIOH212 laboratory work. Additional fee required. This class will be a study of human physiology ______and anatomy that is particularly suitable for Business: Finance nurses, physical education majors, biology BFIN150 On demand, 3 credits majors, and the allied health professions. The Personal Finance second part of this two semester course This course will enable the student to study sequence will incorporate the nervous system, personal financial planning, money endocrine system, cardiovascular system, management, credit and tax planning, and digestive system, respiratory system, urinary major expenditures. system, and reproductive system. ______BIOH212 S, 1 credit Business: General Human Anatomy Physiology II Lab BGEN105 F, 3 credits Core IV Introduction to Business Co-requisite: BIOH211 This course covers the meaning and the A series of laboratory experiments and purpose of business in our society. The exercises illustrating and supporting concepts development of business, current trends, and studied in BIOH211. Additional fee required. an introduction to the following business areas: ______forms of business organization, business Biology: Micro planning and management, human resource BIOM250 F, 3 credits management, marketing, money and finance, Microbiology for Health Sciences and the social responsibilities of business. Core IV BGEN235 F, 3 credits Prerequisite: consent of instructor Business Law Co-requisite: BIOM251 This course examines the legal environment An introduction to microorganisms, faced by the members of the business emphasizing bacteria. Major topics include the community including employers, employees, history of microbiology; bacterial structure, property owners, retailers, consumers, lenders function, metabolism and genetics; viral and borrowers. After developing a basic outline structure and replication, sub viral particles, and of the legal system, the course focuses on the an introduction to fungi and protozoans. Also topics of contract law and commercial included are the role of microorganisms in transactions. ecology and human health, disease processes BGEN291 F/S, variable and the immune response. Special Topics Courses not required in any curriculum, for
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______which there is a particular need, or given on a organizational issues, the ability to work with trial basis to determine demand. people and how to deal with problems BGEN292 F/S, variable rationally. The course also deals with how to Independent Study develop a greater sensitivity toward behavioral Student follows a course of study and works patterns, distinct ways of thinking, feeling and with a faculty member to decide how the acting. student will meet defined course objectives. ______Both student and instructor agree on what the Business: Management Information student will do (e.g., readings, research, and Systems work projects), how the student’s work will be BMIS122 S, 1 credit evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. Internet as Value Added Marketing Tool The student must interact with the faculty Students will learn the basic principles of using member on a regular and substantive basis to the internet as a marketing tool. Topics will assure progress within the course or program. include researching options, developing a BGEN294 F/S, variable profitable strategy, implementation of that Workshop strategy, and evaluating the outcome. Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which ______a particular need has been identified. BGEN298 F/S, variable Business: Marketing Internship BMKT225 S, 3 credits ______Marketing Business: Management Prerequisite: BGEN105 This course is designed to acquaint the student BMGT210 S, 3 credits with the study of the marketing mix (product, Small Business Entrepreneurship price, promotion and distribution), consumer Prerequisite: BGEN105 behavior, and the implication of marketing This course acquaints the student with the decisions. A specific point of emphasis is basics of management through the study of the marketing in today’s electronic commerce and problems and procedures involved in social media environments. organizing, planning, directing, and controlling a ______small business. Writing a business plan is central to this course. Chemical Addiction Studies BMGT215 F, 3 credits CAS194/294 F/S, variable Human Resource Management Seminar/Workshop This course covers the major legislation These are concentrated class sessions on a topic affecting the management of people including for which a particular need has been identified. the topics of discrimination, sexual harassment, CAS210 F/Alt Yr, 4 credits employment at will, and the Americans with Individual Counseling Disabilities Act. The course also covers the This course examines the principles of effective topics of hiring and firing employees, discipline, helping and counseling individuals one at a evaluation processes, compensation, and time. Basic counseling and interviewing theories business ethics. are learned and concept competence BMGT237 S, 3 credits demonstrated through exams and writing Human Relations in Business assignments. These concepts provide the The study of the interaction of people in work philosophies and approaches to work with any and life situations is the focus of this course. client. The course will acquaint the student with
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CAS225 S/Alt Yr, 4 credits gambling and gaming disorders, and includes Group Counseling online addictions as described in DSM-5. This This course covers therapies in small groups. course is taught online. The major stages in group development, with CAS254 S, 2 credits their unique challenges for leaders, co-leaders Co-occuring Disorders and members, are learned. Students learn to In development. set goals and objectives, anticipate problems, CAS260 F/Alt Yr, 4 credits develop plans, and devise techniques to use in Addiction Assess/Documentation group. This course provides instruction and experience CAS231 F, 2 credits in assessment, treatment planning, and patient Pharmacology/Addictions progress/discharge documentation for Chemical This course examines medications that are Dependency students. Additional time is commonly prescribed for psychiatric disabilities; dedicated to examining the laws, principles, and descriptions of medication effects, interaction, practices of documentation. Students will learn and side effects. This course addresses the principles of Measurement and Assessment requirements of professional organizations. This and apply Assessment Instruments in course is taught online. simulations, learning how to administer, score, CAS233 F/Alt Yr, 3 credits interpret and use the acquired information to Chem Dependence & Addiction Theory make diagnoses, prepare treatment plans, and This course provides an overall introduction to decide how and where to place clients for their addiction counseling by examining the theories maximum benefit. This course is taught online. and empirical evidence behind chemical CAS265 S/Alt Yr, 2 credits addiction and dependence. This class will also Multicultural Competence and Ethics provide an introduction to the assessment and This course is designed to examine cultural and treatment of alcoholism and other chemical ethical constructs related to addictions dependencies, with emphasis on the application counseling. It examines culturally-based of specific clinical strategies to this specialized perspectives to counseling clients from non- problem area. This class is taught online. dominant cultures, including the approaches CAS234 S/Alt Yr, 3 credits counselors must take to meet culturally-based Family Counseling rules and expectations. Included is an This course is designed to help students exploration of all the related ethics for understand family dynamics from an addiction counseling competence in Chemical perspective. What is a dysfunctional family? Dependency Counselor behavior. This course is What sorts of problems does it contain? What taught online. are typical psycho-dynamic defenses and how CAS266 F/S Aft Yr, 1 credit do they manifest in the roles assumed in such a Ethics for CAS family? Focus will shift to the developmental This course explores the concept of ethics as process behind relationships: what are the applied to the Chemical Dependency counselor formative factors behind successful behaviors. relationships? How do we recognize and CAS270 F, 1 credit improve good relationships? Gambling/Gaming Disorder Assessment & CAS252 F, 2 credits Counseling I Gambling/Gaming Disorders in Substance This course sequence satisfies the Montana Abuse Counseling State 2016 requirement for all LAC licensees to This course provides 30 hours of training to complete 15 hours of training to assess, place, assess, place and treat individuals with and treat individuals with online gambling and gaming disorders, and includes online
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______periodic table, chemical bonding, molecular CHMY291 F/S, variable geometry, and gases. Special Topics/Experimental Course CHMY142 F, 1 credit Courses not required in any curriculum, for College Chemistry Laboratory I which there is a particular need, or given on a Core IV trial basis to determine demand. Co-requisite: CHMY141 CHMY292 F/S, variable Laboratory work to accompany CHMY141. This Independent Study course includes basic experiments which Student follows a course of study and works support the concepts covered in CHMY141. with a faculty member to decide how the Gathering and analysis of empirical data, along student will meet defined course objectives. with laboratory safety and technique, will be Both student and instructor agree on what the emphasized. Additional fee required. student will do (e.g., readings, research, and CHMY143 S, 4 credits work projects), how the student’s work will be College Chemistry II evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. Core IV The student must interact with the faculty Prerequisite: CHMY141/CHMY142 or consent member on a regular and substantive basis to of instructor assure progress within the course or program. Co-requisite: CHMY144 ______A continuation of CHMY141 including Coaching intermolecular forces, solutions, chemical COA192/292 F/S, variable kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acid/base Independent Study equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, Student follows a course of study and works nuclear chemistry, and miscellaneous with a faculty member to decide how the descriptive chemistry topics relevant to lab student will meet defined course objectives. work. Both student and instructor agree on what the CHMY144 S, 1 credit student will do (e.g., readings, research, and College Chemistry Laboratory II work products), how the student’s work will be Core IV evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. Co-requisite: CHMY143 The student must interact with the faculty Laboratory work to accompany CHMY143. This member on a regular and substantive basis to course includes basic experiments which assure progress within the course or program. support the concepts covered in CHMY143. COA194/294 F/S, variable Gathering and analysis of empirical data, along Workshop with laboratory safety and technique, will be This is concentrated class sessions on a topic for emphasized. Additional fee required. which a particular need has been identified. CHMY194/294 F/S, variable COA205 F, 3 credits Seminar/Workshop Introduction to Coaching These are concentrated class sessions on a topic This course is designed to prepare the student for which a particular need has been identified. to meet the challenges of modern-day CHMY290 F/S, variable coaching. The intention is to expose the student Undergraduate Research to a variety of coaching philosophies. This These courses are directed research or study on course will provide the student with coaching an individual basis. Requires the consent of the techniques to meet the needs of today’s instructor. athlete.
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COA210 F, 2 credits COMX292 F/S, variable Introduction to Sports Officiating Independent Study This is a survey of games and sports with special Student follows a course of study and works emphasis on rules and officiating. with a faculty member to decide how the COA291 F/S, variable student will meet defined course objectives. Special Topics Both student and instructor agree on what the Courses not required in any curriculum, for student will do (e.g., readings, research, and which there is a particular need, or given on a work projects), how the student’s work will be trial basis to determine demand. evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. ______The student must interact with the faculty Communications member on a regular and substantive basis to COMX111 F/S 3 credits assure progress within the course or program. Introduction to Public Speaking ______Core I Computer Applications Public Speaking is a foundational CAPP131 F/S, 3 credits communication and academic course. This Basic MS Office course emphasizes building skills to become a Core V (Required) more effective communicator in the classroom, Prerequisite: Consent of instructor in the workplace, and within the community, This course provides an overview of the including the responsible use of information Microsoft Office Suite of applications including through research, organizational preparation, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Students ability to critique information, and speech will also learn to use the Internet/World Wide delivery. Students are expected to participate in Web as a business tool. daily class discussions and activities focused on CAPP154 S, 3 credits the craft of public speaking. MS Word COMX115 F/S, 3 credits Prerequisite: CAPP131 or equivalent Intro Interpersonal Communications Word processing software has a wide variety of This course attempts to develop an awareness applications, and this course continues to of, and insight into, the choices made by provide instruction in these applications using participants in face-to-face, non-public, human MS Word. Topics covered include merge, communication. Experiential exercises sorting, macros, creating forms, working with encourage the student to apply this tables, creating charts, working with styles and understanding, and to use it in interpreting creating outlines, master documents, sub- his/her own and other people’s attempts at documents, and shared documents. Students communication. completing this course may qualify for COMX194/294 F/S, variable Microsoft Certification. Seminar/Workshop CAPP156 S, 3 credits Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which MS Excel a particular need has been identified. Prerequisite: CAPP131 or consent of instructor COMX291 F/S, variable This course introduces the use of Excel for the Special Topics organization, display, and analysis of numerical Courses not required in any curriculum, for data. Topics include creating, editing and which there is a particular need, or given on a formatting worksheets, charting, lists, trial basis to determine demand. integration, macros, and multiple worksheets.
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CAPP158 S, 3 credits semesters. The course introduces the MS Access fundamental concepts of programming from an Prerequisite: CAPP131 object oriented perspective. Topics include This course introduces the use of a database for simple data types, control structures, the organization. Students will learn to use to inheritance, class hierarchies, polymorphism, use Microsoft Access to complete a series of and abstract and interface classes as well as projects serve to illustrate how data is handled debugging techniques and the social in the business world, by creating relational implications of computing. tables, multi-table queries, forms, and reports. CSCI112 S, 3 credits ______Programming with C I Computer Science/Programming Prerequisite: prior programming experience CSCI103 F, 3 credits This course emphasizes top-down design, Breadth-First Programming modularity, efficiency, and robustness. Students This is the first class for Web Development will understand programming essentials such as majors. In this class, students will be introduced I/O, assignments, decisions, recursion, iteration, to computer programming at the lowest level. scalar types, arrays, and structures. Students Students will learn how the CPU interacts with use the C programming language, and are RAM to process data through several introduced to Java and object-oriented programming activities and assignments. Topics concepts. Note: this course should be taken include numbering systems (binary, decimal, before CSCI110. and hexadecimal), machine code, MS Debug, CSCI210 S, 3 credits 16-bit assembly, and 32 bit assembly. Web Programming CSCI100 F, 4 credits This course is about the creation of Web sites. Introduction to Programming Students learn HTML, JavaScript, and the This is an introductory course in computer manipulation of HTML using JavaScript and science that focuses on the architecture of cascading style sheets. current microcomputers, the role of the CSCI290 F/S, variable operating system, simple data types, data Individual Problems structures, functions, pointers, and modular These courses are directed research or study on programming. Students will study these topics an individual basis. Requires the consent of the by creating simple programs in a common instructor. programming language. Students will also be CSCI291 F/S, variable introduced to object-oriented programming. Special Topics CSCI110 On demand, 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Programming with Visual Basic I which there is a particular need, or given on a Prerequisite: CAPP138 trial basis to determine demand. This course is an introduction to Microsoft CSCI294 F/S, variable Visual Basic Net. Students will create object- Workshop oriented applications using forms, text boxes, Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which labels, buttons, radio buttons, and check boxes. a particular need has been identified. Prior programming experience is necessary. ______CSCI111 F, 3 credits Construction Trades Programming with Java I CSTN100 F, 3 credits This course represents the first semester of an Fundamentals of Construction Tech objects-first introductory track that covers the A survey of construction techniques from basic fundamental programming concepts in two
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______carpentry to plumbing and electrical wiring. hazardous conditions, and the use of personal Additional fee required. protective equipment. CSTN215 F/S, 2 credits CORR102 F, 3 credits Woodworking I Introduction to Corrosion This course involves selection, care, and use of Introduces the fundamentals of corrosion woodworking tools; principles of joinery and including causes of common corrosion simple woodworking exercises, along with the problems, environments in which corrosion care and use of woodworking machines. occurs, methods for controlling corrosion, Additional fee required. corrosion testing and monitoring, and the type CSTN216 F/S, 2 credits of work performed by a corrosion technician. Woodworking II CORR103 F 3 credits Continuation of CSTN215 involving more DC Circuits advanced woodworking exercises. Additional Introduces the terms, concepts, and theories of fee required. basic electricity specific to DC (Direct Current). CSTN294 F/S, variable Focuses on the fundamentals of direct current, Workshop electrical safety, application of electrical laws, These are concentrated class sessions on a topic methods for basic circuit analysis, functions of for which a particular need has been identified. devices using DC current, and the use of CSTN291 F/S, variable measuring devices. Special Topics CORR104 F, 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Coatings and Linings which there is a particular need, or given on a This course will address the science, types, trial basis to determine demand. application, use and management of industrial CSTN292 F/S, variable coatings and linings in combating corrosion. Independent Study Emphasis is on coating selection, surface Student follows a course of study and works preparation, corrosion protection and with a faculty member to decide how the containment of pipelines. student will meet defined course objectives. CORR105 S, 4 credits Both student and instructor agree on what the Electricity and Electrical Reactions student will do (e.g., readings, research, and This course introduces the terms and concepts work projects), how the student’s work will be of basic electricity specific to AC (Alternating evaluated, and the time-frame for completion. Current). Focus is on AC reactive components, The student must interact with the faculty AC power, AC generators, voltage regulators, AC member on a regular and substantive basis to motors, transformers, test instruments and assure progress within the course or program. measuring devices, and electrical distribution ______systems. Corrosion Technology CORR106 S, 4 credits CORR101 F, 1 credit Cathodic Protection Safety Provides a comprehensive study of corrosion Provides safety orientation including the role of control, testing techniques and criteria, OSHA in job-site safety, OSHA policies, coatings, survey methods, data analysis and procedures and standards, construction safety regulatory compliance for pipelines and and health (29 CFR 1926), safety protocols, safe underground storage tanks utilizing impressed use of hand and power tools, and locating and galvanic cathodic protection systems. equipment, recognition and correction of
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CORR107 S, 4 credits CORR214 S, 3 credits Corrosion Technology Atmospheric Corrosion Utilizes a case study approach for analyzing Explores problems of atmospheric corrosion corrosion failures. Explores the basics of with emphasis on corrective measures. corrosion, cost of corrosion, forms of corrosion, CORR215 S, 4 credits types of industries, materials of construction Field Surveys (MUS), techniques for assessing the extend of Emphasizes field techniques for carrying out corrosion, diagnostic analysis procedures, and integrity assessments. Emphasizes industry remedial actions. CORR208 F, 3 credits codes, standards and regulations, use of Rectifiers appropriate equipment, and documentation of Students will develop knowledge and skills for data used for evaluating and monitoring maintaining, operating, identifying and pipeline corrosion. diagnosing rectifier malfunctions, and repairing CORR216 S, 4 credits rectifiers and rectifier components. Capstone Project CORR209 F, 3 credits Prepares students to carry out investigative Internal Corrosion Control projects and/or corrosion technician work. Applies corrosion theory to internal corrosion Emphasizes application of corrosion technology found in oil and gas wells, pipelines, refineries, concepts, principles, and skills as well as and industrial installations. Explores the responsible work habits, attitudes and skills. fundamentals of implementing, monitoring, and CORR298 F, 3 credits maintaining an internal corrosion control Internship program. Includes forms of nondestructive Prerequisite: CORR101, CORR105, CAPP131, testing, internal corrosion monitoring M111, CORR102. techniques, mitigation strategies, and chemical ______corrosion control treatment methods. Creative Writing CORR210 F, 3 credits CRWR240 S, 3 Credits Diagrams, Schematics, and Maps Intro to Creative Writing Develops skills in reading, interpreting, and Core II, Category I using maps, diagrams, and schematics. Prerequisite: WRIT101 or consent of instructor CORR211 F, 3 credits This course enables students to explore their Troubleshooting and Problem Solving Explores own capacities as creative writers through the troubleshooting and problem-solving critical analysis of both the students’ own process. Utilizes the process in the investigation writings and the writings of others combined with readings and discussions of the processes of internal corrosion of pipelines. of creative writing. Students’ writings are CORR213 S, 3 credits appraised by the tutorial method and group Metallurgy and Corrosion critique. Explores the basic principles and scientific ______theory associated with metallurgy with an Criminal Justice emphasis on the practical aspects of metallurgy, CJUS121 F, 3 credits metallurgical processes used to attain desirable Introduction to Criminal Justice material properties, and measurement of those Core III properties. This course provides an overview of the complete criminal justice system, including the
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______establishment of criminal laws, law and the community. Those elements that enforcement, courts, prosecution, defense, influence how the community and the criminal corrections, and juvenile justice. Relevant justice system interact will be explored and amendments to the U.S. Constitution and court issues affecting all entities will be examined decisions are reviewed, along with landmark along with factors which help develop mutual cases influencing the criminal justice system. understanding and support between the justice CJUS194/294 F/S, variable system and the community. Workshop CJUS220 F 3 credits This is a concentrated class session on a topic Introduction to Corrections for which a particular need has been This course covers an examination of the history determined. and theory of corrections processes, plus CJUS200 F 3 credits current correctional practices in the Principles of Criminal Law administration of justice, parole, probation, Criminal Law is the study of the development of prisons and other correctional institutions. Laws criminal liability. This class covers limitations of governing the sentencing process, parole and liability, the basic requirements of an act and probation, and the conditional rights of intent, inchoate offenses, crimes against prisoners are examined. Impact of case persons, crimes against property, and crimes decisions on the administration of institutions against public order. Defenses to certain will be discussed. criminal acts will also be covered. CJUS230 F 3 credits CJUS208 S 3 credits Police Organization CJ Ethics and Leadership This course focuses on the principles of Ethical leadership within criminal justice organization and management as applied to law agencies is critical to the efficient and effective enforcement agencies. An analysis of the major social control of our society. This course will problems of police administration is included, address the subject of ethics and leadership and along with coverage of personnel issues, legal how these topics are integrated and liability, budgeting, organizing the police interrelated for all criminal justice personnel. function, and personnel evaluation. Current This class will help the student develop issues facing law enforcement departments will leadership capabilities and problem solving also be addressed. skills as well as understand the importance of CJUS231 S 3 credits making ethical decisions and the consequences Criminal Evidence and Procedure of unethical choices. Criminal Evidence and Procedure covers the CJUS215 S 3 credits general rules of evidence, as well as the types of CJ Community Relations evidence, admissibility of evidence, and use of The various components of the criminal justice evidence. Emphasis will be placed on the system, namely the police, the courts, and concepts of Probable Cause–necessary for corrections, are interrelated and arrests, searches and seizures–and Reasonable interdependent. All criminal justice Suspicion–necessary for stops and frisks. practitioners face the challenge of developing CJUS234 F/S 3 credits and maintaining meaningful relationships with Introduction to Victimology in Criminal Justice each other, and with the citizens they serve in This course introduces the student to the role an effort to control crime. While focusing the crime victim plays in the criminal justice primarily on law enforcement, this course will system. The traditional response that a crime examine the relationship and attitudes among victim receives from the system will be studied all components of the criminal justice system and the psychological, emotional and financial
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______impact these responses have on victimization patrol as the basic operation of the police will be studied. function. CJUS236 F/S 3 credits CJLE106 F 2 credits Intro to Research Methods in Criminal Justice Basic Police Firearms Training I This course introduces students to research Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal methods for criminal justice, with an emphasis justice, or corrections officer majors or consent on the scientific method and the role of of instructor. empirical inquiry into criminal justice and This course covers familiarization with the criminology. This course will include the study handgun, state laws, and court decisions of methodologies of data collection and regarding the use of force and firearms safety. analysis, the logic of research, the role of Lab work will consist of practical applications on theory, measurement, sampling and research a firearms range with participation in various design, professional norms and ethical research. firearms qualification courses. Students will use CJUS271 F/S 3 credits the college’s weapons and ammunition. Intro to Judicial Function Additional fee required. This course examines the criminal process with CJLE108 S 3 credits an analysis of the major judicial decision- Traffic Accident Investigation makers, i.e., prosecutors, defense attorneys, Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal judges, and the discretionary aspects of justice, or corrections officer majors or consent adjudication. of instructor. CJUS290 F/S variable This course presents a background of traffic Undergraduate Research accident investigation including, but not limited These courses are directed research or study on to, causes, conditions of road, vehicles and an individual basis. Requires the consent of the people, determination of speed, prosecution of instructor. violators. The course also includes instruction in CJUS291 F/S variable Montana traffic law. Special Topics CJLE109 F 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Police Report Writing which there is a particular need, or given on a Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal trial basis to determine demand. justice, or corrections officer majors or consent CJUS294 F/S variable of instructor. Seminar/Workshop This course is a practical approach to the writing Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which of police reports, field notes, documentation of a particular need has been identified. investigations and applications of various ______reports used by law enforcement. An emphasis Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement will be placed on proper writing and spelling. CJLE105 F 3 credits CJLE110 S 1 credit Police Patrol Procedures Interviewing and Interrogation Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal justice, or corrections officer majors or consent justice, or corrections officer major or consent of instructor. of instructor. This course will address the responsibilities, This is a course that will enable the student to powers and duties of the uniformed officer. conduct interviews and interrogations with Topics will include patrol procedures, field confidence. Successful interviews and interrogation, the mechanics of arrest, and interrogations require confidence combined with the skills obtained only through training,
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CJLE125 .5 credit CJLE200 F 5 credits Electronic Control Device Tactics Reserve Officer Training Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal justice, or corrections officer majors or consent justice, or corrections officer major or consent of instructor. of instructor. The objective of this training course is to This course will provide the student with the instruct the student in the safe use of the state mandated training as a reserve officer. TASER©. This instruction shall include, but not This will allow individuals to function as a be limited to, TASER© use and safety, and reserve officer representative of a law practical scenarios will be used to assist the enforcement agency performing general law student in gaining TASER© proficiency. enforcement duties. Additional fees required Additional fee required. for the First Aid and CPR and Firearms CJLE127 .5 credit components of the course. Additional fee Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Training required. Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal CJLE206 S 2 credits justice, or corrections officer majors or consent Advanced Police Firearms Training of instructor. Prerequisites: Law enforcement, criminal The objective of this training course is to justice, or corrections officer majors; instruct the student in the safe use of Oleoresin successful completion CJLE106 or CJLE200 and Capsicum (pepper spray). This instruction shall consent of instructor. include but not be limited to use and This course will expand upon the principles and decontamination. The course will stress safety skills acquired in the beginning Police Firearms and practical scenarios will be used to assist the course. Students will learn a variety of combat student in gaining proficiency in the use of OC. techniques and will be required to participate in CJLE194/294 F/S variable multiple firearms qualification courses and Workshop scenarios. Officer survival techniques and Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal handgun retention will be integrated into this justice, or corrections officer major or consent course. The course will stress safety, and of instructor. practical range exercises will be used to assist These are concentrated class sessions on a topic the student in gaining advanced proficiency for which a particular need has been identified. with firearms. Students will use the college’s CJLE195 F/S 1 credit weapons and ammunition. Additional fee Police Field Work required. Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal CJLE209 S 3 credits justice, or corrections officer major or consent Criminal Investigation of instructor. Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal This course offers experience with a law justice, or corrections officer major or consent enforcement agency while regularly enrolled as of instructor. a full-time student in the law enforcement This course will cover the fundamental curriculum. It is offered every semester in principles and concepts of investigation. It will cooperation with local agencies. Students are include a study of the methods of investigation required to attend classroom sessions to discuss and techniques used at the crime scene, along their experiences with other field work with collection and preservation of evidence. students.
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CJLE212 S 2 credits along with the impact that terrorism and Defensive Tactics PPCT Homeland Security has had on the overall Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal private security function. justice, or corrections officer majors or consent CJLE245 S 3 credits of instructor. Security Systems The PPCT Pressure Point Control Tactics course Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal is a subject control system based on tactical, justice, or corrections officer major or consent legal and medical research. The PPCT System of instructor. teaches a simple use of force continuum which This course provides a general overview of basic clarifies the appropriate force level for every security equipment and systems. An analysis is level of resistance. The course focuses on two provided of various security hardware and primary areas: controlling low-level resistance technology including locks, lights, storage, and with fingertip touch pressure to nerve pressure electronic alarm devices and alarm systems. The points and controlling high-level resistance with practical application and uses of the various defensive counter strikes and the baton, which basic security equipment and systems will be produce motor dysfunctions and controlled addressed. stuns. CJLE292 F/S variable CJLE225 F 3 credits Independent Study Introduction to Security and Loss Prevention Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal This course covers the concepts of security and justice, or corrections officer major or consent loss prevention, including the historical and of instructor. legal basis for private security and its role in Student follows a course of study and works modern society. General areas covered include with a faculty member to decide how the contract and proprietary security and asset student will meet defined course objectives. protection. Specific topics addressed will Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., include perimeter protection, access control, readings, research, and work projects), how the retail security, terrorism, Homeland Security, student’s work will be evaluated, and the time risk analysis, workplace violence, crime, frame for completion. The student must pilferage, cargo security, computer security, etc. interact with the faculty member on a regular CJLE230 F 2 credits and substantive basis to assure progress within Retail Security the course or program. This course focuses on the operation of security CJLE294 F/S variable departments including functions of mercantile Seminar/Workshop establishments, employee theft, shoplifting, Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal and other special crimes affecting retail justice, or corrections officer major or consent merchants. of instructor. CJLE240 S 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Security Administration which there is a particular need, or given on a The organization and management of security trial basis to determine demand. programs in business, industry, and government CJLE298 F/S variable is the primary focus of this course. Principles of Cooperative Education/Internship personnel management, legal liability, Prerequisite: Law enforcement, criminal budgeting, evaluation, and organizing the justice, or corrections officer major or consent security function are among the specific topics of instructor. addressed. Current issues facing security and A maximum of 10 total credits may be earned loss prevention organizations are addressed for work experience with approved agencies.
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Students must be enrolled in the Criminal DDSN114 S 3 credits Justice Law Enforcement program and be Introduction to CAD actively working toward a degree. Students Prerequisite: A basic drafting course or consent work under the supervision of an instructor of instructor. who will determine the number of credits to be This course is designed to provide the learner earned based on the number of working hours with an understanding of two-dimensional and work responsibility. The work experience computer-aided drafting. The instruction will program is directed by the college and the include the use of a computer-aided drafting student’s work is controlled by the supervising system. Prior knowledge of computer systems is instructor. Students may be required to attend required. an internship seminar for the purpose of DDSN194/294 F/S variable coordinating and discussing the internship Seminar/Workshop experience. In general, 45 hours of internship Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which work, including the seminar, is equivalent to a particular need has been identified. one credit. DDSN291 F/S variable ______Special Topics Culinary Arts Courses not required in any curriculum, for CULA102 F/S 3 credits which there is a particular need, or given on a Intro to Culinary Arts trial basis to determine demand. This course will introduce students to an DDSN292 F/S variable overview of the variety of skills and crafts Independent Study included in the culinary arts. Classes will expose Student follows a course of study and works students to kitchen sanitation principles, with a faculty member to decide how the vocabulary, and usage of culinary tools, student will meet defined course objectives. cooking, baking, preservation techniques and Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., current food trends. Additional fee required. readings, research, and work projects), how the ______student’s work will be evaluated, and the time frame for completion. The student must Dance interact with the faculty member on a regular DANC154 F/S 1 credit and substantive basis to assure progress within Ballroom/Country Dance the course or program. Instruction in various dance steps. ______Early Childhood Education Drafting Design EDEC105 F 1 credit DDSN113 S 3 credits Observation and Assessment Technical Drafting This course will explore the relationship This course provides an introduction to the between observation and assessment for young basics of drafting. Topics covered in this course children. It will examine the benefits, include an identification of drafting equipment limitations, and uses of assessment and and its use, lettering fundamentals, line-work different assessment instruments, programs, used on engineering drawings, geometric and strategies. constructions, theories of multi-view EDEC108 F 2 credits projections, sketching techniques, principles of Introduction to Early Childhood Education orthographic projection using two- and three- This course is an introductory course to early view drawings, basic dimensioning techniques, childhood education and the childcare basic isometric drawings, and a brief coverage profession including childcare programs and of sectional views.
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EDEC249 F/S 4 credit EDEC275 S 4 credits Infant/Toddler Development and Group Care Integrated Curriculum and Environments II This is a program for infant/toddler caregivers, (integrated lab) which focuses on meeting the needs of infants Focus will be on developmentally appropriate and toddlers. Students will be learning from the activities, curriculum content and methods. following modules: social-emotional growth and Emphasis is placed on intentional teaching and socialization, group care, learning and creating relevant and meaningful curriculum development, and culture, family and providers. content. In addition, students will explore Use for CDA Credential. Student must be teaching models such as, the Project Approach, observed by an ECE trainer. (Total course cost: experiential learning and inquiry learning and $125.00) then constructing learning environments in a EDEC265 S 2 credits lab setting. The student will complete 45 hours Leadership and Professionalism in Early of supervised lab with a coach at a licensed/ Childhood Ed registered early childhood facility or Head Start. Prerequisite: first eight Early Childhood The student will apply and practice knowledge Education classes. This is considered the AAS of relevant and meaningful curriculum and Capstone course. This course will focus on the environments for young children. Lab fee. early childhood profession including awareness EDEC291 F/S variable of value and ethical and legal issues, staff Special Topics in EC relations, NAEYC and advocating for the Courses not required in any curriculum, for profession, and improving the quality of which there is a particular need, or given on a services for children and their families. Students trial basis to determine demand. will also complete their professional portfolio, EDEC292 F/S variable parent handbook, plan a community event, Independent Study attend a NAEYC or MTCCA Committee meeting, Student follows a course of study and works and resume. with a faculty member to decide how the EDEC273 F 4 credits student will meet defined course objectives. Curriculum and Environments I (integrated lab) Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., This course focuses on developmentally readings, research, and work projects), how the appropriate practices, environments and student’s work will be evaluated, and the time curriculum content in language, literacy, frame for completion. The student must science, math, social studies, visual arts, health, interact with the faculty member on a regular well-being and physical development and and substantive basis to assure progress within fitness. Additionally, students will explore the the course or program. Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) ______environment and its effect on the children. Economics Emphasis is placed on environmental design, ECNS201 F 3 credits floor plans, lesson plans, scheduling, transitions, Principles of Microeconomics bulletin boards, centers, projects, etc. At the lab Core III setting the student will apply and practice The micro approach to economics provides a knowledge from the class and establish DAP view of the internal workings of an economy in and environment. The student will complete 45 terms of the market structure, pricing and hours of supervised lab with a coach at a production decisions, resource allocation, and licensed/registered early childhood facility or income distribution. This course and ECNS202 Head Start. Lab fee. may be taken in any order.
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ECNS202 S 3 credits EDU202 F/S 2 credits Principles of Macroeconomics Early Field Experience Core III Prerequisite: EDU200 with a grade of C or The macro approach to economics provides a better broad view of the entire economy in terms of This course provides an opportunity for a various economic systems and markets, the role student who is pursuing the field of education of government, and the interaction of the public to experience teaching/learning situations. and private sector. This course and ECNS201 Students complete field experience through may be taken in any order. observation, aide work, individual tutoring and ECNS294 F/S variable analysis of the teaching-learning experience in Workshop an elementary or secondary classroom. The These are concentrated class sessions on topics student completes 45 hours of supervised for which a particular need has been volunteer field experience in a school setting determined. and attends a one hour weekly seminar on ECNS291 F/S variable campus. Special Topics EDU211 S 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Multicultural Education which there is a particular need, or given on a Core VI trial basis to determine demand. This course provides the opportunity for ECNS292 F/S variable students to investigate philosophy and research Independent Study regarding best teaching practices with regard to Student follows a course of study and works culture, diversity, history, teaching strategies, with a faculty member to decide how the and curricula in order to prepare teachers for student will meet defined course objectives. dealing with and affirming the diversity of Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., American’s increasingly pluralistic classroom. readings, research, and work projects), how the Students will question their own beliefs student’s work will be evaluated, and the time regarding diversity, bias, stereotypes, as well as frame for completion. The student must their own cultural competency and how their interact with the faculty member on a regular views shape instruction. and substantive basis to assure progress within EDU231 F 3 credits the course or program. Literature and Literacy for Children ______Core VI Education This course is a survey of literature for EDU200 F/S 3 credits preschool through middle school children. It Introduction to Education covers the historical background, genres, This course introduces the student to teaching literary characteristics, and evaluative criteria as a profession. It includes the historical, for selection of quality books for children. philosophical, social, and psychological Instructional materials and activities to foundations of education. Emphasis is placed on integrate children’s literature into the the American public school with its breadth of classroom will be demonstrated. Extensive social diversity and technological reading and responding to quality children’s advancements. Discussion includes the purpose literature will be required. of education, trends and issues in education EDU270 S 3 credits today and personal attributes required to be a Instructional Technology (equivalent to teacher in today’s multicultural and changing EDU370) world. Prerequisite: CAPP131 or consent of instructor
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This course is intended as an introductory which the human services professional can computer and multimedia course for students assist them to live a full life are reviewed and who want to become teachers, as well as for discussed. those already teaching who wish to increase ______their technology and multimedia skills in the Emergency Care Provider classroom. Students will finish the course with a ECP100 F/S 1 credit solid understanding of educational technology, First Aid and CPR including how to use computers and This is the Red Cross course in emergency communications networks, integrating treatment and care of injuries. Certificates will multimedia and educational software be earned. Additional fee required. applications, how to access and evaluate ______information on the World Wide Web, security Engineering: General and ethical issues, and how to integrate EGEN101 S 3 credits computers and educational technology into Introduction to Engineering Calculations and classroom curriculum. Problem Solving EDU291 F/S variable An introduction to engineering calculations and Special Topics problem solving using the computer. Students Courses not required in any curriculum, for are taught how to solve and present which there is a particular need, or given on a engineering problems using computer trial basis to determine demand. applications such as spreadsheets, graphic EDU292 F/S variable programs, and database programs. In addition, Independent Study an introduction to engineering design is Student follows a course of study and works presented and a small design project with a faculty member to decide how the completed. Co-requisite: M121 or M141 or student will meet defined course objectives. instructor permission. Additional fee required. Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., EGEN105 F 1 credit readings, research, and work projects), how the Intro to General Engineering student’s work will be evaluated, and the time A survey of engineering disciplines, as well as frame for completion. The student must skills and learning strategies needed to be interact with the faculty member on a regular successful in an engineering curriculum. and substantive basis to assure progress within EGEN194/294 F/S variable the course or program. Workshop EDU294 F/S variable Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which Workshop a particular need has been identified. These are concentrated class sessions on a topic EGEN201 F 3 credits for which a particular need has been identified. Engineering Mechanics-Statics ______Prerequisite: PH227 Education: Special (Special This course will develop basic engineering Education) concepts used in analyzing rigid bodies, such as EDSP204 S 3 credits vectors, moments, couples, center of gravity, Intro to Teaching Exceptional Learners and center of pressure of stationary bodies. This course provides students with an EGEN202 S 3 credits introduction to the study of persons who are Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics handicapped by blindness, mental retardation, Prerequisite: PH227 and EG231 learning disabilities or other crippling This course will develop basic engineering conditions. The problems and methods by concepts of moving bodies, including
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______and map construction. An introduction to GPS wide range of applications. Circuit components surveying. and their function will be covered along with ET131 S 3 credits the interconnection of electronic components. Surveying II Study will include power supply switches, Prerequisite: ET130. relays, regulators, wiring, capacitors, resistors, This class introduces students to the history, and indicators. A major focus of the course will and principles of public land survey system, be on circuit logic, troubleshooting, and repair. legal descriptions, easements, and ET280 F/S variable conveyances. Students will learn the Special Topics fundamentals of legal boundary location and Courses not required in any curriculum, for the identification of property corners and their which there is a particular need, or given on a monumentation. Students will be working both trial basis to determine demand. in the classroom and numerous locations ET290 F/S variable around the county. Individual Problems ET189/289 F/S variable These courses are directed research or study on Workshop an individual basis. Requires the consent of the Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which instructor. a particular need has been identified. ______ET197/297/198/298 On demand variable Environmental Sciences Engineering Technology Internship/Seminar ENSC105 S 3 credits Prerequisite: Completion of 20 credits towards Environmental Science an A.A.S. in engineering technology or consent Core IV of instructor. This course is a study of the environment, its Students enrolled in the engineering technology components, and how human activity relates to program can earn up to ten credits for work the environment. This course will provide experience with approved agencies. Students students the knowledge to make a positive work under the supervision of an instructor impact through skills in critical thinking, who will determine the number of credits to be knowledge of the scientific basis of earned based on the number of working hours environmental issues, and the impacts of and work responsibility. Students may be politics and economics on environmental issues. required to attend an internship seminar for the Students will be encouraged to develop habits purpose of coordinating and discussing the of sustainable living in the modern world, and internship experience. In general, 45 hours of to become actively involved. A special effort will internship work, including the seminar, is be made to show how natural resources may be equivalent to one credit hour. conserved. Included in the course are studies of ET200 F 3 credits energy, human populations, pollution, soils, Project Management water, range-land, forests, wildlife, air, wastes, How to read and prepare contract documents, and general ecological principles. estimating, managing financial and human ______resources, and preparing legal and regulatory Equine Horsemanship documents. EQUH110 F 3 credits ET210 S 3 credits Western Equitation Electronics This course involves gentling and starting a Prerequisite: ET110 green horse, 2-3 years of age, halter breaking, This course is designed to provide the student leading at walk, trotting and backing, handling with a basic understanding of electronics in a of feet and legs, feeding, reproduction, and
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GPHY180 F 3 credits GEO111 3 credits Introduction to GIS Dinosaurs The student is introduced to the various Core IV software packages used in GIS. Applications of This course provides an introduction to these packages include natural resources, dinosaur paleontology. Students will learn how marketing, and government. hypotheses about extinct animals are GPHY194/294 F/S variable formulated and tested, with comparisons to Workshop modern sedimentary environments and living These are concentrated class sessions on a topic animals. Recitation sections allow discussion of for which a particular need has been identified. current research and hands-on experience with GPHY291 F/S variable sedimentary rocks and fossils. Special Topics GEO125 Sum 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Intro to Dinosaur Paleontology which there is a particular need, or given on a Core IV trial basis to determine demand. Co-requisite: GEO126 GPHY292 F/S variable This class provides an introduction to dinosaur Independent Study paleontology with an emphasis on field work. Student follows a course of study and works Students will perform real world dinosaur with a faculty member to decide how the paleontology and look at fossil evidence for one student will meet defined course objectives. of the most dramatic events in Earth history: Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., the extinction event at the end of the time of readings, research, and work projects), how the the dinosaurs. Students will gain an student’s work will be evaluated, and the time understanding of regional geology, fossil frame for completion. The student must animals, plants and sedimentary environments interact with the faculty member on a regular of eastern Montana. This class will consist of and substantive basis to assure progress within both a classroom and field component. the course or program. Students will be involved in field excavation, ______fossil preparation and analysis, and the basics of Geoscience: Geology field geology including stratigraphy and GEO101 S 3 credits mapping. Extensive hiking and outdoor physical Introduction to Physical Geology challenges require that students be physically Core IV fit. Co-requisite: GEO102 GEO126 Sum 1 credit This is an introductory course in Physical Intro to Dinosaur Paleontology– Core IV Geology. The course will cover Plate tectonics, Co-requisite: GEO125 geologic structures, earthquakes, geologic Lab component to accompany lecture. history, the rock cycle, basic mineralogy, and GEO194/294 geographic land-forms. Workshop F/S variable GEO102 S 1 credit Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which Introduction to Physical Geology Laboratory a particular need has been identified. Core IV GEO211 On demand 3 credits Co-requisite: GEO101 Earth History and Evolution The lab component of the course will be used to Co-requisite: GEO212 emphasize and demonstrate principles and This is a general course in Geology that concepts developed during the lecture. emphasizes the historical time-line of the geologic events in earth’s history, and the
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HSTA250 S 3 credits religious sects, and developments in Plains Indian History technology, learning, and trade transformed the Core VI medieval world. This course is a study of the Plains Indians from HSTR102 S 3 credits their earliest beginnings to the present. It Western Civilization II details the rise and development of Plains Core III Indian societies, nomadic and village dwellers; This course is an introductory survey of the the contact and conflict with Euro-Americans; development of European societies in their the challenges faced by the Plains Indians to global context since the 1648. It presents their traditional way of life during the early persons, events, ideas and institutions that have reservation years; and the struggle by the Plains shaped the “Western World” from the 17th Indians to retain tribal sovereignty, politics and through the 20th centuries. In studying the culture. interrelated histories of southern, eastern, HSTA255 S 3 credits northern, and Western Europe, students learn Montana History the foundations of modern western identities An introductory and interpretive history from that developed within and in juxtaposition to a Lewis and Clark to present. The course world increasingly globalized via trade, religion, emphasizes the activities of economic and colonization, war, and social movements. political groups in a study of the land and HSTR140 F/S 3 credits people of Montana. Modern Asia HSTA291 F/S variable Core VI Special Topics This course introduces Modern East Asian This variable title course deals with broad history through the voices of those who made historical topics that transcend and telescope it. As a broad survey of Asian history from 1600 traditional analytical, chronological, and to the present, it examines the major geographical boundaries. Content will vary with developments, institutions, and forces that the instructors teaching the course. shaped the identity of multiple Asian cultures. It HSTA292 F/S variable explores topics including empire-building, Individual Problems economic expansion, nationalism, popular Directed research or study on an individual culture, and gender. basis. Requires instructor consent. HSTR160 S 3 credits ______Modern World History History: Western and World Core VI HSTR101 F 3 credits This survey of world history since 1900 Western Civilization I examines major historical events around the Core III globe and explores general themes such as This is an introductory survey of the origins and tradition and modernity, war and peace, characteristics of “western” cultures and political revolutions and socioeconomic change, societies, meaning those from the the role of values and culture in historical Mediterranean and spreading up to the Baltic development, and the complex relationship Sea, to 1648. After a short introduction to the between the individual and society. bronze and early iron ages, the course HSTR194/294 F/S variable emphasizes the classical era when Greek and Workshop Roman cultures fanned out through the regions, These are concentrated class sessions on a topic through the Middle Ages, and finishes with the for which a particular need has been identified. Early Modern period when new states, new
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HSTR250 F/S 3 credits Human Services The Irish HS194/294 F/S variable This course is a comprehensive overview of Irish Workshop history from prehistoric period through the These are concentrated class sessions on a topic th 20 century. It examines the coming of for which a particular need has been identified. Christianity (and writing), the invasions of Formerly HS189/289. MUS Update Spring 2012 Vikings and Anglo-Normans, the final HS200 S 3 credits subjugation of Ireland in the early 17th century Motivational Interviewing and domination of native Ireland by Britain, the The art of interviewing is explored using Miller Great Famine and its consequences, Home Rule, and Rollnick’s motivational interviewing. partition and “the Troubles.” Communicating to raise motivational levels for HSTR272 F/S 3 credits change are examined. Terrorism: Violence in the Modern World HS291 F/S variable Core VI Special Topics This course examines the rise and spread of Courses not required in any curriculum, for terrorism in the modern world, from the French which there is a particular need, or given on a Revolution to the present. It encompasses an trial basis to determine demand. Formerly examination of the origins and root causes of HS280 terrorism and the impact of terrorism on HS290 F/S variable organized societies. Individual Problems HSTR282 F/S 3 credits These courses are directed research or study on Darwinian Revolution an individual basis. Requires the consent of the This course will focus on the conceptual instructor. developments leading to the establishment of ______the major unifying paradigm of biological Interdisciplinary Studies science, the theory of evolution by natural ID101 F/S 2 credits selection. College Learning and Survival Skills (C.L.A.S.S) HSTR286 F 3 credits This course is designed for students to identify World Religions and Society their learning style – how they learn – and to Core VI develop their existing reading skills. It will This course offers an investigation of world emphasize college course study and college religions in their social, political, and cultural survival skills such as note taking, effective contexts. The course offers a comparative listening, test taking, and healthy living. perspective on Western and non-Western ID121/122/ID123/124 F/S variable religious beliefs and practices. Self Esteem Group HSTR291 F/S variable Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special Topics A self-improvement experience meant to Courses not required in any curriculum, for increase the student’s awareness and which there is a particular need, or given on a acceptance of his/her personal strengths and trial basis to determine demand. limitations. The purpose of this course is to HSTR292 F/S variable increase the student’s self-esteem through Individual Problems participation in structured and unstructured These courses are directed research or study on group activities. an individual basis. Requires the consent of the ID131 F/S 3 credits instructor. Lifeskills ______Information covered within the Lifeskills class
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LIT211 S 3 credits LIT231 Ancient to Renaissance World American Lit II Literature S 3 credits Core II, Category II Core II, Category II/Core VI This course surveys major literary works by This course studies representative texts and American authors from the emergence of traditions of world literataure, from origins to modern American literature, including the the Renaissance. Diversity of historical and Realists and Regionalists, to the present. cultural contexts is emphasized. College-level reading and writing skills are LIT233 F 3 credits required. Classical Foundations of Literature LIT220 F 3 credits Core II, Category II British Literature, Medieval to Renaissance This course studies Greek and Roman literature Core II, Category II and its enduring impact on literature and This course surveys selected works by major culture. Relevance to English and World British writers through the Renaissance. The literatures is addressed. emphasis is placed on major periods and trends LIT285 S 3 credits of the tenth through seventeenth centuries. Mythologies College-level reading and writing skills are Core II, Category II or Core VI required. This course is a study of the cultural LIT223 F 3 credits implications of myth. Readings will include British Lit I selections from various cultures and time Core II, Category II periods. Students will examine several myths as This course surveys selected works by major literary epics and as illustrations of value British writers through Pre-Romanticism. The systems. emphasis is placed on major periods and trends LIT291 F/S variable – the Anglo-Saxon Period, the Middle Ages, Special Topics Renaissance, Neoclassicism, and Pre- Courses not required in any curriculum, for Romanticism. College-level reading and writing which there is a particular need, or given on a skills are required. trial basis to determine demand. LIT224 S 3 credits LIT292 F/S variable British Lit II Independent Study Core II, Category II Student follows a course of study and works This course continues that begun in LIT223. with a faculty member to decide how the Students study selected major 19th and 20th student will meet defined course objectives. century writers from the Romantics and Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., Victorians to the present. College-level reading readings, research, and work projects), how the and writing skills are required. student’s work will be evaluated, and the time LIT230 F 3 credits frame for completion. The student must World Literature Survey interact with the faculty member on a regular Core II, Category II/Core VI and substantive basis to assure progress within This course studies representative texts and the course or program. traditions of world literature, from origins to ______contemporary times. Diversity of historical and Mathematics cultural contexts is emphasized. M090 F/S 3 credits Introductory Algebra Prerequisite: Math Placement Test, or consent of instructor.
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This course is designed for those students arithmetic processes using whole numbers, needing preparation for Intermediate Algebra fractions, decimals, and percentages are used or Math for Liberal Arts. The material to be to make and convert measurements in different presented includes a review of arithmetic, the units and notations and solve simple real number system, algebraic expressions and mathematical relationships. Students will also equations, problem solving, graphing, be shown how to calculate geometric exponents, and polynomials, factoring, rational quantities, and utilize graphs and charts to expressions and equations, and radical record and summarize data. expressions and equations. M114 F/S 2 credits M095 F/S 3 credits Extended Technical Mathematics Intermediate Algebra Prerequisite: “C-” or better in M95 or M111 or Prerequisites: “C-” or better in M90, Math consent of instructor. Placement Test, or consent of instructor. This course is a continuation of M111 and will This course is a continuation of the material introduce more advanced topics in applied covered in Introductory Algebra (M90). Topics math. This course will introduce how to to be covered include graphing and the organize and interpret data generated by Cartesian Coordinate system, rational exponential and logarithmic functions, expressions, radicals and rational exponents, estimating area and volume of complex quadratic equations, quadratic inequalities, geometrical objects, calculations using functions, and exponential/logarithmic trigonometric functions, polar coordinates, and equations and functions. basic statistical concepts. M105 S 3 credits M121 F/S 4 credits Contemporary Math College Algebra Applications of mathematics to a variety of Core V disciplines. This course is designed for the non- Prerequisite: “C-” or better in M95, Math math/science major. Topics include geometry, Placement Test, advanced high school algebra, applications to the natural sciences and social or consent of instructor. sciences, and an introduction to financial This is a continuation of the material presented mathematics, sets, counting, and elementary in Intermediate Algebra. The material will also probability and statistics. include conics, functions, logarithms, complex M108 F 3 credits numbers, inverse functions, exponents, Business Mathematics induction, sequences and series. This course is an applied mathematics course M130 F 4 credits for Business students. Topics covered include Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I payroll, mathematics of buying and selling, Core V simple and compound interest calculations, Prerequisite: “C-” or better in M95 or annuities, business and consumer loan equivalent, Math Placement Test, or consent calculations, and other problems common in of instructor. business. A special emphasis is placed on time This sequence gives an understanding of math value of money concepts. for teaching elementary grades today. It M111 F/S 3 credits includes problem solving, sets, functions, Technical Mathematics numeration systems, and number theory. Prerequisite: “C-” or better in M90 or M131 S 4 credits equivalent. Math for Elementary Teachers II Introduction to applied mathematics in Core V technical fields. This course will show how basic Prerequisite: “C-” or better in M95 or
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______student, beginning with the 100 level and opportunity to gain hands-on experience in building on each individual’s skills through the using Finale and digital recording equipment in 200 level. The student must meet course the arrangement and composition processes. competencies to progress to the next level. MUSI112 F/S 1 credit MUSI101 S 3 credits Choir: Dawson Enjoyment of Music Core II, Category I Core II, Category II or Core VI Prerequisite: Consent of instructor This course is designed to develop informed, Performance training in vocal literature. Vocal perceptive listening and musical understanding, ensembles of various genres with performance examination of language and forms of music, at community and college events. May be styles, and genres of the Middle Ages, repeated. Additional fee required. Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and MUSI114 F 1 credit Contemporary Age. Non-western cultures Band: Dawson covered include, but are not limited to: African, Core II, Category I African American, Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, Prerequisite: Consent of instructor Native American, Balinese, Latin American, Instrumental ensembles of various genres with Middle Eastern, and East Indian. performance at community, sporting and MUSI103 F 3 credits college events. May be repeated. Fundamentals of Musical Creation MUSI115 F 1 credit Core II, Category I or Category II or Core VI Drumline I This course is designed to develop music Core II, Category I reading and performance skills, including Prerequisite: Consent of instructor rhythm, melody, harmony, form, pitch, tempo, Instrumental ensembles of various genres with dynamics, phrasing, expression, and timbre. performance at community, sporting and Focus includes, but is not limited to, that of college events. May be repeated. Western culture. MUSI135 F 1 credit MUSI105 S 3 credits Keyboard Skills I Music Theory I Core II, Category I Prerequisite: MUSI103 or consent of instructor Study of keyboard theory and technique, This course involves study of harmony in chords, scales, sight reading, and piano common practice, musical notation and repertoire. May be repeated. Additional fee interaction of the elements of music in harmony required. and counterpoint including, but not limited to, MUSI136 S 1 credit that of Western culture. Students will have the Keyboard Skills II opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Core II, Category I using Finale and digital recording equipment in Study of keyboard theory and technique, the arrangement and composition processes. chords, scales, sight reading, and piano MUSI106 F 3 credits repertoire. Continuation of MUSI135. May be Music Theory II repeated. Additional fee required. Core II, Category II MUSI140 S 2 credits Prerequisite: MUSI105 or consent of instructor Aural Perception I This course involves a study of harmony in Prerequisite: MUSI103 or consent of instructor common practice, musical notation and This course is designed for students interested interaction of the elements of music in harmony in the development of ear training skills. The and counterpoint including, but not limited to, student will gain a good understanding of the that of Western culture. Students will have the basic practices of sight-reading and melodic and
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MUSI212 F/S 1 credit sight singing to develop aural perception of Choir II: Dawson Choir tonal and temporal relationships. Core II, Category I MUSI250 F 1 credit Prerequisite: Consent of instructor Beginning Voice III Performance training in vocal literature. Vocal Core II, Category I ensembles of various genres with performance Basic singing technique: tone production, at community and college events. interpretation, introduction to song literature, MUSI214 S 1 credit and solo and ensemble performance. Band: Dawson Continuation of MUSI151. May be repeated. Core II, Category I Additional fee required. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor MUSI251 S 1 credit Instrumental ensembles of various genres with Beginning Voice IV performance at community, sporting and Core II, Category I college events. May be repeated. Basic singing technique: tone production, MUSI215 S 1 credit interpretation, introduction to song literature, Drumline II and solo and ensemble performance. Core II, Category I Continuation of MUSI250. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor Additional fee required. Instrumental ensembles of various genres with MUSI260 S 1 credit performance at community, sporting and Intermediate Guitar college events. May be repeated. Lessons in Guitar. Additional fee required. MUSI235 F 1 credit MUSI262 F 1 credit Keyboard Skills III Chamber Ensembles II: Dawson Core II, Category I Core II, Category I Study of keyboard theory and technique, Prerequisite: Successful Audition chords, scales, sight reading, and piano Performance in small instrumental and/or vocal repertoire. Continuation of MUSI136. May be ensembles. May be repeated. repeated. Additional fee required. MUSI291 F/S variable MUSI236 S 1 credit Special Topics/Experimental Courses Keyboard Skills IV Courses not required in any curriculum, for Core II, Category I which there is a particular need, or given on a Study of keyboard theory and technique, trial basis to determine demand. chords, scales, sight reading, and piano MUSI292 F/S variable repertoire. Continuation of MUSI235. May be Independent Study repeated. Additional fee required. Student follows a course of study and works MUSI240 S 2 credits with a faculty member to decide how the Aural Perception III student will meet defined course objectives. Prerequisite: MUSI141 or consent of instructor Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., This course involves study in ear training and readings, research, and work projects), how the sight singing to develop aural perception of student’s work will be evaluated, and the time tonal and temporal relationships. frame for completion. The student must MUSI241 F 2 credits interact with the faculty member on a regular Aural Perception IV and substantive basis to assure progress within Prerequisite: MUSI240 or consent of instructor the course or program. This course involves study in ear training and
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MUSI294 F/S variable This course is an introduction to music Seminar/Workshop production, including hands-on studio recording These are concentrated class sessions on a topic and live performances, editing, and notation. for which a particular need has been identified. MUST215 F 3 credits MUSI295 F/S 1 credit Studio Recording Applied Music II Prerequisite: MUST120 Core II, Category I This course will advance the student’s skills in Individualized lessons. Additional fee required. recording and sound media. Students will also ______record live performances, advance their Music: Education knowledge of waveforms and frequencies, MUSE220 F 2 credits develop their own recording style through ear Intro to Comp App Music Ed training and a deeper knowledge of the This course examines computer notation recording process. software, sound boards, microphone, cables, MUST291 F/S variable speakers, and the understanding of how sound Special Topics/Experimental Courses is produced. This class will include lecture and Courses not required in any curriculum, for hands-on skill development using sound which there is a particular need, or given on a hardware, recording, editing, and notation trial basis to determine demand. software. MUST292 F/S variable MUSE 239 S 1 credit Independent Study Beginning Conducting (Lab) Student follows a course of study and works Prerequisite: MUSI 240 and MUSI 205 and MUSI with a faculty member to decide how the 235 Co-requisite: MUSI 241 and MUSI 206 and student will meet defined course objectives. MUSI 236. This course will introduce students Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., to the aural and technical skills necessary to readings, research, and work projects), how the conduct an ensemble. It provides an student’s work will be evaluated, and the time introduction to practice strategies, issues frame for completion. The student must related to movement and sound and basic interact with the faculty member on a regular conducting technique. and substantive basis to assure progress within ______the course or program. MUST299 S 3 credits Music: Technology Capstone Project MUST118 S 3 credits Students will develop a portfolio of student MIDI Sequencing and Notation work encompassing work within their plan of Prerequisite: MUST215 study. The language of MIDI is designed specifically for ______conveying information about musical performances in a way that a synthesizer Native American Studies receiving them can reconstruct the NASX105 F 3 credits performance with accuracy. This course Introduction to Native American Studies develops technical skills to implement MIDI in Core III or Core VI music performance, composition, audio editing This course presents a general overview of and production. Native American history from the prehistoric th MUST120 S 3 credits period through the 20 century. The course Introduction to Studio Recording emphasizes socio-cultural, religious, Prerequisite: MUSE220 environmental and gender themes as well as
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PHL291 F/S variable PHSX106 F/S 1 credit Special Topics Fundamentals of Physical Science Lab Courses not required in any curriculum, for Core IV which there is a particular need, or given on a Co-requisite: PHSX105 trial basis to determine demand. Laboratory exercises and experiments to PHL292 F/S variable support the topics of PHSX 105. Measurement Independent Study and gathering of empirical data will be Student follows a course of study and works emphasized. with a faculty member to decide how the PHSX194/294 F/S, variable student will meet defined course objectives. Seminar/Workshop Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., These are concentrated class sessions on a topic readings, research, and work projects), how the for which a particular need has been identified. student’s work will be evaluated, and the time PHSX205 S 3 credits frame for completion. The student must College Physics I interact with the faculty member on a regular Prerequisite: M151 or consent of instructor and substantive basis to assure progress within Co-requisite: PHSX206 the course or program. Introduction to principles of physics; topics ______covered include mechanics (such as motion, Photography Newton’s Laws, conservation laws, rotation, PHOT154 F/S 3 credits material properties, and fluids. Exploring Digital Photography PHSX206 S 1 credit Core II, Category I College Physics I Lab Introduces technical and aesthetic ways of Co-requisite: PHSX205 creating digital photographic images as Hands on applications of principles presented in artworks. Emphasis is on the production of PH200. Emphasis will be on using physical photographic images, from acquiring them with principles to solve problems. the digital camera to manipulating them using PHSX220 S 3 credits computer software, such as Adobe Photoshop. Physics I (w/Calculus) Core IV Instructor and peer critique of student work is Co-requisite: M171 and PHSX221 an integral part of the course. This is the first semester of a calculus-based ______physics sequence for students of engineering, chemistry, geology, and similar fields of the Physics physical sciences. It includes topics in PHSX105 F/S, 3 credits mechanics (such as motion, Newton’s Laws, Fundamentals of Physical Science conservation laws, and rotation), material Core IV properties, and fluids. Prerequisite M095 PHSX221 S 1 credit Co-requisite: PHSX106 Physics I Laboratory This introductory course in physical science Core IV covers the fundamental concepts of Earth Co-requisite: PHSX220 Science, Chemistry, and Physics. Included are This is a series of laboratory experiences the societal impacts of the physical sciences and illustrating and supporting concepts studied in their importance to our understanding of the PHSX220. natural world. Though the coverage of topics will emphasize conceptual understanding, basic algebra skills are required.
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PHSX222 F 3 credits obtain a total of four credits. This course does Physics II not fulfill the Core III requirements. Core IV PSCI210 F 3 credits Prerequisite: M171 Introduction to American Government Co-requisite: PHSX223 Core III This is the second semester of a calculus-based Politics affect all of our lives on a daily basis. physics sequence for students of engineering Concepts such as “government,” “politics,” and the physical sciences. It includes topics in “power,” and “democracy” may seem familiar heat, mechanical waves, sound, light, and to us but are in fact very complex and optics. There are four hours of lecture, two multifaceted subjects. The purpose of this hours of lab per week. course is to provide the student with an PHSX223 F 1 credit overview of the American government at the Physics II Laboratory national level. Topics such as the structure of Core IV government and the U.S. Constitution, civil Co-requisite: PHSX222 liberties and civil rights, political parties and This is a series of laboratory experiences voting behavior, public opinion and interest illustrating and supporting concepts studied in groups will be examined and explored in this PHSX222. course. PHSX291 F/S variable PSCI260 S 3 credits Special Topics Introduction to State and Local Government Courses not required in any curriculum, for Core III which there is a particular need, or given on a During the nineteenth century and the first trial basis to determine demand. decade of this century, state governments PHSX292 F/S variable dominated American government. In the mid- Independent Study 1900’s, the role of the federal government in Student follows a course of study and works public policy making expanded to a great extent with a faculty member to decide how the while the role of state governments diminished. student will meet defined course objectives. Now, as we are well into the twenty-first Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., century, state and local governments are readings, research, and work projects), how the working once again in a new partnership with student’s work will be evaluated, and the time the federal government. This course will survey frame for completion. The student must the structure, function, operation, policies and interact with the faculty member on a regular problems of American state and local and substantive basis to assure progress within governments and will provide students with an the course or program. understanding of the way in which state and ______local governments function and the place of the Political Science states within the American political system. PSCI194/294 F/S variable PSCI291 F/S variable Workshop Special Topics These are concentrated class sessions on a topic Courses not required in any curriculum, for for which a particular need has been identified. which there is a particular need, or given on a PSCI195 F/S variable trial basis to determine demand. Practicum – Student Government Practicum PSCI292 F/S variable This course offers practical experience in Independent Study student body government. The student may Student follows a course of study and works with a faculty member to decide how the
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PSYX292 F/S variable Sociology Independent Study SOCI101 F/S 3 credits Student follows a course of study and works Intro to Sociology with a faculty member to decide how the Core III/Core VI student will meet defined course objectives. Sociology is the study of individuals and society Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., and their impact upon each other. This course readings, research, and work projects), how the will provide an overview of the principles, student’s work will be evaluated, and the time concepts, and methods of sociology. Focuses frame for completion. The student must will include socialization, social groups, interact with the faculty member on a regular stratification, social institutions, society and and substantive basis to assure progress within culture. A global perspective is included in the course or program. conjunction with examining U.S. society, and ______current events will be incorporated into the Sign Language course to allow students the ability to SIGN120 S 3 credits understand social phenomena as it applies to Sign Language I the real world. Core VI SOCI194/294 F/S variable Sign Language I is designed for beginning Seminar/Workshop signers who want to increase communication These are concentrated class sessions on a topic skills, interact with deaf and hard of hearing for which a particular need has been identified. children and adults with an English mode, and SOCI201 S 3 credits demonstrate knowledge and skill in expressive Social Problems and receptive signing. Signers learn the aspects Core III/Core VI of a sign and are exposed to American Sign This is a survey and analysis of sociological Language idioms. Students in this class receive perspectives in the study of social problems. instruction on communicating with deaf/hard of Major U.S. and global problems are examined hearing individuals using sign language, facial from the perspective of cultural values and features, fingerspelling, gestures, and social structure. Possible solutions to the pantomime. Students acquire a vocabulary of problems will be explored. over 1000 words utilizing a variety of resources. SOCI206 S 3 credits Signers learn to respect and appreciate people Deviant Behavior who are deaf or hard of hearing and assimilate This is a sociological examination of the the manual communication. theoretical perspectives on deviance and crime. SIGN121 F 1 credit Topics may include organized crime, substance Simple Language abuse, mental disorders and sexual deviance. Simple Sign Language is designed for beginning SOCI211 F 3 credits signers interested in Deaf Culture and Sign Intro to Criminology Language. This short and intensive course is for Criminology may be defined as the study of those with limited signing experience. A crime, its causes, and its controls. In addition to vocabulary of just over 500 words is acquired by examining the various causes of crime, this playing games, repetition, and practice in a ‘real course will overview various categories of world’ setting by providing communication crimes, criminals, and controls that have been opportunities with other signers or d/Deaf established in an attempt to provide the individuals. student with an understanding of the impact, ______causes, and prevention of crime in our society.
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SOCI215 S 3 credits and their policy implications, causation and Introduction to Sociology of the Family control of delinquency, the impact of the police, This is an historical, cross-cultural and analytical family, community, peers, drugs, and school on examination of the family as a social institution. delinquency, and the juvenile justice system as Focuses include ideology, social change, social an institution. structures, and role expectations for family SOCI291 F/S variable members. Special Topics SOCI236 S 3 credits Courses not required in any curriculum, for Introduction to Race and Ethnic Relations which there is a particular need, or given on a Core VI trial basis to determine demand. This course focuses on the socio-historical and SOCI292 F/S variable structural analysis of race and ethnic relations Independent Study among groups in the U.S. and other global Student follows a course of study and works settings. Emphasis is placed on theories of with a faculty member to decide how the oppression and other arrangements for student will meet defined course objectives. integrating economic, political, and cultural Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., factors involved in the emergence and readings, research, and work projects), how the perpetuation of inequality among peoples who student’s work will be evaluated, and the time are located in multicultural environments. frame for completion. The student must SOCI241 F 3 credits interact with the faculty member on a regular Intro to Social Psychology and substantive basis to assure progress within This course explores social behavior of the the course or program. individual in the group, linguistic behavior, ______social perception, motivation and learning. Spanish Emphasis is given to the symbolic interactionist SPNS100 F 2 credits perspective and the relationship between Conversational Spanish culture and cognitive processes. Topics include This is an audio-lingual course in everyday how thoughts, feelings, and behavior of conversational Spanish for beginners. Emphasis individuals are influenced by the actual, is on ear training and oral practices. It implied, or imagined presence of others. introduces useful vocabulary related to daily SOCI246 F 3 credits activities, travel and economics. It establishes Intro to Rural Sociology proficiency in simple spoken and written This course deals with human interaction, social Spanish. This course is not designed to meet relationships, and social organization in rural foreign language requirements at transfer life. Rural communities, rural problems, and the institutions. relationships between rural and urban areas in SPNS101 F 4 credit such fields as political control will be explored. Elementary Spanish I Special emphasis will be placed on Montana Core VI and the Great Plains. Elementary Spanish I is a beginning Spanish SOCI260 F 3 credits course designed for students to learn the Intro to Juvenile Delinquency fundamentals of Spanish and achieve This course will examine the legal and social meaningful communication through a meanings of the concept of juvenile communication-based approach which delinquency. Areas of emphasis will include the addresses the four language skills of listening, characteristics of delinquent behavior and speaking, reading, and writing. These four skills delinquents, theories of delinquent behavior are integrated into the instruction. Students will
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Students will learn how to interface a hand-held THTR108 F/S 1 credit GPS receiver with a computer by downloading Theater Experience GPS information to commercially available Core II, Category I software, and how to use computer maps to This course is designed to provide students with identify locations and then use a GPS to field a combination of acting, stagecraft, and locate those places. dramatic lab experiences while involved in a SRVY230 F 3 credits theater production. Three credits of this course Intro to Surveying for Engineers may be applied to the Core III performing arts Covers the basics of plane surveying. Linear requirement. measurement, errors, leveling, the use of THTR124 F/S 1 credit transit, theodolite and total stations to make Acting Laboratory traverses, traverse adjustments, earthworks, This course is for those who, through the use of and map construction. An introduction to GPS scripted material, wish to explore the basic surveying. concepts of the art of acting by their SRVY262 S 3 credits participation in an actual stage performance. It Public Land Survey Systems may be repeated for a maximum of four credits. Prerequisite: SRVY230. THTR194/294 F/S 1credit This class introduces students to the history, Seminar/Workshop and principles of public land survey system, This course focuses on technical work, including legal descriptions, easements, and set design, lighting, and production. Students conveyances. Students will learn the are expected to work “backstage” for a bona fundamentals of legal boundary location and fide, full-length stage play or musical. Credits the identification of property corners and their given are based upon the individual student’s monumentation. Students will be working both involvement in the processes. It may be in the classroom and numerous locations repeated for a maximum of four credits. around the county. THTR291 F/S variable ______Special Topics Theater Arts Courses not required in any curriculum, for THTR101 F/Alt Yr 3 credits which there is a particular need, or given on a Introduction to Theater trial basis to determine demand. Core II, Category II or Core VI THTR292 F/S variable This class is a survey of the world of theater. Independent Study Students will be introduced to the art of theater Student follows a course of study and works by examining the actor, the playwright, the with a faculty member to decide how the designer, the director, the dramatic structure, student will meet defined course objectives. and the history of theater. Both agree on what the student will do (e.g., THTR106 F/S 1 credit readings, research, and work projects), how the Theater Production I: Run Crew student’s work will be evaluated, and the time This course is for those who involve themselves frame for completion. The student must in the costuming, make-up, properties, interact with the faculty member on a regular advertising, and box office work of an actual and substantive basis to assure progress within stage production of a full-length play. Credits the course or program. given are based upon the individual student’s ______involvement in the processes. It may be repeated for a maximum of four credits.
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Welding Technology representations of fabricated products, as WLDG105 F 1 credit shown by engineer designed drawings. Students Shop Safety (lecture based course) will be exposed to multiple views, material Students will be introduced to a basic specifications, and weld symbols. understanding of Personal Protective WLDG133 S 3 credits Equipment (PPE), Material Safety Data Sheets Gas Metal Arc Welding (lecture (1)/lab (2) (MSDS), and inspection of automated shop based course) equipment. This course is designed to teach Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) is the most students safe shop practices prior to using any common welding process used in fabrication tooling in the welding lab. Successful shops. This course is designed to introduce completion of this course is a required students to the proper start-up and usage of prerequisite for all offered welding courses that various brands of GMAW welding equipment are lab based. Additional fee required. that are used throughout the fabrication WLDG106 S 4 credits industry. Flat, vertical, and overhead welding Metal Fabrication Methods will be taught and student welds will be This course will focus on welding in the subjected to bend testing for familiarization horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions. purposes. Additional fee required. Students will practice making heads and joints WLDG140 S 3 Credits with shielded Metal Arc Welding using various Intro to GTAW – Integrated Lab (lecture (1)/lab rods. Positioning and safety considerations will (2) based course) be highlighted. Welds will be tested for strength Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) is a and defects. Additional fee required. specialized sector of welding used in WLDG110 F 1 credit automotive and alloy fabrication. Students will Welding Theory I (lecture based course) be instructed in a variety of ferrous and non- This course is intended to teach the theory that ferrous metal welding using the GTAW process, accompanies the practical application of including spool-gun techniques using industry- welding. Students will gain an understanding of standard equipment. Flat, vertical, and the “why” that will impact their ability of the overhead positions will be taught. Student “how”. All welding and cutting processes are welds will be subjected to tensile testing for explained through lecture and instructor led familiarization purposes. Additional fee demonstrations. required. WLDG112 F 2 credits WLDG150 F 2 credits Cutting Processes (lecture (1)/lab (1) based Layout Practices (lecture (1)/lab (1) based course) course) All fabrication begins with raw materials, which Provides layout and fitting skills applicable to an are shaped and fitted using a variety of cutting industrial welding and fabrication shop. Tasks processes. This course is designed to include reading prints, estimating, and ordering demonstrate and familiarize the student with materials. Employs simple layout, parallel line multiple torch cutting equipment and form an development, radial line development, understanding of how to use each in a way to triangulation for pattern development and minimize waste and clean-up time. Additional applied math concepts. Additional fee required. fee required. WLDG180 F 5 credits WLDG117 S 2 credits Shielded Metal Arc Welding (lecture (1)/lab (4) Blueprint Reading and Welding Symbols based course) (lecture based course) Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) is the most This course focuses on the graphic common welding process used for pipe welding
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Dawson Community College Academic Catalog 2017-2018 ______and outdoor fabrications. Students will gain an understanding of the tools they will use and understanding of electrode selection, machine encounter during their career as a welder. The set-up and amperage selection. Flat, vertical, course will highlight and discuss the many hand and overhead positions will be practices. and power tools the student will need to have Student welds will be subjected to bend testing experience with in order to perform their job in and familiarization. Additional fee required. the highest standard of quality. WLDG185 F 1 credit WLDG205 F 2 credits Welding Qualification Test Prep (lecture) Applied Metallurgy (lecture based course) This is an entry level class designed to teach Students will learn about metal properties, the students nondestructive visual weld inspection effects of heat and cold, and tempering of techniques to detect surface and near surface metals and alloys. Wood and gas forging discontinuities and defects in and around the techniques will be practiced along with mold weld. They will gain knowledge on why they making poured castings. Weldability of metals occur and how to prevent and repair according and filler metals will be taught, including to welding codes and standards. physical and mechanical properties of each. WLDG186 F 2 credits Additional fee required. Welding Quality Test Preparation (lecture WLDG210 F 4 credits (1)/lab (1) based course) Pipe Welding (lecture (1)/lab (3) based course) This course allows students to practice all Provides an introduction to pipe layout, fitting, welding processes in all positions with the and welding. Instructs students in piping intention of successful completion of American information, basic pipe layout practices, use of Welding Society certification testing. Practice pipe layout tools, and basic pipe welding welds will be subjected to the same testing and techniques. Safety, quality, and proper welding inspection procedures as the final examination. techniques standards are stressed. This is designed to allow the student to lead WLDG212 S 4 credits their practice focus and tailor it to the specific Pipe Welding – Layout (lecture (1)/lab (3) certifications they are seeking. Additional fee based course required. This course provides the student with a WLDG187 F 3 credits thorough technical understanding of Flux Core Arc Welding (lecture (1)/lab (2) preparation and fit-up for welding pipe. based course) Students acquire the necessary skills to perform Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) is a wire-feed satisfactory welds on different materials of welding process that does not require a pipe, in all positions and situations, using shielding gas. It has fabrication and repair SMAW welding process. The student develops applications for outdoor uses when SMAW is the skills necessary to produce quality pipe not practical. Students will become familiar fitting and welds needed in today’s workforce. with machine set-up procedures, process Additional fee required. applications, and dual-shield techniques. Flat, WLDG235 F 2 credits vertical, and overhead positions will be taught Oxy-Acetylene Welding (lab based course) and practiced. Completed welds will be bend- Oxygen-acetylene welding (OAW) is a process tested for familiarization purposes. Additional that has applications in thin material fabrication fee required. and repair. Specialty OAW is also used in alloy WLDG201 F 2 credits welding. Students will become familiar with a Welding, Measurement, and Trade Tools variety of OAW applications on ferrous and (lecture based course) non-ferrous materials. Flat and vertical This course will give the student an
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WRIT101 F/S 3 credits WRIT194/294 F/S variable College Writing I Workshop Core I (required) Concentrated class sessions on a topic for which Prerequisite: successful score on the a particular need has been identified. Accuplacer placement exam, or consent of WRIT201 F/S 3 credits instructor. College Writing II College Writing I is a course in college-level Core I writing. Students will learn basic research skills, Prerequisite: Grade “C-” or better in WRIT101 or including information retrieval and consent of instructor documentation. Short essays will demonstrate A continuation of the study of the modes of critical thinking as a basis for clear, concise composition introduced in WRIT101, this course writing. A final research project will provide emphasizes research-based argumentation and students with a model that may be used in research writing involving research methods, academic and vocational settings. the avoidance of plagiarism, and formal WRIT121 S 3 credits documentation in the APA format. This course Intro to Technical Writing also emphasizes further development of Prerequisite: WRIT101 structure, clarity, style, diction, and the This course covers the principles of creating and maturation of ideas. Students will be expected developing professional documents such as to write without major faults in grammar or descriptions, instructions, reports, and usage and will write up to four argumentative proposals. Correct sentence structure, essays and a significant research paper, grammar, and usage are reviewed. accompanied by a thorough bibliography. WRIT122 F 3 credits WRIT202 F/S 3 credits Intro to Business Writing College Writing III Prerequisite: WRIT095 or WRIT101 Core I Course content includes composing effective Prerequisite: WRIT101. communications through letters and memos in This course is designed for students who wish to a clear, complete, concise manner. Report attain a higher level in their expository writing writing and speaking to groups is also covered. skills. Various rhetorical devices are explored in Special emphasis is placed on job hunting and class readings. Emphasis is on thinking and resume writing. writing skills and the translation of such skills into clear, well-organized prose.
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Dawson Community College Board of Trustees
Chairman Chad Knudson
Vice Chairman Bob Stanhope
Trustees Kathleen Fritsch - Darla Handran - Rich Rowe - MaryAnn Vester - Mike Wilondek ______Personnel (Year in parenthesis indicates first year of service at Dawson Community College) Administration
President Mickelsen, Scott (2016) Ph.D., Iowa State University M.S., Utah State University B.S., Utah State University A.A.S., Ricks College (BYU-I) A.S., Ricks College (BYU-I) Office: 123 Phone: 406.377.9406 e-mail: [email protected]
Vice-President of Academic and Student Affairs Holz, Shawn (2017) Ph.D. Candidate, University of North Dakota M.F.A., Texas Tech University B.F.A., University of North Dakota Office: 131A Phone: 406.377.9416 email: [email protected]
Vice-President of Business and Finance Zander, Kathleen (2013) B.S., Dickinson State University e-mail: [email protected] Office: 120 Phone: 406.377.9403 email: [email protected]
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Full-time Faculty Hunter, Michael (1992) Mathematics Dershem-Bruce, Holly (1991) M.S., Montana State University B.S., Montana State University Law Enforcement, Political Science, Sociology, Office: 133A Criminal Justice, Private Security Phone: 406.377.9433 M.A., Washington State University e-mail: [email protected] B.S., Lewis-Clark State College Office: L117 Ingram, Christopher (2014) Phone: 406.377.9432 Welding e-mail: [email protected] Certified De Silva, Suneetha (2017) Office: UC015 Phone: 406.377.9478 Education e-mail: [email protected] Ph.D., Southern Illinois University of Carbondale
M.A., Webster University B.A./B.S, University of Colombo LeProwse, Jim (2010) A.A., Royal College of London Welding; Head Coach Women’s Softball Office: UC125 B.S., University of Montana, Western Phone: 406.377.9463 Office: TC107 e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 406.377.9466 e-mail: [email protected] Di Gangi, Christina (2015) Lewis, Chris (2016) English, Writing, Literature Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Leadership; Head Coach Men’s Baseball B.A., University of Ottawa M.A., Campbellsville University Office: L118 B.S., Eastern Oregon University Phone: 406.377.9415 Office: Main Hall Lower Level e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 406.377.9492 e-mail: [email protected]
Drivdahl, Joseph (2000) Reeves, Thomas (1992) English, Computer Applications Chemistry, Science M.B.A., Capella University M.S., North Dakota State University B.S., University of Montana-Western B.S., Dickinson State University Office: L115 Office: 113/142 Phone: 406.377.9444 Phone: 406.377.9438 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]
Garcia, Laura (2017) Temple, Jennifer (2012) Agriculture Biology M.S., Sul Ross State University M.S., Montana State University-Bozeman B.S., California State University, Fresno B.S., Dickinson State University Office: UC128 Office: 113 Phone: 406.377.9426 Phone: 406.377.9431 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]
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Wheeler, Jennifer (2016) Staff (Classified and Exempt) Art
M.F.A., Western Connecticut State University Boysun, Virginia (2010) B.F.A, Western Connecticut State University Office: UC127 Registrar Phone: 406.377.9474 B.S., Montana State University, Billings e-mail: [email protected] Office: 101A ______Phone: 406.377.9404 e-mail: [email protected]
Half-time Faculty Brandt, Julie (2017) Admissions Specialist Diegel, Kortney (2010) Office: 101 Head Rodeo Coach (2012) Phone: 406.377.9400 B.S., University of Montana – Western email: [email protected] A.A., Dawson Community College
Office: TC112 Phone: 406.377.9417 Cela, Suela (2013) e-mail: [email protected] Enrollment Management Director M.P.A., University of Montana Fritz, Dina (2017) B.S., B.A., University of Nebraska Office: 119 Head Volleyball Coach Phone: 406.377.9419 Office: TC111 e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 406.377.9437 email: [email protected] Comacho, John (2017) Lagmay, Romeo (2014) Maintenance Technician Head Coach Women’s Basketball Office: 024 M.A., Slippery Rock University Phone: 406.377.9451 B.A., California State University-Dominquez Hills email: [email protected] A.A., Feather River Community College Office: TC106 Diegel, Kortney (2010) Phone: 406.377.9450 Student Life Coordinator e-mail: [email protected] B.S., University of Montana – Western A.A., Dawson Community College Peterson, Joe (2015) Office: 127 Head Coach Men’s Basketball Phone: 406.377.9465 M.Ed., Northwest State University e-mail: [email protected] B.S., Rocky Mountain College A.S., Dawson Community College Dinges, Danielle (2016) Office: TC113 Financial Aid Director Phone: 406.377.9459 B.S., Northern Arizona University email: [email protected] Office: 104 ______Phone: 406.377.9410 email: [email protected]
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Dutton, Marilyn (1988) Lagmay, Romeo (2014) Academic/Student Services Admin Assistant Sports Information Director A.A., Compton Junior College M.A., Slippery Rock University Office: L105 B.A., California State University-Dominquez Hills Phone: 406.377.9405 A.A., Feather River Community College e-mail: [email protected] Office: TC106 Phone: 406.377.9450 Egan, Tiffaney (2016) e-mail: [email protected] Enrollment Management Online Specialist Office: 101 Legato, Troy (1999) Phone: 406.377.9411 Maintenance Technician email: [email protected] A.A., Dawson Community College Office: 024 Hickman, Donna (2017) Phone: 406.377.9451 IT Specialist I e-mail: [email protected] B.S., New Mexico State University Office: 149 Lewis, Stephanie (2016) Phone: 406.377.9434 Residential Ed and Housing Director email: [email protected] B.A., Campbellsville University Office: N/A Hudson, Dave (2017) Phone: 406.377.7806 Maintenance Technician email: [email protected] Office: 024 Phone: 406.377.9451 Malkuch, Casey (2007) e-mail: [email protected] Head Maintenance Engineer Office: 024 Johnson, Tami (2015) Phone: 406.377.9451 Student Advocate, Library Assistant e-mail: [email protected] Assistant Softball Coach, Head J.V. Softball Coach Masau, Traci (2015) B.S., Talladega College Assistant Vice President Academics and Office: 127 Workforce Phone: 406.377.9465 M.P.A., University North Florida e-mail: [email protected] B.S., University of South Dakota Office: L110 King, Jennifer (2017) Phone: 406.377.9418 Controller e-mail: [email protected] B.B.A., Columbus State University Office: 109 Mayer, Randi (2017) Phone: 406.377.9458 Executive Assistant to President e-mail: [email protected] A.A.S., National College Office: 122 Kuehn, Glenn (2014) Phone: 406.377.9401 Maintenance Technician email: [email protected] Office: 024 Phone: 406.377.9451 e-mail: [email protected]
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McKeen, Michelle (2016) Rojas, Frank (2016) Manager, Buc’s Brew I.T. Director A.S., Oregon Culinary Institute M.A., Hunter College Office: TC197 Office: 149 Phone: 406.377.9439 Phone: 406.377.9422 email: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]
Nolker, Daniel (2016) Vashus, Todd (2006) Foundation Director, PR/Marketing Maintenance Technician B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro Office: 024 Office: 113 Phone: 406.377.9451 Phone: 406.377.9425 email: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Weedman, Gordan (2017) Nolker, Katy (2017) IT Specialist I Human Resource Assistant B.A., Montana State University-Billings B.F.A., University of North Carolina-Greensboro Office: 149 Office: 111 Phone: 406.377.9421 Phone: 406.377.9430 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Weldon, Leslie (2016) Peterson, Joe (2015) Interim Director Human Resources Athletic Director M.A., Gonzaga University M.Ed., Northwest State University B.A., University of Montana B.S., Rocky Mountain College Office: 112 A.S., Dawson Community College Phone: 406.377.9412 Office: TC113 e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 406.377.9459 email: [email protected] Wynne, Jane (2006) ABE Director Powell, Kristi (1992) B.S.VICOED,/Teaching Certification, Western Campus Store Manager Washington University A.S., Western Montana College Office: 020 A.A.S., Dawson Community College Phone: 406.377.9448 Office: TC110 e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 406.377.9457 e-mail: [email protected]
Reed, Tammy (2008) Assistant Business Manager Office: 105C Phone: 406.377.9402 e-mail: [email protected]
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Total $252 $504 $756 $1008 $1260 $1512 $1764 $2016 $2268 $2520 $2772 $3024 $3276 $3528 $3780 $4032 $4284 $4536
Tuition $198 $396 $594 $792 $990 $1188 $1386 $1584 $1782 $1980 $2178 $2376 $2574 $2772 $2970 $3168 $3366 $3564
Canadian
Fees $54 $108 $162 $216 $270 $324 $378 $432 $486 $540 $594 $648 $702 $756 $810 $864 $918 $972
Total $259 $518 $777 $1036 $1295 $1554 $1813 $2072 $2331 $2590 $2849 $3108 $3367 $3626 $3885 $4144 $4403 $4662
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Tuition $205 $410 $615 $820 $1025 $1230 $1435 $1640 $1845 $2050 $2255 $2460 $2665 $2870 $3075 $3280 $3485 $3690
Out
Fees $54 $108 $162 $216 $270 $324 $378 $432 $486 $540 $594 $648 $702 $756 $810 $864 $918 $972
Total $236 $472 $708 $944 $1180 $1416 $1652 $1888 $2124 $2360 $2596 $2832 $3068 $3304 $3540 $3776 $4012 $4248
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WUE
Tuition $182 $364 $546 $728 $910 $1092 $1274 $1456 $1638 $182 $2002 $2184 $2366 $2548 $273 $2912 $3094 $3276
Fees $54 $108 $162 $216 $270 $324 $378 $432 $486 $540 $594 $648 $702 $756 $810 $864 $918 $972
Total $175 $350 $525 $700 $875 $1050 $1225 $1400 $1575 $1750 $1925 $2100 $2275 $2450 $2625 $2800 $2975 $3150
Tuition $121 $242 $363 $484 $605 $726 $847 $968 $1089 $1210 $1331 $1452 $1573 $1694 $1815 $1936 $2057 $2178
GEM
Out of District/ District/ Out of
Fees $54 $108 $162 $216 $270 $324 $378 $432 $486 $540 $594 $648 $702 $756 $810 $864 $918 $972
Dawson Community College 2017 College Dawson Community
Total $124 $248 $372 $496 $620 $744 $868 $992 $1116 $1240 $1364 $1488 $1612 $1736 $1860 $1984 $2108 $2232
District
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Tuition $70 $140 $210 $280 $350 $420 $490 $560 $630 $700 $770 $840 $910 $980 $1050 $1120 $1190 $1260
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Fees $54 $108 $162 $216 $270 $324 $378 $432 $486 $540 $594 $648 $702 $756 $810 $864 $918 $972
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