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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101; MATH 098 or placement in MATH& 107; or instructor permission. The course will provide students with information on effective map design and enhancing skills in presenting GIS products effectively to different audiences. The objective of this course is to provide students with skills to communicate GIS products effectively, Course material on map contents, their layout, and organization will be addressed in detail. Selection of classification patterns, symbols, fonts, and appropriate color schemes for maps will also be included in the course. The importance of map elements such as the scale bar, direction indicators, and legends will be emphasized as a part of the course. Students will have the opportunity to view guest lectures on the application of cartographic principles to GIS maps. This course meets the requirements for the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Natural Resources and the Certificates of Completion and Achievement in Geographic Information Systems.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: GIS 110; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101; MATH 098 or placement in MATH& 107; or instructor permission. The course will provide students advanced knowledge in geographical information systems (e.g., raster and vector data models, terrain analysis, and interpolation methods). Students will be exposed to a range of geospatial data analysis methods and analytical tools. Students will participate in three hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week. Lectures will expose students to various quantitative methods and data standards in GIS. One of the objectives of the course is to provide students with guest lectures in the application of GIS from individuals working in a diversity of application areas. This course meets the requirements for the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Natural Resources and the Certificates of Completion and Achievement in Geographic Information Systems.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: GIS 110; GIS 200; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101; MATH 098 or placement in MATH& 107; or instructor permission. The course has been designed with an emphasis on application of GIS for natural resource management. It is assumed that students who enroll into this course would have prior knowledge in both GIS and natural resource management. The course will provide students with specific methods in point pattern analysis and continuous data analysis. The course will also expose students to techniques in aerial photography and digital image processing for assessing natural resources. Detailed case studies demonstrating the application of GIS to natural resources management, such as watershed analysis and radio telemetry studies will be presented. Lectures will be supplemented by visiting guest lectures from practitioners of GIS in natural resource management. This course meets requirements for the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Natural Resources and the Certificates of Completion and Achievement in Geographic Information Systems.
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5.00 Credits
Recommended Preparation: READ 090 or placement in READ 120; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101, or instructor permission. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL& 101. A survey of the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian roots of Western Civilization emphasizing the cultures, societies, philosophies, and politics of ancient civilizations as well as the controversies of early Christianity. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies social science distribution area A requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
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5.00 Credits
Recommended Preparation: READ 090 or placement in READ 120; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101, or instructor permission. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL& 101. A survey of European society, politics and culture from the fall of Rome to the Reformation emphasizing feudalism, the battles between Church and State, Scholasticism, medieval science, and the life of the common folk. We will explore the roots of the early modern era and the shattering of the medieval consensus. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies social science distribution area A requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
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5.00 Credits
Recommended Preparation: READ 090 or placement in READ 120; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101, or instructor permission. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL& 101. A survey of European society, culture and politics from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries emphasizing the witchcraft craze, the rise of science, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the French Revolution, industrialism, imperialism, and the two world wars. We will explore the "nature" of themodern world and the social tensions it has produced. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies social science distribution area A requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
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5.00 Credits
Recommended Preparation: READ 090 or placement in READ 120; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101, or instructor permission. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL& 101. This course is an introduction to the history, geography, culture, and sociology of East Asia during the last two centuries. We will study the development of modern China and Japan, Asian interaction with the West, the role of religions in East Asian societies, the varying political and cultural systems, economics, and the challenges of the 20th and 21st Centuries. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies social science distribution area A requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
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5.00 Credits
Recommended Preparation: READ 090 or placement in READ 120; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101 or instructor permission. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL& 101 recommended. This course offers a survey of North American history from first contact by Original Peoples, approximately 30,000 BCE, through the European exploration and period of conquest, European colonialism, foundations of an "American" cultureand society, and concludes with an overview of the Revolutionary era and the early years of the Republic. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies social science distribution area A requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
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5.00 Credits
Recommended Preparation: READ 090 or placement in READ 120; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101 or instructor permission. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL& 101 recommended. This course offers a survey of United States' history during the 19th Century. Topics of inquiry include slavery and the development of the abolitionist and women's movements, the coming of the Civil war, Reconstruction, conquest of the continent, the triumph of capitalism through industrialization, the development of labor movements, and the origins of U.S. involvement in world-wide imperialist movements. 5 lecture hours. Satisfies social science distribution area A requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
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5.00 Credits
Recommended Preparation: READ 090 or placement in READ 120; ENGL 095 or placement in ENGL& 101 or instructor permission. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL& 101 recommended. This course offers a survey of United States' history during the 20th Century. Topics of inquiry include the development of the "Progressive Movement,"radical and anti-radical movements, racism and the Black liberation struggle, economic depression and recovery, women's liberation struggles, and U.S. involvement in a century of warfare from the Spanish-American-Philippine War beginning in 1898 through war with Mexico, World War I and II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and the half-century-long "Cold War." 5 lecture hours. Satisfies social sciencedistribution area A requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
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