2017-2018 Catalog Contents
Welcome to TCC Four-Year Degree TCC at a Glance...... 1 Bachelor of Applied Science The College Campus...... 5 in Health Information...... 67 2017-2018 Instructional Calendar...... 6 Career Training Enroll in College Career Training Programs...... 69 Start here...... 7 Accounting...... 71 Admission to TCC...... 8 Business...... 73 Residency...... 9 Diagnostic Medical Sonography...... 76 Your Academic Success...... 10 Early Childhood Education: Registration ...... 12 Emphasis on Children with Special Needs...... 78 Schedule Changes...... 12 Emergency Medical & Health Services...... 81 Tuition and Fees...... 14 Health Information Technology...... 83 Financial Assistance...... 15 Human Services...... 86 Refund Policy...... 17 Networking and Cyber Security...... 88 Nursing, RN Option...... 91 Students Paralegal...... 94 Support for YOU...... 18 Radiologic Science...... 95 Student Services...... 19 Respiratory Therapy...... 97 Other Services...... 21 Student Policies and Notices...... 22 Transitional Studies Program Learning Outcomes...... 100 Instruction Adult Basic Skills Programs...... 101 Learning Outcomes...... 26 Adult Basic Education...... 102 Instructional Support Services...... 27 English as a Second Language...... 106 Learning Formats...... 29 English for Academic Purposes (EAP)...... 107 College Degrees...... 31 Instructional Policies...... 33 Corporate Education...... 109 Grades and Academic Policies...... 35 Customized Training...... 110 Honor Societies...... 39 Graduation...... 39 Continuing Education...... 111 Community Education Classes...... 112 College Transfer Job Skills and Career Training...... 112 College-Level Education (Transfer)...... 41 Online Non-credit Classes...... 112 Associate in Arts...... 44 Associate in Biology...... 46 Credit Course Descriptions...... 113 Associate in Business...... 47 Associate in Computer Science...... 49 The TCC Team Associate in Music...... 50 Board of Trustees...... 182 Associate in Pre-Nursing...... 52 TCC Foundation...... 183 Associate in Science...... 53 College Administrative Staff...... 183 Associate of Science in Bioengineering Faculty...... 185 and Chemical Engineering...... 56 Exempt Staff...... 189 Associate of Science in Electrical Classified Staff...... 193 and Computer Engineering...... 57 Definitions...... 196 Associate of Science in Mechanical, Civil, Aeronautical, Industrial and Material Science Engineering...... 58 NOTE: Information in this catalog is accurate at the time of publication. Associate in General Studies...... 59 However, Tacoma Community College reserves the right to make Approved Distribution Course List...... 60 appropriate changes in procedures, policies, calendars, requirements, Distinction Pathways...... 64 programs, courses and fees. When feasible, changes will be announced prior to their effectives dates, but the college assumes no responsibility for giving any particular notice of changes. Nothing included in this catalog should be construed to create any contractual rights. Welcome to TCC! Page 1
Welcome to TCC! TCC at a Glance Tacoma Community College provides a dynamic learning environment that is recognized for student success, academic excellence and quality instruction.
Students who enroll at the college enjoy intimate class sizes, diverse classmates and highly qualified professors. Of TCC’s 136 full-time faculty, 79 hold master’s degrees and 40 hold doctorates.
TCC students interact with students from local and international backgrounds, and have opportunities to participate in a variety of sports, clubs and activities. The college also offers strong student support services to help ensure student success.
Mission TCC creates meaningful and relevant learning, inspires greater equity, and celebrates success in our lives and our communities.
Vision Tacoma Community College is recognized as a spirited leader in emphasizing and documenting student learning. We are known for our commitment to innovation and excellence, our inclusive internal and external community, and our technology integration. We achieve this through the collective dedication and recognition of our college family and the generous support of our community.
2014-18 Strategic Plan Core Themes • Create Learning • Achieve Equity • Engage Community • Embrace Discovery 2017-2018 Catalog
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Values Educational Options TCC is a Smart Investment
The college promotes student success Since 1965, we’ve supported more While the cost of attending four-year by embracing core values of: than 500,000 students in discovering colleges and universities is beyond the • Integrity their passion and preparing for fulfilling reach of many students, tuition at Tacoma careers. Students can pursue degrees Community College remains affordable, • Leadership or receive career training for affordable and TCC academic credits will transfer to • Trust tuition at convenient locations during most four-year colleges and universities. the day, evenings, weekends or online. • Excellence Students can choose: TCC offers a variety of financial aid • Innovation packages to help students reach their • College Transfer (page 41) educational goals. In 2015-2016, the • Access TCC offers several Associate degrees average TCC award -- including grants, • Responsibility to help you prepare for your bachelor’s loans, work study employment and • Diversity degree. Each degree is directly scholarships -- was $6,100. Students transferable to most four-year colleges received $1.6 million in scholarships. • Mutual Respect and institutions in Washington state. • Collegiality TCC’s Financial Aid office offers • Career Training (page 68) limited work study jobs to eligible TCC’s certificate and degree programs students. Work study positions provide training for high demand are posted on the TCC website. careers in business, health and The TCC Career Center posts professional services. new jobs each month and • Transitional Studies (page 99) offers job search services These programs help students improve to students. their basic reading, writing and math $39,235* skills, earn a high school diploma or IBEST job-ready certificate, or study English for Academic Purposes (EAP). • Continuing Education (page 111) Bachelor’s degree TCC provides classes to meet individual needs for improved job skills, employment certification, or personal enrichment.
Associate degree $19,617*
Transfer 4 years Start to a at a your 4-year WA state career college college/ university $8,165
2 years 2 years at TCC at TCC
*Average cost tuition & fees between all Washington state Small class sizes in two main locations (Tacoma and Gig Harbor). 4-year colleges/universities. Room & board costs not included.
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Student Life/Programs
The TCC student experience continues outside of the classroom. The Office of Student Engagement (OSE) empowers students to learn and succeed through relevant and comprehensive leadership development training, multicultural programming, student government, as well as student-led clubs and organizations. Each student has the opportunity to contribute to an involved and equitable campus culture.
OSE offers a variety of ways for students to become involved on campus including: • Student Government/Student Senate • Clubs and organizations • Production events and activities • Artist & Lecture series • Student Ambassadors • The Challenge student news • Paid student leadership positions • Identity, Culture and Community leadership training • The Collaboratory: a multi-use student space for critical dialogue and action • Intramural sports
Visit the OSE upstairs in Building 11. Find something to get involved in today!
Meet our Students
The diverse student body is one of Tacoma Community College’s greatest strengths. Students of color comprise 41 percent of all TCC students. TCC also hosts nearly 400 international students each quarter, whose global perspectives enhance the TCC experience. Whether teenagers or members of the over- 50 population, students are likely to find classmates like them in their TCC courses.
Tacoma Community College 2017-2018 CATALOG Tacoma Campus | 6501 S 19th St | Tacoma, WA 98466 Page 4 Welcome to TCC! www.tacomacc.edu | 253.566.5000 S Hawthorne St S Highland Ave S Woodlawn St S Rochester St S Whitman St S Baltimore St S Vassault St S Howard St Accreditation S Mildred St S Oxford St S Pearl St
Tacoma Community College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, 8060 165th Avenue NE, Suite 100, Redmond, S 12th Street S Bennett St WA 98052. Specialized curriculum
accreditation recognized by the Council Hwy 16
for Higher Education Accreditation and/ S Baltimore St Minnitti Field or the U.S. Department of Education 21 22 include the following: S 13th St G H S Highland Ave S Woodlawn St
1 S Winnifred St
• TCC’s Nursing, Associate Degree S Mildred St I S Pearl St program is approved by the 2 TLC/PAVE Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission 3 and is accredited by the Accrediting 5 Commission for Education in Nursing F 4 (ACEN) formerly NLNAC, 3343 6 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, Japanese 1 Facilities Admin, Mail, Print Shop Friendship Garden J Georgia, 30326. 2 Auditorium
L 3 Early Learning Center • TCC’s Health Information Management S 15th St K 4 Art Gallery program is accredited by the 5 Art 8 Commission on the Accreditation for Hwy 16 E 7 6 TCC Foundation, Marketing, Health Informatics and Information Testing Center Management Education (CAHIIM). 7 Student Services, Advising, Library F1 L1 8 Classrooms 9 Peace • TCC’s Respiratory Therapy program 20 Pole 9 Classrooms, is accredited by the Committee on Teaching & Learning Center 11 D Accreditation for Respiratory Care 10 Classrooms 10 S Highland Ave S Woodlawn St (CoARC). S Winnifred St
S Mildred St 11 Bookstore, Dining, International S Pearl St 12 19 Programs, Student Engagement Campus • TCC’s EMT-Paramedic program is 13 Commons 12 Administration, Classrooms accredited by the Committee on L2 13 Health Center Accreditation of Educational Programs 18 M 14 Business Office, Public Safety, for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP) Financial Aid 14 in collaboration with the Commission F2 17 15 Science & Engineering
on Accreditation of Allied Health C 16 Information Technology Education Programs (CAAHEP). 15 16 17 Classrooms
18 Information Systems S Visscher St S 18th St N • TCC’s Radiologic Sciences program B 19 Classrooms, MARC, Fresh Start is accredited by the Joint Review 20 Physical Education & Athletics Committee on Education in Radiologic A 21 Maintenance Shop TCC Transit TACID Technology (JRCERT). Center 22 Maintenance Shop L1 Lecture Hall • TCC’s Paralegal program is approved L2 Lecture Hall by the American Bar Association. F1 Faculty Offices S 19th Street
F2 Faculty Offices Contra Costa Ave Del Monte Ave Farallone Ave Eldorado Ave Alameda Ave Berkeley Ave Cascade Pl W • TCC’s Diagnostic Medical Sonography S Mildred St 70th Ave w 65th Ave w 64th Ave w Garden St program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in
Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Yale St
Tacoma Community College 2017-2018 CATALOG Tacoma Campus | 6501 S 19th St | Tacoma, WA 98466 www.tacomacc.edu | 253.566.5000 Welcome to TCC! Page 5 S Hawthorne St S Highland Ave S Woodlawn St S Rochester St S Whitman St S Baltimore St S Vassault St S Howard St S Mildred St S Oxford St S Pearl St The College Campuses
Tacoma Community College is a comprehensive state-supported institution serving more than 720,000 residents of the Tacoma-Pierce County area. The college’s service district includes all of Tacoma and the Pierce County portion of the Olympic Peninsula S 12th Street
and serves the Tacoma and Peninsula School Districts. TCC is one of 34 communityS Bennett St and technical colleges in a statewide system. Hwy 16 S Baltimore St Minnitti Field Tacoma Campus 21 22 6501 South 19th Street, Tacoma 253.566.5001 S 13th St Located on a 150-acre site in west Tacoma, the Tacoma Campus houses 31 buildings G H S Highland Ave S Woodlawn St
1 including a computer center, learning resourceS Winnifred St center, art gallery, gymnasium, student
S Mildred St I S Pearl St 2 TLC/PAVE center, children’s center, auditorium and bookstore. The Tacoma-Pierce County area, located on Puget Sound between the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges, offers
3 residents and visitors a wealth of cultural and recreational opportunities. The city of Seattle is located 35 miles north of Tacoma. 5
F 4 6 Gig Harbor Campus Japanese 1 Facilities Admin, Mail, Print Shop 3993 Hunt Street, Gig Harbor 253.460.2424 Friendship Garden J 2 Auditorium Located in a 13,000-square-foot facility, the Gig Harbor Campus provides educational
L 3 Early Learning Center services to residents and organizations in Gig Harbor and throughout the Peninsula. S 15th St K 4 Art Gallery The Gig Harbor Campus also hosts community events throughout the year. 5 Art The Gig Harbor Campus offers courses for credit toward an associate degree, career 8 Hwy 16 E 7 6 TCC Foundation, Marketing, training and Worker Retraining programs, adult basic skills, and personal interest Testing Center classes. Classes are available at various days and times. Services available to Gig 7 Student Services, Advising, Library Harbor students include registration, assessment, advising, and career exploration. F1 L1 8 Classrooms 9 Peace Students have internet access through campus labs, laptops for in-building checkout, 20 Pole 9 Classrooms, and can use the online library to order materials from the Tacoma campus. Teaching & Learning Center 11 D
10 Classrooms All classes required for the AssociateSkansie Ave 10 S Highland Ave S Woodlawn St
S Winnifred St Stinson Ave
S Mildred St 11 Bookstore, Dining, International in Arts transfer degree are offered at S Pearl St 12 19 Programs, Student Engagement the Gig Harbor Campus. Students Campus nd St NW 13 72 Commons 12 Administration, Classrooms may fulfill requirements for other Pioneer Way L2 13 Health Center certificates and degrees by taking Kimball Dr 18 M 14 Business Office, Public Safety, combinations of classes at the Financial Aid 16 14 Gig Harbor Campus and online. In 15 Science & Engineering F2 17 addition a variety of other classes are C 16 Information Technology Wollochet Dr NW offered which fulfill prerequisites for Wagner Way NW 15 16 17 Classrooms other programs. 18 Information Systems S Visscher St S 18th St B N 19 Classrooms, MARC, Fresh Start TCC’s Gig Harbor Campus offers a 16 variety of non-credit personal interest
20 Physical Education & Athletics 38 th A 21 Maintenance Shop and job and career training classes. NW Ave TCC Transit TACID Center 22 Maintenance Shop These range from art, fitness, 41 st Ave NW L1 Lecture Hall and digital photography classes GHC L2 Lecture Hall to gardening seminars and senior Wollochet Dr NW Hunt St NW Hunt St NW F1 Faculty Offices programs. Courses in computer S 19th Street
F2 Faculty Offices basics and emergingContra Costa Ave technology are Del Monte Ave Farallone Ave Eldorado Ave Alameda Ave Berkeley Ave Cascade Pl W S Mildred St 70th Ave w 65th Ave w 64th Ave w Garden St offered in computer labs, on laptops and mobile devices.
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June 2017 July 2017 August 2017 2017-2018 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 4 5 Instructional 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Calendar 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 APPROVED by the Board of Trustees 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 April 13, 2016 Summer Quarter 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31
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Sept. 19-21 Professional Development Days Oct. 24 Educational Planning Day* Nov. 6 Registration Opens** Dec. 11-14 Final Exams Sept. 25 Classes begin Nov. 10 Veterans’ Day Nov. 22-24 Thanksgiving Dec. 14 Last day of the quarter
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S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S LEGEND 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 Day/Evening Classes Begin 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Registration Opens** 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Holiday (no class) Winter Quarter Winter 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Educational Planning Day*
1 Final Exams and Grading
Jan. 2 Classes begin Feb. 6 Educ. Plng. Day* Feb. 12 Registration Mar. 2 Winter PDD Mar. 19-22 Final Exams 1 Prof. Development Day (PDD) Jan. 15 MLK Day Opens** Feb. 19 Presidents’ Day Mar. 22 Last day of the quarter * Classes starting at 3pm or later April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 will be conducted on Educational Planning Days S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S ** Registration opens for currently enrolled students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Spring Quarter Spring 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Apr. 2 Classes begin May 9 Educational Planning Day* June 11 Last Day of Classes Apr. 27 Spring PDD May 14 Registration Opens** June 12-15 Final Exams May 28 Memorial Day June 15 Last day of the quarter
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Enroll in College
Start here.
1. ATTEND an INFO SESSION Learn what to do to become a TCC student. tacomacc.edu/outreach
2. APPLY TCC’s application is free and online! tacomacc.edu/apply
3. CONNECT Set up your MyTCC portal and ctcLink. my.tacomacc.edu
4. FIND ways to pay for college Apply for financial aid and scholarships. tacomacc.edu/costsandaid
5. ASSESS your skills Options to assess your skills in English and math. Call 253.566.5093 or visit tacomacc.edu/assessyourskills
6. GET ORIENTED Learn how to enroll for classes at TCC. tacomacc.edu/getoriented
7. PAY your tuition Find out and remember when tuition is due. tacomacc.edu/academiccalendar
Tacoma Community College 2017-2018 CATALOG Page 8 Enroll in College For more information contact Enrollment Services at 253.566.5325 or email [email protected]. Admission to TCC
The college has an open-door admission Attended Another College Fresh Start Admissions policy, which reflects its commitment to If you attended another college, mail or Fresh Start is a re-engagement program access to higher education. Consistent bring in your official college transcript(s) for youth ages 16-21 years who want to with its open-door policy, Tacoma to the Enrollment Services Office (TCC, earn a high school diploma or Associate’s Community College practices equal 6501 S. 19th St., Tacoma WA 98466) for a Degree at Tacoma Community College. opportunity in its educational programs. transcript evaluation. Evaluations usually Interested students should call Admission decisions are not based on take up to three months. 253.566.5086 or visit tacomacc.edu/ race, color, creed, religion, national origin, areasofstudy/learningoptions/freshstart. gender, sexual orientation, age, marital Once completed, you can review your status, disability, or status as a disabled transfer-in credits at MyTCC portal. You International Student veteran. can also obtain a copy of your transfer-in credits at the Enrollment Services office, Admissions New Student Admission Bldg. 7 (picture ID required). TCC welcomes international students from more than 30 countries around New student admission is a simple After reviewing your transfer-in credits, the world. Whether you’re entering process. Submit an online admissions email [email protected] if you college for the first time, seeking specific application at least 30 days prior to the have questions. You do not have to skills for a career path, or upgrading quarter in which you want to begin. wait for your transcript to be evaluated before you meet with an advisor. Bring your expertise to compete in today’s Admission to TCC is available to: your unofficial transcript to your advising marketplace, TCC is a great place to learn • Individuals who are high school appointment. and grow. graduates, or at least 18 years of age, To apply to TCC, simply log on to the or have obtained a GED. Adult Basic Skills (ABE) online application at tacomacc.edu/ • Applicants under 18 years of age who internationalstudents/applynow. have not graduated from high school The Adult Basic Skills department offers may be eligible to enter TCC through a variety of courses and programs Transfer Students – if you are currently either the Running Start or Fresh Start designed to help individuals who wish to studying at a different U.S. college or programs. prepare for entry into a college or career university you arequired to submit a • Other applicants, age 16-18, must pathway and/or improve their basic transfer form after it has been signed by obtain written releases from the reading, writing, math, conversation, the International Advisor at your current principal of the high school they and employment skills. Programs are institution. last attended. Admission of these designed for adults 18 years of age or For more information call 253.566.5190. applicants will be considered on a older. Youth, ages 16-18, must obtain case-by-case basis. a high school release to be eligible for Career Training Program participation. Admissions Readmitting Students Tuition for the Adult Basic Skills program Admission to a particular TCC career is $25 each quarter. Some courses may • Students who have attended TCC training program is dependent on also have additional material fees. Partial within the past year may reapply individual qualifications and the tuition assistance is available for qualified verbally over the phone. availability of space in the desired low-income individuals. • Students who attended more than program. New TCC students must a year ago will need to contact the For more information about placement complete college applications and, if Enrollment Services Office to be testing, class location and registration, applicable, specific program applications. activated for the appropriate quarter call 253.566.5144. Refer to the For program specific information, contact of re-entry. Transitional Studies catalog section the program chair identified for each Students will be advised to update their for additional program details. program in the career training section of biographic information in the ctcLink the catalog. Student Center and forwarded to the Advising Center if their program of study has changed from when they previously attended.
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Residency
Running Start Admissions The State of Washington regulates To determine if a bona fide domicile has residency determinations at Washington been established, a variety of factors are Running Start is a partnership between community colleges and public considered. Simply living in Washington the Washington State’s community universities in accordance with RCW for 12 continuous months prior to the college system and Washington’s public 28B.15.012-014. To be considered beginning of the quarter does not school districts through which eligible eligible for the lower resident-tuition establish residency or intent to become high school juniors and seniors may rate, a student (or his/her parent or legal a permanent resident of Washington. enroll in TCC courses at no tuition cost. guardian in the case of a dependent Other factors include: College credits earned through Running student) must: • Visa classification—some Start apply toward high school graduation • Be a U.S. citizen or have permanent classifications will allow a student to and satisfy college requirements (within resident immigration status in the U.S. establish residency, others do not guidelines of the program). To be eligible for at least one year, or hold an eligible • Residency status while enrolled at an for Running Start, students must have visa classification (A, E, G, H, I, K or L) out-of-state college or university college-level English skills. To apply, • Be physically present (or his/her parent • Financial assistance received from an interested students should contact or legal guardian) in Washington for out-of-state source where residency of their high school counselor or the TCC 12 continuous months prior to the that state is a requirement Running Start program at 253.566.6061. beginning of the quarter • Out-of-state driver’s license, vehicle • Have established a bona fide domicile registration, and voter registration Integrated Basic Education (or his/her parent legal guardian) • Students who enroll in six credits and Skills Training (I-BEST) 12 continuous months prior to the or more shortly after arriving in Admissions beginning of the quarter Washington state are presumed to I-BEST programs are offered for students • Be separated from the military under have come to the state primarily for who wish to improve their English honorable conditions after at least educational purposes and will need to language or basic skills while earning 90 days of service and enter an overcome this presumption a college-level certificate or two-year institution of higher education in Applications to change residency status degree. Call 253.566.5144 for enrollment Washington within three years of the will be accepted up to the 30th calendar information or stop by the Transitional date of separation who: day of the quarter in which the change Studies office in Bldg. 7. • At the time of separation designated would apply. The residency questionnaire Washington as his or her intended is available at Enrollment Services, domicile; or Bldg. 7. The questionnaire and all • Has Washington as his or her official supporting documentation are reviewed home of record; or by the residency officer. If a change to • Moves to Washington and resident status is substantiated, a refund establishes a domicile as is processed for the difference between determined in RCW28B.15.013; or nonresident and resident tuition. • A student who is the spouse or a dependent of an individual who has Some students may qualify, on a separated from military as noted quarterly basis, for an exemption from above. all or a portion of the nonresident fees. Those who may qualify include: • U.S. citizens, and immigrants who hold permanent resident alien status who have not yet established Washington residency may qualify for the nonresident on waiver tuition rate.
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Your Academic Success
• In accordance with HB 1079, which Tacoma Community College is to be normed for English as a Second became effective July 1, 2003, TCC committed to helping each student Language learner. complies with guidelines that allow achieve his or her educational goals. The Transfer students who have completed individuals who are not permanent college’s services include computerized college-level math and English residents or citizens of the United basic skills assessment, new student coursework with grades of ‘C’ or higher States to pay resident tuition. These orientation, and academic advising. may substitute a transcript review for individuals must meet certain criteria, the assessment process. Unofficial and sign and return the Washington Assessment transcripts may be used for this purpose. Higher Education Residency Affidavit/ In an effort to provide effective Declaration/Certification form (available Students with disabilities may request educational services for students, at Enrollment Services). These testing accommodations by contacting Tacoma Community College’s entry skills students are not eligible to receive the Access Services Coordinator in assessment process helps identify each federal financial aid. Bldg. 7 at 253.460.4438. student’s strengths and weaknesses • Eligible visa classifications: A, E, G, H, in English and math. Assessment may MATH PLACEMENT OPTIONS I, K or L. A student (or his/her parent include: or legal guardian in the case of a • basic skills testing (CASAS), Recent high school graduates may be dependent student) may be eligible • review of SAT/ACT scores, placed into math courses based on a to apply for the resident tuition rate if • translation of other placement combination of their high school math residency requirements are met (with scores, courses, grades and ACCUPLACER the exception of registering to vote). • college transcript review, scores. This option only applies to students from the Tacoma School • Active duty military, Washington • or local high school articulation District, University Place School District, National Guard members, and agreement. and the Peninsula School District who their spouses and dependents are The results are used for academic are entering TCC within one year of high eligible for the resident tuition rate. advising, course placement, and program school graduation and are taking their The student’s military ID and orders placement. first TCC math course no more than showing the individual is stationed Assessment is required for any student two years after their last high school in Washington must be on file in the who plans to register for: math course was completed. Specially Enrollment Services office. • Six or more credits trained advisors in Bldg. 7 or the MARC • A student on Refugee Status (or • English or math in Bldg. 19 analyze the student’s high spouse or dependent children of such • Courses with a math, reading or school transcript as well as the student’s refugee) if the refugee (a) is on parole English prerequisite which the assessment score to determine the best status, (b) has received an immigrant student has not satisfied placement for eligible students. visa, or (c) has applied for U.S. • A degree, certificate or transfer TCC also accepts scores on other citizenship may qualify for the refugee program colleges’ recognized placement tests tuition rate. Appropriate documentation • The Running Start or Fresh Start when taken within the previous year. must be on file in Enrollment Services. programs In addition, TCC accepts the statewide • A student domiciled for one year in International students take an English Math Placement Tests - General (MPT-G) one or a combination of the following language placement exam upon arrival used by Washington’s public four-year states: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or and are required to demonstrate English schools to establish readiness for Washington, and who is a member of proficiency before beginning college- college-level mathematics. a qualifying American Indian tribe (for level academic classes. Students whose It is strongly advised that students list contact Enrollment Services) may English proficiency is not at college prepare before taking the placement be eligible for resident tuition. level take classes in TCC’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program. either by coming to a TCC ACCUPLACER workshop or using the online tools Naturalized or Immigrant students might at tacomacc.edu/gettingstarted/ need to first take the CASAS or EAP test theenrollmentprocess/assessyourskills/ accuplacer/testpreparation.
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Advising The Advising Center in Bldg. 7 • Participate in the college community. coordinates campus-wide advising • Contribute to team projects. Advising at TCC is integrated and services, provides referral services, and • Demonstrate an understanding of student-centered. TCC encourages assigns faculty advisors to students. college culture. students to make appropriate choices Academic advisors are available by based on their abilities, interests and appointment or on a drop-in basis. Dual Enrollment Program values, and supports them in achieving The Center also provides information between the Univ. of their personal, academic and career on transfer requirements for students Washington–Tacoma and goals. planning to pursue degrees at four-year Tacoma Community College Academic advisors assist new students colleges and universities. For more The Dual Enrollment program allows with the planning and completion information call 253.566.6091. eligible Tacoma Community College of class schedules consistent with Gig Harbor students may also call the students to take up to 25 credits at the their educational goals. Students are Gig Harbor Campus at 253.460.2424 for University of Washington–Tacoma before encouraged to meet with their academic advising information. submitting a complete application to UW advisors each quarter to track their Tacoma as a degree-seeking student. educational progress. Once students HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 101 Current eligibility requirements include have identified educational goals, REQUIREMENT FOR NEW STUDENTS the completion of 15 transferable, developed plans for achieving their goals, college-level credits at TCC with a 2.75 and demonstrated progress, they are Students who assess at the GPA or higher and completion of a assigned faculty advisors. developmental level in English are required to enroll in Human Development college-level English composition course with a grade of 2.0 or higher. NEW STUDENT ADVISING 101 (HD 101) during their first TCC quarter. & ORIENTATION (NSAO) The HD 101 Student Success Seminar is Prospective Dual Enrollment students recommended for all students. should comply with UW Tacoma To encourage student success, entering application deadlines for the quarters in students attend a New Student Advising HD courses help students explore which they intend to dually enroll, and & Orientation (NSAO) session. At the college resources, set goals, make those who enroll in the program will be orientation students are introduced to educational and career decisions, responsible for payment of tuition and academic programs and services of the develop individual potential, improve fees to both TCC and UW Tacoma based college and receive academic advising. interpersonal communication skills, learn on each school’s respective tuition rate. Orientation also helps students build TCC decision-making skills, and learn how to connections with faculty, staff and fellow build positive relationships. The courses Admission to the Dual Enrollment students. are offered quarterly. Details are available program does not guarantee admission at the Counseling and Advising Center, to UW Tacoma as a degree-seeking All students are required to complete Bldg. 7. student. Call 253.566.6091 for additional NSAO unless they have successfully information. completed college-level courses at Upon successful completion of Human other colleges. To sign up for the next Development (HD) courses, students available orientation, go to tacomacc.edu/ will: theenrollmentprocess/getoriented. • Determine/identify their own capabilities, interests, and values. Students who are taking all their TCC • Design their own educational, courses online, returning students who personal, social, or career action have been away for more than a year, plan. and students who are transferring from • Explain how their own personal another college may use the Online responsibility determines their NSAO to save time. It is important to success as a college student. complete the form at the end of the • Locate, use, and evaluate Online NSAO to get an updated advisor information technology and other assignment and registration PIN. college resources.
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Registration Schedule Changes
Registration is the process of enrolling students based on cumulative and • Students may add or drop a course in classes each quarter. Detailed transfer credit priority. Returning students using the college website (ctcLink information and procedures for who have not attended TCC within the Student Center) through the 3rd registration, as well as important dates past year may register on the first day of instructional day of the quarter and deadlines, are published at the open registration. (through the 2nd instructional day for college’s website. Summer quarter and summer quarter). short courses have prorated deadlines. PRIORITY REGISTRATION POLICY • Adds after this date must be made on • Veterans and their spouses and an add/drop form and submitted to NON-CREDIT COURSE ENROLLMENT dependents may register on the Enrollment Services in Bldg. 7 by the Students may register online, or by day prior to the first day of currently 10th day of the quarter. visiting Enrollment Services in Bldg. 7 on enrolled student registration, beginning • The effective date of the transaction the Tacoma campus or the front desk at at 6 a.m. is the date the completed form is the Gig Harbor campus (253.460.2424). • Athletes, students using Access received at Enrollment Services. Services or Supplemental Instruction • Check the academic calendar for dates NEW AND READMITTING STUDENTS leaders and students participating in tacomacc.edu/academiccalendar. ENROLLING IN CREDIT COURSES the CASA/MECA program may register on the first day of currently enrolled Students register for classes using the TO ADD A CLASS student registration beginning at 12 college website (ctcLink Student Center). noon. New students are required to attend Note: Summer Quarter, early/late • All other currently enrolled students a mandatory New Student Advising & starting, and short courses have pro-rated register by appointment beginning on Orientation before registering. Students deadlines. the second day of currently enrolled taking only online courses and students • Add transactions completed on or student registration by cumulative and transferring college-level courses to TCC before the 3rd day of the quarter can be transfer credit priority. from another institution are exempt from made on the college website (ctcLink orientation. Student Center). LATE REGISTRATION • An add/drop form is required for CURRENTLY ENROLLED STUDENTS Students who have been admitted may transactions from the 4th through the register through the 3rd instructional day Students currently enrolled in credit 10th day of the quarter. The instructor’s of the quarter. From the 4th instructional courses register for the following signature approving entry into class is day through the 10th instructional day of quarter using the college website required. the quarter, students may register with (ctcLink Student Center). Registration the written permission or email from • Add/drop forms must be submitted to appointments are determined by their instructors. Enrollment Services no later than the number of credits completed at TCC 10th instructional day of the quarter. and/or transfer-in credits. If students Registration requests after the 10th have completed courses at other instructional day of the quarter, with • Adds will not be accepted after the institutions, up to 60 credit of those the exception of continuous enrollment 10th instructional day of the quarter, courses can be counted when they have or late-starting classes will only be with the exception of continuous been transferred in through the official considered for students who were in enrollment or late-starting classes. evaluation process. Priority registration is attendance of the class prior to the given to certain groups, such as veterans, 10th day of the quarter, and must be TO DROP A CLASS as required by State law. petitioned and are subject to a $36.50 Drop transactions completed through per class late add/reinstatement fee if the 10th day of the quarter can be done RETURNING STUDENTS approved. The petition process includes on the college website (ctcLink Student verification by the instructor of the Students who have attended TCC Center). These classes will not appear on student’s first date of attendance. within the past year may register by student transcripts. online appointment on the first day Summer quarter, early/late starting, and of registration for currently enrolled short courses have pro-rated deadlines.
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While faculty permission is not required, WITHDRAWALS WAIT LISTS drop transactions completed on the Medical or military withdrawals may Some classes have automated wait lists. th th 11 instructional day through the 55 be granted in cases where students Not all classes are assigned wait lists. calendar day of the quarter require experience serious unanticipated The length of a wait list varies. The length completed add/drop forms submitted illnesses, or are called up for active- of a wait list for a class is determined by to Enrollment Services with either an duty military service. Petition forms the department/program. instructor’s signature or an email to are available at Enrollment Services in When students attempt to register for the instructor with a response. A grade Bldg. 7. Written documentation must full classes that have wait lists, they are of ‘W’ will appear on the transcript be provided at the time petitions are offered the opportunity to be placed on a indicating official withdrawal from the submitted. Refunds will not be granted wait list. Students are placed on the wait course. In the event the student is unable for requests received after the quarter list on a first-come, first-served basis. to obtain the instructor’s signature, they has ended. may still drop the class. Students can be on a total of no more Students are limited to one medical than two wait lists at a time. th After the 55 calendar day of the quarter, refund petition each academic year. The Once a class has an active wait list, students no longer have the option to State of Washington and the TCC Board all regular registration activity for that withdraw from a course. An instructor of Trustees require medical refunds to be class stops. As other students drop may grant a grade of ‘WI’ or any other reserved for the following situations: appropriate letter grade based on the these classes, wait-listed students are course syllabus. Serious, unanticipated illness or medical automatically registered into available emergency that occurred during the class openings from the wait list in the Students who are physically unable to current quarter. NOTE: A chronic order they were placed on the wait list. come to campus to complete an add/ illness or pre-existing condition is not Waitlisted students are not registered drop form must notify the registrar of considered an unanticipated illness and into available class openings if doing their intent to officially withdraw via will not be accepted as a basis for a so will result in their exceeeding their [email protected]. The email must medical refund. Maximum Total Units (usually 19 credits) be dated or a letter must be postmarked or being enrolled in two different classes by the 55th calendar day of the quarter Administrative withdrawals are initiated by the college to withdraw students of the same course. Students may set and should be sent from the student’s up a Swap in ctcLink Student Center to TCC email account. for disciplinary reasons, failure to meet academic standards, or other avoid these limitations. Students who register for a quarter but exceptional causes. Students who It is the student’s responsibility to track do not attend classes must complete are administratively withdrawn for their status in ctcLink Student Center to official withdrawals. Failure to pay disciplinary reasons are not eligible for see if they have been moved from the wait tuition may not result in a cancellation of tuition refunds. (See Grade Policies for list to having been enrolled in the class. registration or tuition and fees. A failing Course Repeat and Course Audit options) grade may be assigned and be posted Wait lists are frozen the last business day to the student’s permanent record. The prior to the start of a quarter. Students NO-SHOW INSTRUCTOR consequences of dropping a course vary who have not been enrolled into a WITHDRAWAL depending upon both the time frame in class by this point are encouraged to which the drop occurs and obligations Students registered in regular quarter- attend the first day of class to see if the the student may have regarding length classes who fail to attend instructor will permit an overload. financial aid awards, veteran benefits initial class sessions and fail to make or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration arrangements with their instructors for WAIT LIST HOLDS excused absences may be subject to (USCIS) status. Students are advised to Students with financial holds will not instructor withdrawal. review possible consequences before progress off of waitlists into classes until proceeding with withdrawal from one or the hold is lifted. Students should contact more classes (see also Refund Policy). the department that placed the hold for futher information regarding lifting the hold once the financial obligation is satisfied.
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Tuition and Fees
Fees paid by students include: SPECIAL FEES • Tuition fees, which are carefully The college charges course fees at the controlled by legislative action; time of registration for most courses. • Student activities fees, which are Students are charged for individualized skol-er-ship voted on and approved by students instruction and other incidentals. through Student Leadership; Additionally, the college charges facilities • Course fees, approved by the Board use and safety fees. These fees are of Trustees on an annual basis; posted at tacomacc.edu/costsandaid/ • Facilities fees (i.e., the Early A gift, tuition. Childhood Center or the Student not a loan. Center) paid to support buildings Students who are coded for financial aid, that require local funds to build payment plan, Running Start, Fresh Start, athlete, veteran, third party payee, or and these are formally approved by What’s a scholarship? Student Government as projects international may have their registration held. If it is held, the students is they want to support; Money provided by • Public Safety/Parking fees are set by responsible for the charges. generous people to the College to support staffing for Public Safety and to provide parking; help TCC students with • Technology and Fitness Center tuition, fees and books. fees are likewise added via student vote. These fees support student TCC Foundation computer facilities and internet scholarships are a gift, access, and provide equipment for use of the Fitness Center; and, not a loan - they do not • eLearning fees for students need to be paid back. participating in online, hybrid, and web enhanced courses are charged to support online technologies, training, and student support including a Help Desk. Current quarterly tuition and fee rates are posted at tacomacc.edu/ costsandaid/tuition. Tuition and fees are due approximately three weeks prior to the start of classes. Late payments may result in cancellation of registration. Payments may be made via: • Cashier’s Office in Bldg. 14, Tacoma Campus • VISA or MasterCard at the TCC website or by calling 253.566.5011 • Gig Harbor Campus • Automatic Payment Plan (NELNET) (page 15) tacomacc.edu/ • Financial Aid (page 15) foundationscholarships
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Financial Assistance
FINANCIAL AID eligible college certificate or degree • Click on the Pay by FACTS link on The primary responsibility for an program. the left side. • Follow the on-screen instructions education rests with students and their Students are expected to successfully to enroll in the FACTS automatic families. However, if financial resources complete the credits for which they payment plan. are not sufficient to cover expenses, enroll with a grade point average (GPA) of students may be eligible for financial aid. at least 2.0. In doing so, students remain Students with financial aid or coverage Aid programs include grants, work study, in good standing and can continue to by a third party should not sign up for the loans and scholarships. receive financial aid. Students planning automatic payment plan. Contact Nelnet Business Solutions at 800.609.8056 or Applying for financial aid takes time. to drop credits after financial aid has the TCC Business Office at 253.460.4311 Information is available online at been disbursed should discuss changes for more information. tacomacc.edu/costsandaid/ or you may with the Financial Aid Services office contact Financial Aid Services in Bldg. first. Failure to successfully complete 14. It is advisable to begin the application their enrolled credits may cause financial PASSPORT TO COLLEGE PROGRAM aid to be cancelled and may require process in October for the upcoming Students who have been in foster care repayment of a portion of the aid academic year. The deadline for priority in Washington state may be eligible received and all or a portion of the related funding is typically mid- to late-March for this scholarship and grant. Contact tuition. A complete policy regarding these for the upcoming fall quarter. Specific the Financial Aid Services office in standards is available in the Financial quarterly deadlines are available from Bldg. 14 for more information or call Aid Services office upon request and is Financial Aid Services and online at 253.566.5080. tacomacc.edu/applyforaid. Basic eligibility mailed to all aid recipients. requirements for financial aid are as All potential financial aid applicants SCHOLARSHIPS follows. A student must: should note that previous academic Scholarships are awarded for academic • Have a high school diploma or GED. performance will be reviewed prior to merit, financial need, athletic or artistic • Be in a financial aid-eligible degree granting funds. All coursework from TCC talent, community involvement and fields program or an eligible certificate is taken into consideration, even if aid of study. Unlike loans, they do not have program. was not received. to be repaid. • Be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen. AUTOMATIC PAYMENT PLAN Each year over 200 scholarships are • Be making satisfactory academic (NELNET) awarded to TCC students. Money progress as defined by the TCC is provided by friends of the TCC Students who owe $200 or more in satisfactory academic progress Foundation to help students pay for quarterly tuition and fees may enroll in requirements. tuition, books, fees, and in some the automatic payment plan, which offers • Be registered with selective service instances, supplies. More information easy online enrollment, monthly payment (if required). about TCC Foundation scholarships is at plans, with flexible payment options with • Provide a valid Social Security tacomacc.edu/foundationscholarships. no interest. Payment methods include number, and not owe any automatic bank payment (ACH) and There are also external scholarships repayments or be in default on any credit card/debit card payment. NELNET available to all TCC students. An federal student loans. does not accept VISA. There are minimal information board listing scholarships Washington State Need Grant may be costs to participate in this automatic is maintained in Bldg. 14 and online at available for low income, non-citizen payment plan. Follow these simple steps tacomacc.edu/costsandaid/typesofaid/ students who meet certain residency to enroll in the payment plan: scholarships/externalscholarships. criteria. • Go to tacomacc.edu/myeservices The posted information summarizes scholarship criteria and the application Students advised into Adult Basic and click on Registration Login. process. Education (ABE) will not be eligible • Enter your student ID (SID) and to receive financial aid until they have quarter PIN to login to Registration. successfully completed their ABE • After registering for classes click coursework and are advised into an Finish.
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VETERANS, ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY RIGHTS OF WASHINGTON NATIONAL WORKFORCE AND RESERVIST SERVICES GUARD AND OTHER MILITARY Workforce programs are designed Tacoma Community College is approved RESERVE STUDENTS CALLED TO to help connect you with your career for the education and training of veterans, SERVICE (RCW 28B.10.270) path and carry you all the way through the children and spouses of deceased A member of the Washington National to completion and employment. Each or 100% disabled veterans, and eligible Guard or any other military reserve workforce education funding program members of the select reserve. Contact component who is a student at an has different criteria and requirements, Veterans Services in Bldg. 14 or call institution of higher education and who is but TCC has made it easy to get started 253.566.5081 to apply for benefits. ordered for a period exceeding thirty days with only one application to help students connect to the program(s) best Veterans and dependents attending to either active state service, as defined designed to provide the most support. TCC who expect to receive Veterans in RCW 38.040.010, or to federal active Help may be available for tuition, fees, Administration benefits must meet three military service has the following rights: • Withdraw from one or more courses books and childcare assistance (through minimum standard requirements, in for which tuition and fees have been DSHS). addition to those required by the college: paid that are attributable to the • Veterans and dependents using Workforce programs can support: courses. benefits must declare a program of • Professional technical training (TCC • Be given a grade of incomplete and study or degree objective and will be has over 40 degrees and certificates be allowed to complete the course paid only for those classes that apply available) upon release from active duty under toward the VA approved program of • Job skills training – specific skills the institution’s standard practice for study. needed to gain employment completion of incompletes. • Veterans and dependents must • Pre-college skills (high school diploma, • Continue and complete the course complete the course work paid for. GED, basic skills or ESL) to prepare for for full credit. Grades of ‘N’, ‘V’, ‘WI’, ‘U’, ‘R’, ‘S’, career training • Be entitled to make up the class, ‘Z’ or ‘W’ will result in overpayment; test, examination, laboratory, this means some or all the benefits BASIC FOOD EMPLOYMENT presentation, or event without received must be repaid. & TRAINING PROGRAM prejudice to the final course grade or • Veterans and dependents must notify evaluation. Students receiving or who are income Veterans Services in Bldg. 14 when eligible for Basic Food Assistance changing classes, withdrawing from For full details of this RCW refer through the Department of Social and the college or when deciding to stop to app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default. Health Services (DSHS) may be eligible attending classes. aspx?cite=28B.10.270. for funding and support under the Basic • A dedicated veterans counselor is Food Employment & Training (BFET) located in the Counseling & Advising program. Center, Bldg. 7, to support veterans and their spouses. OPPORTUNITY GRANTS Benefits may be terminated for unsatisfactory progress or conduct. A student may be eligible for Opportunity If terminated, benefits may be Grants if the student: reinstated by a certifying official upon • Holds Washington State resident establishing a reasonable likelihood that status per TCC Enrollment Services satisfactory progress and/or conduct • Meets income guidelines will be sustained in the future. This can • Has not received Opportunity Grant occur only after all other admission funds more than three years ago requirements have been met. Selected ago programs of study are approved by a • Is within 45-credit limit to meet Washington State Approving Agency for Opportunity Grant guidelines enrollment of those eligible for benefits under Title 28 and Title 10, U.S. Code.
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Refund Policy
WORKER RETRAINING Credit Classes A student may be eligible for Worker College procedures for the refund of tuition and fees to students are consistent with Retraining assistance if in the past state statutes. 48 months any of the following apply: • A student must complete the official withdrawal procedure to receive a refund. • Collects or has collected • A student dismissed from the college for disciplinary reasons is not eligible unemployment benefits in Washington for a refund. state • Instructional days are defined as days school is in session, not including weekends • Separated from the military with an and scheduled holidays. honorable discharge • Calendar days are defined as all days of the month, not just instructional days. • Displaced homemaker (divorced, Refunds will be made according to the following schedule: separated or widowed) • Withdrawal resulting from classes being cancelled by the college – 100% • Formerly self-employment in a • Withdrawal up to the 5th instructional day of the quarter – 100% Washington State-licensed business • Withdrawal from the 6th through the 20th calendar day of the quarter – 40% • Currently employed but meets at least • Withdrawal after the 20th calendar day of the quarter – 0% two of the following: • Is in a declining occupation For continuous enrollment courses which permit a student to register at any time • Needs training to keep current job after the beginning of the quarter, a student will be allowed an 80% refund for five th • Has not earned 45 college credits instructional days after the course begins and a 40% refund from the 6 through the th and a related certificate or degree 20 calendar day. Summer quarter courses, courses which do not follow the regular college calendar, WORKFIRST early/late starting courses, and short courses have prorated refund periods. Contact WorkFirst assistance is available to Enrollment Services at 253.566.5325 for the related refund dates. students who are receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Continuing Education Non-Credit Class Cancellation and Refund through the Department of Social and Policy Health Services (DSHS). TCC reserves the right to change, reschedule and cancel non-credit classes as needed, For information on all Workforce for reasons including but not limited to inclement weather, instructor-related issues, and programs: low enrollment. • Visit workforce.tacomacc.edu/ Payment for all non-credit classes is payable at the time of enrollment. • Call 253.566.5188 • Student-initiated withdrawal: If a student elects to withdraw from a class, a request • Email [email protected] must be made before a refund is issued. If the request is made at least seven • Come by the Workforce Education calendar days before the first day of class, the class fee will be returned to the office in Bldg. 8 on TCC’s main campus student. • College initiated cancellation: If TCC initiates a class cancellation, a full refund will be issued. Efforts will be made to notify all registered students. • In case of a withdrawal of cancellation, the student may transfer the class fee to another class offered that quarter or the following quarter. • Low enrollment cancellations: Non-credit classes are dependent upon a minimum student enrollment number and are cancelled three days prior to the class start date if that enrollment number is not met. • Refunds: Students should allow three to four weeks for processing of refunds. Refund checks will be mailed to the address students have on file.
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Students Support for YOU
TCC offers comprehensive student support services to help ensure student success, including: • Nationally accredited Early Learning Center for child care • Counseling and Advising Center • Career Center • Access Services for students with disabilities • Assessment Services for appropriate placement into classes • Center for Academic Support and Achievement (CASA) and Multi-Ethnic and Cultural Affairs (MECA) • International Student Services and Programs • Free tutoring and writing services: • Writing and Tutoring Center (WTC) • Business Education Center (BEC) • Math Advising Resource Center (MARC) • Learning Resource Center at the Gig Harbor Campus • Re-entry navigation • Veterans Services • Supplemental Instruction (SI) • Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) Lab • Cooperative Learning Center • Peer Mentors • TCC/THA College Housing Assistance program
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Student Services
Access Services Center for Academic Support • Classes in human development, career Serving Students with Disabilities & Achievement (CASA) and and life planning • Special-interest workshops and class TCC’s Access Services assures that Multi-Ethnic & Cultural Affairs presentations students with disabilities have equal (MECA) • Information on substance abuse access to programs and activities offered The CASA program is committed to prevention and recovery. at the college. providing comprehensive programs • Referral to a wide variety of and support services to traditionally Access Services staff coordinate community resources when additional under-represented, first generation, services and foster student services are needed independence. To receive academic economically disadvantaged students, Most Counseling Center services accommodations, students must provide and students with disabilities to promote are free to enrolled students. For an official documentation to the disability access, academic persistence, and appointment, call 253.566.5122 or stop specialist. achievement with a diverse student body. CASA promotes academic excellence for by the Counseling Center in Bldg. 7. To learn about options and opportunities: all students. Programs services include: • visit Access Services, Bldg. 7 • academic advising Early Learning Center (ELC) • call 253.460.3995 • transfer counseling The Early Learning Center is a state- • visit tacomacc.edu/ • peer-to-peer mentoring certified, accredited nonprofit campus resourcesandservices/accessservices • financial aid and financial literacy center (Bldg. 3) that offers a high-quality, advising Career Center affordable child care program designed • scholarship and grant information to enable parents to pursue education The Career Center, located in Bldg. 7, • emergency book loan. at TCC by providing a safe, nurturing offers extensive resources to assist CASA staff members advise clubs and environment for their children. Additional students in making career and play a key role in many campus lectures, services provided by the Center include educational decisions including: events, and activities. breakfasts, hot lunches and afternoon • Individual career assessment to snacks; developmental screening To learn more visit the center, located explore interests, identify personal assessment; and family resources and on the first floor of the Student Center strengths and match skills with career referrals. Spaces are also available to (Bldg. 11) or go to tacomacc.edu/ opportunities children of TCC staff and faculty. TCC resourcesandservices/casameca. • Access to a Career Coach to help students are given priority for enrolling match students with TCC education Counseling Center their children. pathways and careers The Center accepts children from one • Washington Occupational Information The Counseling Center staff offers a month to five years of age and provides Services (WOIS), a system providing wide variety of services to students a comprehensive program of activities access to accurate, up-to-date in an atmosphere of mutual trust and suited to the developmental level of occupational and educational information confidentiality. Services available to the children. Tuition is determined by specific to Washington State students include: a sliding fee scale, based on parent’s • Catalogs for colleges and universities; • Counseling to assist in educational income. Eligible four-year-olds can enroll contacts for Washington schools planning and resolving problems in the preschool ECEAP program which • Assistance in finding full-time, relating to studies provides 6½ hours of free preschool per part-time, temporary and seasonal • Counseling to address personal day. Also, eligible children one month to employment concerns three years of age may enroll in the Early • Assistance with job-search skills, • Counseling to assist in choosing Head Start program. including resume assistance and academic majors, programs or careers interviewing techniques • Counseling and support for veterans The ELC offers a camp at the beginning • Internships and volunteer opportunities and military affiliated students of the summer quarter for children who • Career interest assessment attend elementary school and who are • Current information on educational and between the ages of five and eight at the career opportunities beginning of summer.
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Center hours are 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., International Student Services Men’s Services Monday-Friday. Summer hours are and Programs Men are encouraged to call or stop 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Tacoma Community College provides by the Counseling Center in Bldg. 7 Families using the Center are required a quality learning environment in which to inquire about resources addressing to participate in a series of parent international students can pursue their men’s issues or concerns. education courses or other activities to educational objectives. The college is A men’s support group is offered be determined. committed to international education as a when interest is expressed. See also Parents can place their children’s means to promote cultural, political, and the Human Development course, Life names on the waiting list by calling social awareness and understanding. Choices for Men (HD 116). TCC’s Early the Center at 253.566.5180, coming Through the college’s International Learning Center provides information on to Bldg. 3, or visiting tacomacc. Student Services and Programs office classes of interest to parents. edu/resourcesandservices/ (Bldg. 11), students receive support For more information call 253.566.5122. earlylearningcenter. in a variety of areas including detailed assistance in admissions and registration, Educational Talent Search academic advising, and orientation to Women’s Services Educational Talent Search (ETS) is a the campus and community. In addition, A variety of workshops, support groups federally funded TRIO program designed the office provides information on United and activities are planned on campus to assist 6th- through 12th-graders States Citizenship and Immigration throughout the year to support women’s enrolled at Jason Lee Middle School Services regulations. interests. and Stadium and Foss High Schools Services for international students also Life Choices for Women (HD 116) to better understand their educational include housing and activities. Students is a class offered to assist women opportunities and options. who request help with accommodations in transition. Women may call the ETS provides tutoring, academic are matched with local families for home- Counseling Center at 253.566.5122 advising, personal counseling, career stays or referred to nearby apartments. with questions about women’s services. and college preparation and mentoring TCC’s International Friendship TCC’s Early Learning Center provides and is committed to educational access, Organization (IFO), a large and active information on classes of interest to diversity, excellence and the belief that student club, plans numerous events of parents. special interest to international students. each student is a valuable member of the A yearly women’s fair is hosted by the educational community. Contact ETS at TCC offers direct transfer agreements Counseling Center. For more information 253.566.5110. for international students transferring to call 253.460.4384. the University of Washington–Tacoma, Saint Martin’s University in engineering, Pacific Lutheran University, Washington State University, Brandman University, Central Washington University, Concordia University, Portland State University, Indiana University South Bend, and more. For more information visit tacomacc.edu/internationalstudents/ universitytransfer/ or call 253.566.5190.
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Other Services
College Bookstore Parking on Campus New and used textbooks for TCC Students are required to display a parking courses may be purchased in the permit when parking in designated Bookstore, Bldg. 11. Art and classroom student parking areas (unmarked supplies, nursing uniforms and postage spaces). Administrators, faculty, and stamps are also available. Anyone can staff are required to have valid parking place special book orders through the permits which authorizes their vehicles Bookstore. to park in designated administrative or Students can order textbooks online faculty/staff designated parking spaces. approximately four weeks before classes Failure to obtain a permit or to adhere to start. The online store tacomacc.edu/ parking and traffic rules and regulations resourcesandservices/bookstore also may result in fines or other penalties. provides an assortment of clothing, Security and parking information is given supplies, TCC imprinted items, to students during registration and to graduation regalia and bargain books. employees at the time of employment. Orders can be shipped or picked up in- Parking permits may be obtained through store or at the Gig Harbor Campus. the Public Safety office in Bldg. 14. Coffee, drinks and a variety of snacks are available in the Convenience Store, Public Safety Office located inside the Bookstore. TCC’s Public Safety office is responsible for: Food Court • providing a safe and healthy educational and working environment The TCC Food Court is located in the for students and employees, Opgaard Student Center, Bldg. 11. • maintaining TCC’s accident prevention The Food Court is closed on professional program, development days, and hours vary on • and the protection of people and mid-quarter educational planning days, property. on holidays, and during finals week and Public Safety employees maintain summer quarter. parking controls, enforce traffic laws, Additionally, food and beverage machines investigate accidents, maintain a lost and are located in many buildings on campus. found department and handle emergency situations. ID Cards Students and staff are encouraged to Photo identification cards providing report any unusual campus incidents by access to TCC’s library, computer lab and calling 253.566.5111. The backup number fitness center, are available through the is 253.495.4146. Campus Public Safety office, Bldg. 14.
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Student Policies and Notices
Tacoma Community College, its Code of Student Conduct Requests by students or college employess and its students adhere to employees to initiate disciplinary Admission to Tacoma Community a variety of policies. The major policies proceedings should be submitted College carries with it the presumption of the college are posted at in writing to the Student Conduct that the student will conduct himself/ www.tacomacc.edu/abouttcc/policies. Administrator or designee within herself as a responsible member of the 10 instructional days of the date the college community. Student Right to Know petitioner became aware or could have The Code of Student Conduct identifies become aware of the alleged violation of Information required under the Student the responsibilities of students according the code. Right to Know Act is available on the to state law and college policy. The A student is subject to disciplinary college website. This includes: provisions of the code apply to all warning, probation, suspension or • Campus Safety and Substance students whenever they are on the expulsion for violating any of the above Awareness college campus or engaged in college- listed offenses. The Code of Student • Student Right to Know Guide sponsored activities or functions. Conduct identifies the due process • Completion and Graduation Rules Students who commit any of the guaranteed to students who are charged Additional information is available in following offenses are subject to with violating provisions of the code. the Student Services Administration disciplinary action: The college’s Code of Student Conduct office in Bldg. 7 and Safety and Security • Personal offenses (such as assault, is available in the office of the Vice office in Bldg. 14. The Equity in Athletics disorderly, drunken or abusive President for Student Services in Disclosure Act Report is available in the conduct, false complaint or alarm, Bldg. 7 and on the college website Athletic Department, Bldg. 20. illegal assembly, trespass, sexual tacomacc.edu/abouttcc/policies/ harassment, and possession of or use codeofstudentconduct/. Policy Appeals of firearms) • Property offenses (such as theft, The college provides a process for intentional or grossly negligent Use of Student Artifacts students to appeal operating policies damage or destruction of college Some student assignments may be or procedures. Appeals are typically property, and unauthorized use of referenced as artifacts and analyzed in addressed to the manager responsible college equipment) conjunction with the college seeking for administration of the specific policy or • Status offenses (such as cheating, accreditation renewal; needing to procedure. Policy and procedure appeals plagiarizing, or tendering; forgery or demonstrate evidence of expected are usually subject to strict time limits – it alteration; use, possession, selling, performance; subjecting itself to external is important to act upon a concern as or being under the influence of review by accrediting bodies; and/ soon as it develops. narcotics; being under the influence or sharing best practices and lessons Some of the rules by which TCC operates of alcoholic beverages except when learned with other higher education are based on state or federal laws; official approval has been given; professionals. By attending classes at in most situations, laws may not be use, possession or distribution of TCC, students agree to allow access appealed. To find out who to contact alcoholic beverages on campus; and reference to assignments, usage regarding a particular appeal, contact the failure to comply with directions of an patterns, and share content and/or office of the Vice President for Student authorized college official; smoking in information as needed to facilitate Services in Bldg. 7. “no smoking” areas; and unauthorized such processes and the continuous occupancy of a college facility) improvement of college programs.
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Equal Opportunity • The college seeks to address Nondiscrimination and Employer and Educator challenges, further our objectives and Harassment Policy and Grievance develop a culture welcoming to all who The principles of equal employment Procedure (Title IX) enter. The diversity of the college has opportunity, affirmative action and Tacoma Community College recognizes a direct correlation to the excellence of nondiscrimination are fundamental to its responsibility for investigation, services provided to students to meet the mission, goals and objectives of resolution, implementation of their needs culturally, economically and Tacoma Community College. The college corrective measures, and monitoring socially. complies with applicable federal and the educational environment and state laws designed to promote equal The college maintains a program of workplace to stop, remediate, and employment opportunity and affirmative affirmative action as provided for by prevent discrimination on the basis of action. state and/or federal law. This policy is race, color, national origin, age, perceived applicable to the college’s educational • It is the policy of Tacoma Community or actual physical or mental disability, programs and activities; student services College to provide an environment in pregnancy, genetic information, sex, and financial aid programs; use of which faculty, staff and students can sexual orientation, gender identity, facilities, purchasing, contracting and work and study free from harassment marital status, creed, religion, honorably facilities construction activities, and or discrimination. discharged veteran or military status, all areas of employment. The college • The college will assure equal or use of a trained guide dog or service is committed to protecting the rights employment opportunity and prohibit animal. and dignity of each individual in the discrimination in employment on To this end, Tacoma Community campus community, and will not tolerate the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, College has enacted policies prohibiting discrimination of any kind at any level. national origin, gender, sexual discrimination against and harassment orientation, gender identity, age, Individuals who feel they are being of members of these protected classes. marital status, status as a disabled or discriminated against are encouraged to Any individual found to be in violation Vietnam era veteran, the presence of a seek help. For more information contact of these policies will be subject to sensory, mental or physical disability or one of the following offices: disciplinary action up to and including genetic information. • Vice President for Student Services, dismissal from the college or from • The college will integrate the principles 253.566.5115, or employment. The policy in its entirety of diversity into all facets of the is available at tacomacc.edu/abouttcc/ • Vice President for Human Resources college. We strive to eliminate barriers policies. and Legal Affairs, 253.566.5054. to employment which artificially restrict The college’s policy statement and hiring, promotion, recruitment, and Leave for Faith and Conscience tenure and to create an organization procedures for filing discrimination that reflects the diversity of the client complaints is available from TCC Students are entitled to up to two days constituencies we serve. Further, administrative offices, the office of the of excused absences per calendar year the college is committed to creating Vice President for Student Services, the for reasons of faith or conscience or for a climate in which diversity is valued ASTCC President’s office, the Counseling organized activities conducted under the and fostered, exposure to differing Center, the Library, and Human auspices of a religious denomination, cultures and peoples is viewed as a Resources. church, or religious organization. Each key component of the employment holiday taken under this policy must be experience, and that the college seeks taken as a whole day, i.e., the day may to strengthen and expand the diversity not be divided into hours and taken of faculty, staff and students wherever piecemeal. Per RCW 1.16.050 and possible. Substitute Senate Bill 5173 absences • The college is committed to creating a occurring under this policy shall not culture and environment that respects adversely impact a student’s grade. and values individual differences as well as encourages the productive potential of every employee.
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Family Educational Rights Students may file complaints concerning The sale of tobacco products or tobacco and Privacy Act (FERPA) alleged failures by the college to comply related merchandise is prohibited on with the Act or regulations promulgated College property. This includes the The Family Educational Rights and there under with the United States Dept. free distribution (sampling) of tobacco Privacy Act requires institutions of higher of Education (FERPA), Office of the products and associated products. education to establish written policies Review Board, Washington, D.C. 20202. Sponsorship of campus events by and guidelines governing the review, organizations that promote tobacco use inspection, release, amendment and is prohibited. Advertisement of tobacco maintenance of student educational HIV/AIDS products at campus events is prohibited records. The college is committed to providing regardless of sponsorship. Additionally, Tacoma Community College has a safe and healthy educational TCC shall neither solicit nor accept any established policies and guidelines to environment and to providing education grant, gift or anything else of value from ensure that the education records of and information about the transmission a manufacturer, distributor or retailer its students are treated responsibly in and prevention of chronic, communicable whose principal business is tobacco accordance with the act and U.S. Dept. diseases, including human immune products. of Education regulations. deficiency virus (HIV) and acquired Exceptions to this policy for cultural or immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). TCC directory information can be artistic purposes require prior written Consistent with existing law and in the released without a student’s permission. approval of the college president or interest of all concerned, the college It includes student names, degrees and designee. takes appropriate measures to ensure awards. TCC will also confirm dates of a safe environment through educational attendance, dates of birth, major field of services. study, participation in officially-recognized Marijuana Use on Campus sports and activities, and most recent Even though limited personal possession previous educational institution attended. Radiologic Technology Program and use of marijuana is legal in Release of non-directory information Pregnancy Policy Washington State, it is illegal on the TCC requires a release signed by the student. campus. Because the college receives For information on the Radiologic federal funds we must adhere to federal Students should be advised that military Technology Program Pregnancy Policy, policy in regard to possession and use of recruiters may request and receive contact the Radiologic Sciences program marijuana and other drugs. address and phone listings as well as the chair. above directory information without a Being under the influence, use, signed release. possession, manufacturing or distribution Tobacco and Smoke Free Campus of marijuana, including medical A student may request directory Policy marijuana, is a violation of the TCC Code information be withheld from public It is the policy of Tacoma Community of Student Conduct and will result in release by filing an annual request College that smoking or the use of disciplinary action. with the Registrar in Bldg. 7. However, tobacco products is prohibited on all the college may authorize designated college premises. persons and agencies access to Substance Abuse students’ educational records under Smoking materials must be extinguished In accordance with provisions of the certain conditions listed in the college and properly disposed of prior to entering Drug-Free Schools and Communities policy without the student’s consent. college premises or exiting a vehicle. Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-570) and Improper disposal includes, but is not Copies of the college’s student its amendments of 1989, Tacoma limited to, spitting smokeless tobacco educational records policies and Community College provides substance product, littering (e.g., discarding procedures may be obtained from the abuse education, resources, information, cigarette butts, throwing cigarette butts office of the Vice President for Student and referrals focusing on the prevention out of windows, leaving spit containers), Services in Bldg. 7. and treatment of substance abuse. and anything that creates a fire hazard.
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Information on substance abuse a firearm, weapon or explosive at a time An employee who violates this policy prevention is available in the Counseling when engaging in TCC-related business will be asked to remove the weapon Center, Bldg. 7. This information covers or activities on TCC property referenced in from campus immediately and will be the many health risks associated with WAC 132S-50-280: subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. the use and abuse of illicit drugs and 1. It shall be the policy of this college Further, TCC may contact the appropriate alcohol, which include liver damage, that possession of weapons law enforcement agency if it learns that heart disease, ulcers, brain damage, apparently capable of producing an employee has violated or is violating malnutrition, cancer, and damage bodily harm and/or property damage the policy. The employee may also be to a developing fetus. These risks is prohibited on or in college facilities subject to arrest. may adversely affect one’s learning or college-leased facilities. environment, work and personal life. 2. Explosives are prohibited on or in A person other than an employee or Student use, possession or distribution college facilities or leased college student who violates this policy will of alcoholic beverages, narcotic drugs, facilities. be asked to remove the weapon from or controlled substances or being under 3. Carrying of firearms on or in college campus immediately. Further, TCC may the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs facilities or college-leased facilities contact the appropriate law enforcement on campus or at any college-sponsored is prohibited except and unless agency if it learns that such person has event is prohibited. (Exceptions for use of the firearm is registered with the violated or is violating the policy. Such alcoholic beverages may be made with campus security department for a person may also be subject to arrest. permits and by approval of the college specified period of time. Violations may result in referrals to president.) Violations of this policy by 4. The aforementioned regulations shall external law enforcement agencies. any student may result in disciplinary not apply to equipment or materials warning, probation, suspension or owned, used or maintained by the EXCLUSIONS expulsion. In addition, state and federal college; nor will they apply to law 1. This policy does not apply to law laws make possession or distribution of enforcement officers. enforcement officials duly authorized illicit drugs and alcohol a crime subject to The provisions do not apply if the to carry such weapons. imprisonment, fine or both. possession of the firearm or weapons is: 2. Persons employed in the Army, Air • Carried by a law enforcement officer Force, Navy, Coast Guard or Marine TCC is a Weapons Free Campus from an external agency conducting service of the United Stated or any member of the Washington National Tacoma Community College seeks official business at TCC. Guard when in the discharge of to maintain a welcoming and safe • A simulated firearm, or weapon their official duties and acting under educational and learning environment for may be authorized and permitted for orders requiring them to carry arms students, employees, and visitors. TCC educational purposes in connection or weapons. does not allow weapons on its property, with TCC-related research, teaching 3. Civil officers of the United States which includes any vehicle, building, or theatrical production, (e.g., stage in the performance of their official classroom, laboratory, artistic venue, play or film production, or rehearsals duties. athletic venue, entertainment venue, for them), from the appropriate Vice 4. Armored guards in the performance all College-related organization property President or designee. of their duties of picking up and whether leased or owned by TCC, and A student who violates this policy will dropping off money. all TCC-officially-recognized organization be asked to remove the weapon from property whether leased or owned by campus immediately and will be subject TCC and any real property, including to disciplinary action pursuant to the parking areas, sidewalks, and common Code of Student Conduct. Further, areas under the control of TCC. TCC may contact the appropriate law No person covered by this policy, unless enforcement agency if it learns that a authorized by law or specifically exempted student has violated or is violating the by federal or state law or TCC regulation, policy. The student may also be subject is authorized to have in their possession to arrest.
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Instruction Learning Outcomes
TCC has a responsibility to the larger community to guide its students toward becoming thoughtful, skilled, contributing citizens. To that end, we have developed outcomes that we expect every degree recipient to meet. Yet much of what we hope students learn is not easily measurable, nor is it necessarily completed when they acquire a degree here.
Intellectual curiosity and creativity, appreciation for a broad education, respect for self and others, a strong ethical conscience, resourcefulness in the face of change - these are qualities that may take time to develop, and may be attained beyond TCC in communities, work places, and other institutions of higher learning.
We take seriously our role in nurturing these qualities while students are here and we try to cultivate in our graduates an awareness that the degree they earn here is not the end of their learning, but a beginning. While students attend TCC, we hold ourselves accountable both to them and to the wider community for the following degree-related learning outcomes.
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Instructional Support Services
Degree Learning Outcomes eLearning Support INFORMATION COMMONS STUDENT COMPUTER LAB TCC’s eLearning department provides TCC’s Information Commons (Bldg. three primary resources: online courses, 16) provides 89 student computers Upon completing a degree at Tacoma multimedia production and the Information with internet access, Microsoft Office, Community College, students will be Commons student computer lab. able to: additional software programs, and two small-group study rooms equipped ONLINE COURSES • Core of Knowledge (COK) with high-tech Mediascape tables Providing flexibility to accommodate Demonstrate a basic knowledge for collaboration. Height adjustable various student schedules, online of each of the distribution areas surfaces and software are available courses are offered via the internet in (Written Communication, Humanities, to accommodate students with web-enhanced, hybrid, and full online Quantitative Skills, Natural Sciences disabilities. Help Desk staff answers formats. Online courses meet students’ and Social Sciences) or, as applicable, student questions concerning lab educational goals to complete degrees, specific professional/technical content, hardware and software. Students may update job skills, and for personal and program-level content and call 253.566.5176 to reserve group enrichment. apply this knowledge to academic study rooms. Students can check out endeavors. In addition to online courses, TCC equipment such as laptops, projectors, provides online student enrollment • Communication (COM) digital camcorders, and digital still services and support to assist students Listen, speak, read, and write cameras. with eLearning technical issues. For effectively and use nonverbal and technical support call 253.566.5176 technological means to make Library or email [email protected]. For connections between self and others. additional information visit tacomacc.edu/ The TCC Library (Bldg. 7) provides • Critical Thinking areasofstudy/learningoptions/eLearning. access to research materials, technology, & Problem Solving (CRT) Also refer to information in your Canvas instruction, study space and a variety Compare, analyze and evaluate courses. of services that support teaching and information and ideas to solve learning for TCC students, faculty, and problems. MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION staff. Available resources include: TCC’s Multimedia Production team • Individual assistance with research • Information delivers multimedia resources and projects from faculty librarians in & Information Technology (IIT) support for classes and events held at person, by email, or chat Locate, evaluate, retrieve and ethically the college. Staff assist students and • Information literacy class sessions use relevant and current information faculty to digitize materials, create digital tailored to help students with specific of appropriate authority for academic media content like video and photos, and research projects or, as applicable, specific professional/ our Studio offers a green screen setup • Electronic research guides tailored to technical applications. for various types of video presentations. specific research assignments • Intercultural Collaboration The eLearning Media Production team • 2-credit research courses taught by & Diversity (ICD) offers support and basic training for faculty librarians Demonstrate successful application non-linear editing software like Final Cut • Online research databases available of an interdependent, diverse, and Pro, Adobe Premier, iMovie and Movie 24/7 with a wide variety of full- multicultural worldview through Maker. Staff offer support and training for text articles from more than 7,000 collaborative engagement. lecture capture software, and assists in magazines, journals, and newspapers the distribution of multimedia content in • Approximately 50,000 print books, • Responsibility & Ethics (RES) digital or physical formats. 86,000 electronic books, and over 200 Demonstrate an understanding of textbook reserves what constitutes responsible and • English as a Second Language and ethical behavior toward individuals, the English for Academic Purposes reading community, and the environment. collections
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• Individual and group study space Student Learning Centers Resources (OER) through its website including three group media rooms (http:/learn.tacomacc.edu). The CAL Lab TCC’s Student Learning Centers support with large screen monitors and provides students with easy access to individualized learning, computer-based advance online booking an array of online learning modules, with learning, and individual and group • Over 80 computers with Microsoft one-on-one support and training, and tutoring to meet student needs. Office programs, wireless internet ongoing workshops and presentations. access, and technology support ART GALLERY • Copiers, scanners, DVD equipment, COOPERATIVE LEARNING CENTER The TCC Art Gallery is an open space, black-and-white and color printers, The Cooperative Learning Center (“the located across from Bldg. 5. The Gallery headphones and laptops for on- Coop”) is equipped with resources, features original artwork by students, campus use computers, and creative space designed faculty, community artist and more. To access electronic research databases, specifically for faculty, tutors, and students to meet in small groups to research tutorials, current hours and BUSINESS EDUCATION CENTER enhance cooperative learning. The Coop contact information, visit the student TCC’s Business Education Center (BEC) specifically supports the instruction in portal or tacomacc.libguides.com/ provides: Transitional Studies (ENGL 85 and 95, tcclibrary. • Individual and drop-in appointments Basic Skills, IBEST, EAP), Dedicated or group study staff tutors Tutoring (DT) sessions, critical reading • Tutoring in business subjects, including groups, language conversation groups, accounting, business algebra and and other opportunities for cooperative calculus, statistics, computer user learning. courses, and economics • Assistance in developing new learning GIG HARBOR CAMPUS strategies, understanding concepts, LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER learning good study habits, studying TCC’s Gig Harbor Campus Learning for exams, and understanding one’s Resource Center provides a student own learning process computer lab, tutoring and other • A place to study, do homework, and resources, including transfer materials, use computers tutoring handouts, and scholarship • Quarterly business and accounting information. related workshops
The BEC is located in Bldg. 16. MATH ADVISING RESOURCE CENTER For information on hours, making TCC’s Math Advising Resource Center appointments, and contact information, (MARC) is a student learning center go to tacomacc.edu/bec. (Bldg. 19) devoted to helping TCC students be successful in math courses. COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING Resources available in the MARC include: (CAL) LAB • Study areas TCC’s Computer Assisted Learning Lab • Drop-in tutoring (Bldg. 7) supports student learning in • Math advising all subjects with particular emphasis on • Math handouts English, ABE, ESL, and math courses. • Books, calculators and whiteboards Students may participate with their • Computer lab equipped with math classes during reserved times or drop software in to use available computers and online • Quarterly graphing calculator rentals resources on a first-come, first-serve For additional information, current basis. The CAL Lab supports campus- hours, and online resources, visit wide efforts to provide instructors tacomacc.edu/marc. and students with Open Educational
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Learning Formats
SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION (SI) WRITING AND TUTORING CENTER In addition to diverse classroom offerings, Tacoma Community College Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a TCC’s Writing & Tutoring Center (Bldg. 7) provides a wide range of alternative series of weekly sessions for students offers students tutoring for a wide range learning formats in the same subjects taking historically difficult courses. SI is of course and subjects: taught in the traditional classroom. provided for all students who want to • Individual tutoring appointments Courses provided in the following improve their understanding of course and drop-in help in math, physics, formats are identified in TCC’s online material and improve their grades. chemistry, engineering, biology, class schedule. • Students wishing to participate in the social science, English, reading, EAP/ SI program should check the online ESL, ABE, World Language and HSP quarterly course schedule for courses courses Online Courses identified as an SI section. • Assistance in developing new learning Students can earn college credits, enroll • Participation is voluntary, free, and strategies, understanding concepts, for career training courses, and complete open to all students learning good study habits, studying TCC’s Associate in Arts degree online. • SI can help students develop essential for exams, and understanding one’s Online course formats include full online academic and learning skills in their own learning process courses, hybrid online courses, and courses • Writing assistance at any stage of the web-enhanced courses. Non-credit online • SI sessions begin during the first or writing process courses are also offered. second week of the quarter before • Drop-in grammar help in the Grammar students encounter academic Corner Online courses provide instructional difficulties • Computers for drafting, research, and content via the internet. All instruction • SI leaders do not lecture; instead they computer-assisted tutorials is offered online. Students interact with direct collaborative learning exercises • Online tutoring through eTutoring instructors and other students using that encourage students to take • Tutor training and certification email, discussion board postings, and responsibility for processing course • Credit courses include WRITE 096 chat rooms. Some full online courses content Writing Tutorials and WRITE 140, 141, require proctored exams. • In schools around the world, SI and 142 Writing Tutor Practicum Hybrid online courses combine online students earn higher final course For hours, information on making learning with traditional classroom grades and withdraw less often than appointments, and contact information, instruction. Students are required to non-SI participants visit tacomacc.edu/wtc. attend a reduced number of class meetings on the TCC campus as well as work online. Students enrolled in online/lab courses attend an on-campus orientation before using web-based instructional materials. Instructor assistance is available at scheduled hours in a computer lab. Web-enhanced courses are traditional, on-campus, classes with additional information and resources provided online. One-time-per-quarter non-refundable account fees are attached to all TCC’s full online, hybrid online, and web enhanced courses.
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For more information, including Regularly offered coordinated studies and SERVICE LEARNING computer requirements, answers to linked class are identified in the quarterly The Service Learning format integrates frequently asked questions, and a online schedule. course content with relevant community self-assessment to help determine service. Through assignments and class if online learning is a good fit, visit Condensed Format discussions, students critically reflect on tacomacc.edu/elearning. their service in order to increase their understanding of course content, gain COMPUTER USER COURSES broader appreciation of the discipline, Computer-Mediated Learning Computer User classes are offered in and enhance their sense of civic short time blocks starting at various Many developmental math courses are responsibility. offered in a computer-mediated format times throughout the quarter. This format allows students to learn computer skills (designated with “CM” in the section PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT early in the quarter, adding other classes number of the class). Students meet THROUGH A PORTFOLIO (PLA) later if needed, or to complete two- or regularly with instructors in hands-on Tacoma Community College serves a three-class Computer User sequences in computer classrooms. diverse community of learners, many of a single quarter: Students learn by using computer whom have acquired previous learning software under their instructor’s CU Course Title Credit Weeks through life experiences, including work, direction, often working independently training, and independent study. These 100 Intro. to Windows 1 2 or 10 or in small groups. Students are required adults come to the college ready to & WWW to complete material within a time line demonstrate what they already know established by the instructor. Additional 102 Word I 2 4 or 10 and can do. 103 Excel I 3 6 or 10 time is required working on a home PLA credits are noted on TCC transcripts 104 PowerPoint 1 2 or 10 computer or in a TCC computer lab. as the TCC equivalent courses. Credit usually is awarded only if TCC offers INTENSIVE REVIEW Coordinated Studies/Learning an equivalent course. However, if the TCC’s four-week Intensive Review Communities PLA experience can be shown to have courses are refreshers to help students direct application to a student’s technical Coordinated studies integrate two sharpen skills required for success in program the credit may be posted to the or more academic disciplines in a college-level courses. student transcript as elective credit. cooperative teaching and learning environment. Coordinated studies take If PLA credit is based on an articulated Experiential Learning one of several approaches to linking agreement, a letter grade is assigned courses and course work around a conforming with the agreement. Other INTERNSHIPS common theme that allows students and PLA credit is posted with a grade of ‘S’ All TCC’s career training programs teachers to experience greater depths of for satisfactory pass. include internship or clinical components. teaching and active learning. Students pursuing transfer degree Some students are granted prerequisite Students who plan to transfer to The programs may enroll in the EXPLR 290 waivers rather than credit for prior Evergreen State College or the University Internship for elective credit. Internships learning. In these cases notations are of Washington–Tacoma are advised to allow students to earn college credit made that the prerequisites have been take at least one learning community through on-the-job workplace learning. satisfied, but no credit is posted to (coordinated studies or linked course) as Practical work experience helps students transcripts. part of their degree program. develop skills and personal attributes to Students are encouraged to take at least improve their job opportunities. For more one learning community (coordinated information, visit the Career Center, Bldg. studies or linked course) and a writing 7, or call 253.566.5191. intensive course (other than composition) as part of their TCC degree electives.
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College Degrees
Students must be currently enrolled Tacoma Community College grants the • A cumulative college-level grade before prior learning assessment is following college degrees: point average of 2.00 in course work initiated. PLA credits are posted at the • College transfer associate degrees: completed at Tacoma Community end of the quarter in which the PLA Awarded for completion of a transfer College. requirement is satisfied. PLA credits curriculum paralleling the first two • At least 30 applicable credits must be are not considered enrolled credits and years of college study. See page 43. earned at Tacoma Community College. are not counted in calculating students’ Advisors will assist students in enrollment status or financial aid awards. • Associate in Applied Sciences: Awarded for completion of an understanding these requirements, Transfer colleges and universities approved TCC career training program. but final responsibility for meeting all evaluate PLA credits based on their own This is a terminal degree that is not academic and graduation requirements institutional policies. generally transferable to universities. In rests with the individual student. See Grade and Academic Policies on page 36. Students interested in petitioning for some cases, articulation agreements credit through portfolios should enroll with specific universities enable in EXPLR 190 E-Portfolio. For more transfer. Program chairs can provide Credits Transferred to TCC information, contact the Career Center, information regarding transfer Students may apply a maximum of 60 Bldg 7, or call 253.566.5191. opportunities associated with specific transferred in credits to their Tacoma programs. Community College degree or certificate. • Associate in General Studies: Institutional Assessments Tacoma Community College honors Awarded for completion of a two-year academic credits earned at other academic program designed to meet a USE OF STUDENT ARTIFACTS regionally accredited institutions that are particular educational goal. While you are a student at TCC, some equivalent in academic level and learning of your student assignments may be • Bachelor of Applied Science: outcomes to credit (or courses) offered referenced as artifacts and analyzed in The Applied Baccalaureate (BAS) is a at TCC. conjunction with the college seeking two-year baccalaureate completion The college subscribes to the accreditation renewal; needing to program for students with associate statewide policy on transfer credit demonstrate evidence of expected degrees in specific fields. A BAS among Washington public colleges and performance; subjecting itself to external emphasizes upper division knowledge universities approved by the State Board review by accrediting bodies; and/ and skills applied to specific contexts, for Community and Technical Colleges. or sharing best practices and lessons such as the health field. The credential For more detailed information about learned with other higher education met by TCC’s BAS degree is expected transfer credits, contact the Enrollment professionals. By attending classes to enhance employment and Services office, Bldg. 7. at TCC, you agree to allow access advancement in an evolving field, filling and reference to your assignments, a critical access and affordability need Students are encouraged to submit usage patterns, share content, and/ for TCC’s service area and the state of official transcripts from previous or information as needed to facilitate Washington. institutions attended as soon as they such processes and the continuous are admitted to the college. Credit improvement of college programs. evaluations usually take up to three Requirements for All Degrees months to complete. Transfer coursework General requirements for all degrees are: will not be used to satisfy degree • A combined cumulative college-level requirements until official transcripts grade point average of 2.00 in TCC and have been evaluated. One semester transferred-in college-level coursework. credit hour is equivalent to one and one- College-level courses are numbered half quarter credit hours. 100 and above at TCC. Course numbering at other colleges may vary. For questions regarding transfer credit, see the credential evaluator, Bldg. 7.
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Transfer among Washington Credits Transferring from TRANSFER OF DEGREES State Community & Technical Tacoma Community College Tacoma Community College offers Colleges several two-year degrees designed to transfer to four-year colleges or Washington State Community and TRANSFER OF CREDITS universities. See College Transfer Technical Colleges have adopted an Tacoma Community College’s credit (page 41) for these transfer degrees. Inter-College Reciprocity Policy designed courses fall into three general categories: These degrees are directly transferable to help students transfer courses that • College Transfer to most Washington baccalaureate meet distribution requirements at one • Career Training (four year) institutions. TCC, along community or technical college to • Transitional Studies with 30 community colleges and 20 another. This policy does not address Courses that fulfill requirements for four-year Washington colleges and transfer of courses between two-year university transfer degrees are generally universities, subscribes to the Policy and four-year colleges. transferable to four-year colleges and on Intercollege Transfer and Articulation • Individual Courses: If a student universities (baccalaureate institutions). among Washington Public Colleges and transfers an individual course that General education courses that are taken Universities (sbctc.edu). meets a Communication Skills, to meet requirements for career training Quantitative Skills or Distribution degrees are transferable. Courses that Requirement for a specific transfer are specific to career training programs Changing Degree degree at the sending two-year are not transferable to four-year Requirements college, that course is considered institutions unless a specific articulation When degree requirements change to have met the TCC requirement agreement, providing for acceptance of while a student is enrolled at Tacoma for a similar transfer degree, even if those courses, exists between TCC and Community College, the college will the course does not have an exact the four-year institution. Courses included adhere to the following policy: equivalent at TCC. in TCC’s Transitional Studies program If the degree is completed within five • Distribution Areas/Specific numbered below 100, are not considered years of the student’s original enrollment Requirements: TCC will accept an college-level and do not transfer. date the student may choose to graduate entire Distribution, Communication Each baccalaureate institution maintains under the provisions of the TCC degree Skills, Quantitative Skills or other its own policies on acceptance of credits requirements in effect when he or she requirement for a transfer degree as for transfer. While TCC advisors make a originally enrolled at TCC. met if that student has met certain good faith effort to assist students with requirements. A student can also If the student transfers to TCC with a the transferability of courses, TCC is not meet their multicultural requirement minimum of 55 credits, the student may responsible for acceptance of credits and through this process. It is the student’s choose to graduate under the provisions courses at other institutions. responsibility to initiate the reciprocity of the TCC degree in place at the time process. General acceptance of transfer credits they enrolled at the transfer college as • It is the responsibility of the student is not the same as direct course long as the college is accredited by the to notify the college if transfer courses equivalency. Baccalaureate institutions Northwest Commission on Colleges and fall into the Inter-College Reciprocity may accept credits for transfer but not Universities or other accrediting body Policy. Complete the Reciprocity Form consider them directly equivalent to their duly recognized by TCC, and within five available in Enrollment Services, Bldg. 7. own courses or count them as meeting years of their graduation date. specific requirements at their institutions. The college encourages all students to fulfill the degree requirements in effect at the time of their graduation. Students who do not complete their degree requirements within five years must fulfill the requirements in effect when they graduate.
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Instructional Policies
Multiple Degrees Credit Hours and Quarter Student Status A student may earn more than one The college measures its course work by • FULL-TIME STUDENT degree from Tacoma Community credit hour. Courses offered each quarter Tacoma Community College’s degree College. In addition to meeting the are assigned credit value based on the programs are structured with the specific requirements for each degree, number of hours the classes meet each expectation that students who intend a candidate must earn an additional week; however, some courses require to complete associate’s degrees within 30 credits for each additional degree. additional laboratory time, and activity two years, will enroll for an average (Example: 90 credits for a first degree, courses typically require additional hours 15 college-level credits each quarter. 120 credits for a second degree, and per week. When planning their quarterly The college considers students 150 credits for a third degree). Fifty (50) course loads, students should plan for enrolled in 12 or more credits in a credits must be earned in residence at an additional two hours of study time for given quarter to be full-time. Tacoma Community College for a student every hour spent in class. • PART-TIME STUDENT to be eligible to receive two degrees. Students who wish to enroll for 20 or A student registered for fewer than more credit hours must request advisor 12 credits in a given quarter. Application for Degrees or permission. Forms for this purpose are • FIRST-YEAR STUDENT Certificates available in the Counseling and Advising A student who has earned fewer than Center, Bldg. 7. Students preparing for graduation must 45 college-level credits. complete formal applications for degrees TCC’s academic year is divided into four • SECOND-YEAR STUDENT or certificates. Application forms are quarters. See the Academic Calendar A student who has earned 45 or more available from Enrollment Services, (page 6) for specific quarter start and end college-level credits. Bldg. 7 and online on the college website dates. • AUDITING STUDENT and on the student portal. A completed A student who registers for a class for application form, signed by the advisor INSTRUCTIONAL no credit and pays the standard tuition or program coordinator, must be on AND CALENDAR DAYS and fees for the class. See Course file at Enrollment Services no later The quarter’s instructional and calendar Audit (page 37) for more information. than two weeks prior to the end of days are referenced in various policies. the quarter in which a student plans to Instructional days are those days starting • NON-DEGREE SEEKING STUDENT graduate. Students applying to graduate with the first day of the quarter on which A student attending TCC for purposes with the Associate in Arts degree, the campus is open, and counting each other than to obtain a degree or Option B, must also complete Option B day classes are held through the last certificate. Non-degree seeking application forms, which must be signed class day of the quarter. Holidays when students are restricted to registration by advisors. See additional information classes are not in session and weekends for five credits or fewer per quarter and under Option B Degrees. are not counted when calculating are self-advised. deadlines based on instructional days. Prior to submitting the Application for Degree, students are advised to carefully Some deadline dates are based on review with their faculty advisors degree calendar days. For example, the last day requirements published in the college to drop a class with a grade of ‘W’ is the catalog to ensure that all requirements 55th calendar day of the quarter. These have been satisfied. Applications for deadline calculations include weekends degrees are reviewed and approved and holidays. quarterly. Transfer students must have official copies of all transcripts from other colleges on file in Enrollment Services, Bldg. 7, prior to applying for degrees.
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Transcripts Nationally-Recognized Exams
A transcript is a complete record of ADVANCED PLACEMENT INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE a student’s academic achievement at Tacoma Community College grants (IB) Tacoma Community College. Students credits to entering first-year students International Baccalaureate students who may request official transcripts online or who have earned scores of 3 or higher have earned successful IB Higher-Level at the Enrollment Services office, Bldg. 7. on the Educational Testing Service’s test scores may request college credit for IB higher-level (HL) work. No college Unofficial transcripts for advising (ETS) Advanced Placement Tests. credit is given for Standard Level (SL) purposes are available online or at the Students who wish to receive advanced course work. TCC academic departments Enrollment Services office in Bldg. 7. placement credits must send their ETS test scores to TCC’s credential evaluator evaluate students’ individual records All outstanding fees and/or fines must be for evaluation. The number of credits and prior to awarding advanced placement paid before transcripts will be released. grades of ‘S’ recorded for all courses credit. Students should submit official Picture ID is required to order transcripts for which credit is granted will be noted test scores for evaluation to Enrollment to be picked up. Transcripts will not on the transcript. Advanced placement Services, Bldg. 7. be released to third parties without credits fulfill either distribution or elective students’ written permission. Subject HL Test College Credit requirements for an associate degree. Score For transcript fees and information on The chart at this link (www.tacomacc. Chemistry 6 No credit, exemption how to request transcripts by mail or edu/gettingstarted/theenrollmentprocess/ from CHEM& 161. online call 253.566.5036, or go to the Placement into assessyourskills/recent_high_school_ CHEM& 162. college website. graduates/) represents the minimum Chemistry 7 No credit, exemption credit/courses awarded for each from CHEM& TRANSCRIPTS FROM Advanced Placement (AP) exam, 161, CHEM& 162. OTHER SCHOOLS recognized by all community and Placement into CHEM& 163. Tacoma Community College does not technical colleges in Washington. release or certify copies of transcripts Math 5 MATH& 141 Students interested in transferring to received from other institutions. Math 6 MATH& 142 a four-year university should checkthe Transcripts documenting students’ prior Math 7 MATH& 151 requirements of their target school to secondary and college education are Physics 6 or Dept. evaluation determine the best way to use their AP part of their official files and will not above required exam credits. be returned to them. Students who want transcripts of work completed at Advanced placement credits may CLEP other institutions must order transcripts be granted in other subjects upon Tacoma Community College grants up directly from those institutions. consultation with appropriate department to 30 credits toward the Associate in chairs. For more information, contact Official transcripts from other institutions General Studies degree to students who the credential evaluator in Enrollment must be received by TCC from sending score at the 50th percentile or above on Services, Bldg. 7. institutions electronically or in unopened, the CLEP General Examination. Credit sealed envelopes. For more information may be granted for other degrees and about transfer credit see Credits for CLEP Subject Examinations with Transferred to TCC (page 31). division or department chairperson approval. Students should submit official test scores for evaluation to Enrollment Services, Bldg. 7.
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Grades and Academic Policies
Articulation Agreements Grading Policies Tacoma Community College uses the following grading system and grade-point values COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL for reporting and recording academic achievement. Faculty may or may not choose to PROGRAM use the plus/minus grading option for any given class. TCC develops articulation agreements with local school districts that permit Grade Description Grade Points students to earn college credit A Honor 4.0 completing approved courses at their high schools. A- 3.7 B+ 3.3 SERVICE MEMBER’S OPPORTUNITY B Good 3.0 COLLEGE (SOC) Tacoma Community College has B- 2.7 been designated by the Department C+ 2.3 of Defense, in cooperation with the C Average 2.0 American Association of Community Colleges, as a participant in the Service C- 1. 7 Members Opportunity College. The SOC, D+ 1. 3 as implemented at Tacoma Community College, seeks to increase access to D Minimum 1. 0 higher education for active and retired E Failure to complete minimum requirement 0.0 military personnel by: IP In Progress (used only by the Basic Skills Department) 0.0 • Accepting a maximum of 45 quarter- hour credits from military service Official withdrawal from course W 0.0 schools Applies 11th through 55th calendar day * • Military credits are transferred in by W– th th 0.0 ACE Guide recommendations Applies 11 through 55 calendar day * Instructor approved withdrawal WI 0.0 Other Options Applies after 55th calendar day *
Unofficial withdrawal DEPARTMENTAL CHALLENGE EXAM Student commenced attendance, then stopped attending Students enrolled for five or more credits V 0.0 before instructor had sufficient data to evaluate. Instructor may earn additional credits in some reports last date of attendance on grade sheet. courses by challenge examination, if the appropriate academic department I Incomplete (see Incomplete Grade for more detail) 0.0 has developed an examination for S Satisfactory (credit only, no grade point) 0.0 the course to be challenged. All U Unsatisfactory (no credit, no grade point) 0.0 arrangements, including fee payment, must be completed within the first ten N Audit (see Course Audit for detail) 0.0 instructional days of a quarter. R Repeat R beside lowest grade 0.0 Students who successfully challenge Z Unofficial withdrawal with zero attendance 0.0 courses will receive ‘S’ grades. Course challenge application forms are available A, B, C, D and S grades are considered passing. ‘S’ and ‘U’ identify courses taken in Enrollment Services, Bldg. 7. on pass/fail basis and are not counted in computing grade point averages. ‘S’ is given only if the student performed at a grade of ‘C’ or higher. For more detailed information see Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grade below. An ‘E’ grade is not considered passing and does not earn credit toward a degree or certificate.
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FINAL COURSE GRADE letter grade option. Students should COURSE AUDIT APPEAL PROCESS be aware that courses with ‘S’ grades The course audit option allows students Students who believe a final course may not satisfy transfer requirements. to participate in courses without grade has been awarded incorrectly or Some universities do not accept ‘S’ having credits or grades posted to in error, can address the discrepancy by graded courses to satisfy distribution their transcripts. Auditing students following the Final Course Grade Appeal requirements. Students are urged to pay regular tuition and fees. Individual Process. The procedure is available in the confer with their advisors and consult faculty members determine participation office of the Vice President for Student catalogs of their transfer institutions. and attendance requirements for Services or at the college website. their courses. Audited courses are COURSE REPEAT identified on transcripts by ‘N’ grades. INCOMPLETE GRADE Students (not enrolled in an allied health If attendance or other requirements are An ‘I’ grade is given at the instructor’s program with specific course repeat not met, ‘WI’ grades indicate course discretion when a student has completed limitations) may repeat courses in which withdrawal. more than 60 percent of the quarter and they have received grades of ‘C’ or lower. Students may not convert from audit to has a plan to finish remaining course Courses can be repeated no more than credit or from credit to audit after the work. The student and instructor must twice for a total of three enrollments. 30th calendar day of the quarter. To select fill out a contract form that identifies In computing cumulative grade point audit status, students must submit specific requirements to be completed, averages, the higher grade earned for an add/drop form indicating audit to the time allowed for completion, and the repeated courses will be used and Enrollment Services, Bldg. 7. grade to be assigned if the contract is recalculated into the student’s cumulative not completed. One copy of the contract GPA. Repeated grades remain on the CHANGE OF GRADE is retained by the instructor, one given student’s transcript. Students requesting a course grade to the student, and one given to the change must contact their instructors. department chair or division dean. An ‘I’ Students who plan to transfer to other Instructors approve grade change grade will revert to ‘E’ if not completed college or universities should contact requests by submitting grade change within one year. their transfer institutions to determine how repeated courses are calculated forms to Enrollment Services. in applicants’ admission grade point SATISFACTORY/UNSATISFACTORY Grade changes must be made within averages. Some institutions use all GRADE two quarters (excluding summer) after grades earned for repeated courses Some classes, due to their nature the quarter in which the student was when calculating admissions grade point and content, are designated ‘S/U’ by registered for the course. After two averages. departmental decision and are graded quarters, no grade changes are allowed, on an ‘S/U’ basis. In some other classes, The Tacoma Community College grade unless the instructor documents that students have the option of choosing point average reflects TCC work only. the original grade was an error, and an ‘S/U’ grade. An ‘S’ grade indicates A student’s grade point average cannot the division dean signs an approval. student performance at a ‘C’ grade be improved by repeating a course Grades for specific courses can be level or higher. A ‘U’ grade indicates elsewhere. If a student wishes to repeat changed only once. performance below a ‘C’ level. Neither a TCC course for a better grade, the the ‘S’ or ‘U’ are used in computing course must be repeated at TCC. grade point averages. In order to exercise the ‘S/U’ option, students: • Must choose the ‘S/U’ grade option in writing at Enrollment Services, Bldg. 7, by the 15th instructional day of the quarter. • Must understand that once the choice for the ‘S/U’ grade has been made, it will not be changed to the regular
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ACADEMIC FORGIVENESS POLICY Academic Review ACADEMIC PROBATION With an advisor’s written approval, a Policy and Procedures A student placed on academic deficiency student may petition the Vice President must earn a 2.00 quarterly grade point Academic review is designed to help for Student Services (or designee) to average the succeeding quarter he or she students in academic difficulty improve have Tacoma Community College course is enrolled for six or more credits after their academic performance. work set aside. Students should submit the 10th instructional day of that quarter, The purpose of the policy is to quickly a completed Academic Forgiveness or be placed on academic probation. identify and alert students whose grade Petition form to the Student Services No later than the second week of the point averages fall below 2.00 and Administration office in Bldg. 7. subsequent quarter, the Vice President assist them in improving their academic • The student must be currently for Student Services will notify the standing. The Academic Review Policy enrolled. student that he or she has been placed provides for academic suspension in • The forgiveness (set aside) date must on academic probation. cases when students are unable to be at least five years prior to the achieve satisfactory academic standing. current quarter. REMOVAL OF ACADEMIC PROBATION • All course work taken prior to the Specific college populations, including A student is removed from academic forgiveness date is set aside. international students, Fresh Start probation at the end of the quarter in The student may not elect to students, veterans, and students which he or she is enrolled for six or retain individual courses and set receiving financial aid may be subject to more credits after the 10th instructional aside other courses. different or additional academic standard day of that quarter and earns a quarterly • A student may exercise the Academic requirements and appeal processes. grade point average of 2.00 or higher. Forgiveness option only once. Students in these programs should • Complete the Academic Forgiveness contact program advisors regarding ACADEMIC SUSPENSION Petition and submit it to the Student these requirements and processes. A student who has been placed on Services Administration office, Bldg. 7. academic probation and fails to earn ACADEMIC DEFICIENCY Forgiven course work is not used to a 2.00 quarterly grade point average A student is placed on academic determine number of credits earned at or higher the next quarter he or she is deficiency at the end of any quarter in TCC, calculate cumulative grade point enrolled for six or more credits after which his or her grade point average th average or calculate honors. Forgiven the 10 instructional day of that quarter falls below 2.00, provided the student course work may not be reinstated or will be suspended for one quarter. is enrolled in six or more credits after used to satisfy prerequisite or degree As it applies to the period of academic the 10th instructional day of that quarter. requirements. Course numbers, titles, suspension, summer quarter shall count No later than the second week of the and original grades of all forgiven course as part of fall quarter. subsequent quarter, the Vice President work remain on student transcripts. The Vice President for Student Services for Student Services will notify the A decision to set aside course work will notify a student by mail by the first student that he or she is academically may or may not be honored by other day of classes of the subsequent quarter deficient. The student will be encouraged colleges and universities, since each that he or she has been suspended. to take advantage of available campus institution interprets transcripts using A student who has already enrolled for resources to improve his or her academic its own policies. classes prior to suspension status being standing. Financial Aid Note: Financial Aid determined will be administratively regulations make no provision for withdrawn, and tuition paid will be academic forgiveness. Therefore, refunded. all courses applicable to a student’s Following a one-quarter suspension, a major will be included in evaluating student may enroll following procedures a student’s satisfactory academic outlined in the college’s Re-enrollment progress for financial aid eligibility. Procedures Following Academic Suspension available in the Student Services Administration office in Bldg. 7.
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A student readmitted after one quarter The student must meet with an advisor ACADEMIC DISHONESTY of academic suspension re-enters the to review the petition and have the Students at Tacoma Community College college on academic probation. If he or advisor sign the petition before it is are expected to be honest and forthright she fails to attain a quarterly grade point submitted to the Vice President for in their educational endeavors. Cheating, average of 2.00 or higher at the end of Student Services. plagiarism, fabrication and other forms of academic dishonesty corrupt the learning the first quarter in which he or she is The petition shall be filed with the process and threaten the educational enrolled in six or more credits after the Vice President for Student Services no th environment for all students. 10 instructional day, the readmitted later than one week before the start student is suspended for three of classes for the quarter in which the The consequences of academic consecutive quarters. student is seeking readmission to the dishonesty may vary with the situation college. After reviewing the student’s and the individual instructor. All APPEAL PROCEDURES academic record and petition, as well instructors will include in the course Academic suspension may be appealed as other pertinent information, the Vice syllabus a policy on, and sanctions to the Vice President for Student President shall decide to take one or for, academic dishonesty. If a student Services if there are strong and more of the following actions: is guilty of, or admits to, academic unavoidable extenuating circumstances, • Permit the student to register dishonesty, an instructor may such as serious illness or accident according to his or her proposed impose sanctions up to and including requiring hospitalization. A student will program of studies and class schedule administrative withdrawal from the not be suspended during the course of • Impose conditions on the student’s course and/or an ‘E’ grade for the course. the appeal process. enrollment It is the official policy of Tacoma If a student on academic appeal status • Require that the student undergo Community College that cheating, fails to attain a quarterly grade point further academic assessment prior plagiarism, fabrication, and other forms average of 2.00 or higher at the end of to registration of academic misconduct are grounds the next quarter in which he or she is • Refer the student for learning for disciplinary action under the Code of enrolled in six or more credits after the assistance and/or counseling during Student Conduct. A student accused of 10th instructional day of the quarter, the the subsequent quarter academic dishonesty may be reported student will be academically suspended A student re-enrolling following academic to the appropriate college official for for three consecutive quarters. Appeal suspension re-enters on probation. initiation of disciplinary proceedings procedures are available in the Student If he or she fails to attain a quarterly which could result in disciplinary Services Administration office in Bldg. 7. grade point average of 2.00 or higher sanctions ranging from a warning to the succeeding quarter he or she is expulsion from the college. RE-ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES enrolled for six or more credits after the Definitions of academic dishonesty and FOLLOWING ACADEMIC 10th instructional day of that quarter, descriptions of the hearing and appeal SUSPENSION the student readmitted after suspension processes are included in the Tacoma To re-enroll following an academic will be suspended for three consecutive Community College Administrative suspension, a student shall present a quarters. Procedure for Academic Dishonesty, petition for re-enrollment to the Vice available in all administrative offices. President for Student Services. The petition must include, but not be limited Copies of the Code of Student Conduct to, the following: are available in the office of the Vice • A proposed class schedule for the President for Student Services in Bldg. 7. coming quarter and a course list for two additional quarters • Short-term (one to three quarters) educational goals • Plans to improve academic standing
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Honor Societies Graduation
Phi Theta Kappa Degrees are conferred at the end of each quarter. Commencement ceremonies are held annually in June, at the end of spring quarter. Academic excellence is the primary hallmark of Phi Theta Kappa, an All students who have earned degrees and/or certificates of 45 credits or more in the international honor society serving two- current academic year are invited to participate in the June commencement. Students year colleges that offer associate degree within two courses or 10 credits of degree completion, who have enrolled in the programs. Prospective members must required courses for summer quarter, may also apply to participate in commencement. have 3.5 or better grade point averages For degree and early commencement applications, contact the credentials evaluator, to apply. PTK provides members Bldg. 7. opportunities to develop interpersonal communication and leadership skills, Graduation Awards compete for special scholarships, and provide a variety of services to the TCC students who have achieved outstanding grades are honored upon graduation. college and community. Awards for students who graduate with scholastic honors are designated by seals on their diplomas and noted on official transcripts. Students are eligible for the following Alpha Delta Nu honors or awards: Epsilon Iota Chapter • Graduation with Honors – Students with graduation grade point averages of 3.33 to 3.65 for credits earned at TCC as well as for credits earned at other institutions The objective of the OADN (Organization and used to meet TCC degree requirements, and who have met award criteria for Associate Degree Nursing) Honor described below graduate with “Honors.” Society shall be to recognize the academic excellence of students in the • Graduation with High Honors – Students with graduation grade point averages study of Associate Degree Nursing. The of 3.66 or higher for credits earned at TCC as well as for credits earned at other society shall encourage the pursuit of institutions and used to meet TCC degree requirements, and who have met the advance degrees in the profession of award criteria described below graduate with “High Honors.” nursing as well as continuing education as a life-long professional responsibility. Awards Criteria
GRADUATION WITH HONORS AND GRADUATION WITH HIGH HONORS Grade point average computations for degrees and awards at graduation are based on all college-level credits (numbered 100 and above) earned at Tacoma Community College as well as credits used to meet degree requirements, which are transferred from other institutions. For commencement, scholastic honors are computed using grades earned through the winter quarter preceding commencement. Changes in a student’s honor status are made to the student records if the last quarter of college work or grades earned from transfer credits affect a student’s qualifications.
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College Transfer
Students interested in pursuing Washington four-year colleges majors. Consult TCC advisors for more fields that require four-year degrees have an increasing expectation that information on major readiness. may complete the first two years of students will choose and prepare While TCC’s dedicated counseling courses through enrollment in Tacoma for their major field of study before and advising staff assists students Community College’s comprehensive transfer. Public colleges, such as the in selecting courses, the final college parallel programs. TCC provides University of Washington-Seattle, responsibility for meeting graduation freshman- and sophomore-level that accept transfer students on a requirements rests with individual courses leading to bachelor’s degrees competitive-entry basis, consider students. at four-year colleges and universities. “major readiness” to be an important For specific major department acceptance criteria for transfer requirements, students are advised students. Transfer students should to contact the four-year institutions to select majors and begin taking which they intend to transfer. specific courses to prepare for their
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College-Level Education (Transfer) College Transfer Degrees Washington 45
Tacoma Community College offers The “Washington 45” is a list of courses that are accepted at all public colleges and several specialized transfer degrees. universities in the State of Washington. Students planning to earn bachelor’s degrees in the following specialized LIST OF ONE YEAR FIRST YEAR TRANSFER LIST OF areas can complete associate degrees TRANSFER COURSES GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES tailored to prepare them to transfer as • Communications (5 credits): ENGL& Adopted: May 2012; efficiently as possible. 101, ENGL& 102 Implemented: Fall 2012 • Associate in Arts • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning A student who completes courses Option A on page 44 (5 credits): MATH& 107, MATH& 148 or selected from within the general Option B on page 45 MATH& 151 education categories listed below at a • Humanities (10 credits in two different • Associate in Biology, page 46 public community, technical, four-year subject areas or disciplines): • Associate in Business, page 47 college or university in Washington State PHIL& 101, MUSC& 105, ENGL& 111, will be able to transfer and apply 45 • Associate in Computer Science, or HUM& 101 quarter credits toward general education page 49 • For colleges that use History as a requirement(s) at any other public and Humanities: HIST& 116, HIST& 117, • Associate in Music, page 50 most private higher education institutions HIST& 118, HIST& 146, HIST& 147, • Associate in Pre-Nursing, page 52 in the state. HIST& 148) • Associate in Science, page 53 For transfer purposes, a student must • Social Science (10 credits in two Specialization Courses, page 54 have a minimum grade of ‘C’ or better different subject areas or disciplines): (2.0 or above) in each course completed PSYC& 100, SOC& 101, POLS& 101, • Associate of Science in Bioengineering from this list. POLS& 202 and Chemical Engineering, page 56 • For colleges that use History as a Students who transfer Washington 45 • Associate of Science in Electrical and Social Science: HIST& 116, HIST& 117, courses must still meet a receiving Computer Engineering, page 57 HIST& 118, HIST& 146, HIST& 147, institution’s admission requirements HIST& 148 • Associate of Science in Mechanical, and eventually satisfy all their general • Natural Sciences (10 credits in two Civil, Aeronautical, Industrial & Material education requirements and their different subject areas or disciplines): Science Engineering, page 58 degree requirements in major, minor BIOL& 100, BIOL& 160 with lab, and professional programs. The list of ASTR& 101 with lab, CHEM& 110 with courses in Washington 45 does not lab, CHEM& 121 with lab, CHEM& replace the Direct Transfer Agreement, 161, CHEM& 162, ENVS& 101, PHYS& Associate of Science Tracks I and II or any 121, GEOL& 101 with lab. Major Related Program agreement, nor • Additional 5 credits in a different will it guarantee admission to a four-year discipline can be taken from any institution. category listed above.
NOTE: Although these courses are listed under categories, the actual course may satisfy a different general education category at a receiving institution. 1 Many private non-profit colleges and universities have distinct general education requirements. Students should check with institution(s) they plan to attend regarding application of transfer credits that will meet general education requirements. 2 Disciplines are sometimes called subject or subject matter areas and designated by a prefix (i.e. PHIL for Philosophy and POLS for Political Science).
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Program Learning Transfer Rights and Responsibilities Outcomes (PLO)
STUDENT RIGHTS AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY RIGHTS The following learning outcomes were RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES developed through faculty conversations regarding what TCC wants students to be Students have the right to clear, accurate, Colleges and universities have the right able to know and do after they complete and current information about degree and authority to determine program our programs. Outcomes gained through requirements, transfer admission requirements and course offerings programs that support TCC’s transfer requirements, transfer admission in accordance with their institutional degrees will be used by students at the deadlines, and transfer policies that missions. baccalaureate institutions to which they include course equivalencies. Colleges and universities have the transfer. Transfer and freshman-entry students responsibility to communicate and have the right to expect comparable publish their requirements and course WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS standards for regular admission to offerings to students and the public, Upon successful completion of the programs and comparable program including information about student communication distribution requirements requirements. transfer rights and responsibilities. for the Associates Degree, students will: Students have the right to seek Colleges and universities have the • Craft, develop, and support a specific, clarification regarding their transfer responsibility to communicate their debatable thesis. evaluations and may request the admission and transfer related decisions • Draft and refine a well-organized essay, reconsideration of any aspects of those to students in writing (electronic or speech, or other form of communication evaluations. In response, the college paper). appropriate to context and audience. will follow established practices and • Read critically and research effectively processes for reviewing its transfer credit to support thesis. decisions. • Use appropriate writing and/ or communication strategies, Students have the responsibility to standard grammar, and academic complete all materials required for documentation conventions. admission and to submit applications on • Demonstrate ethical standards in or before published deadlines. all phases of the writing and/or Students have the responsibility to plan communication process to include their courses of study by referring to the using collaboration within academically specific published degree requirements appropriate guidelines. of the college or academic program at which they intend to earn a bachelor’s degree. When a student changes a major or degree program, the student assumes full responsibility for meeting the new requirements.
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QUANTITATIVE SKILLS • Communicate the primary principles HUMANITIES Students will demonstrate increasing and processes underlying at least one Upon successful completion of the levels of mastery of the Program natural system (for example: atoms Humanities distribution requirements for Learning Outcomes. Upon successful and molecules, cells and organisms, the Associates Degree, students will be completion of the Quantitative Skills the oceans and atmosphere, the solid able to: earth, or the cosmos). requirement for the Associates degree, • Know and recall important ideas and • Perform and effectively communicate students will: facts relating to Humanities program the results of scientific investigations, • Interpret, analyze, and create graphs subject areas (Art, Creative Writing, and explain how research is done in and charts that communicate World Languages, Humanities, science. quantitative or relational information. Literature, Music, and Philosophy). • Demonstrate the safe and proper • Determine, create, and use appropriate • Apply critical thinking skills to explore use of scientific instrumentation, and reasonable mathematical and interpret the diversity of the measuring devices, chemical reagents, constructs to model, understand, and human experience. media, and/or tools of science in a explain phenomena encountered in the • Create and communicate laboratory or field setting relevant to world. comprehension of content by utilizing specific disciplines of science. • Determine and carry out an appropriate various media. algorithm to solve problems that are SOCIAL SCIENCES • Demonstrate empathy and amenable to mathematical solutions. understanding based on recognition of Upon successful completion of the Social • Communicate mathematical historical and cultural contexts in more Sciences distribution requirements for information formally, using appropriate than one Humanities subject area. math notation and terminology, and the Associates Degree, students will: informally by using everyday language • Demonstrate knowledge of some PHYSICAL EDUCATION to express ideas. major empirical findings of the social Upon successful completion of • Use technology to analyze and solve sciences. the Physical Education distribution mathematical problems and effectively • Demonstrate an understanding of requirements (three credits) for the communicate solutions to problems, some of the concepts, theories, Associate in Arts Degree, students will: particularly those that cannot be solved and methods used within the social • Critically evaluate and communicate efficiently by other means. sciences to understand human health and/or fitness information. behavior/events. • Engage regularly in physical fitness NATURAL SCIENCES • Objectively identify some social and/or sports activities using skills variables that have shaped one’s own Upon successful completion of the developed in the physical education point of view. Natural Sciences distribution program. • Engage with or accurately represent requirements for the Associate in Arts, • Practice and evaluate a personal a point of view that is different from Option A or B, the Associate of Sciences wellness/fitness plan based upon a one’s own. degrees, or the Associate in Biology periodic evaluation of personal fitness • Apply concepts and tools from the degree, students will: status. social sciences to explain or analyze a • Evaluate information scientifically in • Exhibit personal and social behavior social phenomenon, process, event, the context of their own lives. that respects self and others in conflict, or issue. • Explain the importance of observation physical activities. and hypothesis testing in the scientific • Evaluate the quality/credibility of process, and distinguish between the information from various kinds of scientific process and other human sources (academic, journalistic, popular endeavors. media). • Present social science information according to appropriate academic standards.
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Associate in Arts
DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS • 90 quarter credit hours in courses numbered 100 or above, including the distribution requirements listed below under the heading Option A or the requirements of an approved Option B plan. • At least 30 applicable credits earned at Tacoma Community College. • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the associate degree, and a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all TCC college-level courses. • No more than three physical education activity credits will apply toward the degree. • Option A Degree: At least one course (five credits) of the 90 credits applied toward graduation must be a designated multicultural course. Approved multicultural courses are identified on the Approved Distribution Course List (page 60) and in the Credit Course Descriptions section. Students who plan to transfer to The Evergreen State College or to the University of Washington–Tacoma are strongly advised to include at least one learning community (coordinated studies or linked course) as part of their degree. See the distribution electives below. Option A Degree (DTA Transfer Degree) This TCC degree is directly transferable to most Washington baccalaureate institutions (four-year colleges and universities). The Associate in Arts is a general transfer degree appropriate for a wide variety of major areas of study. Students who complete this degree will normally have satisfied the General Education (distribution) requirements and be granted junior standing upon transferring to Washington baccalaureate institutions. While this degree does not guarantee admission, completion of the degree is a criterion for acceptance by many colleges and universities.
Basic Requirements (15 credits)
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS (10 CREDITS) »» ENGL& 101...... English Composition I »» ENGL& 102...... Composition II: Argument & Persuasion or ENGL 103...... Composition III: Writing about Literature
QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (5 CREDITS) Select from the courses listed below. Each of these courses carries a prerequisite of MATH 95, MATH 140 or TMATH 100. »» MATH& 107...... Math in Society »» MATH& 131...... Math for Elementary Education 1 »» MATH& 132...... Math for Elementary Education 2 »» MATH 136...... Inferential Statistics »» MATH& 141...... Precalculus I »» MATH& 142...... Precalculus II »» MATH& 146...... Introduction to Statistics »» MATH 147...... College Algebra for Business and Economics »» MATH& 148...... Business Calculus »» MATH& 151...... Calculus I »» MATH& 152...... Calculus II »» MATH& 153...... Calculus III
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»» MATH 220...... Linear Algebra Option B Degree »» MATH 238...... Elements of Differential Equations »» MATH& 254...... Calculus IV This TCC degree option is awarded in fields of study for which the transfer Distribution Requirements (60 credits) requirements of a four-year college or Individual credits may be counted in only one distribution area. university differ significantly from TCC’s Option A requirements and no major HUMANITIES (15 CREDITS) related degree exists. »» Select courses from the Humanities section of the Approved Distribution Course List. Option B degrees are designed to »» Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines. transfer only to specific programs within »» No more than five credits of performance/skills course(s) can be used to satisfy specific four-year colleges or universities. this requirement. Students who are uncertain where they will transfer or which program/major they SOCIAL SCIENCES (15 CREDITS) will pursue should consult with their »» Select courses from the Social Sciences section of the Approved Distribution advisors. Such students may be better Course List. served by pursuing Associate in Arts »» Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines. Option A degrees or other major-related transfer degrees. NATURAL SCIENCES (15 CREDITS) »» Select courses from the Natural Sciences section of the Approved Distribution Students who know to which programs Course List. Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines and must and institutions they plan to transfer include at least two laboratory courses. and are interested in Option B degrees, should consult with advisors at their MULTICULTURAL (5 CREDITS) intended transfer institutions regarding »» Select one course from the Multicultural section of the Approved Distribution program requirements. They should also Course List. (See NOTE on Distribution List.) be assigned to a designated TCC Option B faculty advisor for their specific major- PHYSICAL EDUCATION (3 CREDITS) related areas, preferably by the end of »» Any three activity credits. their first TCC year. »» No more than three PE activity credits apply toward the degree. »» The following PE courses do not count as activity credits: Two quarters before TCC graduation, PE 190, PE 191, PE 285, PE 292. Option B students should complete the Option B application form, available from DISTRIBUTION ELECTIVES (7 CREDITS) the Enrollment Services credentials Distribution electives must be selected from courses listed under Basic Requirements, evaluator, Bldg. 7. The Option B Humanities, Social Sciences, or Natural Sciences. Students are advised to take at least application must be signed by student’s one writing intensive course (other than a written communication skills course) as Option B advisor and include copies of part of their degree requirements and electives. Approved Writing Intensive courses the requirements or recommendations are designated at the end of the Approved Distribution Course List and in the course published by the four-year institutions description section. or written recommendations by an undergraduate departmental advisor of Other College-Level Electives (15 credits) the four-year institutions. Student’s Option • All elective credits must be selected from courses numbered 100 or above. B advisor can assist with these forms. PE activity credits cannot be used as electives. While Option B advisors provide assistance, students pursuing Option Total: 90 credits B degrees are responsible for securing adequate assurances from their four-year DTA: Direct Transfer Agreement institutions that their Option B programs See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60. will be accepted by the transfer institution.
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Associate in Biology
(DTA Transfer Degree) DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS This TCC degree is designed for students • A minimum of 90 quarter credit hours in courses numbered 100 or above. who intend to transfer to Biological • At least 30 applicable credits earned at Tacoma Community College. Science majors at baccalaureate • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the degree and institutions. a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all TCC college-level courses. • At least one course applied to the degree must be an approved multicultural course. Many classes required for this degree Approved multicultural courses are identified on the Approved Distribution Course are offered only once or twice a year. List and in the Credit Course Descriptions. Students should work closely with faculty advisors to plan their programs of study, including elective courses. Basic Requirements (15 credits)
The Associate in Biology satisfies the WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS (10 CREDITS) General Education requirements of most »» ENGL& 101...... English Composition I baccalaureate institutions (four-year »» ENGL& 102...... Argument and Persuasion colleges and universities). Students who transfer with the Associate in Biology QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (5 CREDITS) degree may be required to complete »» MATH& 151...... Calculus I some additional requirements during Distribution Requirements (60 credits) their junior and senior years as required by individual institutions. HUMANITIES (15 CREDITS) »» Select humanities courses from the Approved Distribution Course List. »» Select courses from at least two different disciplines. »» No more than five Humanities credits of foreign language or performance skills classes can be used to satisfy this requirement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE (15 CREDITS) »» Select social sciences courses from the Approved Distribution Course List. »» Select courses from at least two different disciplines.
NATURAL SCIENCES (30 CREDITS) »» BIOL& 221...... Introduction to Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity »» BIOL& 222...... Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology »» BIOL& 223...... Introduction to the Biology of Organisms »» CHEM& 161...... General Chemistry w/Lab I »» CHEM& 162...... General Chemistry w/Lab II »» CHEM& 163...... General Chemistry w/Lab III
College-Level Electives (15 credits) »» Select remaining college-level courses to reach a total of 90 credits »» Selected courses must include two elective physical education credits »» Select no more than five elective credits from courses that do not appear on the Basic Requirements Distribution List for the Associate in Arts degree or the Approved Distribution Course List.
Total: 90 credits
DTA: Direct Transfer Agreement See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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(DTA Transfer Degree) PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES This TCC degree is designed for students Upon successful completion of the Associate in Business degree and prerequisite who intend to transfer to business courses for transfer to four-year university business degree programs, students will be schools at baccalaureate institutions. able to: Students who complete the Associate • Discriminate between different business forms and take into consideration the in Business degree are normally granted ethical and other constraints of differing business structures in selecting the junior standing upon admission to appropriate form to conduct a business enterprise. • Employ a group process to explain the relationship of supply and demand in assessing four-year colleges and universities. the impact these factors have on the price of goods and services. Admission to schools of business is • Using a wide variety of electronic tools, explain the differences between and the highly competitive, and completion of the information communicated on the balance sheet, income statement, and statement Associate in Business degree does not of owners’ equity when making business decisions. guarantee admission. • Interpret, analyze, and quantify business information. In addition to the required courses for the Associate in Business degree, some DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS baccalaureate institutions have unique • 90 quarter credit hours in courses numbered 100 or above. graduation requirements. Many institutions • At least 30 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Community College. require foreign language for admission, • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the degree and which can be used to satisfy humanities a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all TCC college-level courses. requirements and/or electives in TCC’s • At least one course applied to the degree must be an approved multicultural course. Associate in Business degree. Students Approved multicultural courses are identified on the Approved Distribution Course pursuing this degree are encouraged to List and in the Credit Course Descriptions. work closely with TCC advisors familiar with business transfer requirements. Basic Requirements (20 credits)
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS (10 CREDITS) »» ENGL& 101...... English Composition I »» ENGL& 102...... Argument and Persuasion or ENGL 103...... College Composition: Writing about Literature
QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (10 CREDITS) »» MATH 147...... College Algebra for Business and Economics »» MATH& 148...... Business Calculus
Distribution Requirements (65 credits)
HUMANITIES (15 CREDITS) »» Select courses from at least two disciplines on the Approved Distribution Course List. »» Select no more than five credits of performance/skills course(s).
SOCIAL SCIENCE (15 CREDITS) »» ECON& 201...... Micro Economics »» ECON& 202...... Macro Economics »» Select one additional Social Science course in a discipline other than Economics, from the Approved Distribution Course List.
DTA: Direct Transfer Agreement See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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MULTICULTURAL One of the Humanities or Social Science courses from the above Distribution Areas, or the Elective course selected in the section below, must be an approved multicultural course. Approved multicultural courses are identified on the Approved Distribution Course List.
NATURAL SCIENCES (10 CREDITS) »» Select two courses from two disciplines on the Approved Distribution Course List. »» At least one course must be a lab science.
STATISTICS (5 CREDITS) »» BUS 256 (preferred)..... Statistical Analysis or MATH&146...... Introduction to Statistics
BUSINESS (20 CREDITS) »» ACCT& 201...... Principles of Accounting I »» ACCT& 202...... Principles of Accounting II »» ACCT& 203...... Principles of Accounting III »» BUS& 201...... Business Law
College-Level Electives 5 credits »» Elective courses must be numbered 100 or above.
Total: 90 credits
DTA: Direct Transfer Agreement See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Associate in Computer Science
(DTA/MRP Transfer Degree) Social Sciences (15 credits) This degree, awarded by Tacoma Community College, is Selected from at least two disciplines...... 15 designed for students who intend to transfer to a baccalaureate »» No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline. institution to major in Computer Science or some other closely »» Selected from the Social Sciences section of the Approved related field. Distribution Course List. »» Courses should be selected as appropriate for intended Many classes required for this degree are offered only once or bachelor’s institution. twice a year. Students should work closely with faculty advisors »» One of the courses selected to satisfy either a Humanities to plan their programs of study. or Social Science Distribution requirement must also The Associate in Computer Science degree satisfies the General be an approved multicultural course from the Approved Education requirements of most Washington baccalaureate Distribution Course List. institutions (four-year colleges and universities). Students who transfer with the Associate in Computer Science degree may Natural Sciences (16-17 credits) be required to complete some additional requirements during PHYS& 221 Engineering Physics – Mechanics their junior and senior years as required by individual institutions. with lab...... 6 Students should review the requirements at their intended PHYS& 222 Engineering Physics – Electricity transfer institution to minimize the number of such additional and Magnetism with lab...... 5-6 requirements. OR Any laboratory science course in the Natural Sciences section of the Approved Distribution Course List Basic Requirements (15 credits) MATH& 152 Calculus II...... 5
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS (10 CREDITS) Major Requirements (10 credits) CS 142 Java Programming for Engineers ENGL& 101 English Composition I ...... 5 and Scientists I...... 5 ENGL& 235 Technical Writing ...... 5 CS 143 Java Programming for Engineers or ENGL& 102 English Composition II ...... 5 and Scientists II...... 5 QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (5 CREDITS) MATH& 151 Calculus I ...... 5 University Specific Requirements (10-12 Credits) Select a minimum of two courses from this list, as Humanities (15 credits) appropriate for the intended bachelor’s institution. If Selected from at least two disciplines...... 15 greater than two courses are required by the bachelor’s »» No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline. institution, the additional courses can be applied as Electives »» No more than 5 credits in foreign language at the 100 level. credits in the MRP. »» No more than 5 credits allowed in performance/skills MATH& 153 Calculus III...... 5 courses. MATH& 254 Calculus IV...... 5 »» Selected from the Humanities section of the Approved MATH& 146 Statistics...... 5 Distribution Course List. MATH 220 Linear Algebra...... 5 »» Courses should be selected as appropriate for intended PHYS& 223 Engineering Physics – Waves, Optics, bachelor’s institution.... and Thermodynamics...... 6 »» One of the courses selected to satisfy either a Humanities MATH 210 Discrete Mathematics...... 5 or Social Science Distribution requirement must also Physical, biological and/or earth sciences with lab...... 5-6 be an approved multicultural course from the Approved Electives (6-9 credits) Distribution Course List. »» Additional elective courses required to reach a minimum of 90 total credits should be selected in consultation with an advisor, as appropriate for the intended bachelor’s institution. DTA/MRP: Direct Transfer Agreement/Major Related Program »» No more than three Physical Education Activity credits may See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60. apply to this degree.
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Associate in Music
(DTA/MRP Transfer Degree) Basic Requirements (15 credits) This TCC degree is designed for students who intend to transfer WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS (10 CREDITS) to music schools at baccalaureate institutions. Students who ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 complete the Associate in Music degree are possibly granted ENGL& 102 Composition II: Argument and Persuasion...... 5 junior standing upon admission to four-year colleges and or ENGL 103 Composition III: Writing about Literature...... 5 universities. Admission to schools of music is highly competitive, and QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (5 CREDITS) completion of the Associate in Music degree does not Select from the courses listed below. Each of these courses guarantee admission. In addition to the required courses for carries a prerequisite of MATH 095 or MATH 140. the Associate in Music degree, some baccalaureate institutions MATH& 107 Math in Society...... 5 have unique graduation requirements. Many institutions require MATH& 131 Math for Elementary Education 1...... 5 foreign language for admission, which can be used to satisfy MATH& 132 Math for Elementary Education 2...... 5 humanities requirements and/or electives in TCC’s Associate in MATH& 141 Precalculus I ...... 5 Music degree. Students pursuing this degree are encouraged MATH& 142 Precalculus II ...... 5 to work closely with TCC advisors familiar with music transfer MATH& 146 Introduction to Statistics ...... 5 requirements. MATH 147 College Algebra for Business & Economics.....5 MATH& 148 Business Calculus ...... 5 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES MATH& 151 Calculus I ...... 5 The rigor and design of this degree and its curriculum are MATH& 152 Calculus II ...... 5 helpful for any TCC students seeking to transfer and earn a MATH& 153 Calculus III ...... 5 4-year music degree. Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of MATH 220 Linear Algebra ...... 5 Music, and music education degrees are popular and possible MATH 238 Elements of Differential Equations ...... 5 next steps. Other degree possibilities include degrees in: MATH& 254 Calculus IV ...... 5 music therapy, musicology, music composition, music theory, Distribution Requirements (45 credits) and ethnomusicology. Possible careers for Associate in Music earning students include: performing musician, music teacher, HUMANITIES (15 CREDITS) accompanist, music sales representative, music production MUSC& 141 Music Theory I ...... 5 operations, church musician, and much more. MUSC& 142 Music Theory II ...... 5 Select an addition 5 credit course (other than Music) PROGRAM OUTCOMES: from the Humanities section of the Approved • Complete / Qualify for transfer music theory placement Distribution Course List ...... 5 exams. • Complete / Qualify for transfer piano proficiency exams. SOCIAL SCIENCES (15 CREDITS) • Apply basic musicianship and knowledge of the theoretical, Select courses from the Social Sciences section of the historical, technological and practical backgrounds needed to Approved Distribution Course List. Courses must be selected understand how music is created, understood and performed. from at least two disciplines. At least 5 credits must meet the • Recall knowledge of traditional history and of the cultural Multicultural requirement. diversity and heritage in music. NATURAL SCIENCES (15 CREDITS) • Critically evaluate music, applying terminology specific to the Select courses from the Natural Sciences section of the discipline. Approved Distribution Course List. Courses must be selected • Demonstrate skills and technical proficiency in a selected area from at least two different disciplines and must include at least (vocal music or instrumental music) trough rehearsals and two laboratory courses. performances.
DTA/MRP: Direct Transfer Agreement/Major Related Program See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Associate in Music
Required Music Electives (44 credits) The following distribution electives are required for the Associate in Music degree (26 credits): MUSC 124 Class Applied Music: Piano I ...... 2 MUSC 125 Class Applied Music: Piano II ...... 2 MUSC 126 Class Applied Music: Piano III ...... 2 MUSC& 143 Music Theory III ...... 5 MUSC& 241 Music Theory IV ...... 5 MUSC& 242 Music Theory V ...... 5 MUSC& 243 Music Theory VI ...... 5 PLUS 6 quarters of music Performance Ensemble (choir, band, orchestra, jazz band, etc.). (12 credits): MUSC 160 Orchestra I ...... 2 MUSC 260 Orchestra II...... 2 MUSC 161 Symphonic Band I ...... 2 MUSC 261 Symphonic Band II ...... 2 MUSC 165 Jazz Band I ...... 2 MUSC 265 Jazz Band II ...... 2 MUSC 152 Chamber Choir I ...... 2 MUSC 252 Chamber Choir II ...... 2 PLUS 6 quarters of Applied Lessons on primary instrument. Applied Lessons are 1 credit per quarter. These are repeated for a total of 3 credits for each course. (6 credits) MUSC 131 Applied Lessons Strings 1 ...... 1 MUSC 231 Applied Lessons Strings 2 ...... 1 OR MUSC 132 Applied Lessons Brass 1...... 1 MUSC 232 Applied Lessons Brass 2 ...... 1 OR MUSC 133 Applied Lessons Woodwind 1...... 1 MUSC 233 Applied Lessons Woodwind 2 ...... 1 OR MUSC 134 Applied Lessons Percussion 1 ...... 1 MUSC 234 Applied Lessons Percussion 2 ...... 1 OR MUSC 135 Applied Lessons Keyboard 1 ...... 1 MUSC 235 Applied Lessons Keyboard 2 ...... 1 OR MUSC 136 Applied Lessons Voice 1...... 1 MUSC 236 Applied Lessons Voice 2 ...... 1
Total: 104 credits
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(DTA Transfer Degree) Core Requirements (15 credits) TCC’s Associate Degree in Pre-Nursing is a two-year program WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS (10 CREDITS) designed for students who plan to transfer to a Bachelor of »» ENGL& 101...... English Composition I Science in Nursing program (BSN) at a four-year university. »» ENGL& 102...... Argument and Persuasion Students completing the pre-nursing degree, and who have met or ENGL 103...... College Composition: Writing about the minimum GPA requirement for the BSN program to which Literature they are applying, will have met the prerequisites necessary to apply to most upper-division nursing programs in Washington. QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (5 CREDITS) »» MATH& 146...... Introduction to Statistics Admittance to BSN programs are highly competitive, and completion of the pre-nursing associate degree does not Distribution Requirements (75 credits) guarantee admission. Students completing this track are not eligible to take National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) HUMANITIES (15 CREDITS) for Registered Nursing until they complete their BSN program. »» CMST& 220...... Public Speaking »» Select two additional courses from the Humanities section Students wishing to become a registered nurse directly after from the Approved Distribution Course List. completing their associate degree should talk with an advisor At least one course must be selected from a discipline about an Associate of Applied Science Transfer Degree in other than Communication Studies (CMST). Nursing. Participating 4-year universities include: UW Seattle, »» No more than five credits of studio/performance/skills WSU, Northwest University, Seattle University, SPU, PLU, Walla courses and no more than five foreign language credits can Walla University, and the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing be applied. (WSU-ICN) whose members include EWU and Whitworth College. SOCIAL SCIENCES (15 CREDITS) »» PSYC& 100...... General Psychology PREPARATION »» PSYC& 200...... Lifespan Psychology While in high school, students should complete all available »» SOC& 101...... Introduction to Sociology courses in mathematics, chemistry and biology. NATURAL SCIENCES (35 CREDITS) PROGRAM PLANNING »» BIOL& 160...... General Cell Biology Students should meet with advisors as soon as they are admitted »» CHEM& 121...... Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry to Tacoma Community College. Prerequisites for many courses »» CHEM& 131...... Introduction to Organic Biochemistry are offered only once or twice a year and/or are sequential, so »» NUTR& 101...... Human Nutrition timely program completion depends on careful quarterly class »» BIOL& 241 ...... Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 selection. Certain colleges and universities have additional »» BIOL& 242...... Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 admission requirements. For example, some universities require »» BIOL& 260...... General Microbiology two years of high school foreign language or two or three quarters of college foreign language, additional college-level math, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (10 CREDITS) practical experience in a healthcare setting, or specific additional »» PE 100 (2 credits)...... Total Fitness courses. It is important to consult catalogs, websites and four- »» PE Activity (1 credit) year college advisors early in the process. »» Electives (7 credits)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: Total: 90 credits • 90 quarter credit hours in courses numbered 100 or above. • At least 30 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Community College. • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the degree and a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all TCC college-level courses. DTA: Direct Transfer Agreement See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Associate in Science
(AS-T Transfer Degree) Basic Requirements (15 credits) This TCC degree is designed for students who plan to transfer WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS (5 CREDITS) to specific science majors at four-year colleges or universities. »» ENGL& 101...... English Composition I Students pursuing this degree are required to select a field of specialization from the approved list and will be assigned TCC QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (10 CREDITS) advisors who understand the specialization requirements. »» MATH& 151...... Calculus I Many classes required for the Associate in Science Degree are »» MATH& 152...... Calculus II offered only once or twice a year. Students should work closely or above, with advisor approval with Associate of Science advisors to plan their programs of Humanities & Social Sciences study, including elective courses. Distribution Requirements (15 credits) This degree does NOT satisfy all General Education »» Select five Humanities credits from the Approved requirements of baccalaureate institutions. Like native students Distribution Course List. who begin science studies at four-year colleges and universities »» Select five Social Sciences credits from the Approved as freshmen, students who transfer with Associate of Science Distribution Course List. degrees will typically be required to complete some general »» Select five additional Humanities or Social Sciences credits education requirements during their junior and senior years. from the Approved Distribution Course List. DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: At least one of the courses selected above for Humanities • Minimum of 90 quarter credit hours in courses numbered 100 or Social Science must be an approved multicultural course. or above. Approved multicultural courses are identified on the Approved • At least 30 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Distribution Course List and in the Credit Course Descriptions. Community College. Specialization Courses (40–75 credits) • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the degree and a cumulative grade point average of Select a set of courses, approved by the department, the 2.00 in all TCC college-level courses. science division, and the registrar, that meet your specialization • At least one course applied to the degree must be an requirements. See the details of approved specializations. approved multicultural course. Approved multicultural courses College-level Elective Courses (0–30 credits) are identified on the Approved Distribution Course List and in »» Select remaining college level courses to reach a total of 90 the Credit Course Descriptions. credits. The number of credits in this category depends on the number of credits in your specialization courses. »» Select no more than five credits in this category from courses that do not appear on the Basic Requirements for the Associate in Arts degree or the Approved Distribution Course List. »» PE activity courses cannot be used as electives. »» Specializations approved at the time of printing are published below.
Total: 90-110 credits
NOTE: Most classes in this degree have prerequisites. Students who are not ready for MATH& 151 and ENGL& 101, and those who have not taken high school science will require additional classes.
See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Associate in Science / Specialization Courses Astronomy/Physics Biology Computer Engineering
The following course set fulfills the The following course set fulfills the The following course set fulfills the Specialization Requirement of the Associate of Specialization Requirement of the Associate of Specialization Requirement for the Associate Science degree and is appropriate for students Science degree and is appropriate for students of Science degree. This degree is generally studying astronomy or physics. studying biological sciences, including biology, appropriate for students studying computer botany, microbiology, molecular biology, and engineering, while the Associate of Science SPECIALIZATION COURSES zoology. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MRP) (48 CREDITS) is usually advised for electrical engineering »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 SPECIALIZATION COURSES students only. »» MATH& 153, 254 (50 CREDITS) »» MATH 220, 238 »» BIOL& 221, 222, 223 (15 credits). SPECIALIZATION COURSES »» CHEM& 161, 162 »» CHEM& 161, 162, 163, 261, 262, (64 CREDITS MINIMUM) Select 12 credits in Section 4 (Electives) to 263 (30 credits). »» CS 142, 143 (10 credits). reach a total of 90 credits. Elective courses »» MATH& 153 or MATH& 146 (5 »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 (18 credits). should be selected based on major and credits). »» MATH& 153, 254 (10 credits). »» MATH 220, 238 (10 credits). transfer institution. See your advisor for Select 10 credits in Section 4 (Electives) »» ENGR& 204 (6 credits) suggestions. The following courses are highly to reach a total of 90 credits. The following recommended as electives: courses are strongly recommended as This specialization requires a minimum of »» CHEM& 163 electives: 5 credits from the following list. Selection »» CS 142 or ENGR 240 »» PHYS& 114, 115 depends on the intended engineering »» ASTR& 110, 115 »» or PHYS& 221, 222 university. These 5 credits must be approved by an engineering advisor. Atmospheric Science Chemistry »» ENGL& 235 »» ENGR& 224 The following course set fulfills the The following course set fulfills the »» ENGR 240 Specialization Requirement of the Associate of Specialization Requirement of the Associate of »» CHEM& 161, 162 Science degree and is appropriate for students Science degree and is appropriate for students Select a minimum of 1 credit in Section studying atmospheric science. studying chemistry. 4 (Electives) to reach a total of 90 credits. SPECIALIZATION COURSES SPECIALIZATION COURSES Electives may be chosen from the (53 CREDITS) (53 CREDITS) specialization list. »» MATH& 146, 153, 254 »» CHEM& 161, 162, 163, 261, 262, »» MATH 220, 238 263 (30 credits). »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 »» MATH& 153 (5 credits). Earth Sciences »» CHEM& 161 »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 (18 credits). The following course set fulfills the »» ENGR 240 Select 7 credits in Section 4 (Electives) to Specialization Requirement of the Associate of Select 7 credits in Section 4 (Electives) to reach a total of 90 credits. Science degree and is appropriate for students reach a total of 90 credits. Elective courses studying earth sciences such as geology. should be selected based on major and transfer institution. See your advisor for SPECIALIZATION COURSES suggestions. The following courses are highly (43 CREDITS) recommended as electives: »» MATH& 153 (5 credits). »» CS 142 »» CHEM& 161, 162, 163 (15 credits). »» CHEM& 162, 163 »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 (18 credits). »» GEOL& 101 (5 credits).
Select 17 elective credits to reach a total of 90 credits. See Approved Distribution Course List on page 61. »» GEOG/ENVS 210 is recommended.
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Associate in Science / Specialization Courses General Engineering Environmental Sciences Astronomy/Physics
The following course set fulfills the The following course set fulfills the The following course set fulfills the Specialization Requirement for the Associate Specialization Requirement of the Associate of Specialization Requirement of the Associate of of Science degree. Most students are advised Science degree and is appropriate for students Science degree and is appropriate for students to complete one of the discipline specific studying environmental science. studying astronomy or physics. engineering Associate of Science MRP SPECIALIZATION COURSES degrees, rathern than this General Engineering SPECIALIZATION COURSES (48 CREDITS) Associate of Science degree. University (46 CREDITS) »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 engineering degree programs have very »» CHEM& 161, 162, 163 (15 credits). »» MATH& 153, 254 specific entry requirements. The specialized »» BIOL& 221, 222, 223 (15 credits). »» MATH 220, 238 MRP degrees generally meet those entry »» MATH& 146 or BUS 256 (5 credits). »» CHEM& 161, 162 requirements better. »» PHYS& 114 (6 credits). »» GEOL& 101 (5 credits). Select 12 credits in Section 4 (Electives) to ENGR& 104 (5 credits) is highly recommended Select 14 credits in Section 4 (Electives) to reach a total of 90 credits. Elective courses for this specialization and partially satisfies the reach a total of 90 credits. Selection from the should be selected based on major and Social Science degree requirement. ENGR& following courses is strongly recommended: transfer institution. See your advisor for 104 and/or 114 may be taken either to meet suggestions. The following courses are highly Humanities & Social Science requirements »» GEOL 179 or OCEA 179 or ENVS recommended as electives: OR to meet Additional Specialization Course 179 (3 credits) »» CHEM& 163 requirements, not both. »» ENVS 210 or GEOG 210 (5 credits) »» Humanities or Social Science (5 »» CS 142 or ENGR 240 SPECIALIZATION COURSES credits) »» ASTR& 110, 115 (63 CREDITS MINIMUM) »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 (18 credits). »» MATH& 153 (5 credits). »» CHEM& 161 (5 credits).
This specialization requires 35 credits from the following list. Selection depends on the intended engineering major. These 35 credits must be approved by an engineering advisor. »» ENGR& 104, 114, 204, 214, 215, 224, 225 »» ENGR 240 »» CS 142, 143 »» ENGL& 235 or 102 (only one English class may be counted) »» CHEM& 162, 163, 261, 262, 263 »» BIOL& 221, 222, 223 »» MATH 220, 238 »» MATH& 254
This specialization allows for no elective credits.
See Approved Distribution Course List on page 61.
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Associate of Science in Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering
(MRP AS Transfer Degree) DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS TCC’s AS-T in Bioengineering and • 98 quarter credit hours listed in the degree. (Since many of these classes have Chemical Engineering is a state prerequisites, the total number of credit hours required may be greater than 98). recognized Major Related Program • At least 30 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Community College. (MRP) designed for students who plan to • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the degree, and transfer to a Bachelor of Science degree a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in all TCC college level courses. program in one of the engineering • At least one course applied to the degree must be selected from the list of approved disciplines listed. multicultural courses in the Approved Distribution Course list and in the Credit Course Descriptions. Upon completion of this degree, students will be able to transfer to most Basic Requirements (15 credits) four-year colleges and universities as »» ENGL& 101 juniors. Entry into many engineering »» MATH& 151, 152 programs is competitive. Completion of this degree does not guarantee Humanities and Social Sciences (15 credits) admission into a specific engineering »» Humanities course from approved distribution list program. Students should work with »» Social Science course from approved distribution list - ENGR& 104* recommended advisors at TCC and their university »» Select five additional Humanities or Social Science credits from the approved advisors to make sure that all entry distribution list. (At least one course selected from Humanities or Social Sciences requirements are met. must be an approved multicultural course as identified on the approved distribution list.) PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon successful completion of any Required Specialization Courses (48 credits) Associate of Science Degree Engineering »» MATH& 153, MATH 238 specialization, students will: »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 »» CHEM& 161, 162, 163, 261 • Apply knowledge of mathematics and science to engineering related Additional Specialization Courses (20 credits) problems. (COK, CRT) Select four of the following classes as appropriate for intended major and bachelor’s • Design a system, component, program institution. One of the classes must be CHEM& 262 or BIOL& 222 (you may take both). or process to meet desired needs. »» BIOL& 222, 223 (COK, COM, CRT, IIT, LWC, RES) »» CS 142 • Conduct scientific experiments, »» CHEM& 262 analyze and interpret the resulting »» MATH& 254, MATH 220 data. (COK, CRT) »» ENGR& 104*, 204, 214, 224, 240 • Communicate design ideas, solutions »» ENGL& 235 to engineering related problems or results of scientific experiments effectively, using both English and *ENGR& 104 may be taken either to meet Social Science distribution requirement or mathematical languages. (COK, COM, to meet additional specialization course requirements, but not both. CRT, IIT) Note: Most classes on this list have prerequisites. Students who are not ready for • Function effectively on a team to MATH& 151 and ENGL& 101, and those who have not taken high school chemistry produce a cohesive and professional will require additional classes. work product. (COK, COM, CRT, IIT, LWC, RES)
MRP: Major Related Program See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Associate of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
(MRP AS Transfer Degree) DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS TCC’s AS-T in Electrical and Computer • 103 quarter credit hours listed in the degree. (Since many of these classes have Engineering is a state recognized Major prerequisites, the total number of credit hours required may be greater than 103). Related Program (MRP) designed for • At least 30 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Community College. students who plan to transfer to a • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the degree, and Bachelor of Science degree program a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in all TCC college level courses. in one of the engineering disciplines • At least one course applied to the degree must be selected from the list of approved listed. Upon completion of this degree, multicultural courses in the Approved Distribution Course list and in the Credit students will be able to transfer to most Course Descriptions. four-year colleges and universities as juniors. Entry into many engineering Basic Requirements (15 credits) programs is competitive. Completion »» ENGL& 101 of this degree does not guarantee »» MATH& 151, 152 admission into a specific engineering Humanities and Social Sciences (15 credits) program. Students should work with »» Humanities course from approved distribution list - ENGR& 114 recommended. advisors at TCC and their university »» Social Science course from approved distribution list - ENGR& 104* advisors to make sure that all entry recommended. requirements are met. »» Select five additional Humanities or Social Science credits from the approved PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES distribution list. (At least one course selected from Humanities or Social Sciences must be an approved multicultural course as identified on the approved distribution Upon successful completion of any list.) Associate of Science Degree Engineering specialization, students will: Required Specialization Courses (48 credits) • Apply knowledge of mathematics »» MATH& 153, MATH 220, 238 and science to engineering related »» CS 142 problems. (COK, CRT) »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 • Design a system, component, program »» CHEM& 161 or process to meet desired needs. »» ENGR& 204 (COK, COM, CRT, IIT, LWC, RES) Additional Specialization Courses (25 credits) • Conduct scientific experiments, analyze and interpret the resulting Select five of the following classes as appropriate for intended major and bachelor’s data. (COK, CRT) institution. • Communicate design ideas, solutions »» BIOL& 222 to engineering related problems or »» CS 143 results of scientific experiments »» CHEM& 162 effectively, using both English and »» MATH& 254 mathematical languages. (COK, COM, »» ENGR& 104*, 214, 215, 224, 240 CRT, IIT) »» ENGL& 235 • Function effectively on a team to produce a cohesive and professional *ENGR& 104 may be taken either to meet Social Science requirement or to meet work product. (COK, COM, CRT, IIT, additional specialization course requirement, but not both. LWC, RES) Note: Most classes on this list have prerequisites. Students who are not ready for MATH& 151 and ENGL& 101, and those who have not taken high school chemistry will require additional classes.
MRP: Major Related Program See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Associate of Science in Mechanical, Civil, Aeronautical, Industrial and Material Science Engineering
(MRP AS-Transfer Degree) DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS TCC’s AS-T in Mechanical, Civil, • 108 quarter credit hours listed in the degree. (Since many of these classes have Aeronautical, and Material Science prerequisites, the total number of credit hours required may be greater than 108). Engineering is a state recognized Major • At least 30 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Community College. Related Program (MRP) designed for • A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all coursework applied to the degree, and students who plan to transfer to a a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in all TCC college level courses. Bachelor of Science degree in one of • At least one course applied to the degree must be selected from the list of approved the engineering disciplines listed. Upon multicultural courses in the Approved Distribution Course list and in the Credit completion of this degree, students will Course Descriptions. be able to transfer to most four-year colleges and universities as juniors. Basic Requirements (15 credits) Entry into many engineering programs is »» ENGL& 101 competitive. Completion of this degree »» MATH& 151, 152 does not guarantee admission into a Humanities and Social Sciences (15 credits) specific engineering program. Students »» Humanities course from approved distribution list - ENGR& 114* recommended. should work with advisors at TCC and »» Social Science course from approved distribution list - ENGR& 104* their university advisors to make sure recommended. that all entry requirements are met. »» Select five additional Humanities or Social Science credits from the approved PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES distribution list. (At least one course selected from Humanities or Social Sciences must be an approved multicultural course as identified on the approved distribution Upon successful completion of any list.) Associate of Science Degree Engineering specialization, students will: Required Specialization Courses (58 credits) • Apply knowledge of mathematics »» MATH& 153, MATH 220, 238 and science to engineering related »» PHYS& 221, 222, 223 problems. (COK, CRT) »» CHEM& 161, 162 • Design a system, component, program »» ENGR& 214, 215, 225 or process to meet desired needs. Additional Specialization Courses (20 credits) (COK, COM, CRT, IIT, LWC, RES) • Conduct scientific experiments, Select four of the following classes as appropriate for intended major and bachelor’s analyze and interpret the resulting institution. data. (COK, CRT) »» CS 142 • Communicate design ideas, solutions »» MATH& 254 to engineering related problems or »» ENGR& 104*, 114*, 204, 224, 240 results of scientific experiments »» ENGL& 235 effectively, using both English and mathematical languages. (COK, COM, *ENGR& 104 and 114 may be taken either to meet Social Sciences and Humanities CRT, IIT) distribution requirements or to meet additional specialization course requirements, • Function effectively on a team to but not both. produce a cohesive and professional work product. (COK, COM, CRT, IIT, Note: Most classes on this list have prerequisites. Students who are not ready for LWC, RES) MATH& 151 and ENGL& 101, and those who have not taken high school chemistry will require additional classes.
MRP: Major Related Program See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Associate in General Studies
TCC’s Associate in General Studies DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS degree is designed for students who • A cumulative college-level grade point average of 2.00 in course work completed at want to earn associate degrees while Tacoma Community College. allowing for maximum flexibility in course • At least 30 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Community College. selection. • Ninety (90) quarter hours in courses numbered 100 or above, including the following This degree is not considered a transfer requirements. degree nor is it included in Washington’s • No more than three physical education activity credits can be applied to the degree. Inter-College Transfer and Articulation Agreement. Four-year colleges and Distribution Requirements universities may accept some courses Credits may be applied to only one distribution area. See the Approved Distribution used to satisfy requirements of this Course List. degree as transfer credit. Courses applied to TCC’s Associate in General COMMUNICATIONS (10 CREDITS) Studies degree are usually individually »» ENGL& 101...... English Composition I evaluated by transfer institutions. »» and one of the following: Students who plan to transfer to four-year »» ENGL& 102...... Argument and Persuasion colleges and universities are strongly »» ENGL 103...... College Composition: Writing about Literature advised to pursue the Associate in Arts »» CMST& 101...... Introduction to Communication and Sciences degree, which is a transfer »» CMST 110...... Multicultural Communication degree. »» CMST& 220...... Public Speaking
COURSES APPLICABLE TO AGS HUMANITIES (10 CREDITS) DEGREE »» Select five credits from each of the following: Performing and Fine Arts (Music, Art); Literary Arts (Literature, World Language, Students pursuing Associate in General Humanities, Philosophy) Studies degrees must select courses from the Approved Distribution Course SOCIAL SCIENCE (10 CREDITS) List to meet Humanities, Math/Science »» Select five credits from two of the following: and Social Sciences distribution Social Sciences (Economics, Geography, Political Science); Behavioral Science requirements. Each credit can be (Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology); History counted in only one distribution area. MATH/SCIENCE (10 CREDITS) With the exception of English »» Select five credits from two of the following: composition and physical education Natural Science (Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Environmental Science, Nutrition) activity courses, any TCC course Physical Science (Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Oceanography, Physics, Physical numbered 100 and above and not used Science) to satisfy Humanities, Math/Science or Mathematics (100 or above) Social Sciences distribution requirements »» ANTH& 205...... Biological Anthropology are considered to be electives and »» ANTH& 245...... Primatology may be used to satisfy the elective »» GEOG 205...... Physical Geography (lab) requirement portion of the 90 total quarter hour degree. PHYSICAL EDUCATION (3 CREDITS) »» Select any three activity credits
ELECTIVES (47 CREDITS)
Total: 90 credits
See Approved Distribution Course List on page 60.
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Approved Distribution Course List
Each Associate Degree includes basic English and math CMST 110 Multicultural Communications requirements, which are identified with the degree descriptions. CMST 210 Interpersonal Communication All transfer degrees also include Humanities, Social Sciences, CMST& 220 Public Speaking Natural Sciences and Multicultural Distribution Requirements. ENGL& 220 Introduction to Shakespeare Courses that satisfy Distribution Requirements for these ENGL 234 Introduction to Mythology and Folk Stories degrees are identified below. ENGL 242 Contemporary Non-Western Literature This list applies to TCC’s Associate in Arts, Associate in Business, ENGL& 244 American Literature I Associate in Elementary Education, Associate in Music, ENGL& 245 American Literature II Associate in Pre-Nursing, Associate in Biology, and Associate of ENGL& 246 American Literature III Science degrees. ENGL 261 The Bible as Literature (P/S) = Performance/Skills courses use a mix of lecture, guided ENGL 262 Children’s Literature activities, and individual projects as teaching and learning ENGL 264 English Literature: methods. These courses often include creative projects and From Beowulf through Shakespeare performances. Typical performance/skills courses include: studio ENGL 265 English Literature: From Donne through Blake art, music ensembles and creative writing courses. ENGL 271 Contemporary American Literature ENGL 276 Creative Writing – Fiction (P/S) Humanities ENGL 278 Creative Writing – Poetry (P/S) ANTH& 207 Linguistic Anthropology ENGL 279 Creative Writing - Poetry Workshop (P/S) ART& 100 Art Appreciation ENGL 280 Literatures of Diversity ART 102 Two-Dimensional Design (P/S) ENGR& 114 Engineering Graphics ART 103 Three-Dimensional Design (P/S) HIST& 219 Native American History ART 105 Beginning Drawing (P/S) HIST 231 American History, American Film ART 106 Drawing (P/S) HUM& 101 Introduction to Humanities ART 110 Beginning Graphic Design (P/S) HUM 110 Introduction to Pacific Rim Cultures ART 111 Intermediate Graphic Design (P/S) HUM& 116 Humanities I ART 131 Beginning Ceramics (P/S) HUM& 117 Humanities II ART 132 Intermediate Ceramics I (P/S) HUM& 118 Humanities III ART 133 Intermediate Ceramics II (P/S) HUM 120 The American Multicultural Arts Experience ART 146 Beginning Photography (P/S) HUM 130 Introduction to Film ART 147 Intro. to Digital Photography (P/S) HUM 131 Introduction to Film Production ART 150 Beginning Printmaking (P/S) HUM 179 Themes or Topics in Humanities ART 156 Beginning Painting (P/S) (revolving topics) ART 172 Beginning Sculpture (P/S) HUM 285 The City ART 180 Art for Elementary Education MUSC& 105 Music Appreciation ART 199 Gallery Viewing Lab MUSC 106 World Music ART 201 History of Western Art: Ancient MUSC 110 Introduction to Digital Music ART 202 History of Western Art: Medieval MUSC 120 Music in the Classroom and Renaissance MUSC 122 Class Applied Music: Voice (P/S) ART 203 History of Western Art: MUSC 124 Class Applied Music: Piano I (P/S) Baroque through Modern MUSC 125 Class Applied Music: Piano II (P/S) ART 231 Low-Fire Ceramics MUSC 126 Class Applied Music: Piano III (P/S) ART 232 Surface Embellishment and Form Alteration MUSC 130 Private Vocal or Instrumental Instruction (P/S) ART 247 Intermediate Digital Photography MUSC 131 Applied Lessons: Strings 1 (P/S) ART 296 Special Problems in Art MUSC 132 Applied Lessons: Brass 1 (P/S) CMST& 101 Introduction to Communications MUSC 133 Applied Lessons: Woodwind 1 (P/S)
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MUSC 134 Applied Lessons: Percussion 1 (P/S) Social Sciences MUSC 135 Applied Lessons: Keyboard 1 (P/S) ANTH& 100 Survey of Anthropology MUSC 136 Applied Lessons: Voice 1 (P/S) ANTH& 204 Archaeology MUSC& 141 Music Theory I ANTH& 205 Biological Anthropology MUSC& 142 Music Theory II ANTH& 206 Cultural Anthropology MUSC& 143 Music Theory III ANTH& 207 Linguistic Anthropology MUSC 152 Chamber Choir I (P/S) ANTH& 210 Indians of North America MUSC 155 Gospel Choir (P/S) ANTH 220 Ethnographies of American Cultures MUSC 160 Orchestra I (P/S) ANTH& 237 Human Osteology MUSC 161 Symphonic Band I (P/S) ANTH& 245 Primatology MUSC 165 Jazz Band I (P/S) BUS& 101 Introduction to Business MUSC 179 Special Topics in Music BUS 150 Global Business MUSC 230 Private Vocal or Instrumental Instruction BUS& 201 Business Law MUSC 231 Applied Lessons: Strings 2 (P/S) ECON& 201 Micro Economics MUSC 232 Applied Lessons: Brass 2 (P/S) ECON& 202 Macro Economics MUSC 233 Applied Lessons: Woodwind 2 (P/S) EDUC 220 Diversity in Education MUSC 234 Applied Lessons: Percussion 2 (P/S) ENGR& 104 Introduction to Engineering and Design MUSC 235 Applied Lessons: Keyboard 2 (P/S) GEOG 110 Geography of the Pacific Rim MUSC 236 Applied Lessons: Voice 2 (P/S) HIST& 126 World Civilizations I MUSC 252 Chamber Choir II (P/S) HIST& 127 World Civilizations II MUSC 260 Orchestra II (P/S) HIST& 128 World Civilizations III MUSC 261 Symphonic Band II (P/S) HIST& 146 U.S. History I MUSC 265 Jazz Band II (P/S) HIST& 147 U.S. History II PHIL& 101 Introduction to Philosophy HIST& 148 U.S. History III (P/S) = Performance/Skills courses. No more than five credits HIST 210 History of Modern Europe of Performance/Skills courses may be used to satisfy the HIST 211 History of China Humanities distribution requirement. HIST& 214 Pacific Northwest History HIST& 219 Native American History WORLD LANGUAGES (DISCIPLINE): HIST& 220 African-American History ARAB 121, 122, 123 Arabic 1, 2, 3 HIST 230 History of Japan CHIN& 121, 122, 123 Chinese 1, 2, 3 HIST 231 American History, American Film FRCH& 121, 122, 123 French 1, 2, 3 HIST 240 Religion in America GERM& 121, 122, 123 German 1, 2, 3 HIST 244 The 1960s JAPN& 121, 122, 123 Japanese 1, 2, 3 HIST 249 America and the Rise to Globalism SPAN& 121, 122, 123 Spanish 1, 2, 3 POLS& 101 Introduction to Political Science SPAN& 221, 222, 223 Intermediate Spanish 1, 2 3 POLS& 202 American Government POLS& 203 International Relations POLS 231 Politics and Film POLS 240 Environmental Politics and Sustainability PSYC& 100 General Psychology PSYC& 180 Human Sexuality PSYC& 200 Lifespan Psychology PSYC 202 Biopsychology PSYC 205 Introduction to Personality PSYC 209 Fundamentals of Psychological Research
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PSYC& 220 Abnormal Psychology ENVS& 101 Introduction to Environmental Science (lab) PSYC 240 Social Psychology ENVS 179 Special Topics in Environmental Science SOC& 101 Introduction to Sociology ENVS 210 Maps, GIS and the Environment (lab) SOC 120 Introduction to Women’s Studies GEOG 205 Physical Geography (lab) SOC& 201 Social Problems GEOG 210 Maps, GIS and the Environment (lab) SOC 205 Sociology of African Americans GEOL& 101 Introduction to Physical Geology (lab) SOC 222 Sociology of Sport GEOL 108 Fossils and the History of Life (lab) SOC 238 Sociology of Latino Americans GEOL 125 Geology in the Field (lab) SOC 262 Race and Ethnic Relations GEOL 179 Special Topics in Geology SOC 265 Sociology of Asian Americans GEOL& 208 Geology of Pacific Northwest (lab) SOC 271 Sociology of Deviance & Social Control HIT 160 Pathophysiology NUTR 101 Human Nutrition Natural Sciences OCEA& 101 Introduction to Oceanography (lab) ANTH& 205 Biological Anthropology (non-lab) OCEA 179 Special Topics in Oceanography ANTH& 237 Human Osteology (non-lab) PHYS& 114 General Physics (lab) ANTH& 245 Primatology (non-lab) PHYS& 115 General Physics (lab) ASTR& 101 Introduction to Astronomy (lab) PHYS& 116 General Physics (lab) ASTR& 110 The Solar System (lab) PHYS& 221 Engineering Physics (lab) ASTR& 115 Stars, Galaxies, and the Cosmos (lab) PHYS& 222 Engineering Physics (lab) BIOL& 100 Survey of Biology (lab) PHYS& 223 Engineering Physics (lab) BIOL 105 Fossils and the History of Life (lab) SCI 105 Introductory Topics in Natural Science (lab) BIOL 125 Biology in the Field (lab) SCI 110 Physical Science & Technology (lab) BIOL 140 Marine Biology (lab) BIOL& 160 General Cell Biology (lab) Physical Education BIOL& 175 Human Biology (lab) PE All PE courses count toward the PE distribution credits BIOL 179 Special Topics in Biology EXCEPT: PE 190, PE 191, PE 285, and PE 292 BIOL& 221 Intro. to Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity (lab) BIOL& 222 Intro. to Cellular and Molecular Biology (lab) Multicultural BIOL& 223 Intro. to the Biology of Organisms (lab) ANTH& 100 Survey of Anthropology BIOL& 241 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 (lab) ANTH& 206 Cultural Anthropology BIOL& 242 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 (lab) ANTH& 207 Linguistic Anthropology BIOL 243 Current Advances in Human Anatomy & ANTH& 210 Indians of North America Physiology (lab) ANTH 220 Ethnographies of American Culture BIOL& 260 General Microbiology (lab) ART& 100 Art Appreciation BOT 101 General Botany (lab) BUS 150 Global Business BOT 179 Special Topics in Botany CMST 110 Multicultural Communications CHEM& 110 Chemical Concepts with Lab EDUC 220 Diversity in Education CHEM& 121 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry with Lab ENGL 234 Introduction to Mythology and Folk Stories CHEM& 131 Survey of Organic and Biochemistry with Lab ENGL 242 Contemporary Non-Western Literature CHEM& 161 General Chemistry with Lab I ENGL& 244 American Literature I CHEM& 162 General Chemistry with Lab II ENGL& 245 American Literature II CHEM& 163 General Chemistry with Lab III ENGL& 246 American Literature III CHEM& 261 Organic Chemistry with Lab I ENGL 261 The Bible as Literature CHEM& 262 Organic Chemistry with Lab II ENGL 262 Children’s Literature CHEM& 263 Organic Chemistry with Lab III ENGL 265 English Literature From Donne Through Blake
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ENGL 271 Contemporary American Fiction Non-distribution Multicultural Courses ENGL 280 Literatures of Diversity The following courses do not satisfy distribution requirements. If HIST& 126 World Civilization I one of the following courses is selected to satisfy the multicultural HIST& 127 World Civilization II requirement, distribution electives must be increased by the same HIST& 128 World Civilization III number of credits to assure that a minimum of 60 distribution HIST 210 History of Modern Europe credits are completed. HIST 211 History of China ECE 130 Individual and Cultural Diversity HIST& 219 Native American History HD 110 Human Relations HIST& 220 African-American History HSP 126 Cultural Competencies for Human Services HIST 230 History of Japan HIST 231 American History, American Film Writing Intensive HIST 240 Religion in America Recommended for some transfer students. HUM& 101 Introduction to Humanities BUS 150 Global Business HUM 110 Introduction to Pacific Rim Cultures ENGL& 220 Introduction to Shakespeare HUM& 116 Introduction to Humanities I ENGL 234 Introduction to Mythology and Folk Stories HUM& 117 Introduction to Humanities II ENGL 242 Contemporary Non-Western Literature HUM& 118 Introduction to Humanities III ENGL& 244 American Literature I HUM 120 The American Multicultural Arts Experience ENGL& 245 American Literature II MUSC 106 World Music ENGL& 246 American Literature III MUSC 155 Gospel Choir ENGL 261 The Bible as Literature PSYC& 200 Lifespan Psychology ENGL 262 Children’s Literature SOC& 101 Introduction to Sociology ENGL 264 English Literature: SOC 120 Introduction to Women’s Studies From Beowulf through Shakespeare SOC& 201 Social Problems ENGL 265 English Literature: From Donne through Blake SOC 205 Sociology of African Americans ENGL 271 Contemporary American Fiction SOC 222 Sociology of Sport ENGL 276 Creative Writing – Fiction SOC 238 Sociology of Latino Americans ENGL 278 Creative Writing – Poetry SOC 262 Race and Ethnic Relations ENGL 279 Creative Writing – Poetry Workshop SOC 265 Sociology of Asian Americans ENGL 280 Literatures of Diversity ARAB 121, 122, 123 Arabic 1, 2, 3 HUM& 101 Introduction to Humanities CHIN& 121, 122, 123 Chinese 1, 2, 3 HUM& 116 Introduction to Humanities I FRCH& 121, 122, 123 French 1, 2, 3 HUM& 117 Introduction to Humanities II GERM& 121, 122, 123 German 1, 2, 3 HUM& 118 Introduction to Humanities III JAPN& 121, 122, 123 Japanese 1, 2, 3 PSYC 209 Fundamentals of Psychological Research SPAN& 121, 122, 123 Spanish 1, 2, 3 SPAN& 221, 222, 223 Intermediate Spanish 1, 2, 3
COMMON COURSE NUMBERING The Washington Community and Technical College system has adopted common course numbers, prefixes and titles for courses that are equivalent at many two-year colleges. These changes went into effect summer quarter 2008. The courses and their descriptions have not changed, just the course numbers and, in some cases, the course prefixes and/or titles. The changes apply to both common courses and non-common courses. Common courses are identified by an “&” character at the end of the prefix, for example ENGL& or ANTH&.
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Distinction Pathways Distinction Pathways are informal, American Ethnic and Gender Studies interdisciplinary milestones that provide a student with demonstrated expertise Coordinator: Andrew Cho, Ph.D. that can help advance a student’s Chair of History and Sociology interest - whether employability or 253.566.5355 [email protected] greater competitiveness upon transfer. Distinction Pathways aid students in TCC’s American Ethnic and Gender Studies (AEGS) Distinction Pathway offers courses completion of distribution requirements selected from a variety of disciplines, on topics related to gender and ethnicity in the and into a career interest. United States. AEGS courses are intended for career training and college transfer students who want to understand complex gender, race, ethnic, and class issues, and is also available to community members interested in ethnicity and gender. Students who successfully complete credits of coursework in AEGS may apply to earn the Distinction Pathway in American Ethnic and Gender Studies, which is noted on their transcripts. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of the AEGS Distinction Pathway simultaneously apply to other certificate or degree requirements satisfied by these courses, allowing students to select course sequences that support their educational and personal goals. See the class schedule for course availability.
Approved Courses Select a total of four courses or 20 credit hours from the following list. C or better grades are required for courses to apply to the AEGS Distinction Pathway. ANTH& 210 Indians of North America ANTH 220 Ethnographies of American Cultures CMST 110 Multicultural Communication ENGL 280 Literatures of Diversity HIST& 219 Native American History HIST& 220 African-American History HIST 240 Religion in America and the Modern World HUM 120 The American Multicultural Arts Experience PSYC& 180 Human Sexuality SOC 120 Introduction to Women’s Studies SOC 205 Sociology of African Americans SOC 222 Sociology of Sport SOC 238 Sociology of Latino Americans SOC 262 Race and Ethnic Relations SOC 265 Sociology of Asian Americans SOC 271 Introduction to the Sociology of Deviance and Social Control Possible AEGS eligible courses depending on curriculum focus: ENGL& 102 Composition II: Argument and Persuasion NUTR 101 Human Nutrition
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Sustainability Honors • New students returning to school or students currently attending TCC Joe Shannon, Dean Coordinator: Kristina Young need a 3.5 GPA for last ten credits of Math, Science & Engineering Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences distribution courses. 253.566.5015 [email protected] 253.566.5330 [email protected] • Students receiving 3.5 or higher in a TCC Honors course will be Sustainability is the ability to meet the TCC’s Honors distinction pathway is considered eligible on the GPA current human need for natural resources for students who want to experience a standard. without compromising the ability of course pathway that challenges them future generations to meet their needs. to pursue global issues, entertain MAINTENANCE OF GOOD STANDING Sustainability issues fall into three main interdisciplinary concepts, and seek • Student maintains an overall GPA of categories: environmental, social, and out greater challenge and connection 3.2, in alignment with Phi Theta Kappa. economic. within their education should apply • Students average 3.0 in Honors to the Honors Distinction Pathway. courses; this supports the idea of The Sustainability Distinction Pathway Students can take two Honors course “more than good enough” for meeting (SDP) allows students to explore the sections before applying. Regular course the Honors section outcomes. topic of sustainability as they pursue prerequisites apply. • If a student has a challenging quarter their regular course of study at TCC. The that drops overall GPA to less than SDP provides students with college-level To apply, a student should: 3.2 with or without an Honors grade knowledge about sustainability through • Submit a letter of application--Brief lower than 3.0, the HDP will guide the 20 credits of course work, without having personal statement of purpose (2-3 student through a probationary period to pursue a separate degree. Specific Pages double-spaced, 12-point Arial/ the next quarter to help him or her course requirements are not prescribed, Times New Roman) describing his or meet pathway requirements. instead students choose their 20 her interest in the program, expected • In all cases, students will retain Honors credits from a list of approved courses, benefits from program, and academic credit on the transcript for courses according to their academic interests, goals • Assess at college level math (MATH completed within the pathway. schedule constraints, and broader degree 96/140 or 100-level equivalent) and • All other student conduct and TCC requirements. college-level English (ENGL& 101) requirements apply. The approved course pool contains two • Student choice of either Option 1 or GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS tiers of classes. Option 2. In order to graduate from the TCC • In Tier 1, the major focus of the Option 1: have a letter of Honors Distinction Pathway, students will course is sustainability, with roughly recommendation from a person who need the following: 50 percent or more of the course can support how the student would outcomes addressing sustainability benefit from the Honors Distinction A 3.2 overall GPA or higher and an topics explicitly. Pathway. This letter might include direct average of 3.0 or higher in Honors observation of student curiosity, potential sections and a minimum of 21 honors • In Tier 2 classes the instructor explores for independent inquiry, exceptional credits distributed as: sustainability in a more limited way, drive or progress, or other traits and • Research Core – one course, with a minimum of one course experiences that show how an inquiry- 2-5 credits, chosen from English outcome addressing sustainability. based, interdisciplinary, and globally- 101, 102 or 103 or Honors Library • To earn the Sustainability Distinction focused pathway would support the Science. students are required to take one Tier 1 student’s life and academic goals. • Distribution – three courses totaling class and three others from either tier, 15 credits, chosen from 100 and 200 Option 2: Have a documented GPA of for a total of 20 credits, with a grade of level distribution Honors section. 3.5 minimum. C or better in all four courses. • Capstone – one course, 1-5 credits, • New students directly from HS must chosen from Honors portfolio, have 3.5 GPA from HS transcript Project, Thesis, Service Learning, or Study Abroad.
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Four-Year Degree FOUR-YEAR DEGREES AT TCC The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree builds on specific Associate degrees, allowing students to obtain four-year credentials in specialized career fields. BAS degrees are carefully structured to allow for individual career advancement while meeting local community and employer needs for specialized career practitioners. Designed for working professionals, TCC’s BAS degrees are offered online to the extent possible.
In the field of Health Information, TCC offers a Health Information Technology (HIT) to Health Information Management (HIM) progression. After earning a two-year HIT credential, graduates enter the workforce to obtain on-the-job experience. When a graduate is ready to advance or specialize, he or she can complete two additional years to obtain the four-year HIM BAS credential.
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The Applied Baccalaureate (BAS) is a two • Evaluate leadership models, theories, and skills required for successful leadership to year baccalaureate completion program include the areas of change management, work design and process improvement, for students with associate degrees human resource management, training and development, strategic and organizational in specific fields. A BAS emphasizes management, financial management, project management, vendor/contract upper division knowledge and skills management, enterprise information management, all of which comply with the applied to specific contexts, such as ethical standards of practice. the health field. The credential met by This 90-credit applied baccalaureate degree in Health Information Management TCC’s BAS degree is expected enhance brings together theory and practice and prepares graduates to work effectively in the employment and advancement in an increasingly integrated and technologically complex Health Information Management evolving field filling a critical access and career field. affordability need for TCC’s service area and the state of Washington. This degree is appropriate for graduates of Associate degree programs in health related fields. PROGRAM OUTCOMES PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENTS • Evaluate and implement policies and Associate degree or equivalent credits in health related field. Course work must include procedures surrounding Information the following topics: Governance, to include classification »» Healthcare statistics, data analytics, data quality and performance improvement systems, health record content and and revenue cycle. Students who have not completed coursework in any of these documentation, data governance, data areas may take individual study to meet these requirements (arrangements made management, and secondary data through HIM advisor). sources. »» Medical Coding. Students who have not completed a coding course can • Assess, implement, and improve take courses through the HIT Associate Degree program or individual study systems to ensure the protection of (arrangements made throug HIM advisor) health information, to include health law, data privacy, confidentiality and 100-200 Level General Education Requirements security, and the release of information. »» Additional Credits in Humanities Distribution 100-200 Level (5) • Analyze and interpret data and »» Additional Credits in Social Science Distribution at 100-200 Level (5) implement technology used in »» Additional Credits in General Electives at 100-200 Level (15) informatics, to include health information technologies, information BAS Level General Education Requirements management strategic planning, »» PSYC 301...... Fundamentals of Research for Healthcare (5) analytics and decision support, health »» PHIL 401...... Biomedical Ethics (5) care statistics, research methods, »» LS 301...... Research Skills for Healthcare (2) consumer informatics, health information exchange, and information HIM BAS Core Requirements integrity and data quality. »» HIM 310...... Data Governance (5) • Apply the principles of revenue »» HIM 320...... Healthcare Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security (3) management and implement »» HIM 330...... Revenue Cycle Management (5) processes for management and »» HIM 340...... Data Quality Management & Performance Improvement (5) reporting of the revenue cycle. »» HIM 350...... Health Information Systems Analysis and Design (5) • Interpret policies and construct »» HIM 410...... Healthcare Compliance (5) procedures for compliance of »» HIM 420...... Human Resource Management and Leadership (5) healthcare regulatory requirements, »» HIM 430...... Data Analytics (5) to include medical coding, »» HIM 440...... Organizational Management in Healthcare (5) fraud surveillance, and clinical »» HIM 450...... HIM Professional Practice Experience (3) documentation improvement. »» HIM 455...... HIM Capstone (2)
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Career Training Tacoma Community College offers several career training programs to prepare students to enter the workforce. Career training programs at TCC lead to a two-year Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree or shorter-term program certificates. Many of the programs and courses are available to help students prepare for career advancement, update their skills, or retraining for new careers.
Some of the programs have application and admission requirements in addition to those required for admission to Tacoma Community College. For more information, interested students should contact individual program chairs or division offices. TCC provides career training and retraining in the following areas:
• Accounting careers
• Business careers
• Early Childhood Education careers
• Health careers
• Human Services careers
• I-BEST training for careers
• Paralegal careers
• Technology careers
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AAS AAS CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS CERTIFICATE DEGREE CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS CERTIFICATE DEGREE Business Health Accounting Diagnostic Medical Sonography Accounting Office Associate Emergency Medical & Health Services Assistant Bookkeeping Clerk Emergency Medical Technician- Bookkeeping Systems Basic Computerized Accounting Paramedic Tax Preparation Health Information Technology Business Medical Billing Specialist Customer Service Medical Scribe Entrepreneurship Nursing, Associate Degree
Global Transportation and Radiologic Science Secure Logistics Respiratory Therapy Human Resource Specialist Human Services Management Human Services Marketing Human Services Case Aide Retail Management (WAFC) Chemical Dependency
Early Childhood Education: I-BEST (Integrated Basic Education Skills Training) Emphasis on Children with Special Needs Help Desk Early Childhood Education: Medical Scribe Emphasis on Children with 6 Paralegal Special Needs Paralegal Early Childhood Education: Paralegal Pref. Pro-Certificate Special Needs Technology Management of Early Learning Networking and Cyber Security Child Development Specialist Application Support Specialist Cyber Security
Note: Beginning summer quarter 2017, the Nursing Database Management program is implementing new curriculum for a Nursing, e-HIM RN Associate of Applied Science – Transfer (AAS-T) degree. Students currently enrolled in the Nursing, Help Desk Associate Degree, Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Network Support degree program will finish the program under that degree, Technical Support unless they elect to complete the AAS-T degree. Students enrolling after summer quarter 2017 will begin studies in the new AAS-T degree.
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Certificates Associate in Applied Sciences Degree Certificates of completion are granted to The Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) degree is designed for students who students who meet the requirements for complete an approved course of studies in professional, occupational, or technical programs of less than 90 credits. areas. Refer to the career training program list for TCC programs leading to AAS To receive certificates, students must degrees.The AAS degree is a terminal (non-transfer) degree designed for students in submit Tacoma Community College’s TCC’s career training programs. In some cases articulation agreements with specific Application for Vocational Certificate universities may enable transfer. Program chairs can provide information regarding (no fee required). Applications must be available transfer opportunities for their specific programs. submitted to the program chair no later DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (GENERAL) than the end of the second week of the quarter in which requirements are • A cumulative college-level grade point average of 2.00 in course work completed at completed. Tacoma Community College. • At least 30 of the last 45 applicable credits must be earned at Tacoma Community Certificates of 45 or more credits include College. a minimum of three related instruction • Ninety (90) quarter hours in courses numbered 100 or above, including program and areas: communication, quantitative skills, related instruction requirements. and human relations. TCC faculty, along with a program advisory committee composed of business and community members determine the curriculum for each career training program. Requirements for each program include major program requirements, related instruction requirements, and elective courses. See individual programs for specific degree requirements.
Related Instruction Requirements
COMMUNICATION (5 CREDITS) HUMAN RELATIONS (10 CREDITS) »» ENGL& 101 »» embedded in all Paralegal classes »» ENGL& 102 »» embedded in ECE 211, 212, 213 »» CMST& 101, 220 »» embedded in EMC 120, 121, 122, »» CMST 110 130, 131, 132 »» embedded in all HSP classes QUANTITATIVE SKILLS (5 CREDITS) »» embedded in all NURS classes »» BUS 110 »» embedded in RC 181, 182, 183, »» MATH 95 280, 281, 282, 283, 290 »» any MATH 100 or above »» BUS 102 »» BUS 163 »» BUS 164 »» BUS 165 »» DMS 140 »» HIT 242 »» PSYC& 100 »» PSYC& 200 »» RS 170 »» SOC& 101 »» HD 110 »» HSP 126 »» PSYC& 101 »» CMST 110
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PROGRAM CHAIR REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM Annalee Rothenberg • Assessment above or completion of ENGL/ 095 253.566.5181 ∕ [email protected] and MATH 085. • Knowledge of CU 091, CU 100 and HD 101. TCC’s Accounting program prepares students for employment in a wide variety of business accounting environments. The Accounting Office Associate Certificate program’s structure is progressive, leading to four levels (15 credits) of achievement associated with increasing levels of job Prepares students for entry-level general accounting responsibility. The certificates can be taken as stand-alone employment in office support positions. Take PSYCH 100 for options or applied to the Associates in Applied Sciences transfer-level Leadership and Human Relations. degree. TCC also offers specialized accounting certificates in ACCT 101 Practical Accounting I...... 5 Computerized Accounting and Tax Preparation. CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 Upon completion of this AAS degree program, students may BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 continue their education and work towards a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree in a business-related field at a Assistant Bookkeeping Clerk Certificate number of Washington State Community and Technical colleges. (15 additional credits = total 30 credits) Thoses students intending to transfer to a four-year university Prepares students for entry-level positions as assistant clerks to pursue a Bachelor of Business degree may be required to in accounts payable or accounts receivable. To complete the take additional courses depending on the requirements of the Assistant Bookkeeping Clerk certificate, you must first complete particular program or degree. Students who plan to transfer the Accounting Office Associate certificate. Take MATH 147 for should meet with the program chair to plan their course transfer-level math. selection and sequence. ACCT& 201 Principles of Accounting I...... 5 For more information visit the Accounting Advising Tool at BUS 110 Business Math...... 5 tacomacc.edu/areasofstudy/career training/accounting. ENGL& 101 English Composition...... 5
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Bookkeeping Systems Certificate Upon successful completion of the AAS Accounting degree, (15 additional credits = total 45 credits) students will: Prepares students for entry-level positions as accounts payable • Generate accurate financial statements for a company and clerks, accounts receivable clerks, and payroll assistants. To communicate a company’s financial position. complete the Bookkeeping Systems certificate, you must first • Simulate an accounting department (group process) to complete the Assistant Bookkeeping Clerk certificate. prepare accounting documents using automated software to NOTE: ACCT 145 may be used for the CPA exam’s fifth year record business transactions for an entity or tax agency, and requirement. integrate current regulations. ACCT 145 Payroll and Business Taxes...... 5 • Demonstrate analysis of existing documentation to verify the BUS 280 Career Readiness...... 2 accuracy of information for an entity and perform necessary CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication...... 5 reconciliations. CU 203 Excel 2...... 3
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Associate of Applied Science Degree Specialized Accounting Certificates (45 additional credits = total 90 credits) Designed for individuals currently in the workforce and returning Prepares students for entry-level accounting positions that work to school to enhance or update skills in the accounting industry. with integrated computerized accounting systems. To complete The certificate curriculum can be applied to the AAS degree in the Accounting APS degree program students must first Accounting. NOTE: ACCT 165 and ACCT 175 may be used for complete the Bookkeeping Systems certificate. NOTE: ACCT the CPA exam’s fifth year requirement. 165 and ACCT 175 may be used for the CPA exam’s fifth year requirement. Computerized Accounting Certificate CORE REQUIREMENTS (13 credits) Knowledge and skills about application programs commonly ACCT 165 Accounting with Sage...... 5 used in the accounting industry. ACCT 175 Accounting with QuickBooks...... 5 ACCT& 202 Principles of Accounting II...... 5 ACCT 165 Accounting with Sage...... 5 ACCT 250 Federal Income Tax...... 5 ACCT 175 Accounting with QuickBooks...... 5 ACCT 290 Work Internship...... 5 CU 203 Excel II...... 3 BUS& 201 Business Law...... 5 Tax Preparation Certificate ELECTIVES (15 credits) (15 credits) Knowledge and skills about income, payroll and business taxes. ACCT, BUS, CU, ECON, ENGL, HD, HIM 130, HIT 195, IT 246 or The certificate also covers preparation of payroll checks and 247, LOG, MATH, MO 101 or 110 related documents. ACCT 145 Payroll and Business Taxes...... 5 ACCT 250 Federal Income Tax...... 5 ACCT 290 Work Internship...... 5
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PROGRAM CHAIR PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Mary Jane Oberhofer Upon successful completion of the AAS degree in Business, 253.566.5253 / [email protected] students will: • Be able to identify, select, communicate, and implement The Business program AAS degree provides a training option sound and appropriate business management or logistic in two focused areas: Global Logistics and Entrepreneurship. concepts, strategies, and best practices in the pursuit of The program provides essential skills in customer service, effective and efficient business operations. marketing, and managing employees. Students will learn to • Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate, problem solve, improve interpersonal communication, become a leader and make and communicate effective decisions about business or motivator for employees and peers, solve problems creatively, logistic situations. and make effective decisions. This training may be used • Display effective interpersonal communication, leadership, to develop knowledge and skills that will help students be motivation, and team dynamics skills in their interactions with competitive for a new job, or for job retention and advancement others. in a current position. • Communicate effectively about business management or logistic issues, including the demonstration of competence TCC’s Business program leads to an Associate in Applied with a wide variety of electronic tools to research, analyze, Science degree. The program’s structure is progressive, leading manage, and present information orally and in writing. to three certificates for increasing levels of job responsibility. • Consistently apply, role model, and communicate high Several specialized certificates are also available. standards of ethical judgment and behavior in the conduct of personal and business affairs. Upon completion of this AAS degree program, students may continue their education and work towards a Bachelor of PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY Applied Science (BAS) degree in a business-related field at a • Assessment above or completion of ENGL/ 095 and MATH 085 number of Washington State Community and Technical colleges. Those students intending to transfer to a four-year university to pursue a Bachelor of Business degree may be required to take additional courses depending on the requirements of the particular program or degree. Students who plan to transfer should meet with the program chair to plan their course selection and sequence. Upon successful completion of the Associate of Applied Science in Business, students will: • Be competitive for a wide variety of entry-level jobs in Transportation, Warehousing, and Importing/Exporting (Global Logistics Concentration). • Be able to start and market their own business (Entrepreneurship Concentration). • Communicate effectively about business management issues. • Demonstrate competence with a wide variety of electronic tools to research, manage and present information in writing. • Provide outstanding customer service.
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Customer Service Certificate Associate of Applied Science Degree (12 Credits) (17 additional credits and an area of concentration = total 90-95 Prepares students to deliver consistently superior customer credits) service, both internally and externally. Students must complete the Customer Service, Marketing, and BUS 102 Customer Service...... 2 Management certificates and the following courses plus one of BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 the concentrations described below to receive an AAS degree. CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 BUS& 201 Business Law...... 5 BUS 150 Global Business...... 5 Marketing Certificate BUS 280 Career Readiness...... 2 (25 additional credits = total 37 credits) IT 230 Introduction to Project Management...... 2 Prepares students for entry-level opportunities with LOG 112 Importing and Exporting...... 3 organizations that provide products or with direct marketing agencies. Students must first complete the Customer Service AREAS OF CONCENTRATION certificate to receive the Marketing certificate. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management BUS& 101 Introduction to Business...... 5 Concentration BUS 110 Business Math*...... 5 (18 credits) BUS 140 Marketing and Business Development...... 5 Prepares students to start new businesses or better understand BUS 145 Retailing Management...... 5 small to mid-size business opportunities. ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 BUS 160 Small Business Entrepreneurship...... 5 *Substitute MATH 147 for BUS 110 if transfer level math is BUS 290 Internship needed or 5 elective credits from ACCT, BUS, LOG, or IT...... 5 BUS 295 Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset...... 5 Management Certificate BUS 257 Social Media for Business...... 3 (18 additional credits = total 55 credits) Prepares students to manage a variety of retail sales operations Global Logistics Concentration or merchandise lines. Students must first complete the (23 credits) Marketing certificate to receive the Management certificate. Prepares students to work in the transportation and logistics industry or to gain a big picture perspective on the international ACCT 101 Practical Accounting I*...... 5 aspects of logistics and technology needed to make the BUS 163 Management Principles & Org. Systems...... 5 transportation of goods more efficient. BUS 165 Human Resource Management...... 3 CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication...... 5 LOG 102 Transportation and Distribution...... 5 or CMST 110 Multicultural Communication...... 5 LOG 104 Warehousing and Inventory Management...... 5 LOG 110 International Logistics...... 3 *Substitute ACCT& 201 for ACCT 101 if transfer-level LOG 115 Logistics Security and Risk Management...... 5 accounting is needed BUS 290 Work Internship...... 5
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Specialized Business Certificates WAFC Retail Management Certificate (48 credits) The following specialized business certificates can be taken The WAFC Retail Management certificate program is a as stand-alone certificates or may be applied to satisfy 10-course college-level program that has been fully endorsed requirements for the Associate in Applied Science degree in by the Washington Association of Food Chains and its member Business. companies. The certificate’s curriculum was developed out of a collaborative effort between several food industry and college Entrepreneurship Certificate professionals and encompasses several business essentials, (26 credits) including the “soft skills” of management and communication This certificate is designed to provide students with an required for career success in the retail food industry. entrepreneurial mindset and the business skills to create a ACCT 101 Practical Accounting I...... 5 sustainable venture. (may substitute ACCT& 201) ACCT 101 Practical Accounting I BUS 110 Business Math...... 5 (may substitute ACCT& 201)...... 5 (may substitute MATH 147) BUS 140 Marketing and Business Development...... 5 BUS 140 Marketing & Business Development...... 5 BUS 160 Small Business Entrepreneurship...... 5 BUS 145 Retailing Management...... 5 BUS 295 Entrepreneurial & Innovative Mindset...... 5 BUS 163 Management Principles & Org. Systems...... 5 BUS 257 Social Media for Business...... 3 BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 LOG 112 Importing and Exporting...... 3 BUS 165 Human Resource Management...... 3 CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication...... 5 Global Transportation & Secure Logistics Certificate CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 (21 credits) ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 Provides a big-picture perspective on the transportation and logistics industry and the international aspects of logistics and Invista Performance Solutions technology needed to make the transportation of goods more efficient. The Business program partners with Invista Performance Solutions to offer the following credit certificate programs LOG 102 Transportation and Distribution...... 5 to corporations and other organizations. For information LOG 104 Warehousing and Inventory Management...... 5 about these certificates, call 253.583.8860 or visit www. LOG 110 International Logistics...... 3 invistaperforms.org. LOG112 Importing and Exporting...... 3 BUS 150 Global Business...... 5 Supervision and Management Certificate (17 credits) Human Resource Specialist Certificate Prepares students to guide others in a work, professional or (20 credits) personal context. Prepares students for careers in human resources. This certificate is for individuals who currently in the workforce who SMG 101 Supervisor Survival Skills...... 5 are returning to school to enhance their skills. SMG 120 Supervising the Problem Employee...... 3 SMG 201 Management Communications...... 3 ACCT 145 Payroll and Business Taxes...... 5 SMG 261 Dynamics of Leadership...... 3 BUS 102 Customer Service...... 2 SMG 264 Motivation and Productivity...... 3 BUS 163 Management Principles and Organizational Systems...... 5 BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 BUS 165 Human Resource Management...... 3
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PROGRAM CHAIR PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Shea Bower Upon successful completion of the AAS degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 253.460-4476 students will: [email protected] • Demonstrate the required technical and critical thinking skills to perform as ARDMS- certified entry-level sonographers, providing accurate and efficient general diagnostic TCC’s Diagnostic Medical Sonography sonographic examinations and procedures. program prepares students for • Obtain, review and integrate pertinent patient history and supporting clinical employment as a Sonographer working information/data to optimize diagnostic results. in ultrasound imaging. It is a full-time, • Record sonographic diagnostic, pathologic and/or physiologic information for 21-calendar-month program leading to interpretation by a physician. an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) • Interact effectively, professionally, and ethically in oral and written communications degree. Students complete classroom with patients, their families, physicians and other health care professionals, adhering and laboratory work at TCC and clinical to the recognized SDMS scope of practice. education in an affiliated ultrasound • Provide basic patient care and comfort, anticipating and responding to patient needs. department. Positions often are available in hospital ultrasound departments, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY clinics and private physicians’ offices. (34 credits) Students acquire skills in reviewing All prerequisite courses must be completed within two attempts with a grade of C or and recording pertinent clinical patient higher. There is a five-year time limit for all math and science prerequisite courses. history, performing the sonographic ENGL& 101...... English Composition I...... 5 examinations, providing patient comfort or ENGL& 102...... Composition II: Argument and Persuasion and needs during the examination, and or ENGL 103...... Composition III: Writing about Literature recording anatomic, pathologic, and CMST& 101...... Introduction to Communication...... 5 physiologic data for interpretation by supervising physicians. Traits needed or CMST 110...... Multicultural Communication by individuals who enter this program or CMST& 220...... Public Speaking include attention to detail, efficiency, HIT 130...... Medical Terminology I ...... 3 excellent hand/eye coordination, and (or higher level equivalent Medical Terminology course) compassion. MATH& 141...... Pre-Calculus I...... 5 The program is accredited by the BIOL& 241...... Human Anatomy and Physiology 1...... 5 Commission on Accreditation of Allied BIOL& 242...... Human Anatomy and Physiology 2...... 5 Health Education Programs (www. PHYS& 115...... General Physics II...... 6 caahep.org) upon the recommendation or PHYS& 116...... General Physics III...... 6 of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Sonography, and upon successful Contact the DMS program for information about: program completion along with any »» Criminal and federal fraud background checks required work experience, graduates »» Health insurance are eligible to take the certifying »» Immunizations examinations of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Students are responsible for arranging dependable transportation to and from clinical the specialty areas of ultrasound physics sites and dependable child/dependent care. Admission to the Diagnostic Medical and instrumentation, abdomen, and Sonography program is competitive. There are usually more applicants to the program obstetrics-gynecology. than available positions. Completing prerequisite courses and satisfying other requirements for a complete application, does not guarantee program admission.
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Associate in Applied Sciences Degree (109-119 credits)
Fall Quarter (18 credits) DMS 101...... Sonography Lab I...... 2 DMS 105...... Ultrasound Cross-Sectional Anatomy...... 5 DMS 110...... Pathophysiology I...... 3 DMS 120...... Abdominal Sonography...... 3 DMS 130...... Physics and Instrumentation I...... 3 DMS 175...... Orientation to DMS (Early Start)...... 2
Winter Quarter (15 credits) DMS 102...... Sonography Lab II...... 3 DMS 111...... Pathophysiology II...... 3 DMS 121...... Small Parts and Superficial Structures Sonography...... 3 DMS 122...... Gynecological Sonography...... 3 DMS 131...... Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation II...... 3
Spring Quarter (13 credits) DMS 103...... Sonography Lab III...... 2 DMS 123...... Obstetrical Scanning and Pathophysiology...... 5 DMS 125...... Advanced Sonography...... 2 DMS 140...... Patient Care and Scope of Practice...... 2 DMS 150...... Introduction to Clinicals...... 2
Summer Quarter (15 credits) DMS 151...... Ultrasound Clinical I...... 13 DMS 160...... Clinical Seminar I...... 2
Fall Quarter (18-28 credits) DMS 250...... Ultrasound Clinical II...... 13 DMS 260...... Ultrasound Seminar and Critique II...... 2 DMS 299...... Independent Study...... 3-13
Winter Quarter (15 credits) DMS 251...... Ultrasound Clinical III...... 13 DMS 261...... Ultrasound Seminar and Critique III...... 2
Spring Quarter (15 credits) DMS 252...... Ultrasound Clinical IV...... 13 DMS 270...... Sonography Registry Review...... 2
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Program Chair PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Mary Skinner Upon successful completion of the ECE certificate or AAS degree, students will: 253.566.5010 • Use their understanding of young children’s characteristics and needs, and of [email protected] multiple interacting influences on children’s development and learning, to create environments that are healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging for each child. TCC’s Early Childhood Education: • Create respectful, reciprocal relationships that support and empower families, and to Emphasis on Children with Special involve all families in their child’s development and learning. Needs program is structured as • Use systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment progressive leading to two levels of strategies in a responsible way, in partnership with families and other professionals, achievement with a certificate and an to positively influence the development of every child. Associate in Applied Science (AAS) • Implement a wide array of developmentally appropriate approaches, instructional degree, for increasing levels of job strategies, and tools to connect with children and families and positively influence responsibility. each child’s development and learning. This program is designed to develop • Use their own knowledge and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate skills needed to be a successful early meaningful, challenging curriculum that promotes comprehensive developmental and childhood professional and is directed learning outcomes for every child. toward students planning to work with • Use ethical guidelines and other professional standards related to early childhood young children, birth through eight years practice; demonstrate knowledgeable, reflective and critical perspectives on their of age, including those who are culturally, work and are informed advocates for sound practices and policies. linguistically, and ability diverse...... Employment opportunities are in a variety DEGREE/CERTIFICATE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS of settings including preschools, childcare centers, family childcare, HeadStart/ Early Childhood Education: Special Needs Certificate ECEAP programs, kindergarten through (44 credits) third grade classrooms (as a teacher assistant), and/or other early learning Note: A grade of C or higher is required in all coursework. programs. NOTE: The practicum and field ECE 100...... Introduction to Early Childhood Education...... 3 experience require a criminal background ECE 101...... Early Childhood Environmental Design...... 3 check prior to enrollment. ECE 102...... Math, Science & Technology for Young Children...... 3 ECE 112...... Language, Literacy & the Arts in Early Child. Education...... 3 ECE 130...... Cultural Competency & Responsiveness in ECE...... 2 ECE 140...... Promoting Positive Behavior...... 3 or ECE 141, ECE 142, ECE 143 Promoting Positive Behavior I, II, III ECE 201...... Effective Communication with Colleagues and Families...... 3 ECE 202...... Nutrition, Health and Safety for Young Children...... 3 ECE 203...... Family Systems & Supports...... 3 ECE 290...... Practicum...... 3 PSYC& 100...... General Psychology...... 5 PSYC& 200...... Lifespan Psychology...... 5 or EDUC& 115...... Child Development EDUC& 204...... Exceptional Child...... 5
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Associate in Applied Sciences Degree (52-55 additional credits = total 96-99 credits) Upon completion of the Early Childhood Education: Emphasis on Children with Special Needs certificate, students may enroll in the following courses to obtain the AAS degree in Early Childhood Education: Emphasis on Children with Special Needs.
CORE REQUIREMENTS (27-30 CREDITS) BUS 164...... Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 or ECE 211, ECE 212 and ECE 213 Admin. of Early Learning Prog. I, II, III...... (3) CMST& 101...... Introduction to Communication...... 5 CU 105...... Word I, Excel I...... 5 or CU 100 Intro. to Practical Computing and CU 102 Word I...... (4) ENGL& 101...... English Composition I...... 5 ENGL& 102...... Composition II: Argument and Persuasion...... 5 MATH& 107...... Math in Society...... 5 or MATH& 131...... Math for Elementary Teachers I or MATH& 132...... Math for Elementary Teachers II
HUMANITIES REQUIREMENTS (10 CREDITS) Choose two from the following 5-credit courses:...... 10 ART& 100...... Art Appreciation or ART 180 ...... Art for Elementary Education HUM& 101...... Introduction to Humanities MUSC& 105...... Music Appreciation or MUSC 120...... Music in the Classroom
SOCIAL SCIENCES REQUIREMENTS (10 CREDITS) Choose two from the following 5-credit courses:...... 10 ANTH& 100...... Survey of Anthropology HIST& 146 or HIST& 147 or HIST& 148 US History I, II, III SOC& 101...... Introduction to Sociology SOC& 201...... Social Problems
NATURAL SCIENCES REQUIREMENTS (5 CREDITS) Choose one from the following 5-credit courses:...... 5 ASTR& 101...... Introduction to Astronomy BIOL& 100...... Survey of Biology BIOL& 175...... Biology with Lab BOT 101...... General Botany CHEM& 110...... Chemical Concepts with Lab I ENVS& 101...... Introduction to Environmental Science GEOG 205...... Physical Geography GEOG 210...... Maps, GIS, and the Environment GEOL& 101...... Introduction to Physical Geology OCEA& 101...... Introduction to Oceanography SCI 105...... Introductory Topics in Natural Science SCI 110...... Physical Science and Technology
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Management of Early Learning Program Child Development Specialist Certificate Certificate (18 credits) (6 credits) Upon successful completion of this 3-quarter program students will be prepared for employment in entry-level positions in early Designed to provide childcare personnel with knowledge to childhood education. The certificate also provides professional open, operate and manage childcare centers and early learning development for those currently working in early childhood programs that meet licensing, accreditation and other quality settings. Typical jobs include lead teacher in a childcare center, standards, to foster adult relationships within those programs. Head Start Educational Assistant, and preschool teacher. Certificate completion combined with the Early Childhood Education: Emphasis on Children with Special Needs certificate, Certificate completion meets the 120 hours of professional provides the 45 credits of early childhood education required for education and 180 hours of the 480 hours of professional Washington state childcare licensing of early learning program experience required by the Council for Professional Recognition supervisors. for the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Participants who obtain a CDA are able to be program ADMINISTRATION OF EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM supervisors or directors or have the basic skills to open their REQUIREMENTS (3 CREDITS) own childcare centers. ECE 211 Administration of Early Learning I: Courses completed for this certificate will satisfy 12-credits Program Administration...... 1 towards the Early Childhood Education: Special Needs ECE 212 Administration of Early Learning II: certificate and APS degree (ECE 100, 101, 140, and 202). A Operation of Children’s Program...... 1 student currently holding a CDA credential may challenge this ECE 213 Administration of Early Learning III: coursework. Staffing & Professional Development...... 1 1ST QUARTER (6 CREDITS) CHILD, FAMILY & COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS ECE 100 Introduction to Early Childhood Education...... 3 REQUIREMENTS (3 CREDITS) ECE 141 Promoting Positive Behavior I...... 1 ECE 121 Child, Family, Community I: ECE 191 Early Childhood Clinical Experience...... 2 Creating Community among Adults in Early Care Settings...... 1 2ND QUARTER (6 CREDITS) ECE 122 Child, Family, Community II: ECE 101 Early Childhood Environmental Design...... 3 Building a Caring Community with Children...... 1 ECE 142 Promoting Positive Behavior II...... 1 ECE 123 Child, Family, Community III: ECE 192 Early Childhood Clinical Experience...... 2 Building Quality Relationships with Families...... 1 3RD QUARTER (6 CREDITS) ECE 202 Family, Health, Nutrition & Safety...... 3 ECE 143 Promoting Positive Behavior III...... 1 ECE 193 Early Childhood Clinical Experience...... 2
INTERNSHIP/WORK EXPERIENCE Students enrolled in this program are required to participate in 180 hours of internship/work experience over the course of the three program quarters (ECE 191, 192, 193). Placement assistance is available for those not currently working in early childhood environments.
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Program Chair • Demonstrate effective listening, verbal, and written communication skills with a wide range of individuals and Melissa Stoddard, MA, MPH, NRP groups in order to provide patient-centered care. 253.566.5219 / [email protected] • Recognize and work effectively within the larger context and system of health care to advocate for and provide quality TCC’s Emergency Medical & Health Services (EMHS) program patient care relative to the role of entry level paramedic. prepares students for employment in the emergency medical services field. The program has three levels: the EMT-Basic NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS certificate course, the Paramedic certificate, and the EMHS AAS Contact the EMS program for information about: degree. »» Criminal and federal fraud background checks EMT-Basic provides basic life support and transportation for »» Health insurance victims of illness and injury. The EMT-Basic program at TCC »» Immunizations follows U.S. Dept. of Transportation guidelines as well as »» Government issued photo identification Washington State Dept. of Health standards. Students are responsible for arranging dependable Paramedics are typically employed by fire services, hospitals, transportation to and from clinical sites and dependable child/ and ambulance companies and while in the field serve as the dependent care. Admission to the TCC paramedic program eyes, ears, and hands of an emergency physician. The program is competitive. There are usually more program applicants is designed to prepare graduates to meet state certification than available positions. Completing prerequisite courses and requirements and to take the National Registry EMT-Paramedic satisfying requirements for a completed application does not examination. guarantee program admission.
The TCC Paramedic program is accredited by the Commission ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EMT-BASIC COURSE on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www. • Accuplacer assessment exam scores showing placement caahep.org) by recommendation of the Committee on at ENGL/ 085 or higher, MATH 085 or higher or successful Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency completion with a C grade or higher in MATH 075. Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). • High school diploma or GED PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon successful completion of the Paramedic certificate and Emergency Medical Technician – Basic AAS degree, students will: Certificate • Perform competently as an entry level paramedic meeting (10 credits) National Registry standards as well as safely and effectively The EMT-Basic program is the entry-level certification course for manage all situations involving a pre-hospital emergency. the Emergency Medical and Health Services field. • Demonstrate the ability to recall and apply knowledge of EMC 110 Emergency Medical Technician Basic...... 10 human structure, function, pathophysiology, and psychosocial development to patient care relative to the role of entry level ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS paramedic. FOR THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM • Demonstrate, through knowledge and behavior, a • EMT-Basic or EMT-Intermediate certification with work or commitment to the highest standards and competence, volunteer experience for a minimum of one or more years ethics, integrity, and accountability to the patient and the ride time. Certification requires state licensure and/or national paramedic profession. licensure with Registry (NREMT) • Demonstrate effective use of motor, cognitive, and critical • Completion of MATH 085, ENGL/ 095 with a C or better or thinking skills in diagnosis, management, and prevention showing placement in ENGL& 101 and MATH 090 of common health problems encountered in patient care • Completion of BIOL& 175 and HIT 130 necessary to fulfill the role of entry level paramedic. • Integrate the use of scientific theory, methodology, and critical thinking skills to interpret and apply research to improving patient care in the pre-hospital environment.
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Paramedic Certificate Associate in Applied Sciences Degree (65 credits) (107 credits) The AAS degree in Emergency Medical & Health Services PREREQUISITES (8 CREDITS) requires the completion of the Paramedic certificate (65 credits) BIOL& 175 Human Biology...... 5 and an additional 42 credits of required degree courses. With HIT 130 Medical Terminology...... 3 the exception of EMC 200, students may take all of the required degree courses in advance of the Paramedic certificate program. FALL QUARTER (22 CREDITS) EMC 116 Introduction to Emergency Medical Care...... 4 REQUIRED DEGREE COURSES (42 ADDITIONAL CREDITS)) EMC 120 Paramedic I (didactic)...... 12 EMC 200 Contemporary Issues in Pre-Hospital Care...... 2 EMC 130 Paramedic Clinical I...... 4 PSYC& 100 General Psychology...... 5 PE 100 Total Fitness...... 2 ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 WINTER QUARTER (21 CREDITS) BUS 110 Business Math or MATH& 107 Math in Society...... 5 EMC 121 Paramedic (didactic) II...... 12 BUS 163 Management Principles and EMC 131 Paramedic Clinical II...... 7 Organizational Systems PE 200 Advanced Total Fitness...... 2 or BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 SPRING QUARTER (14 CREDITS) PHIL 105 Introduction to Critical Thinking EMC 122 Paramedic III (didactic)...... 5 or ENGL& 102 Composition II: Argument and Persuasion...... 5 EMC 132 Paramedic Clinical III...... 9 SOC& 101 Introduction to Sociology...... 5 CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication or CMST& 220 Public Speaking...... 5 Students must take a minimum of 5 credits from any combination of these courses: CU 102, 103, 104 or 105...... 5
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Program Chair • Explain data and use technology found in informatics, Jonathan Eastabrooks, MBA, RHIA to include health information technologies, information 253.566.5228 / [email protected] management strategic planning, analytics and decision support, health care statistics, research methods, consumer informatics, health information exchange, and information The Health Information Technology (HIT) 111-credit program integrity and data quality. provides a combination of medical knowledge and business • Apply policies and procedures for the use of data required in applications that lead to an Associates in Applied Sciences healthcare reimbursement and evaluate the revenue cycle (AAS) degree. Successful graduates of this degree are eligible management process.. to sit for the national certification exam for Registered Health • Identify policies and apply procedures for compliance of Information Technicians (RHIT) sponsored by the American healthcare regulatory requirements, to include medical Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Upon coding, fraud surveillance, and clinical documentation passing this exam, graduates will receive the RHIT credential improvement. which is recognized nationally by healthcare institutions. • Identify leadership models, theories, and skills required Prospective students are enouraged to visit the AHIMA careers for successful leadership to include the areas of change website (www.ahima.org/careers) to view career opportunities management, work design and process improvement, and extensive resources available in the profession. human resource management, vendor/contract management, TCC’s HIT AAS degree program is accredited by the enterprise information management, all of which comply with Commission on the Accreditation for Health Informatics and the ethical standards of practice. Information Management (CAHIIM). Skills students acquire in • Identify major concepts in supporting body of knowledge this program are outlined in the AHIMA Associate Degree Entry- to include pathophysiology and pharmacology, anatomy and Level Competencies for the profession (www.cahiim.org/) physiology, medical terminology, and computer applications. Degree completion and successful attainment of the RHIT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS credential provides the opportunity to enter a 2+2 Health Information Administration program and become eligible to The degree program is offered in a full online learning format. sit for the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) Students are required to have internet access with reliable credential from AHIMA. TCC has a Bachelor of Applied Science computer hardware and software. For more information in Health Information Management online if you wish to see tacomacc.edu/areasofstudy/learningoptions/elearning/ continue your academic journey here at the college. Students onlineclasses/gettingstarted/. who wish to transfer to a four-year college or university should Students must be familiar with and comfortable using work closely with their TCC advisor and contact their transfer computers. Those who need remedial computer training institution to determine transfer requirements. should take TCC’s CU 100 course (2-credits) prior to program entry. Students are required to use Microsoft Office programs, PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES specifically Word and PowerPoint. Those who are uncomfortable Upon successful completion of the AAS degree in Health with either of these applications should take CU 102 Word I (2 Information Technology students will: credits) and/or CU 104 PowerPoint (1 credit) prior to program • Identify and apply policies surrounding Information entry. Students new to online learning may also want to take Governance, to include classification systems, health OLL 101 Online Learning (2 credits) or CU 101 Web-Enabled record content and documentation, data governance, data Learning and Communication (2 credits). management, and secondary data sources. NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS • Identify and adhere to systems that ensure the protection of health information, to include health law, data privacy, Professional Practice Experience internships for the program will confidentiality and security, and the release of information. require: »» Criminal and federal fraud background checks »» Health insurance »» Immunizations »» Vehicle insurance (where applicable) »» 40-80 hours of in-person, on-site clinical visitation
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Additional Certificate Options Available These courses must be completed before beginning the HIT technical core requirements and must be completed with a e-HIM grade of “C” or better within two attempts. (47 credits) BIOL& 175 Human Biology w/Lab...... 5 The e-HIM (electronic-Health Information Management) MATH 136 Inferential Statistics certificate is offered in collaboration with TCC’s Networking or MATH& 146 Introduction to Statistics...... 5 & Cyber Security program. This certificate is designed to ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 complement the Registered Health Information Technician HIT 105 Comprehensive Medical Terminology...... 5 (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) credential. The certificate program provides information TECHNICAL CORE REQUIREMENTS technology skills that allow HIT professionals to participate on CU 103 Excel 1...... 3 health information management IT teams working in electronic HIT 110 Healthcare Delivery Systems...... 5 development and/or management of health information. HIT 125 Record Contents and Standards I...... 5 For more information visit tacomacc.edu/areasofstudy/ HIT 126 Health Information Technologies...... 5 careertraining/healthinformationtechnology. HIT 141 Outpatient Diagnostic Coding...... 2 HIT 145 Healthcare Statistics...... 2 HIT 160 Pathophysiology for HIT...... 5 HIT 170 CPT Coding...... 5 HIT 173 Data Analytics...... 5 HIT 175 Data Quality and Performance Improvement.....5 HIT 179 Ethical Issues in HIT Seminar**...... 3 HIT 195 Health Law and Ethics...... 3 HIT 221 Intermediate Coding...... 5 HIT 225 Record Content and Standards II...... 5 HIT 230 Revenue Management...... 5 HIT 235 Alternate Care Records...... 2 HIT 242 Leadership and Management I...... 5 HIT 245 Advanced Coding...... 5 HIT 254 HIT Capstone...... 5 HIT 255 HIT Professional Practice Experience...... 5 HIT 279 Ethical Issues in Healthcare Leadership Seminar***...... 2 IT 230 Project Management...... 2 **1-credit seminar taken three times with different topics *** 1-credit seminar taken two times with different topics Courses do not run summer quarter, however we do offer electives over summer. Students who wish to sit for the outpatient coding credential of CPC or CCS-P to complement their APS degree and RHIT credential may wish to take the additional elective of HIT 176 Advanced Outpatient Coding (5 credits), and/or HIT 186, Outpatient Clinical Coding (2-5 credits), in summer quarter. Students may also wish to take elective HIT 250, Inpatient Coding Clinical (2 credits). Students can also take elective course HIT 165 Pharmacology.
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Medical Billing Specialist Medical Scribe (46-48 credits) (19 credits) The Medical Billing Specialist certificate may prepare The Medical Scribe Professional certificate may prepare students for employment as medical billers, patient account students for employment as medical scribes in all types of representatives, medical claims reviewer, outpatient coder, and healthcare environments to include emergency departments, a variety of other medical support positions. This program is physician offices, and urgent care. offered in a fully online format. ADMISSION REQUIREMENT The internship is composed of computer-based simulations There is no admission requirement for this certificate. Students mirroring the professional environment. Students are may take the primary course (MO 115) when they meet the pre- encouraged to find internship locations for networking. requisites of HIT 105, ENGL& 101, and BIOL& 175 with a C or higher (all but HIT 105 may be taken concurrently). ADMISSION REQUIREMENT BIOL& 175 Human Biology with Lab Must be completed before beginning the Medical Billing or both BIOL& 241 and BIOL& 242...... 5 Specialist certificate technical core requirements and must be ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 completed with a grade of “C” or better within two attempts. HIT 105 Comprehensive Medical Terminology...... 5 ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 MO 115 Medical Scribe...... 4 1ST QUARTER (WINTER) CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 HIT 130 Medical Terminology I...... 3 MO 101 Healthcare Delivery and Alternate Care...... 5 2ND QUARTER (SPRING) BUS 110 Business Math...... 5 HIT 141 dependent on program completion date...... MO 110 Medical Office Procedures...... 5 MO 159 Introduction to Outpatient Procedure Coding....4 3RD QUARTER (SUMMER) MO 143 Medical Office Professional Development and Ethics...... 3 MO 151 Insurance/Claims Processing...... 5 MO 185 Medical Reimbursement Specialist Clinical...... 3 ELECTIVES (1-3 CREDITS) Students may choose from any of the following: CU 104 PowerPoint...... 1 CU 108 Outlook...... 2 CU 110 Access I...... 2 CU 203 Excel II...... 3
Tacoma Community College 2017-2018 CATALOG Page 86 Career Training Human Services Program Chair Case Aide Certificate Jim Carroll (15 credits) 253.566.5214 / [email protected] The Case Aide certificate is designed to prepare students for entry-level employment opportunities with a wide variety of TCC’s competency-based Human Services program prepares human service agencies. students for employment as practitioners in social service, health, and addiction agencies. The program offers three HSP 100 Introduction to Human Services...... 5 completion options: HSP 103 Therapeutic Approaches and Techniques...... 5 • a two-quarter (15 credits) Case Aide certificate HSP 112 Best Practices in Human Services...... 5 • a three-quarter (45 credits) Chemical Dependency certificate (meets educational competencies for Chemical Dependency Associate in Applied Sciences Degree Professional (CDP) as described by the State of Washington) (92 credits) • a two-year Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) degree in Human Services. 1ST QUARTER HSP 100 Introduction to Human Services...... 5 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES HSP 103 Therapeutic Approaches and Techniques...... 5 Upon successful completion of the AAS degree or the certificate HSP 107 Behavioral Health and Wellness...... 5 in Chemical Dependency, students will: 2ND QUARTER • Recognize historical influences that have led to the HSP 112 Best Practices in Human Services...... 5 development of the Human Services profession. HSP 113 Advanced Helping Strategies...... 5 • Explain the interaction and diversity of human systems HSP 117 Ethics and Professional Development...... 5 including individual, interpersonal, group, family, organizational, community, and social. 3RD QUARTER • Analyze and apply major models used to provide services. HSP 121 Survey of Addictions and Pharmacology...... 5 • Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to effectively HSP 126 Cultural Competencies for Human Services...... 5 manage client and organizational information. HSP 291 Supervised Clinical Practicum I...... 5 • Plan and evaluate service needs, strategies, and outcomes. 4TH QUARTER • Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required for service delivery and appropriate interventions. CU 102 Word I (or other approved computer course).....2 • Develop and utilize effective professional Human Services ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 communication skills. HSP 292 Supervised Clinical Practicum II...... 5 • Recognize the values, attitudes, and ethics practices in HSP Specialty Course - select one from list below....5 Human Services. 5TH QUARTER • Develop awareness of one’s own values, personalities, ENGL& 102 Composition II: Argument and Persuasion reaction patterns, interpersonal styles, and limitations. or ENGL 103 Composition III: Writing About Literature...... 5 • Recognize and apply elements of the continuum of care used PSYC& 100 General Psychology...... 5 in behavior health and recovery systems. HSP 293 Supervised Clinical Practicum III...... 5 PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY 6TH QUARTER To enter the Human Services program, students must assess BUS 110 Business Math at ENGL& 101 level or have successfully completed ENGL/ 095 or MATH& 107 Math: A Practical Art...... 5 with a C or higher. HSP Specialty Course - select one from list below....5 SOC& 101 Introduction to Sociology...... 5 NOTE: if you need remedial math courses, plan to take those during your last three quarters.
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Electives Chemical Dependency Certificate Students completing the Associate in Applied Sciences degree (45 credits) in Human Services program must select 10 credits of related The Human Services certificate meets the educational elective courses. Students may select specialty courses from competencies as an approved school (WAC 246-811-010/9) the Human Services program, human development courses, for Chemical Dependency Professional (CDP) certification as and/or behavioral sciences courses. Specialty courses are described by the Washington State Department of Health WAC usually taken during the last three quarters of the program. 246-811-030. NOTE: An Associates or higher degree is required for the CDP certificate. Specialization Courses 1ST QUARTER (15 CREDITS) Students are encouraged to select two courses that relate to HSP 100 Introduction to Human Services...... 5 their academic and career goals. Ongoing academic advising HSP 103 Therapeutic Approaches and Techniques...... 5 is provided to help students adjust program requirements to HSP 107 Behavioral Health and Wellness...... 5 meet specific needs. For information contact the HSP office at 253.566.5076. 2ND QUARTER (15 CREDITS) HSP 130 Recovery Education...... 5 HSP 112 Best Practices in Human Services...... 5 HSP 212 Systems and Case Work...... 5 HSP 113 Advanced Helping Strategies...... 5 HSP 217 Advocacy in Human Services...... 5 HSP 117 Ethics and Professional Development...... 5 HSP 224 Dynamics of Family Violence...... 5 HSP 230 Co-occuring Disorders...... 5 3RD QUARTER (15 CREDITS) HSP 241 Working with Youth and Families...... 5 HSP 121 Survey of Addictions and Pharmacology...... 5 HSP 245 Sexual Orientation & Gender Identify Issues.....5 HSP 126 Cultural Competencies for Human Services...... 5 HSP 251 Prevention Strategies...... 5 HSP 291 Supervised Clinical Practicum I...... 5 HSP 262 Loss and Grief Through Life Span...... 5 or 200 level Human Services specialty course HSP 265 Aging and Adult Services...... 5 or 200 level Psychology or Sociology course HSP 282 Program and Proposal Development...... 5 HSP 283 Leadership Development...... 5
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TCC’s Networking and Cyber Security program prepares the DEGREE/CERTIFICATE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS student for careers in network administration, technical support, All program coursework must be completed with ‘C’ grades and database administration with a focus on cyber security. or higher to qualify for any certificates or degrees. Networking The program is designed for certificate pathways leading to & Cyber Security program certificates can be earned as stand- the Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) degree and includes alone certificates or they can be applied to the AAS degree a series of technical core courses that provide hands-on requirements. knowledge and skills in systems, data, networking, and security concepts. The program focuses on developing skills in effective Help Desk Certificate teamwork, critical thinking, developing solutions to complex (19 credits) technical challenges, business integration, project management, Prepares students to perform fundamental PC support tasks effective communication, and ethical decision making. The and to hold entry-level jobs as help desk technicians. Students program offers direct articulation to targeted Bachelor degree are encouraged to take the A+ certification exam upon programs. certificate completion. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 Upon successful completion of the course requirements for the CU 108 Outlook ...... 2 AAS degree in Networking and Cyber Security, students will: IT 102 Microcomputer Fundamentals...... 5 • Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication IT 110 Operating Systems I...... 5 skills necessary in information technology. IT 112 Help Desk Operations...... 2 • Exemplify professional and ethical behaviors required to perform effectively as an information technology team Technical Support Certificate member within an organization. (20 credits) • Implement critical thinking skills to provide sound solutions for Builds on basic PC support and networking skills and experience information technology issues. to develop more advanced networking skills. Students are • Plan to take responsibility for own lifelong learning including encouraged to take the Network+ certification exam upon anticipation and adaptation to ever-changing business and certificate completion. Students must complete the Help Desk technology environments. certificate or have equivalent work experience as determined by • Demonstrate an integrated, comprehensive proficiency in the program chair before completing this certificate. the content area of information technology; interpolate this IT 210 Operating Systems II...... 5 knowledge to the real world. IT 260 Client/Server Technology - LANs...... 5 IT 261 Administration of Networks...... 5 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: PREREQUISITE IT 262 Technical Support of Windows Networks...... 5 COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY To enter the program students must meet the following requirements: • Assessment above MATH 075 or completion of MATH 075 with a ‘C’ or higher • Assessment at college-level English or completion of ENGL/ 095 with a ‘C’ or higher • Completion of CU 100 with a ‘C’ or higher, or instructor permission
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DEGREE OPTIONS: Students in the degree pathway will Option 3: Database Management choose from one of the following certificate options. Certificate Option 1: Network Support Certificate (30 credits) Designed to prepare students to provide database and (30 credits) application software support. The courses in the certificate Prepares students to perform entry-level network administration provide expertise in using software applications and supporting tasks on both local and wide area networks. To complete the users of database applications. Successful completion of Network Support certificate, the student must first complete the certificate prepares the student to be ready to pursue an the requirements for the Help Desk and Technical Support entry-level position, upgrade a current role in an organization, or certificates or have equivalent work experience as determined further their education. This certificate will be aligned with the by the program chair. requirements of recognized industry certifications (MCDBA - IT 247 IT Project Management...... 5 Microsoft Certified Database Administrator). IT 270 Service and Support Fundamentals...... 5 To complete the Network Support certificate, the student must IT 271 Internetworking...... 5 first complete the requirements for the Help Desk and Technical IT 274 Network Security Fundamentals...... 5 Support certificates or have equivalent work experience as IT 277 Data Storage Security & Management...... 5 determined by the program chair. IT 280 Advanced Networking Technologies...... 5 IT 246 Database Implementation...... 5 Option 2: Cyber Security Certificate IT 247 IT Project Management...... 5 (30 credits) IT 249 Database Programming...... 5 Prepares students to assess, defend, and remediate security IT 274 Network Security Fundamentals...... 5 risks for networked environments. The courses in this certificate IT 277 Information Management & Data Security...... 5 provide hands-on expertise in using process, technology, and IT 282 Database Management Capstone...... 5 critical thinking skills to solve emerging security issues for business. Successful completion of this certificate prepares the Associate of Applied Sciences Degree student to be ready to pursue an entry-level position, upgrade (93 credits) a current role in an organization, or further their education. This The AAS degree includes additional coursework in wireless certificate will be aligned with the requirements of recognized networking, security, business, project management, and industry certifications (CompTia Security+, CCNA(R) Security, communication. Students who complete the AAS degree will and CISSP Associate), and the industry standards of the be prepared for more advanced supervisory positions after National Security Agency (NSA), and the Committee on National obtaining requisite field experience. Security Systems (CNSS), as the foundation of the CISSP. To complete the AAS degree, students must first complete the To complete the Cyber Security certificate, the student must Network Support, Cyber Security, or Database Management first complete requirements for the Help Desk and Technical certificate. Students are encouraged to take MATH& 107 if you Support certificates or have equivalent work experience as need a transfer-level math. ENGL& 101 and CMST& 101 are determined by the program chair. transfer-level classes. IT 247 IT Project Management...... 5 BUS 102 Customer Service...... 2 IT 274 Network Security Fundamentals...... 5 BUS 110 Business Math...... 5 IT 275 Security Assessment & Remediation...... 5 BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 IT 277 Data Storage Security & Management...... 5 BUS 280 Career Readiness Skills...... 2 IT 278 Incident Response & Intrusion Analysis...... 5 CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication...... 5 IT 281 Cyber Security Capstone...... 5 ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5
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Additional Certificate Options e-HIM Certificate (43 credits)
Application Support Specialist Certificate In collaboration with the Networking and Cyber Security (49 credits) program, TCC’s Health Information Technology program offers an This certificate is designed to prepare students in the use e-HIM (electronic-Health Information Management) certificate. and support of software applications. Success completion of The health information management (HIM) field employs the certificate prepares students for an entry-level position, accredited professionals who are responsible for the upgrading their role in an organization, or to further their organization and safe-keeping of a patient’s health information. education. Until recently, HIT professionals were primarily concerned with paper documents, but information is now generated, stored, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: PREREQUISITE and accessed electronically. This certificate complements the COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and Registered To enter the program students must meet the following Health Information Administrator (RHIA) credentials that requirements: allow HIT professionals to participate on health information • Assessment above MATH 075 or completion of MATH 075 management IT teams to electronically develop and/or manage with a C or higher health information. • Assessment at college-level English or completion of ENGL 095 with a C or higher PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY • Completion of CU 100 with a C or higher, or instructor Completion of the Networking & Cyber Security AAS degree or permission completion of the Health Information Technology AAS degree CERTIFICATE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS program, or program chair permission and completion of CU BUS 102 Customer Service...... 2 105 (or CU 102 and CU 103), ENGL& 101, and BUS 110 with a BUS 110 Business Math...... 5 minimum grade of C or higher for each class. BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations...... 5 CERTIFICATE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS BUS 280 Career Readiness Skills...... 2 CU 108 Outlook...... 2 CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication...... 5 CU 110 Access I...... 2 CU 101 Web-enabled Learning & Communication...... 2 CU 202 Word II...... 3 CU 104 PowerPoint...... 1 CU 203 Excel II...... 3 CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 CU 210 Access II...... 3 CU 108 Outlook...... 2 HIT 110 Healthcare Delivery Systems...... 5 CU 110 Access I...... 2 HIT 125 Record Content and Standards I...... 5 CU 202 Word II...... 3 HIT 130 Medical Terminology I...... 3 CU 203 Excel II...... 3 HIT 126 Information and Communication Technologies...5 CU 210 Access II...... 3 IT 230 Introduction to Project Management...... 2 ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 IT 246 SQL Database Implementation...... 5 IT 112 Help Desk Operations...... 2 IT 274 Network Security Fundamentals...... 5 IT 230 Introduction to Project Management...... 2
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Associate Dean for Nursing PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Julie Benson Upon successful completion of the AAS-T Nursing degree, 253.566.5240 / [email protected] students will: • Provide patient/client-centered care for diverse groups in the community across the lifespan in a manner that is holistic, NOTE: caring, and demonstrates advocacy. Revised Curriculum • Demonstrate professionalism in the following ways: The Nursing Associate in Applied Science degree »» Demonstrate skill in organization, prioritization, will still be available to students currently enrolled collaboration, delegation and supervision. in the program. »» Function ethically and legally within the standards and competencies of local, state, and national regulatory TCC’s Associate in Applied Science Transfer (AAS-T) Degree agencies and professional organizations. in Nursing program prepares students for employment as »» Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning. a Registered Nurse. The program’s structure is progressive, »» Demonstrate humility by participation in evaluation, self leading to an AAS-T degree and graduates are eligible to take care, and self reflection. the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) for »» Utilize quality improvement processes including Registered Nursing. responsible use of resources. A graduate who has completed the AAS-T in Nursing may • Demonstrate competency in core nursing principles by being articulate into a baccalaureate in Nursing degree program able to: at a four-year institution. Additional prerequisites for specific »» Be prepared to pass NCLEX and be employable as an bachelor’s degree programs may also be completed at TCC. entry level generalist RN. Interested students are encouraged to contact the four-year »» Apply strong critical thinking and clinical judgement skills college or university of their choice to obtain more detailed using evidence-based practice to make clinical decisions. information. »» Efficiently use nursing process for care delivery. »» Demonstrate basic competency in nursing skills. TCC’s Nursing program is approved by the Washington State »» Apply safety principles and national safety standards. Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission and is accredited »» Effectively use healthcare related information and by the Accrediting Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). technology. • Communicate effectively with individuals and groups in a Nursing, Associates Degree: RN Option respectful, professional manner, using both verbal and written The nursing courses in the full-time generic program are taught formats. in a six-quarter sequence over a two-year period. Visit www. PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY tacomacc.edu/areasofstudy/careertraining/nursing/ for admission dates and quarter sequence. Students must take a select number of general study courses before application is made to the nursing program. These courses are designed to provide students with a strong Nursing, Associates Degree: LPN to RN Option foundation in sciences and humanities before they enter the Licensed Practical Nurses who wish to become Registered nursing program. Students must also take the ATI TEAS (Test of Nurses may apply for advanced standing in the program. LPNs Essential Academic Skills) and receive a minimum score of 70% are admitted into the program once a year in fall. LPNs are and minimum scores in each category as follows: Reading 75%, required to take LPN articulation courses that prepares them to Math 72%, Science 63%, and English 70%. TEAS assessment transition into the fourth (full-time) level. scores must be submitted as part of the program application. Due to the sequencing of courses, student may find it difficult to complete the Associate Degree in Nursing in two years. Typically students take at least three years to complete all courses for the degree.
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Course work completed at other colleges must be evaluated by ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TCC’s Credential Evaluator. Applicants should arrange to have Prerequisite coursework for application (factored in admission official transcripts sent to TCC as early as possible. The applicant process): required prior to submitting application to the Nursing must apply to the college prior to submitting official transcripts. program. Please send transcripts to Enrollment Services in Bldg. 7. Do not send transcripts directly to the nursing program. Students are The following prerequisite courses must be successfully encouraged to apply to the Nursing program as soon as their passed with grade of B or higher within two attempts. prerequisites and assessment testing (TEAS) are completed. Attempts include all course withdrawals as well as grades below 3.0 and include courses taken at all colleges attended NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS in the last five years.
• Dependable transportation PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR APPLICATION • Dependable childcare (if applicable) (30 credits) • Criminal background check is required by clinical sites and if a positive is noted, will be evaluated to see if the exception Requires a “B” or better within two (2) attempts within the would prohibit practicing as an RN in Washington State. last five (5) years for each of the following courses. • CPR card. Only the American Heart Association “Healthcare BIOL& 241 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1...... 5 Provider” or “Basic Life Support (BLS) for the Professional BIOL& 242 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2...... 5 Rescuer” will be accepted. Online courses are not BIOL& 260 General Microbiology...... 5 acceptable. Name must appear on the card. CHEM& 121 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry...... 5 • Health insurance proof of coverage with coverage period. If ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 the name on the card does not match the student, proof of or ENGL& 102 English Composition II: Argument & Persuasion coverage is required. PSYC& 200 Lifespan Psychology...... 5 • HIV/AIDS training. Certificate of completion showing seven hours of training. ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK • Vehicle insurance. Proof of coverage with coverage period. (10-20 credits) If the student does not own a vehicle or owns a vehicle but Not factored into the admission process requires a “C” or does not drive, they will need to submit a written statement better. signed and dated by the student. BIOL& 160 General Cell Biology...... 0-5 • Proof of immunizations: CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication...... 5 »» Hepatitis B or CMST& 110 Multicultural Communication »» Influenza or CMST& 210 Interpersonal Communication »» MMR MATH& 146 Introduction to Statistics...... 5 »» PPD PSYC& 100 General Psychology...... 0-5 »» Tdap »» Varicella Note: BIOL& 160 and PSYC& 100 are required prerequisites • Drug testing is an expectation of various healthcare facilities. for other TCC Nursing program prerequisites. If these Students who enter the TCC nursing program should be courses are not required at other institutions where aware that at any time they may be expected to undergo drug prerequisites are taken, these courses may be waived with testing to meet clinical requirements. administrative permission.
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Nursing, Associate in Applied Sciences Degree (72 Credits)
LEVEL 1 LEVEL 6 NURS 115 Skills and Assessment Lab I...... 3 NURS 228 Clinical Simulation VI...... 1 NURS 153 Pharmacology I...... 1 NURS 234 Transition to Practice: Seminar...... 1 NURS 171 Health and Illness Concepts IA...... 2 NURS 244 Preparation for the National Council and NURS 172 Health and Illness Concepts IB...... 2 Licensing Exam...... 1 or NURS 101 Health and Illness - Level 1...... 4 NURS 286 Processional Concepts VI...... 1 NURS 181 Processional Concepts I...... 1 NURS 296 Transition to Practice: Clinical VI...... 8 NURS 191 Clinical I...... 3 LEVEL 2 Total Credits Required for AAS Degree: 112-122 NURS 116 Skills and Assessment Lab II...... 3 NURS 154 Pharmacology II...... 1 LPN to RN Option NURS 173 Health and Illness Concepts IIA...... 2 LPN BRIDGE COURSES and NURS 174 Health and Illness Concepts IIB...... 2 (12 credits) or NURS 102 Health and Illness - Level 2...... 4 NURS 182 Processional Concepts II...... 1 NURS 117 Skill & Assessment Lab - LPN...... 3 NURS 192 Clinical II...... 3 NURS 125 Clinical 6 Simulation - LPN...... 3 NURS 156 Pharmacology - LPN...... 1 LEVEL 3 NURS 177 Health & Illness Concepts - LPN...... 3 NURS 124 Clinical Simulation III...... 2 NURS 184 Professional Concepts - LPN...... 2 NURS 155 Pharmacology III...... 1 NURS 175 Health and Illness Concepts IIIA...... 2 and NURS 176 Health and Illness Concepts IIIB...... 3 or NURS 103 Health and Illness - Level 3...... 5 NURS 183 Processional Concepts III...... 1 NURS 193 Clinical III...... 3 LEVEL 4 NURS 226 Clinical Simulation IV...... 2 NURS 256 Pharmacology IV...... 1 NURS 271 Health and Illness Concepts IVA...... 2 and NURS 272 Health and Illness Concepts IVB...... 3 or NURS 201 Health and Illness - Level 4...... 5 NURS 284 Processional Concepts IV...... 1 NURS 294 Clinical IV...... 3 LEVEL 5 NURS 227 Clinical Simulation V...... 2 NURS 257 Pharmacology V...... 1 NURS 273 Health and Illness Concepts VA...... 2 and NURS 274 Health and Illness Concepts VB...... 3 or NURS 202 Health and Illness - Level 5...... 5 NURS 285 Processional Concepts V...... 1 NURS 295 Clinical V...... 3
Tacoma Community College 2017-2018 CATALOG Page 94 Career Training Paralegal Program Chair Paralegal Associate in Applied Sciences Jennifer Sorensen, J.D. Degree 253.566.5053 / [email protected] (100 credits)
CORE REQUIREMENTS (57 CREDITS) TCC’s Paralegal program prepares students for employment in the legal services as specialists who will provide assistance to CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 attorneys or other legal professionals. PLST 106 Professional Document Production...... 3 PLST 149 Writing Basics for Paralegals...... 3 Students can earn an Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) PLST 150 Paralegal Fundamentals and Ethics...... 5 degree (Paralegal); or, with a previously earned Associate in Arts PLST 151 Legal Research and Writing I...... 5 and Sciences or bachelor’s degree, the student may pursue PLST 152 Introduction to Civil Law...... 5 the Paralegal Pro-Certificate. Students who transfer from other PLST 153 Civil Procedure I...... 5 paralegal programs should read TCC’s credit transfer policy at PLST 154 Computer Applications in the Law...... 3 www.tacomacc.edu/paralegal. Although the Associate in Applied PLST 155 Health/Dealing with Stress...... 1 Science degree is not a transfer degree, students interested in PLST 156 Criminal Procedure for Paralegals...... 5 attending law school are encouraged to take advantage of the PLST 232 Interviewing and Investigation...... 5 various law courses offered in this program. PLST 233 Internship I - Paralegal...... 5 TCC’s Paralegal program is approved by the American Bar PLST 239 Transition Planning...... 1 Association. PLST 251 Legal Research and Writing II...... 3 PLST 253 Civil Procedure II...... 3 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon successful completion of the AAS degree in Paralegal and ELECTIVE COURSES (9 CREDITS MINIMUM FROM THE the Paralegal Preferred Pro-Certificate, students will: FOLLOWING) • Recognize ethical issues that arise in a legal work PLST 221 Family Law...... 3 environment and apply rules of professional conduct to PLST 222 Probate/Estate Planning...... 3 resolve them PLST 223 Alternative Dispute Resolution...... 3 • Demonstrate oral and written skills that paralegals use on the PLST 224 Real Estate Law...... 3 job PLST 225 Bankruptcy Law...... 3 • Apply basic principles of legal analysis PLST 226 Administrative Law...... 3 • Use computers and other technology for document PLST 228 Employment and Labor Law...... 3 production, law office management, and trial preparation PLST 230 Business Organization/ Corporations...... 3 • Demonstrate sensitivity through adaptability and flexibility in PLST 231 Contracts/Commercial Transactions...... 3 working with a diverse group of people PLST 234 Internship II - Paralegal...... 5 • Manage multi-tasks while prioritizing them to meet deadlines PLST 235 Evidence and e-Discovery...... 3 PLST 237 Introduction to Tax Law...... 3 PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR ENTRY COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS (35 CREDITS) • Assessment at college-level English with a minimum C grade or higher. ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 • Assessment at college-level reading with a minimum C grade CMST& 220 Public Speaking...... 5 or higher. BUS 110 Business Math5 • Students must retake required courses in which they earned or MATH 90 Elementary Algebra...... 5 C- grades or lower. For elective courses in which C grades or Natural Science - See note below*...... 5 lower are earned, students may retake the original course or Political Science/ History - See note below*...... 5 choose to earn a C grade or higher in another elective course. Sociology/ Psychology - See note below*...... 5 Multicultural Course - See note below*...... 5 *Any course identified as meeting the respective distribution requirement for TCC’s APS degree
Tacoma Community College 2017-2018 CATALOG Career Training Page 95 Paralegal, continued Radiologic Science Paralegal Preferred Pro-Certificate Program Chair (56 credits) Mike Mixdorf, M.Ed., R.T. (R)(CT) To enter this certificate program, students must show evidence 253.566.5168 / [email protected] of completion of Associate in Arts & Sciences or a Bachelor of Arts degrees, earn a minimum C grade or higher in all required TCC’s Radiologic Science program prepares students for paralegal courses, and provide evidence of meeting related study employment as Radiologic Technologists and leads to an requirements. Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) degree. Clinical practice is CORE REQUIREMENTS (53 CREDITS) performed in program affiliated hospitals and imaging centers. TCC’s Radiologic Science program is in Diagnostic Radiography CU 105 Word I, Excel I...... 5 only. The program courses are offered sequentially and students PLST 106 Professional Document Production...... 3 should plan to attend full time. PLST 150 Paralegal Fundamentals and Ethics...... 5 PLST 151 Legal Research and Writing I...... 5 The TCC Radiologic Science program is accredited by the Joint PLST 152 Introduction to Civil Law...... 5 Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, PLST 153 Civil Procedure...... 5 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850, Chicago, IL 60606-3182, PLST 154 Computer Applications in the Law...... 3 312.704.5300, email: [email protected]. PLST 156 Criminal Procedure for Paralegals...... 5 The JCERT website is: www.jcert.org. PLST 232 Interviewing and Investigation...... 5 Graduates of the Radiologic Science program are eligible to PLST 233 Internship I - Paralegal...... 5 apply to take the national certification examination administered PLST 239 Transition Planning...... 1 by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. PLST 251 Legal Research and Writing II...... 3 Successful completion of the registry examination results in PLST 253 Civil Procedure II...... 3 national certification as a Registered Radiologic Technologist, RT ELECTIVE COURSES (3 CREDITS) (R) ARRT. Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following: PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES PLST 221 Family Law...... 3 Upon successful completion of the AAS degree in Radiologic PLST 222 Probate/Estate Planning...... 3 Science, students will: PLST 223 Alternative Dispute Resolution...... 3 PLST 224 Real Estate Law...... 3 • Perform competently in the clinical arena including application PLST 225 Bankruptcy Law...... 3 of correct positioning skills and demonstration of correct PLST 226 Administrative Law...... 3 application of technical factors. PLST 228 Employment and Labor Law...... 3 • Communicate effectively with patients and members of the PLST 230 Business Organization/Corporation...... 3 health care team by demonstrating effective oral and written PLST 231 Contracts/Commercial Transactions...... 3 communication skills. PLST 234 Internship II - Paralegal...... 5 • Think critically and adapt to changing conditions, such as PLST 235 Evidence and e-Discovery...... 3 adapting positioning skills for trauma patients and technical PLST 237 Introduction to Tax Law...... 3 factors for atypical exams. • Demonstrate professionalism as members of the health care team, including demonstration of responsibility and accountability.
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Radiologic Science, continued
PREREQUISITES COURSEWORK FOR APPLICATION Associate in Applied Sciences Degree (35 credits) (110 credits) HIT 130 Medical Terminology I...... 3 1ST QUARTER (FALL 18 CREDITS) BIOL& 241 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1...... 5 RS 100 Radiologic Sciences Orientation...... 3 BIOL& 242 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2...... 5 RS 101 Fundamentals of Radiologic Science CHEM& 110 Chemical Concepts I...... 5 and Health Care...... 4 MATH 095 Intermediate Algebra...... 5 RS 140 Radiographic Positioning I...... 5 ENGL& 101 English Composition I...... 5 RS 150 Principles of Image Formation...... 1 CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication RS 170 Introduction to Fundamentals of Patient Care....5 or CMST 110 Multicultural Communication or CMST& 220 Public Speaking...... 5 2ND QUARTER (WINTER 15 CREDITS) All prerequisite and RS course work must be completed with RS 108 Radiation Physics I...... 4 a C grade or higher within two attempts. RS 120 Clinical Education I...... 5 RS 141 Radiographic Positioning II...... 5 NON-ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM ENTRY RS 153 Principles of Digital Radiography I...... 1 Contact the Radiologic Science program for information about: 3RD QUARTER (SPRING 15 CREDITS) »» Criminal and federal fraud background checks RS 109 Radiation Physics II...... 5 »» Health insurance RS 121 Clinical Education II...... 5 »» Immunizations RS 142 Radiographic Positioning III...... 5 »» Job shadow requirements »» Students are responsible for arranging dependable 4TH QUARTER (SUMMER 10 CREDITS) transportation to and from the clinical sites and RS 122 Clinical Education III...... 10 dependable child/dependent care. Admission to the Radiologic Science program is competitive. 5TH QUARTER (FALL 17 CREDITS) There are usually more applicants than available positions. RS 225 Clinical Education IV...... 8 Students who complete prerequisite courses and meet RS 243 Radiographic Positioning IV...... 3 other application requirements are not guaranteed program RS 200 Cross Sectional Anatomy...... 3 admission. RS 214 Imaging Pathology...... 3 6TH QUARTER (WINTER 14 CREDITS) RS 216 Pharmacology IV: Therapy...... 3 RS 226 Clinical Education V...... 7 RS 233 Leadership and Management...... 1 RS 244 Radiographic Positioning V...... 3
7TH QUARTER (SPRING 12 CREDITS) RS 250 Advanced Health care Organization...... 3 RS 227 Clinical Education VI...... 7 RS 255 Advanced Imaging Modalities...... 2
8TH QUARTER (SUMMER 10 CREDITS) RS 228 Clinical Education VII...... 10
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Program Chair PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Greg Carter, RRT Upon successful completion of the AAS degree in Respiratory 253.566.5231 / [email protected] Therapy, students will: • Apply the respiratory care knowledge necessary to function in The Respiratory Therapy program prepares students for a health care setting. employment as respiratory care practitioners and leads to an • Use critical thinking skills to recommend appropriate Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. The program is full diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using patient data from time and sequential, consisting of seven instructional quarters laboratory and physiologic evaluations. offered during daytime hours. Students complete classroom and • Perform cardiopulmonary therapeutic procedures and laboratory course work on campus and gain clinical experience modalities appropriate to level of training. in affiliated clinical sites. • Function effectively as members of health care teams. • Exemplify professional and ethical behavior. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates are eligible to take the Therapist Multiple-Choice examination (TMC) NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). »» Criminal and federal fraud background checks The TMC examination is designed to objectively measure »» Health insurance essential knowledge, skills, and abilities required of entry- »» Immunizations level therapists, as well as determine eligibility for the Clinical Simulation examination. There are two established cut scores PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK FOR APPLICATION for the TMC examination. If a candidate achieves the lower cut (23 credits) score, they will earn the Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) All prerequisites courses must be completed with a grade of credential. If a candidate achieves the higher cut score, they C or higher and within two attempts before applications are will earn the CRT credential and become eligible for the Clinical accepted. All math and science prerequisite courses must be Simulation examination. Candidates who successfully pass the completed within 10-years of the application date. Clinical Simulation exam will earn their Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential. The CRT and/or RRT credentials are BIOL& 241 Anatomy and Physiology 1...... 5 used as the basis for the licensure in all of the 49 states that BIOL& 242 Anatomy and Physiology 2...... 5 regulate practice of respiratory care. HIT 130 Medical Terminology I...... 3 MATH 095 Intermediate Algebra...... 5 Respiratory therapists must be licensed by the state as PSYC& 100 General Psychology respiratory care practitioners. Requirements include completion or PSYC& 200 Lifespan Psychology...... 5 of an approved training program, a background investigation, and earning either the CRT and/or RRT credential granted by the National Board for Respiratory Care. The Respiratory Therapy program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) (www.coarc.com). Admission to the Respiratory Therapy program is competitive. There are usually more program applicants than available positions. Students who complete program prerequisite and co-requisite courses and meet the other application requirements are not guaranteed program admission.
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Respiratory Therapy, continued
Associate in Applied Sciences Degree (99-107 credits)
1ST QUARTER (FALL 17 CREDITS) 5TH QUARTER (SECOND FALL 14 CREDITS) RC 150 Fundamentals of RC...... 4 RC 192 Advanced Mechanical Ventilation...... 4 RC 160 Cardiopulmonary A & P and Pathophysiology....4 RC 240 Advanced Assessment & Diagnosis...... 3 RC 170 Respiratory Therapy Equipment I...... 3 RC 263 Pulmonary Functions...... 3 RC 175 Respiratory Care Orientation...... 2 RC 280 Specialty Clinical Rotation...... 4 RC 180 Respiratory Therapy Clinical I...... 3 6TH QUARTER (SECOND WINTER 11-15 CREDITS) RC 193 Respiratory Pharmacology I...... 1 CU Computer User course...... 1-5 2ND QUARTER (WINTER 14 CREDITS) RC 251 Respiratory Pathophysiology RC 151 Fundamentals of RC II...... 4 Case Presentations...... 2 RC 161 Arterial Blood Gases...... 3 RC 261 Pediatric and Neonatal Respiratory Care...... 4 RC 171 Respiratory Therapy Equipment II...... 3 RC 281 Advanced Critical Care Clinical Rotation...... 4 RC 181 Respiratory Therapy Clinical II...... 3 7TH QUARTER (SECOND SPRING 11 CREDITS) RC 194 Respiratory Pharmacology II...... 1 ENGL& 101 English Composition...... 5 3RD QUARTER (SPRING 15 CREDITS) RC 262 Review of Applications RC 152 Mechanical Ventilation...... 4 of Respiratory Care (hybrid)...... 4 RC 162 Advanced RC Pathophysiology...... 3 RC 272 Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home Care RC 172 Respiratory Therapy Equipment III...... 4 and Assistance in Specialty Procedures...... 3 RC 182 Respiratory Therapy Clinical III...... 3 RC 282 Neonatal Clinical Rotation...... 2 RC 195 Respiratory Pharmacology III...... 1 RC 283 Specialty Clinical Rotation II...... 2 4TH QUARTER (SUMMER 16 CREDITS) ADDITIONAL COURSE OPTION (1-5 CREDITS) CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication...... 5 RC 299 Individual Study in Respiratory Therapy RC 153 Alternative Procedures in RC...... 3 Technology...... 1-5 RC 165 Evolving Roles in RC...... 2 RC 183 Respiratory Therapy Clinical IV...... 4 RC 290 Ethics and Professionalism in Respiratory Care (online)...... 2
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Transitional Studies
Tacoma Community College offers a variety of courses and programs to help students build their reading, writing, communication, and mathematics skills and prepare for transition to workforce training or academic transfer programs. In addition, TCC offers a variety of training programs and courses designed for non-native English speakers.
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Program Learning Outcomes
These learning outcomes were DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES: ADULT BASIC SKILLS: ENGLISH AS A developed in the course of faculty WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SECOND LANGUAGE (AESL) conversations regarding what TCC faculty Upon successful completion of the Upon successful completion of the want students to be able to know and do Developmental Studies Program, program, the student will be able to: after completing TCC programs. students will: • Utilize critical thinking, reading, math, Students who complete English • Use reading and writing processes and written and oral communication skills for Academic Purposes (EAP), adjust them as necessary. to transition into employment or higher Developmental Education, or Basic Skills • Acquire, develop, and exchange education. programs may use these skills in TCC’s knowledge through reading and • Use information technology to college-level courses. IBEST students writing. identify and locate educational and use these skills when they are employed • Understand, interpret, analyze, and employment resources. in specific careers. compose written documents. • Collaborate with persons of diverse • Read and write to understand one’s cultures, styles and beliefs. ADULT BASIC SKILLS: ADULT BASIC own and others’ perspectives and ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES EDUCATION (ABE/HS21+) cultural contexts. • Apply student success strategies. (EAP) Upon successful completion of the Upon successful completion of the five program, the student will be able to: DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES: MATH EAP program levels, students will: • Demonstrate academic reading, math, Students will demonstrate increasing • Speak clearly and fluently enough for written and oral communication skills levels of mastery of Program Learning an English speaker to understand and through metacognition and the Outcomes throughout the developmental interpret intent without difficulty. development of critical thinking and math curriculum. Upon successful • Understand spoken English well comprehension strategies. completion of the Quantitative Skills enough to participate fully and • Recognize themselves as learners and requirement for the Associates degree, effectively in academic and personal citizens capable of accomplishing their students will: oral communication. academic and professional goals and • Interpret, analyze and create graphs • Write proficiently in both academic and contributing to the larger community. and charts that communicate non-academic modes. • Engage in campus activities, utilize quantitative or relational information. • Read with understanding a variety of campus resources, and demonstrate • Determine, create and use appropriate academic and other texts. the ability to transition to and navigate and reasonable mathematic constructs • Appropriately and responsibly use the through academic and professional to model, understand and explain technology necessary to function fully environments. phenomena encountered in the world. as a member of the academic and • Demonstrate an increase in • Determine and carry out appropriate wider community computer literacy and proficiency in algorithms to solve problems that are • Interact cooperatively with individuals using technology for academic and amenable to mathematical solutions. of diverse backgrounds in all of the professional purposes. • Communicate mathematical above areas. • Use interpersonal skills and strategies information formally, using appropriate in a multicultural context to work math notation and terminology, and collaboratively, solve problems, and informally by using everyday language perform tasks. to express ideas. • Use technology to analyze and solve mathematical problems and to effectively communicate solutions to problems, particularly those that cannot be solved efficiently by other means.
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Adult Basic Skills Programs ABE and High School Completion/AESL/IBEST) Developmental Education TCC’s Developmental Education program The Adult Basic Skills (ABS) department Adult High School provides opportunities for students offers a variety of programs for Completion & GED to develop the skills needed to enter individuals who wish to improve ABE courses are designed for adults college-level courses. Courses are their basic reading, writing, math, already proficient in the English language designed so students may begin at their conversation, employment, parenting, and not enrolled in high school, who assessed skill levels. and life skills. ABS students receive comprehensive career pathway planning wish to improve their basic reading, Courses numbered below 100 are and navigation support from Transitional writing and mathematics skills. offered in mathematics, reading, study Studies Navigators and Advisors. The contextualized courses are designed skills, grammar, writing and speaking. to provide students an opportunity Programs include English as a Second For course descriptions, see course lists to earn high school credits towards a Language, Adult Basic Education and under the following headings within the HS21+ diploma and/or prepare for the High School Completion, vocationally- Credit Course Descriptions: high school completion exam (currently focused basic skills programs, family »» English Washington State uses the GED®) as literacy, and programs designed for »» Human Development well as build the academic habits and college bound and Career Training »» Mathematics skills necessary for successful transition participants. »» Writing Center to post-secondary education and the Courses numbered below 100 cannot Classes are available at a variety of sites professional world. be applied toward TCC certificates throughout Pierce County. Schedules or degrees, which require courses include both day and evening classes. HS21+ Students between the ages of 16-19 numbered 100 or above. HS21+ is a high school completion must obtain formal high school releases. option with a comprehensive, Individuals with F-1, M-1, and J-1 visas competency-based approach tailored to are not eligible for federally funded Adult adult learning styles. Designed for adult Basic Skills services. learners (21 and older) who do not have Before enrolling, students are required a GED® or high school (HS) diploma, to attend an information session and HS21+ encourages lifelong learning complete a skills assessment. and prepares students to transition into Tuition for Basic Skills classes is IBEST programs and further training $25 per quarter; some courses may and education. When adults earn a high charge additional material fees. Tuition school diploma, they are better prepared assistance may be available for qualified to enter college-level programs, leading students through one of our Workforce to better skills and family-wage jobs. Education programs. OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS For more information about class Students will meet with an advisor to schedules and locations, call discuss the student’s needs and, when 253.566.5144 or visit our website available, to review transcripts. The at tacomacc.edu/areasofstudy/ student will work with the advisor to transitionalstudies/. create a personalized education plan for high school completion and future academic and professional goals. Students will demonstrate competency in reading, writing, and math in the context of science, history, government, occupational studies, and digital literacy.
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Adult Basic Education
Competencies will be demonstrated ABE 019 Navigating College - ABE/ESL (1-3) Through this process, students will build through ABE courses or through Students will build the skills to persist through the necessary skills to competently edit for alternative means, such as work, life, and ABE/AESL and successfully transition to grammar, spelling, sentence structure and military experience; portfolio; and, high college-level courses. Topics may include: diction. school and college transcripts. educational planning, financial aid, computer Prerequisite: ABE writing sample or CASAS literacy skills, time management, information score of 236-245 or instructor permission. Students will be eligible for the Adult literacy, learning styles, study skills, ABE 065 Math Support for Non Native Speakers Basic Education tuition rate of $25 per interpersonal/communication skills, conflict of English (2) quarter and class fees. management, and other topics related to The focus of this 2 credit supplemental college and career success. This course may course is on developing necessary reading Career Pathway Training - be offered to special student groups such comprehension, speaking, listening and as High School 21+ (HS21+), Workforce Integrated Basic Education vocabulary skills directly related to math. Education, and/or English as a Second Vocabulary, problem solving and reading and Skills Training (I-BEST) Language (AESL). strategies will be selected from current math Prerequisite: CASAS score below 246 or curriculum. Topics will include: number sense/ I-BEST Career Pathway training programs placement into Basic Skills Program. place value, fractions, decimals, percents, are designed for students who wish ABE 020 ABE-Educational Interview (1-3) ratios, geometry, introductory algebra, data to improve their English language or The purpose of this class is to orient new and statistics in a contextualized format. basic skills while earning college-level students to the ABE/GED programs and Prerequisite: Completion of AESL 035 with certificates or two-year degrees. resources at the college. In this class, the a B- or placement in AESL 036. Co-requisite: In the I-BEST program classes are student will develop educational and personal ABE 066, 067 or 068. goals, develop self-awareness and identify team taught by one content instructor ABE 069 HS21+ Portfolio Class (2-8) strategies and resources that will assist in and one English language or basic The purpose of this class is to allow students achieving professional and academic goals. skills instructor. Students also receive to show high school content area competency additional academic support for college ABE 023 ABE Computer Assisted Learning 1 (1-10) and fulfillment of HS21+ graduation courses required for career training ABE CAL utilizes computer-assisted learning requirements through the completion of certificates, as well as wrap around programs designed to supplement ABE online independent portfolio assignments. career planning and college navigation instruction and support preparation for the Students will develop educational plans support throughout the IBEST program. high school completion exam. Students designed around their personal aspirations, Each certificate program includes the self-select their focus skill areas based on develop self-awareness and identify strategies and resources that will assist in achieving opportunity to build reading and English their academic and professional goals and work independently to meet personal goals. professional and academic goals, including skills through developmental levels with Possible focus areas include: test taking, transition to college and /or certification the goal of reaching college level by the math, reading, writing, vocabulary, speaking/ and training programs. This competency time the first certificate is earned. listening, technology skills and typing. based class allows students to work at For information on how to enroll for Students have the opportunity to receive their own pace, exit at a level appropriate to I-BEST programs, visit the Adult Basic support and feedback from their instructor demonstrated skills and knowledge, and earn Skills office, Bldg. 7, or contact Theresa once a week. high school completion credits. Prerequisite: HS21+ transcript evaluation; and Ramos at 253.566.5375. Prerequisite: Current CASAS score of 201 or above. either CASAS score under 246, or qualifying IBEST CAREER PATHWAY TRAINING ABE writing sample, or placement into Basic ABE 045 College Bound Reading and Writing OPTIONS Skills Program. (3-10) TCC may offer IBEST training options in Students will take responsibility for learning the following programs: by using reading and vocabulary strategies »» Accounting / Business to increase their comprehension and critical »» Health Information Technology thinking of level-appropriate contextualized »» Networking and Cyber Security texts. Students will participate in each step of the writing process, from pre-writing to revision, as they compose well-organized paragraphs and draft multi-paragraph essays.
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Adult Basic Education
ABE 070 Reading and Writing for the Sciences: ABE 072 Reading and Writing for Social Studies: ABE 074 Reading and Writing for the Sciences: Health Science (5 or 10) Washington State History (5or 10) Biology (5 or 10) This theme based English course integrates This theme based English course integrates This theme based English course integrates reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical reading, writing, listening, speaking, and reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking skills around assignments and activities critical thinking skills around assignments critical thinking skills around assignments focusing on health science. Possible topics and activities focusing on Washington State and activities focusing on biology. Topics include: nutrition; stress management; fitness; History through multicultural perspectives. include: scientific method and literacy; basic disease prevention and control; drug addiction Students will examine Washington’s social, cellular anatomy and biochemical processes; and recovery; growth and development; and cultural, economic, geographical and political evolution; diversity of life; and ethical issues the impacts of environmental, family and history as well as explore current State related to scientific and medical research. cultural factors on health. Laboratories and field issues. This competency based class allows Laboratories are included. This competency trips are included. This competency based class students to work at their own pace, exit at a based class allows students to work at allows students to work at their own pace, exit level appropriate to demonstrated skills and their own pace, exit at a level appropriate to at a level appropriate to demonstrated skills knowledge, and earn possible high school demonstrated skills and knowledge, and earn and knowledge, and earn possible high school completion Social Studies (U.S. History), Social possible high school completion Lab Science, completion Lab Science, Science, Health, Studies (U.S. Government and Civics), English, Science, Contemporary World Issues, English Contemporary World Issues, English and/or and/or elective credits. and/or elective credits. elective credits. Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade Prerequisite: ABE 071 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 071 with a minimum grade of of B- or ABE 071 with a minimum grade of of B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of B- or B- or ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 075 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 075 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 075 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS score minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS of 211 or minimum writing sample score of 3. reading score of 227 or minimum writing reading score of 211 or minimum writing sample score of 4. sample score of 3. ABE 073 Reading and Writing for Social Studies: Contemporary World Issues (5 or 10) ABE 071 Reading and Writing for Occupational This theme based English course integrates Education (5 or 10) reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical This theme based English course integrates thinking skills around assignments and activities reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical focusing on contemporary world issues. Students thinking skills around assignments and activities will examine diverse societies from around the focusing on occupational education. Students world and explore the major issues that affect our will investigate possible career paths, acquire ability to connect and thrive as a global community. employability and leadership skills, and develop Possible topics include: homelessness, poverty, the technology skills necessary for the workplace. immigration, human rights, and social and This competency based class allows students to economic inequities. This competency based work at their own pace, exit at a level appropriate class allows students to work at their own pace, to demonstrated skills and knowledge, and earn exit at a level appropriate to demonstrated skills possible high school completion occupational and knowledge, and earn possible high school education, English, and/or elective credits. completion Social Studies (Current World Issue), Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade English, and/or elective credits. of B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade B- or ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or of B- or ABE 071 with a minimum grade of ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of B- or 075 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with 075 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a reading score of 211 or minimum writing minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS score sample score of 3. of 211 or minimum writing sample score of 3.
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ABE 075 Reading and Writing for Social Studies: ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE competency based class allows students U.S. History (5 or 10) 075 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 to work at their own pace, exit at a level This theme based English course integrates with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with appropriate to demonstrated skills and reading, writing, listening, speaking, and a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a knowledge, and earn possible high school critical thinking skills around assignments minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS completion Social Studies (U.S. History), Social and activities focusing on United States reading score of 227 or minimum writing Studies (U.S. Government and Civics), English history through multicultural perspectives. The sample score of 4. and/or elective credits. course includes social and political history and Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade ABE 078 Reading and Writing for Social Studies: geography providing students with a broad of B- or ABE 071 with a minimum grade of World Cultures (5 or 10) view of America’s past and present. Possible B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of B- or This theme based English course integrates course topics include: African-American ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE reading, writing, listening, speaking, and history, immigrants, women’s studies, Native 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 075 critical thinking skills around assignments American history, Civil Rights, and major with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 with and activities focusing on World Cultures. turning points in U.S. history. This competency a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with a Using a comparative approach, students will based class allows students to work at minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS examine societies from around the world to their own pace, exit at a level appropriate score of 227 or minimum writing sample explore the patterns of human life in areas to demonstrated skills and knowledge, and score of 4. such as adaptation, economics, family, political earn possible high school completion Social organization, healing, and religion as well ABE 082 Applied Math I (5) Studies (U.S. History), Social Studies (U.S. as explore current issues impacting those Students will read, write and interpret basic Government and Civics), English and/or societies. By examining different peoples mathematical information using whole elective credits. through a cultural anthropologic lens, students numbers, fractions, benchmark percents, Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade will develop a better understanding of the and decimals. Students will be introduced of B- or ABE 071 with a minimum grade of unity and the diversity of humankind. This to basic patterns, data, algebraic concepts, B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of B- or competency based class allows students measurement, geometry and computational ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE to work at their own pace, exit at a level skills to solve 1-2 step contextualized real life 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 appropriate to demonstrated skills and word problems. with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with knowledge, and earn possible high school Prerequisite: CASAS SCORE OF 201-220. a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a completion English, Social Studies (Current minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS World Issue), and/or elective credits. ABE 083 Applied Math II (5) score of 227 or minimum writing sample Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade Students will read, write and interpret score of 4. of B- or ABE 071 with a minimum grade of mathematical information by applying the ABE 077 Reading and Writing for the Sciences: B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of B- or operations of whole numbers and extending Environmental Science (5 or 10) ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE skills in fractions, decimals and percents. Students will use basic patterns and algebraic This theme based English course integrates 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 075 thinking including evaluating algebraic reading, writing, listening, speaking, and with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 with expressions and one-two step equations. critical thinking skills around assignments and a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a This course will integrate real life geometry activities focusing on Environmental Science. minimum grade of B- or minimum CASAS skills including area, perimeter, volume, lines, Topics include population, ecology, climate reading score of 227 or minimum writing angles and polygons. Students will interpret change, sustainability and pollution. Students sample score of 4. contextualized line, bar and circle graphs and will specifically focus on environmental issues ABE 079 Reading and Writing for Social Studies: measures of central tendency. related to the Pacific Northwest. Laboratories US Government and Civics (5 or 10) Prerequisite: ABE 083 with a minimum grade and field trips are included. This competency This theme based English course integrates of B-; or CASAS score of 230-235; or instructor based class allows students to work at reading, writing, listening, speaking, and permission. their own pace, exit at a level appropriate to critical thinking skills around assignments demonstrated skills and knowledge, and earn and activities focusing on United States possible high school completion Lab Science, Government and Civics. Students will learn Science, Contemporary World Issues, English how our government works and develop a and/or elective credits. critical understanding of the strengths and Prerequisite: ABE 070 with a minimum grade weaknesses of the American political system, of B- or ABE 071 with a minimum grade of and their rights and responsibilities as citizens. B- or ABE 072 with a minimum grade of B- Includes study of the U.S. Constitution. This or ABE 073 with a minimum grade of B- or
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Adult Basic Education
ABE 084 Pre-Algebra (5) ABE 090 Elementary Algebra (5) Students will read, write and interpret In this course students will progress in mathematical information by extending algebraic and geometric concepts through previous knowledge of whole numbers, contextualized, integrated curriculum. topics fractions, decimals and percents in an will include linear equations, polynomial, algebraic context. Students will apply ratios factoring, rational expressions, and graphing and proportions to algebraic word problems. Scientific calculator required. Students Students will extend algebraic thinking completing this course with an 80% or better including signed numbers, order of operations, will meet the requirements for HS 21+ to earn evaluating algebraic expressions and solving 1 credit of high school math equivalency. one-three step equations. This course will Prerequisite: ABE 068 with a minimum grade integrate real life geometry skills including of B- or MATH 085 with a minimum grade of area, perimeter, volume, lines, angles, C or Accuplacer placement of Math 90; and Pythagorean Theorem, circles, cylinders and either ABE 075 with a minimum grade of B- or polygons by applying algebraic formulas. ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE Prerequisite: ABE 083 with a minimum grade 077 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 of B-; or CASAS score of 230-235; or instructor with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with permission. a minimum grade of B- or ENGL/ 085 with a minimum grade of C. ABE 085 Introduction to Elementary Algebra (5) This is a beginning algebra course specifically ABE 095 Intermediate Algebra (5) designed for students with pre-algebra Topics include introduction to functions; background. Topics include variables and linear, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic signed numbers, solutions to linear equations functions and their applications; systems of and inqualities, simplification of algebraic linear equations and inequalities and their expressions, evaluation and manipulation of applications; rational exponents and radicals. formulas, an emphasis on word problems, Prerequisite: Math CASAS score 251-256 coordinate geometry, graphing of linear and ACCUPLACER placement of MATH 095; equations, and scatterplots. Scientific or ABE 090 with a minimum grade of B- or calculator required. MATH 090 with a minimum grade of C; and Prerequisite: Math CASAS score of 236-245; ENGL/ 085 with a minimum grade of C; or or ABE 084 with a minimum grade of B-; ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE or ACCUPLACER at MATH 085; and ENGL/ 075 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 077 085 with a minimum grade of C; or ABE 074 with a minimum grade of B- or ABE 078 with with a minimum grade of B-; or ABE 075 a minimum grade of B- or ABE 079 with a with a minimum grade of B-; or ABE 077 minimum grade of B- or ACCUPLACER at with a minimum grade of B-; or ABE 078 ENGL/ 085; or Reading CASAS score of 227 with a minimu grade of B-; or ABE 079 with or above. a minimum grade of B-; or ACCUPLACER at ENGL/ 085; or Reading CASAS score of 227 or above.
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English as a Second Language
Adult Basic Skills English as a Second AESL 020 ESL - Educational Interview (1-3) AESL 014 Integrated ESL - Level 4 (3-15) Language classes are offered to help The purpose of this class is to orient new Integrated AESL - Level 4 is designed for immigrants and refugees develop students to the ABE/ESL programs and students at the low-intermediate level in communication skills, function effectively resources at the college. In this class, the the English language. Students will gain in jobs, pursue a higher degree, student will develop educational and personal knowledge and learn speaking, listening, and participate as members of the goals, develop self-awareness and identify reading, writing, grammar, and technology strategies and resources that will assist in skills to assist them in becoming college and community. achieving professional and academic goals. career ready. Some sections of AESL levels 1-3 are Prerequisite: CASAS score under 235 or Prerequisite: AESL 013 with a minimum offered in the I-DEA model. I-DEA is a placement into basic skills program. grade of B- and Instructor permission; or contextualized, hybrid online AESL series CASAS Reading score of 201-210 and CASAS AESL 011 Integrated ESL - Level 1 (3-15) of courses delivered using a flipped Listening score of 200-219 and Writing sample Integrated ESL Level 1 is designed for classroom model. Course content will Level 4 or higher and Instructor permission. students at the literacy level in the English increase students’ ability to interact language. Students will gain knowledge and AESL 015 Integrated ESL - Level 5 (3-15) with others in academic, workplace, learn foundational speaking, listening, reading, Integrated ESL - Level 5 is designed for and personal life settings and promote writing, grammer, and technology skills to students at the high-intermediate level in career exploration and workplace assist them in becomine college and career the English language. Students will gain readiness. The curriculum and delivery ready. knowledge and learn speaking, listening, method are designed to accelerate Prerequisite: CASAS Reading score of 180 reading, reading, writing, grammar, and low to low-intermediate level adult or below and CASAS Listening score of 180 technology skills to assist them in becoming English language learners’ acquisition of or below and Writing sample Level 1 and college and career ready. English reading, writing, listening, and Instructor permission. Prerequisite: AESL 014 with a minimum grade of B- or Instructor permission; or speaking, as well as technology skills, AESL 012 Integrated ESL - Level 2 (3-15) teamwork, interpersonal communication CASAS Reading score of 211-220 and CASAS Integrated ESL Level 2 is designed for Listening score of 210-218 and Writing sample and problem solving, while promoting students at the low-beginning level in Level 5 or higher and Instructor permission. independent learning. the English language. Students will gain I-BEST, EAP and ABE courses offer knowledge and learn very simple speaking, AESL 016 Integrated ESL - Level 6 (3-15) multiple pathways for AESL students to listening, reading, writing, grammar and Integrated ESL - Level 6 is designed for technology skills to assist them in beocmming students at the advanced level in the English transition into college and career training. college and career ready. language. Students will gain knowledge and The ESL Career Pathway navigator will Prerequisite: AESL 011 with a minimum learn speaking, listening, reading, writing, work with student to find the best path grade of B- or Instructor permission; or grammar, and technology skills to assist them forward. CASAS Reading score of 181-190 and CASAS in becoming college and career ready. Listening score of 181-190 and Writing sample Prerequisite: AESL 015 with a minimum Level 2 or higher and Instructor permission. grade of B- or Instructor permission; or CASAS Reading score of 221-235 and CASAS AESL 013 Integrated ESL - Level 3 (3-15) Listening score of 219-227 and Writing sample Integrated AESL - Level 3 is designed for Level 6 or higher and Instructor permission. students at the high-beginning level in the English language. Students will gain knowledge and learn simple speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and technology skills to assist them in becoming college and career ready. Prerequisite: AESL 012 with a minimum grade of B- or Instructor permission; or CASAS Reading score of 191-200 and CASAS Listening score of 190-199 and Writing sample Level 3 or higher and Instructor permission.
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English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
English for Academic Purposes is CONVERSATION includes a variety of speech activities such an intensive program for non-native AND PRONUNCIATION as speech giving, debating, role playing, and speakers of English who wish to gain individual and panel presentations EAP 088 Introduction to Pronunciation English and academic skills necessary to Prerequisite: EAP 191 with a minimum grade and Conversation (3) enter college-level content classes. of C or instructor permission. An introductory-level course in conversation The EAP program does not require and pronunciation for entry-level non-native TOEFL scores. International students speakers of English. Students are introduced CULTURE AND CONVERSATION are required to take the EAP placement to the pronunciation of basic English sounds EAP 190 American Culture & Conversation test before registering for EAP classes. and intonation patterns, contextualized and – High Intermediate (3) practiced in short-simple conversations. Resident students must either complete A course in conversational English focused on Prerequisite: EAP placement exam. or test out of AESL Level 6 before contemporary American culture for non-native registering for EAP classes. EAP 089 Pronunciation and Conversation I (3) speakers of English at the high-intermediate or advanced level. Students explore current The EAP program provides six levels, A beginning-level course in conversation issues in American life through readings, introductory through advanced, of and pronunciation for non-native speakers videos, and conversation. This course may be instruction in Reading/Writing, Grammar/ of English. Students are introduced to the pronunciation of specific English sounds taken twice for credit. Speaking, Conversation/Pronunciation, and basic intonation patterns, contextualized Prerequisite: EAP 090 with a minimum grade and American Culture. Advanced and practiced in conversation. of C or EAP 093 with a minimum grade of C EAP classes apply as non-distribution Prerequisite: EAP placement exam. or EAP placement exam. elective credits toward TCC’s Associate Degree. Students can also take certain EAP 090 Pronunciation and Conversation II (2) EAP 194 American Culture and Conversation II - Advanced (3) other college classes while completing A course in pronunciation and conversation A course in conversational English focused on advanced EAP classes. The following for non-native speakers of English at the contemporary American culture for nonnative EAP courses are offered: advanced-beginning or low-intermediate level. While developing conversational fluency, speakers of English at the advanced level. students improve their pronunciation of Students explore current issues in American both the specific sounds and the intonation life through readings, videos, conversation, patterns of English. Some practice in note- and interviews. taking is also included. Prerequisite: EAP 190 with a minimum grade Prerequisite: EAP 089 with a grade of C of C or instructor permission. or higher, or EAP placement exam. GRAMMAR AND SPEAKING EAP 191 Pronunciation & Conversation III (2) Instruction and practice in recognition EAP 092 Grammar and Speaking II (5) and production of individual phonemes of The second in a series of five grammar and American English and of word accent and speaking courses for non-native speakers of intonation levels at the high intermediate- English at the advanced-beginner level. This advanced level. Students participate in a course is designed to give students a strong variety of speech activities: speech giving, grammatical basis in English and to improve poetry reading, role playing, debating. their speaking and listening skills. At least one Prerequisite: EAP 090 with a minimum grade oral report is required. of C or EAP 093 with a minimum grade of C Prerequisite: EAP 095 with a minumum grade or EAP placement exam. of C or EAP placement exam.
EAP 193 Pronunciation & Conversation IV EAP 093 Grammar and Speaking III (5) – Advanced (2) The third in a series of five grammar and An advanced course in English pronunciation speaking classes for non-native speakers of and conversation for nonnative speakers of English at the low-intermediate level. The English. Students practice recognition and focus is on grammar usage with work on the pronunciation of individual phonemes of comprehension of spoken English. American English as well as word stress and Prerequisite: EAP 092 with a grade of C sentence-level intonation patterns. This course or higher, or EAP placement exam.
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English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
EAP 094 Grammar and Speaking IV (5) assignments provide support for the writing stressing revising and polishing skills. Readings The fourth in a series of five grammar and projects while improving students’ reading provide background for the writing component, speaking classes for non-native speakers of comprehension, speed and vocabulary. with emphasis on comprehension, speed, English at the high intermediate level. Prerequisite: EAP 095 with a grade of C retention, and vocabulary. The class focuses on grammar plus or higher, or EAP placement exam. Prerequisite: EAP 098 with a grade of C classroom discussion and reports. or higher, or EAP placement exam. EAP 097 Reading and Writing III (10) Prerequisite: EAP 093 with a grade of C The third in a series of five reading and writing or higher, or EAP placement exam. courses for non-native speakers of English. CONTEXTUALIZED READING, EAP 155 Grammar and Speaking V (5) Students practice the writing process of WRITING AND GRAMMAR The last in a series of five grammar and short narrative, descriptive and summary EAP 099 High Intermediate EAP speaking courses for non-native speakers compositions. Grammar and mechanics Composition and Reading (10) of English at the advanced level. The course are practiced in the context of writing EAP 99 synthesizes skills taught in EAP focuses on areas of English grammar that assignments. Reading lessons support writing 98 and 94 in the context of a variety of present difficulties to advanced students of the activities and build reading comprehension, introductory-level transfer or professional/ language; aural comprehension, speaking skills, retention, and vocabulary. technical courses, introducing students to and vocabulary development are also included. Prerequisite: EAP 096 with a minimum grade the reading and writing skills necessary Prerequisite: EAP 094 with a grade of C of C or EAP placement exam. for college success. Coursework moves or higher, or EAP placement exam. EAP 098 Reading and Writing IV (8) from one-paragraph to multiple-paragraph The fourth in a series of five reading and compositions, focusing on the writing process READING AND WRITING writing courses for non-native speakers for persuasive, descriptive, narrative, and of English. Students progress from expository essays while also working on EAP 085 Introduction to Reading, Writing one-paragraph to multiple-paragraph sentence-level issues. Readings provide and Grammar (14) compositions, focusing on the writing background for compositions; support learning Beginning -level contextualized reading, process for persuasive, descriptive, narrative, in the content course; and build students’ writing, and grammar class for nonnative and expository essays. Readings provide vocabulary, comprehension, and retention. speakers of English. Students learn basic background for compositions while building Prerequisite: EAP placement exam or EAP 097 reading, spelling, and sentence structure, students’ vocabulary, comprehension, and with a minimum grade of C and EAP 093 with and are introduced to the writing process retention. a minimum grade of C. through a series of project-based activities. Prerequisite: EAP 097 with a grade of C or EAP 154 Advanced Composition Prerequisite: EAP placement exam. higher, or EAP placement exam. and Reading (10) EAP 095 Reading, Writing, & Grammar I (14) EAP-154 synthesizes skills taught in EAP-155 Beginning-level contextualized reading, EAP 101 Special Programs Reading/Writing II (5) and EAP-159 in the context of a variety of writing, and grammar class for nonnative An advanced reading and writing course transfer or professional technical courses, speakers of English. Students learn the basics for non-native English speaking students in helping students build the reading and writing of sentence structure and the writing process special short-term Study Abroad programs. skills necessary for success in these courses. through a series of project-based activities. Designed to prepare advanced students for Course work focuses on increasing reading Reading and grammar activities provide humanities or social sciences classes with speed, comprehension, and retention; and support for the writing projects and native speakers. Focuses on multiple-page gaining mastery of the essay writing process develop students’ reading comprehension essays, stressing revising and polishing and editing/polishing skills. and vocabulary as they progress from skills. Reading provices background for Prerequisite: Either completion of EAP 094 writing simple sentences to single the writing component, with emphasis and EAP 098 with minimum grade of C, or narrative paragraphs. on comprehension, speed, retention, and completion of EAP 099 with a minimum grade Prerequisite: EAP 085 with a minimum grade vocabulary. of C, or EAP placement exam. of C or EAP placement exam. EAP 159 Reading and Writing V (7) EAP 096 Reading and Writing II (10) The last in a series of five reading and writing Note: These courses are linked The second in a series of five reading and courses for non-native English speakers, with a transfer-level course in writing courses for non-native speakers of designed to prepare advanced students for business, humanities, or social English. Students are introduced to the writing composition classes with native speakers. sciences. process as they progress from sentences Focuses on multiple-paragraph essays, to one-paragraph compositions. Reading
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Corporate Education Tacoma Community College is a member of Invista Performance Solutions, a partnership of four regional colleges dedicated to providing high quality workforce training. Invista provides customized solutions for corporate training and education, including:
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Invista designs and tailors classes to fit the culture and values of business clients. Popular courses include:
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Community Education Job Skills and Online Non-credit Classes Career Training Classes
Stretch your mind and satisfy your Continuing Ed has courses that: You can also take online classes from the curiosity with our affordable • Help you to grow your business comfort of your own home or office at and convenient non-credit classes. including business planning, times most convenient for you. There are Fun, knowledgeable, supportive and marketing, and finance. hundreds of classes to choose from. Find your classes at www.ed2go.com/tccdtc. inspiring instructors share their love of • Develop your own skills or upgrade subjects like: the skills of your employees to excel in • Arts and crafts today’s fast-paced work environment. • Finance and financial planning Continuing Ed has classes for individuals • Fitness (Zumba, tai chi, yoga, seeking professional certification, or and more) CEUs and Clock Hours, to achieve or • Drawing and painting maintain licensure in professional fields • Digital photography including: • Meditation • Languages • Private Pilot Ground School • Culinary Arts • Alcohol/Drug Information School Training for Trainers (ADIS-TOT) The Harbor Institute is designed by and • Caring at the End of Life for mature adults interested in wide- Certification courses required for ranging scholarly topics such as: obtaining and maintaining licensure in • History professional fields including: • Current events • HIV-AIDS Independent Study • Genealogy for Health Professionals • Politics • Alcohol/Drug Information School - • Geography Training for Trainers (ADIS-TOT) • The Envionment • Certified Personal Trainer Write in the Harbor • Nursing Assistant, Certified. The annual Write in the Harbor regional Many CE classes can also satisfy conference for writers is held each CEUs and Clock Hours for continuing November at the Gig Harbor Campus. professional education. The conference, ongoing writing classes and workshops, and writing discussion groups, help to nurture and support a truly talented and dedicated cohort of regional writers and editors as well as show beginning writers a path forward.
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Credit Course Descriptions
On the following pages are descriptions of the course offerings of Tacoma Common Course Numbering Community College. The specific courses to be offered each quarter will be The Washington Community and announced in the online class schedules, which are posted quarterly at the Technical College system has adopted college website. common course numbers, prefixes and titles for courses that are equivalent at Courses numbered 1-99 are pre-college-level courses designed to develop many two-year colleges. These changes skills needed for college work and career training courses. They cannot be went into effect summer quarter 2008. applied towards certificate or degree requirements. The courses and their descriptions have not changed, just the course number Courses numbered 100-299 are college-level courses. They meet the and, in some cases, the prefix and/or requirements of the degrees of Associate in Arts, Associate in Business title. The changes apply to both common and Associate of Science as well as the Associate in Applied Sciences, and courses and non-common courses. Associate in General Studies degrees conferred by TCC. These courses Common courses are identified by an are normally accepted for transfer by four-year colleges and universities in “&” character at the end of the prefix, for example ENGL& or ANTH&. Washington state when they are part of an Associate in Arts, Associate in Business or Associate of Science degree. Students who transfer without one of the approved transfer degrees should not take for granted the transferability Developmental Courses of all 100-level or 200-level classes since some of them are vocational courses There have been some program- and apply toward the Applied Sciences degree only. wide course changes with broad significance that we alert you to here. Courses numbered 299 are reserved for special projects. Such projects are The developmental courses have been undertaken by individual students upon arrangement with an instructor and the re-organized for clarity. See English and Math sections for detailed description of chair of the division in which the course is offered. Credit granted for courses courses and prerequisites. numbered 299 varies with the individual project.
Normally, one credit is given for one 50-minute period of class per week per quarter for lecture classes. Laboratory sections generally require two hours of class per week per quarter for each credit. Credits earned for successfully completing each course are shown in parentheses following the course titles in this section of the catalog.
For current course offerings, check the online class schedule or consult the appropriate division administrator. Class availability is dependent on adequate enrollment.
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Accounting
Course Category Index ACCT 101 Practical Accounting I (5) (Formerly ACCT 110) Introduces students to Courses at TCC are organized into institutional divisions or categories, each including a basic accounting concepts and procedures, related group of subjects. Subject areas and course descriptions in this section of the emphasizing sole proprietors. Topics include catalog are listed in alphabetical order for the convenience of readers. Students wishing analysis of business transactions and to learn more about certain courses are urged to talk about those courses with the completion of the accounting cycle, including chair of the division or department through which those courses are offered. preparation of financial statements. Students will be introduced to computers. Prerequisite: MATH 085 with a minimum Accounting, p. 114 Health Information Management, p. 141 grade of C or placement at MATH 090 or Anthropology, p. 115 Health Information Technology, p. 142 higher. Recommended: READ 095 and Arabic, p. 116 History, p. 145 concurrent or prior enrollment in CU 103 or CU 105. Art, p. 117 Human Development, p. 146 Astronomy, p. 120 Humanities, p. 147 ACCT 102 Practical Accounting II (5) (Formerly ACCT 120) A continuation of Biology, p. 121 Human Services, p. 148 financial accounting topics including an Botany, p. 123 Information Technology, p. 150 introduction to accounting for partnerships. Students will be encouraged to complete Business, p. 123 Japanese, p. 152 assignments using the computer. Chemistry, p. 124 Library Science, p. 153 Prerequisite: ACCT 101 or ACCT& 201 with a Chinese, p. 125 Logistics, p. 153 minimum grade of C or instructor permission. Communication Studies, p. 126 Mathematics, p. 154 ACCT 103 Accounting for Decision Makers (5) Computer Science, p. 126 Music, p. 156 (formerly ACCT 130) An accounting class from the user’s perspective, this class will review Computer User, p. 127 Nursing, p. 159 the accounting cycle, with some attention Diagnostic Medical Sonography, p. 128 Nutrition, p. 165 directed toward procedures and techniques. The major emphasis is on the content of Early Childhood Education, p. 131 Oceanography, p. 165 accounting reports, and the interpretation and Economics, p. 133 Paralegal, p. 166 possible uses of this information. Education, p. 133 Philosophy, p. 168 Prerequisite: ACCT 102 or ACCT& 202 with a minimum grade of C or instructor permission. Emerg. Med. & Health Services, p. 134 Physical Education, p. 169 Engineering, p. 135 Physics, p. 171 ACCT 145 Payroll and Business Taxes (5) (Formerly ACCNT 145) Reviews state and English: Composition, p. 136 Political Science, p. 171 federal laws and regulations on payroll English: Literature, p. 137 Psychology, p. 172 computations, deductions and other business Environmental Science, p. 138 Radiologic Science, p. 173 taxes. Prerequisite: BUS 110 with a minimum grade Experiential Learning, p. 139 Respiratory Therapy, p. 175 of C or Math 147 ; and ACCT& 201 with a French, p. 139 Science, p. 178 minimum grade of C or instructor permission. Fresh Start, p. 139 Sociology, p. 178 ACCT 165 Accounting with Sage (5) Geography, p. 140 Spanish, p. 179 Introduction to automated accounting methods using Sage. Sage is used to examine Geology, p. 140 Supervision & Management, p. 180 the complete accounting cycle. The course German, p. 141 Writing Center, page 181 focuses on technical skills behind the screens and soft skills needed in an accounting department. Prerequisite: CU 103 or CU 105; and either ACCT 102 or ACCT& 202; or instructor permission.
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Accounting Anthropology
ACCT 175 Accounting with QuickBooks (5) ACCT 250 Federal Income Tax (5) ANTH& 100 Survey of Anthropology (5) (Formerly ACCNT-175) Introduction to (Formerly ACCNT-250) Federal income tax (Formerly ANTHR-100) A survey of the automated accounting methods using for the layman, accounting student, working subfields of physical anthropology, archaeology, QuickBooks. QuickBooks is used to examine accountant/bookkeeper and small business anthropological linguistics and sociocultural the complete accounting cycle. Includes owner, with special emphasis on tax issues anthropology through the examination of analysis, demonstration, exporting, importing affecting individuals. selected problems in human biological and and hands-on experience using the general Prerequisite: ACCT 101 or ACCT& 201 with a cultural evolution. An introduction to the ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable minimum grade of C- or instructor permission. discipline of anthropology that asks what it and payroll modules. means to be human. (multicultural content) Prerequisite: ACCT 102 or ACCT& 202 with a ACCT 290 Work Internship (5) Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum minimum grade of C or instructor permission. (Formerly ACCNT-290) During one quarter of grade of C or equivalent. Recommended: ACCT 165. the sophomore year, students can receive college credits for hands-on accounting work ANTH& 204 Archaeology (5) ACCT& 201 Principles of Accounting I (5) experience and training in a private or public (Formerly ANTHR-205) Introduction to (Formerly ACCNT-210) Emphasis is on the sector organization. the study of the prehistory of humankind development and interpretation of financial Prerequisite: Program Chair permission. as revealed by material remains. Covers statements: the balance sheet, income excavation techniques, analyzing and dating statement and the statement of equity. ACCT 299 Independent Study artifacts, and a survey of world prehistory Prerequisite: ACCT 101 with a minimum grade & Special Projects (1) from the beginning of culture to the of C or MATH 095 with a minimum grade of (Formerly ACCNT-299) Study on an individual appearance of writing. C or equivalent; or assessment above MATH basis. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum 095 or MATH 094 with a minimum grade of C. Prerequisite: Program Chair permission. grade of C or concurrent enrollment. ACCT& 202 Principles of Accounting II (5) ANTH& 205 Biological Anthropology (5) (Formerly ACCNT-220) ACCT&-202 is a (Formerly ANTHR-201) Study of the origins continuation of ACCT&-201. Introduces and adaptations of the human species. An accounting for long-term debt and examination of the fossil record and living investments. Examines the measuring populations of monkeys, apes and humans. and reporting of Stockholders’ Equity and Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum consolidated statements. Re-emphasizes the grade of C or concurrent enrollment. preparation of the Statement of Cash Flows. Introduction to methods used to interpret ANTH& 206 Cultural Anthropology (5) financial statements. (Formerly ANTHR-202) An analysis of the Prerequisite: ACCT& 201 with a minimum social and cultural variation of humankind. grade of C. Comparison of how various western and non- western peoples live. (multicultural content) ACCT& 203 Principles of Accounting III (5) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum (Formerly ACCNT-230) Introduction to cost grade of C or concurrent enrollment. concepts such as cost-volume-profit analysis and the budgeting process. Examines ANTH& 207 Linguistic Anthropology (5) methods to determine product costs of a (Formerly ANTHR-203) Introduction to manufacturing business and the methods linguistic methods and theories used within employed to control costs, such as the use of anthropology. Topics include the structure of the standard cost system. language, anatomy and evolution of language, Prerequisite: ACCT& 201 with a minimum the relationship between language and grade of C. culture, the study of language variation and of language change. The linguistic database in the course is both historical and cross-cultural. (multicultural content) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
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Anthropology Arabic
ANTH& 210 Indians of North America (5) ANTH& 245 Primatology (5) The basic tenets of communications (Formerly ANTHR-210) An examination of the (Formerly ANTHR-270) Examines the origins including reading, writing, speaking and diversity of cultures among the Indians of and evolutionary trends of primates, from listening are developed in a dynamic North America, this course is an ethnographic modern relationships to growth, development, second language acquisition environment survey of Native American societies before and behavioral adaptations. Course also covers enhanced by technology. European contact and includes discussion of primate ecology and conservation. Uses contemporary issues. (multicultural content) lectures, multimedia, and readings to compare Grammar is used as a communication Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum and contrast the major groups of non-human tool to express meaning as students take grade of C or concurrent enrollment. primates and consider their relationships to part in small group discussions, cultural humans. Course will provide perspective on investigation, and presentation. Authentic ANTH 220 Ethnographies of American Cultures (5) the status of endangered species with whom materials will be focused on in the class (Formerly ANTHR-207) This course focuses we may share a future as well as a past. Field as well as assessment. Students should on the diversity of cultural perspectives within trips included. expect to be immersed in the language. the United States. In-depth examinations of Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum English will be used at a minimum. two or more cultures will include exploring the grade of C or concurrent enrollment. ways in which people from minority cultural Recommended: ANTH& 205 or BIOL& 100. ARAB 121 Arabic I (5) perspectives cope with some of the central The first quarter of the beginning Arabic ideals and expectations of the dominant ANTH 299 Independent Study (1-5) language sequence of 121, 122, and 123. culture. (multicultural content) A variable credit (1-5) course based on (multicultural content) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum independent study contracted between an Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment; and instructor and a student. The independent grade of C or equivalent or instructor completion of one of the following: ANTH& study will provide students an opportunity permission. 100 or ANTH& 206 or ANTH& 207 or ANTH& to pursue an anthropological area of interest 210 or SOC& 101. in depth beyond what regular courses can ARAB 122 Arabic II (5) provide. The emphasis may be field research, ARAB 122 is the second quarter of the ANTH& 237 Human Osteology (5) scholarly research, or a combination. first-year language sequence and continues (Formerly ANTHR-280) An introduction Prerequisite: ANTH& 100 with a minimum to build on the skills acquired in ARAB 121. to the comparative study of human and grade of B+, Instructor permission and a (multicultural content) other mammalian skeletons as used for written contract between the instructor, Prerequisite: ARAB 121 with a minimum grade identification in forensic and biological student and instructional administrator, of C or instructor permission. anthropology. The course explores various describing the nature and method of the methods of identifying human skeletons (from independent study. ARAB 123 Arabic III (5) others) including bone form, age, sex, and ARAB 123 is the third quarter of the first-year state at death. Other topics include dental language sequence and continues to build on analyses, bone formation, and preservation. the skills acquired in ARAB 122. (multicultural Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum content) grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: ARAB 122 with a minimum grade Recommended: ANTH& 205 or BIOL& 100 or of C or instructor permission. BIOL& 175.
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Art
The following courses are designed for students who wish to explore one or more ART 106 Advanced Drawing (5) areas of art. They are beginning studio courses and have no prerequisites. Further development of drawing skills with »» ART 102...... Two-Dimensional Design emphasis on composition, new media, and »» ART 103...... Three-Dimensional Design visual communication concepts. »» ART 105...... Beginning Drawing Performance/skills course. »» ART 131...... Beginning Ceramics Prerequisite: ART 105. »» ART 140...... Beginning Photography ART 110 Beginning Graphic Design (5) »» ART 150...... Beginning Printmaking An introduction to a visual structure concept »» ART 156...... Beginning Painting using two-dimensional design. The beginning »» ART 172...... Beginning Sculpture course will cover composition, color theory, typography and layout. Computer A total of 27 ART credits may be used for distribution credit for the AA degree. technology will be used to explore the use »» 5 ART Studio credits for Humanities of these design elements as required for »» 5 ART History credits for Humanities specific projects with traditional methods »» 5 ART Appreciation credits for multicultural to communicate the practical design form. »» 12 ART lecture or studio credits for Distribution Electives Performance/skills course. An additional 15 ART lecture or studio credits can be used for college-level electives. ART 111 Intermediate Graphic Design (5) Students who are interested in an art-related vocation should initially concentrate on An intermediate course furthering basic design and drawing courses (ART 102, 103, 105). These form the foundation for understanding of visual structure using the advanced art courses offered at TCC. Some of the courses listed in the catalog concepts of two-dimensional design. are offered on a limited basis once a year, every other year, etc. Contact the Art This course will cover intermediate concepts Department for help in planning your program. Students who plan to transfer should in composition, color theory, typography check the requirements of the college or university of their choice. and layout. Computer technology will be used to create design elements as required In painting, drawing and sculpture courses, the human form is a subject of study. The for specific projects with traditional human model, sometimes in the nude, may be incorporated into these studies. Any methods to communicate the design form. student enrolled in one of these courses who may object, for whatever reason, to study Performance/skills course. of the nude model may arrange for optional studies with the instructor of that course. Prerequisite: ART 110 The college reserves the right to temporarily retain for exhibit or photographing any ART 131 Beginning Ceramics (5) student work submitted for credit. Introduction to creating ceramic forms using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. Student will learn the basic forming methods employed in making ceramic forms, and basic glazing and decorating techniques will be ART& 100 Art Appreciation (5) ART 103 Three-Dimensional Design (5) covered. Performance/skills course. (Formerly ART-100) An introduction to Using a series of progressive projects, Recommended: ART 102, ART 103 and understanding and appreciating the visual arts involving wood, wire, and paper, students will ART 105. (fine arts, crafts, architecture, and new media) learn the basic elements and principles of from a global perspective. Designed for design and apply them to three-dimensional ART 132 Intermediate Ceramics I (5) non-art majors. A variety of learning space. Organization of visual design elements An intermediate course creating ceramic approaches include lectures, slides, videos, will be applied to a variety of construction forms using hand-building and wheel-throwing guest artists, field trips, demonstrations, and processes to create aesthetically pleasing techniques. Student will learn the intermediate hands-on participation. (multicultural content) sculptural designs. Performance/skills course. forming methods employed in making ceramic forms, glazing and decorating techniques will ART 102 Two-Dimensional Design (5) ART 105 Beginning Drawing (5) be covered. Performance/skills course. The organization of visual elements (line, Foundation in drawing from observation. Prerequisite: ART 131. Recommended: ART shape, texture, color) as applied in a variety of Emphasis on composition, perspective, and 102, ART 103 and ART 105. two-dimensional design media. Recommend form through various drawing techniques and prior to Graphic Design, Photography, and media. Performance/skills course. Painting classes. Performance/skills course.
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Art
ART 133 Intermediate Ceramics II (5) ART 156 Beginning Painting (5) ART 173 Intermediate Sculpture I (5) Further development of ceramic techniques: Introductory course exploring the principles A diversity of materials and technical hand-built and/or wheel-thrown forming of representational painting, compositional processes to develop the sculptural form, such techniques, more advanced glazing and aesthetics, and painting techniques. Lectures as: assemblage, modeling, carving, casting, decorative techniques. Theory and practice in include introductions to new projects and fabrication, will be examined. Emphasis kiln loading and firing will be covered as part with examples of student work and art will focus on developing conceptual themes. of ART-133. Performance/skills course. historical references. Demonstrations cover Assigned projects will enable students to Prerequisite: ART 132 and ART 102, or ART composition, perspective, color theory, and develop fabrication techniques and to learn the 103, or ART 105. Recommended: ART 102, technique. Performance/skills course. use of materials in the making of sculpture. ART 103 and ART 105. Further experience in sculpture design, ART 157 Intermediate Painting (5) materials, techniques, tools and approaches. ART 146 Beginning Photography (5) Further investigation of painting Performance/skills course. Basic black & white photography. Includes techniques, color theory, composition, and Prerequisite: ART 172. Recommended: 35mm camera operation, film developing, and representational painting from observation ART 102, ART 103 and ART 105. printing. Attention to the creative process from from Art 156, Beginning Painting. Content will the conception of the idea to the completion be explored through a series of assignments ART 174 Intermediate Sculpture II (5) of the image, as well as the aesthetics of which expand on art vocabulary/terminology, Further experience in sculpture design, composition, lighting, and presentation. visual content, and symbolism. Performance/ materials, techniques, tools and approaches. Assigned projects provide ample range for skills course. Performance/skills course. personal expression while being devoted to Prerequisite: ART 156. Prerequisite: ART 173 and Recommended: exploring photographic processes. ART 102, ART 103, and ART 105. A 35mmSLR type film camera is required and ART 158 Advanced Painting (5) students will be required to purchase black and Further investigation of painting techniques, ART 180 Art for Elementary Education (5) white film, photographic printing paper, along color, composition, and representation The course is designed for prospective with additional supplies. Performance/skills painting covered in Art 156/157, Beginning and K-6 educators as a lecture/workshop course. Intermediate Painting. In addition, abstraction structured to provide students an opportunity will be explored through mixed media. to explore materials and techniques suitable ART 147 Introduction to Digital Photography (5) Content will be explored through a for classroom use. Imaginative art experiences This course is designed to introduce students series of assignments which expand on and the nature of creativity are stressed and to the use of digital cameras, and the use of visual concepts, media exploration, and linked to other disciplines. Includes planning computers to create prints of images from self-expression. Performance/skills course. and assessment components directed at art their cameras. Students learn to use digital Prerequisite: ART 157. education. tools and techniques to create and manipulate visual images. Students need a digital ART 161 Life Studies: Figure Drawing (3) ART 199 Gallery Viewing Lab (1) camera, or film camera (35mm or medium Drawing from the posed model, clothed and Recommended as a concurrent enrollment format) capable of being operated in a manual nude. Emphasis is on expressive composition, with any art class, or HUM& 101, 116, 117, exposure mode. Performance/skills course. accurate proportion/foreshortening, and 118. ART 199 supplements these mentioned investigation of a variety of drawing media. courses and is designed as a “viewing lab” ART 150 Beginning Printmaking (5) Performance/skills course. where students can develop their visual Studies in traditional and contemporary vocabulary, sharpen their critical thinking print processes including relief, etching, ART 172 Beginning Sculpture (5) skills, and apply the concepts taught in and lithographic methods. Historical and A diversity of materials and creative processes Art and Humanities classes. Students will contemporary print developments serve as will be explored to develop an expressive visit local galleries and museums, attend or background material for technical application. sculptural form, such as: assemblage, view lectures, and write a series of short Performance/skills course. modeling, carving,and casting. Emphasis will reports. May be taken a total of three times. focus on creativity, developing technical skills Graded S/U. Note: This class is a self-paced ART 151 Advanced Printmaking (5) and conceptual themes. Assigned projects field experience course. Two meetings with Expanding basic procedures learned in ART- will enable students to develop expressive instructor are required: Meeting #1 in the 150 with emphasis on new media, materials, sculptural techniques and to learn the use of first two weeks of the quarter; Meeting #2 at and technique. A continuing study of historical materials and tools in the making of sculpture. mid-quarter. and cultural roles of printmaking with Performance/skills course. Recommended: Concurrent enrollment in attention to individual artistic contributions. Recommended: ART 102, ART 103 and any ART course or in HUM& 101, HUM& 116, Performance/skills course. ART 105. HUM& 117 or HUM& 118. Prerequisite: ART 150.
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Art
ART 201 History of Western Art: Ancient (5) ART 231 Low-fire Ceramics (5) ART 246 Intermediate Photography (5) An introductory survey of Western art’s Students will explore the possibilities available Second quarter of black & white photography foundation and early development. in low-fire ceramics. Traditional forms such as with emphasis on seeing, composition, Art and architecture are covered from Majolica and burnished earthenware will be presentation and advanced techniques. Prehistoric times through the ancient used as well as nontraditional styles. The ART Refinements of camera and metering Middle East, Egyptian, Aegean, Greek, 230 series is taught as a series of ceramic operation, development and printing Etruscan, Roman, Early Christian, and design courses offering experience in both techniques, darkroom manipulation, toning, Byzantine periods. Emphasis is given hand-building and throwing on the wheel coloring and alternative processes. Students to historical and cultural contexts. in a sequence of increasing involvement must have an adjustable 35mm SLR camera Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum and difficulty. Art 231, 232, and 233 are not and must provide film, printing paper and grade of C or equivalent. sequential and may be taken in any order. other supplies. Performance/skills course. Performance/Skills course. Prerequisite: ART 146 or instructor permission. ART 202 History of Western Art: Prerequisite: ART 133 and either ART 102, or Medieval & Renaissance (5) ART 103 or ART 105 or instructor permission. ART 247 Intermediate Digital Photography (5) An introductory survey of Western art from This course will provide students with approximately 400-1600 AD. From the Late ART 232 Surface Embellishment intermediate instruction in the use of digital Antique world’s legacy, painting, sculpture, and Form Alteration (5) and/or film cameras, and the use of computers architecture, and crafts are covered from Course work will concentrate on the alteration to create prints of captured images from their Germanic and Celtic tribes through the of forms and the various techniques for images. Students learn to use digital tools and Carolingians and Medieval Romanesque and surface textures. The student should be techniques to create and manipulate visual Gothic periods, on to Italian and Northern competent in the ability to make basic shapes images. Students need a digital camera or film Renaissance art, and ending with the to use on the techniques assigned. The ART- camera (35mm or medium format) capable of Mannerists. 230 series is taught as a series of ceramic being operated in a manual exposure mode. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum design courses offering experience in both Performance/skills course. grade of C or equivalent. hand-building and throwing on the wheel Prerequisite: ART 147 with a minimum in a sequence of increasing involvement grade of C. ART 203 History of Western Art: and difficulty. Art 231, 232, and 233 are not Baroque through Modern (5) sequential and may be taken in any order. ART 272 Sculpture: Modeling, Moldmaking An overview of the influences on, and Performance/skills course. and Casting (5) development of, Western art, architecture, Prerequisite: ART 133 and either ART 102, Basic experience in direct modeling, and craft from 1600 AD to the present. ART 103 or ART 105 or instructor permission. assemblage and found objects and mold Follows Baroque and Rococo through the construction of these objects. Various French Revolution to the emergence of ART 233 Ceramics Master Study (5) traditional and non-traditional casting mediums Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, In this course, each student will research an will be explored. Developing conceptual Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism. artist or a type or style of ceramics, and from themes for art, as well as learning technical Twentieth-century and later art is studied in that research attempt to make replicas of that skills and processes, will be emphasized. the context of global diversity. work. After the initial series of works, the Performance/skills course. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum student will use the research work to create Prerequisite: ART 174. Recommended: grade of C or equivalent. a new direction using the masterwork as a ART 102, ART 103 and ART 105. starting point. Art 231, 232, and 233 are not ART 210 Color and Design (5) sequential and may be taken in any order. ART 273 Sculpture: Carving of Stone, Wood, Exploration of color theory for advanced Performance/skills course. and Plaster (5) studies in two-dimensional media. Prerequisite: ART 133 and either ART 102, Introduction to power tools, hand tools, Emphasis will be on analysis in regard to ART 103 or ART 105 or instructor permission. techniques, and materials used in the carving color perception, color relationships, and of wood, stone, plaster and cement to create the use of color in historical art works. sculptural forms. Design and craftsmanship Prerequisite: ART 102. will be emphasized. Performance/skills course. Prerequisite: ART 174. Recommended: ART 102, ART 103 and ART 105.
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Art Astronomy
ART 274 Sculpture: Fabrication Techniques ART 297 Folio Preparation (1) Students intending to major in of Wood and Metal (5) Students will prepare a portfolio for application Astronomy at a baccalaureate institution Introduction to building abstract sculptural to a transfer institution. Students will be should work towards an Associate of forms through the use of a variety of advised regarding their selections of samples, Science degree with an Astronomy/ materials, techniques and fabrication revisions and skill areas that need further Physics Specialization. processes. Joinery, assemblage, welding attention. Students will learn to photograph and other processes where materials are samples, mat and frame appropriate pieces, ASTR& 110 The Solar System (5) joined will be covered. Emphasis will focus develop directed projects to improve Study of the structure and composition of on technical skills and developing conceptual the overall quality and finalize a the Solar System. Topics discussed include themes for your projects. Performance/skills professional portfolio. the history of Astronomy, the appearance course. Prerequisite: Students must claim their intent of the nighttime sky, orbital motion, gravity, Prerequisite: ART 174. Recommended: to major in art and must have completed the nature of light, theories of Solar System ART 102, ART 103 and ART 105. two of the three following courses: ART 102, formation, and the characteristics of the ART 103, or ART 105. Instructor permission planets, moons, asteroids, and comets that ART 275 Sculpture: Metal Casting: Iron, required. inhabit the Solar System. Laboratory included. Bronze, and Aluminum (5) Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Emphasis on pattern fabrication, wax ART 299 Special Problems in Art (1-5) grade of C or equivalent and MATH 090 manipulation, model and mold making, These courses are an extension of existing with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. and foundry procedures for casting metals course sequences and are subject to the through piece-molds and the lost-wax same fees as the individual courses within ASTR& 115 Stars, Galaxies and the Cosmos (5) method. Projects will help develop expressive the sequence chosen. All 299 classes require Study of the structure and composition of conceptual themes while examining certain permission of the instructor. the universe including stars and galaxies. technical foundry processes. Performance/ Prerequisite: Prerequisite to registration for Topics discussed include the theories of skills course. any 299 class is the satisfactory completion the formation of stars, galaxies, and the Prerequisite: ART 174. Recommended: of the entire course sequence offered by the universe; the nature of light and telescopes; ART 102, ART 103 and ART 105. department in that particular medium. the characteristics of the Sun; the cycle of star formation, life and death; the types of ART 296 Special Projects in Art (2) stars and galaxies; and the application of This course involves special group efforts physical principles to making astronomical which grow out of departmental need or measurements. Laboratory included. artistic opportunity. The course will be offered Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum as each art project is identified. The number grade of C or equivalent and MATH 090 of participants would be limited by the with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. nature of the project, and involvement would be subject to the applicant’s background coursework and the instructor’s approval. Performance/skills course. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
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Biology
Students seeking courses for general BIOL 125 Biology in the Field (5) BIOL& 175 Human Biology w/Lab (5) interest or natural sciences distribution An intensive introductory course covering the (Formerly BIOL-118) This course is a one- requirements should consider the fundamental principles governing biological quarter class of human anatomy and following non-major courses: BIOL& 100, assemblages from the species level to physiology. This course offers a brief overview BIOL 105, BIOL 125, BIOL 140, BIOL& communities, as exemplified by the different of the human body for the non-science major. 160, BIOL& 175, BOT 101, ENVS& 101, ecosystems found in the Pacific Northwest. It covers some basics of chemistry and cells ENVS 179, NUTR& 101 or SCI 105. Laboratory activities include learning select and then outlines all the major systems of the biological field methods. Extended field trip(s) human body. Laboratory included. Students interested in majoring in required; exact itinerary varies quarterly. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum biology or related disciplines should work Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent; and either MATH toward either an Associate of Science grade of C; and either MATH 090 with a 090 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent degree with a Biology Specialization or minimum grade of C or MATH 093 with or MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C or an Associate in Biology. An academic a minimum grade of C; or equivalent equivalent or BUS 110 with a minimum grade advisor should be consulted to determine assessment in these areas. of C or equivalent. the appropriate courses for your degree BIOL 140 Marine Biology (5) BIOL 179 Special Topics in Biology (2) goal. Introductory marine biology designed for This topic course will explore one varying topic BIOL& 100 Survey of Biology (5) non-majors. Learn how marine organisms are in biology. The specific biological topic will be categorized, about their habitats, how they explored using a variety of methods which An introduction to biological principles. Topics survive, their ecological relationships, and may include lectures, discussions, seminars, include: scientific method; scientific literacy; environmental concerns. Laboratories and research projects, field work, laboratory work, basic cellular anatomy and biochemical field trips included. or all-day to overnight field trips. Example topics processes; evolution and genetics; diversity Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum include: genetics, conservation biology, the of life; and ecology and environmental issues. grade of C and completion of MATH 090 or history of life, or other current topics in biology. Laboratory included. MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C or Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum equivalent assessment in these areas. of C or equivalent; and either MATH 090 with grade of C; and either MATH 090 with a a minimum grade of C or equivalent or MATH minimum grade of C or MATH 093 with BIOL& 160 General Cell Biology (5) 093 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. a minimum grade of C; or equivalent (Formerly BIOL-111) An introductory cell assessment in these areas. biology course for students preparing for BIOL& 221 Introduction to Evolution, Ecology BIOL 105 Fossils and the History of Life (5) health professions. Major concepts of cell and Biodiversity (5) biology will be introduced, including the (Formerly BIOL 210) Introduction to the Introduction to the geological and biological chemistry of life, the structure, reproduction, evolutionary and ecological processes involved processes and events that generated the and metabolism of cells, genetics, and in the generation of our planet’s biodiversity, amazing record of life on earth. Topics include evolutionary biology. Lab included. including review of patterns and processes plate tectonics, rocks, fossilization processes, Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade that influence the origin, evolution, distribution principles of evolution, and a survey of the of C and completion of MATH 090 or MATH and abundance of living things. First of a history of life. Lab includes studying rock and 093 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent three-quarter sequence (BIOL&-221, 222, fossil specimens and involves field trips. This assessment in these areas. 223) designed for science majors. Laboratory course is the same as GEOL-108. Students included. may receive credit for either BIOL-105 or Prerequisite: CHEM& 161 with a minimum GEOL-108, but not both. grade of C (may be taken concurrently) and Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum BIOL& 160 with a minimum grade of C. grade of C and completion of MATH 090 or MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent assessment in these areas.
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Biology
BIOL& 222 Introduction to Cellular BIOL 243 Current Advances in Human Anatomy BIOL 294 Biology Research (1) and Molecular Biology (5) and Physiology (5) Students will work as part of a research team (Formerly BIOL-211) Introduction to the An optional third quarter of human anatomy on a specific research project for the quarter. structures and functions of biological and physiology. This class will examine human The course will involve either laboratory molecules; anatomy of prokaryotic and biology through the in-depth exploration of or field study depending on the project, eukaryotic cells; cell metabolism and selected disease processes and the analysis evaluation of primary research papers relevant metabolic diversity; molecular genetics and of current scientific advances related to to the project, and presentation of project genomics. Laboratory included. their diagnosis and treatment. Students will results. Prerequisite: CHEM& 161 with a minimum review the major organ systems and examine Prerequisite: BIOL& 221 with a minimum grade of C and BIOL& 221 with a minimum homeostatic feedback loops, anatomical grade of C or equivalent; or BIOL& 222 with a grade of C. and physiological relationships between minimum grade of C or equivalent; or BIOL& the different systems, and the relationship 242 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent; BIOL& 223 Introduction to the Biology of between anatomy and physiology in selected or BIOL& 260 with a minimum grade of C or Organisms (5) body structures from an evidence-based equivalent. (Formerly BIOL-212) Introduction to the perspective. Laboratory sessions include structures and functions of eukaryotic histology, study of anatomy using models organisms with particular attention to and the human cadaver, and physiology animal and plant anatomy, physiology, and experiments. development. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: BIOL& 242 with a minimum Prerequisite: BIOL& 222 with a minimum grade of C or BIOL& 223 with a minimum grade of C and CHEM& 162 with a minimum grade of C. grade of C. BIOL& 260 General Microbiology (5) BIOL& 241 Human Anatomy & Physiology 1 (5) (Formerly BIOL-201) An introduction (Formerly BIOL-220) The first quarter of a to the study of microbiology including standard two quarter sequence in human microbial structures, metabolism, genetics, anatomy and physiology. The course reviews classification, pathogenesis, and host defense. basic molecular and cell biology. New material The emphasis is on human bacterial and viral covers histology, the integumentary system, pathogens. Laboratory included. the skeletal system, the muscular system, Prerequisite: BIOL& 222 with a minimum the nervous system and the special senses. grade of C; or both CHEM& 121 with a Laboratory sessions include the study of minimum grade of C and BIOL& 160 with microscopy, histology, anatomical models, a minimum grade of C. Recommended preserved bones and human cadavers. Preparation: CHEM& 131. Prerequisite: BIOL& 160 with a minimum grade of C and CHEM& 110 with a minimum BIOL 280 Human Cadaver Prosection (2) grade of C. (Formerly BIOL-260) This is a two-credit laboratory dissection course. Students will BIOL& 242 Human Anatomy & Physiology 2 (5) dissect a human cadaver to include removal (Formerly BIOL-221) The second quarter of of skin and superficial fascia, isolation of a standard two quarter sequence in human selected muscles, and opening of thoracic anatomy and physiology. The course will and abdomino-pelvic cavities. Students will examine the endocrine system, blood, the also participate in the annual Surgical cardiovascular system, the lymphatic system, Demonstration event and present selected the immune system, the respiratory system, surgical procedures to the public. the digestive system, the urinary system, and Prerequisite: BIOL& 241 with a minimum the reproductive system. Laboratory sessions grade of C and instructor recommendation; include the study of histology, anatomical and instructor permission. models, and the human cadaver. Prerequisite: BIOL& 241 with a minimum grade of C.
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Botany Business
BOT 101 General Botany (5) BUS& 101 Introduction to Business (5) BUS 145 Retail Management (5) Presents basic concepts of plant biology (Formerly BUS-101) For both business This course examines types of retailers; to non-science majors including plant and non-business majors. Dynamics and multi-channel retailing; customer buying characteristics, biodiversity, growth, competitive business world are explored behavior; retail market strategy; retail reproduction, and ecology. Students discuss through the study of topics including locations and site selection; human resource current topics in agriculture, horticulture, economic systems, forms of business management; information systems and supply medicine, ethnobotany, biotechnology, ownership, social responsibility and ethics, chain management; customer relationship ecology, conservation, and environmental entrepreneurship, marketing, management, management; retail communication mixes; issues. Labs include lab experiments, organizational design, finance, banking, and store management, layout, design, and visual greenhouse projects, field trips, and habitat securities markets. merchandising; and, customer service. restoration work in the TCC Nature Area. Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 or Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 or Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission. ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission. grade of C or equivalent; and either MATH 090 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent BUS 102 Customer Service (2) BUS 150 Global Business (5) or MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C or Students will learn the skills necessary to This course examines international business equivalent. provide quality customer service of the topics including globalization and the 21st century in any workplace environment. outsourcing of jobs; differences in cultures BOT 179 Special Topics in Botany (2) The course will focus on improving verbal, and political, economic, legal, and social This course will explore various topics in plant non-verbal and listening skills; adopting a systems; international ethics; the international biology using a variety of methods, including positive attitude; using effective techniques monetary system; multinational corporations; seminars, laboratory experiments, lectures, for handling difficult customers; recognizing methods of entering offshore markets; global research projects, presentations, field work, ethical behavior and decisions; practicing production, logistics and marketing; and and all-day or overnight field trips depending professional communication etiquette and international trade organizations. (multicultural on the quarter offered. Topics will vary by understanding the multicultural aspects of content) (writing intensive) quarter. A course may include topics such as customer service in the global marketplace. Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 or ethnobotany, plant taxonomy, etc. ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum BUS 110 Business Math (5) grade of C or equivalent; and either MATH This course is a review of mathematical BUS 160 Small Business Entrepreneurship (5) 090 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent computations using fractions, decimals, A practical course concentrating on or MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C or percentages, and proportions as well as successfully launching and managing a small equivalent. introductory algebra. The focus is on their business, achieving optimum benefits from application to personal finance and business limited resources, planning for growth and situations with the emphasis on decision- succession, and developing skills, qualities, making and problem-solving. Topics may and traits that complement entrepreneurial include credit cards, bank reconciliation, behavior. Students will write a business plan foreign currency exchange, discounts, taxes, that supports their future entrepreneurial payroll, installment buying, mortgages, efforts. depreciation and interest. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Prerequisite: MATH 085 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent or instructor grade of C. permission. Recommended preparation: knowledge of CU 100 and HD 101. BUS 140 Marketing and Business Development (5) BUS 163 Management Principles Examines marketing fundamentals and their and Organizational Systems (5) impact on business and society. Students Basic theory and common terms of will study the concepts of consumer needs, management. Course examines what demand management, customer behavior, management is, who managers are, what strategies in product development, promotion, they do, how they differ from non-managers, advertising, sales and distribution systems. and how management contributes to an Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 or organization’s success. ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission. Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 or ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission.
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Business Chemistry
BUS 164 Leadership and Human Relations (5) BUS 256 Statistical Analysis (5) Students seeking courses for general Applies human relations skills to the work Statistical techniques to be used in guiding interest and degree distribution world. Focuses on interpersonal leadership business decisions. Introduction to descriptive requirements should consider the skills that can maximize cooperation, flexibility, techniques, probability, estimation, hypothesis following non-major courses: CHEM& sensitivity and teamwork among workers. testing, regression, correlation and related 110, 121, and 131. These courses are also Students examine how attitudes, values, concepts. appropriate for students working toward needs and communication styles affect Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum Allied Health careers. relationships at work. Small-group projects grade of C or equivalent. will practice leadership skills and evaluate Students pursuing a major in the individual interpersonal competence. BUS 257 Social Media for Business (3) sciences, engineering, or some medical Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 or This course is designed to provide students fields should select courses from ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission. with foundational skills to use social media CHEM& 161, 162, 163, 261, 262, and tools and strategies so that they cam 263. An academic advisor should be BUS 165 Human Resource Management (3) immediately apply them in the workplace. consulted to determine the appropriate Explores how organizations obtain, retain, Prerequisite: CU 105 with a minimum courses for your degree goal. Students and effectively utilize human resources. grade of C or Program Chair permission. Topics include workplace diversity, forming Recommended: CU 101. intending to major in Chemistry at a quality work teams, equal opportunity, work baccalaureate institution should work analysis, staffing, training and development, BUS 280 Career Readiness Skills (2) toward an Associate of Science degree performance appraisals, compensation, This course covers employment search with a Chemistry Specialization. union/management relations, and grievance skills and the employee skills needed to be procedures. successful on the job. It is recommended CHEM& 110 Chemical Concepts w/lab (5) (Formerly CHEM-100) Survey of the Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 or preparation for internships: ACCT-290, BUS- fundamental principles of Chemistry. Includes ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission. 290, and IT-290. the study of the metric system, atomic theory, BUS& 201 Business Law (5) BUS 290 Work Internship (5) bonding, properties of matter, reactions, (Formerly BUS-200) An introduction to the During one quarter of the sophomore year, nomenclature, and applications of chemistry American legal system and the functions of students may receive college credits for to everyday life. Laboratory included. law in a business environment; legal reasoning hands-on work experience and training in Prerequisite: MATH 095 or higher with and the process of resolving disputes in a private - or public - sector organization. a minimum grade of C (may be taken society; a preliminary analysis of contractual Prerequisite: Program Chair permission. concurrently) or TMATH 100 with a minimum arrangements and business association in BUS 295 Entrepreneurial and Innovative grade of C (may be taken concurrently). the business community. Mindset (5) CHEM& 121 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry (5) BUS 232 Introduction to Project Management (5) This course is for students who want to learn (Formerly CHEM-101) (For non-science and This course will introduce students to the more about innovation, entrepreneurship and non-engineering majors.) Course includes the fundamentals of project management launching a venture. The class will introduce study of the metric system, atomic theory, including understanding a project’s life cycle, the principles of an entrepreneurial mindset. bonding, quantitative relationships, solutions, setting priorities and expectations, controlling The characteristics of the entrepreneurial gases, acids and bases, salts, and nuclear expenses and reporting results. Students mindset will be dissected and applied to chemistry. Laboratory included. will examine the various roles, environments the student’s own entrepreneurial potential. Prerequisite: CHEM& 110 with a minimum and techniques of planning, evaluation, and Additionally, students will examine needed grade of C or high school chemistry; and either control. technical skills including business, finance, MATH 095 or higher with a minimum grade Prerequisite: CU 105 with a minimum grade of marketing, legal issues, and social media. of C (may be taken concurrently) or TMATH C or equivalent. Recommended: CU 100 with This course is the same as SOC 295. 100 with a minimum grade of C (may be taken a minimum grade of C or equivalent. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. concurrently). BUS 299 Independent Study (1) Study on an individual basis. Prerequisite: Program Chair permission.
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Chemistry Chinese
CHEM& 131 Introduction to CHEM& 261 Organic Chemistry w/Lab I (5) The basic tenets of communications Organic/Biochemistry (5) (Formerly CHEM-231) Organic chemistry including reading, writing, speaking and (Formerly CHEM-102) (For non-science for science majors. Study of the application listening are developed in a dynamic majors.) Study of the structure, properties, of general chemical principles to organic second language acquisition environment and reactions of organic and biological compounds. Topics include: structure, orbital enhanced by technology. compounds. Includes an introduction to theory, isomerism, nomenclature, resonance, biochemical processes. Laboratory included. and chirality; substitution and elimination Grammar is used as a communication Prerequisite: CHEM& 121 with a minimum reactions; introduction to IR spectroscopy. tool to express meaning as students take grade of C. Laboratory included. part in small group discussions, cultural Prerequisite: CHEM& 163 with a minimum investigation, and presentation. Authentic CHEM& 161 General Chemistry w/Lab I (5) grade of C. materials will be focused on in the class (Formerly CHEM-140) This is the first quarter as well assessment. Students should of college-level freshman chemistry. It covers CHEM& 262 Organic Chemistry w/Lab II (5) expect to be immersed in the language. measurements, the structure of matter, (Formerly CHEM-232) Organic chemistry for English will be used at a minimum. compounds, stoichiometry, classes of science majors. Topics include: structure, chemical reactions, gases, thermochemistry, properties and reactions of alkenes, alkynes, CHIN& 121 Chinese I (5) and the quantum mechanical model of alcohols, radicals, and aromatic compounds; The first year of the beginning Chinese hydrogen. Laboratory included. introduction to NMR, UV/VIS, and mass language sequence consists of 121, 122, and Prerequisite: CHEM& 121 with a minimum spectroscopy. Laboratory included. 123. CHIN& 121 is the first quarter of the grade of C or high school chemistry, and Prerequisite: CHEM& 261 with a minimum sequence. (multicultural content) either MATH& 141 with a minimum grade of grade of C. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum C (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 147 CHEM& 263 Organic Chemistry w/Lab III (5) grade of C or equivalent or instructor with a minimum grade of C (may be taken permission. concurrently). (Formerly CHEM-233) Organic chemistry for science majors. Topics include: structure, CHIN& 122 Chinese II (5) CHEM& 162 General Chemistry w/Lab II (5) properties and reactions of aldehydes, CHIN& 122 is the second quarter of the (Formerly CHEM-150) This is the second ketones, amines, and carboxylic acids and first-year language sequence and continues quarter of college-level freshman chemistry. their derivatives; introduction to biological to build on the skills acquired in CHIN& 121. It covers electronic structure, bonding molecules and biochemical processes. (multicultural content) and bonding theories, molecular shapes, Laboratory included. Prerequisite: CHIN& 121 with a minimum intermolecular forces, solids, liquids, solutions, Prerequisite: CHEM& 262 with a minimum grade of C or instructor permission. and chemical equilibrium. Laboratory included. grade of C. Prerequisite: CHEM& 161 with a minimum CHIN& 123 Chinese III (5) grade of C. CHIN& 123 is the third quarter of the first-year language sequence and continues to build on CHEM& 163 General Chemistry w/Lab III (5) the skills acquired in CHIN& 122. (multicultural (Formerly CHEM-160) This is the third content) quarter of college-level freshman chemistry. Prerequisite: CHIN& 122 with a minimum It covers chemical kinetics, equilibrium, grade of C or instructor permission. acids and bases, solubility, complex ions, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: CHEM& 162 with a minimum grade of C.
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Communication Studies Computer Science
CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication (5) CMST& 210 Interpersonal Communication (5) Tacoma Community College offers (Formerly SPCH-100) A survey of This course focuses on aspects of a wide range of courses involving fundamental principles of communication interpersonal communication in relationships computer applications. The courses theory. Students are introduced to verbal that include philosophical, theoretical, and listed below are designed to satisfy and nonverbal communication, effective applied exploration of self-concept, perception, computer programming requirements listening, interpersonal communication, emotions, language, nonverbal cues, listening, for engineering and science majors. small group discussion as well as culture and and conflict. Students intending to major in Computer gender factors in communication. Written Science at a baccalaureate institution assignments, examinations and informal oral CMST& 220 Public Speaking (5) should work toward an Associate of presentations are included. (Formerly SPCH-101) An introduction to the preparation and delivery of oral presentations Science degree with a Computer Science CMST 110 Multicultural Communication (5) in an extemporaneous style. Emphasis is Specialization. (Formerly SPCH-110) A survey of how culture on ethical research, critical, logical analysis, Students interested in introductory shapes the communication interaction. organization of informative and persuasive computer courses or business Emphasis is on the role of world views, presentations. applications should see courses listed how culture affects the development of Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum value systems, interpersonal relationships, grade of C (may be taken concurrently). under Computer User. workplace and educational expectations. CS 142 Java Programming for Engineers (multicultural content) and Scientists I (5) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Using the Java programming language, grade of C (may be taken concurrently). students learn general principles of object- CMST 120 The Process of Public Speaking (2) oriented programming, including how to An introduction to the preparation of and design, implement, document, test, and process required to develop and deliver oral debug computer programs. Topics include presentations. This course does NOT require classes, objects, messages, expressions, oral presentations. Rather, focus includes decision structures, iteration, arrays, the rhetorical situation, topic development, collections, events, and interfaces. understanding an audience, appropriate Prerequisite: MATH& 141 with a minimum research, understanding speech types, grade of C or equivalent. appropriate organization, the outlining process, CS 143 Java Programming for Engineers and ethical considerations. and Scientists II (5) CMST 179 Special Topics in Communication (2) An intermediate programming course, using These are seminars designed to provide Java. Topics will include classes, interfaces, communication studies students with the inheritance, polymorphism, exception opportunity to explore, research, and study handling, recursion, data structures, and an selected topics and/or contemporary issues introduction to performance analysis and related to communication, public speaking, implementation trade-offs. and the media. Faculty will generally Prerequisite: CS 142 with a minimum grade determine material covered; however, material of C. may also reflect the expressed need or interest of students in communication studies courses. Prerequisite: CMST& 101 with a minimum grade of C or CMST 110 with a minimum grade of C or CMST& 220 with a minimum grade of C.
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Computer User
Tacoma Community College offers CU 101 Web-Enabled Learning and CU 105 Word I & Excel I (5) computer courses for students at all Communication (2) Introduction to using Microsoft Office Suite. levels of skill. Introduction to web-enabled learning and Emphasizes MOUS core level competencies communication. Student will receive guidance in Word, Excel and IC3 applications. CU 091, CU 100 and CU 101 are in how to effectively navigate and use online Prerequisite: Knowledge of Microsoft introductory courses designed for TCC resources; Angel, Portal, Outlook Web Windows operating system required or students who are new to computers Access. Emphasis on virtual communication, Program Chair permission. and online learning or for those needing security concerns, Internet search Recommended: CU 100, MATH 075 and to update or refresh their skills. CU 102 effectiveness, and ethical behaviors for virtual READ 095 or ENGL/ 095. and CU 103 cover introductory levels learning communities. of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, Prerequisite: Knowledge of Microsoft CU 108 Outlook (2) respectively. Students can opt to take Windows operating system required or Beginning Outlook. Course includes coverage of the software’s following features: e-mail, both Microsoft Word and Miscrosoft Program Chair permission. Recommended: contacts, calendar, and scheduling. Excel in one class, CU 105. CU 202 CU 100. Prerequisite: CU 105 with a minimum grade of and CU 203 cover advanced levels of CU 102 Word I (2) C or equivalent or Program Chair permission. Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, Beginning Word Processing class using respectively. CU 110 and CU 210 cover Microsoft Word. Emphasizes MOUS “Core CU 110 Access I (2) introductory and advanced levels of Level” competencies and IC3 applications. Beginning database class using Microsoft Microsoft Access. CU 104 covers Prerequisite: Knowledge of Microsoft Access. Emphasizes MOUS core level Microsoft PowerPoint and CU 108 covers Windows operating system required or competencies. Microsoft Outlook. Program Chair permission. Recommended Prerequisite: CU 103 with a minimum grade preparation: CU 100 and ENGL/ 095 or of C or CU 105 with a minimum grade of C CU 091 Introduction To The Keyboard (2) equivalent and HD 101. or equivalent or Program Chair permission. Learn to use the computer keyboard by touch and begin to develop accuracy and speed. CU 103 Excel I (3) CU 202 Word II (3) Advanced Word processing class using Recommended preparation: ENGL/ 085 Beginning spreadsheets class using Microsoft Microsoft Word. Emphasizes MOUS expert or equivalent. Excel. Emphasizes MOUS core level competencies and IC3 applications. level competencies. CU 100 Introduction to Practical Computing (2) Prerequisite: Knowledge of Microsoft Prerequisite: CU 102 with a minimum grade To provide individuals with an opportunity to Windows operating system required or of C or CU 105 with a minimum grade of C cultivate the computer usage skills necessary Program Chair permission. Recommended: or equivalent or Program Chair permission. to become confident, successful students. CU 100, MARC 075, READ 095 or ENGL/ 095, CU 203 Excel II (3) This course is an introduction to computer and HD 101. Advanced spreadsheet class using Microsoft usage skills using the most current Microsoft Excel. Emphasizes MOUS expert level Windows operating system. Topics include: CU 104 PowerPoint (1) competencies. developing computer literacy, navigation, Introduction to electronic presentations organization, printing, file location and using Microsoft Power Point. Emphasizes Prerequisite: CU 103 with a minimum grade management, accessing help. MOUS “Core Level” competencies and IC3 of C or CU 105 with a minimum grade of C or Program Chair permission. Recommended: READ 095 or ENGL/ 095 applications. and HD 101. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Microsoft CU 210 Access II (3) Windows operating system required or Intermediate to advanced database skills Program Chair permission. Recommended: using Microsoft Access. Emphasizes data CU 101, READ 095 or ENGL/ 095, and HD 101. import and export features, data access pages, advanced queries, tables, reports and forms. Includes creating macros and modules, managing database objects and managing databases. Prerequisite: CU 110 with a minimum grade of C or Program Chair permission.
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Diagnostic Medical Sonography
DMS 101 Sonography Lab I (2) DMS 105 Ultrasound Cross-Sectional DMS 111 Pathophysiology II (3) This course is designed to develop the Anatomy (5) As the second course in sonographic foundations of sonography by introducing This course explores the human body in pathophysiology, students will further advance students to sonographic equipment, exams the common sonographic directional planes their understanding of investigating disease and patient care techniques. Student will also and other imaging modalities. Activities will processes while focusing on superficial begin to learn how to apply critical thinking, emphasize the use of directional, anatomic structures. Critical thinking, problem solving communication and problem solving skills in and sonographic terminology, anatomic and independent decision making will be the healthcare setting. Activities will emphasize relationships, directional correlation with emphasized. the use of terminology, patient care practices, transducer position and image optimization. Prerequisite: DMS 110 with a minimum scanning techniques and image optimization The lab portion of this course focuses on grade of C or Program Chair approval. while focusing on abdominal structures. three-dimensional anatomic relationships. Prerequisite: Acceptance into DMS program Prerequisite: Acceptance into DMS program DMS 120 Abdominal Sonography (3) or Program Chair approval; ENGL& 101 with or Program Chair approval; ENGL& 101 with This course focuses on the anatomy, a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL& 102 with a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL& 102 with physiology and sonographic appearance of a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL 103 with a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL 103 with abdominal organs and structures. Students a minimum grade of C+; MATH& 141 with a minimum grade of C+; MATH& 141 with will be introduced to the fundamentals of a minimum grade of C+; CMST& 101 with a minimum grade of C+; CMST& 101 with abdominal sonographic terminology, image a minimum grade of C+ or CMST 110 with a minimum grade of C+ or CMST 110 with identification and optimization in addition to a minimum grade of C+ or CMST& 220 a minimum grade of C+ or CMST& 220 lab values and clinical findings. with a minimum grade of C+; PHYS& 115 with a minimum grade of C+; PHYS& 115 Prerequisite: Acceptance into DMS program with a minimum grade of C+ or PHYS& 116 with a minimum grade of C+ or PHYS& 116 or Program Chair approval. ENGL& 101 with with a minimum grade of C+; HIT 130 with with a minimum grade of C+; HIT 130 with a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL& 102 with a minimum grade of C+; BIOL& 241 with a a minimum grade of C+; BIOL& 241 with a a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL 103 with minimum grade of C+ and BIOL& 242 with minimum grade of C+ and BIOL& 242 with a minimum grade of C+; MATH& 141 with a minimum grade of C+. a minimum grade of C+. a minimum grade of C+; CMST& 101 with a minimum grade of C+ or CMST 110 with DMS 102 Sonography Lab II (3) DMS 110 Pathophysiology I (3) a minimum grade of C+ or CMST& 220 This course builds on the scanning This course introduces students to the with a minimum grade of C+; PHYS& 115 fundamentals developed in DMS 101 with an fundamentals of investigating disease with a minimum grade of C+ or PHYS& 116 emphasis on advanced scanning techniques processes by evaluating high risk populations, with a minimum grade of C+; HIT 130 with and patient care practices. Activities will focus associating clinical indications, identifying a minimum grade of C+; BIOL& 241 with a on relating clinical and pathologic information, pathologic features in sonographic images and minimum grade of C+ and BIOL& 242 with effective verbal/written communication communicating exam findings to healthcare a minimum grade of C+. methods and caring for high needs patients team members. Activities emphasize the use while evaluating superficial, gynecologic and of terminology, problems solving and image DMS 121 Small Parts and Superficial obstetric structures. recognition related to abdominal structures. Structures Sonography (3) Prerequisite: DMS 101 with a minimum Prerequisite: Acceptance into DMS program This course focuses on the anatomy, grade of C or Program Chair approval. or Program Chair approval; ENGL& 101 with physiology and sonographic appearance of a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL& 102 with superficial organs and structures. Terminology, DMS 103 Sonography Lab III (2) a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL 103 with imaging considerations, optimization As the last course in the scanning laboratory a minimum grade of C+; MATH& 141 with techniques and patient care requirements series, students will practice independence a minimum grade of C+; CMST& 101 with a specific to superficial structures will also be while performing exams, critically evaluating minimum grade of C+ or CMST 110 with a covered. clinical situations and exploring their role in minimum grade of C+ or CMST& 220 with Prerequisite: DMS 120 with a minimum the clinical setting. Activities will emphasize a minimum grade of C+; PHYS& 115 with a grade of C or Program Chair approval. autonomy, independent decision making, minimum grade of C+ or PHYS& 116; HIT 130 professional behavior and timeliness. with a minimum grade of C+; BIOL& 241 with Prerequisite: DMS 102 with a minimum a minimum grade of C+ and BIOL& 242 with grade of C or Program Chair approval. a minimum grade of C+.
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Diagnostic Medical Sonography
DMS 122 Gynecology and Obstetrics I (3) DMS 125 Advanced Sonography (2) DMS 140 Patient Care and Scope of Practice (2) This course focuses on the anatomy, This course is designed to further develop This course further develops patient care physiology and sonographic appearance of student’s critical thinking skills related to skills and defines a sonographer’s role in the gynecologic and first trimester obstetric integrating clinical, imaging and pathologic healthcare team. Students learn to perform a structures. Clinical indications, imaging information in preparation for their clinical basic patient assessment, predict and respond considerations and patient care requirements internships. Case studies and scenarios will to barriers in patient care, provide support specific to OB/GYN patients will also be be used to refine student’s problem solving, during invasive procedures and alternative covered. Students will learn the pathologic reasoning, and independent decision making patient positioning techniques. processes associated with first trimester skills. Prerequisite: Program Chair approval; obstetrics and gain skills related to identifying Prerequisite: DMS 120 with a minimum grade DMS 102 with a minimum grade of C. and documenting abnormalities. of C and DMS 121 with a minimum grade of C Prerequisite: DMS 120 with a minimum and DMS 122 with a minimum grade of C or DMS 150 Introduction to Clinicals (2) grade of C or Program Chair approval. Program Chair approval. (Formerly known as DMS 150 Introduction to Clinical I) This course is designed to transition DMS 123 Gynecology And Obstetrics II (5) DMS 130 Ultrasound Physics and students from the academic setting into the This is the second course in a two part OB/ Instrumentation I (3) clinical setting. Students will develop skills GYN series that focuses on the anatomy, This is the first of two courses focusing on related to interacting with clinical instructors, physiology and sonographic appearance of the mastery of sonographic physics principals. explore their role as a student in the clinical the developing pregnancy and the post- Basic wave terminology, sound and media setting and develop strategies to take partum pelvis. Clinical indications, imaging interactions and system functions will be advantage of educational opportunities in the considerations and patient care requirements covered. Students will also begin creating healthcare setting. specific to late term and post-partum patients a personalized study guide to utilize when Prerequisite: DMS 102 with a minimum will be covered and students will also learn preparing for their first national registry exam. grade of C or Program Chair approval. the current methods for distinguishing and Prerequisite: Acceptance into DMS program documenting pathologic conditions. or Program Chair approval. ENGL& 101 with DMS 151 Ultrasound Clinical I (13) Prerequisite: DMS 122 with a minimum a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL& 102 with (Formerly known as DMS 151 Ultrasound grade of C or Program Chair approval. a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL 103 with Clinical II) This course is the first of a four a minimum grade of C+; MATH& 141 with quarter clinical internship designed to take DMS 124 Introduction to Vascular Sonography (3) a minimum grade of C+; CMST& 101 with students from scanning in the classroom This course is an introduction to vascular a minimum grade of C+ or CMST 110 with to integrating themselves into an imaging sonography and combines material from a minimum grade of C+ or CMST& 220 department. Under the guidance of clinical the physics, superficial pathology and cross with a minimum grade of C+; PHYS& 115 instructors, students will apply their sectional anatomy courses. Students will with a minimum grade of C+ or PHYS& 116 fundamental scanning, patient care and clinical also apply general sonographic scanning and with a minimum grade of C+; HIT 130 with skills while performing a supportive role in the patient care techniques to vascular patients and a minimum grade of C+; BIOL& 241 with a imaging department. broaden their understanding of cardiovascular minimum grade of C+ and BIOL& 242 with Prerequisite: DMS 150 with a minimum pathologic processes and the effect on the a minimum grade of C+. grade of C or Program Chair approval. body. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the DMS DMS 131 Ultrasound Physics and DMS 160 Clinical Seminar I (2) program; Program Chair Approval; DMS Instrumentation II (3) In this course, students will reflect on their 102 with a minimum grade of C; DMS 111 This is the second of two courses focusing role in the clinical setting and educate with a minimum grade of C; DMS 121 with in the mastery of sonographic physics their peers based on their own learning a minimum grade of C; DMS 122 with principals. Advanced theory will be covered experiences. Presentations and discussions a minimum grade of C; DMS 131 with a including Doppler, harmonic imaging and pulse will be centered on identifying barriers to minimum grade of C. phasing techniques. Quality assurance and learning, strategies to maximize educational hemodynamics will also be covered. Students opportunities and discussing applications will complete their study guides and prepare of their didactic knowledge in the clinical to sit for their first national registry exam, setting. Students will also begin to plan a the Scientific Principals and Instrumentation continuing education seminar for the benefit exam. of community sonographers. Prerequisite: DMS 130 with a minimum Prerequisite: Acceptance into DMS program grade of C or Program Chair approval. or Program Director approval.
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Diagnostic Medical Sonography
DMS 175 DMS Orientation (2) DMS 252 Ultrasound Clinical IV (13) DMS 270 Sonography Registry Review (2) This course familiarizes students with their (Formerly known as DMS 252 Ultrasound This course prepares students to sit for instructors, classroom and provides a detailed Clinical V) As the last quarter of the clinical national registry exams required by the overview of the expectations within the internship, students will focusing on mastery American Registry of Diagnostic Medical laboratory and clinical settings. Students will of advanced scanning, patient care and Sonographers. Testing strategies, study guide also complete basic healthcare certifications communication techniques. Students will development and mock exams will be used and instructions on how to maintain their fully integrate themselves into the imaging to prepare students for the Abdominal and online immunization records. department by independently performing Obstetric/Gynecology specialties. Prerequisite: Acceptance into DMS program sonographic examinations, autonomously Prerequisite: DMS 251 with a minimum or Program Chair approval. ENGL& 101 with responding to high needs patients and grade of C or Program Chair approval. a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL& 102 with functioning as entry level sonographer under a minimum grade of C+ or ENGL 103 with the observation and assistance of clinical DMS 299 Clinical Independent Study (3-13) a minimum grade of C+; MATH& 141 with instructors. This supplementary clinical course allows a minimum grade of C+; CMST& 101 with Prerequisite: DMS 251 with a minimum students to continue their skill development in a minimum grade of C+ or CMST 110 with grade of C or Program Chair approval. the clinical setting. a minimum grade of C+ or CMST& 220 Prerequisite: DMS 151 with a minimum grade with a minimum grade of C+; PHYS& 115 DMS 260 Ultrasound Seminar and Critique II (2) of C and all DMS didactic and lab coursework with a minimum grade of C+ or PHYS& 116 In this course, students will reflect on their with a minimum grade of C. with a minimum grade of C+; HIT 130 with role in the clinical setting and educate a minimum grade of C+; BIOL& 241 with a their peers based on their own learning minimum grade of C+ and BIOL& 242 with experiences. Presentations and discussions a minimum grade of C+. will be centered on analyzing barriers to learning and developing skills on how to DMS 250 Ultrasound Clinical II (13) overcome them, strategies to maximize (Formerly known as DMS 251 Ultrasound educational opportunities and application of Clinical III) As the second quarter in the four didactic knowledge in the clinical setting. quarter long clinical internship, students will Students will continue to plan a continuing further their scanning, pathologic identification education seminar for the benefit of and basic patient care skills. Students will be community sonographers. performing partial sonographic examinations Prerequisite: DMS 151 with a minimum under the supervision of clinical instructors grade of C and DMS 160 with a minimum and refine their communication skills with grade of C. patients, families and healthcare workers. Prerequisite: DMS 151 with a minimum DMS 261 Ultrasound Seminar and Critique III (2) grade of C and DMS 160 with a minimum In this course, students will reflect on their grade of C. role in the clinical setting and educate their peers based on their own learning DMS 251 Ultrasound Clinical III (13) experiences. Presentations and discussions (Formerly known as DMS 251 Ultrasound will be centered on developing strategies Clinical IV) This is the third quarter of the four to overcome barriers to learning, skills to quarter long clinical internship designed to maximize educational opportunities and further promote the student’s development as how the integration of didactic and clinical an entry level sonographer. Students will being knowledge applies to the role of an entry level to independently perform basic sonographic sonographer. Students will continue to plan a exams and advanced patient care techniques continuing education seminar for the benefit under minimal direct supervision of clinical of community sonographers. instructors. Prerequisite: DMS 260 with a minimum Prerequisite: DMS 250 with a minimum grade of C or Program Chair approval. grade of C or Program Chair approval.
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Early Childhood Education
ECE 100 Introduction to Early Childhood ECE 112 Language, Literacy, and the Arts ECE 130 Cultural Competency and Education (3) in Early Childhood Education (3) Responsiveness in Early Childhood (Formerly EDP 100) This course offers an (Formerly EDP 112) This course will Education (2) overview of the early childhood profession. familiarize students with approaches to (Formerly EDP 130) This course covers This will include historical perspectives, planning and integrating a developmentally evidence-based practices related to providing current trends, professional expectations, appropriate language, literacy, and arts responsive care and education in home, settings, and evidence-based best practice curriculum. Students will examine numerous classroom, and community settings serving described by the National Association for the evidence-based instructional strategies culturally, linguistically, and ability-diverse Education of Young Children, the Division for teaching young children, birth to eight children, birth to eight-years-old, and their for Early Childhood, and the Council for years old, including those who are culturally, families. Students will be required to examine Exceptional Children. This course addresses linguistically, and ability diverse. their own personal culture and to explore children birth to eight years old, including ways in which to become an effective teacher those who are culturally, linguistically, and ECE 121 Child, Family and Community to each young child. Included are strategies ability diverse. Relations I - Creating Community for helping teachers, children, families, and Among Adults in Early Care Settings (1) colleagues to communicate, negotiate, ECE 101 Early Childhood Environmental (Formerly EDP 121) Early care and education and resolve dilemmas caused by cultural Design (3) professionals will learn about the importance differences. There will be a focus on using an (Formerly EDP 101) This course offers an of adult relationships in child care and early anti-bias approach. (multicultural content) introduction to evidence-based research and learning settings. techniques for designing early childhood and ECE 140 Promoting Positive Behavior (3) school environments for young children (birth ECE 122 Child, Family and Community (Formerly EDP 140) An exploration of to eight years old), including those who are Relations II Building a Caring preventive and effective behavior guidance culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse. Community with Children (1) techniques with emphasis on positive Schedules, materials, room arrangement, (Formerly EDP 122) Caregivers will learn behavior support and social-emotional and center-based learning will be addressed. about concepts and the value of the competence in young children, birth to eight Students will also learn strategies for caregiver-child relationship. The course will years old, including those who are culturally, meaningful observations and ways to adapt focus on care giving practices to strengthen linguistically, and ability diverse. Completion of environments to support the development of and build skills to promote positive ECE 141, 142, 143 is equivalent to ECE 140. each child’s potential. interactions and relationships. ECE 141 Promoting Positive Behavior I (1) ECE 102 Math, Science, and Technology ECE 123 Child, Family and Community (Formerly EDP 141) In this course students for Young Children (3) Relations III Building Quality will explore social-emotional development (Formerly EDP 102) This course focuses on Relationships with Families (1) and child guidance. The foundational aspect of the integration of developmentally appropriate (Formerly EDP 123) Caregivers will building relationships with children, including math, science, and technology content into explore ways to form culturally-responsive those who are culturally, linguistically, and the early childhood classroom curriculum. partnerships with families and parents. ability diverse, will be emphasized and The process of using inquiry tools and students will examine how terminology problem-solving strategies and focused impacts adult perspectives on child guidance. learning centers with content embedded in all Completion of ECE-141, 142, 143 will be other classroom areas is explored. Examine equivalent to ECE-140. numerous evidence-based instructional strategies for teaching young children, birth ECE 142 Promoting Positive Behavior II (1) to eight years old, including those who are (Formerly EDP 142) This course is an culturally, linguistically and ability diverse. exploration of how the environment influences children?s behavior. Environmental variables such as the physical and temporal aspects of the classroom, interactions, and using social-emotional teaching strategies with all children, including those who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse, will be addressed. Completion of ECE-141, 142, 143 will be equivalent to ECE-140.
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Early Childhood Education
ECE 143 Promoting Positive Behavior III (1) ECE 203 Family Systems & Supports (3) ECE 290 Practicum (3) (Formerly EDP 143) In this course, students (Formerly EDP 203) This course offers an (Formerly EDP 290) This is a 99 hour, will review the foundational components introduction to varying family dynamics within supervised classroom experience in an of child guidance and learn about creating family systems as they relate to working with integrated early childhood education an individual plan for children who need young children (birth to 8 years old) and their setting and is the capstone class for the extra support to function effectively in the families who are culturally, linguistically and Paraeducation program. This includes birth classroom. Students will compare teacher ability diverse in community, home, and early to eight-year-old children who are culturally, conduct as a professional vs. a technician childhood education settings. This includes linguistically, and ability diverse in either and address how to ensure success for each describing evidence-based, supportive, and a school and/or current work site. This child, including those who are culturally, culturally responsive approaches for working practicum provides students the opportunity linguistically, and ability diverse. Completion collaboratively with families to address their to demonstrate the skills and knowledge of ECE-141, 142, 143 will be equivalent to concerns, resources, and priorities. they gained in their previous early childhood ECE-140. education courses which must be successfully ECE 211 Administration of Early Learning completed before taking this class. ECE 192 Early Childhood Clinical Programs I - Program Administration (1) Students are expected to follow practicum Experience II (2) (Formerly EDP 211) This course emphasizes expectations, procedures, responsibilities, and Clinical experience that provides students the technical knowledge necessary to develop methods of evaluation. Criminal background the opportunity to observe and practice and maintain a quality early care and education clearances are required. the skills, theories and behaviors taught in program. It focuses on planning, developing Prerequisite: Instructor permission and the coursework for the child development and managing a center; and meeting licensing, criminal background clearances required. specialist certificate. Must be taken accreditation regulations and guidelines. concurrently with ECE-202 Prerequisite: ECE 202. ECE 212 Administration of Early Learning Programs II - Operation of Children’s ECE 193 Early Childhood Clinical Programs (1) Experience III (2) (Formerly EDP 212) This course focuses on Clinical experience that provides students the operation of children’s programs in early the opportunity to observe and practice learning centers. It addresses the grouping of the skills, theories and behaviors taught in children; creating developmentally appropriate the coursework for the child development curriculum that is relevant for children for birth specialist certificate. Must be taken through age eight; and implementing a food concurrently with ECE-101 program. Prerequisite: ECE 101. ECE 213 Administration of Early Learning ECE 201 Effective Communication with Programs III - Staffing and Colleagues and Families (3) Professional Development (1) (Formerly EDP 204)This course teaches (Formerly EDP 213) This course addresses effective communication techniques for staff recruitment, retention, support, and interacting with colleagues and families supervision which will lay a foundation of young children, birth to eight-years- for positive personnel management. old, including those who are culturally, Professional responsibilities such as cultural linguistically, and ability diverse in a variety responsiveness and reflective practice are also of early childhood education settings. examined. ECE 202 Nutrition, Health, and Safety for Young Children (3) (Formerly EDP 202) This course offers a practical and evidence-based study of the health, safety, and nutrition of young children, birth through age eight years old, including those who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse; incorporating prevention, emergency management, and family conscious services.
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Economics Education
ECON& 201 Micro Economics (5) EDUC& 115 Child Development (5) EDUC 299 Early Childhood Field Experience (2) (Formerly ECON-201) Theory of the market The purpose of this course is to provide the A 2-credit course based on an independent systems as a method of allocating resources student with an overview of the study of child study contracted between an instructor and a and distributing income and products. Analysis development, including those children who student. This class is taken concurrently with of current problems including government are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse. EDP-100 wich will provide the opportunity regulation, subsidies, monopoly, and taxation. The scientific and theoretical approaches to to work with children in ECE classrooms, Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum studying the development of the physical, learning and implementing developmentally grade of C or equivalent or assessment above cognitive, communication, social, and appropriate practices in guidance, curriculum, MATH 095 or MATH 094 with a minimum emotional changes that occur from conception observation, assessment and the preparation grade of C. through adolescence and the biological and/ of the physical environment. or environmental influences that affect this Prerequisite: EDP 100 must be taken ECON& 202 Macro Economics (5) development will be addressed. Materials concurrently. (Formerly ECON-200) History and and resources regarding communication with development of the United States’ economy, families, brain development, and milestones including effects of government taxing and for each stage of development will also be spending, control of the money supply, and provided. Four field observations within effects of international trade. inclusive child care settings are required Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum outside of class time. grade of C or equivalent or assessment above Prerequisite: PSYC& 100. MATH 095 or MATH 094 with a minimum grade of C. EDUC& 205 Introduction to Education w/Field Experience (5) (Formerly EDUC-201) Designed for students who are considering teaching as a profession, the course will examine historical and philosophical foundations of American education, learning theories, contemporary students, and curriculum development. The course will also explore the social, political, cultural, and economic pressures that influence current issues and trends in education. Includes a required field experience in a public school K-12 setting (40 hours) that provides students opportunities to observe and reflect upon today?s classrooms, students, and teachers. Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level reading and writing. EDUC 220 Diversity in Education (5) Examination of the relationship of cultural values to the formation of the child’s self- concept and learning styles. Examination of the role of prejudice, stereotyping and cultural incompatibilities in education. Emphasis on preparing future teachers to offer an equal educational opportunity to children of all socioeconomic and cultural groups, as well as inclusion of exceptional children. (multicultural content)
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Emergency Medical & Health Services
EMC 110 Emergency Medical Technician EMC 120 Paramedic I (12) EMC 132 Paramedic Clinical III (9) Basic (10) The first of three courses for the education of Continuation of EMC-131. Emphasis is on Upon completion of this course, students prehospital advanced life support paramedic clinical and extensive in-field experience. Third are prepared to fulfill state and/or National personnel. Advanced concepts and skills in quarter clinical and in-field experience for Registry requirements for certification as patient Assessment, airway management, paramedic students includes specified hospital an EMT-Basic, the entry level position in shock management and I. V. therapy, assignments and extensive in-field experience. EMS for pre-hospital care providers. EMT-Bs pharmacology and drug administration, Prerequisite: EMC 121 and EMC 131. provide basic life support and transportation Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) provider for victims of illness and injury. Includes 121 course included. EMC 140 Supplemental Education hours of lecture and practical class-work time, Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Paramedic for EMC Programs I (1) and some clinical observation. Class also Certificate Program. This course offers individualized didactic meets a portion of the prerequisites for the instruction to assist previously educated and/ Paramedic program. Program adheres to the EMC 121 Paramedic II (12) or certified personnel in meeting state, county, U.S. Department of Transportation guidelines Second in the three-quarter paramedic course. local or national certification or recertification and the Washington State Department of Covers assessment and management of the requirements. Social and Health Services standards. trauma victim; soft tissue injuries; respiratory Prerequisite: Recommendation of County Prerequisite: MATH 075 with a minimum emergencies; musculoskeletal injuries; Medical Director and instructor permission. grade of C or ACCUPLACERTM assessment medical, pediatric, psychiatric, obstetric and geriatric, toxic, allergic, environmental and EMC 150 Supplemental Education exam showing placement in MATH 085 or for EMC Programs II (1) higher; and ACCUPLACERTM assessment mass casualty emergencies. Pre-hospital This course offers individualized clinical exam showing placement in ENGL/ 085 or trauma life support (PHTLS-Provider) as well as instruction to assist previously educated and/ higher. the PALS provider course included. or certified personnel in meeting state, county, NOTE: Active affiliation with an EMS provider Prerequisite: EMC 120 and EMC 130. local or national certification or recertification agency is required for state certification. EMC 122 Paramedic III (5) requirements. Class may be taken without affiliation; Third in three quarter series reviewing the Prerequisite: Recommendation of County however, students will not obtain state entire didactic content as applied to case Medical Director and instructor permission. certification without being affiliated. studies. Requires extensive application of the EMC 200 Contemporary Issues in EMC 112 Emergency Medical Technician material covered in EMC 120 and EMC 121. Pre-hospital Care (2) Recertification (4) Prerequisite: EMC 121 and EMC 131. This is a dynamic course that focuses on For the currently certified EMT-Basic who EMC 130 Paramedic Clinical I (4) the various components of quality EMS. needs to fulfill state, county, and/or National First-quarter clinical and infield experience The course utilizes assorted current readings Registry requirements for recertification. for paramedic students taken in conjunction in conjunction with small group work that Prerequisite: Current state, county, or National with EMC 120. Includes clinical experience in promotes critical thinking and a global Registry EMT-Basic Certification and Program hospital and infield experience. understanding of what comprises state of Chair permission. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Paramedic the art out-of-hospital care. EMC 116 Introduction to Emergency Medical Certificate Program. Prerequisite: Certified Paramedic or Care (4) instructor permission. EMC 131 Paramedic Clinical II (7) EMC introduces the concept of pre-hospital Second-quarter clinical and field experience for care. Fundamental principles of the practice Paramedic students taken in conjunction with are presented in this hybrid course, i.e., EMC 121. Students will have assigned clinical medical ethics, role & responsibilities, critical and infield rotations. thinking, medical math, and health and Prerequisite: EMC 120 and EMC 130; ENGL& wellness. 101 with C or better or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Paramedic Program.
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Engineering
The Engineering transfer program is ENGR& 114 Engineering Graphics (5) flow, rotation, absolute motion and relative designed to offer students the same (Formerly ENGR-123) An introduction to motion. Includes design project. courses as the first two years at a Computer Aided Design (CAD) using software Prerequisite: ENGR& 214 and MATH& 153. based on parametric solid modeling. Students baccalaureate institution. ENGR& 224 Engineering Thermodynamics (5) will use the software to create virtual models, There are three specific discipline-related (Formerly ENGR-260) Introduction to principles show the models in various projections and of thermodynamics from a predominantly Associate of Science in Engineering views, manage the associated computer files, macroscopic point of view. Development of degrees: (1) Civil, Mechanical, Industrial, and produce engineering drawings. The course the basic laws of thermodynamics and their Aeronautical/Astronautical and Material includes the engineering graphics topics of application to energy transformation and state Science Engineering, (2) Electrical three-dimensional visualization, sketching, changes in engineering problems. Engineering and Computer Engineering, displaying solid objects in two-dimensional Topics include work, heat, energy, entropy, and (3) BioEngineering and Chemical views, dimensioning, and reading engineering specific heat, open and closed system Engineering. There is also a General drawings. analysis, and applications to devices and Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Engineering Associate of Science. systems. Simple power and refrigeration grade of C or equivalent; and MATH 090 Students are encouraged to pursue cycles, including Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Brayton with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. one of the specific discipline-related and Rankine are introduced. Associate of Science in Engineering ENGR& 204 Electrical Circuits (6) Prerequisite: PHYS& 221 (may be degrees, rather than the General (Formerly ENGR-215) An introduction to taken concurrently) and MATH& 152 Engineering degree, unless advised to electrical engineering through basic circuit and and CHEM& 161. do otherwise by an engineering advisor. system concepts. Topics include: resistors, ENGR& 225 Mechanics of Materials (5) Students are strongly encouraged to sources, capacitors, inductors, operational (Formerly ENGR-220) An introduction to meet with an Engineering advisor as amplifiers, node and mesh analysis, Thevenin the concepts of stress, strain, deformation, and Norton equivalents, RLC circuits, phasors early as possible. and failure theory in solid materials. and steady state power in AC transmission. Applies mechanics of materials concepts to Students seeking courses for general Solution of first and second order linear structural and machine elements in tension, interest, upgrading skills, or college-level differential equations associated with basic compression, bending, and torsion. Topics electives should consider ENGR& 104, circuit forms will be used. Laboratory activities include deformation of members, Poisson’s ENGR& 114, and ENGL& 235. illustrate principles explored in lecture. ratio, stress concentrations, thermal stress, Prerequisite: MATH 238 (may be taken TCC supports a local chapter of the statically indeterminate techniques, flexure concurrently) and PHYS& 222. ASME (American Society of Mechanical formula, shear formula, stress transformation, Engineers) and encourages student ENGR& 214 Statics (5) Mohr’s circle, strain gauges, deflections, and involvement. (Formerly ENGR-210) Scalar and vector columns. Includes a design project. analysis of two, and three-dimensional static Prerequisite: MATH& 153 (may be taken ENGR& 104 Introduction to Engineering structures. Topics include: vector notation, concurrently) and ENGR& 214. and Design (5) equilibrium, moments, couples, distributed ENGR 240 Applied Numerical Methods (5) (Formerly ENGR-100) Introduction to the loads, resultants, trusses, frames and Numerical solutions to problems in engineering profession and its design process machines, center of mass, inertia, shear and engineering and science using modern by building group skills, understanding the bending moment diagrams, and friction. scientific computing tools. Application effects of different learning styles, producing Includes a team project. strategies for innovation, and fostering of mathematical judgment in selecting Prerequisite: PHYS 121 (may be taken creativity in problem solving. Includes design computational algorithms and communicating concurrently) and MATH& 152. projects, journal keeping, professionalism results. Introduction to MATLAB programming and ethical issues, and oral presentations. ENGR& 215 Dynamics (5) for numerical computation. Acquaints students with disciplines and (Formerly ENGR-230) Dynamics of particles Prerequisite: MATH& 153. opportunities in engineering. and rigid bodies, using the vector notation. Recommended: MATH 220. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Topics covered in this course include: ENGR 299 Independent Study (1-5) grade of C or equivalent and MATH 090 kinematics, kinetics, rectangular coordinates, Independent design, observation, analysis, with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. normal and tangent coordinates, polar and reporting of an engineering project or coordinates, curvilinear motion, work, energy, topic. impulse, momentum, impact, steady mass Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
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English: Composition
Students enrolled in the English for and vocabulary development. Introduction ENGL 180 Una Voce Workshop (2) Academic Purposes program are strongly to literary devices is included. A variety of Una Voce Workshop provides practical, hands- advised to complete the program before expository excerpts from college textbooks on experience at every stage of the production attempting the English program designed are used for demonstration of skills. Lab of a magazine: solicitation of essays, selection for native speakers. Courses numbered application is used for practice. of submissions, arrangement of submissions, Prerequisite: Either EAP 155 and EAP 159 below 100 cannot be applied towards writing of introductions, proofreading, and with a minimum grade of C, EAP 154 with a certificate or degree requirements. publication. minimum grade of C, READ 085 and ENGL Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum ENGL/ 085 Academic Reading and Writing I: 085 with a minimum grade of C, ENGL/ 085 grade of C. Foundations (7-10) with a minimum grade of C, or assessment ENGL& 235 Technical Writing (5) A pre-college integrated reading and writing into either ENGL 095 and READ 095 or ENGL/ (Formerly ENGR 231) A practical course in course that provides instructions and practice 095. organizing, developing and writing technical skills needed for placement into ENGL/ 095. ENGL& 101 English Composition I (5) information, including reports. Attention given Course work includes grammatical concepts (Previously ENGL-101) Study and application to organizational patterns and report formats in order to write clear and correct sentences of the principles of college writing. Students common to scientific and technical disciplines and paragraphs. This course is designed to read, analyze, and write expository, and technical writing conventions, including introduce basic reading skills and to develop descriptive, and argumentative essays, as well headings, illustrations, style and tone. basic writing skills. Course work emphasizes as learn to develop ideas fully, organize them Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a grade of C writing from observations as well as writing effectively, and express them clearly. ENGL or higher. in response to readings. The writing focus is 101 readings focus on the essay. This course on writing sentences which demonstrate a may not be taken “S/U.” ENGL 301 Professional Writing and basic grasp of syntax and usage and writing Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 with Communication in Health Care (5) sound paragraphs which express a main idea a minimum grade of C or ENGL/ 095 with This course will expose the learner to clearly and develop it fully with a minimum a minimum grade of C or assessment at or professional writing and communication in of errors in sentence structure, punctuation, above college-level reading and writing. the healthcare field. Students will explore and spelling. This course enables students to methods of writing persuasive requests, work with essential text structure and to begin ENGL& 102 Composition II: justifying decisions through citation of basic analysis of passages from a variety of Argument and Persuasion (5) evidence, and communicating complex ideas texts. Identification of main points, details, and (Formerly ENGL-102) The application and at the appropriate level of the audience. implications are included, as well as skills in further development of writing principles Prerequisite: Admission into HIM BAS outlining and summarizing. Lab application is covered in ENGL&-101. ENGL&-102 is a program and ENGL& 101 with a minimum used for practice, and vocabulary development composition course designed to develop the grade of C. is included. student’s ability to write sound and cogent Recommended preparation: ENGL& 102 Prerequisite: EAP 155 and EAP 159 with a arguments in several academic disciplines. with a minimum grade of C. minimum grade of C or assessment into Course work focuses on strategies for ENGL 085 and ENGL 095 or ENGL /085. developing convincing evidence, with ENGL/ 095 Academic Reading and Writing II: emphasis on critical thinking and library Threshold (7-10) research skills. This course may not be taken S/U. An integrated pre-college course designed Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum to improve the student’s reading and writing grade of C. ability for entrance into ENGL& 101. Course work focuses on critical reading and analytical ENGL 103 Composition III: writing in response to readings, with an Writing about Literature (5) emphasis on organization, unity, coherence, The application and further development of and adequate development; an introduction to writing principles covered in ENGL&-101. expository essays; and a review of the rules The writing - primarily analytical - is based on and conventions of standard written English. the reading and discussion of literature. This Essay and research writing is included. This course may not be taken S/U. is a preparatory class for college success Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum with reading emphasis on text analysis for grade of C. structure, inferring meaning, critical thinking,
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English: Literature
ENGL 178 Trillium Production Workshop (2) ENGL& 245 American Literature II (5) ENGL 262 Children’s Literature (5) (Formerly ENGL 179) Course covers the (Formerly ENGL 268) Survey of American Children’s Literature is the study of classic basics of editing, design, and production of a literature from the Civil War to the eve of and contemporary fiction and poetry for literary magazine offering practical hands-on World War I examining the current literary children, from the early reading levels experience. periods or genres: Slave and Abolition through high school. Although the course is Prerequisite: Instructor permission. narratives, Transcendentalism, Pastoral intended for students who plan to become Tradition, Naturalism, Early Feminism, teachers, it is open to all students who meet ENGL& 220 Introduction to Shakespeare (5) American Gothic, Expressionism, and the prerequisites. Students examine and (Formerly ENGL-250) Introduction to Romanticism. Writing assignments, primarily critique a variety of works on the basis of the Shakespeare through a study of several of his analytical, are based on the reading, research elements of literature, such as plot, character, tragedies, histories, comedies, and sonnets. and discussion of literature. (multicultural theme, setting, and style. They research the (writing intensive) content) (writing intensive) historical contexts of the works. They present Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum their critiques and findings in written form, grade of C. grade of C or equivalent. along with specific suggestions for teaching the works. (multicultural content) (writing ENGL 234 Introduction to Mythology ENGL& 246 American Literature III (5) and Folk Stories (5) intensive) (Formerly ENGL 269) Survey of American Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum A comparative study of myths and folklore literature from 1910-1960 examining the grade of C. throughout the world. Emphasis is on current literary periods: Imagism, Confessional the commonality of concerns and values Poetry, Beat Generation, Lost Generation, ENGL 264 English Literature: From Beowulf expressed by both western and non-western Southern Renaissance, Harlem Renaissance, Through Shakespeare (5) cultures and on the literary value of myths Modernism, Realism, Naturalism, Survey of English literature from three major and folklore. (multicultural content) (writing Post-Modernism, and Metafiction. periods of English literature: Old English (500- intensive) Writing assignments, primarily analytical, 1100), Middle English (1100-1500), and the Prerequisite: ENGL/095 with a minimum are based on the reading, research and English Renaissance. (writing intensive) grade C or equivalent. discussion of literature. (multicultural content) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum ENGL 242 Contemporary Non-Western (writing intensive) grade of C. Literature (5) Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. ENGL 265 English Literature: A survey of contemporary non-Western From Donne Through Blake (5) literature. Various cultural and historical ENGL 261 The Bible as Literature (5) Survey of English literature from the Donne themes will be studied from quarter to quarter. The Bible as Literature examines the Bible, (1630s) through Blake (early Romantics, (multicultural content) (writing intensive) both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian 1780s). (multicultural content) (writing Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Testament, as a collection of literary works. intensive) grade of C or equivalent. Students learn to recognize plot, theme, Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum ENGL& 244 American Literature I (5) character, setting, style, and figurative grade of C. language and to consider the interaction of (Formerly ENGL-267) Survey of American those elements. They also learn about the ENGL 271 Contemporary American Fiction (5) literature from the beginnings through the Civil history of the composition, transmission, and Study of American fiction written since 1960 War. (multicultural content) (writing intensive) translation of the works. There is emphasis with an emphasis on the major writers and Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum on the original cultural context of the stories themes of contemporary fiction. (multicultural grade of C or equivalent. and on the ways they have been revised and content) (writing intensive) reinterpreted in other cultures. The purpose Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum of the course is not to supplant the Bible as a grade of C or equivalent. religious text, but to enhance each student’s ENGL 276 Creative Writing: Fiction (3) appreciation of the Bible regardless of his A workshop for the writing of fiction (short or her religious convictions. (multicultural story, novel), with particular attention to content) (writing intensive) techniques used by contemporary authors. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Course is flexible to meet needs of individual grade of C. students. Performance/skills course. (writing intensive) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C.
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English: Literature Environmental Science
ENGL 278 Creative Writing: Poetry (2) Students seeking courses for general ENVS 210 Maps, GIS and the Environment (5) A workshop for the writing of poetry, and interest or degree distribution Introduces students to the elements of the study and analysis of poetry techniques. requirements may consider any geographic information systems (GIS) Course is flexible to meet the needs of the environmental science courses. including cartography, data structure, map individual students and may be repeated. overlays, and spatial analysis. Applications Students intending to major in Performance/skills course. (writing intensive) of GIS to environmental issues relating to Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Environmental Science at a baccalaureate hydrology and watershed management, soil grade of C. institution should work towards an science, land-use planning, and conservation Associate of Science degree with an are explored in a hands-on style, incorporating ENGL 279 Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop (2) Environmental Science specialization and both field activities and GIS software. This A workshop for the writing of poetry, and consult with an environmental science course is the same course as GEOG 210. the study and analysis of poetry techniques. advisor in the biology or earth science Students may receive credit for either ENVSC Instruction is flexible to meet the needs of departments. 210 or GEOG 210 but not both. Laboratories individual students. (writing intensive) and field trips included. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum ENVS& 101 Introduction to Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C. Environmental Science (5) grade of C and MATH 090 or MATH 093 (Formerly ENVSC-106) An interdisciplinary ENGL 280 Literatures of Diversity (5) with a minimum grade of C or equivalent science course for both non-science majors assessment in these areas. An introduction to the literatures of various and beginning science students. cultures. Includes a study of historical Topics such as overpopulation, energy, and cultural context within which the biodiversity, climate change, and pollution literature evolved. Various single authors are covered. Underlying scientific principles or a combination of authors will be studied are identified and related to relevant global, from quarter to quarter. May be taken twice national and local perspectives. Laboratories as cultures or authors covered are different and field trips included. each offering. (multicultural content) (writing Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum intensive) grade of C or equivalent; and either MATH 090 Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum with a minimum grade of C or MATH 093 with grade of C or equivalent. a minimum grade of C or equivalent. ENGL 299 Independent Study (1-5) ENVS 179 Special Topics in Environmental Individual study, project-oriented. Instructor Science (2) permission required and the successful Specific environmental topics will be explored completion of ENGL& 101 and 102. using a variety of methods which may Prerequisite: Program Chair approval. include seminars, lectures, research projects, presentations, laboratory experiments, field work, and all-day or overnight field trips depending on the quarter offered. Topics for any one quarter may include biodiversity, toxins and human health, invasive species, water quality, climate change etc. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent; and either MATH 090 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent or MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent.
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Experiential Learning French Fresh Start
EXPLR 190 Electronic Portfolio (2) The basic tenets of communications FRSH 098 English - Fresh Start (5) Students will clarify their educational including reading, writing, speaking and Introduction to literacy and study skills for intent, study academic standards and work listening are developed in a dynamic beginning students enrolled in the Fresh independently. They create inventories of prior second language acquisition environment Start program. Academically, the focus is on learning, participate in discussions, share and enhanced by technology. developing competence in Reading, English, collect feedback about experiential learning. and Technology, but instruction is also provided Students combine theory with practice Grammar is used as a communication for social development and is aimed at through reflective assignments. They develop tool to express meaning as students take providing students with skills to be resilient a professional portfolio for prior learning part in small group discussions, cultural and to focus on program completion. assessment, transfer and/or future employers. investigation, and presentation. Authentic materials will be focused on in the class FRSH 100 Pathways to College Success (5) EXPLR 290 Internship Experience (3) as well as assessment. Students should This course is designed as an introduction to Transfer students may enroll in a work college for students entering the Fresh Start expect to be immersed in the language. experience internship related to their major program. Its purpose is to prepare students English will be used at a minimum. area of interest. The work experience may be to meet the demands of college, understand in either a private or public sector organization. FRCH& 121 French I (5) the expectations of instructors, develop Course includes an orientation, training, site (Formerly FREN 101) The first year of the social skills, and improve life management supervision and hour reporting. Internship beginning French language sequence consists techniques in order to increase their success orientation, mentoring and reporting will be of 121, 122, and 123. FRCH& 121 is the once they transition into regular TCC done through Transition Services. first quarter of the sequence. (multicultural courses. Topics will include goal setting, time management, values identification, conflict EXPLR 295 Service Learning Experience (2) content) Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum management, problem solving, and resource This course assists students to develop a grade of C or equivalent. identification. greater civic awareness and engagement. Students complete an orientation, complete FRCH& 122 French II (5) 30-60 service hours and participate in an (Formerly FREN 102) FRCH& 122 is the online classroom. Students combine theory second quarter of the first-year language with practice through reflective assignments. sequence and continues to build on the skills When combined with EXPLR-296, this class acquired in FRCH& 121. (multicultural content) satisfies the culminating project requirements Prerequisite: FRCH& 121 with a minimum for local school districts. grade of C or instructor permission. EXPLR 296 Capstone Experience (1) FRCH& 123 French III (5) This course will assist students to develop an (Formerly FREN 103) FRCH& 123 is the third overarching view of their learning through a quarter of the first-year language sequence capstone experience bridging their classroom and continues to build on the skills acquired in and community experiences. Students FRCH& 122. (multicultural content) develop a portfolio of their work, prepare Prerequisite: FRCH& 122 with a minimum a scholarly paper reflecting the knowledge grade of C or instructor permission. and skills acquired through their external experience and deliver a public presentation. Prerequisite: EXPLR 295.
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Geography Geology
GEOG 205 Physical Geography (5) Students seeking courses for general GEOL 125 Geology in the Field (5) Study of the formation and evolution of the interest or degree distribution An intensive course in introductory geology, physical features of the earth, including the requirements may consider any of the covering the fundamental principles of atmosphere, climate, and weather; rocks, Geology courses except GEOL 299 physical geology and an introduction to field minerals, vegetation, and soils; erosion and for the Associate in Arts and Sciences, methods. Extended field trip required. Exact modification of the earth’s surfaces; and General Studies and Applied Sciences itinerary varies quarterly. Laboratory included. human impact and modification. Laboratory degrees. Students intending to major in Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum included. grade of C and MATH 090 or MATH 093 Geology at a baccalaureate institution Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum with a minimum grade of C or equivalent should work towards an Associate of grade of C and MATH 090 or MATH 093 assessment in these areas. Science degree with an Earth Sciences with a minimum grade of C or equivalent assessment in these areas. Specialization and consult with the earth GEOL 179 Special Topics in Geology (2) sciences advisor. These are seminars designed to provide GEOG 210 Maps, GIS and the Environment (5) geology students with the opportunity to Introduces students to the elements of GEOL& 101 Introduction to Physical Geology (5) study selected geologic topics and techniques. geographic information systems (GIS) (Formerly GEOL-101) Introduces students to Topics and/or techniques covered will including cartography, data structure, map the materials and landscapes of the earth generally be determined by the instructor overlays, and spatial analysis. Applications and the diverse geological processes that but may also reflect the expressed need of GIS to environmental issues relating to produce and change them. Subjects include or interest of students in the earth science hydrology and watershed management, soil rock formation, volcanoes, glaciers, rivers, and program. The seminars will be comprised of science, land-use planning, and conservation earthquakes. The laboratory includes various lecture, laboratory and fieldtrip activities in are explored in a hands-on style, incorporating activities such as studying rock and mineral varying proportions depending on the specific both field activities and GIS software. This specimens, and local field trips. topic and needs of participating students. course is the same course as ENVSC 210. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Students may receive credit for either GEOG grade of C and MATH 090 or MATH 093 GEOL& 208 Geology of the Pacific Northwest (5) 210 or ENVSC 210 but not both. Laboratories with a minimum grade of C or equivalent (Formerly GEOL-208) Study of the geologic and field trips included. assessment in these areas. history of the Pacific Northwest. Emphasis on both the role of plate tectonics in assembling Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum GEOL 108 Fossils and the History of Life (5) grade of C and MATH 090 or MATH 093 the region as well as how surface processes Introduction to the geological and biological with a minimum grade of C or equivalent such as rivers and volcanism have shaped the processes and events that generated the assessment in these areas. landscapes of the area. Field trips required. amazing record of life on earth. Topics include Laboratory included. plate tectonics, rocks, fossilization processes, Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum principles of evolution, and a survey of the grade of C and MATH 090 or MATH 093 history of life. Lab includes studying rock and with a minimum grade of C or equivalent fossil specimens and involves field trips. assessment in these areas. This course is the same as BIOL 105. Students may receive credit for either GEOL 299 Independent Study in Geology (1) GEOL 108 or BIOL 105 but not both. Independent study of selected geologic Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum topics. grade of C and MATH 090 or MATH 093 Prerequisite: Instructor permission. with a minimum grade of C or equivalent assessment in these areas.
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German Health Information Management
The basic tenets of communications Note: Classes are offered in online HIM 340 Data Quality Management including reading, writing, speaking, and format. and Performance Improvement (5) listening are developed in a dynamic This course covers the foundational base HIM 310 Data Governance (?) second language acquisition environment that guides facilities in the management This course covers the management of enhanced by technology. and analysis of healthcare data and that healthcare data including integration needs ensures data integrity. Topics include quality Grammar is used as a communication and the standardization of data. Topics include assessment and management tools, utilization tool to express meaning as students take documentation guidelines, the exchange of and resource management, risk management, part in small group discussions, cultural data, health information technologies and data and disease management processes. investigation, and presentation. Authentic integrity. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS materials will be focused on in the class Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS Program. as well as assessment. Students should Program. HIM 350 Health Information Systems expect to be immersed in the language. HIM 320 Healthcare Privacy, Confidentiality, Analysis and Design (5) English will be used at a minimum. and Security (3) This course will examine the tools and GERM& 121 German I (5) This course covers privacy, security and knowledge necessary to take part in the confidentiality of internal and external health (Formerly GERM 101) This is the first quarter planning, design, selection, implementation, information use and exchange. Students course in the sequence of GERM& 121, integration, testing, evaluation, and support of will gain knowledge of data quality and GERM& 122, and GERM& 123. health information technologies. monitoring programs and the legal and ethical (multicultural content) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS implications of health data disclosure. Topics Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Program. will include privacy, confidentiality, security grade of C or equivalent. principles, policies, and procedures, health HIM 410 Healthcare Compliance (5) GERM& 122 German II (5) information laws, regulations, and standards, This course will evaluate current laws and (Formerly GERM 102) GERM& 122 is the and elements of a compliance program. standards related to health information second quarter of the first-year language Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS initiatives. Students will study the link sequence and continues to build on the skills Program. between regulatory compliance, revenue cycle and quality of care. Fraud and abuse acquired in GERM& 121. (multicultural content) HIM 330 Revenue Cycle Management (5) Prerequisite: GERM& 121 with a minimum trends will be discussed with an emphasis This course will cover an in depth analysis grade of C or instructor permission. on establishing and managing policies and of revenue cycle and reimbursement procedures for compliance. GERM& 123 German III (5) methodologies in. Students will learn how to Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS (Formerly GERM 103) GERM& 123 is the third develop and implement healthcare finance Program. quarter of the first-year language sequence and compliance processes in response and continues to build on the skills acquired in to increasing demands of the healthcare HIM 420 Human Resource Management GERM& 122. (multicultural content) industry. Topics will include reimbursement and Leadership (5) Prerequisite: GERM& 122 with a minimum management, severity of illness systems, This course covers theories and best grade of C or instructor permission. chargemaster management, casemix practices of human resource management management, audit processes, and payment in healthcare. Topics will include leadership systems. styles, workplace diversity, forming quality Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS work teams, equal opportunity, work Program. analysis, staffing, training and development, performance appraisals, compensation, and grievance procedures. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS Program.
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Health Information Health Information Technology Management HIM 430 Data Analytics (5) HIT 105 Comprehensive Medical Terminology (5) HIT 126 Health Information Technologies (5) This course covers methods for extracting (Formerly HIM 105) This course covers the (formerly HIT 115) This course covers and analyzing data for decision making. comprehensive study of roots, prefixes, healthcare information systems and concepts Students will learn to analyze clinical data to suffixes, principles of word building, study such as EHR, PHR, CPOE systems, data identify trends. Students will gain knowledge of diagnostic, operative, and symptomatic storage, retrieval, and security. Students of database querying, data exploration, and terms of body systems with an emphasis will evaluate communication and Internet mining techniques to facilitate information on accurate spelling and pronunciation of all technologies in common software applications retrieval. medical terms; study of medical abbreviations, utilized in healthcare. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS eponyms, clinical laboratory and radiology Prerequisite: HIT 110 with a minimum grade of Program - instructor permission only. terminology. Introduction to common C and HIT 125 with a minimum grade of C. diseases and pharmacology also included. HIM 440 Organizational Management This course is intended for Health Information HIT 130 Medical Terminology I (3) in Healthcare (5) Technology students. Taking both HIT 130/131 (Formerly HIM 130) This course covers the This course covers the foundational is equivalent to HIT 105. study of roots, prefixes, suffixes; principles tools to effectively create and implement Prerequisite: BIOL& 175 with a minimum of word building, study of diagnostic, organizational management policies and grade of C. operative, and symptomatic terms of body procedures in a healthcare environment systems, emphasis on accurate spelling Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS HIT 110 Health Care Delivery Systems (5) and pronunciations; study of medical Program. (Formerly HIM 110) This course covers abbreviations, selected eponyms, clinical healthcare delivery systems in the United laboratory and radiology terminology. HIM 450 HIM Professional Practice States. Students will identify laws, regulations, Course covers multiple systems with a Experience (3) standards, initiatives, and payment systems, focus on musculoskeletal, respiratory, and This course covers an environmental scan of and policies and procedures applicable to the cardiovascular systems. emerging issues and trends in the HIM field. various healthcare organizations. Students Students will focus on individualized projects will learn the roles and disciplines of providers HIT 131 Medical Terminology II (5) that showcase their knowledge. All students through the continuum of healthcare in the (Formerly HIM 131) This course covers the will be paired with local health care institutions United States. continuing study of selected roots, prefixes that will provide students with the opportunity Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum and suffixes; principles of word building; study to reinforce their competencies and skills sets. grade of C and BIOL& 175 with a minimum of diagnostic, operative, and symptomatic Prerequisite: HIM 310 with a minimum grade of C and HIT 105 with a minimum grade terms of body systems with emphasis on grade of C; HIM 320 with a minimum grade of C; and either MATH& 146 with a minimum accurate spelling and pronunciation of all of C; HIM 330 with a minimum grade of grade of C or both MATH 093 with a minimum medical terms; study of medical abbreviations, C; HIM 340 with a minimum grade of C; grade of C and MATH 136 with a minimum selected eponyms, clinical laboratory and HIM 350 with a minimum grade of C; HIM grade of C. radiology terminology. 410 with a minimum grade of C; HIM 420 with a minimum grade of C; HIM 430 with HIT 125 Record Content and Standards I (5) HIT 141 Outpatient Diagnostic Coding (2) a minimum grade of C; HIM 440 with a (Formerly HIM 125) This course covers the (Formerly HIM 141) Instruction to the basic minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. structure and format of health records across principles of diagnostic coding. Designed as various settings as well as storage systems an introductory course for beginners. Focus HIM 455 HIM Capstone (2) used in Health Information Management. is on diagnostic coding in the outpatient care This course includes the creation of a Students will gain insight into the numerous setting. culminating project focused at educating the databases, registries, and indices used in Prerequisite: HIT 105 with a minimum grade public on current issues surrounding health healthcare. Federal and state regulations of C; and either HIT 110 with a minimum grade information management. involving Health Information Management will of C or MO 101 with a minimum grade of C. Prerequisite: HIM 310 with a minimum also be addressed. HIT 145 Healthcare Statistics (2) grade of C; HIM 320 with a minimum grade Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum (Formerly HIM 145) This course covers of C; HIM 330 with a minimum grade of grade of C and BIOL& 175 with a minimum common statistics foound in healthcare, to C; HIM 340 with a minimum grade of C; grade of C and HIT 105 with a minimum grade include length of stay and death/autopsy/ HIM 350 with a minimum grade of C; HIM of C; HIT 110 with a minimum grade of C or infection/birth rates. Students will be 410 with a minimum grade of C; HIM 420 concurrent enrollment; and either MATH& 146 exposed to proper graphics used in statistics, with a minimum grade of C; HIM 430 with with a minimum grade of C or both MATH 093 identification of data sources, and use of a minimum grade of C; HIM 440 with a with a minimum grade of C and MATH 136 reliable resources for research. minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. with a mnimum grade of C.
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Health Information Technology
HIT 160 Pathophysiology (5) HIT 176 Advanced Outpatient Coding (5) HIT 225 Record Content and Standards II (5) (Formerly HIM 160) Selected general medical (Formerly HIT 152) This course covers (Formerly HIM 225) This course covers conditions and diseases of specific body advanced coding principles in the outpatient healthcare data requirements, including systems, including etiology, signs, symptoms, setting for the more difficult sections of the Joint Commission standards, Governmental diagnostic procedures, clinical course, therapy coding system. Course includes extensive regulations, corporate compliance, and HIPAA and prognosis will be discussed. advanced practice using coding exercises applications in healthcare settings. Prerequisite: HIT 105 with a minimum grade and abstracted medical records in a virtual Prerequisite: HIT 173 with a minimum grade of C and HIT 110 with a minimum grade of C environment. of C and HIT 195 with a minimum grade of C. and HIT 125 with a minimum grade of C. HIT 179 Ethical Issues in Health Information HIT 230 Revenue Cycle (5) HIT 165 Pharmacology for Health Information Technology Seminar (1) (Formerly HIT 210) This course covers Technology (2) Students will discuss current ethical issues healthcare reimbursements and various (Formerly HIM 150 and HIT 200) This course in Health Information Management (topics payment methodologies used in healthcare covers an introduction in pharmacology for change each quarter) in the United States. Students will gain an health information technicians to include Prerequisite: HIT 110 with a minimum grade of understanding of the importance of coding terminology, drug classification and usage. C or concurrent enrollment and HIT 125 with a and compliance and its impact on healthcare This course emphasizes the clinical application minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. reimbursements and the revenue cycle of medications and treatment of disease. process. In addition students will learn HIT 186 Outpatient Coding Clinical (2) about the importance of linking quality to HIT 170 CPT Coding (5) (Formerly HIM 186) Students will apply reimbursements and how third-party payers (Formerly HIM 216) Instruction in basic, skills and knowledge acquired in previous are implementing various value-based comprehensive, and more advanced aspects courses to outpatient coding settings in the purchasing and pay-for-performance criteria of coding with Current Procedural Terminology community. in healthcare. Students will be exposed to (CPT-4) for use in various health care settings. Prerequisite: HIT 176 with a minimum grade of the practice of calculating various payment Designed to provide the student with an C or concurrent enrollment. methodologies frequently used in healthcare. understanding of CPT coding guidelines, HIT 195 Health Law and Ethics (3) Prerequisite: HIT 170 with a minimum grade rules, and regulations; a basic understanding of C and HIT 175 with a minimum grade of C (Formerly HIM 195) This course covers the of HCPCS Level II Coding; a basic working and HIT 221 with a minimum grade of C and legislative and regulatory process, laws, knowledge of E/M coding methods; and a HIT 225 with a minimum grade of C. thorough working knowledge of CPT-4. regulations, and policies and procedures Prerequisite: HIT 141 with a minimum grade pertaining to confidentiality, privacy, release HIT 235 Health Records in Alternative Care (2) of C or HIT 140 with a minimum grade of C. of information, and professional and practice- (Formerly HIT 222) This course covers health related ethical issues. record systems for alternative sites such as HIT 173 Data Analytics (5) Prerequisite: HIT 110, 125 and 126 with psychiatric, long-term care, home health, This course covers the basic fundamentals a minimum grade of C. Recommended and hospice. The course includes coding of data analytics, to include using statistics, Preparation: ENGL& 102 with a minimum compliance, licensure and accreditation identifying trends, researching methodologies, grade of C or ENGL& 235 with a minimum standards. and making decisions based off results of grade of C. analysis. Topics will include taxonomies, HIT 242 Leadership and Management I (5) nomenclatures, and terminologies required for HIT 221 Intermediate Coding (5) (Formerly HIM 153) This course covers healthcare analytics. (Formerly HIM 221) This course covers the oversight duties in a healthcare office coding rules and guidelines surrounding to include managing the revenue cycle, HIT 175 Data Quality and Performance inpatient diagnostic and procedural coding compliance regulations, human resources, Improvement (5) using ICD 10 CM and ICD 10 PCS. health information, and general business (Formerly HIM 241) This course covers the Prerequisite: HIT 141 with a minimum grade processes. study and application of continuous quality of C and HIT 160 with a minimum grade of C. Prerequisite: HIT 173, 221 and 225 with a improvement, utilization management, and minimum grade of C. standards for hospital accreditation and licensure. This course also addresses the role of the Joint Commission, government agencies, and the use of vital statistics. Prerequisite: HIT 173 with a minimum grade of C.
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Health Information Technology
HIT 245 Advanced Coding and Compliance (5) MO 110 Medical Office Procedures (5) MO 159 Introduction to Outpatient Procedure (Formerly HIM 245) This course covers This class covers customary daily activities Coding (4) advanced application and instruction on the of a medical office including computerized This course covers procedural coding used more difficult sections of the coding systems appointment setting, insurance verification in hospitals, physicians offices and medical for both inpatient and outpatient coding. and compliance, chart maintenance, clinics serving outpatients at an introductory Topics also include coding compliance issues. documentation creation, filing, customer level. Familiarization with basic coding Discussion of legacy and alternative coding service skills, confidentiality, patient referrals, concepts in procedure coding to include CPT systems is also included in this course. and being part of the healthcare team. and HCPCS. Emphasis is on CPT ambulatory Prerequisite: HIT 170, 221 and 230 with a Prerequisite: CU 105 with a minimum grade of services coding. Discussion of coding for minimum grade of C. C and MO 101 with a minimum grade of C and medical necessity. HIT 130 with a minimum grade of C. HIT 250 Inpatient Coding Professional MO 185 Medical Reimbursement Specialist Practice Experience (2) MO 115 Medical Scribe (4) Clinical (3) (Formally HIM 250) This professional practice This course provides students with skills (Formerly HIT 185) Students will apply skills experience allows students to apply skills and necessary to enter information into a and knowledge acquired in previous courses knowledge acquired in previous courses to the patient’s electronic health record or chart to medical reimbursement settings in the outpatient coding setting. at the direction of a physician or licensed community. Prerequisite: HIT 245 with a minimum grade independent practitioner. Topics include Basic Prerequisite: MO 151 with a minimum grade of C. Coding, HIPAA Compliance, Medico-legal of C or concurrent enrollment. risk mitigation, EHR functionality, elements HIT 254 HIT Capstone (5) of documentation, CMS Physician Quality OLL 101 Success in Online Learning (2) (Formerly HIM 254) This course is the Reporting Systems, The Joint Commission’s This course will help prepare students for culminating class for the HIT program. Accountability Measures, and a general success in online courses in any discipline. Students will participate in leadership projects, knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of Students will explore strategies for online create capstone projects to strengthen their medical personnel. communication, identify online tools and AHIMA Entry Level Competencies, prepare Prerequisite: HIT 105 with a minimum grade resources, identify problem solving techniques for the national Registered Health Information of C; ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of for technology, and identify coping skills Technician exam, and prepare for employment. C or concurrent enrollment; and BIOL& 175 for working in an online environment. Prerequisite: HIT 210, 235, and 245 with a with a minimum grade of C or concurrent This course is open to all students. minimum grade of C; HIT 242 with a minimum enrollmentz. grade of C or concurrent. MO 143 Medical Office Professional Development HIT 255 HIT Professional Practice Experience (5) and Ethics (3) (Formerly HIM 255)Students will apply skills This course covers professional development and knowledge acquired in previous courses and ethical issues in the medical office. in their professional practice experiences. Students will prepare professional portfolios Prerequisite: HIT 254. to showcase skills. Students will discuss HIT 279 Ethical Issues in Healthcare Leadership (1) interviewing techniques. This course will cover professional ethics. Students will discuss the implications of ethics in healthcare leadership. Focus of discussion MO 151 Insurance/Claims Processing (5) will change quarterly. (Formerly HIT 151) This course is designed MO 101 Healthcare Delivery and Alternate Care (5) to introduce information about major insurance programs and federal healthcare Students will be introduced to the many types legislation, provide a basic knowledge of of health care delivery systems in the United national diagnosis and procedural coding States. Students will identify laws, regulations, systems, and learn to simplify the process standards, initiatives, and payment systems; of completing claims. policies and procedures applicable to the Prerequisite: MO 101, 110 and HIT 141 with various health care organizations. Students a minimum grade of C; and either MO 159 or will gain an appreciation of the roles and HIT 170 with a minimum grade of C. disciplines of the providers throughout the continuum of health care in the U.S.
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History
HIST& 126 World Civilizations I (5) HIST& 148 U.S. History III (5) HIST& 219 Native American History (5) (Formerly HIST 111) Historical study of human (Formerly HIST 243) The course will (Formerly HIST 251) This course will societies in the world, with emphasis on explore the key political, social, cultural, and examine the history of Native American their interactions with each other and the economic events in American society in the cultures in the United States. Through continuous transitions of their traditions 20th Century. Discussions will focus on the readings, lectures, and class discussions, from antiquity to the 9th century. individuals, issues, ideas, and events most students will explore the unique histories (multicultural content) responsible for shaping modern America. of several specific Native cultures, as well Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum as the impact that these cultures had in grade of C or equivalent. grade of C or equivalent. shaping the course of American history. (multicultural content) HIST& 127 World Civilizations II (5) HIST 210 History of Modern Europe (5) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum (Formerly HIST 112) Historical study of human An introduction of the common heritage, grade of C or concurrent enrollment. societies in the world, with emphasis on global dynamics, and historical components their interactions with each other, and the that crafted the making of modern Europe. HIST& 220 African-American History (5) continuous transitions of their traditions The course will assess the unfolding Formerly HIST 254) The course will from the 9th to the 18th century. historical events from the 17th century up examine the history of African-Americans in (multicultural content) to the present, examining major societies in the United States, tracing the African-American Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum the region, including British, French, German, experience from colonial times to present-day grade of C or equivalent. Italian, and Russian societies, among others. America. Topics will include the development The focus will be on the interactions among of the institution of slavery in America, the HIST& 128 World Civilization III (5) Europe’s different societies, and between post-Civil War experience of African-Americans, (Formerly HIST 113) Historical study of human Europe and the larger world. and the struggle for civil rights and social societies in the world, with emphasis on (multicultural content) justice in America in the 20th Century. their interactions with each other, and the Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum (multicultural content) continuous transitions of their traditions from grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum the 18th century to the present. grade of C or concurrent enrollment. (multicultural content) HIST 211 History of China (5) Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Historical study of human societies in China, HIST 230 History of Japan (5) grade of C or equivalent. with emphasis on their interactions with Historical study of human societies in Japan other societies in the greater world, and the with emphasis on their interactions with HIST& 146 U.S. History I (5) continuous transitions of their traditions from other societies in the greater world, and the (Formerly HIST 241) The course will explore antiquity to the present. (multicultural content) transitions of their traditions from antiquity the key political, social, cultural, and economic Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum to the present. (multicultural content) events in the American colonies in the 17th grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum and 18th centuries. Discussions will focus on grade of C or concurrent enrollment. the individuals, issues, ideas, and events most HIST& 214 Pacific NW History (5) responsible for shaping modern America. (Formerly HIST 264) The course will examine HIST 231 American History, American Film (5) Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum the exploration, settlement and growth of This course will examine U.S. History, society grade of C or equivalent. the Pacific Northwest, with an emphasis and culture since 1929 through the lens of on Washington State. Topics will include Hollywood feature films. Topics include: the HIST& 147 U.S. History II (5) the settlement and creation of Washington Great Depression, the Cold War at home and (Formerly HIST 242) The course will Territory, as well as the social, economic and abroad, gender roles and the American family, explore the key political, social, cultural, and political issues that have shaped Washington and the civil rights movement. (multicultural economic events in American society in the State in the 19th and 20th centuries. content) 19th Century. Discussions will focus on the Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum individuals, issues, ideas, and events most grade of C or concurrent enrollment. grade of C or concurrent enrollment. responsible for shaping modern America. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent.
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History Human Development
HIST 240 Religion in America (5) HD 098 Managing Math Anxiety (2) HD 116 Life Choices (3) The course will examine the history and Increasing our awareness of why we have Students will increase self-awareness and impact of different religions and religious math anxiety and an appreciation of our decision making skills by exploring: adult ideas in the modern world, with a focus on own attitudes can actually help us to learn growth and development; the influence of how these various religions and ideas have anxiety management tools and strategies culture, roles and stereotypes; and steps to impacted the social, political, and cultural to learn math. An emphasis is placed on successfully navigate the process of constant history of the United States. (multicultural understanding problem solving techniques change and transition. content) and math assertiveness. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 085 with a minimum Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in any grade of C or equivalent. grade of C or concurrent enrollment. TCC Math course or BUS 110 or instructor permission. HD 299 Independent Study (1) HIST 244 The 1960s (5) Independent observation, analysis and This course will examine key political, social, HD 101 Student Success Seminar (3) reporting of a selected problem in Human cultural, economic, and diplomatic trends To provide individuals with an opportunity Development. in American society from 1960 to 1974. to cultivate the skills necessary to become Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Topics covered will include John F. Kennedy confident, successful students. Topics and the “New Frontier,” Lyndon Johnson’s may include: personal learning styles, time “Great Society,” the civil rights movement, management, goal setting, test-taking the women’s movement, the war in Vietnam, techniques, academic planning, degree audit, the anti-war movement, and Richard Nixon self care, money management, relationships, and Watergate. Particular focus will be on the communication, exploring careers, memory individuals, issues, ideas and events most techniques, college and community resources, responsible for shaping this period and our ethics, respecting diversity, and information understanding of it. literacy. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. HD 105 Career and Life Planning (3) Students will assess their unique interests, HIST 249 America and the Rise to Globalism (5) values, capabilities and personalities as related This course will survey the United States’ rise to career choice and future life planning. to world power from 1898 to the present, with Practical and effective job search and decision particular attention given to the causes and making skills will be taught, as well as skills to consequences of increased U.S. participation prepare students for an ever-changing world in world affairs, America’s initial reluctance and of work. ultimate acceptance of the responsibility of world leadership. HD 110 Human Relations (3) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Introductory course in personal growth grade of C or concurrent enrollment. through interpersonal communication. Primarily an experiential course, designed to facilitate learning and growth in self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-expression, with the goal of promoting positive relationships with others. (multicultural content) HD 114 Exploring Human Potential (3) This course helps students discover and develop their individual potential. Students explore who they are and how to set meaningful goals in their own terms. We identify ways to unlock our individual potential and learn how to establish an action plan for positive change.
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Humanities
Note: These courses are NOT sequential. HUM& 118 Humanities III (5) HUM 179 Themes or Topics in Humanities Nor is one prerequisite to another. (Formerly HUMAN-103) An introduction to the (Revolving Topics) (5) global humanities through the study of seven (Formerly HUM 260) A study of a theme HUM& 101 Intro. to Humanities (5) major art forms: literature, drama, music, film, or topic through its expressions, notably (Formerly HUMAN-100) An introduction to the painting, sculpture, and architecture from literature, drama, music, film, painting, humanities through investigation of current 1800 to the present. The course will focus sculpture and architecture. Various themes or cultural events offered by local communities. on connecting ideas and beliefs with their topics will be studied from quarter to quarter. Study of the arts - painting, sculpture, expressions. (multicultural content) (writing May be taken twice as themes and topics are architecture, drama, film, music and dance - intensive) different each offering. will be enhanced by attending performances Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum and on-location field trips to sites in the grade of C or equivalent. grade of C or equivalent. community. Students will become familiar with terminology of the arts and with community HUM 120 The American Multicultural Arts HUM 285 The City (5) performance/demonstrations of these same Experience (5) (Formerly HUMAN-285) An in-depth study arts. (multicultural content) (writing intensive) (Formerly HUMAN-120) An introduction to covering history, philosophy, religion, art, Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum the unique contributions of American art, architecture and literature of a culturally grade of C or equivalent. theater, dance, literature, and/or music by significant city. A different city, time, and place various American ethnic cultures. (multicultural will be studied each quarter Humanities 285 HUM 110 Introduction to Pacific Rim Cultures (5) content) is offered. (Formerly HUMAN-110) A general introduction Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum to a Pacific Rim culture (Southeast Asia, China, grade of C or better or equivalent. grade of C or equivalent. Recommended Japan, Korea, Mexico or Central America) Preparation: ENGL& 101 with a minimum emphasizing history, language, literature, arts, HUM 130 Introduction to Film (5) grade of C or LS 101 with a minimum grade politics, economy, and society. (multicultural (Formerly HUMAN-130) Study in motion of C.. content) picture techniques and the development of Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum cinema as an art form. grade of C or equivalent. Recommended Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Preparation: ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. grade of C or LS 101 with a minimum grade of C. HUM 131 Intro to Film Production (5) Humanities 131 allows students the HUM& 116 Humanities I (5) opportunity to participate in a wide range of (Formerly HUMAN-101) An introduction to aspects of the film-making process. Students the global humanities through the study of will explore and engage in various technical six major art forms: literature, drama, music, elements of the art of filmmaking, in part painting, sculpture, and architecture from the by taking active roles in the writing, acting, ancient world to 1400. The course will focus filming, and editing of various film production on connecting ideas and beliefs with their projects. By gazing through the lens of the expressions. (writing intensive) camera, students will develop their own Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum understanding of film as a contemporary grade of C or equivalent. art form, while also accentuating their film analysis and interpretation skills. HUM& 117 Humanities II (5) (Formerly HUMAN-102) An introduction to the global humanities through the study of six major art forms: literature, drama, music, painting, sculpture, and architecture from 1400 to 1800. The course will focus on connecting ideas and beliefs with their expressions. (multicultural content) (writing intensive) Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent.
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Human Services
HSP 100 Introduction To Human Services (5) HSP 113 Advanced Helping Strategies (5) HSP 126 Cultural Competencies This course provides an overview of the (Formerly HSP-106) This course explores the for Human Services (5) history, philosophy, and present status of role of group, family, and treatment systems; (Formerly HSP-261) This is an online course the major Human Services delivery systems; strategies for helping in these areas and that will examine the elements that create examination of the roles of practitioners other relevant Human Services issues will be differences within society. The primary goal as well as occupational and educational examined. of this course is to expose learners to a alternatives for graduates; exploration of Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade variety of cultural ideas, promote tolerance for services provided by local social service of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C; differences, and assistant in learning cultural agencies. or permission of instructor. competence when working with diverse Prerequisite: ENGL 095 or ENGL/ 095 with populations. Culture, ethnicity, lifestyles, a minimum grade of C or assessment at HSP 117 Ethics and Professional religion, disabilities, age, and gender will be college-level reading and writing. Development (5) explored to increase awareness of cultural (Formerly HSP-105) This course will examine biases and related concerns. (multicultural HSP 103 Therapeutic Approaches personal belief systems, ethical principles, content) and Techniques (5) and laws related to the Human Services Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum This course examines principles, concepts, field; Develop critical thinking skills to explore grade of C or equivalent or instructor and processes related to counseling and central work-related issues and develop permission. interviewing; role and function of the helping leadership skills while preparing to enter the professional is examined; counseling and helping field, internships, and careers. HSP 130 Recovery Education (5) interviewing skills are demonstrated and Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade This course will provide an overview of practiced in class. of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C; treatment and recovery from substance Prerequisite: ENGL 095 or ENGL/ 095 with a or instructor permission. abuse dependency and impulse control minimum grade of C or assessment at reading disorders. Included in this course will be the and writing. HSP 121 Survey of Addictions physiological, psychosocial, and systemic and Pharmacology (5) concerns about alcohol/drugs and the related HSP 107 Behavioral Health and Wellness (5) (Formerly HSP-200) This course is an issues of process addictions. (Formerly HSP-207) This course explores introduction to the physiological, psychological Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum theories ans strategies for wellness and and socio-cultural aspects of addiction related grade of C or equivalent; or concurrent self-care. A life-long approach is used to issues. An overview of the pharmacology of enrollment. learn relaxation techniques and coping psychoactive drugs including an explanation strategies to reduce stress. Therapeutic use of of the how brain chemistry changes result in HSP 212 Systems and Case Work (5) pharmacology and illicit use of drugs and their compulsive use is examined. This course examines the systems that impact on the community is also examined. Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade support and hinder case work with vulnerable Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C client populations; the unique problems, grade of C or equivalent. and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and issues, and concerns of case work with HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP various special needs groups. Information HSP 112 Best Practices in Human Services (5) 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor necessary to develop and implement This course examines the fundamental roles permission. effective, complex, and compounded service and functions of managing client case loads plans and how to effectively negotiate social in a variety of systems including substance service systems will also be explored. treatment and social services. Will explore Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade best practices in acquiring client data, of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C documentation, and file management; ASAM and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and criteria for adult and adolescent assessment HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP and treatment planning will be covered. 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade permission. of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor permission.
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Human Services
HSP 217 Advocacy in Human Services (5) HSP 241 Working with Youth and Families (5) HSP 251 Prevention Strategies (5) This course will explore the distinct (Formerly HSP-203) This course explores the (Formerly HSP-205) This course content components of advocacy in the helping theory of social learning and application to the includes an overview of prevention, current professions. Topics to be covered will be: how development with appropriate social skills. research, prevention planning, role of the to identify and challenge oppressive practices, Part of the course learning will occur through media, program models and evaluation policies, and mindsets; how to defend clients’ the actual experiences of working with methodology. rights; and how to overcome barriers that children, youth, and families. Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade prevent clients from having their needs met. Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C C HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor permission. 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor permission. permission. HSP 262 Loss and Grief HSP 245 Sexual Orientation and Gender through the Lifespan (5) HSP 224 Dynamics of Family Violence (5) Identity Issues in Human Services (5) This course focuses on losses ranging from (Formerly HSP 214) This course explores the This course will explore the field of Lesbian, everyday setbacks to stigmatizing issues. The history, philosophy and present status of Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer grief process will be examined from a variety violence in the family; examines cultural and (LGBTQ) issues and its relationship to the of approaches including cultural, religious, social perspectives regarding violence across lives of LGBTQ people, Human Services, and developmental perspectives. End of life the life span including child mistreatment, and society more broadly. Using intercultural concerns will also be covered. sexual abuse, and elder maltreatment; and competency development and interdisciplinary Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade exposure to service delivery systems specific approaches, we will incorporate race, class, of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C to family violence. gender, sexuality and culture as Human and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade Service issues facing LGBTQ individuals. We HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C will develop professional resources and skills 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and used to develop intercultural competency permission. HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP when serving LGBTQ individuals. Human 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor Services topics will include social and HSP 265 Aging and Adult Services (5) permission. scientific constructions of sexuality and (Formerly HSP-209) This course reviews the gender; understandings of sexual identity changing needs of people as they progress HSP 230 Co-occurring Disorders Assessment from the ancient world to the current United through the later stages of life. Social and Treatment (5) States; religion and sexual identity; mental interactions, cognitive abilities, physical This course is an overview of co-occurring health and wellness; physical health issues. changes, health issues, psychological disorders in behavioral health and Human Specific training in serving LGBTQ individuals adaptations, recreational options, and other services settings. A brief overview of specific will be related to violence, trauma, substance life domain concerns will be explored to mental disorders, substance use disorders, related disorders, mental health, suicide risk, prepare the students wishing to work with an and evidence based strategies used to serve and medical care. aging population. those with co-occurring disorders will be Prerequisite: HSP 113 with a minimum grade Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade covered. This course will survey effective co- of C and HSP 117 with a minimum grade of C. of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C occurring programming, screening processes, Recommended preparation: HSP 126 with a and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and and practices used to serve this population. minimum grade of C. HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of permission. C and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 117 with a minimum grade of C and HSP 121 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment or instructor permission.
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Human Services Information Technology
HSP 282 Program and Proposal Development (5) HSP 292 Supervised Clinical Practicum II (5) IT 102 Microcomputer Fundamentals (5) (Formerly HSP-208 Program Planning and (Formerly HSP-192) This course requires This course provides concepts and hands-on Grant Writing) This course will examine 116 hours of supervised work experience. experience in understanding and supporting a the various elements required to create a The focus of the HSP 292 weekly seminars PC-compatible microcomputer. Topics include new program or project; research potential shifts to understanding integration into the microprocessors, system architecture, system funding sources; write an effective funding professional role within the Human Services boards, expansion cards, memory, input/output proposal; create and apply program evaluation field. Students will examine the organization devices, and peripherals. The student learns strategies. of agencies and other pertinent professional how to build, configure, and troubleshoot a Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade issues related to student’s experiences. personal computer, and install its operating of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C Prerequisite: HSP 291 with a minimum grade system. The objectives of the course are based and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and of C. on those of the COMPTIA A+ Certification HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP Exam. 117 with a minimum grade of C; or instructor HSP 293 Supervised Clinical Practicum III (5) Prerequisite: CU 100 with a minimum grade permission. (Formerly HSP-193) This final clinical practicum of C or Program Chair permission. experience again requires 116 hours of HSP 283 Leadership Development (5) supervised work. The focus on HSP 293 is on IT 110 Operating Systems I (5) This course will engage students in learning integration of field experience with classroom The student is introduced to operating and developing their own leadership skills. learning to form a personal theory of helping. systems used on desktop microcomputers. Roles and functions of leadership will be Weekly seminars will alternate between The course covers installation and explored and opportunities to lead will be discussing issues that arise from the field configuration, memory and storage extended. Special attention will be placed and refining helping strategies as well as management, batch and script files, device on the relationship of service leadership helping students to synthesize theories and drivers, troubleshooting and maintenance development in their lives and the helping techniques into a working model. tools, and virus protection. Emphasis is on field. Prerequisite: HSP 292 with a minimum grade current Windows operating systems. The Prerequiste: HSP 100 with a minimum grade of C. objectives of the course are based on those of of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C the COMPTIA A+Certification Exam. and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and Prerequisite: CU 100 with a minimum grade HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP of C or Program Chair permission. 117 with a minimum grade of C. Recommended preparation: Instruction IT 112 Help Desk Operations (2) permission. The goal of this course is to provide the student with a good understanding of the HSP 291 Supervised Clinical Practicum I (5) concepts, technologies, and processes (Formerly HSP-191) This course is the first of used in the business community to support supervised clinical practicum experiences and in-house and remote staff through help desk requires 116 hours of work during the quarter operations. in a community setting. The focus of HSP-291 Prerequisite: CU 100 with a minimum grade is on integrating oneself into the workplace. of C or Program Chair permission. The weekly seminars offer helpful suggestions and discussions on how to establish a IT 201 Introduction to Programming (5) good work relationship, and strengthen An introduction to programming and communication skills. programming concepts. Students will use Prerequisite: HSP 100 with a minimum grade process mapping, flowcharting, pseudocode, of C and HSP 103 with a minimum grade of C and critical thinking skills to analyze various and HSP 112 with a minimum grade of C and types of problems as preliminary design tools, HSP 113 with a minimum grade of C and HSP and then will design, code, test, and debug 117 with a minimum grade of C. programs using a programming language. Prerequisite: BUS 110 with a minimum grade of C or MATH& 107 with a minimum grade of C. Co-Requisite: IT 262 with a minimum grade of C or Program Chair permission.
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Information Technology
IT 210 Operating Systems II (5) using the developer tools, Forms Builder IT 262 Technical Support of Windows This course extends the skills learned in IT-110 and Reports Builder in this course for report Networks (5) to more advanced desktop operating systems. generation and publication. Upon completion, This is a practical course in the installation, Installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting students should be able to write programs configuration, maintenance, and support are stressed. which create, update, and produce reports. of Local Area Networks (LANs) using the Prerequisite: IT 102 and IT 110 with a Prerequisite: IT 246 with a minimum grade of Windows Network Operating Systems (NOSs). minimum grade of C or Program Chair C or program chair permission. A Microsoft Windows Server is installed and permission. Recommended Preparation: CU 210 with a configured for secure and efficient file, print minimum grade of C. and application services. The architecture IT 230 Introduction to Project Management (2) and functionality of the Windows Server OS IT 257 Social Media (3) An introduction to Project Management from a are studied. The course also provides the This course is designed to provide students team member perspective. Students will learn theoretical, hands on, and practical techniques with a foundational skill set in the new, the different tools and techniques used in that can be used in preparation for the evolving world of social media tools and initiating, planning, developing, documenting COMPTIA Server+ exam. strategies so that they can immediately apply and completing a project. Prerequisite: IT 260 and IT 261, with a them in the workplace. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 and BUS& 101 or minimum grade of C and IT 270 (may be taken Prerequisite: CU 105 with a minimum BUS 164 or Program Chair permission. concurrently) or Program Chair permission. grade of C or Program Chair permission. Recommended: IT 210. IT 246 Database Implementation (5) Recommended Preparation: CU 101. (Formerly IT 246 and 248 combined) Students IT 270 Service and Support Fundamentals (5) IT 260 Client/Server Technology - LANs (5) will learn to implement a SQL database for This course is an introduction to the This course introduces the student to the business needs. Students will use a graphical methodologies and tools for personal concepts of data communication in a Local user interface and structured query language computer and Local Area Network (LAN) Area Network (LAN) environment. It includes to implement databases and reporting troubleshooting from a proactive viewpoint. training in the methods and protocols used solutions. The student studies the methods to identify to allow networked computer systems to Prerequisite: BUS 110 with a minimum grade and repair the most likely causes of network communicate in local environments. Topics of C or equivalent; program chair permission. faults caused by user, hardware, and software include the OSI Communication Model, Recommended preparation: CU 210 with a problems. Disaster Plans, including a Backup transmission media, protocol stacks especially minimum grade of C or equivalent. Plan, are developed. Quality customer service, TCP/IP, simple internetworking, and LAN journaling and documentation are emphasized. IT 247 IT Project Management (5) services. Course objectives are based on Configuration management and patch/ Project Management for IT professionals and those of the COMPTIA Network + certification service release installation is learned. Server projects from a team member perspective. exams. performance monitoring is discussed. Students will learn the different tools and Prerequisite: IT 102 and IT 110 with a Prerequisite: IT 260 and IT 261 with a techniques used in initiating, planning, minimum grade of C and IT 261 (may be taken minimum grade of C and IT 262 (may be taken developing, documenting and completing an concurrently) or Program Chair permission. concurrently) or Program Chair permission. IT project. Recommended: IT 210. Prerequisite: IT 230 or IT 261 with a minimum IT 261 Administration of Networks (5) grade of C or Program Chair permission. The student is introduced to networking and IT 271 Internetworking (5) to a detailed study of network administration The skills learned in IT 270 are extended IT 249 Database Programming (3) techniques. This is an applied course in the to applications on wide-area networks. The Database Programming course is concepts of local area networks (LANs). Equipment, such as client computers, servers, focused on different aspects of integration The student focuses on configuration of file bridges, hubs, switches, routers, and DSU/ of applications with database design and and print services. Methods and tools for CSU units, are installed and configured. While development. Students hone their technical designing, implementing, and maintaining the course is not specific to one vendor, many skills by learning how to analyze, design and a secure, expandable local area network objectives parallel those of the Cisco Certified develop database systems. This course is environments are studied. Microsoft Windows Network Associate (CCNA) Certification. designed to further develop programming Server is used as the platform for this course. Prerequisite: IT 262 and IT 270 with a proficiency. Emphasis is on data definition, Prerequisite: IT 102 and IT 110 with a minimum grade of C and IT 280 (may be taken data manipulation, and data control minimum grade of C and IT 260 (may be taken concurrently) or Program Chair permission. statements including database cursors, concurrently) or Program Chair permission. triggers, procedures and functions. Students will be required to learn and develop skills
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Information Technology Japanese
IT 274 Network Security Fundamentals (5) IT 280 Advanced Networking Technologies (5) The basic tenets of communications The Network Security Fundamentals course This is a capstone course for the Network including reading, writing, speaking, and is an introduction to the various technical and and Cyber Security program. Students will listening are developed in a dynamic administrative aspects of Information Security demostrate a complete foundation skill set second language acquisition environment and Assurance in a network-centric computing by using the knowledge and skills acquired enhanced by technology. environment. The course provides the in previous course work to implement a Grammar is used as a communication foundation for understanding the key issues complete and secure network using project associated with determining appropriate management, business analysis, budget tool to express meaning as students take levels of protection for information and development, presentation, and technical part in small group discussions, cultural computing assets. The course will also provide knowledge and skills. investigation, and presentation. Authentic information on how to design and manage a Prerequisite: IT 262 and IT 270 with a materials will be focused on in the class secure network infrastructure. minimum grade of C and IT 271 (may be taken as well as assessment. Students should Prerequisite: CU 105 with a minimum grade of concurrently) or Program Chair permission. expect to be immersed in the language. C or equivalent knowledge or Program Chair English will be used at a minimum. permission. Recommended: IT 260. IT 281 Cyber Security Capstone (5) This is a capstone course for the Network JAPN& 121 Japanese I (5) IT 275 Security Assessment & Remediation (5) Administration and Support degree program (Formerly JAPAN 101) The first year of the This course is a continuation of study in Cyber Security option. Students will use beginning Japanese language sequence Network Security with added emphasis on knowledge learned in previous course work of 121, 122, and 123. JAPN& 121 is the security assessment, risks and remediation to implement robust security solutions for first quarter of the sequence. (multicultural options for security networks. enterprise networks. content) Prerequisite: IT 274 and IT 260 with a Prerequisite: IT 275 with a minimum grade of Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum minimum grade of C or Program Chair C and Program Chair permission. grade of C or equivalent. permission. Co-requisite: IT 278. JAPN& 122 Japanese II (5) IT 277 Data Storage Security IT 282 Database Management Capstone (5) (Formerly JAPAN 102) JAPN& 122 is the and Management (5) This is a capstone course for the Networking second quarter of the first-year language This course covers the core elements of & Cyber Security degree program Database sequence and continues to build on the skills storage infrastructure including various Management certificate option. Students will acquired in JAPN& 121. (multicultural content) storage networking technologies, business use knowledge learned in previous course Prerequisite: JAPN& 121 with a minimum continuity, information availability, storage work to implement robust data security grade of C or instructor permission. management and security concepts, principles solutions for enterprise networks. and best practices. Prerequisite: IT 246 with a minimum grade of JAPN& 123 Japanese III (5) Prerequisite: IT 274 and IT 261 with a C and program chair permission. (Formerly JAPAN 123) JAPN& 123 is the third minimum grade of C or Program Chair Co-requisite: IT 249. quarter of the first-year language sequence permission. and continues to build on the skills acquired in IT 290 Work Internship (5) JAPN& 122. (multicultural content) IT 278 Incident Response & Intrusion Analysis (5) During one quarter of the sophomore year, Prerequisite: JAPN& 122 with a minimum This course presents network defense in students can receive college credits for grade of C or instructor permission. depth for enterprise networks, attach methods, hands-on computer related work experience intrusion analysis and detection. and training in a private or public sector Prerequisite: IT 275 with a minimum grade of organization. C; or Program Chair permission. Prerequisite: Program Chair permission. Co-requisite: IT 281. IT 299 Indpendent Study & Special Projects (1) Study on an individual basis Prerequisite: Program Chair permission.
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Library Science Logistics
LS 101 Introduction to Research (2) LOG 102 Transportation & Distribution (5) LOG 112 Importing & Exporting (3) Meet course-related research needs by This course will introduce students to the This course is an introduction to the processes learning to identify, find, evaluate, incorporate, role and importance of transportation and and documentation used in importing and and cite appropriate sources using a range of distribution of cargo in the nation’s economy exporting products in today’s international research tools. and to overview the operations of each mode marketplace. of the transportation industry. Students will be Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum LS 102 Research for Writing introduced to the carrier cost structures and grade of C or assessment at college-level in the Disciplines (2) operating characteristics, and public policy as it reading and writing. Recommended: LOG 102. Students concurrently registered in 200-level relates to transportation regulations. Practical social sciences courses will meet course- aspects of transportation and distribution such LOG 115 Logistics Security and related research needs by developing as planning, routing, scheduling and loading Risk Management (5) strategies to identify, find, evaluate, cargo, and adhering to regulatory, safety, This course overviews logistics security incorporate and cite appropriate sources using security and adminsitrative requirements will threats and risks and the countermeasures a broad range of research tools. Evaluation and be stressed. that can be used to secure fixed assets and use of sources for specific disciplines will be Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum assets in transit. Students will become familiar emphasized. grade of C or assessment at college-level with applicable domestic and international Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum reading and witing. Recommended: LOG 102. standards, laws, and regulations as well as the grade of C. technologies that are used in ensuring that the LOG 104 Applied Warehousing and supply chain is safe. LS 301 Research Skills for Healthcare (2) Inventory Management (5) Recommended Preparation: LOG 102 with a This course will help the student to meet This course introduces students to practical minimum grade of C. course-related research needs by developing concepts of warehousing and inventory strategies to identifyh, find, evaluate, management including the types of incorporate and cite appropriate sources used equipment, storage processes and systems, in healthcare. Evaluation and use of sources the technologies used to identify and track specific to healthcare will be emphasized. units in a warehouse, and the regulations Must be taken concurrently with HIM 320. designed to ensure safety in warehouse Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum operations. Students will gain a better grade of C and Co-requisite HIM 320. understanding of warehouse processes through field trips and/or applied lab exercise. Includes a series of applied hands-on exercises. This version of Warehousing & Inventory Management is required for students in the Business AAS degree. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or assessment at college-level reading and writing. Recommended: LOG 102. LOG 110 International Logistics (3) This course is an introduction to International Logistics and how organizations enter into and maintain a global presence. Students will learn global trade strategies and some of the controllable and uncontrollable factors that determine success in a global market.
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Mathematics
TCC offers both college transfer and MATH 075 Review Arithmetic (5) MATH 094 Statway Bridge to pre-college-level courses. TCC uses (Previously MATH 086) Review of basic Business Algebra (5) multiple measures for placement into its mathematics including arithmetic of whole Topics include rates of change, introduction math courses (see Assessment section, numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, to functions, linear, quadratic, exponential and page 10). Courses numbered below ratios, proportions and plane geometry. Four- logarithmic functions and their applications, 100 cannot be applied toward degree or function basic calculator required. systems of linear equations and inequalities certificate requirements. See Advising for and their applications. MATH 085 Introduction to Elementary Algebra (5) Prerequisite: MATH 136 with a minimum details. (Previously MATH 088) Beginning algebra grade of C. Students considering a major in specifically designed for students with mathematics, engineering, science or no algebra background. Topics include MATH 095 Intermediate Algebra (5) computer science will normally complete introduction to variables and signed numbers, (Formerly MATH 099) Topics include solutions to linear equations and inequalities, introduction to functions; linear, quadratic, MATH& 141, 142, 151, 152, 153, 254 and simplification of algebraic expressions, exponential and logarithmic functions and MATH 220, 238. Business and economics evaluation and manipulation of formulas, an their applications; systems of linear equations majors should complete MATH 147 and emphasis on word problems and graphing of and inequalities and their applications; rational MATH& 148. linear equations. exponents and radicals. The use of computer applications, Prerequisite: ENGL/ 085 with a minimum Prerequisite: MATH 090 with a minimum including spreadsheets, is included in grade of C (may be taken concurrently) or grade of C or assessment above MATH 090; MATH& 146, MATH 147 and MATH& equivalent; and either MATH 075 with a and ENGL/ 085 with a minimum grade of C 148. For these classes, CU 103 and CU minimum grade of C or equivalent or ABE 068 or equivalent. with a minimum grade of B-. 203 are recommended as prerequisites MATH 096 Accelerated Algebra (3) if a student does not have spreadsheet MATH 090 Elementary Algebra (5) A survey of algebraic concepts and skills experience. Topics include linear equations, polynomials, intended for students majoring in math, Many developmental math courses are factoring, rational expressions, and graphing. science, or engineering. Topics include linear, Scientific calculator required. quadratic, and radical functions, simplifying offered in a computer-mediated format Prerequisite: ENGL/ 085 with a minimum expressions, and solving equations. (designated with “CM” in the section grade of C or equivalent; and either MATH 085 This course integrates the necessary number of the class). Students learn by with a minimum grade of C or ABE 068 with a algebraic skills and concepts into MATH-140 using computer software under their minimum grade of B- or equivalent.. Introduction to Precalculus. instructor’s direction, often working Prerequisite: MATH 090 with a minimum independently or in small groups. MATH 093 Descriptive Statistics with Algebra (5) grade of B or MATH 095 with a minimum Students are required to complete Based on the Statway curriculum for teaching grade of C or appropriate MATH placement; material within a time line established by statistics with integrated algebra. Introduction and ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or the instructor. Additional time is required to descriptive statistics. Topics include data equivalent. Co-requisite: MATH 140. analysis and statistical studies, graphical working on a home computer or in a TCC and tabular summaries of data, measures MATH& 107 Math in Society (5) computer lab. of central tendency and variability, basic (Formerly MATH 107) A general education probability, functions, linear equations, linear course investigating quantitative reasoning regression and two-way tables. Preparation and its applications and role in society. Topics course for MATH-136. may include graph theory, statistics, coding, Prerequisite: MATH 085 with a minimum game theory, symmetry, and geometric and grade of C or assessment above MATH 085 numerical patterns. Mathematical theory and ENGL/ 095 (may be taken concurrently) combined with quantitative skills will be with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. used in applications to a variety of problems encountered in mathematics and the world. A thematic approach may be taken in this course. Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent; and ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or assessment above ENGL/ 095 or equivalent.
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Mathematics
MATH& 131 Math for Elementary Education 1 (5) MATH& 141 Precalculus I (5) MATH 147 College Algebra for Business (Formerly MATH 170) A course for prospective (Formerly MATH 115) In-depth study of the and Economics (5) teachers focusing on the mathematics concept of a function, including graphs, (Formerly MATH 111) A precalculus course for underlying modern elementary school math transformations, operations on functions, business majors. Topics include: polynomials, curricula. Topics include deductive reasoning, and inverse functions. General theory of inequalities, rational functions, marginal set theory, whole numbers, fractions, functions is applied to the study of polynomial, revenue and costs, matrix algebra, systems decimals and their operations, and proportion absolute value, radical, rational, exponential, of equations, linear programming by graphing and percentage. Emphasizes deep conceptual and logarithmic functions. First course in a and simplex methods, exponential and understanding, problem solving, and two course sequence designed to prepare logarithmic functions, linear regression, communication of mathematical ideas. students for Calculus. Graphing calculator and the time value of money. Required: Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum required. graphing calculator and knowledge of Excel grade of C or equivalent; and ENGL/ 095 Prerequisite: MATH 140 with a minimum spreadsheets including graphing. with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. grade of C or appropriate MATH placement; Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum and ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or grade of C or MATH 094 with a minimum MATH& 132 Math for Elementary Education 2 (5) equivalent. grade of C or equivalent; and ENGL/ 095 with (Formerly MATH 171) A course for prospective a minimum grade of C or equivalent. teachers focusing on the mathematics MATH& 142 Precalculus II (5) underlying modern elementary school (Formerly MATH 116) An introduction to MATH& 148 Business Calculus (5) math curricula. Topics include geometry, trigonometric functions and their applications. (Formerly MATH 112) (For students in measurement, probability, and statistics. Topics include unit circle definition of business, economics, social sciences and Emphasizes deep conceptual understanding, trigonometric functions, graphs, identities, other fields requiring minimal calculus.) problem solving and communication of inverse trigonometric functions, and solving Topics include the derivative, rates of mathematical ideas. equations and triangles. Also included is an change, maxima and minima, the integral Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum introduction to conic sections and parametric and applications of integrals. Required: grade of C or equivalent; and ENGL/ 095 equations. Second course in a two course graphing calculator and knowledge of Excel with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. sequence designed to prepare students for spreadsheets including graphing. Calculus. Graphing calculators are required. Prerequisite: MATH 147 with a minimum MATH 136 Inferential Statistics (5) Prerequisite: MATH& 141 with a minimum grade of C or appropriate MATH placement Based on the Statway curriculum for grade of C or appropriate MATH placement; and department permission; and ENGL/ 095 teaching statistics with integrated algebra. and ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C with a minimum grade of C or equivalent; and Introduction to inferential statistics. Topics or equivalent. knowledge of Excel spreadsheet software include modeling with linear, exponential and including graphing. quadratic functions, probability distributions, MATH& 146 Introduction to Statistics (5) confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for (Formerly MATH 108) Introduction to the MATH& 151 Calculus I (5) one and two sample proportions and means basic principles of probability, descriptive Topics of calculus are presented geometrically, tests. Completion of MATH 136 is equivalent statistics, and inferential statistics. Topics numerically, and symbolically. MATH& to completion of MATH& 146. include properties of probability, graphical 151 topics include limits, introduction to Prerequisite: MATH 093 with a minimum and tabular summaries of data, measures of differentiation (including derivatives of grade of C. central tendency and variability, probability exponential and logarithmic functions), and distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis applications of the derivative. Graphing MATH 140 Introduction to Precalculus (2) testing, and linear regression. calculator required. This course integrates analytic geometry Prerequisite: MATH 095 with a minimum Prerequisite: MATH& 142 with a minimum concepts into MATH 096 Accelerated grade of C or assessment above MATH 095 grade of C or appropriate MATH placement Algebra. Topics include one-dimensional or TMATH 100 with a minimum grade of C; and department permission; and ENGL/ 095 and two-dimensional coordinate geometry, and ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. parameterized families of functions and their equivalent. graphs. Prerequisite: MATH 090 with a minimum grade of B or MATH 095 with a minimum grade of C or appropriate MATH placement; and ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. Co-requisite: MATH 096.
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Mathematics Music
MATH& 152 Calculus II (5) MATH& 254 Calculus IV (5) MUSC 100 Fundamentals of Music (5) Topics of calculus are presented geometrically, (Formerly MATH 224) Topics of multivariable (Formerly MUS 100) This introductory numerically, and symbolically. MATH& 152 calculus are presented geometrically, class covers the basics of reading and topics include applications of integration, numerically, and algebraically. Emphasis is on understanding written music notation. Topics differentiation, and methods of integration problem-solving and understanding concepts. covered include: Pitch names, rhythmic including improper integrals. Graphing Computers and graphing calculators are used notation, basic terminology, simple piano calculator required. as tools to assist the student in learning to keyboard familiarity, basic singing, intervals, Prerequisite: MATH& 151 with a minimum think mathematically. Topics include cylindrical and scales. This class is beneficial to students grade of C or appropriate MATH placement and spherical coordinates, vector valued with a limited or no musical background. and department permission; and ENGL/ 095 functions, functions of several variables, partial with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. differentiation, gradients, and double and triple MUSC& 105 Music Appreciation (5) integrals and vector calculus, including Green’s (Formerly MUS 107) (For the general college MATH& 153 Calculus III (5) and Stokes’ theorems. Graphing calculator student; recommended for education Topics of calculus are presented geometrically, required. majors.) A focus on listening to music with numerically, and symbolically. MATH& 153 Prerequisite: MATH& 153 with a minimum understanding. A strong emphasis on learning topics include sequences, infinite series, grade of C or appropriate MATH placement the elements of music, and how they relate to Taylor series, Taylor polynomials, vectors, and department permission; and ENGL/ 095 different styles of music. and functions of several variables. Graphing with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. calculator required. MUSC 106 World Music (5) Prerequisite: MATH& 152 with a minimum (Formerly MUS 106) An introduction to musics grade of C or appropriate MATH placement of various cultures of the world. This class and department permission; and ENGL/ 095 explores the elements of music, music as with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. an expression of human values, music as an identity, and music as a lifestyle. (multicultural MATH 220 Linear Algebra (5) content) Topics include linear systems of equations, matrices, determinants, vectors, abstract MUSC 110 Introduction to Digital Music (5) vector spaces, linear transformations, This course introduces students to using eigenvectors and applications. Graphing computers and digital audio work station calculator required. applications to make music. Topics covered Prerequisite: MATH& 153 with a minimum include: an applied understanding of the grade of C or appropriate MATH placement elements of music, basic audio editing and department permission; and ENGL/ 095 techniques, basic recording techniques, basic with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. MIDI sequencing, and live performance with digital technology. MATH 238 Elements of Differential Equations (5) Introductory Course in ordinary differential MUSC 120 Music in the Classroom (5) equations. Topics includes first- and second- (Formerly MUS 120) Designed to instruct order differential equations, Laplace transform, elementary education majors in practices power series solutions, applications and with which they might implement music into modeling. Graphing calculator required. their classrooms. This course will encompass Prerequisite: MATH& 153 with a minimum individual music lesson plans as well as grade of C or appropriate MATH placement techniques to utilize music within other and department permission; and ENGL/ 095 classroom subjects. Students will lead songs, with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. lessons, and practice exercises in teaching music. MUSC 122 Class Applied Music: Voice (2) (Formerly MUSC 151 and MUSC 251) Class instruction for the beginning voice student. Development of vocal skills required for performance in solo singing and ensembles as well as an emphasis on reading music and an understanding of basic music theory.
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Music
MUSC 124 Class Applied Music: Piano I (2) MUSC 133 Applied Lessons: Woodwind 1 (1) MUSC 152 Chamber Choir I (2) (Formerly MUS 124) Class instruction for the Private instruction on a woodwind instrument (Formerly MUS 180 and MUSC 180) Chamber beginning piano student. Development of (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, or saxophone). Choir is the primary vocal ensemble here physical skills required for performance on One-on-one instruction in weekly lessons. at Tacoma Community College. Chamber keyboard instruments as well as an emphasis Performance/skills course. Choir sings a wide range of music. Known on reading music and an understanding of Prerequisite: Instructor permission. for its versatility and polished performances, basic music theory. Performance/skills course. this group can sing both on and off campus MUSC 134 Applied Lessons: Percussion 1 (1) throughout the quarter. May be taken three MUSC 125 Class Applied Music: Piano II (2) Private instruction on traditional concert times. Performance/skills course. (Formerly MUS 125) Second class in a percussion instruments. One-on-one instruction Recommended: MUSC 122 with a minimum sequence of instruction for the beginning in weekly lessons. Performance/skills course. grade of C. piano student. Continued development of Prerequisite: Instructor permission. physical skills required for performance MUSC 155 Gospel Choir (2) on keyboard instruments, as well as an MUSC 135 Applied Lessons: Keyboard 1 (1) (Formerly MUSC 175) A mixed, non-auditioned an emphasis on reading music and an Private instruction on traditional keyboard chorus which rehearses and performs music understanding of basic music theory. instruments (piano, organ). One-on-one specifically within in the “gospel” genre. At Performance/skills course. instruction in weekly lessons. Performance/ least one concert on-campus each quarter. Prerequisite: MUSC 124 or instructor skills course. Open to all singers; previous choral experience permission. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. helpful but not essential. May be taken three times. Performance/skills course. MUSC 126 Class Applied Music: Piano III (2) MUSC 136 Applied Lessons: Voice 1 (1) (Formerly MUS 126) Third quarter of class Private instruction in singing. One-on-one MUSC 160 Orchestra I (2) instruction for the beginning piano student. instruction in weekly lessons. Performance/ (Formerly MUS 160) Preparation and Continued development of physical skills skills course. performance of orchestra music. Students required for performance on keyboard Prerequisite: Instructor permission. are expected to attend weekly rehearsals, instruments, as well as an emphasis on MUSC& 141 Music Theory I (5) and participate in all concerts. The orchestra reading intermediate/advanced piano music is a combination of student and volunteer (Formerly MUSC 141) Introduction to the and an understanding of music theory. community musicians. This course is designed materials of Western music, notation, rhythm, Performance/skills course. for experienced orchestra musicians, in their scales, intervals, and diatonic triads. Includes Prerequisite: MUSC 125 or instructor first year of participation in ensembles at TCC. elementary ear-training and sight-singing. permission. May be taken 3 times. Performance/skills MUSC& 142 Music Theory II (5) course. MUSC 130 Private Vocal or Instrumental Prerequisite: Audition or instructor permission. Instruction (1) (Formerly MUSC 142) Introduction to the study of Western diatonic harmony. Analysis (Formerly MUS 130) Private instruction in MUSC 161 Symphonic Band (2) of 18th and 19th century harmonic usage; either voice or instrument for credit. May be (Formerly MUS 290 and MUSC 290) composition exercises stressing correct taken three times on same instrument. Preparation and performance of concert voice-leading and chord succession. Further Prerequisite: Music Department Chair band music. Students are expected to development of aural skills through ear-training permission. attend weekly rehearsals, and participate and sight-singing. in at least one quarterly concert. This band Prerequisite: MUSC& 141 with a minimum MUSC 131 Applied Lessons: String 1 (1) is a combination of student and volunteer grade of C or instructor permission. Private instruction on a string instrument community musicians. This course is designed (violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, guitar). MUSC& 143 Music Theory III (5) for students in their first year of participation in One-on-one instruction in weekly lessons. (Formerly MUSC 143) Continued study of the TCC symphonic band. May be taken three Performance/skills course. Western diatonic harmony, and introduction times. Performance/skills course. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. to chromatic harmony through analysis and Prerequisite: Audition only - instructor approval MUSC 132 Applied Lessons: Brass 1 (1) composition exercises. Further development needed. Private instruction on brass instrument of aural skills through ear-training and sight- (horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba). singing. One-on-one instruction in weekly lessons. Prerequisite: MUSC& 142 with a minimum Performance/skills course. grade of C or instructor permission. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
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Music
MUSC 165 Jazz Band I (2) MUSC 233 Applied Lessons: Woodwind 2 (1) MUSC& 242 Music Theory V (5) (Formerly MUS 291 and MUSC 291) Private instruction on woodwind instrument The study of extended chromatic harmony. An Preparation and performance of jazz band (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, or saxophone), analysis of 18th and 19th century harmonic music. Students are expected to attend at an intermediate through advanced level. usage; modulations, extended chromatic chord weekly rehearsals, and participate in at One-on-one instruction in weekly lessons. structures, and mode mixture. Continued least one quarterly concert. this band is Performance/skills course. study of binary and ternary forms and analysis. a combination of student and volunteer Prerequisite: MUSC 133 with a minimum Further development of aural skills through ear community musicians. This course is designed grade of C and instructor permission. training and sight singing. for students in their first year of participation in Prerequisite: MUSC& 241 with a minimum the TCC jazz band. Performance/skills course. MUSC 234 Applied Lessons: Percussion 2 (1) grade of C or instructor permission. Prerequisite: Audition only - instructor approval Private instruction on traditional concert needed. percussion instruments, at an intermediate MUSC& 243 Music Theory VI (5) through advanced level. One-on-one instruction Introduction to Western and non-Western MUSC 179 Special Topics in Music (5) in weekly lessons. Performance/skills course. post-chromatic theory. Analysis of 20th and (Formerly MUSC 150) Studies of music related Prerequisite: MUSC 134 with a minimum 21st century harmonic usage; modal theory, topics outside of the normal course offerings. grade of C and instructor permission. and atonal theory. Further development of Topics may include: focused analysis of a aural skills through ear training and sight music genre, application of different music MUSC 235 Applied Lessons: Keyboard 2 (1) singing. media, or a detailed examination of historical Private instruction on traditional keyboard Prerequisite: MUSC& 242 with a minimum music styles. instruments (piano, organ) at intermediate grade of C or instructor permission. or advanced level. One-on-one instruction in MUSC 230 Private Vocal or Instrumental weekly lessons. Performance/skills course. MUSC 252 Chamber Choir II (2) Instruction (1) Prerequisite: MUSC 135 with a minimum (Formerly MUS 280 and MUSC 280) A vocal (Formerly MUS-230) Private instruction in grade of C and instructor permission. ensemble whose members are selected either voice or instrument for credit. May be by audition. Known for their versatility and taken three times on same instrument. MUSC 236 Applied Lessons: Voice 2 (1) polished performances, this group sings both Prerequisite: Music Department chair Private instruction in singing at an intermediate on and off campus several times each quarter. permission. through advanced level. One-on-one Designed for students that have completed 3 instruction in weekly lessons. Performance/ quarters of MUSC 152. May be taken 3 times. MUSC 231 Applied Lessons: String 2 (1) skills course. Performance/skills course. Private instruction on string instruments Prerequisite: MUSC 136 with a minimum Prerequisite: Instructor permission and/or (violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, guitar), at grade of C and instructor permission. three quarters of MUSC 152. an intermediate through advanced level. One-on-one instruction in weekly lessons. MUSC& 241 Music Theory IV (5) MUSC 260 Orchestra II (2) Performance/skills course. The study of chromatic harmony in Western (Formerly MUS-260) Advanced preparation Prerequisite: MUSC 131 with a minimum music. Analysis of 18th and 19th century and performance of orchestra music. Students grade of C and instructor permission. harmonic usage; continued secondary are expected to attend weekly rehearsals, chord functions and temporary harmonic and participate in at least 1 quarterly concert. MUSC 232 Applied Lessons: Brass 2 (1) modulations. Introduction to large-scale This orchestra is a combination of student and Private instruction on brass instruments binary and ternary form and analysis. Further volunteer community musicians. This course (horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba), development of aural skills through ear training is designed for students in their second year at an intermediate through advanced level. and sight singing. of participation in the TCC orchestra. May be One-on-one instruction in weekly lessons. MUSC& 143 with a minimum grade of C or taken three times. Performance/skills course. Performance/skills course. instructor permission by audition. Prerequisite: MUSC 160 with a minimum Prerequisite: MUSC 132 with a minimum grade of C or audition or instructor permission. grade of C and instructor permission.
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Music Nursing
MUSC 261 Symphonic Band II (2) NURS 101 Health & Illness - Level 1 (4) NURS 116 Skills and Assessment Lab II (3) Advanced preparation and performance of This course introduces the student to the This course introduces the nursing student concert band music. Students are expected nursing program curriculum and beginning to the application of concepts through clinical to attend weekly rehearsals, and participate knowledge of nursing practice. It focuses skills in the laboratory setting. Concepts of in at least 1 quarterly concert. This band on the concepts of Communication; Culture assessment, caring interventions, comfort, is a combination of student and volunteer and Diversity; Family; Spirituality; Caring fluid and electrolytes, elimination, nutrition community musicians. This course is Interventions; Assessment; Health, Wellness and digestion, metabolism, tissue integrity, designed for students in their second year of & Illness; and Nutrition across the Lifespan. and infection will be included across the participation in the TCC concert band. May be lifespan. Accurate calculation, measurement, taken three times. Performance/skills course. NURS 102 Health & Illness - Level 2 (4) and administration of medications will be Prerequisite: MUSC 161 with a minimum grade This course introduces the student to also be emphasized. Students will participate of C or instructor permission by audition. beginning knowledge of nursing practice. in supervised practice and competency Health and Illness concepts included in validation under simulated conditions. MUSC 265 Jazz Band II (2) this course are: Sexuality, Reproduction, Prerequisite: NURS 115 with a minimum grade Advanced preparation and performance of Development, Stress and Coping, Comfort, of C; NURS 153 with a minimum grade of C; jazz band music. Students are expected to Self, Grief and Loss, Mobility, and Sensory NURS 171 with a minimum grade of C; NURS attend weekly rehearsals, and participate in Perception. All concepts are applied to the 172 with a minimum grade of C; NURS 181 at least 1 quarterly concert. This orchestra care of individuals across the lifespan and with a minimum grade of C; NURS 191 with a is a combination of student and volunteer include elements of nutrition as applicable. minimum grade of C. community musicians. This course is designed for students in their second year NURS 103 Health & Illness - Level 3 (5) NURS 117 Skills and Assessment Lab of participation in the TCC jazz band. May be This course introduces the student to - LPN Transition (3) taken three times. Performance/skills course. intermediate knowledge of nursing practice. This course is designed for LPNs transitioning Prerequisite: MUSC 165 with a minimum Health and Illness concepts included in this to the RN program. It reinforces the grade of C or instructor permission by course are: Fluid and Electrolytes, Acid-Base application of concepts through clinical skills audition. Balance, Inflammation, Tissue Integrity, in the laboratory setting and introduces Infection, Cellular Regulation, Metabolism, the LPN to skills necessary to successfully MUSC 299 Independent Study (1-5) Immunity, and Elimination. All concepts are transition to the role of RN. Concepts of Independent learning activity designed jointly applied to the care of individuals across the assessment, caring interventions, comfort, by student and instructor to improve and/or lifespan and include elements of nutrition as fluid and electrolytes, elimination, nutrition increase the learner’s knowledge and skill in applicable. and digestion, metabolism, tissue integrity, the area of music. This course is an elective, NURS 115 Skills and Assessment Lab I (3) and infection will be included. Accurate and transferability is inconsistent. Instructor calculation, measurement, and administration This course introduces the nursing student approval needed for enrollment. Variable credit of medications will also be emphasized. to the application of concepts through clinical course. Students will participate in supervised practice skills in the laboratory setting. Concepts of Prerequisite: Instructor permission. and competency validation under simulated assessment, caring interventions, teaching conditions. and learning, safety, mobility, elimination, Prerequisite: Active unencumbered WA LPN perfusion, oxygenation, and infection will License and admission to the Nursing program. be included across the lifespan. Students will participate in supervised practice and NURS 124 Clinical Simulation III (2) competency validation under simulated This course provides learning opportunities conditions. through simulated practice of nursing care Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing delivery. It includes participation in select program. patient/client scenarios across the lifespan in a simulation lab setting, using application of concepts in coordination with other courses in the program.
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Nursing
NURS 125 Clinical and Simulation NURS 155 Pharmacology III (1) NURS 173 Health and Illness Concepts 2A (2) - LPN Transition (3) This course continues with pharmacological This course introduces the student to This course provides continued learning concepts about the pharmacokinetics, routes beginning knowledge of nursing practice. opportunities through simulated and actual of administration, dosage calculation, safe Health and Illness concepts included in this clinical practice of nursing care delivery. medication administration, therapeutic effects, course are: Sexuality, Reproduction, and It includes select patient scenarios across side and adverse effects, interactions, and Development. All concepts are applied to the the lifespan in a simulated lab setting, using contraindications of specific medications for care of individuals across the lifespan and application of concepts in coordination with these areas across the lifespan: Fluid and include elements of nutrition as applicable. other courses in the program. In the clinical Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance, Inflammation, Prerequisite: NURS 115 with a minimum grade setting, the students will have learning Tissue Integrity, Infection, Cellular Regulation, of C and NURS 181 with a minimum grade of opportunities to apply concepts and skills in Metabolism, Immunity, and Elimination. C and NURS 191 with a minimum grade of C the caring of patients with medical-surgical Prerequisite: NURS 116 with a minimum grade and NURS 153 with a minimum grade of C; needs in the acute care or specialty care of C and NURS 192 with a minimum grade of and either NURS 101 with a minimum grade of setting across the lifespan. Principles of C and NURS 154 with a minimum grade of C C or both NURS 171 with a minimum grade of communication, safety, and application of and NURS 182 with a minimum grade of C; C and NURS 172 with a minimum grade of C. the nursing process, including accurate and either NURS 102 with a minimum grade calculation, measurement, and administration of C; or both NURS 173 with a minimum NURS 174 Health and Illness Concepts 2B (2) of medications, will be included in both the grade of C and NURS 174 with a minimum This course introduces the student to simulated and the clinical settings grade of C. beginning knowledge of nursing practice. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program. Health and illness concepts included in this NURS 156 Pharmacology - LPN Transition (1) course are: Stress and Coping, Comfort, NURS 153 Pharmacology I (1) This course continues with pharmacological Self, Grief and Loss, Mobility, and Sensory This course introduces the student to concepts about the pharmacokinetics, routes Perception. All concepts are applied to the pharmacology. Pharmacological concepts of administration, dosage calculation, safe care of individuals across the lifespan and included in this course are: pharmacokinetics, medication administration, therapeutic effects, include elements of nutrition as applicable. routes of administration, dosage calculation, side and adverse effects, interactions, and Prerequisite: NURS 173 with a minimum safe medication administration, therapeutic contraindications of specific medications grade of C and NURS 116 with a minimum effects, side and adverse effects, interactions, for these areas across the lifespan: Fluid grade of C and NURS 154 with a minimum and contraindications. Specific drug and Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance, grade of C. information on assessment; Health, Wellness Inflammation, Tissue Integrity, Infection, and Illness; and Nutrition across the lifespan Cellular Regulation, Metabolism, Immunity, NURS 175 Health and Illness Concepts 3A (2) is covered. and Elimination. This course introduces the student to Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the LPN to RN intermediate knowledge of nursing practice. Bridge program.. Health and Illness concepts included in this NURS 154 Pharmacology II (1) course are: Fluid and Electrolytes, Acid-Base This course continues with pharmacological NURS 171 Health and Illness Concepts 1A (2) Balance, Inflammation, Tissue Integrity, and concepts about the pharmacokinetics, routes This course introduces the student to the Infection. All concepts are applied to the care of administration, dosage calculation, safe nursing program curriculum. It focuses on of individuals across the lifespan and include medication administration, therapeutic effects, the concepts of Health and Wellness across elements of nutrition as applicable. side and adverse effects, interactions, and the lifespan: Communication, Culture and Prerequisite: NURS 116 with a minimum grade contraindications of specific medications for Diversity, Family, Spirituality, and Caring of C and NURS 154 with a minimum grade of the following areas: Sexuality, Reproduction, Interventions. C and NURS 192 with a minimum grade of C Development, Stress and Coping, Comfort, Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program. and NURS 182 with a minimum grade of C; and Self, Grief and Loss, Mobility, and Sensory either NURS 102 with a minimum grade of C perception across the lifespan. NURS 172 Health and Illness Concepts 1B (2) or both NURS 173 with a minimum grade of C Prerequisite: NURS 115 with a minimum grade This course introduces the student to and NURS 174 with a minimum grade of C. of C and NURS 191 with a minimum grade of beginning knowledge of nursing practice. C and NURS 181 with a minimum grade of C Health and Illness concepts included in this and NURS 153 with a minimum grade of C; course across the lifespan are: Assessment, and either NURS 101 with a minimum grade of Health, Wellness and Illness, and Nutrition. C; or both NURS 171 with a minimum grade of Prerequisite: NURS 171 with a minimum grade C and NURS 172 with a minimum grade of C. of C and NURS 115 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 181 with a minimum grade of C.
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Nursing
NURS 176 Health and Illness Concepts 3B (3) NURS 183 Professional Concepts III (1) or both NURS 171 with a minimum grade of C This course introduces the student to This course introduces the student to and NURS 172 with a minimum grade of C. intermediate knowledge of nursing practice. intermediate knowledge, skills and attitudes NURS 193 Clinical III (3) Health and illness concepts included in this of nursing as a profession and includes This course introduces students to the course are: Cellular Regulation, Metabolism, the following concepts across the lifespan: application of concepts and skills in caring Immunity, and Elimination. All concepts are Teaching and Learning, Safety, and Evidence- for patients/clients with medical-surgical applied to the care of individuals across the Based Practice. needs in the acute care setting across the lifespan and include elements of nutrition as Prerequisite: NURS 116 with a minimum grade lifespan. Principles of communication, safety, applicable. of C; and NURS 154 with a minimum grade of and application of the nursing process, Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum C; and NURS 182 with a minimum grade of C; including accurate calculation, measurement, grade of C; and NURS 155 with a minimum and NURS 192 with a minimum grade of C; or and administration of medications, will be grade of C; and NURS 175 with a minimum either NURS 102 with a minimum grade of C; included. grade of C; and NURS 183 with a minimum or both NURS 173 with a minimum grade of C Prerequisite: NURS 116 with a minimum grade grade of C. and NURS 174 with a minimum grade of C. of C; and NURS 154 with a minimum grade of NURS 177 Health & Illness Concepts NURS 184 Professional Concepts C; and NURS 182 with a minimum grade of - LPN Transition (3) - LPN Transition (2) C; and NURS 192 with a minimum grade of C; This course introduces the student to This course introduces students to and either NURS 102 with a minimum grade intermediate knowledge of nursing practice. intermediate knowledge, skills, and attitudes of C; or both NURS 173 with a minimum Health and illness concepts included in this of nursing as a profession and includes grade of C and NURS 174 with a minimum course are: Cellular Regulation, Metabolism, the following concepts across the lifespan: grade of C. Immunity, and Elimination. All concepts are Accountability, Clinical Decision Making, Legal, NURS 201 Health & Illness - Level 4 (5) applied to the care of individuals across the Informatics, Teaching and Learning, Safety, and This course introduces the student to lifespan and include elements of nutrition as Evidence Based Practice. intermediate knowledge of nursing practice. applicable. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the LPN to RN Health and Illness concepts included Prerequisite: Acceptance into the LPN to RN Bridge program. in this course are: Behavior, Cognition, Bridge program.. NURS 191 Clinical I (3) Mood and Affect, Neuroprotection, NURS 181 Professional Concepts I (1) This course introduces students to the Oxygenation, Perfusion, Stress and Coping, This course introduces the student to application of concepts and skills in sub-acute Thermoregulation, and Violence. All concepts beginning knowledge, skills & attitudes of care and community settings. Principles of are applied to the care of individuals across nursing as a profession and includes the communication, assessment, safety, and the lifespan and include elements of nutrition following concepts across the lifespan: application of the nursing process will be as applicable. Professional Behaviors, Accountability, included across the lifespan. Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum Advocacy, and Clinical Decision Making. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program. grade of C and NURS 155 with a minimum Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing grade of C and NURS 183 with a minimum Program. NURS 192 Clinical II (3) grade of C and NURS 193 with a minimum This course introduces students to the grade of C; and either NURS 103 with a NURS 182 Professional Concepts II (1) application of concepts and skills in subacute minimum grade of C; or both NURS 175 with This course introduces the student to and acute care settings across the lifespan, a minimum grade of C and NURS 176 with beginning knowledge, skills and attitudes including maternal-child and pediatrics. Mental a minimum grade of C; or NURS 117 with a of nursing as a profession and includes the health concepts are an additional focus as minimum grade of C; and NURS 125 with a following concepts across the lifespan: Legal applied to patients/clients in non-psychiatric minimum grade of C; and NURS 156 with a Issues, Health Care Systems, and Informatics. settings. Principles of communication, safety, minimum grade of C; and NURS 177 with a Prerequisite: NURS 115 with a minimum grade and application of the nursing process, minimum grade of C; and NURS 184 with a of C; and NURS 153 with a minimum grade of including accurate calculation, measurement, minimum grade of C. C; and NURS 181 with a minimum grade of and administration of medications, will be C; and NURS 191 with a minimum grade of C; included. and either NURS 101 with a minimum grade of Prerequisite: NURS 115 with a minimum grade C; or both NURS 171 with a minimum grade of of C; NURS 153 with a minimum grade of C; C and NURS 172 with a minimum grade of C. NURS 181 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 191 with a minimum grade of C; and either NURS 101 with a minimum grade of C;
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Nursing
NURS 202 Health & Illness - Level 5 (5) NURS 226 Clinical Simulation IV (2) minimum grade of C; or both NURS 273 with This course introduces the student to This course provides continued learning a minimum grade of C and NURS 274 with a advanced knowledge of nursing practice. It opportunities through simulated practice of minimum grade of C. addresses complex aspects of the following nursing care delivery. It includes participation NURS 231 Seminar in Care Management (1) health and illness concepts: Immunity, Fluid in select patient/client scenarios across the A seminar for students taking Nursing 232, and Electrolytes, Tissue Integrity, Infection, lifespan in a simulation lab setting, using Nursing Preceptorship. Course provides Cellular Regulation, Metabolism, Comfort, and application of concepts in coordination with students an opportunity to share experiences Grief and Loss. All concepts are applied to other courses in the program. and feelings associated with the preceptorship the care of individuals across the lifespan and Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum experience. The instructor facilitates the include elements of nutrition as applicable. grade of C; and NURS 155 with a minimum discussion to incorporate previously taught Prerequisite: NURS 226 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 183 with a minimum concepts, especially leadership. grade of C; and NURS 256 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 193 with a minimum Prerequisite: NURS 221, NURS 222 & NURS grade of C; and NURS 284 with a minimum grade of C; and either NURS 103 with a 242 or instructor permission. grade of C; and NURS 294 with a minimum minimum grade of C; or both NURS 175 with grade of C; and either NURS 201 with a a minimum grade of C and NURS 176 with NURS 232 Nursing VI: Preceptorship-Manager minimum grade of C or both NURS 271 with a minimum grade of C; or NURS 117 with a of Care (8) a minimum grade of C and NURS 272 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 125 with a Clinical course that provides learning minimum grade of C. minimum grade of C and NURS 156 with a experiences for students in assigned areas. minimum grade of C and NURS 177 with a NURS 221 Nursing V: Caring for the Client with Emphasis is on managing the care of minimum grade of C and NURS 184 with a multiple clients. The student is paired with Acute/Complex II/Chronic Problems minimum grade of C. - Theory (5) an experienced RN who serves as a mentor/ preceptor. Didactic course provides experiences for NURS 227 Clinical Simulation V (2) Prerequisite: NURS 221, NURS 222 & NURS the client with chronic physical and mental This course provides advanced learning 242, or instructor permission. disorders across the lifespan. Emphasis is on opportunities through simulated practice of self-awareness and a respect for the dignity nursing care delivery. It includes participation NURS 233 Preparation for RN Licensure (1) of the individual. Principles of the nursing in select patient/client scenarios across the A seminar to prepare students for the National process, growth and development, nutrition, lifespan in a simulation lab setting, using Council Licensing Exam-RN (NCLEX-RN). The cultural sensitivity, pharmacology, health application of concepts in coordination with course includes assessment of both nursing teaching, caring and communication are other courses in the program. knowledge and critical thinking skills. integrated throughout. Prerequisite: NURS 226 with a minimum Prerequisite: NURS 221, NURS 222 & NURS Prerequisite: NURS 211, NURS 212, NURS grade of C and NURS 256 with a minimum 242 or instructor permission. 241 or instructor permission. grade of C and NURS 284 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 294 with a minimum NURS 234 Transition to Practice: Seminar (1) NURS 222 Nursing V: Caring for the client with grade of C; and either NURS 201 with a This course supports the student’s Transition Acute/Chronic Complex II Problems- minimum grade of C; or both NURS 271 with To Practice clinical experience in NURS 296. Clinical (5) a minimum grade of C and NURS 272 with a It provides the opportunity to reflect on Clinical course provides learning experiences minimum grade of C. clinical experiences with peers, and formulate for adult clients with complex II and chronic problem-solving strategies that can be applied physical and mental disorders. Emphasis is NURS 228 Clinical Simulation VI (1) in the clinical setting on self-awareness, perception and respect for This course provides culminating learning Prerequisite: NURS 227 with a minimum the dignity of the individual. Principles of the opportunities through simulated practice of grade of C; and NURS 257 with a minimum nursing process, growth, and development, nursing care delivery. It includes participation grade of C; and NURS 285 with a minimum nutrition, cultural sensitivity, pharmacology, in select patient/client scenarios across the grade of C; and NURS 295 with a minimum health teaching, caring and communication are lifespan in a simulation lab setting, using grade of C; and either NURS 202 with a integrated throughout. application of concepts in coordination with minimum grade of C; or both NURS 273 with other courses in the program. Prerequisite: NURS 211, NURS 212, NURS a minimum grade of C and NURS 274 with a 241/ NURS 221 (or taken concurrently). Prerequisite: NURS 227 with a minimum minimum grade of C. grade of C and NURS 257 with a minimum Co-requisite: NURS 296. grade of C and NURS 285 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 295 with a minimum grade of C; and either NURS 202 with a
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Nursing
NURS 242 Nursing Focus V: End of Life Care (2) grade of C; and either NURS 103 with a NURS 271 Health and Illness Concepts 4A (2) This course provides learning experiences for minimum grade of C; or both NURS 175 with This course introduces the student to the client at the end of life. Course will include a minimum grade of C and NURS 176 with intermediate knowledge of nursing practice. both ‘high tech’ and ‘high touch’ situations and a minimum grade of C; or NURS 117 with a Health and illness concepts included in this the ethical dilemmas associated with each. minimum grade of C and NURS 125 with a course are: Oxygenation, Perfusion, and The principles of communication, ethics, legal minimum grade of C and NURS 156 with a Thermoregulation. All concepts are applied to aspects, symptom management, cultural minimum grade of C and NURS 177 with a the care of individuals across the lifespan and and spiritual competence regarding death are minimum grade of C and NURS 184 with a include elements of nutrition as applicable. integrated. minimum grade of C. Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum Prerequisite: NURS-211, NURS-212 & NURS- NURS 257 Pharmacology V (1) grade of C and NURS 155 with a minimum 241 or instructor permission. grade of C and NURS 183 with a minimum This course continues with pharmacological grade of C and NURS 193 with a minimum concepts about the pharmacokinetics, routes NURS 243 Nursing Focus VI: Trends and Issues (2) grade of C; and either NURS 103 with a of administration, dosage calculation, safe This course will include a presentation of minimum grade of C; or both NURS 175 with medication administration, therapeutic effects, concepts necessary to become a member of a minimum grade of C and NURS 176 with side and adverse effects, interactions, and the discipline of nursing. Ethical-legal issues, a minimum grade of C; or NURS 117 with a contraindications of specific medications health care trends both nationally and globally, minimum grade of C and NURS 125 with a or fluids for medications in these areas: political awareness and collaboration with minimum grade of C and NURS 156 with a immunity, fluid and electrolytes, tissue health care team members will be the primary minimum grade of C and NURS 177 with a integrity, infection, cellular regulation, topics. minimum grade of C and NURS 184 with a metabolism, comfort, and grief and loss Prerequisite: NURS 221, NURS 222 & NURS minimum grade of C. 242 or instructor permission. across the lifespan. Prerequisite: NURS 226 with a minimum NURS 272 Health and Illness Concepts 4B (3) NURS 244 Preparation for the Natl Council grade of C and NURS 294 with a minimum This course introduces the student to Licensing Exam (1) grade of C and NURS 256 with a minimum intermediate knowledge of nursing practice. This course is to prepare students through grade of C and NURS 284 with a minimum Health and illness concepts included in this extensive assessment and review for the grade of C; and either NURS 201 with a course are: Cognition, Violence, Mood and National Council of State Boards in Nursing?s minimum grade of C; or both NURS 271 with Affect, Stress and Coping, Neuroprotection, National Council Licensing Examination for a minimum grade of C and NURS 272 with a and Behavior. All concepts are applied to the Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN. minimum grade of C. care of individuals across the lifespan and Prerequisite: NURS 227 with a minimum include elements of nutrition as applicable. grade of C; and NURS 295 with a minimum NURS 260 Nursing Focus VI: Advanced Intravenous Therapy Skills (1) Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 257 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 155 with a minimum This course provides advanced content related grade of C; and NURS 285 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 183 with a minimum to the care of clients receiving intravenous grade of C; and either NURS 202; or both grade of C and NURS 193 with a minimum fluids. Concepts related to selecting solutions, NURS 274 with a minimum grade of C and grade of C; and either NURS 103 with a managing common complications, legal/ NURS 273 with a minimum grade of C. minimum grade of C; or both NURS 175 with ethical considerations, infection control, a minimum grade of C and NURS 176 with NURS 256 Pharmacology IV (1) managing catheters and implanted port a minimum grade of C; or NURS 117 with a This course continues with pharmacological devices are discussed. Principles of the minimum grade of C and NURS 125 with a concepts about the pharmacokinetics, routes nursing process, growth and development, minimum grade of C and NURS 156 with a of administration, dosage calculation, safe nutrition, pharmacology and health teaching minimum grade of C and NURS 177 with a medication administration, therapeutic effects, are integrated. minimum grade of C and NURS 184 with a side and adverse effects, interactions, and Prerequisite: NURS 221, 222 and 242 or minimum grade of C. contraindications of specific medications for instructor permission. these areas across the lifespan: Oxygenation, Perfusion, Thermoregulation, Cognition, Violence, Mood and Affect, Stress and Coping, Neuroprotection, and Behavior. Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 193 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 155 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 183 with a minimum
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Nursing
NURS 273 Health and Illness Concepts 5A (2) minimum grade of C and NURS 177 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 125 with a This course introduces the student to minimum grade of C and NURS 184 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 156 with a advanced knowledge of nursing practice. It minimum grade of C. minimum grade of C and NURS 177 with a addresses complex aspects of the following minimum grade of C and NURS 184 with a NURS 285 Professional Concepts V (1) health and illness concepts: Immunity, minimum grade of C. This course introduces the student to Fluid and Electrolytes, Tissue Integrity, and advanced knowledge of nursing as a NURS 295 Clinical V (3) Infection. All concepts are applied to the care profession and includes the following This course advances learning opportunities of individuals across the lifespan and include concepts across the lifespan: Health Policy, for students to apply concepts and skills elements of nutrition as applicable. Health Care Systems, Ethics, and Clinical in caring for patients/clients with complex Prerequisite: NURS 226 with a minimum Decision Making. medical-surgical needs in the acute care or grade of C and NURS 256 with a minimum Prerequisite: NURS 226 with a minimum specialty care setting across the lifespan. grade of C and NURS 284 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 256 with a minimum Principles of communication, safety, and grade of C and NURS 294 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 284 with a minimum application of the nursing process, including grade of C; and either NURS 201 with a grade of C; and NURS 294 with a minimum accurate calculation, measurement, and minimum grade of C; or both NURS 271 with grade of C; and either NURS 201 with a administration of medications, will be a minimum grade of C and NURS 272 with a minimum grade of C; or both NURS 271 with included. minimum grade of C. a minimum grade of C and NURS 273 with a Prerequisite: NURS 226 with a minimum NURS 274 Health and Illness Concepts 5B (3) minimum grade of C. grade of C; and NURS 256 with a minimum This course introduces the student to grade of C; and NURS 284 with a minimum NURS 286 Professional Concepts VI (1) advanced knowledge of nursing practice. It grade of C; and NURS 294 with a minimum This course introduces the student to addresses complex aspects of the following grade of C; and either NURS 201 with a advanced knowledge and attitudes of nursing Health and Illness concepts: Cellular minimum grade of C; or both NURS 271 with as a profession and includes the concepts Regulation, Metabolism, Comfort, and Grief a minimum grade of C and NURS 272 with a across the lifespan: Quality Improvement, and Loss. All concepts are applied to the care minimum grade of C. Professional Behaviors, and Accountability. of individuals across the lifespan and include Prerequisite: NURS 227 with a minimum NURS 296 Transition to Practice: Clinical (8) elements of nutrition as applicable. grade of C and NURS 257 with a minimum This course is the student’s culminating clinical Prerequisite: NURS 226 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 285 with a minimum experience and provides immersion into grade of C and NURS 256 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 295 with a minimum clinical nursing practice. All previously acquired grade of C and NURS 284 with a minimum grade of C; and either NURS 202 with a knowledge, skills and attitudes are reinforced grade of C and NURS 294 with a minimum minimum grade of C; or both NURS 273 with and applied to patient/client care under the grade of C; and either NURS 201 with a a minimum grade of C and NURS 274 with a supervision of an experienced registered minimum grade of C; or both NURS 271 with minimum grade of C. nurse in community partners’ health care a minimum grade of C and NURS 272 with a facilities. minimum grade of C. NURS 294 Clinical IV (3) Prerequisite: NURS 227 with a minimum NURS 284 Professional Concepts IV (1) This course continues learning opportunities grade of C; and NURS 257 with a minimum for students to apply concepts and skills This course introduces the student to grade of C; and NURS 285 with a minimum in caring for patients/clients with medical- intermediate knowledge, skills, and attitudes grade of C; and NURS 295 with a minimum surgical needs in the acute care or specialty of nursing as a profession and includes grade of C; and either NURS 202 with a care setting across the lifespan. Principles the following concepts across the lifespan: minimum grade of C; or both NURS 273 with of communication, safety, and application Collaboration, Managing Care, and expands a minimum grade of C and NURS 273 with a of the nursing process, including accurate on Legal Issues. minimum grade of C. calculation, measurement, and administration Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum Co-Requisite: NURS 234. of medications, will be included. grade of C; and NURS 155 with a minimum Prerequisite: NURS 124 with a minimum NURS 297 Independent Study Nursing Clinical (1) grade of C; and NURS 183 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 155 with a minimum Independent learning activity designed jointly grade of C; and NURS 193 with a minimum grade of C; and NURS 183 with a minimum by student and instructor to improve and/or grade of C; and either NURS 103 with a grade of C; and NURS 193 with a minimum increase the knowledge and skill of the learner. minimum grade of C; or both NURS 175 with grade of C; or either NURS 103 with a Prerequisite: Instructor permission. a minimum grade of C and NURS 176 with minimum grade of C; or both NURS 175 with a minimum grade of C; or NURS 117 with a a minimum grade of C and NURS 176 with minimum grade of C and NURS 125 with a a minimum grade of C; or NURS 117 with a minimum grade of C and NURS 156 with a
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Nursing Nutrition Oceanography
NURS 298 Independent Study Nursing Lab NUTR& 101 Human Nutrition (5) Students seeking courses for general and Simulation (1) A scientific study of human nutrition, with interest or degree distribution Independent lab and/or simulation learning an emphasis on a chemical understanding of requirements may consider OCEA& activity designed jointly by student and the major nutrients, a biologic understanding 101 and OCEA 179 for the Associate in instructor to improve and/or increase the of the gastrointestinal tract and a practical Arts and Sciences, General Studies and knowledge and skill of the learner. understanding of dietary needs throughout Applied Sciences degrees. Students Prerequisite: Instructor permission. life. This is not a lab course. Students may intending to major in Oceanography at a not receive credit for both NUTR 101 and baccalaureate institution should consult NURS 299 Individualized Studies in Nursing (1) NUTR&101. with the Earth Sciences advisor. Independent learning activity designed jointly Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum by student and instructor to improve and/ grade of C or equivalent; and MATH 090 OCEA& 101 Introduction to Oceanography (5) or increase the knowledge and skill of the with a minimum grade of C or equivalent (Formerly OCEAN-101) Focuses on learner. Recommended Preparation: CHEM& 110 with topics such as the origin of ocean basins, Prerequisite: Instructor permission. a minimum grade of C or BIOL& 100 with a seawater chemistry, atmospheric and minimum grade of C or BIOL& 160 with a oceanic circulation, waves, and marine minimum grade of C. ecosystems. The laboratory includes investigations of oceanographic phenomena and local field trips. Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 095 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C and MATH 090 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent assessment in these areas. OCEA 179 Special Topics in Oceanography (2) These are seminars designed to provide Oceanography students with the opportunity to study selected oceanography topics and techniques. Topics and/or techniques covered will generally be determined by the instructor but may also reflect the expressed need or interest of students in the earth science program. OCEA 299 Independent Study in Oceanography (1) Independent study of oceanographic topics. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
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Paralegal
PLST 106 Legal Document Production (3) PLST 152 Introduction to Civil Law (5) PLST 155 Health/Dealing With Stress (1) A basic course teaching technical skills in (Formerly ADLJ 152) This course is designed (Formerly ADLJ 155) The paralegal field can Microsoft Office computer applications with to introduce the student to the foundations challenge a professional’s health and well- an emphasis on Microsoft Word and Microsoft of civil law, including substantive issues; being. This online course helps the student Outlook as applied in a law office setting. contracts; domestic relationships; wills, recognize cues that may be barriers to Students will work through a series of hands- estates, and probate; torts and personal optimal health and well-being, and offers tools on assignments specifically tailored to legal injury; and the legal profession. Classroom and practicum for dealing with stress and documents, calendaring and general case activities will include: case analysis; the achieving a healthy balance in various areas of management. drafting, examination and assessment of legal life, including school, work, and family. Prerequisite: CU 102 with a minimum grade documents; application of general principles Prerequisite: Assessment of college-level of C or equivalent; or CU 105 with a minimum related to torts, contracts, family law, and English and reading. grade of C or equivalent. Recommended wills; and relevant class projects pertaining to preparation: CU 091 with a minimum grade of these areas. Activities outside the classroom PLST 156 Criminal Procedure for Paralegals (5) C or recommended ability to type 35 wpm. will include online research and discussion (Formerly ADLJ 156) This course is designed board assignments. to teach students the basic concepts of PLST 149 Writing Basics for Paralegals (3) Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level substantive criminal law emphasizing (Formerly ADLJ 149) This introductory English and reading. Washington statutes and criminal procedure paralegal course is designed to improve the with a focus on individual rights under the students’ writing through emphasis on word PLST 153 Civil Procedure I (5) United States Constitution. Students will usage, grammar and punctuation in typical (Formerly ADLJ 153) Students will be prepare documents typically drafted by legal contexts. Students will improve their introduced to the procedural requirements in paralegals in a law office or agency in the proofreading and editing skills as they review the civil litigation process with an emphasis field of criminal law defense or prosecution. and draft legal documents with a focus on on the requisite skills and knowledge Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level accuracy and attention to detail. essential to practicing paralegals. Statutes, English and reading or completion of ENGL Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level case law and court rules (state and federal) 095 and READ 095 or ENGL/ 095. English and reading will be examined, and the drafting of legal pleadings and other civil case documents will PLST 221 Family Law (3) PLST 150 Paralegal Fundamentals & Ethics (5) be assigned. Using simulated fact and legal (Formerly ADLJ 221) This course will (Formerly ADLJ 150) Students will be scenarios, students will track and analyze introduce students to the legal authorities introduced to the varied and rewarding the procedural aspects of a civil lawsuit from and procedures involved in family law cases. responsibilities of a paralegal. Topics will cover inception to verdict covering the stages Topics covered will include marriage, divorce, careers, paralegal organizations, ethics and of pleadings, discovery, motions practice, adoption, legal separation, paternity and child professional responsibility, paralegal skills and negotiations and pretrial settlement. support, parenting plans, and other topics. attributes, sources of American law, the court Prerequisite: Recommended: PLST 149 Students will learn to identify and resolve system, specific areas of law, and preparation with a minimum grade of C. various family law issues, as well as to draft for the internship. common family law documents such as child Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level PLST 154 Computer Applications in the Law (3) support worksheets. English and reading. (Formerly ADLJ 154) This course is an Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level introduction to computer technology and English and reading. PLST 151 Legal Research and Writing I (5) its applications within a law firm. Students (Formerly ADLJ 151) An introduction to will have the opportunity to apply hands-on PLST 222 Probate/Estate Planning (3) developing effective methods of legal training with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, (Formerly ADLJ 222) Estate planning involves research and writing: Students will participate Excel, Access and Outlook); timekeeping the financial and healthcare arrangements that in a series of exercises that include finding software; docket control/case management are made during a person’s lifetime as well as statutes and case decisions in books and software; litigation support software; and the preparation for transfer of that person’s through computer-assisted legal research. evidence display software. Resources and assets at death. Probate is the process of Students will focus on identifying legal issues techniques for the efficient application of proving the validity of a will and ensuring that and validating cases and statutes while software typically found in the law office are the instructions in a valid will are carried out. drafting letters, case briefs, and an objective provided in addition to hands-on work with Students will develop knowledge and skills memorandum. This is the first of two required industry-specific software applications. for the drafting of wills and trusts and for the legal research and writing courses. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum procedural requirements of the probate process. Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level grade of C or equivalent; and CU 105 or Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level English and reading. equivalent; and PLST 106 or equivalent. English and reading.
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Paralegal
PLST 223 Alternative Dispute Resolution the legal tribunals created to hear and decide contract and available remedies. The course (ADR) (3) administrative law cases. introduces the students to commercial (Formerly ADLJ 223) Alternative Dispute Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level transactions including application and analysis Resolution is a method of resolving disputes English and reading. under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial before they go to trial. Negotiation, mediation Code (Washington State adopted version PLST 228 Employment and Labor Law (3) and arbitration are forms of ADR. Paralegals under Revised Code of Washington, Chapter (Formerly ADLJ 228) Employment and labor may qualify as mediators and directly assist 62A). Contracts and Commercial Law also law includes laws governing health and parties in reaching an agreement. Other includes a practicum element in basic contract safety in the workplace, labor unions and paralegals will assist attorneys in this fast drafting utilizing both goods and services union-management relations, employment growing method of settling disputes. components with attendant sources of law discrimination, wrongful employment Students will become familiar with the reflective of primary and secondary legal termination, pension plans, retirement and ADR laws in Washington State. sources. disability income (Social Security), employee Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level privacy rights, the minimum wage, and grade of C or equivalent. English and reading. overtime wages. Students will research PLST 224 Real Estate Law (3) Washington State workers’ compensation PLST 232 Interviewing and Investigations (5) (Formerly ADLJ 224) An introduction to law statutes and learn about agencies where (Formerly ADLJ 232) Students are introduced and legal systems as related to real estate paralegals may represent clients during to the legal contexts in which interviewing transactions. Major topics include forms of agency hearings. and investigating skills are utilized. Great ownership; title, transfers and insurance; Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level emphasis is placed on the development of fraud, deceit and misrepresentation; English and reading. communication skills for interviewing and the contract law and documents; real estate use of resources available for investigating, PLST 230 Business Organization/Corporations (3) security documents; and duties and liabilities particularly Internet resources. Students will (Formerly ADLJ 230) Today’s business owners of licensees. walk step by step through an investigation by may choose among a variety of business Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level learning how to plan an investigation; handle entities for business formation. Besides the English and reading or ENGL 095 and READ evidence; identify and locate witnesses; traditional sole proprietorship, partnership, 095 or ENGL/ 095. conduct interviews; and locate, evaluate and and corporation, owners may form limited work with expert witnesses. PLST 225 Bankruptcy Law (3) liability companies and limited liability Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL /095 or (Formerly ADLJ 225) Bankruptcy law is federal partnerships. Students will learn about the both ENGL 095 & READ 095 or assessment law with the proceedings taking place in the different relationships, rights, obligations, and at college-level English and reading. federal court system. Students will learn about regulatory schemes of the various entities. the various types of relief for both individuals In corporate law, students will develop PLST 233 Internship I - Paralegal (5) and businesses. They will gain knowledge knowledge and skill in preparing articles of (Formerly ADLJ 233) The Internship I course and skills necessary for interviewing the debtor, incorporation, drafting corporate bylaws, provides paralegal majors with the opportunity reviewing creditors’ claims, and preparing preparing minutes of corporate meetings, to apply their classroom learning to worksite the documents for submission to the drafting shareholder proposals, reviewing responsibilities. The internship offers paralegal bankruptcy court. documents relating to the sale of corporate students practical work experience under the Prerequisite: Assessment at college-level securities, assisting with corporate mergers supervision of an attorney and often a skilled English and reading or completion of ENGL and acquisitions, and filing papers necessary paralegal in day-to-day legal work. Weekly 095 and READ 095 or ENGL/ 095. to terminate a corporation. seminar discussions focus on professionalism. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum PLST 233 is a required course for all paralegal PLST 226 Administrative Law (3) grade of C or equivalent. students. (Formerly ADLJ 226) This course will Prerequisite: PLST 106 with a minimum introduce students to the legal authorities PLST 231 Contracts/Commercial Transactions (3) grade of C; and CU 105 or equivalent with a and procedures involved in administrative law (Formerly ADLJ 231) This course provides minimum grade of C; and PLST 150, PLST cases. Students will learn the state and federal students with a working overview of the 151, PLST 152, PLST 153, and PLST 154 legal authority that creates and empowers applied contract process. Following traditional with minimum grades of C; and PLST 156 or administrative agencies and the different instruction methodology as supplemented equivalent with a minimum grade of C; and areas in which administrative agencies are with practical law office skill development, the permission by faculty internship supervisor. legally authorized to act. Students will also course outlines prerequisites of contracting become familiar with the legal procedures parties and applicable law(s), contract used in administrative law cases, as well as formation, contract performance, breach of
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Paralegal Philosophy
PLST 234 Internship II - Paralegal (5) PLST 253 Civil Procedure II (3) PHIL& 101 Introduction to Philosophy (5) (Formerly ADLJ 234) The elective Internship (Formerly ADLJ 253) This course is a (Formerly PHIL 100) This course will provide II course provides paralegal majors with continuation of the concepts and legal a survey of the human quest for greater additional opportunities to apply their applications learned in Civil Procedure I, to understanding; connections among efforts classroom learning to worksite responsibilities. include further analysis of the various issues to understand the universe; the nature of Weekly seminar discussions will focus on confronted in civil litigation. Students will learn knowledge; reflections on language and career advancement. to interpret and apply state and federal statues other perennial questions concerning human Prerequisite: PLST 233 and instructor and court rules to solve real legal problems. nature and values. This course will provide permission. Students will draft various types of legal an introduction to philosophical thought documents intended to be presented in court and issues, the intellectual systems and PLST 235 Evidence and e-Discovery (3) and will be able to formulate arguments for non-systems and writings of the great This course is a survey in evidence and and against various legal positions that arise philosophers of the Western tradition. (writing e-Discovery. Following the groundwork during a civil lawsuit. intensive) and review of evidence law and discovery Prerequisite: PLST 153. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum rules, the course will shift focus to the grade of C or equivalent. concepts, issues, and solutions presented by ESI (electronically stored information) and PHIL 401 Biomedical Ethics (5) e-Discovery. Students will examine “white This course covers diverse issues in papers” written by both legal commentators healthcare, the ethical and moral decisions and technical experts. Students should have that surround those issues, as well as the an interest in current civil litigation procedures. policies of facilities, legislation, and standards Prerequisite: PLST 153 with a minimum grade of practice that address those issues. of C. Students will gain knowledge of leadership styles and discuss skills that will address the PLST 239 Transition Planning (1) mission, vision, and values of their profession. (Formerly ADLJ 239) Students take this course Prerequisite: ENGL 301 with a minimum grade shortly before they complete the Paralegal of C and LS 301 with a minimum grade of C. program. Students will build paralegal Recommended: PHIL& 101 with a minimum skills, critique and hone their understanding grade of C. of professionalism and ethics, research the current job market and networking opportunities, learn to manage work/family balance, update their portfolios, and evaluate the program. Prerequisite: PLST 150, PLST 152, PLST 153, PLST 106 and instructor permission. PLST 251 Legal Research And Writing II (3) (Formerly ADLJ 251) Building on the research and writing skills acquired in ADLJ 151, students prepare a variety of documents including a motion with persuasive brief. Emphasis is placed on in-depth research of primary and secondary authorities, validation of research, appropriate formatting, citation of legal sources, and strategies for effective writing. Prerequisite: PLST 151 with a minimum grade of C.
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Physical Education
In order to receive the Associate in Arts PE 109 Toning (1) PE 142 Introduction to Yoga (1) and Sciences or Associate in General An upbeat, high energy course that combines This course is designed to introduce students Studies degrees, it is necessary to aerobic movements with muscle toning to the benefits of yoga as a way to understand obtain three physical education activity strength movements. Emphasis on total the mind/body relationship in exercise and credits. These credits can be included body conditioning. Instruction will include the fitness. Basic yoga techniques will be taught in the 90 credits needed for the safe and effective use of fitness apparatus as a way to develop balance, core strength, degrees. (Students planning to transfer including physio balls and hand weights. flexibility, and joint stability. to other institutions should check their PE 111 Walking for Wellness (1) PE 155 Fast Fitness (1) requirements.) This course is designed to introduce the Comprehensive physical education course Beginning courses are prerequisites to student to walking and its contributions designed to develop strength, flexibility, intermediate courses, and intermediate to wellness. Content includes benefits of muscular endurance and cardiovascular walking, development of safe and effective efficiency in an effective and timely manner courses are prerequisites to advanced walking skills, nutrition and equipment to through the use of circuit training. courses. Advanced placement may be enhance walking, and essential components made by the instructor. An activity at of a walking program. PE 170 Independent Fitness Lab I (1) the same level may not be repeated for Self-paced conditioning for the motivated credit. Most activities require extra fees. PE 122 Beginning Bowling (1) student. This course is designed to give A course designed to acquaint the student students the opportunity to assess current The physical education requirements with the game of Bowling. Emphasis is placed physical fitness level, establish personal may be waived only with approval of the on basic fundamentals, mechanics, faults and fitness goals, develop and follow an physical education department chairman. rules of bowling. individualized self-paced fitness program. Students may request waivers only if Prerequisite: PE 100 with a minimum grade of there is a medical problem or a student PE 126 Beginning Badminton & Pickleball (1) C or PE 108 with a minimum grade of C or PE has previous military service. A course designed to allow the student to 140 with a minimum grade of C. develop the necessary skills, fundamentals, PE 100 Total Fitness (2) strategies and knowledge of rules to participate PE 171 Independent Fitness Lab II (1) An up-to-date approach to physical fitness in recreational badminton and pickelball. Self-paced conditioning for the motivated for better living. Combination lecture and lab, student. This course is designed to give stressing the importance of life-long fitness. PE 134 Softball (1) students the opportunity to assess current Increasing the awareness and establishing A course designed to introduce the student fitness goals, as well as develop and follow an the values, benefits and necessity of regular to the game of softball as a recreational and individualized self-paced fitness plan. physical activity related to health. Will include physical fitness activity. Emphasis is placed Prerequisite: PE-170. individual evaluation, prescription and program on basic individual and team fundamentals. implementation. PE 175 Hiking (1) PE 135 Beginning Soccer (1) This course is designed to introduce the PE 106 Tai Chi (1) A course designed to introduce the student student to basic techniques and skills Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese system of to soccer. Emphasis will be placed on basic necessary to enjoy minimum-impact hiking. health giving exercise. Students will build fundamentals, strategies, and rules of the Includes information on hiking essentials, concentration, increase flexibility, and improve game. trip planning, route finding, equipment, basic physical fitness by learning and practicing PE 136 Volleyball (1) wilderness survival, and wilderness first aid. basic Tai Chi forms and movements. This course also includes several hiking trips A course designed to introduce the student throughout the quarter. PE 108 Beginning Weight Training (1) to the game of volleyball. Emphasis will be A course designed to introduce the student placed on basic skills, i.e., serve, set, pass, to the benefits of a regular weight training block, spike, team strategy and rules of play. routine. The student will be taught various PE 140 Cardio Fitness (1) exercises in isotonic, isometric and isokinetic This course is designed to give student lifting. Safety precautions and guidelines will information and practical experience on how be stressed. to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system. Physical activities, nutritional guidelines, and unhealthy behaviors pertaining to cardiovascular health will be covered.
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Physical Education
PE 190 Health and Wellness (3) PE 208 Intermediate Weight Training (1) Course content includes conditioning, basic A course for students to learn how to take This course is designed to develop cognitive skills, strategies, team-play concepts and rules control of their personal health and lifestyle knowledge pertaining to a higher level of of the game. habits so they can make a constant and strength training and applying this knowledge Prerequisite: Experience in organized baseball- deliberate effort to stay healthy and achieve the in a daily weight lifting program. Students will either high school or college. highest potential for well-being. Encompasses experience the benefits of weight lifting and PE 285 Coaching Theory (2) a total wellness concept of one’s physical, will learn how to develop a weight training Provides the novice and experienced coach mental, emotional and social well being. program designed to meet their personal with the basic teaching and coaching skills, Students will examine major health issues weight training goals. techniques and strategies for coaching all of contemporary society, with emphasis on Prerequisite: PE-108 or instructor permission. sports and all ages. Includes lectures, group identifying risk factors. (This course is a NOT a discussions, guest speakers, and actual PE activity course.) PE 222 Intermediate Bowling (1) A course designed to allow the student to performance of skills and techniques by PE 191 Contemporary Health and Wellness (5) improrve his/her bowling skills. Emphasis on individual class members. (This course is NOT Emphasis is placed on the relationship spot, pin, and line bowling. Delivery and form a PE activity course.) between course content and lifestyle and playing a hookball will be emphasized. PE 292 Advanced First Aid (5) choices to foster a better understanding of Prerequisite: PE 122 or instructor permission. The student will satisfy the requirements health issues today. Current issues include, for advanced American Red Cross first aid but are not limited to, physical fitness and PE 226 Intermediate Badminton/Pickleball (1) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification nutrition; weight management; stress and Instruction dealing with the techniques of (CPR). (This course is a NOT a PE activity emotional health; chemical use and abuse; Badminton/Pickleball. This is an intermediate course.) issues in contemporary human sexuality; level class dealing with playing strategies, tournaments, and individual playing styles. communicable and noncommunicable PE 295 Teaching Elementary Physical disease; health-smart consumerism; the Prerequisite: PE 126. Education and Health (3) contemporary healthcare system; aging and PE 233 Advanced Basketball (1) This course is designed to provide prospective dying; and environmental health issues. (This A course designed for the advanced basketball K-6 educators with information, methods, and course is a NOT a PE activity course.) player who has competed at a high skill level. activities for teaching elementary physical PE 200 Advanced Total Fitness (2) Special emphasis will be placed on advanced education and health. Developmentally appropriate and quality physical education and An advanced approach to physical fitness individual and team concepts. health methods will be emphasized. for more effective living. Combination of PE 235 Advanced Soccer Techniques (1) lecture and lab stressing the importance of An advanced course in the fundamentals of PE 299 Individual Study in Physical developing positive life-long fitness activities. soccer. Subjects covered will include physical Education (1) Course will include evaluation, prescription, fitness, basic skills, team play, laws of the An independent learning activity, designed program implementation, and goal setting. game, and strategy. jointly by the student and the instructor to Prerequisite: PE-100 or instructor permission. improve and/or increase the knowledge and PE 236 Intermediate Volleyball (2) PE 201 Sport Specific Conditioning (2) skill of the learner. This course is designed to allow the student Prerequisite: Instructor permission. This course is designed to give advanced to improve upon his/her basic skills of playing instruction for the physically active student. volleyball. To be able to compete and enjoy the Consideration of sport specific and individual sport on a recreational level. fitness goals will be given. Cardio conditioning; Prerequisite: PE 136 or instructor permission. strength training; flexibility training, as well as the nutritional aspects of physical performance PE 237 Advanced Volleyball (1) will be taught. This course is designed to give students the opportunity to improve their volleball skills to an advanced level of play. Emphasis will be placed on skills and techniques used as a competitive as well as recreational level. Prerequisite: PE 136. PE 241 Baseball Techniques (1) A course in the fundamentals of baseball.
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Physics Political Science
An advisor should be consulted to PHYS& 221 Engineering Physics - Mechanics (6) POLS& 101 Introduction to Political Science (5) determine the appropriate level of (Formerly PHYS 121) Calculus based physics (Formerly POLSC 101) This course is intended physics course for your degree goal. for engineering or those majoring in certain to serve as a comparative introduction to Students intending to major in Physics sciences. Introduces problem solving the concepts, methods, and subject areas of at a baccalaureate institution should work techniques and applications to real world the discipline of political science. Students toward an Associate of Science degree situations. Topics include motions and causes will explore various forms of political beliefs, with a Physics Specialization. of motion; conservation of energy, momentum behaviors, institutions, and processes at the and angular momentum; gravitation, center of individual, group, national, and international PHYS& 114 General Physics I (6) mass, and torque. Laboratory included. levels. Strongly recommended for those Algebra-based physics for liberal arts Prerequisite: MATH& 151 with a minimum students with no prior coursework in political students and certain professions. Study of grade of C or equivalent. science. basic mechanics including position, velocity, Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum PHYS& 222 Engineering Physics - Electricity acceleration, forces, momentum, and energy. grade of C or equivalent. and Magnetism (6) Laboratory included. (Formerly PHYS 122) Calculus based physics POLS& 202 American Government (5) Prerequisite: TMATH 100 with a minimum for engineering or those majoring in certain (Formerly POLSC 202) This course is intended grade of C or MATH 095 with a minimum sciences. Introduces problem solving to provide a basic understanding of the grade of C or higher (but not MATH 136). techniques and applications to real world American political system. We will examine Recommended Preparation: MATH& 141 situations. Topics include Coulomb’s Law, the structural foundations of American politics, with a minimum grade of C. Gauss’ Laws, circuits and circuit theory, including our constitutional framework, PHYS& 115 General Physics II (6) electrical devices, Ampere’s Law, electric political culture, and political economy. We will Algebra-based physics for liberal arts and magnetic flux, and induction. Laboratory then explore the various political institutions students and certain professions. Study included. which serve as a link between citizens of thermodynamics, oscillations, waves, Prerequisite: PHYS& 221 with a minimum and government, including public opinion, capacitance, and electric forces/fields/ grade of C and MATH& 152 with a minimum the mass media, interest groups, social potential/potential energy. Laboratory grade of C or equivalent. movements, political parties, and elections. included. Following this, we will turn our attention to the PHYS& 223 Engineering Physics - Waves, Optics, Prerequisite: PHYS& 114 with a minimum branches of the federal government, including and Thermodynamics (6) grade of C and TMATH 100 with a minimum Congress, the Presidency, the federal (Formerly PHYS 123) Calculus based grade of C or MATH 095 with a minimum bureaucracy, and the Supreme Court. physics for engineering or those majoring grade of C or higher (but not MATH 136). Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum in certain sciences. Introduces problem Recommended Preparation: MATH& 141 grade of C or concurrent enrollment. solving techniques and applications to real with a minimum grade of C. world situations. Topics include oscillations, POLS& 203 International Relations (5) PHYS& 116 General Physics III (6) damping, waves, interference, refraction, (Formerly POLSC 203) This course is intended Algebra-based physics for liberal arts students reflection, optical systems, fluids, specific to serve as an introduction to the concepts, and certain professions. Study of DC circuits, heat, temperature, ideal gasses, and states of methods, and subject areas of the field of magnetism, geometrical optics, wave optics, matter. Laboratory included. international relations within the discipline and modern physics. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: PHYS& 221 with a minimum of political science. Students will explore Prerequisite: PHYS& 114 with a minimum grade of C. various forms of political beliefs, behaviors, grade of C and TMATH 100 with a minimum institutions, and processes shaping the PHYS 299 Independent Study (1-5) grade of C or MATH 095 with a minimum relationships between states and other Independent observation, analysis, and grade of C or higher (but not MATH 136). non-governmental actors in the international reporting of a physics-related topic. Recommended Preparation: MATH& 141 system. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. with a minimum grade of C. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
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Political Science Psychology
POLS 231 Politics and Film (5) PSYC& 100 General Psychology (5) PSYC 205 Introduction to Personality (5) (Formerly POLSC 231) This course will (Formerly PSYCH 100) Introduction to (Formerly PSYCH 205) Introduction to examine a variety of political and legal issues psychology as an academic discipline, development and dynamics of personality, the through their portrayal in contemporary including research methods, the nervous causes of individual differences, personality cinema. Students will read relevant Political system, heredity and development, social change and techniques of measuring aspects Science literature as a background for an behavior, motivation, emotion, learning of personality will be studied. analysis of the films viewed in the course. and memory, cognition, personality, and Prerequisite: PSYC& 100 with a minimum Rotating themes include: elections and the psychological disorders. grade of C and ENGL& 101 with a minimum presidency, law and justice, science fiction, Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. organized labor, and American foreign policy. grade of C or equivalent. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum PSYC 209 Fundamentals of Psychological grade of C or concurrent enrollment. PSYC& 180 Human Sexuality (5) Research (5) (Formerly PSYCH 165) A scientific approach This course covers the key themes and POLS 240 Environmental Politics to the study of human sexuality and concepts of psychological research and is a and Sustainability (5) sexual behavior, including physiological foundation course for students planning to This class examines the study of politics and and psychological components. Considers take additional courses in psychology. Topics policies surrounding sustainability including sexuality across the lifespan, sexual include hypothesis testing, experimental definitions of sustainability; individual, local, dysfunction, STDs and safer sex, sexual design, research strategies and techniques, state, national, and international solutions orientation, sexual response patterns, and the fundamentals of scientific writing, search and to environmental problems; economics; development of relationships. evaluation of research literature in psychology, environmental justice; and business practices. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum and ethical issues in psychological research. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. (writing intensive) grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: PSYC& 100 with a minimum PSYC& 200 Lifespan Psychology (5) grade of C and ENGL& 101 with a minimum POLS 298 Political Internship (1) (Formerly PSYCH 206) An examination of the grade of C; and either MATH 136 with a Variable credit (1-5). Students will participate in physical, social, emotional, and intellectual minimum grade of C or MATH& 146 with a internships with either a political party, interest development of the human from conception minimum grade of C. group, or an elected official and will meet to death. (multicultural content) periodically with the instructor to discuss Prerequisite: PSYC& 100 with a minimum PSYC& 220 Abnormal Psychology (5) assigned readings and a research paper based grade of C and ENGL& 101 with a minimum (Formerly PSYCH 204) A study of on the internship experience. grade of C or concurrent enrollment. the development and symptoms of Prerequisite: Instructor permission. mental health disorders. Topics covered PSYC 202 Biopsychology (5) include schizophrenia, mood disorders, Biopsychology examines the biological basis anxiety disorders, personality disorders, of behavior, the nervous system, how it works psychosomatic disorders, sexual deviation, to control behavior and sense the world, and organic disorders, and the process of what happens when it malfunctions. Topics adjustment to stress. Attention is given to include learning and memory, development, biosocial, cognitive, and cultural factors and sex, drugs, sleep, the sense, emotions, and their role in mental health. mental disorders. Course is intended for Prerequisite: PSYC& 100 with a minimum Psychology majors intending to transfer. grade of C and ENGL& 101 with a minimum Prerequisite: PSYC& 100 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. grade of C and ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. PSYC 240 Social Psychology (5) (Formerly SOC 240) An introduction to the study of the basic principles underlying the field of social psychology. Topics covered will include social beliefs and attitudes, prejudice, aggression, attraction and intimacy, conformity and persuasion. Prerequisite: PSYC& 100 with a minimum grade of C and ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
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Psychology Radiologic Science
PSYC 299 Individual Study in Psychology (1-5) RS 100 Radiologic Science Orientation (3) RS 120 Clinical Education I (5) (Formerly PSYCH 299) A variable credit This course introduces students to the Initial course in competency based (1-3) course based on independent study Radiologic Science program. Students learn of radiography clinical education. Students contracted between an instructor and a the program’s mission and goals, professional orient to an assigned clinical education student. The emphasis will be a research requirements, and commitment necessary center and by instruction, observation, and related project which will provide an for success, as well as learning of the on- experience, acquire the necessary basic skills opportunity for students to pursue in-depth campus student support services available to successfully image patients utilizing ionizing in an area previously or concurrently covered to them. Additionally, students will become radiation. in a college-level course. CPR certified and initiate the process of the Prerequisite: RS 101 and RS 140 and required Prerequisite: PSYC& 100 with a minimum Washington State requirement/s for X-ray immunizations, drug screening as required, grade of B+ and instructor permission. licensing. background check, proof of medical insurance, Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Radiologic proof of automobile insurance and current PSYC 301 Fundamentals of Research Science program. CPR card, and instructor permission. for Healthcare (5) This course will provide the student with an RS 101 Fundamentals of Radiologic Science RS 121 Clinical Education II (5) introduction to research methods as well as and Health Care (4) This is a continuation of a series of analysis and presentation of data. Topics will Content is designed to provide a foundation competency based clinical education classes. include a statistical analysis of healthcare data, of the principles, practices and policies in Students attend an assigned clinical education descriptive, inferential, and vital statistics, healthcare and particularly radiology. The center and by instruction, observation, and data reporting and presentation techniques, student will be introduced to the history of experience, acquire the necessary skills to research design and methods, and the use of radiology, medicolegal ethics and professional successfully image patients utilizing ionizing Institutional Review Boards. associations. Radiation protection and safety, radiation. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIM BAS basic equipment operation, and principles of Prerequisite: RS 120 with a minimum grade of program; Instructor permission only and ENGL radiographic exposure will also be covered. C and required immunizations, drug screening 301 with a minimum grade of C; and either Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Radiologic as required, background check, proof of MATH& 146 with a minimum grade of C or Science program, or instructor permission. medical insurance, proof of automobile both MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C insurance, current CPR card, and instructor and MATH 136 with a minimum grade of C. RS 108 Radiation Physics I (4) permission. Recommended preparation: PSYC& 100 with This course introdues the concepts of a minimum grade of C. electromagnetic radiation, its production, RS 122 Clinical Education III (10) control and interactions. The concepts of This is a continuation of a series of electricity, electromagnetism, and electrical competency based clinical education classes. circuits relating to imaging equipment Students attend an assigned clinical education operation are presented. center and by instruction, observation, and Prerequisite: RS 101 with a minimum grade of experience, acquire the necessary skills to C or instructor permission. successfully image patients utilizing X-ray ionizing radiation. RS 109 Radiation Physics II (5) Prerequisite: RS 121 with a minimum grade of A continuation of Radiation Physics I. C and required immunizations, drug screening The correct and safe operation of various as required, background check, proof of types of imaging equipment will be discussed. medical insurance, proof of automobile Information on radiation biology will be insurance, current CPR card and instructor presented to correlate the hazards of ionizing permission. radiation production and its interaction on human tissue. RS 140 Radiographic Positioning I (5) Prerequisite: RS 108 or instructor permission. This class studies basic positioning principles and terminology. It includes demonstration and lab experience in positioning and identifying related anatomy of the chest, abdomen, upper and lower extremities. Prerequisite: Acceptance into Radiologic Science Program.
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Radiologic Science
RS 141 Radiographic Positioning II (5) RS 200 Cross Sectional Anatomy (3) RS 226 Clinical Education V (7) This class studies basic positioning principles Anatomy of the human body will be studied Students in the second year of competency and terminology. It includes demonstration in cross section. Anatomy of the brain, neck, based clinical instruction rotate to a new and lab experience in positioning and thorax and heart, abdomen/pelvis and the clinical education center and by instruction, identifying related anatomy of the spine, hip musculoskeletal system will be presented in observation, and experience, continue and pelvis, and bony thorax. Common contrast the transverse, sagittal, coronal, and oblique to acquire new skills while refining and media exams will also be covered. imaging planes using multiple diagnostic maintaining proficiency in previously learned Prerequisite: RS 140 or instructor permission. imaging modalities. examinations. Students incorporate critical Prerequisite: BIOL& 241 with a minimum grade thinking skills and correlate it with previous RS 142 Radiographic Positioning III (5) of C and BIOL& 242 with a minimum grade experiences to enhance their ability to This class emphasizes basic positioning of C. function more independently. principles and terminology regarding the skull Prerequisite: RS 225 with a minimum grade and facial structures. General principles of RS 214 Imaging Pathology (3) of C and required immunizations, drug mammography, bone densitometry, geriatric A basic review of pathology and pathologic screening as required, background check, imaging, & contrast media exams of the processes as demonstrated on diagnostic proof of medical insurance, proof of biliary,central nervous, and reproductive images is presented. The images for review automobile insurance, current CPR card systems are also covered. include radiographic, and cross sectional CT and instructor permission. Prerequisite: RS 141 or instructor permission. and MRI images. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. RS 227 Clinical Education VI (7) RS 150 Principles of Image Formation (1) RS 122 with a minimum grade of C. Students in the second year of competency This class discusses the factors that are based clinical instruction are assigned to a involved in radiographic image formation. RS 216 Pharmacology and IV Therapy (3) clinical education center and by instruction, Exposure factors and geometric factors that This class involves a study of drugs common observation, and experience, continue are involved in this process are covered. to an imaging department. The general to acquire new skills while refining and Prerequisite: Acceptance into Radologic pharmacologic principles, drug categories, maintaining proficiency in previously learned Science Program or instructor permission. routes of administration, drug administration examinations. Students incorporate critical safety, and current practice standards will be RS 153 Principles of Digital Radiography (1) thinking skills and correlate it with previous discussed. A discussion of contrast agents experiences to enhance their ability to This class introduces principles of digital and their associated reactions will also be function more independently. radiography. Basic principles of computer presented. Prerequisite: RS 226 with a minimum grade operation as well as its relevancy to image Prerequisite: RS 170 with a minimum grade of C and required immunizations, drug formation with computed radiography (CR) of C or instructor permission. screening as required, background check, and digital radiography (DR) will be presented. proof of medical insurance, proof of Prerequisite: RS 150 or instructor permission. RS 225 Clinical Education IV (8) automobile insurance, current CPR card Students entering their second year in clinical and instructor permission. RS 170 Introduction to Fundamentals of will continue to learn new radiographic Patient Care (5) examinations while maintaining proficiency RS 228 Clinical Education VII (10) Introduces patient care techniques commonly on previous exams. The students incorporate This is a capstone competency based clinical experienced in a radiology department such critical thinking skills and correlate them with class in preparation for entry level clinical as venipuncture, proper body mechanics, previous experiences to enhance their ability practice. Students in the second year of sterile procedures, and medication & to function more independently. instruction are assigned to a clinical education contrast media administration. Additionally, Prerequisite: RS 122 with a minimum grade center and continue to acquire new skills, patient communication, HIPAA requirements of C and required immunizations, drug while refining and maintaining proficiency in and emergency CODE procedures are screening as required, background check, previously learned examinations. Students emphasized. proof of medical insurance, proof of incorporate critical thinking skills and correlate Prerequisite: Acceptance into Radiologic automobile insurance, current CPR card it with previous experiences to enhance their Science program or instructor permission. and instructor permission. ability to function more independently. Prerequisite: RS 227 with a minimum grade of C and required immunizations, drug screening as required, background check, proof of medical insurance, proof of automobile insurance, current CPR card and instructor permission.
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Radiologic Science Respiratory Therapy
RS 233 Leadership and Management (1) RS 255 Advanced Imaging Modalities (2) RC 150 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care I (4) Studies leadership skills associated with An overview of CT, MRI, U/S, NM and other Introduces the beginning respiratory care patient care and management. Concepts advanced imaging modalities. The emphasis student to basic procedures and skills required discussed will include: supervision, delegation, will be on the various energies used to in the field. Covers principles and practices of conflict resolution, leadership styles, the work generate images, the equipment and other patient assessment, hospital safety, aerosol environment, responsibility, accountability, dynamics of the imaging environment. therapy, bronchial hygiene and hyperinflation collaboration and résumé preparation. Prerequisite: RS 108 with a minimum grade therapies. Prerequisite: RS 225 with a minimum grade of C and RS 109 with a minimum grade of Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory of C. C and must be a second year Radiography Care Program. Science student. Instructor permission. RS 243 Radiographic Positioning IV (3) RC 151 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care II (4) Demonstration and lab experience of alternate RS 299 Independent Study (1) Course will continue to build on the clinical and special positioning of the upper and Independent learning activity, designed jointly skills and knowledge base acquired in RC lower extremities, thoracic cage, shoulder by the student and instructor, to improve and/or 150. The Respiratory Care student will be girdle, pelvis, and spinal column. This course increase the knowledge and skill of the learner. introduced to the critical care environment also includes a review of basic head work Prerequisite: Program chair permission. this quarter. Emphasis is placed on airway and special positioning of the orbit and management, diagnostic testing and non- temporomandibular joint. Information will Invasive ventilation. be included for performing pediatric and Prerequisite: RC 150. trauma projections. A review of imaging with emphasis on basic quality assurance and RC 152 Introduction into Mechanical image evaluation. Ventilation (4) Prerequisite: RS 142 with a minimum grade Course will continue to build on the clinical of C or instructor permission. skills and knowledge base acquired in RC 150 & 151. This course is to introduce the RS 244 Radiographic Positioning V (3) respiratory student to basic concepts in Advanced patient care procedures involving Mechanical Ventilation including initiation of pediatric and/or severe trauma patient. Special mechanical ventilation, modes of ventilation, emphasis on child and elder abuse. Includes ventilator management and weaning. information for the geriatric, pediatric and Prerequisite: RC 151. patient with disabilities to meet The Joint Commission requirements. RC 153 Alternative Procedures in Respiratory Prerequisite: RS 243 with a minimum grade Care (3) of C or instructor permission. This course will provide students with knowledge regarding special procedures they RS 250 Advanced Healthcare Organization (3) will be assisting physicians in performing as A closer look at the healthcare organization well as introducing additional skills based with emphasis on radiology. Radiology quality upon Respiratory Care Scope of Practice. control and quality assurance factors will be Information presented will build upon presented. The five major content areas of previously studied pathophysiologies as well diagnostic imaging will be correlated with as set-up, procedural skills and processing quality patient care. of specimens obtained when applicable. Prerequisite: RS 244 with a minimum grade The course will be a combination of lecture of C and RS 101 with a minimum grade of C; and lab skills practice. or instructor permission. Prerequisite: RC 152 with a minimum grade of C.
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Respiratory Therapy
RC 160 Cardiopulmonary A & P RC 170 Respiratory Therapy Equipment I (3) RC 175 Respiratory Care Orientation (2) and Pathophysiology (4) Course will provide students with a historical Course will provide application of the basic Course is designed to provide students with background on discovery and development skills required for patient care. The students information about the structure and function of basic RC principles and technologies. will learn essential body mechanics to avoid of the respiratory system. Knowledge of a Included is hands-on usage of equipment: injury; infection control principles; required structure is essential to the understanding of pressure gauges, flow meters, regulators, confidentiality information; legal and ethical the function of the structures, therefore topics oxygen delivery devices, compressed gas principles; and an introduction to vital signs. include: respiratory and cardiac anatomy and and liquid oxygen systems, humidity and Students will also complete CPR certification, progress to major concepts and mechanisms aerosol generators, and positive- and negative- HIV/AIDS certification for healthcare providers, of cardiopulmonary physiology. pressure breathing devices. Knowledge and receive their program student handbooks. Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory of history as it relates to RC is essential to Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory Care Program. assimilating the numerous, technical facets of Care Program. the field. RC 161 Arterial Blood Gases (3) Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory RC 180 Respiratory Therapy Clinical I (3) Course is designed to provide students with Care Program. Course is designed to prepare the beginning additional information about the function of Respiratory Care student to perform basic the respiratory system. The student will gain RC 171 Respiratory Therapy Equipment II (3) respiratory therapeutic modalities in the knowledge and interpretation skills regarding Course is designed to provide first-year RC hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on patient the function of gas exchange in the lungs as students with a background on the principles assessment techniques, oxygen therapy, and well as how normal blood gas values change and technologies of emergency airway bronchial hygiene. This class consists of a lab/ in different disease states. Included will be management, tracheostomy management, clinical rotation. a comprehensive overview of the subject non-invasive patient monitoring, bedside Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory matter in an organized, interesting manner in pulmonary function assessment, true volume Therapy Program. the form of lecture, small group discussion, or measuring devices vs. pneumotachometer student presentations. devices, and RC home medical equipment RC 181 Respiratory Therapy Clinical II (3) Prerequisite: RC 160. including patient comfort and compliance Course will continue to build on the clinical issues. skills and knowledge base acquired in first RC 162 Advanced RC Pathophysiology (3) Prerequisite: RC 170 with a minimum grade quarter. The Respiratory Care student will be Course is designed to provide students of C. introduced to the critical care environment with advanced information about disease this quarter. Emphasis is placed on airway processes. General pathophysiology provides RC 172 Respiratory Therapy Equipment III (4) management, ECG’s, arterial blood gases, a foundation of information for the student Course will provide the principles and non-invasive ventilation and CPAP. This class to apply in the specialty area of respiratory technologies for the student to assimilate and consists of a lab/clinical rotation. care. Included will be a comprehensive interrelate technical and physiological criteria Prerequisite: RC 180 with a minimum grade overview of the disease process in an for treating patients on mechanical ventilation of C. organized, interesting manner in the form of (CMV). Students learn logical thinking required lecture, small group discussion, or student to troubleshoot ventilator problems in the RC 182 Respiratory Therapy Clinical III (3) presentations. ICU and utilize different types of ventilators to Course is intended to prepare the third quarter Prerequisite: RC 161 with a minimum grade gain confidence, proficiency, and appreciate Respiratory Care student to care for patients of C. the level of sophistication to which modern in the Intensive Care Unit. Topics covered will ventilators have risen. include the initiation and care of the patient RC 165 Evolving Roles in Respiratory Prerequisite: RC 171. receiving mechanical ventilation and special Therapy (2) RC procedures. This class consists of a lab/ This course introduces students to current clinical rotation. and future trends in health care. Specifically, Prerequisite: RC 181 with a minimum grade this course will cover traditional and new of C. roles for respiratory therapists and will present possibilities and tactics for respiratory therapists to work across the range of patient care. Prerequisite: Enrolled in the RC program.
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Respiratory Therapy
RC 183 Respiratory Therapy Clinical IV (4) RC 240 Advanced Assessment RC 263 Pulmonary Functions (3) This is the final clinical course of the first and Diagnosis (3) Course will provide students with information year of the respiratory program. Students are Course will provide second year students necessary for understanding Pulmonary expected to use this time at the clinical sites with information necessary to care for the Function Testing, Exercise Testing, and to polish their clinical skills, improve their time critically ill patient. Advanced assessment and their interpretations. Included will be a management skills and increase their comfort diagnosis takes general knowledge learned in comprehensive overview of the subject matter level and autonomy in the clinical setting in first year theory classes and further analyzes in the form of lecture, small group discussion, order to be prepared for the advanced clinical patient assessment values to help students or student presentations. courses in the second program year. make more informed decisions regarding Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory Prerequisite: RC 182 with a minimum grade interventions necessary to support the Therapy Program. of C. respiratory patient during stabilization and care. RC 272 Pulmonary Rehabilitation, RC 192 Advanced Mechanical Ventilation (4) Prerequisite: RC 153 with a minimum grade of Home Care, and Assistance Course content will emphasize advanced C or equivalent. in Specialty Procedures (3) mechanical ventilator applications including Course will provide students with information non-conventional approaches to patient RC 251 Respiratory Pathophysiology Case about the alternate settings of pulmonary management in both adult and the pediatric/ Presentations (2) rehabilitation and home care. neonatal settings. Course is designed to provide students Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory Prerequisite: RC 152 with a minimum grade with a introduction into problem based Therapy Program. of C. learning and evidenced based medicine using pathophysiology cases. Included will RC 280 RC Specialty Clinical I (4) RC 193 Respiratory Pharmacology I (1) be a comprehensive overview of the various Course will prepare the second year This is the first in a series of three courses disease processes, surgical procedures, and Respiratory Care student to perform advanced in pharmacology. General pharmacological new respiratory therapy technology. respiratory therapeutic modalities in a variety principles, drug classification, computations, Prerequisite: RC 162 with a minimum grade of settings. Emphasis is placed on advanced routes of delivery and respiratory medication of C. assessment techniques and patient education. are emphasized. This class consists of a clinical rotation Prerequisite: Accepted into the Respiratory RC 261 Pediatric and Neonatal Respiratory only. Students will be assigned to Tuesday, Care program. Care (4) Wednesday, or Thursday clinical days. Course will provide second year students Prerequisite: RC 183 with a minimum grade RC 194 Respiratory Pharmacology II (1) with an overview of pediatric and neonatal of C. This is the second in a series of three courses diseases. The field of neonatology/pediatrics in pharmacology dealing with principles of is highly dynamic and requires up to date RC 281 Advanced Critical Care Clinical mucolytics, antiasthmatics, antimicrobials, knowledge of clinical and technical skills. Rotation (4) anti-inflammatory agents, surface-active and A neonatal/pediatric RCP is expected to be Course will prepare the second year special applications. able to perform as an integral part of the Respiratory Care student to perform advanced Prerequisite: RC 193 with a minimum grade highly specialized health care team as well as respiratory therapeutic modalities in a variety of C. develop critical thinking skills. of settings. Emphasis is placed on advanced assessment techniques and patient education. RC 195 Respiratory Pharmacology III (1) Prerequisite: RC 162 with a minimum grade of C. This class consists of a clinical rotation This is the third in a series of three courses only. Students will be assigned to Tuesday, in pharmacology dealing with principles RC 262 Review of Applications of Wednesday, or Thursday clinical days. in cold and cough agents, neonatal/ Respiratory Care (4) Prerequisite: RC 280 with a minimum grade pediatric aerosolized drug therapy, diuretics, Course will provide students with a review of C. cardiovascular pharmacology and the drugs for the advanced level practitioner written affecting the central nervous system. and clinical simulation NBRC examinations. Prerequisite: RC 194 with a a minimum grade Included will be comprehensive overviews of C. of all respiratory subject matter, including: Analysis of Date, Equipment, and Therapies. Prerequisite: RC 152 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent and RC 261 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent; or instructor permission.
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Science Sociology
RC 282 Neonatal Clinical Rotation (2) SCI 105 Introductory Topics in Natural SOC& 101 Introduction to Sociology (5) Course will prepare the second year Science (5) (Formerly SOC 110) An introduction to the Respiratory Care student to perform advanced Concepts from multiple scientific fields basic concepts and theories of sociology with respiratory therapeutic modalities in a (including biology, chemistry, physics, an emphasis on the group aspects of human neonatal intensive care setting. Emphasis is and the earth and space sciences) will be behavior. (multicultural content) placed on patient assessment techniques. This investigated through the in-depth exploration Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum class consists of a five-week clinical rotation. of an applied interdisciplinary topic. This grade of C or equivalent. Prerequisite: RC 281 with a minimum grade course will provide introductory-level science of C. students with an expansive understanding of SOC& 201 Social Problems (5) scientific principles, methods, and techniques. (Formerly SOC 270) A macro-sociological RC 283 Specialty Clinical Rotation II (2) Laboratories and field work included. approach to the study of social problems with Course is designed to prepare the second Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum special emphasis on the effects of institutional year Respiratory Care student as an expert grade of C or equivalent; and MATH 090 change in the economic, educational, family, respiratory care practitioner. This five- with a minimum grade of C (may be taken political, religious, and other systems of week rotation is the last clinical rotation concurrently) or equivalent or MATH 093 contemporary human societies. (multicultural before graduation; therefore, students are with a minimum grade of C (may be taken content) encouraged to do their final rotation at their concurrently) or equivalent. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum desired place of employment. This class grade of C or concurrent enrollment. consists of a clinical rotation only. SCI 110 Physical Science and Technology (5) Prerequisite: RC 281 with a minimum grade (Formerly PHYSN 100 and SCI 100) In this SOC 120 Introduction to Women’s Studies (5) of C. course students investigate the underlying Introduction to the study of women, feminism, physical principles and interactions in and theories of oppression and privilege, RC 290 Ethics and Professionalism in topics like motion, forces, energy, heat and particularly with respect to gender, sexuality, Respiratory Care (2) temperature, and the structure and properties race, class, and sexual orientation. Topics While providing care and delivering therapies, of matter; and how they are applied and used include systems of oppression, gender RCP’s must be continuously aware of the in technology. A hands-on, team oriented socialization, sexuality, violence, and social legal and ethical implications of the services approach is used to develop conceptual institutions such as family, health care, media, they deliver and their actions while delivering reasoning, interrelationships between concept religion, legal systems, work and labor, and them. This course will provide students with and application, and effective communication education. (multicultural content) information necessary for understanding legal skills. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum issues and for making ethical decisions in Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. respiratory care. grade of C or equivalent; and either MATH 090 SOC 205 Sociology of African Americans (5) Prerequisite: Enrolled into the RC program. with a minimum grade of C or equivalent This course explores the socio-historical or MATH 093 with a minimum grade of C RC 299 Individual Study in Respiratory experiences of African Americans. We will or equivalent. Therapy (1) investigate the social history of African Independent learning activity designed jointly SCI 294 Undergraduate Research in Science Americans in the United States, oppression by student and instructor to improve and/or (1-5) and the perpetuation of social inequality, increase the learner’s knowledge and skill. Students will work as a part of a team for the current demographic trends, issues of race, Prerequisite: Instructor permission. quarter to conduct research in the Natural class, gender, and family, and contemporary Sciences. The course will involve either sociological issues of African Americans. We laboratory or field study depending on the will also debate solutions to various social project, evaluation of primary research papers problems that are of particular concern to the relevant to the project, and presentation of black community. (multicultural course) project results. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum Prerequisite: Instructor permission only. grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
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Sociology Spanish
SOC 222 Sociology of Sport (5) SOC 265 Sociology of Asian Americans (5) The basic tenets of communications Introduction to the sociological analysis of This course explores the socio-historical including reading, writing, speaking, and sport. There will be a particular emphasis experiences of Asian American groups. listening are developed in a dynamic on: race, class, gender, and sexuality issues We will investigate the history of Asian second language acquisition environment within sport; socialization and interactions immigration to the United States, enhanced by technology. Grammar is within sport; sport and education; deviance, discriminatory and anti-Asian legislation, used as a communication tool to express crime, and violence in sport; the business and factors influencing social inequality amongst meaning as students take part in small economics of sport. (multicultural course) Asian American ethnic groups, current group discussions, cultural investigation, Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum demographic trends, issues of race, class, and presentation. Authentic materials grade of C or concurrent enrollment. gender, and family, and contemporary will be focused on in the class as well sociological issues of Asian Americans. SOC 238 Sociology of Latino Americans (5) (multicultural course) as assessment. Students should expect This course provides students with a critical Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum to be immersed in the language. English overview of some of the central themes and grade of C or concurrent enrollment. will be used at a minimum. issues that have shaped the experiences of Latino/a populations in the U.S. Topics this SOC 271 Introduction to the Sociology of SPAN& 121 Spanish I (5) course will cover include: the history of the Deviance and Social Control (5) (Formerly SPAN 101) The first year of the Hispanic and Latino ethnic labels; U.S.-Latin Analysis of deviant behavior from the beginning Spanish language sequence American relations; different issues faced by perspective of sociological theory and consists of 121, 122, and 123. SPAN& 121 is various ethnic communities; and the politics research. Emphasis is on developing a the first quarter of the sequence. (multicultural of language and bilingualism. Course materials sociological understanding and critical analysis content) will draw primarily from articles, books, and of social theory relating to deviant, criminal, Prerequisite: ENGL/ 095 with a minimum documentaries to discuss the ways in which and violent behavior in various societies. grade of C or equivalent or instructor Latin Americans influence U.S. society and Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum permission. culture. (multicultural course) grade of C or concurrent enrollment. SPAN& 122 Spanish II (5) Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum (Formerly SPAN 102) SPAN& 122 is the grade of C or concurrent enrollment. SOC 299 Individual Study (1-5) A variable credit (1-5) course based on second quarter of the first-year language SOC 262 Race and Ethnic Relations (5) independent study contracted between an sequence and continues to build on the skills Builds upon and expands the students’ instructor and a student. The emphasis will be acquired in SPAN& 121. (multicultural content) understanding of race and ethnic relations a research related project which will provide Prerequisite: SPAN& 121 with a minimum in American contemporary society. Focuses an opportunity for students to pursue in-depth grade of C or instructor permission. on how immigrant groups adapt to a new in an area previously or concurrently covered SPAN& 123 Spanish III (5) country, manifestations of racism and in a college-level course. (Formerly SPAN 103) SPAN& 123 is the third discrimination, as well as the economic and Prerequisite: SOC& 101 with a minimum quarter of the first-year language sequence social progress of different ethnic groups. grade of B+ and instructor permission. and continues to build on the skills acquired in Explores how to alter patterns of racial and SPAN& 122. (multicultural content) ethnic inequality through social movements Prerequisite: SPAN& 122 with a minimum and social policy. (multicultural course) grade of C or instructor permission. Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment.
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Spanish Supervision & Mgmnt.
SPAN& 221 Intermediate Spanish I (5) SPAN 299 Independent Study in Spanish (1-5) Please contact Invista Performance The second year intermediate level Spanish A course where students can study more Solutions at 253.583.8867 for language sequence consists of 221, 222 in-depth topics involving Spanish language. information. and 223. SPAN& 221 is the first quarter of Often including readings in Spanish and Latin the sequence. Classes will focus on the use American literature. Topics will be selected by SMG 101 Effective Supervision (5) of listening, speaking, reading and writing students, with instructor’s approval. This course will provide participants with skills in the Spanish language in order to Prerequisite: SPAN& 123 or equivalent class an overview of critical management and analyze, examine and explore oral and written and instructor permission. supervisory behaviors and strategies. Course communication using a variety of topics content will include a review of the traditional through authentic materials, in all major time approaches to managing people and the more frames, reinforcing knowledge from other current methodology of shared governance disciplines through Spanish. (multicultural or participatory management. The intent is content) to enhance supervisory skills, to improve Prerequisite: SPAN& 123 with a minimum supervisory effectiveness, strengthen grade of C or equivalent; or instructor interpersonal workplace relationships, permission. and improve organizational climate and productivity. This course will also review the SPAN& 222 Intermediate Spanish II (5) various roles, responsibilities, and challenges SPAN& 222 is the second quarter of the facing first-line supervisors in today’s changing sequence. Classes will focus on the use workplace environment. of listening, speaking, reading and writing Prerequisite: Instructor permission. skills in the Spanish language in order to analyze, examine and explore oral and written SMG 120 Supervising the Problem Employee (0) communication using a variety of topics This course provides various strategies for through authentic materials, in all major time supervising or managing a problem employee. grames, reinforcing knowledge from other Course content emphasizes the importance of disciplines through Spanish. (multicultural coaching, counseling, providing “performance- content) based feedback”, and implementing Prerequisite: SPAN& 221 with a minimum progressive discipline techniques to grade of C or equivalent; or instructor change behavior and improve performance. permission. Participants will learn intervention techniques, and will use workplace employee problem SPAN& 223 Intermediate Spanish III (5) scenarios to practice new skills. SPAN& 223 is the third quarter of the Prerequisite: Instructor permission. sequence. Classes will focus on the use of listening, speaking, reading and writing SMG 201 Management Communications (3) skills in the Spanish language in order to Supervisors will learn to communicate more analyze, examine and explore oral and written effectively to improve employee satisfaction communication using a variety of topics and heighten employee retention. Course through authentic materials, in all major time content includes analyzing and practicing basic frames, reinforcing knowledge from other communication principles and techniques, disciplines through Spanish. (multicultural and will provide methods for overcoming content) obstacles to effective communication. Prerequitie: SPAN& 222 with a minimum Participants will also be introduced to effective grade of C or equivalent; or instructor listening techniques. Emphasis is on practical permission. workplace application. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
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Supervision & Mgmnt. Writing Center
SMG 261 Dynamics of Leadership (3) WRITE 095 Tools for Reading and Writing (2) WRITE 142 Writing Center Tutor Practicum III (2) This course compares and contrasts the (Formerly WRITE-145) Provides qualified An optional course designed to strengthen role of leaders, managers, and front-line students with training and experience in both reading and writing skills, and to increase supervisors in an organization. Participants assisting students in one-on-one and group success in ENGL-101 ALP. Students will will examine the traits, qualities, skills, and tutorial sessions at the Writing & Tutoring work in small groups with coaching from an workplace actions of effective supervisors Center. Includes the opportunity to hold a instructor. and managers. Participants will self-assess tutoring leadership role. Course includes Prerequisite: Assessment at or above their own leadership style, and evaluate regular tutor discussion group meetings ENGL 095 and READ 095 or ENGL/ 095, or their effectiveness after reviewing individual and activities in Angel. Students will apply completion of ENGL 085 and READ 085 with strengths and weaknesses. tutoring skills in actual sessions and have a minimum grade of C or ENGL/ 085 with a Prerequisite: Instructor permission. the opportunity to earn the third level of minimum grade of C or EAP 155 and EAP 159 International Tutoring Program Certification. with a minimum grade of C SMG 264 Motivation and Productivity (3) Prerequisite: WRITE 141. This course examines methodologies used WRITE 096 Writing Center Tutorials (1) in the workplace to obtain sustained peak This is a laboratory course that offers students performance from employees. Course content one-to-one tutorial help with assignments for will review effective supervisory techniques classes where writing is required. No outside and communication strategies. Participants work is assigned. At least nine 50-minute will examine alternatives to “command-and- tutorial sessions per quarter must be control” and “management-by-compliance” completed for credit. If there is space in the management approaches. The concepts of course, it can be added up to midterm with feedback and intrinsic (as opposed to entrinsic) instructor permission. May be taken a total rewards are emphasized as the foundation of four times and is graded as Satisfactory/ for a highly motivational work environment. Unsatisfactory. Emphasis is on the role of the supervisor and the interaction between supervisor and WRITE 140 Writing Center Tutor Practicum I (2) the mployee in building ahighly motivational Provides qualified students with training workforce. in assisting students in one-on-one tutorial Prerequisite: Instructor permission. sessions at the Writing & Tutoring center. Topics of study include writing and writing center theories, tutoring strategies, and responding to writing. Course includes regular tutor discussion group meetings and activities in Angel. Students may have the opportunity to apply tutoring skills in actual sessions and to earn the first level of International Tutoring Program Certificate. Prerequisite: ENGL 095 or ENGL/ 095 or instructor permission. WRITE 141 Writing Center Tutor Practicum II (2) Provides qualified students with training and experience in assisting students in one-on- one tutorial sessions at the Writing & Tutoring Center. Topics of study include advanced tutoring topics such as working with at-risk students. Course includes regular tutor discussion group meetings and activities in Angel. Students will apply tutoring skills in actual sessions and have the opportunity to earn the second level of International Tutoring Program Certification. Prerequisite: WRITE 140.
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The TCC Team
Fall Faculty Retreat Board of Trustees Community College District 22
Tacoma Community College's Board of Trustees is a 5-member policy-making body. Its members are appointed by Washington's Governor to five-year terms.
Robert Ryan Gretchen Adams Lois Bernstein James Curtis Liz Dunbar Chair Vice Chair
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TCC Foundation College Administrative Staff
256.566.5003 www.tacomacc.edu/Foundation Interim Co-President Mary Chikwinya Interim Co-President Bill Ryberg The TCC Foundation was established in 1967 by a group of civic and business Executive Office Assistant to the Co-Presidents Kelly Maxfield leaders dedicated to the continued success of Tacoma Community College. Executive Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs Tod Treat It is incorporated as a not-for-profit Coordinator, Administrative Operations Carroll Ferguson 501(c)(3) corporation to accept and Coordinator, Administrative Operations Wayne Mask administer gifts on behalf of the college. • Dean for Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Yvonne Unnold The Foundation receives bequests and • Dean for Communication and Transitional Studies Kim Ward donations from individuals, corporations Director, Adult Basic Education Rebecca Jayasundara and foundations to enhance the quality • Dean for Health, Business and Professional Services Krista Fox of teaching and learning. Gifts to the Coordinator, Administrative Operations Linda Downing Foundation benefit programs and Coordinator, Health Sciences Stephanie Thompson activities that are not funded through Associate Dean, Nursing Julie Benson state operating and capital budgets. Director, Workforce Education Kelli Johnston The mission of the Tacoma Community • Dean for Math, Science and Engineering Joseph C. Shannon College Foundation is to invest in student • Dean for Organizational Learning and Effectiveness Analea Brauburger success. We do this by: Program Director, Institutional Research Kelley Sadler • Securing private financial resources Manager, Grants Research Walter Chien • Advocating for the college • Director, Correctional Education Sarah Sytsma • Giving scholarships • Director, eLearning Christopher Soran • Supporting academic and student • Director, Library Candice Watkins programs • Supporting employee professional Vice President for Student Services Mary A. Chikwinya development and awards Executive Assistant Christine Young • Dean for Counseling, Advising, Access & Career Services Shema Hanebutte Director, Advising Vacant Coordinator, Career Center Natalie Wilkerson Manager, Access Services Monica Olsson Coordinator, Running Start Christy Perotti • Dean for Entry & Enrollment Services & Registrar Betsy Abts Associate Registrar Cielito Lane Director, Entry Services Sam Morgan Coordinator, Assessment Services Kathryn Held • Dean for Student Development and Success Valerie Robertson Director, Math Advising & Resource Center Shannon Pressley Director, Writing & Tutoring Center, Cooperative Learning Heather Urschel Center, Dedicated Tutoring Program, CAL Lab Coordinator, Supplemental Instruction Elmira Utz Director, Educational Talent Search Deborah Walker • Acting Dean of Students Dolores Haugen Coordinator, Fresh Start Stephanie Rock • Executive Director, Gig Harbor Campus Janine Mott Manager, Continuing Education KC Bitterman Coordinator, Student Services Melody Griggs
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• Director, Student Engagement Sonja Morgan • Director, Financial Aid Services Kimberle Matison Assistant Director, Financial Aid Services Lorena Saucedo • Director, International Student Programs James Newman Asst. Director, Intl. Recruitment & Admissions Jon Rowand Asst. Director, Intl. Program Support Services Ndeye Penda Sow Asst. Director, Intl. Housing & Short-Term Programs Namiko Bagirimvano • Director, Athletics Jason Prenovost • Director, Early Learning Center Renee H. Greenfield
Vice President for Human Resources and Legal Affairs Beth Brooks Administrative Assistant Shawn McRavin • Manager - Benefits, Leave, Accommodations Leanne Foster • Manager, Staff Development, Employee Relations Vacant and Talent Acquisitions
Vice President for Administrative Services Vacant Executive Assistant Vacant • Director, Financial Services Clifford Frederickson Assistant Director, Financial Services Nermalyn Edwards Manager, Procure to Pay Kirby Bedonie Manager, Budget Julianna Dunbar • Director, Facilities and Capital Projects Greg Randall Manager, Capital Projects Brent Palmason Manager, Custodial Services Colin Turner Supervisor, Campus Public Safety Will Howard • Director, Information Technology Clay Krauss • Manager, Bookstore Debbi Olson
Vice President for College Advancement, Foundation Dir. William A. Ryberg Coordinator, Foundation Operations Asha Bhaga • Director, Marketing and Communication Tamyra Howser
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Faculty
Jared Abwawo Marit Berg Andrew S. Cho, Ph.D. Mathematics Art Sociology B.A., Egerton University; B.A., San Diego State University; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of M.S. University of Washington M.F.A., Washington State University Washington
Melissa Adams Alisa Ulferts Birkenstein Sherry A. Cmiel Library Communication & Transitional Studies Library B.A.Ed., Washington State University; B.A., University of California; M.S., Mercy B.S. and M.S.L.S., University of Illinois at M.L.I.S., University of Washington College; M.F.A., Bennington College Urbana-Champaign
Bridgette Agpaoa Ryder Shea Bower Emilie Coates-White Human Services Diagnostic Medical Sonography Communication & Transitional Studies B.A., University of Washington; A.A., Centralia Community College; B.A., Whitman College; M.A., Seattle University B.S., Washington State University; M.Ed., Seattle University A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Gavan Albright Deanna J. Cole Biology Allen Braden Washington Corrections Center for Women B.S., University of California, Riverside; English & Humanities A.T.A., Olympic College-Bremerton M.S., California State University, San B.A., Central Washington University; Bernard Comeau, Ph.D. Bernardino M.A., M.F.A., McNeese State University History, Philosophy Mark R. Allen, Ph.D. Katherine M. Brown B.A., St. Thomas University; Chemistry Counseling M.A., University of Calgary; B.S., University of Puget Sound; B.A., Gonzaga University; Ph.D., University of Ottawa M.S., University of Oregon; M.A., Pacific Lutheran University Pamela G. Costa, Ph.D. Ph.D., University of California, Davis Stephen Brown Psychology Matthew Anderson Physical Education B.A., M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Math, Science & Engineering B.A., M.Ed., Gonzaga University M.S., Ph.D., Pacific Grad. Sch. of Psych. B.A., Hofstra University; Delilah Bruskas, Ph.D. Craig R. Cowden, Ph.D. M.A., Columbia University; Health, Business & Professional Services Psychology Jonathan J. Armel, Ph.D. B.S.N., Seattle University; B.A., Oberlin College; Mathematics M.N., Ph.D., University of Washington M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University B.A., Mathematics; Jeff Calkins Linda Cuadra Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Written Communications, Gig Harbor Campus Health, Business & Professional Services Megan D. Arzola B.A., M.A. B.A., M.A., University of Washington Nursing James Carroll Anna Cunningham, Ph.D. B.S.N., Weber State University; Human Services Biology M.N., University of Washington B.A., Eastern Washington University; B.S., Missouri State University; Bruno Arzola-Padilla M.A., Gonzaga University Ph.D., University of Missouri World Languages Gregory S. Carter, RRT Heather N. Cushman, Ph.D. B.A., Utah State University; Respiratory Therapy Biology M.A., New Mexico State University B.S., Pacific Lutheran University; B.S., University of Michigan; Carol Avery M.E., Western Governors University Ph.D., University of Minnesota Mathematics Mary F. Chen-Johnson, J.D. Kenneth Cushman, Ph.D. B.S., University of Wisconsin; Communication & Transitional Studies Math, Sciences & Engineering M.Ed., University of Puget Sound B.A., Cornell University; B.S., University of Washington; Nigeria Bell J.D., Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law; Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University Counseling M.F.A., University of Montana; Scott Davis B.A., University of Washington; R.Y.T., Integrative Yoga Therapy Mathematics M.A., Pacific Lutheran University; B.A., B.S., Gonzaga University; M.Ed., Arizona State University M.A., University of Montana
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Faculty
Sellie R. DeMarco Lia L. Felizardo Jacqueline L. Gorman, Ph.D. Mathematics Diagnostic Medical Sonography Mathematics B.A., M.A., Central Washington University A.A.S., Tacoma Community College B.A., College of St. Teresa; M.S.Ed., Ph.D., Indiana University Kyle J. Dillehay Gregory A. Ferencko Art Mathematics Pattie S. Green, Ph.D. B.F.A., Auburn University; B.A., Rutgers University; Biology M.F.A., Georgia State University M.S., Western Washington University B.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Brian R. Duchin, Ph.D. Mike Flodin Ella B. Guilford History Mathematics Nursing B.A., M.A., University of Washington; B.A., Pacific Lutheran University; A.D.N., El Paso Community College; Ph.D., University of Texas M.S., University of Washington B.S.N., University of Washington, Tacoma; M.A. Antioch University, Seattle Terry Scott Earle, Ph.D. Linda Ford Communication & Transitional Studies English & Humanities Katie M. Gulliford B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University; B.A., M.A., Western Washington Chemistry Ph.D., University of Arkansas University B.S., University of Puget Sound; M.S., Cornell University Jonathan D. Eastabrooks, RHIA Elizabeth C. Fortenbery, Ph.D. Health Information Technology Anthropology Anne Hafer A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.A., University of Tennessee; Mathematics B.S., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington A.B., Smith College; M.B.A., Brandman University M.S., University of Washington Kenneth R. Fox, D.A. Jillian T. Edwards, ARNP Communication & Transitional Studies Kimberly A. Harrington Nursing B.A., Fresno Pacific College; Biology B.S., M.S.N., University of Washington M.A. Fresno State University; B.S., Walla Walla College; D.A., Idaho State University M.S., University of Washington Sabine Endicott Communication & Transitional Studies Mary B. Fox Kristen Harrison B.A., University of Rostock, Germany; Communication & Transitional Studies Biology M.A., Ball State University B.A., M.A., Idaho State University B.S., Marquette University; M.S., Oregon State University Jeffrey M. Engle, Ph.D. Sheri Gietzen-Olszewski Chemistry Communication & Transitional Studies Gina Y. Hatcher B.A., B.S., Seattle University; A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Business & Logistics Programs Ph.D., University of Oregon B.A., M.A., University of Washington B.S., Colorado State University; M.Ed., University of Louisville John P. Falskow, Ph.D. Joanne Gillam Music Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women Shaun D. Henderson, Ph.D. B.A., Washington State University; B.A., M.Ed., Western Washington Biology M.A., University of Puget Sound; University B.S., M.S., Auckland Univ., New Zealand; Ph.D., Florida State University Ph.D., Otago University, New Zealand Heather Gillanders Michael Farrow Library Len Heritage, J.D. WCCW and MCCCW B.A., B.F.A., M.L.I.S., Univ. of Washington; Business Transfer B.S., University of Washington M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art B.A. M.B.A., University of Puget Sound, J.D., Seattle University School of Law Wendi D. Fein Mishelle Gillespie Communication & Transitional Studies (ABE) Washington Corrections Center for Women Sergio Hernandez B.A., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; B.A., Hawaii Pacific University; Health, Business & Professional Services M.A., California State Univ., Dom. Hills M.A., Western Oregon University B.A., University of Washington Tacoma; M.Ed., Washington Governors University; Kendra Feinstein Charlene M. Gore, RHIA, CCS M.S., University of Washington Tacoma Mathematics Health Information Management B.A., University of Colorado; A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; M.S., Texas A&M University B.S., University of Cincinnati; M.Ed., Western Governor’s University
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Faculty
Ralph B. Hitz, Ph.D. Meredith LaFlesh Camille Y. Lowman, RRT Earth Science Mathematics Respiratory Therapy B.A., Colorado College; B.A., University of California, Berkeley; A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Ph.D., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara B.A., M.A., Univ. of California, Santa Cruz B.S., Colorado Technical University
Martin Hock Paul Landry, J.D. Anne E. Lyman, D.M.A. Math, Sciences & Engineering Health, Business & Professional Services Music B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; B.S., Stonhill College; B.M., The College of Wooster; M.S., University of Wisconsin J.D., University of Puget Sound M.M., University of Cincinnati; D.M.A., University of Iowa David W. Howard, Ed.D. Y. Wendy Larsen Counseling Communication & Transitional Studies Richard Mahaffey B.A, SUNY at Potsdam; B.A., Fu Jen University; Art M.Ed., Alabama A & M University; M.A., California State Univ., Sacramento A.A., City College of San Francisco; Ed.D., George Washington University B.A., California State Univ. at San Jose; Robert W. Larson M.F.A., University of Puget Sound Michael Huffman Business Transfer Communication & Transitional Studies B.S., Indiana University; Teresa Marshall B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Missouri, Kansas City Health, Business & Professional Services M.A. University of Oregon M.S.N., Gonzaga University Kimberly L. Lee, RHIT, CCS-P, CPC Blaine J. Hunt Health Information Management Matthew I. Mburu Communication & Transitional Studies B.A., The College of St. Scholasticia; Business Transfer B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.E., Western Governors University B.Comm., University of Nairobe, M.A., Western Washington University M.S.A., Grand Valley State University Pamela Lee Philip L. Hunter Dir. of Clinical Education, Radiologic Sciences Rachelle L. McGill Chemistry and Physics A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Communication & Transitional Studies B.S., Pacific Lutheran University; B.S., Weber State University; B.S., University of South Dakota; M.S., University of California, Berkeley M.Ed., Colorado State University M.Ed., Southwest Minnesota State Univ.
Joanne Iverson Yi Li, Ph.D. Sopang Men Health, Business & Professional Services History Communication & Transitional Studies B.S., Seattle University; B.A., M.A., Peking University; B.A., Washington State University; M.N., University of Washington Tacoma M.A., New Mexico State University; M.F.A., Michigan Ph.D., University of Washington Corinne D. Jarvis James A. Mendoza, Ph.D. Health Information Technology Edwin Lim, Ph.D. Counseling A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Engineering B.A., B.A., Washington State University; B.S., University of Cincinnati M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of M.S., San Francisco State University; Technology Ph.D., Oregon State University Stephen Johns Communication & Transitional Studies Sonia Llacer Dana Michelson B.S., Southeast Missouri State University; World Languages Nursing M.A., Southern Illinois B.A., Shawnee State University; B.S., Widener University; M.A., Montana State University M.S., Regis University Min K. Kim Mathematics Ruth A. Lopes John S. Miller B.S., M.S., Washington State University Nursing Nursing B.S.N., Union University; A.D.N., Yakima Valley Community College; Keith King M.N., University of Washington, Tacoma B.S.N., University of San Francisco; Physics/Engineering M.N., University of Washington B.S., Ohio Northern University; Judy Loveless-Morris, Ph.D. M.S., University of Minnesota Sociology Michael A. Mixdorf A.A., Pierce College; Radiologic Sciences Tamara Kuzmenkov B.A., Pacific Lutheran University; A.S., B.S., M.Ed., University of Nevada at English & Humanities M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington Las Vegas B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., California State Univ. at Sacramento
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Faculty
Monica A. Monk Donovan Ramage Suzan J. Schenk Communication & Transitional Studies Communication & Transitional Studies (EAP) Physical Education B.A., Carleton College; B.A., Brigham Young University; B.S., Boise State University; B.A., M.A., M.A.T., Univ. of Washington M.A., University of Utah M.Ed., Weber State University
Valerie K. Morgan-Krick Ivan Ramirez Carrascal, Ph.D. Steffi A. Schrepfer, Ph.D. Mathematics Math, Sciences & Engineering Psychology B.A., M.A., Gonzaga University M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin M.A., Goethe University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi Amber Mozeleski Tomas E. Ramos, Ph.D. Math, Sciences & Engineering Communication & Transitional Studies Sultana Shabazz, Ph.D. B.S., University of North Florida; B.A., M.A., Univ. of Texas-Pan American; WCCW and MCCCW M.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of the Incarnate Word B.B.A., M.Ed., University of Georgia; M.A., University of Florida Ph.D., University of Tennessee LaToya Reid Allison B. Muir Communication & Transitional Studies Steven Simpson Communication & Transitional Studies B.A., Hampton University; Health, Business & Professional Services B.A., Indiana University; M.F.A., Farleigh Dickinson University B.S.EET, Oregon Institute of Technology; M.Ed., University of New Hampshire M.S.S.E., Regis University James Reisdorf, CPA Theophilus W. Mungen, Jr. Business Transfer Adrian A. Singh, Ph.D. Counseling B.A., Siena College, Chemistry A.A., Volusia Community College; M.B.A., City University of Seattle B.A., Cardinal Stritch University; B.S., Florida A & M University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin M.S., University of Idaho Danielle A. Ritter Communication & Transitional Studies Mary Skinner Mary Jane Oberhofer B.A., Niagara University; Early Childhood Education Business & Logistics Programs M.A., Pacific Lutheran University B.A., Western Washington University; B.S., University of Calgary; M.Ed., Lesley University M.A., Seattle University Polly Robinson, Ed.D. Communication & Transitional Studies Lee D. Sledd Robert Olsen B.A, University of Wisconsin, Communication & Transitional Studies (EAP) Health, Business & Professional Services M.A., California State University; B.A., M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University B.A., Western Washington University; Ed.D., Eisner College of Education, M.S., Eastern Washington University California State University Rebecca N. Sliger, Ph.D. Engineering Joyce Oswald Darlene K. Rompogren, Ph.D. B.S., University of Utah; Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women Communication & Transitional Studies (EAP) M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington B.S., San Francisco State University; B.A., M.Ed., M.A.T., Ph.D., M.Ed., Northern Arizona University University of Washington Jeanette M. Smith-Perrone, CISSP Networking & Cyber Security Mary K. Pedersen Annalee Rothenberg A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Counseling Accounting & Business B.S., M.B.A., University of Phoenix B.A., University of Washington; B.A., San Diego State University; M.S., Western Washington University CPA, State of California Jennifer Snoek-Brown Library Barbara A. Peterson, Psy.D. John Sandin, Ph.D. B.A., West Texas A&M University; Human Services Communication & Transitional Studies (Dev Ed) M.L.S., University of North Texas A.T.A., A.A.S., Tacoma Comm. College; A.A., Lakewood Community College; B.A., Western Washington University; B.A., Augsburg College; M.A., Staci Snyder M.A., M.S., Chapman University; Ph.D., New Mexico State University Communication & Transitional Studies Psy.D., Southern California University B.S., University of Central Oklahoma; Stephen Sandweiss M.Ed., SW Oklahoma State University Kenneth R. Pimpleton Political Science Human Services B.A., University of Michigan; Jennifer A. Sorensen, J.D. A.A.S., Seattle Community College; M.A., San Francisco State University Paralegal B.A., Northeast Louisiana University; B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.S.W., Eastern Washington University J.D., Brooklyn Law School
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Faculty Exempt Staff
Melissa J. Stoddard, MICP Joshua Wright Elizabeth L. Abts Emergency Medical & Health Services Health, Business & Professional Services Dean for Entry & Enrollment Management A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Services/Registrar, Enrollment Services Kristina Young B.A., Cornish College of the Arts; David H. Straayer Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences M.A., Western Washington University Mathematics B.S., M.S., Michigan Technological Iyad A. Al-Aqrabawi University Lead Application Developer/Software Engineer, Information Technology Mary Anne Tagulinao, CRRN B.S., University of Washington, Tacoma Nursing B.S.N., Far Eastern University; Robert Andren M.S.N., University of Phoenix Floriculture Coordinator, WCCW/MCCCW
Katrina D. Taylor Lorrie F. Ann Art, Humanities & Social Sciences Navigator, Workforce Education B.S., Michigan State University; A.A., Monroe Community College; M.S., Northern Arizona University B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Amberton University Edward T. Tharp Horticulture/Landscape, WCCW Namiko Ochi Bagirimvano A.A., Clover Park Technical College Assistant Director, International Housing & Short Term Programs, International Student Trung G. Tran Services & Programs Mathematics B.A., Ehime University, Japan; B.S., M.S., California State Polytechnic M.A., SIT Graduate Institute University, Pomona Mary Bassett Tracey L. Ushman, CFE Enrollment Coordinator, Washington Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women Corrections Center for Women A.A.S., Coastal Carolina Comm. College; B.S., Western Carolina University; Kirby L. Bedonie M.B.A., University of Phoenix Procure to Pay Manager, Financial Services A.A.S., Navajo Community College; Alexia Valdes B.A., Northern Arizona University, WCCW and MCCCW M.A., University of Phoenix B.A., University of California; M.F.A., Otis College of Art and Design Julie A. Benson Associate Dean of Nursing Richard P. Wakefield, Ph.D. B.S.N., Minor State University; M.H.A., English & Humanities Chapman Univ.; M.N., Univ. of Wash., A.A., Fullerton Community College; Tacoma; A.R.N.P., Univ. of Wash., Seattle B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Univ. of Washington Igor Beschieru Christopher B. Willett, Ph.D. Media Production Specialist, eLearning Mathematics B.D., College of Theology & Pedagogy in B.A., The University of the South; Moldova Ph.D., University of Illinois Asha Bhaga Rebekah C. Williams Foundation Operations Coor., TCC Foundation Library B.S., Liberty University A.A., Seattle Central Community College; B.A., M.L.I.S., Univ. of Washington, Seattle KC Bitterman Manager, Continuing Education Yolanda Williams B.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa Health, Business & Professional Services B.A., University of Washington; M.P.M., DeVry University
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Exempt Staff
Analea Brauburger Julieanna R. Dunbar Theresa W. Harris Dean, Organizational Learning & Effectiveness Budget Manager, Financial Services Academic Advisor, Counseling, Advising, B.S., Arizona State University; A.A., Columbia Basin College; Access & Career Services M.S., Penn State B.S., Central Washington University B.A., Western Washington University
Ivy E. Brent Emily Dykstra Jones Dolores Haugen Analyst - Business Systems, Information Program Navigator, Counseling, Advising, Acting Dean of Students Technology Access & Career Services B.A., University of Puget Sound; B.A., Antioch University M.A., Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro Beth Brooks, J.D., SPHR Vice President, Human Resources Nermalyn S. Edwards Kathrine P. Heizenrader and Legal Affairs Assistant Director, Financial Services Advisor, HS 21+, Transitional Studies B.A., B.A., St. Olaf College; B.A., B.S., University of Santo Tomas B.A., Western Washington University; J.D., University of Puget Sound M.A., Miami University Carroll Ferguson, CAP-OM Soyeon Bush Administrative Operations Coordinator, Kathryn S. Held Navigator, International Student Services & Academic and Student Affairs Coordinator, Assessment Services Programs Certified Administrative Professional A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.A., Korea University; B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma M.A., University of Michigan Christie L. Fierro Instructional Designer/Open Education Seth A. Hill Rebecca E. Callahan Resource Coordinator, eLearning Application Developer, Information Technology Retention and Recruitment Specialist, Nursing B.A., Murray State University B.S., University of Washington B.S.N., Oakland University; M.S.N., University of Michigan Leanne Foster Tamyra J. Howser Manager - Benefits, Leave, Accomodations, Director, Marketing & Communications Thomas J. Caughell Human Resources B.A., University of Oregon; Advisor/Head Men’s Basketball Coach, B.S., San Francisco State University M.S., Gonzaga University Counseling, Advising, Access & Career Serv. B.S., M.A., Southern Oregon University Krista K. Fox Samantha E. Hutchinson Dean, Health, Business & Professional Advisor, Counseling, Advising, Access & Tina Celentano Services Career Services Educational Planner, Running Start B.A., M.P.A., University of Washington B.S., Western Washington University A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.A., University of Puget Sound Clifford Frederickson Victoria N. Ichungwa Director, Financial Services Senior Research Analyst, Institutional Walter Chien B.S., Portland State University Research, Organizational Learning & Grants Research Manager, Effectiveness Organizational Learning and Effectiveness Mikhail Goncharuk B.B.A., M.B.A., Grand Valley State Univ. B.A., M.A., University of Northern Iowa Coordinator, Conference Services, Student Life Rebecca J. Jayasundara Mary Chikwinya Adult Basic Education Director, Interim Co-President; Renee Hernandez Greenfield Communication & Transitional Studies Vice President, Student Services Director, Early Learning Center B.A., Central Washington University B.A., M.A., Slippery Rock State University B.A., Occidental College; M.S., University of Phoenix E. Leigh Jewett Jayme L. Crumpton Workforce Education Advisor, Counseling, Retention Specialist, Fresh Start Melody A. Griggs Advising, Access & Career Services B.A., Washington State University Student Services Coordinator, Gig Harbor B.A., Western Washington University Campus K. Katherine Disney-Kantner B.A., M.A., Seattle University Brian C. Johnson Analyst - Business Systems, Information Digital Marketing Specialist, Marketing & Technology Shema Hanebutte, Ed.D. Communications Dean for Counseling, Advising, Worker B.A., M.C., University of Washington Linda Downing Retraining and Access & Career Services Administrative Operations Coordinator, B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago; Kelli Johnston Health, Business & Professional Services M.S.Ed., California State College, East Bay; Director, Workforce Education Programs B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara Ed.D., University of Washington Tacoma A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.A., M.Ed., Western Washington Univ.
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Exempt Staff
Ma Pwint Koko Ryan T. Mummert Jason L. Prenovost Navigator, Workforce Education Gym Manager/Head Men’s Baseball Coach, Director, Athletics B.S., University of Maryland Athletics A.A., Highline Community College; B.S., Western Washington University B.S.B.A., Hawaii Pacific University; Clay Krauss M.A.O.L., Chapman University Director, Information Technology James R. Newman B.S., University of Puget Sound; Director for International Programs, Shannon S. Pressley M.B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma International Student Services & Programs Program Director, Math Advising Resource B.S., University of Phoenix; Center and Business Education Center Cielito Lane M.B.A., New York Institute of Technology; B.A., University of Puget Sound; Associate Registrar, Enrollment Services M.P.M., Keller Grad. Sch. of Management M.I.T., Whitworth College B.S., Santa Clara University Deborah A. Olson Theresa Ramos, D.Ed. Wayne Mask Manager, Bookstore Career Pathways Navigator, Communication & Administrative Operations Coordinator, Transitional Studies Academic & Student Affairs Jennifer S. Olson-Rudenko, Ph.D. B.A., St. Louis University; B.A., Columbia Southern University Coordinator, Art Gallery M.A., University of the Incarnate Word B.A., Portland State University; D.Ed., University of Washington, Seattle Kimberle A. Matison M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Director, Financial Aid Greg Randall, CEFP B.A., University of Washington Monica M. Olsson Director, Facilities and Capital Projects Manager, Access Services Kelly L. Maxfield B.A., University of Washington Jonny Ristow Executive Office Assistant, Presidents Office Media Production Specialist, eLearning A.A.S., Pierce College Debra S. Padden A.A., Grays Harbor College; Support Specialist, eLearning B.S., Full Sail University Marybeth McCarthy, NCWP A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Education Navigator, Workforce Education B.A., Washington State University; Valerie Y. Robertson, Ph.D. B.A., The Evergreen State College M.B.A., Western Governors University Dean, Student Development and Success A.A., Tacoma Community College; Alexa A. Mercado-Curtis Brent J. Palmason B.A., M.S., University of Washington; Admissions Specialist, International Student Manager, Capital Projects, Facilities Ph.D., Oregon State University Services & Programs B.A., University of Washington A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Margaret A. Robinson Christy Perotti Coordinator/Retention Specialist, Multi-Ethnic Adam Meyers Coordinator, Running Start Cultural Affairs and Achievers Scholars Workforce Education Navigator, Worker B.A., University of Arizona; A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Retraining M.A., Pacific Lutheran University A.A., Monterey Peninsula College; B.A., Evergreen State College B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma; Hannah M. Peterson M.A., Chapman University La Toya Miner Fryer Coordinator for Assessment, Washington Educational Planner, Running Start Corrections Center for Women Stephanie M. Rock B.A., Seattle University B.A., Western Washington University Coordinator, Fresh Start Program B.S., Michigan State University; Sam H. Morgan Troy Peterson M.A., Adler School of Professional Director, Entry Services Adaptive Technology and Retention Specialist, Psychology; Ed.S., Seattle University B.A., Washington State University; Assessment & GED Final Testing M.Ed., Central Washington University A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Regina Rogers B.A., University of Washington-Tacoma; Advisor/Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Sonja C. Morgan M.S., Capella University Counseling, Advising, Access & Career Director, Student Engagement Services B.A., Oberlin College; Daniel M. Pratt B.A., University of Washington M.A., University of Washington Network Engineer, Information Technology B.A., St. Martin University; Jon M. Rowand Janine Mott M.S., University of Southern California Assistant Director of Intl. Recruitment, Executive Director, Gig Harbor Campus International Student Services & Programs and Continuing Education B.A., Gonzaga University; M.S., Drexel B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma; University; MDP, University of Tampere M.Ed., University of Washington, Seattle
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Exempt Staff
William A. Ryberg Chris Stancich Kimberly M. Ward Interim Co-President; Vice President, College Academic Advisor, Counseling, Advising, Dean, Communication and Transitional Studies Advancement; Director, TCC Foundation Access & Career Services B.A., Washington State University; B.M., Western Washington University; A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; M.Ed., Seattle University; M.M., Indiana University B.A., University of Puget Sound M.P.A., The Evergreen State College
Kelley D. Sadler Elizabeth Stewart Candice Watkins Program Director, Institutional Research, ESL Pathway Navigator, Transitional Studies Director, Library Organizational Learning & Effectiveness B.A., Eastern Washington University B.A., M.S., University of North Texas B.A., Western State College; M.S., University of Alaska, Fairbanks Sarah Sytsma Natalie Wilkerson Director, Correctional Education, WCCW Coordinator, Career Center, Counseling, Jason Sandusky B.A., Evergreen State College; Advising, Access & Career Services Manager of Instructional Technology, M.P.A., Keller Grad. School of Management A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Information Systems B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma; B.S., University of Idaho; Amunoo N. Tembo M.Ed., Concordia University, Portland M.B.A., Touro University International Academic Advisor, Counseling, Advising, Access & Career Services Bethel G. Wolfe Lorena M. Saucedo B.A., Eastern Washington University; Workforce Education Navigator, Workforce Assistant Director, Financial Aid Services M.A., University of Delaware Education B.A., Saint Martin’s University A.A., Pierce College; Stephanie Thompson B.A., The Evergreen State College; Joseph Shannon, Ph.D. Health Sciences Coordinator, Health, Business M.S., Brandman University Dean, Math, Science and Engineering & Professional Services B.A., M.S., Rutgers University; B.A., B.S., Washington State University Cristy C. I. Yanos Ph.D., University of Washington Advisor, Counseling, Advising, Access & Tod E. Treat, Ph.D. Career Services Shirley E. Siloi Executive Vice President, Academic & Student B.A., University of Northern Colorado; Outreach Specialist, Enrollment Services Affairs M.A., University of San Diego B.S.W., University of Washington, Tacoma B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign; M.S., University of Colorado Christine D. Young Kimberley A. Smith at Boulder; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Workforce Education Navigator, Workforce Urbana-Champaign Student Services Education A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Colin L. Turner Melisa Ziegler, Ph.D. B.S., University of Phoenix; Manager, Custodial Services, Facilities Coordinator of Organizational Learning, M.S.W., University of Washington B.A., University of Ulster Organizational Learning and Effectiveness B.B.A., Gonzaga University; Kyra M. Smith Yvonne S. Unnold, Ph.D. M.A., Seattle University; Retention Specialist, Fresh Start Dean, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.A., University of California, Davis; B.A., Brandman University M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington; Ed.S., University of Southern Mississippi Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D. Director, CASA/MECA Heather Urschel-Speir Ph.D., University of Nevada Director, Writing & Tutoring Center, Cooperative Learning Center, Dedicated Christopher T. Soran II Tutoring Program, CAL Lab Director, eLearning B.A., B.F.A., Western Washington Univ.; A.T., Bates Technical College; M.A., Colorado State University B.S. University of Washington, Tacoma; M.B.A., Brandman University Elmira H. Utz Coordinator, Supplemental Instruction Ndeye Penda Sow B.A., Western Washington University Assistant Director, International Programs Support Services Deborah Walker B.A., Western Washington University; Director, Educational Talent Search M.S., Walden University A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.A., Central Washington University
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Classified Staff
Barrett Dean Allred Loo Moy Y. Call Karen D. Ebert IT Systems Specialist 4, Information Systems Administrative Assistant 3, Fiscal Analyst 3, Financial Services A.A.S., Austin Community College Organizational Learning & Effectiveness B.A., Central Washington University
Juan Anduaga Munoz Jairus Carprenter Marla S. Elmquist Custodian 1, Custodial Services Custodian 1, Custodial Services Fiscal Technician 3, Financial Services B.A., Washington State University Natalie Archer Francisco Cervantes Program Assistant, Adult Basic Ed/AESL Human Resource Consult 1, Human Resources Karen Erickson B.A., Evergreen State College B.L.S., Excelsior College; M.S.O.L., M.B.A./ Program Specialist 2, Enrollment Services HRM, Columbia Southern University B.S., University of Washington Marlynn E. Arndt Custodian 1, Custodial Services Laura J. Chipman Jeanne M. Ernst-Williams Lead Graphic Designer, Administrative Assistant 3, Info. Systems William T. Ballard, Jr. Marketing & Communication A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Information Tech Specialist 3, Info. Systems Vickie Christensen Kelly L. Farr Elena Banfield Custodian 1, Custodial Services Fiscal Analyst 2, Inst. Advancement & Foundation Early Childhood Specialist 3, Early Learning Ctr. A.A.S., American InterContinental Univ. A.A.S., Mendocino College A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.A., Mari State Teachers Training Institute Susan Cochrane Paige N. Fichter Bookstore Buyer, Bookstore Fiscal Analyst 3, Financial Services Susan L. Bennett B.B.A., University of Oklahoma Instruction & Class Technician 2, Kimberly R. Cordova Math, Science & Engineering Program Support Supervisor 1, Facilities Kristi Finley B.S., Williams College; Cashier 2, Cashiering M.A., University of Washington, Tacoma Doris Couch B.A., California State University Custodian 1, Custodial Services Patricia L. Berge Theri J. Flood Program Specialist 2, Counseling & Advising Anita L. Cucchiara Custodian 1, Custodial Services A.P.A.S., Pierce College Program Assistant, Educational Talent Search A.A.S., Pasco Hernando Comm. College Ruth Fritz Christopher D. Betz Administrative Assistant 3, CASA MECA Office Assistant 3, Tabitha A. Curtis Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Early Childhood Specialist 1, Edwina S. Fui A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Early Learning Center Program Assistant, Student Engagement B.A., University of Washington, Bothell Steven C. Biber April Davis Maintenance Mechanic 2, Facilities & Grounds Administrative Assistant 3, Joseph E. Fyfe Health, Business & Professional Services Grounds & Nursery Spec 2, Alejandra Bicknell B.S., University of Nevada Reno Facilities & Grounds Office Assistant 3, Enrollment Services Beth Davis Sherrie L. Graham Eleanor Boice Program Support Supervisor 2, Fiscal Analyst 1, Financial Services Fiscal Technical Supervisor, Financial Services Student Services B.S., University of Washington, Seattle M.A., Faith Evangelical College & Seminary A.A.S., Green River Community College Rachel M. Guckel Chau Bui Tammy Davis Early Childhood Spec 1, Early Learning Center Custodian 1, Custodial Services Early Childhood Specialist 3, A.A., Pierce College Early Learning Center Patrice Bunge A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Misty D. Hadfield Administrative Assistant 3, Campus Security Officer, Campus Public Safety Math, Science & Engineering Jacque W. Dear B.A., Western Washington University Administrative Assistant 3, Molly A. Hagan Communication & Transitional Studies Secretary, Math, Sciences & Engineering Randy Calhoun A.A.S., Pierce College; Custodian 1, Custodial Services Charlene Dudley A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Early Childhood Program Specialist 3, B.A., Eastern Washington University Early Learning Center A.A., Pierce College
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Classified Staff
Barbara Hanson Michael K. Jones Kelly Lieske Administrative Assistant 3, Gig Harbor Campus Custodian 1, Custodial Services Office Manager, Campus Public Safety A.A.S., Tacoma Community College B.A., Central Washington University A.A.S., Tacoma Community College
Jon S. Hardy William A. Jones II Mark A. Linder Maintenance Mechanic 4, Facilities & Grounds Custodian 1, Custodial Services Payroll/Benefits Coordinator, Human Resources A.A.S., South Seattle Community College; Brian J. Harris Claire A. Jordan A.A.S., Pierce College Custodian 2, Custodial Services HR Consultant 1, Human Resources A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Shawn M. Locke Shana Harvey B.A., Seattle University Info Tech Specialist 3, Information Systems Early Childhood Specialist 2, Early Learning Ctr. A.T.A., Edmonds Community College Shannon P. Kelly Viktor A. Lukyanov Custodian 1, Custodial Services Maintenance Mechanic 2, Facilities & Grounds Damaris Hembry Program Assistant, Fresh Start Amanda L. Kieszling Hailey M. Lunsford A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Secretary Senior, Office Assistant 2, Entry Services Health, Business & Professional Services A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Patricia G. Hermoso A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Office Assistant 3, eLearning & Media Services B.A., Evergreen State College Kathleen D. Lynch B.A., DeVry University Program Coordinator, Financial Aid Chae Son Kim Shannon L. Hight Custodian 2, Custodial Services Sydney Marcotte Help Desk Spec., eLearning & Media Services Program Coordinator, WorkForce B.S., DeVry University Mary A. Knutson B.A., Gonzaga University Credentials Evaluator 3, Enrollment Services Chhoeungsaheng Hing B.S., California State University Kathy Martin Data compiler 1, Access Services Customer Service Specialist 2, Financial Aid B.A., University of Washington Richard M. Langhorn A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Safety Officer 1, Facilities & Grounds B.A., The Evergreen State College John M. Housden A.A.S., Community College of Denver Campus Security Officer, Campus Public Safety Leona Martin Hall Lawrence D. Larsen Information Tech Specialist 3, Info. Technology Fred D. Howard Information Tech Specialist 4, Info. Systems A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Simulation Technician, A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.S., Western Governors University Health, Business & Professional Services B.S., City University; M.S., TUI University A.A.S., Pierce College; Tanjagay Martin A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Sandra L. Larson Office Assistant Lead, Enrollment Services B.S., Central Washington University Program Coordinator, Financial Aid A.A.S., Olympic College A.A., Highline Community College; Willie C. Howard B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma Faye H. Martinez Campus Security and Safety Supervisor, Custodian 1, Custodial Services Campus Public Safety Nadezhda I. Lavochina Program Coordinator, Adult Basic Skills Sharon McBride Timothy Humbert Program Coordinator, Financial Aid Customer Service Specialist 1, Sung M. Lee B.A., University of Washington Counseling & Advising Office Assistant 3, Faculty Support B.A., Washington Theological Seminary Frank C. McDougald Michael S. Janke Program Specialist 2, Fin, Aid/Veteran Services Campus Security Officer, Campus Public William P. Leon-Guerrero B.S., University of Phoenix; Safety Maintenance Mechanic 2, Facilities & Grounds M.A., Argosy University A.S., Madison Area Technical College A.A.T., Clover Park Technical College Shawn McRavin Melanie A. Johnson Sarah Lewandowski-Noble Administrative Assistant 3, Human Resources Administrative Assistant 3, Retail Clerk 2, Bookstore Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Patricia R. Mede B.A., Union Institute and Technology Deborah R. Lewis Retail Clerk I, Bookstore Secretary Senior, Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Nelly Melgar Barragan A.A.S., Pierce College Custodian 1, Custodial Services
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Classified Staff
Jill Merritt Robin L. Olson A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; Library & Archives Para 5, Library Office Assistant 3, WCCW B.A., The Evergreen State College; B.A., California State Univ., San Bernardino; M.B.A., University of Phoenix M.L.I.S., San Jose State University Tatyana P. Orabey Program Assistant, Financial Aid James A. Robinson John P. Michel A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Maintenance Mechanic 2, Facilities & Grounds IT Technician 2, WCCW/MCCC A.A.S., Bates Technical College A.A.S., Clover Park Technical College Carlos Otero Information Technology Specialist 3, Emily Roska Brennan P. Miller Information Technology Program Coordinator, Financial Aid Help Desk Program Assistant, eLearning & A.A.S.-T, Olympic College B.A., Pacific Lutheran University Media Services B.A., Utah Valley University Rachel P. Payne Ted J. Rutt Communication Consultant 2, Campus Security Officer,Campus Public Safety Mike J. Miller Marketing & Communication B.A., Washington State University Grounds & Nursery Specialist 4, Facilities & B.A., Western Washington University Grounds Janae Ryan Agnieszka Pederson Customer Service Specialist 1, Susan Mooi HR Consultant 1, Human Resources Counseling & Advising Program Coordinator, Financial Aid A.A.S., A.T.A., Tacoma Comm. College; A.A.S., Tacoma Community College B.A., University of Puget Sound Natalie M. Moreau Lisa L. Sanchez Cashier 2, Cashiering Angela Peiffer Cashier 2, Cashiering Printing & Duplication Supervisor, Central Sakura E. Moses Services Beverly Sayle Publications Support Coordinator/Graphic Fiscal Technician 3, Financial Services Designer, Marketing & Communication Scott W. Perkins B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz Program Assistant, Writing & Tutoring Center Richard A. Schneider Warehouse Operator 2, Ronda L. Neilson Kourtney Peyton-Pringle Purchasing & Receiving Custodian 1, Custodial Services Administrative Assistant 3, A.A.S., St. Leo College; Counseling & Advising B.S., University of Maryland Kevin X. Nguyen B.S., Western Governors University Custodian 1, Custodial Services Allison Southard Hood Janissa S. Pheann Early Childhood Specialist 1, Early Learning Ctr. Laurie A. Nicks Program Coordinator, Financial Aid Fiscal Technician 2, Bookstore B.A., Pacific Lutheran University Colleen Spezia A.A.S., Univ. of North Dakota, Williston; Credentials Evaluator 3, Enrollment Services B.A., Moorhead State University Edward Phipps A.T.A., Tacoma Community College Procurement and Supply Specialist, Financial Cathy Nordstrom Services Theresa M. Stach Program Specialist 2, Health, Business & A.A., Pierce College; Administrative Assistant 2, Health, Business Professional Services B.A., Western Washington University & Professional Services B.A., George Fox University; A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.S., University of Washington Kristen S. Pleasant B.A., Evergreen State College Early Childhood Specialist 2, Early Learning Ctr. Dana M. Nystrom A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; In Suk C. Stenstrom Electrician, Facilities & Grounds B.A., University of Washington Tacoma Data Compiler 2, Access Services A.A., New Mexico Military Institute A.A., Kyeong Won College Nora M. Price Lora J. Oas Customer Services Specialist 2, Patrick Stoment Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 2, Access Services Grounds & Nursery Specialist 2, Math, Science & Engineering A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Facilities & Grounds A.A., South Puget Sound Comm. College; B.A., Evergreen State College Nicholas J. Ritter Evelyn Tompkins Grounds & Nursery Spec 2, Facilities & Information Tech Specialist 3, Info. Technology Grounds Anh T. Tran Tamara T. Roberson Library & Archives Para 2, Library Program Assistant, Access Services B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma
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Classified Staff Definitions
Hoang Oanh Tran Campus Security Officer, Campus Public Safety Accredited: Certified as having fulfilled Library & Archives Prof 1, Library A.A.S., Tacoma Community College minimum standards established by A.A.S., Tacoma Community College Regini D. Yanson regional accrediting agencies. Indicates Leonard P. Treanton Early Childhood Spec 1, Early Learning Center that course work is accepted by other Program Assistant, Diploma, Canadian International Career colleges and universities. Math Advising Resource Center College Advisor: A member of the college faculty A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; B.S., Evergreen State College or staff designated to assist students in planning their programs of study. Kari Twogood Program Assistant, Campus Public Safety Audit: Take a class without receiving B.A., Western Washington University; credit. M.Ed., Central Washington University Commencement: An annual graduation Diane Valdez ceremony held in June. Instruction & Classroom Support Tech 4, Common Course Numbering: The Math, Science & Engineering Washington Community and Technical B.S., University of Puget Sound College system has adopted common Linda Van Doren course numbers, prefixes and titles for Secretary Lead, Faculty Support Secretaries courses that are equivalent at many Sean D. Vandommelen two-year colleges.These changes go into Secretary Senior, effect summer quarter 2008. The courses Health, Business & Professional Services and their descriptions are not changing, A.A.S., Tacoma Community College; just the course number and in some B.A., Evergreen State College cases the prefix and/or title. There are Kaisha J. Vonnagel changes to both common courses and Early Childhood Specialist 3, Early Learning Ctr. non-common courses. Common courses A.A.S., Tacoma Community College are identified by having an “&” character at the end of the prefix, for example Natasha H. Walton Early Childhood Spec 1, Early Learning Center ENGL& or ANTH&. Concentration: The subject or field of Janet Ward study to which the student devotes Payroll Coordinator, Human Resources A.A.S., Ricks College concentrated attention. Counselor: A member of the college Jerome T. Ward Program Coordinator, Financial Aid faculty who has special training in guidance and who assists students Rachel J. Ward who have problems of an academic or Bookstore Buyer, Bookstore personal nature. David W. Wellsbury Credit/Quarter Credit Hour: A Maintenance Mechanic 2, Facilities & Grounds measurement of college work. Ordinarily, Angela M. Wheeler one credit hour is given for one clock Program Assistant, Early Learning Center hour of attendance each week for a period of one quarter (11 weeks). In Richard E. Wilsie some cases such as laboratory courses, Maintenance Mechanic 2, Facilities & Grounds however, two or three clock hours of Angela Wright attendance each week are required to Customer Service Specialist I, Financial Aid earn one credit or credit hour. A specified number of credits or credit hours must Timothy A. Wright be earned for a degree.
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Curriculum (Plural Curricula or Division: An area within the college Pre-Professional: A program designed to Curriculums): The complete list of which is devoted to a group of related prepare students for later specialization courses offered by the college. Also, a subjects e.g., Business, Humanities, in a particular field upon transfer to a group of courses required for a specific Allied Health, etc. senior college or university. degree. Drop: See Withdraw. Prerequisite: A course which must be taken before a student is allowed to take Deficiency: Lack of credit in a course Elective: A course which is not required another course. For example: MATH& required for a specific program, for a particular program. graduation, or a degree. Also, a status 141 and MATH& 142 are prerequisites imposed on a student because of low General Educational Development for MATH& 151. (GED): A program designed to meet the grades. See the Academic Review Policy. Quarter: A term of instruction consisting needs of adults who have not graduated of approximately 11 weeks. The regular Degree: A diploma awarded by the from high school and who want to earn academic year consists of fall, winter and college which signifies a student has a certificate of high school equivalency. spring quarter. successfully completed a program of Passage of the GED examinations study. generally is accepted in lieu of high Quarter Hour: See Credit/Quarter Credit Directory Information: The only school graduation. Hour. information authorized for external Grade Point: A numerical value assigned Registration: The process of becoming release by the college without the to a grade, as follows: each credit hour officially enrolled in a college. Registration student’s written consent shall include of A equals 4 points; B, 3 points; C, 2 usually is required at the beginning of student name, degrees and awards points; D, 1 point; E and other grades, 0 each quarter. It includes the selection of received. The college may confirm dates points. courses and payment of fees. of attendance, date of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized Grade Point Average (GPA): The Resident Student: A resident student sports and activities and the most recent numerical average obtained by dividing is one who is financially independent previous educational institution attended. total grade points earned by total and has had a domicile in the State credit hours completed in a quarter. of Washington for at least one year Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA): The A cumulative grade point average is immediately prior to the first class day college has agreements with most of obtained by dividing the total grade of the quarter for which he or she is the public and private four-year colleges points on a student’s record by the total registering and who has established a and universities in the state for the direct hours he or she has completed. bona fide domicile in the state for other transfer of its students under guidelines than educational purposes. A financially Honors/High Honors: A designation at developed by the Inter-College Relations dependent student is also classified graduation for students who graduate Commission of the Washington Council as a resident if one or both of his or with a cumulative GPA of 3.33 or higher for High School-College Relations. For her parents or legal guardians have for Honors and 3.66 or higher for High transfer information, see the College maintained a bona fide domicile in the Honors. Transfer section (p. 41). State of Washington for at least one year Discipline: A branch of knowledge or of Incomplete: An incomplete is a grade immediately prior to commencement teaching, such as Art, History, English, given only when a student has done of the quarter for which he or she has etc. satisfactory work in a class but for some registered. See Admissions Procedures unavoidable reason has been unable to section for more information. Distinction Pathways: Themed or complete the course or take the final Withdraw: To officially stop taking skill-based clusters of courses and examination. Incompletes must be classes before the 55th experiences recommended for meeting converted to a traditional letter grade calendar day of general degree requirements (p. 65). within one year of their issuance or they the quarter. This must be done with an Distribution Requirements: A range of revert to an ‘E’ grade. Add/Drop form. courses required for graduation with an Non-Resident Student: See Resident associate degree, in addition to the major Student. department requirements.
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