Courses

STEM 1110 - STEM Research I

1. Research Skills
   1. Explain and outline a methodology for designing and executing an experimental research plan, including experimental strategy (approach), data collection methods, analyses techniques, visualizations, and data interpretation strategies
2. Data Analysis and Interpretation
   1. Explain the appropriate measurement techniques and research tools required to collect meaningful and comparative data to understand student-design research.
3. Communication of Scientific Research to our Community
   1. Effective presentation of proposal for STEM Research II project

STEM 2110 - STEM Research II

1. Research Skills
   1. Explain and outline a methodology for designing and executing an experimental research plan, including experimental strategy (approach), data collection methods, analyses techniques, visualizations, and data interpretation strategies
2. Data Analysis and Interpretation
   1. Explain the appropriate measurement techniques and research tools required to collect meaningful and comparative data to understand student-design research.
3. Understanding of the Scientific Research
   1. Identify the key factors contributing data results and explain their interactions and possible mitigation/adaptation strategies

STEM 2210 - STEM Research III

1. Understanding of the Scientific Research
   1. Explain impact or relationship of literature review to their research results
   2. Identify the key factors contributing data results and explain their interactions and possible mitigation/adaptation strategies
   3. Summarize the broader implications of learner’s research on the community (e.,g public health, energy consumption, urban design, environmental impacts, economic impacts, impacts to underserved communities, etc).
2. Communication of Scientific Research to our Community
   1. Effectively written communication of original research following conventions of appropriate scientific journals
   2. Effective verbal presentation of results

ACCT 1135 - Accounting Applications

1. Complete a manual accounting system using journals (general and special), ledgers (general and subsidiary), and worksheets as appropriate.
2. Interpret and record business transactions (e.g. corporate, partnership, sole proprietorship), analyze accounts and prepare appropriate entries for accrual basis accounting.
3. Prepare bank reconciliations and resulting journal entries​.
4. Prepare adjusting and closing entries and completed year-end financial statements.
5. Identify operating, investing, and financing activities and prepare the statement of cash flows​.
6. Distinguish between cash, modified cash, and accrual accounting, and the journal entries made under each accounting method​.

ACCT 1150 - QuickBooks

Student Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to: 

1. Understand differences and similarities between a manual accounting system and QuickBooks Online 
2. Identify and execute the four levels of operation within QuickBooks: New Company Setup, Lists, Activities, and Reports 
3. Record sales/collections, purchase/payments, inventory, adjusting entries 
4. Set up payroll, record payroll transactions, print paychecks, and view various payroll related reports 
5. Produce a variety of reports and financial statements 
6. Analyze reports to identify and correct errors

*Students should have basic accounting skills for this course. 
Credits: 3

ACCT 1220 - Volunteer Tax Training

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Explain basic personal income tax filing status requirements.
2. Use appropriate tax software to prepare simple income tax returns for individuals.
3. Answer basic tax questions.

* Student should have basic computer skills for this course.
Credits: 2

ACCT 1996 - Topics in Accounting

ACCT 1998 - Volunteer Tax Preparation Internship

Student Learning Outcomes
 

1. Demonstrate personal and professional interview skills in an environment that demands confidentiality issues at all levels.
2. Use tax software to prepare and electronically file simple income tax returns for eligible taxpayers.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) also requires all volunteers to be either U.S. citizens or authorized aliens. An “unauthorized alien” is defined by the IRS as a person not legally admitted into the United States for either permanent residence or employment.
Credits: 1

ACCT 2110 - Principles of Accounting I

1. Analyze business transactions, their effects on the financial statements and the interrelationships of the financial statements involving the following:
   1. Cash transactions
   2. Receivables and Net Realizable Value
   3. Operational Assets and Depreciation
   4. Inventory
   5. Current Liabilities
   6. Long-term Liabilities
2. Define, identify and demonstrate the impact of adjusting entries on financial statements.
3. Explain and demonstrate the differences between cash and accrual basis accounting.
4. Define and identify generally accepted accounting principles.
5. Analyze equity ownership transactions and their effect on the financial statements.
6. Identify the cash flow statement activities and explain the purpose of the cash flow statement.

ACCT 2120 - Principles of Accounting II

1. Identify the differences between financial and managerial accounting.
2. Illustrate the accumulation of costs in cost accounting systems.
3. Describe the basic elements of the budgeting process, its objectives and budget preparation.
4. Define and classify cost behavior.
5. Perform cost-volume-profit banalysisn for decision making.
6. Perform differential (incremental) analysis for business decision making.
7. Explain the cause of the variance and its effect on the income statement.
8. Explain and demonstrate the difference between traditional costing and activity-based costing.
9. Perform ratio analysis to evaluate financial statements.

ACCT 2125 - Introduction to Intermediate Accounting I

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Identify GAAP necessary to record specific economic transactions related to realization principle (revenue recognition), matching principle (expense recognition) and the balance sheet asset categories.
2. Analyze how economic transactions reported under GAAP impact financial statements.
3. Select the appropriate GAAP to record these economic transactions.
4. Prepare required entries, financial statements and disclosures for these transactions.
5. Critically examine accounting practices for recognition and reporting and their impact on the accounting environment.

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ACCT 2130 - Introduction to Intermediate Accounting II

1. Identify GAAP necessary to record specific economic transactions related to realization principle (revenue recognition), matching principle (expense recognition), and related transactions involving liabilities, stockholders’ equity and other financial statement components.
2. Apply financial accounting theory, professional standards and judgement to real world business transactions.
3. Prepare required entries, financial statements and disclosures for these transactions.
4. Critically examine accounting practices for recognition and reporting and their impact on the accounting environment.

ACCT 2170 - Payroll Accounting

1. Identify payroll terminology and concepts, required payroll records, and various laws and regulations affecting payroll operations.
2. Calculate gross wages and deductions.
3. Record, journalize and post payroll transactions in accordance with GAAP using the appropriate accounting records (e.g. payroll registers, employee earnings records, journals, and ledgers)
4. Prepare and accurately complete payroll tax reports for timely filing.

ACCT 2220 - Computerized Accounting

1. Set up a company and its chart of accounts using accounting software.
2. Record sales/collections, purchase/payments, payroll, job-costing, and adjusting entries using accounting software.
3. Produce a variety of reports and financial statements using accounting software.
4. Analyze reports to identify and correct errors.
5. Identify the manual transactions underlying the computerized accounting systems.

ACCT 2240 - Cost Management Accounting

1. Analyze and interpret accounting data to assist in management decision making.
2. Account for raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods and cost of goods sold using job order and process costing; including just-in-time inventory management and activity-based costing concepts.
3. Prepare statements for cost of goods manufactured, cost of goods sold and income.
4. Describe cost classifications, behaviors and apply the (CVP) Cost-Volume-Profit analysis concepts of contribution margin, and relevant costs to decision-making and profit planning.
5. Compute break-even points and determine target volumes needed to earn target profits and calculate the contribution margin ratios and the margins of safety and operating leverage.
6. Apply the budgeting process to the creation of budgets through the use of standard costs.
7. Explain the meaning of variances, perform variance analysis and prepare journal entries to record and dispose of variances.
8. Use differential cost analysis and capital budgeting techniques to make decisions.

ACCT 2250 - Introduction to Fund Accounting

1. Distinguish between private sector accounting and governmental accounting to include the environment, accounting system and organizational goals.
2. Describe fund accounting including budgetary, appropriation, and encumbrance accounting entries and concepts.
3. Record fund entries ( budgetary, appropriation, encumbrance) for the following:
   • Governmental Funds
   • General Funds
   • Special Revenue Funds
   • Capital Projects Funds
   • Debt Service Funds
   • Proprietary Funds
   • Fiduciary Funds
4. Identify the differences and similarities in reporting for governmental and not-for-profit organizations.

ACCT 2265 - Advanced Accounting Techniques

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Define the purpose, importance, and benefits of utilizing data analysis to address specific accounting techniques like financial statement analysis, interpreting patterns and trends, optimizing performance management, and assessing profitability.

2. Extract, validate, analyze, and present accounting data to stakeholders through the use of various statistical, analytical, visualization software technologies, and spreadsheet functions.

3. Define the purpose and role of AI in accounting, including how it can be used to streamline compliance processes and monitor adherence to regulations.

4. Identify the potential biases in AI algorithms and evaluate the responsible use of AI in accounting practices. 

5. Address ethical issues related to data privacy, data quality, and the responsible use of data analytics in accounting.

ACCT 2270 - Budgeting

1. Develop a budget with a broad view of corporate functions.
2. Integrate strategic guidelines into discussions of the budgeting process.
3. Structure budget planning and development in a logical sequence.
4. Coordinate the project of budget planning for different areas of a business.
5. Apply financial concepts to support the budget planning process.
6. Explain budget monitoring to support performance management.
7. Evaluate performance by managing the results and the budget.

ACCT 2320 - Introduction to Tax I (Individual)

1. Explain the objectives of the Federal Income Tax System and relate them to individuals working in the U.S. economy.
2. Distinguish between taxable income versus tax exempt income and allowable deductions versus non-allowable deductions.
3. Identify tax planning strategies for maximizing deductions and minimizing the disallowance of deductions.
4. Recognize and determine deductions and losses for individual’s businesses.
5. Apply the components of the Federal income tax formula to determine individual tax liability.
6. Identify tax problems that can be solved by further research, or that require expert tax counsel.

ACCT 2350 - Introduction to Tax II (Corporate)

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the components of federal taxation for various entities.
2. Prepare income tax returns for C-Corporations, S-Corporations, partnerships, estates, gifts and trusts and show the underlying calculations.
3. Identity when income and deductions are recognized, excluded or deferred.
4. Explain the interrelationships and differences between financial accounting and tax accounting.
5. Identify tax problems that can be solved by further research, or that require expert tax counsel.
6. Apply analytical reasoning tools to assess how taxes affect economic decisions for business entities.
7. Explain tax-related professional and ethical obligations.

ACCT 2520 - Introduction to Auditing

1. Describe the attest function.
2. Identify the professional and regulatory standards that impact the auditing profession.
3. Use audit planning techniques to assess risks, calculate materiality and prepare audit programs.
4. Evaluate factual situations to identify internal control deficiencies, significant deficiencies, and material weaknesses.
5. Identify types of evidence and practice documenting the results of performing audit tests.
6. Use various audit sampling to determine whether sufficient evidence has been obtained.
7. Identify audit procedures performed in the completion of an audit.
8. Select the appropriate audit report for various factual situations.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of other attestation and assurance services performed by CPAs as well as other types of services, which independent auditors may or may not perform.

ACCT 2996 - Topics in Accounting

ACCT 2997 - Independent Study in Accounting

ACCT 2998 - Accounting Internship

1. Identify measurable learning objectives in the field of accounting related to the responsibilities of the accounting position.
2. Initiate meeting(s) with supervisors to create an interactive work environment.
3. Examine learning objectives to assess progress on meeting of objectives.
4. Identify next steps for job/career advancement.

ACCT 2999 - Accounting Capstone

1. Evaluate their level of preparedness to meet employer expectation in the field of accounting.
2. Apply for jobs within the accounting field.

AFST 1110 - Introduction to Africana Studies

1. Students will carry out critical analysis and engagement with complex, interdependent global systems and legacies (natural, physical, social, cultural, economic, and political) and their implications for people’s lives and the earth’s sustainability
2. Students will explore issues/objects/works through collection and analysis of evidence that result in informed conclusions/judgments, understanding and analysis of critical literacy and ethics pertaining to the dynamics of diversity, equity, inclusion and social change
3. Students will examine habits of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts and events related to diversity, equity and inclusion before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion
4. Students will demonstrate the capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways
5. Students will prepare, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, foster understanding, or promote change in listener’s values, beliefs, or behaviors pertaining to the dynamics of diversity, equity, inclusion and social change
6. Students will develop and express ideas in writing and learning in many genres and styles using different writing technologies, mixing texts, data and images that relate to the dynamics of diversity, equity, inclusion and social change
7. Students will show the ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situation
8. Students will demonstrate the ability to know a need for information or visual literacy and understanding of the dynamics of historic and contemporary inequality and how they shape individual and community power, biases, structural arrangements and social justice bias
9. Students will enact behaviors and efforts and interact with others on the team to enhance the quality and quantity of contributions made to team discussions
10. Students will design, evaluate and implement strategies to answer open-ended questions in multiple ways
11. Students will work to make a difference in the civic life of communities and develop the combination of knowledge, skills and values and motivation to make a difference
12. Students will develop their cognitive, affective and behavioral skills and characteristics to support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultures
13. Students will develop their ethical self-identity as they practice ethical decision making skills while learning how to describe and analyze positions on ethical issues
14. Students will engage in self-reflection regarding one’s own history and position in contemporary U.S. society as well as in a global context
15. Student learners will connect perspectives and integrate relevant experience and academic knowledge from multiple disciplines

AFST 2110 - African American History

1. Demonstrate a full ability to analyze and interpret how enslavement and oppression shape the racial, gendered, social, economic, and political realities of African-descended people in the U.S. 
2. Recognize and respond to ethical challenges/social justice issues that affect African American people. 
3. Acquire a critical understanding of the human condition. 

AFST 2140 - Black Women in the African Diaspora

AFAS 1120 - Aerospace Studies I

1.  Assess the role of self-mastery as a critical component of Department of the Air Force (DAF) professionalism and its importance for effective followership and leadership.
2. Illustrate the relationship between teamwork, problem-solving, and the DAF culture of innovation by engaging in collaborative discussions and activities. 

AFAS 1121 - Aerospace Studies II

1. Integrate the historical contributions of the Department of the Air Force (DAF) to national security with contemporary leadership challenges in aerospace operations. 

AFAS 1192L - Leadership Laboratory I

1. Demonstrate leadership skills in dynamic, team-based environments through problem-solving exercises, group drills, and simulated field operations to prepare for second lieutenant roles. 

AFAS 1292L - Leadership Laboratory II

1. Execute advanced leadership strategies during simulations, demonstrating adaptability and effective problemsolving in high-stress environments. 

AFAS 2192L - Leadership Laboratory III

1. . Engage in experiential leadership and management exercises that develop competencies needed for command roles in the Air and Space Force.

AFAS 2229 - Field Training Fitness Prep

AFAS 2250 - Aerospace Studies III

1. Analyze leadership and team-building principles and apply them in scenarios designed to prepare cadets for field training and leadership roles within the detachment.
2. Apply conflict management techniques and team-building activities to effectively manage diverse team dynamics in operational settings.

AFAS 2251 - Aerospace Studies IV

1. Evaluate team building and leadership strategies, identifying strengths and areas for improvement in real-world scenarios to prepare for field training leadership roles.
2. Lead conflict management and team-building activities that reflect operational challenges in the field, ensuring effective team performance under pressure.

AFAS 2292L - Leadership Laboratory IV

1. Engage in experiential leadership and management exercises that develop competencies needed for command roles in the Air and Space Force.

SIGN 1110 - American Sign Language I

1. Engage in basic conversations using ASL, such as introducing oneself, exchanging personnel information, and talking about one’s surroundings.
2. Demonstrate the use of grammatical structures, including spatial referencing, use of classifiers, role shifting, ASL syntax, and non‐manual signals (NMS).
3. Demonstrate clear sign production using an understanding of sign parameters: handshapes, movement, location, palm orientation, and NMS in targeted lexicon.
4. Demonstrate the use of basic ASL vocabulary and expressions necessary for conversations about real‐life situations.
5. Evaluate and provide feedback concerning peers’ and one’s own uses of ASL.
6. Develop culturally‐appropriate behaviors and conversation strategies within a variety of contexts for interacting with people who are Deaf.
7. Demonstrate effective use of comprehension and expressive ASL skills through narrative and/or storytelling activities.
8. Describe issues of the American Deaf community and Culture.

SIGN 1120 - American Sign Language II

1. Further develop basic conversational skills in ASL, taking on more complicated topics.
2. Apply knowledge of ASL grammar, including classifiers, spatial referencing and agreement, role shifting, and nonmanual markers.
3. Develop ASL vocabulary, fingerspelling, number, narrative and storytelling skills.
4. Evaluate and provide feedback concerning peers’ and one’s own uses of ASL.
5. Demonstrate effective use of comprehension and expressive ASL skills through conversation, discussion, narrative and/or storytelling activities.
6. Demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of the American Deaf community and ASL
7. Through first-hand experience in the American Deaf community and ASL, relate and reflect on perspectives of the community.

SIGN 2110 - American Sign Language III

1. Demonstrate intermediate ASL vocabulary, conversation and narrative/storytelling skills.
2. Demonstrate fundamental ASL features including visual/spatial orientation, constructed dialogue and action, spatial referencing, classifiers, nonmanual behaviors and syntax/word order.
3. Demonstrate appropriate use of cultural behaviors and conversational strategies.
4. Translate written and spoken English to ASL and vice versa.
5. Self-evaluate and provide feedback to peers concerning ASL usage.
6. Examine the culture of the American Deaf community through engaging in community activities and its language.

SIGN 2120 - American Sign Language IV

1. Demonstrate advanced-intermediate level comprehension and production skills incorporating complex ASL grammatical features, including classifiers, nonmanual signals, role shifting, and spatial organization.
2. Identify and understand ASL idioms/expressions and how they are used in ASL discourse.
3. Comprehend and discuss ASL texts on a variety of topics, signed by a variety of Deaf people.
4. Demonstrate narrative competence through signed presentations, both prepared and spontaneous.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of ASL-English equivalents through translation tasks.
6. Use self-evaluation and peer/instructor feedback to revise one’s video ASL texts.
7. Develop cultural competence through exposure to and reflection on Deaf culture.

SIGN 2130 - Fingerspelling

1. Students will demonstrate predictive strategies for the comprehension of fingerspelled words and advanced numerical systems based on linguistic, cultural, and contextual information.
2. Students will demonstrate fluency in comprehension and production of fingerspelled words and numbers.
3. Students will demonstrate comprehension of fingerspelled words and the numerical systems in ASL.
4. Students will describe current research on the perception and production of fingerspelling skills.

SIGN 2214 - Introduction to Deaf Culture & the Deaf Community

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss the characteristics of North American Deaf/Hearing communities.
2. Recognize and define aspects of power and oppression including cultural appropriation, hearing privilege, audism, linguicism, and ableism.
3. Examine the labels and stereotypes of Deaf people in historical context (cultural vs. pathological perspectives on Deaf people).
4. Identify the Deaf community’s historical events, person(s), and organizations that impact the Deaf community.
5. Explore the traditions of Deaf people - Deaf history, Deaf folklore, Deaf Art/De’VIA, ASL literature, and Deaf literature.

 
Credits: 3

SIGN 2998 - Internship in American Sign Language

AMST 1105 - Introduction to American Studies

1. Demonstrate critical thinking in the evaluation and analysis of textual, visual, and aural sources.
2. Identify and apply significant terms, concepts, and methods in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies.
3. Describe and analyze patterns and the ongoing work of understanding and appreciating the diversity of the American experience.

AMST 1130 - Introduction to Politics in Popular Culture

1. Identify what are considered major approaches to the study of popular culture.
2. Identify key concepts and key debates in the study of popular culture.
3. Articulate how the study of popular culture cannot be divorced from politics and power relations.

AMST 1140 - Introduction to Critical Race and Indigenous Studies

1. Demonstrate knowledge of information sources on race, ethnicity and class.
2. Demonstrate your understanding of the issues of race, class and ethnicity in America.
3. Demonstrate your understanding and appreciation of regional diversity in the U.S.
4. Define racial and ethnic diversity globally and its consequences.
5. State a hypothesis on race, ethnicity and/or class and write a research paper on the topic of your choice.
6. Discuss cultural competency as a lifelong activity.

AMST 1150 - Introduction to Southwest Studies

1. Be able to identify how historical social, economic, political, religious and ecological factors shape communities in the southwest borderlands region and those communities’ relation to the United States, Mexico, and the world.
2. Comprehend how people including but not limited to indigenous and immigrant communities in the Southwest use culture, art, and politics to conceptualize, reinforce, and contest the social and ecological factors that shape them and their communities.
3. Be able to analyze and compare the historic and contemporary cultural expressions of the Southwest.
4. Be able to apply knowledge of southwest studies through the conduct of interdisciplinary research method.

AMST 1160 - Environment, Science & Technology

1. Describe the social construction of such concepts as “environment,” “science,” and “technology”
2. Identify cultural assumptions underlying notions of scientific progress, environment, green, sustainability Explain how concepts of gender, race, sexuality, disability and class form and are formed by environment, science and technology.
3. Outline the roles of environment, science and technology in the creation of political and economic policies.

AMST 1170 - Introduction to Asian American Studies

1. Discuss the history of Asian Americans in relation to the United States and empire.
2. Articulate the historical formation of Asian American studies and the key concepts, theories and debates that constitute the field.
3. Examine Asian American history and contemporary politics through a decolonial lens.
4. Critically analyze media through the lens of Asian American cultural theory.
5. Develop a research topic related to Asian American studies.  

AMST 2110 - American Life and Thought

1. Summarize the major economic, political, social and cultural forces influencing identity and experience in the United States.
2. Explain the multidisciplinary diversity and intellectual rigor that make up the field of American Studies.
3. Develop compelling and logical questions and arguments about American life and thought.
4. Interpret, understand, and engage a variety of texts within cultural, social and historic contexts.
5. Gather, analyze, and evaluate information from a variety of sources and media.
6. Compose texts in a variety of media formats.

AMST 2996 - Special Topics

ARBC 1110 - Arabic I

Student Learning Outcomes
Interpersonal Communication

1. I can greet and leave people in a polite way.
2. I can introduce myself and others.
3. I can answer a variety of simple questions.
4. I can make some simple statements in a conversation.
5. I can ask some simple questions.
6. I can communicate basic information about myself and people I know.
7. I can communicate some basic information about my everyday life.
8. I can exchange some personal information.
9. I can exchange information using texts, graphs, or pictures.
10. I can interact with others in everyday situations.

Presentational Speaking

1. I can present information about myself and others using words and phrases.
2. I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
3. I can present information about familiar items in my immediate environment.
4. I can talk about my daily activities using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
5. I can present simple information about something I learned using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
6. I can present basic information about a familiar person, place, or thing using phrases and simple sentences.
7. I can present information about others using phrases and simple sentences.

Presentational Writing

1. I can fill out a simple form with some basic personal information.
2. I can write about myself using learned phrases and memorized expressions.
3. I can list my daily activities and write lists that help me in my day-to-day life.

Interpretive Listening

1. I can understand a few courtesy phrases.
2. I can recognize and sometimes understand basic information in words and phrases that I have memorized.
3. I can recognize and sometimes understand words and phrases that I have learned for specific purposes.
4. I can sometimes understand simple questions or statements on familiar topics.

Interpretive Reading

1. I can recognize words, phrases, and characters with the help of visuals.
2. I can recognize words, phrases, and characters when I associate them with things I already know.
3. I can usually understand short simple messages on familiar topics.
4. I can sometimes understand short, simple descriptions with the help of pictures or graphs.
5. I can sometimes understand the main idea of published materials.

ARBC 1120 - Arabic II

Student Learning Outcomes
Presentational Speaking

1. I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
2. I can present information about familiar items in my immediate environment.
3. I can talk about my daily activities using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
4. I can present information about my life using phrases and simple sentences.
5. I can tell about a familiar experience or event using phrases and simple sentences.
6. I can talk about people, activities, events, and experiences.

Presentational Writing

1. I can write notes about something I have learned using lists, phrases, and memorized expressions.
2. I can write information about my daily life in a letter, blog, discussion board, or email message.
3. I can write short notes using phrases and simple sentences.
4. I can write about a familiar experience or event using practiced material.

Interpretive Listening

1. I can sometimes understand simple questions or statements on familiar topics.
2. I can understand simple information when presented with pictures and graphs.
3. I can sometimes understand the main topic of conversations that I overhear.
4. I can understand the basic purpose of a message.
5. I can understand messages related to my basic needs.
6. I can understand questions and simple statements on everyday topics when I am part of the conversation.

Interpretive Reading

1. I can understand simple everyday notices in public places on topics that are familiar to me.
2. I can understand messages in which the writer tells or asks me about topics of personal interest.
3. I can identify some simple information needed on forms.

ARBC 2996 - Special Topics

1. Be able to read texts on familiar topics and understand the main ideas without the use of the dictionary.
2. Have confidence in their ability to guess the meaning of new words from context.
3. Be able to speak about themselves and their environment, carry out simple transactions, and initiate and sustain simple conversations on a number of topics.
4. Be able to paraphrase, if necessary, to make themselves understood.
5. Understand native speakers accustomed to dealing with students.
6. Be able to carry out written transactions connected to daily life and simple correspondence.
7. Be able to form and understand some basic sentence structures of Arabic.
8. Be familiar with some of the difference between formal and spoken Arabic.
9. Have learned some aspects of Arab culture.

ANTH 1115 - Introduction to Anthropology

1. Describe and summarize terms, approaches, and cultural and biological adaptations in the four subfields of anthropology.
2. Explain and analyze conceptual and ethical arguments in the four subfields of anthropology.
3. Effectively communicate content, perspectives, and ideas in four subfields of anthropology.
4. Critically evaluate sources, approaches, and arguments in the four subfields of anthropology.

ANTH 1120C - Introduction to Archaeology Lecture and Lab

1. Understand the history of archaeology, with an emphasis on processual archaeology.
2. Understand and apply fundamental theoretical and methodological concepts of the archaeology discipline.
3. Provide hands-on experience with archaeological data collection and analysis methods.
4. Develop skills that will enable students to serve as crew members for supervised archaeological field and laboratory work.
5. Provide students with the tools to describe the nature of archaeological remains.
6. Synthesize archaeological data to make informed and educated interpretations.
7. Effectively comprehend and communicate knowledge about archaeological ethics and contemporary heritage management efforts and organizations.
8. Instill awareness and appreciation of one’s archaeological heritage.

ANTH 1135 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology

1. Summarize the basic principles of evolution and recognize how they apply to the human species.
2. Recognize the biological and behavioral continuity of humans with all life, and especially other modern primate species.
3. Identify ways in which the human species is biologically and behaviorally unique.
4. Summarize fossil evidence for human evolution.
5. Distinguish the major Paleolithic industries and outline the behavioral and cognitive changes indicated by the fossil and archeological evidence.
6. Critically evaluate popular accounts of human variation and human  evolution.
7. Interpret modern human dilemmas (e.g., overpopulation, co-evolution of disease, and geneticmengineering) from an evolutionary perspective.
8. Discuss in class and analyze in writing scholarly arguments concerning course concepts.

ANTH 1140 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

1. Introduce students to the basic concepts and research methods of cultural anthropology as one of the disciplines of social science, including fundamental concepts, such as culture and society, which form the pillars of the discipline (e.g., cultural relativism, cultural persistence and change, world-view and enculturation).
2. Comprehend the importance of studying cultural anthropology.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the practice of anthropological research in the modern world that is increasingly multicultural, transnational and globally interconnected (e.g., globalization and modernnworld system).
4. Demonstrate an awareness of how students’ own cultures shape their experiences and the way they see the world, as well as help them understand and interact with other cultures.
5. Understand how beliefs, values and assumptions are influenced by culture, biology, history, economic, and social structures.
6. Gain a sense of relationship with people possessing different experiences from their own.
7. Gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for cultural anthropology as a broad discipline through learning about its practices, and differentiating cultural anthropology from other disciplines that study people.
8. Become more sensitive and engaged global citizens from culturally relative perspectives.

ANTH 1155 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

1. Understand the nature, properties, and functions of language and its relations to anthropology.
2. Explain the basic principles of the following areas of linguistic study: phonetics, phonology, morphology, grammar, syntax, and semantics.
3. Understand the basic issues of other areas of linguistic study including language acquisition, pragmatics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics.
4. Understand the diversity of languages and their fundamental similarities.
5. Use basic terminolgy and notational conventions associated with linguistic study.
6. Think analytically and creatively to explore ideas, make connections, draw conclusions and solve problems related to language and language learning.
7. Examine and critically evaluate common assumptions and attitudes about language and language use.
8. Apply concepts learned in this course to students’ personal and professional lives.

ANTH 1160 - World Archaeology

1. Identify and describe terms, approaches, and material evidence in archaeology.
2. Compare and contrast archaeological development in different regions.
3. Explain and analyze conceptual and ethical arguments in archaeology.
4. Critically evaluate sources, approaches, and arguments in archaeology.
5. Effectively communicate content, perspectives, and ideas in archaeology

ANTH 2130 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

1. Learn the fundamental principles underlying the discipline of forensic anthropology.
2. Review and enhance understanding of the human skeletal system to understand basic terminology of the field.
3. Gain factual knowledge about the role of forensic anthropologists in the medico legal system, as well as the many lines of evidence on which they draw in order to reach their conclusions.
4. Understand the skills and competencies relied upon by professionals in the field, as well as their responsibilities.
5. Understand and be able to apply the ethical responsibility of working with human skeletal remains.
6. Apply anthropological knowledge through supervised research on a topic relevant to forensic anthropology.
7. Gain an understanding of current and potential future directions in forensic anthropology, both within the United States and internationally.

ANTH 2140 - Indigenous Peoples of North America

1. Demonstrate familiarity with common elements pertaining to the languages and social organization of indigenous peoples in North America.
2. Recognize fundamental differences and similarities among traditional indigenous cultures.
3. Describe social relations of indigenous peoples in relationship to other ethnic groups.
4. Identify and analyze important ways that European societies and cultures and indigenous societies and cultures interacted from the time of Columbus to the present.
5. Evaluate the impacts of Euroamerican policies and programs on indigenous cultures.
6. Distinguish major social issues facing contemporary indigenous communities in North America.
7. Understand objectives and limitations of cross-cultural analysis in anthropology as they relate to the study of indigenous peoples in North America.
8. Demonstrate research and communication skills as they relate to the study of indigenous peoples in North America

ANTH 2150 - Indigenous Peoples of the American Southwest

1. Describe socio-cultural developments, geographic environments, and  characteristics of major culturalgroups that currently inhabit the American Southwest.
2. Recognize underlying similarities as well as the wide range of variability of the cultural groups in the American Southwest.
3. Recognize the impacts andeffects of Euroamerican colonization on indigenous cultural groups in the American Southwest.
4. Describe the historical interactions and accommodations among indigenous cultural groups in the American Southwest.
5. Examine the processes of cultural change within major cultural groups in the American Southwest.
6. Identify and analyze some of the contemporary issues faced by major cultural groups in the American Southwest.

ANTH 2160 - Prehistoric Peoples of the American Southwest

1. Identify major prehistoric populations of the American Southwest.
2. Describe the roles of anthropology and its sub-fields, especially archeology, in studying prehistoric populations of the American Southwest.
3. Explain the importance of geography, environment, technological advances, subsistence practices, social structures, and settlement patterns on cultural developments among prehistoric southwestern populations.
4. Analyze and evaluate theoretical explanations for cultural developments among prehistoric Southwestern populations.
5. Compare and contrast similarities and differences between prehistoric Southwestern populations.
6. Apply and communicate course concepts pertaining to prehistoric populations of the American Southwest through modes such as archeological projects/experiments, discussions, and writing assignments.
7. Develop a nuanced understanding of the prehistoric American Southwest and how they interacted.
8. Gain an understanding of the diversity of human behavior in the past and learn about commonalities which unite humans across time and space.

ANTH 2222 - Ancient Mesoamerica

1. Discuss and understand the history of archaeology in the Mesoamerican region.
2. Explain the specific archaeological techniques used and preservation issues in data recovery of the various regions.
3. Describe the culture history and archaeological evidence of the varied Mesoamerican cultural developments.
4. Explain the development of stratified society and describe the various roles that are integral to that stratification.
5. Demonstrate understanding of the concept of religion and the Mesoamerican worldview.
6. Discuss the development of writing and historical records.
7. Define and explain the economic systems and means of production in the various regions.
8. Cite several examples of the above mentioned objectives using real archaeological data.
9. Present an overview of Mesoamerican archaeology.

ANTH 2224 - Ancient Andes

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the defining characteristics of the major cultural groups in the Ancient Andes. 
2. Discuss the cultural continuities and distinctions that can be observed across time and space in the Ancient Andes. 
3. Critically evaluate the evidence for and ramifications of interaction between groups within the Ancient Andes.  
4. Describe, discuss, and critique arguments based on academic research in the form of peer-reviewed articles on topics relative to the Ancient Andes.  

 
Credits: 3

ANTH 2265 - The Anthropology of Drugs

1. Students will be able to identify the primary mind-altering drugs used around the world and understand their physical and psychological effects.
2. Students will also understand the socio-cultural contexts and functions of how these drugs are used, how different societies deal with both licit and illicit drug use, and how world trade in these substances affects political and economic systems around the globe.

ANTH 2990 - Anthropology Practicum

ANTH 2996 - Special Topics

ANTH 2998 - Internship in Anthropology

AT 1996 - Special Topics

1. Demonstrate awareness of the topic.

STA 1005 - Survey of Applied Technologies

1. Demonstrate familiarity with the various programs of study offered in the School of Applied Technologies (AT).
2. Identify and apply strategies to enhance personal success in life, work and college..
3. Research career options, identify educational requirements and technical skills, and prepare for a career in a trades or tecnical field..
4. Develop and applyprofessionalism skills through experiential learning exercises.

ARCH 1115 - Introduction to Architectural Graphics

1. Demonstrate an understanding of orthographic projection, multi-view drawings, plan, section, and elevation.  
2. Demonstrate a knowledge of graphic standards such as line types, line weights, hatch/poche, symbols, dimensioning, annotation, key noting, cross-referencing, according to industry conventions.
3. Draw from observation and perform conceptual sketching and diagramming. 

ARCH 1120 - Introduction to Architecture

1. Identify and describe significant architects and iconic buildings
2. Discuss social, cultural, and aesthetic contributions of specific architects and projects
3. Explain architectural concepts via written and graphic communication
4. Recall basic processes and vocabulary of architectural professional practice
5. Understand our built environment and the language of design and architecture
6. Understand how buildings are constructed and explain the process of development
7. Describe and discuss design elements, principles, and theories
8. Understand the relationships among owner, surveyors, designers, architects, engineers, and contractors
9. Research design texts and analyze buildings, landscapes, interiors, sustainability, and products to increase knowledge of important elements of architecture and design
10. Identify the various styles, periods, and movements and their social, historical, and technical impacts on architecture

ARCH 1122 - Architectural Design Studio I

1. Write and speak effectively and use representational media appropriate for both within the profession and with the general public.
2. Raise clear and precise questions, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions, and test alternative outcomes against relevant criteria and standards
3. Gather, assess, record, and comparatively evaluate relevant information and performance in order to support conclusions related to a specific project or assignment.
4. Effectively use basic formal, organizational and environmental principles and the capacity of each to inform two- and three-dimensional design.
5. Apply the fundamentals of both natural and formal ordering systems and the capacity of each to inform two- and three-dimensional design.
6. Examine and comprehend the fundamental principles present in relevant precedents and to make informed choices about the incorporation of such principles into architecture and urban design projects.
7. Prepare a comprehensive program for an architectural project that includes an assessment of client and
   
   user needs; an inventory of spaces and their requirements; an analysis of site conditions (including existing buildings); a review of the relevant building codes and standards, including relevant sustainability requirements, and an assessment of their implications for the project; and a definition of site selection and design assessment criteria.
8. Respond to site characteristics, including its context and developmental patterning, the fabric, soil, topography, ecology, climate, and building orientation, in the development of a project design.
9. Design sites, facilities, and systems that are responsive to relevant codes and regulations, and include the principles of life-safety and accessibility standards.
10. Demonstrate the basic principles of structural systems and their ability to withstand gravitational, seismic, and lateral forces, as well as the selection and application of the appropriate structural system.
11. Understand the basic principles involved in the appropriate selection and application of building envelope systems relative to fundamental performance, aesthetics, moisture transfer, durability, and energy and material resources.

ARCH 1125 - Design Fundamentals

1. Demonstrate design solutions using the elements and principles of design and planning process to satisfy aesthetic and sustainable design criteria.
2. Furnish spaces by picture/sample of furniture, flooring, fabric, and finish samples.
3. Demonstrate the ability to use subtractive color theories and how color relates to space.
4. Demonstrate the ability to create basic lighting solutions.
5. Demonstrate the ability to perform space planning principles.

ARCH 2110 - Architectural Design Studio II

1. Explore and develop an understanding of concepts in architectural aesthetics
2. Develop understanding of design methods such as diagramming, brainstorming, and graphic authorship
3. Apply fundamental design methodology to solve design problems, including diagramming, modeling, prototyping, illustrating, and presenting
4. Develop critical thinking strategies using a series of connected exercises in order to explain, demonstrate, categorize, compare, contrast and assess information and evidence
5. Explore concepts of design thinking through spatial design and apply these concepts through a series of progressive representational exercises that stress analytical ability and an awareness of rational design process
6. Gain skills in the application of graphical communication in a range of media
7. Apply fundamental design elements, principles, and theories to create visual solutions
8. Research and incorporate design precedents into design projects

ARCH 2117 - Architectural Visualization II

1. Identify architectural conventions in orthographic projections.
2. Emphasize Architectural properties through the strategic use of drawing conventions.
3. Graphic and compositional strategies for drawing and perspective making.
4. Develop a process that transitions 2-dimensional drawings into 3-dimensional visual graphic forms.
5. Conventional and unconventional approaches to modeling and drawing and the appropriate context for both.

ARCH 2120 - World Architecture I

Student Learning Outcomes
1. A.1 Professional Communication Skills: Ability to write and speak effectively and use representational media appropriate for both within the profession and with the general public. 

2. A.3 Investigative Skills: Ability to gather, assess, record, and comparatively evaluate relevant information and performance in order to support conclusions related to a specific project or assignment. 

3. A.7 History and Global Culture: Understanding of the parallel and divergent histories of architecture and the cultural norms of a variety of indigenous, vernacular, local, and regional settings in terms of their political, social, ecological, and technological factors.

4. A.8 Cultural Diversity and Social Equity: Understanding of the diverse needs, values, behavioral norms, physical abilities, and social and spatial patterns that characterize different cultures and individuals and the responsibility of the architect to ensure equity of access to sites, buildings, and structures.

ARCH 2125 - World Architecture II

1. Identify key characteristics of the built environment from different time periods (post-1700) and explain the events that influenced them.
2. Describe how architectural ideas, materials, and labor circulate globally.
3. Understand how one’s own life compares/contrasts with those of others around the globe at different time periods.
4. Identify how architects and architecture participate within broader social, cultural, and economic systems.
5. Differentiate between claims backed by research and those not backed by research.
6. Conduct original architectural research using historical methods.

ARCH 2155 - Architectural Design Studio III

Student Learning Outcomes
1. A.1 Professional Communication Skills:Ability to write and speak effectively and use representational media appropriate for both within the profession and with the general public.

2. A.3 Investigative Skills: Ability to gather, assess, record, and comparatively evaluate relevant information and performance in order to support conclusions related to a specific project or assignment.

ARCH 2315 - Architectural Design I

1. Explore and develop an understanding of concepts in architectural aesthetics. 
2. Develop understanding of design methods such as diagramming, brainstorming, and graphic authorship. 
3. Apply fundamental design methodology to solve design problems, including diagramming, modeling, prototyping, illustrating, and presenting.
4. Develop critical thinking strategies using a series of connected exercises in order to explain, demonstrate, categorize, compare, contrast and assess information and evidence.
5. Explore concepts of design thinking through spatial design and apply these concepts through a series of progressive representational exercises that stress analytical ability and an awareness of rational design process.
6. Gain skills in the application of graphical communication in a range of media.

1. 7. Apply fundamental design elements, principles, and theories to create visual solutions. 8   Research and incorporate design precedents into design projects.

ARCH 2325 - Architectural Design II

1. To establish and develop understanding and use of foundational architectural systems including form, geometry, and space.
2. To develop methods of precedent analysis and expand methods for looking at, measuring, and evaluating space and architecture.
3. To develop strategies for designing and building in relation to the environment.
4. To introduce technologies of description and develop skills and comfort with new technologies.
5. To develop craft as a productive process of architectural translation.

ARDR 1101 - Building Materials and Methods I

1. Recall historical development of building systems.
2. Define terminology of building systems.
3. Describe the properties of common major materials.
4. Demonstrate basic knowledge of construction processes and site practices.
5. Recall historical development of building systems.
6. Define terminology of building systems.
7. Describe the properties of common major materials.
8. Demonstrate basic knowledge of construction processes and site practices.

ARDR 1102 - Introduction to A/E/C Software

1. Define and demonstrate an entry-level proficiency with basic commands in AutoCAD
2. Define and demonstrate an entry-level proficiency with basic commands in SketchUP
3. Define and demonstrate an entry-level proficiency with basic commands in Revit.
4. Define and demonstrate an entry-level proficiency with basic commands in Creative Cloud.
5. Provide output in all the software listed above.
6. Define and demonstrate an entry-level proficiency with basic commands in Bluebeam.
7. Identify the difference in the functions of the AutoCad, SketchUP, Revit, Creative Cloud and Bluebeam software.

ARDR 1104 - Professional Practice

1. Identify the roles of people in the Development, Design, Engineering, and Construction industries.
2. Demonstrate a professional demeanor in all written, live, and on-line settings.
3. Present a professional cover letter, resume, and portfolio of current and appropriate work.

ARDR 1116 - Introduction to Architectural Drafting

1. Draw with professional architectural standards.
2. Effectively utilize layers, line weights, and linetypes.
3. Collect, analyze, and evaluate initial data appropriate to the problem to be solved.
4. Solve basic problems of architectural graphic representation and mathematical applications.
5. Use orthographic projection, isometric pictorial views, and line weights to represent spatial relationships.
6. Compose architectural drawings, notes, and sheets in accordance with architectural drawing conventions.
7. Select and draw appropriate architectural symbols and hatch patterns.
8. Use a professional architectural lettering style.
9. Explain layer naming conventions in  AutoCAD.
10. Construct accurate, effective, and efficient dimensions.
11. Organize a set of drawings and reference drawings within it.
12. Self-correct drawings and track changes using redline techniques.
13. Manage files and backups with multiple layouts in a single assignment file.
14. Function cooperatively and efficiently in a team project setting.
15. Listen, speak, read, and write appropriately to the assigned task.

ARDR 1121 - Introduction to CAD

1. Define Basic AutoCAD commands and demonstrate an entry-level proficiency in the understanding and use of AutoCAD commands.
2. Have a working understanding of AutoCAD as a tool for the visual and graphic manipulation of data. 
3. Apply AutoCAD commands to specific drawing problems.
4. Employ AutoCAD commands to create drawings.
5. Employ AutoCAD commands to modify existing drawings.
6. Employ AutoCAD commands for output.

ARDR 1201 - Building Materials and Methods II

1. Identify the fundamental terms and standard designations for masonry walls and exterior assemblies used in building construction.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of basic installation methods for masonry walls and exterior assemblies.
3. Apply entry level plan reading skills through the identification masonry walls and exterior assemblies used in professional documents.
4. Recognize standard building systems and components in the built environment.

ARDR 1202 - A/E/C Software for Residential Development

1. Use the AutoCAD window.
2. Navigate in both model and paper space. 
3. Use AutoCAD tools to produce architectural projections
4. Use text tools to notate architectural drawings at different scales. 
5. Use dimension tool to dimension architectural drawings at different scales. 
6. Utilize layers, line weights, and XREFS to neatly structure and organize information.
7. Create and scale views in paper space.
8. Set up sheets in paper space. 
9. Print analogue and digital files. 
10. Demonstrate successful use of software reference materials. 

ARDR 1203 - Construction Documents for Residential Development

1. Identify distinct types of projections, lines, symbols, dimensions, notations, and scale.
2. Utilize basic AutoCAD tools to produce dimensioned and notated projections. 
3. Produce and organize distinct types of views on sheets according to drawing standards. 
4. Coordinate and structure basic set of construction documents according to drawings standards.
5. Plan the steps of your required drawings. 
6. Manage and organize digital files.
7. Perform quality control. 
8. Produce work with an understanding of the other person’s point of view. 
9. Construct projections that embody the proper use of construction materials with regards to the functions an assembly must perform. 
10. Satisfy primary and secondary responsibilities when producing various sorts of construction documents. 
     

ARDR 1215 - Commercial Drafting (Bearing Wall)

1. Practice architectural/engineering office work place skills behaviors including teamwork, problem solving, and self-evaluation through plan checking.
2. Identify and employ basic commercial document preparation phases, terms, and drawing standards as they apply to Bearing Wall Systems.
3. Prepare early design development level, computer aided drafted, construction document drawings focusing on Bearing wall Systems.

ARDR 1301 - Building Materials and Methods III

1. Identify the fundamental terms and standard designations for steel and concrete systems used in building construction.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of basic installation methods for steel and concrete systems.
3. Apply entry level plan reading skills through the identification of steel and concrete systems used in professional documents.
4. Recognize standard building systems and components in the built environment.

ARDR 1302 - A/E/C Software for Commercial Development

1. Recognize distinct types of projections, lines, symbols, dimensions, notations, and scale. 
2. Utilize basic AutoCAD tools to produce dimensioned and notated projections. 
3. Produce and organize distinct types of views on sheets according to drawing standards. 
4. Coordinate and structure basic set of construction documents according to drawings standards.
5. Plan the steps of your required drawings. 
6. Manage and organize digital files. 
7. Perform quality control check. 
8. Produce work with an understanding of the other person’s point of view. 
9. Construct projections that embody the proper use of construction materials with regards to the functions an assembly must perform. 
10. Satisfy primary and secondary responsibilities when producing various sorts of construction documents. 
     

ARDR 1303 - Construction Documents for Commercial Development

1. Utilize Revit tools to model and draft basic building assemblies. (CC#1)
2. Produce, organize, and identify distinct types of model views and sheets according to drawing standards.(CC#2)
3.  Coordinate and structure basic set of construction documents according to drawings standards. (CC#3)
4. Plan building information modelling workflow. (CC#4) 
5. Manage and organize digital files. (CC#5) 
6. Check work for quality control. (CC#6) 
7.  Produce work with an understanding of the other person’s point of view. (CC#7) 
8. Satisfy primary and secondary responsibilities when modeling basic building assemblies and producing various sorts of construction documents. (CC#8) 
9. Produce work in analogue and digital—pdf—formats. (CC#9) 
10.  Research, locate, determine, and specify information such as as-built conditions, materials, construction assemblies, and product literature. (CC#10)

ARDR 1315 - Commercial Drafting (Skeletal Frame)

1. Practice architectural/engineering office workplace behaviors including teamwork, research and problem solving, and self-evaluation through plan checking.
2. Identify and employ basic commercial document preparation phases, terms, and drawing standards as they apply to Skeletal Frame systems.
3. Prepare early design development level, computer aided drafted, construction document drawings focusing on Skeletal Frame systems.

ARDR 1316 - Building Information Modeling Applications

1. Recall basic building information modeling (BIM) terms and definitions.
2. Practice building information modeling (BIM) drafting procedures and commands by preparing standard construction documents.
3. Determine basic building information modeling (BIM) editing processes and commands needed to revise and update standard construction documents.
4. Utilize correct plotting and printing procedures and devices to output drawing data from electronic files onto hardcopy sheets.

ARDR 1321 - Commercial Drafting Software Applications (Skeletal Frame)

1. Identify basic computer aided drafting terms and definitions.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of introductory drafting procedures and commands by preparing standard commercial construction documents using Skeletal Frame systems.
3. Apply basic editing processes and commands by revising and updating standard commercial construction documents focusing on Skeletal Frame systems.
4. Utilize correct plotting and printing procedures and devices to output drawing data from electronic files onto hardcopy sheets.

ARDR 1401 - Building Materials and Methods IV

1. Use architectural graphic conventions to interpret and explain building systems. 
2. Employ vocabulary relating to design and construction
3. Select systems and compare components, relationships, limitations, and potentials of systems
4. Evaluate alternative systems and recognize the sustainability impacts of various systems