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  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Department approval This course provides the opportunity to work on a technical project, research, or other specialized study related to individual academic needs. A written plan for the independent study project is developed with a faculty member (including a detailed description of the study project, the number of credit hours assigned to it, the evaluative criteria to be used, and other relevant matters), and the project is carried out under the periodic direction of the faculty member. The written plan is submitted to the associate dean for approval and remains on file within the department. A final written report is also submitted to the faculty member by the student.
  • 3.00 - 7.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Department approval This course is designed to prepare individuals for a career as a commercial driver and leads to a Tractor Trailer Driver Certificate. Students will develop proficiency in operating a vehicle and will study trucking regulations, reporting requirements, map reading and trip planning. Upon successful completion of course work, students will take the Secretary of State Class A Skills Test. Daytime classes begin monthly, and evening classes begin every two months. Usually taught with forty hours of classroom lecture and 120 hours of yard work and behind-the-wheel practice.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This course will acquaint the student with the terminology and the various forms of inductive and deductive reasoning. It will focus on methods of distinguishing good reasoning from bad and on the rules by which we judge arguments, as well as the practical application of these rules. [IAI: H4 906]
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This course investigates the multitude of ethical issues which have been raised because of advanced technology in medicine and health care. It attempts to clarify questions on such subjects as abortion, genetic engineering, euthanasia, human experimentation, transplantation, and patient consent. It will also present principles one may apply in making decisions in these areas. .
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This course investigates the basic ethical frameworks from which moral decisions are derived. It applies those fundamentals to such practical problems as advertising, the profit motive, labeling, public safety, natural resource preservation and other significant concerns which arise in normal business activities.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This course is an exploration of Ethics, an area often called Moral Philosophy. This is an area of philosophy in which there is an attempt to achieve a systematic understanding of the good along with a clear notion of how we ought to live and why. Readings and discussions will feature several alternative ethical systems. [IAI: H4 903N]
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This course involves rational reflection about the experiences, thinking, attitudes, values and questions that arise in people's relationship to religious reality. Some of the issues to be considered will include the following: reasonable definitions of God's nature, arguments about God's existence, the problem of evil and the question of providence. The course also deals with the relationship between religion and morals, consciousness and society. [IAI: H4 90
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This interdisciplinary course employs an ethical framework to make rational moral decisions about current issues in agriculture. The course will emphasize a knowledge base of the issues to which ethical and moral theories can be applied to arrive at an informed, educated, and logical conclusion. Topics may include: genetically modified foods, animal cloning, world trade agreements, controlled use of fertilizers, the rights of animals, protecting food supply, the corporatizing of American agriculture and other significant concerns.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This course is intended to give an understanding of the main currents of thought from the beginning of the Renaissance to the present. Writings of primary philosophers will be related to ideas and events in areas of science and religion. [IAI: H4 902]
  • 0.50 Credits

    Prerequisite: None This course is designed to introduce students to the profession of physical therapy and the role of the physical therapist assistant. Basic physical therapy interventions, such as superficial heat and cold modalities, massage, gait training, and therapeutic exercises will be demonstrated and practiced.
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