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Spring 2008 Special Topics
Business & Computer Technologies
CSC2993-90 Security Environment in Business This course will focus on the business aspects to ensure efficient, effective, and profitable operations by securing information assets. Topics include risk mitigation and controls, internal and external audits, backup and recovery procedures, Security Education Training and Awareness (SETA), physical security, and the government regulations that require businesses to protect customer information and data. Student must successfully complete MGT115 and ENL111 prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
CIT399A-01 Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing This course will introduce the students to the process of securing an information system and to practice securing systems against attack. The student will apply information concepts learned in prerequisite classes to both defend and compromise a system. Various tools for managing and compromising systems will be explored as well as safeguarding ancillary systems to prevent collateral damage during testing procedures. Legal and ethical issues associated with penetration testing will be explored as well. Students must successfully complete CIT230, CIT240, and MTH160 prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
CIT3993-01 3D Computer Modeling I This course is an introduction to 3D computer modeling. The existing industry standard 3D modeling software is introduced and explored. Course will use one such industry standard tool to demonstrate the 3D modeling concepts. Topics include: polygons, nurbs, beveling, extrusion, bump, and color. Students create and animate simple 3D models using 3D modeling tools. Students must successfully complete CSC110 and MTH153 or higher prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
CIT4993-01 Advanced Topics in Networking-VoIP Application of theory
and advanced techniques required to build, maintain, deploy and secure robust
networking applications necessary to industry. Emphasis on the methods utilized
to achieve scalability, reusability, security, and operational efficiency of
computer networks. Course work includes the analysis, design, and deployment of
emerging network technologies. Student must successfully complete CIT270, CIT271
and CIT310 prior to enrolling in this course.
3 Credits
Construction & Design Technologies
BCT2991-01 Life Skills for Technicians: Retirement The primary focus is to prepare the student for financial choices needed to plan for retirement and/or non-retirement. The main emphasis is on why students need to make knowledge based decisions at the start of their careers, different methods of successful investments and how timely decisions will impact taxes, income and retirement choices. 1 Credit
ELT2991-01 Data Cabling Certification 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. Students will receive the
knowledge and skills required to pass a Data Cabling Installer Certification.
Students must successfully complete ELT111 or 117 plus ELT116. Restricted to EL,
EO, and MT majors. 1 Credit
ELT2993-25 Introduction to Computer Drawing Basics This course is
designed as an introduction to the basics of using a computer to create drawings
for schematics, equipment layout, system design, and sensing points. This course
will cover basic through intermediate skills in various computer drawing
programs. Included are: Microsoft Paint, Microsoft Visio, and AutoCAD. 3 Credits
Health Sciences
FIT 299E-01 and 02 Physical Fitness for Weight Management Integrated instructional approach encompassing 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
FIT 299G-01 thru 05 Group Fitness Training 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 achieve fitness through the application of sound
training concepts, and gain the knowledge and confidence needed to continue with
this type of exercise program after graduation. 1 Credit
Hospitality
FHD299A-25 Introduction to Lagers and Ales In depth focus on the
relationship between ingredients, brewing processes and aging in the production
of fine lagers and ales of the world. The historic relationship with society and
food will be identified and related to their mystique, tradition and
development. Sensory evaluation will be undertaken; alcohol age requirements
must be met for the State of Pennsylvania. Professional view toward
understanding malted beverages as a living, evolving beverage that is paired
with food and has maintained a place as a beverage of choice on the tables of
consumers in all social and economic circles around the world. Student must have
successfully completed or enroll in FHD135 simultaneously, or receive permission
of the instructor to enroll in this course.
1 Credit
Industrial & Engineering Technologies
CET3993-01 Photogrammetric Methodology Definition of data structures and procedures used in the synthesis of geographic and non geographic data to provide decision makers with options for surveying projects upon which to make the best possible choices. Project definition, data organization and capture, and use of query languages to generate options. Computer applications to land surveying projects. 3 Credits
Integrated Studies
ART2991-88 (1 Credit) or ART2993-88 (3 Credits) Art and Architecture of
Antiquity in Italy. This course is designed to introduce students to the art
and architectural monuments of Italy through direct observation and on site
lectures. Art, architecture, civic planning, and their methods will be discussed
from the era of antiquity through the Baroque era. Students will be required to
maintain a daily journal and complete one research paper within three weeks upon
returning home.
Dates of trip: December 31,2007 – January 9, 2008
Variable: 1 Credit or 3 Credits
EDU2991-88 (1 Credit) or EDU2993-88 (3 Credits) Child, Family and Early
Childhood Education in Italy This course will give students the opportunity
to observe, evaluate and compare Italian infant/toddler programs, preschools,
child cares and elementary schools (first and second grades) to American early
childhood programs. Students will examine the way in which Italians structure
the early childhood years and the social policies that support this structure.
Students will observe young children in public places also in order to observe
the child and family relations. The site visits will take place in cities and
rural areas in Italy and will be enhanced by trips to places of historical and
cultural importance, so that students can see the communities that children live
in. Student must successfully complete EDU100 or EDU101 or similar child
development/family studies course work or permission of the instructor to enroll
in this course.
Dates of trip: May 18-28, 2008
Variable: 1 Credit or 3 Credits
ENL299-01 Sports and Literature While this 299 course is a serious
study of selected literature that employs sporting elements, it has the added
advantage of being a fun opportunity to enjoy some lively, entertaining novels.
We’ll examine the nature of sport and its function in American culture through
fiction (and we’ll view at least parts of a few related films, as well). After
reading the material, we’ll discuss it in roundtable sessions in class, and then
write essays that develop the results of our study. Texts will represent a
variety of sports. Grades will be based on daily class discussions, occasional
reading quizzes, several essays, and a final exam. Student must successfully
complete ENL111 prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
ENL299A-01 Science Fiction Literature This course surveys the classics of
hard science fiction—those stories that investigate the social and psychological
impact of developments in anthropology, biology, chemistry, and physics.
Students read a selection of major short stories from 1921 to the present, along
with at least one award-winning novel. This course focuses on the development of
science fiction from its beginnings as “pulp” to its current status as a
critical literary genre. Student must successfully complete ENL111 prior to
enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
ENL2993-01 Argument in the Real World The course will include both verbal
and written modes of argumentation. Emphasis will be placed on the student’s
ability to effectively formulate and present sound arguments in a variety of
professional settings. Students will learn to analyze arguments, find and avoid
fallacious arguments, and to adapt arguments to their audience. Student must
successfully complete ENL111 prior to enrolling in this course. 3 Credits
HUM299-01 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
PHL299-01 Environmental Ethics Environmental issues are among the most
important social issues facing human societies at the beginning of the twenty
first century. Yet the way we think about such issues as global warming, the
pollution of the environment, resource depletion, industrial and agricultural
development and the extinction of living species is often confused and unclear.
This confusion is the result of both a lack of understanding of the facts
concerning environmental issues as well as deeper confusions about the relation
between humans and the natural world. Hence, when we hear stories about such
issues, we find ourselves unable to make clear choices because it is not always
apparent what they entail and what values we should be committed to in
addressing them. This course is a critical examination of both environmental
issues and the way we think about them. We will examine some of the most
important contemporary environmental issues from a variety of different
perspectives on the human relation to the environment—anthropocentrism, the
wilderness ethic, biocentrism, etc. 3 Credits
PNP2993-01 Advanced Imaging Techniques This course reinforces
fundamental concepts in page and document design and layout, pre-press
requirements, as well as specific imaging techniques related to screen printing
and flexography and possibly digital. Students will investigate and have
hands-on experiences in advanced techniques for producing documents to produce
multiple color and process color projects on a variety of substrates as well as
related finishing, converting and distribution methods. A review of software
requirements (InDesign, Illustrator, and variable data software) is included so
students can design individual projects. Field trips and industry practitioners
will be included to enhance the learning experience. 3 Credits
SOC299-01 Technology and Global Social Issues Analyses of the
technological developments (for example: in the fields of transportation,
biotechnology, electronic information and communication) in the twentieth
century which led to the formation of the so called “global village,” and
subsequent creation of common global social problems. Discussion will focus on
specific social issues that impact much of the world and how these issues have
made societies increasingly interdependent in finding global solutions to them.
Emphasis will be on the following common social issues: reproductive technology
and population explosion, changing family structures, changing sex roles;
medical technology, its limits and new health problems; globalization of work
and changing concept of work and leisure; global ecological problems, global
crimes; global human rights and world cooperation; the problems of race,
ethnicity and ethnocentrism in the world; social movements such as ecological,
human rights, in different regions of the world; future trends. 3 Credits
Natural Resources Management
FOR2993-01 History of Pennsylvania Logging Era This course will provide an overview of the logging era in the greater Williamsport area from 1850 to 1942. Major topics include lumber camps, log drives, rafts, log boom, timber resource, canals, charcoal, iron and tanning industries, Civilian Conservation Corp., and railroads. We will also examine socio-economic factors that allowed for the growth of the area. 3 Credits
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