2007-08 Catalog Archive (Archived September 14, 2007)
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Fall 2007 Special Topics
Business and Computer Technologies
CIT2994-01 Introduction to Simulation and Gaming - This course provides students with an introduction to simulation and game development. Topics include setting, storytelling, narrative, character design, interface design, game play, internal economy, core mechanics, game genres, AI, the psychology of game design, and professionalism. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the major aspects of simulation and game design and development. Student must successfully complete MTH006 and CSC110 prior to enrolling in this course. 4 Credits
CIT399-25 Network Vulnerabilities and Defense - Develop an understanding of sophisticated network based attacks and how to defend against them. Student must successfully complete CIT270/CIT271 prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
Construction and Design Technologies
BCT2993-01 Building Science - This course provides students with the knowledge of why houses work as a system. Air sealing and ventilation principles will be applied, along with the minimum ventilation guidelines (MVG) set by ASHRAE. 3 Credits
ELT2991-01 Data Cabling Certification Course - Principals of cabling related to data, voice and RF and their associated connections and terminations. An understanding of the concepts of the cabling and its worldwide standards as applied to residential and commercial applications. Practical laboratory work of structured wiring including design, installation, testing and troubleshooting of cable and category rated, e.g. CAT 5, devices. 1 Credit
Health Sciences
FIT299E-01-03 & 25 Physical Fitness for Weight Management - This course uses an integrated instructional approach that encompasses cognitive, affective, and psychomotor objectives. Contents include: an introduction to personal fitness specific for weight management, methods of cardiovascular exercise, body composition intervention, principles of weight control, behavior management techniques and basic nutritional assessments and guidelines. This course will enable the students to acquire the knowledge needed to take control of their weight management for a healthier future. 1 Credit
FIT299G-01-05, 25-27 Group Fitness Training - This course provides students with a means of attaining and maintaining fitness for life through a variety of group-exercise programs. Group fitness training includes cardiovascular exercise and resistance training workouts, circuit and interval training, step and floor aerobics, stability ball exercise, kickboxing, mind-body training, and other popular methods of group fitness training. Students will achieve fitness through the application of sound training concepts, and gain the knowledge and confidence needed to continue with this type of exercise program. 1 Credit
Integrated Studies
ENL299-01 Children’s Fiction - This course is a survey of canonical fiction writing for and about young people. It entails a critical examination of such works in social, historical, cultural, and literary contexts, thereby interrogating traditional and contemporary notions of such institutions as the home, the school, and the family. The course explores the relationship between writer and leader and the presentation of social class and gender issues in children’s books. Students must successfully complete ENL111 prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
HUM2993-01 The Human Dimensions of Warfare - Warfare is central to the human experience. Since 9/11 warfare has returned to the center of the American experience, making it even more pressing to study and understand it. Using the writings of combat veterans, journalists, and historians, this course examines warfare in all of its complexity: its attractions and its horrors, its ironies and its tragedies. John Keegan’s The Face of Battle, which addresses Agincourt (1415), Waterloo (1815), and the Somme (1916), provides the foundation. Appropriate movies, such as Henry V, Glory, Paths of Glory, and Saving Private Ryan, will also be viewed and critiqued. After completing this course, students should have a better appreciation of the judgment rendered by Robert E. Lee: “It is well that war is so terrible-lest we should grow too fond of it.” 3 Credits
PHL299-25 Ethics and Biotechnology - Ethics and Biotechnology is the study of the ethical dilemmas that arise from advances in biotechnology and its impact on biological research and society at large. Analysis includes technological impacts in the areas of reproductive and therapeutic cloning, stem cell research, genetically modified organisms, genetic screening and manipulation, human and animal experimentation, and biological weapons. Student must successfully complete CSC110, ENL111 and PHL210 prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
SOC299-01 Anthropology of Religion - The Anthropology of Religion examines both the variant and common features of diverse approaches to the supernatural without evaluating the metaphysical claims of specific doctrines or beliefs. Instead, this course views religious beliefs and practices as integral components of whole cultural systems. Beginning with a foundation in anthropological theories of religion, it will then offer a cross-cultural, holistic survey of a wide range of individual aspects of the cultural domain of religion. These include the following: definitions of religion, ritual, belief, magic, divination, gods, spirits, sorcery, shamanism, souls, ghosts, witchcraft, attributions of misfortune, religious specialists, religious organization, religious symbolism and iconography, and the role of religion in cultural stability and change. 3 Credits