Apr 29, 2024  
Catalog 2017-18 
    
Catalog 2017-18 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

SOC-Sociology

  
  • SOC 271 - Marriage and the Family (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall, Winter Terms (3-0-0)
    This course is a sociological analysis of marriage and the family as social institutions. Family and marriage as institutions have been shaped by many aspects of society, as a social system within its own dynamics, and as a primary group affecting the lives of its members. Emphasis is on issues such as choosing a marriage partner, sexual adjustment, occupational involvement, conflict resolution, parenthood, divorce and readjustment. An introductory course in Sociology is recommended prior to taking SOC 271 .
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Social Science
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SOC 297 - Special Topics - Sociology (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    Special topics classes provide students opportunities for focused study with full-time or adjunct instructors teaching in their areas of expertise.  Topics will vary.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SOC 299 - Independent Study - Sociology (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    A course offering students the opportunity to conduct in-depth studies in their fields of interest. Students make arrangements to do the project under the supervision of an instructor in the discipline.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi

SPAN-Spanish

  
  • SPAN 111 - Elementary Spanish I (4 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall, Winter (4-0-0)
    Provides a comprehensive introduction to Spanish for the novice language student, developing proficiency through communication about practical, daily life situations. Emphasis is placed on listening and reading for comprehension as well as speaking and writing for real-life purposes through an acquisition of applied vocabulary and grammar. This course also introduces students to Hispanic cultures and the diverse perspectives that emerge from them.
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Humanities
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SPAN 112 - Elementary Spanish II (4 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall, Winter (4-0-0)
    Enhances proficiency in Spanish and is a continuation of SPAN 111 . Emphasis is placed on listening and reading for comprehension as well as speaking and writing for real-life purposes through an acquisition of applied vocabulary and grammar.  This course further broadens student awareness of Hispanic cultures and the diverse perspectives that emerge from them. 
    PREREQUISITE(S): SPAN 111 . If one year of high school Spanish was successfully completed, contact instructor for permission to enroll.
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Humanities
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SPAN 211 - Intermediate Spanish I (4 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall, Winter Terms (4-0-0)
    Expands student proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing, such that students may communicate spontaneously and accurately through increasingly complex vocabulary and grammatical structures. This course also provides students a wider, and more detailed exploration of Hispanic culture through the study of Spanish language literary and cultural texts.
    PREREQUISITE(S): SPAN 112 . If two years of high school Spanish were successfully completed, contact instructor for permission to enroll. 
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Humanities
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SPAN 212 - Intermediate Spanish II (4 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (4-0-0)
    A continuation of SPAN 211  that further expands student proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, such that students may communicate spontaneously and accurately through increasingly complex vocabulary and grammatical structures. This course also provides students a wider, and more detailed exploration of Hispanic culture through the study of Spanish language literary and cultural texts. 
    PREREQUISITE(S): SPAN 211 . If three years of high school Spanish were successfully completed, contact the instructor for permission to enroll.
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Humanities
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SPAN 297 - Special Topics - Spanish (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    Special Topics courses provide opportunities for focused study with full-time or adjunct instructors teaching in their areas of expertise. Topics will vary.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SPAN 299 - Independent Study - Spanish (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    A course offering students the opportunity to conduct in-depth studies in their field of interest. Students make arrangements for a project under the supervision of an instructor in the discipline.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi

SRG-Surgical Technologist

  
  • SRG 120 - Surgical Technologist I (10 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall Term-Odd years only (7-4-4)
    Surgical Technologist I is the first in the four-semester sequence for Surgical Technologist students.  Students are introduced to the discipline of surgical technology, responsibilities to their patients and their fellow team members. They review issues of legality and ethics in the surgical setting, communication and teamwork. Surgical Technologist I includes current content related to microbes and the process of infection, sterile techniques, transporting, transferring and positioning the surgical patient. Fundamental principles of anesthesia, physiological monitoring, and computer technology. Course format includes lecture, lab practice and clinical observations.
    PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to the Surgical Technologist program, BIO 226 , BIO 235 , BIO 236 , EMS 101 , ENG 111 , MATH 112  and OAS 116 .
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SRG 130 - Surgical Technologist II (11 credit hours)


    Offered in Winter Term-Even years only (7-4-8)
    This is the second course in the four-semester sequence for Surgical Technologist students. Topics will include: an introduction to surgical techniques, diagnostic and assessment procedures, surgical instruments and general surgical techniques as they relate to abdominal and orthopedic procedures. Course format will include lecture, lab practice and clinical observations.
    PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to the Surgical Technologist Program and completion of SRG 120  with a grade of at least a C+.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SRG 220 - Surgical Technologist III (12 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall Term-Even years only (7-2-16)
    This is the third course in the four-semester sequence for Surgical Technologist students. Topics will include: the role of the surgical technologist in ophthalmic, ENT, oral and maxillofacial, plastic, reconstructive, vascular, cardiac, pediatric and neurosurgical procedures. Course format will include lecture, lab practice and clinical observations.
    PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to the Surgical Technologist Program, completion of SRG 130  with a grade of at least a C+.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SRG 230 - Surgical Technologist IV - Externship (10 credit hours)


    Offered in Winter Term-Odd years only (0-0-40)
    This course places surgical technologist students in the work-based learning environment of a working operating room for four ten-hour shifts each week. During this period, students will function as a member of the surgical team, applying knowledge and skills they have acquired in the previous three terms.
    PREREQUISITE(S): Completion of SRG 220  with a grade of at least a C+.
    COREQUISITE(S): SRG 240  
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • SRG 240 - Operating Room Seminar (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Winter Term-Odd years only (3-0-0)
    This course serves two primary functions: it serves as a forum for discussion of and reflection upon issues that are being encountered by Surgical Technologist students in their clinical externships at area hospitals and provides a means of maintaining cohort identity as the externships drive students into different sites, procedures and colleagues. The seminar also serves as both a capstone to the program and an introduction to the professional requirements of working as a Surgical Technologist after graduation. Students will participate in weekly seminar discussions, culminating in a final paper that summarizes their clinical externship experience.
    PREREQUISITE(S): Completion of SRG 220  with “C+” or better.
    COREQUISITE(S): SRG 230  
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi

STAT-Statistics

  
  • STAT 200 - Statistics (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall, Winter, Summer Terms (3-0-0)
    A beginning course in statistics for students majoring in fields using measurements and predictions. Topics include organization of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, types of distributions (binomial, normal, ‘t’ and chi-square), sampling, testing hypotheses, point and interval estimations, regression and correlation.
    PREREQUISITE(S): MATH 130  
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Mathematics
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi

TDT-Drafting Technologies

  
  • TDT 130 - CAD I (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall Terms (3-0-0)
    A first course in the training and use of Computer Aided Drafting and Design software (CAD), focusing primarily on two-dimensional (2D) drawings. The latest version of Autodesk’s AutoCAD software is used in this class. You will generate a variety of drawing types and will gain experience with most AutoCAD features, including printing to a full size plotter.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • TDT 132 - CAD III (Advanced AutoCAD) (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall, Winter Terms (3-0-0)
    An advanced course in the training and use of Computer Aided Drafting and Design software (CAD). The primary focus will be on producing two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) drawings. The latest version of Autodesk’s AutoCAD software is used in this class. You will generate a variety of drawing types and will gain experience with most AutoCAD features, including printing to a full size plotter.
    PREREQUISITE(S): TDT 130  or equivalent AutoCAD experience.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • TDT 140 - Architectural CAD (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Winter Term (3-0-0)
    A further introduction to AutoCAD software, specializing in the Architectural Desktop module. The basic skills and knowledge acquired in TDT 130  (or equivalent) will be expanded to develop three dimensional (3D) and more specialized drawings. Drawings types may include residential and commercial buildings, industrial facilities and infrastructure work. Further experience in layout, design and printing will be gained.
    PREREQUISITE(S): TDT 130  or AutoCAD experience.
    ADVISING NOTE: It is recommended that students have the abilities and knowledge of the topics covered in TDT 130  before enrolling in TDT 140.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • TDT 150 - Mechanical CAD (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall Terms (3-0-0)
    A further introduction to AutoCAD software, specializing in the Inventor module (formerly Mechanical Desktop). The basic skills and knowledge acquired in TDT 130  (or equivalent) will be expanded to develop three dimensional (3D) and more specialized drawings. Drawing types will include parts and components, assemblies, CNC work and residential and commercial infrastructure. Further experience in layout, design and printing will be gained.
    PREREQUISITE(S): TDT 130  or AutoCAD experience.
    It is recommended that students have the abilities and knowledge of the topics covered in TDT 130 before enrolling in TDT 150.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • TDT 297 - Special Topics - Drafting Technology (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    Special Topics courses provide opportunities for focused study with full-time or adjunct instructors teaching in their areas of expertise. Topics will vary.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • TDT 299 - Independent Study - Drafting Technologies (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    A course offering students the opportunity to conduct in-depth studies in their field of interest. Students make arrangements for a project under the supervision of an instructor in the discipline.
    PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of the instructor.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi

THF-Theatre and Film

  
  • THF 101 - Survey Of The Theatre (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Fall Term-Even years only (3-0-0)
    Survey and appreciation of the different areas of the theatre. Major topics include performance, terminology, acting, improvisation, directing, literature of the theatre, set design, as well as individual and group projects.
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Humanities
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 102 - Acting I (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    An exploration and introduction to various acting techniques, theories of acting, script and role analysis, characterization, stage make-up, physical and vocal skills. Students engage in improvisation, pantomime, vocal and physical exercises, relaxation and concentration. Scenes from modern plays are performed in class for analysis and evaluation.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 250 - Film And Literature (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Winter Term-Even years only (3-0-0)
    Introduces students to the similarities and differences between cinematic and literary forms by studying and evaluating the links between various genres of film and various literary texts, such as poetry, the theatre, fairy tales, screenplays and the novel. Detailed examination of style, narrative, adaptation, techniques and interpretation in the two art forms in relationship to each other will increase the understanding and appreciation of both.
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Humanities
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 270 - Stage Crew Activity (2 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (0-4-0)
    Application of basic stage craft skills through the fulfillment of a crew position in a major production or touring company. Student has the option to pick a crew specialty-costumes, props, lighting, sound or sets.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 275 - Classic Cinema (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    Overview of the techniques, aesthetics, vocabulary and criticism of the cinema in a historical context.  As an introduction to classic cinema, this course will establish a sense of both film history’s general outline and film theory’s most important issues.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 276 - Contemporary Film (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Winter Terms-Odd years only (3-0-0)
    A survey of four basic aspects of film: history, theory, filmmaking and criticism.  Students will view applicable and assigned films and discuss the aforementioned aspects of film including, but not limited to, direction, theme, content, characterization, cinematography, editing and sound.  In addition, students will be introduced to the academic concepts of film theory and criticism.
    GENERAL EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION AREA: Humanities
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 280 - The Director’s Series (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    An auteurist approach to the works of an individual director or a sampling of major directors, and will consider both the manner in which these directors’ personalities are thematically and stylistically expressed in their films, and how their films represent major developments or movements in film aesthetics and history.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 290 - Performance Practicum (2 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (0-4-0)
    Students will apply their performance skills in a comprehensive practicum experience that involves repeat performances of the same production. The emphasis is upon allowing the students to refine their performance techniques based upon varying performance venues, audiences and learning how to produce a quality performance night after night.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
  
  • THF 297 - Special Topics - Theatre and Film (3 credit hours)


    Offered in Variable Terms (3-0-0)
    Special Topics courses provide opportunities for focused study with full-time or adjunct instructors teaching in their areas of expertise. Topics will vary.
    Master Syllabi: https://share.ncmich.edu/academics/master_syllabi
 

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